reims, sens, senlis, soissons beauvais, canterbury and chartres would soon show the influence of the new saint-denis. the medieval cathedral was the focus of popular pride and intense rivalry,

reims, sens, senlis, soissons beauvais, canterbury and chartres would soon show the influence of the new saint-denis. the medieval cathedral was the focus of popular pride and intense rivalry, for the prestige and importance of a town was determined lgely by the size, height, and beauty of its cathedral. this rivalry pued church spires to unprecedeed heights. the spire of chartres would extend beyond the top of a 30-story skyscraper. a 40-floor skyscraper would be needed to surpass the spire at strasbourg. the dimensions of the cathedral at amiens made it possible for the entire city, 10,000 people to attend one ceremony. but it was in the height of the vaulting

reims, sens, senlis, soissons beauvais, canterbury and chartres would soon show the influence of the new saint-denis. the medieval cathedral was the focus of popular pride and intense rivalry, for the prestige and importance of a town was determined lgely by the size, height, and beauty of its cathedral. this rivalry pued church spires to unprecedeed heights. the spire of chartres would extend beyond the top of a 30-story skyscraper. a 40-floor skyscraper would be needed to surpass the spire at strasbourg. the dimensions of the cathedral at amiens made it possible for the entire city, 10,000 people to attend one ceremony. but it was in the height of the vaulting that the most intense competition reigned. when the vaulting of notre dame in paris achieved a height of 108 feet, chartres rose 121 feet above the ground. reims then surpass this with 125 feet. next, amiens rose 139 feet. finally beauvais cathedral which would have beaten them with a vault of 158 feet went beyond the limits of safety and medieval engineering skill, and the walls of the choir collapsed. despite isolated disas

james palace, the archbishop of canterbury will do the honors. he is two months old, the third in line to the british throne. capital bikeshare has officially arrived in the free state. 51 new stations open in montgomery county, including this one in rockville. others in bethesda and silver spring. the stations will bring 450 more bikes into the system, there are already stations and easy, arlington, and alexandra. speaking of taking a bike ride this afternoon, it still looks a little gloomy. really cloudy. and a chance of the sun could come out for the weekend? jacqui jeras is here with a first look at our forecast. tell us the sun will come out. >> i was just looking outside, there is a little break. i got a little blue sky in rossl the belforttop of furniture weather center. looking pretty overcast. 69 right now, a great day for a bike ride, not too hot with cloud cover. our deployed in the mid 50, -- our dew point in the mid 50's, pretty comfortable. we are expecting to see temperatures cooler off to our west, only 64 in winchester. 70 and cu

you met with david canterbury. you met with david cameron very late ok and b.b.n. minutes worth of russia in london you met with the british prime minister very late last night how would you characterize your relationship with david cameron and are there any problems all obstacles all it's yeah well as you say. well our understanding of the situation in syria is different but this is known to all. but we all sort of the word. russia u.k. relationship is. our trade relations improving our national reading some cream you see. our relationship with the u.k. . in a sense special politically because both the u.k. and russia are as a permanent member so the u.n. security council. and we regularly coppery. crucial international platform and we work a lot together to improve. our relation the same way we are grateful to you our british partners for helping us improve our relationship with the. thank you. but. i don't see any serious issues. our relations with the u.k. and we are grateful to our partners for their interest in developing russia yukito us thank you them with

. >>> prince george will be christened next month by the archbishop of canterbury. the ceremony will take place at st. james palace. prince george is the first child of prince william and his wife kate and third in line for the british throne. >>> in the mailbag tonight 10 years ago this month we launched mcginty's mailbag as part of launching your only local news at 7:00. it was interactive, a lot of fun and at the time it was fairly cutting edge. you wrote me e-mails. i responded. i had conversations and i have really, really enjoyed it, but let's face facts. these days you have moved on from e-mail to social media. you facebook and twitter and who knows what other things you have working. so the mailbag must change as well. tonight marks the end of mcginty's mailbag, but it is the beginning of mcginty wants ton. every day on the front page of -- wants to know. every day on the front page of our website there will be a question, room to add thoughts. we will share them here on wusa9 news at 7:00 and we've always got a conversation brewing on our facebook page. so

. >> the archbishop of canterbury has called the 80 victims of the suicide bomb attack in pakistan martyrs who were sacrificed whether christians believes -- christian beliefs. army has now retaken one town south of cairo. that had been under islamic control. some christians are still afraid to return home. tim whewell is the first foreign reporter to visit the town after its capture. this contains graphic images of the attack. >> 1600 years of christian history reduced to a blackened ruin. is all that remains after a muslim mob attacked last month. in august, thousands of people got in front -- and they were calling for jihad. through, theyn went in and they had stolen everything in the church and this part of the building and theywhen they finished started the blaze here. >> christians say that this was revenge for the coptic church and their support for the overthrow of the elected islamic government. payback from the killing of hundreds of islamists from the police. often been uneasy between christians and muslims but the people both in egypt and elsewhere in the middle east has now le

i came back to taiwan, we had the oyster festival that was taking place in a very small port in canterbury which is not very far from london. i went with my friends because one of my friend is studying food anthropology. we went there together and that was nice because usually we get too big or famous or popular festivals read this testicle is very local. there are a lot of fishermen there and still they catch wasters and every summer, during the summer vacation. they have a celebration of this kind of tradition and they extend their celebration and he come a local festival. in the festivals, they are worried about restaurants and coffee shop. also the bed and breakfast sectors. people can go there and spend there one day during the festival and make a night there. during the festival, you eat a lot of fresh wasters. but also, they work with a lot of farmers, so there is a section called farmers market where you can find organic food. you can find handmade bread in the farmers market. it's not a very big festival, but there is a lot of participation. although it's not very big, it is very

he will be christened by the arch bishop of canterbury. they will release photos afterwards. news 4. >>. >> all right. thank you. let's get good news from you, melissa. tom joins us now with good news and bad news. >>a i lot of cloudiness around, but don't let that sadden you. we had our run of wonderful sunny days, but we will get sunshine back this afternoon. look at the sunrise shot taken this morning. we did have sun around the bay. this was sunrise on the chesapeake bay. this photo posted by weather@nbcwashington.com. thanks for sharing that and do appreciate your wonderful nature and weather photos like this from jamie in bluemont, virginia. this is on the appalachian trail taken yesterday when we had a few clouds around. rather dramatic sky. we have color now beginning to show up. this one taken by garric boyd. some individual trees are beginning to show color. they don't have much around now. this area in yellow showing some color showing up in more than maryland and west virginia and right along skyline drive on top of the blue ridge. north across most of pennsylvani

. >> reporter: prince george's christening will be conducted by the archbishop of canterbury.he baby will wear a replica of the christening gown made for queen victoria's eldest daughter in 1841. the queen is also expected to pose in a highly anticipated portraits including all three future monarchs. her son charles, prince of wales. her grandson, william, and of course, great grandson george. >> it's the first time that a picture of this kind has been taken in more than 100 years and to have four generations of the royal family and the queen and three kings in waiting is a pretty special thing. >> reporter: and as a betting nation, the bets are already on to who will take the important role of being godfather and god mother. in the lead, uncle harry and auntie pippa. members of the royal family usually get about six god parents. so there is still room for more. all of those details will be revealed closer to the christening. bianna and dan, back to you. >> the other detail, what is kate going to wear? she always looks fabulous anyway. lama, thank you. >> ron and i have been t

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the arch bishop of canterbury will preside over the event. the prince is the charge in line to the throne. >>> a texas man looking for love on the internet is facing a barrage of criticism. >> that's because of some of his dating requirements. the man calls himself romeo rose. he launched a website called sleepless in austin. he's willing to pay $1,500 for someone to find him the girl of his dreams. good luck on that. he's got a bunch of stipulations. he'll never date a black woman no matter what she looks like and the 39-year-old will not tolerate tattoos, eyeglasses, kids, or anyone over 130 pounds. that's just a portion of his list. rose says he's received dozens of negative e-mails and text messages and yeah, you can imagine since he first launched that site. >> romeo might just have to be alone. >>> but first russ is at it again, the restaurant he found not making the cut when it i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. an