michelangelo at lived nine popes and worked until his final breath he died at eighty. the nine a book legal age and his day. michelangelo died on the eighteenth of february fifteenth sixty four a date many art historians see as marking the end of this era. he was the last of the great scholarly artists of the renaissance. but even this renaissance masterpiece was funded by the fear christians had of eternal torment in hell. it was pope leo the tenth who supported the sale of indulgences to fund the new building. martin luther was appalled by the moral decline he believed he encountered in rome . for luther this was a transformative experience and he mentioned it frequently in his later writings and speeches. he from a native against the trade in indulgences which he saw as synonymous with the moral decline and greed of the church and its pope's. this marked the birth of what would go down in history as the reformation. luther wasn't a revolutionary but a reformer a simple friar who defied the emperor and the pope and split the church just two generations after luther e

fifteen zero eight pope julius the second commission the thirty three year old michelangelo been. to cover the interior of the sistine chapel in fresco. but michelangelo didn't want the job painting wasn't his strength he primarily saw himself as a sculptor he said. but truly is more a warrior than a man of god got his way michelangelo asked for artistic freedom do what you want to yes replied. with five hundred twenty square metres of frescoes to be painted over the head it was a torturous work of epic proportions. the frescoes in the vaulted ceiling of the sistine chapel and leonardo is mona lisa indisputably the most famous paintings of the renaissance if not the whole of art history. and the interpretation of the creation of adam is the most reproduced work of art in the world portraying a god reaching out from the clouds to form humanity. and a last judgment that depicts the heavenly host as naked as the gods of mount olympus. it was a courageous work of genius made possible only thanks to his papal patron. p. we wouldn't have st peter's we wouldn't have all this wonderful ar

from around the world and agassi has been offered it to those who rebel against the government of michelangelo to accept those involved in human rights abuses or war crimes. have a look at the top stories here in the al-jazeera news our europe centrists have suffered significant losses in one of the most contentious elections in the history the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together have the most seats but they haven't got enough for a majority. and the right is gaining ground in the elections it's really led by a matter really has become the biggest party there and in france marine le pen has won her symbolic jewel with president emmanuel mark. in the u.k. nigel froggies new bracks it party is in the leader's voters expressed their frustration over the deadlock on how to leave the european union for raj says his party success is a massive message for the conservative and labor parties that have dominated british politics. that belgium has been holding national elections along with the european vote and there's been a surge in support for a far right part

i think he compared him to michelangelo's moses. talk about all of these things that might have shortened his life but he had extraordinarily strong physical -- dr. willen: that is true. we of this is speculation, will never know. physicians like to do these parlor game things where they speculate what conditions people might have had. we know that as a young man, lincoln was a wrestler. an outstanding wrestler. he was extremely strong as a young man. book you have a favorite about the assassination? one that you think is particularly worthwhile. dr. willen: i happen to be friends with ed spears. [laughter] dr. willen: if you want to read about the pursuit of booth, swanson's "manhunt" is very good too. there is only one biography of booth and that is called -- it's an actual biography of booth. one of the things that terry alford does is he has a piece of the crutch that dr. mudd made for booth. he carries it around with him. he will show it off. i took a picture of it one time. i actually have gotten to know some of dr. mudd's des

just give it to me come on. [ laughter and applause this is cool, i heard that michelangelo's first ever of artwork was discovered and it was drawn when he was just 12. even crazier, it was found on his parents refrigerator [ laughter and applause guys, we love babies here at "the tonight show. they're always making funny faces. and sometimes when i see a a picture of a baby i think, that baby deserves its own meme so we asked our viewers to send in pictures of their babies and turn them into memes it's time for "baby memes," here we go ♪ ♪ baby baby bab baby memes baby memes ♪ >> jimmy: first up, take a look at this photo of indy from pennsylvania [ audience aws ] her meme says, when your frenemy shows up to prom wearing the same dress [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let's take a look at this photo of conner from canada his meme says, when you got the house to yourself and still want to be productive. [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: i'm cleaning i'm cleaning next is a photo of elijah from florida. [ audience aws ] his meme says, when you realize you've got nothing to watch now that "game of th

it's like if michelangelo unveiled the sisne chapel and then the pope just put a plaque under it thatd "two dudes touching fingers." [ laughter ] so barr lied to the american people and to congre. and now he's just not showing up to hearings at all. which means the next thing congress should do is call freller himself to testify so we can actually hear the guy who wrote the report. democrats in the house -- [ applause ] democrats in the house have said they want too that. but in the senate, republican senator lindsey graham, chairman of the judiciary committee, said teat-out he definitely will not call mueller to ify. >> why not call for mueller to testify? >> because i'm not going to do anymore. enough already. it's over. >> seth: no, it's not over just because you said it's over. we should hear from mueller, because for one thin.we never do i mean, i don't even know what his voice sounds like. maybe he sounds like bobcatoldthwait from "police academy." >> and i'd like to discuss with you something that would be vital for you to know -- belaughter ] >> seth: this haen "a closer look.

statuseved near mythic as the michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political mapshat cemented the party's dominance across the country. files on drives showed he wrote a study in 2015 concluding that adding a citizenship to the senses would allow republicans to draw even more gerrymandered maps. he wrote the key portion of a claiming the question was needed. the supreme court has agreed to take this up and this story is on the front page of the new york times if you are interested in reading more. out of mississippi this morning, the headlines about the late senator thad cochran. the former senator died at the age of 84 yesterday, elected to the senate in 1978, resigned april 2018. he chaired the appropriations committee for a long time. first republican senator from mississippi since reconstruction, died at the age of 81 yesterday. in texas, democrat. good morning to you. caller: good morning. how are you? i would just like to make one point. donald trump is playing a head game with the american people. these people are coming from el salvador, guatemala. donald t