over here, is a 12-pounder napoleon. >> ...and a goal in his sights. >> collection of every gun of majormportance in the history of the united states.ut when itl the incredible arsenal... >> were you shocked? >> oh, yeah, of course. oh, yeah. >> ...it's his heirs who hear a blast from the past. >> what did you estimate that collection was worth at that time? >> probably a million dollars. that was a small load. if you put a big load in there it'll knock you on your fanny. ho! [ applause ] [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby outside portland, oregon. a family wrote that their strange inheritance would blow me away -- an extraordinary cache of historic firearms and civil war cannons that's lock, stock, and smoking barrels. ♪ >> my name's brian marek. my father was a world-class gunsmith who spent his life forging centuries-old military weapons... >> it's all shaped by hand. >> ...into an arsenal coveted by collectors. my brothers and i found our inheritance highly explosive, in more ways than one. >> hey, guys, i'm jamie. i meet brian, alon

, napoleon said a leader is a dealer in hope. a leader is a dealer in hope. everything else i have talked about tonight devolves from that inner quite sense of self-confidence that inspires others with hope. not with fear. but with hope. a leader is a dealer in hope. that is the heart of character. thank you very much. pleasure being with you. thank you. [applause] >> admiral, thank you. we do have time for a few quick questions. we will moderate this. we're tight on time. he flew in from vietnam this morning, and he's flying out to istanbul this evening. and our first question will come from one of the many cadets with us from troy high school, navy jrotc. what is your question, sir? >> well, sir, my question would be what would you say to cadets who aren't exactly able to enlist right away but have an aspiration to get back to their country and serve their country? typically these people would be those who have high-functioning autism or adhd, something that precludes them from joining service right away, but they still have th

in my last thought for you tonight about character comes from napoleon for go i love quoting napoleon because short people have to stick together. [laughter] if you remember nothing else while we have been together in this marvelous library, the center of intellectual thought, thought, which probes the biggest questions of character if you remember nothing else napoleon said a looter is a dealer and hope everything else i talk about tonight devolves from that quiet sense of self that inspires others with hop hope, not with fear but a dealer is a leader in hope that is the heart of a character. thank you very much. >> thank you admiral. we have time for a few quex questions. flying in from vietnam this morning and flying out this afternoon. our first question comes from one of the many cadets from troy high school jrotc. >> what would you say to cadets who cannot enlist either way but to give back to their country and serve their country because there will be those who have high functioning autism one - - autism that precludes them but they still have the aspiration to innovate. >> wha

fred: sure, it's actually kind of funny that you mentioned napoleon, little napoleon.est that produces this great thing helping men around the world with their prostate can actually be traced back to napoleon. this was a forest he built in the southwest section of france, right below the famous bordeaux, the best wines in the world. french wines from bordeaux are here. the greatest soil, the greatest this. right below it is where this comes. it's called french maritime pine trees. they're different looking pine trees. it was planted by napoleon way back when. that's where it is. larry: they do the extracting. fred: they do the extracting. it's a huge place, but it's right in the middle of this beautiful forest. larry: your enthusiasm for this product is unbelievable. i love to see you -- it has helped me a lot, but to see you so wrapped up in it. fred: well, it would take you tens of millions of people. i've done some nice things in my life. i've had some success in my life, but never anything like this. if someone would have told me 10, 20, 30 years ago, you are going

larry: i know about napoleon. i knew degaulle. i mean, france, the whole concept of finding it and everything. fred: it is funny you mentioned napoleon. little the polian. this forest that produced this great thing that is helping -- little napoleon there this forest that produced this great thing can tilt nightly -- can tohnically be traced back napoleon. it is in the southwest section of france. the french wines of bordeaux are here, and right below that, it is the area where this comes from. it is called french maritime pine trees. they are different looking pine trees. it was planted by napoleon way back when. that is where it is. larry: they do the extracting. fred: they do the extracting. it is right in the middle of this forest. product is unbelievable. i mean, it has helped me a lot, but to see you so wrapped up in it -- fred: it will take you, times millions of people. i have done some nice things in my life, had some success. i have never had anything like this. it is crazy. if someone had told me, 10, 20, 30 years ago,

in her book, she mentions she thought cleburne had done some studying of the napoleonic campaigns in portugal and spain. she sais she thought he had remembered a battle in portugal that happened on september 27, 1810, that is very similar to the terrain he was going to be fighting on. flank,s a stream on one a mountain on the others. there are ridges and gaps in those ridges as you move up on white oak mountain. there are several ravines you have to go up. it is not a straight, flat area, as you are marching up. so she decided, and i kind of agree with her, that this was the plan. he was going to defend that gap, ignore the other side with the steep mountain and concentrate his men on white oak mountain. so when he moved into town, this is the order the brigades actually moved in. crossing the creek, moving into town, then moving towards the gap. this is about 3:00 in the morning. the federal army is actually coming down the road, and he knows he doesn't have much time before he's going to have to meet the enemy. enemy?o is the well, the guy coming down the road was general hooker. g

he is pretrade is having a napoleon complex, when in reality nasser was pulling back from extremism, realizing he didn't have the financial wherewithal and trying to meet his agenda. charles schultz and herb block were good friends. they often did things to honor one another. mr. schulz, not so much in his peanuts cartoons. he was a big fan of herb block personally. here we have the time-honored character of snoopy cursing communism, communists in general. wishing they could bomb more in vietnam. what i want to do is select five cartoons they relate to a series of events or particular events in 1967, something that stands out in his work. for me what stood out in 1967 is how important it was for consumers. mr. bloch did a series of cartoons that highlighted the work of individuals in promoting consumer regulations, better safety for americans area we have the food and drug administration. and americans deceased from inadequate warnings. could he have drawn this cartoon today? i will ask you to be the judge. mr. bloch had suffered a heart attack in 1959 and quit smoking. he never gave

he was 5'2", the same height as napoleon. he had been in every war he could get into. tried desperately to get in the first world war. it was there in his face. he was a heroic little guy. >> but you like to paint kids too, don't you? >> yes, i like to paint kids. because i think people like to go back to their youth again. >> since 1916, i think you have painted more than 300 covers. and in all that time, i suppose the magazine has changed quite a bit, hasn't it? >> oh, yes. a magazine has to change like everything else has to change. i have some of the really old covers if you like to see them? >> before your time? >> oh yes, way before my time. ♪ >> oh, there is your very first cover! ♪ tales thathe de to me were so dear, long, long ago long, long ago. songs i delighted to hear long, long ago long ago ♪ [humming tune] ♪ >> ♪ long, long ago long ago ♪ [humming tune] ♪ >> norman did many covers about world war i and world war ii. but the ones we all loved most were about homecoming. long ago long ago ♪ [guitar chords] >> well, that was about it for the day. so i swung

he was only 5'2", exactly the same height of napoleon.t was there in his face. you know, he was a heroic little guy. >> but you like to paint kids too, don't you? >> oh, yes. i like to paint kids because i think people like to go back to their youth again. >> uh-huh. norman, since 1916 i think you have painted over more than 300 covers, and in all of that time i suppose the magazine has changed quite a bit, hasn't it? >> oh, yes. the magazine has to change like everything else has to change. i have some of the old covers if you would like to see them, real old covers. would you like to see them? >> before your time? >> oh, gosh. way before my time. >> fine. ♪ ♪ >> oh, there's your very first cover. ♪ tell me the tales that to me were so dear ♪ ♪ long, long ago ♪ long, long ago ♪ sing me the songs i delighted to hear ♪ ♪ long, long ago ♪ long ago ♪ ♪ ♪ long, long ago ♪ long ago ♪ ♪ >> norman did many covers about world war i and world war ii, but the ones we all loved most were about homecoming. ♪ ♪ long, long ago ♪ long ago >> well, that

this road only it was intended to be a song of peace and hope in the difficult years after the napoleonic wars all are mass water tallaght is famine epidemics and failed harvests had created a mood of despondency to those of more himself or grown up in grinding poverty and had enjoyed much in the years before he penned the poem that would go on to become a world famous carol. google is more sure to get there with france he created a song sung today by 2000000000 people across the globe during the christmas season one that has been translated into more than 300 languages and dialects of places to become but it took 117 years and a very long journey via hamburg new york and los angeles before silent night became the most popular christmas carol of all time. the journey takes years to the california desert to palm springs at the time the home of pain crossed the being crossed. by then being crosby was already the most successful singer of his day he live just outside palm springs in the small away series of rancho mirage. his company's offices however were located on hollywood sunset bouleva

he was only five feet two inches, the exact same height as napoleon. get in. he was in the indian war, the civil war. he tried desperately to get into the first world war, and it was there in his face. he was a heroic little guy. tom: but you like to paint kids too, don't you? norman: yes, i like to paint kids. because i think people like to go back to their youth again. tom: since 1916, i think you have painted or than 300 covers. and all that time, i suppose the magazine has changed quite a bit, hasn't it? norman: oh, yes. a magazine has to change, like everything else has to change. i have some of the really old covers, if you would like to see them? tom: before your time? norman: oh, yes way before my , time. ♪ tom: oh, there is your very first cover! ♪ details that to me the tales tell me that to me were so dear, long, long ago, long, long ago sing me the songs i delighted to hear long ago ♪ o, [humming] ♪ agong, long ago, long [humming] ♪ ♪ tom: norman did many covers about world war i and world war ii. but the ones we all loved most were about h

during the second empire which is napoleon's nephew becomes the second emperor of france in the 19th century and it's an authoritarian state. but one of these liberals, a man named edward renee delaboule is very interested in the progress of the civil war and favors the union side and very interested in american emancipation, and after the passage of the 13th 13th amendment and the civil war amendments, he thinks-wouldn't it be a great thing for france to give a present to the united states commemorating emancipation in the form of a colassal statue, and at the luncheon in which he floats this idea, one of his guests is a frederick barferdry, aun sculpture. he goes to egypt and sees where mon.s of the ancient world are still standing. he writes some very interesting theoretical things how you should do this he says it's very important not to have too many details. don't want to distract the eye-says they should be as simple as a sketch. almost like advertising. these two get together. when france becomes a republic again in 1870, republicanism is now for a time the official position

just like napoleon at 1st elected 1st console for 4 years and for life. a little fish in peril of the following. meanwhile boris yeltsin was surrounded by his family and waiting for the fast election results. let's put it that. you can use these me my daily routine will certainly change. has already. the constant pressure. all of russia on your shoulders every hour every day. problems or pressing something has happened here or there decisions have to be taken thousands of papers signed daily thousands thousands. it's a constant pile. and it's a hell of a job. i just thought you know it's not pressing anymore. there's just a routine work left. you know the burden is on a bloody mary bloody meter overage protein it's is do they know. why i gave him a 6 month head start on purpose. so that after being elected. he could make use of the experience he had gained as acting president was a good piece. you know the words as head of the russian government. that was the importance of the decision i took on december 31st 1909. to be sure there are still reproaching y

over here, is a 12-pounder napoleon. >> ...and a goal in his sights. >> collection of every gun of major states.ut when itl the incredible arsenal... >> were you shocked? >> oh, yeah, of course. oh, yeah. >> ...it's his heirs who hear a blast from the past. >> what did you estimate that collection was worth at that time? >> probably a million dollars. that was a small load. if you put a big load in there it'll knock you on your fanny. ho!

different ideas being put on it here i mean mccrone it seems to me wants to recreate some kind of napoleonic empire ok or is someone on cross told means must weak is a mccrone once they're essentially sell the french military to the germans ok but at least a capital b. in paris but the brain dead statement is important here because it does show a different vision here well i'm not really sure if it's going to work i know that mccrone wants to be another de gaulle which there's only one to go and only i will be only one to go on the air but i mean the there are the forces in washington the you know the the a lion's world but there are some new things happening right here because there are tensions you know the most interesting thing about this statement from mark crowing about the brain death of nato was their reaction to it how important need to lead us are you know chancellor merkel of germany of said you want your destructive policy and there have to glue together they will look at what she did in ukraine that case so why is she an authority on anything there absolutely well the border. i

over the haolidays, bennie and napoleon had a party at this hotel in portland. chance to unwind, or even steal a kiss. >> i feel so much better now. >> reporter: making memories that will last long into the new year, reminding us, we can all use a little llama love. for "today," sarah harman, nbc news, richfield, washington. >> the fake antlers. >> yeah. >>> still to come, we're going to look back at the news that dominated the headlines in 2019, from politics to the world of it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $1299. plus 0% interest for 24 months on all beds. ends new year's day. >>> still to come on "today," why president trump is tweeting about "home alone 2" nearly 30 years after it first came out. >>> plus, this last weekend of tremfya® helps adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis uncover clearer skin that can last. in fact, tremfya® was

many as you may know that the brazil was a portuguese colony and actually what happened is that napoleon is european aggression was so distant that the royal court in portugal moved in exile to brazil the only way they could really manage brazil because of its size was to create what amounted to be fiefdoms that were basically partial doubt to the court the monarchs court that basically set the stage for we have today and we have a country that basically is run by oligarchy. the debate here between the left and the right is really a false debate it doesn't make a difference who's in power politically if it's the left or the right the oligarchy still run the show and i think that's the challenge that this country is facing i mean it the question is how do you open the country up when the in fact the oligarchy that control the country don't want the country to be open i noticed that in social media statistics brazil ranks and i think of the top 3 of the most social social media chatty blog it's really amazing toss hard to understand i know that the arab spring going back a few years now i

. >> santa ana was marking himself as napoleon in the west. he was murderous.e encouraged troops to commit rape. he didn't have a great code of honor about him. he was a ruthless dictatorial leader. he decided i'm not going to be known for giving away territory in northern mexico. i'd rather defeat the texans and claim modern texas and then make them negotiate a settlement. >> why this group of texans felt like he had no choice to fight for their independence. how the mexican army led by santa ana responded. >> the fight begins. you know in the early 1830s, texas was happy to be independent state of mexico. he immediately shelved liberty. annexation to the u.s. was not in the card. president andrew jackson and former president thomas jefferson was convinced that texas came along with the louisana purchase. these guys were on their own. they were ready to fight early on too, they had nothing but success. what do you think the truth is? was texas in the louisana purchase? >> it's a great question. the argument is, it could have been part of the louisana purchase.

that's about it historically a lot of aggressive regimes have banked on high birth rates napoleon pursued this strategy so did the nazis before women had to produce a lot of children the same is true of i-s. . but unlike the nazis who were seeking racial purity the u.s. is pursuing an agenda of ideological and religious purity they'll do that's a thing to do such images i've got the lead sound of sunday off going out to fish and chips and christmas it doesn't matter to them whether it's a chechen arab or german who's joining the jihad or a smiling blue eyed frenchman from normandy. as long as he it hears to their religious ideology think and feel intimate enough to do an article for the judge in your class. it was written. from the moment that bone these children are raised and indoctrinated with this ideology. it's only known. and they have no choice but to adapt to the social environment. suitable fish to. its inevitable every child grows up immersed in the world view of their parents and protectors he would sound the experience life as a. good man eat. eat and eat a hot tea yes. it's n

it historically a lot of aggressive regimes have banked on high birth rates napoleon pursued this strategy so did the nazis if women had to produce a lot of children the same is true of bias. but unlike the nazis who were seeking racial purity. yes is pursuing an agenda of ideological and religious purity feel good excerpt they do each image of god the legs out of sunday off going to the fish and chips and dresses it doesn't matter to them whether it's a chechen arab or german who is joining the jihad or a smiling blue eyed frenchman from normandy. as long as he it hears to their religious ideology. and still in the medina to do an article for the judge in young plots. it was written. from the moment that bone these children are raised and indoctrinated with this ideology. it's only known. and they have no choice but to adapt to this social environment. suitable fish here. it's inevitable every child grows up immersed in the world view of their parents and protectors you know it's on the experience life as a. good man that believe that all hockey yeah. it's christmas look to the senate to

then napoleon arrived on the throne and it was since then the christmas eve service continued.as yet to even begin, so fragile is the construction itself and all the care that has to be given in picking out the bits of it that were damaged before it can be rebuilt. it will be sometime longer and no doubt anywhere near the five years that macron promised it would take to rebuild, kate. >> absolutely. such a long and arduous process ahead. melissa, thank you so much. thank you so much for being here. and "inside politics" with manu raju starts right now. >>> welcome to a special holiday edition of "inside politics." i'm manu raju. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump speaks from mar-a-lago and the topic of impeachment is unavoidable. mitch mcconnell, though, may like what he hears. >>> plus rudy giuliani's work in ukraine and says he would love to go inside the impeachment trial. >>> as much as the weight of the impeachment and russia are on his

the clerk napoleon was not a religious institution. or was sort of on the independent national institutions independent from the point. and i would say many people were going to catch up necessarily because there were the evils. barq's they expressed. there to feel towards the system and also the role of. there was an attempt on the part of communism part you know in poland to suppress the chants the sun expands a section of the socialism based on the political domino spent on the sequence. of. team group or we went in a group on a bus early in the morning and arrived in warsaw at about 7 in the morning about yeah. you want to play muckers i've been on that's where before at the time it was called victory square. it was the 1st time it seemed so big to me the sort of moral. who's really euphoric situation and be really really pleased that it was just something they could never have believed to have happened if the pope visited an independent country that he would not be sought. otherwise i think the warmer sea. and these 2 can believe

ordered liberty the will be an achievement size of which all the triumphs of alexander, caesar, and napoleonl be a little thing. to that purpose, we are offering toir youth and their blood that purpose and to whom we others regretting that we cannot stand beside them, dedicate the remainder of our lives. americans saw these, read about them, and in the following month, april of 1943, there was a war bomb drive, so these images, having been rejected initially as sketches by the office of war information, became embraced by the federal war bomb drive and the images were adopted as the symbols for the second bond drive, and the concept was that americans would invest, pay money for a bond that would mature in a number of years. it was about $18, and in 10 years, the bond would pay you back 25. the concept was, the idea was that they needed the nation to come together quickly to raise and tods for munitions acquit the nation soldiers appropriately. ♪ famous movies most stars leave the capital to help the government sell war bonds. irene dunn, ronald coleman all part of a contingent of some 50 sc

north korea, and his high heel shoes and hairdo, do you know how short you have to be to have a napoleon complex in north america? >> just a brilliant mind. like an intense guy energetically but went to harvard law school, like a really great brain. >> seriously you're not the only one here. all these rubber faced monsters. how much worse could your real face look than that clown mask welded on your head. you used to look your age, now you don't even look like your species. >> the first time i saw him perform i was like, oh, stand up's a sport. he was so intense and so quick. he didn't wait for anyone to laugh. >> this guy writes so many jokes before the show, it's unbelievable. >> that's what we do here. >> you're the guy in school who did all the homework and asked if there was anymore that needed to be done. >> that's a good point. and if you had tried to little comedy writing maybe your show would still be on the air. >> his takes on the topics were more insightful, more concise, i loved it. >> what was so great about greg which would be really helpful today is an intellectual contra

he sees himself as the new napoleon. >> pete: let him try. speed power but the pushback you get from speech 17 is because he's delusional about the amount of money that france in any way, shape, or form could spend on defense and contribute to an e.u. army because of the socialist state that they operate. russia wants nato split to be replaced by the e.u. "paper tiger." >> melissa: it before we run out of time though, you are looking at buckingham palace for the nato reception and at the same time here in the u.s. they are working on impeachment and talking about impeachment. here's what jim jordan had to say about that. >> there is a softening, the facts are on the present side and the truth is on the pheasant side, present side. i don't think they can stop it, i think they will move forward with this. >> melissa: so impeachment, nato, and what do you think about what jim jordan says? >> pete is absolutely right. nato is a critical discussion and the fact that we are thinking in terms of a postmodern picture, and i think it's much better. th

. >> santa ana was marking himself as the napoleon in the west. he was murderous.ed troops, often, to commit rape. he didn't have a great code of honor about him. but he was a ruthless, dictatorial leader. he decided i'm not going to be known for giving away territory in northern mexico. so i'd rather defeat the texans and claim modern-day texas and then make them negotiate a settlement. >> when we come back, why this group of texans led that included davy crockett, felt they had no choice but to fight, literally to the death, for the independence, and how the mexican army led by santa ana responded. ♪ ♪ some things are too important to do yourself. get customized security with 24/7 monitoring from xfinity home. awarded the best professionally installed system by cnet. simple. easy. awesome. call, click or visit a store today. ♪ >> the fight begins. you know, up until the early 1830s, texas was happy to be an independent state of mexico. that all changed when general antonio lopez santa ana took power. he immediately shelved liberty. which was a queue for stephen f

heard the exact same conversation from her many times and a lot of people feel like uncle rico from napoleon dynamite, but you said about not going to let her be anointed this time. i remember being on the floor the dnc in 2016 and these people pulling me aside and they were furious about the emails coming out looking like the dnc was coordinating her and they were telling you whether they did or not but telling me on the floor that they were going to vote for trump because they were so mad about her. so she comes back into this, that is going to be a problem. but you said she seems very loosened up and people said she is so warm and so great. if i hurt her like that before, i would've voted for her but when we think about, do your number when bob dole ran for president and they were doing this skit on "snl" all the time, that after he lost, he showed up on the show in person to confront norm mcdonald who had been playing him and at the same time people were saying if bob dole had been human like we voted for him. >> jesse: the pressure to be is something that just be yourself, they say that

napoleon won -- and lost... and the wright brothers flew. >> he built the log and lived in it for seven years. >> right there in the forest -- until word gets out of the old fella living in a log. >> people would come and knock on the door and say, "what's in there?" so he used to take the log to schools. >> just load it on a trailer. presto -- a mobile home. in the late 1950s, james sr. passes away, leaving his only son, world war ii vet and traveling salesman james elwin allen, his unusual home. so the son of a lumberjack decides to take it cross-country, maybe make a buck while sharing his strange inheritance with the world. he sets off for parts unknown. his travels eventually lead him to canada and a rodeo show called the calgary stampede. there he meets 18-year-old iris keiver. they're both smitten and soon get married. what do you think your mother thought about her husband driving around the country with a log house? >> i think it must've been very intriguing because my mother married my father, and that

little psychomidget, anyboditime you have a short -- you know how short you have to be to have a napoleonea. >> he was a brilliant mind. an intense guy energetically, but went to harvard law school, like a really great brain. >> seriously, you're not the only one here, all these rubber-faced monosters, how much worse could your real face look than that clown mask you've had welded on your head. you used to look your age, now you don't even look your species. >> the first time i saw him perform i was like, oh, spandup is a sport. he was so intense, and he was so quick. he didn't wait for anyone to laugh. >> this guy writes so many jokes before the show it's not even funny. it's unbelievable. kind of what we do here, dennis. comedy writers. >> you're the guy at school who did all the moerk and asked if there was anymore to do. >> that's a good point. if you would try some comedy writing -- maybe your show would be on the air. >> i got to know greg doing tough crowd, his takes on the topics were more insightful, more son skies, funnier than anything i could come up with. i loved it. >> what

not even paying its fair share in nato, yet somehow he thinks there there will be this new grand napoleonic it will not happen. charles: before you go, should the role be adjusted because of terrorism in the recent years? >> as an alliance, whether it is iran or china, militarily but we will unite economically to stand up to you enforce tariffs. that is the one of the best of both. military factions and against terrorism. charles: we heard from you -- thank you so much. would you eat a apple that could last more than a year in the refrigerator? they're calling it the cosmic twist. the best engineering can make. i think i would eat it. tweet me @cvpayne. we can still make this a december to remember. we'll be right back. ♪. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doi