They safe . Well, i have real concerns about their safety. Russians have not been fully cooperative on a security front. New olympic fears as terrorists target sochi. They promise an attack. They mentioned a special present for tourists attending the olympics. I would not go and i wouldnt send my family. Kenneth bahy now jailed in north korea credit is pleading with the government. Sandy relief funding would be held hostage if she didnt back his development project. An hour conversation is not only false, but ill lodge contact. Touchdown tarvaris thomas broncos are bound to the super bowl. Kaepernick crabtree. The seahawks are going to the super bowl. Im the best corner in the game. Thats the result you are going to get half the country is getting ready for another blast of bonechilling temperatures across the northeast and midwest. President obama is going on the record about pot. In an interview, the president says marijuana is no worse than alcohol. Back country skier survived an avalanche he triggered. It was all caught on tape. Got it the upsets continue as sharapova follows serena to the exit. The Police Officer could have kept on going, but instead he stopped his car. We both connected. We are playing a game of catch and it was awesome. On cnbc this morning we are going to the championship. Four interceptions on peyton manning. Wow this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cnbc this morning. Norah odonnell is off celebrating her birthday. We have claire issa here. Thank you. Its exciting to be here. We begin with a new threat to the upcoming Winter Olympics and Islamic Militant group in southern russia is promising, quote, a present for olympic tourists. U. S. Officials are raising new doubts this morning about security in the host city of sochi. Some say if there is a terror attack, it will be hard to rescue americans. Margaret brennan is at the state department. Good morning. Good morning to our viewers in the west. With these new terror threats issued just yesterday, its adding to fear russia might not be able to safely protect these games. The state Department Already advised american spectators to stay vigilant. The olympic torch arrived in russia this morning, less than three weeks before the winter games are set to begin. Russia reportedly spent about 50 billion to prepare to host them, but security concerns threaten to overshadow the athletes. President putin pledged on saturday that russia is on alert and ready to protect. Translator our task as organizers is to provide security for the participants and guests of the sochi olympic games, he said. And we are going to do everything for it. Sunday an Islamic MilitantGroup Released this video threatening to carry out terrorist attacks during the olympics. In it they also claim responsibility for last months twin suicide bombings which killed more than 30 people. This latest threat at least the second such public pledge adds to fears russia wont be able to effectively prevent the games from coming under attack. Im concerned. We have got to have better cooperation as we move forward if we can ensure the absolute safety, not only of our athletes, but people who are there to watch the games. I think they think this is a political embarrassing situation for them. President putin said russia is working with other governments to ensure security. I believe the International Community in various fields should make joint efforts in fighting against terrorist acts and the killing of innocent people, he says. Dan richards has a bostonbased firm contacted to provide Emergency Services for the u. S. Ski and snowboard teams. This is not like calgary or france or lake placid. It just isnt. There are bad actors within hundreds, not thousands or tens of thousands of miles of this location, that are bent on disrupting these games. For its part russia is sending troops to the south to prepare for these games. The operation is known as the ring of steel and it includes 40,000 military personnel and police. Charley, clarissa . Margaret thank you. Mike morell is former Deputy Director of the cia. He has taken on a new role this morning as a cnbc news contributor. Welcome. We look forward to this. Its great to be here. Lets begin with russia and the russian olympics. How concerned should we be about the security situation, in your judgment . I think about this in terms of a Balance Sheet. And on the Positive Side of the Balance Sheet you have expensive Russian Security services. Intelligence services the military, the police they are out in very large numbers. That is a good thing. On the other side of the Balance Sheet youve got a couple of things that are worrying. One is youve got sochi very near the part of russia where extremists have spent a lot of time. Two, you have those extremists conducting successful attacks in the last couple of months. Three, you have them saying that they are going to attack the olympics. The other thing on that part of the Balance Sheet that is worrying is that most countries who host olympics cooperate with the International Community extensively in securing those games. Russia has not done that. How much do we know about this militant group . Have they been responsible for other attacks in the past . They have. A number of attacks. The most recent attacks, best example, they are a serious group. They have capabilities. We need to worry about them. Would they likely attack at sochi or somewhere going into sochi . I think they have to be successful and attack somewhere in russia. It would be best for them to do it in sochi. From their perspective, anywhere in russia would draw attention to them and draw attention away from the olympics. What can you make of this chairman mike rogers of the House Intelligence Committee suggesting that russia may have helped edward snowden. We just dont know. Like chairman rogers i am concerned. There are a couple of incidents that are classified so i cant talk about them, but they raise questions. They are being investigated. The other thing that worries me is that whats happening here is not just the disclosure of information related to the privacy and Civil Liberties of americans which ed snowden said hes all about. There are disclosures undermining the broad capabilities of the u. S. Intelligence community. I would think that is what russia is interested in. Great to have you here. Thank you so much and a warm welcome to cnbc news. Thank you. The midwest is bracing this morning for the return of arctic cold. Drivers in ohio face slipper why i roads over the weekend. The new cold front is driving temperatures downward. Some cities will be below zero by tonight. Chief meteorologist eric fisher of wbz is watching all the weather changes. Eric, good morning. Good morning to both of you. Another blast of cold air here we go again. Much like we saw earlier on in the months. All across canada ready to be unleashed tonight and into the day tomorrow and wednesday. Looking at the forecast, the midwest sees the first. Its not as bad as earlier in the year but single digit highs in minneapolis. Chicago in the teens. Same story detroit for tuesday and wednesday. The cold also into the northeast. Single digits to around 10 degrees for buffalo. Teens in boston as well as new york. Not just the cold but the wind creating bitter wind chills. As it moves southward by the evening, feeling like 30 below in fargo, north dakota. That spreads across the feet of as we head into tonight and tuesday. Theres also snow to go along with all of this. Well track it through the mid atlantic. A bit of a rare thing. Place like washington, d. C. A twoinch snowstorm in the city in three years. This should be it and will bring snow up the eastern seaboard. Many will see three to six inches of snowfall with potential of six plus. Significant Winter Weather back in the forecast. Being thank you. Cold weather could steal the show at super bowl xlviii. Seattle seahawks will set off benes the Denver Broncos. James brown shows us the sunday actionpacked playoffs and a much anticipated quarterback showdown. It was build as the last great battle between two future hall of fame quarterbacks. New England Patriots were outclassed and prevented tom brady connecting with his receivers. Peyton manning threw over 400 yards and two touchdowns. In the end zone touchdown the niners led the seahawks for the first three quarters, scoring steadily. But with just over a minute into the fourth quarter, the Seahawks Russell Wilson was able to capitalize on a San Francisco penalty to throw the goahead touchdown. Seattles topranked defense forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter. Its going to be picked with less than 30 seconds left in the game niners were encroaching on seahawks territory. Colin kaepernicks throw to the end zone was tipped by Richard Sherman and picked off. In this matchup of division rivals, post game emotions were high. Im the best corner in the game thats the result you are going to get. Dont you ever talk about me who was talking about you . Crabtree. Dont you open your mouth. Later, a markedly calm and collected sherman was asked whether he is good enough to shut down denvers offense . Well find out soon enough wont we . James brown is with us. Good morning. Good morning. Explain that to all of us. Kind of like you and clarissa in the greenroom. An awful lot was on the line. Clearly, Richard Sherman was being talked to throughout the game by Michael Crabtree saying what he couldnt do. He made the biggest play at the closest moment of the game. Emotions are high. Thats why most players would prefer to wait ten minutes after a game for a cooldown period. Look at this picture. This is the New York Times today showing how incredible that is. Just awesome. Indicative of that awesome defense by seattle, which is suffocating, that secondary that Richard Sherman is a part of. Why do you call the super bowl old versus new . Old school versus new school. Peyton manning playing in the pocket excellent quarter reads the defense exceedingly well. New school being Russell Wilson a very mobile quarterback, very cerebral. There is so much pressure on these players. What do you think tom brady is going through today . I do think kill joy. Tom brady is deflated. He is a competitor. Look to new england having got to that point losing eight Significant Players last year to this year with injury was remarkable for that team to get to this point. Patriots are the closest thing to a dynasty in the nfl today. Thank you so much for being with us. Dont let charley yell at you like that again. I will try. Thank you. The american missionary held captive in north korea made a public appearance this morning. Kenneth bayh issued a brief statement to reporters in pyongyang. Hes been detained more than a year. He called on the u. S. Government to win his release. He apologized for committing antigovernment acts and denied being mistreated while in confinement. This morning iran is fulfilling its pledge to roll back work on its Nuclear Program as inspectors confirm iran disconnected centrifuges. They produce the most highly enriched uranium. Other world powers agreed to lift economic sanctions on iran. There is news about iran and syria. Good morning. The International AtomicEnergy Agency confirmed today that iran stopped enriching uranium to 20 , which is almost weapons grade. This is part of an agreement aimed at easing tensions over irans Nuclear Programs. Iran agreed to dilute its stock pile of uranium enriched over 5 to make sure that iran continues to comply United Nations inspectors will make daily visits to two key Nuclear Facilities to monitor progress. If iran does live up to its side of the bargain, it will get 7 billion in Financial Aid as sanctions that crippled the countrys economy are eased. U. N. Secretary ban kimoon invited an iranian delegation to syria this week. Today, however an Umbrella Group for the Syrian Opposition group said they will boycott if the invitation to iran is not withdrawn. Holly williams thank you. Ukraine is dealing with a violent new phase in its political crisis a rally against laws banning protests turned kiev into a battleground sunday. Officers responded with stun grenades and tear gas. Dozens of hurt. The government and protest leaders plan to meet today. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is dealing with new allegations of political bullying. Don zimmer claims a disagreement with christy cost her city millions. The governor spokesman calls her charges false. Elaine good morning. Good morning. Mayor zimmer met with the u. S. Attorney in newark yesterday and turned over supporting documents. Her accusations hit directly at one of governor christies signature issues his response to superstorm sandy. They surfaced as christy was crisscrossing this weekend raising money for republican governors. Behind closed doors, governor Chris Christie rubbed elbows with wealthy donors. Do you have a few seconds, sir . He dodged questions from the press and was dogged by democrats along the way. Its not every day we have a governor visit florida whose scandals burn so brightly they outshine even those of our scandalplagued governor rick scott. Mayor dawn zimmer said they threatened to withhold sandy aid money. The Lieutenant Governor says youve got to move forward with the rockefeller project. This is really important to the governor. She said she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from the governor. Sandy left much of hoboken under water. Zimmer requested more than 100 million in state aid for the city but only about 300,000 was approved because she didnt back the real estate deal. Christy supporters dismiss zimmers attack as partisan politics, pointing out her tweets in the weeks after the storm where she repeatedly thanked christy for his help. Hoboken already received nearly 70 million worth of funding for direct recovery and rebuilding efforts, his spokesman said in a statement. Hoboken has not been denied on a single Grant Application for Recovery Efforts under the current programs for which they are eligible. In a sign how far christies star has fallen. Floridas embattled republican governor rick scott refused to be seen publically with christy this weekend. The trip was meant to give christy a chance to flex his National Political muscle as the new head of the republican governors association. Thank you so much. It is time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. Usa today looks at president obamas comments on marijuana in an interview with the new yorker the president said pot is no more dangerous than alcohol, but not something he encourages. He told his daughters using marijuana is a bad idea. The Washington Post says a battle is heating up over Hillary Clintons legacy as secretary of state. Clinton is finishing a memoir laying out her accomplishments but republican critics are launching a massive effort to challenge the books credibility as she plans a 2016 bid. Martin luther king federal holiday marking his birthday and the 50th anniversary of the passage of his law which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race sex or national origin. The starledger searches for a reporter. He left his home to go for a walk more than a week ago. Hundreds of police and volunteers are looking for him. His wife said bird does not have the medication he needs as a liver transplant recipient. New Zealand Herald looks at a 6. 2 earthquake which hit the country today. It damaged homes and triggered rock slides and brought down a giant next couple of days minor changes. Weather report sponsored by hersheys spreads. A wakeup call a wakeup call for a spacecraft that spent years in hibernation. The Daring Mission to catch a comet. The news is back in the morning on cnbc this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. [ male announcer ] its a new year. Time to complete your bachelors or masters degree and prepare for a new career. With Devry Universitys meritbased career catalyst scholarship you can. Apply by february 28th for up to 20,000 for qualifying new students. With this scholarship you could be on your way. 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