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are actually about a half hour s drive away from the main olympic park where the ice skating s going to be taking place, the opening and close ceremonies and a lot of the events, the sports venues and the olympic village are. they re quite far apart. the russians are saying the sports, the winter olympics are going to be the safest ever, and this week, the head of the u.s. s counterterrorism center, matthew olson, he also said that he believes these very well fortified olympic venues will be safe. his concern, he said, are softer targets, like the city of sochi itself, where i am, and the outlying areas where there simply aren t the same fortifications. he said to congress that there is a substantial potential for a terrorist attack in some of these places. of course, the athletes are going to be very far from these. they will be behind the russian so-called ring of steel.
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these two men in this chilling video are believed to be the bombers behind a deadly suicide blast in the city last month. that killed dozens of people. in the just released video, they are promising something similar for the host city of sochi. one senator said the terror threat is so serious, he would not go. i would not go. i don t think i would send my family. i don t know how you put a percentage on it, but it s a rich target in an area of the world that has almost broadcast that they are going to try to do something there. in a moment, i will talk to a former olympic athlete who is heading to sochi, tara lipinski. the covert operations officer. etch perez, let me begin with you here in our reports about the black widow. what more can you tell us about
forced him to hand over power to his brother raul in 2006. prospects for peace is in syria is growing dimmer, as violence rage on. this video shows the government shelling of a neighborhood in eastern syria. but the main western backed opposition group is on the brink of collapse and may not attend peace talks scheduled to take place in switzerland later this month. well, the u.s. is helping to beef up security in russia ahead of the olympic games next month. the move comes after a series of troubling incidents not far from sochi where the olympics are going to be held. here s abc s brian ross. reporter: with american athletes in the final stages of preparation for next month s winter games, there was growing concerns by u.s. officials that terrorists will make good on their threats to attack the olympics in the russian city of sochi. i think all of the ingredients are there, quite honestly. reporter: the latest incident came a few hours drive from sochi.