and what are our thoughts about julia tyler and what significance could she have had?> in eight months not much. >> wasn't she one of the youngest first ladies as well? >> she was. she was younger than some of his children. and there was sort of a whirlwind romance. she was very conscious of herself. she styled herself as the rose of long island and had had to be taken off to europe by her family because she supposedly posed for an advertisement which was scandalous at the time. but she came back with a taste for europeans. so part of this look, this white satin, is that she wanted to sit on a dais and have people presented to her as if at court. so she had a reasonable impact on white house entertaining in a short amount of time. it might not have been the impact she wanted. the white house changes from sort of a more egalitarian or republican to a much more high style and exclusive. she was one of the exclusives that swung back after they left. >> lisa, how do you verify or corroborate these legends and tales? is it difficult? >> some of them are difficult. it's requ

have julia tyler, and she was indeed a great beauty. held the role of first the eightight months, months of john tyler's presidency. she was often seen wearing white set in. -- white satin. aboutre our thoughts julia tyler and what significance could she have had with such a short rain? >> at eight months, not much. the older first lady? >> at that point, she was the youngest first lady. she was younger than some of the children. there was a world wind romance. she is very conscious of herself. she had to be taken off to europe by her family because she posed for an advertisement, which was scandalous at the time. she came back with a taste for european. part of this look, this white satin, is that she wanted to sit on a dais and have people presented to her. she had a reasonable impact on white house entertaining in a short amount of time. it might not have been the impact she wanted. [laughter] way that changes from more gala terry into a more high styled -- she was exclusive. you, howd love to ask do you verify these legends and tale

so here we have julia tyler. and she was, indeed, a great beauty, and she only held the role of first lady for eight months. the eight months of john tyler's presidency. and she was often seen wearing white satin. and what are our thoughts about julia tyler? and what kind of significance could she have had with such a short reign. >> in eight months, not much. >> wasn't she one of the younger first ladies, as well? >> at that point, she was the youngest first lady and married the widowed president. his wife had died and she was younger than some of his children. and there was sort of a whirlwind romance. and her father. she's very conscious of herself. she styled herself as the rose of long island and had to be taken off to europe by her family because she posed for an advertisement, which was just scandalous at the time. but she came back with a taste for european. so part of this look, this white satin is that she wanted to sit and have people presented to her as if at court. she had a reasonable impact on whit

julia, late-day developments here, the likes of which i've never heard before. >> reporter: absolutely, tyler. really shocking news here. sony announcing that it has decided to pull the scheduled december 25th release of the film "the interview." so pictures has been victim of a criminal assault against employ customers and businesses to thwart the release of a movie they did not like. we are deeply saddened and bravened efforts in a process to damage to our companies, our employees and the american public. now, tyler, the decision from sony to pull the release of the movie comes on the heels of the exhibitors of all the theater chains reacting to the threats. the five largest theater chains decided not to run the movie. tyler? >> how much, julia, did this movie cost to make and is there a possibility, however remote, that it may be released in a period of weeks, months, or released to the internet via netflix or so sort? >> reporter: the cost, the budget was between $42 million and $44 million. there was additional tens of millions of dollars in marketing costs. so this was a significant cos

go to cnbc.com/vote while julia reports you vote. >> tyler, on the heels of last night's premiere ofhe interview" the studio is ramping up its defense. amy pascal apologizing for racially insensitive e-mails. take a look at this photo taken on wednesday. doesn't it look like she is apologizing? this taken days after correspondence leaked out in which ruden referred to jolie as a spoiled brat. pascal said i would be surprised if my legacy is based on the leak. the studio is working to stop the bleeding. recode reporting sony is using hundreds of computers to execute a denial of service attack to shut down sites where stolen data is available. the stakes continue to rise as reports surface that dozens of employee's health information has been leaked. big hollywood players are weighing in. producer responding tweeting bipolar 28-year-old lunatic? kevin hart responding on instagram. writing i refuse to be broken people with that being said it is now time for me to get back to building this empire i have always dreamed of. shock waves rippling. sources telling me there is a big shift away

tyler mathisen here with cnbc asia susan lee. >> sony striking back against north korea. we have juliaoorstin on this fast moving story. >> sony announcing a limited theatrical release of "the interview" on christmas day. ceo saying we have never given up on releasing the interview. we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms

tyler mathisen here with cnbc asia susan lee. >> sony striking back against north korea. we have julia boorstin on this fast moving story. >> sony announcing a limited theatrical release of "the interview" on christmas day. ceo saying we have never given up on releasing the interview. we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience. he goes on to say while we hope this is the first step of the film's release we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who have attempted to suppress free speech. this is an about face after sony cancelled the scheduled release thirst after terror threats against theaters. sony said it was going to be canceling the theatrical release. today's announcement from sony comes after president obama said friday he thought it was a mistake for sony to cancel the release saying he wishes sony had called him first. there has been an outpouring of social media demand for the film. we have seen some theaters tweet about show times making them available

julia. i've read some commentary from performers, actors and people in hollywood who are quite critical of sony's move. >> reporter: absolutely, tyler. we could look at some of the tweets, but we had everyone from rob lowe to judd apatow to jimmy kimmel coming out and saying they think this is terrible, terrible for free speech and dplokcy. rob lowe said he saw seth rogen at jfk. he says hollywood has done neville chamberlain proud today. steve carell had a movie canceled greenlit called "pyongyang," of course, about north korea saying it was a sad day for creative expression. >> does this movie have any potential ever, julia, to reach pay-per-view where it might actually make a lot of money for sony because goodness sakes, the publicity it has gotten is priceless. >> reporter: i certainly think that this movie could be huge on video on demand. right now sony has told us that there are no plans to release it on video on demand. of course, that could all change. i think it will be really interesting to see what happens over the next several weeks, even over the next month if they find out any information about the credibility of this