who's been nice list, and i'm going to use it to take some questions, and we're going to start with terry brown. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. starting with north korea, seems to be the biggest topic today. what does the proportional response look like to the sonny hack? and did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie or does that set a dangerous precedent in this situation? >> let me address the second question first. sony is a corporation. it -- suffered significant damage. there were threats against the employees, i am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. having said all of that. yes, i think they made a mistake. in this inner connected digital world, there are going to be opportunities for hackers to engage in cyberassaults, both in the private sector and in the public sector. now, our first order of business is making sure we do everything to harden sites and prevent those kind of attacks from taking place. when i came into office i set autopsy a cyber security interagency team to look at everything we can do oat the government level to prevent these kinds of att

we're going to start with terri brown at politico. >> thank you, mr. president. north korea is the biggest topic today. what does a professional response look like to the sony hack? and did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie? or does that set dangerous precedent when faced with this kind of situation? >> let me address the second question first. sony's a corporation. it suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. in this interconnected digital world, there are going to be opportunities for hackers to engage in cyber assaults both in the private sector and the subsector. now, our first order of business is to make sure we do everything to harden sites and prevent those kinds of attacks from taking place. when i came into office, i said up a cyber security agency, team, to look at everything we could do at the government level to prevent these kinds of attacks. we've been coordinating with the private sector, but a lot

we'll start with terry brown. >> thank you, mr. president. the story in north korea seems to be the biggest topic today. what does the proportional response look like to the sony hack, and did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie or does that set a dangerous precedent in terms of the present situation? >> let me address the second question first. sony is a corporation. it, you know, suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they face. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. you know, in this interconnected, digital world, there are going to be opportunities for hackers to engage in cyber assaults in the public and private sector. our first business is to prevent those from taking place. when i came into office, i stood up a cyber security inner agency team to look at everything we could do at the government level to prevent these kinds of attacks. we have been coordinating with the private sector, but a lot more needs to be done. we're not even clo

we are going to start with terri budda brown of politico. there you go. >> thank you, mr. president. in north korea, what does the proportional response look like today? does it set a dangerous precedent based on this type of situation? >> let me address the second question first. sony is a corporation. it, you know, suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they face having said all of that, yes, i think they made a mistake. in this inter-connected digital world, there are going to be opportunities for hackers to engage in cyber assaults, both in the private sector and in the public sector. now, our first order of business is making sure that we do everything to present those kind of attacks from taking place. when i came into office, i set up a cyber security inter agency team to look at everything we could do at the government level to presents these attacks. we have been coordinating with the private sector a lot more needs to be done. we are not close to where we need to be. one of the things in the ne

terry. tonight's event will raise money for the family of michael brown, killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. it's happening at this hall in berkeley. a night of music with lyrics calls for social justice. earlier a protest in the city focused on awareness of the issues between police and people of color. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: a couple dozen demonstrators calling for an end to police brutality marched into a bustling union square today. after holding a moment of silence, the names of more than 30 black people killed by police were read. >> alan bloomford. black lives matter! oscar grant. black lives matter! >> reporter: to draw attention to their cause protesters are hoping tot their message out to as many people as they can, and they picked a good day to do it. the place was packed with shoppers and tourists. >> this is the time to celebrate and be with our families, also remember that our nation is at war right now. there's a genocide being committed against black people every day, including the day after christmas, including christmas. >> reporter: the use of the w

>> reporter: terry, people from all works of life gathered in berkeley for a different demonstration. singing for social justice, raising money for michael brown's family. activists in berkeley sing for social justice. he organized the fund raiser for michael brown's family. >> not everybody is a leader. everybody's part is important. we need to stand together in solidarity to get anything done. >> after weeks of ongoing protests across the nation against police violence. people are divided. protestors and shoppers, argued about how to restore calm today. in an open letter to the bay area, the president of three police unions, shared concerns about officer safety. saying the legitimate expression of views has devofld into vilification and violence against the natipublic servants. nancy armstrong temple is raising her voice against a broken criminal justice system. >> i have been pulled out of the car driving home late. >> this mother raising money for michael brown's family hurts. >> she is hoping her efforts will help one family pursue justice. >> i think we are in a world divided. with a lot of challenges. and -- that each of of is responsible