Its a family that has been at the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the with us voters go to polls so how crucial is the election this time and why does sri lanka matter this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Got to buy on behind. 2 brothers who have long shaped sri lankas politics theyre known for their bowling and doing the 26 year war against time as separatists now seeking to extend their familys rule over the island nation president as party aims to win a 2 thirds majority in wednesdays parliamentary election hinted it to amend the constitution and restore president ial powers to curb and the changes to legislation into 1015. 00 the Prime Minister mahinda wants to be reelected many fear fractures within the opposition could help the road when trite such a victory would concern defenders of human rights who accuse them of abusing power cracking down on the stand. This report from colombo. Well indeed i think his son dylan was inducted in
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So far police have not said if theyre looking for a possible suspect. Im at the live news desk tracking reaction from a very bold tweet from the president this morning taking a live look from the white house. The president is suggesting we postpone the elections this year about voter fraud. He tweeted universal mail in voting is good. Referring to undermining the election process and the u. S. Postal service that deals with the mail in ballots. Michelle. Anne, thank you. The stock market is down thanks to grim new economic reports now taking a look at big board and the dow is down about 230 points. And on capital hill, negotiations over a new bill to stabilize the economy amid the pandemic have stalled. Skyler henry has the latest from washington. Coronavirus shut downs across the country led to the worst Quarterly Economic report ever recorded. Second quarter u. S. Gross domestic product plunged a record 32. 9 . If we go back to the great recession, i think our worst quarter was down
Than our adversaries. More than the most populous nations and those with mere fractions of our wealth and power. And more, so many more than the nation where this virus originated. We will debate the reasons for this ugly truth. We must, if we are to avoid compounding our errors and keeping sorrow and heaping sorrow upon sorrow as the virus continues to rage throughout our country. But now we spend a moment to acknowledge how much our country has suffered already. We have lost friends and neighbors, brothers and sisters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. A beloved professor at howard university, a civil rights pioneer, a renowned psychiatrist, a brooklyn doctor 62 on the verge of retirement who in the early weeks of the crisis in new york worked day shifts at the i. C. U. And night shifts at the Hospital Center across the street before finally succumbing to the disease himself. We have lost so many in so short a time. Unable to grieve them in the manner they deserve, we respect