what does it all mean for the u.k. now in going forward? and what will the economic spillover from europe mean for us here in the u.s.? correspondent alex hogan joins us now from london with the latest. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. it is an historic day on downing street in just a 92nd speech. liz truss forfeited her fight to hold on to her seat. same spot where less than two months ago she vowed to serve the country. the british public now preparing for the 3rd prime minister in just four months as liz truss announces she is officially stepping down. i therefore have spoken to his majesty, the king, to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. the tori party leader started the job holding an audience with queen elizabeth ii days before the monarch s death. promised tax cuts which downward spiral of the economy. all of the plans have been completely reversed just six weeks later. new approval rating record low. comes less than 24 h
u.s. commander there s this moral ambiguity, not on college campuses, the elites, there is no moral confusion here. if a u.s. commander ever suggested or ever moved troops in a hospital to hide from the enemy, they would immediately be court-martialed. they would be taken out of the command structure of the united states military. they would be court-martialed. they would be dishonorably discharged. if just one did that. with hamas, that is their strategy. we knew from the day the attacks came, they were going to go. they were going to hide behind civilians. they were going to hide in schools. they were going to hide in the hospitals. we knew that. and it s exactly, willie, what it s exactly what s happened. again, wall street journal editorial page talking about it in their lead editorial, talking about the fact that today in gaza, hamas terrorists used the same war crime tactics that isis did in the battle of mosul. only now observers rush to apologize for it. when is
the ruling elites in the united kingdom including inside the party. joe biden condemned her tax-cutting approach. and she basically performed a series of u turns and she surrendered reallied to the demands of the left. quasiand so this was a spectacular reversal for liz truss, a third woman prime minister of the united kingdom. and has just resigned so we now have a conservative party leadership contest with the strong prospect, i think, that boris johnson could potentially return as the prime minister. bret: you really believe that. i do think that boris johnson is serious about running. and, if he does run, i think he stands a very good chance of winning because he is very, very popular among the grassroots of the conservative party many were opposed to his removal several months ago. i think the possibility of boris johnson returning is definitely,
the acceptable level of chaos, and the understandable level of chaos, which is the rapid collapse of the afghan government now, and the unacceptable loss of american life, but it is one that officials had been warning about increasingly of the last two days and providing updates of the accelerating pace of evacuating they were quietly racing the alarm, and concern of the possibility of the terrorist threat that remained on the ground, and clearly those intelligent reports very concerned about were reallied. but they are stressing no formal attribution has been made yet. let s bring in general barry mccaffery. as you know, the last daysf battle are the most dangerous. i want to lean into your experience. give us a sense of the experience and advice that the president is getting? we know about the prepared
can we re trying to coordinate across other veterans groups with the state department. reallied is the luck of the draw. neil: i understand that. you can t give be much away. i appreciate it. you have the taliban standing there. interestingly enough, they ve not done anything even with the night rescue missions to disrupt the american missions where they go outside the ring and pick up americans or this particular case afghan nationals. the taliban is not disrupted that. but they are very eagle-eyed towards afghans that want to leave the country, particularly those that want to leave with money. they re so concerned that you can go but your wallet better stay behind. now there s a new element of pressure on americans andafghan nationals, the money factor. absolutely. i heard our sanctions on the bank and the taliban accounts are still holding.