lebanon's president raises the possibility of external interference or a rocket attack being behind the beirut port blast the number of officials under arrest is now. hello and welcome again i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up sri lanka's governing party gets the victory it was looking for a majority for the rajapaksa brothers to push through sweeping constitutional changes. unemployment dropped slightly in the u.s. but the painful reality does remain for millions of americans out of a job because of the pandemic. that was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life. the u.s. is accused of political manipulation after donald trump signs an order banning business with the chinese and apps to talk and we chat.