President Obama will fly to Texas today to speak at an inter-faith memorial service for the five police officers who were murdered by a black supremacist at a Black Lives Matter rally. 

This will be the eleventh time President Obama has traveled to a community in the wake of a mass shooting. His visit also comes as racial tension across the country is mounting following the deaths of two black men at the hands of police, in Minneapolis and Baton Rouge.

The president, who cut short a trip to Europe after the sniper attack, is expected to deliver a highly personal and emotional speech at a memorial service for the five slain police officers at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center.

Obama is also expected to meet with the families of the slain officers and those who were injured in the attack.

Other VIPs will join Obama at the service, including Vice President Biden, former president George W. Bush, and former first lady Laura Bush.

On Monday, the President met with leaders of eight different law enforcement groups. According to the Washington Post, Obama told them he considered the shooting of the officers a "hate crime."

“I’m your best hope,” Obama remarked at one point, according to the Fraternal Order of Police’s James O. Pasco, who attended the meeting.