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of french people say he best represents french history, ahead of king louis the 14th in charles de gaullertant figure in france, but also an object of fascination abroad, whether people who collect the memorabilia. it is very expensive to get anything napoleon touched. also people who participate in these historical reenactments. the legend of napoleon certainly lives on. >> [speaking in french] >> [speaking in french] anchor: before we get into the more controversial aspects of napoleon's legacy, napoleon bonaparte contributed massively to the modern french state. >> france owes a lot to him. the man who overthrew the republic and crowned himself emperor, a few of the things we owe to napoleon,he french baccalaureate, the end of your high school exam here, the central bank, the country's highest ability decarbonize -- civilian award, and the arc de triomphe. he was behind something that is a big, red book that is the basis of the french legal system , so a lot of french law is based on what was cold the napoleonic code -- called the napoleonic code. it had rolled back for rights of women

. >> when it was created in 1945 by charles de gaulle, the hall -- the whole purpose of it was to opencivil service. this was world war ii and france really needed to rebuild its civil service, parts of which had collaborated with the nazis. originally it to succeed in opening public administration to people of different backgrounds. in theory, the tough entrance exam is a mirror -- meritocratic exam, but richer candidates who have the right set of social skills have an edge over candidates from more modest backgrounds. that means over the years, the school's lack of diversity has worsened. only 1% of the last graduating class of 80 had a working class parent. critics say not only is it >> [speaking french]f touch. >> critics say it is a symbol of privilege in a society where social movement has broken down. >> the main topic people were talking about in france was social tensions in a perceived growing gap between the haves and have-nots. this was visible during the yellow vests protest movement, a movement sparked by yet he france's leaders are out of touch with ordinary french peopl

>> read the first part, to let's talk a bit more about the evaluation of -- the evaluation of de gaulle. rather fascinating. [inaudible] we have two rivals with all of the troops marching up and down and everything else. that is all repetitive and good, except to make one reel of the best of it. then a series of shots, a montage of the leaders as they stood on the platform. so you go one after another. that will be fascinating. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, governor, how are you? >> fine. >> here's the governor. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> that is very nice. >> yeah you get to do your own. >> we have done this before. >> glad to have a day in hawaii before moving on. >> i have to go to work tomorrow. but i want to get some of that tan that you've got. >> how are you? thank you. >> aloha, aloha. hello. >> i think we are going to have >> i think we are going to have to walk a very fine line in this briefing today, it's the first briefing with this group that is going to china with us. and because of the many sensitivities with that peoples republic of china, i think we want to give them

and de gaulle rather cynically said blood dries quickly.nd i think that's something we have to contend with and comprehend. will the blood of those who have sacrificed, all of the veterans who have been in afghanistan who have lost friends and lost limbs and all that they've given, will they forget this? will there be a sort of moral amnesia? i don't think so. i think anybody who's been there will not forget. but you get to be president, you have to decide. and i've been on both sides of this issue, having served in congress and saying here's my recommendation, mr. president, and then in a cabinet saying the president has to decide. congress doesn't really make the decision. the president makes it. he's made it. and we'll have to see how it unfolds. >> okay. so let me say this because i think there's no denying that getting more than 70,000 people evacuated in ten days, that is remarkable. it was a rough beginning, no doubt. you saw the pictures. what is your view of a successful threshold for these evacuations? and part 2 of that question,

hundreds of them waited outside charles de gaulle airport on sunday, hoping messi would arrive.well. sorry about that. more now on the un's assessment of climate change that portrays an overheating world slipping deeper into crisis. in three months' time, the cop26 summit will take place in glasgow — and is being touted as an opportity to turn promises into practice — with a focus on a target of 1.5 degrees. what is it, and why does it matter? our reality check correspondent chris morris explains. it was the last big international climate summit in paris in 2015, which produced a legally binding treaty with a clear goal, to limit global warning this century to well below 2 degrees and preferably to 1.5 celsius, compared to preindustrial levels. and it's important to stress that when we talk about 1.5 degrees of warming, we are talking about the increase in the average temperature across the whole planet. now, it doesn't sound like a lot, but some places have already seen much bigger increases than that, and as the earth warms up, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent