now. what are you doing? and good morning. thanks, joe. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with breaking news from london where british prime minister liz truss announced a short time ago she is resigning after being in office for 44 days. i recognize, though, given the situation i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore spoken to his majesty, the king, to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. her resignation comes after a series of high profile resignations and revolt by members of her conservative party over her economic plan. truss is by far the shortest serving prime minister in british history. with us now to talk about this from london, nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobella. reporter: it was a string of issues i guess you could say. problems unforced errors for the prime minister over the past six weeks or so. she said today t
for party discipline and the deputy are no longer in post at least that is the view of conservative mps. it will make is this your last pmq? is a time to resign? liz truss was at a traumatic five weeks has been fighting off for the demands for her to resign after the collapse of the mini budget and her economic strategy. mini budget and her economic strate: . ., . mini budget and her economic strateu. ., u , , strategy. economic credibility. gone. strategy. economic credibility. gone- and strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the chancellor, - strategy. economic credibility. gone. and the chancellor, he | strategy. economic credibility. l gone. and the chancellor, he is strategy. economic credibility. - gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as welt gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as welt they gone. and the chancellor, he is gone as well. they are all gone. so, why is she as well. they are all gone. so, why is she
during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the government s position from the last general election manifesto. the prime minister is facing widespread discontent and today she took part in her first premises questions after ditching her flagship tax cuts less than a week ago from the mini budget. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen carter. we will stay looking at the pictures of the house of commons as mps file back in. can you give us a snapshot summary for viewers watching you have just tuned in, summary for viewers watching you havejust tuned in, many summary for v
behind the counter or add pickup lockers. there s a special place in hell for people who steal my chipotle. thank you joining us. i m christine romans, cnn this morning starts right now. are there circumstances you would consider pulling out of the race for speaker? no. not one? no. three strikes for kevin mccarthy but he says it s not over yet, it s not over yet. you re looking at kaitlan in washington. i told you she wasn t going to be here. i called it at the end of the show yesterday. she s going to need some friends and drinks and debriefing when she gets back. and some extra clothes. some extra clothes we ll send you before you get back. i m don lemon, poppy harlow, kaitlan collins is in washington as you see. what happens today when congress reconvenes and how long will the power struggle last? that s the question. there s still chaos on the hill. we ll speak with members of the mccarthy s party who voted for him and against him and for him an
north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, ros atkins on resignation of liz truss. ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest as