Tonight at 8 pm Eastern, President Obama gave a brief televised speech to the nation about the San Bernardino shooting and the threat from ISIS. The address was fairly short, explaining the steps the US is still taking to fight ISIS (particularly air strikes), and calling for new gun control measures. He also cautioned against rhetoric that would turn Americans against each other, particularly the kind of Islamophobia that has come from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the weeks following the Paris attacks.
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