the storm is down to constantinople was a magical and in the second half of the nineteenth century a completely modern city and sitting there not durham its rain was despite the oppression and autocracy put for the people of it is done though you can see that around that period our palace hotel sorry about hot stayed there a couple of times pleased as a new social class full and knew that. the. middle class dressed in suits and ties as a product of this maternity it comprised old those who were benefiting from the survival of the amateur that all. the europeans were also interested in the continued existence of the ottoman empire france and great britain in particular had invested in trade in railway companies and in mines a kind of central bank was established when the imperial ottoman bank was set up with french and british capital. a leading position that was further enhanced by the. generation system treaties dating from the sixteenth century that gave the europeans significant privileges such as the freedom to trade and tax exemptions in the ottoman empire. in the nineteenth cen

mathematician and y'all are discussing things and somebody coming from the arab world because constantinople fallen. >> does it start out as just a search? >> i think it is a search and something that we can all do. there is certain people who are born with amaziing talents like einstein. more leonar for leonardo, he was not able to go to the university and could not be a notary like his father so he had to be self-taught. every week he makes things in his notebook like why is the sky blue and why does water swirls when it falls into the pond. those are types of things if we push ourselves to be observant, we can be leaders as well. >> what happens if people who tend not to be leaders. >> the main thing of leonardo of being curious is he was open minded. so if he got new facts, how water bubbles up to the surface or how something would work, he would change his mind based on new facts. as a country, starting with, ben franklin, we were really good of that. we actually lost a little bit of talents now. he lived in florence, an incredibly tolerance city. he was very accepted. you had a backlas

troops north towards the center of the by slanting empire he was moving in on his new target constantinople the modern day istanbul. the decisive battle came in twelve hundred four on the bosporus the city's defenses were strong but couldn't hold out long against the invaders what happened next has been described as an orgy of violence and pillage christians butchered christians the crusaders had defeated their own brothers in the faith from now on though when it really was what it had always seen itself as a true city similar and the most venerable of cities it had been a great power now it was a world power. but the triumphant reception of the victorious dog and his navy was not to be now almost one hundred years old dandolo had written his holes too fast full and broken his hip shortly afterwards he died. at least the spoils of his war has arrived safely in venice the valuable art treasures plundered by the crusader knights can now be see here in the church of some one. first century soldiers were sent into the war on the corner opposite the dozers palace the locals call them the full th

wasted any lifelines on this because i'm fairly confident that the lighthouse in alexandria slash constantinopleexclude that. and this is what i thought it was all along, i think. so, i'm gonna go with b, iraq. final answer. >> took you a little bit, but you got there! you got there, audrey! $20,000! [cheers and applause] well done. well done. [horn blares] that sound means the time is up for today, but you're gonna come back and play more "millionaire" 'cause when we come back, next time, she's gonna try and get to that $50,000 threshold. thank you so much for watching today. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. [cheers and applause] closed captioning sponsored by: americans, 83% try to eat healthy, yet up to 90% fall short on getting key nutrients. let's do more. one-a-day men's. complete with key nutrients we may need, plus heart health support with b vitamins. one-a-day men's. only aleve can last 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. taken right before meals, from gas, with beano. it makes healthy gas causing foods easier to d

even people from the fall of the ottoman -- the fall of constantinople from the east bringing algebra was one of those things like the bay area of california 500 years later where a lot came together. charlie: what about [indiscernible] walter isaacson: his teacher. when leonardo is young, 12 years old, he gets apprenticed. was one of four or five studios in florence that were becoming very successful because everybody needed new palaces with madonnas and show they had good taste. --veracio was a part of that crowd that would turn it down. but leonardo changes the way they do things. he becomes a beautiful painter and poses for veracio. so we know what he looked like as a kid. charlie: can you say he was a late bloomer? walter isaacson: he stays as a timentice to veracio for a after his apartment -- apprenticeship should have ended. he is turning out some madonnas. would it we are not sure what -- we are not sure which ones are his. and if you want the baptism of great, one of veracio's paintings, and he does some of the main characters, but leonardo does the river flowing in and the

aspiring painter and fit into that tolerance, even people there the fall of the ottoman -- fall of constantinople coming from the east and bringing algebra, it was one of those moments like the bay area of california 500 years later where a lot came together. >> rose: who was baroccio? his teacher. when leonardo was young, maybe 12 years old, he gets apprenticed to baroccio's studio who was one of four or five sort of studios in florence that were becoming very successful because everyone needed to adorn their new balances with madonnas and showed they were faithful and had good taste, but baraccio was part of the crowd they would just turn it out. but leonardo, the 12 or 13-year-old comes and changes the way they do things, so he becomes a painter and poses for so they know what he looked like as a kid. >> rose: was he a late bloomer? >> he stays as an apprentice to baraccio for a long time. after his apprenticeship should have ended. he's turning out a few madonnas. we're not sure which ones are fully his or by other people in the studio, but you watch as he paints, for example, the baptism of

in other words, the day when islam conquered constantinople. back memories are going and uncovering a scab of a 400 years. could we have done something of the same? i'm afraid we could have. and the only thing that stood between that and living today as we do was the one word. am i exaggerating? no, i don't think i am. that one word that we could've spoken. and: you are answering asking your question, so i would just say here. [laughter] gary: i think you might be exaggerating a little bit you'd -- bit. but it is incredibly important and it would've been hard to pursue the country for spare -- that kind of warfare if he had said no. allen: let's put it this way, maybe it would not have been that bad. should we take a chance? gary: no. but you should give him credit for that. is this going to be a full biography? a you going to take them through all of the campaigns and mexico? allen: yes. gary: and washington college. allen: which i think are the five happiest years of his life. i think when he goes to lexington, first of all he leaves all of t

it had immigrants coming in from the fall of constantinople.and leonardo. it was tolerant of just forms of expression. this is why the renaissance is happening. there's a backlash for a while when they come in, starts burning books, called the bonfire of the vanities. general, there is a move to more inclusion and more tolerance which is why you get creative people. >> walter, thank you for being here. the book is "leonardo da vinci." great to have you here again. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. stephanie. >> thanks so much, joe. good morning. i'm stephanie ruhle with a lot to cover this morning, starting with after a day of backlash, the president calls the families of soldiers killed in action. now new controversy over what a congresswoman says the president told a grieving widow. >> he was almost like joking. she was in tears. and she said he didn't even remember his name! >> a rare bipartisan deal is struck to save a part of obamacare. >> chairman alexander and i were able to find common gr