And im your mother. Captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for weday, this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, december 17th, 2014. Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in fur annemarie green. The fallout from that massive data hack at Sony Pictures is escalating. The group that says its responsible for the cyber attack is threatening violence against theaters showing the movie at the center of the attack. Don champion is at the new york city theater where the premiere of the interview was supposed to be held tomorrow. Good morning. Don. Good morning, lauren. Growing fallout has led to the cancellation of the premiere. If thats not enough, the owner of more than 200 theaters across the country says it, too, is planning on canceling plans to show the controversial film. You want us to assassinate the leader of north korea . Yes. Whaaat . The interview was a comedy but the leadup has been anything but. Theyve decided to cancel its planned showing of the movie. It comes after a chilling message posted by cyber hackers guardians of peace warning moviegoers to stay away from tharts when they start showing the film. The warning reads the world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of september, 201. Its opening nationwide on christmas day. While sony is moving forward with its release, in an unusual movie, the company has told theaters they dont have to show the film. Fallout has even led to the cancellation of it here in new york at sunshine cinema in manhattan. Police in new york and l. A. Will take precautions in light of the new threat. Our primary posture is going to be to have a Police Presence in a response capability that will reassure people who may have heard about this and have concerns. The fbi and department of Homeland Security say theres no credible intelligence showing any active plot exists. You may recall hackers have also hit sony in recent weeks by releasing Company Documents and embarrassing emails. While north korea has denied any involvement, were told the malware used was written the korean language. Lauren . Don champion in new york. Thank you. An afghan official says a u. S. Drone strike killed four Pakistan Taliban and seven others. The drone reportedly targeted a pickup truck yesterday afternoon as they were staging a deadly attack on a military school in pakistan. A Prayer Service was held this morning in peshawar for 42 victims, most for children. Alphonso van marsh is in london. Good morning. Good morning, lauren. A threenational mourning period began in pakistan as the nation prepares for mass funerals. Yesterdays attack by seven taliban gunmen left pakistan in shock. Students were gunned down indress krimm natalie, and fee mail teachers were burned alive. They made their way to an auditorium filled with students and opened fire. The government is promising a tough response. The taliban said the attack was revenge for pakistans military operation against its fighters in northwest afghanistan. The government of the Prime Minister is trying to negotiation peace with them, but those have failed. The pakistanis want to overthrow the government and establish a strict form of islamic law. Theyre aligned with the taliban and afghanistan and al qaeda. This morning the Prime Minister lifted the moratorium on the Death Penalty in pakistan. Lauren . Alphonso van marsh in london. Thank you. Australian Prime Minister tony abbott is ordering a sweeping investigation into the deadly hostage crisis. The review comes as australia pays tribute to the two victims of mondays cafe siege at a makeshift memorial. Abbott says he doesnt know why the gunman man ha roron monis f off a security watch list. We do need to know why he seems to have fallen off our security agencys watch list. Why did he have a gun license in the first place . Thats the relevant question here. Monis took 17 people hostage in a cafe. The siege ended 16 hours late when the Police Rushed to free captives. Outside Philadelphia Community is remembering the victims of a deadly rampage. Mourners gathered tuesday to honor six people shot and stabbed to death monday. Police say a former marine killed his exwife and five of her relatives. A twoday manhunt put the community on edge. Police found the body of bradley stone in the woods about a half mile from his home. He died from selfinflicted stab wounds. Well, we havent said this in a while. The price of some oil rose slightly. It rose 2 cents to close at 55. 93 a barrel tuesday but prices are still half of what they were six months ago. The dramatic drop in the price of oil has been a blow to russias oildriven economy leading to a catastrophic fall in the value of the ruble. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Lauren, good morning. The ruble fell sharply early this morning but is now starting to recoup some of those losses. Still it is down 50 so far this year. A massive Interest Rate hike did not help on tuesday. Now adding insult to injury, president obama is supposed to sign new legislation imposing new economic sanctions against russia. The collapse of the ruble sent Many Russians scrambling to salvage what they could, spending money on big ticket items before their mon lost any more ruble. The ruble lost 6 of its value yesterday. A desperate measure by the Russian Central Bank raising Interest Rates to 17 didnt work. Its had an opposite effect because people sense it to be a panicky move by the russian bank. Reporter one of russias largest car dealers suspended sales, and apple said it stopped online sales in russia. Sanctions imposed by the u. S. And europe over russias move in crew crane are also taking a toll, but secretary john kerry said president Vladimir Putin has a choice. The sanctions were clearly to intended to invite president putin to make a different set of choices. Now, these sanctions could have been lifted months ago. They could be lifted in weeks or days depending on the choices that president putin takes. This is russias worst economic crisis since putin came to power 15 years ago. He remaining powerful but the loss could change the tion those people are going to look at whats happened over the last six months and say, you know, in july things were pretty good and now things are not so good, and maybe putin is not doing everything that he should. Now, so far putin has not addressed the collapse of the ruble, but that is expected to change tomorrow during his annual news conference. Lauren . It will be interesting to watch. Susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. Coming up on the morning news, inflight chaos. Passengers are hospitalized after their flight hits severe turbulence. And rain delay at an nba game. A famous arena springs a leak. 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A rare rain delay interrupted an nba game tuesday. A leaking roof at the Barclays Center forced the nets and miami heat to stop play for about an hour. The officials blamed the installation of an environmentallyfriendly roof. Miami went on to beat the nets, 9591. Californias wet weather is expected to continue this morning. Heavy downpours brought flash flooding to Southern California tuesday. Police in torrence rescued stranded drivers. Their cars got stuck on inundated roadways. The rain also caused damage at businesses including a fabric plant that was flooded. Former Florida Governor jeb bush is a big step closer to running for the white house this morning. An announcement tuesday ends months of speculation about his intentions. Craig boswell reports. Reporter bush posted on facebook he has decided to actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States. Imcomes after the 61yearold republican accepted an Honorary Degree from the university of california. People often model their lives after their parents. Their parents went to college, so do they. If your parents worked in politics, well, you know the rest. Bush will be creating whats called a leadership pack allowing him to raise money for trips to iowa and New Hampshire to talk to donors. But if he should run its not an open path to a nomination. In 2010 the tea party became a big part of the republican party. Its not something the bushes have had to deal with. Reporter conservatives who oppose his reforms on immigration and education poll i have already blasted off emails telling him not to run. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Bill cosby wont Face Criminal Charges over claims he sexually abused a teenager in 1974. Prosecutors in los angeles declined to charge the comedian. They say the statute of limitations has passed. The accuser says cosby molested her when she was 15 years old. Cosbys Attorney Says she tried to export 250,000 from him. Severe turbulence forced an American Airlines plane to make an Emergency Landing on tuesday. Flight 280 from seoul, south korea, was headed to dallas when it hit the rough air. It diverted the plane to tokyo we 255 people aboard. The airline said four people and a crew member needed medical attention. Straight ahead, a record punishment for sprint. The company is accused of billing customers for Unwanted Services. And hockey fans in florida are treated to the longest shootout in nhl history. Give a little joy. A book is a gift like no other. And barnes noble is like no other book store in the world. With so many books to discover and the new nook by samsung now a full featured tablet. A book is the gift theyll remember long after the holidays are over. Is a really big deal. U with aches, fever and chills theres no such thing as a little flu. So why treat it like its a little cold . Theres something that works differently than overthecounter remedies. 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Sprint is facing a record fine from the federal Communications Commission over allegations of cramming. Cramming is charging customers for Unwanted Services like text message alerts, horoscopes, and sports scores. The fcc will reportedly fine sprint 105 million. That would tie a settlement reached with at t on similar charges earlier this year. Stocks on wall street ended lower after a rally lost steam. The dow lost 111 points yesterday. The s p fell 16. And the nasdaq finished the day 57 points lower. A california jury rejected a 10yearolds antitrust lawsuit against apple. The plaintiffs accused apple of using software to create a monopoly in the Digital Music market. The lawsuit involves ipods sold from september of 2006 to march of 2009. They were able to play songs only from itunes or downloaded cds. Seaworld is starting to lay off hundreds of employees. Seaworlds stock and attendance has gone down since the release of that documentary blackfish. Its critical of seaworlds handling of killer whales. Last week ceo jim atchison announced he was leaving. And google released its annual roundup of the years most popular searches. What do you really care about in 2014. Following his death, Robin Williams was the top search. The world cup followed by ebola. The tragedy of malaysias two planes and the ice bucket challenge rounded out the top five searches. Jill wagner at the New York Stock Exchange. Jill, thank you. The United States is tries to win the right to host the summer olympics for the first time in 28 years. The u. S. Olympic Committee Heard presentations from four industries vying to host the 200024 games. Los angeles, san francisco, washington, and boston are all in the running but theyre facing challenges from at least two other european cities. Atlanta was the last u. S. City to host the summer games back in 1996. And historys made in the nhl with no winner decided in regulation or overtime. The Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers tangle in the longest shootout the league has ever seen. The two teams exchanged shots for 20 rounds scoring a combined 11 goals. Finally on the 40th shot Nick Bjugstad scores the gamewinner for florida. Florida gets a 21 victory over washington. When we return, surprise caller. Well show you what happened when two television pundits get a call from their angry mom live on the air. Well show you what happened when two television pundits get a call from their angry mom live on the air. Making a pie that pops is surprisingly easy. Just unroll, fill, top, bake and. Wow. This is your best ever thank you. Pillsbury pie crust. Make the holidays pop. Suddenly youre a mouthbreather. Well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38 more than cold medicines alone. So you can breathe and sleep. Shut your mouth and sleep right. Breathe right. Up to 27 more brush movements. 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How can you insult people . Im not insulting them. Democrat Brad Woodhouse and his brother republican Dallas Woodhouse got a surprise call during a debate on cspan. It was joy from North Carolina on the line. Im hoping youll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. Yeah. We were not yelling this thanksgiving. We do most years. I would really like a peaceful christmas. Despite moms plea, neither brother committed to a quiet nonpartisan holiday gathering. This is the cbs morning news. Gathering. This is the cbs morning news. Without having y to think about it, let alone talk about it . Benefiber® conveniently helps support Good Digestive Health and maintain that