come to georgia i believe georgia will survive i would like to have more options coming to georgia because let me tell you one thing for us russian tourists it's not in the 1st place about economic benefit it's about political benefit the more i come to georgia the more understand that georgia actually can be a very good friend to russia and what has been done they can. openly support their president separatists in the war between georgia. and one has been done in 2000 and . 8 it was a grave mistakes done by some politicians but i think george is a great country and georgian people are great people but when you speak about mass tourism i think you have to recognize that sure some people who want to go to georgia will still do there and there are no ban on traveling to georgia specifically but that will cost much more and mass tourist is far more likely to find. ah there are cheaper and less politically sensitive destinations of which there are plenty i mean there is quite a competition for the russian tourist and i think that's why the of the reasons why the russian government is using tha

russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is your only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist and we had him say work here wishes and in general is trying to put a good policeman of course i mean parliament does not decide in moscow anything about sanctions even weekly they ca

since georgia's independence at least i'm not going farther into history but since 1901 georgia had. 2 separatist wars numerous attempts or for a sissy nation of the presidents etc and all behind all this. all these things where was russia and russian secret services. russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is your only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way

they believe the door to a safe place in georgia and they actually love georgia the damage done to georgia economy. is not going to be that big by point now comparison to. the turkish case i believe i like that turkish government georgian government simply will be unable to make any goodwill gestures now to work moscow because the turkish government they could afford it georgian government simply cannot afford it because. georgian public opinion believes that georgian territory by russia there's a huge difference between turkey and georgia still nevertheless i believe that moderates from the both side millicent moscow i think they could restore what has lost all the. last 2 weeks i think it's still doable. well according to the judge in the mystery off tourism this whole debacle may cost georgia around $700000000.00 reach by my own cultivations is roughly 15 percent of the country's bodges for this year the russian tourists accounted for about a 3rd of all foreign visitors do you think the people who framed russia as an enemy and we heard that not only from the young people you keep referr

. >> georgia!rgia! oh! >> this teacher and her students knew about georgia and zack. many here looked upon their story as one positive thing that came out of that horrible tragedy. do you ever, and this is a totally unfair question, do you ever sit together at night and say boy, if it hadn't been to for that day, would we be here? would we have sebastian, would we be in this life together? >> all the time. >> if someone would have told me three years from now, you will be living in wellington. >> married to an american. >> married to a kiwi with a 2-year-old son. >> i would have said you were crazy. >> i would have thought they were crazy, you know? so i could never have imagined this. >> helped along by an earthquake, a tsunami and god knows what else. >> yes, yes. yes. yes. >> that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. >> on our post july fourth broadcast. and in depth look at the mueller report. we'll look back at the advanced spin from the attorney general and the words of robe

my name is georgia. oh, georgia. georgia!rrison (voiceover): this teacher and her students knew about georgia and zach. many here looked upon their story as one positive thing that came out of that horrible tragedy. do you ever, and this is a totally unfair question, do you ever sometimes sit together at night and say to yourselves, boy, if it hadn't been for that day. we would be here? would we-- would we have sebastian? would we be in this life together? all the time. if someone would have told me, three years from now, you will be living in wellington. married to an american. married to a kiwi with a two-year-old son. i would have said, you're crazy. i would have thought they were crazy, you know? so could have never imagined this. helped along by an earthquake, a tsunami, god knows what else. yeah, yeah, yeah. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales, thank you for watching. [theme music] >>> president trump sharpens his attacks on four progressive democratic congresswomen in a series of tweets he's

since georgia's independence at least i'm not going farther in the history but since 9091 georgia had. to separatist wars numerous times or for a c. nation of the presidents etc and all behind all this. all these things where was russia and russian secret services. busy russia's reaction after the members of georgia to the store georgia's independence and to to prevent this country from getting closer or with with europe and with the worse and that was the choice of the georgian population again there what's happened last week is you're only one more months one. of these many years of position between russia and georgia i don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem must go can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulte

bans and threats against georgia relations haven't been this bad since their war 11 years ago what's behind their latest excuse this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm the stasi attain georgia and russia have had a tense relationship for decades stretching back to the days of the soviet union they fought a war 11 years ago over 2 disputed georgian regions relations are bad again now an invitation for a russian politician to speak in georgia's parliament provoked riots in the capital tbilisi and regular protests have demanded the withdrawal of russian troops from the breakaway regions of up and south ossetia president vladimir putin responded by banning russia's airlines from flying to georgia a popular holiday destination for russian tourists and russian m.p.'s demanded trade sanctions after a georgian t.v. host launched a foul mouth tirade aimed at prison. sunsilk machine in the e.u. as for sanctions i would rather not do it as respect for the georgian people for the sake of restoring full toss for in russia in georgia or not it has anything the great complicate o

and in a way i'm sure that they will come back to georgia because drug. the hospitality is for everyone we as a georgia are a country of exceptional stability in this region that is not a model and why does region where there are many issues that we have diluted between 20 and stability despite everything so i think that we need from our big neighbor is more respect for the stability and that's the message i think that all partners should be carrying to russia when they're talking and discussing about the regional issues that was georgian president and on his that are basically speaking to his friend who may support tennis now and simona halep as defeat at serena williams to win her 1st wimbledon singles title williams was the overwhelming favorite for the match but failed to find her best as the roumanian made a blistering stosh the world number 7 kept the momentum in the 2nd set saving her a 2nd grand slam victory and commanding style the all 6 to 16. and officers taking down his rival rafael nadal in the semifinals roger federer now has chance to win a

and in a way i'm sure that they will come back to georgia because drug. the hospitality is for everyone we as a georgia are a country of exceptional stability in this region that is not a motive in why the region where there are many issues we step beauty between 20 and stability despite everything so i think that we need from our big neighbor is more respect for the stability and that's the message a signal that all partners should be carrying to russia when they're talking and discussing about the regional issues. that was georgian president settlements that are basically speaking. to me as simple. not one small step for man one giant leap for mankind the words of astronauts neil armstrong when he became the 1st human to walk on the moon it's been almost 50 years since that historic apollo 11 mission ahead of that anniversary auction houses in new york offer pairing full sales of the fates from the voyage including the original videotape off that iconic moment which was long lost or believed to have been lost this could be the highlight of the upcoming

and in a way i'm sure that they will come back to georgia because do. the hospitality is for everyone we as a. country of exceptional stability in this region that is the most of it and why did region where there are many issues that we have to do to between 20 and stability despite everything so i think that we need from our big neighbors more respect for the stability and. message a signal that all partners should be carrying to russia when they are talking and discussing about the regional issues. that was georgian president really speaking to w.'s vladimir i suppose moving on now to sports and tennis novak djokovic is the men's wimbledon champion after coming through an epic 5 set encounter with fellow heavyweight roger federer federer was dominant on his own serve claiming 2 of the opening 4 sets but joke of edge took the other 2 on the tie breaks to set up a thrilling finale it all came down to a tense 5th set with the scores at 12 games all joke of it took the victory via another tie break that's his 5th title at wimbledon and his 16th grand slam

he's now the governor of georgia. his office purged more than 1.4 voters from the rolls since 2010 including more than 600,000 georgians in the year 2017 and then another 90,000 that were not purged in 2017 in a cleanup act in 2018. many of those voter registrations were canceled because the voter had not voted in the previous election. georgia also closed a tenth of its polling places since 2012 with the majority of closings occurring in poor counties and those with significant african-american populations. georgia also enacted a, quote, exact match, unquote, law that resulted in 53,000 more voters being given only pending status on their voting registrations because of minor errors on their registration forms. with more than 70% of those voters being african-american. this is exactly the kind of attrition on voting rights that preclearance would have stopped from going into effect. before the voting rights act, the state of voting rights in the deep south was abysmal. in the mid '50s, only 1 in 4 african-american vo

give us i know overview if you will what do you think russia's intentions are towards georgia. well russia has proceeded with this policy of workers' sation which essentially means moving the occupation lie in both south that saudia and up. into georgian territory and this at the same time as its government tries to normalize official diplomatic relations between tbilisi and moscow out so there's a bit of a 2 step a parallel process going on here in reality then with jurors are being cut off from their livelihoods as you just reported on in the setup piece but at the same time the government is trying to normalize relations and pretend as if things are moving in the right direction unfortunately georgian society doesn't see it that way and so over the past 2 weeks we've had unprecedented street protests in tbilisi against russian occupation and precisely against this notion that somehow normalization and proceed as if russian were not occupying the country when clearly it is and it is not misstating people's lives especially in those border regions near south city and a possibl

no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now we kind of presenter on georgian television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this they do ask for these economic sanctions it would basically basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want these sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs sad that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiment but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation the french government wants to introduce some eco tax for all slides taking off from the country's airports money raised will be invested in public transport within france . flying out of france will become more expensive for air passengers from next year the new eco tax is part of the french government's environment policy ended fighting climate change that. france is committed toward europe is putting forward on taxing air

her decade must have its own wine exports of georgia one day to georgia i don't see so many ways this is something the georgians will be able to weather and this is something the georgians can expect from a hunch they can teach you. the government stands accused by the opposition of being too friendly towards russia from the russian perspective then i guess what is this sort of action banning flights supposed to produce on the georgian side you know course russia is now using the protests that occur as a pretext but more economic pressure on georgia to fulfill its national interests this protest is not more an economic blockade of georgia than ending a place knowing it's once a person is of always been tense and of course the current georgian government is trying to find ways to have a positive relationship with russia. must be integration but of course this government to the very provocative step in allowing russian human number to sit in the parlance chair when they're not that warrants it significant backlash from protesters remains to be seen but the issue is why is russia using t

maybe even the one we love georgia with so happy to be here. nearly one and a half 1000000 russians who are ists came to georgia last year that's around 20 percent of the total number of visitors georgia's national bank estimates that fewer russian tourists could cost the economy as much as 300000000 dollars this year and there may be worse to come russian tourists are coming for exactly this kind of experience being great tourist and the beauty of the place. but georgian wine exports may be next on russia's banned list russian officials talk of tightening controls on georgian food and beverages russia is a major market it's very difficult to quantify the impact of tourism ban or even the ban on flights and potentially the ban on wine and vegetables and fruits that's going to be difficult to quantify in terms of g.d.p. impact but what i think we can't quantify is the number of people who are going to be affected the number of people is going to be tremendously high it's going to be at least a half the population. but. that's because more than h

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you. thank you, madam speaker. at this time it's my privilege to give five minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. king. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. king: madam speaker, i thank the ranking member for recognizing me. let me also thank him for the support that he's given to this bill. it was a major turning point. thank you for that very much. it also shows this is not a partisan or regional issue. it affects in all parties, all districts in the united states, all states throughout the country. this was a major effort which the country came together on after 9/11 and as a result of that, there have been casualties and deaths from all over the country. now, in my own district, i had about 150 people killed. there will be more than that by the time these illnesses run their course. there are so many people in the prime of life who have been cut down from these 9/11 cancers, blood disorders, various intestinal tract illness

most people because we love georgia with so happy to be here. nearly one and a half 1000000 russians who are ists came to georgia last year that's around 20 percent of the total number of visits has georgia's national bank estimates that few russian tourists could cost the economy as much as 300000000 dollars this year and there may be worse to come russian tourists are coming for exactly this kind of experience. during. the beauty of the place. but georgian wine exports may be next on russia's banned list russian officials talk of tightening controls on georgian food and beverages russia is a major market it's very difficult to quantify the impact of the tourism ban or even the ban on flights and potentially the ban on wine and vegetables and fruits have going to be difficult to quantify in terms of g.d.p. impact but what i think we can't quantify is the number of people are going to be affected the number of people is going to be tremendously high it's going to be at least a half the population. right back but that's because more than half of

the gentleman from georgia has 9 1/4 minutes. the gentleman from texas -- the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: i yield to the minority leader, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: madam speaker, on age 1 of the original thomas jefferson manual of parliamentary practice he writes, that it is the very material that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a dignified public body. now, we all have the awesome privilege of serving in that dignified public body. this, the people's house. our american democracy and its institutions, they're looked up to as an example for the entire world. and jefferson's emphasis on order and decency is just as important today as it was more than 200 years ago. unfortunately, that was not the case today. madam speaker, today is a day that historians will write about. it is a sad day for this house, the people's house. our rules of order and decency ere broken today, and worse, the house just voted to condone this violation of decorum. madam speaker, i know there's frustration in this bod

of russia georgia relations the current laden incident is a vivid example of where frantic brosseau fabia can lead. now given the fact that russia and georgia are currently in the midst of a real crisis in their relations which i'm going to tell you about a bit later you'd expect georgian officials ready not really somehow study of away from this and sure they didn't we had we heard condemnation from the georgian president who called it hate speech saying that these kind of insults have nothing to do with patriotism the prime minister of georgia a cold. cold a probation and we also heard condemnation from the georgian foreign ministry so would scenes that at least on this particular matter they are on the same page once again this friend was in russia and we understand that this is a time not withstanding anyway what do you think about the politics of it all the personal side of it kids going to be watching this you know what 2 cameramen they resigned right after it happened because they said they don't want to be a part of this again this channel is very popular and it went off air

that could take the wind out of the sails of georgia's tourism industry. who guides like a trying to stay upbeat here's lou or building stuff for us and we will see if the number of russian tourists go down there are a lot of other visitors from other countries so we're going to just adopt. the flight ban is moscow's response to russian demonstrations in the capital tbilisi protesters were infuriated by georgia's parliament inviting russian politicians to visit demonstrates is accuse their governments of collaborating with the enemy russian troops continue to occupy 20 percent of georgian territory its breakaway region that's a policy and south city. now we are sharing our georgia and this place called the arch of modern math i found the friendship between georgia and russia so in reality colonialism communism and conflicts have all too often defined relations between the 2 countries though georgia has a special place in the hearts of many russians. we love to watch out west so happy to be here. nearly one and a half 1000000 russians who are ists came to g

for example, sending to georgia has personal representative, georgia clay.he absolutely made a gift for adroit maneuvering and political affairs. in 1781, drugs and delegates to congress the position to the rank of general, with command of the georgia militia greene must have been appalled. what would be the reaction of militia leaders, and our dedication and leadership the kurds. colonel john erickson james jackson, how to deal with this delicate situation? greene wrote to the delegates, i am a little apprehensive that the military characters in that state will not readily subscribe to the propriety of dr. bronson's appointment. that's putting it mildly. he then wrote to georgia colonels in neatly handed the problem to them. ahead while this business necessary, this ought to be. we must determine and we can be sure they knew exactly what their feelings were. he added an ironic touch by having the letter delivered to the colonels by dr. bronson pretty wrote to joseph clay, mr. bronson is coming to georgia with an appointment of brigadier. should've been like

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: it is my pleasure to yield to the distinguished gentlelady from washington state, representative jayapal, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. jayapal: thank you, madam speaker. i am appalled at the statements coming from the white house telling people who dissent that somehow you should go back to your country if you criticize the united states. let me remind you that dissent is patriotic and in fact a core value to our democracy, enshrined in our constitution, and yes, i am a proud naturalized citizen born in india, a proud patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country and it's not the first time i've heard, go back to your own country. but it is the first time i have heard it coming from the white house. and frankly, madam speaker, i am appalled that on this floor, my republican colleagues would call any of us anti-american. that is why this vote is so i

in the european integration project for georgia. and she says that suggests a russian sentiment exists in the government she spent in the line that you'd expect the european union is seen as a main aspect to the future of georgia and of course later on this day $53000000.00 worth of deals 2 deals would be made between the georgia the european council president was quite diplomatic in his remarks he clearly blames russia for this says that however that democracy should develop in the country and not cool civil conflict or war he talked about democracy and human rights effectively he said that it was important proportional representation introduced by the government this is one of the aspects. that the protest is wanted change so they see that as a political victory happening what's happening in georgia now is certainly a dynamic that hasn't been seen for a long time that's the use moving. a more democracy to mom doing. move away from these sort of hear no evil see no evil and of course the possible corruption that's going on at a hig

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. hot hot we are here today to -- mr. gottheimer: we are here today to remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings on 9/11. they are heroes and need our help. new jersey law enforcement, firefighters and others rushed toward the pile as others ran out. if you asked how they are able to summon the courage, they will tell you they were doing their job that day and congress has the opportunity to do ours. too many first responders are suffering from 9/11 exposure to toxin, smoke and debris and people who are still suffering in my district. congress set up the victim compensation fund to cover medical expenses. those are developing symptoms now. 47,000 claims have been filed and more are expected by 2020 when the fund is expected to expire. we must act today and support in this fund. never forget the heroes. i

georgia is very western or we would like to find ourselves an answer within the european jews in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an occupying force for joining a russian me i don't know yet with occupying 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threaten the more security it means sit here violation of human rights of people who are living in occupied territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e.u. states but as the ink dried on deals with $53000000.00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russia's actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll. to the beach front here they get a reality check this place is normally teaming with russian tourists at this time of year the tourists all saw as the official told us that otoh occupancy rates are down by 80 percent if the flight bum from russia continues the georgian economy who's really going to suffer under simmons' al-jazeera but to me in georgia. italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible corruption involving

no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now in this we kind of presenter on georgian television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this the duma asked for these economic sanctions it would basically basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want these sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs said that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiment but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation the french government wants to introduce some eco tugs for all flights taking off from the country's airports money raised will be invested in public transport within fronts . flying out of france will become more expensive for air passengers from next year the new eco tax is part of the french government's environment policy ended fighting climate change that whole city. of france is committed toward europe is p

moscow european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate relations between tbilisi and moscow have deteriorated since the visit of a russian politician to the georgian parliament 3 weeks ago speaking at a conference on the e.u. and eastern europe in the georgian city of but to me from where andrew symonds reports. it's the annual gathering of east european states and the e.u. russia is always irritated by such familiar images. once led the kremlin to ban all direct flights to georgia all the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the capital tbilisi georgia is president didn't want to talk about russia at the conference but the council president did russia recently this is the money flight to judge your unjustified. this is a russian. that may be the case but georgia's leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliament's head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgia's governmen

i want to protect jobs in georgia. i want to protect women in georgia.nd having built relationships not only with the film industry, but with other industries that are here in georgia, i was asked to come and have a conversation about what the bill does, what the bill means, and how we can best support women and the film industry, and i'm there to provide information. there. >> athere are a lot of folks wh are pretty supportive of abortion rights are horrified by the legislation in georgia and alabama and other places and wondering what can be done. what is your view of pulling production as a political leverage in response to this legislation? >> i support and understand the emotional and the political pull of a boycott call. i grew up in the deep south. boycotts have long been a part of how civil rights have advanced, but we also have to have a long-term understanding of what's happened. republicans have spent the louisiana 40 years building a narrative, but also building the capacity to push these bans across the country. and simply taking down or tak

no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now in this we kind of present for georgia television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this they do ask for these economic sanctions it would basically be basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want these sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs said that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiments but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation. turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 military officers accusing them of involvement in an attempted coup in 2016. and a turkish political figure living in exile in the us behind the failed coup prosecutors say the military officers they want arrested have links to him so far 77000 people have been jailed. 6 turkish sailors detained by forces loyal to the libyan war khalifa haftar landed in the stumble they were r

so ahead on al-jazeera russia turns out the pressure against georgia will have the latest from moscow. hello again we're here across japan we are watching what is happening down here across southern japan very carefully because we have seen extensive flooding over the last couple of weeks particularly across parts of q should now the rain is going to be coming back over the next few days and the ground is already saturated cross much of this. area so that means flooding is going to be easily instigated across much of this region here's the area that we're going to be watching this area of low pressure that is coming off from china now on wednesday and into thursday the area makes its way towards the north and to the northeast bring some very heavy rain across that region that was flooded for sockeye it is going to be a rainy day at $25.00 degrees and for seoul we do expect to see some rain in your forecast as well and attempt of $24.00 well here cross parts of china the rain is going to be quite heavy anywhere from the south southwest as well as along the southern seaboard and over he

no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now in this we kind of present for georgia television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this they do ask for these economic sanctions it would basically basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want these sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs said that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiment but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation the new cabinet in greece has been sworn in today 2 days after the conservative party if you took your course mr talk has won the elections on sunday mr tucker says he plans to get work right away he wants his m.p.'s to skip the summer break is called a parliamentary session for next week some of his main priorities are tax cuts and reducing crime. still to come for you here on al-jazeera we'll have an exclusive repor

between georgia and russia. in reality colonialism communism and conflicts have all too often defined relations between the 2 countries though georgia has a special place in the hearts of many russians really was we love joe joe with so happy to be here. nearly one and a half 1000000 russians who are ists came to georgia last year that's around 20 percent of the total number of visits as georgia's national bank estimates that few russian tourists could cost the economy as much as 300000000 dollars this year and it may be worse to come rajan tourists are coming for exactly this kind of experience. the beauty of the place. but to which in wine exports may be next on russia's banned list. russian officials talk of tightening controls on georgian food and beverages russia is a major market it's really difficult to quantify the impact of the tourism ban or the ban on flights and potentially the ban on wine the vegetables and fruits scrim a bit difficult to quantify in terms of g.d.p. impact but what i think we can qu

more people because we love georgia with so happy to be here. nearly one and a half 1000000 russians who are ists came to georgia last year that's around 20 percent of the total number of visits has georgia's national bank estimates that few russian tourists could cost the economy as much as 3. a 100000000 dollars this year and there may be worse to come russian tourists are coming for exactly this kind of experience. during. the beauty of the place. but georgian wine exports may be next on russia's banned list russian officials talk of tightening controls on georgian food and beverages russia is a major market it's very difficult to quantify the impact of the tourism ban or even the ban on flights and potentially the ban on wine and vegetables and fruits that's going to be difficult to quantify in terms of g.d.p. impact but what i think we can't quantify is the number of people who are going to be affected the number of people is going to be tremendously high it's going to be at least a half the population of the. rest. but that's because more

i'm andrew symonds reporting from georgia on what's at the heart of recent protests over russia what georgians see as the occupation line for the war with russia in 2008. india's tower of trash total soon be taller than the taj mahal and. peter has sports news including some red faces at the british grand prix. had i would have been hot recently and dry there's no surprises mid-summer but we've seen some clouds form over iran in areas we may not expected down here for example the bride's top stuff ways but the showers around the caucasus have maybe missed these one or 2 decent showers around the coast of the caspian so 2 millimeters this time of the year in one of those showers is not to be sniffed at i'm sure it's very welcome but the temp has been more of the story with turns forecast of 41 it doesn't look or does it on this general spread but it's near record high levels come quite reached a record well above average in contrast to baghdad where we're probably right about the average or even a bit below we have seen near 49 further south the last couple days in iraq i think we'll

our james won't sort of break away from georgia but in reality it looks like as we've seen in eastern ukraine there were russian pressure if you like in those that gave it only an hour and force them out of georgia and he went about now a situation where they are under neither in nor out and the who is creating the refugee problem you mentioned right so it seems very much from from andrew's report it seems very much as though as an occupying power if you like what russia is flouting are its obligations under international humanitarian law and under. various obligations which an occupying power is supposed to perform. yes i mean that's quite grown i think anyone believes the fiction that these 2 independent state looks are actually independent and everyone understands that they exist at russia's behest of the russia is essential in supporting them politically and to a certain extent propping up their radical that sort of domestic regimes as well so yes the reality is that russia is not allowing. you know jordan citizens who want to know what was the elections from the georgian side pos

i want to protect jobs in georgia. i want to protect women in georgia.ing built relationships not only with the film industry, but with other industries that are here in georgia, i was asked to come and have a conversation about what the bill does, what the bill means, and how we can best support women and the film industry, and i'm there to provide information. >> there are a lot of folks who are pretty supportive of abortion rights are horrified by the legislation in georgia and alabama and other places and wondering what can be done. what is your view of pulling production as a political leverage in response to this legislation? >> i support and understand the emotional and the political pull of a boycott call. i grew up in the deep south. boycotts have long been a part of how civil rights have advanced, but we also have to have a long-term understanding of what's happened. republicans have spent the louisiana 40 years building a narrative, but also building the capacity to push these bans across the country. and simply taking down or take weigh jobs