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the problem with james franco is he is too james frank co -- franco. he is always trying to be james franco. i am going to be in college and lecture. >> he is now a verb. that's so james franco. or is it an adjective? >> it does president matter. -- it doesn't matter. >> kim -- kim jong-il was killed in "team america" and it was not a beg deal. >> they had a hackie sack. >> was this the right move by sony? >> i don't think so. i think sony is making a really big and ray dangerous mistake. who knows if north korea or who ever had any intentions of creating this 9/11-style terror attack. we live in the age of the copycat. this could create -- this invites a copycat or lone wolf to do something stupid and god forbid something happens and then we wall look around at each other and say oh my god why didn't we take this more seriously, all for the release of a stupid movie. >> you have to release a stupid move vea because dwash -- movie because -- >> because we can? >> if you apply the logic of fear to anything you can say if you go on "red eye" i am going t

james franco called him james flacco. exclamation point, exclamation point, sorry, exclamation point, exclamation point. finally the president himself plotted the decision. the white house issued a statement and it goes like this. we are a country that believes in free speech and the right of artistic expression. the decision made by sony and participating theaters allows people to make their own choices about the film. the movie will be released on v-o-d or vod. here is one viewer enjoying it at home. >> you are entering into the most dangerous country on earth. please remember kim gung u.n. -- kim jong-un is a master manipulator. >> i have a gift are to you. >> this dog is killing me with his cuteness. >> he is crazy cute. >> wow, that was useless. sam, people -- a lot of people are saying, oh, you know what, i am going see the movie. they are not, are they? >> i am one of those people, and i am not going to see it. i am going to see it despite them. probably not. it is ridiculous, and now you are thinking james franco

the approximate cause is a forthcoming buddy flick starring seth rogen and james franco. plot revolves around a plot to kill the supreme leader of north korea. unsurprisingly, kim jong-un was upset about it. he decided to take it was the look is action imaginable -- that is exposing the salaries of a bunch of hollywood's suits, which has unleashed widespread pandemonium in fact, when you think about it, all of this actually makes for a much better and funnier story than the one in the movie. so we put together a trailer for the flick we would actually like to see. >> this christmas, seth rogen and james franco are best friends in the dictator strikes back. starring, the real supreme leader of the people plot them a craddick republic of korea. still bitter over a film that portrayed his father is a tiny puff it -- tiny puppet he is now the target of a dastardly plot -- a movie plot, and wish to stoners are sent to north korea to take them out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> this makes kim jong-un very unhappy and his response is to strike back at amer

it stars james franco and seth rogan in a comedy plot where they're hired by the cia to kill kim jong-un. it's an assassination. the north koreans on their website said they called the interview, quote, a provocation deserving stern punishment. hollywood was shaking in their boots. they pulled the release date. there's a belief on the part of sony that the north korean government along with 3,000 hackers in china that go by the name of guardians of peace hacked sony pictures. shut down the computer system, but stole those

. >> where do you think this puts seth rogen and james franco going forward?it hurts their careers but certainly hurts sony financially. it cost $40 million to make. it was expected to make at least $20 million in its opening weekend. if this is not in theaters christmas day, sony takes an additional hit on top of all of other hits it's taken by the hack itself. that's why they're trying to release it on demand on christmas day. >> you there go, the big surprise, once again, it's become this international issue with so many implications. >> and all the other films on christmas day have to be concerned they don't want people to be concerned about going to the movies on christmas day. this is not a physical threat. the fbi has been clear about that, but there's a chain effect over all of hollywood. >> it's hard enough to get people in movie theater seats anyway. brian steltzer, thank you for being with us. one of the implications of this film, this mediocre comedy. the release of "the interview" has really only increased the friction between north korea and japa

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and my guest, seth rogen, stars with james franco in the new movie "the interview". i'll ask him about it in the "the interview" interview. a new york high schooler made $72 million trading stocks on his lunch hour. in a couple more years, he'll be able to pay for college. this is "the colbert report"! (cheers and applause) ♪ captioning sponsored by comedy central (eagle caw) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to "the report," ladies and gentlemen! good to have you with us! (audience chanting "stephen") thank you so much, folks! thank you so much for being here! what a joy! what a pleasure to be with you tonight, folks! (cheering) you know, i love being with you. ladies and gentlemen, if you've been paying attention to the news lately, folks, if you watch the news, you know that this is -- (cheering) -- folks, this is my last week here at "the report." (awwwww) i'm sorry. did no one tell you? but folks, i'm not the only one stepping down from the national spotlight. so is minnesota congresswoman and wax figure of michele bachmann, michele bachmann. michele has

we'll hear from james franco, one of the stars of the movie, and what he thinks about that, straighthead. >>> the government may run out of money on thursday if new spending legislation doesn't pass. many are saying don't worry but should you? are you ignoring this situation at your own peril? you have to watch this. stay tuned. ♪ dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. david: obamacare advisor jonathan gruber eating a little crow in front of congress today trying to walk back comments he made earlier about pulling the wool over the eye of quote, stupid american voters. rich edson live in washington with more. rich. >> now says he knew better than to make the remarks. he is embarass and he says he is sorry. jonathan gruber says any suggestion congress misled voters and t

seth rogen and james franco earlier this week telling abc's george stephanopoulos they stand by their comedy. >> any second thoughts at all? >> at this point, it's too late to have any, really. i mean, no, i mean, i think, again, i like the movie. i can't in my head overconnect everything surrounding it with the movie itself. we set out to make a movie that was really entertaining to audiences and i genuinely think we did that and that's where my job ends. >> reporter: what started with the cyber breach now elevated to an issue of national security. the fbi is investigating. the department of homeland security says, "at this time, there is no credible initem jtee to indicate an active plot against mu view theaters in the united states." >> the threat appears to be menacing. it appears to be a continuation of the cyber attack against sony as opposed to a credible, legitimate threat of physical harm. >> reporter: it has been one taunt after the next from hackers diving into the deep recesses of sony's computer networks. data like social security numbers and salaries released in batches.

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but what's happening to a new seth rogan and james franco film could be a different story.hat north korea played a role in a high profile hack and leak of the studio's latest big budget features, including "the interview" a comedy starring rogan and james franco about an assassination attempt on the north korean leader kim jong-un. watch. >> mr. rappaport, i'm agent lacey with central intelligence. you two are going to be in a room alone with kim and the cia would love it if you could take him out. >> hmm? >> take him out? >> coffee? >> dinner? >> kimchee? >> no, take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> so north korea doesn't think that's so funny, cnn contributor and "entertainment tonight" host michelle turner joins us from los angeles. hi nischelle. >> hi, carol, how are you? >> so nice to see you! >> couldn't keep me away for very long, could you? >> exactly. let's talk about what's happening with sony and the hack. their movies are online, right? is that what happened in a nutshell? >> yeah, basically it is what happened in a

. >>> actor james franco is celebrating what he calls a victory. saying that the people and the president have spoken. >> this is after sony decided to release "the interview." tom llamas has the story. >> hello, north korea. >> reporter: the film that survived hacks, threats, and possible cyber warfare will finally hit the silver screen at independent theaters in dallas, atlanta and cleveland. and that's growing. >> when it hits the screens, i think the people of the united states have won. >> reporter: movie goers trying to buy tickets. >> kim jong-un is not going to tell us what to watch. >> i'm not worried about my safety. >> reporter: james franco posting this video on instagram, victory. freedom has prevailed. last week sony would not release the film because theater owners were worried about violent threats from guardians of peace, the group that claims to have hacked sony's computers. sony said we are proud to have made it available to the public. the fbi said that north korea directed the cyber attack, upset by the plot, a fictional assass

. >> the point of view stars seth rogen and james franco. >> after reams of embarrassing e-mails, movies, screen plays and employees personal information were released online. they are claiming responsibility for hacking into sony pictures is making threats that extend far beyond hollywood, all in an attempt to stop the release of the film "the interview." . >> the goal is very clear. they want the movie pulled and not released. >> reporter: the group takes aim at theaters that show the movie. the message says the world will be full of fear him remember 2001. homeland officials said in a statement, quote, at this time there is no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot against movie theaters in the united states. >> we take those threats very seriously. we will take extra precautions during the holidays at theaters. >> reporter: meanwhile, as federal investigators say they are facing the source. the movie giant could be headed to the courtroom. sony declined to comment on the latest hack and threat from hackers. a few threat, revenge, the country vowing payback over that horrifi

. >>> actor james franco is celebrating what he calls a victory. adding that the people and the president have spoken. >> that's his reaction after sony pictures reversed course and decided to release the movie, "the interview." it will be shown at a select number of theaters across the country tomorrow. tom llamas has the story. >> hello, north korea. >> reporter: the film that survived hacks, threats, and possible cyber warfare will finally hit the silver screen at independent theaters in dallas, atlanta and cleveland. and that slis growing. >> when the picture hits the screen on christmas day, i think the people of the united states are the ones that really won. >> reporter: movie goers trying to buy tickets. >> kim jong-un is not going to tell us what to watch. >> i'm not worried about my safety. >> reporter: the stars of the film taking to social media. james franco posting this video on instagram, victory. seth rogan tweeting, freedom has prevailed. last week sony would not release the film because theater owners were worried about violent th

we have not heard from seth rogen and james franco.have never seen or heard anything like this. hollywood has done neville chamberlain well today. a lot from jimmy kimmel and others decrying this thumb on freedom of expression. this was a canundrum. you can understand both sides of the thing. think of the movies next week. "unbroken" and "into the woods" and other films that are supposed to have big blockbuster openings. a lot of concern from theater owners and studios that people would not go to the movies next week because of the threat. >> if you don't like a movie or like what is in a movie, do you just threaten to cyber attack? send a threatening e-mail? >> that is what jimmy kimmel said. this sets a terrible precedent. a comedian or actor or writer or want to be some day. you are worried. nobody will forget what happened in this case. >> one of the things i suppose is unknowable is this film "the interview." i don't think anyone thought this would be "titanic." a movie that makes $1 billion. a christmas comedy. seth rogen, james

the stars behind the comedy about north korea that may have started it all, seth rogan and james francoay they have no regrets. >> it is weird. we wanted to make a funny, entertaining movie. and the movie itself is very silly and it wasn't meant to be controversial in any way. >> the upcoming leak promised to put sony in, quote, the worst place yet. sony is asking abc and other outlets not to publish any hacked data. >>> terrifying moments for a washington state police officer caught on camera. sergeant fred douglas was shopping at a target on his break when a call came in about shoplifting. he raced to the parking lot to find the suspected thieves putting items in their car. as he tried to make an arrest, one of the suspects dragged him from the car. >> that's a deadly force situation there. and i felt like, obviously, my life was in danger. because i had no control over it. >> he was able to get the guy down with the help of another officer and a taser. >>> a grocery store on the big island of hawaii is preparing to close now that lava from a nearby volcano is creeping closer. officia

obama obviousliment to say james franco. that's the actor's real name.e mixed up franco with joe flacco. that's the quarterback for the baltimore ravens. [ laughter ] >> and so flacco franco -- no movie. >> but in a lighthearted gesture, joe flacco decided to welcome james franco to the family on twitter. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, ♪ at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ female announcer: sleep train's ends sunday.e for 3 event! it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ area's biggest cities -- one verge of new leadership. and today the over.. got a t >>> new at 6:00 one of the bay are

elmwood theater in berkeley as people waited to see the controversial movie the interview with james franco and seth rogan. the movie opened today at some smaller theaters nationwide after larger theater chains pulled it because of threats of a 9-11 style attack on theaters. for some of the people that came to see the movie that threat and pulling the movie from theaters is exactly what brought them out. you can't be bullying us. you know what i;m saying? we can see what we want to see." "i think that it's ridiculous to pull the movie for reasons like north korea saying they're going to bomb us or some ridiculous stuff. i mean, this is america and we're going to satirize anything we want. i don't think we should capitulate to terrorists." others in line echoed that feeling. the interview didn't get great reviews from film critics but many who saw the movie at the elmwood said they were pleasantly surprised. "when you think about the production i give a big 10." "it was a very good movie.if they are not sold out." "but it is sold out, and actually the last showing has just ended here in berk

the president mispronounced james franco's name during the press conference and now james franco taking the opportunity to tweak the president a bit. >> he said he wished that sony had spoken to him first before they decided to pull "the interview." thank you very much. >>> let's go back to the markets and the economy. rick santelli in the bond pits. gdp 5%. do you think this is really a 5% economy? >> no, i donot but we can always hope. my chicago bears weren't very good this year but every now and again one of their four quarters would show definite improvement in play. the zero hedge has been riding. awful lot of consumption. americans dug into their savings but there are questions as to that dynamic. if the questions are correct you will see some strength mitigate. no doubt it was a good better than expected revision on our last look on third quarter gdp. no matter how you slice it we had minus 2.1 in the first quarter. we had 4.6 in the second. 5% in the third. even if you are between 2.5% and 3% in the fourth quarter you are somewhere between 2.5% and 2.7% for the entire year. we

>> james franco, seth rogen here right now.y. >> thank you. >> it's hilarious, but a piercing critique of the north korean regime. >> um, i mean, the more we read about north korea, the more fascinated we became. it truly is a bizarre place. it's almost like a relic from another time. >> to be fair, is satirizes american culture just as much. >> the news media. >> yeah. i mean, we don't hold back there either. >> exactly. wait until they get wind of it. >> you pointed out, a lot of targets in this movie. certainly the news media, we talked about. seems like you're having some fun with your own public persona. >> i wouldn't say -- i don't feel close to this character. but if anything, i feel like, he -- he's on the fringe of my world. he -- he's a gossip monger. and -- >> he'd be really into james franco. >> how close are you? this is a producer for the talk show host who's having, i would say an early mid-life crisis. thoughts about should i be doing something more serious? that's what's happening with the movie even though it'

the whole crisis, if you will, going out of his way to point out this is about a seth rogan and james francos he put it, james flacco movie. >> what he was trying to do, i think, is belittle the north koreans and point out that, for heaven's sake, this was only a seth rogan movie as he kind of put it. this is a comedy. this is a satire. while belittling the north koreans, he didn't want to bet little the threat or what they'd done or the proportional response at the time of our choosing. so we didn't want to give anything away. made it clear we're taking it very seriously and sort of threw up his hands at the north koreans saying, can you believe this? >> david, there are people noticing the president had an upbeat performance today. had a spring in his step at the podium. he had a spring in his step, could be he's going for hawaii for two weeks. we'd all have a spring in our step then, but what did you notice about what he did? >> i think he is very upbeat. he thinks of himself as a clutch basketball player. it's the fourth quarter, as he said in the press conference today and he really is

so the idea of saying, you should show this james franco movie.hat sort of the way we can say, this is how we stand up to the north koreans in this case. there's not a lot of other things the president can say. we can't attack north korea. we can't do much to them digitally. there's not a lot of stuff going on over there. so this is his sort of moment to say, this is how we're going to respond to this. >> except he didn't call it the james franco movie. he called it the james flacco. >> he seemed to be confusing james franco with joe flacco to tweet this. this is joe flacco saying, welcome to the family, brother. i don't know if james franco responded. for the president to be there. the consensus seems to be, sony screwed up. sony caved. the president channeling that. isn't it surprising for the president to second guess a corporation like that? >> i don't know that it is. i can recall obama second-guessing major corporate decisions before. i think it's perfectly within the place of the president. what do you think this major american corporation,

it was co-directed by seth rogan and james franco. the actor playing the dictator is shown dieing in an explosion after a missile hits the plane he was hanging on to. sony was the target of a cyber attack by a group calling themselves the guardians of peace. documents and e-mails were released and then the threats of violence came to theaters that planned to show the movie in manayunk. opinions were split. >> it was smart on idea, it was kind of stupid to think of something like that. >> i don't think it's right, it's it's freedom of speech and expression. >> reporter: new york officials said investigators have link the the hacking at sony to north korea, there's no word on how the federal government will respond. north korea has publicly denied being involved in the cyber attack, but in an earlier statement called the attack a righteous deed. live in manayunk, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> an accused drug-dealing doctor from delaware county is behind bars, only "action news" was there as dr. lawrence ween was arrested y

sony is a movie that a exec said was really bad, criticizing the acting, especially that of james franco. is that detrimental at all to ticket sales? >> idle think so. most viewers are not paying attention to what a particular -- i don't think so. most viewers are not paying attention to what a particular executive says. initially when they had started, we ran a story on how it could help it because of all of the added interest, the spike in youtube trailer searches, mentions on social media. now as it gets a little scarier, there may be people who say, i do not want to go in christmas day because i'm not sure what that might be. drop fora welcome sony, because the movie scored poorly in new york screening spirit of little better with less educated people elsewhere. if you step back and look at the threats of terrorism, is that a big concern around the holidays? >> yes, any large gathering of people in a small space is a threat. the biggest threats the holiday season are typically around the purchasing cycles like cyber monday and black friday, that kind of thing. less actual risk on chr

it's not unreasonable to think it would go beyond sony. >> i'm still scared of james franco.nk you very much. out.g up, sting speaks he is waging a war against spotify we will talk about the new threat to the music industry next. ♪ >> bloomberg tv is "on the markets." rally across the board but not huge. energy east trucks ironically are leading gains even though oil is lower. data on manufacturing in the new york area that came in better than estimated. movers,al semiconductors are surging after the company announced it was chipmaker stanchion for 1.6 billion dollars in stock and created a company that supplies chips to products in cars and electronics. we will have more later. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west." i am cory johnson. it came of age at a time when there was no such thing as itunes and spotify and became one of the world's best selling artists, sting. sting still hasn't millions of potential revenue at stake in streaming. betty liu set down with the 16 time grammy winner and asked him where he stands on the changing music business model. >> the model is chan

. >> one of the film's stars james franco is praising sony on instagram. the people and the president have spoken. sony's move proves america's culture is something to be proud of. >> what i love about this is the reaction to it is there is an american culture from the far left and far right the general reaction is wait a second when a psych pathic dictator does something we want to do we are not going to stand for it. >> "the interview could reach cult status after all of the buzz. here's the thing, it has to be good. all right, leah. >> for the second time in two-days north korea's internet goes dark. this time it was 30 minute outage but monday it was nine hours. experts say it is no accident. but hackers proof anonymous has declared vengeance over the sony cyber attack. >> brand new video of guns being smuggled for airport security. a former delta airline's employee comes with 18 guns in his bag 7 of them loaded. mark henry and partner in crime a delta baggage handler allegedly worked out an elaborate scheme to smuggle the guns. he would use his mother

. >> reporter: the comedy starring seth rogen and james franco features an assassination plot to kill jong-un. >> well, i love them, but this gives you an idea of what we're facing here. >> reporter: earlier this week, they told george stephanopoulos they have no regrets. >> did you ever imagine you would have a storm like this? >> the movie itself is very silly and wasn't meant to be controversial in any way. >> reporter: but since the threats were issued, they declined to comment. on november 24th, sony's computer systems were hacked. >> this was not just designed to steal sensitive information. it has the purpose of destroying the computers of the company. >> reporter: personal e-mails were placed online, embarrassing celebrities. and the inspiration for olivia pope is advising sony. but the hackers have threatened people that see the film. >> it feels like censorship to them. >> this is a rock and a hard place situation. the liability issues they could face if something happens. >> you have issues of freedom meeting issues of safety. >> reporter: and the decision not to release th

controversial pick shows an assassination tame president of north korea's leader by seth rogen and james franco mro employees filed a class action lawsuit against sony saying theshl neglect saying the computer was vulnerable. >> thank you robert. while you are sleeping a man in portland escaping arrest by throwing pipe bombs at the police. he sped away launch will a pipe bomb out of the window. they knocked down roads finding three more bombs in the area. police say this is the third time he has led the morning chase for a few days and is wanted for reckless driving charges. >>> a manhunt coming to an end. bradley william stone found dead in the woods near his philadelphia home. police say he took his own life. this comes days after he allegedly killed his ex-wife five of their relatives and then fled. they were in a bitter custody battle since 2009. he was on lock down for two-days. >>> another fox news alert breaking overnight killing four pakistan members in eastern afghanistan. a horrific attack on army of pakistan that was carried out by taliban insurgents. what are you learning this morni

and james franco wrote victory, the people and the president have have spoken have the last week zone a announce they had were pulling the film following threats from the guardians of peace that group that hacked sony's computers, the last two days north korea has been struggling to stay on line. internet to the communist country was out for ten hours monday and several times today, the the u.s. state department, neither confirmed nor denies any involvement in the outage. >> as we implement our responses some may be seen and some may not be seen. >> fbi is in close contact with independent theaters, planning to screen the the interview. they are warning the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity. >>> five more people have been arrested in a years long scheme to smuggle guns, on to pass eveninger planes. the d.a. in brooklyn announced at rest today, one day after charges were announced in atlanta against an airline's baggage handler. the prosecutors say the suspect, including a former delta employee, conspired to get the the sometimes loaded gun in, to carry on

the bad news is the terrorists have won, but the good news is there are two hours less of james franco on the big screen? >> andy, i don't listen to the questions. i just answer what i want. i think you will see more of the out of the box marketing. it is risky, but we are all talking about it. am i right? i didn't know a simple threat could get a movie pulled out of the theater. i wish i had known that for "grown-ups 2". that is something we could have all lived without. >> you are saying the terrorists made a bad call here? >> i feel like it is an interesting thing that they dropped -- they are dropping the movie into north korea to make sure -- you know, so they know what the outside world is like. >> why can't we drop seth rogen and james franco? >> this human rights group is planning to drop the movie into north korea. maybe they need to drop it into america instead. apparently we can't see it now either. >> and it is our human right that we get the freedom of expression and free speech and to bea able to watch these -- be able to watch these things, it is not just they are doing

specifically seth rogen and james franco the interview that opens on christmas day. the salaries were revealed. we hear celebrities got paid millions of dollars for this. it goes down a little bit. you hear that both actors were actually paid to drive themselves to work. rogan got $10,000 to drive himself to work. neil: you like getting that type of information as a journalist, or do you say, all right, i don't like the methods, now, i'll run with it. >> any time you can get information that nobody has before, you get a little excited about it. of course, the means that the information was procured is, you know, completely unacceptable. neil: they had the same thing in congress too, for a year they were eavesdropping and getting information on citizens, when all of a sudden they were doing it with their staff. whoa. whoa. but no one is immune from this. right? >> you can bet all the big movie companies are hustling to beef up their security. thinking, oh, my gosh, what if clooney's information gets out. neil: i was amazed stalone gets so much money still. he had some

. >> james franco and niki minaj coming up tonight. >> okay.come to politics nation. [ cheers and applause ] now, what happened in ferguson has come to

the seth rogens and james franco francos, this was rogen's baby. if this wasn't shown. >> well, i think, not only the talent, but i think sony wanted the film to be shown. they spent money on it. it was their big christmas release. >> you do? >> i do. i honestly believe that. and they're proving it by allowing it to be shown in different theaters, and it's going to build. they'll also be a vod release, i'm sure. and i won't have to -- >> that's what sony's saying. >> i won't have to go to charleston or austin to see it. i hear it's not "citizen cane," by the way. >> well, this is the position. having talked about it day in and day out, you know, might make someone like me or someone else, you know, this is the kind of buzz you can't really pay for. >> much more of a must must h-s it was a couple of weeks ago. >> that's the sequel. >> michael, thank you so much, columnist for out.com. appreciate you coming in here. . >>> another story here. who is trying to take down north korea's internet? the u.s. had hinted it would retaliate. the president speci

taylor swift defeated music and james franco and seth rogen can come out on top. perhaps nothing had the year that the u.s. dollar did. it rose against every other major currency for the first time since ronald reagan was in his first year in office. how is this story playing out in asia? >> take a look at the indones n indonesian, cheapest it has been to go to bali. the yen passing 1.20. we looked at 18,000 last night. >> the first reference in a long time. >> holding up a little better. it might be a little more expensive to get to bangkok and those thai islands. the real story is about the emerging markets in indonesia in particular. >> if you are going to -- >> we stalled long enough talking about thailand you are stuck in freezing chicago. help us find a bottom in the price of oil. anything technically or fundamentally that you see? >> the way i look at it is like the jury has reached a decision. for two weeks there has been deliberation and a ton of opportunities for the market to retrace some of the pounding it has taken. today it come out with awful price

it will be on its way to pay-per-view. >> seth rogen and james franco, if they were standing at post, there would be no more south korea. they're saying we're not going to do anymore media. they're basically letting this thing go. i'm telling you, this movie will not see the light of day when it's supposed to be released. the movie wasn't getting good reviews in terms of advanced screening. it's too much of a headache. god forbid something happened in a theater. which i don't think will. neil: the north korean leader might take offense in the movie the actor is much thinner than kim jong-un. you would think he would be flattered by a guy that was thinner. it's like if chef smith played me. i'd say, go ahead. >> an hour long kim jong-un. you would think he would say, that looks flattering. there have been movies about north korea before. the guys who do south park. neil: puppetry. >> that was ten times more offensive than this movie. no one gets killed. but, still, they didn't back down, even though there was probably threats in some shape or form. this is the social media age. it goes

i can't believe james franco was in the building and nobody told me. melissa: there was a big crowd. you never would have made it through. but you could do it. >> look, i saw the trailer for this movie. it looks hilarious. but brutal communists tend to not have steps humor about movies staged with an assassination plot. kim jong-un is not happy. >> what will he do? >> that is the question. will they pull the movie because hacker says -- melissa: not going to pull it. we're not sure who is behind the attack. some said it is north korea. back to that and kim jong-un. we have dennis rodman coming up in the show. >> big north korea show for you. melissa: in the building i think. we'll definitely ask him about that one. red, white and blue ladies, thank you very much. we appreciate your time. >>> with north korea back in the news who better to talk about it with dennis rodman. he joins me in studio and sheds light on his old pal. from the worm to the warning. grover norquist joins us with strong words for the fed, urging janet yellen to hear out her conserv

when james franco and set throw can get the best of you, you know you've had a bad year -- seth rogan can get the best of you, you know you've had a bad year. >> sony is the second biggest loser. they mishandled the movie from start to finish. bad cyber security that allowed the hack. a lot of liberal executives were sending borderline racist e-mails. they finally did the right thing and made up a little bit of ground. $18 million over the weekend for the online distribution of that movie. >> their stock price is way up. my next loser is ted cruz. he began the year in the doghouse. he ended the year back in the doghouse for grandstanding during the spending bill. if politicians think you talk too much, you probably talk too much. >> bill cosby. i do not think you need to say anything about this. once beloved, now reviled. a bad year to go from cliff huxtable to an alleged serial secs predator -- sex predator. >> roger goodell. he did that -- he screwed up with the ray rice scandal. >> coming up, if you plan on drinking heavily on new year's eve, and i know you do, you may did somethin

on tuesday, actors seth roe gan and james franco canceled many of their upcoming press events including seth meyers, "the tonight show" starring jimny fallon and "live with kelly and michael." >> james franco was supposed to be here with morning but they're going through a lot. he had to cancel. but, you know, hope everything over there et ging worked out. >> even the new york premier set for tomorrow has been scrapped. this is a movie with a $44 million budget. so if theerts won't play it, what should sony do? >> i think sony should fight fire with fire, that is if these people are using information they've hacked on the internet, wide open on pirate sites and all kinds of other places. that's where sony should take the fight. rather than trying to get the movie, the information into movie theatre, i think it should be posted all over the web. let the whole world see it for free in hd. and really show these hackers that two can play at this game. >> no word from sony on a digital release yet. lots of companies could help sony stream the movie. the question now, will any of them risk a

james franco tweeting, victory, the people spoke and seth saying freedom has prevailed.tell me they are discussing security and are expecting large crowds. live in berkeley. bay area news. >> thank you. >>> now to a developing story, former president george h. w. bush is in the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath of the 90-year-old is staying overnight at houston methodist as a precaution. in 2012 he was also hospitalized in the hospitals spending nearly two months in the hospital for other health issues. >>> lifetime ban no more. the blanket ban lifted involving game men and donations. next year gay men who have abstained from sex for a year will be able to donate. is the change that significant. we have reaction to that announcement. >> mixed reaction today. the people who have been urging the fda to do away that lifetime ban are grateful but say this new policy still discriminates against the gay community. >> starting next year sellbait gay men will be sabable to dona blood. >> he is pushing for the ban that is been in place since 1983. >> the current ban

option eight, james franco still hits on underage girls on instagram, or james franco has moved on to tumbler? >> i will go with tumbler. any evolution is a good one. >> now we are going to start the q1 day. you need to introduce yourself. to join us.g >> he was my writing and directing partner. expect her road to interview together. you have toe introduce your self. you need to keep it short. it needs to end in a? . semi-colon bullshit. >> high. my name is alex. president of the business school republicans. are there any candidates that you want to win even though you disagree with them just because you know they will provide you with good material? ask no. i always put social issues above my own personal well-being. it is hard sometimes. -->> >> i do wince a little bit when they lose. like ron michele bachmann decided she was resigning. i am from minnesota. i think, no. i do not. no. >> we had a movie about a crazy politician who is offer reos -- goes off the rails. i'm vince mine is attached to it and going to make it. high, my name is ben. i am a harvard alum. most importantly, if