Page 4 - Ron Sochi News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We are less than an hour away. the games have already gun. qualifying rounds took place in teen figure skating, women's freestyle skiing moguls. all went off without a hitch. the athletes say they are focusing on the games and not the terror threats. >> i don't think anybody up here has felt any danger since we have been here. we are pretty confident we are going to focus on our skiing and competing and not let those outside influences bother or worry us. it is not something that i am really focused on and i think i could say the same for the rest of my teammates up here. >> he looks so excite...

This. >> it was a legitimate source that gave the information. that doesn't mean it is going to happen. it is something to be taken very seriously. >> reporter: president obama reiterating thursday night that the u.s. is in constant contact with russian security forces. >> i think the russians have an enormo enormous stake in preventing any kind of terrorist act or violence at these venues. they have put a lot of resources into it. >> reporter: russian officials say they have some 37,000 police and security officers on the streets in and around the sochi venues. >> i think people going to the ...

>> there are some very specific threat leads that we have, but at the same time it's difficult to ascertain whether this is aspirational or operational. >> reporter: u.s. officials are concerned the intelligence regarding the threat of attackers using toothpaste or cosmetic tubes to hide explosives originated from the group led by this man. he leads chechen terrorists. >> the leader of the chechen rebel extremist, that's where this plot hatched out of. >> reporter: while u.s. officials have increased confidence about security inside the olympic venue, transportation hubs leading to the games i...

Kisses in public. you say what? peyton walsh is in sochi. this is a surprise. >> reporter: i think it certainly meant to be. you point out tattoo nearly a decade ago managed to get global fame from really the lesbian kiss you saw in the video. neither is lesbian and in their career they have not been promoting gay rights. not clear how prominent they will be. there's a suggestion they will perform. their song "they won't get us" will not enter the arena. this is some bid to soften the criticism of the kremlin's pretty anti-gay stance in this recent legislation which has caused outcry from many...

And i want to take a quick check in with anderson cooper with a look at what's coming up on "ac 360." live report from sochi. we'll speak with bob bare and peter burgin. and we'll ask jeffrey toobin if the people who sold it to him can be charged with a crime. and the street level fight of heroin. randi kaye spent the day with fbi agents. nonpartisan facts versus political spin. there's been a lot of political spin on whether the affordable care act. those stories and the ridiculist. >> we're looking forward to all of that. philip seymour hoffman checked himself into a detox center last may....