and he lay on the tracks of the georgia road cradled by the rails. heart stopped. >> all railroad abandoned. between across ties. trees grow. a fairel pig roots below branches. [applause]. >> poem is about a ham. >> uncle john. that was the year grand daddy thomas died. left the family worse than broke. uncle john stole a ham from the meat market. he was 17. lost his taste for it locked up 14 years. ham, cured and earth bred sliced with the fat hanging on. yellow sunshine on a white plate. the ham bone cuts crosswise. a dark eye all in the skillet making aggressive for grits. lost his taste for all things salt much the ocean he has not seen. woman and man. he don't ever want to see no more ham on his plate. hates pigs. hard for him. time off for good behavior. they didn't hold him to the last 6. he is a hog farmer. only eats beef and chicken and turkey. fish, turtle and rabbit. squirrel, possum and coon and seasons greens with smoked ox tails. can't raise white folks for slaughter. [applause] >> for those of you who have not heard this in person a bi

this time we're in harris county, a rural part of georgia.e surprises at the door are three military men. one formerly in the air force and two others who recently served in iraq. now they're under arrest and in the interrogation room with police. again, chris hansen. >> there he is. he's coming in. >> whether near a big city or a rural area like harris county, georgia, lines of potential predators find their way to our undercover houses. meet 24-year-old brian lindsey, here because he was invited by a girl who said online she was 15. >> i've got to throw some clothes in the wash, okay? i made you some tea. >> using the screen name blindsey01 he describes how he wants to give the girl oral sex. he says, i can't control my horny level. then he says, i want to blank your brains out. i can't help it. now he's driven 2 1/2 hours to meet her. >> have some tea if you want some. it's sweet tea. is that okay? >> i drank something on the way. >> did you find the place okay? >> yes, sir. >> why don't you have a seat over there, please. what are you up

in tbilisi georgia if you. are let's join the lovely marina stunned by the business. today on the program we've touched down on various aspects of the u.s. economy any uplifting news you can should have before us you're used to me by now don't have any uplifting news only negative mixed at best say that basically that's what we have today it's earnings reports season and we see in a mixed picture from europe coming out this time of course when it comes to us we have the comments made by us federal reserve chairman ben bernanke quite pessimistic there he gave a grim outlook on the u.s. economy and also said that the reduction in the rate will be really slow but wall street is not trading right now let's take a look at europe and see how the figures are looking there and of course investors are also responding to what happened on wall street where we saw gains and we're seeing gains in europe as well but as you can see there are minimal and it's. negative territory by next hour they always go for the exits here and i'm always wrong when it comes to your bubble see about

even in tbilisi georgia if you are t. . time now to check the latest business news of marina marina it's twenty four minutes past the hour and russian investors have kicked off the trading session now what are the numbers like that's right karen well the markets are in fact managing . gains that we saw on tuesday of course the stronger crude prices were a factor on tuesday where so they were seeing them drop slightly and it's pretty early to say what numbers will be like later on as it's only been a couple of minutes since they began the trade in session also we had some negative comments made by the u.s. for all time and ben bernanke about the weakness in the economy if we take a look at the russian markets and see what the numbers are like and how investors are reacting here we are seeing again is there a moderate so far but as i said because we're seeing the drop in food prices that might affect the investors here but again i want to take a look at what is happening next hour for that now let's move on to currencies when

even in tbilisi georgia if you are. all right from georgia let's move on to europe as a whole and the markets marina it seems like a quiet day on the markets right now what are the investors focusing on. what we're seeing is a lackluster performance across the board not the major moves on high or lower supersize it was like a look at europe there investors are really reacting to earnings reports we had a very positive for a heavyweight bank credit suisse of course but also we had another board earnings report from ericsson and that meant analyst expectations of well ways that investors are really focusing on not and waiting to fall for those numbers and was that reflecting in the markets will we see in the i never so slightly and then the german dax up in point five percent the sound moving on. the markets here and what we're seeing is basically they're extending she used but again when it comes to the my six missing sat in just a moment so the lackluster performance that i was talking about which is in stark contrast t

this hour words of freedom georgia why many outside one of the world's best young democracies or youhear from somebody inside who would tell a different story stay with us. it all started here. for going global. now it's killing the fire. log in. choose your place. to ensure stuff. to. make your statement. spread the word. plus you find the street laws. on the money with the business of russia use this. move. to flow into the future. or in more mouths to feed but where will the food come from can science provide the answers to the future of food under the microscope puy the future. thanks for staying with us here on r t quarter past the hour in moscow praised for preaching freedom and reform georgia's leadership is cast as a democracy success story both by the western media and state channels at home some journalists who work in the country though see a different picture as are reports. that's exactly what we're seeing in my current of the world in my part of the world you know you are leverage that you know energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word find words from

see georgia if you are. from wichita for the business of. the business and what you report for us well wall street is right now worried that is really the big news on the agenda for now but all rising it's for a second day of the housing starts increase at the falsest rates in almost four years and also after the head of the u.s. federal reserve says he is concerned about the economic recovery and ben bernanke the outline possible options to these policy in case unemployment says right now we're looking at a rally meanwhile the european markets they're now involved saying us all to lenders including switzerland second biggest bank with profit expectations while minute showed the bank of england may reconsider the case for an interest. i'll have a look at the common currency then if we made the dollar is holding on to slim gains there against the year you can stay out of the ruble though it's finished up the trading session it manages to get a in against the us dollar on the good thing currencies that brings us on to the x. markets in russia

plus georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the young's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside tell a very different story. police in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east leaving several injured a number of activists have also been detained the arrest took place in an area where the shiite minority have been clashing with police or for the past year they've been demanding the release of imprisoned activists and. an end to what they call discrimination and i rulers similar crackdowns have previously taken place and dark reign political analyst dr. believes the us sets the tune for what's going on in the persian gulf arab countries. in saudi arabia have been for a long time they have been deprived of their basic rights it's an irony that they'll find in this is all kinds of detroit so these people who are in the country that's why they feel the agony of these people might be a mark of a greater value ssion in saudi arabia and that's what the united states and this saudis really are afraid of that's why th

in tbilisi georgia. r t. all right it's time to join katie over the spillway in the business section good to see you again today so the u.s. markets will be opening shortly other than you what's what else is on the minds of investors oh i wish they were thinking about maybe i'm right good but they're not is actually the second day of the congressional testimony will re-arm us by the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke a sense what investors are really. out for they're looking for some clues on any potential stimulus and a flow of corporate earnings are expected as well so we check out the european markets and in the meantime we'll be able to see that they're looking pretty flat really we've got one game there though credit suisse jumped over five percent that's after announcing a higher cost cutting target what ericsson though the phone company is one of the biggest losers in the session missing things expectations so let's get on to the exchange rate then with the ever see the ruble is still managing to ge

ppg spins its business off and merges into georgia gulf. engineered and strategic, designed to be accretive, and it was well received on wall stet. both company's took went up significantly today. >> susie: we'll be talking more about that in our stoblg segment later in the program. tell us about all the clients you talked to, and the company ceos you talk to, what sectors do you think will so more of this kind of activity? >> there's no question, we've been saying it for some time, and it didn't come to pass. but health care. a lot of health care deals this year. a big one with wellpoint, and there's going to be more. it's a consequence of the environment in general, and the consequence of the new health care law which has been upheld. the message is get efficient and deliver costs on a unit basis and cheaper. one way is to consolidate. energy is very active and going to become much more active, and again, iit's sort of page 2 stuff. financial institutions, a whole reshapes of the financial institution industry. a loot of asset redeploymen

the chances are that most people in georgia won't find out about these cases from their evening newsaccording to the latest polls more than eighty percent of georgians depend on t.v. as their main source of information yet georgians only have free access to three channels all of them controlled by the state one way or the other. one channel is owned by saakashvili aid another by his friends relative to all people get really is just state controlled propaganda and i think so what if the georgians don't get the full scope of their country's events from the t.v. sets after all there is always the internet but still they have to understand a lot of people here still live in rural areas and for a lot of them the world wide web is simply not available readily at their fingertips independent channels like of concierge or channel nine are available only to those who have satellite dishes and other luxury for most georgians. sometimes i have friends or relatives visiting from other parts of georgia and they watch these channels and say what is this really happening in this country we knew not

a left leaning group of unified with georgia tea party patriots and georgia conservatives in action and they have succeeded and getting one hundred thirty sitting state reps almost half the legislature just signed a pledge to cap a lobbyist gifts at one hundred dollars it's impressive these activists have forced the issue particularly with state legislature primaries later this month and on that ballot there will be a non-binding question on the issue for both republicans and democrats and it looks like it's going to pass i don't know ana journal constitution poll from february showed seventy two percent of georgians support the rule change and to ensure the momentum continues common cause on the conservative. i've been touring the state on a bus tour publicizing the measure and nothing has happened yet and the ballot question wouldn't change the law but this anti corruption initiative seems to be inching toward a political slam dunk thanks to public advocacy it goes to show what right and left are capable of when they set aside their differences to tackle the real issues and hold p

in tbilisi georgia if you are. all right marina while we heard about the trading session in the u.s. and there are still hope there what is happening elsewhere all can we see in the whole pretty much everywhere right now except for a huge i have to say it was a sea of red but the transaction is over there now let's focus on what's happening right now that is europe and the figures that we're seeing more against basically nothing major per se so that the footsie and the facts are again around half a percent more lies and that's basically because of course the earnings report that we got from credit suisse but having said that when it comes to ericsson that missed analysts forecast but it didn't seem to have much of an effect on investors . that we're seeing that they're extending gains that we saw and choose that as the spike falling crude prices which of course always have a major effect on the russian economy ali you have more of that a little bit later as you can see the r.t.s. is now adding point eight three per

even in tbilisi georgia. r t. twenty four minutes past the hour now in the russian capital trying to join on the business the wall street session is in full focus on top of the gender really at the moment so i'm going to get to it if i may they are continuing to rise below that stress second day as of the housing starts increase at the pharmacist's rate the fastest rate almost four years and after the head of the u.s. federal was a third he is considering some stimulus as well people are certainly hoping for possible options to ease policy in case unemployment has said we've got only direct words from him but investors are reading between the lines and as we can see we've got some gains at the moment as we well the european markets are now advancing and that's after learned including switzerland second biggest bank credit suisse they beat expectations their profits well minutes showed the bank of england may reconsider the case for an interest cuts as well as at the rate of unemployment fell for the second time th

in tbilisi georgia if you are going to school r.t. . for a promise to those currently standing by the r.c. business. what are the agenda for the markets well the european markets where they seem to be getting over the initial disappointment over no slowly clues that the federal reserve chairman will commit to more stimulus i was looking at moderate gains really got credit suisse the second biggest with bank jumping over five percent let's all join us in a higher cost cutting target for those ever extend the phone company missed things expectations those so we've got light gains as you can see just as the exchange rates we have a look at the ruble and see that it's merging to get a i guess the currencies me while the euro is once again for three things against the dollar and i'm going to talk further about the euro because the common currency is now trading at two year lows we'll have a look at a figure i just to put it into perspective for you that's not to take a hit by the euro zone debt problems and concerns over the future of it's a

praised for preaching freedom to reform georgia's leadership caste is a democracy success story bothby the media and state channels at home but some journalists working in the country see a different picture parties are reports. that's exactly what we're seeing in my culture the well you my part of the world you know you are leverage that you know energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word fine words from the georgian president some western officials like hillary clinton continuously praise me really for his supposed program of reform but journalists in the country are less impressed and say talk of freedom doesn't extend to the media made at the new journalists is now a dangerous profession in georgia there's always a risk of being accused of being a spy journalist get beaten up frequently all of this is happening in front of the entire country. the chances are that most people in georgia won't find out about these cases from their evening news according to the latest polls more than eighty percent of georgians depend on t.v. as their main source of information yet

even in tbilisi georgia if you go. let's cross now to our business staff can see what's happening there with the markets bring us the latest marina well can this hour we're basically following the european markets which kicked off the trade in session shortly before and basically what we're seeing there is that they are tracking gains that we saw on the wall street and of course all this comes if we can take a look at the latest figures as i'm talking so they can see what is happening there with the numbers basically this follows comments made by the u.s. fed or tremont ben bernanke here and he basically gave a weaker economic outlook but say that the u.s. central bank is ready to take action to jolt recovery in the economy i haven't said that you didn't actually commit to any action which is what of course investors are always awaiting to see and what we saw in europe of course the numbers points and all points of move on to russia most investors there are of course extending tuesday's gains and also we're seeing out

not georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the world's best again in democracies but we hear from those on the inside would tell a very different story. syrian government troops seem to have regained the upper hand in fighting rebel forces in and around the country's two major cities fierce clashes are taking place now close to damascus as the army advances on a city captured by the rebels during their offensive on the capital last week at the same time all government troops are moving towards the country's largest city of aleppo where fighting has been intensifying for several days now claiming dozens of lives sources say they are solidifying their control of the commercial hub such reports contradict hillary clinton who earlier hailed as the gains made by the opposition in a statement where the u.s. secretary of state also said washington stepping up its support for the rebels all this comes as international pressure on their side regime ounce of its chemical weapons despite the government's assurances they will never be used in the internal conflict and william f. and doll the

plus georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside who tell a very different story. download the official r.t. application. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our time our t.v. is not required to watch our team all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. place in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east leaving several injured and ember of activists. have also been detained the arrest took place in an area where the shiite minority happened clashing with police over the past year thing to managing and just what they call discrimination rulers said crackdowns have previously taken place and crane political analyst dr most believes the u.s. sets the tune for what's going on in the persian gulf arab countries. in saudi arabia have been for a long time they have been deprived of their basic rights it's an irony that they'll find in this is all kinds of detroit so these people who are in this country that's why they fee

guns georgia was hailed by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but it will. from those on the inside tell a very different story. a staple of america's war of rude drones that might soon be used to spy on the country's citizens by twenty fifteen the computer controlled chats will have access to a space usually reserved for a pilot had planned to say it's a direct hit from a u.s. drone training company supporting the increased test that if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear but try the team an activist at the electronic frontier foundation says that argument holds water this is been used countless times in the past to justify a warrantless e-mail surveillance or g.p.s. location on your phone cops getting it without a warrant and it's all actually just of the kind of a false use of of an idea that we have about five a-c. and you know i'm sure if we asked the head of this drone industry whether he would like a law enforcement drone following him around twenty four seven or if we would like him to give up his password to his email address to to us

i don't know from caro, georgia, is, but it is in georgia, not in florida. if you're interested in working with us on this and future appraisals please reply to this e-mail with your estimated turn time and fee. this appraiser is licensed, certified in florida, not in georgia. that is an example, and i don't know how many other appraisers in florida received the same e-mail. that is the primary driver of a lot of amcs' determination as to who gets the assignment, the turn time and the fee. no question here whether or not he even is certified in georgia or what his qualifications are, whether or not he's a designated appraiser. >> and the problem with that, and i do like appraisers. i'm not impugning anybody. please, don't anybody mischaracterize what i am saying. everybody is shopping for business today, and when a lender receives an estimate from this appraiser and says we'll do your appraisals for this amount of money the lender says that's a good deal, it doesn't matter that they're many miles away. i'll let you continue. >> thank you. as to how it can be

globes couple from georgia reporting how the government targets its grip on power. opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. all that still to come but first an explosion has hit a bus carrying israeli tourists in an airport in the bargain city of burgas on the black sea at least seven people were killed and twenty injured in the blast. there has more. we're talking here of a group of some two hundred israeli tourists who have just arrived in the bulgarian city of burgas they have boarded three buses and they hadn't even lift the parking lot when one of those buses exploded and the other two erupted into flames here in israel the country's gone into a state of emergency it is a been a hotline that's been set up plans are in place to send a plane to bulgaria to bring back the survivors and almost by the minute those survivors are phoning israeli radio stations and television networks crying hysterically saying that there are bodies lying over the ground that there are people screaming that they were clothes that have been wrecked they being held in a holding cell

let me go to georgia or would you like to see need to expand. i don't think it's a question of nato expansion i don't think nato is interested in expanding immediately but what we do see is the fact that i agree with that there are far more security threats and far more security problems in the world than nato can deal with they're beyond the resources of even nato and for that we need the whole international community to cooperate better together i think the case of rwanda is a perfect example of these are the types of missions where there is violence in ethnic conflict being used against innocent people where the international community cannot just say we will not intervene we will not get involved but it is our moral imperative. the right mechanism to deal with that as i said i don't think nato is the right mechanism of all of these problems i think there are some within the nato area and along the periphery that nato can contribute to but i think it's also the responsibility of other regions and other members of the international community t

and take a look down georgia avenue. those lights are tree trimming crews trying to remove the limbs that are entangled in power lines. this happens every time there is a major storm here. the homemade sign says it all. pepco, no power. since late friday, illumination has been provided only by moonlight and candle light. lou and his wife host a warm but festive freezer cleanout dinner for a neighbor. it was a welcome break from two days of hauling downed tree limbs to the curb. perishables are dwindling. >> i was calling to explain about the tree across they said call back when we're open. >> reporter: the buzz of generators powering electric fans filled the courtyard at this senior and assisted living residence. outside, tree trimmers paid by the county free up wires so power crews can work more quickly when they get here. two residents had to be hospitalized due to the heat and lack of air-conditioning. but the rest are dignified and resolute. >> it is an inconvenience. >> reporter: the montgomery county councilman was

country and one particular ideology george you want to jump in there anyhow i would agree to go to georgia fair time george. i agree it's helpful to have more actors such as the e.u. engage in solving some of the problems in the international system i agree that it would be better for more countries to also contribute to solving these problems and to stopping regimes from using violence against their own people but the facts of the matter are that nato has been the most successful nato has been the most has the most resources and nato has been the most willing to contribute to these un sanctions missions to keep the peace and to keep regimes that are using violence against your own people you used the word successful how do you mean that it's been successful in this that again i stand libya as we as we've been discussing in this case even after the cold war in the twenty years since the cold war nato has only been involved in two or three major missions such as in the balkans and in libya and in afghanistan i mean for all those years it's only been involved in those things and those were c

the parliamentary elections in georgia are just three months away with political tensions and foul play already dominating the run in three opposition activists were arrested on tuesday for allegedly violating party funding rules and as artie's of the negotiator reports some fear that president nicolas sarkozy is ruling party will cling to power by any means necessary. where was my friends who were kidnapped by the by george imposed by the kind of groups which we accompanied by do a dimple is like many of the outspoken critics of the regime of president saakashvili is used to this kind of treatment but now as parliamentary elections draw closer the authorities are trying to derail any opposition momentum on top of the tried and trusted methods of shutting down the opposition where there are three things but it is a circus really seems to have switched his attention to their wallets now all donors are subjected to thorough investigations and the researching parties themselves are usually slapped with have to find a new law imposed earlier this year bans corporate donors and puts a rigid

johnson of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 738, the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. and the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. my amendment would amend the bill's definition of, quote, significant regulatory action, end quote, to exclude any regulation or guidance that is intended to protect the privacy of americans. with the increasing opportunities for governmental and private organizations to obtain, maintain and disseminate sensitive private information on citizens, it is critical that we not prevent or delay the implementation of government regulations designed to protect the privacy of this information for several reasons. first, the government routinely collects almost every type of personal information about individuals and stores it in its databases. it may maintain this information for stated periods or permanently, and the government may share it with state agencies under certain circumstances. the concern, mr. speaker, is that such information has

. >> the book was published this year by the university of georgia press. it is available at the back of the auditorium this afternoon. it is called blood ties and brown liquor. and he is also been the finalist for the 2006 poetry prize. please, join me in welcoming mr. sean hill. [applause]. >> i want to read from blood and brown liquor today. this book is about my home town in georgia. it's also where [inaudible] is from. and i started researching the history of [inaudible] and sort of fell into the history of black people there because it was not taught in school. so -- in order to write about the history i had to invent a character to explore this history. the character's name is si loss wright. >> first poem i will read is titled silos write at age 71914. it's about silos follows a fishing riggel in the shallows. he describes the line in his tablet as much pride in that line as a man and his son. he giggles and goes on. the next letters come easy. with this he will have more than a mark to bind. rambling across the page again and again in messy rows al

i was in a car on my way from southwest georgia. >> your 25 years old? >> 25.ing back to selma. i had come to new york, attended the service for him. >> what is your assessment of the significance of malcolm x? >> i think he played a major role in helping to educate, inform, and dramatize the need for mass movement. people read about him. many of the young people, black and white, red his story. many did not agree necessarily with his techniques or tactics, but if malcolm x had lived, i am convinced he would have been part of the southern nonviolent reign over the civil-rights movement. >> and what did dr. king think? >> i remember malcolm being in the hotel before we even saw him in kenya. the night of the march on washington, the evening before the march on washington, he was at the hilton hotel in washington. he did not like the way the march turned out because it was like a picnic. >> and he was not invited to speak. >> he was not invited to speak. i did not have anything to do with that decision. >> after the civil-rights act and voting rights act was sign