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We're continuing to follow the breaking news. word of a possible new terror threat only tours before the start of the winner olympic games in sochi, russia. the united states is advising all airlines with direct flights to russia to be aware of what is described as toothpaste or cosmetic tubes that could potentially be concealing explosive materials. mitt romney was the chief executive of the winter olympic games called in to stave salt lake city games back in 2002. he's joining us now, the republican presidential nominee in 2012. governor, thanks for coming in. i want to get to the breaking n...

What advice -- it's late in the game right now, only a day or two away from the friday night opening ceremonies, but what advice would you give the russians? >> i think we can see the key to any kind of security for a major event like the olympics is intelligence work. the fact there has been the kind of uncovering of specific threats you've seen indicates the russians and other of their friends or if they're collaborators trying to stop terrorism, have come together and have identified threats, that's a good sign. you also see by virtue of the hardened area they put around the venues and spec...

Already arrived in sochi and have been there now for a while. the media, obviously, is already there setting up their equipment to film or cover the olympic games. obviously, cnn, nick paton walsh has been there for some time. people are already there. so if a sudden warning goes out to also check the check-in luggage, you know, it could be too late for that as well. and i think something else that people need to realize is that this has turned into a war of words. almost a trash talking like in the national football league only with life and death circumstance where putin is saying, we've got...

Carrying explosives going to sochi right now, this on the eve of the winter olympic games. i know you've been briefed on this. what's going on? >> wolf, i can't go into details as to what i was briefed on. i would say this is the type of threat that we're very concerned about. americans should take it very seriously. the airlines should take it seriously. obviously the people at the olympics should take it seriously. but this is the type of threat that is very concerning to us. i can't go into the detail, but i can tell you that our intelligence people are working on issues such as this around...

Large number of americans out of russia if it came to that, wolf. >> i want to go back to sochi. nick payson walsh is our man on the scene. are folks there, athletes, tourists, speck tay ttators, to are they nervous about a potential terror attack? >> reporter: at the airport this afternoon we saw the us a rhee trooeian ice hockey team, big guy, not scared of much, but their two female many members received that letter yesterday threatening them of kidnap. they were relaxed but one said they were going to take a decision as a group if they were going to leave the olympic village during the tim...