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We were completely surprised by it. and announced they would not carry the movie. >> reporter: sony's ceo had to reach out to the major theater chains after those comments and say he did not mean theaters were wholly responsible. government sources tell us that hacking north korea's internet and the denial of service attack is not incredibly difficult. but if the u.s. government did do this, they aren't talking about it. tom llamas, abc news, new york. the envoy in charge of transferring detainees from the u.s. prison at guantanamo is resigning. cliff sloan has been on the job 18 months. he ...

George clooney and even president obama who criticized the studio's initial decision to delay the movie's release. >> i wish they had spoken to me first. >> reporter: tonight a growing number of independent theaters announcing they will be showing the movie. first to noun the plaza theater in atlanta. >> i think they are seeing that the right thing to do is to be bold. go forward and see what happens. and it is starting on a small level. i think the larger theater chains, which are very corporate and cautious, are going to eventually see that okay, it seems to be working all right and we can m...

Office flop? down 4%. that is according to box office data. there were successes. "lego" and "guardians of galaxy." profits for the two biggest theater chains were less than half what they were last year. there is so much to cover. including the response to the tragic killing of two police officers in brooklyn in new york on saturday night. these new evolving threats against the police and what it means for the relationship with the public and police force. chris cuomo will cover that on "new day." two officers assassinated. >> facing a new threat. >> it is an attack on all of us. >> we ha...

Free and ask everybody who views it to donate $5 to the fight against ebola. >> could have made a lot of money that way. the studio could make a lot of money if they charge for the movie. they put out a letter on saturday urging all the theater chains in the united states to play this movie and recommended donations to the uso. it's not a statement just about a silly comedy. it's about something more important than that, freedom of expression. i think the online options are more promising. >> if you got a phone, you might see it? >> exactly. something is going on. >> brian steler ter, nice to ...

If something happened. but michael says the press and the president don't understand. let's go to other way for a second. if had they released the film into baurchb of theater chains that weren't going to run it and it ran 18 screens and no one showed up to any of the theaters because of the fear of what would happen, sony would be on the other side of a media storm that would have been launched. so it's not clear -- and the one thing i think that the media really fell down on the job on this one was they didn't -- the whole lot of playing up the -- the e-mails and said nothing to educate the ...