news. liz truss has resigned after 44 days in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. christiane amanpour and correspondent bianca noble joins us from london. she delivered a short resignation speech stating i cannot deliver on the mandate on which i was elected. yes. she s suffered the inignominy of serving as prime minister. it was an appropriately short speech because, of course, she double have a legacy to speak of. she pointed to two economic measuresing but basically her entire premiership has voichbled controversy, taking policies too far, and not taking control of her party. let s take a listen to the moment she talks about how she finds herself. we set out for a low tax, high grade communicate that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. reporter: bianna, this has been a bruising week for a prime min
Capitol hill this afternoon as you see Speaker Mccarthy gavelling in the house of representatives, where you will see the House Speaker fighting to keep his job. Congressman matt gaetz raymond leading the charge to oust him from his role as speaker of the house. The house averted a government shutdown. Gaetz raymond expected to take the flooris expected to take th fl floor. I spoke with folks on capitol hill and i count eight republicans is what matt gaetz has, perhaps more than that. He would need 210 democrats to pass the motion to vacate. You have congressman Hakeem Jeffries saying the caucus should vote to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Pramila jayapal doubling down, we are not voting in any way to save Kevin Mccarthy. The question this hour, does Kevin Mccarthy seem the cat with nine lives . It took 15 votes to get the gavel. Well watch the house floor and update new developments. First, historic legal battle that could have political implication on the 2024 race. The first son has pleaded