the arc de triomphe was lit up in red white and blue as thousands of fans flooded in to the french capitalf the players were projected on to the arc as parisians celebrated a first world cup triumph in 20 years. well unsurprisingly rather different scenes in the croatian capital of zagreb. the country of 4 million people had come to a standstill for one of the biggest matches in croatia's sporting history. but it ended it tears for the fans there, as they watched their team lose 4—2 to france. so despair for croatia but elation for france and none more so than their president, emmanuel macron, throwing all diplomatic protocol out of the window. and as you can imagine the big headlines on the websites of the main french newspapers dominated by the exploits of the les bleus on sunday. france's foremost sports paper, l'equipe, with a nice big banner proclaiming "champion du monde" and big picture of two of the french goalscorers in that final, kylian mbappe and paul pogba with the line "ensemble a jamais" meaning together forever, an article highlighting how tight their squad has been through

the team's four two win over croatia images of the country's new heroes were being done to the arc de triomphe. another monument the eiffel tower was lit up with the years one nine hundred ninety eight and twenty eight in a tribute to france's first world cup when twenty years ago. u.s. president.

could drive 100 miles per hour and the city also gave tom and the crew control of the famous arc de triomphe way to go, guys! >> tom's most impressive stunt of all may just be the stuntdiving scene. tom became the first actor in a major movie to jump from a boeing c17 from a height of 25,000 feet. >> the sequence is incredibly grueling, it's very technical. it's very dangerous to be honest. >> the scene shot in the united arab emirates was a thrill ride for tom, and he was very grateful for the highly skilled crew who helped make it happen. >> that was excellent. i think it was excellent. i think we really, we'll take a look at the footage and that's what it always comes down to. but i have to say it went exceedingly well. >>> still ahead -- we're in hong kong. >> when the rock talks, we listen. giving us an update on his baby girl and did he have a secret wedding? >>> and kevin hart's challenge for "e.t." >> i'm going to ask -- >> we checked out his new obstacle course. >>> closed captioning provided by -- dogs don't play hard to get. they declare love at first sniff. dogs love more, becaus

the team's four two win over croatia images of the country's new heroes were beamed on to the arc de triomphe. another monument the eiffel tower was lit up with the years one nine hundred ninety eight and twenty eight team in a tribute to francis first world cup when twenty years ago. he probably was.

and twenty minutes shows the sea of french football supporters in front of the arc de triomphe. party continues into the night. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we join the wild boars football team in northern thailand, playing again after their teammates were rescued from their cave ordeal. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally,

out just how many people have converged into the city center we saw an image earlier on of the arc de triomphe it was surrounded there are thousands of people there we are that's the picture we saw earlier on celebrating the fireworks in a country that's come every right to be proud having secured their second world cup last time it was nine hundred ninety eight and they did it just over a couple of hours ago to get their second trophy and i'd imagine that things like this are being echoed in towns and cities across france but certainly paris leading the way there i think just about everybody in the city whether they're into football or not is celebrating and enjoying their moment of glory and thanking their football team getting their second world cup trophy there be a few so heads on monday morning in france i can imagine a few people turning up late for work now. response in house of how do you come out on the show the latest guy on the final and throughout the two hundred. her who. are the they were the. coach. of her us with her . of the. with the old who. who who. was with us twenty thre

the team's four two win over croatia images of the country's new heroes were beamed on to the arc de triomphe. another monument. was lit up with the one thousand nine hundred twenty eight in a tribute to france's first world cup when twenty years ago. u.s. president donald trump has a.

seeing the military parade in front of the manual macron, along the champs—elysees, below the arc de triomphenderful scenes. a very different picture from last year because president macron had donald trump with him, his guest of honourfor the bastille celebrations. it did much to celebrate the relationship between the two men and between the us and france as it has been lobbying on a number of issues in washington. we saw both men at the nato summit earlier this week. president trump is playing golf this week in state, but apparently he was impressed by the military parade and even discussed with washington should have something similar. there we are. they have got another reason to celebrate in paris this weekend, because france will be playing in the world cup final tomorrow night against croatia. it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million. now britain's new polar research ship is ready to go in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough, which was nearly named boaty mcboatface, will be launched into the river mersey this afternoon by the man himself, tide permitti

we had the arc de triomphe in the distance. film at 10e entire p.m. on real america. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. the united states capitol historical society hosts a tribute. this your they host the house energy and commerce committee. they gather in the hall to recall their experience on the commerce committee. this is about 45 minutes. thank you for coming here tonight. i'm don carlson. i am honored to be the chairman of the u.s. historical society. as a former staffer on the hill, i am completely aware of the honor that has been given to me. i went you to join me in honoring the energy and commerce committee, but more, the history in this incredible building. i welcome you to the celebration of the long and distinguished history of the and it -- energy and commerce. as a historical society we have tried to focus attention on the great naming of this building and the history of the committees, many of which seem to be forgotten in the process. we have tried to direct our attention on many occasions to those committees. it is behind -- on behalf

the arc de triomphe in france, yes. same kind of idea. gold star mothers and veterans came to a gentleman by the name of congressman hamilton fish and said, why have we not done this? we are americans, we need to do this kind of a thing. we sent to so many of our sons overseas and so many did not return, we need to find a way to do something similar. covers many fish was a captain during world war i. he fought with the famed harlem hell fighters, who as you go through the museum, you will find their history is very high. the french love them -- loved them. they were warriors and had the reputation of being vicious fighters. he was moved by the sentiment of asking for something similar to be done in the united states and he agreed. he felt that was the right thing to do. he introduced a bill and to congress and said, we need to do something similar. we want to find an unknown american soldier who served in the american expeditionary forces and bring them home and bury them in our on land. he brought people like general pershing to the hear

we had the arc de triomphe in the distance. film at 10e entire p.m. on real america. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. the united states capitol historical society hosts a tribute. this your they host the house energy and commerce committee. they gather in the hall to recall their experience on the commerce committee. this is about 45 minutes. thank you for coming here tonight. i'm don carlson. i am honored to be the chairman of the u.s. historical society. as a former staffer on the hill, i am completely aware of the honor

they are always great pictures, the arc de triomphe in the background. team will take to the skies in the next few weeks. the four—person squad is made up of wheelchair users and amputees, and was assembled in honour of the hero fighter pilot sir douglas bader, who lost both his legs. a film crew from our disability unit, bbc 0uch, went to meet them. alan, with barry, mike and mark. we will be great britain's first disabled air display team.|j will be great britain's first disabled air display team. i want us to bea disabled air display team. i want us to be a display team people want to see because we're good rather than, oh, look what those disabled people are doing, bless. iwant oh, look what those disabled people are doing, bless. i want us to be good. after 20 odd years of being paralysed, i think it's fair to say i was pretty fed up. someone saying do you want to learn to fly, it was like a light going on against rbi got the least experienced of everyone here. i'm very privileged to be in the tea m i'm very privileged to be in the team but i'd also