rahm emanuel is one of those. he kept taking jobs where you actually have to do stuff, chief of staff, mayor of chicago, and these next two gentlemen are doers. i am honored to bring two people -- two leaders to the stage who had inspiring careers in public service and our continued -- who had inspiring careers in public service and are continuing their support of public policy here at mgm unlv. here to speak about leadership and how we can empower american communities, please welcome former u.s. senate majority leader harry reid and former speaker of the house john boehner. [applause] >> i think what i was politely trying to say -- none of you are afraid of a curse word now and then which is probably the only thing where you get stuff done washington. senator reid, let me start with you on this. i thought 30 years ago it seemed like we were on this trend on education to workforce that we were going to make it mandatory 13th and 14th grade, basically mandatory community college. something stopped us. what happened

about as wet rahm emanuel talked about as mayor of the city of chicago. i am going to talk about one of those things. we are here today to talk about education. itall know, we have all said , the key to the successful workplace is education. chicago is the third-largest city in america, and rahm emanuel became mayor of the city when the education system was ranked the worst of any major city in america. he was able to change that. it wasn't easy. battle between the .eachers and rahm emanuel now with only a few days left in his administration, he can look back with pride and say that chicago is now ranked as the inber one city -- major city america with the best education system. m, iron, i admire you -- rah have no doubtd i you will go down in history as the best mayor of the city of chicago, and that says a lot. certainly, what you did during the obama years is legendary. ladies and gentlemen, a friend of all america, mayor mayor rahm emanuel. [applause] anuel: thank you. with an introduction like that, i wish my parents were here. they would be amazed.

it is emanuel macon, and there i'm very specific, is emanuel macon's france relishing at the idea ofl of france in europe leave the eu? i am sure that they are. i am not one of them. really? loi do believe that, with the exception of france. yeah, well, that is my gut feeling that i can tell you that i would find the departure of the united kingdom a massive loss for the european union, but if it has to come to that, it has to come to that. now, as the no—deal brexit, no, no—deal brexit is not a perspective that we see very positively, but the thing is that here, it is a choice between two evils. one evil is a no—deal brexit and yes, it will cause damage to the uk and yes, it will cause damage to the eu 27 and especially the member states bordering on the united kingdom, to start with ireland but also france, the netherlands, eltham, et cetera, that is obvious. but the more evil, the bigger evil would be that in order to avoid that, we would basically concede a 500 kilometre long back door, on patrol battle into the single market, which would damage or wound the single market mortall

>> emanuel: absolutely. >> stahl: they all will?el: and-- and i-- i mean, i think almost all of the medical schools had been driving to that before n.y.u. made its announcement. and i think they will redouble their efforts. this has been a issue that most deans of medical schools are passionate about. >> stahl: they'd better be, because otherwise, those deans at harvard and hopkins and stanford are likely to see the very best medical students attending n.y.u.-- for free. >> langone: you have a right to push and say, "why didn't you make kids who could afford to pay, pay?" because we really wanted to be blind, in terms of the kids coming here. and we want them to know that they owe us nothing. that, one day, if you're dealing with a patient who can't afford to have something done, you might say, "it's on me." pass it on. >> this is cbs sports hq. >> i'm adam zuker with a final four update. virginia's redemption tour continues following last year's historic first-round upset. the cavaliers seeking the school's first-ever national titl

el presidente de francia, ma emanuel macron --" como todos los compatriotas estoy triste tras ver que vez los camiones cisterna de agua podrÍan usar para pagarlo. deben actuar rÁpidamente" borja: melania trump tambiÉn dice " mi corazÓn se rompe tras ver el incendio la catedral de notre-dame". nos ha -- nos acompaÑa aranza que ha estado desarrollando y viendo todo lo que va ocurriendo. vemos que presidente estÁ remitiendo con el tiempo. ha habido mucha demora entre cuando se han empezado a ver los bomberos y apagar el fuego, acceder hasta la catedral y cuando se ha declarado el incendio. por quÉ esta gran demora? aranza: creo que tiene que ver con la proporciÓn de este incendio. tenemos entendido que pudo haber iniciado en esa aguja que se desploma porque era una de las estructuras que estaba bajo renovaciÓn. tenemos entendido que 250 t de plomo en esa torre y sabemos tambiÉn que hay muchos andamios en estructura en lo que es la bÓveda de esta catedral. posiblemente eso haya dificultado la labor de los bomberos para poder entrar. lo que sabemos es que es un operativo que no tiene prece

what he's called it the great national debate for its president emanuel description of his response to demands often violent made by yellow vest protesters will tonight announce the first measures emerging from that national debate including plans to reduce income taxes for workers it comes more than a week later than scheduled postponed everything when a fire broke out inside notre dame cathedral in paris one of france's most cherished cultural landmarks the flames were barely l. when some of france's wealthiest families rushed to donate more than half a billion euros to rebuild the cathedral by some estimates that's far more than is actually needed to refurbish the entire structure. a surplus of money for bricks and mortar in a city with more than thirty thousand homeless that glaring discrepancy you set yellow vest protesters on to the streets last saturday in some of the most violent clashes that we've seen in twenty three weeks of anti-government protests many demanding that instead of pledging millions for notre dame france's mega rich should pay more taxes. and that was the back

and that was the backdrop for emanuel microland today as he tried to play kate those angry voices but did not give an inch when it comes to the reforms that he says are necessary to keep the french economy competitive. quickly forcefulness you won't believe that the transformations underway transformations essential for our country must not be stopped because they represent the aspirations of a fellow citizens but they have not been fast enough not radical enough not humane enough i will come back to that but i deeply believe that the direction taken in these first two years has been right it will be. a day above all public order must return and with it an essential accord. but i don't want the actions of some people to eclipse the just the months that were put forward at the start of this movement and were broadly supported it. was the fridge president speaking there will journalist catherine field has been tracking this story for us tonight she joins me from paris good evening to you catherine so what do we got here we've got a cut in income taxes for workers is that enough to send

tax cuts and promises of reforms president emanuel macron followers to transform france is his response to months of yellow vests protests and nothing to stop the riots this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan they are the results of the so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha in paris. at his first presidential press conference on domestic

the inferno brought french president emanuel mouth crawl into the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at least will survive the flames but that's little consolation as the blaze burns on into the night having already done incalculable damage. well let's go to paris now our correspondent barbara faizal is standing outside notre dame cathedral good evening to you barbara earlier tonight we and the rest of the world feared the worst total loss of the cathedral when daybreak so there may be a reason for cautious optimism right. yeah there is some reason for that at least the head of the firefighters of paris. they hope to know that they were able to contain the fire a

it's the twenty third consecutive weekend of protests against the administration of president emanuel mccraw actions taking place in the capital paris and across france. we're still expecting answers from the government there are democratic social and environmental emergencies for which we still have no answer. those who were very young protesting even if my wife ignore it are the last three levels of. later violence flared in the capital as scooters and other vehicles were set on fire. as in previous protests the police response was forceful. tear gas and water cannon deployed to disperse the protesters. the blaze at notre dame may have united front since shock but so far it's done little to heal the deep divisions over poverty and inequality our correspondents rebecca raters is in paris for us where easter services are taking place rebecca there are several events taking place night in relation to the fire at notre dame tell us a little bit more about that. well carl i'm here in front of a social peace church which where an easter vigil is taking place tonight it was a post original

have another summit and another, and we needed breathing space to get on with other eu business, but emanueln wants to concentrate minds in the uk, he wants to keep pressure up on mps to focus and come to a brexit conclusion but, you know what, it's going to be a long night. raqqa we will wait for it! that's all from the emergency brexit summit for tonight. there's more on newsnight on bbc two and on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the healdines tonight. manchester united might need a miracle to make the finals, they lost the first leg of their quarterfinal onenote to barcelona. at old trafford or sports editor dan rowen was there, and dan you know we've given ourselves with a lot of work to do. i think it's fair to say the odds are firmly stacked against manchester united now. progress into the semi finals, barcelona had that's crucial away goal, they weren't best, the spanish league leaders, but they didn't really need to be, because in truth, you did feel there was something

appears to be concentrated in the roof of the nine hundred year old building the french president emanuel mccraw has cancelled a major policy speech. this evening. it was described as a terrible fire. straits to paris that where we joined journalist john laurenson. welcome john bring us up to date on what's been happening. and the images we're seeing a total catastrophe anderson this cathedral of it took. two hundred years to fill this second up in flames tonight the very high spire not to down procedural collapse just a few minutes ago. if i started just before seven o'clock this evening it started as you said just under the rafters of that very high roof. there is. building work carrying being carried out to the moment of scaffolding up on the side of the building the firemen said there is a potential link between the fire breaking out and this and this and this work being carried out but also presumes will have very much up in their minds. the attempt to to burn its cathedral down by islamist terrorists actually female terrorists in the temper two thousand and sixteen the bridges that

toni preckwinkle did not endorse him against rahm emanuel.here may have been some residual against that. susan mendoza, the other high-profile latinx candidate in the race, three chico, both endorsed lori lightfoot. what i would say on the grassroots level, organizers in the immigrant rights movement, withorganizers allied young black organizers in challenging that scenario and challenging lori lightfoot and challenging the idea that she would be some sort of savior for the city. so there were latinos on both thes of the debate between two contenders. there areink -- political ideological differences and we don't see black people voting in a single block. we don't see latinx people voting in a single block. i think there is a real move beyond a certain kind of narrow identity politics and really embracing issues in forming new alliances. we have really seen more black /brown unity at the grassroots level in chicago than we have in actual more formal electoral coalitions. amy: lover ransby, thank you for being with us, professor of african ame

it's the twenty third consecutive weekend of protests against the administration of president emanuel macron actions taking place in the capital paris and across france. we're still expecting answers from the government there are democratic social and environmental emergencies for which we still have no answer. we will share your protesting even if my wife ignore it are the last three levels of. play to violence flared in the capital as scooters and other vehicles were set on fire. as in previous protests the police response was forceful. tear gas and water cannon deployed to disperse the protesters. the blaze at notre dame may have united france in shock but so far it's done little to heal the deep divisions over poverty and inequality. our correspondent rebecca rader's is in paris for us tonight she's been covering that story for us rebecca you've been in the streets today tracking those protests what was the situation like. well never ran up pretty well it was quite fine today actually. i saw plenty of passion. lisa thanks to. you there was lots to cast and explicit. to listen. to

president to end months of yellow vestry protests if the cost of living in the state of politics emanuel mccoll hope that his speech in new policies will convince french people that he's heard their concerns over the social inequality and he's trying to help he knows that if he fails to persuade them his credibility his popularity i does a policy to continue with his reforms will suffer. in paris yellow vests supporters gathered after the president's speech and said that not give up their battle the sort of my reaction to he says speech is one ward resign when a government does not answer to people who need it is necessary to hold elections again we will continue your demonstrations to convince mr mccraw on to the side of these government. the real test of the macro will be how the wider public will regard his new policies and whether he's managed to bury his reputation as a president who favors the rich this itll doubt that the timing is vital halfway through his presidential term and just one month until the european elections he urgently needs to rebuild trust the tasha butler al-jaze

there's also indications that france's president emanuel mccrone may be softening his stance when it comes to the links of this delay he's favored a short extension so far how long of an extension will paris tolerate now. that we will figure out tomorrow it is very likely and that's the way the european union operates it's going to be something between the one that i'm going to america finds tolerable and these three to maybe four or five months that chrome's. really find suitable so let's say late fall or maybe right after christmas something like that is in the realm often possible and likely and mccraw really emphasizes different things here because he is worried about the european union being posen from within not only by the possible emergence off the back bad boys of bread once they come to brussels but also by the constant internal discussions by being forced to deal with the bricks and whole negativity and the political chaos that brings europe has things on its that is really what is trying to say all right our correspondent on the story for us tonight on the eve of that eme

one firefighter has been seriously hurt well that's the latest information from president emanuel saying the blaze was taking a part of all of france's people. with. well what an evening it has been my colleague wheel of blue cross is here with me you're following a very special what's being said. but let's talk about this report that they may be able to save the building right just i mean about an hour or two ago we have the foreign ministry in france saying they weren't sure they weren't certain there's no way to tell if they'd be able to save these towers it did appear from the images that the firefighters are trying to contain the fire away from the towers into where the roof had collapsed now they're saying they maybe have some optimism they may be able to save these towers after all in the meantime it appears that one firefighter has been seriously injured which is also a new development new development we have new details how we do know that the firefighters one of their priorities was to save the invaluable artwork and relics that are in the building so it is possible that in the

french president tries to make the yellow vest protesters stop seeing red and hold on to his job emanuel microland unveiling a list of reforms in response to months of yellow vest protests protests in the challenge his authority he's willing to cut taxes but he's also making demands on french workers also coming up joe biden hits the campaign trail to become the next u.s. president the former u.s. vice president warning that the soul of the nation is at stake if donald trump wins in second term truck reacted today with a tweet calling biden sleep eja. plus can you see yourself competing in sports with this kind of vision tonight reports on the insights into playing sports with visual disability. i bring golf it's good to have you with us the president of france today presented reforms hoping that they will end months of a yellow vest protest protests which have challenged his authority in a bid to restore order to the country emanuel is pledging to cut income taxes for the middle class and to make it easier to hold referendums but he also says there will be no tolerance for a repeat of t

at his first presidential press conference on domestic affairs emanuel mark karr said he'd listen to people's grievances over social inequality and the french political system in response he offered a raft of new policies including a reduction of m.p.'s and income tax cuts for workers let me you're going to fuel the best way to address the needs of fiscal justice is not to increase the taxes of dispersal of that person no it's rather to lower taxes for the greatest number of our fellow citizens in particular for those bloat and part of the middle class is he also touched on personal matters saying he regretted that some people considered him arak and. i've given the impression of always giving orders of being tough and at times unfair this i regret because it's not why i am and it's not helped our cause. macro's new policies were based on the findings of the great debate and initiative he launched in january to give people a chance to discuss their concerns at a town hall meetings and online an attempt by the president to end months of yellow fest street protests over the cost of liv

emanuel macron said five years.res of the gaping holes, weav've seen the debris that lines the knave. it seems optimistic but a positive statement that this city will move forward. >> i think president macron was optimistic and he certainly expressed that in his speech. also note that the olympics are coming up in paris, so there is certainly momentum to build things ahead of that. you're right, it seems ambitious. it's a huge structure, ancient -- not ancient, but centuries old. it's run by the state. there are private funders who want to support it. it seems like potentially it could become a hornet's nest, but where there's a will, there's a way. >> we have no idea how much this will cost. they haven't begun doing the structural assessment. but donations are in the millions worldwide. >> luxury magnets have give ayn lot of money. one of the sad statistics that's jumped out at me is the state of france contributed 2 million euros a year to the upkeep of notre dame, which really was not enough. in 2013, the church

mayor rahm emanuel and the super time have been very outspoken about this case.lopment right now through the "chicago tribune." we have not invented this yet ourselves, so we are checking it out. the state attorney comes the cook county state attorney, kim foxx, has been under fire for suddenly dropping the charges at for a recusal that wasn't really an official recusal in this case. we now hear that she has issued a request, and we are learning this through a letter that was ultimately sent to the cook county board president , t she has asked the expectorant inspector general to come investigator offices handling of this case. we are in the process of vetting it now. more as it develops, harris. he won mike tobin, thank you for the latest on that. new development in the college admissions scandal as the man accused of taking entrance exams for students appears in court today. a live report, next. ♪ great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. i

emanuel macron spoke. >> we are this people of rebuilders. we have a lot to rebuild.we will build the cathedral of notre dame even more beautiful. and i want for this to be done within the next five years. >> shepard: as we reported here yesterday, the cathedral was at the time undergoing renovations as the fire broke out. investigators say they're looking into whether attempts to save the structure could have risked its destruction. a spokesman for the company that is over sees the construction says his crew is cooperating fully with investigators. >> i think there's professionals with the judicial police and the fire brigade that are working on this. we told our staff that they should collaborate without police units without restrictions. >> shepard: and thus far it appears they are. officials say the fire appears to have been an accident. in fact, they reported that in the first hour of fighting it yesterday. we'll have coverage throughout this hour, including history of this grand place, what was lost and to our knowledge what was saved. the efforts to rebuild and

states he was speaking after his first face to face meeting with north korean leader kim jong un emanuelmacron says he wants to significantly cut income tax as part of reforms to transform from speaking in response to months of yellow vest protests the french president also said he'd make it easier to hold referendums on national issues and in mozambique tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after psycho and kenneth made landfall on the country's north coast mozambique is still recovering after the devastation from die in the last month those are the headlines the news continues here after witness. i look at this man as the noble of. the same. would have been saying a few. months about a month you have to let them know all you. can see and if you know. we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they found . you just. continues sending a signal to the rest of the world that this is a nation or please you just a nation. this has to die can send a very clear message to a solemn seekers who are contemplating risking a voyage. and that m

tax cuts and promises of reforms president emanuel macron followers to transform france is his response to months of yellow vests protests and nothing to stop the riots this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan they are the results of the so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha in paris. at his first presidential press conference on domestic

. >> why don't you stand up and protest rahm emanuel. >> the police in the city are great people, theyce. they put their life on the line every single time they make a traffic stop. >> this is not about fox. this is about you -. >> kim fox is defending her office's decision to drop a 16 felony charges against smollett writing in the chicago tribune op-ed, quote, since it seems politically expedient right now to question my motives and actions and those of my office, let me say publicly and clearly that i welcome on outside nonpolitical review of how we handled this matter. the police union fired back writing, the cbp concluded that mr. smollett faked a hate crime and it's ms. fox's duty to prosecute the crime. she refused to do to. and sheila o'brien wrote her own op sed saying she's going to personally petition to courts to assign a special prosecutor to investigate kim fox. elizabeth: the emotions are running high and there seems to be a lot of anger on both sides of the aisle, right? >> there are people saying they're fed up with hearing about this story. they would rather see the r

tax cuts and promises of reforms president emanuel macron followers to transform france is his response to months of yellow vests protests and nothing to stop the riots this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan they are the results of the so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha bata in paris. at his first presidential press conference on dom

twelfth century site it was undergoing renovation it's home to many works of os and also facts present emanuel macron we were seeing images of him there he is now on the scene he has cancelled a major address and earlier he tweeted that i am sad to see a part of all of us this evening and he has been joined by the german chancellor angela merkel she has offered solidarity and sympathy and also we've been hearing from the mayor of london city can he says that london is in sorrow with paris over the burning of not true dom this evening. also had some reaction from us go they've said that vase they stand at france's side in the effort to now save and restore restore their not true dumb cathedral and that indeed will be a significant project possibly huge challenges ahead to try and reconstruct this building twelfth century building eight hundred fifty years old and we've been speaking to. some of the witnesses at the scene suggests the feeling is that perhaps a significant part of the building is now lost and possibly lost forever because to try and recreate it and to try and rebuild it will be v

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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is there. mike, a lot of republicans were sweating that one. >> no doubt about it. people were talking about economic concerns. we had nancy pelosi a democrat, speaking earlier, taking the swipe at president trump on this border issue. >> likes to shut down things, shut down the government, shut down the border. shutting down the border would threaten good jobs, hurt our economy, violate our values and gravely hurt our country. >> a texas democrat told us there was talk amongst her colleagues of filing a lawsuit because of the economic damage of shutting down the border would be massive. >> we're asking him not to do so because it will be devastating. this is not the solution. we need to provide more resources, more money, more facilities, healthcare and more judges. that's the way to do it in the right way. >> jackson lee says the impact would be the equivalent of a natural disaster in terms of the disaster to our economy. >> shepard: democrats appear to be putting republicans on the record on

four hours since a fire devastated much of the gothic cathedrals couper tonight french president emanuel mccrone says he wants twenty first century technology used to rebuild and restore the damaged and shard twelfth century church all within the next five years and then vicious go and most likely an expensive one but since news of the blaze first broke last night pledges totaling more than half a billion euros have been made money earmarked for rebuilding notre done on the ground investigators say that the fire was caused probably by an accident and not arson it tonight in paris across france europe and around the world people are still in shock lamenting the loss of an architectural jewel and a symbol of france's heritage. paris the morning after the heroes of not your damn inspect what they were able to save. less than twelve hours before the world had its eyes on them as they battled to avoid the destruction of the city's most iconic house of worship. they managed to save the eight hundred fifty year old buildings main stone structure but the roof and other parts of the cathedral wer

the french president emanuel lakhan has appointed a panel of experts to investigate france's actions during around as genocide france or while they have had a strained relations relationship since the killings in one thousand nine hundred four and reports now from paris. at the least say pallister french president met tutsi survivors of the nine hundred ninety four rwandan genocide france's relationship with rwanda has been strained for twenty five years of regulations by kigali that france was complicit in the massacre now emanuel markhor says it's time for truth he's appointed a commission to investigate france's role at the time and announced more resources to track down genocide suspects who fled to france marcel could banda who lost family in the genocide welcomes michael's initiatives at present but. it's important for people in france rwanda for survivors and humanity to know what happened it's a step in the right direction because the narrative is no longer that there is nothing to say but that there is something to say. the killings were on a monstrous scale militias armed b

is scheduled departure from the european union may was in paris is evening meeting president emanuel earlier today she was here in berlin for talks with jasper uncle americal may want an extension to the beginning of brics it now appears reportedly favors a short extension the government here in berlin reportedly favors a longer one. the reason may may have been given a friendly french welcome in paris but it wasn't an easy day president calling is often seen as the european leader with the toughest demands may was lucky this time france softened its stance and said a delay within limits was an option for the long awaited brags that still france and of the european countries are getting increasingly impatient we want to understand what do you need this extension for and what is the political asset roundings our own series a may to have this extension before her visit to paris may have traveled to berlin to out of play for an extension to german chancellor angela merkel. just as with everything involving brags that to resume is a rival didn't go quite as planned she was obviously a li

vest protest protests which have challenged his authority in a bid to restore order to the country emanuel is pledging to cut income taxes for the middle class and to make it easier to hold referendums but he also says they'll be no tolerance for a repeat of the violent protests of recent months. will be. today above all public order must return it's essential that we come together. but i don't want the actions of some people to eclipse the just demands that were put forward at the start of this movement and that we're broadly supported. or join me here at the big table was my colleague in montreal that shunts she's been covering this stage and she's been covering the yellow vest for just force there for quite some time it's good to see you again so the french president he said he's willing to cut income taxes what else well if i thing he's talked tonight was quite significant is the first time he holds a press conference on domestic matters we know he's not a fan of the exercise he doesn't like tennis match and he's been answering questions for the whole for most of the the evening and wh

president emanuel he visited the scene of the fire and he pledged that france will rebuild notre dame. if you can get it it's the cathedral of old french citizens even if i have knitting here and its history is our history that he thought fit in. and then it burned. and believe it burns and i feel that sadness in a shock that so many of our fellow french citizens feeling now. i was the french president there we've got team coverage of the fire is standing by in paris is our correspondent barbara vevo and here in the studio with meat or news editors him and william glue crofts to all of you welcome let me start here with barbara earlier in the evening barbara we feared that all was lost but now there's cautious optimism that parts of notre dame will be saved. yes the fed of the firefighters there was as you say cautiously optimistic and say said just a little while ago that he thought they had now been able to cordon chain the fire to a certain degree and even if you look at it you can see this behind us in hour ago you could see sort of bright red flames really shooting up to the sky

france's president emanuel is meeting with ministers to discuss how to deal with the aftermath of the fire at paris's notre dame cathedral has said that he wants to rebuild the cathedral within five years and today's cabinet meeting will focus on how to raise the funds for such an ambitious plan we'll hear more from paris in just a moment but first this report on how the blaze that dr dom has affected people in paris. a moment of unity for the present is coming to terms with the fire at notre dame. they joined together to sing and pray during a candle a vigil close to the cathedral. for many it provided an opportunity to reflect and hope that notre dame will one day be restored. to seeing the spontaneous gatherings tonight has led to small moments of prayer but also a lot of hope. we can at last say that this fire which seemed so insurmountable and caused great damage to the cathedral still left the most important parts preserved and it remains a place of prayer. thoughts are now turning in earnest towards reconstructing notre dame. the restoration has become a matter of state france'

conference to unveil proposals that he hopes will end the months of anti government demonstrations emanuel mccrone says he wants to significantly cut income tax and jobs for life for civil servants as part of reforms to transform france responding to months of yellow vests protests against them he also said the make it easier to hold referenda on national issues does address came after three months of town hall style across france which have been dubbed the great debate. above all public order must return and with an ascent. look cool but i don't want the actions of some people to eclipse the just a mom who would at the start of this movement and look broadly supported well xander shawn tree is a yellow vest organizer in the front seat city of lean he's not satisfied with the calls promises. we're fighting for our months six months now i'm. ready for him to have. to mind made some and that's my monthly retching nothing a list of things serious and i'm missing on the rise of the wages of such a thing nothing on thirty bad boys and those things on the democrats we are fighting small mob soci

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the french president emanuel macron has said that it will be rebuilt.e's pledged it is something that the french people deserve. that their history deserves. he's put out a nationwide call to raise money to rebuild it. already there have been several very large donation, about $300 million raised so far. but it's unclear how long it is going take because they are still assessing how much damage there was. >> an incredible loss for paris, for the country of france, for the world really. thank you very much. we'll talk the to you again in a little bit. >>> back here at home president trump has also been reacting to what took place yesterday. he first took to twitter writing so horrible to watch the massive fire in paris. perhaps flying water tankers can be used to put it out. that idea was quickly shot down by french officials for a variety of reasons. france's civil defense said a large water drop could cause the entire structure to collapse but endang firefighters and civilians on the ground. trump later addressed the situation at a round table in minne

>> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. mike, thanks.se speaker nancy pelosi says joe biden is still qualified to be president despite recent allegations by two women of inappropriate touching. some political watchers and pundits are asking whether the defense of biden represents a change in the me too movement or a generational pass for the former vice president. here is correspondent peter doocy. >> none of the women who accuse brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct had photos with the judge to prove they ever crossed paths. but, democrats believed them anyway. >> i believe dr. ford. >> you are opening up to open air hurt and pain that goes on across this country. it's nothing short of heroic. >> i believe dr. ford. >> joe biden's accusers have pictures with him but their accusations of misconduct are not sexual. so, democrats are not as concerned. >> joe biden is not a sexual predator. the president, however, is. >> actress alyssa milano sat through dr. chris j blasey ford's testimony. >> i think dr. ford is an incredibly compelling, in

she does come a long line of awkward customers, not least emanuel macron, the most keen of eu leaders view that britain is not going to profit at leaving the european union. even on the question of delay, more than 100 mp5 on the question of delay, more than 100 mps voted to say they didn't wa nt 100 mps voted to say they didn't want to countenance any more pauses to brexit. there is unhappiness about that. there is also deep unease in the labour party and the tory party over the idea of the two main political groups being able to come together around some kind of compromise at some point in the future. of course, there are plenty of voters looking at this and thinking why is this taking so long and why is this such a mess? and, of course, businesses around the country, who are frustrated, furious, worried about the future with so much uncertainty still hanging in the air. but in the end, the prime minister's calculation has been that it's better to go through the pain of asking for a delay than go through what she worries about, the pain of leaving without a deal. of course, there is

charles: meantime china and russia are behind the maduro regime, emanuel. so is the military. how does this play out when the military has been paid off going back to hugo chavez having the foresight to see the socialist regime will come under this kind of pressure? >> the bottom line as it happened before as you mentioned whoever has the got the gun carries the day. what we're witnessing today, is an attempt by juan guaido and his people and the peaceful opposition to maduro to take this to the next level. every effort to transition peacefully, to election, to remove the illegitimate government of maduro has not yielded results so far. precisely because maduro has had the army and military, the security forces either standing by or supporting them. this is an effort to sort of force the hands of the military and force them to take sides. it remains to be seen where this ends but i think that we're in a new phase. the u.s. needs to think about how long and hard what we do if the opposition does not succeed in removing maduro, send him packing. if the military does not decisive

fired by those in power and why only because people have there to us to make more money president emanuel mccall has tried to end the crisis by boosting public spending and in january he launched a national citizens' debate to give people more say in politics. insurance it was at the launch that we first met retiree robert f. who complained that the government failed to help people in poor rural areas when we meet him again more than two months on he's not changed his mind at his home in normandy he says people like him have lost faith in politics. politicians don't represent our concerns we vote for m.p.'s who make laws but never ask your opinion once elected politicians only care about their careers in the past two decades this village has lost many of its services many of the shops in this village have closed down jobs are scarce there's no public transport so you have to take a car if you want to go anywhere and feel is expensive and that's very typical of many villages and small towns like this across frogs which is why support for the universe movement is so strong in rural areas. m

the french president emanuel is currently making a major policy speech is actually on air now which could answer some of the demands . of the yellow vest protest. he spent months meeting local members of the public to try to resolve the protests yellow vest campaigners have been on the streets for months calling for action on social inequality. our correspondent in paris the trash about president macro has started speaking with the have to say so far. well just beginning of his speech the french president is basically saying so far that he has heard the concerns of people across france that they are worried about social inequality that they feel that politicians simply don't understand them that they live elites lives in big cities far away from the ordinary lives of ordinary citizens amanda marcotte says look i've spoken to people i've understood and these messages of personal touch me he hasn't quite got yet in his speech the points in which he is expected to reveal some policies but we do know more or less what some of the might be we are expecting for example some tax cuts for middle

the high cost of living has not gone away to sid spread into a broader movement against president emanuel back home in his attempt to reform the economy michael is expected to announce a series of measures in the coming week that includes tax cuts for poor households the protest is anger at the wealthy has flourished in recent days partly stoked by the not fire but also himself who is seen by them as a president of the rich in a deeply divided society sunny. really is the head of m c b consulting and also teaches political communications he joins us now via skype from in western france or thank you so much for joining us here on. meanwhile i guess could understand some of the sentiments that we heard in that report from members of the yellow vest movement you know when hundreds of millions of dollars were pledged to the rebuilding of not about one obviously you know countries like france have social issues as well but do you think that that's really emanuel mccraw fault considering a lot of this money was actually donations. no let's the fault of the political climate we're living in we h