welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, october 21st. i m christine romans. a big question right now after the sudden resignation of british prime minister liz truss. the biggest of all, who will replace her. the ruling conservative party wants a new leader in place in days. truss s campaign took eight weeks which turned out to be longer than she spent in office. cnn s scott mcclain is live. where do things stand right now? reporter: christine, there are no candidates who have officially declared themselves in the race, but the leadership race is well underway happening though largely behind closed doors. that is because candidates will be horse trading, negotiating, trying to persuade their parliamentary colleagues to support them. it will take the support of at least 100 to get into the race. this does not favor more minor candidates with a certain wing, this favors the known quantities already, people who already have a well-establ
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
History that all four major pro sports all playing on the same day. the last call last so-called equinox. we have college football, mls playoffs. great battle for la. you didn t need to go anywhere. you could sit on your couch, watch it all night long. i feel like if we need a full recap, we should talk to your son, the big sports fan who probably monitored all of this. he did. i made him do his chemistry homework first. i knew there was a lot of sports going on. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. new day starts right now .