[ applause ] good evening, i'm don lemon, >> welcome. we would like to thank you for joining uhs in the united states and viewer elsewhere. global condemnation for a barbaric attack, and we are learning more about the group claiming responsibility for killing defenseless children. a new and ominous threat from the hackers behind the sony breach. and now they're invoking 9/11. and russia's economic crisis deepens with its currency hitting all-time lows. an hour ago, it was 60. now it's like 85. i'm afraid because we got our wages in rubles and they don't

pay in dollars. it's scary. >> pakistan is observing three days of mourning for an attack which the prime minister said was launched by savages. the death toll is up to 145, almost all of them students at a school in pashawar, which was overrun bial bant militants. according to officials all seven mill at that particular times who staged the attack are dead, and the government says it will now push ahead on its crackdown on extremism. >> translator: our prayers go out to the families whose children were killed in this tragedy. may god bles all those families. i think this struggle will continue until terrorism is completely rooted out of this country. o. >> the afghan taliban released a statement condemning the attack. many will see this as being incredibly hypocritical, but this is what it said. killing of innocent people,

women and children is against the islamic principles. every muslim organization and government should consider this. good advice. pakistan's defense minister says there are no words to express the shock he's feeling now. he talked about the attack and the threat posed by the taliban. >> when the children are dying on the frontline in the war, the smaller the coffin, they are extremists. terrorists. >> the militants set off an explosion as a diversion. the defenseless victims were then easy targets. why the pakistani taliban decided to massacre young

children, and a warning, the story contains graphic content. >> they were killed in their school uniforms, taking exams in classroom, a first aid course in the school auditorium. half a dozen terrorists carrying out a systematic massacre of children. brutal, even by the standards of the pakistani pal been a. >> we were doing our school work. suddenly we heard firing. taliban called it revenge for pakistani military operation against them. we want them to feel our pain, said a taliban spokesman. the attackers had ammunition and supplies, says the pakistani military, to last for days. a u.s. counterterrorism official called the assault unprecedented saying it may signal an escalation in an already bloody war with the pakistani government. >> mothers and fathers send their kids to school to learn and to be safe. well, this morning wherever you live, wherever you are, those

are our children. >> the pakistani taliban's chief aim is bringing down the pakistani government. and establishing sharia law. but it has an alarming history of targeting the u.s. as well. in 2009, a taliban suicide bomber killed seven cia officers in eastern afghanistan. in 2010, the group claimed responsibility for the attempted car bombing of times square in new york city. and following the killing of osama bin laden, the group vowed more attacks on american soil. >> there have been instance where is they've supported international krifts. they've been aligned with groups like al qaeda, that makes them of concern to us but indirectly. kwa roy pressed pakistan to take on the group more aggressively on the ground. and pakistan has followed through with an ongoing military offensive in its northeastern

stronghold, as well as some 3,000 counter terror operations. cnn, washington. targeting schools and children is nothing new for the taliban. malala yousafzai survived an attempt to assassinate here in 2012. she calls the school shooting a senseless and cold blooded about of terror. >> my family and i are heart broken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives in this recent attack on a school in pashawar. and we stand with all those families and all those children who are injured. i call on the international community and everyone that we should stand up together and fight against terrorism and we should make sure that every child gets safe and quality education.

>> the gloo the group that claims it hacked sony is threatening anyone who goes to see sony's interview. the world will be full of fear. remember the 11th of september in 2001. we recommend you to keep your distance from the class at that time. the film coming out christmas day is a comedy about a flot to kill kim jung ung. that's raising suspicion that north korea is responsible for the hack. u.s. authorities say they don't believe there's a credible threat right now to moviegoer, but still they are investigating. >> there's no credible intelligence pointing to that being backed up. let's not forget what our relationship is with north korea. there isn't one. they have the worst human rights record out there.

they're constantly threatening the region, threatening many of our allies and partners. it's not a velgsship that we're building on. it's one that doesn't exist. >> a person close to the situation says sony has no plans right now to pull the "the interview" from theerts but if they decide not to show it, the studio would not object. >> the white house says the u.s. president will sign off on tough new zang against russia. that comes as the ruble plunged to new low, falling more than 11% on tuesday. its lost more than half its value now from the start of the year. analysts say russian investigators have lost confidence in the central bank to keep the economy on track. the electronics apple has stopped selling iphone, i pads and computers in russia at least

for now. russian consumers are starting to feel the pinch in other ways. >> radio on the streets of moscow, there's no real panic, just the sense of impending doom. >> russians buy dollars despite the skyrocketing rates. >> an hour ago, it was 60. now it's, like, 85. i'm afraid because we get our wages in rubles and they don't pay in dollars. it's scary. it was to halt the ruble's slide that they hiked their key interest rates so dramatically. up 6 1/2 points to 17%. but problems are plunging oil price and international sanctions weren't tackled. tackled, let alone sold. >> we must focus on our own sources of financing and to give import substitution a chance.

>> shoppers are stocking up on imported goods, like tea and coffee, the head of expected price rises. it's here in the country's shopping aisles that russia's economic pain is starting to be felt. >> i can't afford to travel abroad, nor buy any of the imported products i'm used to, says this man. this woman blames crimea for the crisis. it was annexed earlier this year but can government afford it, she asks? that's the criticism we heard at the weekend, too. that this rare social protest, brinking doctors and teachers on to the treat. >> you can see despite the cold weather here, hundreds of people turn out to the center of moscow to protest first and foremost

against the health care reforms that have been implemented. doctors will be losing their jobs. but in the bleak economic sclie mat in russia their futures are being sacrificed. >> all this reform, as we see, it's because of economical crisis. they don't have money for medicine, for education and people here start to understand. in a country where president putin remains hugely popular. but as this economic crisis starts to bite, this content could quickly spread. cnn, moscow.

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>> an incredibly moving sen right now. australians leaving now aerns cards as they mourn for the victims of sidney hostage standoff. the prime minister says an inquiry is under way and he's doing all he can to keep the country safe. >> the most important duty of government is to preserve the safety of our country and its citizens. that is the first duty of government, and i say to every australian, this government will never let you down. i say to every one of my fell le australians, i will not rest until i am confident that you are as safe as any government can possibly make you. >> and the news room for 7 network is just across the street from where all this happened.

andrea stevens tells us what they say. >> live breaking news. heavily armed police presently converging on martin place. >> reporter: this was how much of australia first heard of the country's deadly hostage crisis. as it unfolds just across the street from the 7 network studios in the heart of sydney. >> the whole news room came over to the window. the woman you saw lindt shop, how would you describe her? >> it will remain with me for the rest of my life, shaking. >> cameraman greg parker said police asked him to stay behind to keep his camera trained on the crisis unfolding across the street on martin place. >> the police were asking for specific shots. so we put on kevlar investigates and relocated cameras.

>> parker crouched what the snipers, catching the growing agitation of the gunmen. the images transmitted not to air, but to police hq. 7 stayed on air, moving to a backup location across town. >> we've always had a plan where we might be evacuated, hue do we keep it going. after the initial confusion of police rushing in and saying you've got to evacuate the building and we said we have to keep this on air as well, we started implementing that part of the plan. >> reporter: for 16 hours they kept the cameras rolling. the end came quickly. a single gunshot. and six seconds later, he says he saw special forces entering the cafe. >> like nothing will be the same as before. the moment he crossed the line of taking down a hostage, it was a forced action from police in my mind and probably anyone

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>> a woman sued bill cosby saying he sexually molested her at the "playboy" mansion when she was just 15 years old. the statute of limitations on this case has run out. huth is one of at least 23 women who are accusing cosby of sexual assault. cosby's attorney denies all the allegations. cosby for himself has remained silent about all of this, but his family has been rallying on his behalf. >> reporter: with camille cosby already stepping forward in defense of her husband, now their daughter is attacking her father's accusers, writing on her facebook page. there will always be jealous, vengeful and crazy people out there to break anyone down. his daughter also defended his

character saying he is the father you thought you knew. thank you, that's all i would like to say. sexual assault activists are outraged. >> the fact that, again, women are being used again, put out in front to take the hit for him is very, very disconcerting. >> camille cosby remains silent, and as the number of alleged victims continue to grow. now camille has come out, describing the man she met in 1963 and married a year later a as kind man a generous man a funny man and a wonderful husband. he is the man you thought you knew. a different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. it is a portrait of a man i do not know. camille kcosby has a history of defending her husband.

camille stood by her man and after he admitted to an i a fair. saying to her publicist -- >> all old personal negative issues between bill and me were resolved years ago. >> now camille is comparing allegation against her husband to news coverage of an alleged gang rape at the university of virginia. the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband until that story unwound. >> for her to bring in the uva rape case, what was that about? i mean, we're talking about over almost two dozen kauaccusations with a consistent pattern over decades versus one rape allegation. >> amille concludes her statement with the most important question of all. none of us will ever want to be

in the position of attacking a victim, but the question should be asked -- who is the victim? bill cosby is the one who many say can step forward and answer that question. >> thanks for that report. even though crosby has not been charged with my crime, he's suffered a project and two tour date cancellations. a jury ruled apple did not violate antitrust laws in the digital music market. it's the end of a class action suit that had been in the court system for ten years. the plaintiffs wanted at least $350 million because they say apple's tactics had caused them to pay higher price first ipods and music. they also argued apple abused its monopoly to force out the competition. the jury's decision means apple won't have to pay any damages. the family of an ohio man killed by police at a walmart

have filed a federal lawsuit against the police and the store. john crawford iii was killed in august while holding an air rifle, which he picked up from the store shelf. the family's attorney says if crawford had been white, he may have been treated differently. meanwhile, a newly released video is now raising new questions. >> sir, i don't know. i swear to got. i swear to got. i don't know. you can give me a lie detector test or anything. >> beaver creek police detective grills that sha thomas, the girlfriend of john crawford iii. it's just minutes after police open fired, killing crawford inside an ohio walmart. >> why would he have a gun in the store? >> i don't know. >> this is the incident all caught on camera. surveil listens video on august

5 shows crawford wandering the aisles, talking on the phone and carrying what looks like a rifle. a concerned customer called 911 and police responded. >> i'm at walmart. he's pointing it at people. >> police say crawford failed to obey commands from police. but the family argues he never had a chance. they say the video shows he had his back to police and he was on the phone when they approached and the officers open fired just one second after they confronted crawfo crawford. >> one of these is a real gun. one of these is the gun mr. crawford was carrying that day. as you can see, it's very hard to tell the difference. >> it turns out crawford was holding a pellet gun he had picked up from a store shelf, not a rifle. in september, a grand jury chose not to indict the officers on any charges. the family is now filing a federal lawsuit against police

and walmart, saying the pellet gun should have been locked up and police should have done due diligence before they fired. the state released this statement, we believe the evidence will prove that the officer's actions were legally justified. walmart expressed condolences and said their associates acted plorpl properly. >> i'm still pursuing justice. you don't get a pass because you have a sidearm and a shield. >> crawford's family says he wasn't a criminal. he was a customer. and now an innocent victim. they believe police tried to cover up their mistake afterwards by trying to coerce tasha thomas into saying something that might justify the shooting. >> we're investigating a serious incident. you lie to me and you might be on your way to jail. >> i swear to god. >> you were with him just moments before this happened. you need to tell me the truth. >> i am.

i am. i swear to god. i swear to god. >> are you under the influence of anything? been drinking? >> no. no. >> drugs? >> no. >> your eyes are funny looking and you seem lethargic. i don't know if it's because you're upset or not. >> this goes on for 950 minutes before she learns her boyfriend is dead. >> well, just to let you know, unfortunately john has passed away as a result of this. i don't know any other way to tell you. what happened there wasn't a good thing. and it was all of his actions. he is gone. >> police say there was no coercion. the detectives say he was questioning thomas based on what hifs told by police on the scene of the shooting. and they initially thought that it was a real gun and that crawford had brought it into the store. he says he really was just searching for answers.

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>> welcome back. it's time to check for headlines. the memorial for the victims of the sydney hostage standoff is growing. australian prime minister tony abbott called the pile of

flowers and cards, the beating heart of sydney. he announced an inquiry to find out how the suspect, who had a long criminal background was able to get a gun and carry out the siege. russian investigaors are hopinge ruble can bounce back from its steep slide. the currency lost its value against the u.s. dollar before gaining some ground. the free fall came before a decision to hype interest rates to 17%. pennsylvania authorities found the body of a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. her body was found less than a mile from her home with apparent self-inflicted wounds. police have been searching for the former marine reservist since the killings early on monday. pakistan is now in the first of three days of mourning after the taliban staged a despicable attack in the country, the worst in seven years. 145 people were killed at a

school in pashawar, most of them young students. we're following developments in islamabad. michelle, we're learning more about this attack, how it was carried out and just who was target targeted. >> john, that's right, we're finding out that this attack was indeed coordinated. the military says that immediately wherch thimmediate ly when they got into the school they began firing. taliban suicide bombers are instructed to inflict maximum damage and to give their lives in the process of doing that.

they could be seen as future members of the pakistan military. that's a logical career progression for these children. it was an attack designed to inflict maximum damage on pakistani taliban sworn enemy, the pakistan military. >> and michelle, the government has vowed to respond to this to avenge this attack in the words of the prime minister. there was some word that maybe there had been air strike which is had been carried out in the past few hours. what more do you know? >> we understand the military did launch air strikes in the area that is infiltrated withal bab militants. but it's unleer if that was retaliatory attack for this attack. we have seen in the past that after attacks by the taliban, such as the attack on the

karachi airport, the military did launch a massive operation against the taliban after that. so it could be seen that it is in retaliation, but we have no official confirmation on that. the military has said that they know from where -- go ahead? >> sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt. but i was just going to say by some counts more than 1,000 schools have been attacked in pakistan by these militants over the past five years. is anything being done now to try to improve security? is it even possible to improve security there? >> that's a good question, john. and that's a difficult question. there are limited dollars to spend on schooling, and so it really depends on the school. some schools do have lots of security. others schools don't. and these types of attack, when you have determined killers ready to go in to kill innocent schoolchildren who are armed to the teeth to do so, it's very

difficult to have security if they are determined killers. this is a question that will be asked in the days ahead. but right now, there's no easy answer. >> absolutely. thank you for that. michelle stockton live from islamabad bringing us up to date on what has really been an awful story. more now on the growing economic trouble in russia. and the ruble's sharp decline. the russian currency fell more than 11% on tuesday. and consumers rushed out to buy imported goods because now they're expecting prices to skyrock skyrocket. others hurry to convert their euros to dollars or euro euros. >> they can assure you that russia will not only survive but come out strong. we were getting out of this much stronger. >> the economic crisis is

expected to deepen in the new year and could bring political problems for the kremlin. for more on that, i spoke to a senior fellow and deputy director at the center for strategic and international studies. se so jeffrey, bottom line, how bad is this about to get for the russian economy? >> it could be pretty bad. because they're facing a series of kricises that are going to interact across the economy across the board. so because of the inflation rate hike, there's going to be a fairly serious recession already next year. at the same time, is there there's a currency crisis under way, you're going to have pretty substantial inflation as well. so you geerting it from both sides. there seems to be a real lack of investor confidence because of

the falling oil price, which russian has little control. >> you have a deep recession coming. there's going to be runaway inflation. how long before the average russian starts blaming their president, mr. putin. >> it's hard to say. russians have a lot of experience of dealing with economic turmoil. certainly part of putin's appeal has been that since he came to power, the kind of turmoil that they experienced in the 1990s hasn't been in the cards. the other thing putin has going for him is the confrontation for the west is the conflict in ukraine, which allows the government to assign some of the blame for what's going on to nefarious foreign actors. how long they're going to do that and believe that is an open question. >> he gets his popularity because of the invasion of crimea. he wants to lead this economic

crisis to some measure, he has to give in to u.s. demands but then he loses his popularity. what are the options here now for the kremlin? >> first, probably the withdrawal from crimea is not in the cards that the point. the question is really going to be about eastern ukraine. and there, you know, there's a cease-fire agreement in place that was signed back in september. and the west has indicated that if russia complies with the conditions that it accepted in signing the cease-fire, then they'll be walking back with the sanctions. the russians already agreed to the terms of the cease-fire, they could fulfill those terms in such a way that doesn't make the look like they're backing down under pressure. having fed that nationalist upsurge in some way, the government has made itself hostage to that. >> if you have the central bank coming out overnight and hiking interest rates by 6.5% and they go eh, what else can you do?

capital controls? >> yeah. and the head of the central bank said they're not going to impose capital controls. but already they've used most of their ammunition and used it in a fairly ineffective way. so in terms of economic policy, they don't have a lot of great choices right now. if they decide this is a serious and enduring crisis, the steps they're going to have to take will be on the political and diplomatic side than economic. >> now as the ruble's plunge is reported around the world, some of the main channel inside russia are trying to down play the story, but that's not the case for our affiliate there. they've had extensive kwonch of the ruble's fall and the decision to hike up interest rates. there's also been a mixed reaction to all of this on the streets of moscow. >> it affects those who still have something to protect. if you don't have much, it doesn't affect you much. today it is bad, tomorrow it

will be good. everything will be fine. >> at this turbulent time, the economic structure of the russian economy is being saved in some way. and all of the issues are solved at the expense of the russian people. >> translator: prices are rising for us at a faster rate than our pensions. it is bad temperature it is bad for us. >> a familiar name could be on the u.s. ballot in the next presidential election. that name would be bush. in a message on facebook, former florida governor jeb bush says he'll actively explore a presidential bid in 2016. jeb is the son of former president george herbert walker bush. he's also the brother to george w. bush. coming up next here on cnn, sony's controversial new film "the interview" has upset north korea. up next, you'll hear why it's also creating a few problem s fr the japanese government. plus, we'll take you soaring through the french also .son a

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a movie theatre in new york has decided to cancel a showing of "the interview" after a hacker group threatened anyone who goes to see the film. the plot of the film is aimed at north korea and the whole controversy has put japan in a

difficult spot as well. will rippley explains kwhie. -- why. right now, we're driving up to sony headquarters here in tokyo. this is where the company's top executives work. and inside that building right now, they're dealing with a major crisis. a humiliating cyberattack on their u.s. subsidiary. hackers calling themselves guardians of peace leaked embarrassing, sensitive insider information. they're promising more punishment on christmas day when sony ask s set to release the "the interview." the comedy is about two journalists killing kim jong un, north korea's supreme leader, reportedly infuriated. his top officials call the movie an act of war. >> obviously he's upset with the movie depicting the assassination of their leard and the ceo of sony was directly involved. >> temple university asian studies professor jeff kingston

says what may be a joke to some is deadly serious to north korea. i was in their capital pyongyang a few months ago. pictures of their leaders are are everywhere, almost like gods. they're worshipped and honored. and here in asia, defending honor is everything. so there's rampant spec lags that north korea orchestrated the cyberattack on sony to take revenge. >> and they're denying that they're directly involved. we all suspect they were. >> if sony suspects anything, they're not saying it publicly. a spokesman acknowledged growing speculation, but would only say the investigation is ongoing. a university professor says to understand why sony may be hesitant to point the finger, you need to know the geo politics at play. >> do you think any japanese law makers would ask sony not to criticize north korea? >> maybe. >> reporter: north korea still maintains this unofficial embassy in tokyo. while the nations have no formal

diplomatic ties, pyongyang does have some influence through political and business back chams. >> they want to stop the movie. >> and while north korea may seem distant to most of the world, its military routinely launches projectiles into the sea of japan and forced abductees to train north korean spies. >> we have an issue that's extremely, politically sensitive in japan. tokyo and pyongyang are in the middle of sensitive talks that japan hopes will lead to more reunions like these from 2002, when north korean let five japanese inductees come home. some fear it could all fall apart. you won't find the movie in places like this one in tokyo because the film is not being released in japan. but hackers warn if sony doesn't stop the release all together, the worst may be yet to come.

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thanss are you you have not seen anything like this before today's first world air to ground high-five. >> three, two, one, high five. >> you're watching australian daredevil close to rocks and trees before smacking a jiend hand just meters off the ground. they're trying to raise money for a water well for an ethiopian village. don't want to be one to criticize, but surely there's an easier way. maybe they could have a bake sale? or? a raffl off a chicken?

what do you think?e off a chick? what do you think? >> this is absolutely incredible. >> a lot of effort. >> that is asking for trouble in every single way. >> they should just have a chuck raffle as we cull it in australia. >> we've seen school se cancellations. some of the observations put over 26 centimeters of sea-effect snow on the ground. and it's equivalent to about 105 inches of snow that has come down just in the month of december. in fact, a glance right now at the yeah pan meteorological agency's website, and you see just about every single prefecture across the country essentially -- every single prefecture having warnings or advisories for wintry weather in place.

an additional foot left in the forecast after three to four feet have come down in a few of these spots. 50 inches, 129 centimeters that have come down in just the past couple of days. they picked up 105 inches or 267 centimeters. i want to share with you some video actually coming out of this area. showing you what it all looks like. similar to around buffalo, new york. around five to six weeks ago, they saw similar totals. the lake-effect snow there. the sea-effect snow, also an i de -- identical setup there. the upper level winds in portions of japan, 30,000, 40,000 feet up, significant winds. the winds in the upper levels, stronger than hayay. there was an airplane flying

from seoul, south korea to dallas, texas. it ran into some impressive wind shear. show you the video of the plane after it landed. emergency landing. 12 people injured, one hospitalized, one with a broken bone from this impressive winds across the region when the aircraft flew into it. the plane then eventually, of course, coming down. you can see they're going on to another plane to walk home and they' got neck braces on nap shows you the severity of the turbulence onboard there. the we have access to the winds in the upper level and the turbulence as well. just in the extreme scale, just outside of tokyo, you would think the pilots knew they were flying into extreme turbulence because the data is there to present it. but, of course, it shows you what could be done. fortunately, no fatality, no serious injuries but still, a pretty rough conditions in the skies above japan there. >> that's why they say leave your seat belt fastened. >> absolutely. don't just walk around and

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