sanctions. that is military pressure as well. military pressure, also raising those thorny issues, including human rights related concerns that we have about the regime. there are 80,000 to 120,000 individuals in political prison camps today. that was not raised in singapore. it should be raised here in hanoi. ed: olivia, i want to pause because it appears that the president s motorcade is now moving. you see it there, just want to stick to the facts and make sure that is not moving from one corner to the next grade it certainly appears and we will follow it that is moving for real and it s actually headed to where we are across town. he s leaving the metropole hotel. now you see the motorcade is in fact rolling. over here to the jw marriott where the president has been staying for several days. this is where he s expected to address reporters. we ll stay on the shot live. just about 35 minutes from now, he s expected to have this solo news conference. olivia, obviously the whi
tester won. congratulations john tester. congratulations. i m sure you re very unhappy about that. that s just a snapshot of the president s combative responses in his longest solo news conference yet. it went on for about an hour and 17 minutes. you can imagine a lot of fireworks. the president s move drifted from somber to surly. last night the republican party defied history for the midterm year. we also had a staggering number of house retirements. you had some that decided to let s stay away, let s stay away. i m not sure that i should be happy or sad, but i feel just fine about it. carlos, mia love lost. barbara comstock was another
remain seated as our delegation departs. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we have just been listening for an hour and some 20 minutes to a rare solo news conference by president trump coming in the midst of some sharply escalated controversy over the u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first i want to bring in cnn s jake tapper. jake, what did you think? i think we can see why his aides don t push him to do more solo press conferences like that. i mean it was fairly it wasn t the most coherent presidential address i ever heard. he rambled quite a bit. he said a lot of things that were not true, including this claim that he consistently says that he won 52% of the women s vote in 2016. he did not. he lost thewoman women s vote t hillary clinton. he did win 52% of the white women s vote, so it is odd he continues to make that claim. it is
probably not likely. her lawyers have sent a letter to the committee, saying she s willing to cooperate. their response back from the republican leadership on that committee has been, we want more evidence. something she says she doesn t have. but she wants to talk to them. is hoping they ll at least hear her out. all of this against the backdrop that a tentative vote on judge kavanaugh in the committee has been set for friday morning. so after tomorrow s testimony of dr. ford, that may be it. they may move to a vote on friday. brooke? miguel marquez, thank you. at yale for us. coming up, we will soon hear from president trump holding a rare, solo news conference. the night before this blockbuster senate hearing that could determine the fate of his supreme court nominee. special coverage straight ahead here on cnn. we re back in just a moment. r a. get up to 30% off top brands at sears. plus get an extra 15% off kenmore laundry. visit sears.com/kenmore to see how you can get more f
third full-fledged solo news conference of 2013, and it will be his 17th news conference overall. thirteen of president obama s news conferences have been joint appearances with foreign leaders. a fox news alert, another terror threat this morning targeting a u.s. consulate in pakistan. the u.s. ordering the evacuation of nonemergency government workers from our diplomatic post in the city of lahore in the northeastern part of the country near the border with india. the u.s. also warning americans not to travel to pakistan. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. is in this the related to the terror threat that led to the closure of 19 diplomatic missions earlier? reporter: good morning. not according to u.s. state department officials who issued the following statement. quote: