hacking scandal, a list of actresses who want a role in the remake of "ghostbusters" and sony co-chairman amy pascal's take on movie deals with screen writer aaron sorkin. she already apologized for e-mails exchanged with producer scott rudin that included racially tinged speculation about president obama's taste in movies. >> i certainly think that the decision ms. pascal made to apologize was the right one. >> reporter: after two weeks little is known about who's behind the cyber attack. sony's not commenting on the investigation. the north korean government angry over the release of "the interview" denies any involvement. and some cyber security experts believe there's a chance a current or former employee at sony could be involved. >> the scope and depth of the data collected as well as the type of data is that that someone in i.t. or in the security team would have access to. >> reporter: hackers are relying on media outlets to publish the documents. creating unethical dilemma for journalists. the editor of "variety" compares the cyber attack to the recent leak of naked celebrity photos. >> i don

like the e-mail exchange between sony co-chairman amy pascal and movie producer scoot rudin, reported by buzz feed. in it racially tense speculation about president obama's taste in movies. today amy pascal issued an apology saying in part, the content of my e-mails to scott were insensitive and inappropriate, but are not an accurate reflection of who i am. rudin apologized as well. private e-mails written in haste can result in offense where none was intended. i am deeply sorry. across hollywood e-mails are drying up. and the phones are ringing again. >> they know if there's anything sensitive or anything that they don't want to be read by the whole world, they're shifting those conversations to the phone. >> reporter: but this hack is not just e-mail. ed lee is the managing editor of the tech website recode which partners with nbc news. they have access to the documents. >> the hackers they claim they downloaded almost 100 terabytes of data. reams and reams of it. >> reporter: 100 terabytes are equal to 100,000 gigabytes, or roughly the data that can be stored in 781 of the most exp

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scott gruden and sony co-chairman amy pascal issued apologies say they were insensitive.-mails showed them making jokes about what types of movies the president might like and they mentioned a series of films with african-american cast, two years have slaves, think like a man, thinks like that. >> he is same producer who called angelina jolie a spoiled brat in another leak. >> yes he is kind of rude that ruden. pascal was asking him for tips on how to make small talk with the president and then it divulge into this off collar line of joking. >> awful. >> kevin hart was called out by an executive as well in some e-mails as being honey hungry but they didn't use that particular phrase they used the word whore to describe him. >> isn't that horrible. >> he instagramed saying that knowing yourself worthies extremely important. i work very hard to get where i a am today. he goes on to say i look at myself as a brand, and because of that i will never allow myself to be taken advantage of. >> good for kevin. >> 5:26. do you know what the proper way to wrap a gift at. >> i'm so b

scott ridley and sony co-chairman amy pascal have both issued apologies. they made jokes about what types of movie the president might like and mentioned a series of film with african-american casts. they now, call the remarks insensitive. he also apologized for calling angelina jolie a quote spoiled brat and another leak e-mail. >>> how about this, we will take a look at the the other e-mails here, comedian kevin hart was called out by execute any of some e-mails as being money hungry. he responded on instagram in part saying knowing yourself worthies extremely important, people, i worked very hard to get where i am today. he also goes on to say and say i look at myself as a brand and because of that i will never allow myself to be taken advantage of. remember this video, in high school football game goes to high court what the judge had to say straight ahead. >>> the flyers are a team they are trying to find an identity and right new they are a team that has trouble scoring but last night they got enough. lets go to the wells fargo center, one to nothing

. >> producers scott ruden and sony co-chairman amy pascal have both issued apologies saying their remarks were insensitive. their e-mails show them about what types of movies the president might like and they mentioned films with african-american casting. ruden is same produce shore called angelina jolie a spoiled brat in another leak e-mail. comedian kevin hart was called out by an executive as being money hungry and he responded on instagram in part saying knowing yourself worthies extremely important. i work very hard to get where i am today. he also goes on to say i look at myself as a brand and because of that i will never allow myself to be taken advantage of, good for kevin. >>> 6:21. in southern california four little boys are a safe this morning their father behind bars, we will show you scene of the freeway in the los angeles area in just a minute. four three-year old daniel perez kidnaped his young sons after killing their mother after searching for several days, officers, found the body of erika perez in the trunk of the car about 12 hours later, here is, police spotted daniel

producer scott ruden and sony co-chairman amy pascal said their words were insensitive and inappropriatet ruden called angelina jolie a spoiled brat and called her talentless there were e-mails about president obama and kevin hart and a little bit racist comments they said they were just joking about the the president and kevin, but little off color good we did have big apologies. >> we want to know what you thought were big apologies too. we want to know your opinion. >> good day, it is tuesday december 30th, 2013, here we go. >> reporter: several bodies have been recovered in the area where missing air asia flight 8501 was last seen. we will tell you where the search effort stand, next dawn. >> reporter: president obama in the hot seat his love for golf interrupts the couple's love for each other, why the president is apologizing to a pair of newlyweds this morning, alex. >> and a oprah, dethroned. the media goddess is no longester the world's richest african-american women. we will tell you who is taking her place this morning. >> she's no longer the world's richest black woman becaus

reported e-mail published by buzz feed industry mega producer scott rudin and sony pictures co-chairman amy pascal discuss an upcoming event with president obama. said should i ask him if he liked django? >> or "the butler." >> she said, "ride along." i bet he likes kevin hart. "grey's anatomy" creator shonda rhime s suggests it was clearly racist. you can put a cherry on a pile of bleep but it don't make it a sundae. damage control. in a statement pascal said, i accept full responsibility for what i wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended. rudin also apologized, saying the e-mails were meant to only be funny but in the cold light of day they are, in fact, thoughtless and insensitive. the revelations are more than just an embarrassment for sony. >> the studio wants to control the information but with its confidential financial information out on the blocks, that's no longer the case. >> reporter: and the leaks might continue. a massive amount of information was hacked and only a small portion has been leaked so far. in a new interview with the wrap pascal said she wouldn't wish this on he

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he, the chairman, has he met with embattled executive amy pascal? fox business has put those questions to sony just a short time ago. and that terrorist attack in australia sending chills around the world. are law enforcement agencies virtually defenseless against the threat of so-called lone wolf terrorists? right now the markets are down, but off their earlier levels, so let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ liz: so about four minutes ago we checked on oil, melissa did it at the exact psalm time, below -- same time, below $56 a barrel and that, of course, is really confusing the markets right now. markets today have decided sliding oil prices are not a good thing -- today. global tensions are really worrying investors out there. let's take a look at the vixx, the volatility index. it had its biggest intraday swing in over three years. just over a week until christmas, will we ever see a santa claus rally this year? traders at the new york stock exchange, the cme group and the nymex. scott redler, let's just quickly talk about the fact that the volatili

now interesting, the other executive, the co-chairman of sony, amy pascal, she acts a little differenther, we'll talk about that in a second, her statement. i'm not a victim here, i'm going to be fine. it's really hard on our employees. the social security numbers are on display, it's important not to forget that a crime was committed and that this is a whole new way of the world. mel, talk to me about the legal aspect of this. because are we underestimating how significant of a mess this is going to be for sony? >> you know, michaela, good morning, it's an excellent question and dawn, good morning to you, too. dawn used a word i found to be really apropos, the number of lawsuits is breathtaking. we are in very new territory in terms of the jurisprudence, forget about the emails and the salacious nature of that. sony has a legal obligation to protect corporate information, particularly medical records. and social security numbers of employees. so they might be liable if they did not use reasonable care from actions of these kinds of breaches. if they're using enterprise-level software,

amy pascal, is she the president? >> she is the co-chair, the highest ranking chairman. >> she bumps into angelina jolie, who already knowsn called a minimally talented brat, i mean, if looks could kill, let me tell you, amy would be lying on the floor. but as we go forward with this thing what is going to happen to e-mails in general? are people going to stop using them? >> that picture was actually from a hollywood reporter event earlier this week. i was actually standing near there. but i think -- actually this is going to change the culture of hollywood. i think everyone around town is now thinking about the things that they put in e-mails, and the things that they may not want publicized, maybe talking candidly about an actor, maybe getting angry at someone, saying something they didn't really mean. those type of discussions are all happening right now. and this hack is really going to change things. >> you know what is interesting, it occurs to me you know we found out the nasa was collecting and doing all this data collecting and adding e-mails and phone records and everything else. then you start saying to yoursel

pascal. >> she's the co-chairman, highest ranking creative person. >> okay she bumps into angelina jolie. if looks could kill let me tell you, amyng on the floor. as we go forward with this thing what's going to happen to e-mails in general. are people going to stop using them? >> that picture was from a hollywood reporter event earlier this week. i was standing near there. i think this will change the culture of hollywood. saying maybe i should stop doing this, you would think that people in hollywood would, you know, understand they can't use regular e-mail because people put the name and .com how could they be so stupid to engage in this kind of discussion by e-mail. did they think it was private? >> you know what, people do these things. think about your inbox. think about my e-mail. everyone has casual conversations via e-mail and you don't think of the ramifications of. would anyone wanttjç their inbo splashed in the new york times i don't know. >> we have iran, north korea, kim jong-un saying we didn't do it. now iran. where did that come from. >> i impolitic in these kiend of attacks. nrz there's a film about the leader

. >> sony film executive amy pascal says she still has support, even of being criticized for racial jokes targeting president obama. pascal is the co-chairmans entertainment. she hasn't offered to resign and doesn't want the sign air tack to be defined by the release of private emails. in an email exchange with producer scott rudin, she joked about what films the president might like. he mentioned "django unchained." one billion sold, that's what taco bell says about its popular doritos taco the that's about three for every man, woman and child in the u.s. the restaurant says that number of crunchy snacks would stretch from new york to los angeles 37 times. >> gross. >> taco bell is owned by yum brands t. introduced the offering in 2012. it's been a hit, to say the least. >> oh, i could eat taco bell in my student dining card when i was in college, and i've never been able to touch it since. >> probably still in your stomach. >> no, it's gone. on to washington, the house has gone home, but before they left they pulled the pin out of a grenade and tossed it to the senate. spending bill that is most a continuation resolution and omnibus allow