Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Were at post 9 this morning jon fortt is off this week also joining us on the phone today from morgantown, west virginia, is kara swisher. Good to have you with us this morning. Busy day this morning merks ceo stepping down from the president S Manufacturing council. Weve been looking at that story. Good morning. Heres a statement from ken frasier of merck our country strength stems from the diverse contributions made by men and women of different faiths, race, sexual orientations and political beliefs. As a matter of pefrnl conscious, i feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism. That resignation by ken frasier of merck did not go well with the president who put out a tweet shortly thereafter, really within the hour saying that now that ken frasier of merck resigned from the manufacturing ago council, hell have more time to lower ripoff drug prices so the president going on the offense here against ken frasier
Do you think hillary would have asked for 700 million . I assume you wanted her to win, but you know what . Youre going to do great and walmart announced plans to create 10,000 jobs, and all of those jobs will be in the United States. Sprint softbank is putting in 50 billion because of our election. In the United States owes of next four years to create 50,000 jobs. Theyve been terrific, by the way. We have many others, many of you are in the room and you know exactly what im talking about. Today we have 24 ceos from the Largest Manufacturing Companies in the country, even in the world. They represent people just in this room nearly 1 trillion of sales, and 2 million employees, large jersey of which are in the United States. They share our commitment to bring manufacturing back and to create jobs in this country, which have been the biggest part of my campaign. I would say the border a big part, military strength a big part and jobs a big part. I dont want to say which is most importan
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Forecast. Thank you, jen. And this afternoon, much like we have been seeing the past few daysno rain on, not tracking any showers or storms. We have entered into the dry season now. Here is the view from newport ritchie. No rain at this location and pretty much expect mostly dry conditions for us for the rest of this warm. Were in the mid to upper 80s. It is 89 in bradenton. 86 in tampa. Sitting at 86 currently in inveerness. So a warm afternoon a nice breeze coming in out of the northeast to help cool you off a little bit. Notice the winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. We have seen gusts up to 20 at times, close to 30. In brandon as of the last check. Well expect that to continue football for the friday night blitz. At kickoff, just a stray shower is possible. Talking about rain chances less than 10 . Most of these games should go on just fine. Nice quiet conditions, and a nice night overall. By the time were leaving the game, well be in the mid 70s. For the rest of the evening, expect
And the family. Reporter a tragic accident cut 17yearold ashley prodomos life short. A tragic accident nicholas believes was her fault. She ran into the path of my vehicle, you know what i mean . There is nothing i could have done. Nothing anyone else could have done. She knead the decision to run across a busy highway in the dark. No cross section. And. That was consequences of her dying. Reporter he may be right about the accident, but he was wrong leaving the scene. Bryan camarino is a legal expert and defense attorney not affiliated with this case. We have all an obligation, if there is any sort of accident, whether it is car to car, or car to human being, we have to stop, pull over, render aid. Do you know that you hit her . No. All i snow something hit my car. That is what it appears like to cup of blocks to stop. When i stopped i didnt know what it was. I knew my window was getting cracked and thats all i could see in the dark. Reporter at a vigil near the scene. Friends remembe