was elected by the conservative party. i have spoken to his majesty the king to notify him thati i m resigning as leader of the conservative party. it was just yesterday that truss fiercely declared before parliament that she was, quote, a fighter, not a quitter. but the reaction and the fallout from her government s handling of the current economic and energy crisis in the u.k. clearly forced her hand. truss will now be the shortest serving prime minister in british history. let s get straight over to scott mcclain. he s outside of the prime minister s residence in london. so, scott, what now? reporter: if you ask the opposition labor party, there ought to be a general election but the conservative party has zero incentive to actually call a general election. because if you consult the polls, you will find that the conservative party were an election be held today would be absolutely trounced by the labor party. labor likely getting twice or por than twice the share of t
desperate measures to try to hold the front line. vladimir putin inspecting his troops and firing a rifle himself in a new wartime show of force. also this hour president biden is in the critical midterm battleground state of pennsylvania touting infrastructure spending as many voters are stressed out about inflation and the economy. i ll ask former treasury secretary larry summers for his up to the minute assessment of the recession threat. and new turmoil right now in britain after the prime minister liz truss abruptly announces her resignation after six short but troubled weeks in power. we ll get a read on the instability and what it means for the uk and the world. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. let s get straight to the new developments out there on the battlefield in ukraine. we re tracking very fierce fighting in occupied territory, especially in the south, as moscow s
trophy for the women at wimbledon. but yesterday cameron norrie s wimbledon final dream ended with a semifinal defeat to reigning champion novak djokovic. and supermodel naomi campbell on modelling, mortarboards and motherhood. good morning. the temperatures will be the talking point of the weather forecast this weekend, things really warming up again, especially by sunday. lots of strong sunshine and things remaining mostly drive. dry. it s saturday, the ninth ofjuly. our top story: the race to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party is gathering pace this morning, with four conservative mps now in the running to become the next prime minister. the candidates so far include former chancellor, rishi sunak, whose resignation earlier this week helped trigger the mass walkout of ministers that forced mrjohnson to stand down. more candidates are expecting to enter the contest over the weekend, as our political correspondent, ione wells, reports. will you be st
he told cnn the panel will present evidence showing state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to either call legislatures back into session or decertify the results for joe biden and will connect the bid to submit fake electors to overturn the election straight to the former president. that is what schiff says. now, as investigators watch for where the markets go this week, days after the federal reserve increased the key interest rates three quarters of a percentage point and the dow navigates fair market territory, the administration was out in full force over the weekend with a consistent message that recession is not inevitable, recovery is possible. watch this. well, i expect the economy to slow. but i don t think a recession is at all inevitable. recession is not inevitable. the president really wants to have a steady and stable recovery. not only is a recession not inevitable, but i think a lot of people are underestimating the s
Yes, she absolutely did. Over the last three weeks, that is how long the uk Covert Inquiry has been sitting here in belfast. We have heard a lot of talk about political dysfunction and how much that affected the decision made in Northern Ireland dealing with a pandemic. Just remind you why that was the case, the executive, here in Northern Ireland, the devolved government, it hadnt been sitting for three years in the build up to the pandemic. It had collapsed and was only up and going again for a matter of weeks. Whenever the covert case was detected. Politicians and Political Parties were not in a good place, to say the least. There has been a lot of questioning during the inquiry about leadership, but he was making the decisions on who was plotting Northern Irelandpath. As we have heard from Arlene Foster, she has said that as First Minister that she took responsibility for how the executive handled things. But, she did say that she thought Northern Ireland should have locked down so