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Whether you are here in the u.s. with me or joining us from around the world, i appreciate you tuning in. i'm errol barnett. let's check the headlines for you this hour. more than 200 independent theaters in the u.s. will show the controversial sony comedy "the interview" starting on christmas day. sony pulled the film last week after hackers made threats against theaters. the film's about a fictional plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong-un. george h.w. bush is hospitalized in houston, texas, right now. his spokesman said bush had shortness of breath so taken by ambulance as a pr...

>> reporter: a show of resolve even as so many remain on edge and on alert. nima elbagir, cnn, london. >> now to this, authorities in algeria say they killed the leader of a terror group that beheaded a french hiker. they say, the leader of the group was killed with two other militants after the al jerian military set a trap. state media released this image along with photos of weapons seized the day he was killed. in september, the terror group which was formerly linked to al qaeda beheaded this man to show their support for isis. more now on our top stories, sony's decision to release "the...

>> oh, now you see what the problem was. ryan drank an entire quart in 12 seconds. happy at that moment. he started choking. he couldn't breathe. doctors say he aspirated the stuff into his lungs and essentially was dry drowning. he was in the hospital for three days but has fully recovered and for the record he did win the chugging contest. so it was worth something. coming to a theater near you sony charts a new course for "the interview." how they plan to get the film out in time for christmas. plus, france is stepping up security over the holidays after a string of recent attacks there...

And now those gifts are on the way to the theaters. they're actually being shipped out overnight to movie theaters across the country. films these days come on hard drives so they had to be mailed to theaters in time for christmas day. and there's over 200 theaters that have signed up to receive "the interview" after not believing it was going to be shown at all last week when sony canceled the movie. back then sony had lined up about 3,000 screens to show this movie on. obviously a much smaller number are going to be able to show it on christmas now because instead of having big movie theater...

To paris, heightened concerns over potential terror attacks. also coming up for you, christmas for your pet. tens of millions of you spending real money on your four-legged friends this holiday season. let's begin with a bit of entertainment that spilled over into the worlds of diplomacy. the star of the new comedy movie "the interview" seth rogen says freedom has finally prevailed. sony agreed to release it in more than 200 theaters on christmas day, the fictional story of a plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong-un in case you're hiding under a rock. even president obama praised ...