pictures. it s ear see to think that one of those got inside the ring of steel. i think the greatest threat, however, jake, is probably outside this ring of steel perimeter and i think it s more july ner rabl to one of these attacks. would you let your family go to the olympics? i m always asked that question. i would not tell anyone not to support our teams and bring home the gold medal. to really do so would empower the terrorists. my only advice would be to be careful outside of the olympic village, which is why they told our athletes with their uniforms on and american flag and for any spectators as well, i would give that same advice. the usaustrian committee
significant. reporter: when you look at the difference between sochi and munich, wolf, it is staggering. i mean, now you ve got the ring of steel. we just talked about that. check points, magnet to himters, search points going on. and you compare that to munich in 1972, and the contrast is amazing. in 1972, those games were dubbed in german the happy games. the germans were sense active, the only olympics they hosted since 1936, when there was the nazi olympics. they wanted to promote an atmosphere of peace and harmony and they and security there was intentionally pretty lax, because of it. they wanted everything to be very open. well, of course, we know the result of that. in 1972, the israeli team quarters from wide open, palestinian terrorists snuck in wearing track suits. they carried assault weapons in duffle bags, easily got over a chain link fence with the help of other athletes who thought they were sneaking in after a night out. of course, that can t happen now. and so w
gave predictions about who they believed will be winning the super bowl. michelle live for us in times square. so exciting. thank you, michelle. thank you. a good morning for athletes in the days before the sochi games. now great britain telling competitors not to wear clothes with team logos on the way to russia over fear they could be targeted by terrorists. the first athletes arrive in sochi, u.s. officials shifting focus outside of the ring of steel. the olympic village will be the most there will be targets on the outskirts of the city. 400 miles north of sochi new developments in the terrorist attack. russian authorities identified the bombers behind the attack.
fundamental fact if you want to be safe, don t advertise that you re an american citizen. well, i do think that their beef is more with the russians than the americans and i would not, if i was over there and my loved ones, i would not go outside the ring of steel, as putin puts it. i would stay within the olympic village and not go outside. and as far as precautionary measures, erring on the side of the u.s., do you believe that the u.s. security services within limits of what russia allows the u.s. to do, have they done everything, have they worried about the so-called worst case scenario? yes, we have contingency plans that is manned by our officials. we do have carriers in the black sea that could respond in the event of an attack, an emergency response-like situation. remember, this is russia.
this the so-called ring of steel. you saw this, sir, and learned what? it is very secure. there is a heavy presence of military. which is odd for the olympics to have that military force. they will have to be not so visible. but the rings go out into the mountains to stop the black widows from coming from the mountains to the olympic villages. my whole concern is the location to the terrorist who have been at war with russia for 150 years. everybody is taking a great pause. i have not seen an olympics with that much threat. we have seen three suicide