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>> the everything he is alluding to is the perimeter around sochi, the ring of steel, thousands of troops patrolling it. what do you see as holes here? >> targets are anything inside or outside the "olympic zone." the russians have taken extraordinary measures. around the "olympic zone." in the past month. the bombings that killed 34 people. you don't just have the "olympic zone." you have the transit points and you have to leave sochi. you have the transit points that are compared to the ring of steel that are soft targets. >> what about what they were reporting? the what if contingency with ...

Mike. what do you make of this? >> first of all, nobody wants the security situation to overshadow the olympic games. we'll all rather be talking about curling. but the threat is real. they are in a high-threat environment. the islamists, fundamentalists, who basically are the face of this concern, are really in the backyard of sochi, and we're talking about dagestan, chechneya, all the areas that people recognize from the years and years of brutal conflict that have taken place between the islamists and the russian forces. so, this is happening right there. and it's not just the olympic zone ...

Government building. there is widespread looting in towns like tacloban and attacks on convoys as people get desperate. local politicians are call for the relief operation to improve the movement of aid to those desperate for it. aid organizers say they have to speed up the delivery of supplies. >> priority has got to be, let's get the food in, let's get the water in. we have a lot more coming in today. even that will not be enough. we need to scale up operations on an ongoing basis. >> reporter: the u.s. marines in tacloban say the local operate should be operating around the clock there soon...

Usage. not a big deal there bigger concern is whether neighbors iran, iraq might be drawn into a conflict. those are the concerns. transit points for oil all around the country so worries there as well. >> shepard: all right, gerri willis, thank you. the markets did get a big boost today in part from a reported rise in home prices suggesting our housing market is getting even stronger. the dow surged 141 points now gof 15,000 for the first time in more than two weeks. the nasdaq gained 46 and the s&p up 17. now there is dennis rodman. he says he will train the north korean basketball team for ...

Can get a permit. that's the other thing. some of these businesses, yeah, they'd love to be able to build on a brown field. you can't get a permit. so theys go where the business will be the b best. big cityt imagine a all of whom are democrats, who would not want to have -- >> ant wal-mart? >> even a wal-mart. >> and get a tremendous amount -- >> white liberals. >> take, for example, federal express and dhl. if they decided to open upt transit points in minority communities, they provide a lot of jobs. there is just one thought. it just seems that you could talk about this all you want, but i...