and colombo protested of also set the prime ministers private residence on fire or fed up with an unprecedented economic crisis. this led to shortage is some fuel medicine and food. when l fernandez has more from colombo, the reports indicate that the president go to albert roger parker has told the speaker of parliament that he will step down and resign on the 13th of this month. that s basically a few days from now 4 days. 5 from what we re hearing, i ve spoken to a couple of sources around the story and they said this may be to take in the kind of transition in terms of a transfer of power to put into place. you know, what happens after his exit. but other observers also say it might be to kind of lay the groundwork to ensure that, that it s as painless and exit as possible. dozens of protests are being held across the u. s. by abortion rights activists. they re calling on joe biden s administration to do more to protect abortion access, and the wake of the supreme court d