controversy and a fair amount of criticism running up to today s opening. has it been overblown, you feel? are people giving the russians too hard a time? well, i think that with respect to security and accommodations, those have been kind of the two major storylines that i ve seen, there have been concerns. they ve been addressed. they are being addressed. and you know, the advice being given to people here is the same as we would give in the united states to any major sporting event, which is, you know, be careful, be mindful, know where your stuff is. you know, if you see unattended backpacks or the like, report that quickly. and from what i can tell within the olympic circle, within sochi itself, people are able to move around. once you have your credential, you re good and you just get to go to the games. reporter: the diverse delegation led by napolitano
large number of americans out of russia if it came to that, wolf. i want to go back to sochi. nick payson walsh is our man on the scene. are folks there, athletes, tourists, speck tay ttators, to are they nervous about a potential terror attack? reporter: at the airport this afternoon we saw the us a rhee trooeian ice hockey team, big guy, not scared of much, but their two female many members received that letter yesterday threatening them of kidnap. they were relaxed but one said they were going to take a decision as a group if they were going to leave the olympic village during the time they re around. i think that s the point the decision comes for so many people visiting here. it s pretty clear inside that ring there won t be many efforts. but when you move out into the town where the venue is, perhaps to the town of sochi itself, that s where the dragnet softens and the problems arise.
it s also interesting. one of the bombers we know about on the bus in volgograd was a william, and chechen terrorists have shown a propensity to use women in these attacks, starting with the hostage taking back in the early 2000s. that s right. and two women wore suicide vests on aircraft and brought aircraft down in russia. but these women are highly motivated. typically these are widows of islamists who have been killed by russian security forces. so there s an element of revenge for them, sort of in their minds, an honor-type killing. the fact that they re inside russia and have access, if not to sochi itself, and they may, but certainly to sort of transportation hubs, public places, public venues where there will be large gatherings, makes it a significant threat. fran, thank you very much.
on the bus in volgagrad was a william, and chechen terrorists have shown a propensity to use women in these attacks, starting with the hostage taking back in the early 2000s. that s right. and two women wore suicide vests on aircraft and brought aircraft down in russia. but these women are highly motivated. typically these are widows of islamists who have been killed by russian security forces. so there s an element of revenge for them, sort of in their minds, an honor-type killing. the fact that they re inside russia and have access, if not to sochi itself, and they may, but certainly to sort of transportation hubs, public places, public venues where there will be large gatherings, makes it a significant threat. fran, thank you very much. a lot of people are still talking about the postgame rant by corner back richard sherman,
russian authorities have uncovered or believe they have uncovered, involves black widows targeting the torch relay in the city of rostov-on-don, from volograd, where the torch has been yesterday and today. and the threat that they believe they have uncovered involves a number of black widows planning suicide attacks against that torch relay, as it now gets closer to sochi itself. the reason we know this is because once again as we have discussed with other black widow threats in sochi itself, the authorities have not discussed this publicly, but have gone to certain members of the must be, in particular hotel workers to ask them to keep an eye out for these women, to identify the threat before it could potentially be carried out, suzanne. and phil, that that s an extraordinary development, if they re actually going to target the torch relay here. is there more security regarding the torch relay or do authorities feel they re confident in protecting sochi?