That we seize it. My presidency is entering the Fourth Quarter. Interesting stuff happens in the Fourth Quarter. And im looking forward to it. Going into the Fourth Quarter, you usually get a timeout. Im now looking forward to a quiet timeout. Christmas with my family. I want to wish everybody a measure wrimerry christmas, a happy hanukkah, a happy new year. I hope that all of you get time to spend with your families as well because one thing that we share is that were away too much from them. And now, josh has given me the whos been naughty and whos been nice list and im going to take some questions. Reporter thank you, mr. President. Starting with north korea since
that seems to be the biggest topic today, what does a proportional response look like to the sony hack . And did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie or does that set a dangerous precedent . Let me address the second question first. Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats agai
Down an american movie, Censor An American picture it doesnt like, wrong in not calling him first before buckling before a north korean dictator. This is obama laying it on the line in a Press Conference that signalled all the audacity hes packed into a week since the november election, the deal on climate change, the protective order for people who came here illegally, and including the post of an American Ambassador with the communist government in cube a taking questions from all Women Reporters in todays Press Conference, where will this Obama Audacity take us . Im joined by david corn, and by actor, writer and director sean penn who joins me now by phone. First of all, heres the president speaking about sonys decision to pull the interview, the movie that inspired the hacking. Lets watch. Sony is a corporation. I would agree with the president. I think that, you know, im not speaking as an advocate for the Motion Picture industry or as a critic. But we have to realize this is a ge
The theaters declined to show the film. We have not caved. We have not given up. We have persevered and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American Public see this movie. Going forward the president said he Hopes Congress will work with him to develop stronger cybersecurity measures. As for pyongyang he made sure to note that the target of this hack says a lot about the regime behind it. It says Something Interesting about north korea that they decided to have the state mount an allout assault on a movie studio because of a satirical movie starring seth rogen and james flacco. Worldwide mines that james flacco. Joining me is robert gibbs and New York Times White House Correspondent peter baker. Robert, james flacco . Could the president be thinking of joe flacco . The ravens quarterback . Which no doubt in his mind and james franco was just joe flacco were you surprised at which the president responded to that question . And said that sony made a mista
The president criticized sony for cancelling the release of the film. Sonys a corporation. It, you know, suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all of that, yes, i think they made a mistake. Sony made a mistake, he said. Now, its not often that a president singles out a company or a person, for that matter or really speaks this bluntly. I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them, do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks. A lot of people do share this view. Sony is getting a lot of heat from heavy hitters outside of the white house as well and now, only on cnn, the company is hitting back. Today, Sony Entertainment ceo Michael Lynton sat down exclusively with cnns Fareed Zakaria. The president said sony made a mistake in pulling the film. Did you make a mistake . No. I think, actually, the unfortunate part is in this instance, the p
limited release of the controversial movie and the film stars taking right to twitter. seth rogan tweettled the people have spoken. freedom presailed. sony theaters playing it on christmas day. james franco tweeting celebrating the interview starring seth rogan and james flacco saved by president obama. and joining us, former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. what a lead in to this most dignified guest of on the record. great to be with you tonight. this wasn t handled so well from the get-go. are we getting it better now. sony has found a way to release the film. i have to say though if you look back at the sequence, it wasn t that the movie theater chains refused to show it sony gave them an out by saying they wouldn t hold theaters to their commitment to air the movie. that s when the movie chains began to pull out.