dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the prime minister making the announcement moments ago outside 10 downing street. this after she failed to overcome a flurry of criticism from her own party. alex hogan is following all of this from london. hi. good morning. this has been a very contentious day here in london after a contentious two months of british prime minister liz truss time in office. she announced her resignation earlier this morning. speaking for a minute 30 seconds. very brief. take a listen. we set out a vision for a low tax, high grade economy that take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. this comes after a shaky day yesterday at downing street. another member of her government left the job. home secretary resigned. she was a popular figure in the conservative party. she has been replaced by grant sha p. he is a supporter of the former p.m. candidate who lost to truss. he quickly addressed the need to get to work. truss had only serve
sha p. he is a supporter of the former p.m. candidate who lost to truss. he quickly addressed the need to get to work. truss had only served for 45 days. she is the briefest serving p.m. in u.k. history. the economic turmoil we ve seen in the last two months only also led to the ousting of her treasury chief. she announced widespread tax cuts and spending plans that were announced less than a month ago. all of that has been scrapped. her approval rating had been very low. it is worth noting food and energy is soaring. inflation the highest in 40 years. the bombshell announcement today coming on the heels of yet another resignation last night announcing she will leave the job. she has talked to the king formally announcing her resignation. she said next week there will