RT’s Ed Schultz has an exclusive interview with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill in Cuba, where the leader had a historic meeting with Pope Francis last Friday. The Patriarch discusses the ongoing plight of many Christian communities around the world and in the Middle East, the need for global consensus to fight terrorism, Russian and US relations, and the refugee situation in Europe.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.