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New york and new jersey launching a massive security effort to protect the tens of thousands converging on the metro area. nbc's katie tur is following the preparations, while dominic choo is following the money and economic impact of the super bowl. katie, let's start with the fun stuff and serious stuff where you are. times square, where it's super bowl boulevard. >> times square. >> that area, what kind of security operations are we talking about? some really interesting technology. >> a lot of stuff across both of the states, in fact, it's not new york city or the stadium. it's encompassin...

Will be staffed by federal agencies, including homeland security along with local police. seat cushions, food, drinks, merchandise, will all be x-rayed. and evan perez joining us now with more on this massive security effort. so evan, what is homeland security saying about all of these stepped-up measures? >> reporter: well, brianna, they're telling me they're adding hundreds of people up in new jersey and new york to specifically target the train stations for people going from new york and stations in new jersey to metlife stadium. a special interest is the train that runs to metlife stadium,...

Merchandise, all of that will be x-rayed. cnn's evan perez joins us with more on this massive security effort. good morning. >> good morning, carol. this is going to be a big undertaking. the homeland security is sending hundreds of employees up to new jersey. the fbi will have more people on the ground. they are all preparing for the eventuality. in case something goes wrong. they need to be able to deal with any situation that comes up. now, the location of the stadium, which is in new jersey, there is train lines that go nearby. newark airport right next door. there are some rivers right ne...

State news agency. these anti-terrorism operations comes as the search intensifies for this woman, a terrorist known as the black widow. police are handing out fliers searching for her because they think she may be planning an attack. this he expect there are two more black widows threatening terror attacks in and around sochi, says the state department and the u.s. military send two u.s. warships to the black sea along with helicopters and c-17 aircraft in case american athletes need to be evacuated. one security effort says, safety is not just up to one country. >> the key for any major even...

>> what is happening here is the greatest security effort ever implemented in the olympics. there's 100,000 estimated law enforcement agents here. 40,000 police officers, 30,000 active military people. there are 6 different systems for military missiles patrolling the seaside and there's what president putin calls his areas of concentration making access without proper credentials and background checks nearly impossible. so with that kind of difficulty in terms of security, we still live in a world where the lone wolves who might have embedded some resources here or during