Why do the deal . Who is really benefitting from this new relationship . Were going to report and you decide. I didnt know he was 80something. A fire station taking heat for this sign and youll never believe the atheist response. The chief of that fire station reacts live this morning. By the way, smile. Mornings are better with friends. Welcome aboard. Live from studio e here in the heart of midtown manhattan. One week till christmas and wed like to thank 1800flowers for all the floors that are festooning our facility. I love the flowers. I love the gradual improvement. It was a little tree on each side. Next thing you know this is officially christmas. They should put a huge tree at Rockefeller Plaza so everyone can come and stare at it. Not a bad idea. I actually like to stare at the Christmas Decorations and think about the time ticking away as we get closer. We have breaking news. Speaking of christmastime, not necessarily a good story to begin with. Breaking overnight, people leaving a Christmas Church service mowed down by an outofcontrol car. It happened in redondo beach, california. A woman ran the red light, hit a curb and hit dozens of people leaving one person dead. Cops say she was driving under the influence. A manhunt underway for the person who shot a tv news meteorologist in waco, texas. Patrick crawford, a weatherman at kcen was shot multiple times in the parking lot of the studio. He manned to get into his car managed to get in a his car, drove away and flagged down a construction worker for help. He is in stable condition. Kurt busch taking a stand in family court after being accused of slamming his exgirlfriends head into a wall. During his hour long testimony bush called her claim of assault a complete fabrication. He says he never smashed her face into a wall but actually cuffed her face in his hands before telling her to leave his motor home. Driskill is seeking a protection order against busch. Economy on the brink of major crisis and Vladimir Putin says it is our fault. Putin doubling down on his claims saying western countries are to blame for the crisis. Putin has won man of the year for his 15th Straight Year, he has won every year since he came into power in 1999. I think the next closest person was only 4 of the vote. His challenge is coming up with a new acceptance speech every year. Two huge stories were following. Talking about restoring relations with cuba. Another story talking about, the north korean connection to whats happening with sony. U. S. Officials linking the isolated country to the massive cyber attack on sony. The f. B. I. Planning to call out north korea today as sony cancels the Christmas Day release of the movie called the interview. Thats right, the terrorists have won. Good morning to everyone at home. The crippling cyber attack that exposed private emails, Social Security number and Health Records was orchestrated by north korea. The administration expected to call out the country at a press conference today. While the cyber attack may have been sanctioned by the north korean government sources tell us it is possible the hack was done from outside of the countrys borders. The news comes as president obama tells the American Public not to panic over the hackers Movie Theater threat. The cyber attack is very serious. Were investigating and taking it seriously. Well be vigilant. If we see something we think is serious and credible well alert the public. For now my recommendation would be that people go to the movies. Hours after authorities determined it was north korea behind the cyber attack, sony makes the decision to pull the plug on its 42 million comedy that started the whole debacle. The interview scrapped after major Movie Theaters refused to show the film. While some people are clamoring for sony to release the film online the company says it has no plans to do so. It makes you wonder what this means for our freedom of speech. The message it sends to attackers is go ahead and hack us and well just fold essentially. Hack and we wont act. Thats good. If you think about it, for the First Time Since september 11, america in the form of hollywood has caved to the attackers. I mean, the department of Homeland Security said very clearly there is no evidence that theyre actually going to send somebody to the Movie Theaters and blow it up or anything like that. Nonetheless, because it was a business decision and theater owners were worried if people are afraid to go to the movies theyre not going to see any of the movies, they caved. Everyone is asking really what message is it sending across the board to people who want to see the film, people who are in the film, keep their jobs moving ahead. A lot of influencers were tweeting out. Jimmy kimmel tweeted this, an unamerican act of cowardice. Rob low says everybody caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Seth rogan, both of us have never seen anything like this before. Neville chamberlain proud today. Mitt romney Sony Pictures dont cave. Free online movie ask contributors to contribute 5 to fight ebola. Think about it if they p it on the internet for people to say a thousand times more people would see this crazy movie, which i hear is okay. And if kim jongils son, un, was rieg to was trying to stop people from seeing it we called their bluff. Their threat was to blow up theaters. This is an attack on america. Were going to say i guess its true. Even though the president said go to the movies, sony said were not going to take the risk. If sony wanted to say were going to put the movie out, Amc Entertainment and others said were not airing it. They have as much blame as sony for doing this. Now this is up to the f. B. I. And Homeland Security to get involved. You cannot have another country threatening to blow up buildings in our country, kill americans because we dont like the script to a movie. This is a titanic loss and acquiescence loss on our side. This is an embarrassment. Were also facing the threat of isis. Another attack is going to happen. Lets fax the script to isis, china and other countries to make sure theyre okay with it. Ultimately it is a business decision. Theater owners, it is holiday time, a big time. If people arent going to go to any of the shows because that interview movie is shown over there because they are afraid for their families, i get that. There was no concerted effort on the part of why didnt jeh johnson, head of Homeland Security say america its safe to go to the movies. We didnt hear that. Were the numberone terror target here in new york. Times square had a bombing attempt. Fox, you would imagine, would be a big target for our enemies. We still go to work every day. These theater owners have got to know theyve got to put out controversial movies, emotional movies, comedy movies. They have to be able to know they are going to stand behind any threat. And the Homeland Security secretary didnt say anything. The president said there is no threat here. The f. B. I. The same thing. Let these theaters stay open. Theres no right down to their executive level emails that had some things that were leaving scars there personally. But there is one theater fighting back. Its in texas. Theyre actually going to show team america instead and hand out american flags. This is how theyre making their statement. I am the greatest terrorist ever to have lived ow its a hilarious movie and essentially kim jongil, uns dead father, is a puppet. It looks like a complete nincompoop. They probably would have tried to hack into us back in the days but didnt look like they have the technology. Now it is in bureau 21, in the general bureau of reconnaissance in north korea who did this. Heres what they said exactly. Heres what they said in a tweet. Now were going to be showing team america in its place for freedom because america i guess thats how you say it. I guess what they mean. Moving to cuba, president obama says he knows their leader castro is not going to change at all. He had a monumental meeting with the leader. A 65yearold former government worker there was freed as well yesterday. Talking about a trade, many are wondering if this new relation with cuba, the u. S. Will reestablish an embassy in havana, make it easier for americans to travel to cuba, americans can use american credit and debit cards and cuban cigars. What do we get out of the deal . Not too much. We did get one individual freed but a lot of people are wondering wait a second, didnt we just trade spies, convicted felons here, for this . What is going on with the relation . Some people say it is not enough. This is what the president had to say about moving forward with the relation. Im not sure that raul castro at the anal of 80 at the age of 80something is going to be changing significantly but there is going to be generational change in cuba. This last conversation was substantive. I said were going to continue to promote democracy and free rights and speak out forcefully on behalf of the people of cuba. One of the people upset is senator menendez, senator from new jersey of hispanic descent. For decades it was said we will reestablish ties to cuba as soon as they stop oppressing their people. Are they going to do it . No. We just heard the president , i dont expect castro will do something much different. Why did he do it . Is it all about his legacy . Kind of looks like it. A cuban american will be joining us live for his reaction on what the president did unilaterally by himself, stroke of pen, along with the help of the pope, yesterday. 12 minutes past the top of the hour. Does this sign that says happy birthday, jesus, we love you, belong in a firehouse . Atheists are saying no way. But you are about to meet a fire fighter and former marine who says, oh, yes, it does. The video is unbelievable. A guy out for a bike ride didnt see this coming. Oh boy. Christmas a week away. Christmas a week away. Right back. Te to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis like me, and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. This is humira giving me new perspective. Doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. Humira works for many adults. It targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. 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Should america be offering an olive branch to this dictatorship . Joining us is the commissioner of miamidade county, esteban bono. Thanks for joining us. Can you give us an idea of what its like on the ground in the community . Theres all the emotions you can imagine from disappointment to shock to anger and i think theres a sense of sadness also that we feel weve been betrayed basically by the american president. Youre now going to have greater access, be able to travel, have more commerce, maybe get in touch with relatives for the first time. Why wouldnt people in the Miami Community be happy about that . Thats been going on now for the last 20, 25 years. There has been many cuban americans that have traveled to havana, have visited family. There are many that have sent money to their relatives. None of that has happened or will change now. In essence, what this step does is just makes the cuban government stronger, if anything. This is something that the cuban government wanted. They have not had to concede anything in order to be able to obtain this. What we believe ends up happening is it really rips the heart out of the dissident movement in cuba where now the cuban government who has been repressing these dissidents now can have it with the full backing of the United States. Thats pretty much what rauls message was yesterday. While our president addressed us, he addressed his people and he essentially said that, didnt he . That we have not been asked to change. The cuban government has not been asked to do anything. For many years what the Cuban American Community and the United States has asked for is free elections, freeing of Political Prisoners and free elections and parties, freedom of press; just basic freedoms we take for granted in this country. The cuban government for many years has been wanting to basically establish a chinese model of government where there are no political reforms; some economic reform, some maybe releasing of the pressure. But the cuban government itself which runs all the industry in havana will now in essence have a partner in u. S. Corporations. Tell us about your dad and why this is so personal to you. My dad has been involved in the issue of cuba forever. He was a bay of pigs veteran. He flew with brothers to the rescue, been very active in the exile community. I know he feels a sense of betrayal, betrayal in 61 when president kennedy did the bay of pigs. Today another betrayal when an american president in essence has extended his hand to the dictatorship in havana and we get nothing in return. Esteban bono, thanks so much for your unique inside and telling about this change with cuba and the u. S. , the biggest since 1961. Ten minutes until the top. A blind kids cane taken away and replaced with a school noodle. It was the schools idea of punishment. Does this sign which says happy birthday, jesus, we love you belong at a firehouse . 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A Utica Fire Department threatened by atheists after refusing to remove this homemade assignment it reads happy birthday jesus. We love you. The fire station says it is not backing down. Joining us now is the chief of the Fire Department station. Russell brooks. He also has served as United States marine. We thank you for that, sir and for joining us this morning. Describe this sign. Who made it, that sits outside the Fire Department there. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Actually the people assigned to that fire station, the Fire Fighters there made it. They purchased all their own decorations and homemade. The way i found out about it was a woman called and indicated that her mother had not been out of the house in four months and heard about this sign and wanted to be taken to it. And then i started getting calls from people bringing their children, even out of towners. It was very well received. Well received. People were coming to see it. Obviously those that worked there felt good about it being up but the freedom from Religion Foundation had this statement directed right at you. How would brooks feel if his local government put up a sign saying happy birthday muhammad, we love you. Your response directly back to them. There was an article in the paper about this issue, and it quoted a muslim cleric, courtney muhammad, and he indicated he and his people had absolutely no objection to this assignment actually they said they had some objection to the santa claus sign because they felt it supported commercialism, materialism. But even the Muslim Community indicated they absolutely had no objection to this sign. As far as something else, if the guys wanted to put up a menorah, star of david, i would have no problem with that. What does that sign mean . We heard what it meant to the community. What does it mean to the community of individuals who risk their lives daily, willing to go in there and fight the fires who have that sign up. What does it mean to those guys . You mentioned about the letters that i received and they received. It is kind of a constant barrage. I think it intimidates some people. But these are people that put their lives at risk. These are men and women that come to work and risk their life every day. Theyre not intimidated by letters from these atheist organizations. And the signs going to stay. Its a strong statement for you. The biggest fire yet seems to be intolerance here in the minds of many. Chief brooks, we thank you for your Outstanding Service to this nation, continued service right now in fighting fires. This is a busy time of year. We wish you safety and well be prayin