enormous difficulty. all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running and get this movie out into the public. when it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time, threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters, the movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short period of time. we were completely surprised by it. and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the release on the 25th of december. you have not caved? we have not caved. we have not given up. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. the chief of sony sitting down with fareed zakaria moments
it s not far from the cnn office and they would have attacked a bus in the west bank as well. this man was arrested by the israeli police on the 25th of december this. does seem to be a fairly complicated plot. it s not clear how far along it was. so i m clear on the arrest, you talk of one man we are hearing from israeli security who arrested three. do we know if there were others? there are three, but what is disturbing or worrying in this scenario, the syria angle. just yesterday i was speaking with the senior israeli analyst who said they fear as many as 10,000 foreign jihadis are currently operating in northern
hark the harold angels sing glory to the newborn king young people s chorus of new york city, beautiful, beautiful, with us all morning. good morning to you. welcome back to new day. december 25th, 7:00 in the east. a warm merry christmas to you all. we are honored to have the choir here with us. they are helping us. young people s chorus of new york city, can t say it enough. they are under the direction of francisco nunez, known to us as francisco. they ll be sing something of your favorite holiday carols all morning long. also ahead on new day, from the kennedys to the obamas, washington has a special knack for capturing that christmas magic. we ll take a look at what it takes to turn the white house into a winter wonderland. we ll also look ahead to
how about that snow? what s the likelihood of that? i did it, don t worry. you helped out with that. called in a few favors. way to go, indra. ivan watson. welcome to christmas in beijing. now, christmas is not traditionally an important holiday in china but over the past 20 years, many businesses have embraced its colors, its pageantry and especially its sales and marketing. most of the chinese we ve talked to, they say, that they don t engage in the exchange of gifts on the 25th of december but they do like to take advantage of the sales and discounts in chinese shopping malls. that basically makes christmas a commercial festival in china. back to you, kate. all right, ivan. which makes it so different. which makes it just like us. good to know things are
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