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Be laid to rest tomorrow. the online sony playstation network is still struggling to get back online this morning. after apparently being the target of a hack attack. xbox live was also knocked offline, but appears to have recovered this morning. a group called the lizard squad took credit for the hack. both playstation and xbox are run by companies with a hand in streaming the comedy flick "the interview." so far, there's no evidence tying the hack with that. meantime former president george h.w. bush waking up once again this morning in a texas hospital. he's been there since tuesday nig...

Downloads, roughly 750,000 illegal downloads. you have to bet that that most likely will cut into profits as well. >> yeah. but i'm thinking at this point, they're not as worried about their bottom line. they just need to get over all the publicity and national security issues. >> sure. >> thanks, rene. the question is how did hackers infiltrate and shut down sony and microsoft gaming networks? i want to go to my next guest. thank you for being with us. let's just start with lizard squad. this is the group that's claiming responsibility for hacking into these games. what do we know about the...

That's more than 4 million dollars in lost revenue. correspondent dan simon is following these digital stories for us. first and foremost, lizard squad, why exactly did they do this? are they saying what their beef is or why they have one? >> they are saying that they want to expose the security holes in these networks and i would say mission accomplished. well, you know, ashleigh, as a parent myself, i can tell you, with very good firsthand knowledge, that there's nothing more frustrating for a child than opening that new toy, that new present and having it not function perfectly and now mult...

Christmas. >> on a friday morning. >> let's take a look at your headlines on this friday. president obama spending christmas night paying tribute to the u.s. military. he visited a marine corps base in hawaii to mark the end of the war in afghanistan and thank the soldiers for their sacrifices. the vast majority of u.s. troops will be out of afghanistan by the end of the week. 13 years and $1 trillion after the conflict began. and online gaming networks playstation and xbox live are still offline this morning. the networks were targeted in the hack attack on christmas, a group called the liz...

It's bad enough on a daily basis you might not come home from work on that day but in this case, way more tragic than normal. >> tom fuentes, thank you so much. and now to the movie that north korea wanted no one to see but many of you did. the seth rogen movie "the interview" was shown in just over 300 movie theaters nationwide. meanwhile, sony's playstation and microsoft's xbox live have been hit by hackers but we're learning that the hacker has nothing to do with the cyberattack on sony. dan simon is joining us live. many people thought this may have been the christmas surprise that sony ...