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That is being criticized. Soment claim the most tonight ver shall hole meant of the film kim junk uncould be toned down to an eventual release. It would cave to the bin for the bad guy. There was a discussion internally about how graphic and strong to make the conclusion of the film the thing that is probably really angering the north korean government conceivable that they might pull it and go back to a different version that is a little less traffic. The movies cancellation coming just as the United States connects north korea to the major cyber attack. They told fox news the fbi will make an announcement this morning while president obama is telling the American Public not to panic. Cyber attack is very serious. We are investigating and taking it seriously. We will be vigilant if we is he something that we think is incredible. For now my recommendations would be that people go to the movies. The cyber asack has been sanctioned by the government. It is possible the it was done by the borders. Hollywood stars are shaming the studios. Rob lowe tweeting wow everyone caved the hackers won an utter and complete victory for them. Wow. Jimmy kimmel tweeting this act of coward dest validates a terrorist action. We dont negotiate with terrorists we just do exactly what they say. Donald trump posting his thoughts in a video. What i hear was a terrible, terrible movie sony has no courage or guts. They should have never pull it had. You saw there mitt romney saying giving sony a good idea tweeting Sony Pictures dont cave, fight. Release the interview online globally ask to a 5 donation to fight ebola. This brings us to a brew on this. We are asking what message does pulling the movie send . Send us comments at facebook or twitter. We will share them later in the show. The u. S. Tube ban relation. President obama announcing america will resume ties after a p controversial prisoner swap. What does this deal mean exactly . It means an end to an adversarial moment as the cuban missile crisis the bay of bigs invasion and tension with a neighbor less than 100 miles from the shore. They cross into u. S. Airspace sim polized the thaw in relations. They claim gross was not part of any prisoner swap another unidea if i had american held for 20years was released bub can spies here. It means the two companies will establish embassies. It eases travel bans but bringing back cigars in bulk and totally free and open tourism is not committed. President obama said the pope auz instrumental in pushing this deal. The assistance of not only him and his office in providing moral authority to the issue, but also his practical facilities i think is very important. He is the real deal. Remarkable man. An inspiration to all. The move was met by by artisan rank core and support. Is leverages prisoner swaps is vowing to block congressional funding. Jeff blake said rubio is wrong failed u. S. Policy towards cuba is what kept the castros in power or for years. Cuban lawmakers like he was saying from both parties are slamming the president s decision to normalize relations with cuba. Did they agree to freedom of press . No. Did they agree to elections . Absolutely not. Did they agree to independent political parties, freedom of assembly no. What are we getting here . None whatsoever. This president has to be the worst negotiator we have ever had. He has betrayed those cubans that washed so hard and sacrificed so much. I reject the suggestion this is a humanitarian act of the cast toe regime. It was a swap for five for an innocent american. I think the president s actions have created a challenge for us globally. The president of the United States made every american serving abroad less safe today. If you want to attract unilateral confessions of the United States all you have to do is hold an american hostage and be patient. Lets keep talking about the topic should the u. S. Normalize with cuba . Log on to Fox Friends First facebook tabling to weigh in on that. Allan gross was not traded for three cuban 5 and it was somehow not connected to the rest of the deal. Allen was released by the cuban government on humanitarian grounds separately in exchange for the three cuban avenlths. They released one of the most important intelligence agents the United States has ever had in cuba. That is proving to be a tough sell to the White House Press corps. Jonathan carl going toetotoe with press secretary john earnest. You are not going to stand there and say that allen gross release had nothing to do with the release at the same time with the three cuban spies. The allen gross release is unrelated to the three con three spies convicted. The miami spy ring tasked with cuban exile groups and u. S. Military assets. Overnight move ago Christmas Church service plowed down by an out of control driver. 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Temperature wise across the country near formal in the areas like chicago, indianapolis 40s in new york city. Across parts of the south high temperatures wide spread in the 50s and 60s. Christmas light displays are works of art in the neighborhoods but that can be out of this world. New images from nasa showing holiday lights from space. Scientists track light patterns they do it yearround. Around the holiday times theres a distinct increase especially around major cities. This isnt just about the holiday spirit. They can use that data to grabbing global energy. With pay for a netflix type program for theaters . Loren simonetti with that and a new cell phone carrier suit. Loren . Good morning. Federal legislators are suing sprint and accusing it of filling requireless customers hundreds of billions of dollars over a decade. In charges like ring tones and horoscope tests that they never signed up for. Sprint did not oversee the Third Party Companies that were doing the billing because sprint profited from the system. Sprint says it strongly disagrees with the characterization of the business practices. This is a cool story. Would you go to the movies every day for 35 month amc theaters and movie pass are hoping you say yes. You pay between 35 and 45 a month to go to the movies as they wish. This service will be tested in boston and denver next month. Netfl netflix, watch out. Cool technology now. First they were self driving cars and self parking cars, now cars that can be parked with a smart watch. Bmw is expected to debut remote parking assistance where four laser scanners map identify hazards that communicate with smart watch to steer a car toward a parking space. I need that for parallel parking. Today is Free Shipping day its the last chance to order an item and get it in time for christmas eve. More than 1,000 retailers are participating. This is looking really good. They are pointing sharply higher after one of the best days of the year. The fed reassuring investors it will be patient when it comes to raising interest rates. Not that many days in the year left. Thank you, loren. To find the Fox Business Network loren amongst others log on to foxbusiness. Com channel finder. It is 13 minutes after the top of the hour. Brand new video from inside the plane during that dangerous turbulence. I love my family. The passengers prayers and the moment that jolted the entire flight. The Second Amendment wins the fight that ended this senior portrait. With 7 days to go the best apps to save you time and money. Hard it can be. How. To breathe with copd . It can feel like this. Copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Spiriva is a oncedaily inhaled. Copd maintenance treatment. That helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. You know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. 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No word on a possible nomotive two police is looking for today. He hospitalized. He slammed his girlfriends head into the wall. He calls her claim of assault a complete fabrication. He says he never smashed her face in the wall but cupped her face in his hands before telling her to leave his motor home. She is seeking a protection order against bush. Passengers prayers and cries of terror during their flights frightening free fall. screams i love my family. Severe turbulence slamming the American Airline as flight in dallas forcing it to land in japan. A bar cart flipped over wine splattered over the over head bin. All 14 people hurt are all out of the hospital. Oh dear a nice bike ride turns into a perfectly timed disaster. Yeah, that cyclist had absolutely no time to get out of the deers way. Coming out of no before. Thankfully he was wearing a health met. He is still recovering from a concussion. It is a win for one High School Senior and a rifle. She wanted her senior picture to feature a hunting scene with her dog. The Yearbook Committee initially turned her down because of her weapons. She has a right to express herself like all of the other students. I have seen photos with people with their guitars and their horses and their cars i am like this is just more has been bee. This is a family hobby. The board agreed and said it was a nice foet no not the least bit threatening. 19 after the top of the hour, coming up the spies who set an american free. What we have just learned about the prisoner swap that started a new chapter in u. S. Cuban relations. A real nightmare before christmas. Why kmart is apologizing to families across the country. Its the purple pill, the 1 prescribed acid blocking brand, available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protection™ and welcome back to Fox Friends First. President obama taking drastic measures to erase decades of distance between the u. S. And cuba. Many might find it hard to believe the two countries were actually once friendly neighbors. Jam james rosen explains why it went wrong and why it didnt change until now. When fidel castro over through the government in cuba the u. S. Hoped the bearded revolutionary would become an ally and courted him fast siddously. President eisenhower in october 1960 responded with a partial economic embargo on cuba. Cuban people havent spoken their final piece. Which jfk extended a total embargo. The sus seccive president s moved to tighten the grip further barring them from doing business in cuba and other wise restricting Foreign Investment on the island. First in the term the state departments annual Human Rights Department categorizes the cuban regime as guilty of every abuse you can think of each one on this list against cuban citizens. The critics clashed over the likely ramifications of the president s decision to engage the castro regime and upend the policies that expand. S he is under no illusions it will bring about an overnight transformation of cuban society. They have to continue to raise human rights issues with the government of raul castro. This shows the government hacking her computer. Now she is getting help from her lawsuit. Judicial watch is joining the investigative journalist against the department of justice seeking any and all records during the surveillance of atkinsons. They targeted her into the botched operation of fast and furious which was the gun running operation that took the guns in the hands of the cartels. No fracking way. They are banning hydraulic fracking or all fracking across the state. Government cuomo recommending the ban on this process. Fracking is a widely used method for extracting natural gas from the earth an opposed site environmental concerns. A formal regulation banning fracking will be ready early next year. He is the man of the year now 15 years strong. Vladimir putin again named russ russias top guy. He retained his crown with a huge margin of victory grabbing 60 percent of the vote compared to the next opponent who had 4 percent. His popularity is still soaring despite russias economic woes. It is 26 minutes after the top of the hour a cane confiscated the shocking reason why a Blind Elementary School boy had to use this instead of his cane. Meeting his match . Why these two strangers will be taking the trip of a lifetime together. It is thursday december 18th. A fox news alert. Sony backing down to the hackers and pulling the plug on the movie that started all of the firestorm. This as the fbi gets ready to name who is to blame. Close but no cigar just yet. The president s announcement about cuba what it means for tourism and the classic cigars. He called the American People stupid. Are you familiar with him . Hes one of the people who put together obamacare. Why is this guy trying to get him a permanent post along id the president . Fox friends first continues right now. Good morning to you. Welcome to fox friends. I am heather childers. It is half past the top of the hour. Thanks for waking up in this early with us. P sony is cancelling the release of their movie. They make a connection between north korea and sonys crippling cyber attack. Good morning. Good morning to all of you at home. The film everyone has been talking will not be hitting theaters. Sony announcing the controversial film the interview is being pulled from the slate after movie sided against showing the film. It is from a threat by a hacker Group Warning of 911 attacks showing the James Franco Seth rogen comedy about killing kim jong un. They say they have no further plans for the film. Sony is being heavily criticized for the decision to cave to the hackers demands. Sets a very dangerous precedent but it addresses the notion or points to the fact that we so largely remain unprotected against Cyber Attacks from various constituencies, in this case the constituents that belongs to the north koreans regime. It comes as the United States connects north korea to the crippling cyber attack. The fbi will call out the countrys government at a press conference this morning while hollywood wheels from the effects the sony hack has had on the industry as a whole. It is the first time they caused the studio especially a major studio like sony to pull the movie completely. While the sources tell us it is possible the hack was done from outside of the nations borders. Hollywood stars are letting sony know exactly how they feel about the cancellation of the movie the interview ben stiller tweeting this, really hard to believe this is a response to the threat of freedom of expression in america. Steve carrell saying sad day for creative expression. Zach bra will they bull any movie if it gets an anonymous threat . We ask what methods domessag pulling the movie to be sesend . The u. S. And kaub bcuba back on friendly terms . President obama announcing major changes to foreigning policy after a controversial prisoner swap. Doug luzader is live for us with more details. This was a deal that involved direct talks between president obama and cuban president castro. There was also a direct appeal from the pope to make this happen. American aid worker allen gross is free now after five years of captivity in cuba. Three cuban spies back home now and greeted as heros by cubas president after being released by the United States. This is just the leading edge of a massive shift in u. S. Policy announced by president obama. I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. The deal means the u. S. And cuba will begin diplomatic relations after about a 50 year freeze with both countries soon to open embassies. The u. S. Trade embargo is going to remain in place. The white house is easing travel restrictions to cuba paving the way to economic ties. U. S. Citizens will be able to purchase and bring home cuban cigars but only for personal use. While the president also faced scathing criticism from some members of the Cuban Exile Community in miami there seems to be a growing generational divide on this. As a result of opposition in congress this doesnt breakdown strictly along partisan lines normally administration friendly Washington Post in a scathing editorial says the Obama Administration had given the castro regime a new lease on life. It is possible the president may try to visit cuba before his term in office expires. Heather . Doug luzader live for us this morning. Thank you. The president plans to normalize relations with cuba met with opposition from both sides. Especially from lawmakers with cuban ties. The reality of it is it is part of a pattern of ridiculous Foreign Policy decisions. Go back to russia where they thought they could have a reset of relationships with putin. Two years later he is invading crimea and ukraine. The secret negotiations with the iranian regime. If you look at it with that lens it is not all that surprising the president would agree to make all of the concessions to the murder regime in exchange to no concessions. This is yet another tragic mistake. It is the the latest man if he is station of the failures of the Obama Clinton Foreign Policy. After six years we have seen a pattern where our friends and allies no longer trust us and our enemies they no longer fear us. First it was russia then it is iran and then its cuba. Consistent by what president obama endeavored to do is show weakness and apeasment towards our enemy. I believe he has broken the law. The three laws he violated the one that will not change is the cuban communist dictatorial authoritarian regime. We cant get that through our heads. Lets keep talking about this. Should the u. S. Normalize relations with cuba. Weigh in on that question on our Facebook Page hash t keep talki. Exactly who are the cuban spies. A miami spy ring tasked with infiltrating groups into military operations. They were arrested after planes were shut down by two cuban jets killing four thanks to information provide the by the spies. Bob mendez cuban american slamming the president for releasing spies in exchange for american bob gross. One spy was convicted of conspiracy to murder for his role in the 1996 tragedy in which he gave information to the castro regime that ultimately led to the castro regime shooting down innocent civilians planes in which several americans lost their lives. I should have said allen gross. I apologize for that. Their faces adorn murals and stamps. The men were agents working to stop ter ror attacks. They were convicted of espionage in 2001. Ment accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court. It is his first public appearance in more than a year and a half. Tsarnaev could face the Death Penalty if convicted in the 2013 bombing that killed three people and injured 250 others. He has pleaded not guilty. A major pot bust on the southern border. U. S. Border patrol ceasing 207 pounds of marijuana picked up in a pickup truck. The smugglers hiding the drugs with a black sheet and other debris. One american two mexicans were caught on the run. The border at that tipatrol saye of the pot more than 360,000 dollars. There are three separate storms moving across our country now. From rain to snow. Maria molina tracking it all for now. Hello. It is a busy weather pattern across the country. We have three storms one of them impacting portions of the west. A lot of moisture out here you can see across california we have showers stretching from areas near los angeles up into san francisco. The Higher Elevations of the sierras also picking up snowfall. As far as additional accumulation we are expecting snowfall across the Higher Elevations. Across the center we have another storm system this one developed overnight producing showers storms across arkansas, louisiana down into the parts of the western gulf course. Some snow in this position as well. Kansas, missouri some of the highest accumulations there are forecast to be 35 ch ins of snow. A lingering area of low pressure ap across portions of snow, up to 15 inches of snow in maine. Because these storm systems arent impacting some of the bay port hubs across the country travel looks quiet places like jfk and new philly international. You shouldnt be looking at weather related delays and temperature wise across the country near normal. You are a little cooler across the northeast highs in the 40s in new york city. 50s and 60s across parts of the south. Lets head over to you. A toronto man may have met his match. Now last month we told but the story about the guy who offered a free 22 day trip around the world for free. His partner needed to have the same name, though, as his exgirlfriend. They broke up he didnt want her plane ticket to go to waste. After thousands of emails he found his travel partner meet 23yearold elizabeth gallagher. They hit it off after talking on the phone. They are just friends. She has a boyfriend even. They leave on sunday. It is 41 minutes after the top of the hour. Why this university of michigan professor says its okay to hate republicans. Why one theater in the Lone Star State is standing up against the cyber threat. Material girl not minuting words. M her message for the music thieves. They say i never thought you would quit. but chantix helped me do it. 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To find the Fox Business Network you can log on to foxbusiness. Com channel finder. The time now almost 10 minutes until the top of the hour. Coming up, the video that is hard to watch. A blind child using a pool noodle instead of his cane and why his school is to blame. Wow. Does it look like Brittany Spears to you . The cover that has the world buzzing. First Brian Kilmeade gives us his opinion on that. I will give you opinion mostly online. The two big stories has New York Post on the cover. How man relations are restored since 1961 for the firs time. Big victory for north korea. Miami dade county weighs in on how the president moves forward on relations even though they havent changed at all. Jobless numbers may shock you that is coming through in 2 and a half hours. Its the season of giving and its the season of stealing. We will show you how to prevent pick pockets from targeting you. Gift ideas i will really like. A dog for the holiday. It all starts in 11 minutes. 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District officials did apologize and returned dakotas cane. It is okay to hate republicans, the words of a university of michigan professor in a new article, Susan Douglas chair of the Communications Department saying this, i hate republicans. I cant stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching mitch commonly, john boehner mitch mcconnell, john boehner or any of the other leaders denying climate change, or championing fetal personhood. Republicans have vilified the left and polarized the nation. The Material Girl likens the leak of her new album to terrorism. Outraged fans are lashing out at madonna or twitter after she posted the comments on her instagram page. One man saying i have a problem claiming the man saying the leaks are a form of terrorism . Really . There are people dying. Get a clue. She has since deleted the clue. Check out this picture of Britney Spears on the cover of womens health. Does she look difn to you . Many are saying her abs and face are photo shopped. Insiders are saying her face wasnt digitally retouched but con toured with makeup. Con toured. She looks din but she looks different but she looks great. A fake heart attack failed. What these guys were planning. Whats in a name for this guy thats way too close for his alleged blocking brand, available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protection™ one minute till the top of the hour. Before you leave the house, heres whats happening today, the f. B. I. Expected to announce north koreas connection to the crippling cyber attack on sony. They canceled the release of the interview. After threats. Should the u. S. Normalize conversations with cuba . Join in on that conversation on our facebook now. Its Free Shipping day. More than a thousand Stores Offering Free Shipping with guaranteed christmas delivery. Time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. First the good. Police in New Hampshire arresting a teenager who stole 13 puppies from a pet store. The pups are fine. Faking a heart attack so his buddy can steal Christmas Gifts from a florida walmart. His accomplice walks out the door. After seconds both were caught and arrested. The you ugly. Now to fox friends. Good morning. It is thursday, december 18. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. A fox news alert. Sony caving to hacker threats, canceling the release of the interview. But the owners of one Movie Theater have a better idea. Hand out american flags. Who is sending a stronger message today . Brandnew reaction from hollywood ahead. Then president obama admitting this after shifting his policy on the country of cuba. Well, im not sure that raul castro at the age of 80something is going to be