praise for preaching freedom and reform the georgian leadership is cast as a democracy success story both by the western media and by state channels at home but some journalists who work in the country see a completely different picture. that's exactly what we're seeing in my culture the world in my part of the world that you know you are leverage beginner energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word find words from the georgian president some western officials like hillary clinton continuously praised mikhail saakashvili 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 you know 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 and more. so 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 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 eight another his friends relatives so all people get really is just state controlled propaganda and we 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 cossey 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 nothing about it your group was operating an independent media outlet isn't easy here journalists say their cash flow has run dry since advertisers were told by authorities to stay. from ch

friends who were kidnapped by the by georgia imposed by the kind of groups which we accompanied by georgian polish 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 really seems to have switched his attention to their wallets now all the donors are subjected to thorough investigations and the recent parties themselves are usually slapped with have to find a new law imposed earlier this year bans corporate donors and puts a rigid cap on donations made by individuals coincidentally it came into effect shortly after georgia's wealthiest businessmen billionaire businessman she really founded his own political party georgian dream. after even if she only became the new face of the georgia opposition really became seriously worried and began hampering our efforts the first history of the big even issuing of his georgian ci

georgia's wealthiest businessmen billionaire businessman really founded his own political party georgian dream about the master of an issue really became the new face of the georgia opposition saakashvili became seriously worried and began hampering our efforts first his trip the big deal even issuing of his georgian citizenship and is now trying to take away his business under this new law even his release party has already been fined more than a million dollars for allegedly receiving only go to nations opposition parties with smaller budgets aren't overlooked by the government either party was also find you know by two hundred the us door or two hundred dollars in the u.s. dollar and it's a huge amount for a. budget of two months so five a show. means that real position parties are prohibitive in georgia because in cash flow appears to be the latest weapon in. with the opposition and with only three months before the elections it seems the playing field is becoming increasingly on . even in tbilisi georgia if you go. let's cross now to our business staff can see what's happening there

seriously worried and began hampering our efforts the first history of the big even issuing of his georgian citizenship and is now trying to take away his business under this new law even his release party has already been fined more than a million dollars for allegedly receiving illegal the nation's opposition parties with smaller budgets aren't overlooked by the government either party was trying to buy two hundred usd or two hundred dollars and used or a huge amount of. budget of. mines so these fighters show sanctions it means that real opposition parties are prohibitive in georgia cutting cash flow appears to be the latest weapon in. the opposition and with only three months before the elections it seems the playing field is becoming increasingly an even. exactly twenty three minutes past the hour in the russian capital for a run up of the day's market news with business. hello bill you know i'm going to get to i'm going to head into wall street because they're trading now or will be able to see what the sentiment is we've got gains actually and this is for the second day as we got the

became seriously worried and began hampering our efforts the first his trip to be an issue of his georgian citizenship and is now trying to take away his business under this new law even his release party has already been fined more than a million dollars for allegedly receiving illegal donations opposition parties with smaller budgets aren't overlooked by the government either party was trying to buy two hundred used or two hundred dollars and used or. a huge amount. budget of two months so these five a show. means that position parties are prohibitive in georgia cutting cash flow appears to be the latest weapon in. with the opposition and with only three months before the elections it seems the playing field is becoming increasingly on. 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 t

the bottom line is, we, as atlantans, as georgians, don't have a choice to protect the river. we need to leave it better than we found it, and it's really been a political advantage for me, not a disadvantage. people laugh about me being the sewer mayor, but they remember what i'm doing. griffin: we want people to understand, when they see one of our work crews out working on the mains, that that work is necessary in order for them to have good clean drinking water or to have a good, functioning wastewater system. franklin: you don't put a roof on the house one time. you don't fix the plumbing one time, any more than i get my hair done one time. if we don't continue to invest for the next 20 years, we'll find ourselves back at the same point that we were in the late '90s. if we don't protect water, we will be without water. we will be without industry, we will be without jobs, we will be without a healthy economy, and our people will be sick. so we don't really have a choice. we're going to find out why that's important. it's a question of, who's going to pay, how much you're

otherwise they would have done it two years ago in vancouver where rightly so they remembered the georgian who was killed in a training accident >> members of congress agreed. t,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> here is what we're working on for the 6:00 news. agents wanted, mike sugarman shows us how the cia is recruited in the area like never before. another kind of help wanted you don't hear about every day. why the bay area is putting out the call for zombi hunters. >> pelley: tonight, a foreign policy debut turns into an international incident. mitt romney criticizes the olympics. >> there are a few things that were disconcerting. >> are we ready? ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: jan crawford has reaction from across the pond to the great salt lake. dangerous storms move across america, and the drought is getting worse and fast. sharyl attkisson on the extreme weather. clarissa ward slips into forbidden territory to link up with the syrian rebels as u.s. warns of a massacre. and john blackstone on baby hugo's first visit with his dad who was wounded in the colorado shooting.

where rightly so, they remember the georgian luger who was killed in a training accident. >> memberscongress agree. they held a moment of silence in front of the capitol. bigad shaban, cbs news, london. >>> despite the refusal of officials to remember the israeli athletes, nbc sports anchor, bob costas plans his own on-air commemoration. >>> people traveled by plane and rail to see the olympic games but one man claims to have done it by rickshaw. the 57-year-old farmer left china two years ago and traveled thousands of miles through 16 countries. some have questioned the story. his cart is filled with pictures of him posing in front of different landmarks, but it's unclear how he was able to cross so many borders. he wants to support the olympic athletes and hopes to get a ticket to tonight's opening ceremony. somebody please give him a ticket and a shower. maybe a mani-pedi too. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," more on mitt romney's olympic size missteps in london. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." ,,,,,,,,,, 3q back to school time means back to school germs. th

the georgians continue the daily and continue. to many observers of the. syria are being. modeled on a growing minority in the world saudi arabia. regime going to have no all history of them are. put through why they do this free syrian army. bunch of mercenaries that have no legitimacy. and along with bahrain saudi arabia has been stepping up its client down an anti-government rallies activists say two men were killed in the oil rich eastern province after police opened fire on crowd has triggered by the arrest of a prominent shiite cleric last sunday extra troops have been deployed to the area to prevent further run is by the shia population which has long complained of discrimination by the ruling sunni. and more says a come for you in the program including a look at how immigrants and loud paying the price of greece's financial woes racist at times certain assets as extreme right wing functions galvanized public anger and pain foreigners as the source of greece's problems. it also lays out foreign funded groups engaged in russian politics may soon face tough financial

of course the georgians continue the daily and continue. how areas too many observers and forward to their rooms of syria are being. models are a crowd a minority in the world saudi arabia could. only regime going to have no all history of democracy and all. the way to this free syrian army. bunch of mercenaries that have no legitimate. along with bahrain saudi arabia has been stepping up its crackdown on anti-government rallies activists say two men were killed in the oil rich eastern province after police opened fire on a protest triggered by the arrest of a prominent shiite cleric last sunday the saudi authorities have deployed extra troops to the area amid worries of pressure on the rest of their shia population long complained of discrimination by the so my rule in family. still have for you this hour greece lurches from recession to racism. we report on how the cutbacks are driving prejudice and violence against non greeks living in the debt stricken country. plus after several instances of abuse and even death moscow revise its adopt

and of course the georgians continue to jail and continue. and how areas to many observers and international about the so-called friends of syria are being backed by. autocratic monarch in the world saudi arabia. bahrain regimes that have no history of democracy and all. this free syrian army bunch of mercenaries have no legitimacy. and along with bahrain saudi arabia has been stepping up its ground down to government iran is activists say two men were killed in the oil rich eastern province after police opened fire on protesters triggered by the arrest of a prominent shiite cleric last sunday extra troops have been deployed to the area to prevent a father run these by the shia population which has long complained of discrimination by the ruling sunni family. most of the council in the program including a look at how it went once and now paying the price of greece's financial woes the racist surgeon arthur earns as extreme right wing functions galvanized public anger and paid for his as a source of greece's trouble. and also he investigates a

and of course the georgians continue the jailing continue and how areas to many observers and international about the fact that the so-called friends of syria are being backed by the mold autocratic monarchy in the world saudi arabia. bahrain regimes that have no history of democracy at all put why do this free syrian army bunch of mercenaries have no legitimacy and along with bahrain saudi arabia have been stepping up its plans our anti-government rallies activists say two men were killed in the oil rich eastern province after police opened fire on clash has triggered by the arrest of a prominent shiite cleric last sunday extra shapes have been deployed to the area to prevent further rallies by the shia population which has long complained of discrimination by the ruling family. and abbas to come for you in the program including a look at how immigrants are now playing the price paying rather the price of greece's financial woes so at times friends of extreme right wing functions galvanized public anger and paid for it is this sort of greece's trouble. darcy investigates the mysterious ran

of course the georgians continue doing continue. to many observers and i don't know all of the. friends of syria are being. autocratic monarchy in the world saudi arabia. regime going to have no history of democracy and all. the way to this free syrian army. bunch of mercenaries that have no. just now turning twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital hillary clinton is on a southeast asian tour this week focusing on economic and military concerns and is the first visit of any u.s. secretary of state to allow oss in more than five decades with washington hoping that a country it once showered with bombs will become an ally in the region is gone h. she can reports. the u.s. secretary of state is on a busy eight nation tour in asia it's seen as part of the obama administration's asia pacific pivot policy and for the first time since nineteen fifty five u.s. secretary of state visit one of the poorest nations in south asia we still can't get over the dire consequences of the u.s. attacks during the vietnam war even though laos was officially a neutral country at the t

georgians continue the daily and continue. how areas to many observers and we don't know about the. rooms of syria are being in baghdad. models are incredibly smart in the war on saudi arabia. bahrain regime going to have no all history of democracy or. the way to the free syrian army bunch of mercenaries there have no legitimate. along with bahrain saudi arabia has been stepping up its crackdown on anti-government rallies activists say two men were killed in the oil rich eastern province after police opened fire on protests triggered by the arrest of a prominent shiite cleric last sunday extra troops are being deployed in the area to prevent further rallies by the shia population which has long complained of discrimination by the ruling sunni family. still to come on the program including a look at how immigrants are now paying the price of reese's financial world braces to take certain items as extreme right wing faction galvanized public anger and paint foreigners as the source of greece's troubles the report coming up. also r.t. avesta gates a mysterious ranch in the u.s. mounta