Obama is going to deliver his first Oval Office address since 2010

President Obama will address the nation Sunday evening from the Oval Office, the White House said Saturday. He plans to discuss Wednesday's fatal shooting in San Bernardino, California, and terror threats more broadly.

"He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United States must draw upon our values — our unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and freedom — to prevail over terrorist groups that use violence to advance a destructive ideology," the White House said in a statement Saturday, using an acronym for the Islamic State.

Though Obama has delivered many primetime addresses during his presidency, Sunday will mark just the third time he's done so from the Oval Office, CNN reports. The other instances, both in 2010, were regarding the end of U.S. operations in Iraq and the Gulf oil spill.

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Networks will broadcast the address live at 8 p.m. ET.