according to buzz feed pascal asked brudin advice before going to an obama fundraiser pascal saying whati ask the president at the stupid jeffery breakfast? brudin responding would he like to go to the movie -- finance movies. i doubt it. what they traded names like the butler and think like a man. he added ride along saying quote i bet he likes kevin hart. both execs are apologizing. rudin said i made re, ma meant only to be funny but in the cold light of day they are thoughtless and senseless. >> although this was a private communication that was stolen i accept full responsibility for what i wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended. records show in 2011 the sony honcho cut a 5,000 dollar check for the president's reelection campaign. scott rudin gave 12,000 over the years to democratic causes. >>> >> the group of moms from california trying to stay awake with their kids during the afternoon slump. >> i am reporting at target, and papa if you aren't watching your granddaughter, you need to watch your granddaughter on the news. >> she is 6 years old and she stole the show durin

pascal yesterday. significant is this hack in is this what folks in tinseltown are all talking about now? >> it's the only thing people are talking about. it's by far the most significant thing to happen in the business this year for sure. probably will be in people's lives for years to come. largely because the studio has been more or less paralyzed for weeks now, i don't think that the studio is back to normal, from what we hear they're doing billing by hand. yesterday, we broke a story that the hackers once again penetrated their network and plashed a message on their computer screens, threatening to do more damage if their demands were met. that being said, their demands are nott a all clear. but i can every single studio in town is checking their own security and everyone is worried about their e-mails because, of course, anyone who's had contact with sony's email system, which is everyone, is worried about they might be impacted as well. >> sreenivasan: james lewis, this isn't the normal kind of

amy pascal and scott rudin -- >> so real quick, this comes from our own sources.s the executive producer on a film about the process of kidnapping wives. liz: ethiopia. >> and it's getting huge praise. she was supposed to make an appearance earlier this week, and our sources are telling us that at the very last minute -- everyone was there waiting for angelina jolie -- she did not show up. then the next morning, they said she was sick. the next morning there she is with amy pascal at a breakfast honoring the powerful women of hollywood n. the dead of summer, you could use that picture the cool a room. liz: adam shapiro, please keep us posted. tough times for sony, definitely. we don't wish that on any company. >>> closing bell ringing in 36 minutes, taking on the hog as in harley davidson, indian's motorcycle hot new ride, made in america, flying off the shelves before it can even get under your christmas tree this year. stick around, a fox business exclusive with the vp of motorcycles at polaris industries, the it's the hot gift for both wall street and main stre

amy pascal apologizing for racially insensitive e-mails about president obama. scott ruden said jolie a spoiled brat before jolie and pascal ran into each other. >> it's a disaster for the studio and it's a corporate e-mail. >> reporter: whether pascal will be pushed out. said i'd be surprised if my entire legacy was based on the leak of the e-mail exchange. disrupt download sensitive data, reporting sony is using hundreds of computers to executive the denial of service attacks as the stakes and the cost continue to rise. >> it's hard to estimate but at least tens of millions of dollars. you have five films pirated, the cost of remediation, the probable lawsuits from employees, exemployees, state and identities compromised and it goes on and on. >> reporter: hollywood players turn to social media to respond to the private negative comments about them now shared with the world. producer megan tweeting, bipolar 28-year-old lunatic? i thought myself as more eccentric. kevin hart responding from calling a. it's time to get back to building this empire i've dreamed o

the moment angelina jolie and sony pictures shari amy pascal cross paths at a hollywood luncheon. locking eyes, just hours after stolen emails between pascal and oscar-winning producer scott rudin leaked online, reportedly bashing jolie for having a lack of talent and an ego. also today, pascal telling "the hollywood reporter" she's reached out to the civil rights leaders al sharpton and jesse jackson to being the, quote, "healing process." after the leaked exchange showed the two entertainment moguls making racial jokes about president obama, saying he might lie the slave movie "django unchained" or "12 years a slave." some of the biggest names in tinsel town humiliated in what's being called the biggest corporate hacking ever. tonight, leaked emails reportedly showing oscar-winner jennifer lawrence earning less than her male co-stars in "american hustle." >> don't you dare forget that part. we fell madly in love. >> reporter: it turns out, just days before those stolen emails showed up online, pascal reportedly told her assistant to remove some of them from her computer. >> you

days after the e-mail surfaced between pascal and scott rudin, pascal is seen here at an l.a. event receiving a frosty reception from jolie. pascal told deadline.com, i'm mostly disappointed in myself, that's the element of this that's been most painful to me. i don't want to be defined by these e-mails after a 30-year career." one e-mail to rudin, pascal, a big fund-raiser for president obama insinuates obama only likes films with african-american actors like "jengo unchained." pascal told deadline.com, i'm embarrassed, deeply. today the white house confirmed pascal and rudin have apologized. >> i think a lot of people who read those e-mails, maybe not everybody, i think a lot of people, cringed a little bit when they were reading them. >> reporter: much more damaging than the juicy tinseltown e-mails, the hackers have also published the medical records of sony employees and their spouses. even their children. >> 20 years ago, i was the world's most wanted hacker. i was an fbi fugitive for a number of years. >> reporter: this man is still hacking, but now he's doing it to hel

then pascal goes on, or the butler, or think like a man.din e-mails, ride along, i bet he likes kevin hart. hart being a prominent african-american comedian. rudin and pascal have since apologized for their comments but imagine their media outrage if it were republicans who sent those racist e-mails. you know, with all the talk, i would ask people, larry, in the aftermath of ferguson, in the aftermath of eric garner, any evidence that you have that ties these incidents to racism nobody can point to any evidence. i think racism is an overused word. this is racial. this is over the top. first of all, there's a lot to learn in those movies. "12 years a slave," "the butler," i thought they were terrific movies and some other ones that were mentioned. to me this is insulting and rude and stereotypical and just mean. you don't hear a word about it. what if a conservative said these thing sns. >> you're absolutely right. if we were in a rational world, sean, you and i would be talking about a company that's subjected to a cyber attack. but we don'

rudin replies 12 years, and pascal then quotes or the butler or think like a man?es kevin hart, hart being a prominent african american comedian. what if a prominent conservative had such an exchange, jessie? what do you think would happen? >> if that was a conservative -- and by the way, merry christmas to you and your family. >> thank you. >> if that was a conservative, they would have rallies and protests. they would be calling for your job. they would try to destroy you. >> don't you think i would probably be fired? >> yeah, which is so unfortunate. and i've been saying for a long time that al sharpton and the so-called civil rights leaders are not the gatekeepers to the black community. and they're only using black americans to gain power, political power and finance. >> yeah. >> and in left corporate america, white america, white americans stop catering to these people, it is never going to end. they give them power when they cater to jackson and sharpton and the others. >> dominic, let me get your take on this. i can't believe there hasn't been more indignat

lead correspondents amy pascal and producer scott rudin revealed -- it started when pascal asked whatask the president about. should i ask him if he'd like jengo, and then threw back several films saying i bet he likes kitchen hart. both of them have apologized, pascal saying the content were insensitive and inappropriate, but are not an accurate reflection of who i am. i accept full responsibility for what i wrote, and apologize for everyone who is offended. >> sources tell me there's been a massive shift of any sensitive communication towards the phone. i'm also hear execs across the studios are searching all the correspondence they have ever had with sony's employees, some of them even making preempt tiff phone calls for those who might be offended. >> kelly? >> wow, so yulia, not the last that we seem to be hearing about it. jon fortt, your reaction to these accusations of racism? >> it's insensitive, the jokes may be bad, but i don't think on the face of this this is racist. they may think it's funny, yeah, probably he doesn't, naming all these movies with black people in them. i

pascal made to apologize was the right one. >> reporter: after two weeks little is known about who's behind the cyber attack. sony's not commenting on the investigation. the north korean government angry over the release of "the interview" denies any involvement. and some cyber security experts believe there's a chance a current or former employee at sony could be involved. >> the scope and depth of the data collected as well as the type of data is that that someone in i.t. or in the security team would have access to. >> reporter: hackers are relying on media outlets to publish the documents. creating unethical dilemma for journalists. the editor of "variety" compares the cyber attack to the recent leak of naked celebrity photos. >> i don't believe the public has a right to know. this was private information. however, what has transpired now, right or wrong, has thrust this into the public eye. >> reporter: in an interview with the website deadline, amy pascal says, can we all make a pact not to read these, whether they're mine or somebody else's? because i'm not the last person thi

pascal responds, should i ask if he likes django. >> writes back 12 years. >> pascal then writes or the butler or "think like a man" two more movies starring african-americans. ends the exchange with ride-along," i bet he likes kevin hart. meant only to be funny but in the cold light of day they are in fact thoughtless, insensitive and not funny at all. pascal told "variety" magazine that the content of my e-mails are insensitive and inappropriate and not an accurate reflection of who i am. ironically during that fundraiser the president applauded hollywood for making movies that show progress in dealing with race, gender and sexuality. so if the movies themselves are making progress, can the same be said for the people making the movies? megyn. >> it's unbelievable. one wonders whether those same folks on the left who are so quick to cry racism at every turn will hold these people to account for comments that went way beyond being insensitive and were direct references to race. trace, good to see you. >>> well, moments ago stirewalt reported that the gop now thinks it has the votes to

pascal is apologizing after the racially toned e-mails over president obama.mmunication between pascal and rudin, what she should ask president obama. should i ask if he liked "django" or "the butler." in this communication implying that obama liked films with african-american actors. also, there is an e-mail exchange over the james bond movie. it is $50 million over budget. lots of e-mails surfaced bashing celebrities like angelina jolie and tom cruise. it appears executives are scrambling making lots of phone calls and apologizing. as i said, this is the first public apology from a sony executive amy pascal after the latest e-mail. we know the fbi is still investigating this. there are some clues pointing to north korea. it is widely speculated that north korea could be behind this. sources say there are some of the coding used in the hack was run in korean. there are other clues. we are told by law enforcement sources, they don't know who is behind the hack. it is still under investigation and it may be a while before we find out. christine. >> pamela brown

pascal and angelina jolie.ls are causing serious repercussions. >> they were racially insensitive e-mails. she talks about how she's going to have dinner with barack obama so amy pascal, not just one of the most powerful women in hollywood but in the world. affoccording to "forbers," numb 28 on the most powerful women in the world. she joked "should ski obama if he liked django unchanged? the butler." now she's apologized. she said "the content of my e-mails to scott" another big producer in hollywood "were insensitive and inappropriate but not an accurate reflection of who i am. although this was a private communication that was stolen, i accept full responsibility for what i wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended." scott rudin also apologized. but i want to get back to motive. because although we don't know for a fact north korea was behind this attack, carol, we do know for a fact that they didn't like this movie "the interview" and imagine if they were able to get the job of the co-chairwoman of s

this was after the revelation of an e-mail between pascal and rudin in which amy pascal called jolieature brat. with me now to discuss all of that, andrew wallenstein and cnn's own don lemon. don, usually you're interviewing me. i'm interested in hearing your reaction to those e-mails i was reading talking about president obama all referring to films with african-american themes. >> i didn't find it funny, obviously. i hate to call people's actions racist. they were certainly racially insensitive and i think it really makes the point of what chris rock has said about hollywood when he wrote the essay saying hollywood is a white industry and has a racial problem. it certainly does. and this highlights it. >> we see documentary evidence of it in a way we rarely see? >> right. think about those antiquated conversations that they were having. you would think that was back in the 1930s or '40 or '50s when people would talk in that manner. >> what is the fallout in hollywood? >> it's just amazing. and you have to wonder about the executives at the center of this, how this is going to impac

amy pascal apologizing for racially insensitive e-mails.ke 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 from doing business on e-mail and towards the phone and across hollywood people are searching correspondents t

pascal and sharpton both deserve an oscar for today's performance. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. joining us our hill political panel. chief political correspondent byron york. okay, byron. >> you talk about show me the money, i will bet you anything that money will go from pascal controls to the national action network is al sharpton. >> is he going to hold her up, basically. >> christian activist organization. his group has been receiving corporate money for a long time. anheuser bush, which has been under criticism at times over the years for not having enough racially diversed series of distributors. they pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> why don't they instead create jobs instead of being held up for money like that? >> sharpton denies that these are shakedowns but the fact is, he threaten to boycott. can he threaten to make your life miserable. and the money starts coming. in, which by the way, he does not use to pay his taxes. >> indeed, he doesn't, accords to "new york times." bob, you have got like senator cory booker, and

but then amy pascal contacted al sharpton? i don't get that. >> you know, i don't get it either, except this is the way it works now. i think especially among the liberal elites. he's their point man on all race relations. president obama has blessed him, given him that title because he so hates jesse jackson. i think it's just ridiculous. it shows you how corrupt the system is. while you guys are all on the high and mighty stage about outrage over e-mails, i'm going to take the low road this morning and let me just say her comments about a harvard-educated law professor, president of the united states, as only liking low-brow kevin hart movies, now that's -- i mean, that's outrageous. that's insane. talk about racial stereotyping. >> -- to your browser history and finds some sites that maybe you visited that you're not too proud of. this is their private information. i think it's inappropriate to judge them. this was not for public disclosure. >> any time anybody acts in a racist manner and has conclusions about me based on m

pascal makes a racially insensitive joke about president obama. the hackers also leaked a draft script of the next james bond film. >> some hackers posted messages saying they're going to keep leaking this information. they have made threats against families. >> state run media in new york praised the hack calling it a righteous deed by supporters. authorities in pyongyang denied involvement. despite the incident, sony and stars premiered the film last week if in los angeles. some thought it was all a publicity spot. >> i originally thought sony created the hack ago tack to generate the movie. >> tn things took a darker turn. the guardians of peace threatened the theaters that showed the film. major chains decided it wasn't worth the risk and cancelled the. >> it was inevitable that choices would be made. >> so are the north koreans behind this in u.s. federal investigators say yes although there's no public accusation. hackers used a form of malware coded in korea. not everyone is happy with the decision to cancel the film's release saying it set

that could not have gotten made without amy pascal. so i do not believe she's a racist. think we all make stupid mistakes and say stupid things, a joke here and there. but unfortunately this all came back to haunt her. but i do not believe she's a racist. i absolutely done believe that. >> all right. joining me now to talk about all of? alan dershowitz, author of "terror tunnels" now available on e-book. sharon waxman, editor in chief of the wrap. did i say cnn pictures or sony pictures? >> you did. >> sony pictures. you're shaking your head. especially during the part with tyler perry. why is that? >> well, you know, this is such a hard issue. there are free speech issues on both sides. the purpose of this hacking is to prevent studios from putting out controversial movies. imagine the next studio that wants to put out a movie critical of islam. those folks are not going to just hack. they're going to engage in violence. so we have to protect freedom of speech on that side. on the other hand, we have to protect freedom of speech of newspapers and the media that want to

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

i think studios are thinks twice. >> ruden an pascal issued apologies. federal investigators are trying to identify the hackers who call themselves guardians of peace. >> bhoefr did this is definitely personal and they're seeing a victim. they've beaten up sony and kicking it again and again and again. we don't know when it's going to stop. >> that was joe fryer reported. i'm join bade writer of people magazine. amy pascal reached out to reverend al sharpton and jesse jackson to begin what was described as the healing process in her apology as pointed out by joe. she's saying she is embarrassed. the same we're hearing from ruden. but this scandal has gone far past personal and social security. >> exactly. it's going to cost sony a lot of money in the long run. what actors want to work with sony. what directors, what scripts they'll get. it's not something about an embarrassing big e-mail. it's a big business problem. >> shonda rhymes one of the most powerful names in hollywood sent out a tweet and said calling sony comments racially insensitive remarks -

this is jolie with pascal after news of the leak came out.scal was on the receiving end of that e-mail we just showed you. people say pictures show a thousand words. there you go. to this alleged intent behind this attack, north korea is suspected of orchestrating this. we don't know if it's north korea or not. sony has a movie coming out that's about a plot to kill kim jong-un. good to see you. there's so many layers of all of this. everybody is sort of reading into the weeds and juice of the e-mails. your whole point is let's move down into paragraph four, five and six and the issue is the subject nature of this film. >> the plot. the beef is -- not that i'm a fan of kim jong-un but the idea there's going to be a movie where we have seth rogan in a comedy talking about killing a foreign leader. even that foreign leader. i think to myself, if it were any other nation and it were reversed and the movie were about our president, we would be upset about this. >> do you think because it's james franco and seth rogan and it's funny and over the t

amy pascal is the woman who runs sony right now. she said embarrassing things about barack obama. >> racially charged. >> inappropriate. she is on the record saying it was dumb. yesterday al sharpton had a meeting here in midtown manhattan with her, and it was determined that going forward, al sharpton would have a hand in figuring out the kinds of movies that sony will premiere. here he is. >> had hollywood not had such an exclusionary, almost all-white hierarchy, one could look at the context differently. but being that hollywood is an environment that still resembles 1950's america, it is a context that is confirmed by the language. so the jury is still out on where we go with amy. we clearly are willing to deal with an immediate formula to see where we deal with breaking down the walls of inflexible and so far immovable racial exclusion in hollywood. >> here's the thing. this goes to show you what a stand-up guy al sharpton is. they had an understanding after their meeting, for some reason amy pascal thought it was important to

pascal told abc news she's reached out to civil rights leaders jesse jackson and al sharpton. her comments making it all the way to the white house. >> at least one of the sony executives whose e-mails were made public has apologized for the content of those e-mails. i certainly think that was appropriate. >> reporter: and this just in. the hacker group behind the attack has just reportedly released another batch of stolen e-mails and it is promising a large christmas gift that it says will, quote, put sony pictures into the worst state. sony's yet to comment. clearly, this isn't over yet. >> linzie janis, thank you. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight." up next, holly d holiday hoolig. all these guys want for christmas is cold, hard cash. and they're doing anything and everything they can to get their hands on it. bank robberies, 21st century style, and that are on the rise. >>> hot off the presses tonight. from the british monarchy. little prince george unlike we've ever seen him before. >>> and a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, tonight, the names b

, i would make sure you look great if pascal would give dowd an interview and showing the column to her husband. >> the first thing people learn in journalism school is you don't show your product to your source or to whoever else is interested, has a vested interest in this until it's written. that said, she came out and said i did not do this. >> right. but then there was the exchange afterwards of she gets the interview and amy writes to mau even, you're my favorite person. and she writes you're my favorite person. >> her boss defends it by saying it was just an air kiss, you're great, i'm great. she's writing an article about this woman. you know, yes, there's a certain way to thank you for the interview, great talking to you, but it's not -- you don't do that. >> love and kisses all around. maybe not for you two. lauren ashburn, lon williams, steve hayes. thanks for stopping by. >>> ahead, the growing list of women accusing bill cosby of sexual assault. >>> but up next, "the washington post" reporter who found glaring contra decision >>> i've lost track of how many women have accus

now some are questioning what future pascal has with sony. fox news contributor leslie marshall. >> i think that would absolutely have to be up to those who are willing to work with her and sony. stars who are african-american or others that are not african-american and were offended by what she said and by this exchange. >> this comes at the same time as the interview. a comedy starring seth rogen that has been condemned by north korea. a group called the guardians of peace has claimed responsibility for the movie and has demanded that sony not release the movie. the fbi now saying that north korea could be behind the hacking attack. now, last night at a red carpet ethevent seth rogan came out and said he wanted to make sure that he thanked pascal for having the courage to press forward with the movie. gretchen, i can tell you, i'm paraphrasing there his exact words were a tad bit raunchier. >> bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep. have a great weekend. thanks, will. >>> what are we all to make of this? well, your work emails and files they're

if you're amy pascal and scott rudin what are you thinking?e biggest stars you have movies for, they have kevin hart's next two or three movies and i can bet, i talked to his people yesterday when the e-mails leaked about him, they hadn't seen it yet, so they were just getting wind of this, but you have to, you know, think that these people are not going to be happy, and not only do you have that, a lot of these stars, their agents have other huge stars, so this could definitely have a snowball effect. they've got some cleaning up to do, because this isn't good. >> nischelle turner, brian stelter thanks so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that wo

by norad, i have got rob here and as you can see -- >> he went pascal gary. >> there are camera icons. >> every stop, if you happen to be tracking this online, you get a picture there. >> norad had some 1200 volunt r volunteers monitoring the flight tonight. a pentagon spokesperson speaking to the press. we have a nice 3d image. >> we have highs in the 50s. warm by north pole standards. patchy frost advisory. >> merry christmas. we will see you back hoar tomorrow. >>> now, a special christmas presentation from nbc news. >>> from the vatican in

beyond amy pascal, how damaging is this to the studio?r security experts say this clean up and trying to contain this issue costs tens of millions of dollars. that's to say nothing about the kind of legal costs associated with it and the costs and damage to a brand that you then have to try to repair. so clearly all kinds of issues and at the same time, you are running a multinational studio and as you can see, this kind of digital disruption causing all kinds of other headaches. >> talk about shifting the focus. there's another part of the story that we have been talking about at nbc news, that is the discussion of what to actually put out in terms of information. at the end of the day, these e-mails however insensitive or damaging, were still hacked and they were essentially stolen. how did you come to that decision? that is how decision about where the line is and what should be published and what should remain private? >> an excellent question. this is new ethical terrain for a lot of the news organizations. the fact remains as journa

has thrust this into the public eye. >> reporter: in an interview with the website deadline, amy pascal says, can we all make a pact not to read these, whether they're mine or somebody else's? because i'm not the last person this is going to happen to. a challenge a bit like putting the genie back in the bottle. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> back east, the showdown tonight over a possible government shutdown has now moved on to the senate chamber. an extension gives them until wednesday to pass a spending bill that would keep the government funded through much of next year. the house passed its own version in a narrow bipartisan vote last night. and they didn't let the doors hit them as they headed off for their winter break in the dark of night. >>> tonight, we have the first television interview with the man the president brought in to clean up and fix up the u.s. secret service. and between reports of drunken agents, prostitutes and fence jumpers, there is a mess to clean up. on monday an independent commission is coming out with a top-to-bottom review of the agency that pr

sony is taking a huge hit in its reputation and it's going to have to do a lot more than have amy pascalponsibility for what she eptually said. >> reporter: both of the experts we spoke to said the lesson from sony's misfortune is that nothing is private. jim, one of the experts went so far as to say anything you write in an e-mail at work you should expect to see on the front page of a newspaper. >> axelrod: thank you. up next, some guys popped the question on bended knee, but this guy uses a crashing crane. uses a crashing crane. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male announcer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. a dry mouth can be a common side effect. that's why there's biotene. it comes in oral rinse, spray or gel, so there's moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for

. >> amy pascal. got to go.tertainment. >> change the culture and talk about the hack and also human behavior and people are more focused on human behavior portion of it. what we're looking at right now with the theaters is fear is changing our behavior to be fearful going into a theater. that is very different than looking at an email. a lot heightened more heightened as behavioral problem. liz: what is so bad about what she has said in some of these e males? she argued forcefully to get a certain movie made about steve jobs. >> yes. liz: she didn't disagree outright with scott rudin a producer about angelina jolie being a brat but she didn't chime in either. she seems to be trying to please a lot of people, said a few ridiculously lame things people termed racist but is that worthy of jettisoning a 30 plus year career. >> we hear so many people who lose their jobs because of reputation. the key here is trust. we have fear replacing trust and that's a big problem. you have a morale problem within the corporatio

and pascal saying, "i accept full responsibility for what i wrote." sony not commenting today, but kevin hart, for one, firing back online, saying, "i protect my brand, i refuse to be broken, people." this is being called the biggest corporate hacking of our time. security expected to be extra tight here for the premiere in los angeles later this evening. david? >> cecilia havevega also report from washington tonight. >>> and now, to breaking developments in washington at this hour. abc news has learned that president obama's chief of staff dennis mcdonough is now on capitol hill to meet face to face with democrats, trying to convince them to support the spending bill. the white house and house republican leaders have been working to pass a $1 trillion bill to avoid a possible shutdown. tonight, a rare alliance. tale party members joining liberal democrats in opposing it. among the sticking points, the bill would ease banking regulations and campaign finance laws. stay tuned. >>> we move on tonight, and to a much different battle. and an epic victory

just days after that e-mail surfaced between pascal and hollywood producer scott rudin, pascal is seen mostly disappointed in myself. that is the element of this that has been most painful for me. i don't want to be defined by these e-mails after a 30-year career. in one e-mail to rudin, pascal, insinuates obama only likes films with african-american actors, like "django unchained." pascal told deadline.com, i'm embarrassed, deeply. today the white house confirmed pascal and rudin have apologized. >> i think that a lot of people who read those e-mails, maybe not everybody, but i think a lot of people, cringed a little bit when they were reading them. >> but much more damaging than the juicy tinseltown e-mails, the hackers have also published the medical records of sony employees and their spouses, even their children. >> 20 years ago, i was the world's most wanted hacker, i was an fbi huge active for a number of years. >> kevin is still hacking, but now to help companies test their security. >> it's like pablo escobar becoming a pharmacist. >> he says this was no snatch and grab job by

both pascal and rudin have since apologized.ead this yourself, and you can see what these folks are saying it's just in bad taste. i'm sure if they knew it was in public, they never would have said it. i'll read rudin's apology: gerri: matt, this puts the lie to the a that hollywood is full of good lefties who are big supporters of the president and would never say a negative word. >> well, they say that this was made in jest and that it's not a reflection of who they are. in fact, amy pascal said those exact words, this is not who i am. but i think a lot of people might question that if they're seeing these e-mails out of context. it looks pretty shocking. gerri: i was amazed, because i didn't think this kind of joking would occur. what else are we seeing out of this? this has just been a drip, drip, drop of bad news for hollywood, and particularly sony. >> yeah. there are thousands of documents that have been made available, everything from internal spread sheets about profitability of movies to e-mail inboxes, communications

it's not pascal who's talking about angelina jolie like this.ttle fun with it. i felt like when she was looking into her eyes, she's like what did he say? >> i felt like you needed daggers on the claw hand. >> i have all weekend, i can do that. there was a thought-provoking tweet releasing private sony e-mails to hurt people is the same of releasing nude photos of jennifer lawrence. why are they okay to print? what do you think of that contention, that that's the same as hacking into jennifer lawrence's phone? >> it's stealing. and we had a really good piece, a long read on buzzfeed about this very thing. you know, it's tricky. journalists are going to go through these kinds of things, no matter who puts them out. and, you know, report on what's out there. it's one thing to report on something and it's another thing to -- >> and that is a tricky line in the 21st century in terms of digital media. >> we're figuring it out, it seems like. >> i was going to skip over the royal eye roll but i know this has a special place in your heart. >> a special

. >> we are learning sony executive amy pascal could likely be fired after hackers released e-mails exposing embarrassing. the new james bond film. an earlier version of the screen play is among the documents. they are worried it will be leaked. sony wants the media to stop talking about it. a lawyer saying e-mail is privileged communications and sony doesn't consent it being released. >> should the media not report leaked information? we will have a live debate at #keep talking. about about abo>> for your sund night wrap up. dallas wasting a 21 point lead in the first half before rallying to win 37-27. lifelong cowboys fan on and hand to celebrate the win. >> bapayton manning and the broncos beat the chargers 22-10 earning their 4th afc race title. the new england patriots had a blowout win over the dolphins 41-13. new england clenching their 6th strit division title. >> new miss world crown and the winner is... >> south africa. >> marlene straws beating out the 120 other women winning the top prize at the competition held in london last night. the 22-year-old medicalsays she world and enco

pascal writes or the butler. >> i think the culture of hollywood will change by this. i think people are thinking twice of what they're putting in e-mails. >> reporter: both rudin and pascal issued apologies. i made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny but in the cold light of day, they are thoughtless and insensitive. pascal says i'm so disappointed in myself that i would have had a lapse in my thinking. of all the things i thought would be said about me, this is the last one. federal investigators are still trying to identify the hackers who call themselves guardians of peace. >> whoever did this is definitely personal and they're seeing a victim. they've already beaten up sony and they're kicking again and again and again. and we don't know when that's going to stop. >> the interview will be released on christmas. this remains an unpredictable environment. no one knows what, if any, information will come out next. sony will address its employees athe a town hall meeting monday. savannah? >> joe friar in los angeles. thank you. >> this has corporation