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 largely by the size, height, and beauty of s cathedral. this rivalry pushed 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 dis

a few miles away from canterbury ca cathedral. the st. peter's cricket club made up of priests from the sub continent as well as england and ireland. and in front you're watching the archbishop of canterbury. his team winning by six wickets. all the big sports stories are on our website at www.aljazeera.com/sport. >> a british company has come up with a rather cool solution. simon mcgregor wood explains. >> reporter: it's warehoused in wales where they're making very special fridges to maintain the perfect temperature of 4 degrees celsius for more than ten days without power. >> grid power is most unreliable for most people in the world. to be able to take energy wherever it's available and be able to put it in a store and make that deliver perfect refrigeration is absolutely massive. it has a massive impact. >> reporter: water is at its heaviest at four degrees celsius. when power is lost a natural chain reaction creates a circulation of water which keeps the fridge at at a constant four degrees no matter the temperatures outside. it is

the archbishop of canterbury died, king john chose successor, putting him at innocent iii. that battle ofs will not only esulted in the excommunication but caused damage to the barons and the english church. years, john taxed the barons and seized property leverage in the dispute with the pope. ow later on when john reached agreement with the holy see and of pted the appointment steven lankton, he further alien by keeping the policy in place. it reached a crisis point when refused the preparations of war with france. neither the archbishop nor the barons were duped by king john's pledge to conduct a crusade on behalf of the church. in opposition d to john and the barons marched no choice john had but to hear their demands. he barons spelled out the demands in a statement that decided what they took to be under the feudal system and customs. 1215 at runny mead, king john attached a seal to the magna nt now known as carta. the barons in turn pledged to king. that event is depict in the supreme court on the freeze that runs across the top of our courtroom. next time you're in

for a few hours they came together on the cricket pitch, at a canterbury ground in kept. it's a few miles away from the home of anglican church. 11 played representing the vatican. they were formed last object and made up of priests from the subcontinent and england and ireland. in front of watching the archbishop of canterbury, hits team was victorious, winning by six wickets. >> obviously the right side were the winners. that goes without saying. joking aside, everything fell into place, the vatican sides had a great week, wonderful tour. it ended with a nail-biting match in the most biblical setting on a lovely day that we seldom get at this time of year. everything was great. >> kicking off the 17th asian games in south korea. the hosts picked up a gold. the oppose christopher gibson marked the -- opening ceremony marked the start of the event. north korea is in town. they got a warm welcome from the spectators. athletes from 45 nations will compete in 439 ents across 26 sports -- events across 26 sports. >>> it was the way the world used to listen to music. vine ill

the lion heart, to weaker ones such as king john, the baron grew restless when the archbishop of canterbury died, king johns. insisted on choosing his successor which put him at odds with the pope. that battle of wills not only resulted in john's excommunication because damage to the english church. in the ensuing years, john tax to the barons and seized church property to gain leverage in his dispute with the pope. now, later on, when john finally reached an agreement with the holy see and accepted the pope's appointment of stephen langton as archbishop, he further alienated the variance by keeping those unpopular policies in place. it reached crisis when the barons refused to support john's preparations for war with france. neither the archbishop nor the barons were duped by king john's pledged to conduct a crusade on behalf of the church. when lankton and the barons united in opposition to john, john had no choice but to hear their demands. the barons spelled out those demands in a statement that the -- that recited what they took to be there right under the feudal system and customs. in

british soldiers the first of the regimens, in fact it was the third regimen afoot, the buff from canterbury. the major had brought 200 of his troops here and attempted to stop the british advance, also gaining information as to what in the world we were facing at this point. the battle broke out here and quite a bit of fighting took place. they just charged the americans here at the top of the rise at culver hill and the americans had to withdraw, and withdraw. they would withdraw steadily back into the city. the farmers here along the road were surprise to see at the end of the column at the end of the day, the women and children of the british infantry regimen. before british regimen left to go to combat, the night before, there was a lottery held and all of the wives put their names in a hat and one out of ten was selected to travel with the regimen, no matter where it went in the world and they brought their children with them and they embarked on board the ship and they travelled across the ocean and they came to canada and they walked down this road. you know what their job was, they

>> yes, there are similarities and with we have the last bishop of canterbury saying that shariah law would be acceptable in british cities so we have been weak and not muscular and standing up to people to say, we are a christian country and we have a christian constitution, and judeo culture and our schools have been infiltrated and perhaps jihadism is more rapidly on the march rampantly where we have not stood up. >> i am noticing now that in all of the reports when we are hearing from the white hou, we are hearing various answers, but where is the righteous indignation, and the charitable, answer and what about the geneva convention, and so all of the rules are gone now, and then do we pontificate that we have done some strikes and we are having conversati conversations, and yet yng men are being kill and beheaded before our very eyes, american young men. >> so think about that on the business show that we have been focused on what economically tempts those to join isis that we lose sight of the fact that we are losing the judeo-christian corps, a and that the move to multicultura

here several thousand british oldiers, the first of the regiments, the third regiment on canterbury ts from came down the road and confronted john wool, john, a major in the united states army, had brought 200 of his troops here and attempted to stop the gaining dvance while information as to what in the world we were facing at this point. the battle broke out here and quite a bit of fighting took place. number of casualties here. but the british were not halted at all. americans harged the here at the top of the rise at hill.r and the americans had to withdraw and withdraw and for the rest of the withdraw steadily back into the city. british column came down this road, the farmers here along the road were surprised to see at the end of the column, at day, the women and children of the british rr rr rry -- infantry reg meants, before they went to go to combat, the night before, lottery held and all of the wives put their names in he hat and one out of ten was selected to travel with the regimen no matter where they world. the they brought their children, they embarked onboard the ships

state police say the same gunman hit homes on canterbury court and another street last week.ey threatened to shoot a 67-year-old man and got away with a rifle and ammunition. the group of three men canvassed neighborhoods in a white sedan and a blue van. >>> tomorrow, the defense will begin presenting its case in the trial of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl. the family insists she's innocent. her mother and sister broke their silence and talked to nbc 10 today. they said the trial has been an emotional experience because they feel for the victim but also said the defendant portrayed in court is not the woman they know. her mother did not want to appear on camera. >> i'm hearing all of this evidence that they have and i just don't believe it. i won't believe it. the person they're describing, that's not my daughter. >> her attorney says he could call up to three witnesses tomorrow. we don't know if christina row gusters will be one of them. >>> now to the casino crisis. another atlantic city casino could soon close doors. trump entertainment resorts file

several thousand british soldiers, it was the third romiment to cross f canterbury, came down the road and confronted john wall. john, a major in the army, had brought 200 of his troops here and attended to stop the british advanced while gaining information as to what in the world we were facing at this point. battle broke up here. -- broke out here. a number of casualties here, but the british were not halted at all. they just charged the americans here at the top of the rise at culver hill. the americans had to withdraw and withdraw and withdraw, and for the rest of the day of the sixth of september, they would withdraw steadily back into the city. came downtish column this road, the farmers along the road were surprised to see at the end of the column, the women and children of the reddish tishntry regiment -- the bri infantry regiment. before regiment left a go to combat, the night before, there was a lottery held, and all the wives put their names in a hat. 10 were selected to travel with the regiment. and they brought their children. and they embarked and boarded the ships and t

police say the gunmen hit homes on canterbury road and in one case threatened to shoot a 67-year-old man and got away with a rifle and ammunition. >>> it is 5:14. happening today on the eve of the 13th anniversary of 9/11, congress will unveil new honors for those who died in the 2001 terror attacks. later this morning, members of the house and senate will unveil three congressional gold medals. the medals, like the ones you see here being presented, are the highest civilian honor lawmakers can bestow. they will serve as a remembrance of those who were killed at the world trade center, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. tomorrow's annual 9/11 ceremony in new york will be held at the memorial plaza in lower manhattan. the ceremony's private. the plaza and september 11th museum will be closed most of the day but will open to the public for the first time on the anniversary starting at 6:00 tomorrow night. >>> more charges are expected to be filed against a man suspected of killing his five children in south carolina and then dumping the bodies on a dirt road in alabama. police

state police say the same gunmen hit homes in canterbury court and glen hope road in elk township last thursday. in one case, they threatened to shoot a 67-year-old man and got away with a rifle and ammunition. >>> teachers working without a contract in the delaware county school district are making their voices heard. they picketed outside ridley middle school during back-to-school night, informing parents about the ongoing dispute. their contract expired june 30th. the ridley teachers say their main concern is not money. they want guaranteed preparation time during the school day. >> what is most important to teachers is what most impacts our daily service to the students. >> if you could get that prep time, would that settle this? >> i think that would be one major step forward, yes, but they won't even talk about it. >> the ridley school superintendent released a statement saying the school board believes commenting on the negotiations through the media is counterproductive. >>> the easton area school district has finalized its proposal for new safety measures. included will be new

creating an appetite for some kind of president who can bear -- bare their chest and replace nato who canterbury their chest or beat its chest and putin who does the chest baring, and a president who has that kind of more strong man behavior that we used to associate with the kind of republicans. john: indira, as you think about this, and quickly, do you think of what's going on right now as a function of the effectiveness or lack of it of obama's foreign policy or is it about the way the world is post-cold war? >> i think it's partly the way the world is post-war. and the way that putin is incredibly canny. and he knows exactly how to walk up to the line, push through it. and then step back with one little pinkie toe. but i do want it say in the long run i think sanctions are going to be hurting putin whether he likes it or not, particularly in the energy sector. john: thanks, everybody. great discussion. that will wrap it up for tonight. the conversation continues online where we drill down on the biggest story we didn't even have time for in the last 30 minutes, felony convictions that comple

the two sides came a few miles away from canterbury cathedral.y're playing a team representing the vatican. they are made up of team of england and ireland. they win by six wickets. >> that almost goes without saying. it was everything just in place. they have the vatican sides have had a great week. it ended with a nail-biting match on a lovely day that we seldom get this time of year. it was great. >> the 2014 asian games who hosted. south carolina with five goals so far. but sadly for them they weren't able to win the first gold. the chinese got the better of the host. china has also won five golds. and of course there is more on the asian games at www.aljazeera.com/sport. there is more details there of how to get in touch with us on twitter and facebook. >> thank you, sanaa. it was once the way the music listened to music, the viable records were rendered by the advent of digital media such as cds and and ipods. but they're now making a comeback. we go to a man who believes he has the world's largest collection. >> vinyl l.p. records rarely b

this happened just before noon at the canterbury court apartments on academy road and several people were taken to the hospital. there's no word on their conditions at this hour. police have not said if any charges will be filed. >> to your fox 29 weather authority now. here's a live look from philadelphia international airport. cooler temperatures out there right now and we're looking at some more chances for rain. here's chief meteorologist scott williams with those details. scott? >> a few pop up showers developing to the west of us but right now it's nice end to the month of september. we're looking at temperatures in the upper 70s. humidity pretty comfortable as well. the sun will set this evening at 6:45. as we take a look at the satellite and radar, we'll call it partly sunny for now but take look at this front off to the west out ahead of it we're looking at instability a few thunderstorms are bubbling up. so as we go over the next couple of hours we could see some of that activity move into the western suburb. but right now all is clear on ultimate doppler for us but take lo

state police say the gunmen hit homes on canterbury court and glen hope road in elk township last thursday. in one case, they threatened to shoot a 67-year-old man and got away with a rifle and ammunition. >>> good morning. a mild start to your wednesday. temperatures are going to stay below average for us today, but not tomorrow. we have a one-day warm-up where temperatures are going to push into the 80s. we're also tracking the return of storms and a cold front will help drop our temperatures back down. a beautiful shot at the comcast center, by the way, of the sun. and slowly starting to come up. for philadelphia, 68 degrees, just a few clouds. wind speeds out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour. so, it will be nice and comfortable when you head out the door today. a closer look at our temperatures. we're in the 50s in the poconos, 57 degrees. 66 in allentown, mid-60s in trenton, low 60s here at the atlantic city airport, 66 in millville and 67 degrees in wilmington this morning. quiet on our radar. dry conditions expected for us. mostly cloudy skies. and then we'll look far off to the

what you spent a lot of time thinking about, but that is not quite the case now spent sir simon, canterburyto sir simon, can it be the comeback the? i accept the expertise is there, and one is reverent towards it but the fact is we've fundamentally misunderstood but did not read the intention behind president putin's stated objections. why did we get it wrong? .. with the benefit of hindsight we've done rather better than some. >> thank you. >> mark henry. >> foreign secretary, has the which relations, cooperation, security between nato and federation should it be repealed and should location of nato troops be lifted? >> first of all, the russians have clearly breached the founding act. in our judgment the reassures measures that we wish to take can be delivered without breaching the restrictions in the founding act of permanent basing of substantial troop formations in the new member countries. >> any reason why it shouldn't be? >> the first is that, from a purely military point of view, looking at what we want to do, the efficient utilization of military forces it is to rotate, relatively