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Information out of the white house right now on the sochi threats. our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is standing by live. we'll go to her in just a moment. also, it's not just the security fears that people are unprepared for. guests. construction is unfinished for them. you won't believe what happened to our own ivan watson at his hotel. we'll check in with him. we're going live to sochi. and a top american diplomat using very undiplomatic language speaking about europe. >> [ bleep ]. [ laughter ]

Because we obviously appreciate your firsthand accounts. thanks so much, rachel nichols is on the ground in sochi for cnn. we also have some firsthand accounts of the conditions in sochi. some other cnn staffers, other folks, journalists and others, they're saying the accommodations remain appalling if, if they can get a room at awe. listen to this. >> my hotel room, as a matter of fact, the window fell out on my head and i couldn't get it back in and had to sleep the first night in about 35 to 40 degree temperatures with the window sort of half open. as the days went by and more came in and...

Reception. >> they've had seven years to get it ready. i was told my mike mccaul that maybe 10,000 americans are supposed to be in sochi right now and if you add up the athletes, coaches, trainers, all of their family members and all of the spectators, the fans who are coming, maybe 10,000 fans are going to be in sochi over the next couple of weeks. that's a lot. ivan watson in sochi for us. there's other important news we're following, including a california power station attacked by snipers exposing how vulnerable the entire u.s. power grid might be. plus, a top diplomatic diplomat with ...

Potential threat. i got to tell you, i happened to have two small tubes of travel-sized toothpaste in my bag. hey, that's how i roll. two whole tubes of toothpaste and neither one of them was questioned by u.s. officials. nobody at tsa asked me to take them out of my bag, nobody gave me any kind of extra check. took them right on to the plane. when i landed in moscow to make the transfer to sochi, the normal process is to have to recheck in, recheck your bags. we did that. then we went through moscow airport security to get on the flight to sochi, which is again the standard moscow security. a...

Region. the two navy warships, mt. whitney and "taylor" are now in the black sea off sochi could quickly evacuate government v.i.p.s and provide communications for other u.s. assets. in germany, transport aircraft stand by. with medical teams that could be in the air six hours after getting orders. u.s. officials say the russians have told them they will medically treat and stabilize any americans who are injured. and then they will call for an evacuation. wolf? >> barbara, thank you. with the new warnings of explosives possibly hidden inside a toothpaste tube, we wanted to see the damage that...