states when it comes to the security of the games. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin deploying a security force of 40,000 police officers and soldiers to the region. in an interview with abc news putin says that he'll do whatever it takes to keep athletes and visitors safe. and pledging that russia has adequate means of security. security around the olympic venue on high alert. metal detectors and bomb sniffing dogs visible as the games get under way in just over two weeks. carol, russian officials say they are not changing their plan for the sochi games because of the volgograd attacks. they believe they have necessary everything in place. but that doesn't mean they have taken anything away from what happened at this train station behind me. the lesson is even if you lock down sochi successfully there's still many other potentially