kim jong-un. investigators believe while directed by the government, the attack was launched outside north korea, but not saying where. investigators are also looking closely at weather current or former employees helped the hackers. it is similar to computer code used on south korean businesses. how will the american government retaliate or will it? government officials are weighing options. when asked about the attack by abc news, this is what president obama had to say. >> serious. we are investigating, taking it seriously. we will be vigilant. if we see something we think is serious and credible, we will alert the public. for now, my recommendation would be that people go to the movies. >> meanwhile, this all comes as hollywood reacts to sony's stunning decision to yank the film after the hackers

threatened movie theaters. it is not sitting well with many of tinseltown's biggest stars. several are asking what kind of precedent does pulling the movie set. nbc's joe frier has been following it, joins us live from los angeles. hey, joe. >> it is an announcement that rocked hollywood, angering many celebrities. some fear it could have a chilling effect on the industry. >> the movie "the interview" is no longer coming soon. posters are coming down. >> never seen anything like this in my tenure involving hollywood. i can't imagine how they'll dig themselves out. >> celebrities are outraged they cancelled the christmas release. ben stiller tweet tweeted hard a threat to freedom of expression here in america, and from rob lowe, wow, everyone caved.

the hackers won, an utter and complete victory for them. many movie goers agree. >> i think it is a shame it has come to this. unfortunately this is what they wanted, this is what they're getting. >> sony made the decision after the country's largest chains announced they were pulling the movie. concerned when hackers threatened locations showing the film. respect and understand our e partner's decision and completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater goers. >> sony pulling the release of the interview will have effects throughout hollywood. >> in the wake of sony's hack, nbc news confirmed a movie project starring steve carell set in north korea is no longer moving forward at 20th century fox. wednesday, he tweeted sad day for creative expression. >> are we going to allow ourselves to be bullied, whenever some dictatorship or regime doesn't like the way it is depicted in a movie, book, article, whatever it may be.

>> there has been speculation it could be released in video on demand, so people could watch it on tvs at home. a sony spokesperson says the company will not be releasing the film. right now, that includes vod. >> all right. joe, thank you. let's bring in jonathan handle, entertainment lawyer, law professor, university of southern california, also variety magazine senior editor. good to see you both. ra mean, let me start with you. safe to say hollywood is stunned, angered by the unprecedented move. in joe's piece, had a couple tweets from celebrities. i want to read a couple more. jimmy kimmel called it, quote, an unamerican act of cowardess that validates terrorist acts and sets a dangerous precedent. another, seems like a horrible precedent to set. john mccain calling cyber

attacks profoundly troubling in a statement that reads in part by effectively yielding to aggressive acts of cyber terrorism by north korea, that decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future. senator john mccain there. they seem to raise a good point. is this a dangerous precedent? >> it is interesting because the threat which was worded tuesday was a vague threat that compared violence to september 11, but homeland security went on the record, saying they didn't think the threat was credible. for sony pictures, it is a huge decision. unprecedented. the movie was only coming out a few days later. they spent $44 million on the budget of the movie, and millions more advertising the movie, making sure people were aware. it was supposed to be released christmas day. sony is probably going to lose somewhere around $100 million because of the decision to pull

"the interview." a lot of people don't know if it was justified to completely yank it from theaters. >> shortly after the announcement, the director talked to the "l.a. times" and said, quote, every business has the right to do whatever they want. but when in mass all business decide not to present a movie, they're basically setting up. are we going to suppress ourselves every time someone posts something online. it is a dark future. do you think this is going to dramatically change the way hollywood does business? >> well, it is going to be -- i think it will in terms of sensitive topics, it does set a template, unfortunately. sony didn't have any real choice -- >> really? >> they would have faced enormous liability if something had gone wrong, whether a copy

cat or hackers or whatever, it would have been pretty horrible. they were under pressure, they were under pressure from shopping mall orders. this isn't just about hollywood. next time msnbc has a sensitive story in the news realm to present about north korea, you've got to wonder, are you a target? who's a target here, who's safe? >> the standard is a little different talking journalism versus entertainment. how much of this do you think was about making sure that folks were in the theater seats come christmas eve, come christmas day. >> it is certainly about that. hollywood is a business. entertainment is a business. the idea to go through metal detectors like you're checking

through an airplane check point just to see a movie is itself untenable. that shaped the response as well. >> quick clip that they released earlier, get into why the movie was so controversial. >> i would love it if you two could take him out. >> huh? >> take him out. >> take him out. like for drinks? >> take him out. >> take out. >> take him out to a meal? >> take him out. >> like on the town? >> party? >> no. >> you want us to assassinate the leader of north korea? >> what? >> here's the thing. there have been lots of movies that involve plots targeting controversial leaders. charlie chaplain about hitler, dr. strangelove, mocked world

leaders involved in the cold war. hot shots, one of my personal favorites. team america, some would argue is much worse. >> but it was with puppets. >> what is it about this particular movie that seems to have rubbed the regime in north korea so badly. >> i think there was bad spotlight because of the press. we started to see blogs and news organizations started reporting on the assassination sub plot. then we heard people in north korea, government officials, weren't happy about that. then there seemed to be a snowballing effect. there's actually a scene, even sony pictures worried it went

too far. >> hard pressed to find a world dictator more mocked than kim jong-un. it is bizarre this is where they decided to draw the line. >> it is strange. i presume it was based on reports. hard to say what made them so angry. something about this plot must have hit a trigger. >> if this was a movie that tested well, in research groups, that perhaps they wouldn't have pulled it, do you think some of the executives at sony, maybe they thought this is not going to be that great anyway, not even worth the roll of the dice? >> i'm not sure. it was such an attack. cyber warfare. if they can do it to sony, can

do it to gm, the stock exchange, the electric grid, and we are vulnerable. i think that became quite evident. whatever the movie would have done, they were hoping for reasonably significant business, these are good stars, they've done well in the past, all of that. i think and it is unfortunate. it shows lack of freedom of expression within north korea extends beyond the geographical boundaries into cyberspace. has there been one director that has come out and said this makes sense to me? have you read of any of them? >> pretty much everyone agrees this wasn't the right decision. >> appreciate your time. have a great day. restoring u.s. relations with cuba.

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developing now. a federal hearing wrapped up for bombing suspect tsarnaev. this is a new sketch from in the courtroom a few moments ago. this is tsarnaev's first court appearance in roughly 17 months. the room was filled with fbi agents, police officers who worked the case, victims and family members. tsarnaev answered questions from the judge saying he does not have concerns with his attorneys. there was defense motion to move the trial out of boston. that's still pending, we're told. jury selection could take up to a month. the trial itself is expected to last several months. tsarnaev is charged with 30 federal counts from the attack in april 2013 that killed 13, injured more than 260 others. he faces the death penalty if convicted. that trial is set to start january 5th. strong reaction continues to pour into president obama's

announcement that the united states will move close to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. for the first time in more than a half century, republican senator marco rubio from florida among the harshest critic. vowing to block that. george, let me start with you. you are a young boy, when you and your family fled to cuba, the year after castro took power there. you dedicated your life to the cause of freedom for the 11 million in your home land. what's your general reaction to the move to restore relations with cuba? >> well, it has been 56 years of

dictator ship. the deal made by president obama puts americans at risk who travel abroad. >> how so? >> bad precedent. >> well, what the terrorists will do, enemies of the country, pluck and american traveling, arrest them like mr. alan gross who had done nothing wrong. all he did was bring computers to cuba and was put in jail for 15 years by castro. then when they have an american, an innocent american in their possession, they know so long as president obama is president, they can cut a deal and get their terrorists out of our prison, like hernandez. i went to his sentencing, the guy who president obama released yesterday was convicted of murder. murdering three americans and a permanent resident. >> this is what president obama said yesterday. he answered some of your criticisms there.

let me play what the president said, get your response on the other side. >> to those who oppose the steps i'm announcing today, let me say that i respect your passion and share your commitment to liberty and democracy. the question is how we uphold that commitment. i do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. >> george, it is hard to argue that our approach to cuba had been effective, that it was working, is it not? >> no, of course i can argue it. we don't deal with terrorists. cuba has for decades been deemed by the state department to be a state sponsor of terrorism. a few months ago they were caught sending, shipping weapons to north korea. they are enemies of the united states. castro helps all our enemies throughout the world and we shouldn't be, besides, the

embargo won't be lifted, you need congressional approval, so that's not going to happen. it is much ado about nothing, but it is wrong to have released convicted murderer like hernandez and spies because it sets a bad precedent. >> let me bring in the rest of the panel. michelle car use oh cabrera is standing by. i saw you biting your lip there while george was talking. i assume you disagree with the sentiment. >> absolutely. i believe that in a sense, as long as we have not had diplomatic relations with cuba and upheld the embargo, we enabled castro to stay in power. the united states for decades has been the boogie man. they can blame everything that's wrong, the castro regime, can blame it on the united states. blame it on the fact schools are failing, they don't have paint, basic medical supplies, that they don't have food supplies to feed the people. they can blame it on the united states. once that's removed, the people

of cuba will have greater transparency, will hold their own regime accountable, say why can't we live under decent conditions like the rest of the world. the fact is that there is precedent that when the united states exports ideas and technology and culture to socialist countries, those socialist systems collapse. look at countries in eastern europe, poland, hungary, czechs, their systems clamsed, they're part of now nato and the european economy. >> joining us from the cuban capital, michelle, we heard from just about every politician in this country in the past 24 hours. we heard from just about every pundit in the past 24 hours. what are people saying about this move yesterday? that's the first question. the second question, who is this portrayed in the media down there? are cuban officials portraying it as victory over america? >> reporter: well, remember,

there isn't much media here. go pick up a newspaper. it is pretty difficult. there's not much to see. only cuban government television. yesterday raul castro went on air about four minutes. what i am told is that people were surprised how bluntly and frankly he spoke about in a different tone than he haiyan the past, rather than talking the embargo, foreign devils, and how they're causing problems in cuba about opening a dialogue with the united states. so that's been seen as pretty dramatic. the cuban government is not having a huge rally, not going to sponsor a big event where they bus in thousands of people from all over the country and have raul castro, used to be fidel stand in the middle and give a speech. 200 students from the university in theory did a spontaneous pro-government march in the streets, but remember, what they're talking about here isn't necessarily the reestablishment of relations but return of spies that were in cuba.

so that's the big talk here. i would add, you heard from pundits at cnbc, the business community is eager to get down here. we still have to see changes in cuba itself about rule of law, governance, making sure if you have a problem with a private contractor, there will be enforcement. if the embargo goes away, what happens, at least it is easier for businesses to come in and they don't come in, then the cuban government has to explain why is that. usually because they set up contracts that nobody wants to get involved with. >> pj, "the washington post" editorial board, i am sure you have seen this today, they took issue with the decision yesterday. in recent months the outlook for the castro regime in cuba was growing steadily darker. the modest reforms it adopted in recent years to improve abysmal economic conditions. huge subsidies kept the cast

troes afloat the past decade were in peril. wednesday, castros obtained a comprehensive bailout. what say you to that, pj. >> i think everyone shares the same objective, but there's a means to an end and the reality is strategy over 50 years hasn't reached or achieved the desired objective. i agree with raul that this is going to significantly raise expectations among cuban people, expectations that the government in havana will struggle to meet. this is going to be a slow process. what we are doing first and foremost is being able to have a regular conversation with the cuban government. express our concerns. advance our interests. tell them what they need to do, how the united states may well be in position to help. the embargo is not going to go

away right away. i think the politics is changing regarding cuba policy, but it is going to be a bit of a difficult process. but i do think this is going to -- this removes the crutch that the castro regime exploited over the decades. they're going to have to compete over time, have to explain and deliver to their people and are going to struggle to do that. i think this is a more viable path to get the kind of change in cuba that we all desire. >> senators cruz and rubio, the children that fled to avoid persecution, jeb bush, two term governor of florida, this country's largest cuban t some their posis s on cuba. >> it is absolutely significant, although for the record, marco rubio's parents did not flee cuba because of castro, they fled before the revolution. at the time they fled, castro was still in mexico. that was something he originally told the press and later when the book came out, someone else's book came out, he revised

his story. his parents were immigrants, not exiles. but this puts the issue of cuban american relations squarely into the republican presidential race, and puts the republicans on the defensive on an issue, on an unusual side of the issue for them. remember, republicans and conservatives traditionally believe spread of capitalism brings about free markets and democracy to the world. now you have these people, you have jeb bush, ted cruz, marco rubio arguing that's not true in the case of cuba, we should not pursue relations with cuba. we have seen hillary clinton issue a statement in support of the president's announcement. so far as i understand we haven't heard from rand paul and chris christie, but this will be something that every candidate will face and particularly in a state like florida with strong cuban american community, very politically engaged and growing puerto rican community. >> and hillary's book she wrote, i remember reading this part, she wrote about one of her

greatest disappointments while secretary of state being that -- not getting alan gross released. michelle, supposed to release 53 political prisoners, have you heard anything regarding a timetable? >> reporter: i am struggling to hear you, it is a little muffled. there was positive reaction to return of the prisoners in the united states. discussions about political prisoners, i haven't had any of those. remember, i just arrived this morning. if i could add one thing about what "the washington post" said, related to venezuela, the price of oil has declined dramatically the last several months. startled the world, saudi arabia, this could be connected to the situation with cuba. remember, they have 100,000 barrels a day from venezuela.

venezuela is descending into chaos. had one investor in latin america says it is the future somalia of latin america. it is quite possible because of the situation in venezuela that cuba starts to lose access to that oil that they bartter for and exchange for doctors, et cetera. they need that oil. they could have felt pressure from what's happening there to do a deal, and there's an argument to be made that there could have been more pressure if they waited a little longer to strike the deal, they could have extracted more or better promises from the cuban government about, for example, human rights and prisoners. >> michelle, good to have your insight. thank you for joining us. george, thanks to you. pj, good to see you. thanks for being with me. speaking of oil, russian president vladimir putin blaming the west for the crisis in ukraine and for the russia crumbling economy. [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup.

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and lowest prices in dark green. all of this, all of this with world benchmark price of oil plunging some 50% since june. from $115 a barrel then to under $59 this week. prices rebounded the past couple days to $63 a barrel. joining me, patrick dehon. have we hit bottom on gas prices or is there a chance they could keep falling? we are seeing the market explore the bottom. the market has shown some signs of rebound. the question is, will that be a new floor or will prices dip. it has been more difficult to predict where the floor is because this is not a change in fundamentals that we have seen in the last several months, but this has more to do with change in attitude, mostly from saudis. >> talk to me about not being a

change of fundamentals and change of attitude. >> in the last five years, we have seen arise in u.s. domestic oil production. it has been longer than the recent depletion in oil prices that started in late september. while the long term picture is that production increased, it hasn't been something that just developed in september when oil prices started to fall. either the market ignored it or something else took place. i believe the catalyst was that shift, that sudden shift in the saudi's attitude that not only were they cutting oil prices, others joined the bus. i would say the decline has been supported by change in fundamentals but a lot stems from shift in attitude. >> what could cause oil to start to rise again? just another shift in attitude or more than that? >> certainly. that's a tough call. crystal ball predicting that shift would take place. or if there's a major shakeup in

fundamental supply and demand. we have seen some of that. china is seeing a slow down, talking about a recession in japan, of course, you know, the geopolitical situation may change and that may have an impact. >> how concerned should we be that the low prices mean in terms of global output we are suffering now, is that a concern? >> not too concerned. everybody needs the cash revenue. russia said yesterday they have no changes to production to talk about. i don't believe the supply side will change a lot. prices seem supported, and oil producers are still producing. 1.99 is still an exception, not the norm. will it become the norm? well, it is not looking like it will be. maybe in some of the cheaper gasoline tax states, but i don't believe the national average will come down to that level. >> patrick, thank you.

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in today's first read, many on capitol hill say they're hopeful about normalization of relations between the united states and cuba, others like republican senator marco rubio called a policy shift, quote, profoundly disappointing. republican senator lindsey graham tweeted this. i will do all in my power to block the use of funds to open an embassy in cuba, normalizing relations with cuba is a bad idea at a bad time. joined by nbc news senior editor mark murray. senator rubio said it would be, quote, interesting to see how you'll get an ambassador nominated and an embassy funded in havana. how tough is this road going to be? >> well, having an ambassador that is a power the united states senate has confirming ambassadors to serve posts, with republicans in control of the senate going into next year, it

would be pretty difficult. the funds are a different story. white house press secretary josh earnest said yesterday they believe they already have the money to be able to establish some type of embassy in havana and in cuba, of course it would be a wrangling over that. it seems clear on powers republicans have and not clear on others. >> today's report says we are not sure yesterday's announcement turns out to be a big political player in the long term. that said, cuban american politics still plays an important role in american politics. how does this play out for 2016. >> the short answer is it plays out the way it did in 2008 and 2012. president obama made no bones that he was open to normalizing relations, was against the embargo to cuba. ended up winning florida in 2008 and 2012. actually won the cuban american vote in 2012 by 2 percentage points.

49% to 47%. and one thing that's going on is that younger cubans aren't all that riled up about u.s. cuba policy or past grievances about castros. if it wasn't that big in 2012, unlikely to see it will be big in 2016 but i think in republican primaries, you're seeing more opposition, a bigger story with republicans and they're trying to court donors. >> mark murray, always good to see you. thank you. >> let's bring in congressman barbara lee of california. one of the lawmakers that came back to the united states on the plane with alan gross yesterday. congressman, before we get into the politics of all of this, describe for us what that plane ride was like. >> no, let me correct this. i was not on the plane with alan gross coming back. i was in cuba prior to that. but because of the delay, i had to leave. but i have met with alan gross in cuba four times in jail, and

i got to know alan pretty well. first, i'm so happy and excited he is back home. i want to wish alan and his family happy hanukkah, happy holidays. secondly, let me say it is extremely important to recognize that what the president has moved forward with is really in the united states national interest. 50 years of failed policy really does no good for the united states. so normalizing relations, one gives family reunion i have indication efforts a chance to move forward. it is so important, families can get together on both sides. secondly, important to recognize that american citizens now will be able to travel more freely. we have, should have a right to travel. we can travel to vietnam, travel to china, why not travel to cuba. thirdly, it is important that all of the issues around human rights, guantanamo, all of the major issues that have to be addressed from the american and cuban side, at least through normal relations, you can put

all of the issues on the table, begin to have dialogue to make significant changes. so it is a good day. the president did the right thing. hopefully we can move forward now and really ultimately end the embargo. >> we are getting reaction to wednesday's announcement. she talked to a woman used to live in cuba who is irate over what's happened, very angry at washington. want to play what she said and talk to you on the other side. >> how are you feeling today? >> angry as hell. >> why are you angry? >> because it seems like nobody making decisions in washington checked with the cuban american population that went through so much, with the regime in place now, communism, and they make these decisions and they just seem so naive. >> marco rubio, senator rubio yesterday saying that the white house has conceded everything

and gained little. was the release worth it? >> sure, the release was worth it. remember senator rubio was one of those who led the shut down. we lot of $28 billion. we have to put it in context. the united states made significant progress and there were many issues that the united states wanted to address as it relates to our own intelligence community that began yesterday. i think the united states benefitted in terms of moving forward to be able to put all of the issues that have been such a problem for the united states on the table. >> with regards to the embargo as you know, that requires congressional action. with republicans promising nothing, controlling the upper and lower chamber, what's next for democrats? >> that doesn't mean we do nothing. i have been trying to normalize relations since 1977 and many

have been trying to do that knowing it is in the united states's national interest. the politics will be difficult, but does that mean we continue to be isolated? no, we do everything we can to end the embargo. change takes a while, but we need to come together and recognize that it's in the united states's best interest and it gives us an opportunity to sooner or later engage in economic activity to create jobs and the business community for the most part for many years. the community wanted us to end the embargo. there many benefits in terms of relations and we need to move forward. no one said it would be easy and many of us have been doing that for 50 years of a failed policy doesn't make sense. >> california congresswoman barbara lee. thank you very much. we'll be right back.

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normalize diplomatic relations and it started with the release of alan gross now home after five long years. >> it's great to be back. really. >> all these people who have supported you so long. >> it's been a heck of a trip. it really did bring great comfort to me knowing i was not forgotten. >> and faces of war. our exclusive series as we meet children living with disabili disabilities struggling to survive on the edge of civil war. >> i always feel pain when i mum pell what happened to us and i remember what happened to syria. we can't