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>> and i can't believe that this is rolled over to north korea. >> and clooney -- >> i waited until hitler was dead. i don't foe how cra't know how , so i want you to stop talking about him. >> i believe the audiences can choose what they want to see. >> and we did not say boston could not run the marathon because somebody might cause harm. >> and the sony president of legal affairs who also represented al gore in his lawsuits, and so, let's start with the statement released by s sony, because they said, david, they said they had no choice.

But david, they had a choice, but they chose not to release it, correct? is. >> well, not really. you can't release a movie unless you have a distribution channel. the theaters with were subject to threats of physical violence against the theaters and against their customers. and quite understandably a large number of them a majority of them decided not to show the picture when it was scheduled. when that happened, sony had no alternative. nobody was stepping up in the three weeks with when sony fought the issue by itself, and nobody, and maybe george clooney and a few people like that, but no...

Aspects of it where we are beginning to come together as a country, and are recognize this is a threat, i think that is positive. >> thank you, david boyce, lead attorney for sony pictures. and now we have a panel from harold kumar and he also worked with president obama in the office of public engagement, and thank you for joining the are rest of the panel. and first, sony's decision as an actor, was it something that bothered you? >> first of all, thank you for having me, chuck. yes, it did bother me, and i echo a lot of the sentiments that a lot of my colleagues in hollywood have had, and...

Not, a hand is the beauty of art and particularly in comedies like that, you can always have that conversation. >> and john meltie, welcome to "meet the press" and you have spent a lot of time covering hollywood h, and you wrote a defense of sony, and quite interesting to your followers that you defended sony in delaying the release. >> it is not up to sony to fight north korea, and that is the government's job and they kept the product viable and it is not a good precedent if you are threatened by a foreign government to squander a $80 million project. and as david boyce says, the government ...

Is a threat, i think that is positive. >> thank you, david boyce, lead attorney for sony pictures. and now we have a panel from harold kumar and he also worked with president obama in the office of public engagement, and thank you for joining the are rest of the panel. and first, sony's decision as an actor, was it something that bothered you? >> first of all, thank you for having me, chuck. yes, it did bother me, and i echo a lot of the sentiments that a lot of my colleagues in hollywood have had, and the folks at sony are our friends and co-workers and i can't imagine the horribly tough de...