how i controversial blogger -- a controversial blogger. protesting against mining.taly, no more fun on the piazza at night. russia's capital is electing a new mayor in a few days' time. the incumbent has used a clever trick to make sure he gets a head start. he has called fresh elections two years before they were due, leaving opposition groups hardly any time to prepare. the blogger has made a name for himself exposing cases of corruption amongst russia's elite. his supporters believe that is the real reason why he was put on trial earlier this year. he was initially sentenced to five years in a labor camp am a but was suddenly set free -- camp, but was suddenly set free. >> he posted a message on the internet summoning his supporters to this underground station. his campaign slogan is, change russia. start with moscow. he sends his volunteers out in groups. >> i am pleased to be funding this movement, which tens of thousands of people support here. we are fighting for power in moscow. we want a better life for ourselves and our children. these elections are a firs

it is the first such arrest since china's top court ruled this month that bloggers can't be prosecuted for posting rumours seen by more than 5,000 people or seen more than 500 times, a conviction means three years in gaol. beijing says it will stop the spread of rumours that could trigger demonstrations and religious unrest. critics say it could have an affect on online community for bloggers who use the sites to speak out against political corruption. >> the footage is shaky, image is blurred. more of the news that you see is provided by citizen journalists, amateurs in the right place at the right time. >> what happened this week in nairobi was an example of a phenomenon that affected news coverage from the arab spring to the boston marathon. >> citizen power news coverage is forcing mainstream media to adapt. a new layer of intermediaries has emerged. sources content, verifying and training on the needs of the newsroom. >> will young on amateur hour in the news business and the middle men out to help anyone commit an act of journalism. >> there has been a sea change for large media

let's talk about the rise of the fashion blogger. these shows were not accessible to a lot of people for a long time. fashion week, broadcast online now for everybody. on top of that bloggers are now being invited to cover the event. if anybody has access and you can, anybody can write about fashion. can fashion magazines like harper's bazaar still maintain that status of you being that fashion insider. what do you need to do to differentiate yourself online? >> we believe there's room for everybody. we love the fashion blogger. we feature them in the magazine. harper's bazaar has been around for 150 years as america's first fashion magazine and we definitely have an authority. social media is great. it's way to connect to our readers. in this new digital age they want to hear from us every hour on the hour. our social media platforms allow us to do that. >> the internet has made fashion available 24/7 for customers. what the impact of this on your company? >> the power of having everything available immediately has changed things in

critics say it could have an affect on online community for bloggers who use the sites to corruption. >> the footage is shaky, image is blurred. more of the news that you see is provided by citizen journalists, amateurs in the right place at the right time. >> what happened this week in nairobi was an example of a phenomenon that affected news coverage from the arab spring to the boston marathon. >> citizen power news coverage is forcing mainstream media to adapt. a new layer of intermediaries has emerged. sources content, verifying and training on the needs of the newsroom. >> will young on amateur hour in the news business and the middle men out to help anyone commit an act of journalism. >> there has been a sea change for large media companies. perhaps it was the tsunami in asia, perhaps it was the london bombings. perhaps it was hurricane katrina. perhaps it was the arab spring, where they suddenly woke up and realised, "hey, people are getting content in places we can't be and we should use the content". >> user generated content has come a long way from letters to the editor. th

shocking this is tell me more you know on wall street of course and many financial analysts and bloggers will say oh china is a disaster zone there's a financial bubble there that's going to happen

there with the details on what this syrian blogger is saying something that. we know that mr maloof one of our experts did say that this could be a potential site coming from the syrian opposition or radical opposition let's just listen to what many have had to say i have. a report from a source who has direct connections with. classified information and he basically told me that the u.s. military did an assessment based upon fifty indicators and clandestine interviews that the sourcing siren originated out of iraq into turkey before some of it was confiscated in may in turkey and that there has actually been a more significant amount of crn production both in iraq and in turkey going to the going to the opposition principally al-qaeda and we've had separate reports now that. elements are rather significant numbers. and have and now have permeated into the opposition so the ability to be able to. distinguish who gets what and where is going makes it much more problematic for this administration. it was r t has requested an official response from the pentagon o

and here in the studio we're joined by max fisher, the foreign affairs blogger at the "washington post." let's start with you, randy kasim. how has the experience of the person we just met representative of those you represent. >> it doeall of their families n limbo. actually i should say hell. limo ilimbo is not a descriptio. the single defining characteristic of guantanamo as an oppressive nature has remained unchanged since that prison was opened in 2002, and the fact of indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial so the families and prisoners have no idea if or when they will ever meet again. that alone constitutes a form of psychological torture based on the opinions of a number of organizations. >> what are the different categories of prisoners and talk about this word indefinite. >> they're all in the categories of detainees that the obama administration wants to get out of guantanamo. they want every single detainees out so they can close it down. how do they do that? there are four vague paths all of which are proving problematic. first is trial. they can't do that's they

anti-corruption blogger navalny who describes himself as a nationalist democrat has denounced falsify cations, having web cams in stations across the russian capitol to argue his case. here for example, commission officials said to be rigging the ballot results under police protection. the mobile systems set up for people unable to get to polling stations is under scrutiny. it's suspected that this voting from home had all manners of irregularities. accusations also backed up by surveys by navalny's teams. according to figures published on his blog, the race was much closer than announced and sergei sobyanin apparently did not reach the 50% threshold required to secure victory in the first round. and so the blogger and his supporters say they d not recognize the official results and are calling for a second round ballot, threatening mass protest if the authorities don't approve. sad news for all those that campaigned for its release, as reported on egypt, the stork which they named menace was detained and briefly imprisonned on suspicion of carrying a spying device was killed and eate

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how to there are thousands of bloggers and videos coming out. free syrian army has seven youtube channels. there's never been so much information in a conflict. in fact, on the morning of august 21st, i was certainly alerted that something had happened because all of a sudden my e-mail was filled have messages and videos and testimonials from the ground. this is a different kind of conflict and different way to cover it. we know more. we have to verify more because many of us can't go to damascus they are restrictive in giving out visas. there are few americans in damascus. we have to work harder. we have more information to work with than we ever had in iraq. >> thank you very much for joining us. an important story. you're doing great work on it. thanks again. >> thank you. >>> of all his interviews with numerous world leaders, none have been more timely. when charlie rose sat down last week with bashar al assad, he became the first journalist to interview assad since his use of chemical weapons. charlie rose joined me earlier to share details

meanwhile in germany it's time for a leader hosen and blogger had to be in motion page on our websitefor the first draft of video from the unix world famous beer festival. news today vorlon. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joining corporations rule the day. the troika of european lenders is now back in athens it's decided on a new bailout package aimed at healing the fragile greek economy meanwhile the country's teachers and trade union leaders have opened a week of protests storming or promising more strikes to come and as artie's lucic half an hour from ports the new installment of cash will mean even more austerity adding further to public discontent. a team of international inspectors is here in athens for a fresh audit of the country's ailing finances with debt stricken greece hoping progress in reining in spending will unlock even more loans greece has been kept out of bankruptcy with two bailouts worth two hundred forty billion euros but revenues are falling short of expectations sparking fears that another rescue package could be need

blogger has raised mankind is affecting the climate but there is so much that scientists don't know. ,> people will learn from that a lot about the climate that scientists don't understand. >> a major report is due on friday. scientist will explain why , andratures have paused global warming in the long run remains a dangerous threat. >> the german chancellor trying to form a new coalition government after winning her third successive term in office. made up of christian democrats and the social union will receive just short of the clear majority. the coalition bargaining ahead. germany woke to headlines that declared this the age of merkel. >> we brought her out of the crisis. there are jobs and she has done well. >> this morning, europe's most powerful politician had a message for europe. >> our course will not change and we cannot foresee what discussions there may be. we might soften austerity in her third term. she is five votes short of a government majority in parliament and needs to build a coalition. outcome is aly grand coalition with the centerleft social democrats. they a

blogger has raised mankind is affecting the climate but there is so much that scientists don't know. ,> people will learn from that a lot about the climate that scientists don't understand. >> a major report is due on friday. scientist will explain why , andratures have paused global warming in the long run remains a dangerous threat. >> the german chancellor trying to form a new coalition government after winning her third successive term in office. made up of christian democrats and the social union will receive just short of the clear majority. the coalition bargaining ahead. germany woke to headlines that declared this the age of merkel. >> we brought her out of the crisis. there are jobs and she has done well. >> this morning, europe's most powerful politician had a message for europe. >> our course will not change and we cannot foresee what discussions there may be. we might soften austerity in her third term. she is five votes short of a government majority in parliament and needs to build a coalition. outcome is aly grand coalition with the centerleft social democrats. they a

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he's the blogger behind the niners breaking news. >>> football season here. that means football blogs are in full swing as well. >> if you are a niners fan you may already follow this blog. scott budman spend a day with a superconnected 49er blogger. >> reporter: ryan sackamoto is on his way to work. grabbing coffee at campbell's orchard valley and settling down for another writing session as one of the leading sources of information about san francisco 49er football. >> i'm going to write about kendall hunter. he is coming back from a knee injury. >> reporter: while selling insurance pays the bills for now his blog is hot pulling in 12,000 fans on facebook. >> we have 231 fans just today. >> all sharing as ryan bleeds scarlet and gold. >> my family has had front row season tickets since i was 8 years old. >> reporter: now he sells advertising and merchandise and the source of niners scoop like giving quinton patton his first nfl nickname. >> what do you think about being 7-eleven and he started laughing and he said stay tuned. >> reporter: and hub knobbing w

. >> a mommy blogger sparked controversy after warning teenagers no the -- not to post revealing pictures on-line. she said girls who put the pictures on facebook can't be pals with her adorable sons. she said, wow you took a bunch of selfies in your pj's this summer. it appears you are not wearing a bra and the extra arched back and the sultry pout. what's up? what's up indeed. we are hoping to raise men with a strong moral compass and they don't liquor over scantily clad high school girls. but she was called out for slut shaming which is what they are calling it. and she has no problem posting photos of her saintly sons flexing at the beach. and what about this video she recently made of her husband on vacation? >> where did you get that? >> bill, i hate it when you tell me that is part of a story. that is not her husband. that is the man you have been living with. >> we don't know what he did before he started living with me. that's what i'm sayingment. >>> joe, i go to you first for no particular reason. do you think she is unfairly shaming these girls or does she have a good point? >

tom is a blogger and writer for the "guardian" and his focus is foreign policy. thanks so much for being with us. you written it was bad idea for the president oh to seek the approval before taking military action in syria. given the most vently developments that the president has supports of key leaders. do you think he was wrong to take this route? >> i do. i think for a number of reasons that i outlineed in my piece. when you think of the extif exee to use military force and i think all parties will suggest if they do take place. the precedence is such that the president has that awe o that a. to weaken it is a dangerous thing because it potentially deterse future presidents from taking action beyond the confines of a partisan scope. more than that, i think what we saw in congress yesterday with various politicians on all sides from senator mccain to various democrats that tend to spread in their opinion. various politicians are using this situation as an opportunity to project their own political agendas beyond the strategic scope of what the u.s. should be o

. >> he is a lawyer, blogger, and lawyer.uption he was jailed for five years. but in a surprise move, he was released a day later, tending appeal of the sentence hearing -- sentence. >> i'm not really afraid he might end up in prison if i am more concerned that, my parents or my parents may be jailed. anything is possible in his country. >> he is and everybody believes what he says. >> during the campaign, his approval ratings rose from 5% to 20%. but few believe he has a realistic chance of winning. is having speculation. is it to make the election appear free and fair or in the hope that the feed will damage the opposition leader standing? he and his supporters believe support humans the less likely he is to serve the prison sentence. >> and sports, it was a feast of international football action on friday night with another round of world cup qualifiers. germany all but booked their ticket to brazil. it was days peschel night in special nightas a in munich. >> it was the seasoned veteran who showed to the how to get the job done. >> i am happy that i have re

knob hill meeting we were being sabotaged and i presume you've got an article you'll read from a blogger there were about 80 people there. it would be impossible to see any support for this condo person to tear down the church. those were miscellaneous folks. if the architect or developer had asked to come we would have given them some time but they choose to sabotage it and who by the way, showed up and our flyers were taken down and two people were pitting them up and removing the ones with profanity and the developer choose to write to all our 5 people on the panel. is this on? anyway, we invited 5 people to be on our panel sow they all get a letter which said hi bob, i see your opposing a project that has the approval the planning staff could you please give me monday. well, bob acted appropriately. he said is there anything i want to say i said personally you're a lawyer send him an announcement. so 3 people doesn't respond negatively on this but two went berserk. the last week when i should have given out notices to people who would forward them i was responding to e-mail after e-m

can resolve the crisis in syria is blogger and founder of the dish mr. andrew sullivan. andrew, good to see you again. (cheers and applause) andrew, do you believe when it comes to taking military action against bashar al-assad using chemical weapons are you in favor of doing something or doing nothing? >> doing something that does not mean we get involved in someone else's civil war. that's what i'm in favor of and that's what we've got. >> stephen: so doing something that is nothing? >> no. >> stephen: like? you want to get the u.n. involved? >> no, i want russia which is the critical member of the security council involved here and china on the security council who have taken responsibility saying we're going to make sure assad controls and eventually destroys his chemical weapons. >> stephen: you trust russia and china more than you trust the united states of america! your word! that's what you just said! (laughter) >> let me tell you --. >> stephen: answer the question. do you trust putin and whoever china putin is -- (laughter) -- do you trust those guys more than

a blogger in san francisco started it and she took a few men to her salon and they did female hair styleson them. >> this is a story that started out in san francisco where some of these antics are expected. >> dare to be different. >> i promise y'all -- >> you? >> i dare -- look at me, though. i'm different. >> sandra bullock likes her men with long hair. he'll do it for sandra, so all the guys will do fancy lady hair. contestant number one. and next, contestant number two, we have the one and only ricky smily. isn't that great? last but not least, in our competition is the one, the only --gdjÑ >> oh, my god. did you fall in sticker bushes? >> you look like a pin cushion. >> go to facebook and vote. #fancy lady hair. contestant number one, two, or sticker bush. >>> next -- >> it looks like fatherhood finally made simon cowell remember what's really important in life. being a huge jerk on tv. how do you keep him under him u control? they became the generation that brought us tweets and eco-friendly cars. but first, they were flintstones kids. our multivitamins have come a long way too. to

fan and blogger anthony brown grecian. >> >> agrees. >> i never heard that term used as anything other than the washington redskins football team. >> certainly i am not laughing at anyone about it or deriding native american people. >> because they use that term. >> many of the nation's high schools and colleges have changed their names in recent years, but professional teams like the atlanta braves and cleveland indians have not. >> critics of washington's team say that this time they will prevail in court. >> jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> glor: coming up, a school giving kids a sporting chance. >> . >> glor: tomorrow is a sort of week two in year two at one of the most interesting schools you will ever find. it is called the urban dove team charter school. and it is a school that goes entirely against the grain. >> when you first told people you wanted to start a school. >> yeah. >> based around sports. >> you are crazy. >> physical activity, the reaction you got? >> you are crazy, what are you doing? why would you do that? >> starting a school is an extremely difficult propo

there is something called the bloggers movement which generated from those throughout the country demanding that sentence. allowing the prosecution to plea for any party. the critical part the defense is saying that that law, the amendment was passed after the party, and that shouldn't apply in this particular case. we spoke to the defense council. they said they were going to file for a plea. they went on to say that they do accept the verdict because it is the higher supreme court and they will accept it and honor the court but they will plea for a review which is part of the constitutional right of the defendant. the government supreme court and attorney general went on to say there is no such thought. >> when the trial came to a light in the country, there were huge protests. what is the reaction expected in bangladesh. >> reporter: there are clashes in the port city, the second biggest city in the country. we don't know if anybody got hurt yet. generally by evening you'll see protesters across the country. right now we don't know of any disturbance. but we do expect disturbance. that i

and i'm going to go to a music blogger and attorney.er you have a question or d. >> hi, d, my question is coming from your background where music commentators in this day and age overwhelingly agree that you and run dmc ushered in a new age of profoundly different hip hop including pushing the genre in a different music direction, as well as up ending the existing culture of the genre, do you see music today as specifically hip hop and rap continuing to do those same things? do you think that hip hop in 2013 still is able to do the same things, and push those same boundaries? >> yeah, i definitely see hip hop doing what it always did, the problem is you don't get it on mtv or the radio. what you get on the radio and mtv now is basically what -- what sells. ice tea told me a long time ago, the record companies is only in the business to sell records, so if the worst record ever made sells and people are going to buy it, they are going to forget about what is important. they are going to forget about what is creative, and what is revoluti

a 65-year-old blogger is facing 15 years in jail after being charged under article 79 of vietnam's personal code. it for byrd carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration. the charges relate to his blog posts between 2008 and 2012, where he expressed support for opposes and religious minority groups. in an interview with radio free asia, his son said of his father, "he has always argued his activities were not, that the om thing wrong is that they have not been accepted by the government" one reporter unlikely to be working in pakistan anytime soon is the absent bureau chief from "new york times" walsh. he had been bounced oust of the country by the government four months ago, one day prior to the parliamentary elections now there. now a political party based in karuashi has hit him with a $10 million definition notice. the party took issue with his story about its london-based leader hussein. his piece examined various murder investigations against the party and co incidents dentally, it's heavy-handed approach to journalists. many have been beaten or worse, dr

our nbc and tech reporter spent a day with a super connected 49er blogger. >> ryan sokomoto is on his way to work, grabbing coffee at campbell's orchard valley and settling down for another writing session arizona as one of the leading sources of information about san francisco 49er football. >> i'm going to write about kendall hunter, because he's coming back from a serious knee injury. >> because while selling insurance pays most of ryan's bills for now, his blog ninerfans.com is hot, pulling in about 12,000 fans on facebook. >> we have 231 fans just today. >> reporter: all sharing as ryan bleeds scarlet and gold. >> my family has had front row season tickets since i was 8 years old and that's how that passion grew. >> reporter: a blog that now sells advertising and merchandise, now to mention the source of niners scoop like giving receiver quentin patton his first nfl nickname. >> i said, you know, what do you think about being 7-eleven? because colin kaepernick is number 7 and you're number eleven. he started laughing and he said stay tuned. >> reporter: and hobnobbing with dave f

that depends on whether you think an online micro blogger web service can make money.k, investors won't so sure, the stock quickly tank below the ipo price and stayed there for more than a year, buba f -- so far this year there have been 132 ipos -- [ technical difficulties ] -- for more perspective on twitter, on social media, tech and stocks, we'll bring in a tech venture capitalist, he is the author of a new book "word of mouse." mark good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> twitter is a trend. and the confusion is whether these trends should be investments? what is a trend? what is going to burn out? and what is actually going to have staying power. so what is your first instinct? >> first instinct, it's going to be similar to facebook. people don't learn. they overvalue it and get what they can off of the table. but -- but they have a tremendous market reach and they are going to be valuable, it's a question of how valuable. if they are doing -- we don't know yet, but in the $500 million range, if they value it at 20 million, that's a big number. it's not a

. >> the raiders reportedly getting a new mass colorado one blogger says it will have al davis rolling over in his grave. >> we know what caused a sewage issue. what happened that sent the a's scrambling. >> a live look out here, san jose, a smooth drive in the south bay. i will show you what i experienced as well as we'll talk about the north bay. >>> welcome back. we take you live to the new 49ers stadium in santa clara. looking nice. i wish the 49ers looked better after watching sunday's game. hit to say it. they lost to the colts, 27-7. >>> we now know how much last season's football coaching change is going to cost cal. the chronicle reports when you add up how much the school paid the ex-coach after he was fired along with the incentives for the new coach you get $16.3 million. a spokesman for the athletics department says no state money will be used to cover the costs. it will all be paid for from ticket sales and mer chand dicing. >> a new flavor on shelves. three twins ice cream to create mexican chocolate. the ice cream will include the tag line it only tastes illegal to brin

what do we know about this this footage well the videos have appeared on the websites of prominent blogger who goes by the name of brown moseys now he's been focusing on the syrian conflict for the last couple of years analyzing the claims and counterclaims that have been emerging from the the two year civil war now he's been sent a link to three videos which apparently show a chemical weapons attack being carried out by opposition forces the videos apparently were found on the mobile phone of a terrorist who was killed recently on the kurdish border and you can see in the footage now that the people carrying out the alleged attack wearing gas masks they're firing shells and rockets and their weapons are draped in extremist paraphernalia now the videos were dated august the twenty first which is of course the same of the chemical weapons attack that recently featured in the u.n. report the chemical weapons attack that led president obama to say that a red line had been crossed now bryan murray is on his blog his continuing being trying to decipher really movie information coming out of thi

it was a packed room about 300 to 400 journalists, media bloggers, all there to hear what we all knew what was coming down the pike because it's the worst kept secret in silicon valley. the two iphones, the c and bright colors, $99. wow, that price tag very unexpected. again, that's supposed to entice some of the younger new ever iphone users and also perhaps -- younger newer iphone users and also perhaps when it goes into the china market be an enticing price tag for them as well where the android is cutting into some of the popularity there. and so we also have been talking about. iphone 5s and you mentioned all the features that were released with that. again, no surprises there. and the price position high for $500 is what we're hearing. and, you know, what we heard all day, michelle, was this is new. this is a new device. this is different. the idea being that they definitely want people who just upgraded to their iphone 5 to think of this as a new device entirely even though it's only been out for about a year. and, you know, it's hard -- these types of events are really excitin

redskins fan and blogger anthony brown agrees. >> i've never heard that team used as nothing other than washington redskins football team. they certainly aren't laughing at anyone about it or deriding native american people because they used that term. >> reporter: many of the nation's high schools and colleges have changed their names in recent years, but professional teams like the atlanta braves and cleveland indians have not. critics of washington hope that this time they will prevail in court. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update from colorado on the flooding disaster. we'll hear from survivors. >>> plus, we'll go to paris where secretary of state john kerry is holding talks on the deal. >>> plus author james patterson will be in studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday morning. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green, have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is kpix 5 news. >> good morning, everyone. it's monday september 16th. i'm michelle griego. >> monday is here. hi,

since he is known initially as an opposition figure as one of the most influential oppositional bloggers known for his online anti corruption project he does target mainly anti corruption projects in his campaign the biggest difference between these two candidates campaigns is that. campaign was a very western involved to a lot of social media social networking grassroots campaigning and so on lots of independent activists and in general it is a very a western looking campaign but actually obviously before the election several opinion polls have been conducted studying help popular are these candidates in reality and well judging by the results that they've managed to get it's clear that the. still enjoys more popularity than i looked for instance according to an opinion poll conducted by a little at a center only around ten percent of muscovites said that they were planning to vote for despite his widespread popularity among the internet community and among the opposition movement according to the russian public opinion research center twenty three percent of its responded said that the

against the opposition candidate alexina vali a trained lawyer and a very famous anti-corruption blogger here in russia most russians know him by his last name. and what's was very unique about his bid for for the seat is that at this point he is actually out on he's bidding for the post being released on bail pending an appeal on. charges so he faces up to five years in prison if he is sentence if his appeal does not work out but in the face of being out on bail he is actually running to be the mayor of moscow and as you said this is the big race in the regional elections right now happening in russia now according to polls as i said this is so beyond race to lose when asked by the russian public opinion research center who they will vote for respondents to a poll said ten percent said no thirty eight percent said so b.n. and who will never vote for twenty three percent said the fifteen percent. and then are you well aware of who these candidates are of course twenty seven percent said of ali and of course the majority said so beyond and he is he has been mayor here for the last couple

delivered by the release of i think that your number is or were a dozen prisoners including journalists bloggers and reformist politicians such as . doers been in jail since the controversial. election so this is a very concrete and tangible signal about the new administration's determination to expand personal liberties and improve the human rights conditions and to d.c. acutely thighs the political environment so iran could enjoy from an expansive political society what can you say about the timing of these releases are because president rouhani will be in new york for the u.n. general assembly next week won't say so do you think there is a link i think so but it's an indirect link because it fits in with the pattern of mr rouhani which i just mentioned nevertheless you know mr rohani it's not an automatic thing for him he had to lobby for this and his you know a trip to new york is an opportunity to push forward this agenda and secure the release of these prisoners and hopefully more prisoners in the near future but you know in light of the. u.s. and european union sanctions on iran not only