Students. U. S. Air strikes have killed several isis leaders and an area once overrun by terrorists is now clear. Also ahead, some people support the man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon. But a bombing survivor had a few words for them. As he showed them his prosthetic leg. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. And im Errol Barnett sneaking in to join you. Thank you. Another hour here on cnn. All of those stories coming up. But we are following an incredibly disturbing story coming to us out of australia. Police say they have not yet identified any suspects in the mysterious deaths of eight kids, children found inside a house in cairns, their deceased bodies, the ages range between 18 months and 15 years old. Officials say a 34yearold woman who is the mother of seven of the children is being treated for her injuries right now. We understand she is also assisting officials with the investigation, but at this early stage, poli
Normalizing relations after more than 50 years of a standoff. Plus, russian president Vladimir Putin prepares to address his nation very soon in the midst of an economic meltdown. Well take you live to moscow for a preview. And coming up later, sony cancels the release of the controversial movie the interview, but will the movie only encourage the hackers whove targeted the entertainment studio . Well explore that question this hour. We do want to begin with major developments in u. S. cuban relations. These places are so close geographically but for half a century theyve been so far apart over a political ideology and human rights. Well, now what were seeing is a change in direction as the two countries are announcing plans to normalize relations and it all began with a Prisoner Exchange. Global Affairs Correspondent elise labott reports. Reporter u. S. Contractor alan gross on american soil with his release a historic opening of u. S. Relations with cuba after five decades of confron
Bow. All in starts right now. Good evening to you. Im ari melber in for chris hayes. President obama got right to the point when addressing the sony hack for the first time today. Telling americans he believes Sony Pictures made a mistake in pulling the Theatrical Release of its film the interview which depicts that plot to assassinate north Korean Leader kim jongun. In selfken sureship after the company was hacked, and began releasing it in order to damage and intimidate sony. There were also terror threats made against any theater that wanted to show the film. It was an unusual day in washington and l. A. To say the least. Well have more on president obamas Yearend Press Conference in a minute. The other big news in this sony sto story is a new what appears to be the hackers response to sony capitulation. We have not verified the authenticity of this message but the authors praised sonys decision to pull the movie as very wise and doubled down on ransom threats telling sony they have
Has a new lease on life. Just wait until you hear how special his prosthetic legs are. And thank you again for joining us. His name, by the way, is derby. And well get to derbys story a little later in this hour. Well, the u. S. Is now very close to publicly blaming north korea for the cyberattack on sony. U. S. Investigators tell cnn they have uncovered evidence that hackers broke into sonys computers by stealing credentials of a System Administrator. That will prove it was not an inside job. Some prominent u. S. Lawmakers are already blaming north korea. An announcement from the white house could happen in the coming hours. If blaming north korea is a forgone conclusion, the bigger question is how will the white house respond. Cnns pamela brown looks at some possible options. Reporter u. S. Officials are looking to place the blame on north korea, pulling the plug on its comedy the interview, depicting the assassination of kim jong un. Take him out. Law enforcement sources say the blu
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