and as we get closer to 16, it becoming a major issue that the presidential candidates are going to have to deal with as terrorism isn't going away and as we see here, we become more and more vulnerable to attacks. >> julie did it bother you at all that the president called it cyber vandalism instead of an act of war? >> it was terrorism, i don't know if it's an act of war but certainly terrorism, off group saying they are going to pull a 9/11 on any movie thesers that show this. that, to me, is inciting terror, it is terrorism. to david's point, mr. lynton should tell us who these people in the white house were and produce records of their discussion and see what those people have to say but look, sony's been all over the map on this, first sony said they weren't releasing this at all, then saying they were looking for a venue to release this, not sure, david boyce, their lawyer said yesterday different from last week, they got to get on the same page. what sony did was despicable, they caved to terrorists and they know it >> if the ceo is watching now, he can give us a call at the real story and glad to know hoe
entire hollywood company like sony is only vandalism, what would actually constitute an attack? because rest assured, unfortunately, i don't vi this attack will be the last. le with, let's check in with harris faulkner, in for shepherd smith. i don't know if you heard what happened on friday. i tossed to shepherd and the improvementer said harris is filling in for sheppard and sheppard said fox news alert, i'm harris faulkner. >> funny like that i love shep. all right. our nation has been a tinder becomes of emotion for weeks now with protests against police conduct across america. and now, the assassinations of those two police officers here in new york city. we have learned authorities have examined past cases now of suspected police violence to look for answers on how to deal with the anger, the pain, that's rocking this city and the country and among those cases is one that happened about 15 years
spoke to at the white house and report it. julie and david, have great week. >> merry christmas. >> thank you. merry christmas. time for my take. who is telling the truth? not like sony is adversaries of president obama but telling two different stories now friday during the show, the president said he wished the white house reached out to him to discuss the attack before they decided to pull that movie but just a few hours later, sony ceo says, in fact, he had contacted senior white house officials to discuss what the government thought they should do so, i ask you today, which one is it? could it be that any senior white house adviser would not have relayed to the message to the president that they heard from sony? we were reporting all last week that the president was receiving daily updates and holding daily meetings about the north korea signer crisis. seems implausible that could have slipped through the cracks. so, now the president says he will weigh the options presented to him about what to do about north korea. if trying to bring down an
very expensivexpensive. >> and when the president calls this an act of vandalism, that just really bothers me greatly. it is an act of terrorism. >> so, how should the united states respond? well, president obama says he is considering putting north korea back on the state-sponsored terrorism list but the u.s. has other.options as well, like freezing foreign bank accounts, launching our own cyber attacks. well, let's see what chris tire is walt thinks of this. joins me from d.c., fox news digital bomb ticks editor and author of information news first. the united states has on options. let me get your take on the president seemingly down playing this huge attack on sony allegedly boot north koreans, calling calling it cyber vandalism. >> not war nor terrorism but cyber vandalism and stuff you say when your country doesn't have a policy about how to deal with signer warfare. the reality about the united states is we don't. we are behind the curve on the
from over. i want to mo of to north korea there is a report now that north korea's internet service has been knocked offline though it's not clear who might be responsible. meantime, president obama saying sony should have called him before caving into north korea and canceling the release of their comedy movie, "the interview." just one problem, the head of sony says did he call the white house, speaking to senior members of the administration. >> a day s -- few days ago, id reach out to the white house and talk to them about the situation and informed them we needed help. >> what are we to make of the two different stories going on here? >> well, it's typical white house, what you hear on the ground is not what -- the message that's coming out of the white house. and, you know, what is probably the bigger issue here is the growing concern that americans have of this terrorism. and is this white house doing enough to fight terrorism, one,
movie "the interview." now sony, the ceo, says he has a different version of that story. plus, new york city police operating in siege mode, what some critics saying mayor bill beblass yo campaigned on promises to reform the police department has blood on his hands after two police officers are gunned down. rlace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had a liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. new car replacement is just one of the features that come standard with a base liberty mutual policy. and for drivers with accident forgivness,rates won't go up due to your first accident. learn more by calling switch to liberty mutual and you can save up to $423.
kondek.ing to a noise complaint early sunday morning when he was shot and killed by a fugitive trying to evade the law. he once served more than five years on the new york police department but direct detectives say his death was not related to the killing you of the two nypd officers. he leaves behind five children. the suspect under arrest and facing first-degree murder charges. the police will hold a news conference later today. the other big story today, north korea issuing new threats against the u.s. after the sony cyber attack, warning of strikes against the white house, pentagon and whole united states mainland. this as the white house now under fire here at home because the president referring to the cyber attack not as terrorism, but cyber vandalism. >> you know, i don't think it was an act of war. i think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly,
trying to show that they can break into a network it is now rogue nations, rogue individuals, rogue groups, actually using cyber attacks as a way to promote their agenda. >> and of course, the fbi has traced the signer breach at sony to north korea, that nation's government upset over the movie studio's now canceled christmas release of "the interview", a comedy about a cia plot to assassinate north korean leader jim jong un. gretchen? >> how difficult is it for a company to safeguard against these signer threats because we saw what happened to sony. there's a ton more companies out there that may be facing the same thing. >> yeah, well, although the circumstances of the sony breach are still under investigation, armstead whitney with prepare ries says in 70% of these cases of businesses getting hacked, they involve employees making simple mistakes and inadvertently compromising security. and so, he advises his clients to train each and every employee to avoid common mistakes such as
engagement, more openness, that would seem to go against what the administration tends to do in these sorts of situations. >> all right h the president on vacation for two weeks, we will see if this story keeps haunting him while he is away. i think it might. chris tire is walt, merry christmas if i don't see you. merry christmas to you. >> thank you. so how can the united states prepare for hacking attacks? an atlanta-based company works with businesses across the country running practice hacks to discover security holes. jonathan searry live for us in atlanta. how likely are there to be more signer attacks like the one on sony? >> you know, it's scary are experts are saying the computers are replacing bombs as the weapons of choice for many bad actors. the head of atlanta based prepare ries, advises businesses on emergency preparedness says companies of all sizes need to adapt to the changing nature of hackers. listen. >> cyber attack on sony teaches thanks no matter how big you are, you are vulnerable to a cyber attack. it is no long college kids just