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I think you can assume theyve done just everything they could possibly do to keep the olympics safe. and thats not a guarantee. >> sochi is a fairly small place. it is a contained place. so i agree with ambassador negroponte, they probably can protect sochi. whether they can protect the whole country, whether something else can happen during the olympics in another russian city, its a totally different question. >> nick? >> the one thing putin is good at, its cracking down on his own country. i ...

Were complaining about toilets that didnt work for bathtubs that came up out of the floor. and he said we have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall, and leave the room for the whole day. now, setting aside whether theyre doing that, they have since said this was a mistranslation of what he actually said. but talk to me about the surveillance inside sochi. can everyone who is there just assume it is complete in the sense that in yo...

Bags. in russia theyve banned it. what has happened today is the homeland security department says this could be an issue so theyve asked the airlines to be on the lookout for it, erin. >> to your point, we talked about liquids. im thinking people think that you realize that toothpaste, at least in most airports ive been in, you dont have to have it in the liquids bag. that might be one reason why they would target that. what flights are they the most worried about? >> one of the things i think ...

Stop it. >> i know theres only so much you can talk about. have you been briefed on threats that are as specific as the toothpaste and cosmetics bomb threats? >> there are threats. the emirate caucuses, the more extreme faction of the checken rebels that have trained in syria, for instance, there is a concern that with that kind of training and trade craft that they can travel from syria into the sochi area. that is of great concern. the aviation sector is another area of concern that we believe...

Bottom of it. they have identified officially the two suicide attackers and arrested two other people who they accuse of helping those suicide bombers travel from dagestan to volograd. so a lot of attention on this group, because it has showed theyre capable of at least carrying out large-scale attacks. it has promised there will be more to come, especially during the olympics. thats what it said in a jihadi video claiming credit for the volograd attacks. and indeed, despite all the security aro...

Universally engaging. stores of retribution and hope and whatever else. >> its fun of the few true world events and that means the world is watching and, on the one hand, these games are putins baby. he wants to show the promise that he made to the russian people when he took office in 2000 that basically he said i promise i will make russia secure and stable. sometimes as we have seen, that has come at the expense of civil liberties. but this is really -- if he has his way, this is the payoff. ...

For over 18 years weve helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. ♪ welcome back to "morning joe." time to take a look at the latest issue of "time" magazine. this weeks issue takes a look at the winter olympic games, fevers and cheers inside sochis ring of steel. deputy managing editor is here with us. >> welcome! >> thank you. >> an interesting cover you have here. a close-up shot of this you can see the olympic rings in barbed wire. obviously, a lot of people have...

Theyre on to detonate, they may hear that person saying a prayer beforehand. these are elements that you want to look out for, and especially those odd behaviors. does this person fit into the environment? do they look off? thats what youre looking for. >> nick paton walsh has frortd sochi, of course theres this ring of steel. thousands of members of security. but also that quite possibly, one of these black widows has already gotten inside that ring. inside sochi. so what youre telling us this ...

Terrorists may already be in sochi. >> this is interesting. the russian security services have been putting up fliers and wanted posters inside sochi, saying theyre looking for a so-called black widow, woman who is the widow of a former terrorist killed by the russian security services. she is alleged to have traveled from dagestan inside the olympic security zone in sochi, arriving there january 11th or 12th. despite all of these concerns, russian president vladimir putin told abcys george step...

A second bombing in russia. a city rocked by a suicide attack and 14 people killed on a trolley bus. 28 more said to be wounded on the heels of a bombing at the citys train station that left 17 people dead and 40 wounded. the first caught on surveillance and the blast as you can see lighting up the train stations grand window expelling a giant cloud of debris. they believe a female suicide bomber detonated after she was stopped by a police officer. a separate car bomb about 170 miles outside soc...