what does it all mean for the u.k. now in going forward? and what will the economic spillover from europe mean for us here in the u.s.? correspondent alex hogan joins us now from london with the latest. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. it is an historic day on downing street in just a 92nd speech. liz truss forfeited her fight to hold on to her seat. same spot where less than two months ago she vowed to serve the country. the british public now preparing for the 3rd prime minister in just four months as liz truss announces she is officially stepping down. i therefore have spoken to his majesty, the king, to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. the tori party leader started the job holding an audience with queen elizabeth ii days before the monarch s death. promised tax cuts which downward spiral of the economy. all of the plans have been completely reversed just six weeks later. new approval rating record low. comes less than 24 h
justice department personnel were dispatched to the house, even though many of them were not cleared to view top secret materials the biden team is refusing to go into detail about almost any aspect of this scandal but it s justification for that silence is being challenged every day. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich tried to get clarification on that this afternoon. she starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. there are new reports that the justice department considered having fbi agents oversee the search at the president s home but decided against it. it is unclear who made that call or why. but we were told today by the administration that prides itself on transparency effectively not to expect answers on much from them is. the white house will not be taking questions on the investigation into president biden s apparent mishandling of classified documents anymore citing doj protocols. anything that is
in the senate, house republicans are now raising the stakes. we re going to have a plan to secure america s border. house republicans are rolling out their solution to the border crisis. republicans have a plan for a new direction. today g.o.p. conference members got a private, first-hand look at the plan inside minority leader kevin mccarthy s commitment to america agenda. a legislative road map similar to former speaker newt gingrich s 1994 contract with america. on the border, the g.o.p. plans to end catch and release. reinstate the remain in mexico policy. and finish the border wall. democrats are already hitting back. i m not concerned with anything that they are going to present over the next few days because the american people will see through it clearly. democrats are under pressure to do something about migrants being bused to sanctuary cities. but talks on immigration reform are stalled on capitol hill. and congress is just eight days away from a governme
with the president. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. president biden hoping to flex his diplomatic muscles here in new york. it s unclear how much of the world he has been able to rally so far around these issues that he thinks are the most urgent facing the planet. we are the authors of history. president biden sees two problems as bigger than all the rest. climate change. we don t have much time. and russia s invasion of ukraine. permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbor. peter: but no call to remove russia from the u.n. security council despite renewed warnings of weapons of mass destruction. they re making irresponsible threats to use nuclear weapons. critics say the president s russia talk was missing something. call out the countries that are helping russia. call out the fact that china is helping. call out the fact that iran is sending drones. call out north korea for rockets. ing. among newcomers
series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries today. we ll come back tonight and i believe at that time we ll have the votes to finish this once and for all. i think getting together and just finding the ability to how are we all going to work together? it s new for us. one, being in the majority but being in a tight majority. i think at the end of the day we re going to be more effective. more efficient. and definitely the government is going to be more accountable. the dam finally broke after mccarthy made concessions to. they will score k