series steven seagal lawman now in its third season seagal is taking his police work to arizona he's partnered with the infamous sheriff joe arpaio as the top law enforcement officer in maricopa county arpaio has been criticized conditions and alleged racial profiling we you know the bad guys down and we arrest him and you know over here they're always trying to make the joran part was a racist and a racially profiled and he hates mexicans and it's hilarious because ninety nine percent of guys on my team are mexican and most of the people we arrest are not mexican we don't care if you're chinese japanese filipino german dutch we don't care if you break the law we are. when he's not putting up a fight he's finding his dad so paul tells us how buddhism shapes his world view what's important is to look into the nature of your mind and find out how we as human beings can help each other how we as human beings can be. more thoughtful. really practice all truisms be more compassionate and try to make the world a better place there have been rumors of seagal running for governor of arizona

it's all captured in is a reality tv series steven seagal mom and the al in its third season seagal is taking his police work to arizona he's partnered with the infinite sheriff joe arpaio. as the top line forcing officer in maricopa county. our prayer has been criticized over a jail conditions and alleged racial profiling we. you want the bad guys down in the restroom. you know over here they're always trying to make these innuendos that your opponents erase this in a racially profile isn't heats mexicans in the canaries because nine units in the guise of mine came a mexican. most the people we are rest are not mexican we don't care if you chinese japanese filipino german and dutch we don't care if you break the law a week at two wheeler as to when he's not putting up the fight. he is finding his and so dull tells us how buddhism shapes his worldview what's important is to look into the nature of your mind and find out how we as human beings can help each other how we assumed beans can be more thoughtful. really practice of choosing be more compassionate and trying to make the world a

first day of the olympics ahead and you may remember him from his action packed films now steven seagal is focused on topics like u.s. immigration and international relations we'll get his take on those matters and much more in this r.t. exclusive. and our lawmakers overstaying their welcome in congress one politician says they are and he's pushing for a bill that would limit how long congressman can stay in the game we'll take a look at that and more later in the show. it's friday february seventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm all right david and you're watching r.t. america and we begin tonight with the commencement of the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics opening ceremonies just wrapped up not too long ago in addition to the athletes a russian history sequence was on display called welcome to sochi which featured over three thousand performers and recreation of classic russian fairytales but for more on that let's go to our tease paul scott. after a seven year wait the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics are finally under way they started in style with a spectacular opening c

will live with us on the line now we can join spare a very special guest steven seagal we're not sure about our connection here of course is the philanthropist diplomat martial arts master of the right and hollywood block you're going to see even i hope you can hear us security is i mean i'm not getting any of this. security is. i'm afraid i can tell already that stephen can't hear us i'm going to try to throw my question at you in the hopes all right we have a technical difficulties bad too bad steven seagal with us on the line to hold out for the work for parker pranking try to get him back on the line we do have another yes no less special show or a song of mine asser purt russian and central asia expert joining us of course many threats ahead of the olympics is it more about spreading fear why such javi. atmosphere ahead of these olympics specifically. well i mean there have been various threats i mean. back in july there was a domestic terrorist group threatened tree limb. but really the situation is where the terrorists will win where people are actually to actually go out of th

steven seagal talking to us here in our to just one of many celebrities opinions faces you're going to see over the next three weeks our special coverage continues we've got about ninety people between our producers. cameramen and south around the city we've got it covered with r.t. for now back to you in the studio yes and we also have in sochi you and our colleague kevin owen there are new so now a live with the latest from sochi. the g. twenty fourteen promises we call to make an exhilarating winter and keep him here in germany and it's now a make seven zero in on the bus tomorrow let me take you staying for sochi twenty four take. on. thousands of protesters in cities across bosnia storm local government buildings and clashed with police as anger over unemployment and economic stagnation turned violent when the two hundred people wounded in demonstrations most of them police in the capital sarajevo rioters set the presidential building on fire along with police cars and tires authorities fired rubber bullets water cannons and tear gas to disperse the angry crowds in other parts of

steven seagal there speaking to our team and we'll be extensively covering the game. here in sochi keeping a close eye on everything that's happening both at the sea coast and in the mountain cluster for now back to you in moscow absolutely with a nice oh we're all looking forward to it artie's a nice in a way live for us in sochi and we're keeping a close eye on everything that's happening at the winter olympics and we also want you to know that we're also keeping a close eye on the tweets too we have our tease twitter feed all set and ready to go because we're giving you all the latest updates and everything you need to know about the games we haven't sorted into categories a quick click will take you to the first competition in this case the men seventy five will slopestyle kicked off thirty minutes ago and it's now in full swing here is great britain's billy morgan it was reporting about how he was feeling moments before his turn and then of course the american athlete shaun white were there is a right there calling on his fans to wish him good luck so don't miss

i've seen has been very impressive but we spoke to hollywood star and martial arts expert steven seagal who has a close friendship with puts and he believes there's no reason to doubt the efficiency of the security measures put in place here in such i. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that sochi is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know in all of the different countries that are participating in the olympics are all very concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience of everybody's cooperating and working hard in their own perspective areas and i think that as a world we all support each other to try to make any human picks anywhere in the world a secure wonderful event where politics are kept out of that steven seagal there speaking to our team will be extensively covering the games here in sochi keeping a close eye on everything that's happening both at the seacoast and in the mountain cluster for now back to you in moscow. artie's a nice in our way there from our sochi studio where we're keeping a close eye on

the actor is once again starring in a reality series called steven seagal mom and maricopa county for the action films are also has a lot to say on everything from u s border security to sochi winter olympics security. earlier i spoke with steven seagal and asking if he were a concern for safety at the olympics had been overhyped. i mean is that you can never be too careful. i think this close to seventy thousand security personnel and to a tee between the different branches of police officers hostage days that's not enough of spirits nets and international folks are also the area know there are also different. ah intelligence branches in the long course with branches from all over the world there is so the search is going to be quite safe but then again there's no such thing as you know hundred percent guarantee of no absolute safety anywhere in the world wherever you go but i think it's gonna be one of the safest places around and i think that tom the president of the russian federation is doing an amazing job to make your stay forever. the last few years you've been working with on

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first day of the olympics ahead and you may remember him from his action packed films now steven seagal is focused on topics like u.s. immigration and international relations we'll get his take on those matters and much more in this r.t. exclusive. and our lawmakers overstaying their welcome in congress one politician says they are and he's pushing for a bill that would limit how long tongue men can remain in office we'll take a look at that and much more later in the show.

expensive in the league behave straight and was spoken to movie star and martial arts expert steven seagal who's a friend of led to my patient and he believes there's no reason to doubt the security measures in place. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that tsotsi is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know in all of the different countries that are participating in the olympics are all very concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience of everybody's cooperating and working hard in their own perspective areas so i think that as a world we all support each other to try to make any olympics anywhere in the world a secure wonderful event where politics are kept out of it. and don't forget to check out what how twitter team has lined up for the games and our feed has a little section where all the sporting genres are sorted into categories and the first medals of the olympics have been awarded in one of the new year's disciplines the men's slopestyle and here is the u.s. snowboarding team photo from the scene before they k

in sochi was spoke to one movie star knows all about keeping people stay for talk talk and steven seagal of a friend of let him approach and also martial arts expert he told us he believes people should feel secure. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know in all of the different countries that are pro to supporting the olympics are all very concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience and everybody's cooperating and working hard in their own perspective areas i think as a world we all support each other to try to make any of them pics anywhere in the world a secure wonderful event where politics are kept out of it. will be extensively covering the game series of course keeping a very close eye on everything that sampling both where i am on the black sea coast down in the mountain cluster as well for now though back to rory in the studio in moscow. thanks very much for that indeed we can find out everything else that is happening from our twitter team in fact feed has what's

security tight in seoul she was spoke to one movie star who knows all about keeping people save steven seagal who is a friend of let him in person and a martial arts expert believes people should feel secure with their. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that she is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know in all of the different countries that are participating in the olympics are all very concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience of everybody's cooperating and working hard in their own perspective areas so i think that as a world we all support each other to try to make any olympics anywhere in the world a secure wonderful event where politics are kept out of it. and you can find out everything else that's happening from our twitter team and our feed has a list section well all the sporting disciplines that soldier into counts agrees for example to see how the women's scarce long race was going on scale list to see france town of tweets there and here is that american team posting a colorful photo right from the comp

catch more on this story straight ahead and he's best known for his action packed films but steven seagal is much more than just a hollywood hero coming up an exclusive look at how he takes down the bad guys both on and off the silver screen.

international we spoke to one movie star who knows all about keeping people safe steven seagal is also a friend of law to me and of course a martial arts expert he believes the people in salt you should feel very secure. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that sochi is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know all of the different countries that are participating in the olympics are all very concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience and everybody's cooperating working hard in their own perspective areas i think as a world we all support each other to try to make any human picks anywhere in the world a secure wonderful event where politics are kept out of it. you can find out everything else that is happening from twitter team in fact we have a fee that has a list section where all the sporting disciplines are sorted into categories it's the simplest way to keep across all the tweets coming from the very people that are competing for gold and then fans willing to share their experiences of sochi twenty fourteen fo

already got the most expensive than in the k street and the spoken to many sound nonchalant but steven seagal is a friend of the clinic patient and pennies that's no reason to doubt the security measures and play. i would agree with some of the folks were saying that so it is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know and all of the different countries that are participating in the loop are all very own concerned about trying to make this a wonderful experience and everybody's cooperate in working hard in their own prospective areas i think that as the world we all support each other to try to meet in the olympics anyone in the world. secure wonderfully event where politics are kept out of it i always just taken its first gold accents at trying to win is a scan on a race with sweden. don't forget to check on what's helped with the team has lined up the apple the gains he and dorothy has a section that what all these sporting genre and sorted into categories for some poker check out how the women's camp long race with darling pink that one skein is the sa

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