Security and local Police Departments are aware of the threat. This in preparation of the release of sonys movie the interview, a comedy farce that depicts kim jongun, the premier was cancelled and sources tell cnbc sony would support a decision to not run the movie and Carmike Cinemas has already cancelled its showings him but are these threats credible . I really doubt this is a credible threat. I dont mean to him encourage people necessarily to go to the movie and think they are necessarily safe. That said, really, honestly, there has never been a case where a movie showing or any type of cyber terrorism threat has resulted in people losing their lives. The point of view stars seth rogen and james franco. After reams of embarrassing emails, movies, screen plays and employees personal information were released online. They are claiming responsibility for hacking into Sony Pictures is making threats that extend far beyond hollywood, all in an attempt to stop the release of the film the interview. The goal is very clear. They want the movie pulled and not released. Reporter the group takes aim at theaters that show the movie. The message says the world will be full of fear him remember 2001. Homeland officials said in a statement, quote, at this time there is no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot against movie theaters in the united states. We take those threats very seriously. We will take extra precautions during the holidays at theaters. Reporter meanwhile, as federal investigators say they are facing the source. The movie giant could be headed to the courtroom. Sony declined to comment on the latest hack and threat from hackers. A few threat, revenge, the country vowing payback over that Horrific School attack and the taliban. A short time ago, School Children in india standing in silence honoring the 145 victims. Tracy potts is live if washington. Good morning, tracy, how is the u. S. Responding . Reporter well, we know theyre going to offer help. Thats what the obamaed a M Administration has said as pack tan mourns dozens of children who were kill. Candles are lit across pakistan this morning as the country prepare force mass funerals. 141 people, most of them children. This morning, wherever you live, wherever you are, those are our children hand the is the worlds loss. Reporter in a statement, president obama cited the depravity of terrorists behind the track. As it was happening, four drone strikes killed militants next door in afghanistan, where most troops will be leaving by years end. The president is exited to remain on track. Its better to be of the thinking that things good enough for us to move out of pakistan. This is a very serious unstable region. Reporter just three days ago, Congress Approved a billion dollars to help pakistan with security. The country launched more airstrikes on the taliban late tuesday. There is growing pressure on the government to do or. We need to take on the taliban. Snuff enough. Reporter this morning a pakistani newspaper reports they actually ordered it and also this morning, we have learned that Pakistans Army chief is going to be in afghanistan today and talking with leaders there about what they can do to track down and defeat the taliban hiding in those mountains along those share border. Tracy, a mighty big challenge ahead for them, thanks so much. Taking americas pulse, a new wall street journal report releases a bleak review. Four in ten believe race relation in the u. S. Are good. Thats down from 70 in president obamas first term. Half of the voters say they could get behind Hillary Clinton. Whoever wins, more than seven if ten want if the next commanderinchief to take a different approach from president obama. Then there is this, 64 think the country is headed on the wrong track. The good news for the president among all adults is approval is up a point to 45 . Congresss approval is up to 16 as well. A midair scare on board an American Airlines flight. The plane slammed by severe turbulence, everyone on board sent into a panic. The 777 was flying to dallas when the pilot was forced to land in japan. Reporter the video shakes just as violently as those on board flight 280. Sleek shoo iraqs of panic as it jolted passengers for more than an hour. It started out of nowhere. From nothing whatsoever the plane just dropped. Reporter Martin Stanley started recording video after plates, glasses and a beverage cart were thrown around the cabin. The woman next to him shows him the plate that hit her in the head and broke into pieces. I askeder what seat she was on, there is so much broken glass and plates and everything throughout there. Reporter he says one Flight Attendant was thrown toward the ceiling knocking out an exit sign, they called for nurses and doctors, after an hourandahalf, they heard from the pilot. The plane is no no shape. He didnt have enough crew. Reporter a massive medical team greeted them as soon as they made an mortgages landing. And that was Bianca Castro reporting. The economy loses value, investments fall and Oil Continues a downward spiral. The headlines on time. Com reads russias black tuesday, putin watches russian economy collapse along with his stature. This morning, our report from nbcs tom costello. Reporter on the streets of moss cao, the russian currency is in freefall testimony ruble has now lost 50 of its value so far this year with the price of oil also if freefall, going from 115 a barrel to 60 just since june. The problem for russia, nearly half its revenues come from oil and gas and moscow is facing crippleing sanction over actions in crimea and ukraine. It will be up to president putin to decide whether or not these economic costs are worth it to him and are worth it to the russian people. Reporter the russian foreman was defiant. Russia will not only survive but come out stronger out of this. Reporter but the International Community is hurting russia. Reporter when they go to the store, all food they buy is imported, its going to be a lot more expensive. Reporter while the drop in Oil Prices May mean sky high inflation for russia, its been a boone for americans. More than half the country is now paying less tan 2. 50 a gallon. Prosecutors in los angeles have decided not to proceed sexual abuse causes against bill cosby. Prosecutors say the statute of limitations has run out on claims that the comedian sexually molested her at the playboy mansion when she was 15yearsold. He is suing cosby. He is filing a countersuit extortion. Cosby has never been changed with any crime and through his lawyer has consistently denied all allegations. Time now to get down to business with cnbcs landon dowdy. Reporter do you want something other than fries with that . Mcdonalds is limiting fries supplies. Japan consums more than 300,000 tons with most imported from america. Wheat looks to bounce back after a wild day on tuesday. The do you moving up and down 705 points t. Dow is down 00 points since closing at record highs on december 5th. Mr. Sure you are checking your phone calls. Sprivent is facing a fine for a practice known as cramming. The Company Allegedly charged cell phone customers for services they didnt even want. Such as text alerts and hor oscopes. Back to you. Thanks so much. In sports, a new nhl record was set between the capitals and the panthers. The game tied at 1all ended up in a record breaking 21round shootout. How long is that . 40 shooters, 11 goals. The previous record was 15 t. Eventual winner the panthers go to a 21 victory. Heres something you dont hear every day, a rain delay in the nba, it was halted during the First Quarter a. Few green roof was installed at the barclays center. Arena workers scrambled with garbage cans and towels to explain it all. The heat took this one 9591. A. Rod, he can leave that glove in the duckout this season. Gm Brian Cashman said the returning Alex Rodriguez will be a dh this year after cashman designed headley will be the starting 3rd baseman. The u. S. Olympics committee is submitting bids to host the 2024 summer olympics. The cities in contention are boston, l. A. , san fran and walk. Ka washington. Liam kneeson team up for a taken christmas daypro mo. Christmas day theyre going to unleash their skills on you and your team and theyre going to defeat you. Good luck. Doesnt seem scared, huh neighborhood, just ahead, a mom moment on cspan, the ultimate high five. We will show you an astonishing stunt when we come back. Good morning everybody. We are about to make more deliveries to more places than anybody on earth. We have the speed. We have the technology. And we have the team. We made over 15 billion successful deliveries last year. 15 billion football has a season. Baseball has a season. This is our season. Wellllll. Earlyfit latefit risefit fallfit ballfit wallfit pingfit pongfit pingfit pongfit rowfit throwfit slowfit olliefit oopsfit otisfit thiswayfit thatwayfit daddyfit pappyfit datefit weightfit goalfit gooooooalfit stepfit stairfit smartfit heartfit spinfit bikefit hikefit yikesfit wheeeeefit wowfit whoafit findyourfit its all fitbit welcome back. A quick weather update for you on this wednesday, watching rain continuing. Heavy rain in the boston area all the way up to northern new england. Watch out, a lot of people reporting dense fog into the hudson valley, otherwise today, its a quiet day. We see snow in the northern great lakes. Todays mild day, showers in dallas and san antonio. I tell i what, we are very quiet for about the next four, five days right through this next weekend. Next week, though, this is the weather map for wednesday, Christmas Eve, the circles there in the ohio valley that, can be a very big storm Christmas Eve into the great lakes in ohio valley. Well watch that. Thats seven days away. Not a great present around the holidays. Some stories making news this morning, does isis have a twisted weapon . They launched scorpion bombs, they are being blasted into iraqi towns. Iraqis used it fighting against the roman empire. Jeb bush is close to getting into the business so to speak. On tuesday, he said i am excited to announce i will actively explore running for president of the united states. It comes after he agreed to release emails from his time as floridas governor. On cspan a pair of political pundit brothers were left to silence, their mom called in to school them for arguing, lets take a listen. Lets go to joy in raleigh, north carolina. Hey, somebody from down south. You are right, im from down south. Oh, god, its mom. And im your mother. I was very glad that this thanksgiving was a year that you two were supposed to go to your inlaws and im hoping will you have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. You better listen to mom. In australia, they pull off something very cool. The first airtoground high five. Check it out. It happened in the french alps right there. Nathan jones flying around the hills before smashing through that giant pan. Very cool. Scramble politics is next. Introducing the citi® double cash card. It lets you earn cash back twice, once when you buy and again as you pay. Its cash back. Then cash back again. 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The donald said the last thing this country needs is another bush as for Hillary Clinton, a new endorsement, well, i guess kind of, senator al franken stumbles into it on msnbcs the kite i cycle. I think hillary would make a good president. I certainly fool i havent announced im supporting her, but does this count . I guess, maybe this counts. Hey, could this be a reason for her to be concerned . According to ad week, Hillary Clintons june cover on People Magazine was the publications worst selling issue of the year. Senator ted cruz says hes really sorry for ruining everyones weekend plans. He apologizes after his tactics caused the session to be in session over the weekend. Samantha power is feeling the love. In a new yorker profile the writer says the french ambassador complicated her beauty saying, quote, as a frenchman, im not condemned to be politically correct and one day we were on the security council, and i sent her an sms saying, on behalf of the french delegation, i want to tell you, you are very beautiful. She responded saying it was one of the nicest smss she reefd. As of last fight, the 115th congress is over, putting a cap on the least productive ever. To put that into perspective the socalled do Nothing Congress in 1948 passed more than 900 laws. On tear way out, a few senators given some passing thoughts from sno Senate Majority leader harry reid. There is a lot more we should have and could have done. That which cannot be spoken must be passed over in silence. Senator joe man chen put it quickly, thank god its over. Thats your morning dish of scrambled politics. I am joined by politico reporter katy glick. Good morning, nice to see you. Thank you for having me. I want to start with jeb bushs announcement. Will it start a Ripple Effect . Will this put the pressure on romney and christie . Thats one of the important questions coming out of his announcement yesterday, does this encourage or discourage anyone else from getting into the race . What does this do to marco rubio and Chris Christie . You can ask about a range of potential other candidates. Hes been at odds with common core and immigration so what are the chances of him really being able to get past the primaries . Rand paul actually took a shot at him over last night. That may be something we are seeing more of from the conservative when of the party. Some suggest that jeb bush, who is more moderate as you know on issues like immigration and common Core Education issues may have a hard time in places like iowa, new hampshire, south clone, some of the early primary states. At the same time, there are a lot of republicans waiting to see what hes going to do, a lot of donors excited about him. It will be a fight if he decides to get if. I want to switch over to this nbcwall street journal that says Hillary Clinton holds a strong lead among 2016 candidates. We are learning 40 said they prefer the next president to be a republican. So this is a far cry from her being a strong front runner, would you say . Well, you know, at this juncture, we are so far out. Some of those numbers may be reflecting on frustration with president obama, for the last year, his poll numbers have not been particularly high. So you may see some sort of partisan breakdowns along those leans, as far as looking for change, something we saw pan fegs itself in the midterms. The republicans took back the senate as well, in terms of what that means for 2016, it looks on the republican side, its a wide opened field, should she decide to get in, still looks to be declared the front runner. There is still a lot of time 18 side gets a tom nation. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Up next the game of thrones theser that has fans upset. No. Its called grid iq. The 4 51 is leaving at 4 51. They cut the power. Itll fix itself. Powers back on. Quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. Thrillingly predictable. Twhat do i do . You need to catch the 4 10 huh . The Equipment Tracking system will get you to the loading dock. There should be a truck leaving now. I got it. Now jump off the bridge. What . In 3. 2. 1. Are you kidding me . Go. Right on time. Right now, over 20,000 trains are running reliably. We call that predictable. Thrillingly predictable. Now for some entertainment news. The winner of the voice is. Is. Craig wayne boyd. The 7th season of the voice ended last night. Team blake won again. Look for winner craig wade body on the today show. Look at this new 9 sect game of thrones trailer. Dont blink or youll miss it. Yeah, thats it. Wow, Team E People will go, slow it down. Probably all the blogs like brake it down. This is first look on nsnbc. It puts pressure on the other socalled establishment first runs, Chris Christie, mitt romney, jeb bush getting in now makes their candidacy longer shots today. Actively exploring, jeb bushs biggest moves yet. But he is closer to a president ial run. So what does that mean for republicans and democrats . A hacker threat expanding to theaters, running the sony movie the interview. Now a cancelled premier, no more interviews for stars seth rogen and james franco and, oh, god, its mom the reaction from two mothers on opposite ends of the political spectrum when they get a call on live tv from good old mom. This is way too good and this is way too early from d. C. Good morning, it is wednesday, december 17th. Welcome to way too early live from washington, d. C. This morning, we are here. This is the show that hears from its mom during the entire show. Pom, we got facebook up. We expect to hear from you. Mrs. Washouse, who you will meet later in the show. Shes the maam that called in to her two sons on cspan, she is our new he ra. You will love it. We want to get straight to our top story, breaking news related to that massive sony data breach t. Show is not going on for the fork premier of the