President Comforts Stricken Families of Massacre

President Obama visits victims of school massacre

President Barack Obama is leaving today to Newtown to show their support for the victims of the massacre at the school.

Where will Obama visit both victims' families and rescue personnel were dispatched to the school when reports of the fatal shots came Friday.

Obama will show their support and participate in the sorrow of the little town of Newtown, where residents have applied together after the tragedy.

Attending the commemoration

Obama will be attending a memorial ceremony at Newtown High School in the evening local time, where he will deliver a speech.

The president comes days after the local government yesterday freed the names of the victims. 20 of them were children of 6 or 7 years.

Attending the commemoration

Obama will be attending a memorial ceremony at Newtown High School in the evening local time, where he will deliver a speech.

The president comes days after the local government yesterday freed the names of the victims. 20 of them were children of 6 or 7 years.

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This will be Obama's fourth visit in his presidency to a community in mourning after a shooting massacre, writes AP.

In the summer he visited the injured and survivors after a gunman shot around the inside of a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado . Twelve people were killed. In January last year, Obama in Tucson, Arizona after six people were killed and 13 wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords , when a man shot at a public meeting outside a shop.

In November 2009, Obama visited Fort Hood in Texas to speak at a memorial ceremony for the 13 people killed by a colleague at a military base .

In tears

After the horrific massacre at school Sandy Hook in Newtown Friday, it was a very emotional president who met the press .

- We've seen it too many times. Our hearts are broken today. Those killed were gorgeous, young children who had their lives ahead of them, said Obama.

- Tonight Michelle and I hug our children a little tighter and tell them how much we love them. But there are families in Connecticut who can not now, and we'll be there for them.