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Restaurants, shops, railroads, transportation. outside of sochi and the venues, these are the vulnerable areas. this warning goes to that point. >> the u.s. military has deployed equipment, hardware, troops in the area in case of an emergency. >> reporter: well, they have, wolf. there are two navy warships in the black sea now, but we are being cautious. that that is really a just-in-case kind of measure. the military is very strongly making the point it will be the state department that would be working with the russians directly if there is an attack, if there is a crisis. but the u.s. milit...

Out of the sky ten days before that, almost simultaneously by two female suicide bombers. nobody quite knew how those blasts occurred, but a lot of speculation at the time was that explosives were brought on perhaps in a large tub of face cream. now, that was before those 100 milliliter restrictions were brought in. that was more linked to a threat emanating out of london. but certainly after both blasts the russians brought in those full-body scanners that many now complain about as an invasion of privacy in other parts of the world, but they're appearing at russian airports very quickly afte...

Snow, and bitter cold. billions right now without power. thousands of flights already have been grounded. we have full team coverage. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> possible terror threats only hours before the start of the winter olympic games in sochi. the united states is arriving airlines with direct flights to russia to be aware of toothpaste or cosmetic tubes that could be concealing explosive materials. nick paton walsh is standing by in sochi. let's get the latest from our justice correspondent evan perez on the story in washington. evan, what are you learning? >>...

Complicated region these winter olympics will be held in less than 48 hours from now. >> nick paton walsh. you were just in another dangerous part of that area, dagestan. all of us remember the bombers in boston. their families came from dagestan as well. that's not all that far away. here's the question because you know this region well. let's hope this doesn't occur, but if there were some sort of terrorist attack at the winter games in sochi, who would be the likely culprits, if you will? >> well, if you presume they come from the north caucasus, from southern russia, you're probably going ...

Odds are nothing is going to happen, but the odds are higher than any other olympics i believe that something could happen. and the olympic site itself probably is locked down pretty well. there is that ring of steel around the olympics itself. but getting there and the surrounding areas i would say there's real cause for concern. >> i was disturbed the other day the xharm of your committee, said he wouldn't go, wouldn't want his family members to go, so he's obviously been breeched on what's going on, as have you. congressman peter king, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. say hello to the g...