and rembrandt stood out because he could do anything in paint.an illusion like things were real. he had a remarkable style that people found fascinating, it was with bright light and dark shadows, it is the contrast of the two that make these paintings dramatic, the thing that is really special for us as the rembrandthuis museum, that is that it went bankrupt. he was very successful, but he spent a lot of money. so he lived a lavish life? he certainly did, yeah. he went bankrupt and during this bankruptcy they made a list of everything that was in the house. so we have exactly, room for room, listed, everything that was in here. so the irony of it is, is rembrandt‘s misfortune is our luck, because you managed to find out... it is our luck. certainly. incredible. love this place. the decor is amazing. this is where the great man lived between 1639 and 1658. and it isjust, it's so grand and really cool. this is where he produced some of the greatest works of art that the world has ever seen. look at this fireplace! that is nuts. there is a bed here

we need to figure out, we want to know how rembrandt painted it, what his ideas we re rembrandt paintedideas were when he was painting it, how he made this nice composition, was at first all 0k made this nice composition, was at first all ok on the canvas or did he change his mind and change small things, or did he change the composition? those things we would like to know. at the same time, we would like to know what kind of pigments rembrandt used. so you are getting a real idea of what it was like to be a painter in rembrandt‘s time. or evenjust his unique style? his unique style, indeed. we are basically on rembrandt‘s shoulder and watching him while he is painting his paintings. the story of the night watch painting is absolutely fascinating. this is a copy of the original, and over the yea rs copy of the original, and over the years it has been trimmed down in size, especially on the left—hand side, there were actually characters that have been lost from this painting, because in its original location, they had the right size, but when it was moved it couldn't fit into the space w

leiden is the place where rembrandt was born and opened his first studio.n with the artist. and if you like mixing fact with fantasy, one great place to try out is this rembrandt—themed escape room, situated here inside an old mediaeval tower. so basically i've been told that this house is haunted by the spirit of rembrandt, and we have an hour to escape, trying to use the clues, and that picture apparently is going to give us some information and help us escape. jaunty pipe music. over here, there is a padlock, and it's got colours on it. so i am thinking, i am wondering if those colours are anything to do with the colours up on... can you see? you don't need to know much about the history of art to try and work your way out of this room. but a bit of lateral thinking and a taste for teamwork definitely come in handy. woo! what's in there! a creepy cloth! yes! we've got a creepy cloth! i think we are getting loads of clues, and we are having a lot of success, but not the big success that we need. shall we do it again? nothing happened. i think we could be

leiden is the place where rembrandt was born and opened his first studio.iaeval tower. so basically i've been told that this house is haunted by the spirit of rembrandt, and we have an hour to escape, trying to use the clues, and that picture apparently is going to give us some information and help us escape. jaunty pipe music. over here, there is a padlock, and it's got colours on it. so i am thinking, i am wondering if those colours are anything to do with the colours up on... can you see? you don't need to know much about the history of art to try and work your way out of this room. but a bit of lateral thinking and a taste for teamwork definitely come in handy. woo! what's in there! a creepy cloth! yes! we've got a creepy cloth! i think we are getting loads of clues, and we are having a lot of success, but not the big success that we need. shall we do it again? nothing happened. i think we could be here for days! is there water and bread here? and then, finally, with only ten minutes left, it all seems to come together... hopefully. yes... yes! we are f

. >> the rembrandts are here. a familiar face. >> it's a nice looking crowd but we will start with that flooding emergency in texas. this morning, entire neighborhoods still cut off and more people are still in need of rescue. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in the hard hit city of hampshire, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the amount of rain that has fallen here more than 30, even 40 inches of rain here in parts of jefferson county. now, we just saw a rescue team in a high water vehicle head down this road. entire neighborhoods are cut off and emergency shelters are packed. this morning rescuers are still scrambling to reach inundated parts of southeast texas after one of the wettest tropical cyclones on record. >> it's just going outside and seeing people begging for help. it was really scary. >> reporter: and around houston, there have been more than a thousand water rescues so far. overnight, a freeway shut down in baytown after rising waters caused several barges to break loose along the san jacinto ri

. >> i think of these birds as sort of the rembrandts, the monets, the homers. they're priceless pieces of art that exist in nature. >> reporter: priceless art peter marra hopes can be enjoyed for generations to come. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >> he said it best. the birds are the can aree in the coal mine. straight ahead, a new generation of afghan women take the field with big goals in mind. >> diaz: this week afghanistan votes for a new president. the election comes with taliban violence surging. and whoever wins will be in charge of attempting to negotiate first a ceasefire, and then some form of shared government. that could undermine gains made by afghan women-- not just at the ballot box, but on the playing field. charlie d'agata in kabul has the story. >> reporter: for these young women in kabul, soccer has never been just a game. >> actually when i play football i feel that i'm free in a country like afghanistan. >> reporter: when you play soccer it makes you feel free. >> yeah. >> reporter: but that freedom is now under threat. women h

coming up next week: we go to amsterdam to see researchers restoring rembrandt in front of the publice artist. i really think he would think we are crazy. make sure you catch that and, in the meantime, check us out on social media but for now from me and the rest of the team, it is goodbye. hello there. for many of us the weekend is fair, it will be mostly dry with some sunshine but there will also be a few showers. we have one or two around at the moment, north scotland, northern ireland, north wales and north—west england. if you are heading outside here, might be worth taking an umbrella with you. showers will be fleeting in nature so they won't last very long in any one place. for some of us then it will be a chilly start to the weekend, particularly across north—eastern areas, but it is a mostly dry prospect, those showers will continue for a time, northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, perhaps sneaking into the midlands. we may well see a few light showers pop up later in the day across east anglia and south—east england. but still for the vast majority it is a dry d

mate so what does this mean if the successors to some of our greatest creative minds shakespeare rembrandt or even beethoven are in fact high performance machines art has always been a defining feature of our humanity so are we perhaps at the end of an era and can i be truly creative these are questions we'll attempt to answer with a diverse group of guests give them around of applause please ladies and gentlemen . and please allow me to introduce them bethlehem dessie is here all the way from. today touted as the youngest pioneer in. ethiopia's fast emerging tech scene so her focus is on training women in ai she does this at i called labs which is one of the ai labs involved in developing the famous humanoid robot sophia who is over here on my right give a round of applause. my close gabriella the german philosopher and bestselling author says that it's precisely human imperfection that will be our greatest strength and our stupidity makes us clever. raghav r k k as a multi-disciplinary artist from india he's also a curator and co-founder of 641 that's a collective that focuses on ai's pl

bazillionaires, we include most of their wealth, which is their stock portfolio, the diamonds, the rembrandt'sand the yachts. i am just saying let's include all of it. ok. and by the way, i want to send everybody i am not proposing a wealth tax because i'm cranky. [laughter] no. i am not. i am not. you know, some of these guys say, oh, i worked hard, i had a great idea, i worked late -- like anybody else -- i worked late, or inherited wealth, and yet, -- yeah, this is mind. the answer is, this is for you. no one is angry about that, but here's the deal. you built a great fortune here in america. i guarantee you built it at least in part using workers all of us helped pay to educate. yeah. [applause] sen. warren: you built it at least in part, getting your goods to market on roads and bridges that all of us helped pay to build. yep. [applause] sen. warren: you built it at least in part protected by police and firefighters during -- all of us help pay their salaries. and we are glad to do it. these are the investments we make as americans. we are happy to do this, to create more opportunity. but

. >> i got into a dance off with rembrandt.ou i got you. [ laughter ] >> it was a good time. >> jimmy: that's fun that's fun and then -- now, it's a lot of back to school time here in new york city. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i was just seeing if there's any memories that you guys have -- mero, of going back to school do you remember any memories of going back to school in september? >> i just remember my freshman year of high school and being terrified. because everybody coming out of junior high was, like, "freshman friday, bro. freshman friday. if you're not an upper classman, you get your ass kicked, bro. they're going to come get you. >> jimmy: that's what freshmen friday is? >> yeah, "they gonna drop you. they're going to steal your book bag they'll steal your lunch they're going to -- put you -- give you a wedgie, put your head in the toilet." >> jimmy: no >> you know what i'm saying? >> i feel like freshmen friday outside new york city they help the freshman they are, like, "hey, this is your classes." [ laughter ] >> "here

. >> i think of these birds as sort of the rembrandts the pieces of art that exist in nature. >> pricelessd heard this was happening, but i didn't realize it was to this degree. the numbers issue astonishing. >> billions of birds and it's not only birds. many large species, many important species. >> you know, it is it the canar >>> cedric the entertainer stars as calvin the butler on "the neighborhood". right now he's in our neighborhood. how the comedy series explores serious topics. your local news is nex >>> good morning, it is 8:25, i am michelle griego. police are searching for the gunman who opened fire at san jose state university last night. investigators found several bullet holes, but police say no one was hurt. no word yet if any possible suspects. taking a live look at ocean beach, california lawmakers want to ban smoking at all state beaches. violators would face a $25 fine. the proposal still needs the guv governor signature. >>> three cities will try to out do each other tomorrow at this year's coastal clean up day. a friendly competition to get volunteers for the dirty wor

not want to miss we're going to talk to the creators, also we'll hear that song again because the rembrandtst put you somewhere. >> going to sing along. >>> we're going to move on to your news at eight flood warnings are up as a powerful storm begins soaking parts of the south there's also more trouble brewing in the atlantic. dylan's got everything you need to know. hey, dylan, good morning. >> good morning, again, and we do have a very active tropics right now. we've got three storm suspects out there. imelda, which was a tropical storm, hurricane humberto, a major hurricane passing to the north of bermuda, and as of tomorrow, should stay mainly north of the islands, even though this is just a tropical depression, it does have a lot of rain with it, and it's just rotating around the same areas over and over again, so that's why we do have that flood threat as this storm just very very slowly moves to the north, so we do have flood watches, we have flood warnings, south of houston we've already picked up about 12 to 15 inches of rain. north houston has picked up an inch there's a big variat

their property tax we include most of their wealth, which is their stock portfolio, the diamonds rembrandtshose so okay. so, by the way, i want to say to everybody i don't he proposal a tax because i am cranky. >> the diamonds the yachts? include it all, okay. -- start now herman what do you think? >> crazy -- >> classic it is classic class warfare, i don't have a yacht i don't want one but i am not jealous of somebody that has a yacht i don't have six cars i don't want six cars but not jealous of any one who doesn't have six cars elizabeth warren is the classic class warfare crowd few that show up for rallies plays its tax the wealthy, most people that acquired large amounts of money and they have a fortune what risk did government take nonwhat risk did elizabeth warren take. >> she took risks when she built her own multimill multimill i don't know day willar fortune. >> this is confiscation. >> it is we need a step back to understand that 70% of americans right now think the wealthy should be taxed more she is playinging into a base elizabeth warren is actually running a very smart campai

how about we include your stock portfolio, diamonds, rembrandt, and yacht. let's call it for the whole thing, right? >> the one thing not clear when she starts talking about people's possessions is which government agency would go around appraiseing all of that and figuring out how much of a wealth tax is owed. >> sandra: peter doocy. thank you. >> bill: we're waiting now at 9:27 east coast time the release of this transcript of president trump's phone call with the president of ukraine that happened in july, a day after bob mueller finished his testimony on capitol hill. so what does the transcript tell us and what will it reveal? we'll ask hogan gidley traveling here in new york and he will be our guest in a moment. do not miss this. we're back right after this. leading them to discover: we're woven together by the moments we share. everything you need, all in one place. expedia. m...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. wow, th

made so what does this mean if the successors to some of our greatest creative minds shakespeare rembrandt or even beethoven are in fact high performance machines art has always been a defining feature of our humanity so are we perhaps at the end of an era and can i be.