wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. in the last hour, the united states has urged the sri lankan government to work quickly to address discontent in the country. discontent is putting it mildly protesters have stormed government buildings, and the president and prime minister have pledged to step down. it s all due to to months of economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had alre
making less than $200,000. and the percent of taxes raised for individuals increases overtime for the middle class and the lower income. they are raising taxes on people who make less than $10, 000, according to the joint committee on taxation. new reaction from a source close to arizona senator kirsten sinema, nbc news is reporting to sources that sinema is not upset she was not included in negotiations on the bill. adding, it is interesting and notable that the tax permissions he consistently opposed has now appeared in the bill. my colleague jonathan capehart just asked one congresswoman if sinema would take it. no. as a result? you see the very confidently. she is enjoying the news while giving heartburn to every democrat, and she is enjoying being talked about. she is not gonna make a full break for the democratic party. but when you re talking it is 14 billion dollars of a massive deal of 800 billion. and she is not going to stop appropriate taxes on people ea
and the latest economic numbers participate a conflicting picture. we ll help you figure out what it all means. the sri lankan president say they ll resign after tens of thousands of people stormed their residences to protest the country s economic cries. this comes after months of protell uses across the south asian nation. it reached unprecedented levels on saturday. at one point more than 100,000 people converged outside the president s residence calling for his resignation. the prime minister says he s willing to make way for an all party government to take over. sri lanka s parliamentary speaker is calling for calm as the country waits for a transition of power to occur. translator: there is no need to destabilize the country any longer. i respectfully request for the cooperation of everyone on behalf of the country and for the country s future in order to maintain peace. cnn s will rippley joins us now from taipei. the protesters got what they wanted in a sense. t
training, bombs and the so-called death list, what a right wing extremist group was allegedly doing right before the capitol riot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. sri lanka s president and prime minister say they will resign after protestors stormed the residences of both leaders as the country s seemingly endless economic crises boil over. saturday demonstrators broke through to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. and they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says that he was moved earlier to secure location. these unprecedented protests come after months of anti-government demonstrations across the country. they must go. it is time for us to think of the country. we left everything and came for the sake of the people. the president and the prime minister and to have a new era for sri lanka. i feel sad that they didn t go earlier. because if they had gone earlier, the