The Latest: Father of California shooter Tashfeen Malik says he condemns daughter's action

Frank Kelly, of Victorville, Calif., pays his respects at a makeshift memorial near the Inland Regional Center, the site of last week's fatal shooting that killed multiple people, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (The Associated Press)

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FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Comey said the two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (The Associated Press)

Fontana police corporal Scott Snyder, center, reacts during a news conference with the first responders who were at the scene of last week's fatal shooting at the Inland Regional Center, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (The Associated Press)

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The latest on the shootings in San Bernardino, California (all times local):

11 a.m.

The father of California shooter Tashfeen Malik says he condemns and regrets his daughter's action and the killings in San Bernardino.

Gulzar Ahmad Malik spoke to The Associated Press by telephone Wednesday from Jiddah, in Saudi Arabia. He says he is "very, very sad."

He says: "I am in such pain that I cannot even describe it."

The father says he recorded his statement with Saudi intelligence and that he wouldn't like to go beyond that.

The Saudi Interior Ministry has said that Gulzar Ahmed Malik has been a resident in the kingdom since the early 1980s. His daughter was from Pakistan but traveled to Saudi Arabia.

Tashfeen Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, opened fire on Farook's co-workers at a holiday party a week ago, killing 14 people.

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7:55 a.m.

FBI Director James Comey says the two San Bernardino, California, shooters were radicalized at least two years ago and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013.

Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, were radicalized even before they met online.

The couple wed last year.

Comey also said the couple was inspired by foreign terror organizations and described them as "homegrown violent extremists."

He said the investigation is continuing.