soon after marat's death, david watched from a window in the place de la revolution while marie antoinetteent to the guillotine. he left us a poignant and eloquent sketch. the murder of thousands followed in the purge known as the terror. the frailty of reason was tragically exposed and, as so often in history, fear of worse disorder led even reasonable men like david to turn to a strong leader to solve their dilemma. the man they thought their savior was napoleon bonaparte. in 1815, in the aftermath of napoleon's defeat at waterloo, czar alexander of russia visited paris and saw the vendome column, crowned by its imperial statue of napoleon. "were i to be so highly elevated," he quipped, my head would surely spin with vertigo." even a czar could not imagine such dizzying heights of glory, "but," as he added,

the sad lion is a memorial to over 700 swiss mercenaries who were killed, defending marie antoinetteand 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.

>> because there is that marie antoinette association. >> romney has shown difficulty in connecting with americans of more average income. and was quick to add this zinger about the army of small donors in the obama camp. >> some people don't have jobs three, four times later they're not giving this time around. big money is the only game in town. >> democratic side, state party chair john burton says romney should have made a different statement with his event. >> these people would show up and pay 50,000s fdz it was a ritz java house. that is just showing not just romney but the people around him in his supporters like we've got to squander. >> tonight, $50,000 a head to have dinner with mitt romney. $2500 you can stand out in the yard and for another $10,000 have your picture taken with the candidate. we don't know the final take but number that's are being charged tonight are similar to what president obama got during his trip throughout the bay area. we know he walked away with north of $3 million. mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and still head here tonight on abc 7 news

>> there is that marie antoinette association with the word chateau. >> well, let them eat cake is probablywhat they're going to be doing tonight. we heard there may be protestors showing up. they're expected to arrive around 5:30, we'll have more on that coming up tonight at 6:00. reporting from hillsborough, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you, mark. the romney campaign saying oops today after an embarrassing typo. the campaign released a new iphone app called we'll admit, allowing to take your picture and turn it into a romney campaign poster. one slogan supposed to say a better america but america reads amercia. a spokesperson says the campaign submitted a corrected app. >> a web site aims to make government more transparent is out with a new service that tracks the deleted tweets of politicians. the foundation unveiled poli-tweets today, a growing collection of 3,000 tweets from minor typos to major gaffes and if you'd like to check it out there is a link on abc 7 news.com. just click on "see it on tv ". >> i no verdict in the john edwards corruption trial. the judge sent the jury h

marie antoinette, on the other hand, lost her head. think about it. that's a very harsh quote.rday we had this in seattle. [screaming] >> now i any what they did there was wrong. i don't think that's going to help anybody. it's not going to help your cause, and i think, in fact, stephen king, i loved the article until the very last line, i think that goes too far. it's too much of a threat. but our own lucas holm, one of our producers was in los angeles. he's with us now. it turns out that anarchists can sometimes contribute positively. >> yes, so yesterday on the corner of fourth and hill street, the occupy protest was coming down the hill, and, in fact, the anarchist challenged the police line that was trying to hold them back. they wound up going around the police, and we have a video of what happened after that. >> today the anarchists broke the police line at fourth and hill and allowed the occupiers to reach the compare. i know a lot of times the anarchists get a bad rap but today they handled themselves in a peaceful manner and made their goal. the police were surrounded

. >> marie antoinette is a bobble head >> find out more about the kinetic sculpture race going on, kicking will talk more about what goes on here, coming up next hour back to you in studio. >> art work alone could stand you know. >> yes. >> thanks. >> a quick reminder for you about our special fox 5 weather day, with the washington nationals coming up may 15th, tucker and i and sue and other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with groups of school kids from across the region, you can still sign up your school group or, if you are a parent you just want to take your kids out it is a great way the come outline about the weather watch us do a little bit of the show and all of that and then stay for a ball game if you want to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day go to myfoxdc.com click on the mornings tab. >> just a few minutes from 9:00 a.m., the time that we are supposed to get some new and rare insight into the mind of osama bin laden. >> u.s. military is about to release some documents found in the raid that took osama bin laden's life. >> rnb artist a

>>guest: you look like you're going to marie antoinette's started. >>host: shea >>guest: from what i read that she was. it seemed like marie antoinette always said all of the wrong things at the wrong time. >>host: it is 4:00 a.m. yet, wait until we get to for a clock. >>guest: she was really known for extravagance is. so we did this and then we the look of diamonds by the ". any amira of chathaminch. >>guest: if you want to have a more sultry, seductive look, you can do that as well. very light spring kind of blouse it would be beautiful. $79.95. i just want to say to you it is the price of a great t- maybe it blouse sunset alright where smart or designer jeans that he might not be able to get into next month. >>host: i am i getting into them now would be talking about. >>guest: this is basically a friendly, size friendly, it does not matter you look gorgeous. when you have something like this on, trust me you look like you have lost weight. >>host: the jewelry destress, it becomes a focal point. when you think about the pricing sure getting here th

that was sort of the 21st century analog of mary antoinette saying, "let them eat cake."r used to be. even for jobs, you k