it looks like the mona lisa has some new and rather unwelcome furry flatmates. >> they were supposedo take photos of flatmates -- a rat, and it was not alone. there are hundreds of them living here. >> people were napping and eating with rats next to them. it was really strange. some of the children were even playing with the rats. i could not believe it. >> the rats are on the move in paris, lord by trash that people leave behind and driven out of their previous homes by construction work on the seine. just a few meters away, da vinci's mona lisa hangs inside the new -- the louvre, but it's not even safe inside the building. there's no doubt that at night rats nibble on objects, though they refused to comment any further. they would prefer to see rats exterminated. >> we spot more and more rats when we are out on calls. we get more and more people coming to the store who have problems with the rats. there are many titles in paris and ever more food scraps left lying around. that's the kind of thing rats love. the exterminator cannot seem to catch a break these days. he uses traps an

it's a time-lapsed version of the mona lisa using microsoft paint. >> most people that have used windowsave tried microsoft paint. it's the paint program included. it's usually good enough to draw a stick figure, and that's the extent of it. >> jason says he wanted to create fine art while using a simple consumer program like microsoft paint. >> the idea i had was to take something that people had experience with and put it with another thing, which was the mona lisa. it was two things that they could relate to and give it a value of its own. >> despite the limitations of microsoft paint, jason finds ways to add depth to his painting. >> i was using a drawing tablet, so that made it a lot easier, but i used a variety of the tools, and a lot of it is kind of an optical illusion. >> within about an hour and a half, jason finishes his painting, and since posting, jason's rendition of the mona lisa has gone viral with more than 11 million hits. jason says he hopes to continue to use the internet as a medium to showcase his work. >> the internet expands people's horizons, and it opens up the

and she asked him to be willing to let the mona lisa to come to be exhibited in the united states. this is france's tremendous painting treasure. and the idea of it being transported over the ocean and hanging in american galleries required a lot of choreography. one of the things that's interesting is that when the kennedys were in paris and were attending the diplomatic dinners there, jackie wore garments that were made by french designers. when she came back and they're hosting this event for the unveiling of the mona lisa here in this country, this particular gown was made by cassini who was considered an american. which gets us to jackie's successor, lady bird johnson. and lady bird, much like mamie, has the unenviable task to have succeeded jackie kennedy. and so as a result, she, too, is somewhat forgotten as somebody who also had an understanding of what she looked good in. and so i really love lady bird in this red suit. i like the color. i like the design. i like the cut. i like how comfortable she looks in this. but one of the other things that i really liked about how c

narrator: with its mona lisa smile, it's such an enigmatic creature -- the sloth -- a strange littleharacter from the rainforest canopy. woman: when you first see a sloth in the road, you have no idea what that thing is. narrator: we've never known very much about them, but orphans from the forest are teaching us a lot. man: these animals are so interesting. their digestive tract is like a cow, their body temperature like a reptile, and the way they move more like a primate. narrator: but for ana salceda, raising a tiny sloth named velcro was not about science. it was a remarkable journey into motherhood. salceda: for nearly two years, velcro and i were inseparable. she lived with me in my apartment. we traveled together. velcro changed my life.

hedge fund tycoon behind the deal told "the new york times" he thought it would be fun to own the mona lisa of apartments, although he has no intention of living there. >> a company with integrity, roots, and destiny. >> there's a prominent real estate appraiser in new york who referred to these buildings as safe deposit boxes in the sky, places where people put cash and they rarely visit themselves. >> so think of them as plush swiss banks with maid service for people who, as one critic wrote, "see the city as their private snow globe." when this building, 432 park avenue, is finished next year, it will surpass even one57, climbing 150 feet taller than the empire state building before its spire. no pharaoh ever dreamed on so grand a scale. each tower is a feat of technological, economic and political engineering, promoted to the very rich as the very best. >> this is not an abstract thing like an office tower, but this is dwellings. >> their famous architects do the pitching. >> glass its own color. >> designers tout the costly interiors. >> one of my favorite moments in the kitchen is the

kennedy, prime minister and his wife pay public o the first appearance of mona lisa, the that do da vinci painting captured the imagination of visitors for 400 years. president expresses the gratification of the nation. minister, we in the united states are grateful for this loan from the leading power in the world in recent meeting, this ainting must be kept under careful french control. and i want to make it clear that as we are for this painting we will continue to with the effort to an independent artistic force and power of our own. cameramen record the event as the presidential party leads a tribute to the host to many,play many thousands in the next three weeks. the smile acts as a magnet to the curious and art lovers.

. >> her name is mona lisa, and she's believed to be only about 30 king cheetahs, in the world.she's a first time mother and doing really, really really, really well. >> now home to hundreds of animals. from penguins to injury afters to ostriches. because the center limits visitors and focuses on providing large quiet spaces for animals to breathe leone says she has welcomed plenty of babies but the birth of these cubs are extra special. cheetahs are extremely difficult to breed in captivity and the wild population has dwindled 90% over the past century. habitat loss has left the species extremely vulnerable. there are less than 7500 cheetahs in the wild. >> cheetahs need up to 57 square miles, this is lapping the boundaries of our nature preserves. and when they come into contact with humans, we are competing for same land. they both wand that savannah land. to the people that live the that's perfect for grazing land for cattle and goats. >> leone says the center's program is focused on creating genetickigenetic diversity. thanks to a new program in the wild as well.when two of

. >> her name is mona lisa, one of only 30 king cheetahs in the world.rring. >> director marcelo leon founded the center in 2009. because the center limits visitors and focuses on providing large quiet places for animals to breed leone says she's welcomed plenty of babies but the birth of these cubs are really special. cheetahs are extremely difficult to breed in captivity. habitat loss has left the specious extremelspecies extrem. >> cheetahs need a huge territory up to 57 square miles. that is well lapping the boundaries of our nature preserve. and when they do come into contact with humans, they both want the fasten land which is -- fawhich savannah land, that is perfect for grazing and cattle and goats. >> focused on promoting genetic diversity. thanks to a new program in the wild as well. >> when two of the cubs are a year old they'll be sent to a partner conservation center in south africa and their offspring will be released back into the wild. >> we along with our wild partners there have pioneered a program where cheetahs are being captive bred

but the art now -- the lourve had been emptied by the french before the germans got there, mona lisaas spirited off. many great paintings spirited off. when the germans got to the lourve there was nothing there but boring statues, and empty walls and frames. and, for instance, when hitler made his tour he didn't stop at the lourve there was nothing to see. the germans knew where most of the stuff was, but many of those museums in europe had been emptied because the europeans realized after the bombing of madrid in the 30s that museums were very vulnerable to air attack and so many of the great museums, the tate gallery, the national gallery, the lourve, et cetera, were emptied, spread out all over the country because of the fear of destruction. yes, sir. this gentleman here. or that gentleman there. >> albert camoo, another artist -- >> can you snaer. >> yes. >> albert camoo. obviously a writer, he stayed in paris during the war? >> no. part of the time, yes. >> do you include in your book how the war affected him and his outlook on life and his later writing, and did he participate

. >> her name is mona lisa. she's one believed to be about 30 king cheetahs in the world.she's a first-time mother, and she has done really, really well. we hear her purring. >> the not-for-profit center is now home for hundreds of anima animals. from penguins, giraffes and ostriches, it is limited to visitors, she said she has welcomed plenty of babies, but the birth of these cubs is extra special. cheetahs are extremely difficult to breed in captivity, and the wild population that once spanned africa and asia has dwindled 90% over the last century. the species are extremely vulnerable. there are fewer than 7,500 left in the wild. >> cheetahs need a huge territory up to 57 square miles. that is well overlapping the boundaries of our nature preserves. when they do come in contact with humans, you know, we're both exeating for the same land. they both want the beautiful savannah land for a cheetah is perfect for hunting and running. but for people who live there, that's perfect for crazing land for cattle and goats. >> leone said that the center is focused on genetic divers

. >> some of the recognizable pieces we did were a torso of michelangelo, we did a mona lisa, we didlan. >> i thought to myself, you know what, man, i am tired of doing all this serious news. i said, what if you just bring up this giant block of ice and i'll build up this story and talk about this being your prized possession, you have had the idea for months and then, the piece of resistance, i'm going to knock this thing over and it's going to shatter. >> he's like, come on, it will be great, don't corny. and i was like, okay, we'll do this. >> this is probably the coolest place literally and figuratively here at the fair, the ice museum, 15 degrees, the most unbelievable ice sculptures you have ever seen. you were telling me this is one of your prized possessions. >> yeah, this is a barachus cherub. he just pulled this out of the air. >> i'm standing here like, what the hell is this guy talking about? >> i've been working on it for eight hours now. >> as far as the amount of time i spent on it, i had started that piece for five to ten minutes. >> why is this your prized -- oh, my

re protected from damage in a temperature humidity controlled nearly 10,000 people filed by the mona lisa the first day. wants to meet the new girl in town. week, interviews of retiring members of congress. week. them all >> so partisan. to tell that to the some of the people involved in 1830s to 1860 period. enry claire and steven a. douglas. these people were struggling esperately to try to work out compromises to keep the union afloat and avoid it splitting up. >> i think we have a lot of talented younger members. not one of my fortes. i was never good that the. have to start training younger people and bring them in to the caucus hopefully to the future leaders. i believe things that heart and soul, you have to know when to leave. > we'll take a tour of various native american tribes at 10:00 a.m. eastern following washington journal. a n at 1:30, attend ground-breaking ceremony of the new diplomacy center in ashington with former secretaries of state, and supreme court justices clarence samuel aleto, and sonya sotomayor. thanksgiving week on c-span. for the complete schedule, go to c

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. >> i was in paris last weekend, and in the room where the mona lisa is, everyone was there taking selfies. >> usually you take pictures of -- >> she knows so many people. >> exactly. >> there's also the whole thing that be careful you're not -- you make yourself look nice and all that with your filters. i don't know how to use them. but the real thing is to -- you see the picture and you're like, wow, and then you meet them in person. you don't want that, right? don't use too many filters or you end.you know, disappointing people. >>> anyway, we79 to know what is your solvy game like? do you ever take them? >> why not? >> jeff has been tweeting in to say good morning, ladies. no selfies. i'd make too many enemies. >> lol not being lots of love. >> i'm pretty sure it's laugh out loud. you can twreet us @cnbcwex. our handle is on the screen. >>@louisa bojesen. you can find us there. again, your selfie, that's what we want to see this morning. >>> speak with tech, yahoo! is reportedly urging apple to dump google as a research default program. their contract expires next year. last week, the