>> in syria there is no well- known chechen leader. is related, or claims to be [indiscernible] hefar, for a few months represented the struggle against russia. they are fighting in syria to fight against russia. sense, the world is reminded of the chechen struggle. link only.is >> you have also argued that despite atrocious attacks like similar have seen attacks carried out by chechen rebels. you say that russia is actually winning this war in chechnya. >> you say that the chechen rebels have been substantially weakened by russian operations. >> yes, of course, but it does -- everythere is no week there are people wounded and dead, military and civilians , workers and policemen. every week there is still low intensity fighting. russia appears to be unable to solve politically and definitely this problem. theoes not mean also that to stay inare able russia. >> moving to a series of attacks in the democratic republic of congo. today the headquarters of the state tv network, the international airport and a the government- says at least 5

this is the head of the chechen republic qt has declared war -- of the chechen republic.human rights groups say he is guilty of murder and other crimes. with tensions running so high, it is easy for islamists to recruit suicide bombers. many of them women, the so- called black widows. some are seeking revenge for the death of family members, others are forced into service. the war in syria is also contributing to militant is him -- militantism. radicals travel to fight with -- fight government groups, then return home, hungry for blood and ready to keep up the fight. >> we will take a one minute break. when we come back, we will go to the one country in a world where women are denied the right to drive. >> 2013 has been a blockbuster year for the markets. we will get an update after the break. >> welcome back to the show. the markets will have cause for celebration when they ring in the new year. funny 13 was filled with all- time record highs for many of the world -- 2013 was filled with all-time highs for many of the world's in this piece. -- world's indices. >> few exp

no official suspects have been named but chechen separatists have promised violence at the time of the sochi winter games. >>> there is separating in gaza. while palestinians were celebrating there was anger in israel among victims' families. >> helicopters will now evacuate 73 passengers who have been stranded off the coast of antarctica. they were hoping that an australian ice breaker could rescue them on monday but can couldn't plow through the ice. >> michael schumacher remains in a medically induced coma. he was injured in a skiing accident in the alps. those are the headlines. fear and anger across the world as two deadly explosions rock russia. "consider this" with less than two months until the world safe? >> a highly detailed new investigation claims there is no indication al qaeda was involved in the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> hope of an assess fire is fading in south sudan. we'll break down the conflict and get an assessment on the ground. n.a.s.a.'s superrobot may look like child's play but could lead to more in space consideration. >> we begin with t

first of all the chechen, ethnic chechens were viewed as sort of the trash of russia most russians don't like them. they are very easy to profile. they are very as a group they are very discriminated against. so that's really fertile ground for people in a depressed area who are being picked on as well as a separatist war national i'd at the it was 14 years ago this week that putin took power in russia from boris yet son after having participated the second chechen war by being himself involved in apartment buildings to use as excuse to wage war against chechens. big beef against putin as well as the russian government in general. >> we appreciate it thanks so much. here are the results of our bill o'reilly.com poll. we asked in your opinion, what kind of year was 2013? only 13 percent said good. 87 percent said it was bad. well, thanks to all of you who voted anyway. and would still like to hear from you. what did you think of 2013? please email us o'reilly at foxnews.com and bill will read some of your emails on thursday. and in a moment, a lightning round of hot topics, featuring robi

. >> russian authorities have not named a suspect, but likely, it's a chechen field commander who has made a career to break chechnya away from russia to form it's own islamic state. he called for new violence and called a moratorium on attacks inside of russia. in just a moment, we'll have john terry with more on these attacks in russia. >> awarded to the city of soch. >> the fears that volgograd could disrupt the games. sochi is 400 miles from volgograd. the site is near the troubled north region, and within that, the so-called chechen conflict is a decade-long battle between the russian authorities and soviates and national and islamic forces. the hallmark is the separatist attacks. 400 people died, including 200 children. carried out by chechen separatists, but suck ways and airports have been bombed too, and the leader of the fighters has called for a tax to increase in russia, including on the gangs. the latest bombings are a pr disaster for president putin, who has a huge stake in making the games a display on how far russia has come from the fall of the soviet empire. sochi an

being a particularly sad irony because of course many of the chechen rebels have been harbored through e.u. political asylum in european nations and in nato countries themselves including france and poland and britain where of course one of the former chechen rebel leaders ackman zacky has been residing for a number of years now so it is it's a kind of ironic that that that's happening but i think this really has to get us to question what the real threat is and where it's really coming from and in that regard we cannot only look at the current chechen rebel leader dr. promised to to cause disturbance ahead of the twenty fourteen sochi olympics and of course at the olympics themselves but also a direct threat that was issued according to a leaked report of a meeting between the current saudi intelligence chief bandar bin sultan better known as bandar bush and vladimir putin back last july where apparently according to these leaked reports bandar bin sultan directly threatened in and russia with the expanded terror attacks if the attack on syria did not go ahead and as we know of course

earlier this year chechen leader called for maximum force to prevent the olympics from being held. the chechens want to sort of an islamic state out of russia much tens of thousands of police have been deployed to protect the olympics. organizers promised to make the games the safest olympics in history. >> well, let's speak to fred weir a journalist with the christian science monitor, joining us from moscow, via skype. little doubt that the people behind the bombers are the islamist fighters in the north caucasus region. explain why volgograd is being targeted. not only the attacks today and yesterday, but in october, on a bus. >> yes, this is the third attack in volgograd. it certainly demonstrated or demonstrates a concerted ability by this terrorist organization to hit repeatedly in a single place. it should be a well-protected city, as these things go. it's clear that volgograd has been chosen for some reason. whether or not it's because the main targets, which are obviously sochi and moscow are invulnerable due to the security precautions or whether - sorry. whether they are

earlier this year a chechen leader called for attacks on civilian locations in russia. putin and medvedev met monday. >> a state of emergency was introduced in volgograd. so all the emergency services are working in this area. the whole emergency emergencies has been put on high alert. >> condemned the attack and stood with the russian people against terrorism. would welcome closer cooperation for the safety of athletes and others at the games. the international olympic committee also issued a statement expressing its confidence in russia to deliver safe and secure games. now russian president vladimir putin has promised the safest olympic games in history but these attacks are certainly raising some concerns. earl southers, tal global corporation joining us from los angeles, thank you for joining us. are the olympics at risk? >> well the olympics are certainly going to be a target and a concern. you have few events that occur in the world on a regular basis where almost every country that has a team is present and what you have in this situation is a threat that's been

>> the terrorists according to the russians are chechens.nya in the 1990s of course fought an independence struggle, ultimately unsuccessfully, against the russian state. it's part of russia today. but it really became al qaeda central back in the 1990s. and we have this concept, we have this phenomenon called the black widows. basically, the women, the wives of those who were killed, chechens in the struggle, and the russians are accusing both these suicide bombings as having been perpetrated by so-called black widows. >> black widows from dagestan. >> that's right. or chechnya. >> some speculation in the press, especially after the second bombing we just had today, that they're trying to disrupt, terrorize, and so forth all of russia to stop the olympic games. the olympic committee, the officials wrote a letter to putin and said no, no, we're still behind you. do you think the terrorists want to stop the olympics? is that what's behind this? >> well, absolutely without a doubt they want to stop the olympics. they've said as much quite blun

in july a chechen rebel leader doku umarov who claimed responsibilities for other suicide attacks issued a manifesto calling for supporters to disrupt the olympics. is this work. >> whether doku umarov or other groups involved in chechnya or the caucuses, i think they are related. it gives the folks leverage to have a high profile event coming to russia. there'll be thousands of journalists or visitors around the world, creating a target that is difficult to exist. they have laid back and two attacks in three days, three in the past couple of months, it signals that they are going to use the games as an opportunity to strike back at putin. >> given that, should americans and other international visitors concerned? >> when you look at trying to secure a large event like an olympics or a peace conference, it boils down to contingency planning. the russians spent a lot of time with this. my old outfit is also engaged with providing assistance. the interesting part for me is how much will the russians allow other international partners to exist. the logistics surrounding these events becomes

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the russian chechen separatist promised violence and the sochi olympic games. >> palestine president mahmoud abbas greeted dozens of inmate released from an israeli prison. part of those released are part of a deal to broker peace between israelis and palestinians. >> 13-year-old girl will get another week on life support. her family issued an injunction to keep her on life support. >> one train collided, carrying grain, and another carrying crude oil crashed on tracks. nearby residents have been urged to evacuate. >> a setback for passengers stranded on a ship in antarctica. they were on a scientific expedition and have been stranded since christmas eve. an australian ship was on the way but could not plough through the ice 13 miles from the ship as it was too thick. those are the headlines. >> fear and anger across the world as two deadly explosions rock russia. "consider this" with less than two months until the world descends on sochi - is russia safe? >> a highly detailed new investigation claims there is no indication al qaeda was involved in the 2012 attack on the u.s. consula

it's believed a chechen terrorist group carried out the attacks.it's causing concern for the olympics which are just weeks away. do you believe this is just a sign of things to come? >> i think there is every risk of that. i think that's why putin has strengthened security all over russia, particularly sochi. the olympics are a target. any sports events where a lot of people come together is vulnerable. we saw that in the united states where the tsarnaev * brothers used the boston marathon for their attack. going back to this region specifically so people understand. volgograd is where these two bombing took place. it's 400 miles from where the olympics will take place along the black sea. you mentioned the security that's already in place. vladimir putin, the russian security team said they have create sad security zone 60 miles wide. how do we know terrorists are not already inside of that security zone? >> the olympics are a spread out events. you can have security in a lot of places. you can protects the venues for the ice skating. but there st

they tricked the chechen terrorists, luring them into a sense of false security. so they lowered their guard. they relaxed. >> and they're going to pay for that. at 5:45 a.m., more than four days into the siege, russian forces make their move, staging a full scale assault. they pump a cold war era weaponized gas into the theater. once they knock out the terrorists with the chemical agent, the plan is to enter and shoot. it's a decision the russian government will come to regret. >> what happened next was utter chaos. the government gave no warning whatsoever to the emergency services. >> emergency service workers are grossly unprepared for the hundreds of unconscious theater goers. many of the victims die outside the theater. >> there was just panic. we've got to get them out. we've got to get them out. they were dumping them outside. people were literally suffocating to death outside. there weren't enough doctors there who were actually checking. all right. is he breathing? if he's not breathing, that was the issue. i have absolutely no doubt in my mind whatsoeve

being a particularly sad irony because of course many of the chechen rebels have been harbored through e.u. political asylum in european nations and in nato countries themselves including france and poland and britain where of course one of the former chechen rebel leaders akhmed zakayev has been residing for a number of years now of course the islamic radicals are the ones that tend to carry out these attacks but the ones that are directing funding fostering and training them tend to be elsewhere located elsewhere and of course we have for example the testimony of former f.b.i. whistle blower sabella edmonds talking about operation gladio b r earlier this year she was talking about how this this operation was a nato fund is an ongoing nato funded operation in cooperation with the pentagon to stir up islamic radical terrorism specifically in the north caucasus region and the surrounding area as a type of threat directed at russia and of course that china is well sitting right there on russia's doorstep so i think we have to see this in that context and as a potential larger geopolitica

in one city most of the answers that we had around the world and of course in russia is that the chechen jihad is all of those terrorist units had a greater presence in that particular geographical area in the law grad in this case and therefore there are instructor you get a minute could flow do the repeat of these attacks sad volgograd i think if i'm not wrong is the largest city the closest to where the winter olympics are going to be taking place few hundred kilometers north of. a line and harassment to terrorism advisor to the us house of representatives. thank you very much indeed for your time and sharing your views with us thank you for having me at the next getting classified documents into the public domain a's even trickier than finding them in the first place stay with us. although i have gone duck hunting a few times i've never seen the duck dynasty t.v. show but gosh i heard about the scandal involving one of the stars of the show phil robertson who got suspended for making what many consider anti homo sexual comments in an interview this slippery scandal is creating a lot

their leader, there was a bit bf a truce between the russians and chechens for a while, these chechens, no attacks on civilians. he has troped that. the leader, you march love, he decided to attack -- you march love. this is major event. domestic audience for put tin. he wants to look as leader of the country but also an international event. this, terrorism is a psychological game. public relations is involved here. i see chechens having advantage unfortunately because possibilities for a public relations victory for them. russia look insecure. putin looks bad and it will be very difficult for them to react in a way that will not make the situation worse while at the same time providing security for the people of russia and all those people coming to sochi. arthel: peter, surely putin and the russian government had to anticipate something like this. what strategy do you think they had in place? >> obviously the security around sochi is very, very tight. obviously in the days coming up to the olympics we're 40 some days away from that. it even extended before that. intelligence service

but for the chechen rebels to embarrass president putin, this is very much his games, without attacking the olympics themselves, this is an incredible propaganda coup. as able as the russian security forces are, they have not been able to stamp out this terrorist threat and i think it's unlikely they'll stamp it out in the six weeks running up to sochi. >> talk about the thinking of this muslim extremist group that has asked for maximum effect here, maximum force, what does that mean in terms of why they're selecting civilians here to be killed? we're talking about buses, we're talking about teenagers, people going to work. why does that make sense so many hundreds of miles away from sochi? >> it doesn't make any sense in any reasonable way, but the fact is that fighting in the north has been absolutely brutal on all sides and russian security forces in the view of the rebels and the chechen groups have also attacked civilians and killed civilians, so this is really all-out war to these groups. i think jim was right, targeting away from sochi but close enough, a key transportation hub,

for, chechen rebels, the militants, chechen separatists are considered most ruthless violent killersthe planet. that is who this area is. guess where the olympics are? they're right in the middle of the region. that is where the boston bombers came from, for example. these are same affiliated groups that killed children in schools. this is the same group that put two dirty bombs in russia 20 years ago. bill: yeah. russia came out with a statement just an hour ago. i don't know if you agree or disagree with this but they said the terrorists battle they have in their country is no different from any other country be it syria or the united states. are they right about tha >> yeah, in fact in a lot of ways it is probably worse because ongoing region of the country of russia is in open insurrection. the leader of the group, umarov, is he at large. we'll prevent the sochi owe him picks because the sochi olympics are on the burial grounds of bones of our ancestors. these guys want to fight. the russians are not unprepared. putin, former head of kgb, he has been fighting these guys for years

tulstoy was writing about chechen rebels when he was arn officer in the mid 19th century. >> do you feelis is a prark tis run? >> it's certainly pretty serious security plan for the o lichices, according to the associated press. you're going to have to apply on line for tickets, there will be russian special forces patrolling the area, they're going to close a lot of the area down for a month before the event. they're going to have drones surveying before the event. >> and let's shift gears now to what took place on that deadly attack maybe a year and a half ago. and in that report, it steams to support that al-qaida may not have been involved. instead, there were some local militants that may have been involved in this. and it may have been a little more spontaneous. >> well, david kirkpatrick, one of the finest reporters in the new york times covering the a i rab world. this is a very authoritative account of what happened. the three things that jumped out at me, no al-qaida involved, two, the nensz presumed was indeed part of a background for this. people were kind of angered about th

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from 1995 to 2013 there has been 15 attacks in russia, many involving chechen fighters, killing 1300 people, including hundreds of children. we take a closer look at chechen violence and security concerns ahead of the olympics. >> violence is no stranger to vladimir putin's russia, stemming from decades of conflict. 1999, the russian army inviteded chechnya, under orders vladimir putin described as an anti-terrorist provision. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died, along with 5,000 russians, in 2001, a pro-moscow regime was installed. the conflict declared over. separatists group spread through the kauk -- caucasus. >> there's a pattern, before the largest events, and sochi olympics is the biggest of them all, there has been these sorts of attacks. what they want to do, first and foremost is remind the kremlin that they are here and a force to be reckoned with. >> doku umarov called on militants to strike russia and prevent them hosting the sochi games. it raises a question whether more attacks will follow, and where. the maximum impact is whether to pul

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many blame chechen separatists for the attacks. >>> part of the u.s. brokered deal to start peace negotiations between the israelis and palestinians, many are angry that those who killed their loved ones are free. >>> jahi mcmatt will get a reprieve, her family filed an injunction to stop the hospital from taking her off of life support. let's talk to the doctor, i know you negotiate this with families, so how do you work your way through this and how do you talk with feamsd who -- families who aren't yet ready to let go? >> this is clearly the most unfortunate situation. very clearly difficult to deal with. from a neurological standpoint you can see how someone could use objectivity and not realize the reality at hand. but it's a physician's job to stay objective and support and inform the family to the best of our ability. >> is it always so black and white, is there no gray area, is there no hope at all for families like theirs? >> there are some gray areas in life-and-death situations. in this particular circumstance, when a patient's clearly not h

no one claimed responsibility for the bombing but it came several months after a chechen rebel leader called for new attacks. today's bombing happened 400 miles of soichi. >>> john kerry is scheduled to leave for israel on new year's day and the palestinian territories. he'll discuss ongoing negotiations with leaders from both sides. this comes just as israel is about to announce plans to build more jewish 1e789s settlements, a move likely to anger palestinians. >>> it seems like we see it every year but if you have already had the flu it's not too late to get a flu shot. >> there's been a recent spike of flu cases, even more troubling, the h1n1 virus, back and already proven deadly. this holiday week this doctor has seen double the number of patients, many with the flu, none with the flu shot. >> it's not too late. >> reporter: doctors say it's more than the sick, children and elderly getting the flu this year, it's also the seemingly healthy and h1n1 may be the culprit >> we're thinking that may be it because when we first got the h1n1 in 2009 that is when we first saw otherwise hea

from the chechen separatists to the attack on gay rights, leading france and germany to boycott the games. i guess you are alluding to some laws in russia which have been passed. we are not only in contact with the organizing committee -- i was in sochi just a couple of weeks ago in a private meeting and i address these issues. and then after assurances from president putin that the olympic charter will apply during the olympic games for all the participants, he made it very clear afterwards in a public statement that all the participants will be welcome in make and that russia will everything to have them feel comfortable and there will be no withimination whatsoever regard to race or sexual orientation. >> fans of riot, the all-girl band highlighting -- fans of pussy riot, the all girl band -- there's some work to be done before the games begin in 6 weeks time. >> there is some work to do. not all installations are ready yet. not all the accommodations are ready yet. theyaving seen the speed have been working on it in the last couple of years, we are absolutely confident that everything

we're talking about chechens and dagestanis here and people have motivation to teach people a lesson on the world stage. it's not clear the russians have 100% hold over what the folks are doing. >> i will be there and i was in salt lake city in '02 and tight ship there as well. we'll see how it goes. we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. >> also developing now, a california family is hoping for a miracle in what is a heart wrenching fight to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support. doctors at children's hospital oakland say there's no point keeping her on the machine and unhooking her unless there is another court order. two have withdrawn previous offers to take the teen after she was ruled brain damage after basic ton sil surgery. now they are hanging hope in new york state, that may be willing to perform the needed surgery to keep her on life support. a spokesman says unhooking her is the right thing to do. >> there's no amount of hope or prayer that can bring her back. and i think everybody in this hospital everybody in this community, all of the friends and family and

they're connected to even a public appeal, if you recall several months ago, by doku umarov, he's the chechen warlord. he appealed to his men to kill civilians and disrupt the winter olympics which russian president putin has staked his reputation on. he has deployed 40,000 special forces around sochi to make it safe during the games. but militants have shown they can strike elsewhere many russia and at-will. >>> severe weather is hampering another rescue attempt of that stranded ship in antarctica. snow showers and high winds made it impossible for the aurora australia to approach the research vessel. they were ten nautical miles away before having to retreat. they may make a second attempt if the weather improves. the ship has been stuck in ten feet of ice since christmas eve, but spirits remain high with passengers posting video diaries on youtube. the ships 74 passengers include scientists and crew members. they were on a mission to retrace a 100-year-old antarctic mission. >>> new reports that describe the national security agency's secret weapon claims to have internal nsa documents tha

not necessarily chechens. there are other nationalities involved like dagestannys. so there is a high possibility they might be behind figures belonging to this resistance movement might want to bring attention to their fight, raise their profile at a time when a lot of the eyes of the world are on russia because of the olympics. so in a way it's a very, very strong sort of propaganda call for them. what they're really fighting for is for sort of the separation of the region from russia, and the establishment of a system which is based primarily will i on islamic rules and law, and which completely changes the dynamics and the situation on the ground. >> professor take a look at there. because the attacks were in volgograd about 600 miles from sochi where the olympics will be held. when you look at the map of russia and see showchy, it's less than 100 miles from the north caucasus where russia is fighting the separatists there. many people believe an attack at the games is very likely, is possible because of the location. >> well, i mean it is close and it isn't. it

the attacks come just months after chechen rebel leader threatened to target civilians, including at the upcoming olympics in sochi. the city is close to the caucuses, where islamic militants have been waging an insurance -- waging an insurgency. international condemnation has been swift, with offers of assistance coming from the united states. >> article and its attorney personnel have been working with the russians for many months unsecured -- our diplomatic security personnel have been working with the russians for many months could we provide assistance to folks traveling there. we're ready to support anyway we can to help with the precarious situation. >> no one has yet claimed responsibility for these attacks. the russian investigators believe the same people may have planned both the bus bombings in the blast at volgograd's railway station the day before. >> the latest on the crisis in south sudan. the president and his rifle, arel leader riek machar, heading to ethiopia for face-to-face talks. the fighting in the country is not stopped to spite the offer of a cease-fire by pr

. >> chechen warlords called on militants to strike russia and prevent them staging the sochi games. the attack in volgograd raise the question as to whether more attacks will follow and where. >> the maximum impact is to pull off an attack like this in moscow. russia is a combination of a city that is sizeable. volgograd is a big city. it's close to the caucasus, and has to be easier to get into instead of moscow. >> easier than the winter olympics. drones and special troops are monitoring traffic in and out of the city, 60 miles along the black sea and 30 miles inland. russians outside that perimeter may not be getting the same level of protection. >> the winter olympics begin on february 7th. across the border protests in ukraine got personal. demonstrators marched to viktor yanukovych's home, calling for a resignation and carrying a coffin to symbolize what they hope is the end of his political career. jennifer glass has more. >> hundreds of protesters took their protests to the streets. calling for viktor yanukovych to resign or call early elections. the calls are unanswered >>

in july, chechen militants calling for an islamic state in russia threatened to attack civilian targets including the olympics. the double suicide bombings have security experts concerned. >> everyone now needs to be more concerned about the terrorist threat that has reached the russian heartland and is growing closer not only to the sochi olympics but also affecting the transportation hubs that are so important to the olympics. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin is ordering increased security nationwide. the international olympic committee says it is confident of russian's ability to keep the games safe. alfonso van marsh, cbs news. >> officials say the attacks may be evidence that the militants are using the city as a transportation hub to show their reach outside the bases in russia's northern regions. >>> california is ringing in the new year with a long list of new laws. among them, the department of justice will now store the make, model and serial numbers of your guns. also, starting july1, the minimum wage bumps to $9 an hour. and transgender students can now choose w

but in july the most wanted man in russia who is a chechen militant issued a video statement saying that head of the sochi alimb picks, his people should use maximum force to disrupt the olympics. if you look at this region where volgograd is, sort of southeast you have -- sorry, southwest, you have sochi, 400 miles away. southeast, you have the north caucuses. and where these female suicide bombers have been carrying out numerous attacks. so you can see the sort of nexus wrf this attack happened and, you know, in that context, in the context of the islamic insurgency that is fought so close to sochi. of course, this plays into the security concerns around the olympics. >> well, diana, i'm wondering, how detailed do they think this might have been in terms of targeting this particular train station at this particular time of day? >> well, normally what we've heard from police is that, you know, attackers tend to want to travel out to moscow. volgograd is a major rail hub for that region. you would have to come through volgograd to go to moscow. it is also major holiday season. new year's

they each have a stake in trying to show from the standpoint of the chechens what they can do to disrupt thins. putin can show how tough he's prepared to be on anybody who tries to affect the security of russia. >> just picking up on that point, president putin has spent an estimated $48 billion preparing for these games. to what extent have these attacks cast a pall over these games and made people afraid? >> you still have six weeks before you get to the olympics. a lot will depend on what happens between now and then. if you have bombings much closer to the event themselves, it's going to have a chilling effect. there's no doubt about that. it may affect some people that would go. sochi itself is likely to be quite safe because so many people will be there from a security standpoint. they will produce so many different checkpoints. they will close the place down. i do think from the standpoint of those thinking about going to russia, they are likely to have second thoughts. a lot will depend upon does this continue. having seen two bombs in the space of 24 hours, that gives a lot of p

none is claiming responsibility for either of these attacks but earlier this hebre year chechen leaders wanted to carve out a section. organizers are claiming to make the games, quote, the safest in olympics history. >> volgograd also the scene of a suicide-bombing isuicide-bombinn killing herself and six others. >>> there have been warnings going back to july that we would be seeing these types of attacks is moscow powerless to stop this, and how concerned are you that this is leading up to something even larger? >> reporter: well, russia is a very big country, and the overwhelming majority of russian security efforts and security forces are focusing on sochi. it is difficult to provide this blanket coverage across the country and lock down every potential target for a terrorist organization. it is going to be very difficult to get into sochi, moscow as the capitol is also very difficult to penetrate from a security perspective, that's why we're seeing softer targets like volgograd being attacked. >> i want to put this in perspective. it's like the games being held in washington and ne