north korea. chinese more concern that it may be to achieve nuclear arm race. the challenge is more determined, we are equally determined as south korea and as the united states to de-nuclearize north korea. i think to not is detrimental because look at chinese periphery. our relation with neighbors have been improving a lot. the only problem around chinese neighbor is north korea nuclear issue. we do not have to guarantee peace and stability. it is not in chinese interest. >> thank you very much. maybe you can respond to the question that is addressed to you. supposed to work. >> so thanks for question for me. south china sea strategy, of course, is a very controversial subject of controversial issue. so then i see some sort of main components of the strategy is easily identified. first is beijing would like to -- some sort of claim to rocks in the islands. yes some would say it's not -- i think there is a strong urgeance for -- the controversy of [ inaudible ] so on the other hand [ inaudible ] safe guarding become more political than international. the second component is china's growing maritime cautiousness. 18 party congress picked up the new key concept.

there has been a new twist in the cyber war that seems to has erected between the united states and north korea. the white house has made no comment on whether the u.s. is responsible, but it does come after the u.s. promised to respond to a crippling attack on sony pictures that it blames on north korea. what is the likelihood the blackout was linked to the massive blackout of sony in the united states. >> it would be a big coincidence if it wasn't. whether they like it or not they have been in news and they have been associated with it. whether they intended or not they have become a target. we need to keep in mind how fragile the north korean internet is. it is small and underdeveloped. it is a network that almost any hacker group could take down. obama promised a counter reaction to the sony hacking. we can probably guess the u.s. was not behind us. if they were, they have sophistication of the north korean internet would still be down it would not have been able to recover it as quickly as they have. >> it could be a tit-for-tat scenario. >> given that both sides are increasing intentions,

north korea. the disruption of internet service in north korea yesterday came amid an escalating war of words between the united states and north korea over the cyber attack on sony pictures. president obama said that the u.s. would respond porportionately to the attack on sony without giving any specifics. a state department spokeswoman would not confirm or deny if the u.s. had anything to do with the internet outage in north korea. >> it could be anyone. that is part of the problem. and it could be mismanagement. it's very possible that this is a bad day to be an it administrator. >> there is very little internet access in north korea in the first place. it is mostly restricted to government and military use. >>> california attorney general has a warning for people who use location services on mobile apps. kamala harris says most people don't realize that most apps report your location all the time. imcolludeing when you are not ewing that app. the attorney general says that can be dangerous especially for victims of domestic abuse or stalking. >>> the countdown to the start of santa's christmas eve flight is now a batt

you are saying that maybe north korea didn't do this. >> and that it is possible that north korea didn't do it. north korea is responding to the united states claiming they did it. and if somebody else could have started a conflict, not that united states and north korea got along, but someone else could have started a serious conflict. >> throughout history there's a lot of cases of false slack, where something happens, you sniggate it to begin with in order to retaliate. these are a lot of high-level machinations that we are not privy too. >> you have companies that want your help. >> used to. i worked with major companies in that space. >> is all this publicity - is it good for the film or bad for sony. >> is it good or bad for sony. i tell you who it is good for. seth roggan, and the team that made the movie. >> the movie is now - you haven't had a through the say about it. >> doesn't matter. >> is this a double-edged sword for a hollywood star. >> sony capitulated to north korea at first. that goes against every american fibre in our bodies. right. we are the don't tread on me nation. that's not what we would have done. i understand wh

and activists unite to keep the memory of 43 missing students alive. we began with the ramping up of tensions between the united states and north korea here it it began witha cyber attack against sony, which initially chose to pull a seth rogen comedy about the assassination of kim jong-un. president barack obama vowed to tell you, and days later, the communist state suffered a massive internet outage. coincidence? let's get the story. >> the cyber attacks targeting sony pictures began end of november when threats suddenly appeared on computer screens of employees. the group called the guardians of peace claimed responsibility and released data notably involving hollywood celebrities. the hackers warned sony pictures that they would leak more sensitive information if the new film "the interview" was ever released. the comedy blockbuster starring seth rogen tells the story of two journalists hired by the cia to kill the north korean leader. according to the fbi pyongyang was involved in the hacking. an unprecedented act of cyber warfare with barack obama saying it cannot go unpunished. >> we will respond proportionally, and we will respond in a place and t

but china also knows that north korea is very unpredictable and unstable and can't be left unchecked, so when they talk to the united states, they know that north korea needs to have chinese influence there. you'll note that the chinese have never admitted that north korea is involved. they cast doubt on u.s. claims that north korea is behind this. but at the same time, you saw that there were shutdowns of north korea's internet access over the weekend. all the internet is provided through china. so a lot of people say that maybe china was trying to send a message to north korea, listen, you better cool it. meanwhile, i just think that any cooperation between the united states and china on north korea is likely to be very quiet. the chinese don't want to provoke a confrontation that could spiral out of control here. >> we appreciate it. >>> and coming up next right here on "newsroom," i'm going to speak with an organization that is helping the families of those officers killed in new york by paying off their mortgages. that conversation up next. what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in

north korea didn't do this. and that it's possible north korea didn't do it, and north korea is responding to the united states claimingy did it, and somebody starting a conflict, not that the united states and north korea get along, but someone could have started a serious conflict between the two countries, is that right. >> throughout history there's a lot of cases of false black. something happens, you instigate it to retaliate. >> good to see you, thank you >>> top vatican officials gathered for the popes annual christmas message, but instead of the typical holiday cheer, they were repry mapped by the boss. paul beban is here with that. >> this is a speech to the catholic church's central administrative body. pope francis used the sayinocca to fire off a stinging rebub, leave a lump -- rebuke, leave a lump of coal in the christmas stocking. >> reporter: hundreds of senior priests, cardinals, priests, bishops, gathering to hear from the pope. they heard in this would be anything but a happy occasion as pope francis launched into a long list of their failures and short comings, saying top church officials are sick w

north korea. and channels more concern about north korea nuclear and it might lead to a nuclear ambush. i think china is equally determined as south korea and the united states to denuclearize north korea. and this is a very determined policy. i think it isn't detrimental to the policy but look at the chinese proliferate and the code word with neighbors improving a lot. the only problem around the neighbors is north korean. this isn't in china's interest a a andagainst their interest. >> thank you very much. you can respond to the question that is addressed to you. >> thanks for question for me. the south china sea is a controversial subject and issue. the main components are identified. i think beijing -- should i say they have some sort of traditional rocks or islands. yes, some would say there is a strong history behind them and you know the controversy about where the line is drawn. it isn't this sea it is our sea. so under the hand, when taiwan holds the line still and the b south china sea's sovereignty there is nowhere for beijing to back off. the second is china's growing maritime groups. china is building into maritime power and what that power mean

role here in keeping north korea at bay, and for potentially punishing or regulating north korea, am i right? >> you're absolutely right. because, you know, unlike the united statesnd north korea which have no diplomatic relationship whatsoever, china is north korea's biggest by far trading partner. certainly, they would collapse in the form of trade and other business types of things, north korean citizens if they get permission from their country they can come here without a visa. they have relatively unrestricted access to this country. and so china is essentially telling the united states, we're not going to get involved here. we're not going to be an intermediary. while china condones attacks like this, they're not certainly condoning any illegal activity. they're also telling the united states that they need to be the intermediary with the government, and they're saying it's not going to happen. what north korea does perhaps is their business, even though we condone any illegal activity -- >> condemn. i think you mean to say condemn. thank you will ripley for that. >> the santa rally is in full swing. the dow flew past 18,000 for the first time ever. do you

united states vowed a retribution at the time and place of his decision. and this is the united states of america, and once that happens, that just by definition is an escalation in the eyes of north koreaine. so then what do they do? >> what does north korea do or what do we do? that is the big question. it would depend on what we do. if we are going to enforce sanctions against north korea or increase what we already have against them, i don't know what the response would be to that. but if there is retaliation in our own krieb ear tack on them -- cyber attack on them, but i don't think there is anybody more essential than the united states. what we did in the iranian program, we could do to north korea and cripple their industries. >> and israel has never taken credit for that but widely reported that it was an american virus that disabled the nuclear facilities and set them back. when you think about crucial pieces of infrastructure that affects of americans and you think of power plants and nuclear power plants. but you think of air travel. is that a target? >> any system which is something that controls other things, whether it is power plants or air transportation, it is vulnerab

this is no surprise to me, north korea's internet service goes down, they're suddenly cut off from the chinese telecom system. that the -- rest stop between the united states andth korea, now the film is getting released. connect the dots. >> i like those dots. >> one more thing is up next. happy thanksgiving. >>> time for one more thing. be sure to tune in tomorrow night for our exciting, original, christmas special. >> that's kind of nice. >> it is. bob? >> one of my favorite guys, buzz aldrin, who was the second man to walk on the moon is 84 years old. he got divorced after 34 years and now he's dating someone younger than he is. but he's looking for another woman. at 84, you got to give the guy credit. so if anyone out there is looking to date the 84-year-old second man on the moon, he's a nice guy, i have met him several times, you'll like him. >> do you know why he broke up with her? >> why? >> he needed his space. >> and finally i would like to wish my two children a merry christmas. >> you know our co-host juan williams, he fills in for bob when bob isn't able to be here. this is his son, raffy williams. he did an interview about how it was that he end

. >> and secretary of state john kerry issuing a statement condemning north korea's attacks, saying in part "threats in cyberspace pose one of the greatest national security challenges to the united states and north korea's actions are intended to inflict significant economic damage and suppress free speech are well beyond the bounds of acceptable state behavior in cyberspace." our next guest say former military assistant to secretary of defense donald rumsfeld, also a leading security consultant to ibm. good evening. >> it good evening. thanks for having me. and i don't man to be hung up on the idea of if this is an act of war or not pu about now you've got the secretary of state saying this is a national security matter. that sounds like more than a robbery down the street. >> the hack itself wasn't an act of war. it was it, that was terrorism. that fits the definition under our laws of an act ofe got north korea trying to inflict some sort of cyberattack on us and inflict real damage? >> as i said, the real damage is in the loss of the freedom of speech, freedom of expression that came out. just stealing the data from sony not so much. industrial espionage happens all the time

as tensions are heightened between the united states and north korea, which the u.s. blames for the hack, reports that the reclusive country's internet went down at least twice in the past 24 hours and remain spotty. >> in the general scheme of things, whoever shut it down -- and we don't know yet -- it doesn't really matter that much because there's only several thousand users in north korea. and i've been in north korea. i mean, the reality is that three-quarters of the country isn't even supplied with electricity. >> so it is still a mystery. a u.s. official denies that the u.s. had any involvement with north korea's internet outage. in the meantime, the fbi saying that it was fully engaged with sony on the decision to release the film on christmas day. there's still no actionable intelligence related to moviegoers on christmas day. >> joining me now is the owner of one of the theaters that will be showing this film. how did you find that sony wanted to release this on christmas and why were you willing to do so? >> well, we were part of the original plan with sony

let's dig deeper into north korea's hacking infrastructure and what to expect should tensions between the united statesnd north korea continue to intensify. for that, we turn to cathy moon, senior fellow at the brookings institution for east asia policy studies. how sophisticated is north korea's internet infrastructure and what is their ability to create hackers? >> the north koreans have quite a sophisticated infrastructure in terms of human resources, human skills as well as the technological know-how. they have a large number amounting to about 5,000 to 6,000 people who are trained in cyber technology, especially in attacks and other kinds of psychological operations. the best of them are sent to russia and china to be trained in advanced work, and so, they do have the capacity. the question is whether they have the kind of reach and sophistication that was able to bring down a system as large as the sony attack, which took 100 terrabytes 6 information out of public. >> now, if the obama administration is looking at a range of options for going after those five or 6,000 who might have the know-how

>>> a movie that's put the united states and north korea at odds. y tv star trying to break the internet and lay can i dids taking center stage in the pop world. we show you 2014 has been a year to remember in the world of entertainment. >> we almost never got to see the most talked about movie of the year but in a christmas day surprise sony put "the interview" back on the schedule. still, all year long the gift that kept on giving was the mcconaughey with the oscar, hit show and hollywood star. for matthew mcconaughey this year has been -- >> all right. >> plenty went wrong at the box office a. >> it was a terrible year because there were a lot of bombs. >> hollywood saw the worst summer slump in more than a decade. the super heroes guarding the galaxy saved the day. jennifer laurence made it look easy starring in two of the year's biggest money makers. >> she dazzled at the oscars and elevated herself to a level of celebrity fame respect she hadn't had before. >> nude photos hacked after the a cloud hack leaving laurence and others fuming. kim kar

as tensions are heightened between the united states and north korea, which the u.s. blames for the hack, reports that the reclusive country's internet went down at least twice in the past 24 hours and remains spotty according to an internet monitoring company. >> whoever shut it down, and we don't know yet, it doesn't really matter that much because there's only several thousand users in north korea. >> pamela brown, cnn, new york. >>> the alamo draft house and cinema in ashburn, virginia, says some screenings of "the interview" are already sold out. and as you heard, the plaza in atlanta will also be showing the film. >> i don't expect to have a problem, but we would be foolish if we don't take different pru cautions, perhaps a lit bit what somebody could carry into a theatre alone those types of leans. >> and we will have much more on sony's decision to release "the interview" in the next half-hour, including a look at why the satirical film has made north korea so nervous. well, former u.s. president george h.w. bush is in a texas hospital. his spokesman said bush

north korea but it lasted for nine hours. the disruption of internet service in north korea yesterday came amid an escalating war of words between the united states andver the cyber attack on sony pictures. president obama said the u.s. would respond porportionately to the attack on sony without giving any specifics. a state department spokeswoman would not confirm nor deny whether the u.s. had anything to do with the internet outage in north korea. >> it could be anyone. it's very possible. we have no idea. >> there is very little internet access in north korea. it is mostly restricted to government and military use. >>> time is 5:45. kamala harris is sending out a warning for users of location services on mobile apps. harris says many people don't realize some apps can access your location all the time even when you are not using the app. the attorney generals office says that can be dangerous especially for some people particularly victims of stalking or domestic abuse. they want to make sure people know to keep their locations private by changing their settings in their mobile devices. >>> the countdown to the start of santa's christmas eve fligh

. >>> north korea refusing to take part in a meeting on monday to discuss the human rights record and decision follows threats that it could attack the united statesea angry at the fbi for accusing of it being behind a cyber attack on sony pictures and u.s. president president obama says they will talk about putting it back on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. china detained more than 30,000 people over two moves in a clap down on pornography and gambling and launched antipornography this year and made in the province. now 2004 the indian ocean tsunami ravaged the southern either earn and people were killed and large parts of the coastline destroyed and we report in one community the tragedy inspired one woman to fight for her rights. >> reporter: sitting where her home once stood she remembers the moment the sea swallowed her beach side village. as the scale of destruction caused by the indian ocean tsunami became clear help began to arrive but not everyone was taken care of. >> translator: men were given preferential treatment by the government and aid agencies, women struggled with everything from relief and medical support to counsel

state in north korea and they have won. i think the president should focus on that point and what the united states government is going to doponse. that's the crucial issue. not whether the movie is funny and whether the president likes seth rogan. >> there were claims in that interview. michael lynton saying we can't find anyone just now and getting it out digitally. it's not simple as everyone seems to say. is that the case? about playstation? >> i think the answers are changing as we speak. i think as we are talking right now, discussions are happening with potential distributors. netflix is not commenting, youtube not back to me but those are the obvious choices. you raise an important point. they have possible ways to get this movie out. crackle is an online streaming site, not popular as netflix but could put it on there. there's no way to charge the movie there and they need to charge money for this. they do also have the playstation store. and i haven't gotten a good answer why they couldn't put it there but they probably want somebody in their corner. that's what i got from fareed and their conversation. not totall

i wonder, however, if that then leads to an escalating cyberwar between the united states and north koreaat is, of course, the concern that we're hearing from obama administration officials. >> well, i understand that as well but the fact is we live in a dangerous cyberwarfare now. it's kind of a new frontier, jake, kind of the wild west. we've been hit by iran, our financial sector already. there have been attacks by cheen china and russia and we need to calculate what is an act of warfare in the cyberspace and what is the appropriate retaliation in the act of a cyberwarfare and i don't think that's clear right now. the rules of the game and the rules of warfare are not clear right now and something going into this next frontier we need to more clearly define. >> congressman michael mccaul, thank you so much. happy holidays, sir. >> you, too. >>> white sand beaches, sunny skies, human rights abuses. it could soon be your dream vacation. cuba. the president pushing to ease travel restrictions there. >>> plus, a network of cyberhackers positioned around the world. one man says north korea

celebrated 20 years anniversary of the agreement which was signed 20 years ago, in 1994 between united states and north korea. during the last 20 years it has been crystal clear that north korea totally lost abilities. and still is striking to get -- nuclear power. the six-party talk has been stalemated as everybody aware of it. unfortunately, time is not on our side. north korea's nuclear capability has demonstrated a drastic upgrade and sophistication during the last 20 years. now, it's high time the member states of the six parties talks to come up with new ideas. to make new breakthrough. at same time next year as this morning's mentioned, we will also celebrate 30 years anniversary of diplomatic relations -- no more diplomatic relations between korea and japan. and also 70 year anniversary of independence from japanese korean rule. korea and japan will be a crossroads. so with this kind of new development in mind, i'd like to invite three prominent presenters, and also three discussants to talk on these issues. my first presenters will be professor jung-hoon lee, as you already know him very well. he is

united states. last march, north korea said they would not limit themselves to limited warfare with the united states. but, rather, they would engage in all-autowar and nuclear war. north korean state media reported this subtle little hint of a threat. l 6 h . >> and united states military-based in south korea. that same month, they then released this rather amazing propaganda video showing north korean missiles blowing up the white e white house and the u.s. capitol. and you get the point. >>> so they already tell their own people that the if united states is waging a war on them. that's how they justified to their people. whatever response they are trying to provoke from the united states government right now. should not help them make that case. they really do want war or at least something that looks like war with us. they want to see important enough that we would have a war with them. and so the white house today went to great pains to say that what they're considering, what the president is having all of these meetings about on a daily basis now is what would be the appropriate, proportional response to what north korea seems to be doing. >> w

in washington, the nature of things, we are not in a time of intense crisis tween the united states and north korearight now and have not been for quite a while, since the nuclear test of 2013. so there is not that intense spotlight that there has been. been. when it shines brightly, that is the hardest time to get something, to get information on this side of the pond. and i think think all the countries that you consider players on north korea,, if you can consider the six party component, they are kind of a wall on this story because their media function differently. it was not always the case. russian had long trained great linguists under the soviet union and they became experts in some of those people, but they don't really -- it's not like there is a collective weight they have to pull, but you are operating in absence of any kind of other lead and other potential sources to follow. the case in china, china is much more relaxed about the press the north korea, which is not saying much, when you cover social issues and all but high politics in china you do have a local media that digs into th

they are not part of this and want to work as a mutual team in a mutual investigation with the united states. which is of course ridiculous since the united states and north koreadiplomatically. interesting as well. this line, if i could read. >> no, please go ahead. we wonder what joint investigation could they be envisioning. >> reporter: this joint investigation is simply illogical. ridiculous. it's not anything that would ever happen. everyone in washington is saying come on, this is another north korean statement. but they are responding and they are taking it seriously. they are not quite as insulting as i've heard in the past, but they certainly want the president to hear and they want attention. the reason why these statements come out so quickly they want washington to hear them, they crave that attention. and if i could read one part of this statement. i found this particularly interesting because it's directed directly to the american people. it says we will not conduct terror against innocent moviegoer. the retaliation -- as far as the retaliation, we will target the ones who are responsible and the originators of the insult, obviously the moviemake

north korea, the sensitivity, the nature of things. we are not in a period of intense crisis between the united states and north korea right now and we haven't been for quite a while, at least since the nuclear test of 2013. so there's not that intense spotlight on u.s./north korea when there has been. when that spotlight shines brightly that's the hardest time to get information on this side of the pond. and i think in all of the countries that you consider players on north korea, if you can just consider the six-party opponent, countries russia and china, their in pyongyang media but their awol but their media functions differently. russia had great linguists under the soviet union and became experts and some of those people we talked to. but they don't really -- it's not like there's a collective weight they've pull but you're operating in absence in any kind of leads and other sort of potential sources to follow. the case in china, china is much more relaxed about the press than north korea which isn't saying much, not very relaxed. when you work and cover social issues and all but high politics in china, you do have a local media that a

north korean state media reported this subtle hint of a threat at the time. we will first target and dissolve mainland united states, hawaii and guam and united states military based in south korea. that same month they released this rather amazing propaganda video showing how they'd use north korean missiles to blow up the white house and the u.s. capitol and you get the point. so they already tell their own people that the united states is waging a war on them. that's how they justify to their own people why they have to be so freaking crazy and repressive because only kim jong-un can keep them safe from the invading terrible americans. whatever response they are trying to provoke from the united states government right now should not help them make that case. they really do want war or at least something that looks like war with us. they want to seem important enough that we'd have a war with them. and so the white house today went to great pains to say that what they are considering, what the president is having all these meetings about on a daily basis is what would be the appropriate proportional response to what north korea seems to be doing. >> we need a proportional res

and north korea with other big powers. so i'm thinking, what will south korea do, china and the united states now play the role that they're now playing in this area. so what kind of preference would south korea like to proceed. and another important relationship in this area, if you see south korea has developed a very, very substantial economic relationship with south korea. more than south korea trading volume with both united states and japan. but at the same time, south korea has developed very close military alliance relations with united states. south korea's friends tell me there are two reasons. the reason i think some friends tell me that americans try to prevent south korea from participating. an example of that, in this year, an air show. said no, you cannot go, but you have high-technology with fighters. this shows that south korea is in a very difficult position, and wanted to develop a close economic relationship with china, but on the other hand, there was a big political barrier. east asia, different from other countries, other areas. for other areas, it's economic integration to political integration. in

north korea. >> kim jong-un, the leader of north korea. and tomorrow we'll hear this announcement from the united states government, the justice department, responsible for the signer attack, presumably about the threats of another 9/11. so what does the u.s. to about this? >> my suggestion is we do exactly what we did. when stewart leavy, undersecretary of the treasury found north korea counterfeiting $100 bills, he sanctioned banks that were doing deals with north korea. they didn't have the hard currency and a dictator needs that to stay in power. i would suggest exactly those types of sanctions should be deployed. next year, i would hope we could work with the administration in order to have a deterrence in this kind of behavior. >> i want you to stand by, mr. chairman. we're following major breaking news. the u.s. government has determined that north korea is, in fact, responsible for the cyber attack on sony pictures. a formal announcement could come as early tomorrow. more on the breaking news right after this. they take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. for respawn, building the best interactive entertainment begins with the

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. response may be. it may have something to do with response in time, a cyber attack or retaliation by the united states but there are few option, sanctions have been in place for some time. their ally is china, it's a delegate situation. few good options on the table for the president as he considers a course of retaliation. >> it's delicate in terms of diplomacy. you mentioned the president's addr

as tensions are heightened between the united states and north korea which the u.s. ames for the hack, reports that the reclusive country's internet went down at least twice in the past 24 hours and remains spotty. according to an internet monitoring company. >> whoever shut it down, and we don't know yet, it doesn't really matter that much. there's only several thousand users in north korea. meantime fbi says it was fully engaged with sony on the decision to release on it christmas day. apparently sony advised the fbi of its plan and law enforcement sources say there's still no actionable intelligence indicating a threat against moviegoers. we'll to have see what the turnout is like on christmas day. >> i suppose it will be very good at those theaters screening the film. thanks very much. joining us now, democratic congressman brad sherman from california. a key member of the house foreign affairs committee. you've asked sony to allow the "the interview" to be shown on capitol hill. you want a special screening in washington, right? >> yeah. it would be a couple week

korea pulled out with an hour to go because of the public outcry and the parliamentary outcry. this requires no parliamentary approval. it goes through the united states. information about north korea will go through the united states before it's given to tokyo, and vice-versa. still there'll be those here that say tokyo stands to gain more from south korea's intelligence, and suspicion of prime minister shinzo abe's move away from the passivist nature of a japanese constitution, a stage managed process by the government keen to allay the concerns present in 2012 and present now >>> let's get more on our detained colleagues in egypt. we are macking a year since they were gaoled. al jazeera's kristen saloomey spoke to richard senningel, the u.s. undersecrety of the state for public diplomacy and affairs. he said the continuing detention of our colleagues is worrying for the administration. >> yes, we are very concerned about it. myself, as a former journalist it's something i feel passionately about. the fact that the al jazeera three were detained for committing journalism is sag that goes against everything we believe, and we believe in a robust free-speech environment, and

but he's done just that repeatedly with north korea. >> and in the wake of this aggression, the united states will never waiver in our commitment to the security of north korea. but it's important for north korea to observe the basic rules and norms that our set forth, including a wide variety of u.n. resolutions that have passed. the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> more red lines that weren't enforced and now a new one that won't be enforced. but i'm a believer. i believe in america. my money is on america. and i believe that i will see this movie one way or another. and that's my open. up next, sony hacked. what does this mean to you and your cybersecurity? >>> did sony have a choice >>> did sony have a choice pulling the movie depicting the assassination of north korean leader, kim jong-un. and what can you do to protect your own cybersecurity? joining me is colonel cedric layton and gordon chang. good evening, gentlemen. gordon, north korea today saying they were framed and that they want t

guess is that the movie the interview which cause an international controversy between the united states and north korea will a has sold off the coast to coast in still playing in their this is something it is the stuff to carry as a precaution there were no incidents reported because of the movie had a controversy. people >> reporter: waited to see the conference a movie to see the interview that threat and pulling the move from there is in exactly the brought him out. you cannot believe us we can see we want to say i think it's ridiculous to pull the movie for reasons like north korea and singapore to our laws for ridiculous things this is america allowed to see anything we want a of a we should capitulate to a terrorist. >> reporter: the into the of the niagara reduce official credits but men who saw it at that them were pretty surprised. the quality of the movie overall is really good. it was a very good movie it was not what i expected to send i definitely want to come back to sit again if they're not sold out. the reason why we're sending massive >>will tran: is chilly but no-fault and they're com

and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back, everyone, 4:42 is the time. now the massive sony attack, north korea is threatening attacks again the united states accusing the obama administration of making the movie "the interview." and north korea said if the united states does not agree to a gin investigation of the attack, washington has publicly accused north korea of orchestrating the hack attack on sony upset over the comedy which depicted a fiction am assassination attempt on kim jong-un. the film was pull after threats were made by studio now say it will be distributed in one form or another. >> animal welfare law that takes effect is drive up the price of eggs that it is cheaper to buy the caged-free brands. prices for conventional eggs skyrockets 79 percent in the past month to $2.66 a dozen. 2008 proposition two calls for larger cages so the chickens can move away reducing the number of hens and the need for more warehouses. the high like is blamed on exports to canada and mexico and because we are eating more eggs. >> a family holiday display has gone viral. three million people have checked it out, and now it is drawing thousands

but he's done just that repeatedly with north korea. >> and in the wake of this aggression, the united states will never waiver in our commitment to the security of north korea. but it's important for north korea to observe the basic rules and norms that our set forth, including a wide variety of u.n. resolutions that have passed. the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> more red lines that weren't enforced and now a new one that won't be enforced. but i'm a believer. i believe in america. my money is on america. and i believe that i will see this movie one way or another. and that's my open. up next, sony hacked. what does this mean to you and your cybersecurity? experience all the real possibilities... of connecting with family and friends. realpad from aarp is now your easy way to share... enjoy... play... and celebrate. it's the tablet with free unlimited live help whenever you need it. hi, mom! hi, dad! happy anniversary! cherish moments like these with realpad. available at aarprealpad.org and

the offer, with one condition attached. >> i would say to north korea, yes, let's make this a joint investigation united states, north korea andna. china has helping north korea on these attacks and knew about them beforehand, they were come police it's. >> you say china knew. the president didn't name chin d he didn't and the fbi's report didn't name it. but china's involvement is inescapable. they were route tried chinese i.p. addresses and because of china's great fire wall they know everything that's going on. most people suspect unit 121. >> unit 121. >> those guys are mostly in china, not north korea, they are in china, about three hours drive from the north korean porter and so yo -- north korear and they are hacking zone and i the chinese had to know that they were there because they are held up in a luxury hotel and there are probably hundreds of them in china, so this is not a good story for beijing he. so if i remember president obama i would say sure, bring it on. >> if china is involved, then what about russia? >> russia is involved only tangentially. the best northern korea cyber people are chained in russia and

north korea that lasted for nine service. this came amidan escalating war of words between the united states and north korea over the cyber attacky pictures. president obama said the u.s. would respond proportionately to the attack on sony without giving specifics. a state department spokes bern would not confirm nor deny whether the u.s. had anything to do with the outage in north korea. >> it could be anything. that's part of the problem. it could be mismanagement. it's very possible this is a bad day to be an i.t. administrateert in north korea. we have no idea. >> there's very little internet access in north korea. it's mostly restricted to government and military use. >>> 7:46. and the eighth and final candle will be lit in san francisco's union scare. the ceremony begins at 5:00. this will include traditional treats, and a live musical performance. the eighth candle will be lit starting at 6:00 tonight. >>> all right. 7:46 is the time. sal, i know you are starting with the golden gate bridge. were gonna check in on parking around the airports, too. >> i just spoke with the duty manager at sfo. there's no problem with parki

and presses for what it calls countermeasures. guys what the north koreans are talking about in that statement is a proposal that they made that the united states and north korea kind to investigate and find out who was really behind this sony hack. as you can imagine, the chances of that happening are somewhat near zero here in washington. simonen? >> someone streaming site, ustream, familiar with what it's like to face an attack. two years ago attacked multiple times by russian sympathizers. ustream has sony has a client. leading to the inevitable question, whether they might be asked to distribute the film "the interview" given their lawyer said on "meet the press" they were intent on doing than joining us, coo brad hunstable. welcome to the program. what happened to you and the russians, then? >> in 2012, ustream was attacked really over a period of months by russian hackers specifically targeting citizen journalists on ustream broadcasting anti-putin protests. similar to the sony hack, as i said at the time, these attacks really were an attempt to limit transparency and really free speech of these broadcaster broadcasting from russia it was highly organiz

but he's done just that repeatedly with north korea. >> and in the wake of this aggression, jong shoon should not be mistaken. the united states will never waver in the security to the republic of korea. >> but it's important for north korea, like every other country in the world to observe the basic rules and norms that are set forth, including a wide variety of u.n. resolutions that have passed, that the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> more red lines that weren't enforced, and now a new one that won't be enforced. but i'm a believer. i believe in america. my money is on america. and i believe that i will see this movie one way or another. and that's my "open." >>> up next, sony hacked. what does this mean to you and your cyber security? woman: for soft beautiful feet, i have a professional secret: amopé and its premium foot care line. the new amopé pedi perfect foot file gives you soft beautiful feet effortlessly. its microlumina rotating head buffs away hard skin even on those hard-to-reach spots. it's amazing. you can see it

and no real answers, and of course one would assume that that would be the outcome if the united states were even to entertain the notion of a joint investigation with north korea. natalie. >> well, we know for sure there will be an investigation bri the united states. how that's out and where it leads will be interesting to see. will ripley staying on top of this story for us. will, thank you. >>> well, next here on cnn -- kurdish peshmerga forces claim victory in a major advance on isis in iraq. now thousands of people may be able to go home. we'll have that for you. >>> also ahead, a new immigrant detention center built in the u.s. faces backlash from human rights groups. [ rob ] we weren't always the most adventurous couple. once we kept the lights on. but then we started using k-y yours & mine. yeah, we were nervous to try it. there's an amazing sensation for her. amazing. this one feels fantastic for me. and combined... ohh, it's a completely new sensation for us both. it's opened a whole new door for us. i've come to clean your pool. but we don't have a pool. i'll come in anyway. next week i'm going to be a maid. [ female announcer ] k-y yours & mine. hi

and the originators of the insults. this statement goes on a little bit farther, but it wraps up by saying that north korea and the united states participate in that investigation and continues to accuse north korea of the attack, there will be consequences. fred, we know, for our part, that the white house has already responded, saying there will be a proportional response to this attack. they are not talking about what the specifics of retaliation might look like at this point. >> and no response from this latest response from north korea as yet. alexandra field, thanks so much, in new york. keep us posted. >>> meantime, cnn's fareed zakaria sat down for a tv exclusive interview with sony entertainment ceo michael linton, who insists the company did not back down. >> 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 sort of rehear

north korea. and we told them you freeze those accounts, and if you don't do so, you will not do any business the united statesviously, all 11 froze the accounts used by north korea for all of the hard currency inside the regime. they don't have their own banking system. and all of a sudden, the dictator could not pay his generals. not a good position to be in. the military machinery there, for example, their missile system calm to a halt. i think that's exactly what we need to do. we need to do it now. i have legislation i passed into the senate. my bill to do that is being held up. my hope is that president will now support it, and now with a republican senate we will send that president -- the bill to his desk. liz: here's the thing, representative, that we go with sanctions that hurt businesses who do business, but isn't north korea a rogue nation who since that first example you talked about has become more and more isolated, and there aren't that many companies or -- correct me if i'm wrong -- who are doing business north korea besides countries that we're not getting along with anyway besides russia and

but he's done just that repeatedly with north korea. >> and in the wake of this aggression, jong shoon should not be mistaken. the united statesill never waver in the security to the republic of korea. >> but it's important for north korea, like every other country in the world to observe the basic rules and norms that are set forth, including a wide variety of u.n. resolutions that have passed, that the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> more red lines that weren't enforced, and now a new one that won't be enforced. but i'm a believer. i believe in america. my money is on america. and i believe that i will see this movie one way or another. and that's my "open." >>> up next, sony hacked. what does this mean to you and your cyber security? a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. test. test. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a dif