After rainout, President Obama to once more attempt Memorial Day address

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President Obama is going to deliver his Memorial Day speech after all.

The president is expected to deliver the speech late Monday afternoon after he lands at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.

He was scheduled to give the speech earlier in the day at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., but a severe thunderstorm forced the commander in chief to flee the scene in a downpour.

Obama had mounted the podium to give the address when rain, thunder, lightning and high winds began. Under the cover of a large umbrella, he told thousands gathered before him that “a little bit of rain doesn’t hurt anybody, but we don’t want anybody being struck by lightning.”

He asked people to return to their cars for their safety. Earlier Monday, Vice President Joe Biden observed Memorial Day in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

-- Associated Press