officials tell nbc news saying there will be a response. late last night, the white house released an official statement saying, in part, the u.s. government is working tirelessly to bring the perpetrators of this attack to justice. and we are considering a range of options in weighing a potential response. sony decided to pull the christmas day release of the interview because of the threat of 9/11 type attacks from the hackers. the nation s five largest movie theater chains had already decided to hold back or drop it themselves. and reaction has been swift. actor rob lowe tweeted, wow, everyone caved. the hackers won. an utter and complete victory for them. wow. former house speaker newt gingrich, no one should kid themselves with the sony collapse america has lost its first cyberwar. this is a very, very dangerous precedent. and mitt romney had this idea, sony pictures don t cave, fight. release the interview free online globally. ask viewers to voluntarily add $5 to con
his star studded send-off today friday, december 19th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. we ve got hoda in while savannah takes time off. what am i doing? see the show last night, colbert? a little late. i watched the tape. my gosh, to be part of that crowd. i got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. pretty good big bird. george lucas. barry manilow. so great. we ll have more on that send-off in a couple minutes. meanwhile, like deja vu all over again. terrible storm, you re talking about something similar for christmas. if you can get to where you need to this weekend do it. the eastern half of the country. it is a mess. so here we ve got two systems, one up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast, warm moist flow, cold air behind it. we start off tuesday morning with a mix of snow a
husband s ambush style shooting saturday, this tearful message from the widow of wenjian liu. we would also like to express our condolence to the officer and the family. this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together. thank you. we re also hearing from the sister of the gunman. he was emotionally troubled young man. and he was suicidal. if you have emotional issues and you re going constantly going in and out of jail, you know, prison, and clearly something s wrong, he should have been offered help in the system, right, but he wasn t. meanwhile, mayor bill de blasio is asking anti-police protesters to stop demonstrations until after the officers funerals. and the major police union say they will hold off making more politically charged statements about saturday s shooting in brooklyn. brooklyn borough president eric adams tolles msnbc s chris hayes, the tension won t keep police officers from doing their
sony hack? and road rage. oh, my god! she just hit our car. she s pushing us off the road. a frightening incident in northern california all caught on tape. the driver of a pickup truck relentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from study joe owe studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. . welcome to today on a tuesday morning. that scene out of northern california on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. to hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, we ll have more details of what went down there. exactly. let s get right to our top story, though. huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on christmas eve. it could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. so if you can get to wh
and sidelined. that s unacceptable. a student is under fire for hitting opposing players during a college bowl game. he could be kicked off the team for good today, tuesday december 30th, 2014. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. al is out in los angeles. matt and natalie have the morning off. we have a lot to get to this morning. after three days, the airasia flight was located. dozens of bodies have now been pulled from the java city. we are covering the story this morning. katie, good morning to you. reporter: it is a tough day out here. officials say they found wreckage and pulled about 40 bodies from the water. relatives found out this news by watching live local television and seeing those bodies on air without any warning. there were 162 people on board this plane, that includes 17 kids and one baby. overnight, indonesian officials confirmed the worse, having sighted debris and bodies in the water. helicopter rescue teams were lowered into the java sea to