september. their first order of business is getting to debate the bill. president obama heads to his vacation to martha s vineyard later today where white house officials say he will continue to drum up support. thank you so much. at the white house this morning. also an unclassified e-mail server has been hacked. defense officials say rushsia is the prime suspect. barbara starr, good morning. reporter: good morning, brooke. russia indeed suspect number one here at the pentagon. this was a hacking attack. spear fishing into the e-mail system of the joint chiefs of staff. the unclassified e-mail still, 4,000 military and civilian personnel that work for the joint chiefs and the chairmen. they believe it was directly targeted at them. all the protections in place. this was a very sophisticated attack we are told.
why? a sophisticated attempt to insert malicious code. the chinese tend to drain the data out of the system we re told. the russians have the signature of trying to go in and cause trouble. such a sophisticated attack the pentagon view is it could only have been done essentially by a state entity. a government such as russia or china. is that absolute? no. they are still looking at other possibilities. the leading theory is the russians. they believe this hacking attack was very much directed, targeted at the very particular unclassified e-mail server used by the chairman of the joint chiefs and his staff. really interesting. was it a message from moscow? carol. interesting and scary. barbara starr, thank you. checking other top stories. eight people are dead and 400
page. it was a sophisticated and coordinated attack on the social media website and tv signals. this attack was a long- time in the planning. the director said there had been plenty of attempts to hack it in the past. they noticed that and it is not unusual in today s world. france to an extent it reeling from the attacks on the newspaper charlie hebdo back in january and followed by the attack on the kosher supermarket and attacks on two police officers in paris. the prime minister called it unacceptable insult on freedom of speech and freedom of information. finally tonight we can say tv five world stations are all back on line as of 6 o clock this evening and the social media is active as well and under their control. they are checking to see how deeply into the internet site this hacking attack was
resolve by showing he is strong first. before he with offer an olive branch he has to have a very clear sword in the other hand. and the south korea satire the interview has set a record for sony pictures. it says it is their biggest on-line money maker ever. since it s release on december 24th the film has brought in $31 million in internet and rental sales. and thanks to theater profits the interview is close to reaching its $44 million budget. the film about a cia plot to kill north korea s leader kim jong-un apparently led to a hacking attack on sony pictures. the u.s. government blames pyongyang but they deny any involvement. well the weather in parts of the midwest u.s. it is so cold outside.
alleged al-qaeda operative a bu al- libby has died. he was accused of plotting a pair of embassy bombings that left over 200 people dead. he had a 5 million bounty on his head until he was captured in 2013. he was awaiting trial in new york. he suffered from a long list of medical problems and he died from complications following liver surgery. the white house turning up the pressure on north korea for the hacking attack on sony. there is sanctions on north korea. u.s. officials say the response is not offer yet especially as president the president is considering to put north korea back on states that sponsor