well, napolean dies at st. helena. and the empire -- if you ever go out east into alabama, there's a place called demopolis, that was to be the foundation of napolean's empire here in north america. and it doesn't play out. in the aftermath of the war of 1812 this border land between louisiana and texas is a hotly contested area. and one of my favorite characters in all of american history -- it's not john smith -- lature. how many of you guys have heard of lature? my wife has. that's because she's lived with me for all these years. lature is an enigmatic figure. he lived in the shadows of american history. he's a frenchman. you can tell that by the name. he makes it to louisiana in 1803 and he's an architect. he's an engineer. he had trained as a military engineer. well, by the time of the war of 1812, he's a having a hard time making ends meet. so he joins andrew jackson to fight in this war of 1812. and, in fact, he is the person who designed the defenses for jackson at shalmette. well, after the battle, jackson dis

prince napolean, hamilton fish and all the aristocrats in new york engaged rooms during their visit into the city. the chief lord justice of england reserved rooms there in 1884. in a book by another european author, the hotel was described as one of the quietest most elegant and most comfortable in the federal capital. the proprietor, mr. wormley, a colored man of gentle manners and great administrative abilities. james was even an inventor and was one of the earliest blacks to receive a patent from the u.s. patent office in 1881. unfortunately, james had become ill and died in boston in 1884. this tragic turn of events was reported in almost every metropolitan paper in the nation. the funeral was held in the hotel attended by a crowd reportedly of 2,000 people. the casket was attended by 16 pal bearers of the most prominent member in the city. it was two miles long blocking traffic along h street. the remembrances of his life included comments from men like the great philanthropist, william corcoran, stating that washington had lost its best and finest citizen. many attempted to descri

well, at the same time lafitte is there at galveston, there's also a group of french napoleanic officers. they create a settlement and what they envisioned is that they would liberate napoleon from st. helena, and he would have this empire along the gulf coast. well, napoleon dies at st. helena, and the empire, well, there's that here, and if you ever go out east into alabama, there's a place called demopolis, which was founded by the french emigres. that was to be the foundation of napoleon's empire here in north america, and it doesn't play out. in the aftermath of the war of 1812, this border land between louisiana and texas is a hotly contested area. and one of my favorite characters in all of american history -- it's not john smith -- latour. how many of you guys have heard of latour? my wife has. she's lived with me all these years. latour is kind of these enigmatic figures. he's lived in the shadow of the american history. he's a frenchman, as can you tell by the name. he makes it to louisiana in 1803, and he's an architect. he's an engineer. he had trained as a military engineer.

tiffany blue used in all the packaging, chosen because it was the favorite color of the wife of napoleani. >> and he was also considered the most fashionable person in the world. >> reporter: after she was deposed in 1870, charles tiffany known as the king of diamonds bought some of her jewels like this diamond and emerald piece. tiffany is known for simple diamond engagement ring settings, introduced in 1886. today diamonds are a quarter of tiffany's $3.6 billion in annual sales. much of the jewelry is handcrafted in new york. and while you can pick up a blue diamond bobble like this for a mere $10 million. this yellow diamond discovered in south africa in 1877 is considered priceless. in honor of the company's anniversary, it's the official tiffany diamond weighing in at just over 128 karats. >> and charles kifny bought it for $18,000. that was a good investment. >> if charles tiffany was known for marketing, his son lewis tiffany was known for artistry, and it wasn't just those famous stain glass lamps. he also designed beautiful jeweled pieces. often using american gems. >> these are

you guys are like obsessed with the napoleanic era. >> everybody except for me. >> or someone knows we want to do the morning show on the history channel. >> although i'm about his height. that's the only similarity. james, thanks so much. see you again throughout the show. you got to wonder, guys, who has the kahonas to tell the president he screwed up the other day. who in his inner circle has the ability to say to him, hey, you better go out there tomorrow and soften your rhetoric of the supreme court. you got to wonder how that went down because somebody is calling his bluff. >> so far, his strategy. the strategy has been i'm going to portray congress as a do nothing congress and now he's going to portray the supreme court has do too much supreme court. nobody is doing anything right in washington, d.c. except for him. >> let's get to your headlines now and start with a fox news alert. at least two nato soldiers killed by an explosion in northern afghanistan. it reportedly happened early this morning. the nationalities of those service members not being released at this time. 96 na