But some supporters may now be disappointed to find out what is happening with that plan. From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im george howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. It is 3 01 on the u. S. East coast. The president of the United States held a major News Conference today some 80 minutes in length. We will have more on that in just a moment. But first the big headlines of the day. The person mr. Trump wanted to serve as his new National Security adviser has declined the job. Retired vice admiral bob harward would have replaced Michael Flynn who was asked to resign monday. He cited family concerns, turning down that opportunity. A republican source says harward wanted to bring along his own team but didnt feel that would be allowed. The president says he lost confidence in Michael Flynn after finding out that he misled the Vice President of the united stat states, mike pence, about contacts with russian o
he hasn t had any press conferences, only a brief statement, and this is really sort of a wait and see approach by many of the ministers here. it s really their first time meeting tillerson. it really depends when he goes back to washington what happens next. atika shubert live for us in germany. also clare sebastian live in moscow. we appreciate the reporting today from both of you. we ll stay in touch with you. other news stories we re following this hour, top members of the president s national security team will attend the munich security conference starting in just a few hours. the vice president of the united states, mike pence. defense secretary james mattis. and homeland security secretary john kelly will take part in the talks. they will discuss threats facing europe and the rest of the world. the head of samsung is under arrest on corruption charges in connection with the scandal that brought down the president of south korea. jae yi lee is accused of bringing president p