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You heard today in. >> i would be fibbing to say i wasnt disappointed. the president and i havent spoken. i dont know exactly whether he understands the sequence of events that led up to the movies not being shown in the movie theaters. and therefore, i would disagree with the notion that it was a mistake. its a generally held view by the public and the press that thats what happened. and maybe thats how that view was held by him. but knowing as i do the facts and how theyve unfolded, you know, ...

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 g.o.p. 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 no...

I dont know who in the heck got the impression this community is not behind their police department and they think it enough they can come hee and take them out. thats not going to happen. were not going to allow that to continue to happen. its unacceptable. >> a community unites and the new york steep police department goes on alert after the death of two officers. we look at the extra steps taken to protect the lives of police. new warnings from north korea in the wake of the massive sony ha...

So sdain dangerous two bodyguard who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, travel with him. north korean spies have attempted to murder park. already heavily sanctioned and isolated the u.s. has few options dealing with north korea. but park believes he can get even. but the very movie the regime tried so hard to block, right in their own backyard. >> all right. we turn now to a scary scene in send tram france. at least 12 people are injured and a man is under arrest after police say he...

In another cnn tv exclusive, sonys ceo responded to president obamas criticism of the companys decision. michael lynton told cnns fareed zakaria sony has not caved in to hackers. >> 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 pla...