under kim jong-il. kim jong-il stayed in the same position for 15 years. however, it was a long tenure. it is not the case anymore under the kim jong-un regime. kim jong-un has shuffled the powerless. some say this is the sign of the increase of the regime. some say this is the sign of the strength of the regime. but i think it is a sign of strength of his regime. because he can -- the shuffling of the political elite means that he can secure his own economic power, economic interest by removing the economic interest of the power elites. most power elites have economic connections. they can provide so-called economic license, and also they can support or provide aid to businessmen. this kind of connection with businessmen, and a strong power to provide license, by using this power, he can secure his own leverage to have control over the power elite. so this kind of a reshuffling can provide kim jong-un more room to support his -- he's a new leader, his new power elite. and his power can cultivate it. the second political implication is improving daily lives of ordinary people. what doe

. known their share of turbulence. has marked the third anniversary of the former leader, kim jong-il. nation paid tribute. in formation they step forward with flowers to remember kim jong-il, who statue was on the right alongside the statue of north korea's first later. noon in the square, the golf signal the silence and the city stood still. people bowed their heads and traffic stopped. ,his resident of pyongyang says i came to the statues of our great leader to bow to them, to mark the third years and our great general passed away. i am now a student and after i graduate, and will devote myself to building a strong and prosperous country. in the ceremony at the monthly him for kim jong-il, kim jong-il sun paid homage. it was about acknowledging the past, but also continuity in a dynasty of leaders. putays, scores of people their effort into the secret history of our immortal leader. there hearts -- their hearts burn with yearning for our great general, everyday, every moment. it is impossible to know what is genuine emotion here, and what is aged. outside, -- what is staged. outside, the c

. >>> north koreans are mark the third anniversary of the death of their former leader, kim jong-il. >>> a pakistani government is promising to crack down on terrorists after militants unleashed a deadly attack on a school. >>> investors are watching to see if oil prices will take another drop after hitting the lowest level in more than five years. >>> those are the headlines for this hour, but first, chinese leaders look set to increase investment in central and eastern europe. li keqiang has announced the financing of a high speed rail link in budapest. >> translator: cooperation will help reach our goal to achieve better growth. >> li taken heads of 16 countries gathered in serbia's capital for their annual summit. many expressed hope about china's investment in the region. >> translator: this region could become an engine to move stagnant european economies. potential for partnership is big especially in the areas of transport, infrastructure, and energy. >> vujacic said that the leaders have to give hope to their people by focusing on the future. the economies are lagging behind those

party committee. and it was more than 50 years under kim jong-il and he stays in the same position for 15 years. however. it isn't the case anymore under the regime. some people say this is the sign of the region and some people say that it is the sign of the strength of the region because the political elite means that they have economic interest by moving the economic interest of the president. so the most have economic connections and they can provide the support that this kind of behavior and what provide a license and by using this power we can support the control to the power elite. so, this can provide more room to separate the power elite. the second implication is that policies are simultaneous in the nuclear weapons and improving the dalia lives of ordinary people. my market cannot expand without people and emphasize to improve. it may contribute to the consideration of the power based by promoting to the regime. this often divided into tierney -- he was only focused on the power elite and the qualitative life that is emphasizing the ordinary people and he says that i'm t

local markets. the producers -- this is a picture on the partner is kim jong-il according to the importance of the organization to the survival. and there's a very strong competition. they are reducing the size and the time to deal with the economy and it gets more licenses than the party. it's a very strong competition. inside they distribute the lower units into the lower unit pays $6. this is a basic structure. the local branch of the production base. if you go about then it will go down. in this economy productivity is not so important. you must invest in the question otherwise you are wiped out by others and there is the institution property buyers. but it's not legal. if you have the contract if you don't pay back i will kill you. it is a simple solution. and the producers in this market economy it regulates who will be the next and many of the companies are wiped out. so, in this economy, this regulation must be done peacefully here. the political monopolies. he must wipe out for the other citizens. for the bureaucratic regulatory measures in the intensifying struggle this

kim jong-un's father, kim jong-il. apparently kim jong-il was not a fan of that film whatsoever. this brings us to our twitter question for you, do you think sony should have pulled the interview for movie theaters. were they smart to respond sympathy to a potential threat or un-american to cave to such pressure? tweet us your answers. we'll read the best responses later in the show when we check in with justine. >>> now, president obama hailing a new chapter in diplomatic ties with cuba, five decades after the cuban missile crisis had the world on the brink of nuclear war. the groundbreaking developments began with yesterday's prisoner swap. cuba released american aid worker alan gross, imprisoned for five years, along with an unnamed u.s. intelligence agent who spent the last 20 years in a cuban prison. in return, the u.s. released three cuban spies that intelligence officers helped put in jail. the last of the so-called cuban five detained in 1998. it is a move that president obama says puts an end to an outdated approach that he argues has failed to advance u.s. interests. >> neit

former leader kim jong-il, and the official mourning period is coming to an end, making the way for kim jong un to further consolidate his grip on power. whilst in office ha has conducted nuclear weapons tests and executed top officials, including his uncle. an analyst says kim jong un's public faces are different from his father's. >> on the surface kim jong un indicated that he is trying to carry on his father's legacy and also that of his grandfather kim ilsun. as a leader over the last few years, we have seen that kim jong un developed a still different from that of his father. kim jong-il almost never spoke in public. he was a very shy kind of person, uncomfortable in the limelight, even though he was worshipped as a god. kim jong un has had a robust presence, giving speeches, photographed kissing babies, meeting and greeting people. he tried to inject a youthful energetic feel to the leadership, as well as clearly at least tinkering with some of his father's policies, raising the penalty that he may be interested in economic reform. i was there last year, and it was evident that y

former leader kim jong-il. >>> people in sydney are remembering the victims of the cafe siege for their bravery, as australian officials vow to probe how the hostage taker slipped through their radar. >>> and class dismissed. people across japan are seeing more and more schools close, and they're feeling the impact in their communities. >>> people in north korea are observing the end of traditional mourning for their former leader kim jong-il, died three years ago. state-run media is commemorating kim's life, and also highlighting the reign of his son and successor. at noon local time north korean state-run television observed three minutes of silence in kim's honor. it has also been broadcasting a series of commemorative programs about him. people in pyongyang have been laying flowers on the streets in memory of the late leader. military personnel bowed before his statue. two senior bhebs of the chinese community party made condolence visits in beijing. liu yunshan is a standing committee member of the political bureau. wang jiarui is head of the party's international department. china

assassinate north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un. >> we want to go now to us and 10, d.c. u.s. president or barack obama is speaking out about this cyber attack situation. -- we want to go now to washington, d.c. >> in this interconnected digital world, there will be opportunities for hackers to engage in cyber assaults, both in the private sector and in the public sector. 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 up a cyber security interagency team to look at everything that we can do at the government level to prevent these kinds of attacks. we've been coordinating with the private sector, but a lot more needs to be done. we are not close to where we need to be. one of the things in the new year i hope congress is prepared to work with us on is strong cyber security laws that allow for information sharing across private sector platforms as well as the public sector so that we are incorporating best practices and preventing these attacks from happening in the

directive from president kim jong-il at the time in north korea. >> from the late president? the father of kim jong-un? >> to bring this number of hackers up to 3,000 and they were supposed to use malware and they were very explicit about how this malware would be utilized. it's already been utilized against south korea. >> because we saw what happened in south korea, the banks to other industries. they were paralyzed for days when presumably north korea hacked into their system. >> if you can't get into your online account and this goes on for weeks, it's a problem. they don't have a banking system. they don't have this kind of infrastructure. frankly, there's only two areas where they put all of their capital. one is in their nuclear program, weapons program and then second is in this particular unique expertise that they are developing. >> so it jumped out at me when i was listening to the white house press briefing, josh earnest said there would be a proportional response. i guess he was suggesting that if the u.s. went too far, that could make things worse. in your mind, wha

" which spoofs kim jong-un's father kim jong-il. ♪ i'm so loan knee, so lonely, so lonely and sad and alone ♪ >> but this afternoon, paramount picture has put a stop to that as well telling theaters not to run this 10-year-old movie as first reported. and this afternoon, white house press secretary josh earnest called the situation a serious national security matter and named an unnamed sophisticated actor. even before obama blames north korea, if they do, a country that doesn't even know what the internet is, others saying that the u.s. has lost its first battle in a cyber war. cnn justice correspondent pamela brown has the latest on this story. what can you tell us? >> jake, you're right. pressure is mounting on the administration to hold the corporate accountable and sources are telling us that u.s. officials right now, as we see, are preparing to mace the blame on north korea for this unprecedented hack on sony. officials are scrambling to figure out how, in fact, it is going to do this publicly. language is circulating among u.s. officials, the challenge here, of course, is the

of the widow. she sent a wreath to mark the third anniversary of the death of kim jong-un's father, former leader kim jong-il. kim dae-jung took office in 1998. he pursued a sunshine policy of peace and reconciliation with the north. kim jong-un wrote in his letter that he'll respect the wishes of the late south korean president. he said he'll strive to bring the two koreas together. north korean official who oversees unification matters reportedly read the letter out to the south korean delegation. analysts say leaders in pyongyang are trying to put pressure on seoul to respond. >> five japanese have been executed in the country for drug-related offenses. >> now it's time for the latest in business news. the biggest challenge of the japanese prime minister's economic policy is how to generate a positive growth cycle. that requires employers to give raises to their workers. now, we're joined by rami the condition is companies must raise employees wages by at least 3% for fiscal 2015 from the current fiscal year. the portion of the wage hike will be tax exempt. now the russian central bank took an unprecedented st

desperation. al jazeera, calais, france. >> it's three years since the death of kim jong-il and the official mourning period is coming to an end, making way for his successor, kim jong-un to further consolidate his power. all this ties into a movie about a fictional tale of an attempt to kill kim jong-un. it won't premier in new york because of threats by the same group which hacked into sony super at the same time's database, the producers of the movie. we have more. >> every night, millions of people watch our show. i just want to cover actual news. >> th "the interview" was suppod to be sony's blockbuster, instead has caused cyber attacks. >> if that ain't a real story, what is? >> three weeks after the release of sony employees' social security numbers, salaries and emails, the hacker group claiming responsibility has released more stolen internal files in what it is calling a christmas gift, but now something more ominous, a threat against movie goers. someone post add warning of an attack on people who go to see "the interview," a comedy depicting the fictional assassination a

something by kim jong il of all people. we allowed north korea to dictate content, that is insane. and they say to ignore the criminal's demands and release the movie, and not one person would sign up. >> a lot of tack teres and directors and producers are frustrated that north korea convinces sony not to release the movie but on the studio side they wanted this to end. >> and sony suspended their studio tours indefinately but wouldn't say if it was in response to the threats. marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." >> police in upstate new york say that the 5-year-old boy whose body was found this morning was not abducted from his home. authorities say that the 19-year-old daughter of kenneth white's legal guardian told them that men with masks on broke in and took the boy, they found the boy ten miles from his home early this morning. >>> police in texas are closer to identifying the gunman that shot a meteorologist outside aif television studio, they were able to create a new sketch of the suspect using information from the victim. 35-year-old patrick crawford was shot wednesday morning

friendly. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says his country regrets the loss of kim jong-il. he success says the late leader made significant contributions to creating friendly ties between the two nations. >>> time if r a check of the weather. heavy snow is still falling in many areas of japan. here's robert speta with the details. >> the storm system is still rolling across japan. the low pressure center is off towards the northeast, but you still have those strong northwesterly winds wrapping across the sea of japan and it's turning on the snow effect machine again. the totals with this system, upwards of 196 sent meres there. toward the east, winds of around 117 kilometers per hour. in hokkaido, 126 kilometers per hour. on thursday, on wednesday -- let's go to some video we have coming out of hokkaido where just take a look at this. this is what we have been seeing out there. a large wind, about 8 to 9 meters high near the kocoastal areas. we also see the heavy snowfall in some areas, 80, 90 centime r centimeters there in the north. now, meanwhile into nagoya, we had about 2

the whole kim jong il jokes. and then nuclear threats. these are the only things we been north korea. and now i guess dennis rodman. >> jon: right. is he the only thing they know about us? ( laughter ). >> i think possibly, yes. >> jon: so we're really missing each other right now. ( laughter ). >> yeah, it's not a very good meeting. >> jon: but they don't have any access-- what was so fascinating to me, so this is the elite of the elite, as far as young people. these are computerhizs. they are engineers. these are people study ago but they don't know about the internet. >> it was a university of science and technology. a lot of their majors -- this is basically the m.i.t. of north korea, and their majors were computers a lot of them. in 2011, when i was there, they didn't know the existence of the internet. >> jon: so what are they studying? ( laughter ) if it's computers is it, like, look, you have a calculator on it, you can do like-- what does a computer do? what do they teach them when you don't have access to that? >> i mean, that year when i was there they weren't teachi

that parodied former north korean leader kim jong-il. that movie was banned from the big screen, just like "the interview." joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> tonight learning details on >>> a classified report on the secret service and some are alarming. this follows the string of embarrassing incidents and describes an agency stretched beyond its limits including agents and officers both overworked and severely undertrained. nbc's chris jansing has our report from one of the places they protect, the north lawn. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. reading this report is a view into an agency far removed from its storied history. a protection force described as starved for leadership and it recommends sweeping changes. in an executive summary, the panel of four independent investigators bluntly lays out the high stakes for the secret service. a single miscue or split-second delay could have disastrous consequences for the nation and the world. >> it's absolutely necessary these changes are made now. there are no do-overs in the secret service. >> reporter: the re

officials in 2012 just after kim jong-il came to power. no headway there. the regime on several levels, culturally and linguistically, no one speaks english in the top leadership. at least and iran, you have a president who was educated in scotland. you have a nuclear negotiator that was educated in the u.s. there are cultural ties despite all the obvious difference is to north korea, you had the sense that you really have almost no way of making any contact, of really getting in touch. culturally, linguistically, on any real level. as far as not knowing how to respond, this is a nuclear arms state to a lot of people and charitably call north korea a freak show state. it is so unpredictable. you have no idea what it is about. it is a bizarre dictatorship, to say the least. you have to because his spirit that is one reason the barack obama administration is taking a cautious line, trying not to escalate things too much. it is either above south korea. you do not want a nuclear arms state lashing out and predict bleak. >> the president will have plenty of time to consider a response. i b

very few on camera. >> tonight we are with margaret cho who played kim jong-il on "thirty rock." >> can't be scared of hackers. >> and rosie and whoopi on "the view." >> more on their screaming match. >> you don't have to be black to know racism. >> yes, you do!

. >> north korea? those comedy stars plotting to kill north korean leader kim jong yield -- kim jong il. a hacker group called the gop, the guardians of peace, is taking responsibility for the attack, and over the weekend, several pirated copies showed up online, including the brad pitt film "fury" and the remake of "annie." the theft of its contact is a criminal matter and that they are working hard to address it. a north korean government website called"the interview" and act that was an evil act of provocation that deserved stern punishment. is sony communication system up again, and the interview is set for release on christmas day. >> live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is abc seven news at 5:00, on your side. looking calmgs are outside, but we have got some the weather changes on the way. we are enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures for this first day of december. >> things are about to change in a big way. chief meteorologist doug hill has more on when the temperatures will arrive. of the temperatures around here will drop, especially overnight. still 65. outside the be

of kim jong-il the former dictator and late father of kim jong-un. ♪ >> in addition to showing "team america" for free they are also handing out american flags. >> he is the obamacare architect who called american voters stupid. >> call it the stupidity of the american voter. >> they are too stupid top understand. >> the lack of economic understanding of the american voter. >> but wias what jonathan grube said true? watch what happens as a reporter asks them to sign the petition making gruber the next secretary of defense. >> jonathan gruber are you familiar with him? >> no i am not. >> he is one of the people that put together obamacare. >> i have heard him talk on youtube or something of that nature. i know how inspiring he is. >> the mainstream media does not talk about him. >> you know a lot of voters out there are not going to do things without knowing what's really going on. >> that reporter got 12 signatures in less than an hour. >>> a nightmare before christmas for kmart customers. they learned many of the gifts they paid for on lay away from now out of stock. to make matters

mourning period for the dead leader, kim jong il. and many are concerned the new young leader kim jong un might lash out. >>' he's now unshackled, free to be more aggressive as he comes out of the traditional three-year period of morning for his late father. kim jong un was supposed to observe that period by being less aggressive, lying low. many argued he never waited. >> in addition to executing his uncle, he has purged anyone who can question his leadership or his authority. >> he braisingly killed his powerful uncle, threatened south korea. what could he do now that's more aggressive? >> he could likely have a fourth nuclear test. in the meantime, cyberattack, asimilymmetric attacks across t northern limit line at sea or with assassinations or terrorism even. >> kim's regime did make some peaceful overtures recently, releasing three americans from north korean custody, sending top officials to visit south korea. but those moves are now seen as a charm offensive, aimed at stafing off a u.n. vote to recommend prosecuting leaders for human rights abuses. the charm offensive didn'

three-year period of mourning which ended on december 17, kim jong un was much more provocative and much more willful than his father was during the three-year kim ing period where il-sung the founder of north korea died and kim jong-il took over. i think we'll see a much more active north korea. his father, who died in september of 2011, for all of the horrible, tragic, irresponsible things that he did, in some ways he was much more clever than kim jong un. this attack on sony as you just mentioned is a 9/11 event in terms of crystalizing our attention and our national energy. i think that was a mistake. i think that shows this son is not as clever as his father and his grandfather. host: what does north korea want? guest: first of all, kim jong un and the 300 or so people who constitute the regime want to continue in power. to do that, kim jong un has announced a policy of both nuclear weapons plus economic development. i'm not so sure they'll go through on the economic development part of this, because the regime needs to keep people in north korea more or less destitute so they don't have the means to respond. you know, essentially north korea wants survival and sec

fake emails you need to watch out for liz: don't mess with kim jong-un. sony pictures is investigating whether north korea is behind a massive hack attack that caused the illegal distribution of sony films. north korea is obsessed with films. kim jong-il had a collection of more than 20,000 hollywood dvds many of them probably fake. in the 1970s, kim allegedly kidnapped two south korea directors to remake godzilla to force them to. adam shapiro on the story. >> so the north korean government actually put out on one o one of their web pages. sony pictures is going to release on christmas a film called the interview. it stars james franco and seth rogan in a comedy plot where they're hired by the cia to kill kim jong-un. it's an assassination. the north koreans on their website said they called the interview, quote, a provocation deserving stern punishment. hollywood was shaking in their boots. they pulled the release date. there's a belief on the part of sony that the north korean government along with 3,000 hackers in china that go by the name of guardians of peace hacked sony pictures. shut down the computer system, but stole those films which were being downloaded. take a look at what got north korea so upset. >> you want us to kill the

whole line. in august 2012 we did military exercises with south korea. kim jong-il announced it was our war rehearsal for our impending invasion of north korea. last year they said their long-range rockets should be seen as a new phase in their ongoing war with the united states. last february, they did another nuclear test and said they had to do that nuclear test in order to defend themselves, quote in the face of the ferocious hostile act of the united states. last march they announced they were not only at war with south korea again but their war with us had gone to 11. last march, north korea said they'd not limit themselves to limited warfare with the united states but they'd engage in all-out war and nuclear war. 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 th

personal krnls. i think fran will remember when president bush said something about kim jong-il, the father being a tyrant. they go crazy with these kind of depictions of their leadership because it's a cult of personality. the personality of the country is determined by the personality of their leader. in this case, kim jong-un which unfortunately we don't know very much about. >> the governor said the north koreans get so mad at this. does it make sense to you they would get mad enough to break into a company inside the united states? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, in this case what was arguably different from other cases of western media are ridiculing north korea leadership and the state was the storyline of the movie was this attempt to successfully assassinate the north korean leadership. i think this is a reflection of concerns within north korea about the stability of their own leadership, a recognition by the state that increasingly north korean people in society are interested in learning more about the outside world. borders are much more porous with china than they used to

. i bet you kim jong-il is like investing -- he's an investor. neil: by the way, the guy who plays him is a lot thinner. big mistake. >> how hollywood is that. neil: that was funny. everybody just lightened up. >> i think it's great for the movie. >> that was one of the biggest hacks ever. >> you can get a copy of annie. neil: in the meantime, schumer, gruber separated at birth? i'll explain next to next >> and what the chuck? schumer throwing the president under the bus on health care? >> democrats blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem: health care reform. neil: you led the charge. more like steam, senior senator saying obamacare is an abomination. chuck cheurchuck schumer is sayg the law is the problem. it's very different from the time chuck was saying this. >> when people learn what's actually in the bill and all the good it does, it's going to become more and more popular. i think there's a broad consensus that we should do something on health care. it is good for america. we will pass this bill. we

so upset. like kim kim jong-il was so obsessed jay i would like to think those are more secure. >> i think he is a twerp and his mentality -- >> somebody is interested in our nukes. here is what i would do. call kim on on the phone and say you have the most controlled society in the history of mankind. in fact, you are called the hermit king. your country is the hermit kingdom. if you keep doing this and hacking into our stuff and if you try to steal our information, we are going to take down every fire wall in the hermit kingdom. how will you like it when the starving north koreans realize they don't have to live like this? >> a lot of people are wondering if sony should now not release the interview of the movie. >> how many movies do you think north korea has made of american presidents being killed? they had a whole movie industry based on on america must die. >> a mushroom cloud over manhattan and barack obama blowing up if smoke. >> that makes it interesting coming from the chairman of sony ordering film makers to tone down the movie, and then basically having to do it because

hadn't reached that point. that was particularly friendly to kim -- kim junk u.n. >> it was kim jong-il at the time. an attack on movie theaters on christmas day is an attack on jews. >> there you go. >> my people have to take it very, very seriously. you don't care. you are not going to the movies on christmas day. >> actually a lot of christians go to the movies on christmas. >> don't ruin my joke, dana. i disagree with you on one thing. saying you will attack the movie theater means you don't know america because there are so many movie theaters. the point is anyone in any theater across the country has to think about this. if they said we are ging to attack a wal-mart -- if they said we are going to attack a wal-mart everybody says maybe it is my wal-mart. >> it is a question of whether you want to play the odds. you can't call yourself the guardians of peace. you have to pick one. >> maybe it is a game of semantics. they are saying there is a bomb in every theater. perhaps there is. >> you like the move vea itself. >> yes. >> that's hilarious. >> you have a look of horror. >> i just g

know, from what i've heard inside the country kim jong-il and kim jong-un are big fans of western culture and let us not forget dennis rodman the defacto ambassador. this would seem to be a feather in his cap that he has gotten a major, major movie studio to effectively bow down to threats of what we think are his regime. >> sure. it's definitely a case archtypical case of symmetric warfare and whatever we want to call it and this is a huge deal. from the north korean perspective, this malignment of their leader and when i was in north korea, it's not just that these are leaders, the kim family are leaders that are praised. they are gods. they are everywhere. everybody has the pins and you have to have the pins with their likeness on it. so from a north korean perspective, this is blasphemy and these guys are doing a lot to try to undermine that, but the second thing is that global attention on north korea is now coalescing on this u.n. report that was released earlier in february. >> bad timing for them. >> in some ways that is the real story because yes, this is a big deal and y

kim jong-il films and there is no veneer that there's any problem inside north korea. a lot of the same propaganda, saying that the u.s. is evil, the same old story lines over and over again. but no hint that there is anything awry in north korea with the internet. >> kyung, now that "the interview," the film, is released in a number of theaters, a couple hundred maybe 300 on christmas day, are there concerns that north korea may retaliate? >> reporter: there are a lot of concerns that there may be retaliation, but the retaliation that people are bracing for but it's the cyber nature. there's growing concern that north korea has simply been underestimated by the entire community, the international community. so there is that concern that this is simply just going to make kim jong-un even madder. but the fact of the matter is that if you speak to anybody whether it be united states or in south korea, they say it's the reality that cyber attacks and a growing number of them from north korea, ordered from north korea is the new reality. >> kyung lah reporting for us from seoul, south

are only highlighting local stories such as north korean leader kim jong il and visiting a catfish farm. it is likely to have been very limited, only unreleased, the elite have understated access to the internet. others have very limited access to the outside world. some have smartphones the don't have access to the net. north korea also has its own internal internet and it was disrupted the people must have realized there was a problem. north korea gets it that for chinese provider. speculation china caused the disruption. the ministry says that was the basis of reality. china has called for all sides to avoid escalation on the korean peninsula. the white house said before the next disruption u.s. would launch a proportional response to attack on sony pictures which made a comedy about kim jong-un. waiting to see if they will be any reaction. back to you, heather. heather: david, thank you. just a moment ago at the foundation, an organization here that do so much for the fallen veterans. they're going to take off the mortgages of those fallen officers. information just came in as

kim jong il and all his cronies are setting around in pyongyang toasting each other because this has been a great week for north korea. lou: a great week, and how many of these bad weeks, how many more of the bad weeks for america under this president can we stand? >> you know, it's a fire sale for autocratic states. they have two years to seize the territory, to overrun other nations, to hack into the western world, to build their military and gain their power, their status in the world, because in 2016, all of this is going to change. but right now it's free reign across the world. we have the world's most powerful military basically sitting back and watch this transpiring, lou. lou: general bob scales, thanks. >> thank you, lou. lou: we asked whether you believe this president is more of an autocrat than a democrat. 96% of you said yes. vote in our poll tonight, the question would a military strike against north korea be an appropriate response to cyberattacks against this country? cast your vote at loudobbs.com. we'd like to hear from you. >>> up next, president obama's imperiast

internet to go after their financing. because kim jong-il noone is the most dangerous leader in the world. lou: good to see you. happy new year. lou: stocks finished lower as the s&p lost 10 the nasdaq fell 20 points. it you think it is the holiday season. listen to my records three times a day coast-to-coast on the salem radio network. at the center of controversy just days before we take it up next lou: to republican congressman under fire just days before they take control on capitol hill. the majority whip admitted he spoke before a white supremacist group more than a decade ago before he was elected to congress he calls it a mistake that i regret. speaker boehner says he has full confidence of the congressmen and the congressmen from new york says he is resigning from congress he pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud last week his decision is an about-face and told reporters he would not absolutely not resign. joining us now republican and strategist from a polling company it is great to have you here. what moves on next? 247 republican seats? >> he will not be seated with the new

pictures has canceled all screenings of that film as well. it was filmed in 2004 when kim jong-il was the leader. >>> steve carell movie is being scrapped. it was based on a novel by an american working in north korea. >>> coming up, new on abc 7 news at 4:30, we'll talk to a local theater owner and film school professor about what happens next after this sony decision. >>> also making news today, police near los angeles believe a woman was drunk when she drove into a crowd of 11 people, and killed three of them. it happened in redondo beach last night. the suspect kept driving after the initial crash, with some of the victims being carried on her hood. the suspect's car then hit another vehicle head-on along the pacific coast highway. the victims are in critical condition. the suspect is due in court tomorrow. >>> the richmond city council unanimously adopted a resolution to accept president barack obama's my brother's keeper community challenge. that challenge is designed to make sure that young boys and men of color have the tools they need to succeed. it lays out specific actions for

comedy that featured former north korean dictator kim jong-il. >> menlo park need your help finding a robber. four masked men stormed into this market, demanded money from the cash register. the cashier could not get the drawer open so they punched him several times into the face. they forced another employee into the check cashing booth into the market and made him take money out of those religion sters. the robbers got away before police could get there. >> attorneys for suspended stay senator leland ye will be back in court. today lawyers will ask a judge to split up the cases so ye can be tried separately. >> today the south bay teacher's aide accused of abusing several girls could finally find out when he is going to stand trial. 20-year-old nicholas lermier was arrested last year. he's due back in court today. he's accused of abusing girls wild he worked at this ymca child care center. >> well, uber is trying to get off the naughty list with a toy drive. >> you collect toys at your office, sam and instead of choosing uber, x or black car, you choose sleigh. it will pop up only

these rumors. for that reason -- for example when kim jong-il died. how long was it before the world knew? >> it was a long time. >> maybe two days. >> was it two days? >> yeah. >> so likewise. when there is a gap you can't help but speculate and wonder what is happening behind closed doors. and so in the case of kim jong-un's disappearance for 40 days you can't help but speculate what's going on behind closed doors. sometimes there's a kernel of truth behind these rumors the media is sometimes required to speculate or address that issue. >> but, ap and reuters run a pretty tight ship on those matters and separate opinion from fact and don't generally print speculation unless they identify it no one knows for sure, diplomat says this, but in russia they are saying this. the problem comes at the next level where people aren't really so much reporting on north korea but assembling stories about north korea for websites over to chad. >> yeah. when you talk about kernels of truth rings true. this example some of you will be familiar with. it shows absurd levels, disappearance of 40 days.

it from me. >> this movie would never have expected to get this much press. i bet you kim jong-il is like investing -- he's an investor. neil: by the way, the guy who plays him is a lot thinner. big mistake. >> how hollywood is that. neil: that was funny. everybody just lightened up. >> i think it's great for the movie. >> that was one of the biggest hacks ever. >> you can get a copy of annie. neil: in the meantime, 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500, its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment expert, maybe it's time for bny mellon, a different kind of wealth manager ...and black swans are unpredictable. ♪ (holiday mhey! is playing) i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the be

matter. -- it doesn't matter. >> kim -- kim jong-il was killed in "team america" and it was not a beg deal. >> they had a hackie sack. >> was this the right move by sony? >> i don't think so. i think sony is making a really big and ray dangerous mistake. who knows if north korea or who ever had any intentions of creating this 9/11-style terror attack. we live in the age of the copycat. this could create -- this invites a copycat or lone wolf to do something stupid and god forbid something happens and then we wall look around at each other and say oh my god why didn't we take this more seriously, all for the release of a stupid movie. >> you have to release a stupid move vea because dwash -- movie because -- >> because we can? >> if you apply the logic of fear to anything you can say if you go on "red eye" i am going to blow -- don't do another show or we will blow it up and we won't do another show. you can apply the threat to everything. andy, you have cats. do you buy the copycat theory? >> man, that was a reach. >> i was going to find something about copycats and lone wolves. it is

lecture. >> he is now a verb actually. that's so james frank -- franco. >> kim jong-il was killed in "team america" and it was to the this big of a thing. >> hacking wasn't big. >> they had hacky sack, but not a hack. >> a little word play there. >> is this the right move by sony? >> i don't think so. i think sony is making a really big, really dangerous mistake by releasing this movie. who knows if north korea or who ever had any intentions of creating this 9/11-style terror attack, but we live in an age of the copycat. and this just could create -- this invites a copycat or a lone wolf to do something stupid, and then god forbid something happens. then we look around at each other and say why didn't we take this more seriously, all for the release of a stupid movie. >> it is important though to release a stupid movie -- >> because we can? >> yes. if you apply the logic of fear to anything, somebody could say, you know what, if you go on "red eye" i am going to blow -- don't do another show or we will blow it up, then we don't do another show. you can apply the threat to everything. by th

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comedy releasing the movie of kim jong-il bun. they threatened with -- sony executives are pleased with it. brought in a million dollars from select theaters and it was the most popular video on youtube. more news later, but now it's back to lock up. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> inside the sheriff al cannon detention center, canteen is a big deal to inmates. but now officers are cracking down on a policy that they've let slide a bit. it has to do with the plastic box issued to each inmate in which they're to store canteen and other personal items. >> all your canteen has to fit in your box with the box closed with your lid closed. this starts monday. so start this weekend working on this. >> i have about $30, $40 worth of stuff. you see, if i order that much, i can pretty much get everything in there. >> many inmates max out the $100 weekly limit on canteen, so the excess usually winds up outside the box. >> excess canteen, we think that that's been contributed to a lot of the break-ins and robberies. a lot of guys getting their canteen stolen