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I think it's essentially that the airlines discontinue their opposition to this even in advance of passing legislation, but we're going to continue to move forward with our legislation. >> and let's bring in now cnn aviation analyst miles o'brien as well as les abend, also cnn aviation analyst. he's 77 pilot as well. when you look at this which senator casey and others were proposing, is there any reason why these secondary security barriers should not be installed in all commercial jets? >> absolutely not. this was something that should have really been considered right after 9/11. i think we...

Included people walking unchecked past metal detectors. security guards no longer poking around at the pockets and ankles of every person entering olympic facilities. tangerines and bottles of coke are making it through security barriers that banned them two weeks ago. nbc's richard engle has been covering security in sochi throughout the games. joins us live now. richard, let's start there as we move into this second week. is that a fair assessment? is that what you're seeing on the ground now is laxer security, a laxer security apparatus than a week or two ago? >> reporter: we have seen the ...

It's unclear how he managed to escape. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of security barriers and crawled underneath. his escape took a dramatic turn when he abducted a woman forcing his way into her car and forced her to drive across to indiana. >> he has a hammer and box cutter. >> surveillance footage shows elliott on the run, inside a store paying for gas. while there, his hostage was able to lock herself in the restroom and make this desperate 911 call, her abductor lurking outside the door. >> yes. occupied. sorry. it's taking me longer than i thought. >> is that him? >> yes. >> h...

A two state man hunt comes to an end after authorities capture the escaped convict serving time for murder. authorities spotted david elliott in indiana after he spent 24 hours on the run from a michigan prison. >> he ran over a couple of stop sticks some of our sergeants laid out. his tires were going flat. he lost control of the vehicle. came to a t-intersection and slid to a snow bank he wasn't able to move further. >> reporter: it began when prison guards discovered elliott missing from his cell. it's unclear how he managed to escape. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of the securit...

>> ivan, what are officials doing there to prepare with just a week to go before the opening ceremonies? >> well, the russian authorities insisted it's going to be the safest games ever but there is an awful lot of talk about security, about the threat of terrorism. in large part because sochi is located right next to one of the most turbulent regions in russia. the caucuses region. and also because just at the end of last month twin suicide bombings hit the city hundreds of miles to the north of here killing more than 30 people. take a look at this report. >> russia is tightening the ring of ...