hello, i m darn jordan dough. with a quick reminder at the top stories here on al jazeera, thousands of people are protesting in the george and capital tbilisi for a 2nd day. they are rallying against a proposed law. they say will silence critics of the government. the government says it s needed to stop the influence of what it calls foreign agents. mike, hannah is in washington dc with more on the u. s. reaction to the protests and ga they say they deeply concerned about the potential for violence within georgia. first of all, the state department spokesman that price made clear that the right to protest is a universal one. at the same time, he called on both protesters and the government to keep the proceedings non violent to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. as these protests continue, that the spokesmen declined to directly criticize the georgian government, but at the same time he made very clear the u. s. position on these controversial new draft laws. russia mastery say