says locals could only breathe on moscow s orders. fear felt here in all places in ralph lauren s striking new look for team usa in sochi s winter games. american athletes warned by the state department they would be safer not wearing uniforms when they venture out of the ring of steel set up to protect them. the u.s. olympic committee had discussed with its athletes as part of how to stay safe and things to look out for as part of the games this issue about being careful where you wear u.s. logos or things like this. this isn t unique to russia. remarkable that athletes should hide being american. especially a state s tourist warning for sochi said americans unspecifically targets. the worry mountains the countdown doesn t stop even if the heavy snow up in the hills makes you feel like it might. hurried workers and a lot left
still a feeling of anxiety rather than anticipation. the kremlin is doing all it can to try and lighten the atmosphere. and it emerged friday that a man called platin levdev left jail early. he s a business partner of a key putin critic, securities the main issue. there s a ring of steel here. the real question, can all of southern russia for over a decade now go through the next two weeks without some kind of incident. nick payton walsh, cnn, sochi. thanks to nick for that report. back in the united states. how is this for a comedown? four years ago almost to the day, former virginia governor bob mcdonald was giving the republican response to the state-of-the-union address. back then he had good reason to think that one day he might be the one standing before congress
telling athletes not to took too american if they leave that ring of steel. less than two weeks to go and the threats keep coming. a jihadist forum friday quoted bin laden, implying someone might ply planes into a city on edge. in this militant video first reported by cnn, friday, prominent in the media, added to the daily dread of worry. it compares putin to hitler. and says locals can only breathe on moscow s orders. fear felt here of all places in ralph lauren s striking new look for team usa in sochi s winter games. american athletes warned by the state department they d be safer not wearing these uniforms when they venture out with the ring of steel set out to protect them. the u.s. olympic committee i think had discussed with athletes part of how to stay safe and things to look out for as part of the games.
no i think if the ring of steel is within and some of those residents are within there, then there is something probably already in place that would have that so those people can go freely and come back, such as some type of investigation, a credential or something so they can back and forth out of that steel of ring. russia says without this security, we have it at the you know, height nd state here, we don t need anybody else s assistance. but when you re dealing with a worldwide event of this capacity, to what degree can you expect a host nation or even city to rely on security intelligence of other countries given that they do have their interests, they are worried about their own delegations. what kind of cooperation can be expected? i think the sharing of information is definitely going
it s urging american athletes to avoid wearing their olympic uniforms, these are the ones from ralph lauren, you see them here when they re outside of the olympics in sochi, russia, out of fear for their safety. cnn s nick walsh joins us live. nick, this is remarkable. the state department is worried about an uptick in terror threats. is that inside this secured area, as well as outside? reporter: well, i have to be straight with you, the ring of steel they ve put in here. 37,000 police and military involved in securing this area, it would make it probably quite hard for something to happen inside that secure area. the majority of the warnings we read seem to point around the broader area around the olympic venues that are referred to as soft targets. but those warnings coming into four where they emerge where you as you said the state department