conference at the white house in which the president defended his administration calling it a finely tuned -- a fine-tuned machine. he took aim at many from members of the press to intelligence leakers, judges, says and even hillary clinton. cnn's -- are live in north ch l charleston covering today's big event. james, first to you, what are we expecting to hear from the president today as it sounds like he is about to arrive? >> well, he is running about 15 minutes behind, kate. this will be the first time a sitting president has visited the boeing plant. once he gets here, a quick little ticktock. after his arrival, he will be meeting with the ceo of boeing. that's expected to take place at about 12:30. shortly thereafter he is going to have a tour of the facility. he is also going to be making some brief remarks. that was expected to be at about 1:05. that's now going to be pushed back perhaps to about 1:30 or so. after that he will get a tour, another tour, agai of the