board. mike allen, thank you for that, and enjoy your weekend and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this friday morning. morning joe starts now. let me say that i not like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan, and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. like cincinatus. that was boris johnson giving his farewell speech but he s now back in the fold now that liz truss has resigned. hardly knew ye. back in the states it s been more than a week since the january 6th decided to subpoena the former president. we re going to go through why donald trump has not been served yet. and the investigation into the capitol attack is in need of serious funding but there s not a lot of time to make that happen. we ll explain. plus presi
katty kay said earlier, has 2% inflation over 10% inflation, an energy crisis, the possibility of blackouts, 1970-style blackouts coming this winter, and strikes looming on the horizon. things are dark, indeed, for whomever replaces liz truss. she was sort of the ultimate simplistic free marketeer. she felt whatever the circumstances, the tax cuts the solution. of course that s what the markets reacted to. so in a way the ultimate free marketeer was defeated by the free markets. you can t afford this, the timing is offer. the british political system and british people won t accept this in a time of growth. she couldn t defeat the markets. so, whoever comes after her is going to have to first and foremost adhere to james carville s saying, if i died and came back and were recree itted, it would be as the bond markets. but, you know, if you judge britain as a balance sheet, as an economy, as a society, it s actually it looks fine. these are all unforced errors. these are
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
repairs are occurring. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. thank you for the privilege of your time. alex witt picks up with more news right now. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. breaking across the pond, a political earthquake. just 44 days, that is how long prime minister liz truss was in office before resigning just in the last few hours. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. this makes truss now the shortest-serving prime minister in 301 years. one british journalist wrote in the new york times days ago as political pressure mounted, quote, he was boris johnson s departing gift, a human land mine to level the ground for his possible return. in a sign of just how tenuous her standing was and perhaps how brutal uk politics can be, a british newspaper began tracking a hea
pm in history. with one of our closest allies facing a new level of political chaos on top of the worst economic disaster in a generation, what s at stake for a new prime minister? and what about britain s impact on the global economy or its support for ukraine? we ll go live to london and check on reaction here in just a minute. plus a federal judge reveals donald trump may have provided a paper trail leading to crimes of obstruction and conspiracy. coming up, the lies trump swore were true, even when his attorney, john eastman, told him that wasn t the case. and whether that could prove once and for all that the big lie was a crime. and finally, if you stopped worrying about covid, this winter could come as a rude awakening. we ll tell you about the new variants out there and whether so-called covid immunity can stop them. but we start overseas, where liz truss came into office just 44 days ago, promising to help turn the british economy around and provide relief for