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
some say policy changes will not only in and of themselves make us safer, they will free up resources to focus onnent crime. crimes that will not be prosecuted is marijuana, aggravated unlicensed operation, routine traffic offensives nlgs a felony was committed at the same time and resisting arrest and prostitution will no longer be prosecuted. critics being implemented in new york say the policy will do the opposite of stopping crime. seems to me that giving a green light is embolding the element to obstruct governmental administration and interfere with arrest. some people just don t belong in society and history has shown us that. some other large metropolitan
tradition. julie pace? reporter: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to ask about cuba. what would you say to dissidents or democracy advocates inside cuba who say policy changes could give castro regime benefits without addressing the human rights or political system. when you lifted sanctions on miramar, you sought reform. if i could follow up on north korea, do you have any indication that north korea was working in conjunction with another country, perhaps china? we have no indication that north korea was working in conjunction with another country. with respect to cuba, we are glad that the cuban government has released slightly over 50 dissidents, that they re going to be allowing the international community red cross and united nations human rights agencies to operate more freely inside of cuba and monitor what is taking