president of the alliance for manufacturing, and as you mentioned the fourth two resigned from president trump s american manufacturer council. it happened this morning. paul wrote in a statement, i am resigning from the manufacturing jobs initiative, because it is the right thing for me to do. this came 16 minutes after the president tweeted, for every ceo that drops out of the council, i have many to take the place. grant grant standards should noe gone on. the ceos of intel, merk, and under armour. he was not tough enough on white s premises, and the kkk. which also point out, new line box sandra: he has had quite a stir on twitter yet again. a lot of tweets have gone out since this morning.
president-elect are nonsense. they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. the prime minister s office went further, we ve made clear to the administration that these claims and ridiculous and should be ignored. some british media reported that they apologize. spicer said not so and told reporters. i don t think we regret anything. we literally listed a litany of media reports that are in the public domain. well, today in a joint press conference with german chancellor angela merk president trump was asked about his wiretapping claims twice by german reporters. the questions heading in were would he stick to his phony tweet that president obama wiretapped him which has since been rejected ben republican and democrat leaders in the senate and apologize for his spokesman s claim that british intelligence spied on trump tower. the answer was no to both questions. as far as wiretapping, i guess
big trip for the vice president. defense secretary james mattis also in munich today. he talked a little bit ago about cooperation between nato and the european union just one day after mattis in a meeting with those nato allies rejected the possibility of more military ties between the u.s. and russia. lucy khavanov has more for us. reporter: jim mattis did finish speaking just a few moments earlier, he used more of the stick approach there in emphasizing the need for allies to pay their fair share. there was more of a carrot approach. he said a lot of soothing things about kmerk s commitment to european security. he said the reality is america security is permanently tied to that of europe and president
five people have been detained suspected of planning a series of attacks in mull born melbourne. they are accused of being inspired by isis and carry out the attacks at a could cathedral. they believe the threat has been neutralized. a firebreaking out tonight in a high-rise building in new york city. the flames and smoke in the building on the upper west side injuring 24 people. two people were critically injured and four others suffered potentially serious injuries. the fire broke out in a third floor apartment and spread to the fourth moore fourth floor before being distinguished. encouraging news in the fight against ebola. an experimental vaccine is said to be highly effective. ebola killed thousands of people. the drug was developed by the canadian government, but u.s. u.s.-based merk is expected to seek regulatory approval in the u.s. next year.
look around the world today. it is in chaos. in every region of this planet from asia, where china today literally, is building islands. with the spread of radical jihadist groups and iran moving full speed ahead. america can t solve all of these problems on it own. but none of these problems can be solved without merk. and we have a president that s e vis eviscerated. american people are anxious. they re filled with anxiety. not anger. they re worried about their country and they should be. and the reason for that is absolutely feckless leadership.