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Were continuing to follow the breaking news. word of a possible new terror threat only tours before the start of the winner olympic games in sochi, russia. the united states is advising all airlines with direct flights to russia to be aware of what is described as toothpaste or cosmetic tubes that could potentially be concealing explosive materials. mitt romney was the chief executive of the winter olympic games called in to stave salt lake city games back in 2002. hes joining us now, the republ...

What advice -- its late in the game right now, only a day or two away from the friday night opening ceremonies, but what advice would you give the russians? >> i think we can see the key to any kind of security for a major event like the olympics is intelligence work. the fact there has been the kind of uncovering of specific threats youve seen indicates the russians and other of their friends or if theyre collaborators trying to stop terrorism, have come together and have identified threats, th...

Already arrived in sochi and have been there now for a while. the media, obviously, is already there setting up their equipment to film or cover the olympic games. obviously, cnn, nick paton walsh has been there for some time. people are already there. so if a sudden warning goes out to also check the check-in luggage, you know, it could be too late for that as well. and i think something else that people need to realize is that this has turned into a war of words. almost a trash talking like in...

Carrying explosives going to sochi right now, this on the eve of the winter olympic games. i know youve been briefed on this. whats going on? >> wolf, i cant go into details as to what i was briefed on. i would say this is the type of threat that were very concerned about. americans should take it very seriously. the airlines should take it seriously. obviously the people at the olympics should take it seriously. but this is the type of threat that is very concerning to us. i cant go into the de...

Large number of americans out of russia if it came to that, wolf. >> i want to go back to sochi. nick payson walsh is our man on the scene. are folks there, athletes, tourists, speck tay ttators, to are they nervous about a potential terror attack? >> reporter: at the airport this afternoon we saw the us a rhee trooeian ice hockey team, big guy, not scared of much, but their two female many members received that letter yesterday threatening them of kidnap. they were relaxed but one said they wer...

And this is one of the most volatile, politically charged regions in the world. yet, when you talk to ordinary russians here, they seem to tell me theyre not very worried right now. perhaps its because of the plasive deployment of uniformed russian security officers as well as probably the plainclothes officers. and there are also other measures were very sure are in force that we cannot see here. so its surprising to hear russians that dont seem to be very worried about this, the russians that ...

Lets check in with nick paton walsh. hes live in sochi with the very latest. what is the very latest, nick? >> reporter: wolf, we know that this threat, as you said, are about potentially explosive being put on aircraft in toothpaste or cosmetic tubes. we do know that russia has instituted a ban on liquids in hand luggage for quite some time now. when i flew from moscow to sochi, that was particularly of concern certainly. its not clear how universal the supplies are across russia, but this is s...

Toothpaste or cosmetic tubes are the folks arriving over the next day or two in sochi, the opening ceremony friday. letsz than 48 hours from that, mitt romney, in charge of the winter olympic games back in toou, the republican presidential nominee is still with us. it seems to me, and you can correct me if im wrong, governor romney, based on what we heard from peter king of the house homeland security committee, it looks like this could be the most serious terror threat of any summer or winter o...

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