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Know about the people that have been arrested in this case. >> good morning, everyone. it's thursday. i'm christine romans. welcome to "early start." >> and i'm john berman. february 6th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin with the new threat that has security officials on edge in this country and overseas, and it comes just as the first events are getting under way at the winter olympics in sochi, russia. homeland security is warning airlines, terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes or in cosmetics. law enforcement sources tell cnn the threat is specifically tied to the ...

Way that somebody giving it a casual inspection will probably pass it. >> reporter: the size of the container alfred used is the size that you have to place in checked baggage at an airport but two smaller containers this size, which you can carry on a plane, can also be used. these tubes would have to be attached or near each other to create an explosion that can be detonated by a heat source. >> this is not a hypothetical development. there has been a reported case that's been well-documented where a toothpaste bomb exploded a plane? >> absolutely, there has, wolf. october 1976. anti-castro ...

The mountains to the alpine events, the skiing events. and to create this ring of steel, one of the things they've done is flood this area with troops and with security officers. >> yes, this is a security sector. inside of it everything is monitored, cell phone, internet, cameras, and they want to keep everybody outside of that who may do harm to the spectators. >> they'll try to keep track of basically every soul in there, what they're doing, where they're going. >> entering. >> they'll also have big equipment in here, anti-aircraft batteries, ships out at sea. and yet, you point out there i...

Snow, and bitter cold. billions right now without power. thousands of flights already have been grounded. we have full team coverage. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> possible terror threats only hours before the start of the winter olympic games in sochi. the united states is arriving airlines with direct flights to russia to be aware of toothpaste or cosmetic tubes that could be concealing explosive materials. nick paton walsh is standing by in sochi. let's get the latest from our justice correspondent evan perez on the story in washington. evan, what are you learning? >>...

I tell them that i believe that sochi is safe and that there are always some risks in these large international gatherings. i'm always going to feel even better if it's inside the united states because when r then we have full control over what happens. but the russian authorities understand the stakes here. they understand that there are potential threats that are out there, and we are coordinating with them. >> welcome back to "the lead." we're following breaking news for you, a terror alert ahead of the winter olympic games started to kick off two days from now. the department of homeland s...