the newly constituted louvre became napoleon's domain. he commissioned france's finest artists to glorify his deeds. the most celebrated was jacques louis david. disappointed with the aftermath of the revolution, david had sworn never to trust in men again-- only in ideas, yet he was fascinated by napoleon and quickly succumbed to his spell. when he first met the young general, he said, "oh, my friends "what a beautiful head he has. "it is pure. it is great. "it is as beautiful as the antique. yes. bonaparte is my hero." decades before the revolution the encyclopedist diderot had suggested the louvre be used for the public display of the royal collections. afterwards, in 1793, it opened as the museum central des arts. then came the brief but dazzling era of the musee napoleon filled with loot of his campaigns. here david presented his newly finished canvas, the sabine women. it tells of the reconciliation between warring tribes-- the romans and the sabines effected by a central allegorical female figure. art historian ewa burcharth explai

the building became known, not surprisingly, as the louvre colonnade.errault was determined that his columns should not be decorative elements, but as, he thought, in ancient greek architecture, the supports of the building-- strong structural supports. he introduced engineering of a very high order into his design. the columns are threaded through with bars of iron, which are linked to crossbars in the ceiling and anchored into the walls behind. here is the initial idea that led to the development of reinforced concrete in the 20th century. almost 100 years later, exactly these same ideas were taken up by another architect-- soufflot--when he was commissioned to build the grandest, the noblest church in all of europe-- sainte genevieve, called the pantheon today. actually, you can even see it from here. tradition and reason were also soufflot's concerns. he, too, used freestanding columns to mark out his space and also to do the actual work of supporting the vaults and dome. he wanted to combine the structural elegance of a greek temple with the lightn

it's not like seeing a leonardo or mona lisa, or you can go to the louvre and go see it.his will be gone in literally three hours. if i could, i would sledgehammer the wall just so i could keep it so we could donate it to a museum of modern not. >> you certainly have to move fast to see them. this is all that is left of his opening work, much to the disappointment of people who travel to see it. the second piece is almost recognizable because it is being tagged by other graffiti artists. but they survived in digital form on his website, along with a commentary that serves as a museum-style guide. >> before you, you will see a artist dan sky. the cityscape of manhattan may be his most epic and fitting canvas yet ge. a city thatcity is is always changing. he is a city that is always changing. perfect for new york. is one of the busiest avenues in one of the most heavily policed parts of manhattan in a city that never sleeps. so how does he get away with it? and can he keep doing so? for now, the city is getting a new tourist attraction everyday. and also a lot more graffiti

for example, these people at the louvre in paris could avoid this notorious line if they simply bought the city museum pass, which lets you go directly through the turnstile. you can also make reservations in places like rome's borghese gallery, to get directly into crowded sites, by phone or on the web. or you can arrange your schedule to avoid crowds altogether. the ancient pantheon is mobbed through the day, but literally all yours early or late. travel is fraught with cultural differences. celebrate them -- it's fun. that's why we're here. buon giorno. buon giorno. your birthday date, please. steves: on forms, fill in the date european style -- day, month, year. here is your key, second floor. grazie. prego. and over here, the ground floor is the ground floor. so, what europeans call the first floor is the american second floor, and their second floor is what we'd call the third. by the way, cute little european hotels -- often without elevators. in order to travel well, you need to be engaged. weights and other measurements throughout europe use the metric system -- give it a try.

why aren't we bombing the louvre? i don't understand. (laughter) you're a national security correspondent. does this make your job harder, all these n.s.a. snowden leaks? are people less likely to talk now? >> there has been a succession of leak prosecutions and trying to clamp down on the information reporters get. so over the course of a year, year and a half, it's been harder for national security reporters to do their jobs because of this climate of investigation. >> when you call people up for sources on a national security story do they say "no, mark mazzetti, i'm not interesting in talking to you, i love my country!" click. >> stephen: there is some of that. you have these very strange conversations where people say "whoever's listening to this call let it be known i'm not revealing classified information. >> stephen: whoever's watching this show i'm not revealing classified information. mark mazzetti, thank you so much. "the way of the knife. thank you so much." (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody, thanks s

the louvre, right over there behind ya. and fresh baguettes all around. - gary: ah, i can smell them, mingey. at least i got to see paris before i-- - minge: gary? gary, say something. - [farts] - minge: you killed him, ya bastards! he didn't even want any part in this! this is all your fault, you stupid cow! you never gave your ol' gary the time of day and now he's gone! life ain't worth livin' anymore! what's the use? i'm comin' to see ya, gary! i'm comin' to see ya! - no! don't! - [pistol fires] - [police siren wails] - oprah's going to be okay. wish i could say the same for her vagina and asshole. - that's a great idea you had to sneak the hostages inside the bank. - yeah, it sure was. - we're sorry we tried to burn you and murder you before. - oh, that's okay. this whole thing was my fault. i learned that i shouldn't get high to come up with ideas. i should come up with ideas and then get high, to reward myself. you said it. -- >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jo

it's not like seeing a leonardo or mona lisa, or you can go to the louvre and go see it. this will be gone in literally three hours. if i could, i would sledgehammer the wall just so i could keep it so we could donate it to a museum of modern not. >> you certainly have to move fast to see them. this is all that is left of his opening work, much to the disappointment of people who travel to see it. the second piece is almost recognizable because it is being tagged by other graffiti artists. but they survived in digital form on his website, along with a commentary that serves as a museum-style guide. >> before you, you will see a artist dan sky. the cityscape of manhattan may be his most epic and fitting canvas yet ge. a city thatcity is is always changing. he is a city that is always changing. perfect for new york. is one of the busiest avenues in one of the most heavily policed parts of manhattan in a city that never sleeps. so how does he get away with it? and can he keep doing so? for now, the city is getting a new tourist attraction everyday. and also a lot more graffi

the louvre, the pompidou, the music your say, this is the biggest stage on the paris art scene today, and they are queuing quite literally around the block. but after today, it will be demolished along with its art. there are no complaints, only a few bird impatience to see it before the bulldozers move in. >> i came here today to check it out. people arrived very early and the queue was very long. there was no chance i would make it, but i started to come at 5:30 a.m. >> it is a condemned nine story block of council flats on the send known as tower 13. ago for ann months exhibition for artists from 18 countries. they were given several months to decorate the empty apartment block inside and out. there has been no conventional advertising. word has spread mostly for -- through conventional media. and for safety reasons, only a limited number are allowed through it at any one time. >> you can go through the work of art. you're not just to see if from a distance. you get inside it, go into the artist skin, see from one world to another. the artist began work inside the building in march

the louvre, the pompidou, the music your say, this is the biggest stage on the paris art scene today, and they are queuing quite literally around the block. but after today, it will be demolished along with its art. there are no complaints, only a few bird impatience to see it before the bulldozers move in. >> i came here today to check it out. people arrived very early and the queue was very long. there was no chance i would make it, but i started to come at 5:30 a.m. >> it is a condemned nine story block of council flats on the send known as tower 13. ago for ann months exhibition for artists from 18 countries. they were given several months to decorate the empty apartment block inside and out. there has been no conventional advertising. word has spread mostly for -- through conventional media. and for safety reasons, only a limited number are allowed through it at any one time. >> you can go through the work of art. you're not just to see if from a distance. you get inside it, go into the artist skin, see from one world to another. the artist began work inside the building in march

the work of leonardo da vinci and may be the painting version of a da vinci sketch on view at the louvrein paris. some question the authenticity and say more testing is needed. >> the boon fiest took off this morning with more than 500 balloons in the sky. balloonists from the niewts yoouts and 18 other countries are taking part in the nine-day event. coming up, cycling on the recover. the unusual new kind of commute. millions of americans, biking to work can be a cheaper option and a chance to work out. unless there's a body of water in the way. but one man says he has an answer that doesn't involve bridges or tunnels. don dahler reports. >> reporter: last month, judah schiller became the first person to cross the san francisco bay on a bicycle. >> nobody had ever rode a bike from oak 32nd san francisco simply because there was no bike line on the new bay bridge and there won't be one for another 10 years and half a billion dollars. >> reporter: he converted his road bike into a water bike by attaching specially made pontoons. schiller's pedaling the idea that bikes don't have to have l

. >> we are at the louvre henry hoover house on the campus of stanford university. it's significant because this was the primary residence of the hoover's and it's significant as it relates to lead hoover because she was the one who designed it. she had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look even though she was not an architect. we are lucky to have a lot of the original documents and correspondence relating to the design and construction of how she wanted the house to look. lou henry's interest came from her travel pueblo architecture and her travels in north africa when she traveled with herbert hoover. it's a great legacy of lou henry's because she designed the house and she created it. it was inspired by her ideas and she had very close involvement in all aspects of the houses creation. >> niagara is a reconstruction of a ship built in 1812 actually the winter of 1813 for the battle of late gary and it was built to contest control of the lake with the rest of the squadron and ships that were built here. the ship incorporates timbres f

. >> barney smith as the louvre of toilet art. >> there that would be a cruel thing to go see is toilets, because i am a plumber. >> ahead on "sunday morning", the head as art. >> charles: steve takes us to a collection agency like none other. beats us to a corn maze. pay a visit. and first the headlines for sunday morning, the 6th of october, 2013. american commandos carried out raids on two african countries, tripoli u.s. forces seized. and militants who have been on the fbi's list for the bombing of the kenya embassy in tanzania, and navy seals raided a somali town searching for a leader of the al-shabaab linkedÑi to last month's attack on a kenya shopping mall. reporters in bali a reminder that terrorists can run, but tay can't hide. it's day six of the government shutdown. the pentagon has over 400,000 furloughed workers back to work. defense secretary, chuck hagel says attorneys are acting on a law passed just before they shut down eliminating furloughs for employee who is contribute to the well being of service members. the gulf coast is off the hook now, and karen has been downf

. >> it's not like seeing a "mona lisa" where you can go to the louvre and go see it. who is world renowned for the stuff that he does. he's apparently here in graffiti artist defacing the art that banksy did. went crazy. held him down. but the guy got away before police could get there. one of the most interesting things is there's a graffiti artist destroying graffiti. >> one of the last graffitis by banksy got $400,000. >> it's amazing. 'sathahe w. >>> we want to remind you about a special feature for our facebook fans. m it is acalled in case you weenticeacalled in case you on "world news now." >>> good morning. i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller. here's the top headlines on "world news now," a desperate manhunt underway for two convicted murderers on the loose. they walked out of a florida prison with the help of forged court documents. full details on the escapees and concerns of more forgeries. that's in our top story. >>> edward snowden tells the "new york times" he did not take secret documents to russia. he said that would not serve the public interest. ther

it's not like seeing a "mona lisa" where you can go to the louvre and see it.ne in three hours. >> reporter: look at this mom pushing the stroller. her face realizing she is too late. the dad just in time elsewhere. his boy planted in front of the work. that door, a complete stranger offering the owner $1,000 for it and a replacement door from home depot. >> the last piece sold for $400,000, and it was a piece of stucco. i would be glad to hang it on my wall. >> the owner, no thanks, covered up by the owner himself. david muir, abc news, new york. >> the last piece sold for $400,000 and was a piece of stucco. who knows how much the door will go for. he set up shop near central park and sold 100% authentic originals, signed by him on canvas for 60 bucks and videotaped the whole thing and four people bought it because they that had no idea what they were buying. >> that's awesome. >> come and graffiti my car. it is parked right outside, 66th street. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. it is parked right outside, 66th street. >

that version is hanging in the louvre in paris. are still here, intrigue. i love it. >> i like those italians. >> why did i know that? why did i know that? >>> let's get own ginnes in for indra petersons. >> we talked all morning how the frontal system will sweep across the i-95 corridor where you could see problems at some of the international airports, newark, jfk, extending towards washington, d.c. this is where we have the slight risk of severe weather, damaging winds and the possibility of an isolated tornado, we're starting to see a little bit more in the way of some lightning associated with some of these cells, a little bit further towards the west but about midday we'll expect it to move across the region. now i mentioned the two ingredients that pop up for the afternoon, that is the wind, interior sections of the northeast also into new england with wind gusts as high as 50 miles an hour, but don't be surprised once that frontal system passes in washington, d.c., also in new york, you could see some wind gusts, but i don'

really anything comparable throughout the world except for perhaps in the louvre and a few museums but are we proud of it and of course it should be open. of course the smithsonian should be open. it caught -- of course the holocaust museum should be open. of course our national parks should be there to serve the american people. , we opened these at least, our federal employees will have a place to visit while the rest of the federal government is shut down but it is so unfair to the rest of the government to pick and choose a very few agencies which has no thatimpact on the budget is the issue here we are having to deal with. marginal amount of money but it is an active -- act of desperation. it is evidence of how politically bankrupt this position of shutting down the government has become. degenerating down to picking winners and losers among federal workers. just so as to dissipate the political heat, you would allow workers at the smithsonian and national gallery and holocaust museum and only those employees directly involved in the operation of our national arc system to return