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Efforts to provide as much security as possible. i would hope, though, that the russians -- and theres some indication -- its kind of a mixed -- a mixed bag on this, in terms of their cooperation with the united states, as well as countries around the world. i hope that continues in the next couple of days and over the time period of the olympics. but even more broadly, we need total cooperation on counter terror. i think the mechanisms are there. i know our government has taken great steps to b...

Things turn into horrible murder-suicide event. so oh it could be kind of static right now. certainly law enforcement, if they have the shoppers out, they might have some shop keepers barricaded inside stores. and what theyre trying to do is get down there and isolate, you know, the gunman, so they can control it. >> yeah. jim, this is happening all too often. and without having to put security in place everywhere we go, publicly, which is absolutely impossible to do, what are the alternatives? ...

Action as we spoke with senator robert casey about, just about 20 minutes ago, and instituting some sort of gun control laws and helping the mental health component of all of that get into place, you know, its about being vigilant. so much of the time. we have to count on not only the security inside of malls and other soft targets like this, but also just random citizens. youve got to be vigilant at all times, it seems, in society. >> you know, youre exactly right, alex. concern -- we were talk...

Gun control, mental health screening, security issues. but, you know, they have just got to take it on. all they do is talk about it. so thats the big answer. the small answer today is, you know, to stop this guy from killing anybody else. >> yeah. what about malls? because they are such a soft target. do they need to be putting in metal detectors when you walk into the many doors, the many ways to access from outdoor parking lots or underground garages? is that really a solution, at least tempo...

Threat at the games. >> good morning heather and ainsley. sochi security remains a top concern. thousands of spectators are on hand. they are arriving at the sochi center as the games begin. across homeland security they are banning liquids from it the u.s. to russia. >> there has been an up tick in the threat reporting in a runoff to the sochi games and that is of concern. >> some banned carry ones some travelers breezing through security with toothpaste and other things in hand no problem. >> ...

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