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thousands of years. hello and welcome. in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. former health secretary sajid javid says he will back mr sunak. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss resignation means the conservatives have to choose their fifth prime minister injust over six years. but can anyone unify a par
making progress there. they will likely need the support of all republicans as democrats are continuing to promise a fight. well, simply saying, how much more times do they have to fail before they realize our path is the right path, the best path and probably the only path. we, of course, want to work with our republican colleagues, we don t think that aca is perfect. we re willing to make changes. they first have to two things, get off repeal and stop undermining the aca, hurt being people so they can achieve a political point. despite the slow pace and lack of major pieces of legislation, the white house is touting that the president has already signed 28 bills, more than any other president in his first 100 days going back to harry truman. even if no single bill passed, the they said the confirmation of neil gorsuch s supreme court, is the greatest accomplishment and one that has an impact for years to come. leland: i m sure the president will be talking about all of