. >> who knows what's in michael linton's e-mail? hackers promised to release more. more data yet to be rele. who ? >> reporter: sony is hit by the first class action lawsuit against sony on behalf of current and former employees. alleging the studio is negligent failing to secure computer systems despite weaknesses known for y quote, failed to timely protect confidential information of current and f from law-breaking ha sony did not immediately respond to requests for a commen the suit or the threats. we're also awaiting our request for comment from amc and regal theater chains. i'm julia boorstin for "nightly business report" in los angeles. >>> a dow component raises its quarterly dividend and that is where we begin tonight's market focus. the diversified industrial giant 3 m lifted the dividend and said it expects 3 to 6% in foreign exchange rates. shares of 3 m up 1.5% today it closed at $16.05. not to be outdone, cvs health raised dividends 27%. announced new $10 billion stock buyback plan and raised its growth as much as 16% o

. >> reporter: that's sony ceo michael linton.s with obama saying he talked to senior white house and said it was the move industry theaters coming to sony saying they would not show the film and therefor it was only then that linton said they had no other solution than to pull the movie. >> we have not caved, we have not back down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. >> reporter: north korea the president says will hear from america. >> we will respond. we will respond proportionally and we will respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. >> reporter: sony entertainment ceo was asked if he would make the movie again without hesitation, he said yes. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> olympic swimmer michael phelps the most decorated olympian was arrested today for drunken driving. the 18 time gold medalist received a suspended sentence. he will be on suspension for a year and a half. this is his second dui conviction in maryland. >>> bay area authorities cracking down on drunk

. >> linton said the company is considering other options o contribute the film. mike viqueira joins us from washington d.c. good morning to you. we understand this morning, north korea said it's open to a joint investigation into the sony hacking. how likely is that to actually happen. >> i think this was is one of those unpredictable things that north korea does. they are known to manipulate the west in the united states, acting bellagerently, firing on fairy boats and war shops in south korea. the two nations at war, 30,000 troops stationed between them. the united states government is never sure what the motivations are for north korea. it is famous for manipulating the united states and other western allies to get what it wants. that proposal will not be taken seriously. >> you say it's not a sincere option. what are the options available to the president right now? >> there are few. the president said it would be a proportional response and the united states will react in the time, place and manner of its choosing. it will not be revealed what the u.s. respo

i think on the question of the pulling of the film, what he said -- what michael linton said was that the president, the public and the press have misunderstood. his argument is sony never pulled the film. what happened was sony was working very hard to get the film out. what happened was the movie theaters came to them, the major chains and one after the other refused to show it. and his argument is, look, at some point if you don't have anyplace to show the movie, all we did was canceled the december 25th release. and he did say that does not mean that they aren't going to show the movie. it means the december 25th release cannot proceed because there is no movie theater in america that was willing to show it. and you'll hear him say that. the president says sony made a mistake in pulling the film. did you make a mistake? >> no. i think actually the unfortunate part is in this instance, the president, the press and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened. we do not own movie theaters. we cannot determine whether or not a movie will be played in movie theaters. so to sor

linton said sony is exploring releasing the film on other platforms. it is our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so, reads a sony statement. usc marshall school of business school professor delvecchio thinks the president did sony a favor. >> it was a bit of a sting that the president criticized them. but what he actually did was provide a lot of political cover for them to go forward, release the film. >> that was patrick healey reporting. direct to video or video on demand release could still be a possibility. but sony's ceo said distributors are not showing up interest so far. but as you heard, that could change. >>> jeff ranieri, we're talking about tonight's rain. then that all-important holiday forecast. >> yes, and the most important thing i think everybody wants to know is when are we done with this storm system? we're done with the worst right now. it's way off toward the south. i think we'll have residual moisture back here off to the north and also the west. we'll have to deal with that the next 24 h

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>> linton says, we didn't acquiesce, it wasn't sony that made that decision. place to show it. >> a contract between sony and the exhibiters. maybe mr. linton talked about that, but it seemed to me the fear was corporate risk aversion. it wasn't about speech, it wasn't about expression. there should have been an effort. the idea of physical threats from a tin horn dictator, come on. i mean, i think -- shame on -- >> and a bomb goes off in that movie theater. who do you think they're going to sue? sue the movie theater and sue sony. >> that's not reasonable. that's an awful argument. >> no, it's foreseeable and it would happen that way. >> all right. and now we know what kind of arguments may have taken place in the boardroom there at sony, right? >> i'm sure. >> stick around. we've got more. another case we want to talk to you about. this one involving the ferguson grand jury and words that some of the eyewitnesss lied that the d.a. knew that. straight ahead. ♪ when you don't get enough sleep... and your body aches... you're not yourself. tylenolpm relieves pa

michael linton says the president and the country is mistaken what has happened.have not backed down, we have every desire to have the american public see this movie. sony can't tell any theater what movie to show but it's unclear whether sony will put "the interview" back ton market. john. >> thank you randall. kevin mitnick has changed his way from the most wanted hacker. thank you. >> thank you for having me on your show. the fbi made these statements regarding the malwear that was found on sony's networks but knowing how hackers work they share code, they share malwear, they share disploits. >> how hard is it to fake an attack by north korea? >> it's very easy. i could sit and attack a system in the u.s. and make it look like it's coming from indonesia, china, anywhere in the world. >> what would be the motive for that? >> i don't know what the motive would be. there's a clear motive why north korea would attack sony but i don't know if any other bad actors are trying to pin it on north korea. i don't really know -- i don't know who's behind it because i haven

michael linton spoke with fareed zakaria in this exclusive tv interview. >> the president says sony madeke in pulling the film. did you make a mistake? >> no, i think actually the unfortunate part is in this instance the president, the press and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened. we do not own movie theaters. we cannot determine whether or not a movie will be played in movie theaters. so, to sort of rehearse for a moment the sequence of events, we experienced the worst cyber attack in american history and persevered for 3 1/2 weeks under enormous stress and enormous difficulty and all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running and get this movie out into the public. when it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters, the movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time we had no alternative but to not pro

michael linton the ceo of the studio is long-time friends with the obamas going very far back. look at the bigger picture. um, how, um, you know, if -- if the president were to say, i support sony in its decision, um, there would have been a lot of outrage as to how does the american media, how does the content community, respond when this happens again? >> reporter: sony entertainment ceo michael linton responded to the president's critical remarks. >> i would be fibbing to say i wasn't disappointed. the president and i haven't spoken. i don't know exactly whether he understands the sequence of events that led up to the movie's not being shown in the movie theaters. um, and, um, therefore, i would disagree with the notion that it was a mistake. >> reporter: in los angeles, randy paige, kpix 5. >> the hackers sent a letter of praise to sony saying it was very wise to cancel the movie release and warned sony never to release it in any form. >>> our "eye on the storm" tonight people living near san francisquito creek cleaning in santa clara, san mateo counties, watching nervously

the studio's chief executive, michael linton, says his firm chose the digital distribution first to reach as many people as possible on opening day. >>> the leader of north korea has made a pledge to the widow of a former south korean president. kim jong-un wrote to the wife of kim dae-jung vowing to unite the peninsula. a former aide to kim dae-jung released the letter after leading a delegation to the north's border city, kaesong. the group went to the city on be half of the widow. she sent a wreath to mark the third anniversary of the death of kim jong-un's father, former leader kim jong-il. kim dae-jung took office in 1998. he pursued a sunshine policy of peace and reconciliation with the north. kim jong-un wrote in his letter that he'll respect the wishes of the late south korean president. he said he'll strive to bring the two koreas together. north korean official who oversees unification matters reportedly read the letter out to the south korean delegation. analysts say leaders in pyongyang are trying to put pressure on seoul to respond. >> five japanese have been executed in the

in the big apple to see "the interview" today as people flocked to the theaters sony ceo michael lintonnked everyone who supported the embattled studio. >> it has been a long and difficult road for us to get here and i wanted to say how grateful i am to each and every one of you. we certainly had our setbacks but we never folded, we never stopped pursuing as wide a release as possible. it was essential for our studio to distribute this movie, especially given the assault on our business and on our staff. this release represents our commitment to our film makers and free speech. >> "the interview" is also stream on several online sites including youtube. >>> the florida developer in line to buy the former revel casino now wants some of his money back. lawyers glen straub. strawberry says the auction was unfair and wants the judge to deduct a $3 million break up fee. >>> new tonight more than 100 years and countering. a very special holiday celebration for one very special lady. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more. >> ♪ jingle bells >> reporter: it's christmastime once again f

. >> widely reported leaked emails show sony exec michael linton sent an unfinished version over thesulting firm confirms to cnn linton asked an expert to look at the dvd of the move. >> there are a lot of countries that would like to censor americans and if we start giving into it there won't be an end to it. >> it tells cnn north korea remains the prime suspect in the hack, but so far the u.s. government hasn't publicly pointed the finger at the reclusive country. >> the only way that we will stop them is if they are persuaded that this was a bad idea and so we have got to react in a way that deters future attacks of this kind. >> and as u.s. investigators narrowed down who the culprit is, government officials at the highest levels are holding several meetings on this issue trying to reach an agreement on how to move forward here. it's one thing to be able to attribute and another thing to be able to decide how the plan of action will take place. >> they know no real credible evidence of any actual threat to u.s. movie theaters. >> pamela brown, thank you so much. >> cyber threats

michael linton said it was essential for our studio to release the movie, especially given the assault on our business and employees by those who wanted to stop free speech. >> we're in uncharted territory. >> reporter: andrew editor and chief of the hollywood trade publication variety. >> how unprecedented is this? we never saw a movie that costs this much getting this much distribution online along with a sizable number of small theaters. it became not a good move for sony to look as if they were trampling on the first amendment. >> reporter: more than 300 small independently movie theaters are also expected to show the film on christmas day. >> they hate us because they ain't us. >> reporter: they originally showed the film when large theaters said they wouldn't show it because of threats of terrorism from the so-called guardians of peace hackers. law enforcement says there's no intelligence suggesting any legitimate threats. the theater in los angeles will show the film after midnight, writing in extra security. executive director. >> i did the self-assessment and said, let's do. t

michael linton told fareed zakaria the studio is considering options for releasing the video digitally or through video on demand, but not thus far a single distributor or e commerce site has stepped up to show the incendiary comedy. >> what you saw is a nation state who engaged in trying to really destroy an american company and then took it to the broader level of using threats of violence in order to get their political will. >> no, i don't think it was an act of war. i think it was an act of cyberva cybervandalism that was very costly, very expensive. we take it very seriously. we will respond, as i said. >> david, the veteran lawyer of the bush/gore recount who is representing sony in the current case the film will be released by means of distribution, not yet determined. arthel? >> james rosen, thank you so much. >>> we'll remind our viewers much more on the fallout over sony's hack attack and what it could mean for the already strained relations with north korea when we talk to kansas congressman mike pompao a member of the house intelligence committee. >> there's a knee jerk se

ceo michael linton in an interview airing on cnn 8 p.m. tonight that he's been looking for digital alternatives and that no digital distributor has come forward and said they will release the movie. no major digital distributor, of course, that raises questions about whether what netflix or youtube. >> joule yarks thanks for the update. >>> not just oil rallying high today. goldman sachs ceo addressed the debt mark on the economy, it's a deal book conference last week. >> there's a lot of positives to the economy and i ticked through these things before from the energy situation to the resurgence of housing to the most important thing is having reversed all the leverage that was in the system and kind of reset the clock. >> ryan kelly does not agree, making his way over to the beakers. made a remarkable recovery up 5% from lows this week. >> and lloyd's half right. let's call it that. when you look at the financial system and his bank in particular, yes, a lot of leverage has been taken out. but let's look at what's going on in the high yi

including ceo michael linton and all of the company's senior management.s asked the fbi to investigate. the hackers, who call themselves guardians of peace, have not been identified. but some cyber security experts and u.s. officials suspect north korea. the regime in pyongyang is furious over sony's soon to be released comedy the interview in which stars seth rogan and james franco obtain an interview with north keyon leader kim jong un only to be persuaded by the cia to use the opportunity to assassinate him. >> the cia would love it if you could take him out. >> huh? >> take him out. >> like for drinks? >> like to dinner? >> take him out on the town? >> no, take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> reporter: north korean state media called the film an act of war and warned of merciless retaliation. the malware used by the hackers was written in korean and pyongyang phrased the cyber assault as a righteous deed. no matter who did it, the hack has caused enormous disruption and embarrassment. at one of the world's

. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn, sony pictures schettino michael linton said sony had been in direct contact with white house officials and the company did everything it could. >> we have not david. we have not given in. we have perce veered, and we have not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. >> reporter: mr. obama also said cyber attacks are a fact of life in the 21st century. >> we take them with the utmost seriousness, but we can't start changing our patterns of behavior any more than we stop going to a football game because there might be the possibility of a terrorist attack. >> you two are going to be in a room alone with kim jong un. >> reporter: in the film, two journalists are recruited by the c.i.a. to assassinate kim jong un. >> i think it says something interesting about north korea that they decided to have the state mount an all-out assault on a movie studio because of a satirical movie starring seth rogue an. >> reporter: after identifying the culprit, the president said the u.s. will retaliate. >> we'll resp

>> the group also released about 8,000 emails from the in box of sony entertainment's ceo michael linton. the hackers called the data dump the beginning of a christmas gift. >>> let the competition begin. the bay area's olympic dreams rest on a big pitch today. the major development just a short time ago. >> california lottery changing things up with a new prize. it won't make you a millionaire but it may make your mouth water. ,, ,, 20-24 olympic summer games. th is >>> we have just learned the u.s. olympic committee will make a bid for the 2024 olympic summer games and that means the bay area is officially in the running. our own mike sugerman is in redwood city where the announcement was made in just the past hour. mike. >> reporter: that's right. that's news that the u.s. will make an olympic bid for 2024. two olympics ago they didn't make a bid because they didn't think they had a good chance. they met here today in redwood city and said they made the bid because they had all four presentations from the cities involved. that would be l.a., boston, washington and the bay area. strong

. >> but on cnn sony pictures ceo michael linton said sony had been in contact with the white house.nd that the company has done everything it can. >> we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have -- we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. >> whatever happens with the movie the president says there will be real life consequences for north korea. >> we'll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. >> though the north koreans deny their behind the attack. >> after the president finished that news conference today, the first family departed for their annual christmas trip to hawaii. they're scheduled to remain in the islands for 17 days until january 4th. >> add chrysler to the list of car companies expanding recalls. we've got details on what's exact affected next. a warning from the cdc. flu outbreak is hitting the us. we'll tell you why it's. worse than last year. >> and... >> this was no ordinary day at school. we'll tell you why emotions ran so high. >> and it's now official. jimmy ro

as people flock to do theaters to view the movie sony ceo michael linton took time to thank those whoupported sony. >> it has been a long and difficult road for us to get here, and i wanted to say how grateful i am to each and everyone of you. we certainly had our set backs but we never folded. we never stopped pursuing as wide a release as possible. it was search for our studios to distribute this movie especially given the assault on our business and on oh our staff. this release represents our commitment to our film makers and free speech. >> the interview is also streaming on several online sites. >>> a christmas protest outside of a st. louis church ended peacefully. about 75 people staged the protest over the shooting death of an 18-year-old black man by a white police officer on tuesday night. that teenager allegedly point add gun at the officer and it happened in the suburb of berkeley that's close to ferguson missouri where michael brown was kill. demonstrators took to the streets on christmas eve and several were arrested. >> upper merion police make an arrest in a christmas

i think michael linton, the ceo of sony, i got to work with him at the broadcasting board of governors, he's an extremely thoughtful gooir. today when he did an interview, even when the president attacked sony publicly in front of the world, they were still class si and did not strike that. but they might. >> if i were sony right now, really, president obama? we made a mistake? i tell you what, we're going to release it at the bequest and behest of obama. what do you think of that? then they hang it on him off themselves. >> you're scaring me. the thing that i find amazing is that if anybody believes that north korea can do this without china number one. the other thing is what are you going to do to north korea? in fact? what are you going to do, hack into their prison system? the thing that i found interesting, i hate to say this but i have to. >> let's move on to the other big story of the week, the move towards normaliziing u.s. nlb'çr@&eysg?!mzt=rç÷m$ét?szi5ç+ i don't know how this relationship will develop over the next several years, i'm a fairly young man, so i imagine at some

michael linton said that we will never give up on showing the interview. and we're finding more ways to show the movie so people can see it. we're proud to release it to the public and have stood up to those who oppose free speech. >> they are standing up, and any expectation of turnout for the movie on christmas day. >> it's likely that it's going to be pretty high, david. one of the theaters that said that it's going to be showing it, alamo draft house, it's going to open the website to books at 12 p.m. eastern time. and one of the theaters, two of the screenings were booked full within an hour or two, and there has been a lot of hype about the movie, the drama around the release of the movie, and i think that a lot of people are curious, and a lot are tweeting about it as well. one person said, this is excellent news, congratulations on this win against terrorism. >> roxanna, thank you very much. and this latest twist in an ever thickening plot between north korea and sony is unprecedented. and bill, first of all, your reaction to the sony ceo today say

linton has been pretty steadfast in the past two days that they plan to release it. heis just a matter of how blames the movie theaters for doing that. yesterday, you saw a lot of independent theater owners, including some who will now exhibit it saying they would be willing to do so. my guess is that sony come after realizing that it angered a lot of people by pulling it, look for an alternative and they found some in theaters that are sympathetic to the whole subject of the first amendment and wanted to help. off the president is one thing. taking off george clooney is another thing in hollywood. jordan, you covered this hacking issue so well. the notion that the internet was shut down in north korea was a fairly amazing thing. is that a sign of the u.s. proportionally responding? >> all the evidence we have been able together and the commentary has been able to glean points that this was not the u.s. one security expert said, if the u.s. wanted to shut down north korea's internet, it would be a lot worse. the internet was down from with a nine hours, significant,

they include discussions involving linton and other business executives.l former sony employees have sued the studio this week, alleging the company knew its computer servers were vulnerable for years and failed to respond to the data breach. the movie involves seth rogen and franco. they had been scheduled to be on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon this evening. as for the most very, it's projected to take in an estimated $25 million over the christmas holiday weekend. seema, back to you. >>> landon dowdy, thank you so much for that report. >>> and another big story in the retail space, american apparel has officially fired the ceo and founder dov charney. this followed an internal investigation ending a ten-year racked up of scandals, including sexual allegations. he's disappointed. >>> in other news, the u.s. is launch ago bid to host the 2024 olympics. host cities up for consideration include boston, los angeles, san francisco and washington. the u.s. city will be chosen early next year and the international olympic committee will make a final decis

ceo michael linton issued a statement, we have not given in, we have not backed down, we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. now some sony's ceo sis his company does not own movie theaters and can't tell them what to show. but it's unclear whether sony will put the movie back on the market, john. >> focusing on nuclear issues in asia, director of the plowshares fund. paul, welcome. what do you think based on what we heard from the united states do you really believe it's north korea? >> well, thanks for having me, john. i think the evidence seems to be very strong, in that case. earlier today if you had asked me would i have said whoa, not so fast, we have been wrong about these before. when we see the president, the secretary of state and the fbi in lock step and making such strong statements they must have something quite persuasive. >> so paul how is this going to affect the relationship or the lack of relationship between the u.s. and north korea? >> well, it can't get much worse than it already was. i don't think it will have much of an immed

michael linton pushed back on the president to cnn saying his company did not cave, but it had no other choice but to cancel the movie. >> i'm going to use it to take some questions. >> the president called on reporters who only pressed him mildly, who -- went unchallenged as he promised to work with the new republican congress where he can while vowing to make executive action whenever possible. >> i'm going to kongd continue what we're doing is pursue -- it is within my lawful authority to provide that help, i'm going to do it. this president dealt with his lairm duck status by declaring he's rationing to the end zone. >> my presidency is entering the fourth quarter and interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter. and i'm looking forward to it. >> after the news conference, i noticed a the white house -- white house stationary that said we're in the fourth quarter, quoting the president, quoting them to i -- the president will have a chance to do that on january 20th when speaker john boehner has invited him to deliver the address. >> there were a lot of people wondering about poi

. >> but sony chief executive michael linton insists that sone house advisers about the problem. even the state department agreed sony was in discussion with them. now, as someone who follows the president, i can tell you he is often not a man of his word. so who to believe? a company on the front page of virtually every newspaper struggling to deal with hacking by a foreign regime, or the president of the united states, who makes believe he wishes he was contacted, who's only fbi says north korea's responsible, and whose department of homeland security is accused by many of being missing in action. where was the president when sony stood alone on this? through initially embarrassing e-mails to class action lawsuits, to threats of 9/11-style attacks? the president is a lawyer. he understands like the. he watched as e-mail gossip turns into international cyber warfare, and he wants to blame a corporation that's struggling to survive? folks, this isn't a small issue. this is huge. now any enemy and we certainly have our share can threaten not only artistic entities, but banks, corp

> the president also said that he wished sony had spoken to him first but now, sony's ceo michael lintons speaking out in an interview with cnn that he just gave. he responded to what the president had to say yesterday. >> in this instance, the president, the press, and the public, are mistaken as to what actually happened. we do not own movie theaters. we cannot determine whether or not a movie will be played in movie theaters. >> linton also saying people in sony had been in contact with a senior white house adviser, not the president himself but there had been contact between the white house and sony before the decision. a little more complexity. we start to get the sony side of this story. obviously still playing out. in terms of the president yesterday, and how he addressed this issue, what did you make of it evan? >> i think there are other ways to put movies out besides putting them in the movie theaters. the white house had been pretty adamant throughout. they had been talking about this. i think one of the interesting things we're into is this world of this kind of cyberwar. we

. >> reporter: michael linton also says sony is looking at other ways to distribute the movie and todayhe white house responded by saying we are pleased to hear that sony is actively working to distribute the film. people should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they would like to see it. one option that is out there is putting it out for free. sony does have a streaming service. but there is no subscription fees. so they could be out $75 million. that's how much sony put out to produce and to promote the film. eric? >> all right. thanks so much. >>> intense combat in iraq today. kurdish force fighting isis as they continue to try to rescue refugees trapped. kurdish military leaders say they have made significant progress in liberating the area from isis control. john huddy has the details. >> reporter: kurdish forces have had to reamateur hundreds much small miles from isis in what has been a grueling and difficult military and logistical rescue operation. headway has been made. kurdish fighters had reportedly opened a 44-mile long cor consider, basically an escape route

linton, the president and ceo of sony pictures entertainment, that was leaked from the hackers. liz: let me say something right now, sony stock up about two authorities of a percent, it retrenched just a bit, sony's holding up, the movie theater holdings, they are all moving lower right now. very serious story. no longer the gossipy excitement on hollywood, this is extremely focused on what would imagine a criminal investigation. now that the claimed sony hackers are threatening physical violence. how will that change the picture at all? bring in bill bailey, former fbi investigator speaking with law enforcement about. this bill, i'm sure you've been talking to your fbi contacts. what are they saying about this particular threat now that came late this afternoon? >> they're taking it extremely seriously. this is certainly a digression from the hacking aspect, the criminal aspect of the hacking into making terroristic threats. they're saying there is nothing to suggest they have specific information leaking anying location or modality. we don't know who it's dealing with, we don'

michael linton said he was left with no choice when the movie theaters said they would not play the film. he's mainly worried about the message that the cancellation sends. >> we can't have a society in which some dictator someplace, can start imposing censorship here in the united states. >> and the white house seemed to soften the stance with sony today. they were pleased with the deputy secretary and they were pleased that sony was taking it. they release it to the public for free and put 75 million in the production and promotion of the film. >> thank you very much. >> and president obama wushs sony had spoken to him before pulling the "the interview". tweet me your ideas and i will read them later in the show. we have new information on the rolling stones article on the alleged sexual assault in the university of virginia in 2012. e-mails show that rolling stones fact checker didn't ask about the incident and the a cowser's stories. but asked how the school handles sexual assault complaints. the magazine said the internal review is ongoing. we are going to get to the new's conferenc

. >> but sony chief executive michael linton insists that sony was in contact with senior white housedvisers about the problem. even the state department agreed sony was in discussion with them. now, as someone who follows the president, i can tell you he is often not a man of his word. so who to believe? a company on the front page of virtually every newspaper struggling to deal with hacking by a foreign regime, or the president of the united states, who makes believe he wishes he was contacted, who's only fbi says north korea's responsible, and whose department of homeland security is accused by many of being missing in action. where was the president when sony stood alone on this? through initially embarrassing e-mails to class action lawsuits, to threats of 9/11-style attacks? the president is a lawyer. he understands like the. he watched as e-mail gossip turns into international cyber warfare, and he wants to blame a corporation that's struggling to survive? folks, this isn't a small issue. this is huge. now any enemy and we certainly have our share can threaten not only artistic

in his first interview since the studio canceled the release of "the interview" michael linton said he disagrees with the notion his company made a mistake, signinaying sony had n choice. >> the president and i haven't spoken. i don't know whether he understands the sequence of events that led up to the movie's not being shown in theaters. the movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatric release on the 25th of december. we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. >> you're saying you still want the public to see this movie? >> we would still like the public to see this movie. absolutely. >> a group of hackers sent a new e-mail to sony pictures today telling the studio it was quote, very wise to cancel the release of "the interview." that e-mail goes on to say sony's data is safe as long as they never release that film in any form. >>> i

i learned that the ceo, michael linton. password to access the dough man and his e-mail was sony, ml, his initials followed by number 3. which is really a bad password. 1, 2, 3, 4, right. off awe it's better than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. the other issue when the hackers released information, they pilfered from sony it contained files that contained all of the administrative password in plain ordinary text files. that means if a hacker got administrative rights, they're going to be able to get access to everything. >> julia, i saw you shaking your head in agreement. you thought their security was lax. i have to ask you. he talked about that. i want to ask you, remember the attacker said, you don't want to do this. it is going to be, make sure you remember, september 11th. you see that that threat was credible? >> no. i didn't. i don't think government did. so when people say the u.s., you know, was on its knees, a private company, a japanese company made this decision. it was a bad decision. but the notion that this is somehow equi

the hackers have released thousands of data and e-mails from the inbox ceo michael linton. threat is being investigated by the fbi. the film is due to hit theaters nationwide on christmas day. >>> a major win for apple. a bay area jury sided with the company in a ten-year old federal case that ended in oakland today. the plaintiff's claim that ipods were designed to keep users from playing songs that weren't down loaded from the itunes store. but apple argued that was only for security reasons. the case could have cost apple $1 billion. the plaintiff's attorneys say they plan to appeal. >>> this is something new. a couple of big twists on california's newest lottery game. the prize will not be cold hard cash but a warm welcome at wine country's most famous restaurant, the french laundry. dinner will be an 18-course tasting menu with paired wines and includes a two-night stay at a napa resort and spa. the winner will have to buy a special $10 emerald ten scratcher. take a photo with the ticket and write a caption. lottery officials will judge the winner. the game launches in