election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country s economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. the high stakes political scramble in britain to find yet another prime minister. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. liz truss stepping down after 45 days in office, her tenure the shortest at any prime minister in history. sending shock waves across britain and driving the tabloids into a dizzy. who will be the next prime minister? they expect to name a new prime minister by the end of next week. even the name of former prime ministers are being floated, remember what boris johnson said? the terminator quote he may have been looking for is i ll be back. let s go live to london and bring in max foster. quite a moment in the uk. reporter: absolutely. boris johnson definitely the words on everyone
Becoming the shortest serving prime minister in uk history. truss had been under immense pressure by some members of parliament to resign. it came after a disastrous six week tenure that put britain into deep political and economic turmoil. we set out a vision for a low tax, high grade economy 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: in her resignation speech truss said she would stay on until her successor was named. saying a new leadership contest would take place within a week. many leaders quick to react to the news, including london s labor mayor. i m not someone easily surprised and shocked but i am