People can actually now watch the film from home starting today. Really a dramatic turn of events just in the past 24 hours. Weve learned that youtube, google play, xbox video and a website called seetheinterview. Com will now be able to stream this movie today. Therefore people can rent it online. So theyre going to have to pay for it but they can now watch it from their home. This is on top of the news that weve learned that well over 200 theaters across the country are now saying they will show the movie on Christmas Day. S so remember, just last week sony announced the movie will no longer be shown on Christmas Day as originally planned. Now we know these independent theaters have come forward and said they dont want free speech rights repressed, that they want to show the movie. Google did release a statement about this today and basically said that sony and google had been discussing all the issues and agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to
Pilot after his plane was brought down, crashed. This is all in shocking Images Released from isis. Here he is. We see the terrified and bloodied jordanian pilot being dragged away here. Now, isis claims it shot the plane down but the u. S. Says it has absolutely no evidence of that. The question remains, what happens to this pilot and if this plane was indeed shot down, will this change the game for u. S. Led war on isis which is predominantly been fought from above. Lets go straight to the pentagon to our correspondent there, barbara starr. There are multiple questions about this story, isis is claiming, key word claims, it has these heat seeking missiles that brought this plane down. What do we know about isis capabilities . They do have access by all accounts to those shoulder fired surface to air missiles. Could they strike a warplane flying 15,000 or 20,000 feet up . Thats problematic to see that a u. S. Coalition warplane would fly within the range to put itself at risk of getti
Pop icon and legend, you rarely think of the person as an individual. Thats what we have been fortunate to get here with fans coming by. A lot of these people knew him because he was a member of the community. He would shop here. He knew people. So they were giving us personal stories about how he was such a loving and caring person. Yes, he struggled with drugs, but this is a person they remember as just a big heart who really cared about the community. Here is more about the late legend. Wake me up before you gogo dont leave me hanging on reporter George Michael launched into pop culture history in 1984 as half of the british boy duo, wham . Singing careless whisper. Time can never mend the careless whisper by 1986, michael has a solo career. Faith raising eyebrows with the first single. The risque lyrics drawing sharp criticism of those who want to bring awareness to the growing especialpidemic of aids and tho wanting to have sex. Faith with father figure. Put your tiny hand one mor
Questions whether that is possible to do before he takes the oath of office. Good morning. Im joe johns. Im alison kosik. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. John and christine are off. Up first, the entertainment world is mourning the death of George Michael at the tender age of 53. Last christmas i gave you my heart the pop icon rose to fame in the 80s as part of the twoman group wham . Michael went on to have a solo career selling more than 100 million records and collabora collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music business. His manager saying it is suspected that George Michael died of heart failure. Cnns ian lee live in london with details. Ian, i bet fans are in shock and gathering at his home. Reporter thats right, alison. Were at his home in london. Behind us, there are people that you can see gathering. People leaving messages and also leaving candles in remembrance. You have people talking about who George Michael was as an artist and pop icon. Someone who really in
Family reunions. Msnbc live starts right now. Good morning, everyone, im ayman mohyeldin. For those who wished for a White Christmas this morning, well, many of you may have gotten your person after a Winter Weather alert was put into effect for some 55 million americans, blanketing parts of the country in snow as santa continues to make his way around the globe. From illinois to ohio, massachusetts to indiana, americans will wake up this morning to find their own Little Christmas gift left by Mother Nature herself. It even hit chicago as the bears tried to celebrate and find warmth in the bleachers. It may make for a cozy morning opening gifts and drinking hot cocoa, it may make for a treacherous commute to woon the roads. Well go to Bonnie Schneider for the weather and White Christmas possibilities. What do you have . Youre right. At least the Northern Tier of country covered in snow. Waking up to a snowcovered ground across much of the region. In the northeast, itally still snowing.