Significant areas such as times square or many of the tourist atracks or stadiums or major events, but the soft targets. R rorter tonight thth nld released a a statement saying in part the v veo reaffirms what officials already knew, which is that new york city is a target. The statement goes on to say there is no credible specific threat to times square or anywhere else in the city. Lester . Stephanie gosk in times square. Lets bring in michael leader, from the natatnal count counterteteorism center. Michael, we heard stephanie say no credible threat. Weve heard that before. Yet we are reminded no one saw paris coming. Give us an idea of how worried or concerned u. S. Intelligence officials are. U. S. And western officials are extremely concerned, lester. Because the fact is the sophistication of the plot, the breadth of the plot in paris, that was undetected. That is what scared people. They realize people could be motivated and inspired by isis and now we see that isis could operate
Dubois good evening, scott is off tonight, im Maurice Dubois and this is our western edition. The United States offered russia more help with security for the Winter Olympics. This follows the second deadly terror attack in two days in the russian city today a bus was blown up, yesterday the target was a railway station. The two attacks blamed on suicide bombers killed at least 31 people and wounded more than a hundred. Many of the wounded are in grave condition. Volgograd, until 1961 as stalingrad is about 400 miles from sofchi, the host city for the winter games which begin on february 7. Elizabeth palmer has more on the attacks. Reporter volgograds main rail station was hit first. The moment the suicide bomb went off caught by a Security Camera some people were killed in the glass and others died in a hail of glass and shrapnel. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but the main suspects are islamic militants from chechnya what, part of the wartorn and unstable caucuses.