india is steven seagal. for the bush. takes a closer look at the reaction to steven seagal as you rock. you know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry has named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties for ways had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years an officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back in two thousand and sixteen when vladimir putin himself sets a goal up with a russian passport since then he's participated in everything from charity concerts to martial arts competitions in order to bring the u.s. and russia closer together and with relations between both countries at an all time low one might think anything to help the situation should be a breath of fresh air but that sentiment hasn't m

takes a closer look at the reaction to steven seagal his new role. you know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry has named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties for ways had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years an officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back in two thousand and sixteen when vladimir putin himself sets a goal up with a russian passport since then he's participated in everything from charity concerts to martial arts competitions in order to bring the u.s. and russia closer together and with relations between both countries at an all time low one might think anything to help the situation should be a breath of fresh air but that sentiment hasn't made much headway in the mainstream media and the hysteria hasn't s

and welcome back now the action movie star steven seagal has been appointed the russian foreign ministry special representative on humanitarian ties between moscow and washington the move was heavily criticised in the western media here is mr seagal playing a concert in some vast more crimea in two thousand and fourteen just months after the peninsula was annexed by russia. may be his control to carry shouldn't be extreme violence that india is steven seagal so much to the russian authorities but aussies home court it takes a look now at the reaction to see goals new role. you know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry has named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties for ways had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years an officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back i

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the man on the left and the man who ate steven seagal on the right.cording to officials the position he has taken is unpaid, which means minister seagal will make the same amount he made from acting over the past ten years. the good news now we'll get to hear nor steven seagal pronouncing vladimir putin's name. >> for anyone to think that vladimir putin -- [ laughter ] >> vladimir putin. it's amazing. between donald trump, dennis rodman and steven seagal, our foreign policy is being dictated by the guest list for the opening of a planet hollywood in 1991. thanks, everybody. oh, this is funny. this is from the football hall of fame induction ceremony of ray lewis on saturday night. ray lewis, former baltimore raven took the stage to very passionately embarrass his children. >> what i didn't have, the touches and the hugs and the kisses i give you, i never had that. i never had a father physically touch me and tell me he loved me. that's why i hug you guys so much. that's why i'm still kissing you on the mouth. yeah, i kiss all my kids on the mouth. don

to be is steven seagal so much for the rational for. taking a closer look at the reaction to stephen said goals new role you know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry is named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties i've always had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years on officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back in two thousand and sixteen when vladimir putin himself sets a goal up with a russian passport since then he's participated in everything from charity concerts to martial arts competitions in order to bring the u.s. and russia closer together and with relations between both countries at an all time low one might think anything to help the situation should be a breath of fresh air but that sentiment hasn

steven seagal, who is a russian citizen, has been appointed as a special representative of the russianoreign ministry in charge of the #russia u.s. humanitarian ties. well, there you go, vladimir putin officially trolling us now, right? [ laughter ] he is doing a really good job. you have to hand it to him. here they are together. putin on the left, and the man who ate steven seagal on the right. [ laughter ] according to officials the position he has taken is unpaid, which means minister seagal will make the same amount he made from acting over the past ten years. the good news now we'll get to hear more of steven seagal pronouncing vladimir putin's name. >> for anyone to think that vladimir putin -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: vladimir putin, it's amazing. between donald trump, dennis rodman and steven seagal, our foreign policy is being dictated by the guest list for the grand opening of a planet hollywood in 1991. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thanks, everybody. oh, this is funny. this is from the football hall of fame induction ceremony of ray lewis on saturday night. ray lewis,

many know steven seagal from the action packed films he both played in and directed but he'll soon have a very different role to play the russian foreign ministry has named him special representative on the u.s. russia humanitarian ties for ways had a very strong desire to do all i can to help improve russian american relations i have worked tirelessly in this direction for many years an officially and i am now very grateful for the opportunity to do the same thing officially to go over sieved russian citizenship back in two thousand and sixteen when vladimir putin himself sets a goal up with a russian passport since then he's participated in everything from charity concerts to martial arts competitions in order to bring the u.s. and russia closer together and with relations between both countries at an all time low one might think anything to help the situation should be a breath of fresh air but that sentiment hasn't made much headway in the mainstream media and the hysteria hasn't stopped there the former u.s. ambassador to russia even took to twitter slamming signals appointment as

steven seagal, whose martial arts prowess helped to make him an international film star in the late 1980sas previously praised president vladimir putin's policies, calling him "one of the great living world leaders". the dissident chinese artist ai weiwei says the authorities in beijing have demolished his studio there. in a series of clips on instagram showing the former factory being torn down, ai says he was given no notice of the decision. the 66—year—old has lived in germany since leaving china in 2015. he is a strong critic of china's government. georgina smyth reports. as the walls of his studio were torn down, ai weiwei said farewell. a post on social media explaining that the space where he had created and kept some of his most iconic work was being destroyed. workers boxed up what they could but itjust wasn't possible to move everything before the demolition started. they had known they had to leave by the 15th of this month, the lease had come to an end. what they had not expected was the wrecking the machines. translation: someone called me and said we must move out of the bui

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as the new appointment. >> steven seagal, you know, became a russian citizen a little while back. he is a fan of vladimir putin, a fan of the strong man. and so there's this trolling aspect to putin naming him to be his representative in this fashion. it's a way of sort of gigging the united states and saying, see, i've got one of your stars. of course, steven seagal hasn't been a star for a few years or anything, but, you know, that's the way the russians operate. if they can one up you in some way, they'd like to do it. >> well, i guess you'd call him the dana rohrbacher of actors. former actors, retired actors. >> peter alexander, i love your color coordination with that gorgeous green backdrop in new jersey. and elie, thank you for joining us today. >>> coming up, deepening the divide. today the first set of sanctions waived under the iran nuclear deal set to be reimposed. they've signed the order. what next? ben rhodes joins me right here on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us on msnbc. , who governed thousands... commanded armies... yielded to no one. when i found you i

steven seagal is... "special envoy." >> who is the target? >> his mission: improve relations with the united states, using only his mastery of slap-boxing... ( laughter ) his hostility towards vegetables... >> russia and america should be great allies. >> he'll seduce america with his knowledge of ripe melons... and interpretive dance. ( laughs ) starring steven seagal, vladimir putin, and donald trump as the man they must recruit. and... they did. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, stephen welcomes chris hayes. rob corddry, and musical guest regina spektor featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city it is stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) tz. >> jon: hey, what's-- . >> stephen: hey, chas what's going on. place, have a seat. folks, welcome to the late show, i'm your host, stefer encolbert. -- stephen colbert. i'm excited too because the president is on vacation. and i know people are like oh, shouldn't he ebb working? no. this is finement but whil

bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> well, from the silver screen to red square, steven seagal is usinggether. the actor who has denied sexual assault allegations from two women in the united states, is now russia's special representative for humanitarian ties. matthew chance shows us how seagal got his new role. >> reporter: it may be his controlled application of extreme violence that endears steven seagal to the russian authorities. his dprekirect-to-in-to-i'll. >> seems strangely out of character. but the friendship between russia's real-life tough guy, president vladimir putin, has been long standing. the russian leader awarding the u.s. martial artist in 2017, after relentlessly asked, according you to officials. >> ge gal is a support of russian activity. he dinted at his iblt so care here. it's the one language that all people understand. it's the one thing waj that bring all people together. >> reporter: bringing himself pogt in the warm of cove yet union. deball has been pictured of making the lit dedoeyma. seagal has been accuse ed back says he was successful in bare thon the

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steven seagal. yes, that steven seagal, the cook. is action movies have been going straight to video since 1998, vladimir putin apparently believes seagal is the man for this mission. that he has enough star power to carry it out. the 66-year-old actor was named a special representative by russia's ministry of foreign affairs with the goal of bringing the two countries together in the, quote, humanitarian sphere. but it really should not come as a surprise. s seagal and putin are close friends and seagal has defended the russian government saying it's, quote, stupid to think moscow interfered in u.s. elections. seagal also became a russian citizen back in 2016. perhaps seagal will have more success in this role than he's had in hollywood over the past two decades. boom. that will wrap things up for me this hour. ali velshi picks things up right now. ali -- i'm sorry, it's kasie hunt. where's ali? it's kasie hunt! hi there, my friend. >> it's great to see you. i am kasie hunt. hey, it's all good. i am kasie hunt in for ali velshi. we b

. >>> action movie star steven seagal is now a special envoy for russia. the russian foreign ministry announcing seagal is an unpaid special envoy for humanitarian ties with the united states. this is not entirely coming out of the blue. seagal was granted russian citizenship in 2016 and he has vocally defended president vladimir putin's policies, including the 2014 annexation of crimea. the goal of his new position is to facilitate relations between russia and the u.sculture, the >>> take a look at this amazing video. it's an unusual police chase along the river thames in london. it doesn't look real but it is. police boats chased four speeding jet skiers down the river last night. you can see it looks like something out of an action movie. police weren't able to catch the jet skiers but got them to turn around and head away from central london. so that chase ended right there. >>> there goes the neighborhood. a san francisco community has been given a new name, but not everybody is okay with it. even google has gotten involved. nbc bay area's roz plater

the russian foreign ministry says it has appointed the american actor steven seagal as a special envoyp in 2016 and has previously praised president putin's policies. the ministry said his new role is to help deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries the dissident chinese artist ai weiwei says the authorities in beijing have demolished his studio there. in a series of clips on instagram showing the former factory being torn down, ai says he was given no notice of the decision. the 66—year—old has lived in germany since leaving china in 2015. he is a strong critic of china's government. georgina smyth reports. as the studio was torn down, he said farewell. that is where he kept some of his most iconic work. workers boxed up what they could, but it wasn't possible to move everything before the demolition started. the have to leave by the 15th of this month. police had come to an end. what they had not expected the wrecking machines. someone called me and said we must move out of the building within three days. i don't have the ability to move everything out in three d

russia has made hollywood actor steven seagal it special representative russia u.s. humanitarian ties so gallo who is known for his martial arts prowess will not receive a salary for the role which is meant to deepen cultural ties between the nations. in two thousand and sixteen seagal was presented with a russian passport by russian president vladimir putin. when a rock music festival in russia has lots of heavy metal on show both on stage and in the sky tens of thousands of fans flocked to see both their favorite bands and some of the kremlin's latest weapons hard to abdul hamid went along as well. it's a summer staple for many russians. is the largest rock festival some also call it russia's woodstock a yearly appointment with the finest of the country's music scene. which. has been missed for the past three seasons it's amazing. that you can hear your favorite musicians all your favorite musicians in one place the festival started two decades ago after the fall of the soviet union but recently it also became an exhibit ground for the most unlikely of institutions

the russian foreign ministry says it has appointed the american actor steven seagal as a special envoyly praised president putin's policies. the ministry said his new role is to help deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. most of us will continue with the drier weather today. what a glorious start to the day it was in wales. this was the scene for an early riser in gwynedd, the early morning sunrise. lots of sunshine to come for england and wales, becoming very hot in the south of highs of up to 30 degrees. temperatures near normal for scotla nd temperatures near normal for scotland and northern ireland which these cloudy. some spots of rain for these cloudy. some spots of rain for the western and northern isles through the rest of the day. into this evening and overnight, rain turns heavier for western scotland. it sinks southwards over northern ireland. are drying out for england and wales. temperatures in london only slowly easing back to around 16 degrees or so. in the week ahead, we star

the actor steven seagal has been appointed as special envoy.r has previously praised v putin's policies, calling him one of the greatest living world leaders. thousands of student protesters in bangladesh have blocked traffic in the capital dhaka for a seventh day running, calling for stricter traffic laws. the protests have continued since a boy and a girl were killed by a speeding bus. jill mcgivering has more. chanting. they're young and they're angry. bangladesh hasn't seen anything quite like this before. school children in uniform took control of the roads for a seventh day on saturday, causing chaos. they want the government to make the roads safer. the trigger came last sunday when a boy and girl were knocked down and killed by a bus. "we have been protesting for days", said this boy, "we wantjustice for the students who were killed by a bus. we want safe roads". some transport companies have responded by staging their own strike. these buses are off the road and the drivers are angry, saying the students are the ones causing trouble. "

the russian foreign ministry says it has appointed the american actor steven seagal as a special envoy6 and has previously praised president putin's policies. the ministry said his new role is to help deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries. as we've been hearing, barry chuckle, one half of the comedy duo the chuckle brothers, has died at the age of 73. the veteran entertainer passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. our correspondent jenny kumah is here. tell us more about him. barry elliot was born in rotherham. he and his brother first started their comedy career on opportunity knocks and new faces. the most famous further programme chucklevision which was on the bbc between 1987 and 2009. it one host of awards. recently, they appeared ina one host of awards. recently, they appeared in a channel five programme which was like you've been framed. clips of funny moments. there's been a statement from his manager? clips of funny moments. there's been a statement from his manager7m clips of funny moments. there's been a statement from his manager

the russian foreign ministry says it has appointed the american actor steven seagal as a special envoyraised president putin's policies. the ministry said his new role is to help deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries. thousands of homes and businesses in east nottinghamshire are without water because of a burst main pipe in the village of epperstone. severn trent has sent tankers to deliver supplies to those affected, and has been taking bottled water to vulnerable customers. navtej johal has the details. another scorching summer's day, and severn trent has been feeling the heat. these people have been without water since the early hours and have come to bingham leisure centre to collect some of the thousands of bottles provided by the company this afternoon. it's kind of crazy. it's so difficult. it's like somebody cuts your arm off. it's dreadful. i live in an area where there are five houses all in a very close community, so they have given me water for everybody. we have just woken up and we have had no water at all in the house. we also have two elderly nei

steven seagal, is he saying it right? >> steven, it's actually vladimir putin. >> she would know because she speaks russian fluently. >> yes. >> i am fluent in pig latin. you are fluent in what? >> i can speech french. >> very talented group. john dickerson and norah are off. that is why vladimir duthiers and bianna golodryga are here. the star witness in manafort's trial is back on witness stand after telling jurors he and manafort broke the law together. he became the first official to admit criminal activity while under oath. >> gates also testified he stole money from manafort who served for a time as the trump campaign chairman. paula reid is outside the courthouse in alexandria, virginia, paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this trial, the first big public test for the special counsel, has nothing to do with president trump or his campaign. but investigators uncovered evidence of possible crimes while investigating russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. and some of the alleged bank fraught occurred while

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steven seagal, all classics, now responding to the appointment as russia representative on russian humanitariand and takes this honor very seriously. according to the statement by russia minuistry of foreign affairs, the position is similar to the goodwill ambassador role. >>> charlotte rae has died. she is best known for playing the wise and loving mrs. garrett on "different strokes." >>> we now know from the president that the purpose of the meeting was to get dirt on hillary clinton. >> i made a mistake in my statement. >> he looks incredible. >> they had numbers so manafort could save hundreds of thousands in taxes. >> when you have a person on the stand with immunity, you attack them. >> what are we going to hear from rick gates? >> this is "new day". >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is "new day". >> great to have you back, hope you had a wonderful week off. >> i slept past 3:00

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. >> it may be his controlled application of extreme violence that endears steven seagal so much to thehis direct to video movies like this one driven to kill at about a russian mobster are certainly popular. the actor's latest role, though, as a diplomat seems strangely out of character. but the friendship between seagal and russia's real life tough guy vladimir putin has been long standing. the russian leader himself a judo black belt, awarding the u.s. martial artist a passport in 2016 after seagal had relentlessly asked according to russian officials. seagal has also been an outspoken supporter of russian policy, like it's annexation of crimea from ukraine, even taking to the stage there in 2014, at a charity concert, which he hinte. >> my greatest desire is to bring people together, it always has been, and music is the language of the gods, it's the one language that all people understand, it's the one language that brings all people together. >> reporter: bringing himself together with the leaders of the soviet union has become a pass time. seagal has been seen eating carrots with

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steven seagal, russia's newest special representative on u.s./russian relations. really. the russian foreign ministry. the star of "under siege" and under siege 2 dark territory" will assist in the development and implementation of various projects for bilateral cooperation in the field of culture, arts, science, education, sports, public and youth exchange. the protagonist of "half past dead" and "today you will die" will also research and promote the russia/american legacy and other chapters that are of interest to both nations. s seagal has defended russia against election sabotage and also he will not be paid, which leaves some of us to wonder if this is all just research for another movie role. diplomatic impunity. we'll be right back. of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i don't wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. metastatic br

russia's foreign ministry says it has appointed the us actor steven seagal as a special envoy for humanitariand has previously praised president vladimir putin's policies. the ministry said his new role is to help deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries. australia's government has announced more aid forfarmers as parts of the country suffer the worst dry spell in living memory. prime minister malcolm turnbull says it's important to respond to what he calls "exceptional" circumstances. the extra £108 million brings a second major earthquake in a week has struck the indonesian island of lombok. the latest earthquake, with a magnitude of seven, prompted the authorities to issue a tsunami warning, though that's now been lifted. at least 16 people were killed in last week's earthquake which also left more than 500 hikers stranded on a mountain in lombok. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires under control, as the southern european heatwave continues. temperatures have climbed to 46 degrees celsius, approaching the all—time european record. fi

russia wanting steven seagal as a special envoy to the u.s.dimir putin and was granted russian citizenship in 2016. those are some of your headlines. back out here to the fair and, rick, it's beautiful this morning. i don't know how it is in the rest of the country. >> it is beautiful. get ready for a heat wave across parts of the east. we had all of the wet weather. now we have a heat wave that is about to come on in. take a look at the weather maps. we'll show you what's going to go on, starting off across areas of the northeast today, put the map in motion. you can see for the most part it's a lot drier than we were yesterday. a few scattered showers will move through parts of the ohio ovally -- ohio valley. there will be pop-up storms, nothing to wash your day out. northern plains, we had showers this morning moving across parts of minnesota. we'll have a new line of storms that builds later on this afternoon, cutting across parts of south dakota, no bras nebras, minnesota later on in the evening. in the west it's hot, dry and windy. big f

action movie star steven's ago has been appointed -- steveen seagal is a russian envoy to the unitedsaid this would be to facilitate relations between the countries in the culture, arts, and the exchanges between youth. he was given citizenship in 2016. he criticized the u.s. government while defending policies,putin's including the annexation of crimea area. venezuelan security forces made a wave of arrests after a military parade was attacked. the blast wounded some officers. the interior minister says drones work carrying explosives. ,ix people were arrested including one man allegedly involved in an attack last year. news, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts, i'm david ingles. this is bloomberg. rishaad: we will be heading again to the degrees and dealers -- diggers and dealers forum next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ rishaad: we are back. this is bloomberg markets, looking at the commodities space particularly with gold, with big-money betting gold's recent troubles are not over with. hedge funds boosted their bets since -- the most since 2006. gold was on a one year lo

, how about this one, american martial arts actor steven segal became a russian citizen a couple of years ago and now the kremlin is awarding him. seagal has become a special representative to promote russia and u.s. relations. he is a close friend of the russian president. >> a small minority group gathers. why they're protesting a new law in israel. we'll tell you about that. plus officials are warning hawaiians to get their misdemeanor kits ready as hurricane hector gains power on its way toward the island. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the beach. start a 30-day trial and your first audio