leonardo da vinci was the natural son of piero da vinci and a handsome peasant girl named caterina. leonardo's character as a man suggests that he had a happy childhood. throughout his life, he was sensitive, generous, and gentle. the story is told of him buying up little songbirds in the marketplace of florence so that he could free them from their cages. he was a vegetarian because the slaughter of animals disgusted him. once passing a butcher shop hung with carcasses, he called out, "truly man is king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. we live by the death of others. we are burial places." we know that leonardo was strikingly handsome and possessed of great physical strength. his disposition towards others was modest his manner cheerful. the painter biographer vasari writes of him, "leonardo was in all things so highly favored by nature that everything he did bore an impression of harmony, truthfulness and grace. no other man could ever equal him." but for all these seemingly sociable qualities leonardo was an enigmatic and solitary person. "when you're all alone," he wr

leonardo da vinci was the natural son of piero da vinci and a handsome peasant girl named caterina. leonardo's character as a man suggests that he had a happy childhood. throughout his life, he was sensitive, generous, and gentle. the story is told of him buying up little songbirds in the marketplace of florence so that he could free them from their cages. he was a vegetarian because the slaughter of animals disgusted him. once passing a butcher shop hung with carcasses, he called out, "truly man is king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. we live by the death of others. we are burial places." we know that leonardo was strikingly handsome and possessed of great physical strength. his disposition towards others was modest, his manner cheerful. the painter biographer vasari writes of him, "leonardo was in all things so highly favored by nature that everything he did bore an impression of harmony, truthfulness, and grace. no other man could ever equal him." but for all these seemingly sociable qualities, leonardo was an enigmatic and solitary person. "when you're all alone," he

>> caller: i like da vinci and at the bottom of the list i would like to talk to hitler. >> guest: i would love to talk to leonardoout one thing that is still a mystery to me. he was the total genius but so much that he didn't complete. paintings he didn't complete, designs for engineering that were never done. is it because he had a passion for perfection? is it because he was distracted? is it because he didn't focus and tried to do so much or because once he had broken the code on something he didn't feel he needed to put the finishing touches on it? that is what i am working on as i read his notebook trying to get that question. like the tie talk to louis armstrong i know everything about you, everything you did every day but i don't know whether you were happy, i don't know why you were smiling, i don't know what you felt about white people whatever. sometimes -- i had that wonderful fortune to be able to do that with steve jobs and every now and then, a person who is a live like henry kissinger or steve jobs or -- when you get to talk to somebody and say i know everything about you but this is still a myster

da vinci. at the bottom of the list i would like to talk to hitler. >> host: thank you man. >> guest: i would love to talk to leonardot one thing that is still a mystery to me is that he was a total genius. there is so much that he didn't complete. at&t didn't complete, design for engineering that were never done. is it because he has a passion for perfection? is it because he didn't focus and try to do so much arisen because once he had broken the code on some team, he didn't deal he needed to put the finishing touches on a quiet that is what i am working on as i read his notebooks trying to get that question. likewise if i talk to louis armstrong, who would be okay i know everything about you. everything you did every day, but i don't know whether you're happy. i don't know what you felt about white people or whatever. i had the wonderful fortune to be able to do that with steve jobs. every now and then i would do a person who is alive like a kissinger or steve jobs. every now and then i will do a franklin or an einstein. when you get to talk to somebody, you say i know everything about you but this is still a myst

. >> glor: you can be the leonardo da vinci of the selfie and all your self portraits could be masterpiecesber of museums are banning selfie sticks in order to protect priceless art and treasured artifacts. here is don dahler. >> reporter: selfie sticks hold a camera or smart phone further than at arm's length away for that perfect picture of family and friends, pic and/or self they have been around since 2005, but in the past year, they have become nearly ubiquitous.ri the selfie taker in chief goofed around with one for his latest obamacare push. laura rodriguez used a selfie stick during a recent visit to the natural museum of historyns where they are permitted. >> you can take good pictures ofer the things that are inside. >> self portraits are a cherished art form practiced byic the likes of van gogh and picasso, but a growing number ofud museums, including the metropolitan museum of art in new york city don't see selfie sticks as objects of beauty. >> he is chief officer. >> the concern is that the c selfie sticks can do damage to our art, to our visitors, and the selfie stick users t

michelangelo leonardo da vinci or dora. >> reporter: the sculpt tours bear the marks of someone who has great detail. >> if we look here there's little inpouching of the um bill eye cuss. most of his bellybuttons are seen with a little hood over the top. >> reporter: the bellybutton screams mike langchelangelomichelangelo. >> the belly button screams michelangelo michelangelo. >> it always does. >> next hour rosie's gone. >> can you bear it? the bed reacts to your body. it hugs you. it's really cool to the touch. this zips off so i can wash it-yes, please. (vo) visit your local retailer and feel the tempur-pedic difference for yourself. >>> our thanks for being with us. you're watching cnn. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. coming up this hour as the crisis in ukraine escalates, washington considers sending in weapons. >>> the u.s. measles outbreak and the vaccine controversy. politicians weighing in on both sides. >>> another major storm slams the united states. we'll look a those areas feeling the impact. >>> but we begin this hour with br

as far back as leonardo da vinci, people had the idea that gee, if we could only attack from under water what a good thing that would be. the technology isn't there in the 19th century either, and the u.s. navy and the confederate navy and a couple other navies around -- drown a number of crews trying to prove that submarines can work. but by world war i, they can work. this is a picture of the sinking of lusitania, and the "new york times" article and the other picture, the one right here, of course, is a woman drowning holding her baby in her arms and sinking in the water as the result of this horrific attack on the lusitania. what's happened here is the stalemate on the western front in world war i, and the very successful british blockade of the continent during that war, has pushed the germans into something called unrestricted submarine warfare. before that restricted submarine warfare the submarine -- meant to be submarine surfaced, sent a boat to its target, inspected their cargo, inspected their manifest, and if they determined it was carrying contraband pulled off to sink it bu

. >> all that -- >> in italy they say they have seized a painting in tribute to leonardo da vinci. >> -- all and that matters -- >> this is actually my last appearance. >> you're feeling ill? >> i doubt i'll have anything to plug before you're off the air. >> so this is it. >>> kenny g. helped create the frappuccino and that, by the way, was voted the world's whitest sentence. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by c >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. jeff glor is with us. we're learning new information this morning about the failed attempt to rescue american hostage kayla mueller. the white house confirmed her death yesterday. she is the fourth american to die in the hands of the extremist group. >> this morning family and friends remember the 26-year-old as strong, caring and compassionate. major garrett is at the white house where mueller's death is intensifying the debate on how to handle isis. major, good morning to you. >> good morning. the story is one that the country is just now coming to fully appreci

. >> all that -- >> in italy, police say they've seize add painting attributed to leonardo da vinci. >> and all that matters -- >> this actually is my last appearance with you. >> are you not feeling well? >> i doubt i'll have anything to plug before you're off the air again. >> oh, that's touching. >> yes. so this is it. >> on cbs "this morning." >>> starbucks confirmed saxophone star kenny g helped create the frappuccino. and that by the way, was just voted the world's whitest sentence. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to cbs news. norah o'donnell is off. jeff glor with us. >>> learning new information about a failed attempt to rescue isis hostage kayla mueller. the white house confirmed the arizona woman's death yesterday. she is the fourth american to die in the hands of the extremist group. >>> this morning family and friends remember the 26-year-old as strong, caring and compassionate. major garrett is at the white house where mueller's death is intensifying the debate on how to handle isis. major, good