one week ago, the world got its first look inside the new notre dame.e high points of the renovation — the roof, the vaulting, the art — and he gave a speech of thanks to the hundreds of craftsmen and women whose work has done more than rescue the cathedral, it's transformed it. i've been led into the cathedral on the heels of the macron visit, and i'm conscious of being one of the privileged few who've been able to see the interior of this renovated notre dame. and it's as the man says, it is a metamorphosis. what everyone can't help but notice is the new freshness and lightness of the cathedral, and the stone. translation: what you can see now is the subtlety - of the masonry, thejoins, the way the stones are laid out. it's an interior that is no longer painted as it once was. it's natural, and the colour is the colour of the stones from this part of france. it's a long, long way from the scenes of devastation of that evening in april, with the flames engulfing the medieval roof timbers and then, the next day, the open gulf over the transept and the c

>> notre dame symbolizes something universal.oration effort was one of the largest from anyone in the u.s. >> the support from americans was just tremendous. there were over 45,000 donors who contributed funds to the cathedral for a sum of over $57 million. so we should be incredibly proud of that. >> every penny of that has been needed. the total cost of restoring notre dame is nearing a billion dollars, philippe jost told us, for measures to prevent another tragedy. >> so you have new fire detection, new fire suppression systems that have all been installed? >> installed in the roof. >> so that would prevent another catastrophe like this from ever happening again? >> we are very confident in that. it will not happen again. >> jost also expressed confidence that rebuilding the new notre dame using the old materials of wood and stone and lead will help it to last. >> the cathedral is 860 years old. and we will restore it for 860 years. >> that it will last another? >> another 860 years. and perhaps more. >> architect philippe vil

yes, tonight the bells of notre dame are ringing again.france, people of the world, the bells of notre dame are ringing again. they have accompanied us through history. they sound, they ring for everyone who has seen the crown of thorns for henry iv during his religious wars, for the widow of louis the 13th and the victories of louis xiv, for napoleon, on a day in 180a for victor hugo. he used them to dream and think about quasimodo, a return to hope one evening in 1896. for the days that we celebrated the liberation under general goal. to france, to its soldiers, it's great people, yes, those bells rang. everyone who has been part of our history. at the same time, we will never hear that voice again. the 15th of april 2019, the news of the fire was on everyone's lips. the fire spread to the transept, the smoke was dark, black, and there were hours of fighting the fire. the decision to see what would happen, all of these moments of hope, to see what might happen to the stone and the glass. for hours students came down from... to find... pe

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the notre dame theater, a cathedral. trump telling the new york post that zelenskyy, quote, wants to make peace. trump says they didn't get into details, but he said he's formulating a concept to end the war, which he called ridiculous. >> trump is also discussing some of the top priorities of his second term. trump told nbc news that he didn't believe american consumers would be financially hurt by his proposed tariffs on america's biggest trade partners, but he was unable to offer any guarantees. >> can you guarantee american families won't pay more? >> i can't guarantee anything. i can't guarantee tomorrow. but i can say that if you look at my just pre-covid, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country. >> trump also restated his pledge to pardon his supporters who stormed the capitol, vowing to do it his first day in office. and he said liz cheney and the other members of the house committee that investigated the january 6th attack should go to jail. on immigration, trump said he may use executive actio

melissa bell standing there outside of notre dame cathedral. stand by.'s go now to alayna treene in washington and of course, the marquee meeting is between president elect trump and french president macron. but it is not the only meeting today. we understand that donald trump will be meeting with prince william. what's the expectation there? >> that's right. kensington palace announced that prince william is going to be meeting directly with president elect donald trump to really focus on the u.s., u.k. relationship. in their words that was part of their statement. look, this is actually the first time these two have met since donald trump when he was then president. and his first administration had traveled to the united kingdom for a state visit and again, these people have known each other just like donald trump has had a longtime relationship with macron from his first administration. he's met with prince william in the past. i think the big thing here is that a lot of world leaders really want to know what donald trump's view is moving forward when

and why is notre—dame so important?uilding like that, a building of such importance, a building of such centrality notjust to france, but all over the world... i mean, the hunchback of notre dame, victor hugo, and even recently, more recently, disney. so, you know, from our generation, from the generations of... from the middle ages, right down to children, at school now, it's just been a very important mythology, myth, and faith in history in the future. thank you forjoining us. just a couple more words on the subject of this. do you think that it would be difficult to recreate the acoustics within the cathedral? is that something architects think about? well, i think we heard the organ, didn't we? yeah, we did hear the organ. and it was just amazing. the organs in notre—dame, all five were actually being used in the music this evening. in the uk, two men have been killed by falling trees due to severe weather brought by storm darragh. 200,000 homes are without power, mainly in wales and northern ireland. a wind gust o

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before the ceremony at notre dame, resident trump has been meeting with president macron.genda was, we are not sure there was an agenda, but we do know that president macron and many other european leaders are worried about the future of the war in ukraine, particularly given some of the comments made by president trump in the past. that is potentially something that they really want to talk about. we are also expecting the ukrainian president to be greeted by president macron and his wife, as well as prince william, the duke of wales. joe biden, the us president was invited, but he will not be attending. joe biden will be attending. joe biden will be attending in his stead. ——jill biden will be attending in his stead. i will hand back to you until we catch sight of president—elect trump and the other dignitaries and we will return to paris as soon as we do. . ~ ., . return to paris as soon as we do. . ~' ., . ~ do. thank you very much. we will be back— do. thank you very much. we will be back there _ do. thank you very much. we will be back there when - do. thank you very

. >> so what gave you the confidence while notre dame was still smoking? >> i saw these guys, these firemen, i mean just go beyond their own capacities with such an energy and commitment. and i think this is exactly, this is a sort of metaphor of what our societies and especially our democracies need. make possible the unthinkable. >> we are all very proud of what we have done together. >> reporter: last year president macron appointed philippe jost to lead the team restoring notre dame. two weeks ago we met him just inside what was still an active construction zone. >> what words come to mind when you first walk in? >> the light. the light is very breathtaking in the space. in this monument there is a soul. >> a soul. >> a soul. and we feel that when we enter now. we feel that. >> reporter: to walk into notre dame today is to see no sign of 2019. then the cathedral's nave was littered with burned wood and stone rubble, a gaping hole in the ceiling where the flaming spire crashed through. even when we visited in 2023, a dense forest of scaffolding remained

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okay, kim, let's start in at notre dame. so what do you make of the significance between president elect trump, president macron, who's obviously struggling in his own right and president zelenskyy well this is an opportunity for macron to pull trump into a big bear hug after that firm handshake and sit him down with zelenskyy and lay out, you know to tell a story and the story the way european officials i've spoken to see it is that russia is a bully and it's been bullying europe in multiple different ways. >> so allowing russia any quarter in ukraine, for instance, to keep ukrainian territory it seized in negotiations that trump wants to launch. that could be dangerous for all of europe and it also gives macron a chance to cast trump as the hero. the guy who could stand up to the bully for all of europe. and one last point he will be stressing how much europe has been stepping up to pay for its own defense since trump was last in the white house. >> so right now we're watching these pictures of the first lady, jill biden.

afterfive moment for paris, the reopening of notre—dame after five years of notre—dame after five yearsnd expensive renovations. emmanuel macron, the president, somewhat embattled politically, talking about what can be achieved when many people get together with the same mindset and a sense of unity. we will leave paris for the moment and bring you back to some other news here from london. i'm tanya beckett, could have you with us. let's bring you some breaking news from syria. the focus of fighting is now on the capital damascus. with one group of rebels claiming to have reached its suburbs in what they describe as the "final stage" of their offensive, the syrian state news agency is denying reports president bashar al—assad has left the city, insisting he is carrying out his work from damascus. syria's embattled government says its setting up a ring of steel around damascus, and has also denied claims the army has withdrawn from surrounding areas. but a rebel commander said its forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital. in social media pictures, which the bbc has ver

and as notre dame prepares for the official reopening, stunning images from inside the cathedral fiveears after the devastating fire. these are the live pictures from paris. ukraine's president zelensky is among the dignitaries expected at tomorrow's ceremony. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's third biggest city, homs, fearing that islamist—led rebels will capture it in the latest stage of their surprise offensive. reports say the militias may be just five kilometres outside the city as they continue their advance, after taking hama yesterday. the leader of the rebels says he wants an end to the assad regime and sought to reassure minorities they would be respected. the united nations says almost 300,000 people have been displaced in syria since the civil war was reignited last week. first, the rebels seized syria's second city, aleppo, before advancing south to take hama. taking homs would cut the main road leading from the capital, damascus, to the syrian coast, a stronghold of the embattled president bashar al—assad. his forces say they'

we feel it. >> to walk into notre dame today is to see no sign of 2019.l's knave was littered with burnt wood and stone rubble, a gaping hole in the ceiling where the flaming spire crashed through. even when we visited in 2023, a dense forest of scaffolding remained. now it is open and airy. every stone shines. every stained glass window is polished. every masterpiece glows. all topped by a new spire and a new roof, replacing the utter destruction of five years ago. >> we had the vigor to rebuild. >> so, there was a gaping hole. >> a big hole where, when president macron said five years, we knew this point here was the most challenging space of the restoration. >> philippe jost is now commander in chief of the restoration, philippe villeneuve remains its artistic director. chief architec since well before the fire, we saw him in 2023 supervising every detail and every artisan. >> you also told us that rebuilding notre dame was, in a way, rebuilding yourself after the fire. do you feel rebuilt now? yes, he told us. today, i can watch images of the fire, se

president trump does not have to go to p celebrate reopening of no notre dame. al symptomatic smith dinner during the campaign mr. president trump showed up for catholic charity and beautiful renovated notre dame cathedral, he has a message that religion, and spiritual culture must return to american life. that is what i think part of his message is. and it may be a message for france expl and the rest of europe, i believe he is sending an important message 'importance of religion and spiritual culture in america, what do you think about that newt. >> callista wrote several afters about how kamala harris was clearly anti-catholic. she wrote a article on notre dame, it is brilliant he rewent he was the received as the leader, i put out a piece that trump invented defacto presidency, no one has done what he is now doing biden as abdicated, he just sits around whether for cognitive or other reasons basically out of it trump is now filling in the gap, he is not legally the president but for all practical purposes you watch pictures from prime minister of italian and

we almost lost notre dame.. they knew they risked their lives, and they were happy to give their lives to save notre dame. and then, of course, that on the very same evening, president macron, who said "we were going to rebuild notre dame in five years and make it, um, even more beautiful than she was," and we thought it was absolutely impossible. and here we are. tomorrow it will reopen again to worship. there are some works left. uh, and actually for another three years, there will be works around the chevet, that is to say, the eastern side of the cathedral to restore and consolidate the flying buttresses. but otherwise, i mean, you know, she�*s been restored. the spire is there. and i�*ve been inside, actually, for documentary for the bbc world service. and i followed the reconstruction and restoration rebuilding of notre dame. and it was an incredible adventure to meet with some of those 2,000 artisans — french and foreigners — who lend their hand to their french counterparts to make it happen. agnes poiri

good afternoon from outside notre-dame cathedral, j outside notre—dame cathedral, which is now the very52019, that evening, the fire that started on the roof of the building behind me. you can see the devastation that was brought to the roof area and to so much of the roof area and to so much of the cathedral. it took the bravery of around 600 firefighters to avoid the complete destruction of the building. it is hard to explain to those who don't really understand the sheer importance of this cathedral. it is not just a religious centre, a catholic cathedral, it is the centre of catholicism in france. but it also is the very france. but

. >>> at notre dame, they finally reopened doors this weekend.ou to the carpenters and artists who rebuilt the cathedral now using a different tool to celebrate. ♪ ♪ >> this is "nbc nightly news with hallie jackson" . >>> good evening. we begin tonight with the new fallout after the dramatic collapse of the assad regime in syria with rebel groups capturing the capital of damascus, setting off celebrations across the country today. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> you heard it there, you can see it here, statues toppling, people jumping on top of that. elsewhere, rebels a priest -- appearing to release rebels from their cells. the leader is believed to have escaped to russia, finding safe haven with the kremlin as we are learning today of a new u.s. air strike inside syria, meant to keep isis from stopping -- stepping into any leadership. the u.s. has hundreds of troops stationed inside syria. we have team coverage tonight. >> reporter: tonight, scenes of triumph across syria is rebel forces celebrate their stunning victory over the assad r

wonderful to see you at notre dame. it has been given back to the lord, said emmanuel macron today, for you and those watching, what is the meaning of this grand iconic cathedral's return? >> interesting, that quote, given back to the lord. after this remarkable cathedral burned almost to the ground there was a lot of debate about how it should be rebuilt. there were a lot of secular influences. this is a property owned by the french government, different than in the united states where churches are owned, catholic churches in particular, owned by the church, not by the government. this is the property owned by the french government. there were so many influences saying let's rebuild this in a different way, a more secular way, more like a black box. that was the extreme. a lot of very modernist views about how it should be rebuilt instead of to the gothic glory that it was and that it is again today. i find that statement given back to the lord of remarkable point, this is a great victory for western civilization. goth

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a gleaming, reborn notre dame. today's ceremony, a celebration of hope, determination, and faith.e, it was truly a moving and emotional experience. this will be a weekend of celebrations and ceremonies here at notre dame following today's reopening ceremony. tomorrow, they will celebrate the first official mass inside this newly restored cathedral. jose. >> craig melvin in paris, thank you. >>> before that ceremony, president-elect trump met with press macron and ukrainian president zelenskyy. i want to bring in kristen welker who sat down. you pressed the president-elect on his support for ukraine? >> that's right, i asked president-elect trump if ukraine should prepare for less aid after he's sworn in. his response was possibly. he said he's acting to end the war before the inauration, which puts more attention on the meeting he held with presidents macron and zelenskyy. the meeting was a general discussion, no new ground was broken. >> and you asked the president-elect about his domestic priorities? >> i did. he confirmed nbc reporting he's planning to issue a flurry of executi

notre dame of paris was saved. men in a few minutes everything could have crumbled. sadness and sadness not to have been able to see, not to ever be able to see the cathedral the same way it was before. worrying that our cathedral notre dame could never come back to the way it was. we have chosen to work to have the will to have hope and decided to rebuild notre dame of paris even more beautiful in five years. bravery, the will, and to make this possible a brotherhood. unknown brotherhood, brotherhood of all of those who gave from all over the world all over the continents from all religions. united by hope and united in this, brotherhood of all the people -- griff: in a spectacular shot inside the historic notre dame cathedral being reopened as french president macron praises those that tried to save it five years ago when it was engulfed in flames and those that rebuilt it today and continue to monitor that and bring you more as we get it. molly. molly: yeah miraculous five years later and now a scene out of fina

maryam moshiri is in paris for us with more on the opening of the cathedral of notre—dame.l 2019, fire ravaged the building behind me. it took the bravery of hundreds of firefighters within the city to quell the flames, and to manage to save much of the cathedral although, as you can see from these pictures, the famous spire, that was completely destroyed by the fire, and the woodwork, the lead, caved in onto notre—dame and because so much catastrophic damage. now it is hard to underline how important this cathedral is to parisians and to the french people generally. the heart of catholicism in france, it is after all cathedral but it transcends religion. it is about the heart and soul of this country, the past and the present. that is why so much heart and soul and love has gonein heart and soul and love has gone in to the resurrection and reconstruction of the building behind me. let me take you through some numbers. it has been clear this has been an endeavour of colossal proportions to restore the splendour of notre—dame. let's have a look at how many people were involv

you are looking live at paris, france, the big event, the historic reopening of notre dame cathedral five years after a fire that some feared had destroyed it forever. today everything old is new again, and in the case of one donald j. trump, sought after the world over because he's back again too and dozens of world leaders who hope to rub elbows with the former and future president. the president-elect is there but not the current prime minister just like little more than a week ago when the the current canadian prime minister justin trudeau bypassed joe biden and flew flew further south to mar lag bow -- mar-a-lago. ditto, javier my hay. they've all come to kiss the king or -- ring or not miss kissing off a gad chance to make a good early impression. british board karen peters is here to tell us, well, kind of the obvious. never mind that this guy is still president, for a lot of world leaders this guy already is. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. we have a busy two hours planned. let's go right to paris. our lauren green is there, what a big assignment and august assignment.

is called the hunchback of notre dame.ovies. there's even been a disney movie. there was, i remember seeing a movie that was made in 1938, which i saw when i was about ten years old. i was terrified. charles laughton as quasimodo. i felt sorry for quasimodo, actually. as a character. well, i see this is the genius of victor hugo. because you do feel sorry for him, even though he's kind of nuts and looks horrible. but there we are. i mean, that's what somebody like victor hugo can do. and that novel, didn't it, it kind of created a resurgence of interest in the cathedral. yes. and yet again, we have another huge resurgence of interest since that fire. tell me a little bit more about what makes notre dame different from other cathedrals, because you obviously, having written about the fictional cathedral kingsbridge in your novel, you have a real sense, don't you, of what these buildings mean to people? well, ithink, yes. and it's true in england that although attendance at churches is declining, attendance at cathedrals is

so i guess we're advancing notre dame yeah move notre dame i think i think just because of that i think notre dame physically matches up with georgia. >> they have dude for dude. but the quarterback situation is big time. >> these are both tremendous semifinal matchups here i think i think we're both going to oregon over texas. is that is that the if oregon gets past this first game because of the rust i think oregon beats texas. all right. so oregon is into the final. defense wins their abc seven sports is projecting the ducks there. how about penn state notre dame that's that's that's a game that's in the trash. >> smash mouth football i love what they're doing in terms of their offense at penn state. they give you all these wacky sets. they give you variations you have to look for. they've got tyler warren, a tight end who's a stud who kind of fixes everything. i'm going to go with penn state in that we're going to have the big tent. yeah. all right, you got it. >> i'll drag it all the way over. >> so penn state, it's going to have the big ten championship in the national championshi

notre dame's interior is now gleaming, almost like new.instaking medieval techniques, rebuilt the church at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, raised largely through donations. well, joining us now from paris is simon kessler, a filmmaker and director of notre dame race against the inferno. simon, good to see you. you obviously documented the fire and then its aftermath take us back to that moment in 2019. >> yes. >> i mean we have to remember that april 19th, 2019 was a night of of hell. um it was 57 hours, seven hours where the fate of nearly 900 year old monument um, was almost changed completely and, um, in fact it all came down to 15 minutes, 15 minutes where the flames almost reached the belfries in which there are the big bells and at this point in time, the leader of the rescue operations jean-marie gontier, said okay, if the fire reaches the bells, then the bells might fall. if the bells fall, the towers will fall and notre dame might collapse and so this is a moment where history accelerated in a way, you know where this

rachel: and notre dame is set to reopen today in paris and trump will be attend thing.e on his first trip abroad as president-elect. the second hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ rudolph the red-nosed reign deer had a very shine think nos, you would even say it glows ♪ rachel: good morning, everybody. that's gene autrey. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. i just love gene autrey. will cain, charlie hurt, good morning. will: good morning. rachel: we're in the christmas spirit here, full-on christmas mood in new york city of. charlie: yeah. and some confusion about whether this is a reindeer or a caribou that we have in the studio with us. it is a caribou. will: we don't have a shot ready to to go of it but, yeah, i'm -- [laughter] i called it a baby moose. i was sitting here with charlie going, that's the smallest moose, they didn't connect me -- correct me once. charlie, our relationship's not going to work if you just let me run on and upon and on. this whole thing is predicated -- charlie: we're taller than it -- will: i know. rachel: moose are very, ver

parted of the celebration of notre dame is that he's a de-factor leader of the world right now.e from the al smith dinner during the campaign where mr. trump showed up and catholic charities and he showed up for the beautiful renovated notre dame cathedral and he has a message. it's a catholic message, but it's a message that religion and spiritual culture returning to american life and message for france and rest of europe and i truly believe he's sending an important message about the importance of religion and spiritual culture in america. what do you think about that, newt? >> well, he wrote several tough articles about the area where kamala harris was clearly anticatholic and wrote an article on notre dame and this is one of the great centers of christianity and it was brilliant that he went and was received as the leader. i just wrote a piece that we're putting out as a newsletter, gingrich 360 and trump invented the de facto presidency. no one has ever done what he's now doing. you know, biden has abdicated, he's just sitting around whether for cognitive or other reasons

the notre—dame cathedral, five years after it was ravaged by fire.ld trump speaking moments ago . so trump speaking moments ago. so we'll bring that to you later when we have it. we don't have it for you right now. prince william is also set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of the grand reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk , us special relationship the uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony , hosted by biden. the ceremony, hosted by mr macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration. our reporter katherine forster sent us this report. >> a huge day for france as notre dame cathedral reopens five and a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people ianed and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon , an investigation this afternoon, an investigation is underway after a man died w

. >>> and, as notre dame rises from the ashes and welcomes back parishioners, we introduce to you the workers who helped bring the historic cathedral back to life. it is monday, december 9th, and "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica layton. breaking news out of the middle east this monday morning. the syrian governmenhas been toppled along with dictator bashir al-assad. the rebels took damascus. russian state media reports that assad has fled to moscow, where he's been granted asylum. here's raf sanchez. >> reporter: hey, there, after seizing control of the syrian capital damascus, syria's rebels are now consolidating their power in the capital. the leader of the main rebel group, an islamist group, arriving in damascus, giving an address in a historic mosque in the center of the city. he says he wants to lead a government for all syrians, irrespective of their religion or their sect. remember, there are a lot of fears, both inside and outside syria about this group, which has its origins in al qaeda, which is still considered a terr

a gleaming, reborn notre dame.on of hope, determination and faith. >> our thanks to craig for that report. >>> still to come on "early today," as one eras tour ends in vancouver, one team looking to put an end to another era from kansas city. the chargers pull out all the stops to try to topple the chiefs in prime time. we have the full recap after this. no way. ♪♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis, and are at high risk for fracture, you can do more than just slow bone loss. you can build new bone in 12 months with evenity®. evenity® is proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. she said the evenity® she's taking builds new bone. builds new bone! evenity® can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from a heart problem. tell your doctor if you have had a heart attack or stroke. do not take evenity® if you have low blood calcium or are allergic to it, as serious events have occurred with evenity®. signs include rash, hives, swelling of the face or throat, which may cause difficulty in swallowi

joining me now is the president of the friends of notre dame of paris, michele piccolo. michele, good morning to you. how much did it cost? now that i'm talking hundreds of millions of dollars, what was the overall cost good morning. >> so the overall cost up to now is ÷700 million. and we have ahead of us a a complimentary campaign of restoration and funding of ÷250 million. >> so let's talk about the scope of the work. was the the mission exclusively and entirely to restore notre dame to pre 2019 condition. >> not only so we had to we had to first of all to rebuild what had been destroyed in the fire. so for instance, the spire itself or the vowels or the roof, we had also to restore the interior of the cathedral, which had been seriously damaged by the fire also, and by the watering caused by the firefighters. but we need also to restore now the exterior of the cathedral. so that's the overall scope of the restoration. >> and part of the reason that the fire was able to spread throughout so much of of the cathedral is because there were no firewalls and there were no

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they created the 3d model used to set the design for notre dame's rebuild. autodesk's chief marketing officer says the company's digital modeling software helped the restoration team get a view of what the original cathedral looked like, what was damaged, and how to restore the building to its original glory. >> notre dame restoration is an it's an incredible example of heritage preservation, and i think it does offer us a valuable takeaway. you know, we encourage other governments to consider scanning their historic monuments and landmarks and creating a 3d model so that the memory is preserved in the event of a tragedy or natural disaster due to the complexity, detail and sheer size of the historic landmark, it took over a year to create an accurate model. >> autodesk was able to do it with the use of laser scanning, and 46,000 images. president elect donald trump today revealed more about his mass deportation plan. here's his response to a question regarding situations where some family members are u.s. citizens. northern california is the epicenter for b

poder ver notre—dame completamente nueva.dad imponente. algo que generen como ideal entre la gente que querÍa acercarse al lugar. >> creo que son emblema de francia. me parece genial que se haya vuelto a reabrir.entiendo la seguridad que hay. es una pena no poder acercarse mÁs. pero vamos a verlo lo mÁs de cerca posible. >> vengo de canaria. me habÍa enterado.la vi hace 32 aÑos. vengo de canarias a verla. >> este proyecto trabajar mÁs de 2000 profesionales de todo el planeta. las conmemoraciones prehistÓrica reapertura se extenderÁn a lo largo de todo el mes de diciembre.autoridades de strand decenas de miles de personas que quieren entrar e ingresar a la basÍlica para disfrutar de esta obra arquitectÓnica. le han pedido a la gente que nos apresure y que deje espacio para que no se generen inconvenientes en las inmediaciones de este lugar. fÉlix: con labendiciÓn de notre—dame nos despedimos. ♪

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allÍ viviÓ el jorobado de notre dame. latino fue clave en los trabajos de recuperaciÓn de esta emblemÁtica catedral. pablo monsalvo estuvo con Él en parÍs. reportero: es el Único latinoamericano que participÓ en uno de los proyectos mÁs ambiciosos de las Últimas dÉcadas. el arquitecto mexicano describe sus emociones a pocas horas de la reapertura de la catedral, tras un lustro de trabajos. >> mucha alegrÍa, mucho orgullo, y una responsabilidad enorme, saber que formamos parte del equipo, de los mÁs de 2000 profesionales. reportero: esta catedral construida en el siglo xii vio su estructura gravemente daÑada y los objetos al interior reunidos a cenizas. su aporte fue fundamental para la magnÍfica obra. >> mi parte en la misiÓn de notre—dame consistiÓ en hacer una maqueta digital. reportero: se usaron scanner 3d de Última generaciÓn y drones para obtener informaciÓn desde la altura. >> se necesitaban medidas bastante precisas. la responsabilidad, porque las cargas y la estructura tienen que sostenerse de allÍ, que sea de ma

right now the notre dame cathedral in paris and hosting and nearly destroyed in the catastrophic fireive years ago. rachel: madeleine rivera has the story for us this morning. good morning, maddie. reporter: hi, guys. it's the culmination of $1 billion project to restore the church and macron bishop going for that and later today and first time visitors will be able to enter a renovated cathedral and about 1500 dignitaries and first lady joe biden is prince william. reopening of the notre dame serving as backdrop for international diplomacy this weekend and wales saying a wonderful event to celebrate the reopening of the notre dame cathedral and a beautiful and culturally important building and well done as it's part of this project. trilateral meeting focus and peace on this and renovations. l rachel and charlie. rachel: yeah, all the masses this week in honor of notre dame and people that help rebuild it and this was a very interesting event. we're going to talk a little later on with jonathan morris about the significance of notre dame and significance of christianity in western eu

notre dame fans wearing green. and i can tell you what there's hundreds of cars lined up of tailgaters just waiting to get in here right now. this snow is not keeping them away. they're excited for the game in the snow. >> they don't care about the frigid temperatures. but you know what? this one over here, she's itching. she's wishing she was there. >> you don't need to feel your fingers when you're. when you're a hoosier. when you're in indiana. yes, yes. if you can't tell. i grew up in indiana. wait. put up the map again. i will show you in between those that, as sarah said, that venn diagram of the best state in the entire nation, indiana. in between those two cities, in between bloomington and. nope. wrong map. bloomington, in south bend is a little town called goshen, indiana, which is where i grew up. this one. so we were closer to south bend, so we were notre dame fans. but my parents were from ohio, so it was very confusing. i was one of those iu, iu basketball, notre dame football fans. but now i've gone

france and the world will celebrate the reopening of notre dame cathedral, that grand dame.tics is an ever growing undercard of the main event. president-elect donald trump has arrived this morning for what is his first appearance on the world stage since winning the election on november 5th. reports are he will meet with emmanuel macron, one of the world's leaders, who was in office during trump's first term that ended in 2020, and sources say by inviting trump to the reopening of noter dam, being the first head of state to extend the olive branch, macron is positioning himself. also today volodymyr zelenskyy may meet with president trump as well, and prince william is stepping in for his father, king charles ii. five and a half years ago the world watched in horror as fire engulfed notre dame, the 12th century gothic cathedral, and president trump vowed it would -- president macron vow ised it would be reopened in five years. so the work ban. 2,000 statues and decorative features were restored, some 2500 oak trees were felled, a new lead roof was shaped to complete the cov

. >> esta tarde de noticias telemundo, en la catedral de notre dame abre sus puertas en paris, francias despues de un devastador in incendio. >> decenas de dignatarios mundiales asisten a la catedral de notre el presidente electo donald trump y el mandatario de ucrania, volodymyr zelensky. >> se amplia a otros estados la busqueda de hombre que mato al director ejecutivo de unitedhealthcare. >> autoridades dicen que el cerco se esta cerrando y aumenta la recompensa para dar con el sospechoso. >> avistamientos de drones durante las ultimas semanas en 10 condados de nueva piloto comercial sobre los peligros que estos representan para ellos. >> colectivo de busqueda, dice haber encontrado de los restos de su hijo estadounidense cuyo paradero se desconocia desde 2019. >> tenemos su testimonio y t tambien las lamentables cifras de desaparecidos en de mujeres meco.das las ururu, quienesmexi >> una planta planta acuatica y sus sabiduria ancestral limpian un lago de la la contaminacion causada por la mineria en bo bolivia. >> noticias telemundo, fin de semana con joana suarez. >> gracias. >> ju

las obras de notre—dame costaron alrededor de $800,000,000.usk pudieron atravesar sus muros que tienen casi 900 aÑos de historia. las campanas volvieron a inundar con su sonido en la ciudad luz. maÑana serÁ el gran dÍa para el pÚblico en general, la gente podrÁ finalmente volver a ingresar a esta joya arquitectÓnica gÓtica, lo mÁs increÍble es que durante el tiempo que permaneciÓ cerrado cada aÑo 12 millones de personas visitaron este monumento europeo. >> el equipo del presidente biden debates y debe conceder indultos a una serie de enemigos a los que el presidente electo donald trump amenazÓ en campaÑa con investigar entre los nombres a los que se les concederÍa esa protecciÓn se mencionan el de que investigÓ el papel de donald trump en el atentado contra el capitolio, y el senador de california que fue uno de los principales investigadores de la cÁmara en el primer juicio de destituciÓn a donald trump. la nieve acumulada en algunos estados genera potenciales peligros que mantienen a los ciudadanos en estado de alerta. las carreteras heladas

it was late on 15th april 2019 that notre—dame caught fire.women, a flood of donations and a strict deadline have brought france's most beloved building back to life. before tonight's ceremony, time for a short meeting between macron, trump and ukraine's embattled leader volodymyr zelensky. it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now, and we'll be talking about that. but the focus tonight was on one building that has weathered centuries of storms and has re—emerged, looking and sounding perhaps even better than new. the restoration of cathedral was a monumental effort years in the making. around 250 artisans, architects and other experts are said to have worked to restore the gothic landmark to its former glory. one of those architects is jackson dubois, a new york—based timber framer who worked on the spire in france's loire valley for three months. he's also the executive director of the timber framers guild. i spoke to him a little earlier. i like to start by getting your reaction to what to you personally. reaction

not ideal. a party to reopen notre dame. not ideal-— not ideal.e _ not ideal. and you said it was a very unfortunate because i not ideal. and you said it was a very unfortunate because ofj a very unfortunate because of the time we are going to re—up on notre dame france. i think it will go on for a couple of weeks. i think in fact, we are heading for regime crisis. i tell you abuse those who overthrown, what they want? they want to get rid of macron. will do every step, everything to push him out. because they may the next government once more, cc, we are intruding a very difficult time unfortunately. it doesn't mean... we are maybe going to bewley pilgrim with no government and they are pretty proud of it. ijust met a belgian banker who said that he does not have any government for five months and they'll maybe like f1 christmas. you are old enough to remember the fourth republic. fifth was wrought about because the fifth was supposed to be unstable. we have no elections untiljuly, so what does micron do you in fact, it would trace the new the so

hold of the roof of notre dame, that is one of the reasons why this is so important. we are still waiting for president volodymyr zelensky of ukraine to arrive as well. he is due to meet with president macron and our after he meets with —— an hour after he meets president—elect trump, and that will be interesting, an interesting meeting between the two men given everything that has happened and everything we have seen and heard from president—elect trump in terms of what he said about the war in ukraine and what he said about the war in russia. the prince of wales is also due to attend the opening ceremony and he too will be holding a meeting, i hear, with president macron, and he will also be meeting present electron as well as some point. you can see that the rain has well and truly taken hold. —— president electron as well. there are still huge crowds along the river send hoping to catch a glimpse of the opening ceremonial. i want to give you an idea of what will happen later on. we will have three different parts of the ceremony, there will be a religious party, a

this whole day is to commemorate the fact that the notre dame cathedral is reopening.ears old. that's old. >> boy, it's been a great two hours as we look at donald trump and emmanuel macron and president zelenskyy of ukraine. i thought how do we end this show in a classy note and in keeping with france and the history and the arts and phil is real clear politics afficianado, and knows things in and out and well-traveled. phil, thank you for joining us. you cover history very well, phil. i don't remember a time where a president-elect has carried this amount of clout and attention. it's remarkable because you go back to ronald reagan in 1980 he won in a landslide, and yet, short of what happened on inauguration day where the iranians seemed to be intimidated enough to release american hostages, donald trump is getting it worldwide and participating in meetings and, you know, these summits that are normally afforded sitting chief executives. what do you make of it? >> you're right, pope francis declined the invitation to be at notre dame and donald trump accepted, that m

we call jesus notre dame.ou think about this advent, getting ready for christmas, those two people are at the heart of christian culture, the heart of europe. that's what notre dame signifies for me. >> when you go in tomorrow for the first time since the reopening, what are you most excited to see? >> have you been in yet? >> i have not. >> none of us have. i'll be in tomorrow.what -- is enchants. so i'm eager to see that because in a way i hear people say the brightness, the resilience, the sparkle is what enchants. i'm eager to see that, because in a way i've been to notre dame before and it was kind of dark and dreary, because of the age. now i hear it's sparkling all over the place like a christmas tree. christmas we bring eggnog. >> you sure do. and you didn't >> i want to continue a tradition we have with you. usually at christmas we bring eggnog for cardinal dolan. >> you sure do. you didn't forget. >> no. savannah and hoda insisted. >> did you use french cognac?to >> >> we did indeed. >> thank you. >>