mr saakashvili received a u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization commodity a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions and we're dealing with democratic blood blister aleutian this is the revolution of roses and this is me kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. was. soon after the rose revolution blossomed fully george announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never never will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition

saakashvili wound up in the us and soon his friends in washington found him a new assignment. mikail actively supported my down and very soon was rewarded with a high position in the new ukrainian government first as the president's counselor and then as the governor of odessa the day before taking this position he renounced his citizenship to georgia the country of the birth and became a ukrainian citizen. then the second asked others gordon would have done in the way exhorted. gordon would have done in the way exhorting that road. as they say the battle is worth the blood both literally and figuratively. now do i not somebody affordable by the us out. on. the chest but i have. geoffrey pyatt the u.s. ambassador to ukraine paid a visit to saakashvili just a month after he took office in odessa it is law is the all lost of ministration is delivering results and you raise your voice to see a steady flow of embassy in washington visitors coming here the meeting was fruitful and geoffrey generous. no matter how well saakashvili is job goes it looks like he shouldn't be worried ab

political troubles are you strong and i i smell a a tail weighing in the dog here reminiscent of saakashvili back in georgia in two thousand and eight when he provoked the russians and shot. russian peacekeepers in the south of setia and then the war was on at that time it was to try and get nato to protect georgia in this case i think by declaring martial law as poor shank go did he's trying to solidify his political base if he can so let it out at night at eight percent and so little area let me go to you in london let me give this little tidbit out to everybody when you know coverts was even legally ejected from the presidency in february two thousand and fourteen his public opinion approval was twenty four percent puerto shango by even ukrainian accounts is eight percent so i wonder what's really in play here i don't know what the intentions were on the street straight but i can see political maneuvering on the part of put a shank owen the people that put him in power go ahead in london. thank you peter as you rightly point out. it is the fact that in the thirty of the march two thousand

a former president because saakashvili went into exile after being charged with abuse of power if mr saakashvili were to be repatriated to georgia and an opposition party president then that could really inject. turbulence into georgia's political system this vote is being seen really as a vote of confidence in the current government and an important dress rehearsal for parliamentary elections in twenty twenty. the last senate seat that was still up for grabs in the u.s. went to elections has been decided after a close and controversial race in mississippi we have a consent to hide so that's when it comes despite a series of racially charged comments during the campaign including telling supporters see what except an invitation to public hanging john hendren reports in jackson mississippi. in the last senate election of twenty eighteen cindy hyde smith made history could graduate i should enter m.l. senator and send a state. appointed temporarily in april she is now the first elected female senator from mississippi the reason we won is because mississippi and know me and they know my

what we saw as i refer back again to two thousand and eight with the georgian incident in which saakashvili was warned repeatedly don't antagonize russia which he was planning to do this is what's happening again and now it's drawn in as a result the big the big boys and and what's interesting is that trump himself has been rather silent on all this so i think that he and he is sending a signal really that intends to the cool it down a little bit he's going to have that meeting and things are going to work out i think he's looking forward to that meeting with with putin and he still has a desire to work with putin on a number of a myriad of issues but but this clearly was a calculation on the part of poor shank oh and people close to him and the people within the state particularly the state department and the neo cons that antagonize these guys because that their relationship with the porsche and go government is very very strong and so they're the. amount of instigation there is incredible to do in sight and i think that that's what we have here in preparation for this meeting in order to

use of power if mr saakashvili were to be repatriated to georgia and an opposition party president then that can really inject. turbulence into georgia's political system this vote is being seen really as a vote of confidence in the current government and an important dress rehearsal for parliamentary elections in twenty twenty three weeks ago al jazeera spent a day on the road in mexico with one family from on jurist who joined a large group of people trying to get to the united states twenty five days and four thousand kilometers later john holeman caught up with them near the u.s. border. the last time we saw the rays elia family they were sleeping on the street in south makes co after a week with the caravan of central americans maria was sick. alvin was struggling tool and early was exhausted she was eight months pregnant now everything's changed for one in june is right he's fifteen days old has given the family fresh hope. we were frightened we would lose him on the way but god didn't want that and we have him safe and sound my whole body was hurting and when my son arrived i fel

but to get a handle on georgia today, you must understand the importance of one man, mikheil saakashvilibegan to change everything. mishia, as everybody knew him, transformed the country. and by making friends in the west, in europe, and the u.s., he gained a lot of attention, both good and bad. in 2013 though, he was ousted by the georgian dream party who are still in power today. most americans watching this show will have a hard time even locating georgia on a map. >> paul: yeah. >> anthony: what do you think people need to know about this country? >> paul: two things in georgia that are untouchable -- the church. don't mess with the church and don't mess with georgian food. >> anthony: don't mess with georgian food? >> paul: yeah. >> anthony: don't mess with the church -- okay, i get it. but to the food, why? >> paul: because, um, it's tradition. you don't mess with tradition. >> anthony: i'm quickly finding that the cuisine here is really good -- really complex with sweet, sour notes that are reminiscent of, i don't know. i just know that it feels hauntingly familiar yet, utterly ne

this it'll be very interesting to see what he does next because he has promised to pods mikhail saakashvili the former presidents who was defeated for four years ago. elections here that would be a very controversial thing it's one of the powers that the president would have to use to be a pardon for members of the government and if. they came back to being in exile that would really store up the political scene here going forward robin thanks very much russia turkey and iran are told new talks on syria on weapons to. stand up delegations from the syrian government and the opposition are expected to attend a holder from. another meeting on syria in the capital asked to now a negotiating track shaped by russia iran and turkey it has become a forum for the main power brokers in the syrian conflict who use their influence over the warring sides to make deals the latest was a prisoner exchange between the syrian government and the opposition it's hoped that the detainees file will see progress during the talks but they haven't been as effective when tackling of the main political issues suppose