john if you could stay a gut my colleague david lovett's here from our culture desk. you know what is going through your mind i mean this is a huge loss this is a nightmare brant this is one of those events happens a few times in your life where you just wish this was not true anyone who has ever been to paris will be watching this in total shock this is the most visited site in paris paris being one of the most visited cities in the world and no structure really says paris or france or even europe in the quite the same way that no it's good on cathedral does anyone who has been to paris will remember the first time that they saw this building you know paris is it's a very it's a pretty small city it's got a pretty low profile and you get to the san river and suddenly you are greeted by notre dame cathedral and this is a building that until now has taken people's breath away for seven and a half centuries. re understand that. he is at the scene right now hope german chancellor angela merkel she has called new today a symbol of european culture i mean let's talk about