the only thing is on amy pascal. pushed back on her and said wait a minute you were the head of a studio. why didn't you produce more movies with women with female leads? >> i'm going to have to suggest amy pascal being the female exec of a movie studio is not actually the norm in hollywood. >> true. but she was the one sitting there talking about it. yeah, and it is fair to say a lot of men could also put women in protagonist roles if they so choose to. i want to play another sound from amy pascal talking about the hack itself and her females that were released. >> you know you read an e-mail. many of the e-mails i wrote between my friends and myself were, you know we've been friends for 30 years. there's no way that you can ever explain the way that you talk with someone, where you just sort of go into meta conversations and sarcasm and role playing and any time i even thought i would try to explain that to anybody, it would just -- didn't work. >> all right, jess. what of the media sensation that was created aroun

amy pascal is resigning as sony motion picture group. will remain with the company with a producing deal. this comes on the heels of a devastating cyberattack on sony. a comedy that centers on an assassination plot. they ordered the attack on north korea and employees, an embarrassing fire storm. it includes thousands of personal e-mails among pascal's inbox. the two joked whether the first african-american president enjoyed movies like "12 years a slave." everyone at this company has been violated and nobody here deserved this, she explained. now powerful executives get and lose jobs all of the time and it's never exactly a tragedy. but a person's career can be derailed by a hacker. not for amy pascal in particular, but everyone living in this creepy era. facebook is a largely public forum. amy pascal's e-mails, as offensive as they were, were supposedly private. we have intimate communications that you believe are private are not, in fact, private. everything you say for younger generations is recordable or accessible by someone. the a

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they are worth and say no, and they will. >> that's great. >> departing sony pictures cochairman amy pascaling last night at the women in the world event in san francisco with tina brown. pascal isn't the only executive who talked about the lessons learned. brad stone talked to a ceo at the tech conference. workers go to post anonymous reviews and salary information about their employers. take a listen. >> one thing i have definitely learned is that everybody makes mistakes. i made lots of mistakes. i have had my share of truthful negative reviews. people very accurately portrayed where i screwed up, and they were right. we have learned and gotten better. >> glassdoor made $70 million from google. a proposal to regulate the open internet. the fcc commissioner has spoken out about this, saying it will open the door to regulation taxation. he will join us next. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west." tom wheeler shared his 22 page proposal for a new and open internet with his four fellow commissioners last week. not everyone was happy with these proposed rules. the public will have t

later on we will have sony picture's former cochair amy pascal, talking for the first time since thetudios massive hacking scandal. she talks about what it was like the days after that massive attack. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. twitter ceo anthony noto's account was hacked this week, the second time he has had issues with his company's product. a few months ago, he sent a private message to his public followers. so how big of a problem is the direct messages if the ceo cannot even figure it out? brad stone asked that question to dick costolo. >> it is being able to take a public conversation private. we believe when you see these public conversations and you participate in them, there is a tremendous use case for taking the conversation to a private channel whether it is between you and a company -- how many times do you see people say i missed my flight at delta, virgin america united, please help me, and they respond. being able to take that context of any public conversation between two accounts to a private channel between one or more of those accounts, we think is a huge opportunity

we are all speculating about who might replace amy pascal or if anyone will replace amy pascal in thellywood about her record mixed feelings about what the consequences of the sony hack really were and how behavior may or may not change in hollywood in the way films are made. there's a lot going on in the industry -- tom: listen i think actors and producers, you can't put 'em all under, you know, one broad brush, but there's a lot of egos, and she damaged a lot of egos, she basically called them out on a lot of their behavior as well. in her opinion. so is she, she's going to have this production company, what -- who's going to want to work for her? who's going to want to produce or act for her? >> oh, i think anybody who's looking to make a movie and needs financing is going to want to work for her. she's got a lot of money at her disposal, and she's got an extraordinary track record with creative people. let me bring up one, i think classic amy pascal story that predates the hack and the, all the bruhaha about the interview and that goes to a movie called "moneyball." she green lit

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amy pascal seems to be putting on a happy face about the change.om the hack? >> i think it's definitely directly related to the hack. she's always been for better or for worse, the public image of studio and the one who took the biggest hit to her public image. there had been speculation last month someone was going to take the fall and most likely it would be her. >> you look at -- according to sony, the hack cost 15$15 million. it complicated the release of a major motion pictures. it sounds like the dollars were made up in the promotion. in terms of the ultimate goals, they seemed successful in derailing a major american motion picture and the studio that produced it. >> right. certainly they disrupted the operations of the major corporation to a stunning degree. and a really crippled the studio. in a way that they're still going to try to recover from you know the fire bomb of their systems. you know, they still have to rebuild the computer systems, rebuild a lot of relationships. both with hollywood as well as beyond, as you can see, you know.

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tonight, the head of sony pictures amy pascal who joked over e-mail who joked over e-mail about president 0obama, tonight, the job is no longer hers. here's abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, the hacking scandal touching everyone from president obama to angelina jolie, now taking down the head of sony pictures entertainment, amy pascal. one of the highest ranking women in hollywood. three months ago, a cyber attack allegedly by north korea, making her private e-mails public including conversations mocking jolie and racially intensity comments involving the president. back then pascal apologizing to civil rights leaders, saying the comments were not an accurate reflection of who i am. >> do you think it's going to be enough to save your job, amy? >> i hope so. >> reporter: but today, sony announcing she is stepping down. was this inevitable? >> i think it was, given the content in the e-mails and given how public this became. >> reporter: now sony says pass pascal will launch a major new production venture at the studio. pascal says "i am energize told

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. >> amy pascal gets completely candid on the sony scandal. >> she's putting hollywood on blast startingds off on the sliding scale between men and women's paychecks, "the insider" investigates hollywood's embarrassing wage gap. >> the women only made 54% of what the men made. >> his name is bond and he's back. we're going inside the making of daniel craig's epic new action. >>> and golden state stefh curry is being called the next kobe bryant and the future of the nba. >> it's a dream come true. >> he shows me his skills off the court in our newlywed game. >> where you first told aisha you loved her. >> let's go inside. >> now, the latest celebrity and pop culture news delivered to you 24/7, it's "the insider" together with yahoo!. >> hollywood on blast. former sony co-chair amy pascal speaks out on her demotion and takes down tinseltown in the process. hello, everybody. >> plus jessica simpson, j. lo, adam levine. our style "insider" lloyd boston goes inside the star branding phenomenon at new york fashion week. >> right now, back to amy pascal. at the center of the infamous leaked son

i'd buy the next place amy pascal works and fire her. >> oh ow. our tickets are, 11 15 25 54 the powerball football was 19. 33 players whose tickets match the powerball. a lot of people with new money. >> wait for it. they won. >> how much? >> are they retiring? >> they won $4. >> i think that's enough to buy a bottle of gift woo in. >> i don't think that covered the tickets is there that breaks down, though if you are counting. 40 cents each for that team. i'm so happy for you guys. >> we got zero. >> i'd rather have zero. >> nothing. >> here's your 46. buys you a little bubble gum. >> does it? >> you can put the quarter in those machines. >> let's have a moment of honesty. you have that big pot you hear you've won. are you a little disappointed that two other people won? >> no. >> i am. >> why? >> i want it all. or you can have it. i want it all. >> that's surprising. you are not that kind of guy. >> that surprises me. >> no i'm saying you accept the prize, obviously, you go oh. >> do you think christina would agree to that? >> she's killer. >> i

sony studio chief amy pascal demoted? and will "nightly news" anchor brian williams be next?dom. >> back to amy pascal. is she the first casualty of the sony e-mail hack, or did she actually get the better end of the deal? tmz reported a vote of confidence from the co-stars of "the interview" but it was not enough to save pascal. two months later, she's no longer sony pictures co-chair.

now amy pascal, has been fired perhaps. what do these hackers want? >> it is unclear.hem is looking at this question very carefully. we will say one thing, we know they wanted a lot of information. we do not know exactly what they want to do with it. but they wanted a lot of it and they wanted to keep their options open. this is pretty standard for hacking attacks. if you have access to a company that has not secured its stata center properly, an individual or a small group of individuals who have access to 80 million social security numbers you will take all of it and sort it out later. some of the tools indicate this could be state-sponsored attackers but they are certainly sophisticated attackers. >> and they got it bloomberg west will be right back. ♪ emily: founder, ceo, mad scientist. max levchin is one of silicon valley's most iconic entrepreneurs. he has played a role in some of tech's biggest successes, from yahoo! to yelp. today, you can find him in his innovation lab, tackling issues like fertility, health care, and banking. many years ago, max levchin had n

amy pascal will depart.tory next. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse" live on bloomberg tv and streaming on the ipad and bloomberg.com. >> let's take a look at today's company stories. moving away from the hack attack amy pascal is stepping down from her role at sony pictures. she faced criticism after the hackers made public her jokes about president obama. she is going to start her own production venture. >> coming up, another demonstration in greece. this time in support of the government. we talk about their home coming to athens after the break. ♪ francine: welcome back to "the pulse." live from london. i'm francine lacqua. guy: i'm guy johnson. francine: angela merkel and francois hollande travel to moscow to present a peace proposal to vladimir putin to halt fighting in eastern ukraine. merkel and hollande met petro poroshenko in kiev yesterday. poroshenko also met with john kerry. guy: greek leaders rethinking their strategy after finance minister yanis varoufakis and his german counterpart wolfgang sha

. >>> the "los angeles times" says the curtain is coming down on co-chair amy pascal.hows us how her role in hollywood went wildly off script. ep>> rorter: as one of the movie industry's longest serving studio heads amy pascal produced scores of hits and worked with hollywood a-listers such as cameron diaz, george clooney, and brat pit turning out films such as "moneyball" and james bond franchises. but in november sony was hit with a massive cyber attack launched by hackers linked to north korea. the attack allegedly a response to sony's slapstick comedy "the interview" which included a plot to assassinate the country's leader. private e-mails were linked online including embarrassing comments made by pascal. she openly criticized top hollywood talent such as angelina jolie and in one exchange she and scott rudin made racially public remarks. she quickly issued an apology and held a meeting with african-american leaders expressing her commitment to change the culture in hollywood but in the end it was not enough to save her job. >> the apologizing amy pascal attempted

. >>> amy pascal is stepping down. sony pictures from releasing the interview. e-mails from amy pascal were among those exposed including comments about big names in hollywood and president obama. she kept a low profile since then and she isn't leaving the company. she will be involved in new production -- in a new production venture. >>> the meed, jordan -- most is, jordan is strike -- most is, jordan is striking back middle east, jordan is striking back. the fighter jet destroyed isis fighting centers. the united states is moving search and rescue aircraft closer to battle fields. president obama reud his condemnation saying it betrays islam. . >> brutal vicious. in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts. >> an official called isis an enemy of god. >>> the head of the food and drug administration is calling it quits after six years. in a letter today she said the agency has improved the safety of food and medical products and made it faster for new drugs and procedures to win clearance. the resignation wil

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sounds good. >>> tomorrower sony exec amy pascal speaking out for the first type since her e-mails wereking scandal. very interesting to hear from amy. >> and getting a lot of play this morning. her name's been everywhere in hollywood and beyond the i said is the hack attack. she was speaking at a world summit in san francisco. she didn't hold back. she addressed everything from the movie that triggered the hack to how women in the industry are and should be paid. >> nagging in e the back of my mind saying they don't have our e-mails right? >> amy pascal speaking for the first time stepping down as head of sony pictures. >> there was this horrible moment where i realized there was absolutely nothing at all that i could do about whether i'd hurt people whether i'd betrayed people whether i'd said things that i didn't mean. >> e-mails leaked by the cyber attackers revealed insensitive comments about president obama and angelina jolie as well as a pay gap that undervalued many of sony's biggest female stars. her response? >> i run a business. people want to work for less money, i'll pay th

just last week the co-chair of sony pictures amy pascal stepped down.'s group she now concedes she was indeed fired but was largely unapologetic for the e-mails that mocked everyone from president obama to angelina jolie. this chummy exchange with scott gruden blasted actress jolie as a minimally talented spoiled brought. that was followed a couple of days later with this icy encounter between pascal and angelina jolie. the leaked e-mails also revealed that women like actress jennifer lawrence were paid less than men. here's what pascal told the women in the world conference about that. >> i run a business. people want to work for less money, i'll pay them less money. i don't call them up and go can i give you some more because that's not what you do when you run a business. the truth is what women have to do is not work for less money. they have to walk away. people shouldn't be so grateful for jobs. >> brian stelter is our senior media correspondent and host of cnn's reliable sources. i was actually pretty surprised by her frankness. >> reporter: i wa

>>> sony chief amy pascal at it again. what she said about the hacks that took down her company and calls hollywood stars, quote bottomless pits of need. so nice. >>> he is the face of hbo hit series "entourage.." adrian grenier is going behind the camera. he will join us exclusively this hour, we promise. we promise. even when they say it's not it is always about money. deirdre: the economy versus your wallet. "fox news poll" reveals that americans believe things are getting better, just not when it comes to their own home. the number of people saying the country is still in recession is down more than 20% from 2010. but however, nearly half of respondents are just able to pay their own bills. let's bring in today's panel. taking a seat as we speak, fox business's own charlie gasparino. tons of time, tons of time. you are so early. everybody hear him walking in? >> couldn't have timed that better. >> perfect. >> blame neil cavuto. don't blame me. managing editor. melissa: not blaming anyone. tony sayegh from jamestown ass

amy pascal says she is starting a new production venture at a studio. this comes three months after that massive hack that leaked her and other executives' private emails and some of those emails were critical of sony stars. >>> the man who flew a small drone that crash-landed at the white house could face charges. authorities want the u.s. attorney to prosecute sean usman for violating national defense airspace. the violation normally applies to aircraft not small drones. but it's against the law to fly drones in washington. usman allegedly meant to fly the drone just outside of his d.c. apartment. but it took off towards the white house. >>> president obama touched on isis at the national prayer breakfast this morning in washington. he said the terrorists twist religion using it as a weapon. >> no god condones terror. no grievance justifies the taking of innocent lives or the oppression of those who are weaker or fewer in number. >> the annual gathering draws faith leaders from around the country. this year, the president also welcomed the dalai lama.

and amy pascal may have been upset but she has a platform to speak out and she has been and i applaud patricia arcet to use the oscars to shame hollywood and american companies not trying to deal with this issue. but i will say it is a step by step process. because as you did say, it is the bottom line. and if someone will take less money, it is their job. we women have to hold ourselves accountable to make sure we get our value and we have to be smart and negotiate and can't fall into the traps that we fall into every day at the negotiating table. >> and we were talking about the difficult of talking about this and what about the other rights and inequality for gender and sexual minorities and i was talking to colleagues out here saying well what about my fight in this. how do you talk about equal pay with women without stumbling into the minefield. >> they are the traps. and they lead to the same types of discrimination. very different issues but all very real issues and one should not discount the other. but the mistakes women make at the negotiating table and you could see how mon

up next, amy pascal breaking her silence on the hacking scandal after more or less being fired from herost at sony. what she had to say in a moment. "squawk alley" is going to be right back. tomorrow. tomorrow. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had a liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. new car replacement is just one of the features that come standard with a base liberty mutual policy. and for drivers with accident forgivness,rates won't go up due to your first accident. learn more by calling switch to liberty mutual and you can save up to $423. for a free quote today,call liberty mutual insurance at see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >>> welcome back. in case you missed it amy pascal breaking her silence over the sony hacking scandal at the women

that there was absolutely nothing, at all, that i could do. >> reporter: former sony executive amy pascal candid and on camera for the first time since her epic fall from grace, busted after racially charged jokes about president obama, e-mail exchanges calling angelina jolie a talentless spoiled brat were leak on line. >> the first personally talk to was angie after that e-mail. everybody understood because we all live in this weird thing together called hollywood. >> reporter: also trending get ready, 50 shades of gray steamy w magazine shoot. >> my tastes are very singular. >> reporter: jamie darnan has got to be talking about dakota johnson who stripped down for the sectiony shoot. fifty shade become valentines day weekend top movie of all time in advanced ticket sales. next up, james bond is back here's your first look at spector. >> action... >> my goodness i can't wait to see double 07. it will be awesome. >> question is michael what about 50 shades of gray. >> you know what, we had a bunch of ladies see the movie and they say it is very sexy. i will go see that move which my girl

amy pascal one of the casualties of the sevenny hack which exposed -- the sony hack which exposed thee women to demand equal pay. listen to this. >> i run a business. people want to work for less money, i'll pay them less money. i don't call them up and go can i give you some more? because that's not what you do when you run a business. the truth is what women have to do is not work for less money. they have to walk away. people should know what they're worth and say no. and they will. [applause] >> that's great. >> she's grating. >> one actress who -- [laughter] >> weighing in on amy pascal's performance, she gets an f. >> she ran a company? >> one actress who did take a stand, by the way was charlize theron after learning her costar was making more than she was for the upcoming film "the huntsman," she renegotiated her deal and landed one more than $10 million, the same as the dude. >> there you go. >> is it the executive's responsibility to help? >> no. i think she made a great point. i remember growing up, i remember the waitresses at the restaurant used to complain when they want

. >>> sony's cochair amy pascal is stepping down. her removeal has been speculated about since the november hacking. pascal, who has led the studio for over a decade b will step aside in may and launch a new company paid for by sony. she wrote, i have spent almost any entire professional life at sony. >>> during politics president obama stirred up controversy at the national prayer breakfast on thursday. speaking about extremism, the president challenged christians to reflect on there are narnlg hoer hoer. >> aisis a brutal death cult that in the name of religious carries out unspeakable accounts of barbarianism. the strength the profound good the tenacity the compassion and love, it can flow from all of our faiths. operating alongside those who seek to hijack religious for their own murder ascents. humanity has been grapple with this through -- we get on our high horse. people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country, slavery and jim crowe all too often was justified in the name of christ. >>> so critics

head of sony pictures amy pascal is stepping down. cheryl is not going anywhere. and she well be staying with the company in some capacity so all kinds of things happening. >> yes come as we were talking the breaking news that we saw she is staying. as i mentioned before she has proven to be a strong financial performer when it came to the studios. she has improved the earnings for sony overall and i'm assuming that they said wait a minute, we need to keep her in the production capacity. so she's going to start a production company at the studio in may of 2015 sony does releasing a statement, her own venture and her own production company under the umbrella of sony pictures. so could this be contractual? welcome it could be. any of these ceos many of them are in a contract and there could be something going on there. tom: it has to be a sweet deal for her to say yes i'm going to do that. so she is winding up with an opportunity that is probably too good to be passing up. so okay, let's talk about golf. what about caddies? they are saying that they are forced to we

. >>> amy pascal is in hot water again.tted she was fired by sony over controversial statements revealed in an infamous data hack which included -- which included racially charged jokes about president obama. when speaking at a conference just thick weeks week on the subject of women in hollywood paid less in tinseltown pascal said "i run a business. people want to work for less money, i pay them less money." blaming actresses and actors for their gender pay gap. many agree with joan walsh who tweeted, hey, amy pascal you can tell them they're asking for less than male peers and pay them more. i did." valentine valentine's day tomorrow also trending. galentin galentine's day to celebrate friendships today, was today. you're making a trend by sharing galentine's like this on social media. that's girl power. speaking of love power, "50 shades of grey" opens in the u.s. where it's breaking record. the erotic movie based on the bestselling book had its premiere on wednesday. here's reaction to the overwhelming response. >> remi

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tom rothman will officially succeed amy pascal. was the head of tristar and the former longtime co-leader of 20th century fox's entertainment division. amy pascal out after the drama that revealed a whole bunch of very controversial e-mails from her, to her where she was apparently dissing certain actresses and certain producers and all kinds of stuff. you see sony is up about two and three-quarters percent today. >>> closing bell, we are 30 minutes away. actually about 38 minutes away. major banks are seeing big profits from trading. didn't we just hear new regulation was strangling trading? those complaints coming from big bankers? charlie gasparino has all the details and the players involved. >>> plus, the housing market back in recovery mode or hard hi? is there another set of headwinds to come? david blitzer, chairman of the s&p/dow jones index committee, he joins me next with his analysis based on the case shiller housing data that surprised to the upside today. ♪ ♪ you just got a big bump in miles. so this is a great opport

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amy pascal stepped down three months after the massive attack revealing embarrassing e-mails co-chair of the company and head of the film studio. shell launch a major new production venture focused on movies television and theater. >> would you be willing to pay extra to film potholes and repair california crumbling roads? a state lawmakers is proposing a new fee on drivers to raise the money. matt is running the land past the drivers. matt i can get what they are saying. >> you can. the roads are a problem and they are enduring a backlog of $59 billion if repairs across the state. >> bay area traffic takes its toll on the roads. in turn, the state take as toll and fees and taxes from you to help pay for road repairs. assembly speaker is roping another fee to raise $2 billion to fix california's crumbling roads bridges and highways. most drivers with pay $52 a year a buck a week but no matter how little it costs drivers we spoke with are not happy abut the possibility of paying more. >> we pay enough in taxes. if they would use the money more wisely, they could maintain the roads. >>

. >>> three months after an embarrassing cyber attack crippled sony pictures co-chairman amy pascal is stepping down. pascal plans to launch a new production company focusing on movies, tv, and theater. she came under fire for racist remarks. she speculated on president obama's choice of movies. it came to light in leaked e-mails. >> and, anne-marie, the original burger king has been sold to a new owner. this burger king opened almost 60 years ago in mattoon, illinois, before the well known national chain came into existence. the owners trademarked the name in illinois. the chain, though and the solo eatery ended up in court. in 1968 the chain won giving it the right to name its restaurant burger king everywhere except mattoon. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> straight ahead, cooking confidential. a kitchen expert shows us why some common household foods do better out of the refrigerator. now bladder leaks can feel like no big deal. visit alwaysdiscreet.com for coupons and your free sample. dance more, save more. when you buy new always discreet at

amy pascal cochair of sony pictures entertainment and the executive oversaw is controversial film "the interview" will now step down. the cyber attack as you recall was one of the biggest in corporate history leaking thousands of e-mails, many of them embarrassing. pascal will leave her post in may. >>> after the close of trading, twitter surprised investors with its fourth quarter results. the company earning 12 cents a share doubling wall street estimates. revenue was about $480 million easily topped consensus as well. shares surged initially in after hours trading. julia boorstin has the one big takeaway from twitter's results. >> reporter: twitter is making a lot more money even if it's not adding a lot more users. the company finishing the quarter with 288 million monthly active users up 20% from a year earlier but means it added 4 million users over the quarter, fewer than wall street expected. that means twitter is making a lot more money on its existing user base with the amount twitter makes for every timeline views growing 60% over the past year. bolsters ad business by givin

company co-chair amy pascal will step down in order to launch a new production venture at the studio. >>> radioshack almost 100 years old filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the electronics retailer has suffered from losses many years and warned of a possible bankru the go to joint for consumer electronics, but more recent times three struggled, a lot of competition from the big box stores and online shopping. the fort worth, texas company said it's going to sell up to 2,400 stores and shut down the rest. >>> today a beer pong rapist was found guilty of sexually assaulting fourmen on four different occasions. joey poindexter met his victims at beer pong tournaments in 2011 and 2012. the four victims were so in compass tainted they did not even realized -- incapacitated they did not even realize they had been assaulted until they were shown the video. there are two dozen more victims police have not been able to identify. here's state's attorney john mccarthy. >> if you are familiar with this gentleman and were involved in a drunking session where you wound up at his home, you may want to

. >>> could this be the final thaw out amy pennsylvania pascal steps down plus kardashians are cancelin the world of kardashian, the insider's michael yo joins us from l.a. with more on that and rest of the news in entertainment. hello there michael. >> gone but not out is amy pascal the first casualty of sony a's e-mail scandal. we will break it right now down here's the insider in 60 seconds. >> do you want to kill kim jong un. >> totally. >> thank you for having us here. >> a vote of confidence from the the co stars of the interview were not enough to save pascal less than two months later she's out at sony pictures as co-chairman but will remain as a producer. amy was at center of sony's unprecedented sign's tack in which racist e-mails were leaked targeting president obama. the also trending an update on whitney houston's daughter. >> how is bobbi kristina doing. >> reporter: as relatives gathered by her side bobbi kristina is in a medically induced comb a the man who found bobby's body was recently hit with felony drug charges. >>> also trending, is there a kardashian cancellati

in another hacking casualty today, amy pascal announced her resignation as cochair of sony pictures. perhaps the most powerful woman in hollywood pascal saw her sensitive e-mails about stars and president obama dumped into public view. the f.b.i. says the hack came from north korea, which was angered by a sony movie about the assassination of its dictator. tonight, european leaders and secretary of state john kerry are in ukraine to stop a revolution. the white house is considering sending weapons to ukraine to fight the rebels in the eastern part of the country rebels who are backed by russia. elizabeth palmer discovered what the ukrainians are up against. >> reporter: to the ukrainian army, this road is everything right now. it's their only supply line to the epicenter of heavy fighting where they're under blistering attack from russian-backed separatists. we're about 10 miles north of the front line. there's very little civilian traffic. most people have left, and there's almost constant exchange of heavy artillery fire. the ukrainians are dug in on both sides of the road, conceal

amy pascal will stay at the company but apparently have a new role. sony says she will focus more on movies, television and theater. she came under fire at the end of last year after emails were leaks online. >>> a bay area high school gets a heartbreaking calm. their school dance is cancelled because of the mayor. how he is making it up to them in a big way. >> a teenaged girl just saw her father get hit by a car. the cruel response that has landed a 911 operator in some hot water. >> the thing that talks to me and all the guys i couldn't say. >> the number one movie in the country but tonight how the american sniper fame is shaking up a real-life murder trial. >>> tonight a survivor says he knew something was wrong moments before a taiwan plane plunged from the sky. crews found the plane's black boxes overnight. they lifted more wreckage from the water today as divers searched for the remaining 11 people on board. at least 32 people were killed and 15 survived. one 72-year-old survivor says he knew something was wrong with the engine soon after take