napoleon bonaparte but the french emperor wasn't here on holiday.o elba after his defeat at the battle of paris in 1814. the terms of his surrender? >> you will be granted 2 million franks annual subsidy and a guard of 400 men. >> in this 1953 recreation from the cbs show you are there, napoleon learns his fate. >> and power over europe to a few square miles in the mediterranean. >> napoleon would be under a kind of house arrest, but undisputed master of the house. >> here, but only here on elba, he would remain emperor. >> he even designed a new flag for his tiny little island empire at its center, 3-ds, the emblem napoleon preferred over the french monarch economy's floor dely. >> director of elba's national center of naah follow i don't know nick study when he arrived the new flag was raised over the harbor's fort. .. during less than a year's time napoleon modern insided the island, on elba he built roads and a sewer system. >> elba is the kind ovulated back place where laundry is still hung out to dry and homemade wine is offered to visitors. >

these were veterans and guys that had beat napoleon. this was a pretty fair some crowd. it was these navy guys shooting the guns that won the battle of new orleans along with jackson sharpshooters and so on, so it wasn't a naval battle but they were participating in a critical way and anybody that participate us to acknowledge the decisive role of the u.s. navy. so all of these stories were a part of the great public consensus that devah looked around the media ought that time. madison to use credit at the end of the day when it was all over he accepted credit and he then told the congress from now on we need a navy and a permanent navy and a strong navy and we have to plan for that and it is a permanent institution so he changed his mind. >> at the battle of laden spurred they were salvaged by the navy gunners. >> one of the hero's was joshua bonnie and he was leaving the navy troops at this battle that he describes, and he starts out in the continental navy, so i followed him all the way through and here he appears and he was willing to -- his navy guys were the only o

>> to what extent do you think america lucked out by having napoleon rampaging in europe at the same time as the war of 1812 was going on? >> interesting question. i think that that certainly was, at the beginning of the war i think that was major issue. however, napoleon abdicated in april of 1814, and all the unpleasantness, the worst of the unpleasantness on the land war in america came thereafter because so many troops, so many of the duke of wellington's trained men arrived here and marched on washington and did the damage that they did. and, of course, were subsequently turned back at baltimore. but i think that it's pretty hard to separate both the causes of the war and the events of the war from what was happening in europe because one of the principle reasons that depressment was taking place is that the british were out of sailors of their own. so they needed more men, and they had to get their men wherever they could because they'd been at war almost 20 years by this point with the french. so i think the simple answer is that, um, it's impossible to separate the french war

it's just a year before smithson's up getting captured and imprisoned for two years during the napoleonic war, and this really is the idea, the sort of key behind the request in this archaic language we don't connect to this idea of an institution for increase knowledge among men to get chopped off not because it seems to be excluding half the population but it's actually a really important. it shows it wasn't just for america. it was for america was the trustee to carry out for all of mankind. and our founding fathers were putting this idea as well that as jefferson said, liberty of science and virtue, and the nation would be great in proportion as it is free and george washington in his farewell address to the nation he also has a line about promoting as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. and so, it's true uncovering this context of smithson's story that i found a whole new perspective on the creation of the smithsonian and hat this gift that was fought for be so long random scenes in fact to be a sort of exceptional product of somebody

he went to france and asked napoleon to do it. napoleon had other things to do. and he came back and finished his years, 23 years, just practicing law in new york. a rather quiet life. i've to telescope a lot and skip a lot, but i hope you get a flavor for what this extraordinary episode was, and i'd be happy to take a couple of questions. yes, ma'am. [applause] yes. >> how do we know about wilkinson being -- [inaudible] >> the question is how do we know about wilkinson being an agent for the spanish? i've actually read his reports to the spanish government. indeed, they read a little like get smart in the early 9th century because he's -- 19th century because he's secret agent number 13, and he writes them to el numero uno. and there's also documentation of the payments he received from -- >> [inaudible] >> the question is, did anybody know about wilkinson's treasury then? >> it was widely rumored, and i mean widely. when adams appoints him general in chief in 1797, he writes this astonishing letter. wilkinson, he says, you know, they say you're a spanish agent,

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later on, napoleon's tricolor was displayed.eat britain gained a foothold in the region. in 1810, local colonists united against the british under a flag known as "the bonnie blue." finally, in 1812, louisiana achieved statehood. it looked like the stars and stripes were here to stay. but with the civil war, louisiana withdrew from the union. it declared itself a republic -- with its own flag, of course, but two months later, it joined the confederacy. louisianans would live under two different confederate flags before the war ended. finally in 1912, louisiana adopted the flag we see today. >> the louisiana flag, i love, because it's a story of unconditional love. what the settlers saw, according to louisiana legend, when they first arrived there were these brown pelicans. and if food was scarce, what the mother pelicans would do was peck at their breasts until they bled, and they would feed that to their young. so, on the state flag, you see a mother feeding three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisiana adopted the brown

ski lift to the snowy peaks of class napoleon. and a recent russia hoping to bring home more medals from london in the rhythmic gymnastics you lay out about soak of our won gold at the sydney olympics in two thousand and assessed compaction chances of repeating that success. yes i mean it was a dream come true but the moment itself felt almost on a real when i was standing on the podium receiving my gold medal i just couldn't believe it was really happening to me it took quite a while for the realisation to sink in that i am an olympic champion. of the sport has changed a lot since my time and it has become even more difficult judges now pay attention to many things they didn't before for example during our routines we often catch the ball without watching it but behind our back with our legs before you want to i wanted any points for doing things like that but nowadays you do. get yelled at us to love with i'm sure russia will claim i'm limping gold and hopefully even soda in london like we did four years ago and i think our girl

. >> there was this great comment about the french kings who were restoreed after napoleon.eone said, oh, they seem to have forgotten everything about what caused the evolution when they came back. they said, no, no, they have forgotten nothing because they have learned nothing. that's the republicans. they haven't forgotten they haven't learned it. they did not understand the cause of this terrible crash. by the way they talk about partisanship. every responsible and thoughtful republican appointee of george bush to deal with financial matters agrees with us. ben bernanke was a bush appointing. sheila bear, head of fdic, hank poulson. the republicans who are have hands-on experience are supportive of what we're doing legislatively. it's only the abstract iran theorists who are just beyond--we'll take another historical phrase. they're invincebly ignorant. they have a theology that so encrusts them that no facts break there. >> eliot: and most of them have been in the private sector. the ones who are smart enough to learn from the record, including sandy wyle who was willing

other fracture the majority and then waltz into power caesar napoleon we're big fans of it and so too is wisconsin governor scott walker because it's the perfect strategy for breaking organized labor his first month in office back in january two thousand and eleven scott walker admitted to a wealthy donor that he plans to use divide and conquer to break the backs of working people in his state take a look. at the chance we'll ever get to be a completely red state and work on these who say oh you can become a great little infect others do what you do to help you we're going to start in a couple weeks with their budget just the first of this. we're going to do it was clipped a bargain for a public employee. that used to buy. and that's exactly what he did divide and conquer he pitted non-unionized private sector workers against public sector workers union guys public sector workers here is that it was a zero sum game that as long as public workers live high on the hog with their forty thousand dollars a year salaries than private sector workers will continue to make less and less he arg

despite some figures like napoleon dynamite and the man who wants to be the next president.on't you think people know about the mormons and the chu church? >> i don't think they've done a good job opening up. they've been very secretive and it causes people to think it's a myste mystery. >> abby is one of the 12 original mormon apostles. her father, former u.n. ambassador to china, ran unsuccessfully for the gop nomination. abby is one of 60 huntsman family grandchildren and is the only one to marry outside her religion. she is no longer active in the faith. >> there are a lot of wonderful parts to the church. the family aspect is what i loved most about it, but it's very black and white, still. there's no gray area. you're either in or you're out. you live by the mormon doctrine or you do not. >> in this modern world, some old school rules still govern the mormon church, and that means no non-mormons allowed inside their temples. and romneys were not allowed to see their own daughter married inside the temple he will in what's called a sealing ceremony. the same was true wh

right now the president of the mexican mine workers union napoleon gomez is operating as a presidentt of an office in vancouver because he had to flee mexico under threat of mine owners and corrupt politicians. there are ways in which unions are beginning to reach out internationally. the afl/cio has an organization that has 25 field offices around the world, operating in 64 countries, making connections between on the local level and international level, unionses around the world. >> eliot: you're making a fascinating point. in a global economy workers would still be competing against workers in china or wherever it may be. so you need an union as movable as the capital. would workers here in tennessee have something in common with workers in province of china. is that a possible solution? >> the challenge in the united states, if you want to look at the u.s. to get the american people to hear the side of labor, and to understand what's going on. you know, one of the essays talks about the communication strategies of unions and working class folks. they've been shut out. the story o

despite some very public figures from napoleon dynamite to the top senate democrat harry reid, and of the man who wants to be the next president. why do you think those of us non-mormons don't know more about the mormon church? >> i don't think they have done a good enough job opening up. they have been very secretive and it causes people to think of it as a mystery. >> abby huntsman grew up in a family kidded mormon royalty. a descendant of one of the 12 original mormon apostles. her father john huntsman, former utah governor, former u.s. ambassador to china ran unsuccessfully for the gop nomination. abby is one of 60 huntsman family grandchildren and is the only one to marry outside her religion. she is no longer active in the faith. >> there are a lot of wonderful parts to the church, the family aspect is what i love the most about it. it is very black and white still. there is no gray area. you either are in or you are out. and you live by the mormon doctrine or you do not. >>en this modern world, some old school rules still govern the mormon church and that means no nonmormons al

stick with napoleon on this one. just stay in the stands and watch these gladduaters go at it through the election. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to the ed show. i'm michael dyson in for ed schultz. mitt romney is horsing around with billionaire donors in aspen while president obama is fighting for the middle class. tonight i'll show you mitt's fancy dancing on taxes. this is the ed show. as ed would say, let's get to work. >> mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less, you pay more. >> on the air and on the stump, president obama is drilling mitt romney over his middle class tax hike. and the romney team is trying to change the narrative. >> that report you referenced is a joke. >> tonight, karen finney on the politics of romney's ongoing tax nightmare. and dean baker on the undeniable policy implications. >>> and why on earth is twitter getting on gabby douglas over her hair? i'll explain. >>> president obama has

napoleon bonaparte is to have said that.the crazy intramurals we talked about tonight. i'm referring to what neoconservative gaffney is saying about tax avenger norquist. according to gaffney who normally champions the latest war overseas, norquist is sec t secretly working with the enemy within, that he's doing the work of, you guessed it, the muslim brotherhood. listen to his words and think about someone who might say them. i have had it as my personal burden for the past 12 years to try to warn conservatives one of their own has been involved enabling and empowering muslim brotherhood influence operations against our movement and our country. he goes further. gaffney says that it all starts with the bush white house. got that? the people around george w. bush. quote, that game became sort of the entry point for muslim brothers to work their way into conservative circles, specifically to get into the bush campaign and subsequently the bush white house and bush administration more generally. this is from the same accuser w

it was built after napoleon's retreat from moscow. it was demolished by stalin. mr.ntify with the russian orthodox church where the domestic vote is. this is a popular move in moscow. >> so they protested foolishly in the orthodox churches which pis pissed off everybody else. what about the broader picture? i agree it was a dumb move on their part. what is the state of the rule of law, of democracy in russia now? >> it's fragile, larry. i i agree. i don't think vladimir putin is anybody's idea of thomas jefferson. this incident strengthens his hand domestically. that more much informs his ability to projest power internationally. that's what we care about, especially because of the middle east. russia's entanglement with syria is a threat to peace in the middle east and a threat to us. >> can you say that the hard-lined but popular move to throw the rockers in jail strengthens his stance in syria? >> it also distracts from the syrian tangle where the russians don't have better answers than we do? the russians are committed to making sure the united states fails in sy

reports about efforts by the american military to interdict the ho chi minh trail because, what is the napoleon clichÉ? the army travels on its stomach, no food, no ammunition, no fighting army. if you go into a skyscraper in manhattan on a high floor and look at the hudson river at the west, craning your head from left to right you will see low ridges 30 or 40 miles out of new jersey. look to the right it's the ram opposed and new york and up the river is the hudson islands. from 1776 until 1782, most of the revolution was at stalemate. the british occupying manhattan and george washington's army stretched from peeksville new york all the way down to middlebrook new jersey and neither side really for various reasons wanted to have it out with the other side. the supplies from all those military people in new jersey crossed the hudson river north of west point and west point which is up on a high bluff where the river makes a very short, to very short turns, had a chain built across it. all for the purpose of keeping the very powerful british navy navy from going upriver neon and west point whe

it's also war and peace that we gave too much create to this person in history saying napoleon was justd events that people argue is a complex and international trends happening. ceos matter and make a difference. >> is this an unfair situation, and in general is it the weight and burden of the ceo? >> i think, mandy, this has got to be sending shivers through the spines of most ceos in the country. while we tend to identify the ceo as the face of the company, it's the director who is have the power, and they meet eight or ten times a year on average, and if they choose to meet and a majority decide to replace the ceo for any reason, if they've lost confidence in the ceo, they can do it. one other thing i want to point out is something that other companies have to be looking at. with this particular case, the chairman and ceo were two different people. it's the model in the u.s. that enchairman and the ceo are the same. it gives the board more independence, authority to do just what the board at e-trade did here. i think the other thing ceos are looking at is if they have a separation m

railroad town in 1882 and i have to tell you, even before then, we're talking before jefferson and napoleonon the louisiana purchase, we've had issues with flooding in this area. with this particular system as isaac came through, there was quite a bit of flooding right along the railroad track which intersects the town. on the north side of the track and on the south side of the track which is very unusual. usually it floods just on the north side. the waters to the south have receded. the waters behind me, still plenty to see in this particular neighborhood. palm lake, this is actually one of the last places where we do have flood waters and you will notice the way people are really getting around, by bicycle as you see this one person. some are brave enough to walk through and then we have obviously a few that are going by boat and some by big cars. speaking of vehicles, as we pitch right over here very quickly, you will notice there's a lot of cars lined up. got a lot of people in slidell out and about trying to see their community to see how things are shaping up. it's drying up but the

about efforts by the american military to interdict the ho chi minh trail, because -- what's the napoleon clichÉ? army travels on its stomach. no food, no ammunition, no fighting army. if you go into a skyscraper in manhattan, high floor and look across the hudson river to the west, training your head from left to right you will see low ridges, 34 miles out in new jersey. look to the right, southern new york. been further to the right of the river it's the hudson highlands. from 1776 until 1782, most of the revolution in middle of the atlantic states was stalemate. the british occupying manhattan, and george washington's army stretched from peekskill, new york, all the way down to millbrook, new jersey. and neither side for various reasons want to have it out with the other side. the supplies for all those military people in those hills in new jersey crossed the hudson river north of west point. and west point which is up on a high bluff where the river makes a very sharp, two very sharp turns, patty cheyne built across it, all for the purpose of keeping a very powerful british navy from

so here this is josephine bonapart which she wore at napoleon's coronation.d so talk to pea about how she talk to me about how she does this. >> any dress begins with pay pattern like any haute couture dress. a pattern is cut in paper and then painted and transformed with background paintings, with guilding, with stenciling, with three-dimensional detail. >> reporter: when she is working with paper because you have so many of the dresses here, just such a magnificent space when you stand amidst it, is fabric like paper? is it easy to translate fabric to paper? >> not at all. the paper needs to really be manipulated in a way to make it malleable and supple. so what isabelle has devised is a system by which she crumples and irons the paper so it loses its stiffness and becomes tissue-like. and that's how she can really pleat it in this manner. >> reporter: when you see the dresses, even the jewels and everything on the dresses are made of paper. >> everything. these brooches everything with paper, foil coiled creates this gold wire. >> you got to go over to her

godless by men who do not understand to provide a perfect society couple of hundred thousand dead in napoleon they have to live in france. we got 250 years for self-government. all of their revolutions, russian revolution, cheney started out to remake man a ball sailed about about worse results. hamilton here says the politician knows with no morality, only despotism can curb you and make you behave. same thing with benjamin reschke. john dickinson. kings or parliaments could not get the right to happiness. we claim from a higher source, from the king of kings and lord of all the earth. again, worker rights? they come from god. john adams again. the bible contains the most profound philosophy, most perfect morality and refined policy ever conceived on earth. it is the most republican book in the world. republican small are by the way. the most repelling the republic self-government. if you want a code to live by to bring about self-government, it's in the bible. u.s. to others as others do unto you. if you charity, treat each other with respect. if you want self-government, you have to live t

they had 100,000 dead and napoleon. then the had to live in france. [laughter] we got 250 years of self- government. all other revolutions -- the russian revolution, the chinese government. men have all failed and brought out worse results. hamilton says that the politician knows without reality, it is only despotism that concurred you and make you behave. the same thing that benjamin rush said. john dickinson -- kingston not give the right to happiness. we climb them from a higher source from the king of kings and the lord of all the earth. where do our rights come? they come from god. john adams, again -- the bible contains the most perfectly maliki -- the most perfect morality. this is the most republican book in the world. they meant by republic self- government. adams as saying if you want a code to live by to bring about self-government, it is in the bible. help each other, give to charity, treat each other with respect. if you want self-government, you have to live this way. without it, tierney and despotism will tell you how to live. and in wa