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Roundups and arrests of foreign athletes, gay athletes the minute they step on russian soil in sochi? no, i don't. i don't. but the way russian officialdom and putin, himself, talks about gay issues and the puppet parliament that he has going is disgusting. it's clearly disgusting and it has been for a long time. when i lived in the soviet union, we used to call it in the late '80s and early '90s these issues were not foremost. >> right. >> they became human rights issued in a visible way much later than it did in the united states. and it's -- it's frustrating and humiliating, but probably na...

Problem as we head toward the olympics, do you think? >> look, let's not behave as if gay marriage has existed in the united states for 50 years. >> right. right. >> it's basically been instituted last week. clearly russia lags well behind the development on these issues of the united states. do i think there are going to be roundups and arrests of foreign athletes, gay athletes the minute they step on russian soil in sochi? no, i don't. i don't. but the way russian officialdom and putin, himself, talks about gay issues and the puppet parliament that he has going is disgusting. it's clearly di...