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Dec. 18, 2013 / 6:36 AM

Obama schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 18

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), with Vice President Joseph Biden (2ndR), meet with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (2nd-L) and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus (L), and other executives from leading technology companies, including Apple, Twitter, and Google in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on December 17, 2913 in Washington, DC. The White House said the meeting focused on efforts to repair administration's troubled HealthCare.gov website. UPI/Mark Wilson/POOL

U.S. President Barack Obama (R), with Vice President Joseph Biden (2ndR), meet with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (2nd-L) and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus (L), and other executives from leading technology companies, including Apple, Twitter, and Google in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on December 17, 2913 in Washington, DC. The White House said the meeting focused on efforts to repair administration's troubled HealthCare.gov website. UPI/Mark Wilson/POOL | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meets with some mothers Wednesday to discuss how healthcare reform could aid their families, the White House said.

The daily schedule also indicated Obama will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.

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