as far as america is concerned, when we drop bombs on iraq because they have weapons of mass destruction that they never had, what do we say? sorry? the people that did this are war criminals. alberto gonzalez included. i think they should be punished for it. i think that these are regular people like us. not any better or worse than we are. from "the washington post." that is a little bit from "the washington post." you probably saw the live tweeting that she was doing yesterday while john brennan was speaking. vincent is in new hampshire. thank you for giving me this opportunity. i would like to address some of the earlier calls. was a skew ine facts. we seem to be switching topics back and forth. this happened post-9/11. time, we had a huge threat to our national security. we were very naive at the time. official in was washington was trying so hard to make sure something like this would not happen again. -- this was a mistake that we made. we had good intentions. this is part of our history that we are not going to do again. it is controversial. that theo remember toentions were not

. >> reporter: as far as america you, that's where louie died in action.in reality, louie would spend 47 terrifying days and nights aboard that life raft drifting with his two comrades across the pacific. >> i think louie's survival came down to a tremendous act of will. >> reporter: laura hillenbrand is the author of "unbroken" a world war ii story of revooifrl and redemption. it is now on major motion picture with a christmas release directed by angelina jolie to tell zamparini's story, jolie interviewed him hundreds of times. >> he told me that it never once crossed his mind in the time he was out there that he was going to die. which is almost irrational. >> and even one of the other guys with him on the very first day was saying, we're going to die, we're going to die. >> and that man did die. >> reporter: louie survived and what happened next was even worse than being lost at sea. his body weight have -- he would be tortured, starved, experimented on, one particularly sadistic for meanter was a camp commandant, aka the bird. >> if i stared in his eye

. >> so having said that, john, how damaging is this torture report, as far as america's role on theage? >> it certainly degrades a lot of the values that we talk about that you showed very well in that clip that showed george w. bush declaring that torture is evil, and it's very easy for other countries to look at the united states and call it hypocritical, but it's important to remember that when foreign nations do this, we're doing it for domestic consumption, and that shouldn't sway us from reflecting on our own political system and trying to make it better. >> so reverend, have we sent a strong enough message that most americans think torture is wrong or does more need to be done? do heads need to roll? >> i think we sent a really strong message. by international standards, of course, impunity is something that we're going to have to address as a nation, the administration and the department of justice have said they will not prosecute, but i think we have actually come to terms with the fact that the united states acted wrongly and immorally. the best way for us to move forward

general allen in the "wall street journal" said as far as america is concerned, assad is dead. erica doesn't want to build up assad. in fact, they are doing as much as they can economically to embargo the country and to weaken assad as they are bombing the main opposition centers in syria that belong to at a time jihadist, al-qaeda and isis. >> what you are saying is the battle against isil has fundamentally changed the context in which the international world sees the conflict within syria, itself? >> yes. it does. i mean, in a sense, the united states now sees assad government as a bullwells fargo bank against isis and nusra. were he to fall tomorrow, the chances are that the jihadist would take damascus and all of the other major cities. it would be difficult to get them out of that. so even though the united states abhors assad, they do not want to see him talk but they don't have to have peace talks with him and are unlikely to recognize this russian drive and try to give it any kind of push that might be necessary to make it successful or even begin to be successful. so, i

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. >> as far as we know, that was the first time that has ever happened in the united states of america. when the cia director gave a public televised press conference, we've been scouering the archives all day and asking the reporters who know these things, but as far as we can tell, we think that this is the first time a cia director has ever done that. director john brennan speaking today. we will have more on that ahead. and to the points you don't see much of. this happens sometimes in congress, but not very much of. this is a hearing in the united states senate. they're interviewing a witness at this moment in the hearing, but you cannot see that witness because the witness is hidden behind that screen next to the black drape. at the time of this hearing in 2009, that witness could not reveal his face to the public. he was a special agent with the fbi. his name is ali soufan. he is the guy who uncovered the first solid link between 9/11 and al qaeda. he accomplished a that because he was a highly skilled, highly experienced interrogator for the fbi and that is his job to get infor

many people have said before, we have a problem and america as far as jobs are concerned.need to get workers to fit those positions. we really have to decide which direction we want to go. i'm only 35 years old but when i was coming up, these low-wage jobs were for teenagers and people trying to get skills for working. on top of that, even for a part-time job, they might work payhe box stores, jobs that better than minimum wage but now it's like everybody is forced into working minimum-wage jobs because they don't have the skills for other positions. i think we have to decide which way we will go. norm, ifs the new adults are going to be working minimum-wage jobs, then yes, we have to raise the rates. if not, the only other thing we can choose is to make sure they have the skills to have better part-time jobs or other things to supplement their income. host: from twitter -- carl from hollis, new york, independent line. caller: good morning. why would the federal government want to raise the minimum wage? it's because it would put them over a certain threshold that would di

successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevenn an attack on america? >> as farwhat happens if, in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations ft we, c.i.a., are not in the detention program. we are not con testimony plating at all getting back in the detention program. so i defer to the policymakers in future times when there is going to be the heed to be able to ensure that this country stays safe. if we face sm type of crisis. >> this is why those opposed to torture think it's important for there to be acounselblety. even if the current president has fore sworn torture, there will be another president in two years. the idea of a categorical prohibition in torture like those in treaties, is that it is, in fact, categorical. that's why prosecution or some kind of accountability is so necessary. k did that stick out to you? >> in war, every soldier knows, you don't follow out an illegal order. even though the prohibition on torture is absolute, it exists in time of peace,

. >> as far as we know that was the first time that has ever happened in the united states of americaen the cia director today gave a public televised press conference, including taking questions from the press corps, we have been scouring the archives all day, and asking reporters who know these things, but as far as we can tell, we think this is the first time a cia director has ever done that on any subject. director john brennan taking questions publicly in a televised press conference about the torture report. we will have plmore on that ahe. and to the point, things you don't see much of, this happens sometimes but not very often. this shearing in the united states senate. see that big black drape there., but you cannot hear them. it is behind that black screen. that witness could not reveal his face to the public. he was a special agent to the fbi. his name is ali suffant. he uncovered the first solid link between 9/11 and al qaeda. he accomplished that because he was a highly skilled interrogator. he got information from people we desperately needed to talk. he was sent to int

successors to say, we should do this because there could be some value to prevent an attack on america? >> as far as what happens in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations, and we, cia, we are not in the detention program. we are not contemplating at all getting back into the detention program and using any of the policies, but i do not contemplate a time in the future to ensure that this country stays safe, or if we face a similar crisis. >> and that is why those who have propose torture morally have accountability. because if there is a president who will be newly sworn in two years, who knows what type of situation would precipitate in the future. and for those that we are going to be needed for accountability. and joining me is steven hawk who is director of the nec international, and did that response stick out the you? >> absolutely. in war, every soldier knows that you do not follow an illegal order. and it depends what the policy makerres tell us, and even if the prohibition is absolute, it ex

the haitian revolution, a lot of haitian slave owners as well as the mixed race class moved to north america. and settled in mobile. as far we can glean they are descended from that class. they are deeply immersed in the afro-creole class and their traditions. >> the third question, is your book going to be turned into an audio book? >> that's a good question. oxford university press, if you are watching, please turn my book into an audio book. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> were you able to get the court records of the trial? do they exist? >> excellent question . some of the key pieces of the court records were missing. other good parts were there. what i found is that the court stenographers, such as they were, basically summarized what was going on. and really the best blow by blow accounts are from all of the reporters. i don't know how they did it. it's clearly different reporters at each of new orleans seven newspapers and each is different enough you know somebody different is transcribing it but similar enough to know they are all there. they managed to take down blow by blow accounts that run the next day in the

it this way, as far as we can ascertain, they are women that came to the united states from haiti, after the haitian revolutions, a lot of the haitian slave owners moved to north americaettled in mobile, and as far as we can glean there, descended from that class, but they're deeply immersed in the african creole culture. >> were you able to get to the court records of the actual trial? >> good question. some of the key pieces of the court record were missing, but most of it was there. what i found was to the court stenographer basically summarized what was going on. and really the best blow by blow accounts are in from all of the reporters, who i don't know how they did it, because it's clearly different reporters in each of new orleans newspapers creating these frantranscripts. they managed to take down these blow by blow accounts that run the next day in the newspapers and those were really the best seri sources for what went on in the courtroom. the court records are good, lots of data about where witnesses lived, good, official data, but the newspaper transcripts are really the ones that brought the scenes to life. >> u thank you. >> what impact did this case hav

that is not america as far as i'm concerned. and we can do so much better than that. >> you're very precise with your words, i know you. you say that obamacare is the worst thing that's happened in this nation since slavery. worse than the great depression of the 1920s, worse than the vietnam war, worse than 9/11? >> wolf, i think it's nonproductive to get into worse than this and worse than that or maybe it's better than that or better than that. that's not the point of what i was saying. the point of what i'm saying and we have to learn how to talk about what is the point? the point is a major fundamental shift of power has occurred. if we continue down that road, the united states of america becomes something very different than it was intended to be. >> let's move on and quickly get your thought on immigration reform. how do you feel about what's going on right now? what should the congress do, the senate as you know passed comprehensive immigration reform. it's been stuck for a year and a half or whatever in the house of re

the haitian revolution, a lot of haitian slave owners as well as the mixed race class moved to north america. and settled in mobile. as far we can glean they are descended from that class. they are deeply immersed in the afro-creole class and their traditions. >> the third question, is your book going to be turned into an audio book? >> that's a good question. oxford university press, if you are watching, please turn my book into an audio book. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> were you able to get the court records of the trial? do they exist? >> excellent question . some of the key pieces of the court records were missing. other good parts were there. what i found is that the court stenographers, such as they were, basically summarized what was going on. and really the best blow by blow accounts are from all of the reporters. i don't know how they did it. it's clearly different reporters at each of new orleans seven newspapers and each is different enough you know somebody different is transcribing it but similar enough to know they are all there. they managed to take down blow by blow accounts that run the next day in the

in retrospect some of these practices fly in the face of everything that ha america values and stands for. >> schieffer: as far as i know you are the only republican who thought it was a good thing to make this report public? >> frankly i also had some mixed emotions about it. but the reason why i think came down and said that we should is because that's what america is all about. we do things wrong, we make mistakes. we review those and we vow never to do them again. frankly this idea that somehow this is going to make the -- our enemies more likely to attack us, i don't think so. beheading americans right now that part of it i dismiss. but what we need to do is come clean, we move forward and we vow never to do it again. that's what we did after abu ghraib and that's what we did after times. we are nation that acknowledges our mistakes and we move forward and we're not going to be inhumane. >> schieffer: do you believe the cia misled the congress over what it was doing? >> i don't know that much about it because i was not on intelligence committee in that aspect. but i do know that i had meetings with both v

he then went on so far as to say muslims discovered america, not columbus. he vowed to make lessons in the arabic alphabet ottoman language compulsory in high schools, a highly symbolic move which enraged secularists who claimed he is pursuing an extremely -- an increasingly, i should say, extremist agenda. these statements along with turkey's illegal actions and cypress' schiewk economic zone -- exclusive economic zone are a shift away from democracy and its partners in the west. and in my view, requires an immediate and forceful response. the sip -- cypriot need a strong voice on this issue so reunification talks can resume. cypress' leaders deserve credit for trying to change the dynamics and return to talk. they deserve credit for being an ally of american interests. cypress' active role in supporting counterterrorism efforts, terror financing and in the removal chemical weapons from syria have not gone unnoticed to this senator. cypress is clearly positioning itself as part of the western security architecture and is a resource advocate and an ally for

as well. let me go back to it, de blasio is a very far left probably as liberal or beyond liberal of any big city mayor in america has actively courted al sharpton, as has the president, who has had him in the white house 86 times. when you put someone like al sharpton who is a racial agitator, and a man without a speck of respectability or integrity out there and you use him as your advisor, and giuliani was right about his attack on sharpton as the voice of hatred of the police, they're sending a message, and that message which i think is awfully political on a lot of people's parts has helped contribute to this atmosphere. let's not kid ourselves. >> sharpton was very quick to come out and point blame at police officers for being involved in the deaths of two black men. however, i have not heard that same outrage and that same tone of anger responding to a black man who took out two officers which by the way were asian and hispanic, they were minorities themselves. where is the outrage on behalf of al sharpton where is the outrage on behalf of president obama, and de blasio because hay are affiliated with al s

i mean they didn't know there was a north america and a south america, so as far as they were concerned the whole world. >> scientists disagree with the details of the flood, but ballard is confident that he's on the right track. >> i feel lucky, don't you, dwight? >> and they have been finding things. >> something here, what's this, what's this? >> what is this? >> what is that? >> that's it, baby. come on in. >> like ancient pottery. >> big one. big one. >> and even more. so what are we looking at? >> you're looking at what you shouldn't be looking at. that is a perfectly preserved ancient ship wreck and all its wood. looks like a lumberyard. >> this ship wreck dating back to 500 b.c. was in surprisingly good condition, preserved because the black sea has almost no oxygen nap slows down decay. they even found an ancient mariner. >> you'll see a femur bone. >> you found remains. >> we've just begun. imagine what's waiting for us. >> ballard is now convinced that he will find evidence of a civilization from the time of noah, 7,000 years ago, that was completely washed away. i think perh

as well. let me go back to it, de blasio is a very far left probably as liberal or beyond liberal of any big city mayor in america- he has actively courted al sharpton, as has the president, who has had him in the white house 86 times. when you put someone like al sharpton, who's a racial agitator, and a man without a speck of integrity, and you use him as you're advisor, and giuliani was right about al sharpton as being the voice of hatred of police, you're sending a message. and that message is i think p often times political that has helped contribute to this atmosphere. let's not kid ourselves. >> sharpton was very quick to come out and point blame at police officers for being involved in the dpetseaths of two black men. i somewhere not heard that tone of anger responding to a black man who took out two officers who were asian and hispanic where is the outrage on behalf of al sharpton and where is the outrage on the part of president obama. >> i don't hear any outrage on their side. and i also think we need to throw in the pot here that most of the media is responsible for this too. they have fueled this thin

far as what they're excited about. david: virgin atlantic, virgin america or what. >> virgin america.ed to announce that partnership. that will come out in q1 of next year. we'll be the on-board wine. david: how did you do that? how did you hook them? >> same way we met and hooked everybody else is that they looked at our product and they said, wow, this is equal or better than what we're buying for the same price and instead of spending a unabout of money on billboards an advertisements, you guys are making impact and good for all of us. they bought into it. the same reason why whole foods started carrying our wines nationally and other large retailers, restaurants and hotels. liz: possibilities are endless. you're expanding beyond wine. you're doing coffee and weddings, correct. >> we have gourmet coffee. we're proud of the that. we're doing major focus on weddings. we do at home events and a lot of corporate gifting and things like that. we have companies and brides and grooms and different people from all different areas and walks of life saying i want to integrate that into my sp

far as dealing with it, letting it ride. >> reporter: police were nearby on the steps of city hall. >> it's outrageous what happened. people are here expecting that and that's what make america beautiful reports. >> reporter: as protests moved on throughout the country these demonstrators are pleased to get their message out. and again, protestors are still going around this city getting their message out there. most of them disbanded and stopped after the city hall gathering but it still continues at this time. no reports of any violence or problems so far. live in san francisco, christian hartnett, kpix 5. >>> the family of a woman found dead in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital has reached a tentative $3 million settlement with the city and the university of california. lynne spalding's family says there was a systemic breakdown in hospital protocols for protecting patients. spalding disappeared in september of last year. her body was found 17 days later. the board of supervisors is expected to approve the city's end of the deal on tuesday. >>> a big mess in san francisco tonight after an out-of-control safeway truck barreled into four parked cars. witnesses s

america. >> host: the book is called unstoppable. what's next on the agenda as far as books go? >> guest: well, we have a book on my unanswered letters to president george w. bush and president barack obama. i want to revive the practice of letter-writing with government officials as a form of communication. it used to be muchmer -- fertile. >> as always we appreciate your time. >> robert hawse talks about the life and career of leo strauss, considered by some to be the start of the neoconservatism. >> i'm now happy to intro use to our guest speaker. roberthouse has been a visiting professor at, among other institutions, harvard law school, tel aviv university, the hebrew university of jerusalem and the university of paris. his books include, the regulation of international trade, the wto system, law, politics and legitimacy, and al outline of a phenomenal of rights. professor howse has been a frequent consultant or adviseer to agencies including the interamerican development bank. professor howzee is a member of the board of advised years of the nyu center of law and philosophy

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as far back as six years ago. and a worldwide raise to the stars, i'll show you how private companies are cashing in on space, and how america can stay in the lead. i'm ali velshi. and this is "real money." ♪ >>> oil prices are now solidly below $70 a barrel and many analysts say they have more room to fall. that has americans celebrating as prices at the pump continue to fall, but not everyone is in a celebrating mood. i'll explain. but first, u.s. oil futures settled at $69 a bashl. prices seesawed between 63 and $74 a barrel. prices have fallen 36% since peaking in june, and since crude oil is the main component for gasoline, prices at the pump have come down 29% in roughly the same time. the big reason that oil prices appear to be in free fall is because of a decision by opec producers last week not to put oil out put. normally when demand lags, the leading oil producers get together and try to agree on supply cuts. but these aren't normal times. america's energy boom is creating more supply right when economies in europe and asia are starting to pull back on their demand for oil. saudi arabia is viewed as the world's si

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re identified as jpmorgan, bank of new york, citi, morgan stanley, state street, wells pargo, bank of america. those same officials won't say exactly what each bank will have to pay as farrge. the surcharge range is from 1% to 4.5% and there are two different formulas for figuring it out. but federal reserve officials made it very clear that total surcharge will be tied to the bank's use of short term wholesale funding. the framework would be phased in beginning in january 2016 and run through january of 2019. at the top of the hour, there will be an open meeting of the federal reserve to officially unveil this proposed rule. we expect to hear from janet yellen and daniel tarullo, the fed's point man on bank regulation. back to you. >> thank you very much. well, the market's coming back a bit after an opening shock. dow was down 222 at the low, now only down 92. but nonetheless, you get my point. energy and tech doing well. jerry, try to give me a sense of what you think the markets are the most anxious about at the moment. is it oil, is it what is happening offshore, something else some is it just the fact we've been at historic highs? >> the surprise has been how well

far as they're concerned have nothing to lose. liz: north korea, iran -- what about anybody in south america?in south america, you need to pay attention, there's a burgeoning arms that are being distributed. in brazil, a myriad of criminals producing the latest attack code and distributing it to anyone for the highest price. liz: here we thought it was all russia and north korea. why, gentlemen, did it take a couple of movies being stolen from sony for people to wake up? i can't tell you, we're very, very concerned about this. of course, it was terrible when you saw target getting hacked because everybody had shopped, and they were worried about their credit cards being comprised, but that's a minor problem. because the jpmorgans of the world will do the right thing. and you can switch out a credit card pretty quickly. the actual big damage may be diplomatic relations. i'm wondering, tom, between these countries perhaps. >> well, realistically here, we don't have a firm theory as it relates to cyber security. we haven't elevated the red lines where they need to be. what's important to underst

america. it came from the national defense commission. this is the agency that as far as we know runs the military. the pentagon, if you will, speaking directly for kim jong un. the other thing that i note is that they are trying to up the ante. north korea craves attention and they are saying everyone is concerned about cyber attacks? we're going to make it worse. >> jamie, nice to see you. how do you take the new threats? is it all bluster or is this the beginning of a more aggressive strategy? >> certainly it's part bluster. but given the fact that they have had a very successful attack on a u.s. and japanese corporation there's a greater pobltd that they can inflict real damage. and from the u.s. perspective we need to take that very seriously while not falling into a trap of it for at the name calling. >> to you think that they might end up in a full blown cyber war? >> we certainly have a lot more to lose than they have. >> why is that? >> we have learned through this that the united states and our corporations are really very vulnerable. we will continue but we

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as a television actor, movie star and musician. but far from the limelight, he's a man on a personal mission, to support and strengthen america's servicend their families. gary started a non-profit that provides housing and support services for veterans. and has traveled the globe to perform hundreds of shows for the troops. for gary, his passion and patriotism started young. >> i have vietnam veterans in my family. i remember what it was like for them to come home and nobody cared. i wanted to make sure we went out there and made sure they knew we weren't forgetting them. i had a grandfather served in world war i. my dad served in the navy. my dad's two brothers were in world war ii. my nephew gavin is in the army and has done two deployments to afghanistan. when i meet these folks i very much see my own family members in them. >> nearly four decades ago, gary started volunteering with veterans groups. in the 1980s, he offered food and entertainment at the steppen wolf theater in chicago. but it was in 1994 with the release of the blockbuster film forrest gump that made him recognizable worldwide. >> thought i'd try out my sea legs. >

far as the treatment of prisoners is concerned. >> this may be over the long run the best way to go, we were under enormous pressure at that moment because america have been attacked to find out as much as we can, as much as we could, as fast as we could. >> i understand that, charlie, and i think all americans shared that view at that point. but i think we also have to understand whether or not that was the most effective way. in other words, if you spend time becoming a friend and get valuable and useful information or do you torture somebody, and believe me, waterboarding started with the spanish inquisition, we hung japanese war criminals for waterboarding americans after world war ii, if that will receive concrete results you can use in combating this enemy that attacked america. and i think that is part of the question but the major question is, it is not about interrogation, what they got. it is not about the nature of our enemy. it is about us and what kind of country we were, what we are, and what we will be. >> mike morrell said to me that the debate that needs to happen is over the morality of doing terrible things to a person versus

america. >> we have been stuck at 20% for about two decades. my answer to that is: we've gotten about as far as we can go for the women who are either wealthy enough, lucky enough, or simply super human to be able to make it and have families, too. but you are not going to get much higher than 20 percent the those 20%, again, they've got enough money to hire people to take care of their children. they are lucky enough not to have had children that had special needs of various kinds. we are not going to get any further until we give women the same support structure that men in those jobs have. if you look at male ceos, you do not find male ceos who are primary caregivers. they have a spouse who is the lead parent, and i don't think you are going to get women into those jobs until they have a spouse who is the lead parent. but that means changing the role of a lot of men. >> what do you say to facebooks stharl sandberg who wrote yacht lean in"? it says women don't dream big enough, that there is an women? >> she and i disagree on that. i totally support a lot of the advice in "lean in." i just

in fact,ly go as far as to say i think it is part their duty to help shine the light so that we can make this place we call americay. >> and the important thing as well as you point out is that you have these leagues, especially the nfl and nba, that are majority african-american in terms of the players, but where the fan base, at least those buying the tickets to get into the arenas, to get into the stadiums, are mainly white and may not be able to relate and may think these protests are somehow a negative statement about police, et cetera. is it important for them to see the athletes they love to see on the field to make these statements? will that n a way, penetrate more? >> i think it will penetrate more. the entertainment industry, the athletic industry is so major in our culture that -- that it's important that we interject the right information through their mediums as well. i also think it's important for guys like myself, people like you, joy, to play somewhat of a conduit or buffer between their world and the world that doesn't quite understand. their primary job as athletes is to go out, perform on the

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concentration of efforts as far as scientists was concerned was doing the ring of fire looking at potential earthquakes off the coast of japan and down the western side of south america. there's no recorded history of tsunamis in the indian ocean so therefore there was no real attempt to monitor the situation down there and that's partly why the catastrophic losses were so high back in 2004. now, australia, india and a number of other countries in the region are now monitoring the situation deep beneath the sea and the hope is that those lessons, very difficult lessons have been learned and if there is another one there will be time for people in communities like this to get out of the way. back to you. >> you can find out much more on the anniversary of the tsunami on our website. there you'll find the latest on the commemoration ceremonies and striking pictures of the devastation after the disaster hit and what those places look like now. that's at bbc.com/news. >>> let's get other news now. a court in turkey ordered the release of a 16-year-old high school student arrested for insulting the president following an outcry over his detention. the teenager was taken i

america as the u.s. entered unchartered waters never before making it this far in back-to-back world cups. >> there was aight reel of brazil, one moment what was it? >> the score against ghana. >> reporter: just 29 seconds into the first game the team's captain, clinton dempsey, making history. >> it's the earliest usa goal ever in world cup history. >> reporter: and igniting a legion of american pandemonium. >> for me that started the ride. >> reporter: that ride anchored by tim howard named this year's u.s. soccer male athlete of the year. >> your epic performance, 16 saves, a world cup record. what's going through your mind during that game? >> nothing. everything is the same you know. slows down a little bit. it's all in good rhythm. i wish i could do it every week and save more ball every week. >> reporter: americans became obsessed with their new hero the tattoos, that beard. after all those saves, 1.8 million mentions on twitter, even a call from the president. >> i just wanted to call and say you guys did us proud. >> thank you very much. >> how nervous were you before the phone call? >> he seeme

stay with abc news as we cover the far-reaching impact of the accord with cuba. full reaction on "americamerica." >>> we may get a look at boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. it would be the first time we've seen him since last year. he's expected to be in court for the final lawyer conference before his trial set to start january 5th. the judge has still not decided whether the trial should be moved out of boston because all the policety. publicity. >>> we could learn what the u.s. intends to do about the cyberattack on sony linked to north korea. the company has decided to pull its movie "the interview" after threats from the hackers. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: one of the most powerful movie studios in hollywood on the losing end of this cyberwar. sony pulling the plug on its controversial movie "the interview," canceling its christmas day release, saying in a statement, sony pictures has been the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault. we are extremely disappointed by this outcome. the decision coming after thousands of theaters from coast to coast, including re

america. it is absolutely not true. i worked out mathematically that i have to work twice as hard to get half as far as my white counterparts. i need to work four times as hard to be on them -- equal footing. i do think in order to do what i do, the harder you work, the better the results. the fact of the matter is that even when you look at ava it was being celebrated for what she has been able to do, she will not get the same opportunities if she were a white male. i do not want to be one to complain about it, what this has shown me is that no one is going to tell my stories better than me. that has been beautifully demonstrated by ava being excellent at what she does. it was me to take her name. she should be given an opportunity. someone with oprah winfrey's power comes along. we have to do it for ourselves and we cannot rely it on the studios. find the audience, be excellent and you will be fined. -- you will be fine. >> everybody i know is raving about the film. it is history and because you have a sense of being there and you feel the fear and you feel the hope and you feel all of those things that are part of the dy