This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with an ominous new Terror Threat against next months winter Olympic Games in sochi, russia. With thousands of athletes, journalists and spectators from the u. S. And around the world soon arriving in sochi, today, a wellknown Islamic Militant group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings that killed 34 people last month in the city of volgograd. And they vowed more attacks, making specific mention of the olympics and the tourists who will come for the games. Our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, is in moscow with more on this latest threat. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. Officials insist that the olympics will be safe. That may be so. This latest threat does, at least, appear credible. The latest Terror Threat to the olympics comes from two suicide bombers who are already dead. This video is the last testimony of the calm, young men. They documented what they were about to d
Obama has plans to make cuba more libre. Its a bold move and i think its an good move. Its a good move in my opinion. Barack obama is the worst negotiator weve had as president. President obama has shown such good wisdom and political courage. Im thrilled today. Come on, frank. Is 24r nothing this lunatic wont heal with compassion . Have the selfproclaimed guardians of peace just won a cyberwar . What will be the federal governments next move. The most damaging cyber attack in history. The u. S. Is vowing a response. We regard this as a very serious attack its virtually certain this attack was ordered by north korea. The studio cancels the revees of the interview. Thank you for being here despite the threat from the korean hackers. Thank you so much. It really sets a dangerous precedent. We have to find ways of pushing back. Actively have to consider a range of alternatives. Shutting down movie theatres, thats pretty scary. Tonight, the Bush Administration is trying to come up with a p
Questions amid economic crisis and tough sanctions. Also, getting excited over the prospects of tourism to cuba finally, but hurdles still remain. Plus lawmakers losing it. What was behind this outrageous outburst. But first, let begin with the sony hack. So many apgles and pieces to this story. Investigators are building evidence now that north korea is, in fact, behind the cyberattack on sony to the point the u. S. Government could publicly blame north korea sometime in the coming day. And officials now tell cnn hackers stole credentials of assistant administrator, that is how they got access to sonys computers. So they have ruled out the fact that it may have been an inside job. It was definitely not an inside job. Thats what we know so far. But after the cyberattack, sony axed the release of the new mu view the interview. Thats what everyone is talking about. It is, of course, about a fictional assassination attempt on north koreaens leader, kim jong un. The white house calls the c
Term. The president s plans are sweeping. Its an impressive scorecard for this guy. This is chump change compared to whats going to happen in the next two years. Halling in a new chapter with diplomatic ties with cuba. Obama has plans to make cuba more libre. Its a bold move and i think its an good move. Its a good move in my opinion. Barack obama is the worst negotiator weve had as president. President obama has shown such good wisdom and political courage. Im trhrilled today. Come on, frank. Is 24r nothing this lunatic wont heal with compassion . Have the selfproclaimed guardians of peace just won a cyberwar . What will be the federal governments next move. The most damaging cyber attack in history. The u. S. Is vowing a response. We regard this as a very serious attack its virtually certain this attack was ordered by north korea. The studio cancels the revees of the interview. Thank you for being here despite the threat from the korean hackers. Thank you so much. It really sets a da
Long to cuban president raul castro. I delivered a fairly lengthy statement at the front end about how were looking forward to a new future in the relationship between our two countries, but that we are going to continue to press on issues of democracy and human rights, which we think are important. There were some awkward jokes. At the end of my remarks i apologized for taking, you know, such a long time. I wanted to make sure before we engaged in the conversation that we he was very clear about where i stood. He said dont worry about it, mr. President. Youre still a young man. And you still have a chance to break fidels record. He once spoke seven hours straight. And then more awkward jokes. And then president castro proceeded to deliver his own preliminary remarks that lasted at least twice as long as mine. And then i was able to say obviously it runs in the family. What is so remarkable about this conversation is it was the first time in more than 50 years the leaders of the United