welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 5am in the maldives, where sri lanka s president has arrived after fleeing sri lanka on a militaryjet. gotabaya rajapaksa s departure from sri lanka ends a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country, sources have told the bbc. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country, leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protest
over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country, leaving it short of funds our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that
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congressional committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has reached out to the justice of met with information that donald trump tried to contact one of the witnesses in their probe. that was one of the big new pieces of information that, in yesterday s hearing. the committee also showing how the president tried to make the march on the capitol look spontaneous. he and his supporters have been planning for it for days. cnn jessica schneider has the highlights. reporter: january 6th house select committee revealing details about an unscheduled meeting in the oval office just weeks before the insurrection. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president tribes white house advisors who treated personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, even challenges to physically fight. reporter: the meeting lasted well into the night. some of his attendees repeated unproven election fraud claims reproaching different ideas to t