farr, who his an architect, has emerged as a meeting contender. he seen as a nominee who could appease the progressive and moderate rings of the democratic party and would support in the narrowly divided senate. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. haslinda: sri lanka is warning of an unprecedented default and has halted payments on foreign debt as it looks to stockpile dollars for essential food and fuel. let's find out more from bloomberg's managing editor. what pushes sri lanka to suspend payments now? >> good morning. sri lanka was ahead of the rest of the world. it had been struggling to make payments even last year, but at that time, the political and central-bank was adamant that it will not be vote. sri lanka has never defaulted, and the central bank said that we will never default in the fed. having said that, the pandemic, the war in ukraine, all of these global events and cost policies within sri lanka have pushed the nation. they're running