bassem youssef. yes?! they laugh that s a great start. yes, it s very hard hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to welcome you to this show hardtalk. i m very, very pleased to be here. thank you so much for having me. i want to beginjust reflecting on the move you made from homeland, egypt, to the united states. about ten years ago, just less, you became a migrant. but i m just wondering about one particular aspect of the move your sense of humour. how easy is it for humour to cross borders? very difficult, very difficult. because it s notjust about the words, it s about the music and the rhythm and the cadence. when i started doing stand up comedy here, i sucked. i was so bad. because it s not aboutjust writing the jokes, it s about finding the same wavelength and the cadence and the rhythm that people receive, they re used to receiving. so, when i went out in comedy clubs, i m talking to people who are americans. they have different. it s different, so it s not about. you
because it s notjust about the words, it s about the music and the rhythm and the cadence. when i started doing stand up comedy here, i sucked. i was so bad. because it s not aboutjust writing thejokes, it s about finding the same wavelength and the cadence and the rhythm that people receive, they re used to receiving. so, when i went out in comedy clubs, i m talking to people who are americans. they have different. it s different. so it s not about. you have to be fluent, you have to be quick and also, you have to match that cadence that people are expecting to hear the words and the jokes in, and that takes time. you talk about learning the rhythms, the cadence, but also, the subject matter has got to change, because in egypt, you were the political satirist. on tv, social media, you had tens of millions of fans who loved the way you mocked those in power, but you couldn t bring that and do it in the united states. well, you come here, you have two choices. you either live
but i m just wondering about one particular aspect of the move your sense of humour. how easy is it for humour to cross borders? very difficult. because it s notjust about the words, it s about the music and the rhythm and the cadence. when i started doing stand up comedy here, i sucked. i was so bad. because it s not aboutjust writing thejokes, it s about finding the same wavelength and the cadence and the rhythm that people receive, they re used to receiving. so, when i went out in comedy clubs, i m talking to people who are americans. they have different. it s different. so it s not about. you have to be fluent, you have to be quick and also, you have to match that cadence that people are expecting to hear the words and the jokes in, and that takes time. you talk about learning the rhythms, the cadence, but also, the subject matter has got to change, because in egypt, you were the political satirist. on tv, social media, you had tens of millions of fans who loved the way
aspect of the move your sense of humour. how easy is it for humour to cross borders? very difficult. because it s notjust about the words, it s about the music and the rhythm and the cadence. when i started doing stand up comedy here, i sucked. i was so bad. because it s not aboutjust writing thejokes, it s about finding the same wavelength and the cadence and the rhythm that people receive, they re used to receiving. so, when i went out in comedy clubs, i m talking to people who are americans. they have different. it s different. so it s not about. you have to be fluent, you have to be quick and also, you have to match that cadence that people are expecting to hear the words and the jokes in, and that takes time. you talk about learning the rhythms, the cadence, but also, the subject matter has got to change, because in egypt, you were the political satirist. on tv, social media, you had tens of millions of fans who loved the way you mocked those in power, but you couldn t
haiku. next time. bret: thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. lawyers for former president donald trump seek a mistrial and a modification of the gag order imposed by the judge as stormy daniels finishes her testimony. congress faces a deadline to reauthorize the federal aviation administration, the faa, what this may mean if you are flying soon. and, the house considers censure for a squad member over her comments about jewish students. but, first, breaking tonight, we are covering two big stories regarding major decisions from president biden. israeli leaders say they will go it alone if necessary after the president threatens to halt some military aid if troops, israeli troops carry out major operations inside rafah. but we begin with reaction to the president s new rule to change the process for dealing with migrants seeking asylum along the southern border: critics saying it s a minor fix for a major problem. senior national correspondent rich edson has the stor