At somebody be mad at the person that youre mad at. We have two people missing their families for the holidays. I know theres war going on and everybody else lost somebody but youre not at his house or his lawn. This is true. You dont even know if they were good or bad. I dont condone this. Im not with it. Im not with it. Again, repeating two new York Police Officers have been shot dead. Its a fastmoving story so lets get more now from our cnn producer. Take us through exactly what we know of what happened. Well, we know that the two officers were sitting in their, you know, marked nypd patrol car when a gunman for no apparent reason came up to the car and started firing shots. Fired several shots hitting both officers in the head. One, you know, was instantly critically injured. The other was seriously injured. And, you know, the gunman was later found dead. You know, by all accounts it just appears to be a complete, you know, ambushstyle shooting. These officers were not, you know, i
Good morning everyone. 10 00 here on the east coast. 7 00 out west. And were starting with the breaking news. North korea is coming out swinging at accusations by the fbi that it is behind a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures. North korea says it is being framed by the United States. And that is not all. Pyongyang says the insults to its Supreme Leader showings americas hostile tendencies and while america continues to point the finger at us we suggest mutual investigation with america on this case. Pyongyang warns of serious consequences if that doesnt happen. And all this as top sony exec is defending the decision to yank the movie from Theatrical Release. President obama calls that move a mistake. I am synthetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes i think they made a mistake. We have not caved. We have not given in. We have pers veered and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American Public see this movie. Senior media corre
Behind a terror attack at a sydney cafe. Australias Prime Minister speaking out. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. It is wednesday, december 17th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off this morning. Breaking overnight, premiere cancelled. New fears overwhelm the industry. The entertainment chain announced that the World Premiere of the interview has been called off. It had been set for tomorrow. This follows a new warning from the group behind the huge cyberattack on sony. They call themselves the guardians of peace. They threatened unspecified violence at theaters that show the the interview. Its a film about an attempt to assassinate north Korean Leader kim jongun. Now despite the premiere cancel las vegas, a person close to theization tells cnn that so far sony has no plans to pull the film, pull the interview altogether. Cnns pamela brown with latest from washington. Pamela. Well, john, this morning, the fbi is investigating a threatening mes
Enough for fox news and rush limbaugh. My dinner. Six hours ill never forget. You wont believe what he said and didnt say about Osama Bin Laden. That and much more so stick around. The fbi says that north korea is behind the massive hack of sony pictures. And its all about seth rogen and his latest movie the interview, the movie about a comedy about a cia plot to kill north koreas kim jongun. What has happened in the last few days is deadly serious. There has been another email threat against sony promising more cyber devastation if every trace of the movie isnt taken down. Yesterday the president said sony was wrong. Sonys a corporation, it suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of re
Now. And hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre watching cnn live coverage. Im natalie allen. Im gonna let it shine hundreds sang, lit candles and prayed sunday night for the new York City Police officers gunned down in an ambush as they sat in their patrol car. Were learning more about the killer and his twostate crime spree including his threatening online posts and how the warning for the nypd came just a few minutes too late. The new York Police Department is beefing up security in response to this attack and threats made against the nypd. One of the biggest changes right now, the department is taking all of its auxiliary officers off the streets. Auxiliary officers are unarmed volunteers who wear nypd uniforms and deal with minor situations and traffic control. The nypd is also adding extra security around Police Stations around the city. And officers on foot patrols are working only in pairs. Police say officers wenjian liu and rafael ra