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Europes heavy reliance on russian natural gas. he laid down a weak and rhetorical marker. he said the united states nor europe would not be coming to ukraines defense militarily. >> we werent going to do that anyway. >> we didnt need to explicitly tell the russians if they want to amass troops on the ukrainian border they wouldnt face a notional opposition. >> he did invoke natos article 5 saying we would go to war if a nato country was invaded. he called the allies to step up. >> 1950 a speech ...

Road here. thats where the u.s. customs patrol agency is doing nonintrusive vehicle inspections to make sure there are no contraband or explosives making it inside the security perimeter. customs agents will be in black hawk helicopters flying over the meadowlands tomorrow. and the new jersey air national guard will have f-16s that are based in atlantic city patrolling the skies over metlife stadium to enforce the restricted air space rules that will be in effect throughout the super bowl. so ey...

>> it is a massive thing. you walk around new york at the moment everyone has super bowl fever at the moment. what are the biggest issues right now as we head towards the big day for you guys as an organizing committee? >> the three biggest issues since two and a half years ago, weather which is off the table now, transportation. we are calling this the first public transportation super bowl because we are losing at least half of the parking spaces around the stadium due to the security perimete...

Right now all indicators are that this is the work of extremist elements, those that really -- ultimately came into the being after the fall of president morsi. so a lot of people are saying sths as a result of what happened back in june with the removal of the president morsi. but todays attacks were extremely symbolic. they happened on third anniversary of the january 25th revolution and happened in the heart of cairo targeting buildings that were supposed to be particularly the headquarters s...

Winter olympic games in sochi, russia, and the growing security concerns for the 2,000 or so athletes and more than 200,000 visitors. the olympic venues are inside what president putin describes as a "ring of steel." there are almost 40,000 security personnel attached to the games including police and the military. that compares with about 15,000 used to protect the winter games in vancouver back in 2010. one of the threats comes from a so-called black widow. the widow of a rebel fighter killed ...

These people who are probably watching us right now is how long will it take before these airlines can catch up to themselves. well we know that after the storm finally moves out there was, on average about two days. so the moral of the story is were going to see more cancelations today. and more delays. chris, kate? >> thank you very much for that. lets turn to another big story that we are following and continue to follow. the opening ceremony for the sochi olympics 16 days away. russian offic...

Security perimeter, inside this so-called ring of steel. and here security is very tight. it took hours to get inside. all of our bags were checked. you need an identification badge, identifying who you are, which organization you have to wear 24 hours, the entire area is surrounded by fences. there are artillery pieces in the mountains surrounding sochi. this area all around the venues is actually quite well locked down. tamron? >> thank you. and a bitter cold, arctic blast is settling in over ...

In this security perimeter the procedures are very tight. but at the same time, russia is on the lookout for at least five potential suicide bombers, two men, three women, three of these black widows, who they believe are somewhere in russia with at least one of them believed to have been already in the sochi area. so russia is taking a lot of precautions but there are still risks. >> thank you so much, we appreciate the report. lets go to willie with "politico play book." what have you heard, b...

Look for a woman like. that >> one of the problems the security perimeter is 60 miles long and 25 miles wide. that is the ring of steel that putin talked about. and dumped 35 or 36 russian personnel in the zone and put in place extraordinary security measures, the problem is, they are dealing with a highly motivated islamic fundmentalist insurgency that has had a brutal campaign for years and years. talking about chechnya and dagestan and in the backyard of the olympics now. you do what they are...

>> william, how do you determine a security perimeter? because you know, weve all been to major events where lets say its a mile out and youre going through, you know, checks and youre being screened. we know what happened in the heart of the olympic games in 96 with the bombing at the park there. i have to imagine its difficult to screen everyone, lets say, in a major public park. how do you pull that off in a major city? >> well, the thing that frightens me is that bombing at the train station...