President Obama Scheduled To Visit Pentagon To Get Update on Fight Against ISIS
WHITFIELD: All right. Monday, President Barack Obama will visit the Pentagon to be updated on the fight against ISIS. This follows recent deadly terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. CNN's Chris Frates is joining us now live from Washington. So Chris, what do we expect from this meeting?</s>CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I tell you, Fred. The White House is only saying that Obama is getting an update on the strategy to defeat ISIS. Tomorrow, he is set to meet with his national security team at the Pentagon. And later in the week, the president is headed to the national counterterrorism center where he will review efforts to prevent attacks on America. But I will tell you, Fred, these public appearances are also designed to show a very nervous American public. You know, majority of which disapprove of how he is handling terrorism, that the president and his team are hard at work destroying ISIS. Here is how the president talked about his administration's efforts in his weekly media address.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Our airstrikes are hitting ISIL harder than ever in Iraq and Syria. We are taking out more of their fighters and leaders, their weapons, their oil tankers. Our special operations forces are on the ground because we are going to hunt down these terrorists wherever they try to hide.</s>FRATES: Now, Obama went on to say that in recent weeks U.S. strikes have killed two ISIS leaders, Fred.</s>WHITFIELD: And the last time, Chris, the president visited the Pentagon in July, it led to a 50 special ops forces being sent to Syria. Is there an expectation that this discussion or update might lead to more military movement potentially?</s>FRATES: Well, Fred, you know, he is expected to speak at the Pentagon tomorrow, but there's no indication yet that there will be a major shift of his ISIS strategy. What the president has ordered his team, you know, to constantly assess the performance of the strategy and turn up the heat if there's an opportunity to. You know, in the past, for instance, that's meant increasing assistance to Syrian opposition fighters or putting special forces on the ground in Iraq and Syria. So we might hear news about similar moves to intensify the fight against ISIS, Fred, but the White House says there is no major changes expected to be announced.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Chris Frates, thanks so much in Washington. Appreciate it.</s>FRATES: Thank you.</s>WHITFIELD: Alright, next, those new details from the California terror attack. The female shooter reportedly posted on her social media account that she wanted to take part in jihad. We are live in San Bernardino next.