stunt by georgia based on the u.s. experience. as you if you ask me i will say that it looks like it p.r. stunt mr saakashvili is in nice people he knows how to put all the things artistically we know how he was or. running from the russian airplanes how he was soon tired he likes of these artistic gestures and i don't think there is no. comparison between the story of eleven spies in us or these twenty alleged spies in georgia it's quite two different stories because these are two quite different levels of relationship between russian u.s. and russia and georgia alexy order out of political analyst from moscow state university thank you so much. could a comedian in america have more power than the president the majority of voters on an online men's magazine certainly seem to think so they selected john stewart as the most influential man of the year in the u.s. as artie's understands you're going to reports this saturday the funnyman will see if his popularity translates into political action. i think when it's an bots get in the

with georgia it's quite enough for georgia law enforcement off shows to make criminal use. that was who cover georgian opposition leader in tbilisi. well could a comedian in america have more power than the president the majority of voters on an online men's magazine certainly seem to think selecting john stewart as the most influential man of the year in the u.s. and as r.t. is anastasio reports this saturday the funnyman will see if his popularity translates into political action. when its own box gets in the way of political promises he promised during the campaign change you're going believe it right it wasn't change them believe in in eighteen months when the media over with fear and anger. are well in the minds of a population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves were being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up

it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there is a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was strong toys to homeland's so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than part of george's internal policies it's not just the politicians that have been having a say in this political analysts as well suggesting that this could be the just the further magination of somebody that's read far too many spy novels it's also being brought up the comparisons between this and the the situation we saw earlier this year in the united states there wasn't so much spy saga as it was well a bit of an embarrassment really where ended up with. less charges for espionage and a lot more glossy magazine cover shoot on a chapman with a case where the alleged ship between the two countries has suffered since because he came to office in georgia in two thousand and six or so for russian military personnel arrested accused of espionage that ended up resulting in transp

a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports that twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow although many experts say this could just be a p.r. stunt by tbilisi. what we know at the moment is on friday the reuters news agency put out a report that said twenty people have been arrested in georgia were accused of trying to set up a spy ring for moscow now we still haven't heard anything from the georgian side from they say so far to say where they confirm or deny that this was happening they've said they will issue a news conference later on what we have heard though is some comments from the russian side russian politician saying that there is no need for russia to have a spy ring in georgia it would be a waste of resources and suggesting that perhaps these people who have been arrested could be police using these they spy a cover up story to try and take the opposition political opposition away from the streets of georgia. this looks like another of george's internal political battles in russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia does

one exactly happens where the spy scandal in georgia the latest scandal in georgia is going to go from here yet remains to be seen. from the georgian capital could a comedian in america sway people's opinion more than the president the majority of voters on an online survey certainly think so jon stewart who hosts a national daily talk show as the most influential man of the year in the u.s. and. reports he's now taken that popularity to the streets. just when it's an box get in the way of political promises he promised during the campaign change you can believe in right it wasn't change you can believe in in eighteen months when the media over with fear and anger. are well in the minds of the population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves were being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up to the number one spot and i would be con

and actually testing georgia and. the same question to you mr van so will will the hatred of moscow to what saakashvili remain unconditional may russia may russia somehow set her restart bullish relations with children until he's in power well of course. until one circus rule is in power russia will remain russia will remain like to be the enemy of i'm not saying georgia about georgia rule in a version of circus war in two thousand and thirteen was. the was his plays bass ago and probably could well yes in this case some changes could start again the question is who's going to come in his place and what's going to happen i really believe nothing and there will be no major changes there still will be georgia still will be demanding. their ear back and russia will still not let it do not let it happen but now the question is what circus rule is going to happen in line with the political of a constitutional reformer and the result she has the circus really will change the constitution the way that the major power in the

about georgia rule in of regime. of circus war in two thousand and thirteen war. was his plays better go and probably you will yes and this case some changes could start a again the question is who's going to come in his place and what's going to happen i really believe nothing will be no major changes they still will be georgia still will be demanding. the area back and russia will still will not let it do not let it happen but now the question is what's a question was going to happen in line with the political of a constitutional reform and the reason is that circus really will change the constitution the way that the major power in the country will go to be proud. minister the question is if circus would move to the to the prime minister position who is going to be ruling the country if that will be the case i believe the russia will still stay the. not. just. north of the friendly state towards georgia will loan the first circles surely moving and moving in to the into the office of the prime of prime minister wo

business you russia family in russia and georgia it's great enough for georgia law enforcement officials to make. in fact a special report published by the u.s. state department in march says that there has been an increase in assaults kidnappings and arrest all of them politically motivated in georgia now many experts believe that this old. could be yet another political stunt by president saakashvili experts in russia believe that georgian authorities are just looking at their american partners and learning from them of course many of us remember the spy scandal which grows in the united states over the past summer with many juicy details and interesting personas such as on the chapman rising in the astronaut then of course the some say that we could expect something similar from this is by scandal as well because of course i believe the expertise the georgian authorities are simply copycats are simply called the god of the american politicians now howard that is still or that still remains to be seen because we do have to understand that the situation the political situation offered i

georgia is quite enough for georgia shows to make room. from the christian science monitor says we could be seeing the true nature of the kind of state being run in georgia. when someone is arrested they're entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't tell you how bizarre ideas to hear a police spokesman say. i can neither confirm nor deny that arrests have taken place secret arrests are the hallmark of a police state. you know there is a new law before the georgian parliament which is called the freedom charter and it's something akin to the patriot act in the united states it will drastically increase the powers of the security service past its first reading in the in the georgian part parliament recently and it is possible that someone was trying to whip up. a social mood to support that. could a comedian in america have more power than the president the majority of voters in an online men's magazine certainly think so selectin

what do you make of these reports from georgia. it is very difficult now to say anything unfair because the information was not confirmed. by bar georgian side no a by a russian side so it will take time to see how the development will take place in any case i think though that may be really interpreted as. breaking news on the eve of the weekend nevertheless let's still speculate here we know of course just this past summer there was a so-called spy scandal threatening russia u.s. relations and it calls obviously quite a stir in the international media and it turned out that those agents didn't get hold of any secret information do you think this could be a copycat campaign if it is true maybe. based on not us experience. well in fact i think. this is a sort of a form of political for good or for much of making news maybe a raising profile of the georgian side you know it can be compared to the scandal that took place in summer. between russia and the united states in fact there was nothing in substance in it. i would rather. ther

and he lay on the tracks of the georgia road cradled by the rails. heart stopped. >> all railroad abandoned. between across ties. trees grow. a fairel pig roots below branches. [applause]. >> poem is about a ham. >> uncle john. that was the year grand daddy thomas died. left the family worse than broke. uncle john stole a ham from the meat market. he was 17. lost his taste for it locked up 14 years. ham, cured and earth bred sliced with the fat hanging on. yellow sunshine on a white plate. the ham bone cuts crosswise. a dark eye all in the skillet making aggressive for grits. lost his taste for all things salt much the ocean he has not seen. woman and man. he don't ever want to see no more ham on his plate. hates pigs. hard for him. time off for good behavior. they didn't hold him to the last 6. he is a hog farmer. only eats beef and chicken and turkey. fish, turtle and rabbit. squirrel, possum and coon and seasons greens with smoked ox tails. can't raise white folks for slaughter. [applause] >> for those of you who have not heard this in person a bi

has more now from georgia. what we do know about this story is that twenty people all of them georgia nationals have been arrested by georgian authorities no other details have been released in fact georgian authorities say that no information will be available and to the end of next week and they're all keeping mum about the details refusing to give out any comments whatsoever and fred we are from christian science monitor believes this is something to be this is something to pay special attention to when someone is arrested they're entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't tell you how bizarre it is to hear a police spokesman say. i can neither confirm nor deny that arrests have taken place the secret arrests are the hallmarks of a police state and we do have to remember that the political situation in a country which has been in place for the past so year or so a lot of opposition a lot of opposi

been snake statement saying that they say this there was no need for russia to have a spy ring inside georgia at this is just another attempt by a georgian side to betray russia as the bad guy. but the more. this looks like another of george's internal political battles in russia he's used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there is a massive georgian just broke here in russia was jong toys to home loans so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than part of george's internal policies. for their house that a number of high profile spy spads between the two countries before peter so can you bring us some background that. will indeed has been quite a check of history in recent times between russia and georgia in two thousand and six russian military personnel were detained in georgia accused of spying that resulted in a breakdown of relations between the country which saw the

well on friday the reuters news agency was reporting that twenty people had been arrested in georgia accused of spying for moscow the report cited a source saying that all twenty were georgian citizens however way yet to hear any official response from the georgian sides over those arrests now we may not hear until perhaps november the fifth when the georgian foreign ministry has said that they will issue a news conference to talk about the situation that the georgians might not have said anything but russian political figures have spoken out on they say this strike scandal if you will saying that they believe that there's no dues no need for russia to have a spy network in georgia at this is just the georgian side tried to play russia off as the bad guy again. this looks like another of georgia's internal political battles in russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian jospeh here in russia was giong

and then the spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports of twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow georgian officials have so far refused to confirm or deny any parts of the story but have said they will make a statement soon peter all over try to shed more light on the story. well on friday the reuters news agency is reporting that twenty people have been arrested in georgia accused of spying for moscow the report cited a source saying that all twenty were georgian citizens however way yet to hear any official response from the georgian sides over those arrests now we may not hear until perhaps november the fifth when the georgian foreign ministry has said that they will issue a news conference to talk about the situation the georgians might not have said anything but russian political figures have spoken out on they say this by scandal if you will saying that they believe that there's no dues no need for russia to have a spy network in georgia at this is just the georgian side tried to play russia off as the bad guy again. this looks like a

the reports of assaults and tech ands at georgia georgia state. yolo criminals owns by not allowing faculty and students to bear arms and protect themselves. police and security cannot be everywhere. the protection of our lives depend on us. we need to do is allow people the ability to protect themselves and allow -- make sure that incidents that happened at virginia tech and other parts of the nation, they will not happen in georgia. the right to bear arms is fundamental. where we putting these restrictions in place? that is one area that we need to focus on and start at. let's let students protect themselves. >> the next question. >> in the past month, for young gay people have committed suicide in connection with being bullied regarding their sexual orientation. there have been similar instances in the state of georgia. do you believe discrimination against gay persons living in georgia is alive, and if so, in what form? how do you plan on addressing this issue? >> i think all of us would agree that people should not be either blade, picked on,

can get by southbound on georgia avenueear aspen hill road. northbound side still being diverted way from the scene. springfield, despite the fact that we have hov lanes open southbound still very sow leaving springfield to get past the work zone in newington that is in the right lane and add that to the columbus day weekend early getaway traffic and it's still pretty much parking lot from springfield to newington on southbound 95. barbara? >> thank you very much. and in news for your health today a new reporthows a surprising jump in the amount of erican adults living with arthritis. the centers for disease control says it'sbout 50 million suffer from the painful condition. one in five americans and an increase of about one million people peryear. nancy snyderman says it's a playinging issue and contributing to the numbers of a lot of people not doing well. >> it's a big financial probm, $128 billion lost in the economy every year and the underlying cause obesity. why? guess wh. your hips, your knee u-feet are weight bearing joint. you put on

the first reports say that twenty people have been arrested in georgia for allegedly spying for russia a correspondent sara for the details. luzhin police have reportedly detained twenty suspects that they vickie's spying for russia all of the detainees a georgian sister and under suspicion of having created a spy network and sending back secret information to russia well the timing of these reports has detentions comes of a good thing concerns about the internal situation in georgia and the oppression of the opposition that now in march this year the u.s. state department released a report that details human rights abuses including kidnapping and assault this looks like another of george's internal political battles in russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was drawn towards the homeland so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's

and she's married and living in georgia? >> yeah, she's living close to the carter center in atlanta. >> and she has children? >> she has one little boy 11 years old and she is pregnant. >> and she's pregnant at 42. okay. >> she was married when she was 39 and i had her when i was 40. she said i can do it, too. then nothing happened. and so now she's pregnant and expecting this month. >> does she do anything with the carter center? does she do her own thing separate? >> no, she hasn't worked since her son came, the first one, he's 11 now, except at her school. she's a substitute school teacher, art teacher. she got a masters degree in art from tulane. and she's a school parent, she's at school every day. >> class mom, huh? you and the president just sell operated your 64th wedding -- just celebrated your 64th wedding anniversary. what's made it work? >> i think -- i think the thing that makes it work is if your partner gives you space. you have to have space. i learned that, when we came to the white house it was so hard. it

reports of a russian spy ring being busted in georgia. is between the two but experts believe it's just another tbilisi p.r. stunt. and a funny business poll shows the most trusted opinion make the us. president barack obama doesn't even make the. spotlight this time. the film's big screen. time. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations the day.

it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was strong taunts to homeland's so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's obviously nothing more than part of george's internal policies there are a few exact details on the story at the moment but of course already reminiscent of the spy saga that we saw unfold in the summer it's can be compared to the scandal that took place in summer between russia and the united states in fact there was nothing in substance in it but as a media tool is a lever that may be useful i really cannot imagine a world moscow can undertake now because the official relations between russia and georgia are not zero they are below zero they are minus. there to only means that will take another time more time for them to improve that's a recap on that story that was ten russian agents found in the us the details that emerged and the case the even much reading about it a spy novel and the way they descri

he's georgia tech's defensive coordinator and had the game plan against the former players. virginia visiting georgia tech. the yellowjackets up 3-0 and pulling back. finding a hole. he busts out for a 37-yard touchdown run and al grow, where is -- al groh, where is the defense, buddy? virginia with a seven-game lead. and anthony allen, third quarter from six yards out. the yellowjackets lead 20-7. in the third, 20-14. all again, the senior finishing with three touchdowns, 195 rushing yards. georgia tech down, uva 23-31. >>> elsewhere, virginia tech hokies hosting central michigan. it would be a big day. tech up 17-7 in the second. taylor finds andre smith for the seven-yard touchdown and the hokeys go up 24-7. we then go to the third. same score and more from taylor and this time with his legs and total offense on the day and breaks the school record with his go ofth win as a starting qb and hokies win, 35-21. >>> and rickey dobbs and the navy midshipmen on the road. we start in the third quarter. the navy's down 3 and with the touchdown through the air and this time, keeps

big questions like territorial integrity of georgia. the states in the caucasus start with small issues there are issues like transportation like contacts between russia. like business relations like environment there are many issues the question is whether the two sides have political will to stop addressing these issues. thank you very much so russia and georgia needing to take small steps before they can take the big leap towards resolving the relay. ships. all right here thanks very much indeed for this update . and coming up in just a few moments zero tolerance russia's new drink driving ban is getting tough games to countries shocking record of road deaths but some say it goes too far. also how russia and nato have joined forces to destroy heroin labs in afghanistan and wiping out two hundred fifty million dollars worth of narcotics. comedian jon stewart has more clout in america than president barack obama that's a view of voters on an online man's magazine who picked the daily show host as the most influential man of the year in

now russia and georgia could be entangled in a spy scandal with reports tbilisi detained twenty people on friday for espionage an anonymous source quoted by reuters said those detained are all georgian and are suspected of being part of a spy network gathering information for moscow the georgian interior ministry has so far refused to comment and says it won't do so until next week russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow is not aware of any details as there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries experts say to greece's invasion shows how authoritarian the country is. when someone is arrested they are entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't tell you how bizarre it is to hear a police spokesman say. i can neither confirm nor deny. that arrests have taken place in secret arrests are the hallmark of a police state there is a new law before the georgian parliament which is called the freedom charter and it's something akin to the patriot act in the u

foreign secretary two years ago at the height of the russia georgia conflict david cameron called for russia to be suspended from the g eight he also said that russian armies cannot move into other countries while russian shoppers continue to march into selfridges is that the position of the british government today well again we have discussed georgia as i say we don't shy away from discussing differences we have a. i think a true it was a true description to say we have a frank and productive relationship so suddenly we have discussed the situation in georgia today. and in particular the role of the e.u. monitoring mission and implementation of previous agreements there will be there will be disagreements between the u.k. and russia. on issues such as those arising from georgia a lead is be clear about that and we are not saying today that we have abolished all differences between the governments of the united kingdom and russia already several subjects have been brought up in this press conference where clearly there are differences of view but it is important to work on the issues

georgia. georgia for spying for russia. to either confirm or deny. drugs. a success forces have destroyed. over two hundred million dollars. now the u.s. over estimates the threat of terrorism and therefore squanders billions of dollars on military operations abroad well that's according to the war activist a blogger and author tom engelhardt who's been speaking to r.t. this interview is up next. or to sitting down with tom engelhardt tom dispatch dot com a blog described as a regular antidote to the mainstream media and author of the american way of war how bush's wars became obama's sir thank you for sitting down with us to be here i'd like us to start off by taking a look at the extent of the u.s. military presence throughout the world right now it's global.

the reports of twenty people being arrested in georgia. royce's news agency. interior ministry twenty. eight russian. and. joint. drug. trade if they continue working together. mr treaty to avert economic collapse the new measures include punishing those members that overspend and creating a bailout stash. well i'll be back. soon about fifty minutes from now the meantime martin andrews takes on a tour of haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween here in the russian capital. this weekend thousands of people will dress up as witches or ghouls and celebrate halloween when it comes to actual.

it's quite enough for georgia law enforcement off shows to make criminal you're scared about said. and in a few minutes the ethnically diverse iraqi city of kirkuk is a real tinderbox to take you want to leave to prevent the sites from becoming a hotbed for terror attacks. in brazil the incoming leader will have to deal with the enormous gap between the rich and the poor learned about their first steps in a few minutes on r.t. . the first ever joined us russian anti drug czar peroration in war torn afghanistan has been hailed a success special forces knocked out for drug labs on the afghan border with pakistan and confiscated a ton of heroin worth hundreds of millions of dollars now afghan president hamid karzai condemned the operation claiming it violated the country's sovereignty but russian officials say karzai statement is confusing as the raid was led by the afghan interior ministry the operation marks russia's return to afghanistan twenty years after soviet troops were removed from a decade long war against where you dean insurgents are to. reports for song goes to the u.s. l

in changing the law in georgia to strengthen georgia's antibullying law to the strongest in the country and we are thankful to the legislatures here in georgia to help us with that. >>shepard: and that goes into effect next year is my understanding. >>guest: yes, and i believe there is a legal action coming and it would be a federal legal action, a 1983 claim but today we are asking that the president come and step in and strengthen the federal bullying laws to be similar to georgia to require school systems to notify parents like my client because she was never notified either on the incident that happened with her son and she went to the school self times, seven or eight times to find out what was going on,Ñi and specifically what happened in the bathroom and her daughter to be bullied by this particular little boy and she was never notified and it turned out she found out later that this little boy while he was in school suspension tried to leave and tried to make scakt with her daughter, again, to bully her again. so, i think we are asking the president to step in and to strengthen

, georgia, metro atlanta, one confirmed dead. more updates as we get them. >> massive floods in vietnam. they have killed three people and forced 15,000 others from homes. authorities reports up to 23" of rain have fallen spilling over a dam at a plant destroying a turbine and, worse, more rain in the forecast for a number of flooded areas. vietnam, of course; prone to floods and massive rainstorms which are said to kill hundreds each year. fox news is america's election headquarters. a falsely claimed that he served in vietnam. the other is the former head of a wrestling organization, and they are neck and neck in the paths for connecticut's senate state, very blue connecticut is up for grabs. the democrat is the long standing attorney general, very well-known, and mcmahon, the wife of vince mcmahon, the former c.e.o. of world wrestle egg entertainment. tomorrow the candidates will square off face-to-face and our chief political correspondent is on the scene in hartford, connecticut. this was chris dodd's seat and connecticut is

you will saying that they believe that there's no dues no need for russia to have a spy network in georgia at this is just the georgian side tried to play russia off as the bad guy again. but the more. this looks like another of george's internal political battles in russia he's used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was strong toys to home loans so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than part of george's internal policies. peter as we know there have been a number of high profile spy spats between the two countries before can you give us some background that. yes sure in two thousand and six russian military personnel were arrested in georgia accused of spying for russia that resulted in the temporary terminations of travel and services between the two nations and the relationships between the countries hit its

is quite enough for georgia law enforcement officials to make criminals. here with our team live from moscow still to come for you scouting for bombs to sold sentencing in a palestinian tie over the human shields forcing him to check for explosives while his family looks on. and in brazil the incoming leader will have to deal with the enormous gap between rich and poor learn about their first steps in a few minutes. the first ever joint us russian anti drugs operation in war torn afghanistan has been held a success special forces knocked out for drug labs on the afghan border with pakistan and confiscated a ton of heroin worth hundreds of millions of dollars afghan president hamid karzai condemned the operation claiming it violated the country's sovereignty but russian officials say cars i statement is confusing as the raid was led by the afghan interior ministry the operation marks russia's return to afghanistan twenty years after soviet troops withdrew from a decade long war against the mujahideen insurgents parties to get them in a grouch over reports h