on the left, the sorbonne, on the right side, the louvre, which was a great palace built by the kingame a museum. there was the beautiful flower markets, and other markets that existed. people who lived there. and the walls were built to keep away the vikings. it they would raid down through that river. our own benjamin franklin lived not far from notre dame, and there is a restaurant that celebrates the fourth of july every year, unbroken, since america's independence. it's located just a few blocks from notre dame. >> harris: you give us such rich detail about the interwoven fabric between america and not just france but europe. such richness in your details. i'm so appreciative of that. the president has tweeted out about this, just momentarily. i want to re-share that presidential tweet. "so horrible to watch the massive fire notre dame cathedral in paris. perhaps flying water tankers could be used to pull it out. must act quickly!" we are watching these flames appear to grow, and doug weed, as we see that, we know this fire was completely engulfed and that they were working at t

he marked his victory at the louvre palace in imperial pomp.arche party to win big in parliamentary elections, which is exactly what they did, one month after his presidential victory. into this chamber swept a phalanx of en marche deputies — younger, more female than their predecessors — and with them came the hope of breaking france's political deadlock, starting with labour laws. macron got to work, reducing a wealth tax and taking on the unions with a revised labour law. it is a big problem for us. but after a resounding electoral victory he was in no mood to compromise. this was announced clearly, and french people discovered something that was relatively unusual by french standards, that you are saying during the campaign what you are going to do, and after you are elected you are doing it. and for a year it worked just fine. he had a mandate. while macron also enacted new educational policies, the narrative began to take root that he was governing in the interests of the elite, and even his walkabouts gave evidence, in the view of his cr