the timing during president trump s first foreign trip is a way for north korea to force itself into the global conversation. to get what it wants which is attention. in fact, here in tokyo, the japanese prime minister promised to bring up the north korea issue with president trump at the g7 meeting which will happen later on during the presidential trip. i spoke with officials in upon y pyongyang. they want a seat at the table. alisyn, two launches in one week is a way to get the conversation going. will ripley, thank you. we now have a billy bush update for you. former today show host billy bush opening up about the infamous donald trump access hollywood tape that got bush fired seven months ago. speaking to hollywood reporter billy bush wishes he handled that differently. he is quoted to say looking back
growing questions about why sony here allowed its american subsidiary to create this kind of a movie considering the tense geopolitical situation and the real ramifications that could come from this. we are told by insiders that there are very likely going to be meetings between top sony executives here in tokyo and the japanese government. because japanese government is going to want answers to why the united states is able to produce this country that repeatedly launches projectiles. and overnight, i ve confirmed information and many are wondering why sonny approved this in the first place. we know that the ceo of sony entertainment michael lynnton actually men with a john global think tank and they basically do
premiere was cancelled all the way to japan where sony is headquartered. and the release has only increase tlad friction. north korea has called the film the interview an act of war. cnn s will ripley is live from tokyo. will, at this point, what s the reaction inside the sony corporate head quarters and how do they explain the fact that this film was approved in the first place. well, what it shows is that there really was, and is, still, a lack of understanding, apparently between the japanese executives who run sony here in tokyo, and their american counterparts at sony pictures in hollywood. for years, for more than two decades, executives here have had a very hands-off approach. they don t interfere with the american movie making process. and in fact in some of these hacked e-mails, they re revealing cultural clues that the fact that the sony ceo was
sparked a geopolitical crisis out there. here s cnn s will ripley. reporter: that cyberattack is causing huge problems for sony pictures entertainment s parent company, sony, here in tokyo. in just one week, their stocks plummeted 10%. there are also fears here in japan that the growing controversy could derail sensitive talks. hackers calling themselves guardians of peace leaked embarrassing, sensitive insider information, promising more to be released on christmas day. you want us to kill the leader of north korea? reporter: the comedy is about two journalists killing kim jong-un, north korea s supreme leader reportedly infuriated, his top officials call the movie an act of war. obviously pyongyang is very upset with this movie depicting the assassination of their leader and the fact that the ceo of sony was directly involved. reporter: temple university asian studies professor jeff
have been trying to reconnect power to the six reactors. we know they got them to the reactors but they can t get the pumps working just yet. a lot of that has to be due to the damage caused by the tsunami. the saltwater has corroded many, many parts. the workers have been trying to replace those parts and get the pumps working, but these fires and the smoke rising is causing is many delays. so a lot of issues there that tepco and the government is trying to get a handle on. another issue is the tap water in tokyo. what is the latest situation there? that s an issue that s just come up in the last couple of hours. that s something that chief cabinet secretary edano addressed a short time ago. he said that high levels of radiation have been detected in t tap here in tokyo. we are some 250 kilometers from