"THE DAILY SHOW". MY NAME IS JON STEWART.

I'M EXCITED WE HAVE GOOD SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY GUEST, "SELMA" DIRECTOR

AVA DUVERNAY, AND THIS MOVIE IS PHENOMENAL. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.

BUT FIRST, YOU KNOW -- I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE 2014 WAS NOT A

GREAT YEAR FOR PEOPLE. BUT I THINK THE HOPE WAS THAT

2015 WOULD BRING SORT OF A RESPITE FROM THE KINDS OF

TERRIBLE EVENTS THAT HAVE BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR US.

BUT, BUT -- OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE STAFF OF CHARLIE HEBDO AND

THEIR FAMILIES TONIGHT. I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE

GO INTO TO COMEDY, YOU KNOW, AS AN ACT OF COURAGE MAINLY BECAUSE

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT.

IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ACT OF COURAGE. IT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS

ESTABLISHED LAW. BUT THOSE GUYS AT HEBDO HAD IT,

AND THEY WERE KILLED FOR THEIR CARTOONS.

STARK REMINDER THAT FOR THE MOST PART THE LEGISLATORS AND

JOURNALISTS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT WE JAB AND RIDICULE

ARE NOT IN ANY WAY THE ENEMY.

FOR HOWEVER FRUSTRATING OR OUTRAGED THE BACK AND FORTH CAN

BECOME IT'S STILL A BACK AND FORTH A CONVERSATION AMONGST

THOSE ON LET'S CALL IT TEAM CIVILIZATION.

AND THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE ONLY CLARIFIES THAT REALITY.

BUT OF COURSE, OF COURSE OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS NOT TO MAKE

SENSE OF THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SENSE TO BE MADE OF THIS.

OUR GOAL AS IT IS ALWAYS IS TO KEEP GOING. KEEP CALM AND CARRY

ON OR WHATEVER VERSION OF THAT SAYING IS IN YOUR DORM ROOM.