training, bombs and the so-called death list, what a right wing extremist group was allegedly doing right before the capitol riot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. sri lanka s president and prime minister say they will resign after protestors stormed the residences of both leaders as the country s seemingly endless economic crises boil over. saturday demonstrators broke through to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. and they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says that he was moved earlier to secure location. these unprecedented protests come after months of anti-government demonstrations across the country. they must go. it is time for us to think of the country. we left everything and came for the sake of the people. the president and the prime minister and to have a new era for sri lanka. i feel sad that they didn t go earlier. because if they had gone earlier, the
mass demonstrations. plus voting is underway in japan the country reels from the assassination of his longest- serving leader. a brutal summer hot spell continues with 39 million americans on alert. the sri lankan president and prime minister say they will resign after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the residences of both leaders as the seemingly endless economic crisis boils over. a short time ago four cabinet members also resigned.[ clip playing ] demonstrators broke through police barricades to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says he was moved earlier to a secure location. here is a look inside of the presidents home as protesters pushed their way in. meanwhile, the prime minister endorsed the establishment and appealed for calm after speaking to the president. translator: he informed me to tell the country he will resign on wednesday to ensure
defending his decision to visit saudi arabia as he travels to the middle east next week against criticism and controversy surrounding the trip. the president set to meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now as president he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. that s right. washington post op-ed the president writes it s my job to keep our country strong and secure. we have to counter russia s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to outcompete china, and work for greater stability in a consequential region of the world. to do these things we have to engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the saudi crown prince was said to be responsible for ordering khashoggi s murder. let s get some perspective on president biden s trip. a historia
killers could be stopped. illinois democratic governor joins me exclusively. plus, safe and legal? president biden signs an executive order on abortion rights but says the best options for frustrated americans are. vote, vote, vote, vote. will voters agree with him in november that republicans have overreached ? the governor of new hampshire will be here and unconventional war fair. the justice department says january 6th could have been more deadly. what will the committee reveal in its hearings this week? i ll ask ahead. hello. the state of our union is finding it difficult to relax this summer as we wrap up a holiday, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable. the divide over abortion rights, unease over the economy, an election lie that s getting more entrenched. but i want to start by talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois outside chicago. while
sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says it s the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. escalating drought, climate change, a horrible combination, also adding to this yearly threat of wildfires. how are federal officials dealing with all of that? we have been talking to, on the federal level, the national park service. this is something they are very concerned about as far as the impact of climate change on places like these national parks. most of the national parks across the united states are impacted, if not by extreme temperatures, wildfires, it s the sea level. they are working, on the federal level