his formal resignation is expected to be announced at some point today. the bbc understands the president s military jet has landed in male, the capital of the maldives. he had been in hiding after protestors stormed his residence on saturday. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from colombo. many sri lankans feel that leaving is their only option, in a crisis defined by endless waits. hundreds queue for passports. a chance to leave their troubled homeland in search of something better. many trying to make it to the middle east, like vasana, whose hoping she ll find work as a cleaner to support her six year old. how do you feel about wanting to leave sri lanka? your heart is in sri lanka? she says she s going because she s struggling to even get food and that s one of the reasons why she s trying to find work in kuwait. me, i m planning to go to uk. we don t see any future. so that s basically we want to move on this country for our kids, not for
my blood pressure is borderline. garlique healthy blood pressure formula helps maintain healthy blood pressure with a custom blend of ingredients. i m taking charge, with garlique. the january six committee heard a powerful presentation heard it to rally his supporters, to send descend on january. the committee saying the evidence confirms that trump s call to march on the capitol was not a spontaneous call to action. more now from cnn s ryan. the january 6th select committee is their seventh public hearing to build the case at all trump had a plan. to call his supporters to washington to march on the capitol and stand in the way of certifying the 2020 election. one witness, stephen ayres, who has since pleaded guilty, answer trump s call. we didn t actually plan to go down there. you know, we went basically, to stop the steal rally. and that s it. why did you decide to march in the capital? basically, the president got everyone riled up. told everyone to head on
Where these come from. The podcast is grapevine. I have gone way over. Im sorry to deadline white house, which starts right now. Hi, everyone. A dramatic day in court after a judge stakes action on an issue that has loomed over the entire country since the expresident descended these escalators at trump tower eight years ago. That is his longstanding practice of threatening and wielding violent and dangerous rhetoric as a weapon. Against anyone who he perceives as standing in his way of anything. Inevitably, facing the potential for violence. Donald trump under a gag order. Back in court this morning fo he eventually left during a break. Nbc news reports, speaking outside the courtroom before the trial start, trump decried it as a political hit job against him as he repeated his ongoing atck against new York Attorney general Letitia James whom he accused of trying to interfere with his chances of another president ial term. In fact, trump returned to the cameras multiple Times Railing
people were providing the president with good advice. some, i didn t understand how they had gotten. cipollone also described his frustration dealing with people who couldn t produce any evidence of widespread voter fraud. i disregard, a general disregard, for the importance of facts. facts. after, trump shifting gears and not backing down from his pursuit of election lies. tweeting the next day, an invitation to descend on washington on january 6th. be there. we will be wild the president wrote. the committee also presented a draft tweet from the national archives showing trump planned before january 6th to tell his supporters, please arrive early. massive crowds expected. march to the capitol after. this, despite members of trump s cabinet and inner circle testifying that they told trump he lost the election and he should concede to biden
on january 6th for what he promised would be a wild rally. that, according to one committee member, was a call to arms for some of mr trump s supporters. at1:1i2am on december 19th, 2020, shortly after the last participants left the unhinged meeting, trump sent out the tweet with his explosive invitation. the panel then heard from this man, a one time supporter of mr trump, who face criminal charges over his actions on january 6th. he said he went to washington and illegally entered the capitol building because he thought the result of the election could be overturned. for me, personally, i was pretty hardcore into the social media facebook, twitter, instagram. i followed president trump, all of the websites, you know. he basically put out, come to stop the steal rally, you know? and ifelt like i needed