what's it like in hamah? >> there's electricity blackouts every day for at least two or three hours in several districts of hamah. water shortages, there had been earlier, but now there's nothing. it's normal. food shortages, there's plenty. there's food shortages and very high prices of food and gas. >> ok. abu, we will leave it there for now. thank you for your time. now back to the olympics. the chinese badminton coach has apologized on national television for two of his players disqualified from the games for trying to lose their matches. one says she is now quiting the sport. two from indonesia were also thrown out for the same reason. mike woolridge reports. >> tads scandal continues, the chinese player says farewell my dear bad pin on the. a teammate wrote on her web page, you're not only disqualifying a match, you're disqualifying my dream. >> yu and the others are among eight players expelled for throwing matches in an attempt to obtain more favorable draws later in the tournament. the others from so