to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, it s a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist. you ve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell i m going to do today, and you wake up in the morning and the news itjust keeps coming. it would happen to cartoonists everywhere in the world because that s what drives all of us, i m sure. anyone who takes this craft, or this genre of communication seriously. but in a place like south africa, the news just hits you from every angle every day at an unbelievable rate. i wonder whether there s something personal about this outrage, which clearly developed quite young in you. you had a lot of trauma in your family
rachel: welcome back. look at that, good times roll. the good times are rolling. 7:00 here, and and it s new year s eve. you guys have plans? joey? pete? joey: yeah, i ve got great plans. this evening i m going to host the big weekend show. i m very excited about that. pete: i hope you re at a hotel slows and not going anywhere else. joey: i can hear the chaos but not be a part of it. pete: the minnesota vikings are playing the pack ors tonight, so jen is not losed about that. she does not want to the spend it s a controversial game, yes, it could have playoff implications rachel: you ll be in nashville? pete: we ll be home. rachel: i ll probably be watching the peakers too. [laughter] pete: sean duffy if will be watching on the other side of the equation. rachel: that s the only time he really insists on watching, if the packers are plague. pete: and they re playing the vikings. it s at lambeau field, he ll be into it. joey: we started the first hour with our new c
edition of hanty hanty. removed trump from the ballot in maine pending appeal. she doesn t like how he inflamed supporters january 2021. she is palling around with joe biden few months ago. political bias nothing to do with her decision. just so happens, she was one of the three biden electors in state of main in 2020. she rushes on to msnbc to brag. trump has five days to challenge this bizarre decision maine superior report. full reaction and analysis straight ahead. antoni blinken s trip. little more than a pleasant conversation, it was mexico making most of the demands several points of entry southern border. border not opened enough. meanwhile latest caravan 8,000 illegal immigrants marches north through mexico. overwhelmed with unprecedented. border patrol apprehending 22,000 illegal immigrants. massive numbers one of the nine sectors. mass catch and release. that is what it is continues largest scale ever seen. biden administration unwilling to force mexico to help u
rich: good evening, welcome to new york. i m rich edson in for bret baier. legal team is asking a federal appeals court to drop the election interference case, arguing that he is immune from prosecution. the fight of the senate will be one of the biggest stories of 2024. we will take a closer look. whatever happened to the nationwide protest over the death of george floyd in 2020? some protesters got a major payday. rich richer but, first, breaking tonight, hamas is reportedly rejected an egyptian led peace proposal that would have required the terrorist organization to cr cede power. pal citizennian parliament. knowingations at impasse. it will release more hostages if israel stops its attacks. benjamin netanyahu vowed sunday to keep fighting. all this as pope francis delivered his christmas message calling for peace in the world and calling for end to the gaza. trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. hey, trey. trey: rich, good evening. it s day 80 of the war between isra