cartooning in this country. tom, i want you to look at it. that's how you draw an elephant. ok. [applause] david: just a few words what i'm doing here. i am a new yorker cartoonist doing political cartoons for the new yorker is a tricky business because the sort of limitations that come down from up above are we can't advocate directly for anything. we can't point fingers at any particular politician or policy. basically we just sort of go like this to the reader and say isn't that all ridiculous. also, part of those rules are we are not -- unlike the covers, no caricatures in new yorker cartoons and no text to explain anything. so i developed some strategies to deal with that. one is that i use the archetypes of new yorker cartoons to kind of funnel my point of view. one of them, for example, is the figure of the king that i use to represent government itself or a particular politician and i've chosen one to show you tonight. it's one i did right after the 2012 election when there was a lot of chatter about wha

draw cartoons. this was back when the women's movement was just getting started. i was thinking, maybe women could dry few of those cartoons. if you could leave these ideas at the door and just run these -- they draw these cartoons for you. it has been a privilege to do it. when i got started in my first full-time job, which is defined as having health benefits, there were about five other women cartoonists in full-time jobs. today, there is no one, actually, in a full-time, paid position -- no women. there are many fewer men. so yeah, when women's issues come up, i want to draw about them, definitely. but it is not the thing i draw about most. i consider myself a generalist, so i don't draw exclusively about gender. and at the same time, i feel it is something that i am constantly aware of, and possibly more aware of than some people who have been in the field. there are many male feminist cartoonists out there. but i think just through life experience, there are some perspectives that you bring to

those cartoons and you have to support the reprinting of those cartoons.and my answer to that is this. the history of political cartooning contains many, many very shameful, shameful chapters. and no, i don't support with a broad brush every single thing that is transpired under the rubric of political cartooning. just the two obvious examples is there have been viciously anti-semitic cartoons drawn that had real consequences, some extravagantly racist cartoons that had real consequences, back once is -- consequences for will people in the real world. who and i can't just say anything goes. and i support anything that any cartoonist does. i support the right to do it, but honest to god, i mean, there are things i wouldn't do and i'm upset when some cartoonists have done things that i think were showing very bad judgment spent i think you state the dilemma we all struggle with really, really well. >> the are two separate moral questions. there's the question of free speech which is actually, very simple and straightforward obviously. we should all be free t

it takes a look at the magazine's cartoon department. "guardian" called it insightful and very funny. here's the trailer for "very semi-serious." >> the "new yorker" isn't the bedrock, it's the evert. >> people want the truth. this is a grain of truth. >> i've opened this up. all you have to do is call and say you want to see my cartoon. >> how are you? fine. i think his brain works in a different way. you see connections other people don't see. >> a lot of the jokes you get in are sort of lampooning the sort of person who reads the "new yorker." it's a society that takes itself very seriously so it's begging nofor it. >> i like the idea but not this idea particularly. >> when you see it, it's wow -- >> rose: joining me is director and roader leah wolchok along with the stars of the documentary, new york cartoon editor bob mankoff, "new yorker" editor david remnick and "new yorker" cartoonist emily flake. pleased to have them here. do you like the movie? >> i love it! leah did a fantastic job. she started showing up at our office with fu

thought.bad >> are cartoons changing? >> i think they're definitely changing when you have new generations of people. that's what david is. evolves, cartoons can't be all things to all people at all times, but what we want is for them to be more things to more people at more times. >> as you went looking for your humor, only at the friar's clob, you'd get a certain kind of joke. >> that's right. >> but as saturday night live is discovered, when they went they gotore widely, different kinds of jokes, different kinds of voices, and that comes with all kinds of aspects of humanity, whether it's youth or where people are rest.nd all the >> thank you all. congratulations! >> thank you. thank you. >> back in a moment. ♪ >> born and raised during a turbulent period in korea's naples has emerged as one of the leading artists of her generation. she walks across a wide -- she variety ofs a wide mediums and never won to shy big philosophical questions, her work can be perplexing, groundbreaking and beautiful. [speaking foreign langu

>> cartoonists and the people who read the cartoons.at is what i ended up making a film about is the way we use humor to cope. why do you become a cartoon it -- well, he talks about that. why do you, cartoonist question markets because you see the world differently. we'll maybe the world has treated you a little bit differently. >> i would have teased me too, if i had been in a position to do such a thing. i think getting teased as a kid is almost a prerequisite for becoming a cartoonist. you have to look at the world a little bit differently, and there is no reason to do it unless you are forced to. you need that struggle. charlie: there is the story of you, leah, you are right out of film school. you want to make a film. to go to the funding you went to, the confidence you must have had to do this. other people get out of film school and get a job to learn the craft. leah: i had a job. when you are an independent filmmaker, you are doing so many things and pursuing your passion project. >> did you go to hbo first? leah: of course i tr

he was the editor when it published those cartoons of the prophet. he was nominated for this year's nobel peace prize. good to see you. thank you for on being with us. it's a remarkable book not just of your story and the story of the cartoons and the protests, but you went broader and spoke to other people who have been victimised by those who don't share your view on free speech. one person you mentioned was salmon rushti. you left me with the impression that limiting speech in any fashion sends you down a slippery slope. once you've decided that you are not absolutely free to say what you want to say, then it's just a matter of how unfree you are, but you referred to the united states len ideal. almost a gold standard >>> i'm more critical these days of the united states. we do in europe as well. of course i don't believe in unlimited free speech. i think that incitement of violence, people should not say to go out and kill muslims or people with red hair or whatever it is. i'm in favor of a few other limitations. i think the trend now is that peo

take a look at the cartoon. cruz is depicted as an organ grinder dressed as santa, and his daughters as dancing monkeys. cruz saying yesterday "don't mess with my kids, don't mess with anybody's kids." abc's jonathan karl reports. >> please read this one, daddy. >> reporter: in an "snl" style parody produced by his campaign, senator ted cruz reads conservative christmas stories with his family. his young daughters, catherine and caroline, join in. >> the whole family will enjoying reading stories like "the grinch who lost her e-mails." >> i know just what i'll do, she said with a snicker, i will use my own server and no one will be the wiser. >> reporter: the ad prompted "the washington post" to run a political cartoon depicting cruz's daughters as trained monkeys. >> not much ticks me off. but making fun of my girls, that will do it. it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: cruz and his gop challengers agree on this one. >> this is off-limits, and ted cruz wa

he failed to look at the cartoon in advance. the paper had no comment, but the texas senator had plenty to say today. >> when i saw the cartoon. not much ticks me off. making fun of my girls will do it don't mess with my kids, don't miss with marco's kids, don't mess with hillary's kids. >> cruz's gop rivals quickly weighed in, calling the cartoon disgusting and donald trump saying it was nasty. what if it had been president obama's daughters? when sashia and malia were criticized last year's turkey pardon for their dress, she lost her job. during the monica lewinsky uproar, "people" magazine was criticized for publishing a cover story on chelsea clinton. despite a personal appeal from bill and hillary clinton. media outrage, even as their dad sent out a $1 million fundraising appeal accusing the liberal media of trying to destroy him and his family. >> portraying children as animals is over the line. shannon? >> but howard, have there been a formal apology and an i'm sorry from the "washington post"? >> no and i've lenard the p

i wonder, there's something particular about "new yorker" cartoons that make them "new yorker" cartoonscan you kricrystal size that? what makes its a "new yorker" cartoon? >> when a new cartoonist comes in and sees me i say "don't try to do cartoons for the "new yorker," try to do the cartoons you like, hope we like them and hope the readers like them." so there's know focus grouping of it. it's cartoonists doing what they want and we're trying to select the best they do. so i think it's really unusual in our society where everything is focus group and there's an awful lot of overthinking of things. we like to have the cartoonist do the thinking and be funny at the same time. >> we saw in paris with the attacks on "charlie hebdo" that cartoons can be in the center of the political conversation. even violence in that case. the "new yorker," you watch it through tragedies like 9/11 and the attacks in paris and often those cartoons often comment on the time. how do you manage that balance of handling tragedy with humor? >> i think you wait a bit, for one thing. you know, there is something

communication, and political cartoons. how do political cartoons make a difference?n probably agree that a picture is worth a thousand words and that the pen is mightier than the sword. political cartoons, by articulating a memorable visual image with scant or zero words, powerfully advance the argument of others and advance conversations. as far back as 1754, ben franklin published his timeless political cartoon, join or die. snake cutoodcut of a into segments, representing the divided colonies. franklin's metaphor became a rallying point for unity, initially during the french and indian war, and then during the american revolution. take's cartoonists can ofantage of a variety portals. but freedom of expression must never be taken for granted. we recall the 12 people, including four prominent cartoonists, were murdered in the offices of the paris satirical weekly, "charlie hebdo." as retribution for published images of a religious figure. we wonder, are cartoon artists intimidated or energized by such violent responses? tonight's program involves discussions of the

>> he uses his kids in an ad and the newspaper makes a cartoon about using the kids in their cartoont goes back and uses the kid and the cartoon to start an e-mail campaign. they just wanted a bedtime story. >> they wanted an abuela. >> joanne, you were just a teen. do you remember that? >> no, i don't. it sounds thrilling. >> you did something. you definitely did something there. i don't like children. >> i do have to say, the kids are -- if you are going to use them in your ad, ted cruz, you have to recognize the fact that they are vulnerable now to criticism. but what i think happened was the little girl, the oldest daughter was, dad, i want to be an actress. okay, honey, here is your first shot. you get to have a line in my ad. and oh no, that line was about hillary clinton's server. and then immediately it is someone who is criticizing hillary, evil, evil, it is a small child. fair game. but let's do this cartoon. it was a bad idea. i am all for child actors, but not making fun of them. >> joe, hillary had a kid of her own, and they laid off that kid. i mean, you couldn't touch

he has his own cartoon targeting a political rival. garrett tenney is live. >> he is certainly not happy with the washington post. this is the editorial cartoon that has drawn so much criticism. the animation depicts his 5 and 7-year-old daughters as monkeys, cruz turning the crank to make them dance. he criticized the paper for going after his children. >> not much particulars me off, but making fun of my girls that will do it. don't hit little girls. it is not complicated don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. dual mess with my kids, don't mess with marco's kids or hillary's kids. leave kids alone. >> traditionally the children of politicians are off limits for the media. while the "washington post" pulled the coartoon at the web site the cartoonist behind the animation is defending it said ted cruz has put his children in a political ad. don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists reference them as well. he says the cruz family reading mocked christmas stories. for his part the texas senator tweeted out his

(gfx) on twitter, marco rubio called the cartoon "disgusting." both donald trump and jeb bush defended (sot trump) it's one thing to talk about your children, but it's another the way they were depicted. (sot bush) this is absolutely off limits. and ted cruz is right to be outraged the washington post took down the controversial cartoon-- (gfx) saying it is the post's policy "to leave the children out of it"-- but not before cruz forwarded the offending graphic to supporters in a fundraising appeal: (gfx) saying it "shows exactly how desperate the liberal media is to attack and destroy me (and my family)" ==baz on cam tag== the presidential candidates are taking a break from the campaign trail for the christmas holiday, but donald trump is not taking a break from twitter-- going after hillary clinton in a series of tweets. " nikki: there are 16 people running for president with names that, by now, you've probably heard. they're spending lots of time in iowa in the run- up to the caucuses. but there are also a whole bunch more who are just trying

"the post" eventually took the cruz cartoon down. the editorial page editor explaining, "post policy is usually to leave the children out of it," acknowledging they should have done that this time. cruz is now using the cartoon to raise money. "i'm sickened," he writes to supporters. "this shows you exactly how family." cruz has always offered up his own political cartoon, featuring what he calls hillary clinton and her lapdogs, "the washington post" and "the new york times." >> and jon karl is with us now. there's news tonight about donald trump. he made what many consider to be a crude comment about hillary clinton. clinton telling "the des moines register" that trump has a, quote, penchant for sexism, but now trump is responding and tweeting? >> reporter: that's right. and this may not surprise you, tom. but he is not backing down. in a tweet directed directly at hillary, he tweets, "hillary, when you complain about a penchant for sexism, who are you referring to? i have great respect for women," and then he adds, tom, in all caps

did a political cartoon go too far? why one presidential candidate is saying the washington post - has sunk to a new low. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live of intentionally driving her car - with her child inside - through crowds of pedestrians on the strip - was in court today. lakeisha holloway has been arraigned on murder, hit-and- run and child abuse charges. she stood in shackles - and didn't enter a plea during her brief court appearance. she barely spoke and nodded to acknowledge that she understood she'll remain in jail through the holidays while investigate the crash. it happened sinday night - killing a woman and injuring dozens of people. the d-a says additional charges are likely - depending on results of drug and alcohol tests and the police investigation. "a blood draw was taken and its submitted to a lab, normally it takes weeks to get results and in some cases we have to ask for expidited results but we don't have the blood tests result

senator marco rubio said the cartoon was disgusting.te last night, the cruz campaign was asking for emergency contributions. the subject line read, they attacked my children. >>> millions of people saw a mysterious light in the night sky streaking over three southwestern states. no, it wasn't santa and his reindeer and it wasn't a ufo either. u.s. military insists the fireball was the remnants of a russian rocket burning up. anna werner reports. and no, it wasn't a meteor. but it could be seen for hundreds of miles and appeared alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> what is that? >> yeah, just all over facebook, really wondered what it is. >> reporter: local news stations were baffled. >> we have been getting all comes of phone calls. >> we are hearing reports of a bright fireball. >> reporter: what is it? witnesses offered a variety of theories. >> is that a really long shooting star? >> might be a meteor. >> is it santa claus? >> reporter: others just watched in amazement. >> wow. >> reporter: according to u.s. strategic comm

i don't know the cartoon iftd. ist. i don't know her so i would be loathe to call her a racist without knowing her. gregg: she may not have thought it in that way. but fit had been sasha and mamaa maleia, obama's daughter it would have been. >> there would be firings going on right now. there shouldn't be double standards in politics. it shouldn't be okay to attack republican politicians' children brand-new not democrats' children. but unless ted cruz's kids are avid readers of the "post" opinion section and would have been affected by it. gregg: you say he is also using the original cartoon to solicit money to contribute money from contributors. a fundraising effort. does he open himself you have to criticism as a hypocrite? the media can't use this against him, but i can use it for myself to make money? >> that's why i think it's a lot of political theater. ted cruz may not be as outraged as he's suggesting. i think if you were outraged you have would let it go. you wouldn't use it as a way to make money. i think we a

contracts and cruz has also offered up his own political cartoon. featuring what he calls hillary clinton and her lapdogs "the washington post" and "new york times." >> jon, there's news tonight about donald trump. he made what many consider to be a crude comment about hillary clinton. clinton telng "the des moines register" that trump has a, quote, penchant for sexism, but tweeting? >> reporter: that's right. tom. but he is not backing down. in a tweet directed directly at hillary, he tweets, "hilry, when you cplain about a penchant for sexism, who are you referring to? have great respect for men, caps, "be careful." he's not done yet. >> a serious warning. jon, thank you so much. >>> to a somber homecoming toninight for six american troops killed inn afghantan. the dignified transfer in new castle, delaware, flag-drad coffins returning to their families. the airmen, five men and a women killed by a suicide bomber near bagram air base on monday. the deadliest attack on american troops since 2012. >>> overseas tonight, also, to iraq, and the war aga

>> but did a cartoon parody cross the line? >> all of us learned in kindergarten, don't hit little girls. >> and bigger, brighter, louder-- it's christmas to the extreme. >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm norah o'donnell. at least 10 tornadoes have been reported as severe storms threatening nearly a third of the country. >> this was the frightening scene as a large tornado plowed through clarksdale, mississippi. it appeared to be on the ground for about 10 minutes. the twister blew a tractor- trailer off the road, and damaged homes. tornado watches and warnings have been issued in at least 10 states. eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz is tracking the storm. eric? >> reporter: a very violent evening of storms and humid air mass. you see the storms racing off to the north and east. that storm motion at 60 miles per hour at times. they are moving very fast. several tornadoes spread out, some all the way up into illinois, eastern parts of iowa, indiana, including the town o

>> i think it is a political cartoon. >> okay. so editorial political cartoon, juan. what was the point they were trying to make? >> they were trying to make a point about ted cruz using his family as props in terms of raising money. guess what? that's exactly what he did afterwards. >> okay. so other candidates telling you to use their children. >> it's going to come out. i think people don't make fun of hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> let the record note that the liberals think it is okay to use the children in a political cartoon. we'll leave it at that. >> wait a minute. what about hillary clinton's granddaughter? i think some people think that very convenient before the election. >> it's the daughter that happens to be an adult now. coming up, if you're politically correct, eat somewhere else. a restaurant chain is spreading holiday cheer by warning customers to lighten up. is this something for all of us to chew on in the new year? we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and t

the paper later took down the cartoon, saying its policy is to leave children out of it. ""don't mess with our kids. don't mess with my kids. don't mess with marco's kids. don't mess with hillary's kids. don't mess with anybody's kids." " cruz later used the cartoon to appeal to donors, saying, in his words, my daughters are not fair game. an iowa city woman received a unique early christmas present from her kidney. the gift wasn't cessarily planned f f city bureau chief mark carlson reports the time. soul mates from the beginning, we met the first day of freshman week a ast. olaf college he was still 17 and i was 18. " that was back in 1972. wayne and kristin thelanders married in 1976 and a short time later adopted two kids. these days wayne is the orchestra director at iowa city west high school, and kristin is a professor in the u-i school of music. for years kristin has battled polyscystic kidney disease -- which was getting worse with time and about to force her onto dialysis when the couple made a discovery. "kind of an ah-ha moment, we both said, oh you're a negat

senator marco rubio said the cartoon was disgusting. and by late last night, the cruz campaign sending out fund-raising e-mails asking for emergency contributions. the subject line read, they attacked my children. >>> millions of people saw a mysterious light in the night sky streaking over three southwestern states. no, it wasn't santa and his reindeer and it wasn't a ufo u.s. military insists the fireball was the remnants of a russian rocket burning up. anna werner reports. >> reporter: no, it wasn't a bird or plane. it wasn't superman or super girl. and no, it wasn't a meteor. but it could be seen for hundreds of miles and appeared alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> reporter: it was the midnight mystery keeping people awake in parts of california, arizona, and nevada last night. a blazing bright light streaking across the sky. >> it's all over facebook. really wondered what it is. >> reporter: local news stations were baffled. >> we have been getting all comes of phone calls. >> we are hea

about seeing a the cartoons that all? so not putting them in there we accept the argument beazer dangerous or destructive even though there are all kinds of arguments. that is my deepest concern. slow to get the story out there to understand more but yet you leave the story out and when my mother was alive -- and what we need is discussion. i tried not to go around to say it's but our understanding of international politics it is incomplete. so free speeches and complete. with that understanding me that i am so worried about offending somebody we do not get the story at all. >> is there over sensitivity ? or getting on the wrong side? >> there is also the intimidation factor. that was the nsa whistle-blower fairly dash up in the organization and decided to expose the wasteful spending on the unconstitutional promise one of the surveillance programs. them because the topic was too high. after tenures and bankrupting him when their work to block the churches and in debt was inflamed so you need to tell me all this family th

. >> and cartoon controversy. republican ted cruz and his kids portrayed in a political cartoon. the insulted candidate and how he's fighting back. it's thursday, christmas eve, december 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we do say good morning to everyone on this christmas eve. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. >> we begin with those deadly storms in the south. violent weather has cut a wide path of destruction from arkansas to mississippi up through central indiana killing at least seven people. >> there are 21 reports of tornadoes and twisters including this one. this is a monster you're looking at in holly springs, mississippi that killed at least two people including a 7-year-old boy. when the twister picked up and tossed the car that he was riding in with relatives. >>en an we're just now getting a look at the damage from another twist in como, mississippi. richard cantu starts off our coverage. >> ow, i this i that's a tornado blowing up. >> severe storms take aim at the south. >> monster tornado heading towards holly springs. >> people p

i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. thought an eception to the policy was warranted in this case, but i do not agree. so they pulled it. it's gone. >> yeah. our editorial page editor fred hyatt took it down from the website, posted that note that you read. i think, you know, he made a clear decision, explained it and i deferred him on that decision with respect to that cartoon, with respect to children more generally, like dana said, children don't ask to be a part of this process so in my view sometimes it can be very dicey, wolf, to get them involved in cartoons or coverage. i will say though that it would have been nice to see some more people on the right side of the political spectrum have the same view that cruz is expressing now with regard to the obama children and the first lady when there have been, you know, attacks on them, unwarranted attacks on them over the course of time. >> keep the kids out of it. jeffrey, i assume you agree as well, even if the parents decide to bring the kids up on the stage and show

ted cruz taking aim at a newspaper after his kids are used in a cartoon. the republican breaking his silence and donald trump weighing in. >>> a helicopter trying to land suddenly hurtling towards tourists, the dramatic crash caught on camera. >>> and christmas surprise, a happy holiday for a woman in tears, so what's the gift that got this reaction? >>> and we do say good morning to you on this christmas eve. we're going to get started with breaking news, those deadly storms slamming the south >> incredible. at least eight people are dead. nearly two dozen tornadoes cut a wide path of destruction across mississippi, tennessee and arkansas including this twister caught on camera in mississippi. >> it eventually crossed interstate 55 tossing a tractor trailer onto its side and reducing homes to rubble. we're t out of the woods yet. >> looking at the massive system on satellite still raking across a wide swath of the southeast. abc's kenneth moton leads us off with our coverage this morning. >> reporter: caught on camera overnight. >> oh, i think that's a to