a full-scale attack on suspected militants in the region of dagastan. in the same place the men in the video claim they are from. seven dead according to security officials. the shoot out a day after the grenade and bomb attack outside of a restaurant in dagastan's capitol that injured several people. it's the type of response russia says it is prepared to unleash to protect and secure the games which are now less than three weeks away. al jazeera. >> and we're following another developing story coming out of russia. the head of the house intelligence committee claiming it's no coins den that edward snowden ended up in russia. the u.s. spy contractor may have had help. >> this was a thief who we believe had some help who stole information the vaster majority had nothing to do with privacy. our army, navy, marines has been incredibly harmed by the data he has taken with him. i think there is a reason why he has ended up in the loving arms of an agent in moscow. >> three senior lawmakers suggesting that russia helped snowdon. >>> kenneth bae has been held

i'm sure after tonight everyone will know where dagastan is because of maps that have been drawn up. did you know that they had a website. when i tried to go on their website to learn if they made a statement about this, i couldn't get on. i don't know if russia has tried to shut down that website or if it has crashed because of all the newspaper reporters who want to get their side of the story. they're profiting from making these threats. >> professor, thanks a lot. glen howard here in washington, and thanks to all of you, this brings us to the end of this edition of inside story. see you next time. children once sacrificed their childhoods, even their lives, working in american mills, mines and factories. the us rooted out child labor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the fields of america.

personal details of this 22-year-old woman identify theed as the bid yoef a militant from nearby dagastanher husband killed last year by russian security forces. officials are posting a video post by the another group threatening to attack the olympics. u.s. military says it's prepared to evacuate americans if something goes wrong. >> well, federal holiday honoring the birthday of martin luther king junior turned into a day of service for many. some volunteers are making a difference here in the bay area. a community in west oakland came together to plant trees. urban relief organized dozens of volunteers. >> it means a lot to me tho know i'm making a difference some way. and you know, not just out there playing video games or smoking weed. >> volunteers came to the old navy yard to help, paint, clean and to do gardening. one nonprofit refurbishes the apartments for vets. transitional housing is needed around the bay area. >> on the street again, living in their cars and couch hopping from relative to relative. friends to friends. >> my hope they come and be able to feel attention and lov

personal details of this 22-year-old woman identify theed as the bid yoef a militant from nearby dagastanian security forces. officials are posting a video post by the another group threatening to attack the olympics. u.s. military says it's prepared to evacuate americans if something goes wrong. >> well, federal holiday honoring the birthday of martin luther king junior turned into a day of service for many. some volunteers are making a difference here in the bay area. a community in west oakland came together to plant trees. urban relief organized dozens of volunteers. >> it means a lot to me tho know i'm making a difference some way. and you know, not just out there playing video games or smoking weed. >> volunteers came to the old navy yard to help, paint, clean and to do gardening. one nonprofit refurbishes the apartments for vets. transitional housing is needed around the bay area. >> on the street again, living in their cars and couch hopping from relative to relative. friends to friends. >> my hope they come and be able feel attention and love many volunteers put in to have this h

today it moved into dagastan. tomorrow, chechnya.h areas are home to a islamic militant movement. russian officials continue to insist it will be safe. >> it's a wonderful place for olympics first. secondly it's not close to a war zone. there is no war zone in russia. >> but one u.s. lawmaker says he has major concerns >> putin talked about the ring of steel around the venue once outside of the convenient yu or going into venue to venue there is real vulnerability >> russian officials have been searching for this 22-year-old woman. identified as a so called black widow suicide bomber. there are concerns she may have slipped past the security around sochi. experts say trying to stop a suicide bomber is a tough challenge. >> there is no technology, this is not fool proof >> one member of a figure skating pair says the trip is a dream come true and they're focused on the performance but the threat looms large. >> we travel overseas we try not to wear our team usa jackets out siechd you don't know what is going to happen outside of the v

the tsarnaev brothers, remember when one of them went back to dagastan in chechnya?inspired by the very person who is claiming responsibility for these attacks now that have affected the city of volgograd and are trying to disrupt the olympics. so we must understand that in this country in the caucasus, is considered by the european union to be the most dangerous country in europe and the location where al qaeda and these chechnyan rebels come together. >> that was actually my initial question when i read this. is there any connection to the tsarnaev brothers? that will clearly play out further as this goes along. the one thing the two countries have in common despite our differences is terrorism. ambassad ambassador, might this provide some sort of an opening or more of an opportunity for the two of them to work maore closely together on anti-terrorism? >> the white house and united states have already offered president putin the type of support perhaps the russians need from the fbi and counterterrorism organizations. we all disagree. i have real problems with mr.

russia has a dirty little secret, the ongoing military operations in the caucuses, mainly in dagastan. russian security forces often conduct counterterrorism missions there, sometimes very aggressively, according to human rights groups. now, russia's insurgency at home is becoming a battle over sochi. >> reporter: in a sense, these games are caught between russia, which wants to show how strong it is that it can organize a safe games here, which is not very far from the caucuses and the militants themselves who want to prove they can hit vladimir putin, the russian strong man. >> all right, richard engel in sochi for us this morning. >>> while security was a focus of the 2002 winter olympic games in salt lake city, which were held months after 9/11. and the man in charge was former presidential candidate mitt romney. and he joins us this morning exclusively. good morning. >> thank you. good morning, savannah. >> you see the results as well as we do, as the person who was once in charge of delivering and executing a safe olympic games. how secure do you feel? >> well, of course, there'

the republic of dagastan is especially violent. and that's where the suicide bombers say they're from. the winter olympics aren't really the target, russia is. the games, analysts say, are just an opportunity to grab attention, and to try to harm vladimir putin. >> reporter: security is only one point of u.s./russia tension. another, of course, is edward snowden, the nsa leaker who now lives in russia with some u.s. officials suggesting he had help from russia. other officials say he acted alone. >> richard, thank you very much. >>> here at home, another blast of the dangerous cold is heading back to the midwest and northeast. dylan, dare we say it? the polar vortex part ii? >> it is another polar vortex. we're going to see it set up shop and weaken a little bit. we are looking at normally a nice, compact vortex up through the north pole. but what happens is, it's going to weaken over the next couple of days, it allows the jet stream to dip very far to the south, and we get a taste of what is normally located up near the north pole