. >> that's the hat he wore in marie antoinette's court. >> stephen: is that obama crazy for a hat. > want to wear one if he sees this. >> stephen: i love this book because unlike a lot of authors who jam their book full of words like it's a contest or something. [laughter] you have so many beautiful illustrations in here. let's put up one of the next illustrations we have here? what is this? >> it's a bed. >> stephen: i love it. >> i love it. don't you love a bed. it's thomas jefferson's bed. >> stephen: that's tom jefferson's bed. >> oh, you call him tom. >> stephen: i do. we're friends. yeah. tom jefferson's bed. it's in the middle of a wall. >> he designed this place called monticello which everybody should go to tonight. >> stephen: after the rally. >> he designed this bed in an alcove one side was his room and one side was the bedroom. >> stephen: he decided literally which side of bed to get up on in the morning. this is the cherry pie on the red tray in the base cafeteria is a momentary bright spot. where were you when you painted this? >> i went to fort campbell kentucky. an

the sad lion is a memorial to over 700 swiss mercenaries who were killed, defending marie antoinette and louis xvi during the french revolution. the people of luzern take full advantage of their delightful river with a variety of cafes and restaurants along its banks. this evening, we're enjoying the setting as much as the food. i'm having the local pork. my producer, simon, is having eel, fresh from the river. with a picturesque setting like this, the dining experience makes for a wonderful memory. >>> hello, you're watching "newsline". health officials say they've confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm. they found the h5 strain of the flu in three birds. they conducted a genetic test after 29 birds were found dead on the farm. workers began counting chickens early tuesday morning.

. >> lee's comment on marie antoinette and her bread and cake comment, and her execution, please. >>don't think she actually said that, but it is too good not to use. [laughter] but i think she almost escaped the -- i referred to the bad press, the bad reputation she had. there was something called the diamond necklace affair. are you familiar with that? some bishop all of the three -- tiers of french economy were hierarchical with a very small, thin crust of wealthy and a mass underneath of impoverished individuals. and this bishop purchased a 130,000 lira necklace he thought the queen would like. she did not ask for it. she did not really have anything to do with it. he gave it to her. it was subsequently stolen and cut up and sold separately. but the poor queen had the reputation of ordering this and having this kind of extravagance surrounding her. so she was a nonentity. , she was a target for the impoverished underclasses. and i don't -- you know it is , somewhat beyond the scope of my conversation, but she was -- i think she might have been able to survive if one or two small

. -- marie antoinette. >> degrasse is often overlooked. degrasse was the one that put for the planned for yorktown. he was the one who suggested that he would go to the chesapeake rather than to new york. washington at the time was still planning new york to be -- the mother of all battles. clinton was expecting him to attack in new york. >> of the strategy was to seize yorktown rather than new york city. >> yes. -- was the military army tactician. but the point about degrasse was he took a huge risk. the british were taken by surprise at the chesapeake capes. they believe they would have a superior navy. and they had had bad intelligence initially about the size of the french fleet. but degrasse made it worse by not sending part of his fleet back to france to convoy the t rade of the french islands. and then not leaving any ships in the caribbean to protect the islands. he instead asks the spanish fleet to protect the french islands. he therefore took his whole fleet up the chesapeake cape. so the british were outnumbered to an extent the

she was like a marie antoinette. as cruel.cross so all of america knew of ietnam in this loose way like oh, yeah, we're helping these people, we're saving them from doing this d we're really good thing. suddenly a very ugly dark side to the regime that the americans were helping so -- well, one thing i didn't know was that she was not raised catholic. and, in fact, converted when she hnu.ied i ought thought being french, as she was -- french citizen, i'm sure that she feels a french citizen. >> her father was. naturally sort of converted to catholicism but they were buddhists. interesting because a lot of vietnamese families are the in many ways and religious divide is part of it. my father, for instance, was and my mom was raised buddhist. and there's a lot of family along that of split line. but to see her being so pro-catholic and supportive of a regime that cracked down on buddhism was a little bit someone in a way for who was raised buddhists. can you talk about the religious vietnam.s in >> a little bit. >> dur

she was like a marie antoinette and came across as cruel, and all of americans knew vietnam in this loose way, oh, yeah, we're helping these people, saving them from communism and doing this good thing, and here was suddenly a very ugly, dark side to the regime that the americans were helping. >> one thing i didn't know was that she actually was not raised catholic. and in fact converted when she married monin nhu. i always thought being french, as she was, a french citizen -- she was a french citizen -- >> her father was. >> that they naturally should have converting to catholicism but in fact they were buddhists and is interesting. a lot of vietnamese families are split and the religious divide is part of it. my father, for instance, was raised catholic, and my mom was raised buddhist, and there's a lot of family that is split along that line, but to see her being so procatholic and supportive of a regime that creaked down on buddhism was shocking for somebody that was raises buddhist. can you talk about the religious divisions in vietnam during that time? >> a little bit. yes, madame n

. >> marie antoinette but then eat cake but now she is the pop culture phenomenon.or his reelection? all these policies have been in place since 2008 if not before. now we are upset? it is of little bit too late. >> that they have come down today there was the obamacare poll so as we have to live with this people are more upset that now is the time we start to listen to them. >> we saw of the of voter turnout now people realize. charles: i put up some of these numbers i have seen the abuse of power with of the dinner republic. >> we are far more polite. but i am disappointed in voter turnout. and the fact is unless the politicians on either side of the aisle that you cannot actually go against your people. charles: thanks for watching this special edition. joy me every night 6:00 p.m. eastern. you don't want to miss a moment. keep there right here on fox business. lou: good evening. breaking news. president obama is a legal immigration fiat has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge in pennsylvania. the unilateral action effectively the bill -

i read that the original champagne glass was shaped after marie antoinette's breasts?ed 100 years before she was worn. it was created in england. created so there was more surface area. the ladies of the court did not like the bubbles. >> show us how we poor. thank you so much. thank you for debunking these myths on how we should properly be drinking bubbly. the dow is at 18000 and the u.s. economy grew at 5%. we would back with more, including stephanie ruhle's race with you same bold. -- the fastest man in the world. >> it is a historic day for the markets. the dow crossed 18,000 for the first time ever. stephanie ruhle is joining me. i know you have some fun facts. it has been 172 days since 17,000, that was july 3. it easier to hit the next milestone. this is only the fifth fastest time we've seen it go from one round number to the next round number. in terms of what has taken us ,here during that area of time these of the top five formers. whenever we hit -- performers. we always think about how important is this really? the kenseth seems to be among investors tha

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. >> marie antoinette. >> really.ere while i drink. >> yeah, your choice. it will be a nice aroma to the fixed nose. >> you were right, i thought that was going to blow the the back of my head off. >> it is light. >> it is not strong at all. >> good. >> as i said you you can add it to a barrel, self serve, when you are a host for a party, we don't want to be making any drinks. >> that is a a nice christmas present. >>> of course, he needs a barrel because one drink is not enough. we are having fun, hopefully i can convince him to come back here to the studio in just a bit. >>> how fast did you wrap your christmas presents under the tree? we bet not as fast as this guy? you have to see just how fast he can wrap, two presents. >>> plus we will continue our morning of great christmas music, with another performance, that and so much more, when good day returns. my favorite holiday memory is christmas at my grandmother's birthday so it is special when we can celebrate christmas. we have a big birthday celebration, and thi