This Week With George Stephanopoulos – December 21, 2014

Guests:

Pierre Thomas

Ray Kelly

Gregory Meeks

Mitch Singer - fmr Sony chief digital strategy

Major General Bret Williams - Former Director of 

U.S. Cyber Command

Fran Townsend - Former White House 

Homeland Security Director

Thor Halvorssen - Human Rights Foundation

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Stephanopoulos: omg two cops

were shot and killed

Bratton: it was an assassination

Reporter: he was from Baltimore

and said he was going to shoot cops

De Blasio: it was an attack on all of us

Pataki: this murder is all Eric Holder's fault

Union: the mayor has blood on his hands

Stephanopoulos: is it fair to blame 

the Mayor of New York for a 

murderer from Baltimore?

Kelly: yes because he's anti-police

Stephanopoulos: how so?

Kelly: he said he warned his son

to be careful around the police

which is terrible advice

Stephanopoulos: what would you 

say to police officers now?

Kelly: I would say do your job and ignore the haters

Meeks: no one is anti-police but 

people do want the justice system 

to work for everyone

Kelly: see how much he hates the police

Meeks: protesters oppose all violence

Kelly: see how he promotes violence

Stephanopoulos: the police say they

are now at war with the citizens

Kelly: you bet George

Meeks: we need to set a tone to

bring people together – most police

are good but not all of them

Kelly: stop hating the police!

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: omg North Korea

hacked Sony over a Seth Rogan movie!

Obama: we will take our revenge –

no one puts James Flacco in a corner

Thomas: hackers deleted Sony's files 

after a movie came out about killing 

the leader of North Korea

Stephanopoulos: shouldn't have used 'Password1'

Thomas: they have no sense of humor George

Stephanopoulos: well then they 

have something in common

Thomas: then movie theaters got

death threats and caved

Obama: we must not be

intimidated by death threats

Sony: we didn't cave we just

strategically backtracked

Thomas: Sony knows if they release

this movie will just get hacked again

Stephanopoulos: you're a former 

Sony executive - why did Sony 

cave to terrorists so easily

Singer: why are we all blaming the victim her?

Stephanopoulos: it's fun and easy

Singer: what about the government's

obligation to take revenge for criminal actions

Williams: the problem with taking revenge

is North Korea doesn't have any computers

Stephanopoulos: that's a problem

Williams: also we don't want to hurt

North Korean civilians like if we

shut off power to a hospital

Townshend: we can ask for China's help

Stephanopoulos: but they're 

cyber-terrorists too

Townshend: I know George

Stephanopoulos: can we drop the

movie into North Korea on little 

thumb drives on tiny parachutes?

Halvorssen: yes it would be great 

because it demystifies their Dear 

Leader as a bumbling idiot

Stephanopoulos: really?

Halvorssen: I know a girl from North Korea

who told me “Titanic” changed her life and

and at the end she cried and cried

Stephanopoulos: wow she was so moved

by how Jack sacrificed his life for Rose

Halvorssen: no she sobbed because 

that diamond that rich lady threw in 

the ocean could have fed every starving 

person in her village for a whole year

Stephanopoulos: oh

Halvorssen: she learned Westerners 

are so rich they throw priceless jewelry 

away like useless garbage

Stephanopoulos: so why not 

release the movie online so anyone 

can watch it for free

Singer: oh come on Sony has to 

make money - you would never 

put your tv show on the internet for free

Stephanopoulos: actually we do it every week

Singer: jesus you're kidding

Stephanopoulos: nope

Singer: you're still putting 

the burden on the victim

Townshend: Obama should show real

leadership like that time George W. Bush

stood on the rubble and yelled and 

then let bin Laden get away and said 

he didn't care about him

Stephanopoulos: those were good times

Townshend: Obama should screen the

movie in Times Square so we can have

a national moment of healing

Stephanopoulos: that might literally be

the dumbest idea I've ever heard

Williams: what if the Koreans shut 

down our power plants - how will 

we keep up with the Kardashians?

Stephanopoulos: scary!

Williams: the internet was not designed

to be attacked which is a shame

Stephanopoulos: thanks everyone

[ break ]

Avila: Cuba has long been the forbidden

fruit and home of the dance of love

Avila: the President conducted 18 months

of negotiations leading to a prisoner swap

and two first round draft picks

Avila: by January the U.S. will

have an embassy in Havana!

Avila: it's controversial but even people

in Florida support lifting the embargo

Stephanopoulos: good morning Marco

Rubio: hi George

Stephanopoulos: why shouldn't Americans

be free to travel where they want?

Rubio: because Cubans aren't

free so none us should be

Stephanopoulos: well the embargo 

has failed for 50 years

Rubio: exactly

Stephanopoulos: I don't follow

Rubio: right

Stephanopoulos: we have normal relations

with traditional friends like Vietnam and 

new enemies like Saudi Arabia

Rubio: and they're still not democratic!

Stephanopoulos: but you favor trade with China

Rubio: without China Wal-Mart would be

reduced to selling hand-crafted cat sweaters

your grandmother won't stop knitting

Stephanopoulos: you said the 

Pope hates freedom

Rubio: yes the Pope doesn't think 

people deserve to be free

Stephanopoulos: are you serious?

Rubio: yes also Obama should arrest 

women who want to have an abortion 

because of freedom

Stephanopoulos: Rand Paul criticizes 

you as an isolationist who wants to 

build a moat around Cuba

Rubio: he is supporting Obama 

which is by definition bad

Stephanopoulos: that sounds narrow minded

Rubio: American must be engaged 

on the global stage!

Stephanopoulos: except in Cuba

Rubio: exactly!

Stephanopoulos: is Jeb Bush a 

true conservative?

Rubio: no he's one of those rich 

insider squishes

Stephanopoulos: are you running 

for President?

Rubio: I'm pursing the American dream

Stephanopoulos: why would you

be a better President that Jeb Bush?

Rubio: because my family didn't

wreck the U.S. economy twice

Stephanopoulos: what's your agenda?

Rubio: it's all about American Dreams

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming