Lampoons north koreas leader, kim jongun. The studio says it is looking for other options for releasing it. As for who is behind the threats and Cyber Attacks on sony, the u. S. Is naming names. Chief u. S. Security correspondent jim sciutto has that. Reporter the blame has been doubt. The u. S. Is naming the rogue country in a sony hack. The fbi said, quote, the destructive nature of this attack coupled with its coercive nature sets it apart. We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Reporter the hackers sent investigators on a worldwide chase routing the attack through servers ranging from countries in asia, including china, then europe and latin america. Some servers in the u. S. Were even used. Still, the nsa and fbi were able to track the attack back to north korea and its government. Think of this as dirty tricks on a global scale. This has exceeded our expectations. They always make threats. Most people shrug off the threats so threatening a cyber 9 11, the film is dead. They must be incredibly happy in pyongyang. Reporter now that the country behind those damaging keystrokes has been identified, the administration is looking at how to respond. They caused a lot of damage, and we will respond. We will respond proportionally and well respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. Reporter the u. S. Could impose sanctions on north koreas prized military complex and further economic sanctions including implying even tighter restrictions to pyongyangs dollar denominated trade, desperately poor countrys life line to fuel food and crucially weapons. Theyre not yet calling the hack an act of terror or war. The cyber domain remains challenging. It remains very fluid. Part of the reason why its such a challenging domain for us is because there arent internationally accepted norms and protocols. Reporter there are other steps the u. S. Could take, stealthier reforms of retaliation, such as Cyber Attacks on Critical Systems in north korea delivered in a way that the source remains unclear. The stuks net virus that was used against iran. The administration very conscious of avoiding escalation. They dont want to provoke further provocation or even worse. Jim sciutto, cnn, washington. The ceo of Sony Pictures entertainment is defending his companys decision to pull the film from theaters. Michael linton spoke with Fareed Zakaria in this exclusive tv interview. 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 rehearse for a moment the sequence of events, we experienced the worst cyber attack in American History and persevered for 3 1 2 weeks under enormous stress and enormous difficulty and all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running and get this movie out into the public. When it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters, the movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. At that point in time we had no alternative but to not proceed with the thee at trick release on the 25th of december. Thats all we did. So you have not caved in your view . We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down. We have we have always had every desire to have the American Public see this movie. Why not release it online in some form or the other, video on demand . There are a number of options open to us, and we have considered those and are considering them. As it stands right now, while there have been a number of suggestions that we go out there and deliver this movie digitally or through vod, there has not been one major vod, video on demand distributor, one major ecommerce site that has stepped forward and said they are willing to distribute this movie for us. Again, we dont have that direct interface with the American Public so we need to go through an intermediary to do that. Mitt romney says why not just put it on youtube and let the whole world see it. Thats certainly an option and thats certainly one thing that we will consider but, again, all of this has transpired so quickly that were trying to weigh the options as to how we can get this how to go forward with all of this. We were taken by surprise by the theaters, which is what we wanted to do first, and now were trying to proceed and figure out what the next steps should be. The president says he wishes i wish they had talked to me. What is your response . My response is that a few days ago i personally did reach out and speak to senior folks in the white house and talked to them about the situation and actually informed them that we needed help. The fbi has been with us now for several weeks and has been great, but i did reach out and explain the situation to them at that time. So the president is wrong when he says that you did not reach out to him . Well, i dont when hes asking about reaching out i wish they had talked to me first is the right. So we definitely spoke to Senior Advisors or a Senior Advisor in the white house to talk about the situation. The fact is, did we talk to the president himself and talk to him about what was transpiring as the theaters started pulling back and not and being unwilling to distribute the movie . No, but the white house was certainly aware of the situation. Not only did the theaters all pull out but you couldnt get any of the major Hollywood Studios to support you . George clooney writes that he put out a petition and tried to get support. He couldnt get a Single Person to sign it. Have you been surprised at the fact that nobody has been willing to rally around you . I am surprised, frankly. I mean, i understand on the one hand that my fellow studios and everybody else has their own commercial concerns and they, themselves, were worried about becoming the target, and it did make for a make this entire enterprise to be a very, very lonely affair, but on the other hand, it you know, this is a moment where you would expect the industry to rally around and support you. Is it your estimation that the theater owners panicked because the North Koreans do not appear to have the capacity to launch some kind of major simultaneous or really any significant terrorist attack in the United States. Why do you think they panicked . Well, what i can only imagine is Homeland Security came out that day and said that there was not a viable threat, and my sense of it, having had the conversations, was there was enormous pressure put on them by the malls, by the shops in the malls, by the surrounding neighborhoods who were also threatened in those emails to say that they shouldnt show the picture and they basically on the basis of looking at that, they decided that they wouldnt take the picture. Does that mean that a dvd release also becomes difficult because you would face the same challenge, which is the walmarts and the costcos of the world would have to agree to stock the dvd . Again, we dont have a direct interface with the American Public so we would require either throughon line or in a retail situation, we would need distribution. Yes, its fair to say if we cant find one of those large retailers or many of those large retailers to sell our dvds, we wouldnt be able to provide them with the interview. Is it fair to say, michael, that your hope and expectation is that the movie will be seen by people . We have always wanted the American Public to see this movie. We have worked tirelessly to do so, so absolutely. We would thats thats thats been the primary objective throughout. Michael, let me ask you to go through the sequence of what happened. When did you first realize that you had a problem . The first time we understood that there was an issue with the North Koreans was back in june of last summer when they came forward with various emails, statements and actually i think they were in touch with the white house itself and described their disfavor with the movie. At that time we reached out with experts at various think tanks within the state department to try to get a proper understanding of whether or not there was a problem here and whether or not we were providing a security risk, and we were told that there wasnt a problem here and so we continued to proceed. Including the u. S. Government told you there wasnt a problem . The u. S. Government told us there wasnt a problem, correct. So when people asked, the North Koreans threatened you, why didnt you take it seriously . We did take it seriously. We went to the people we thought were most expert in the area, people in the u. S. Government, people in various think tanks and inquired as to whether or not this would be a problem and they told us it wasnt. That actually is for the world to see as my stolen emails have been presented in public. There was an email between you and somebody at the Rand Corporation and and somebody at the state department, correct. Interesting interview from michael linton. We will hear more from him in our next hour including his response to criticism that the movie is in poor taste and never should have been made in the first place. Imagine sending your children back to classes just days after a Massive School massacre. That is what parents started doing friday in peshawar, pakistan. The sydney siege in australia. The gunman may have had a different target in that. Well tell you after this. Female announcer sleep trains interest free for 3 event ends sunday. Its your last chance to get three years interestfree financing on beautyrest black, stearns foster, serta icomfort, even tempurpedic. Plus, get free delivery, and sleep trains 100day low price guarantee. But hurry sleep trains interest free for 3 event ends sunday. Guaranteed sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep welcome back. Pakistani forces say they killed several taliban insurgents today including a key commander in clashes in and around the city of peshawar. This comes days after taliban militants massacred 148 people at the school, most of them children. Earlier on friday the military also said it killed dozens of insurgents but didnt specify if they were taliban members. In peshawar schools have now reopened for the First Time Since this weeks massacre. Reporter it was no ordinary school run. This spoke volumes that most of the children arriving were brought by car to the school gate, not by foot, and were ushered in by armed guards. Reporter the Morning Assembly was somber but also defiant. How do you feel being back at school . I feel really scary after that thing that happened. It had made our hearts a little bit scared. I feel a little bit squared because if we are the next target. Reporter but do you still want to come to school . Yeah, for education. Reporter the First School Day since the Taliban Attack is a step towards a sense of normality for children in pakistan, but it is only the first hesitant step in what promises to be a long journey. Its not just the murder of 132 School Children in the Army Public School thats led to such widespread revulsion in pakistan, its the fact that children receiving a modern education are now a part of the conflict in this country. The professor taught at the school which was attacked where one of her sons was also a pupil. Surrounded by her family, she tells a story of how she had to identify her murdered colleagues and then found out what had happened to her son. They asked me to come towards the children and identify the staff and some of them i came out of there. They brought a boy towards me. They didnt know the situation. I lost my boy, too. I lost my son, too, and i was searching for him. Reporter another family devastated in a country seeking a way out of a war affecting teachers, mothers, and School Children. Just horrific what those families are going through and these sweet children going back to school even though they are scared. Well, a new warning tonight for americans traveling over the holidays. The state department issued an alert saying their threat analysis is, quote, strongly suggesting a focus by terrorist not only on targeting of u. S. Government facilities but also on hotels, shopping areas, places of worship, schools among other targets during this holiday period. That is from the state department. This morning two americans traveling overseas comes in the wake of this weeks deadly attack in sydney, australia. Two people were killed in that attack and the shooter also killed. We learned now that the cafe may not have been the intended target. We spoke with chris reason from seven network. Here he is. Reporter one extraordinary thing is that the news breaking today from journalists who dug into the gunmans background is that he was, in fact, targeting this building, this office, the channel 7 studios which as you know just 30, 40 meters across the plaza here behind me from the cafe, but he tried to get into this building, he was targeting a Breakfast Program called sunrise, he had a particular grievance with them and a Current Affairs program that we have called today tonight that had been doing stories with him over the recent years. He wanted to access the presenters of the show. To do what . We couldnt guess. When he approached the front door apparently assuming the security was too great, weve ramped it up since the threats, about this place becoming a target back in september. He chose a fallback target, the cafe behind me. Channel 7 staff extremely nervous about that. News that we certainly didnt want to hear, but the word is this was the target. The gunman originally from iran had a very troubled past and was well known to australian police. A separate attack elsewhere in australia ended in the deaths of eight children this week. It happened in a suburban home in karins, australia. A woman found stabbed at the scene has now been arrested. The children who died range in age from 2 to 14 years old. The woman is the mother of seven of them. Police have spoken with the fathers of the children but so far no charges in this case have been filed. Well, this programming note for you, the syrian town of could he b kobani has been the site of several attacks. Nick peyton walsh was inside that besiege the city. He spoke with kurdish fighters, witnessed firsthand damage in the town and spoke with families. Nic brings us a rare and remarkable look at the impact of isis inside kobani. That airs at 8 00 p. M. Here in london on cnn. Next, how the people in havana feel about the change to u. S. cuba ties. [ female announcer ] youve tried to forget your hepatitis c. But you shouldnt forget this. Hepatitis c is a serious disease. Left untreated, it can lead to liver damage and potentially liver cancer. But you havent been forgotten. Theres never been a better time to rethink your hep c. Go to hepchope. Com to register for more information. Then talk to your doctor about scientific advances that may help you move on from hepatitis c. Im spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast . Go to ziprecruiter. Com and post your job to over 30 of the webs leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. You put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. Makes my job a lot easier. [ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers; go to ziprecruiter. Com offer5. Well, throughout this past week we have heard mixed reaction to president obamas historic announcement of changes to u. S. cuba relations. Florida center marco rubio slammed the president s order just moments after the announcement but in havana it has mostly been a time of celebration. Cnns rosa flores is there. Reporter the narrow streets of havana are filled with sites, sounds and voices. Its those perspectives that make up the real cuba. Its people. Right now, everyone is talking about one thing, cuban relations with the u. S. How did you celebrate the news . How did we celebrate . We take some beer. We are very happy. We phone friends. Reporter in havana when you want to know the mood on the street, one of the places you can start is here, in central park. Theres always a lively conversation. Its known as the hot corner. Im asking so who thinks its a good idea for the u. S. And cuba to establish relations . Those ideas in the past. Some of that buzz, some of that energy, its for a future with lax travel and trade restrictions to make it easy for americans to walk into privately owned shops like these and buy art with classic cars, for example, maracas, mow men tows. Even though president obama said a visit to cuba was probably not in the cards, we asked people if theyd welcome the u. S. Leader would you like for president obama to visit . Yes. Why not . Reporter there are signs of a cuba frozen in time everywhere. The classic cars, the weathered buildings, but the recent news has people here optimistic about whats ahead for their children. Says its a Christmas Gift and he has kids and this is something great for his family. Like havanas old cobble streets, cubas relationship with the u. S. Is still a little bumpy and after all lifting the embargo still requires action from congress. But this move is just wide enough to give people hope. Rosa flores, cnn, havana. Another storm on track to impact the western u. S. This weekend. Derek van dams watching that for us. Derek . Look, natalie, if youre from seattle, youre used to this type of weather. Its the fact that it continues to come and theres more rain. Well, anybody whos paying attention along the west coast, thank you for staying up with us. The west coast getting more inundated. Frontal boundary starting to press in and that will bring muchneeded relief from the northern and central parts of california. It doesnt appear that the rain will get us far south from los angeles or even San Francisco for that matter. 12 to 24 inches of snowfall across the Northern Rockies and parts of the cascade mountains. Those are rainfall totals along the west coast. Some locations could receive between 4 and 6 inches. Elsewhere across the United States, we have a clear day across the northeast. Rain for the southeast and we are looking forward, well, to the potential of a White Christmas across the great lakes. We have a storm system we are monitoring closely. It looks like it will be a rain event. This could definitely impact travel conditions along the major metro poly tans, boston and new york city. Chicago, definitely snow and windy weather. Natalie, i have got some extraordinary video to show you thats just come from nasa. Do you remember december 5th when they launched that unmanned spacecraft thats just a prelude to, well, life on mars for earthlings here. Whats it doing there, derek . This is footage that they released of the capsule reentering our atmosphere. It reached speed of 20,000 miles per hour. As it reentered our atmosphere, we started to see ionized gases form around the capsule and it reached temperatures of almost 4,000 degrees fahrenheit. Natalie, that is twice the temperature of molten lava. It took 11 parachutes to slow this capsule down just before it landed in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the california coast. It was only traveling at 20 miles per hour. Isnt that something . Its amazing where they get the cameras to show us. I know it. If you look on the last few images youll start to see the splash, the big splash when this thing finally reaches the ocean. Which side . What a cool thing to see, actually. There it is. This is a prekurs who are to us potentially, humans traveling to mars. We need to do the unmanned space crafts and release them just to get the testing for the heat shields and all the various components to make all the technology to work. Thats fascinating. Thanks, eric. Youre welcome. The fbi blames north korea for the cyber attack on sony, but experts say that is nothing compared to what pyongyang could do to nuclear facilities. Well have more on that part of the story just ahead. Welcome back to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Youre watching cnn live coverage. Im natalie allen. Our top stories, sony says it is looking for other options for releasing the film the interview. The studio shelved the comedy after threats against theaters. The sony executive says he disagrees with president obamas comment that pulling the movie was a mistake. Pakistani forces say they killed several taliban insurgents including a key commander in clashes in and around peshawar. This came days after they massacred 148 people at a peshawar school, most of them children. On friday the military said it killed dozens of insurgents but did not specify if they were taliban members. A gunman who held a cafe hostage in sydney may have had a different target in mind. Chris reason said the shooter had a grudge against his network and was, in fact, targeting their building. He says the gunman had grievances against the network for doing stories on him and even tried to get in before heading to the cafe. A number of celebrities are upset over sonys decision to pull the film, the interview, saying essentially north korea is getting to sentences censor what movies america can see. Paul berkaman looks into that. You are entering into the most dangerous country on earth. Sony entertainers has touched off fear and loathing in show business. So kim jongun gets to decide what movies we make. Reporter George Clooney is one of the most outspoken actors. He wrote a petition for sony that he wanted entertainment power brokers to sign. We know that to give in to these criminals now would open the group for freedom of expression, privacy and personal liberty, but Deadline Hollywood said no executive signed the letter after the sony attack. Its your emails, your private stuff. The whole town is scared. Everybody has to be scared. Reporter but in one decisive moment sony banned the interviews. I am so disappointed. I wanted to see the movie. I think this is the wrong thing to do. I hear it in the film. Meryl streep is great as king jongun. And i said, okay, if theyre not going to show the interview thats it, no more north korean movies for me. Reporter perhaps not for anyone. Insiders predict a new Chilling Effect on controversial film subjects. A thriller project said north korea also just got scrapped. Youre not going to see villains that have anything to do with that region that could be perceived as being antinorth korean or chinese, even iran people are saying is off limits. I wish we had an escape plan. Reporter in hollywood theres solidarity for the interview. Seth rogen. The franco rogen has delivered the young male audience and big profits. Pineapple express and this is the end cost little to make and racked in more than 100 million worldwide, but dollar signs couldnt save this sign. The interviews billboards being ripped down dead center of angry, nervous hollywood. Cnn, los angeles. And, again, the u. S. Pointing the finger at north korea for the hack on Sony Computers which resulted in a massive leak of kifl employee information and emails. In south korea the government is increasingly concerned there about Cyber Attacks on something beyond entertainment studios, on its Nuclear Power plants. Kim law joins us live from seoul with more from that. Kim. Natalie, we need to underscore that this was a successful hack of the Nuclear Power plants. What basically happened according to investigators is the same sort of malware that attacked sony that allowed hackers to essentially get the keys and wander through sonys infrastructure, computer infrastructure, well, the same thing happened here, but this time, this was one of the most carefully guarded government agencies, the one that runs Nuclear Power plants. Hello, north korea reporter the hollywood movie pulled, an international megacompany embarrassed and exposed. Perhaps just a warning shot for america on the cyber war with north korea. They say theyve launched a series of crippling attacks in that country. The most brazen coming to light this week. A hack of south koreas Nuclear Power system. They say hackers posted on a blog Nuclear Power plant blueprints and other secret documents and then wrote this. If they do not stop the operation of Nuclear Power plant, they will destroy. Reporter wow. Very serious . Yes. Reporter that raised some serious alarm bells . Yes. Reporter with the government . Yes. Reporter not just because of what was stolen but because of what this means. Theyre Getting Better at it. While the north consistently pleads, in a sense the south maintains the evidence is there. Last year south koreas banks were hacked, television knocked off the air. Similar malware to what ground sony systems to a halt and similar code to what led to this latest breach of south korean Nuclear Power plants. Theres a pattern, practice first in south korea and then aim overseas. Reporter should america be prepared for north korea to try to break in to these types of agencies in america . Of course, he says. Even though the u. S. Is one of the best prepared nations, Cyber Attacks are really hard to protect yourself from so they have to constantly be vigilant from. You want us to kill the leader of north korea . Yes. Reporter with sonys stunning decision pulling this movie, it may send a simple signal to north korea, Cyber Attacks work. Reporter now the south korean government says it is currently going through 23 power plants. This action after the suspected hackers posted some new threats saying that online saying the virus was in place and it could be activated at any time against the Nuclear Power plants. Likely an empty threat, but after sony, natalie, they just cant be too careful. Absolutely. You just reported yesterday about the hackers in north korea who work specifically on this all the time very much in the shadows. But, kim, what u. S. Government agencies do south korean investigators there worry about as possible hacking targets . Now keep in mind that the way south korea positions itself in the cyber war is that this is essentially the practice ground and that the United States is a big target so given whats been happening here, they are concerned about government agencies, the United States, like nasa, which has communication satellites because north korea would love Nothing Better than to try to control the american message and think about what kind of communication havoc that would be. So its those types of agencies that south korea is stressing must have strongest the strongest fire walls available and the United States really needs to try to get ahead of these hackers. All right. Kim law for us live there in seoul. Very, very interesting, revealing, and frightening developments. Thank you. Well, the governing body of International Football gets ready to release what could be a scandalous report, but theres a catch. Not all the information will be made public. Well have that just ahead for you. We needed 30 new hires for our call center. Im spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast . Go to ziprecruiter. Com and post your job to over 30 of the webs leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. You put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. Makes my job a lot easier. [ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers; go to ziprecruiter. Com offer5. Footballs governing body says it will release a redacted version of the controversial report into corruption allegations into the organization. The report is said to expose wrongdoing into the bids of the world cup by russia for 2018 and by qatar for 2022. The release comes a few days after the reports author, michael garcia, resigned from fifa. Well, the most decorated olympian ever will avoid jail time. Has received a one year suspended sentence for driving drunk. Michael phelps entered a plea of guilty to charges in baltimore, maryland. A judge also gave him 18 months of supervised probation and ordered him not to drink alcohol during that time. Video from the night of phelps arrest in september shows him waefg through traffic in a white suv. He had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit. The 18time gold medal winner later tweeted, this has been his biggest learning experience. That was the suv right there. Well, when it comes to sports, india, as you he no, is a cricket crazed country, but a new game is taking off. The commissioner of the National Basketball association believes india is the next frontier for hoops. Heres cnns don riddell. Reporter if ever there was a onesport country, it would surely be india. They play cricket from dawn until dusk. They reveal gods and where the love of the game is passed from one generation to the next. The nba believes this is the next big market for their sport, basketball. I would say cricket is a traditional sport here in india, but theres also an extraordinarily young population and a young population thats going to develop interests of their own in sport and making decisions on their own as to what their favorite sport will be. Reporter the nba commissioner adam silver, india represents the next gold rush. We are the Fastest Growing sport now. When i look at a market like india, well over 1 billion people, a burgeoning middle class, an economy thats just getting going, i think india is the next great frontier for the nba. Reporter with its massive population, theres no doubt india has enormous sports potential. This was the scene in mumbai. Making the case for basketball is the Sacramento Kings. Theyre owned by the indian businessman, vivick renadive. When i bought the Sacramento Kings one of my main goals was to make sure that we succeeded in expanding the game of basketball in india. I believe this is the greatest sport in the world. I wanted to share the richness, spectacle, athleticism with the people from the country of my origin. Its more than a sport, its a lifestyle. It appeals to the young. Its got a swagger to it. Its a post colonial sport. Reporter of the games currently being broadcast, the nba knows theyre too early to be part of a mastel vision audience. Once theyve grown the interest, silver says theyll consider changing some of the tipoff times to accommodate viewing overseas. Thats when youll know its taking off. There might be a new Michael Jordan emerging in india. 2014 was a big year for spotify. Why they have yet to make a profit. Most popular programs for streaming music legally and yet spotify is still a money losing operation, at least at this point. Samuel burke looks at the challenges facing the Online Service in this next year as he counts down spotifys five biggest songs. Reporter it is the streaming service that towers above all the others. Spotify with 50 million active users. The five most listened to songs on spotify this year tell the story of its most eventful 2014. All of me loves all of you reporter number five, all of me by john legend. Getting more subscribers to give their all to spotify and become paying customers is key if this money losing operation is to ever turn a profit. Just 20 of users pay to listen now and costs are rising. At number 4, katy perrys dark horse. Because im coming at you like a dark horse reporter spotifys the most Popular Streaming Service in the world for now. The dark horse is apple. Tim cook and Company Might bundle their recently acquired beats streaming Music Service into itunes next year. And just like this years third most streamed song summer by calvin harris, spotify is in a high stream race against others like sound cloud, pandora and google. Number two, clean bandits rather be. This music video is is set in tokyo, japan. A place spotify would rather be. Its yet to enter hugely important markets like japan, russia, india and china. And the number one most streamed song on spotify this year, happy by pharrell because im happy reporter spotify investors appear happy for now. Despite its losses the company is valued around 4 billion with reported revenue of over 1 billion. And an ipo could come soon. But there are big issues spotify just cant shake off. Taylor swifts pulled all of her songs from spotify complaining that its not paying artists enough. Reporter spotifys hoping they do get back together. As it tries to keep investors happy, spotify cant afford more exlovers or blank spaces. Ive got a blank space, baby. Reporter in 2015. All right. Well wait and see spotifys future in 2015. Days of relentless rain have proven deadly across parts of Southern Africa. Dereks back with this to tell us about it. Yeah, thats coming from the capitol of mozambique. You can see waves of moisture thats led to unfortunately five confirmed deaths across the region. This is a very remote part of Southern Africa where the flooding actually took place. Because of the relentless rain its created mudslides. Its made it very difficult for authorities to get and help the areas impacted by the rainfall. Now some of our tropical rainfall measurement tools that we use to determine how much rain actually took place across this region indicating near chumoyo 400 millimeters of rain. Muputu, 100 millimeters plus. You can see why we have experienced flooding. This is an occurrence that happens quite regularly unfortunately across mozambique. The rainy season runs basically from october through about april. Remember, were in the Southern Hemisphere here. So low pressure systems and High Pressure systems rotate in Different Directions compared to that in the northern hemisphere. Two different weather makers here, one being what is called the semipermanent indian High Pressure system. That with its counterclockwise rotation drives in moisture from the indian ocean resulting in the heavy rainfall leading to flooding near muputu. This is bans of rainfall that change with the seasons depending on what part of the continent youre located on. Its now in the Summer Season so were actually experiencing that rain ban stretching further south impacting central and northern mozambique. Thats where weve experienced 400 millimeters of rainfall plus. Remember, whats also fresh on the minds of residents across mozambique was flooding killed 55 people and displaced over 170,000 individuals from their homes. Chumuyo within the midst of their rainy season and unfortunately theres more wet weather in store. We could experience upwards of another 100 millimeters of rainfall near the border of zimbabwe and central mozambique. Thats all weve got. Back to you, natalie. When americans watch the american production of the nut cracker, they will witness history. For the first time an africanamerican woman is dancing the lead role. Randi kaye has more of Misty Copelands success story. Reporter shes long been called an unlikely ballerina. But at 32 years old, Misty Copeland is the first africanamerican soloist in two decades at the prestigious american ballet theater. Her story is different than most ballerinas. Reporter you took your first ballet class at 13 . Yes. Reporter which is a pretty late start . It is. Reporter months after that first class in a boys and girls club in san pedro, california, people were calling misty a prodigy. She was 17 when she joined the american ballet theater but not everyone was willing to accept this ballerina who didnt look like all the rest. Dear candidate, thank you for your a. M. Case to our ballet academy. Unfortunately you have not been accepted. You lack the right feet, achilles tendons, turnout, torso length and bust. Reporter did you ever receive a letter like that . Could you relate to that . I did. My teacher said, keep that letter because youre going to want to look back on it one day. As an adult i was told i didnt have the right skin color, i was too muscular, i was too curvy, my breasts were too big. Reporter you wrote about an experience where your friend overheard an american ballet staff center said you didnt knit with your brown skin especially in a ballet like swan lake. Do you remember how that affected you . Yeah. I get emotional right now just thinking about it. I tried to understand the persons perspective and how deep rooted it is in the ballet culture. Its so easy for them to just say these things out loud not understanding the affect it can have on someone. Reporter misty proved her critics wrong and played the dual role of the white and black swan in swan lake in australia and will reprize the role for the washington ballet and the american ballet theater next year. Reporter i want to get to that one moment when you saw you in front of met. Did your heart just skip a beat . It was overwhelming and i didnt see myself up there. 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