Barack Obama
has called the widow of Jo Cox from Air Force One to offer his "sincere
condolences" after the "heinous" murder of the MP.
The US
president spoke to Brendan Cox on Friday, a day after the MP was was shot and
stabbed outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds.
"President
Obama offered his sincere condolences on behalf of the American people to Mr
Cox and his two young children, as well as to her friends, colleagues and
constituents," a White House statement said.
