Appearance afternoon. A man with a bike ride unexpectedly gets a surprise. A deer leaping out of no, where directly into his path, what he says saved him from serious injury, today, thursday, december 18ing, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on that thursday morning. Watch tack video, no one is cringeing more than the guy sitting next to me. Right . Been deer done that. We will talk about that experience in a little while. That does not look good. Including the guy in the car. Lets get to our top story, the u. S. Is now confirming it was north korea behind the hacking of Sony Pictures. While the studio has decided to can sell the release of that controversial movie. The interview and reaction in a moment. Lets go to justice correspondent pete williams. What can you tell us . Reporter matt, good morning, u. S. Officials say they are satisfied north korea was behind the devastating attack on sony entertainment, tow they say theyre still uncertain exactly how it works. U. S. Intelligence and lawen forcement Officials Sayitative concluded that the sieb air tack on the sony studios was directed by the government of forth korea. Hello, north korea reporter apparent retaliation for the studios plan to release the samberg, the interview, that revealed a plot to kill the leader. The attack Officials Say was launched outside forth korea. They wont say where. They say it was direct bid the forth koreans, state sponsored and investigators are still looking at whether the hackers had any help from former or current ploy i dont see. Security experts say some of the malware used in the attackings was similar to computer codes used before on attacks on south korean businesses. Its usual for the u. S. To blame another country for a cyber attack. Especially so, given the unpredictable nature of north koreas kim jongun. Its a cyber attack on a western target. Its something they are pretty happy about. So when i think we blame them. I think they are delighted to get the credit. Reporter the u. S. Government has not yet formally put its accusation if writing and that partly Officials Say theyre not going to put out any public statements until they know what kind of retaliation theyll take. Now the attackers have made some veiled threat togs attack Movie Theaters, but president obama says he knows of no credible threat. He says he encourages people to go to the movies. Pete williams, thank you very much. In the wake of the sony hack and those threats of violence that pete just mentioned, sony took the unprecedented step of can selling the movies release. This is a decision that not sitting well with a lot of people, particularly in hollywood, joe, good morning. Reporter sony picture es says it has no further plans for an the interview. It has raised fears this could have a phil Chilling Effect on the industry. The movie the interview, is no longer coming soon. Instead, posters are simply coming down. Ive never seen anything like this in my tenure covering hollywood. Reporter celebrities are outraged Sony Pictures cancelled the release. Ben stiller really hard to believe this is the threat to america. From rob lowe. Wow, everyone caved the hackers won an utter and complete victory for them. Many moviegoers agree. Unfortunately, this is what they wanted. This is what theyre getting. Reporter sony made the decision after the largest chains announced they were pulling the movie, concerned when the hackers threatened locations showing the film. In a statement, sony says, we respect and understand our partners decision and, of course, completely share their parra mount interest in the safety of employees and theater goers. Sonys pull of the release of the interview will have a Ripple Effect throughout hollywood. Reporter in the wake of sonys hack they confirmed a movie project starring steve carelle set if north korea is no longer moving forward at 20th century fox. He tweeted, sad day for freedom of expression. Are we going to allow ourselves to be bullied when a regime doesnt like the way its depicted in a movie, an article. Reporter there has been speculation the interview could be released on demand. A sony spokesperson says the company will not be releasing the film . That includes that. Sean henry investigator of a cyber attack for the fbi. He is with a company that specializes with cyber security. Good morning to beth of you. Good morning. Now the u. S. Is saying its north korea who did it. The ball is in our court. There has to be some response, doesnt there, sean . There has to be some response. We have to demonstrate to all countries around the world, what the red lines are, what happens when you cross those red lines. I think we have to talk about this. Shooting from the hip is not appropriate. This will have long rangeing implication, we dont want to escalate it beyond the point of no return. You could see a situation if we strike back, you got all out cyber warfare. I think thats absolutely right. I see this as weapons of massive destruction where we have to sit down with discussions, through china likely. We have to remember, also, there are other nation was have this capability. China, russia, iran and others. We have to be careful and make sure we are having strong discussions withdrawing leans. We are demonstrating with the rest of the world, we have to do it in a special way. Yes, north korea, itself, we talk about sanctions. This is a country thats already fatesed two economic sanctions. We already now. Lets say there will be a cyberperspective attack. Citizens have no life. You see the satellite picture. Its all dark there. What can we do . Well, the u. S. Is much more susceptible to a cyber attack from north korea. There are not many computers there at all. Most people have absolutely no access to the internet t. Factories, the now that operate are not automated at all. So if we were to get into some tit for tat cyber war, the u. S. Would have a lot more to lose. Its been a problem in the past for forth korea to find hackers. They want to carry out Cyber Attacks, they havent had a large pool to draw from. They have been carrying amy them out in third countries, most often china. Lets pause for a moment and speak about what happened here. In a matter of weeks, these hackers were able to bring a Global Corporation to its fee, surrender, giving the hackers exactly what they want, meeting tear demands, what do you think of that, do you feel sony had any choice . I tell you what, the American Public needs to understand, this is not the first time we have seen attacks by u. S. Companies, there have been another types of attacks, there are other countries who actually have capabilities and are pence our Corporate Networks right now. This will require strong government policy by the United States. Wakeup call . Absolutely, without a doubt. Thank you very much. Good to have you here. Well send it over to matt. We had a mic problem there with. A huge news coming out of cuba. Andrea, do i have you in washington. Reporter you do, indeed, thanks to you and matt. No longer cold war posts. Today the United States and cuba are begin agnew canter, taking the first steps in more than a half century towards establishing dip lo pattic relations. Cuba, frozen in time by the u. S. Embargo could become americas newest trading partner. We will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. Through these exchanges, we intend to create more opportunities for america and the cuban people. Secretary of state kerry will work on plans for the u. S. Embassy and a Cuban Embassy in washington. Cuba will likely remove a list of terrorist space. The us will perm more travel and trade, expand its banking, including the use of debit cards, cuba promises internet access, which could be a revolution for its people. We both have learned the art both coexisting if a civilized manner despite our differences. All made possible by negotiations, including the vatican, pressure from the first latin american pope, a carefully orchestrated deal involving three remaining cuban prisoners from the u. S. , groated by raul castro in exchange for cubas release of a toplevel american spy back to the u. S. And a humanitarian release of a state contractor alan gross who cheered as he entered u. S. Airspace and got a call from president obama, before an emotional arrival at Andrews Air Force base. Its great to be back, really. Its been a heck of a trip. It really did bring great comfort to me knowing that i wasnt forgotten. Reporter but on capitol hill, marco rubio, met the Republican Opposition in stark policy shift. This president has proven today its Foreign Policy is more than naive, it is willfully ignorant of the way the worlgd truly works. Now, both sides will test each others intentions, so far, u. S. Officials say, it is releasing Political Prisoners as promised. Thank you very much. The house review team in cuba, nbcs mark poter is in havana, i know you made many trips there in the past. The u. S. The mood there this morning feel different . Reporter absolutely. The people here are elated, matt. In cuba, the announcement that washington and havana and diplomatic option are being celebrated. There is absolutely no controversy here. For years, the cuban people wanted better relatess with the u. S. But the bigger celebrations here so far have been for the release of those three cuban prisoners let loose by the u. S. On wednesday. They plus two others are known as the cuban five. They are considered national heroes. They were seen on National Television embracing the cuban president raul castro. As for other cubans, many here believe theeseing of travel restrictions by the u. S. Or trade nations will bring more goods here, more opportunity, more money, to an island that has long been scrapped economically, matt. Their lives are going to change dramatically in the near term . They think their lives will change dramatically some time. They are hope. I must tell you there are many people here a little concerned about mr. This will actually occur given the tortured relationship between u. S. And cuba over the years and also the up and down nature of u. S. Politics. They are watching carefully. There are many here who believe this is the best opportunity they have had in decades to see actual and dramatic change, matt. Mark poter in havana, thanks very much. We turn to natalie. Such a horrible story. One person is killed, as many as 12 others injured wednesday night when a car crashed into a crowd, leaving a Church Christmas concert if california. The driver now in Police Custody on suspicion of dui. The holiday outing in Redondo Beach, california, turned tragic wednesday after a driver ran a red light, plowing into a group of pedestrians who are leaving a christmas pageant. Police say a woman in a white car was driving north on the Pacific Coast highway, she ran the light, striking the group as they leave the performance. The light was red, someone ran a red light and just bodies started flying. It was pretty horrible. The children, like 8 and tenyearolds. Its so sad. Most of them are hurt bad. Reporter Redondo Police say after hitting the pedestrians the woman then crashed headon into a second vehicle. She was later detained for suspicion of felony dui and vehicular manslaughter. The third vehicle became involved when one of the pedestrians was knocked into the air and landed onto the windshield of a passing suv. We got up to 12 people that have been transported into area hospitals, up to three hospitals. Many in critical condition. Its pretty bad, but im hoping everybody is going to be okay. Security will be tight around the federal courthouse in boston today t. Two boston bombers appeared in computer for the first time in a yearandahalf. It is the final pretrial hearing. Tsarnaev is charged with the bombings of the boston marathons. His brother tamerlan was killed during their attempt to avoid capture. An over the top shoplifting scheme filed at a florida walmart store. In this under surveillance video, you see two men grab a shopping cart. They walk through the store and load it up with a motorized barbie car. As they approach the exit, one clutches his crest, falls to the ground as if he was getting a heart attack t. Other man slipped out the door without paying, cartful and all, police were able to identify the suspects and arrested them a few days later. Did they find that barbie car . Speeding off. What was supposed to be a quiet sunday ride, you saw this before, take a look at the cyclist, he captured his misadventure with his helmet cam. He was riding down the hill when seemingly, out of nowhere, that deer jumped over the rail, slammed right into him. He did land on his back. He did hit his head on the pavement, had a mild concussion, thankfully, though, he was wearing his helmet t. Deer ran off. The deer was wearing a go pro also, when you see that. I had that hawaii its no fun. I ended up in surgery bus of. Oh, there you go. Mike goes splat. Thats a nice headline. Apparently, i ride for the u. S. Team there. 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