President Donald Trump will be speaking to the nation Thursday at 11 a.m. regarding the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., according to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.
The president will be addressing Wednesday’s shooting that took the lives of 17 individuals.
The President will address the nation at 11am today on the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) February 15, 2018
The remarks will come less than 24 hours after the 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz is suspected of opening fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14.
The White House also issued a proclamation Thursday from President Trump declaring all American flags on public grounds, military posts, naval vessels, U.S. embassies, and government buildings should be flown at half-staff until sunset Feb. 19.
“Our Nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones in the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,” Trump stated in his proclamation. “As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated on February 14, 2018, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.”
