ted rall, you had a personal connection to the people at "charlie hebdo." how did they see their work? what they were doing? >> well, they were very hard-hitting, aggressive group of cartoonists. i had the pleasure of meeting them at an annual cartoon convention in france, the biggest con fab of cartoonist and fans that takes place every year. they sought me out. we went out for drinks and dinner and it was very clear they were a very happy bunch of cartoonists. these were guys who weren't just trying to push the envelope they were encouraged by their editor to be as aggressive as possible. it's a being difference between the way things are done in the united states where often editors are trying to rein in the cartoonists. there they were encouraged to stretch and be as aggressive as possible. >> brown: tom toles, i want to put up a cartoon you did in response and was published in today's paper. tell us about as we look at that, what is the value of this kind of work as you see it? >> well, the attack was shocking and outrageous. it was a direct bloody, me

many victims were the magazine's cartoonists and cartoonist ted rall tweeted, we stand with charlie hebdogic day for free speech. all true heroes. cartoonist khalid al baih added, i wish we could have talked our differences out. you're also debating the role of islam in the attack. these terrorists are evil sick and an affront to islam. this tweeter tweeted, their violence needs to be exposed. another, this is not the time to talk about reforming muslim attitudes to blasphemy. seriously, what planet are we on? they say making fun of any religion and murdering in the name of religion are uncivilized. sadly, one user made this prediction, the lives of muslims just got a whole lot worse thanks to these dimwits, achieving nothing more than fear and hatred toward muslims. another noted an up tick in anti-muslim sentiment. just seen my first post relating to charlie hebdo. yes, let's ban stuff in response to an attack on freedoms freedoms, #idiots. most are defending freedom of speech. to combat this attack you're also asking all newspapers to publish charlie hebdo cartoons tomorrow with people