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He just dropped. >> how long from the second you saw him until he was laying dead? >> it was less than a security. probably half a second. he was a threat. >> o'neil has not commented on the investigation. >> a major splot plot twist for sony. we have the latest on the hollywood drama. what is sony saying? >> they say they never gave up on releasing the i"the intervie the first place and are excited about the release. they are showing the movie at the largest theater chains. it drew widespread criticism including from president obama. but now the movie is being released to independent theaters...

Was the next best solution. it also delivers a product at the height of demand, vowing not to be intimidated. some viewers want to see the movie out of patriotism. others to support free speech. >> reminds me a lot of banning books. good that sony changed their mind. i think censorship is bad, especially since we're being vaguely threatened by terrorists. >> reporter: sony restarted its promotion campaign releasing the trailer online to compete with other releases. won't make 25 million as hoped or originally but will get the controversial monkey off their back and the studio, leland, can move...

On christmas day. law makers are calling for hearings and the fallout. william is live with more. william in >> molly, this is a remarkable turn of events. sony is firing back and it is a shot heard around the world. telling north korea and the big theater chains it is over and we don't need you and your threat is meaningless. sony is releasing the comedy to the theaters as planned. it made it available 30 minutes. it can be $5 to rent and 15 to buy. this undercuts in a major way the long held model of large movie chain monopoly on movies and if it is profitable it is

Officers could endanger the police officers. the new york police union even put some of the blame on officer killings on protesters, they say are inciting violence. protesters and the mayor have balked at that. so far protests have continued for nearly five months now since the killing of michael brown on august 9th. nothing has stopped them. christine. sony pictures, controversial satire "the interview" cancelled last week now uncancelled. the comedy about an assassination attempt on north korean leader kim jong-un has had a rough month to say the least. threats of a possible real world att...

Korean leader kim jong-un has had a pretty massive month. with an attack and showing the film, accusations, you know, the first amendment being violated because the north koreans were throwing a fit. major theater chains dropped the film. sony said it had no choice but to pull it from distribution. now reversal, more than 300 theaters will open with "the interview" on christmas day. cnn's kyung lah live. good morning, americans will be going to be to see the movie after all, but not in the 3,000 cineplexes. >> much smaller, 200 to 300. sony theaters working out that deal to try to get the film...