those killed in the fighting commemored their loved ones by laying flowersin the georgian capita tbilisi. the hostilities m have only lasted fiv days but ty left behind countless rsonnel tragedie >> translato some call it a minor, pointless war,ut it was major war for us. our children aren't wh us anymore. my sons was killed on agust 8th. >> reporter: there still no sign of improvemt of relation between russia a georgia. ma in the region fear armed colict could erupt again. >> translator: we still feel it's dangerous. all friends and relatives are worried. all we can do is have fth and trust in the international community. >> reporter: the european union have some 200 observers along georgia' border with south assetia. russian troops are stationed o the are sidehe border. 12 mths on, the standoff continue the situation remains tense. >> that report om deutsche welle. and itay have been the commentsf a pro-russan blogger from georgia that caused someone to lach the cyberattack that sut down the messaging svice twitter for two hos or so yterday. th, according to a nonprofi organization tha

the other thing is the possible overthrow of the government in tbilisi.way that americans hanged saddam hussein. that is an exact quote. >> i will not speculate what the intentions are, but i would just repeat what the highest çpoliticians in the russian federation said, as you call it. the manly said their aim was to get rid regime in georgia. that is what they said, so we have no reason to suspect that it was not true. fortunately, they could not succeed. and they will never succeed with the type of endeavors. to the question of ethnic cleansing, yes, you are right that ethnic cleansing is a very dangerous and peculiar terminology. i am not an international lawyer because under international law there are specific descriptions of ethnic cleansing and it requires international documents. but i can state the facts. the facts are also mentioned by a number of international organizations. these facts are that there are hundreds of burned and torch outhouses, tens of thousands of ethnic georgians removed from the territory, and statements from the regime in

(inaudible) what should we be looking for and if we get georgia out of tbilisi, where should we go as tourists? >> well, there are many places to see in georgia but the best destination is the province, i wish you next time you will be in a tourist to travel to... thank you. >> please sign up if you haven't signed in and thank you very much, michael. >> thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> donations. >> federal funds or granted funds. >> maybe private contributions. >> honestly, i don't know. >> i would say from commercials. >> um ... advertisement? >> something from the government? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> next, conservative activist and political commentator phyllis schlafly receives the lifetime achievement award from the clare booth luce policy institute at the national press club luncheon and comments on a range of current topics and event. this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations].