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on the web. why the f.b.i. is looking at north korea. reuse and recycle, the architects and buildings breathing new life into old spaces. ♪ a half hour. it started as a pretty calm normal meeting but turned contentious as many residents felt that the ferguson commission appointed by the governor was out of touch with some of the real issues here in the community. >> i haven't seen many of you out there, outside, outside when the cameras are here, outside of when there is a meeting.

people are tired of needing to meet. we are honored that you all have credentials and you are educated but you do not reflect the community we live in. >> this is not a ferguson post. this is throughout the state of missouri. >> this was the very first meeting of the ferguson commission, the 16 members were all appointed by governor to address the social and economic ishsz he said have been highlighted by the death of michael brown. many of the people in the audience felt that the governor should have been here. this was a meeting he called. this is a committee he put together, but he was not here. many people thought he shaould have been. also, some felt the three and a half hours that it took for the commission to get to the public hearing portion was too long. they felt it should have started by hearing from the public before talking about their goals. some of the commission's goals. and many also felt that some of the people on the commission were just out of touch with some of the real issues facing ferguson. i can tell youb toward the end of the meet, we did see sort of a different tone to some of the commissioners. some came from behind the table where they were sitting, coming

out and sitting in the audience with some of the people and some of the men taking off suit jackets to be more relatable, perhaps, to some of the people in the audience. so from the people we have spoken to out here tonight, john, they say they want to have faith in this commission that they can bring about change. right now, they feel like there is some sort of disconnect between some of the goals of this commission and some of the needs of the community. john? >> that's jonathan martin. the impact from ferguson continues to be felt throughout the country. >> hands up. don't shoot. >> demonstrators rallied in a dozen cities nationwide and on several college campuz. marchers took to the streets of d.c. and new york bringing traffic to a stand-still. most of the gatherings were peaceful. police are reporting a few arizona. president obama spent much of the day in talks about ferguson. he plans to ask for federal changes to prevent another riot. he met with civil rights leaders and members of the ferguson commission. after "al jazeera america," america tonight had an exclusive

interview with one of the commission members, rashean aldridge. he told joie chen, he felt the panel heard his perspective? >> wanted me to tell everyone else around the room how african-americans are treated on a day-to-day basis. what things do we go to -- go through? living in the city but going to school in the county how i felt more comfortable being in the county and walked down the street and didn't get harassed by the police in the county instead of the city. how sfraningz are ticketed. >> that's how the police make their hustle off of ticketing young people. i think he did get the message. >> senior washington correspondent mike viqueira as more on the president's plan in ferguson. >> good evening. many look at the speeches and meetings happening all over the country including here at the white house today and say they have seen all of this before. but this time, the president of the united states says he is fully engaged and this time, he says, things are going to change. >> ferguson back in august -- >> at the whitehouse, it was all ferg sorn all the time.

>> leaders from ferguson. president obama vowed to get results. >> this time will be different. part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure that this time is different. >> as many now look to washington to act, awaiting the results of two department of justice investigations, mr. obama announced new initiatives, asking congress for 263 million for police training and equipment, including up to 55,000 police body cameras, forming a task force focused on building trust between police and the community and a review of what equipment local law enforcement is getting from the government. >> that's because there are concerns local law enforcement has become too mil tarized with police obtaining combat-like gear from the federal government. and there are more calls for mr. obama to talk to those at

the center of the controversy, the citizens of ferguson. so far, the white house won't commit to a trip. >> he renincognizes not just on presidential trip to ferguson will solve the problem but rather a sustained commitment that looks at some of the underlying issues. >> some civil rights leaders said their main concern is how police interact with the community. >> the work is around race relations in this country. the work is not only around training of officers but around recruitment of officers and what our cultures are in our community. >> we want to set a tone to everyone across the nation that a civil u, sbstanty candid discussion about these issues is what is needed. not posturing. not politics, not gamesmanship and not partisanship. >> john, on this issue of militarization of police forces, the administration defends many of the programs that send these

arms to the police. they say the vast majority, more than 90%, are office supplies. a small portion of them go to the sort of heavy military equipment that we have seen in the streets of ferguson and elsewhere, and they say that sometimes, this equipment really does come in handy as a force for good and they point aftermath of the boston bombing, as an example. john. >> mike viqueira, thank you. coming up later this hour, jake, our science correspondent explains the technology behind body cameras. the f.b.i. is issuing new warnings about isil. the agency is telling members of the u.s. armed forces and veterans to be extra careful on their social media accounts. jonathan betz is here with that story. >> isil has shown it's saavy at the internet. now, the f.b.i. worries isil members may use took with or transmit twitter to targetmez of the u.s. military. >> more than a month after the attack in canada's capitol, the u.s. is worried copy cat did may

target current and former members of the u.s. military at home. overnight, the f.b.i. and department of homeland security issued a bulletin urging u.s. service members to scrub their social media accounts, hiding personal information that could make them targets. >> it's sort of like be on the lookout for or change your behavior because we believe it could potentially put you in harm's way. >> u.s. officials worry isil sympathizers may be able to track down an attack american troops from their social media pages. the alert repeats of warning issued in september citing an isil tweet that warned loan offenders in the u.s. might use the yellow pages and sites like facebook or twitter to find the addresses of service members, show up at their homes and slaughter them. >> we understand you're young. you communicate through social media. but we are telling you, that's how isis finds people they potentially target. for your safety, for your family's safety, you need to modify your social networking

profile. >> reporter: since u.s. air strikes began in the summer, isis has called for killing westerners. in october, two canadian soldiers were killed in two attacks in canada by apparently isil supporters. the pentagon said there is no new threat but warned individual attacks like those in canada are hard to predict and prevent. >> at least 100 men's are now fighting with isil overseas. officials are not just concerned about them returning home but, also, those who feel connected to the group, even if they have never joined it on the battlefield. >> jonathan, thank you. if you have picked up a great deal on black friday t may be because there was less competition. sales for black friday weekend were down 11% from last year. there were 6 million fewer shoppers over the holiday weekend compared to last year. bargain huntsers that were out spent less money. >> that's according to the

national retail if he hfederati news was better for psycher sales. desktop shopping was up nearly 9% according to ibm digital an litics. it wasn't the leap seen last year. analysts say markdowns ahead of the thanksgiving holiday account for a lower volume. oil prices plunged to their lowest level in five years today. at one point, crude oil traded below $65 a barely. well, it might be good news at the pump. it could cause big economic problems. pat trisha sabga takes a look. >> from karakas today ran to moscow, countries that count on high oil prices bracing for tougher times. >> the whole atmosphere can change drastically when prices come down. >> the latest slide in crude prices follows saudi arabia dominated opec's decision to keep pumping oil at its current pace, a tactic aimed at protecting cash-rish ryad's market share at the expense of

poorer cartel members. >> the ones that are in particular need for higher prices are the iranians who need about $140 price and the venzuelans who neat about $120. >> russia, already reeling from economic sanctions, capital flight and high inflashings moscow was counting on oil fetching $100 a barely to fund its budget next year. price pressures are also building in north america, with u.s. benchmark crude trading below $70 a barely. middle of the range where most u.s. oil fraccers are believed to break even. >> states that reap the windfall of north american's fracking boom could face lower tax revenues and fewer jobs if producers decide it's not profitable to drill new wells. well producers and governments that have grown fat off of expensei oil are in for some belt tightening following prices should cut others some much

needed slack. >> such as india and other developing countries that depend heavily on for agriculture, which consumes vast amounts of oil through inputs like fertilizer and pesticide production. in countries like the united states, where people rely heavily on cars, consumers will benefit from lower prices at the pump. but the biggest winner of all could be the global economy as falling fuel costs move money away from producers in to consumers' pockets provided they spend the extra cash. pat trisha sabga, al jazeera. consumers will probably see fewer price hikes for goods on store shelves thanks to lower manufacturing and transportation costs. an american couple is stranded in qatar tonight. a court overturned their conviction sunday on charges they starved their adopted daughter to death. qatari officials stopped the couplety aport. roxanne a siberi has more.

>> stuck in qatar a day after an appeals court stoppcon stricted of starving their daughter to death. >> this has been a long and emotional family. grace and i want to be home and re united. >> hours after the court decision, the u.s. ambassador to qatar met the couple but qatar officials blocked them from leaving. the huangs said we have begged the u.s. ambassador, secretary of state and president obama to call the emir of qatar and fix this ongoing injustice. he moved to qatar with his wife and three adopted children in 2012 work on a project for the 2022 world cup. then, in january last year, their or deal began. their daughter, seen here in a home video died from dramatic weight loss. a court originally found the huangs guilty of child endang endangerme endangerment.

the haungs said she suffered from malnew trish related illnesses. >> we feel like there is no end to this court, this court that we believe is a sham. >> as the case continued, the couple sent two sons to live with relatives in the u.s. when the court overturned their sentence on sunday, they said they wanted to return home to be with their sons and to grief the death of their daughter. secretary of state john kerry has asked qatar's foreign minister to help the k78 return to the u.s. a state department said on monday, it learned some paperwork needed to be filed before the huangs can leave. >> while the case was overturned, the travel ban was not yet overturned. and so that is, of course, the issue at play here and one we are certainly working with all relevant folks to resolve. >> a firm representing the huangs said they filed all of the necessary paperwork to leave the country but spokesmen also told me they are not at risk of being rearrested. we reached out to the government of qatar, which funds this

network, and a spokesperson at the qatar embassy in washington told us they won't comment at this time. john? >> roxanne a, bill kosbey stepped down from a prominent position at his alma mater. he resigned from temple board f university's board of trest ease, a position he held since 1982, after he is accused of session annual assault by several women. he said he did not want to be a distraction. coming up next on this broadcast, a tragic he believing for a missing college football player and the concern about sports-related concussions. plus, is a threat really a threat if it happens on social media? the supreme court is taking up the case.

when it comes to free speech and social media, rules may be changing. the today heard a case about a pennsylvania man con vimentd of threatening his estranged wife on it facebook. the case is raising questions about what you can and cannot post online. lisa stark reports. wide latitude to free speech, even speech that is offensive. some believe the court is likely

to decide this facebook speech was free speech. and be in fact not threats. some of the justices were clearly worried about that, worried that this could open the flood gates to offensive language online. >> the case involves a pennsylvania man who took to back to to post what he claimed were rap lyrics, violent lang about killing his estranged wife >> shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an f.b.i. agent. in one post, writing about his wife, says, "there is one way to love you, but a thousand ways to kill you. i am not going to rest until your body is a mess, soaked in blood and dying from all of the little cuts." slavmd, his wife got a court protective order, but that didn't stop elonis. fold up your produtective order and put it in your pocket. is it thick enough to stop a bullet? at that time, elonis said he was just venting, that his writings were therapeutic, a form of free speech. here is his attorney.

>> after the protective order was put in to place, the tone of his posts changed. one thing he said repeatedly was, these aren't threats. he said it again and again, was it would be wrongful to prosecute me because these aren't threats. >> his wife disagreed, and so did a jury which sentenced him to nearly four years in jail. >> one of the key questions for the justices is where is the line between speech protected and threatening speech? does the person have to intend to do harm, or is it enough that a reasonable person would be fearful based upon the threatening words? justice elana kagan said arresting someone for violent words might go too far. we typically say it requires a kind of buffer zone to ensure that even stuff that is wrongful may be permitted because we don't want to chill innocent

behavior. they were, in fact, a true threat to harm another person, which the court has historically not protected speech. justice samuel alito was concerned about permitting violent content if it's claimed it's rap. this sounds like a roadmap for threatening a spouse and getting away with it. >> that's how domestic violence groups feel, worried if elonis wins, it will open the flood gates on victims. >> all of those abusers out there who really, who didn't want to let go, who wanted to be able to hold on, who wanted to be able to continue to exert their power and control over their victims lives will now have been provided an additional method of doing that by the court. >> it's now in the hands of the court, a decision expected this spring. >> there was a lot of talk in the courtroom about context. at one point, chief justice john roberts quoted m en m.

could he be arrestd the government argued it was about the context. they were sung at a concert in public. john? >> lisa, thank you. i talked with our own legal her what. >> if i make a threat on the internet, it's attenuated. you are over there. i am over here you know, i know you, but i can't really get to you right here in this moment. and so that's the question. a lot of threats on the internet are anonymous. >> i was going to say, this is not about anonymous? is it? >> it can be extended to that.

we have avatars, games that are played on the internet. people are talking about this case in that larger context. could it extrapolated to that? here, if a man who knows his estranged wife, knows where she lives, it's very specific to her and she was afraid. so, it's about his intend versus her perception, her fear that's what the court was struggle with. >> it's not necessarily about the technology? >> well, it is about the technology because as we heard that last woman say, the technology has allowed abusers to engage in what they do exponentially. so, if you want to chase down your victim, you can do it much more efficiently. >> without walking to the front door. >> leaving a note on the windshield or being in their face constantly and that is a real concern for the court. does that mean it's not speech? it is speech. so that's what they are grappling with. >> the internet has been held up

as this great thing that allows people the freedom to go on line and say what they want to say, en anonymously say what they want to say? >> and it removes inhibicians. so we say things on the internet we might not say. >> by takings offithis case, is supreme court looking into an area that's been considered sacrosanct since the internet existed. >> they have had some internet cases. they have had four or five indications they have had to deal with the internet thus far, and they said, in fact, that the internet enjoyed people on the internet enjoy first amendment protection but what they have not dealt with -- the big deal -- is social media. this is the first social media intersection with the first amendment that the u.s. supreme court has dealt with. is seeshl media somehow different because that's where we engage privately as well as publically? that really raises questions of intimacy in a

public forum. >> that's what the u.s. supreme court is going to be doing. >> an interesting case. jamey, always good to see you? >> we will talk about it when it comes down in the spring. >> for the first time, girl scout cookies will be available online. the organization is rolling out digital cookie. it let's troop members sell thin mints and the favorites using a mobile app from a personalized website. >> program began in january. weekend storms leave parts of southern california soaked and cleaning up from mudslides, another storm that's more powerful is looming and our meet roth concern korveau is here. >> california has been waiting for rain like this for months. it isn't a drought situation where over 80% is in exceptional drought but this is the devastation we have seen over the last 48 hours. take a look at southern california in the video we have right here. talking specific about ventura county where the soil just continue handle over the last 48

hours this is the same area that we have seen a lot of wildfires. >> make the ground more sus s t sectible. t it will be reopening. a look at the satellite. i will show you the big cause of this. an area of low pressure off of the coast. this is the cutoff low. not moving too much. look at the moisture the last 12 hours, we have seen a little bit of the break in the rain. as you can see the last three or four, more rain coming into play. flood watches in effect right now, flash flood washes down through southern parts of california. >> is going to stay for the next day. we do expect to see very heavy rains here on tuesday up towards northern california. we will see anywhere between three and five more inches of rain. >> that's a lot of rain in a short amount of time. >> sure is. thank you. five members of the st. louis rams show solidarity with

protesters in ferguson. local police were not happy about it. james franco's new come did i might be the picture sony pictures was hacked.

this is al-jezeera america. i am john seeingenthal seeingenthaler -- seigenthaler, coming up protesters walk off of the job and even out of school today to honor michael brown. a missing football player is found dead. now, medical experts will find out if sports-related concussions may have led to his suicide. hollywood hacked. a bunch of yet to be released films leaked online. >> our top stories tonight, the fallout from ferguson. it's been one week since officer daryn wilson was not indicted in the shooting death of mike brown. tonight, the first meeting of the fergson commission was met

with anger. community members told the group investigating causes of the protest that the need progress now. civil rights leaders and elected officials on how to prevent another ferguson. he plans to ask congress for $263 million to make changes to improve police and community relations, including 50,000 body cameras for local police. u.s. attorney general announced tonight in atlanta, he will soon reveal plan by the department of justice that targets racial profiling. >> this will institute rigorous new standards and robust safeguards to help end racial profiling once and for all. during his speech, he was interrupted by protesters. holder was graish about the protesters saying they were showing genuine concern and involvement. it has been a week since the

grand jury cleared officer wilson, but the anger over the decision is spreading. paul beban is here with that. >> reporter: that's right. for a week now, demonstrators across the country have been disrupting traffic, making noise, trying to get a tension for their cause. they were out in force again t a public display by st. louis rams on sunday afternoon. from coast to coast, support was evidence today. students demonstrated at stanford university. the university of missouri st. louis and in new york, hundreds of high school students walked out of class. other demonstrators blocked intersections in manhattan slowing traffic to a crawl. protestors also took to the streets in philadelphia, minneapolis and for a third straight day, in washington, d.c. clearly, too aggressive. they don't -- they don't

understand the people, and it's an injustices to everybody. >> the outpouring comes on the heels of sunday's gesture of solidarity by five members of the n.f.l. st. louis rams, holding their hands in the air in the now familiar, hands up. don't shoot. in a statement, they say officers are profoundly disappointed those who chose to display the mountain of evidence and police officers found inflammatory. now that the evidence is in and officer wilson's account has been verified, it is unthinkable

that hometown athletes would so publiperpetuate a narrative that has been disproven over and over again. some witnesses told police michael brown had his hands up when he was shot and killed by officer darren wilson. wilson said brown was preing to attack him a second time and that he feared for his life. ken income brit who wears number 81 for the rams was asked if the players were taking sides. >> do you want me to take sides? >> no. >> that's how people are interpreting it. >> okay. not at all. we want to let the committee know we support them. >> the rams are getting some support for one of the men behind a similar episode that played out 40 years ago. >> iconic image now is american runner john carlos and tommy smith on the podium at the 19680 bi billlimpics in mexico city, raising their fists in the black power absolute. carlos took a bronze. carlos says the rights have a

right to express theirselves and nobody ever got injured or shot for expressing their emotions. >> paul, thank you very much. executive director of the million hoodics movement for justice back in our studio tonight. dante, welcome? >> thank you. >> almost like we haven't come so far. >> i know. >> a long time ago the rams do this symbolic, powerful. does it mat? er? >> a little bit of both. i think we are sharing a lot of the 50th anniversary thing within the last couple -- within this year, this is the 50th anniversary of the 1954 freedom summit. we are seeing a lot of significant symbolism powerful what we are seeing in ferguson and across the country and in every regard, i think ferguson represents a selma moment for a lot of folks. >> where do people outraged by ferguson go from here? what do you make of this now?

>> we keep pushing. we keep resist ing, protesting. some of that, the energy go in to president obama a eat meating with -- >> i get protests. ? >> right. >> protesting played an incredible role in this country's history? >> right. >> beyond protesting, what concrete steps need to be made? >> protesting is a place. right? it's a start. civil disobedience aking direct actions. ultimately to help change the culture, the narrative of what is the status yeah. this moment, some that we have seen over the last week are about protests and resistance in ferguson led to local leaders in ferguson, community members and young folk to meet with president obama today and eric holder and vice president biden to really have a deep conversation about what are the issues across the country about our black and brown communities when it comes to police viole e

violence. >> let me push back a little bit. you call it resistance. >> yes. >> some call it something different. let me quote patricking a baez. she said if we can't stand up to the punks and thehud hood lumz giving the protest a bad name, not ready to stand up to the police, you throw a rock, hide behind a peaceful crowd crowd, you are a. >> this is a lot with respect. there is a good black person and that black person. all black lives matter no matter what kind of person you are. black people are affidavit by violence in different ways. this is not about like the good black person or bad black person. this is about how black people are perceived. not just all black pete matter but all people matter. >> no. not all people -- yes, all people matter. in the light of the system, black folks are more

discriminatory, persecuted, har, profiled, terrorized by the states than other people. every 28 hours, a black person is killed by a police officer, is self-appointed vigilante or security guard. they are employees of the state. >> is state sanctioned violence being person pet waited odd black people every single day. >> i saw somebody throw a rock at a reporter rely on t.v., hit her in the head. >> right. >> you know. why not stand up and say i made a mistake? >> there is provocateur s. >> why don't they say wrong? >> to provacatuers. >> you are saying the person who through that rog was a provacatuer? i don't know that definition? >> folks that are provoking community members and the police to respond in certain ways. >> and there are reports. >> things like the anarchists. is that what you are talking about? >> they may be anarchists. >> we don't know who they are.

>> they need to stand up. we do. we need to lift that up and identify that there are some age tatars here helping respond, helping the community to respond in certain ways. the night you came in here, the night ferguson went up in flames. >> uh-huh. >> the decision not to indictment, tell me, try to describe what was in your head because i know you were hut that night. >> yeah. a lot of hurt. and i mean i was not expecting that. >> you thought it was going to happen? >> i it was going to happen. i was not surprised. >> so? >>? >> but there is this hope. there is a beacon of hope, of hoping that the justice system, quote, unquote justice stim will actually work but it's not designed to protect people in any way.

continuing theal affirmation of my lives doesn't matter when it comes to the state, being protected by the state. so, i think for me, it just gives me back, like, i am just not safe. people that look like me, my brother, my mother, my cousin, like they are not safe. and it's just the idea that if i go outside, i can get shot. it doesn't matter who it is, but like i could get shot. it's that idea right there. >> always good to have you on the program? >> thank you. >> thank you very much. now for more news about the body cameras, themselves, that police might wear. here is science and technology correspondent jake ward to talk about that. >> john, the technology here is not complicated. for more than a decade, we have had dash cams, which you know from the sort of crazy footage you see on the internet of

crashes in russia where there are incredibly popular. they have been used by let me ask you this fleets, delivery services to monitor the behavior of drivers. the fundamental principle is you continue to record footage in an ongoing loop, recording and discarding 30 seconds at a time. then the operator manually saves what's recorded. the complications indicated thing is the legal landscape has shown that it can reduce violent behavior in police officers. a study in rea lotto, california, has shown that the instances of complaints against police dropped by 88% from 1 12-month period to another. that was with only half of the police force wearing body cameras. it turned out a police officer wearing the body camera was more

than half as likely to use violence against a suspect as one who was wearing one. so, it's really a tremendous, can certainly have tremendous effect. there are no real rules about how the cameras should be used or how the footage will be disseminated. it's typically up to the officers in question to manually activate the saving of the footage, bail pressing the record button on themselves. there is very few guidelines there for what disciplinary actions work taken against a customer who does not do that. a suspect, someone who was unarmed during a traffic stop after having turned off her camera in the moments just before doing so. there is a tremendous sort of controver controversy there plus it's not clear how the footage would be released. it's not clear, for instance, in the rules, in denver where there is sort of a trial program going where it is that the -- only the

city attorney and the independent monitor would have access to it. public defender is not specifically listed. it's not clear who other than the police chief has the discretion to go ahead and release this footage. all of this headaches this very, very uncharted territory and very important to determine in years to and oven

dmranld be ervin myer wouldn't comment on karageorge's death. he had this to say about the athletic department's staff. >> this is the best group of medical people i have ever been around. >> it is bringing attention to the topic of sxhints. several have found signs of a brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma. health experts say it's too early to tell if that same condition led to this college athlete's death. >> ohio state university released a statement saying they were shocked and saddened by the development this past summer. the ncaa proposed the new millions of dollars on a program

to monitor head trauma. jo be? >> bisi, thank you. more health news now. generic drugs have always been low-cost alternatives to brand name prescriptions but now prices of generic drugs are skyrocketing by as much as 1,000% for some pills. america tonight takes a look at what's behind that hike. >> dr. sayir has owned this pharmacy and he has never experienced anything like this before. >> we don't know how to explain it to the customers. it's a big drastic change. >> it's over the counter. >> he serves almost 100 people a day, predominantly black and hispanics from low-income houses in the metro d.c. neighborhood. the big drastic change he is talking about is the dramatic rise in the cost of generic drugs. >> the price so high. >> sometimes as much as 100%,

even 1,000% spike. generic drugs account for 85% of all drugs dismissed here in the u.s. it's the lower prices that make them popular for both patients and insurers. it's a formula that's worked well for many years. it's a marketplace governed only by competition. prefacer gerard anderson in baltimore studies health policipolicy and management. >> when we have less competition, they can charge whatever they want. >> douglas howey is head of a group with 2300 members. he is bachld by the price. >> that's they question. why are we seeing spikes in products that have been around for decades, going up be 1,000, 2,000, 10% overnight and payments to the pharmacies are staying the same type of patients are left with the bill and pharmacies are left having to subsidize big gaps in payment and losing money. >> xhoour community pharmacies

are in a difficult position, having to absorb large sums of money to acquire the drugs and lower amounts they are being paid. >> senator sanders put this issue front and center. >> we wanted to know if there was a rational, economic reason as to why patients saw these huge price increases or whether it was simply a question of agreed. >> someone is paying for these added costs. if it's not the patient, it's going to be the employer or the tax pair. so someone is paying for it. no free lunches. >> the price really rocketed. >> al jazeera. >> hackers have apparently found a new way to make money by duping executives at healthcare and pharmaceutical companies into giving them confidential information. it's according to a report from the security company, fire-eye. more than 100 companies were targeted. now mofor more hanging. last week, four new movies from

sony pictures were leaked online. they include the much anticipated, update of annie. it's unclear if this latest breach is connected to the hack. last week, it knocked out sony's computer system. the f.b.i. is investigating that. peter shakeman is a tech, media and marketing consultant. you have information they have hacked some more information? >>? >> right. >> probably came from the same hack. two hours, they announced sal aez of all of the major players at sony including a ceo. they make about 3 million apiece and head of production, 1.5. >> what's the point of this? what have they got? >> several things, embarrassment. if it is, in fact, north korea, there is a movie coming out that puts -- >> a sony movie? >> right. there is a movie coming out about a plot to kill kim jongun

il. >> sources say it is north korea because it's similar to malwear, suspicious computer software pounds on sony sites found in south korea last year when south korean computers were hacked. >> that's sketchy. those software go afternoon. don't with know where they come from initially. >> what sort of damage does this do? >> it doesn't from a movie standpoint, it doesn't necessarily hurt them. >> it doesn't? >> when you see a movie, that's an inter personal experience. you go to a movie with friends. >> you pay dollars. ? >> right but still doing it with friends. when you download, pirate music that you listen to from your ipod, you listen to that alone. movies haven't been tremendously hurt by hacks. it costs them a few bucks. but. >> you said it might help them? >> it might. case in point no way would we be talking about annie six months north of production. going to make .

>> they released the movie released the amount of money the executives make. >> yeah. it's interesting because i am not sure what sony did to deserve this. >> specifically hacks happen flu groups like anonymous. >> i was asking. why wouldn't anonymous be on this list? >> they have a code of ethics. sounds a little crazy. they have a code of ethics. they will attack if they feel somebody has bewronged or a company has been wronged, they will attack the person they have accused but they don't normally go out of people for the heck ling. i would doubt it's an ominous. it sounds like it's state-sponsored. >> if somebody can release some big films, what is to say they can't do it at other movies? >>s every time i am here talking about the wal-mart heart attack or the home depot hack, everybody company waves their flag and says we have upgraded it. and it happens again. >> i got a new credit card.

it has a new chip on it. >> yeah. >> not all companies have 70s that out. >> no. we are backwards in this country in america when it comes to that. again, that's not even the issue. if it goes in, you are using it, that presents freedom skimming your credit card information t presents people from stealing thousands of card numbers from badly maintained systems at big companies. >> badly maintained systems at sony? >> yes. >> you think? >> more than likely, someone brought in a usb drive that has somehow been contaminated from somewhere, from somehow. all you have to do is plug it in once. similar to a sexual thing. you have to plug it in once without taking care of it and it can go everywhere. >> you have a portal to get all of the information >> and this information, this malwear could have launched months ago, years ago. it could have been sitting dormant until a hacker said it's time. >> i forgot the number this morning was pretty high about how many people have downloaded the movie. 800 ,000? >> yes. up in the millions again, i don't think that's bad.

>> something to disagree with you? >> i have no doubt they will, yeah. >> peter, it's great to see you. thank you very much? >> my pleasure. >> republican congressional aide who criticized the president's daughters has resigned. he liz beckett lawton criticized first daughters. >> the top urban architecture design of the year when we come back. be

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one world trade center has not been open long but it's already getting criticism from the hometown paper. this weekend, the new york times writer michael kimbelman had a scathing vie. he criticized the project as a the product of commercial developers rather than architects and said replacing the two large office buildings with another one shows a city out of ideas. urban designs isn't just about buildings. there is more emphasis than ever on the surrounding environment. world architecture news is taking that into account. it will announce its prize for urban design project of the year tomorrow. here is andrew thomas.

>> reporter: it has become the busy hub of a university campus. when first built in the 1800s, though, the boiler house was the heating and laundry center for psychiatric hospital in sydney. when that closed, the area fell into disrepair. then a university opened around it but didn't use it. it is. >> it was a dead way to this campus. you could fire a shot and not hit everyone. everybody was tucked away or at home. >> the architects brought in, the building was the starting point. the outdoor areas around it were just as important. far more places to sit and art work created from machinery salvaged from the building held create the space and character. while the building did give identity to the space, we worked with landscape architect to actually make this the special place that it is. >> the project has been a huge success. students and teachers now feel their university has a hub and a heart. >> it is a wonderful plates to

take the team and have a team meeting when you need a break from the work area that you are normally having. >> you don't have to be in a confined teaching space. over here, you can walk away with a group of students, sit down 0 here, have a casual talk. this area promotes that sort of teaching. >> the boilerhouse has become a show case project for world class urban design and has been short listed for an international prize. >> in australia, this project won a number of prizes for the way the buildings and the spaces were work together. this international award, though, is up against stiff competition. against this in the category of completed projects is this scheme in atlanta, theco conversion after former multi-store car park into micro living pods. also short listed is a regenerated high depositionly housing state in london and the rebirth of a disutilities industrial project in china as a residential and commercial community. >> more and more in our award

entries to underline the city where there is an old river or disused factory instead of just bulldozing it and building something new, we are now working with it. >> there is a separate prize for designs of future project ideas like this use of an estuary as a focal point for an urban center for regeneration of a brewery. and for a new campus for a university in mexico. the award winners will be announced on tuesday. andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> world aids day closed tonight with an all-star concert in new york's time square. ♪ >> bruce springsteen and chris martin filled in for an ailing bono playing with the the rest of u two. kanye west and carey underwood say 1.8 million people are living with hiv in the units.

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