basically april 20, right around here, is when the hack attack news came out. since then sony's share price has dropped to where we are here by about 12%. and, you know, this isn't good news happening in the past month. they dropped from about 2,500 yen to around 2,200 yen and eight days from now on may 26, solely will release their earnings and sony expects there's going to be an impact. some analysts estimate it could cost a billion dollars. >> i guess a billion dollars is something sony could handle but it's the loss of consumers which is a whole other story. thank you. nina. britain's queen is making history in ireland. straight ahead, we'll see what her visit means for two neighboring economies with a bitter and bloody history. also coming up on the show, some fresh faces in the board