addressing the nation from the oval office in just a few hours. in this evening s rare address, the president is expected to tell the nation how he will keep americans safe from terrorism as well as his plan to defeat isis in the wake of the deadly san bernardino attack. kevin corke is live at the white house. kevin? reporter: marcel, good evening to you. you re right. the president will once again try to assure the american people that their safety and security remain his top priority. the speech tonight, of course, the first in a long time, in over five years from the oval office by the president of the united states. we also expect him to unpack a number of key ideas. some concepts about increased cooperation among security agencies and intelligence agencies right here in the u.s. to say nothing of more intelligence sharing between the u.s. and our partners abroad. now, that is obviously huge especially in the wake of the devastating attacks in paris of course they re trying to re
in an effort to drive the group from chunks of territory it controls in both countries. president obama making a rare oval office address tonight to the nation. he s expected to explain his administration s plan to protect us from terrorism and a strategy to finally destroy isis. the president is expected to announce a stepped up air campaign with the terrorist group has those strong noelhold iraq and syria. the republican presidential candidates today were offering their own proposals on how to fight the terrorist group. clerl we have to have a much more robust air campaign against isis targets, against the oil infrastructure, against their leadership. i think you ll hear that from the president. 10,000 troops would give the iraqi security forces a capacity they don t have. it would allow actually to destroy isil quicker inside of iraq. it would neutralize the advantage the shia militia have on the ground which is
and i m not certain that the president s going to bring that. because the attorney general of the united states, loretta lynch, was already on television today talking about the fact that she will expects gun control to be a part of the conversation tonight. and that has very little to do with terrorism on our soil. and tomorrow is december 7th. pearl harbor. and right after that, franklin delano roosevelt stepped up to the podium in congress and said there is nothing to fear but fear itself. can this president provide the type of comfort? can this president provide the type of emotional embrace of americans? because i think in some ways that s what americans want and need now. does he have it in him to give us that or will it be a policy speech? unfortunately i think it s going to be more of the latter. i think he does have the capability to give the speech that you re talking about, to come out and say that we re going to smoke these guys out, we re going to destroy them, we re
from president obama s oval office address on terrorism. we are look at the east room there but, first, we are going will make sure you are going to stay tuned to . it looks live ashton carter. and secretary john kerry, all players in what the president has to say tonight.
election rather than run out and say it was terrorism. we ve seen his former head of the dia said they used political considerations when deciding to downplay the threat of isis. this has happened time and time again. now remember we re in the midst of this huge battle in this presidential cycle about immigration. i d be surprised if he really gets into the visa waiver program with any specificity this evening. in his saturday address he said they were possibly radicalized. we ll see if tonight he change that is word possibly to definitely. do you think so? vince, thank you for joining us. you re welcome. thank you. arthel? okay, eric. some presidential candidates offering up their thoughts on the deadly san bernardino shooting. as president obama prepares to address the nation on that very topic. so the fight against terrorism becoming an increasingly important topic in the 2016 election. kristen fisher is live in our washington news room with more. kristen? reporter: arth