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In syria, and where you have very bad, very extremist people learning to use weaponry, its of profound concern to the united states. >> also of concern, with just a few days to go now until the start of the olympics in sochi, we know the president said last week that sochi is safe. however, security experts that ive spoken with, people on the ground, they themselves say they wouldnt even go. so what does the intelligence youre seeing indicate? >> well, you know, you very rarely get intelligence ...

Did with the summer olympics? >> they have twice the police london deployed two years ago. >> for a smaller place. >> they can lock down sochi itself. but they will try and strike -- they can strike further away. vladimir putin mistakes control for security. the heavy hand for some of the better intelligence gathering you need to stop this kind of stuff. >> it is incompetence security state. thats why russia has been hit time and again since 9/11 and even before with multiple terrorist attacks o...

Correct. it is a tiny fraction. many arrests and few incarcerations. >> thank you. there is a lot more to debate about this. when we come back, security concerns grow ahead of the olympic winter games. just how safe is sochi? a

Matt, how serious is the threat in and around sochi? >> it has been serious for the past 10 or 15 years. we have a separatist movement in the south of russia, predominantly muslim areas. they are not arabs. as russia as -- >> they are muslim. >> they are muslim. they have a group called the easy ma mick -- he was named an al-qaeda affiliate. it is a domestic agenda. they want to strike at the putin regime. the sochi olympic stz prize event for vladimir putin and they will do something to carry i...

That that may not match the reality on the ground. take a listen. >> so, what were finding is, theyre not giving us the full story about what are the threat streams, who do we need to worry about. are those groups, the terrorist groups who have had some success, are they still plotting? you know, theres a missing gap, and you never want that when you go into something i think as important as the olympic games. >> i would not go. and i dont think i would send my family. >> reporter: and defense a...

Over two weeks. russian officials say they are not changing or revising their security plan for sochi despite the attacks in volgograd. they believe they have already got everything in place when the flame arrived here at this train station. there were more members of the security service and police forces here to greet it than members of the public. it seems the lesson from the volgograd attacks is even if sochi is locked down successfully, there are still many other potentially vulnerable targ...

Couple of terrorist attacks killing about three dozen people in volgograd. this is different this time. it is a very serious situation. >> there are a couple of things happening surrounding aul of these incidents. president putin spoke with abc saying they are going to have a steel ring of security around the games. some american lawmakers are concerned that russia is not being as forthcoming about their security plans as need-be. they are not cooperating. we had lawmakers come out yesterday on ...

The next day, another man attacked a bus nearby killing another 16. now, a jihadi video has emerged with two men claiming responsibility for that attack and warning that those attacks are but a taste of what people should expect during the olympic games in sochi. >> two extremists claiming responsibility for two back to back suicide bombs last month that claimed 34 lives. warning that more attacks could come during the sochi olympic games. they are showing constructing explosives all before head...

Visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. a safe, secure sochi. the russian government is trying to convince everyone they are doing everything possible to keep terrorists out of the olympic games. the u.s. is not bringing a lot of security compared to past olympics. there are apparently major roadblocks to an evacuation if something were to happen. lets bring in our law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes in washington to talk us through this. good morning. >> good morning, carol.

Depending on how good of a shape they are in and how competitive they can be. if you have a child that has spent 15 years preparing to be a gold medalist, it is hard to say, it is dangerous, i wa rather you dont go. that makes it a little hard to do in this particular case. as weve seen in other parts of the world r, the threats are everywhere. you can make an argument for not leaving your home. just have pizza delivered every day and that would be fine. for a situation like this, you do have to...