what about you watching live from paris on front twenty four on your salary the headlines this hour? president not problems the notion done prorocedural restord and renovated within five years he addressed the nation a short while ago following last night's devastating fire. as the investigation continues prosecutors say there is nothing to indicate it was a deliberate act. francis three richest tie cadence of page five hundred million euros to restore not too a total of seven hundred million euros has now beenn promised to rebuild the cathedral before the fire. the renovation was one hundred

million new restrooms. and in other news the head of algeria's constitutionanal counl quits amid pressure from protesters tie it then that i use. is one o of three officials acaccused of f belonging to the discredited ratio. of the ex president of the disease. french president emmanuel macron says he wants the notre dame cathedral restored and renovated within five years it took hundreds of firefighters fifteen hours to put out the blaze last night but tonight. it is still standing even though it has sustained severe damage was speaking at a macro said that france was a nation of builders and the cathedral would eventually be even more beautiful than before. some said that.

the bed set. we as a people are builders and we have a lot to repeat all wee. so yes if you want to we will rebuild their not put them in the world. to be even more beautiful than before. and i want this completed within five years. we can do it and we will take action. after the challenge comes the moment of reflection and then the moment of action and also needed i fix you. recently the looks you. when an investigation is ongoing prosecutors say they see no evidence that the fire was started deliberately they're working on the theory that it was an accident linked to renovation? will dozens of workers have been questioned in connection with that but investigators along with expert seeking to salvage artworks will have to wait forty eight hours before they can go inside. because of concerns about the safety all of the remaining structure will front twenty fourth chris moore is down at the scene and c chris at a peope still are coming down to the side of no to down.

to have a look for themselves. the study i yes but will be in - slightly -- smaller -- numbers as the evening wears on we were hey i id into the morning i wake up this place yesterday. the sense you got that -- the part in the short was the sense that people really need to be with other human beings to witnesss this s is -- i oversee side but alsoo - -- communal experirience and i said the impression you getet today as wl ople comomg down to the the banknks of the river seine peop. for reasons but also o if more life outut phone a as if made of powers that harm a total of incoming down into saudi contemplating -- what happens -- yesterday and the results of which shop now playing -- full to save you because a particular behind me because the two towers all thankfully are still standing but if you take a side on vieww. at the c cathedral you could really see -- the the extent of damage our system to to the roof of a service by half -- which

his -- is no longer that you have the president not call marabouts at rebuilding efforts one thing. i wish you have pretty much everybody subsequent to the publicic you speak to half. asas that but just as clean as t is to get on with that restoring the complete address former glory. before they can do that they they will have to assess. the full extent of the damage why they chris what is the situation now in terms of people going in and out of the cathedral because we have sent her at that the structure is no. the sound is it. so yes as you said access -- remainss -- very much restricted dystopia hundreds are firefighghters are working. in the cafes w with whatat we o- and into at eighteen that access will remain restricicted

essentials collapse accent truck i one of the adjacent buildings to the phototography was being evacuated -- security up of course. it was the in terms of really establish a getting a propepe idea of the level of damage and establishing a key fasting quarry.. this can be a little bit of a white -- of white so now i have the next fortyty eight hours chs thank you very much chris small that down and not should -- cathedral so huge renovation project is due to begin at hundreds of millions of euros have already been pledged to help with that effort impressed a macro says. he won't sit down within five years call stanley takes a closer look at what was lost in last n night's fire. this extensive damage but it's still standing. rubin molester chill of a summer overall the cathedral structure is holding it with them -- and some we can says have been identified in the vault. the haneded withh a north transept cable which has t to be made safafe y you'll do it close

persistence of securities. gogone in the blaze that erupted on monday ninight two thirds of the cathedral's roof alolong wih it spina. the forest of twelfth and thirteenth century would that held the top bond while the lead sheets on top melted. the stone vaulting inside the cathedral prevented much of thee structure from falling down. the bell towers on the western facade remained intact well the famous bruise windows and organ appear to have survived. firefighters managed to save many of the treasures inside. maybe i need to place it on a call in the two most t famous pieces for t the crown of thorns and the saint louis tunic are in safe. in the whole. of the restf the treaeasures should we safely in the louvre by today or tomorrow -- thee collection will proceed.. sixten statues once coconnected t to te spire a safe. they were removed as part of renovations just four days before the firire. an official signing a much more

positive note that -- to the one they were sounding twenty four hours a guy the french culture minister has said that the most precious relics of notre down have been saved including. the tunic of st louis teams will begin to remove some of the cathedrals greatest paintings on friday. but they say they do expect some of them to have been damaged by smoke and again kay has more. this protected room holds a portion of notre don's recover treasure as fun it just some delays and candle sticks will save thanks to a human chain which permitted firefighters to remove the treasures from the flaming gold edifice one by. one if it is still too they have to go through the smoke the mets are you and the falling melted debris to remove them. and keep them protected since it was a delicate it's dangerous operation and more use. the artifacts were carefully escorted to the paris city hall building located may bonnie. the first treasure to be saved

the holy crown of forms whichch king louis the n nine fruits of france in the thirteenth centur. the relic invaluable to catholic worshippers was papa to be laid on the head of jesuss christ shortly before hisis crucifixixn and fragments reportedly from the cross upon which jesus was crucified what works are brought to safety. along with this tunic wornn by king louis the ninth he was kind of nice in t twelve ninetyty sen the silverer virgins who used an assumption day processions was recoverered on the homes. was it will take several days to establish the exact extent of the fire and water damage in size the cathedral. the trouble is this paintings tend to resist water damage as long as they don't stay wait for to long. so these are the crucial allison on his office and now we have to secure the nave and once we sure there's no risk of collapse we can go in and prioritize taking what type of items we can. enter protective relay

supplement. firefighters managed to remove several important paintings while the blaze was still on the way but not all of them. as for the great organ and it's seven thousand three hundred pipes that has some water damag. but for now the rose windows dating to the twelfth and thirteenth century saw on homes the same goes for the first ten ton boulder emmanuel battle the cathedrals oldest which was inaugurated by louis the fourteenth. off to the inventory to all of the recover treasures will be entrusted to the care of national museums and transported to undisclosed locations. well joining me now is mike robinson a professor of cultural heritagege at the i'm rich international i institute thank you for being with us some fronts twenty four tonight. i was wantingng what you made al presidenent not c crohn's - -- o have this cathedral restored and renovated within five years is that realistic. wasery a ambitious -- and technicacally i i guess it's popossible but i think there wil

be a procecess of decisision m g which comes before. any real attempt to restore the cathedral to work out how the cathedral will will look i mean i thinknk that's a not so debate amongst the the people of paris and against the the relevant. to orgrganize her to joke inn isolations so it's possiblble. but i t think experiencnce tells it takes much longer than that. right well when you do a renovation should you employ traditional techniques traditional materials in order to make it as authentic as possible or should you -- employed morton -- techniques at to to to have it done as quickly as possible what whwhat is the best w way to go abobout it. well i i don't think is the best way i think again the there -- exexamples where peoeople of ono deanan dean you structure to shw more of a of a contempororary l- it reflecting maybe you know contemporary from school in

tempi paris. a new approach undnder those people who take the view w thate should try andnd keep to the mot authentic traraditional means possibible andnd t to restore it as youou entnt t t cathedralal e in another twenty years time. and d it's very difficult to tel nonot that being of scscience. so i mean these these all these all dififficult disisions -- boh of possible -- under both you know many techniques available to to to use up clearly it's impossible to restore everythin- likes alike i'm sure again very difficult and sometimes techninical decisions will needo be made i think. sting to right isn't it and and for example the the spy at the collapse last night in very dramatic way -- that was added in the nineteenth century -- bite you shohouldn't feel vid duke and at the time a lot of people hated that spire they didn't want it less so. for example should be made to look

as it did in the twelfth centur- should be made to look as it did in the nineteenth century it se. it's a difficult process isn't it. well again her teacher -- any form of her to each and we get used to it -- my you know people here to the eiffel towower when the eiffelel ter was constructed i know the thought off not. being removed is it you know it it is an abomination so again we get used to these -- these changes and all her teach. was once knew. i'm so that would have been a time when -- notre dom was brand new and it would be the model of the age. with its don't think splenda and its soaring time was beyond anything which was ever constructed that be full. but of course over the years -- you u know. like like like ourselves we take on new characters we get older. we change we we we have to put yourselves over a littlee bitito

i think it's part of what i wowould calall the integrityty e building it't's part of the stsy of the buildining as p part of e narrative. of the cathedral so again. it'll be a debate i'm sure there will be a debate whether the spy and needs to o be. fouour bakul whether it can be omimied and so ththese are these are these aree very difficucult dececisions i . at that there is a little bit of consternation among some people that it it took a fire at not your dumb -- for people to reach into their pockets we've had these -- donations topping seven hundred million euros to help restore it and it is no secret that not to die'm really struggled before this fire to get the money together. at to rebuild and renovate what why do you think that is that is it and a case of people not. knowing what t they've gotteneno is almost gonene. well i think that is the k kiss and a and what i i think we neeo thinkk about is not. actually walk not true dom shows this is s gh - -- fraud g gile i

wiwill her to choose. and you know there are hundreds of wonderful gothic cathedrals across the whole of europe. they're alall just as vulnerabl. on the a all neeeed some form of protecti -- no it's very difficulult to o protect against some of t these things it made t an a accident in the kiss of y'l cocould was a lightningng bolt u know. these are veryry d difficult tot of be a 100% -- protective about thesee things but we s should certainly opportunity i think to reflect about how fragile anything which i ia hundrdred ad fifty years old i is going to b- i'm m not waiait u until the enn we see these disasteters happen. now having said that it's v very difficult. seoul of months -- i'm so t the general public t to put t their momoney theirir hands in the pos i'm give money in advance of

thinings. so. but i hopope not onene of the ts i can c come out of this. isis a bigger message to get the idea -- o how fragile i lose her teach actualllly is andnd to brining more peoplee in the d. t in the d debates about h how to protect it.. and walks whatt resourceses are needed to do that. my robinson thank you very much and dignity told she well it ha. been a very dramatic twenty four hours here in paris this take a look back now at to some of the shocking scenes that have been beamed around the worlds over the past day or so -- soon.

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international news for you this hour in the first shipment of red cross humanitarian aid has arrived in venezuela after about ten by president nicolas maduro. he had previously blocks efforts to deliver assistance the shipment arrived via f. plane from panama and included fourteen power generates is five thousand liters of distilled water and three surgery equipment kits capable of seven ten thousand patients each. united nations estimates that almost two million venezuelans suffering from malnutrition. the gulf state of bahrain has jailed dozens of people invoked the citizenshipp for seeking to build a terrorist network with help from iran the man was sentenced to between three years and life for attempting to build a second hezbollah. the verdict was swiftly condemned by the bahraini opposition while the human rights group amnesty international called it a

mockery of justice. and the head of algeria's constitutional council has quit so under pressure f from protesesters tie abilities is oe of the three f figures named by pro democracy protesters. in that demonstrative government cleanup the three is seen as part of the discredited regime of the ex president abdelaziz bouteflika. on juries michi chief meanwhile is calling for patients during the transition. it's a a professional army equipped with developed weapons the thought d directed against e enemies of our homeleland and we know it's against the people. as usual in the army is keen to make sure i'm not a drop of algerian blood is spilled. which would serve the interests of our enemies at masada. right. some of the other international news making headlines this alice gets business we now k. moody is with us in the studio and at k. reading at a bit more only at the cathedral and how it was so.

important a french tourism which has had a pretty bad year already has in it absolutely it's been having a ripoff a few years in fact since the twenty fifteen terror attacks here in paris. despite that france does remain the most visited country in the world with a record number of tourist arrivals last year. noted on what was of course one of the top attractions apart from its place as a place of worship -- eight attracted thirteen m million tourirists ey year entrance to the because it's seat the rule itself is frfree as required undnder frenh lalaw which s says religious bes can't c charge for entry. the tourist could pay ten euros to climb the three hundred eighty seven steps of the bell towers. there is a separate fee trip to visit the archaeologicacal crypt underneath. nearby the tiny such a bell does charge admission and benefits from the popularity of its bigger neighbor as does the nearby east st louis and its shops. no around a fundraising has been launched to rebuild what's left

of the cathedral private thought philanthropists have long contributed to such endeavors. american billionaire john rockefeller for example provided much of the funding to rebuild the cathedral of the house after world war. one now is the french government launches its own appeal for donations it's considering a move that would further encourage corporations to pitch in. their rush reports. in the aftermath of t the devavastating blaze at notre do. people the world over have been rushing to donate. dozens of websites have been set up calling on individuals to contribute to the cathedrals reconstruction. such as this one launched by french heritage foundation. just keep your bill may at this site allows everyone who cherishes notre dam to participate in itits reststorat- south of me is on it up. in the twenty four hours following the fire individuals donated nearly four million euros on the site. but the biggest donations are coming from french corporations. half a billion euros have been pledgeged by just three companis

lvmh lori l. and caring. energy giant hotel has promised a hundred million eururos while tech giant apple has also said it will pitch in. altruism aside these corporations among france's wealthiest are seeking tax deductions. under french law companies can deduct up 260% of their donations to nonprofit organizations as long as the deduction amounts to less than point 5% of the company's annual revenue. but donations to so called national treasures receive an even higher tax break allowing up 290% of donations to be deducted. now some lawmakers want the parisian cathedral to fall under this category. one member of parliament has submitted a bill calling for notre dom to be re classified so the donatioions cn receive bigger deductions. the reconstruction is likely to cost billions of euros.

as funding gets under way a few words of caution about online donations so many sites have sprung up and are being circulated on social media. a french company called giving with confidence has issued some guidelines they include confirming the organization's stated goals are clear and coincide with your wishes. contacting the group directly to make sure someone's on the receiving end. and especially on crowd funding sites looking closely at where the m money will l actually be channeledd. of course tragedy like this fire can bring out the best in people but it's important to be aware of possisible scams as well. moving on some of these other business news the check on the global stock markets. made european indices closed moderately higher the docks boosted by the landau shares of german online retailer up 11% on strong earnings forecasts. italian bank unicredit up 3% after it reached a settlement with us authorities over alleged sanctions violations. wall street's trending higher is earning season kicks off in n fl gear a at bank of america and johnson and johnson among those

rising on strong profits for the last quarter. boeing shares are up about one point 8%. of us aviation regulators at a software update for the seven thirty seven max fleet was quote operationally suitable. the box of a fast cup for the boss of foxconn is considering running for the office of president of taiwan. chairman terry -- has confirmed that he's stepping away from day to day operations of the electronics giant which provides the components for apple google and amazon products -- is taiwan's richest man and broadly favors closer ties with china. foxconn does much of its business. the shanghai auto show is under way this week as sales in china slump. a booming middle class and government subsidies happy china the world's largest car market. but sales dropped last year for the first time since the nineteen nineties as those effects began to wear off. electric technology could be key to companies hoping to sell their and green innovations have been a bright spot in an

otherwise challenging environments. initially the double down the new energy vehicle markets is a big highlight this year. there will be quite an important areas up to twenty twenty eight with domestic chinese new energy vehicle brown's putting out to many more competitive models. offer twenty twenty there will be more joint venture brown's coming out with maids and high end models. it's open. until the businesses for number kay thank you very much and they were taking a short break don't go away we've got much more coming up next

04/16/19 04/16/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from papacifica, this is democracy now! >> we will rebuild this caboodle together and it is undououbtedly part o of the french desestiny a project for the years toto come. we will rebuild notre dame because thatat is what the frenh expect and what our history deserves because it is our underlying destiny. amy: france is vowing to rebuild paris's beloved notre dame cathedral a day after a fire ripped through the 850-year-old