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Islamist terrorists suppressed by the army. so, yeah, i'm very worried, precisely because it doesn't need to be very elaborate. it could be something very simple but it will have seismic effects. >> certainly will. hope it doesn't happen, fareed. thanks very much. >> pleasure. we are going to have much more on the terror threats and the horror stories coming out of sochi in a special report, "trouble in sochi" that airs right at the top of the hour. a top u.s. diplomat's private phone call leaked to youtube is causing an international stir. elise labott is following this story. she's here ...

The taliban spokesman telling "the washington post" the dog was captured after a fire fight between u.s. forces and taliban fighters last december in afghanistan. he goes on to say the dog carried the rank of colonel, was of high significance to the americans. the pentagon says the dog belongs to another nato allied force, not the united states military. let's also remember that army sergeant bob bergdal has been held by the insurgents in the border region since june of 2009. he's the only american service member being held and his family is desperate to get him back. happening now, a "situa...

Talk of the last few days has been about toothpaste bombs, but that sophisticated technique isn't really what's going to be bothering people on the ground here for the past few months. this is a region of the world where explosives are pretty common when you're away from the ring of steel near here in sochi and there are concerns about how well you can implement a dagnet across this whole region given the state of the russian police force often seen by russians as being a net being corrupt and actually with brutal tactics that many accuse of having fueled the insurgency here in first place, wo...

The obama administration is closely following the threats to the winter olympic games in russia. the president has been briefed on the contingency plans. brianna keilar is joining us. in light of the new threats, how much concern, brianna, are you hearing that there is inside the white house? >> reporter: wolf, the white house is certainly concerned. they are closely monitoring these potential threats. but the white house and officials here still think that travel for americans so sochi, russia, is safe, just as president obama told our jake tapper last week before tonight's ban on all liquids...

Practicing and then traveling all morning but i think our job is to fwoek kus on what we can do and what we can do and that's how we're going to perform at our first olympics. >> i also spoke to the ceo of sochi airport. he said, you know, we have taken security precautions. no pastes, liquids, or creams allow in carry-ones on planes coming in and flying around russia. special equipment to scan the luggage that's been checked in as well. he says he thinks it is safe. other officials say that sochi is just as safe as boston, london, new york. i have to add, while i was at that airport, there we...