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Republicans. he's saying, look, they're all over the place. boehner, as you know, has talked about getting immigration reform done. he's hired people on his staff to get immigration reform done. i think what he said today is a tass cit acknowledgment that nothing that's a large plan is going to get done, maybe they do something on the dream act, for example, but nothing that's comprehensive. >> gloria, thanks very much. when we come back, wrenching video of what might be the first ever canine prisoner of war. what they're saying about this dog allegedly captured by the taliban. at the top of...

Olympic officials in sochi are promising that the city will be the safest place on earth during the games, but with all these latest terror threats, russia has to be prepared for the worst. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is in sochi. he's joining us live. the question is russia ready? >> reporter: well, wolf, obviously everyone's hoping the weeks ahead will pass without incident at all, but in the unlikely but ghastly event of an attack the question many are asking is what kind of russian response can we expect. that will rain between efficiency and the heartlessness o...

Confidence of security inside the olympic venue, transportation husbands leading to the games, including planes, trains, and automobiles are still seen as softer targets and more vulnerable. today, russia's prime minister deputy insists that sochi is safe. >> translator: i would like to repeat once again, that the level of security in the city of sochi is not worse than new york, london, washington, or boston. >> reporter: that is little reassurance to some. black widow bombers are believed to have brought down two jets in russia in 2004. however the intent, security focused by russian and int...

From sochi to the u.s. embassy in moscow will be around the clock. they will make arrangements helping any americans who need it. but the u.s. will have to defer to moscow. >> this is russia's show. this is russian sovereign territory and international coordination is going to be critical if there is a disaster or an attack on the ground. >> the pentagon emphasizes it would only move in if russia asks for help. >> we want them to know that if they need our help, we want to help. >> the major military job, evacuate american citizens if there is no commercial aviation. >> if we need to extract o...

Torch draws closer to sochi, anticipation for winter games is building along with concern the city could be a prime target for terrorists. russian authorities are searching for a so-called black widow terrorist who could be intent on doing harm during the olympics. meantime, the u.s. military is making contingency plans for evacuating americans from sochi, if necessary. cnn's phil black is following the developments for us live in volgograd, russia. and we just showed the picture of the so-called black widow. authorities in russia searching franticly for her. tell us more on that. >> reporter:...