they say, as you can see, that protests are peaceful and they believe that the government has brought this state of emergency in as a way of stifling free speech. as i say, the government says they've done this to restore public order. yesterday evening, at parliament, i was down at protests that were peaceful. after i left, police fired tear gas into the crowds and things got more tense. now, while the protests continue, millions of sri lankans continue also to suffer as this economic crisis bites. people spending hours every day in queues to get food and fuel and they're contending with daily power cuts and blackouts. four passengers have had a narrow escape after a plane crashed into a garden in texas. the aircraft had taken off from hobby airport in houston but within minutes the pilot reported engine problems. he was trying to return to the airport when the plane came down just behind a row houses. no one on the ground was injured and the pilot has been praised