robert, james flacco? could the president be thinking of joe flacco? the ravens quarterback? which no doubt in his mind and james franco was just joe flacco were you surprised at which the president responded to that question? and said that sony made a mistake. a little. the answer was set up as sony is a corporation that makes its own decisions. one thing that was interesting is his comparison not only how candid he was to that reaction being anal gous of not going to a sporting event for a fear of a terrorist activity. it equated what north korea had done to something similar to a terrorist activity and i think spoke volumes for a strong
flacco. i love seth, and i love and i love james, but the notion that that was a threat to them then gives you some sense of the kind of regime we re talking about here. they caused a lot of damage, and we will respond. we will respond proportionately, and we ll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. it s not something that i will announce here today at a press conference. more broadly, though, this points to the need for us to work with the international community to start setting up some very clear rules of the road in terms of how the internet and cyber operates. right now it s sort of the wild west, and part of the problem is you ve got weak states that can engage in these kinds of
satirical movie starring seth rogen and james flacco. i love seth and i love james. but the notion that that was a threat to them i think gives you some sense of the kind of regime we re talking about here. so in summation, president obama says north korea poses a cyberthreat to americans and the united states will take action but the president thinks that sony made a mistake by cancelling the movie premier. president obama said he would have no problem speaking to sony executives before they made the decision. again, i m sympathetic that sony, as a private company was worried about liabilities and this and that and the other, i wish they had spoke on the me first. i would have told them, do not get into a pattern in which
tweeted the people have spoken and freedom has prevailed and sony didn t give up. it will be shown at theaters willing it play it on x-mas? what is that? xmas day 1234 it is christmas for god sake. james franco called him james flacco. exclamation point, exclamation point, sorry, exclamation point, exclamation point. finally the president himself plotted the decision. the white house issued a statement and it goes like this. we are a country that believes in free speech and the right of artistic expression. the decision made by sony and participating theaters allows people to make their own choices about the film. the movie will be released on v-o-d or vod. here is one viewer enjoying it
movie s release. show times are up and available and excited to release the film and respond to that huge demand and outpouring of demand and support they ve seen. thank you. what a total turn-around. new reaction from the interview star seth rogen tweeting, the people have spoken. freedom has prevailed. sony didn t get up. the interview will be shown at theaters willing to play it on christmas day. james franco had a little fun with president obama s flub of his name saying, celebrating the interview and starring seth rogen and james flacco by president obacco. sorry. now, a weather alert across the country. roadways and runways looked like this. not good. gloom y gray and sloppy. now as millions of people hit the roads and try to catch flights, severe threats of