plea from russians have seen the message from arnold schwartz neglecter, but he is extraordinarily popular there and this was personal, his plea to stop the war. i m sending this message through various different channels to reach my dear russian friends and the russian soldiers serving in ukraine. reporter: he told russian people and soldiers, you are not being told the truth. let your fellow russians know the human catastrophe that is happening in ukraine. reporter: gentle and fatherly, the former california governor and actor begins with a story about his own boyhood hero, a russian. let me just tell you about the russian who became my hero. in 1961 when i was 14 years old reporter: yuri vaslov, then the world s strongest man. he reached out to shake my hand, but he was kind. and he smiled at me. i will never forget that day. never. reporter: his story, a way to connect personally with the russian soldiers. and schwartz
let me close to all the russian protesting in the streets. the world has seen your bravery. we know you have suffered the con questions office your courage. you have been arrested, jailed and you have been beaten you my new heroes. you have the strength of blasov. you have the true heart of russia. that is his childhood hero, the world s strongest man who was russian. he spent the first half of his nine-minute-long video talking about his admiration of the russian people. it has been viewed more than 15 million times. new day picks it up now. this is cnn breaking news. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, march 18th. i m john berman with brianna keilar.
their mission plans would have made james bond blush. anyone who watches game of thrones will know this guy if you see him. he s a pretty big dude. we re talked about sir gregor who is known as the mountain for fairly obvious reasons. big dude. the mountain s real name thor björnsson. he broke a record that stood for 1,000 years. he moved a 30-foot log weighing 1430 pounds on his shoulders, moved it for five steps and that won him the world s strongest biking competition. he has already won a competition to determine europe s strongest man. now he has his eyes on the world s strongest man title. that s a big dude. he s from iceland. i didn t know iceland guys were that big. thought they were little dudes? i thought they were not so big. he s 26. can you believe that? i hope he doesn t have another growth spurt. weight lifting is actually i m told their most popular sport. clearly. could you do that? i can t move this chair across the room. that s true. with
gretchen. you can see the little guys going up and down. that slide. they are so cute. it is a slide. at first, there we go. wow! excellent! clayton. ok. getting blown up. he met the world s strongest man in our green room this morning. i m standing with him. he might be the not world s strongest man. he s mike greenstein and called the son of the mighty atom, a world war ii veteran and his father was a legend in the business of pulling things, breaking things with his teeth. nice to see you this morning, mike. welcome to the show. my pleasure. are you stunned sort of this new found fame that you ve had at this stage in your life? i enjoy doing it and i know i have the strength. it s a lot of mind over matter. to say the least. your father, of course, a legend. used to do all sorts of shows and you grew up around that and decided that you wanted to be a part of that. yes, i enjoyed watching him
i think this study was superficial. it should have analyzed the lack of work experience of the members of congress and their inability to deal with the economic issues. you are a smart lady. in a weird way you just endorsed herman cane. he is a guy that worked in the private sector. i always thought she was endorsing cocaine. i am not coming on this show again. farts, drugs, that s it. i want to ask you question. why should we expect a bunch of idiots who don t know what a5-ok is. the most popular background is in government. this is all a scam. they are just learning how to get themselves on this gravy train. a better background would be in test of strength. it is like the world s strongest man or even better they have to shovel for every dollar they add to our deficit, they have to shovel an actual pound of [bleep] and that will help them understand