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
overwhelming satness and go back to feeling numb. like this isn t what happened. aly co-owned several businesses in the middle of the crime scene. all her stores are closed. before this all happened our street was meant to be a place that provided a safe and fun loving space for families, for kids. reporter: healing for her she says will come when she s allowed to reopen. we ll be able to re-claim it as this place of where we can all be together and be happy and feel together and just support one another. and little by little, in a business, in a neighborhood, and in a makeshift memorial members of this community showing their strength. i will heal. i will absolutely heal. reporter: and that s exactly what many of the residents of highland park were doing here at this rally, coming together to honor and remember the victims but also to demand action,