frances perkins' work. how many of you know a 12-year-old who has quit going to school so that she can work full-time in a factory? frances perkins' work. her ban on child labor enacted in the fair labor standards act made it possible to keep kids in school longer instead of in mills and factories. let me start by telling you a little bit. it is awfully noisy here, but let me tell you a little bit. i want to read a little bit of the prologue from a book so that you know a little bit more about the breath of frances perkins' accomplishments. on a chilly february night in 1933, a middle-aged woman waited expectedly to meet with her employer at his residence on east 65th street in new york city. she clutched a scrap of paper with hastily-written notes. finally, ushered into his study, the woman brushed aside her nervousness and spoke confidently. they bantered casually for a while, as was their style, and then she turned serious. her dark, luminous eyes holding his gaze. he wanted her to take an assignment, bu

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so he's very angry but how does a turkey's position affect its ties with france or france this positionaffect ties with its counterpart well this has been a long point of tension between these two countries when the french parliament a few years ago passed motion recognizing the armenian genocide turkey slapped sanctions on several french companies doing business in turkey we've seen none of that today it's just been mainly hard rhetoric and i think it's a recognition here in turkey that micron is using this to consolidate his base inside france while turkey here the president to with looking to bolster his support among turkish nationalists in the country at the moment is more about political handbags rather than any serious doubt that has happened in the past and another reason why turkey doesn't want to pick a trade fight with france is because the turkish economy is in such dire straits at the moment more political tension could threaten further economic turmoil in turkey or any signs that turkey will ever recognize the armenian genocide. i think that that is a long way off turkey i

this is they don't it is life from birth in the church bells across france ring out in tribute to the north for down just minutes from that cathedral bells across the country will chime together expressing the solidarity of emotion of a nation still coming to terms with monday's devastating fire. i'm still going welcome to the program my words from across france will ring out in tributes to not shut down the country's beloved gothic cathedral was gutted by a massive fire on monday night president macro convened a special cabinet meeting today to discuss an ambitious reconstruction plan he says he wants the church restored to its former glory within five years well we're going to bring that to you live here on that date just ahead that's let's introduce you to our guests luke andre is a freelance journalist for the opinio and radio france and that been. responded lisa lewis has been reporting from paris during the last few days and joins us again from the french a couple outside not to welcome a both let's start with you lisa tell us a bit about what we'll go to see and hear over the n

as the emperor of france. eight hundred thirty one saw the publication of the famous novel the hunchback of notre dame by victor hugo it was a huge success and brought the cathedral new attention. now in twenty nineteen the unthinkable has happened the flames consuming not to done cathedral taking with them centuries of history. lots of history let's talk about the future of the sun's going to come up it's going to be the day after this tragedy what is paris going to do with that you know barbara was talking about the mayor is going to have to deal with the political blowback for what the response. by the fire department for example well there will be a lot to answer for indeed these forty five min is do they between the moment the fire broke and the for us intervention of firefighters is something that one cannot fathom in a capital city like paris where are we supposed to have firefighters who are trained for duck out of situations and we know that after the terrorist attacks that took place in paris they we

point zero of where all measurements in france are marked from.g historically and religiously for french culture and we look at it now as those water cannons continue to pump water. in the last 30 minutes we had expected macron to speak about politics and address the yellow vest movement but instead he came here to thank the firefighters for the intense work they have done. translation: what has happened tonight in paris, in notre dame, is a terrible event. i want to first think the firefighters. 500 of whom have battled the flames for several hours and will keep doing so for several more and maybe for several days. they fought the blaze with extreme courage, professionalism and determination. and i want to convey thanks of an entire nation. thanks to their work, including support by the city of paris, and officials from notre dame, the worst has been avoided. even if the battle is not entirely won. yes, it is quite crucial to say that according to french firefighters, the stone structure is ok. it has been saved. the worst has been avoided. of co

unity zero to france which is going to reduce or hurt or france certifiers that's part of what we'll lose it tonight and that's very subtle dempsey's not turned down is the heart of paris is grand your it's monumental it's horrible to see everything we have learned going up in smoke centuries of our heritage the whole structure is that. it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france i leave that far away so it's devastating that a monument like this is burning for the most economic break on a sunday people feel devastated it's a national disaster i can't express how sad it makes me think i'm even. going to to sit and then most of what. i say this to use all of this we will rebuild this great cathedral together we will appeal to the greatest talents to help restore not true them because this is what the french people expect and this is what our history deserves it is our destiny. because he truly is one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe pulling in thirteen million visitors every year but the fires caused serious damage the spire and the roof of collapsed the f

france doesn't have a ban on sending weapons to saudi arabia they've been going from france then on to saudi a similar things been happening with the cobra radar artillery targeting systems they've been sent to the united arab emirates along with software updates for the for that system as well eventually then reaching the the war in yemen and reaching saudi arabian military hands now opposition figures here in germany as you would imagine outraged at this seems like the government can't wait when it comes to producing weapons for the human who were alliance in light of the latest attacks and yemeni schoolchildren this is simply a shameless killing of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul prompted berlin to well council weapons sales to saudi arabia in fact the deal making sure that there would be no more deal was extended at the end of last month by the german government. and it's our flag and we demand that the participating company since this time the export ban to saudi arabia. the united everett and a very serious this period when dealing with their contract pr

of history it represents france. i feel like. it's just crying now it looks just to me. i feel the cathedral has been snatched away from. the. cultural heritage its front that's been hit today france is there any of us to do with. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with what paris and the whole world lost today a massive fire gutted notre dame cathedral to see the catholic church this medieval monument to french gothic architecture has been a fundamental part of the parisian soul for almost a millennia or tonight it took only an hour for the flames to turn notre dame's wooden frame and its towering spire recognized the world over into a smoldering relic. a heart rending sight as the spire found striking at a symbol of french culture in the heart of paris. the massive blaze spread on words collapsing the roof and setting the wooden frame of the entire cathedral aflame. the alarm went off shortly before seven in the evening local time no saddam is burning spreading a brown black cloud across the sky her reasons and

that is point zero of france. the marker against which everything else is calibrated. will be an easy one to launch. and have every prospect of success. the scale of the task should not be underestimated. the fabric of notre dame, like the fabric of many mediaeval cathedrals, has been deteriorating over a very, very long time. presumably it will be found to be one of the reasons why the building itself caught fire and has been so badly damaged. the potential for disaster has always been there in the steady deterioration over time. so an immense task lies ahead of france to restore this building because, of course, a proper restoration will need to restore the character of notre dame as it always has been and in the modern world, you know, finding people with the necessary skills in stone and woodwork to reproduce the glories of mediaeval europe will not be easy. it is an absolutely staggering scene behind you, the devastation. of course, you touched upon the yellow vest protest. they were due to regroup this weekend following on from what emmanuel macron would have sai

government in libya accuses france of supporting rebel forces and cooperation with . violence in the north african nation intensifies with hundreds killed over the. international line from last year with me. welcome to the program. after a two year investigation and almost nonstop media coverage of the so-called scandal the heavily redacted miller report has finally sorted it out the document reveals there was no cooperation between donald trump or any american with russians in the twenty sixteen presidential election. the special counsel's report states that his quote investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities but donald trump isn't off the hook in the eyes of the democrats and media the u.s. house judiciary committee has issued a subpoena for the unredacted report as the focus now shifts to the possible obstruction of the investigation more on that from our senior correspondent right. two years america waited for this hoped and prayed it would make tr

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

the size of the civil service in france which is. the biggest. the heaviest civil service in the whole europe and apparently it was it was all a bit blurred but apparently he will give up this this reform so actually. at the same time he did not reform the system he will be still criticized by by germany for instance because of huge french dificid and at the same time he didn't bring satisfaction to the most poor people of france and the yellow vest population so i don't think that for the time being he is a really beginning act to or if you think that is beginning an act number two i don't really read the scenario ok a chance to show a white why couldn't a court of introduce the measures that he's introducing now earlier in his term. is there any alternatives in terms of leadership in france right now to president mccraw and how will his party or marsh fare in in the forthcoming european elections. so to take those three questions one by one the reason why some of these policies wasn't well presented before is simply because we've had a great de

role in the genocide in twenty ten former president nicolas sarkozy admitted france made some errors but he stopped there about all my core wants relations between paris and could go only to improve but he knows that for that to happen france must face its past one president paul kagame a has rarely had patience for french politicians but last year in paris he praised mackerels approach but not everyone is convinced that things will change this historian curated an exhibition on the genocide at paris's show memorial she questions what will come out of macro's commission mccance even in these two and a pleasure exclusive not my fear is it will be history written from an exclusively french point of view we know a lot about france's role alongside. it is criminal regime but the facts are nothing that could be much more emphasis on sarkozy's comments about ira's it could be seen as an act of courage if we could probably face one of the darkest chapters in france is history the commission's research will be revealed in two years if it finds that france played a role in the genocide it may

maybe even in france as a whole. extraordary how quickly -- how much you take these landmarks for granted until something like this happens. knowing the area as you dowhy was it so difficult for firefighters to get to it? president trump suggested using planes with water cannons. why couldn't that happen yet go -- why couldn't thn? hap philip: that might have seemed like a logical thing to say at the time, but this is a whole different story here.th civil defense authority in france felt like it had to come out with a tweet written in english, the only one they wrote this whole evening in english, in which they described why that was simply not realistic, why no planes could flight above notre -- fly above notre dame cathedral and simply dumped tons of water on top of the spire. hese would have been tons of water and they woue destroyed this wooden structure in the end. it was simply too risk the french authorities. the president was wrong here. it seemed to be another one of his instinctive tweets. that is one of th

france is a nation of builders.exactly those same words that he used to talk about rebuilding this cathedral as rebuilding this cathedral as rebuilding the fabric of france. after it has been torn by so many of these fault lines. but yesterday he was addressing the cathedral and we have been hearing reports of a huge ball of fire that engulfed the cathedral they say was an accident connected to the renovation work that we understand cost about 150 million euros and which they had difficulty raising. now the pledges are coming in, 700 million and counting, raised so far. the money will not be a problem and judging by president macron, and everyone we have heard today and around the world, it is not going to be a problem. many of the concerns last night as we all sat around the world and watched, that terrible blaze on the cathedral behind you. many of the cathedral behind you. many of the concerns what about the architectural integrity of the building, those colossal medieval rose windows and stained glass, the a rte

france to saudi arabia. football now the u.s. champion's league was back in action this week we stayed off josie renia to give us another installment on the touchline which you can watch in full later on friday on r.t. . that moment is the moment because probably now we will be speaking about a completely different result is the first big match that stadium and means some sink in means a lot of the new stadium is a beautiful seeing something that people is waiting for for years the people is waiting for that huge huge bride's herrick in is going to be out of that match but bottom they also have the quality towards there is no pressure you look to these competitions and. he was there too we need byron was there too we need all the english teams there too we need the real madrid barcelona the camaraderie there that we need. nobody sees they are there too we need what they can i think united at one player that was responsible for that in the total positive sense of of the world he was a mad dog afraid of nobody

across the country we don't get the full figures though for the number of people who have to cross france and till probably at some point on sunday but in those tensions we've already seen cause being. being set on fire rubbish strewn on the streets and then that set on fire we've seen the protests this. and bricks towards the police and the and we've seen them retaliate course with that tear gas we have seen them at the plaza the busty we wanted to protest peacefully so then we moved toward it is very important for me i followed the movement since the beginning since the seventeenth of november i'm here because i care about from the. you always have strong mobilization to express our goals. no more and more visible specially hope that the government looks out on demand this is now the first day yet of us protest since not to have done cathedral. on monday night the fire time we thought was uniting france it actually happened about half an hour before president michel was due to give a big address the nation is second address in regards and is first off that this big debate that france ha

your nation, of france.ct that amongst the gilets jaunes in recent weeks we have seen examples of outright violence, we've seen racism, we've seen homophobia, taunting of gay people, of black people, of muslims. you had your own life blighted by such horrible abuse and discrimination now you to be forgiving it from the gilets jaunes. no, no, i'm very sensible to these things. as a gay man, for me, it is very important. but also for me it is two separate things. if there are some racist people among the lgbt movement, in part of that movement, im demonstrating for lgbt people very often about if there are racist people among the lgbt movement you won't say we have to fight against the lgbt movement, you say we have to fight against the the racism. you have to fight against racism, not feminism. so why does it work this way for poor people? it works only when it is for people that we are talking about. we say there is some anti—semitism, which exists, there are some forms of homophobia in the yellow vest movem

they did raise money, in france and much in the u.s. and they had to fund the construction projects, it might turn out, we don't know. just might turn out the very cause of the terrible fire was, in fact, the scaffolding around this construction. >> shepard: vivienne walt on the line, a free lance journalist in paris, watching in horror with us. the latest dispatch we're getting from around the facility, the center -- quoting from andy scott, who's on scene. the center of paris has come to a standstill. people looking toward the building in shock and amazement. ash is falling out of the sky. sirens are blaring all around. it's an impressive, but terrible sight. and now associated press ash mixed with water from fire hoses is choking the atmosphere in and around notre dame. would have absolutely no concept personally of what they were talking about, except for the after math of the attacks of 9/11 when the twin towers collapsed and the ash mixed with water and the rest began to fall from the sky on thousands of new yorkers on september 1

iam not only in france but round the world. i am joined not only in france but round the world.t only in france but round the world. i am joined by our paris correspondent. what can you tell us now of whether the flames are coming under control. i am standing where i have been standing for the last hour and a half looking aghast at the scenes in front of me. the fire is clea rlies past its scenes in front of me. the fire is clearlies past its worse, an hour or so clearlies past its worse, an hour or so ago there were massive flames, a furnace burning on the roof of the building. consuming the whole of the raf culminating in the collapse of the fire now, since then the roof has been completely erased and what was from my view an elevation of roof, above the parapet of the stone wall has gone and the top is parret of the stone wall and as the zie turns to a dark violet, there is an orange glow mixing with the blue, dark blue above the wall of the cathedral, as occasional licks of flame still come up and smoke, but a lighter smoke billows round. there are teams who seem lighter smo

god bless the people of france! a little earlier he suggested that perhaps flying water tankers could be used adding that people must act quickly but the french interior minister and civil service and crisis management service and crisis management service was quickly to tweet in english, not in french, that they we re english, not in french, that they were doing everything that they could to keep it under control except for water bombing aircraft because it could have collapsed the entire cathedral. pretty quick to review donald trump there. trump's predecessor barack 0bama said: notre dame is one of the world's great treasures. it's in our nature to mourn when we see history lost — but it's also in our nature to rebuild for tomorrow, as strong as we can. a statement from the vatican said: we express oui’ closeness to the french catholics and the population of paris, and assure you of our prayers for the firefighters. and officials at westminster abbey — here in the uk — tweeted: devastated for our friends at notre

what does notre dom symbolize to you and to the people of france and france is centralistic states is the main church of the main religion in france so it's it's a mystery call building it's the place as your correspondent said earlier in the program it's a place. where from celebrates and grief when the national religious service for the tour attacked back in fifteen. the royals he has these ties to go to his church every big event has been can be celebrated and famous personalities in france. obvious national service there when they die so. it's like a huge. also. a place that i've been. some writers of what we can think of victoria who for example one of the famous so it's it's a place to expect to be in the center of paris and. already. that's not all the building burned down yesterday so how do you see paris recovering from this because as you've illustrated there i mean this is often one of the places within paris where people do come when something traumatic were to happen in the city what i what i heard this morning some some expert said it will take forty to fifty years to re

god bless the people of france!e history lost — but it's also in our nature to rebuild for tomorrow, as strong as we can. a statement from the vatican said: we express our closeness to the french catholics and the population of paris, and assure you of our prayers for the firefighters. and officials here at westminster abbey — tweeted: devastated for our friends at notre dame and for the people of france. you are in our thoughts and prayers tonight. no one was injured in the blaze apart from one firefighter. 500 firefighters were involved in that extraordinary response to that fire. one firefighter has been injured. hugh schofield spoke to the british ambassador to france and asked for his reaction to whatjust happened. i very much echo what robin said just then. last night it looked like a complete catastrophe. there was a moment when it looked like the north belfry might be going to collapse but thanks to the heroism of the firefighters last night, the main structure of the building has survived on this morning th

of your nation, of france. that amongst the gilets jaunes in recent weeks we have seen examples of outright violence, we've seen racism, we've seen homophobia, taunting of gay people, of black people, of muslims. you had your own life blighted by such horrible abuse and discrimination and now you to be forgiving it from the gilets jaunes. no, no, i'm very sensible to these things. because as a gay man, for me, it's very important. but also the things — for me it's two separate things. if there are some racist people among the lgbt movement, for example, i am part of the lgbt movement. i am demonstrating for lgbt people very often, but if there are racist people among the lgbt movement you won't say we have to fight against the lgbt movement, you will say we have to fight against racism, you know. if there are some racist people among the feminist movement, what we have to say is we have to fight against racism, not we have to fight against feminism, you know. and so why does it work this way for poor people? it

and eight hundred fifty year old paris lie and ravaged by fire france looks at how it can rebuild they're not a feature in the heart of its capital. hello again i'm a senior editor with al-jazeera live from doha round so coming up a longtime ally of the algerian ousted president resigns we look at what it means for the protesters who want all of the old guard gone. sudanese crowds keep up the pressure on the military commanders who've taken power demanding civilians be put in charge. and we're at the shanghai also shared to see how electric calming has a wooing chinese by. now attention is turning to the enormous task of rebuilding france's most enduring symbol the not the jewel in paris after the world heritage site was severely damaged by fire some of its treasures were saved from the flames which tore through the cathedrals roof and brought down its france's richest people are pledging millions of dollars to rebuild the cathedral and russia japan and the vatican are also offering help david chaytor reports. and unimaginable sites. ravaged by flames a symbol of paris and french history

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

they feel like in many armenians they came to mass a because france was known to take in refugees. because there was work as well as ted has made it her job to find out more about the past she's a history teacher and works as a volunteer at an ngo that collects documents about the armenian survivors but for her this is also a fight for justice. who. this helps me complete my identity. through collecting other people's memories i find the missing pieces of my story but i'm also an activist this was mass murder we have a collective history we must gather evidence of what happened especially since turkey still denies that there was a genocide against anybody. wanted to be sure their community private about thirty other countries have recognized the armenian genocide france's move to establish an official day of commemoration is good news she says but more needs to be done. what if you have also been near an alternate and this is progress as it gives the commemoration ceremonies a legal framework france and other european countries need to go further and create laws to make the denial

italy france the u.a.e. in egypt so they congratulate him on his last military offensive here illegally occupied the oil installations in the south and and then immediately gave them going to gave symbolic allegiance to the national oil corporation in tripoli is that as ok to do so in that respect i think he enjoys so much military support and again it's this kind of smoke and mirrors that most of the international community have engaged in they give this overt kind of public support to the u.n. by the government but only yesterday the minister of interior in tripoli for had said that in eastern libya had received an arms shipment from the u.a.e. and i think they're very very happy with what is currently going on because after it's only just arrived yesterday into cairo to go meet with president sisi after an aborted trip to russia to go in with president putin so he's engaging these international actors that have no skin in the game so avoiding deflect attention from the very very actors the real actors tha

from a studio with me welcome to the program is the twenty third day of anti-government rallies in france as the so-called yellow gather again nationwide is the first time since the. blaze with protesters anger directed at the amounts of money donate. for repasts place in paris have used tear gas and water color and two hundred twenty seven people have been detained. oh. i i. i i. i. well we're now five months into the yellow vests protests and it feels like the tensions are just not abating again fires in the streets of paris as the protesters not only burnt rubbish bins but also were setting fire to move cause to move motorcycles and also again building barriers to try and protect them from the police and the place of being trying to disperse the crowds throughout the day using tear gas initially but they did bring water cannons later on water cannons not just spitting out water but also a blue liquid that liquid being used as a die which i will temporarily affect clothing and skin to allow the police to be able to ascertain who the violent protesters all who are in the way of the will

france has long been criticized for supplying weapons to saudi arabia human rights charity said time and time again told the government that those weapons are being used to bomb schools hospitals and other civilian targets exacerbating the crisis in yemen a war that's left thousands dead and pushed millions to the brink of starvation the u.n. has even called what's happening in yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. you get. the best. you can. leave. to o.e. . but france has always hit back saying the weapons that it sells to saudi arabia only used offensively to defer attacks by the p.c.'s i'm not aware the french weapons of the news directly. except that now appears to be contradicted by a classified note by the french military intelligence service uncovered following an investigation by a media outlet called disclose it true feels french weapons sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are being used in the war in yemen but when pressed again in light of this new evidence the government's once again offered denials to our knowledge the french weapons available to th

believed to have started by accident during the work west of condolence and support for all the world as france reels from a shock. with julian songs now in jails foreign politicians hold a media conference outside to show their support for a man they see as a hero look at the media's shock over the whistleblower. and human rights organizations cry foul offer of palestinian activist was denied entry to the u.s. spoke to omar about his experience. with the u.s. administration has been mobilized now to do israel's bidding and trying to silence . international human rights defenders. from moscow you watching our teams national with me hawkins review all sides thanks for joining us on the program a devastating fire has been extinguished off the raging for more than nine hours at the cathedral in paris the main part of the structure has survived including the two belfry towers but the roof collapse president has pledged to restore the building here's our correspondent charlotte lewinski with more details we know the fines i just have been working throughout the evening trying to dampen down those fl

france won't be intimidated by any pressure or any lies. [applause] what we want are historical facts and reconciliation. >> edward philippe speaking there at the armenian remembrance day ceremony here in france. we're joined by the russian official of a.i.s. market. thank you so much for being with us. this r rction by erdogan was in many ways totally predictable. >> it was and it wasn't. in recent years they issued a statement referring to historic pain and some armenians saw it as sort of a gesture, a move towards armenians to start thinking about a normalization rhythm. the latest statement, however, was purely indicatered for the nationalist all of a sudden in turkey and i think it was just a response to the feeling, popularity of the president, a feeling with all the domestic problems he's facing and in some ways realizing that he's losing his battle in european calls -- capitals because ecently the -- parliament also endorsed a resolution recognizing the armenian genocide. >> when the facts are stacking up when other european nations

it is clearly a way to bring people together within france. franance, like many cocountries acacross thehe globe, are goingo experience a set of really difficult decisions, , to really point out a pararadox o of the meaning of a cultural symbol like this -- which will demand attention right away. i hope there can be ways to navigate this situation, to have people of memeans donate as they this as to really take a moment where we can evaluate whwhat it means for all of us to come t together r as a communitn the ways in which cultural symbols produce for cultural unitity, really can function in that w way. i think the rebuilding campapain will determine the sleep report. amy: anne lester, thank you for being with us, associate professor of medieval history at johns hopkins university. the relics they saved i understand will now be on display at the louvre as they rebuild the notre dame cathedral. whenen we come back, omar barghouti joins us, the trump administration did not allow him into the united states, but we break the sound barrier with hi

close to zero to france which is burning reduces zero to france's desert of paris she's with the first king was crone says really huge trauma is from and even some tree from certain century everything is disapproving and defy you know to today in twenty one century a little underbelly is a very beautiful symbolic of. our country enough our city of paris it's like a monuments in the literary reason you tell you go and so that's a part of our culture and we are losing tonight and that's very sad for this but we still don't know what that damage is inside because when the fire is finally put out then we will see what's happening they'll start to assess that damage i do want to tell you a couple things that have also been happening tonight when news of this fire not spread out the church bells at certain churches across the city rang their bells in solidarity to show that they will all thinking i'm not dumb our lady as it is in english now we also know that there's some other good news is being coming through and this is what we saw earlier which looked like the fire fight is the. they wer

to talk about what this means in france and around the world, you are the president of -- france. talk to us a bit more about why notre dame is so much of a symbol for the entire world? notre dame is a huge symbol for the world. for everyone it is one of the most iconic images of france. you of the eififfel tower in n e ine, it has been c celebrated novels, films. this is also reminded us notre is connected to the history of our country. i was initially relieved this morning to see the structure there. the wooden structure just below is basically gone and we are about bits which had been assembled in the 13th centurury made with tree trurun, some age to the eighthth or ninh century. we did not know alall of itt and surprises. we will be able toto rebuild it bubut there is a sense o of irreparable -- loss. the world is feeling, not just france. of -- are the president this is holy week. the week that runs up to easter celebration. a crown of thorns is usually shown. that is going to be taking place , tell us more about the effect this devastation on the cathedral is having for cath

especially of the islamic minority in france but they belgrade ng and.i can only be discussed in a pre-action really are i have to stand together as christians and crews that are our own entity and preserve our culture preserve our heritage and if there is one master of this horrible images was extremely sad images or could be as. a stand up and protect workers' lair of christian europe. michael we've been talking throughout the evening of about the fire in the damages caused which seems really very extensive we saw video of the spire collapsing we've heard that the entire roof has collapsed at this point well what history taught us can this be rebuilt what would you like to see done would you like to see this and attempt to reconstruct it would you like to see it maybe made a new version. well first of all i'll probably bill it is extremely difficult because. it has a master p. is a three. x. and gothic stone masons which. had them if ology which is very difficult to be. understood and reconstruct it was muppet modern means still on the other hand it's

france 24. live pictures into the center of notre dame cathedral. you can see some of the scaffolding around it has collapsed. our understanding is that the fire has diminished because the fuel has largely been burned. in other words, the structure itself has been burned to the degree there's nothing left to burn. there was an extraordinary scene a short time ago outside the cathedral as people -- if i may, paid their respects. let's listen. ♪ >> shepard: in song, in witness to the destruction of the cathedral at notre dame. the sunset quite a while ago in paris. this is the light in the night sky. it's our understanding that people have gathered by the thousands along the banks of the river. we saw some of them through the facility of sky news a short time ago. sky news also replaying the moment the spire collapsed. i'm sure at some point we'll get that together for you. its hard to imagine what we've been witnessing throughout the day. the facility closes prior to 6:00 in the evening. there's the pictures now. the fire began just -- well, they wer

obviously a shock not just here in france but around the world.apers have been looking at all of this. the french liberation reads noter drame, translation our tragedy. across the atlantic the new york daily news hell fire. france grapples with the fire. religious leader are sending as well. retweeting tonight we pray for the firefighters tackling the tragic notre dame fire. and everyone in france and beyond. who watches and weeps for the beautiful sacred place. where millions have met with jesus christ. he finishes in french. we are with you. the catholic archbishop of new york. addressed the tragedy. here's the cardinal. >> the people in new york the unite with you, and the citizens of paris in sorrow over today's devastating fire. we here love st. patricks. it is our spiritual home for people of all faith. thus can we but imagine the sadness of your people as they watch their family home of the soul reduced to ashes. this holy week teaches us that like gee seuss, death brings life. today dying we trust will bring rising. >> last night a huge ma

france is in shock after a fire engulfed the not. only damaging the iconic structure. which is good. we are losing tonight. leaders expressed their condolences saying not to dom is not just part of french identity but of world heritage. and prominent european politicians urge the e.u. not to follow the us is an example when it comes to the middle east. it's one o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international line from our studio with me. to the program a massive fire has swept through cathedral in paris destroying the spire and most of the roof investigators suspect the blaze started during restoration work present emanuel has pledged to restore the building the cathedral is one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe pulling and thirteen million visitors every year but the fire has caused serious damage the spire on the roof of collapsed the famous twin towers and north rose window both of which were built in the twelfth century was saved as was the fourth century crown of thorns but the fate of hundreds of goggles decorating the building is un

god bless the people of france!k obama said: notre dame is one of the world's great treasures. it's in our nature to mourn when we see history lost — but it's also in our nature to rebuild for tomorrow, as strong as we can. a statement from the vatican said: we express our closeness to the french catholics and the population of paris, and assure you of our prayers for the firefighters. and officials at westminster abbey here in the uk tweeted: devastated for our friends at notre dame and for the people of france. you are in our thoughts and prayers tonight. president emmanuel macron was supposed to be addressing the nation on the constant protests by the yellow vest movement. instead he cancelled that and went to see the devastation for himself. translation: what has happened tonight in paris, in notre dame, is a terrible event. i want to first think the firefighters. 500 of whom have battled the flames for several hours and will keep doing so for several more and maybe for several days. they fought the blaze with e

the size of the civil service in france which is. the biggest. the heaviest civil service in the whole europe and apparently it was it was all a bit blurred but apparently he will give up this this reform so actually. at the same time he did not reform the system he will be still criticized by by germany for instance because of huge french dificid and at the same time he didn't bring satisfaction to the most poor people of france and the yellow vest population so i don't think that for the time being he is a really beginning act to or if you think that is beginning an act number two i don't really read the scenario ok a chance to show a white why couldn't a court of introduce the measures that he's introducing now earlier in his term. is there any alternatives in terms of leadership in france right now to president mccraw and how will his party or marsh fare in in the forthcoming european elections. so to take those three questions one by one the reason why some of these policies wasn't well presented before is simply because we've had a great de