issued with emergency flood warnings. and a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey of making unwanted sexual advances towards a m year old. hellpfind welcome leadership contest in four months after liz truss resigned saying she couldn t implement the policies on which she was elected as leader. under a new system, candidates will need the support of at least 100 mps by monday, with a view to having a new prime minister by next friday at the latest. the bookies favourites are liz truss s predecessor borisjohnson and the man she beat to the job, rishi sunak. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. the shortest serving prime minister in british history. her position unsalvageable. we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore have spoken to his majesty the king to
pennsylvania. where lieutenant governor john fetterman has won the democratic senate nominations, nomination just days after suffering a stroke. his campaign says he doesn t expect a full recovery. fetterman will now face off with the winner of what is turned out to be a very competitive republican primary. with former hedge fund manager david mccormack, trump back doctor oz, and conservative commentator kathy barnett. doctor oz is one of the many candidates endorsed by the former president. another, doug mastriano. remember this name. he has won the republican nomination for governor of pennsylvania. this man, he was at the capitol on january six. he refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, and he is now going to be running, come this november. meanwhile, we had just learned that north carolina congressman, madison cawthorn, called primary challenger chuck edwards to concede his race. we ve got a lot to cover, so you know the one person who is going to be here to
leaders to try to stop his momentum for concerns about his viability and the general. where he faces the relatively popular pennsylvania attorney general, joshua perot. the democrat who couldn t benefit from extremist. now you have an eye on the east coast we can also tell you the state s republican senator primary rains too close to call. tv document oz is basically tied with hedge fund ceo dave mccormack, the most extreme figure from self-described super maga candidates is trailing in third. kathy barnett. many democrats also by the number two officials in that state. john fetterman. to feeding congressman connor lamp. that herman is not giving a traditional victory speech tonight. we won t have that for you because he is currently recovering from a stroke in the hospital. he is expected to make a full recovery. then there is a call in giant upset and lost four republican incumbent. controversial person congressman madison cawthorn, now as you may have heard, and as you s
enormous lettering, general election now, they say. there is a lot of polling suggesting people are not that happy that it is going to be done through the conservatives and their membership to decide who is our next leader and lots of people with propriety be sent back to the broader electorate. that is the broader electorate. that is the opinion of the mirror and of the labour party, certainly the labour leader sir keir starmer has called for a general election. and it is important to say it is unlikely the tories will call an election, because the new prime minister is not under any obligation to do so and it is fair to say that the tories are at a particularly low ad, so it would be a good time for the labour party do have an election, but a very bad one for the conservatives. fire election, but a very bad one for the conservatives. are they auoin to for the conservatives. are they going to be for the conservatives. are they going to be able for the conservatives. are they goin
thanks for joining us, i am reporting live from right here on msnbc, election headquarters. we are tracking the results for primary elections and five states. across the country. some calls are here now in pennsylvania. the projection when a republican for governor, is doug marciano. that s another key race where republican nominee is now, also, the january 6th rally attendee. the fire election with the u.s. capitol on the insurrection. day he will not admit a push by some less radical republican