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Original release date, of course, before sony decided to release it. the film had been pulled after threats and the hack attack on sony computers. >> i am proud our fight was not for nothing and that cybercriminals were not able to silence us. >> sony also posted "the interview" on line. the company reports connection failures on playstation network as well as on xbox systems. hackers are claiming responsible. and for its part, russia is offering its support to north korea following that sony ...

Interview," then they said it wouldnt be released. sony decided to release it yesterday to 300 theaters. it made about a million dollars. >> yeah. which was a pretty big number for a few hundred theaters. if you remember, this was the movie that seth rogen and james franco, its a comedy. but the spotlight involved killing the leader of north korea and sony had an allege hack attack. >> a lot of people questioned that decision to pull it. the president himself stating that they should not have pu...

Be laid to rest tomorrow. the online sony playstation network is still struggling to get back online this morning. after apparently being the target of a hack attack. xbox live was also knocked offline, but appears to have recovered this morning. a group called the lizard squad took credit for the hack. both playstation and xbox are run by companies with a hand in streaming the comedy flick "the interview." so far, theres no evidence tying the hack with that. meantime former president george...

>> the president reiterated very difficult missions remain including the battles against isis in both iraq and syria. still ahead that the hour, was your xbox on the fritz last night? could you be a victim of a hack attack. how about all the other people who were livid that they couldnt game without their new toys. also, sony firing back and releasing "the interview." after all the international back and forth, how did it perform at the box office? theres two tickets there. how many other ticket...

Good morning. im kendis gibson. good morning. im kendis gibson. >> and im mitchelle franzen. here are the top headlines we are following this morning on "world news now." >> film fans have been packing hundreds of theaters that are showing sonys "the interview." the studio chief says releasing the film yesterday was the right thing to do. despite the damaging hack attack. coming up. reaction from hollywood. and today is the second busiest day of the year for retailers as customers exchange g...

Liberty mutual insurance. the u.s. and two allies are teaming up, unveiling a new intelligence plan to keep tabs on north korea, thats mat wear learning from the "associated press" and reuters. both reporting the u.s. and south korea and japan are ready to sign a deal to shire intel on north koreas missile and nuclear program. south korean officials report they believe north korea is getting closer to developing a small nuclear weapon that can be placed on long range missiles. no official word...

Christmas. >> on a friday morning. >> lets take a look at your headlines on this friday. president obama spending christmas night paying tribute to the u.s. military. he visited a marine corps base in hawaii to mark the end of the war in afghanistan and thank the soldiers for their sacrifices. the vast majority of u.s. troops will be out of afghanistan by the end of the week. 13 years and $1 trillion after the conflict began. and online gaming networks playstation and xbox live are still offli...

It. the film had been pulled after threats and the hack attack on sony computers. >> i am proud our fight was not for nothing and that cybercriminals were not able to silence us. >> sony also posted "the interview" on line. the company reports connection failures on playstation network as well as on xbox systems. hackers are claiming responsible. and for its part, russia is offering its support to north korea following that sony hacking controversy. a russian spokesman yesterday said north kor...

Washington. thanks, doug. >> another possible hack attack on christmas morning stopping kid from playing their brand new pray stations and xboxs. we have a report on this. dangers journalists face in war zones. what one new report is revealing.

The company president is stepping aside to allow the chairman to take over. those two along with three other top executives are taking pay cuts ranging from 20% to 50%. and the nations largest employer, walmart, is getting ready to increase pay at about one-third of its u.s. locations. those raises are a result of minimum wage increases coming into effect in 21 states in the new year. its unclear how much the pay increases will amount to in total because the number of employees affected is not...