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President vladimir putin in his new year's address rallying his fellow russians. >> translator: we will fiercely and consistently continue the fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation. >> reporter: with his $50 billion olympics in sochi, southern russia a little over a month away, he pledged to hold the games at a very high level. but this man, doku umarov, who some called russia's osama bin laden, plans to destroy those olympics, calling them satanic dances on the bones of our ancestors. some athletes like american speed skater julie ann rocard are worried. she told the asso...

>> reporter: the entire segment lasted just a minute, but that's plenty to spark a twitter explosion. just one example -- leave babies alone. republicans accused of a lack of diversity were technically outraged. former senator scott brown called it wildly inappropriate, not to directly compare, but their follows other msnbc pit falls. >> america's resident dunce, sarah palin. >> reporter: in the fall, he suggested that palin do something so foul we will not repeat it. so back to the msnbc host. today she wrote without reservation or qualification, i apologize to the romney family. >> i think i...

Though recreational marijuana may be illegal for anyone under 21, there are fears it will be much easier for teens to get their hands on it. as cnn's anna cabrera reports, colorado already has a teen age pot problem. >> reporter: how many people around your age do you know who have smoked marijuana? >> i want to say nine out of ten students. >> reporter: it's that prevalent? >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: colorado schools have a pot problem. where do people get it? >> i don't know exactly, but just like i know that kids smoke it a lot. >> now that it's legal, everybody's just getting it. >>...

Right now, residents are being allowed to return to a small north dakota town where an oil train crash triggered explosions and a huge fireball. hundreds of people were evacuated after warnings that the fumes might be dangerous. chris lawrence is here with an update on that and growing concerns about railroad accidents across the country. >> yeah, we just confirmed that the evacuation order has been lifted so that's a good thing. people are allowed now to go back into their homes and the fact that no one was hurt or killed in this crash is a terrific thing. but that alone is not going to make ...

>> reporter: the pressure is being kept on the assad regime. but the state department says even with the delay, the mission still seems to be on track. >> we ten to make progress, which has been the important part here. they're milestones for a reason. it was always an ambitious timeline, but we are still operating on the june 30 deadline. >> reporter: they warn that the assad regime must continue its destruction of the chemical weapons. when the state department and the u.n. talk about some of the progress that's already been made they talk for instance about the fact that syria has already d...