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They're fighting for. >> we talk about the bush years. you go back to that time when after 9/11, there was this feeling that somehow russia was in the u.s. orbit in a way it hadn't been before. to watch over the course of the bush presidency that to fall away and get to a point where things are as strained as they are now, it's a compelling backdrop to all of that. we talk about the olympics, not just the competition but the security backdrop and the terror threats in sochi. i want to go to nbc's richard engel live with exclusive details about russia's security crackdown. good to see you, rich...

Important because this group has promised through a video there would be more such attacks to come during the olympics. the other big lesson from these attacks in volgograd was these terrorists do not need to hit sochi itself in order to make their point, score a win and embarrass the russian government during the olympics. the russian government maintains its security crackdown, ring of steel around sochi itself is secure and these games will be safe. back to you. >> so this latest terror news will likely only add really to the fears that people have about security at the games. right now u.s...

>> the c.e.r.t. team constantly trains to respond to any incident within the prison, including escape attempts. >> what we're doing here today, we're repelling. we're pounding the bars. to see if somebody's been sawing on them. we have plastic hammers. when you hit a bar that's been sawed on it makes a special tink. at one point we have found some bars that had been sawed through. at one time we found three bars that were pulled out. they were glued back in there by toothpaste and then painted over with the same color paint. >> c.e.r.t.'s efforts are part of the prison's security crackdown fol...

On them. we have plastic hammers. when you hit a bar that's been sawed on it makes a special tink. at one point we have found some bars that had been sawed through. at one time we found three bars that were pulled out. they were glued back in there by toothpaste and then painted over with the same color paint. >> c.e.r.t.'s efforts are part of the prison's security crackdown following the widely publicized escape of two inmates in november of 2005. >> two murders are now in their 27th hour on the run. >> the two men escaped from the state prison in ft. madison. martin moon, the man on the left...

With the news that the u.s. olympic committee and several european committees have received an e-mailed threat, warning of a terror attack at the games. now, a massive security crackdown in and around sochi still has not been able to find at least two suspected female terror bombers, so-called black widows, and there are now real fears that something very, very bad could happen at the games. >> most specific threat we've seen at an olympic games, frankly, in recent memory, certainly post 9/11. during the athens games, there were threats. we worked with the greek authorities to thwart them. but...