president has had further briefings on the situation from his top advisers, including fbi director robert muller, his chief of staff jack lu and john brandon, the counterterrorism chief. the president first heard about this this morning at 5:26 when brandon called him. but carney says when he was talking to the president on this flight, the president's first reaction, and these are carney's words, were concern that you feel as a parent carney said that he mentioned how heavy his heart is and how he understands the pain that parents and loved ones must be suffering. the campaign and the white house made the joint decision to cut short the president's campaign swing in florida. he is going to talk about this at fort myers, florida, at 11:20 eastern time this morning. and you'll be hearing that. and then instead of going on, he's going to come back here to washington, d.c., because as carney said he both wants to stay on top of events and also to find out what is happening to the victims. earlier today, the white house released a statement from the president and the first lady, which said michelle