With a look at todays eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. I think they made a mistake. I wish they had spoken to me first. The president weighs in on sonys decision to shelf the interview. We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down. A fight between potential president ial candidates on cuba. He has no idea what he is tlking about. Now he is in a real catfight with rand paul. He is asking the court to spare him. His parents asking that he be confined to a mental institution. And apples linked to two dozen illnesses. Michael phelps pleaded guilty to drunk driving. The biggest learning experience that i ever had. 90 million to the customers at t mobile charged for services they did not order. All that and showing a little holiday spirit. They replace an interns car after it was stolen. And all that matters. Robin williams final role in night at the museum in theaters. Talk show host Craig Ferguson says goodbye to the late, late show. That was very exciting and interesting. Yeah. If i had done more of that i probably would not have quit. Yeah, i know. Welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests for you this morning including acclaimed chef shawn brock that learned about southern cooking while growing newspaper rural virginia, and he will share specialties from his new bestselling cookbook. A tripleheader holiday concert, and thats all in our saturday session. Our top story this morning, president obamas promise to punish north koreas hack attack against Sony Pictures. Sony is being sharply criticized deciding not to show the interview. And then north korea is proposing a joint investigation with the United States on the cyber attack. North korea is calling the fbis accusations slander. Now, yesterday the president didnt minutes words when it came to north korea or sony. He said while he was sympathetic to sonys concerns the studio should not have backed down to north korea. I think they made a mistake. Reporter president obama said u. S. Citizens and businesses should not change the way they operate and they warned against the precedents set. I wish they would have spoken to me first, and i would have told them do not get into a pattern in which you are intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks. And sony said it did reach out to the white house. We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down. We have we have always had every desire to have the american publicity this movie. The predicated threats were overblown and in a big of north korea, korea. You want us to kill the leader of north korea . Yes. What . I love seth, and i love james, but the notion that that was a threat to them i think gives you some sense of the kind of regime we are talking about here. That said the cyber attack on Sony Pictures is one of the most destructive ever directed against a u. S. Based corporation. President obama said all indications point to north korea acting on its own and vowed to punish the regime. We will respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. In a statement the fbi said ip aware desires and malware were similar to those used in attacks linked to north korea. They wrote, north koreas action were intended to inflict significant harm on a u. S. Business and such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior. The president obamas options for sanctions appear to be limited. Thank you. Is this turning into an allout cyber war against north korea . Our National Senior security correspondent joins us. Lets talk about the idea of responding proportionately, which the president said. What might he be talking about here . Theres no playbook for an attack like this from a state nation attacking a private company, and intimidating it. I think what the president is talking about is looking at a range of options. Increased economic sanctions and targeting leadership assets and maybe cyber retaliation, and maybe Creative ThingsInformation Warfare to use the dimensions of the attack against the north koreans, and theres no playbook and thats why the president is still waiting for options and has to make a choice. I dont think anybody is surprised that north korea is denying they had a role in it and the fbi saying they definitely had a role in it. Why are they denying they had a role in it . Trying to place the blame of the cyber attack on the perpetrator is one of the most difficult things in a cyber attack and the perpetrator, and you have seen it in the case of china and russia and iran and syria, and they claim to deny it, and its hard to prove in public. You heard in the fbis explanation as to how they determined north koreas culpability, not revealing too much as to what we know and how we know it and they know we will have difficulty talking publicly about the proof of why they were behind the attack. When we look at this you look at a company like sony and you think, how can their system get infiltrated like this . Should we be shocked by this . You have seen this year has been a year of major cyber infiltrations. You mention at the start of the show the staples hack and you see target and home depot, and major banks like jpmorgan that have important Security Systems in place has been hacked as well, and the reality is private companies are right in the middle of this and have to insure that they are securing their systems, but the reality is you have state actors going after data and trying to destroy some of the companies, and is that a difficult thing to defend against. So interesting to think that a movie stemmed a plot that almost seems like a movie in and of itself. Thank you so much. Thank you. Another hacking scandal on this. What is expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year. Staples says more than 1 million of the credit card information may have been stolen months ago. It becomes the latest in a long list of Retail Stores to suffer a cyber attack. Good morning, michael. Good morning. How alarmed should we be as consumers . Ultimately when these things happen the consumer is rarely on the hook for any of the charges. Its the banks that have the most at stake. That said the banks are not going to catch every single fraudulent charge, so as a consumer you need to keep an eye on the statements and line by line make sure you know what is going on and dont be afraid to communicate with the Credit Card Company if theres a problem, and be aware this type of thing can happen. This is the busiest shopping time of the year. These criminals targeted staples in the back to School Season. And theres a lot of people in there. The back to School Season is june and july. Why did it take so long to figure out the breach and the reality for the people that had been breached could it affect their credit score moving forward . Ore moving forward . Probably not. The banks will wipe out any fraudulent charges from their credit score. As you said the first sort of signs of it were at stores in springfield, pennsylvania, and jersey city new jersey about july 0th. They found it at those two stores first. Then the investigation showed around august 20th is when it spread likely to the rest of the stores. About 115 stores 35 states. So really scattered all across the country but very heavily focused in cases like pennsylvania, new york california, florida, the very heavily populated states. So the way these things work is typically the criminals gather up all the data and sell it on the black market for others who go and run up a flurry of bad charges and the cops are sort of on the beat who put it all together. When you look at this and look at that its happened to target, home depot, staples sony, it looks like nobodys safe. Right. You know its a growing problem. And this one was more than 1 million customers. If you look back at home depot and target youre talking, you know, 40 million, 50 million customers. Yeah. Its a growing problem. And this point of sale attack where they literally take your information right as you swipe your credit card is a problem they quite havent been able to fix yet. Theyre trying to encrypt the data and bring in all kinds of consultants, but its not a problem thats going away soon. Not what we want to hear as were shopping. Thank you. Thank you. It looks like possible storms could slow travels down. Ed curran of our cbs station wb bb wbbm in chicago. Good morping. Good morning. If youre traveling or shopping but were watching this storm up in the pacific northwest. It could bring several inches of rain to spots there and snow to tupper elevations and were looking at some problems up there as far as Winter Weather advisories in those areas denoted here and also we have a winter storm area for the areas in pink and winter storm watches as well. Thats up in the northwest. Our futurecast shows us that continues to trek in the east. We start to develop our next system and this is the headache were looking at midweek. Tuesday evening into Christmas Even, were looking at rain all the way up the east coast. Were looking at snow for the upper midwest and a mix between the two and out in the northwest where theyre getting snow today, theyll have a storm going there as well. So it will be a White Christmas for some. It will be a wet christmas for others, and it will be a real travel headache for anybody who has to travel in those regions. Anthony. Meteorologist ed kur reason of wbbmtv in chicago. Thanks, ed. Travelers are urged to be extra cautious. There follows mondays attack in australia when an australianborn took hostages in a cafe. U. S. Tourists are warned they can pose threats in Public Places such as Shopping Centers and hotels. At his preholiday News Conference conference mr. Obama discussed his phone call this week with raul castro. He said sooner or later change will come to cuba. I think it will happen in fits and starts but through engagement well have a better chance of bridging about change than we would haveotherwise. The cuban people seem pleased with the decision. Cbs news scott pelley reports from havana. Reporter we were concerned about the first generation that will live in this new relationship and so we went to the National University of arts and talked with students who are studying this week with the jazz philharmonic. What did you think of when you heard the news . For me a big happiness. A big happy ps and i think, well, this is our time. Whitney, what is the first thing you thought . This is our opportunity to get together, to learn about the cultures, to learn about the people and i hope that the relationships keep growing with the time. Ernesto, how do you imagine your life will be different than that of your parents. I dont imagine. It will be different. We can get instruments, internet more communication. You liked to be online. Yes. The world is going to be a bigger place for you . Yes. For us. Its another perspective. When its finished, think well be more close to the freedom you talk about with your country and the freedom we want to make. Reporter despite all that enthusiasm the relationship will change only. Only congress can lift that trade embargo. But for most cubans we talked to this week it seemed enough to know that the future will not be the past. Scott pelley cbs news havana. Scott pelley will have much more from cuba tomorrow on 660 minutes. In our next minutes, pope francis played a role in bridging it together. Well take a look at what happened and how it happened for the pope. The cdc says theres a spike in the flu virus. High levels are reported in 13 states mostly the midwest and south. It can be deadly. 11 chirp have died since september. The flu vaccine is less effective this year than last but its still better to be vaccinated. Theres a really good chance people who are vaccinated will have less disease than people who werent vaccinated this year. The centers for Disease Control suggests people with flulike symptoms contact their Health Provider about the possible use of antiviral medications such as tamiflu and relenza. Chrysler is recalling almost 3 million vehicles for the dangerous takata airbags. The the maker is recalling the calls across the country. It was previously limbed to areas with high humidity. Well, he was the late night host with an ak cement as unique as his talk show. Last night after some ten years of very late fun, Craig Ferguson wrapped up his season as the host of the late late show. Danielle nottingham has all the details. Good morning. Good morning. They got to see many of their favorite comedy bits last night but they also saw a reflective side of the host who has decided to move on after a decade on the job. Dozens of celebrities banging on drums joined Craig Ferguson in a musical sendoff friday night. After ten years and 2,058 episodes the scottish comedian is stepping down as host of the late late show on cbs. What i was trying to do here and what i think we managed to do here is make something that wasnt here before. Ferguson is known and loved for taking risks on his show, even when it makes him look silly. He talks to his skeleton side pic jeff peterson. We look forward to seeing you at whatever drivethrough youre working. And to a Dancing Horse named secretariat whose identity was revealed on friday night. Hey its the last show. Lift up your head. Lets see who you really are. Bob newhart . Its a style that has mate it on late night. The way your genre is being done. Hi, everybody. I think we already see it in jimmy kimmel and jimmy fallon and the way that they do these odd sorts of thing. Thats Craig Ferguson. They may take our talk shows. They will never take our freedom. For his final guest ferguson welcomed former tonight show host jay leno who was pushed out for conan obrien. You were always fair. You didnt join the late night snippy club. The late late show is far less contentious. On wednesday night ferguson welcomed his replacement 36yearold british actor and comedian james core din. While there was plenty of goofing around in fergusons finale the comedian grew serious when thanking his notorious fans at least for a moment. Really this belongs to you. Way want you to keep it because im done with it. And although ferguson leaves late night, hes already got another job as the host of celebrity name game. As for james core din, you can see him costarring of into the woods that debuts on christmas day. Hell debut his late late show march 23rd. Thats a tough goodbye. That was such an inspired show. Im going to miss it. I was going to say, as danielle talked about his fans were so supportive. It was really a crazy night with him. Coming up in a few minutes another late night finale. David lettermans Christmas Show with darlene love performing for the 28th Straight Year plus an annual christmas tradition, knocking the meatball off the krimm tree. Can we play that . We have our own traditions. The New York Times reports the fbi is reporting a selfpolicing problem. They found the agency mishandled, mislabeled and in half of the cases reviewed lost evidence. Many mistakes are chalked up to human error. The report is prompting officials to notify prosecutors of potential discrepancies in their cases. The patriotnews says president obama has signed legislation to make families able to save for their childrens future. The law known as the able act approves the creation of tax deferred accounts for children with disabilities. Its considered the broadest legislation to help people with disabilities in nearly a quarter century. The wall street journal says google wants to car pool with the Auto Industry to bring its selfdriving car to market within five years. Road testing of its current prototype begins next year. And the lamgs times reports scientists in Washington State have quite a fish story. Researchers at Whitman College say they have discover add new species of fish last month five miles below guam in the marianna trench. Thats considered the deepest place on equity. It glides along on white translucent wings. Its the deepest fish that was ever discovered. I dont know that i would know that was a fish. Its described as a cross between a puppy, a fish and an eel. Who came up with that zrimgs . Time for a look at your weather for the weekend. Coming up not many people get married at the zoo but more and more people are bringing animals to the bedding. Authorities on watch. How television is changing technological times. All three Major Networks are streaming their network over the interit in. Is it time to stop watching cable . Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Coming up pope francis played a major role in bringing the u. S. And cuba together after more than half a century. Its something popes have done behind the scenes for centuries. How he did it and the International Issue thats next on his list. Well be right back. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Parttime who watch your movies say theres symbolism in everything. Do you like that people go into your movies with people saying what is Christopher Nolan saying this time or do you encourage it . No. Ive found with all of my films, people approach it like a crossword puzzle. People get frustrated. Really itsing being enter tape tainted and go on this journey. I want to talk about him, norah, as a little boy. Here you are 6 or 7 years old and see star wars. When id go i eenlt want a saber. What is it about you that says, wow, this is cool maybe i want to do this. Certainly i wanted a saber sword as well. I wanted to see it when it came out. It changed my life, captured my naj nation gave me a sense that me movies could take you on a journey, create a whole other sense of the world that you can escape in. They released 2001. My dad took me to see that on the biggest screen in london. I think thats one of the reasons i