united states swimming accountable, and having them sort of clean up their act. women's sports foundation, my organization is working with the united states olympic committee to trycreate a separate entity that will investigate and sanction sexually abusing coaches. so fingers crossed -- we're hoping to get that real independence that we need to be a successful one. >> how can coaches and governing bodies be held accountable without jeopardize what these young athletes have spent their entire lives trying to achieve? we're going to look at that after the break. >> every sunday night, join us for exclusive... ♪oin us for exclusive... >>> welcome back. we have been talking about the alarming number of allegations of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of olympic hopefuls at the hands of their coaches. john, we have been talking about lack of accountability. i'm curious how have institutions responded to your legal actions? >> the institutions have responded by denial, blaming the victims, by enriching their own pockets in terms of legal fees and a corrupt insurance system. if usa swimming and the olympic committee is serious about taking a step in the right d

olympic training center. in speed skating i had athletes abused by known predators, and usa swimming, several coaches that have abused athletes in united states across the globe. a lot of those are still banded. >> i want to introduce nancy, a former olympic medallist in swimming and a director of advocacy at the women's sports association. can you think of any one thing that john just brought up and you think they'd be making global headlines, yet we don't hear about the stories. why not? >> a couple of reasons. when something like this happens at a school, for example penn state, there's legal liability, what john was talking about earlier. it is accountability. they are being overseen, it costs the school about $120 million. what happens in a club setting or in an olympic sports setting there's no similar civil rights cause of action. someone like john, no way they'll be reimbursed. there's no incentive for people to develop an expertise. if it happens at a school, there's coverage. all the leaders have to take care. the insurance companies come in and put requirements on what has to happen to make safe. there's no legal accountability wit

it took the united states olympic committee to go and tell the national governing bodies to change the code of conduct, that prohibited the conduct. if the 18-year-old can do it, the 16-year-old wants to do it. if we want to clean it up, you know, we have to figure out a way of getting molesting coaches who are abusing athletes. the same way in the military and schools are going through it now. and in lots of other areas. it is calling out for what it is and getting abusers out of the system. >> i want to get back to you about the idea of governing bodies operating outside the law. i want to bring you in here. talk a little about the power dynamic that nancy referenced. did you experience anything like that with the coaches, where it was clear that that was something they wanted to keep in play? >> you know, in my particular case, my coach was the head olympic coach, and so, you know, he was the selector of the team. so for me i had to - if i wasn't doing as he wanted me to do, which i was saying no, after he raped me, and, you know, continuing to say no, i was not selected for the wor

. >> the united states olympic committee as well as olympic committee in at least five european countries have received emails making terrorist threats. the pentagon officials say transport planes will be on standby at u.s. bases in germany just in case americans want to leave the olympics. >>> investors are cautious after a mixed bag of earnings reports. the dow is down 32 and a little bit of change. >>> you can expect to see a little something different during the national anthem at this year's super bowl. [ opera ] >> world-renowned opera singer renee fleming will perform in new jersey at metlife stadium. she will be the first opera singer to sing the anthem at the super bowl and bruno mars headlines the halftime show. >> they better wear jackets because it might snow. >> it's going to be cold. >> i understand she sung for the world series before and had trouble with the lyrics. >> oh. >> that's scary on the world stage, with the super bowl the most watched thing ever. >> hopefully she is going through the lyrics right now. >> you bet she is. >>> around the bay area today, looks like a

the united states olympic committee had 230 athletes. 38 states will be represented. maryland, d.c., and west virginia are not among that list. virginia is, they have two athletes representing the u.s. the 230 is the largest athlete delegation in olympic winter games history. >> and yes, lesli foster, his name is knowshon. >> okay. topper. >> fresh arctic air arrived again. just what we needed after 54 today. only 22 tomorrow and looking at in the 20s on wednesday. we're watching some light snow or flurries tuesday night, primarily south of town. and the weekend, some showers, 50, 48, and up in the super bowl, kristen, no worries. rain or snow showers. that's a bargain for them. >> topper knows weather, but he doesn't knowshon. >> i know how to spell it now. the cbs evening news is next. >> we'll see you later at 7:00 with jan jeffcoat. bye bye. >> pelley: dangerous weather in the midwest, storm warnings from texas to virginia. dean reynold and jamie yuccas report. we'll look at what's coming next. a winter olympics contractor tells mark phillips he's in danger becaus

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public address announcer of the detroit tig tigers. >> announcer: fans, in cooperation with the united states olympicf the 2014 u.s. olympic men's hockey team! general manager is david boyle. poile. from minneapolis, minnesota, and the st. louis blues, david backes. from ithaca, new york, and the los angeles kings, dustin brown. from rochester, new york, and the new york rangers, ryan callahan. from new jersey and the washington capitals, john carlson. from south st. paul, minnesota, and the carolina hurricanes, justin faulk. from farmington hills, michigan, and the anaheim ducks, cam fowler. from buffalo, new york, and the chicago blackhawks, patrick kane. from livonia, michigan, and the vancouver canucks, ryan kesler. from minnesota and the pittsburgh penguins, paul martin. from st. paul, minnesota, and the new york rangers, ryan mcdonagh. from east lansing, michigan, and the buffalo sabres, ryan miller. from amherst, new york, and the pittsburgh penguins, brooks orpik. from minnesota and the st. louis blues, t.j. oshie. from new canaan, connecticut, and the montreal canadiens, max pacioretty. from

that is the very important thing to me because the united states olympic committee is one of very few row graham's worldwide that is not federally funded. -- programs worldwide that is not federally funded. we rely on sponsors to keep our athletes training and winning medals. to address your question, i know there are a lot of other issues surrounding these games, security being just one of them, and i can't say that i don't have apprehension about going but i think we live in a different world now. the entire world is on high alert. i think this is sort of the new norm with the direction that terrorism, globally, has moved. it is unfortunate but i have to put faith in the officials of the sochi games that they will keep everyone safe and hopefully we can keep the focus and emphasis of the games on the athletes and their achievements. >> let's focus finally on who you think is going to be holding the gold-medal for the men's figure skating at the olympics. give me two words. >> two words? a name, probably. i i had to put money on it would say patrick chan of canada. >> we will be walk

received e-mails that they deemed threatening and over an hour ago, we broke the news that the united states olympics committee received the same e-mail deemed disturbing enough that they sent it to u.s. security agencies. the ceo of the u.s. olympics committee issued this statement and i quote. we received the e-mail in question and we have forded the message to the appropriate authorities. the safety and security of team usa is our top priority. we are working with the u.s. department of state. local organize, and the relevant law enforcement agencies in an effort to insure that our delegation and other americans travelling to sochi are safe. it is worth pointing out the international olympics committee backed president vladimar putin's claims that all will be fine and there will be no terrorist attack. the ioc may have an eye 300,000 tickets that remain unsolid. as they down play the e-mails sent to eight countries. the head of media relation in ioc sent me an e-mail which read in part. it would be totally wrong to describe this as a threat. the e-mail is one person's opinion about security and te

in a statement, the united states olympic committee states in part, we are always concerned with the at the sochi games and different in that regard. an effort by the committee because of the olympic games in atlanta. >> what concerns me is when you harden targets, you often force the terrorist to select softer targets. so that makes everything else in sochi, in the surrounding area, vulnerable. >> targets like transportation hubs where tourists and athletes will travel to and from the games. president putin's claim that he can protect the olympics also rests in part on whether he can control the situation in the north. >> back in this country, this is going to be a winter to remember for millions around the country, including new york's new mayor. >> the massive storm that pummelled new york is followed now by a massive response. but plumeting temperatures have officials warning that some of the dangerous conditions are are still ahead of us. >> best option is to stay close to home and not be outside too long. >> he shovels his own driveway, despite the decision that prompted city le

as well as the russian leadership, the international olympic committee, and then also the united states olympicmittee, we're sending our athletes over there knowing that they're going to be safe. i think any athlete that is completing woul--competing woull that way. i hope not to let the headlines being ahead of us now. >> you competed in so many venues. is there a memories that sticks out for you? >> at the boys and girls club as a little girl i dreamed of making the olympic team. we have families that come all over the country. they don't know, they're not aspiring to be olympic athletes. we're just trying to get them to be active. for me i didn't know i had the potential, but someone saw that ability in me. all i had to do was continue to work hard, and eventually i saw the olympics on television, and i said i wanted to go to the olympics. i never knew it was going to happen. >> you still hold the record in the heptathlon. do you get nervous when someone gets close to your record. >> i really don't want to see my record broken. you do get a little nervous, but it's all a part of the competit

. >>> first from the fox news deck, united states olympic officials confirm they received a same e-mail that put countries on alert. according to a european official, it reads in part, quote, persons attending the games might be blown up. unquote. the winter games begin in sochi, russia, in a couple of weeks. officials are saying that the message is not a credible threat. not credible. but of course, terrorists have promised to attack the games and russian security teams report they have been trying to track them down before they get the chance. jonathan hunt's on the fox news deck with us this afternoon. sounds like american officials are not taking chances with the e-mail despite they think it's bogus. >> these u.s. officials certainly at the u.s. olympic committee took it very seriously, indeed. as did officials at seven european countries who received the same or similar e-mail. they all were disturbed enough by it to report it immediately to their respective security services. now, u.s. oc ceo scott blackman sold us, quote, we have forwarded the message to the appropriate authoriti

the united states olympic committee is not in the habit anymore of making medals predictions, but what'sa big decision in 2011. in vancouver, there are 24 free ski and snowboard medals opportunities. in sochi, there were going to be 48. the united states is very good at these action sports opportunities. so names like nick geper and david wise and maddie bowman, they're going to be big, big, big stars in just a few more days. >> lindsey vonn is a big name. she's not going to be competing because of injury. do you think this is the end of seeing her in the olympics and will our ski team be good without her? >> her career is going to come rocketing back up. the next thing you want to know, will the ski team be just as strong without her? bow bode miller finished third. he should have won the race but for one mistake. ted laity won three gold medals at the championships last year. he is the best giant slalom skier in the world. julia mchughes is rounding into form. stacy cook -- the american alpine team is super strong. >> we have some superstars, for sure. how about olympic bobsledder lolo

in a statement, the united states olympic committee says in part, we're always concerned with the safetyhe sochi games are no different in that regard. an effort by the committee to avoid a repeat occurrence of the bombing that killed two at the 1996 olympic games in atlanta. >> what concerns me is when you harden targets, you often force the terrorists to select softer targets. so that makes everything else in sochi and the surrounding area vulnerab vulnerable. >> reporter: targets like transportation hubs where tourists and athletes will travel to and from the games. president putin's claim that he can protect the olympics also rests in part whether he can control the situation in the north caucasus, he claims he can but the terrorists are intent on proving he cannot. diana magnay, moscow. >>> next week we've got a story we'd like to tell you about "sole survivor." take a look. >> this is the airport where we took off on january 21st, 1985. >> i didn't move here to be near the crash scene. it was just more of a -- i don't know. you think really deep about what you're doing with your li

united states. twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future. so it will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold snowy windy mountainous. beyond the olympics but. today on our team. we're going to go. you know a large scale wholesale spying meanwhile things like. fraud real crimes are going on and the governments of devoted almost no resources to actually come about in those things you know to me this is an obvious things like if you want to spend money making the internet a safer place you don't spend money spying on everybody you spend money seeking out criminals and prosecuting them. brings cladding community fears it's good name has been tarnished after incidents of people in clown costume scaring members of the public copy cat craze believed to have been started by a man known on facebook as the northampton clown involves people dressing as the circus characters to surprise passers by in pub

united states? what is happening right now? >> ideally in the olympics you have state department diplomatic security officials, fbi and other officials who are cleared into the various venues or command center or in some way integrated into the on the ground security. i am no longer in government so i don't know what the status of that is that given the public comments we have seen, the u.s. government is not getting a lot of clearances for individuals from the state department to be on the ground at particular sites. that is different for security for individual teams and such but i would venture to say we are doing the best with what we can on the ground and what you have seen publicly is contingency planning, to determine what happens in the worst-case scenario and you have seen reports, movement of u.s. military assets and personnel in this regard. so you would have the state department leaning that planning, determining how best to get citizens in and out in case of an emergency and you would hopefully have free cleared plans, clearances for ingress

what it takes for a -- a -- an event like the olympics to be successful in terms of a counter terrorism effort. not one -- any one country even the united stateswe have the olympics here, we have other countries help out, and that's what it takes to be successful, so i'm not surprised that we are deploying assets to russia, and if we look back at what happened even with boston, when they had the bombing during the marathon, yes, we got some information from the russians, but in my opinion it was not complete. and had we had more full disclosure we might have been able to stop that attack. so this is also a lesson learned from boston that not only do we have to get that intelligence information, but share it in a manner in which we can about on it. >> so processor, even though the two countries are rivals in various places around the world, and around various causes, it would be a loss for the united states too if there was a successful attack in sochi? >> certainly it would be a loss for the united states if any of our own people were injured, but yeah, i think the whole international community would certainly suffer. we have no reason to beli

in a statement, the united states olympic committee says in part we're always concerned for the safetygames are no different. they want to avoid a repeat occurrence of a bomb that killed two at the games in atlanta. >> what concerns me is when you harden targets, you often force terrorists to select softer targets, so that makes everything else in sochi and the surrounding area vulnerable. >> reporter: targets like transportation hubs where tourists and athletes travel to and from the games. president putin's claim he can protect the olympics also rests in part whether he can control the situation in the north caucuses, he claims that he can. but it would seem as though terrorists are intent on proving he cannot. >> let's talk to richard barrett, former counter terrorism director for britain's mi6. he is a senior vice president for a security consulting firm. richard, to what extent should the u.s. delegation or any other delegation from a visiting nation be worried about terrorism at the games? >> well, i'm sure the chechans will try to launch an attack, it is a high profile event and

olympics. the united states and seven other countries, european countries dealing with they had received messages containing terrorist threats in russia. russian organizers on the international olympic committee downplay those threats. and they would be part of the social security. the state department bureau credit security has a week to the united states. and highly anticipated peace talks aimed at a three-year civil war marking the first time whether or not they had face-to-face with western rebels to overthrow the government. >> people who support this will never stop. because of what he has done and how he has done it. and we cannot have stability and it will not be good. lou: much more on the syrian peace talks and the security in sochi, russia. ralph peters will be with us largely ignoring the president's curious comments in an interview published over the weekend. we will be joined by the five cohost with their reactions and also republicans front and center at today's march for life on the anniversary of the roe versus wade supreme court decision. and in the "chalk talk" i will try to pe

olympics continue to rise. in response a russian security official say they are creating a ring of steel around the site of the games. the united states state department is warning american athletes not to wear their uniforms when they go outside the protection of that so- called ring of steel. >> the united states olympic committee, i think, had discussed with its athletes as part of how to stay safe and things to watch out for. >> russian leaders say they are doing all they can to try to ensure the safety of all involved in this year's games the competition starts in less than two weeks. >>> the pope may be planning to visit the united states. cnn reports that he may travel to philadelphia in 2015 to attend the world meeting of families conference. the vatican has not made an official announcement. that has the president prepares to meet with the pope in march. >> there has been another big data breach, this time affecting employees of coco cola. laptops containing the person information of up to 74,000 people were taken from its atlanta headquarters. most was from current and former employees. the company said that the laptops cont

>> long history of cooperation between nations who are hosting an olympics and the united states government and united states intelligence community in particular. and we did not get that cooperation with the russians. so i share the chairman's concern about the safety of the olympics. >> schieffer: why do you think that is? just the russians being the russians or is there something else here? >> i think fundamentally they don't want to admit this they don't have complete control here that they might need some help. >> let's talk about the president's speech, you were on the panel that made recommendations, how many did you make -- >> 46. >> schieffer: 46 recommendations on things that could be done. you heard the president's speech, what do you think the challenge is now for him? >> i think the president said two very important things. one was that the threats to this nation are significant, that intelligence has never been more important in dealing with those threats. that the men and women of the nsa are patriots. that 215 program was legal and fully authorized and there wasn't any abuse

. >>> united states and russia working together to snuff out the terror threat at the winter olympics in russia and the joint effort could help president obama in his world standing i think. you're watching "hardball," the

olympics. with the diplomatic security bureau has help from the united states. lou: they are telling those who are attending games to be alert at all times. peace talks aimed at ending the three year war in syria started in switzerland marking the first time there she went face-to-face with western rebels seeking to overthrow his government. at the launch secretary of state kerry reiterated a side must go. >> everybody here understands that people in the region whose support the opposition would never stop because of what he has done and how he has done it. you cannot have peace. you cannot have stability. you cannot restore syria. you cannot save syria from disintegration as long as a assad remains in power. lou: his foreign minister responded only the syrians have the right to ask him to step down. the talks were opened by saying that the negotiations were facing formidable challenges. war on afghanistan and the security in sochi and colonel ralph peters will be here and the u.s. press corps largely ignoring the president's curious comments in the interview pu

every a look the games post-9/11, because the reality is the security at the olympics whether they are in the united statespal concern for policymakers around the world because the olympics become such a target rich environment for terrorist groups. i think the security concerns with respect to sochi are even justifiedd even more in this regard. let me explain why. the terrorist groups led by the caucuses emirate's and their affiliates and central asian groups have a clear intent to try to disrupt the sochi olympics or embarrass the russians, in particular, vladimir putin. the intent has been declared. this past summer has been very clear about the desire to have major attacks on the olympics or major disruptions. liftedcantly in july, he the ban on attacks on civilians, which in many ways opens up the for terrorist groups to attack transportation hubs, civilian sites, and they clearly have the desire to engage in these attacks. as seen through their video postings, their blogs, and their communications. the intent is clear. it would have been obvious absent of their declarations. but the declarations made

what's the next step for the united states, it's happening? >> ideally in the olympics which would have is state department diplomatic security officials, fbi, other u.s. security officials, who are cleared to the very seniors or cleared into a command center or in some way integrated into the on the ground security. i am no longer in government so i don't know what the status of that is, but i would guess they given the public comments that we've seen, the u.s. government probably is not getting a lot of clearances for individuals from the state department, from the fbi and others to be on the ground at particular sites. that's different from security for individual teams and such, but i would venture to say that we are doing the best with what we can on the ground and what you've seen and started to see publicly is contingency planning, which would be led by the state department to try to determine what happened in the worst-case scenario. and that's why you've seen the reports of movement of u.s. military assets and personnel in this regard. and so you would have sta

united states? what is happening right now? >> in the olympics, you would have state department nomadic security officials, fbi, and other u.s. security officials who are cleared into the various venues or cleared into a command center or integrated into the on the ground security. i am no longer in government so i don't know what the status of that is. but i would dare say, given the public commons we have seen, that the u.s. government probably is not getting a lot of clearances for individuals from the state department, from the fbi and others to be on the ground at particular sites. that is different from security for individual teams and such. i would venture to say that we are doing the best of what we can on the ground. and what you've seen and have started to see publicly is contingency planning, which would be led by the state department, to try to determine what happens in the worst-case scenario. that is why you have seen reports of movement of u.s. military assets and personnel in this regard. so you would have the state department le

olympics. >> with united states is doing to make su >> the u.s. is offered security assistance to the russian government for the 11 games in sochi. >> women may be plotting suicide bombings at the games. the threat is not to make the athletes nervous. daysthe winter olympics 15 away, the concerns about security in sochi are growing. the white house said it has offered full support and assistance to the russian government. >> the president spoke to putin about this. >> officials are scrambling to track down this woman. a 22-year-old black widow who may have made it through security intending to carry out a terror attack. experts believe she maybe part of a larger team of potential suicide bombers. a lawmaker was in sochi two you security. in -- the vulnerability is a soft target outside of the security perimeter. >> they see that as the greatest risk and vulnerability. as long as they can hit somewhere close, it is a victory in their minds. >> the threat is causing one athlete to limit his cheering section. tucker frederick is a top speed skater. h

united states. most of the country fourteen olympics was this place like la is is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future but more so it will bring it this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold and snowy windy mountainous stuff yet beyond the olympics but . today on our team. i am back as a welcome to the kaiser a fourth they ball garion is an romanians are here grouping on.

several olympic committees including the united states have received hoax threats. >>> nsa leaker edward snowden is going to answer your questions. he is doing a live chat starting at noon our time. this is his second q & a session with the public. he is expected to give his reaction to president obama's speech on national security from last week. >>> a rough day on wall street after a survey from china suggested the world's second largest economy is shrinking. looking live now at the big board, you can see the dow is down about 191 points. >>> another day of brutal temperatures from the midwest to the northeast. wind chill advisories are in effect in at least 31 states and minnesota schools across the state all canceled classes today as wind chills approached 45 degrees below zero. and an area still cleaning up from this week's snowstorm the cold is turning all that slush now into ice making it very hazardous conditions for walkers and drivers. i know i was chatting with a friend in portland, maine an anchor there. i said, hey it's 71 here today. he said it's minus 6. >> oh, no. >> craz

olympics. i do believe that the russian government needs to be more cooperative with the united states when it comes to the security of the games. we have found a departure of cooperation that is very concerning to me. we don't seem to be getting all the information we need to protect our athletes in the games. >> the u.s. is offering to help with security in sochi. the pentagon said in a statement monday air and naval assets to include two navy ships in the black sea will be available if requested for support and consultation of the russian government. the governments will clarified there is no such requirement at this time. an estimated 15,000 americans are planning to travel to see the games. the opening ceremony is friday, february 7th. >> the successful staging of a modern olympics, the tightly controlled tota totallen have an advantage at a time when those using political violence would be itching to make a point. protecting sochi is the inside story. joining us to look at russia, olympics and securitiment donachie barelli, former assistant special agent in charge of the new york joint t

olympics. in half of the united states, the coldest day in decades. georgiahern state of reported its coldest day in 44 years. but the monitor went even below zero in florida. homeless shelters across the u.s. have been overwhelmed, and experts are warning people to stay indoors. skin exposed to these temperatures can freeze in just 10 minutes. major travel disruptions and thousands of flights have been canceled. bannednch cities have performances by a comedian with links to the far right. he is famous for making anti- semitic remarks and has been fined several times. he has also been credited with stock -- sparking a craze amongst his followers by giving an upside down knotty salute, carried out in location such as the anne frank museum and sites -- such as auschwitz auschwitz. the president says it is incompatible with french society. >> against all violations of this country's principles, against racism, against anti- semitism, against disruption of public order by outrageous provocation against the humiliation it comes from his rumination, i asked

olympics in russia. they talked by phone yesterday. the white house says president obama offered the full assistance of the united states to make sure the olympics have safe and secure. there are concerns that games will be a target for terrorism. today hungary's committee said they received an e-mail written in russian and english threatening the athletes during the olympics. >>> the united states peace conference in switzerland has been anything but peaceful. when ban ki-moon, trying to get a representative of the syrian government to keep his comments to an agreed-upon ten-minute limit. >> you live in new york. i live in syria. i have the right to give the syrian version here in this forum. >> yes, of course. >> this is my right. >> we have to have some constructive -- >> i have the right. >> there have been sharp exchanges with the syrian opposition leader accusing war crimes. >>> we're learning disturbing new details about the police response to the l.a.x. shooting last november. the associated press reports that two police officers took a break and left their post without telling a dispatcher which is required. the officers were o

. >> a 15-year-old figure skater is headed to the olympics to represent the united states and leaves if some today to compete in the winter games this sochi. she is a sophmore. students and staff are holding a special assembly send off. local guests will be there to wish her well. she is the youngest member on the olympic women's figure skating team. >> we will now turn things over to mike nicco to see how the visibility looks. >> protect any good. hardly any clouds other than as isolated sprinkle but everything is mostly dry today and tomorrow. here is the day planner, it will be cooler when you step outside up to ten degree cooler so you may need heavier coat but not the umbrella. low 40's to around 50 degrees from inland to the coast. we will get more homogenized by noon mid-to-upper 50's. in the afternoon, mid-50's to near 60. sunny but cool. you need a heavier coat this evening with temperatures down to the upper 40's in the evening. tomorrow the pattern holds on with closely following the temperatures of today. super sunday could be wet with a bit of rain and a quiet pattern de

state laws, including a fair trial by jury and the ultimate penalty. >>> the threats are growing ahead of the olympic games in sochi, russia. at least five european olympic committees along with the united states received disturbing e-mails on wednesday while they contained a threat written in russian, officials say it does not pose any danger. but the fear among americans is very real. there is a new quinnipiac poll finding half fear a terror attack. 12% think it is very likely. 38% think it is somewhat likely. nbc's chief correspondent richard engel reports. >> reporter: in public, russian officials have expressed nothing but confidence. but they may be more concerned than they let on. otherwise, why the discussions at high level u.s./russia meetings about lending moscow high tech american equipment to thwart remotely detonated bombs. but it is too late for that. u.s. military officials tell nbc news, they don't have enough time to install the anti-bomb technology before the games. the olympic venues are spread out over two main sections. there is the coastal cluster on the black sea, built around a tight circle are the stadiums for the opening ceremony, ice skating and hockey. nearby

. >>> united states and russia working together to snuff out the terror threat at the winter olympicsssia and the joint effort could help president obama in his world standing i think. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "hardball." remember when republicans were accusing president obama of not being strong enough with russian president vladimir putin, that he was being played. after edward snowden landed in moscow senator orbin said they know our president is weak. they're playing on it. a relationship that seemed to be frozen in a cold place is showing small signs now of thawing even if it is just to do with the olympics, it is still a significant development and basically the first time they asked russians for security help with

do we have good liaison between the united states and the international olympic committee and with the then just making sure that everyone who is attending the games, you know, knows to be alert, attentive to their surroundings, that sort of thing. >> there is not great cooperation between the united states and russia now on a host of issues, and even the government has said that we'd like a closer look at some of the security preparations, be in closer dialogue. should that be an area of concern? >> well, you know, i haven't been privy to that. i know the state department, through their security division, and the fbi will have security people on the ground. and so i think we're going to have to rely on that. we look to cooperating with the ioc, with the host nation, and the other countries that are there in terms of protecting the security of the games. >> again, if you were head of homeland security, as you were, would you look at this recent history of attacks, look at some vulnerabilities and conclude that this is just a probe by terrorists to potentially target the games? >> i don

united states. such. as the twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like why is this so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games shaping the city's present and future life so it will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold snowy windy mountainous tough beyond the olympics but . today on our team. welcome back to the kaiser report the time now to turn to david blanchflower is a professor at dartmouth and a former external member of the bank of england's interest rate setting monetary policy committee from june of two thousand and six to june of two thousand and nine welcome to the kaiser report david blanchflower. basically she laughs how can a so if britain's economy their plan if it's working why are british people worse off than they were when the coalition took office your thoughts. well it's hard to really argue that it's working what we see is a small burst of growth in the last three quarters is ok to actualize it as you're in a nascar race and the u.k. economy did a pretty fast lap sadly it was lapped four times by most of the competitive count

. >>> united states and russia working together to snuff out the terror threat at the winter olympicsd the joint effort could help president obama in his world standing i think. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! but you're not done. capella university can help take your career even further, with the most direct path to your point "c". capella university. start your journey at capella.edu. >>> president obama announced a task force to help colleges prevent and respond to sexual assault especially on women and says schools shood be a place where young people feel secure. >>> secretary of state kerry called it a tough process. and a fire sent smoke and flames shooting into the air earlier. there are no reported injuries. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." remember when republicans were accusing president obama of not being strong enough with russia

she'll be representing the united states at the winter olympics in sochi, russia.bly intimidating and incredibly loud. >> whew! >> how football's 12th man can set a world record. >>> but first, we have breaking news this morning. former israeli prime minister ariel sharon has died near tel aviv. his family reports moments ago he died after being on life support for eight years. sharon had suffered a massive stroke at the height of his power. he was 85 years old. >> sharon was one of israel's most controversial leaders and one of its boldest military leaders. we look back at his life. >> reporter: ariel sharon was the last of the israel leaders to fight in the war of inside. he was there at the beginning. he was always there. you couldn't miss him. he was colossal. he was controversial. everything he ever did was hailed and condemned. he may well have saved the jewish state. in 1973 when israel was under siege in the yom kippur war, general ariel sharon disobeyed orders and took his forces across the suez canal into egypt. he might have been punished for this if it

has to keep about one hundred thousand police and soldiers on high alert until the olympics and in march. the united states has been hit by its coldest weather in about twenty years the big chill has caused at least four deaths. the severe cold as gripped much of the us midwest since last week temperatures are ten to twenty degrees below the seasonal average. monday afternoon in chicago so the merc saw the mercury dropped to minus twenty four degrees celsius. it is really pro itself assuming you walk him in the morning to administer the new and just get really cold stress lifted weights. people working with the homeless are showing concern. i'm worried that the people that will dine on board the people they have frostbite or people they typically stay outside the cold spell has cost thousands of flight cancellations in traffic accidents. shipments of fresh fruits have been delayed and oil drilling has been suspended due to the freezing temperatures. the extreme weather is expected to continue through tuesday meter logical authorities warned that in north dakota the temperature could drop to minus fifty deg

six months after russia passed harsh anti-gay laws, which will represent the united states at the 2014 winter olympic in sochi. the very makeup of this group is meant to send a message to russia about our disapproval of their treatment of gay people. 1988 olympic gold medalist brian botano joins billie jean king and caitlin cay howe in the u.s. delegation. botano who has always maintained privacy when it comes to his sexuality made a decision to come out of the closet, just after being named to the delegation. botano released a statement saying, "i am many things, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, an athlete, a cook, an author, and being gay is part of who i am. i am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness, and tolerance. as an athlete, i hope we can remain focused on the olympic spirit, which celebrates achievement in support, by peoples of all nations. brian boitano joins me now. brian, thank you for being here. it occurs to me that vladimir putin and the russians in passing this anti-gay measure has essentially ensured that we are about to experience the most pro-gay oly

the borderland... only on al jazeer america >> hey guys wanna come to the united states? >> an olympic two men who claim to be behind the deadly suicide bomb attack in russia release in a video threatens attacks against the sochi games. >> iran's nuclear agreement underway today. the iranian people hope lifting sanctions will improve their lives. >> violence flare up in the central african republic as a new leader is picked to stem the blood shed. >> a public school in new york turning out chess champions. ordinary kids consistently check mate the competition. >> good morning, welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. new security threats out of russia as it prepares to host the winter olympics in sochi. a video emerged over the weekend, two men claiming to be responsible for the bombing attacks last month. >> a warning comes at a time when sochi is in a virtual lockdown with the games weeks away. the security hasn't eased the mind of everyone. >> dressed in black and holding a.k.47s, the two men in this video claimed to be the suicide bombers responsible for