it was an address by the president of france emmanuel macro following out yesterday monday night's fire at the cathedral in paris big thing in that three minutes speech talked about the cathedral being rebuilt more beautiful than before in just five years i share your pain and i share your hope he said let's get more on this from t.w. correspondent elise lewis and terrorist who has been following their friendship president's speech welcome lisa what did you make of what you heard. well it wasn't a sin speech because on the one hand he was saying i'm really sharing your sorrow your pain and we need to go through this together we can get through this together and we will rebuild this cathedral within five years at the same time he was saying now is not the time for me to make announcements you know yesterday he was actually expected to make an announcement following months of you know strikes and demonstrations by the so-called yellow vests here in france he pushed that back and he's now saying we need to wait a bit longer and he will make probably knew you will announce new measures in t

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the president of france, emmanuel macron, told a crowd last night that notre dame is our history, it'sur literature and imagery. it's the place where we live our greatest moments. give us a sense what it means as you talk about vulnerability not just to france but to people around the world. well, notre dame is part of the -- the history of france, it was built during the 12th century and the thinks industries of fairies is connected to the history of note day, and i'm a medievalist and know some images and manuscript that show notre dame in the background. it was like the eiffel tower for medieval and renaissance people, and since then the -- the cathedral of notre dame has been there for all the great and worst moments of our history, two wars and the revolution, of course, and i think this cathedral is -- it's, of course, a catholic building. it's a religious place, but it became also a secular monument, and i think it belongs to everyone. of course, it belongs to parisiennes, but i think it also belongs to american people, to people around the world who are actually giving money to

president of france emmanuel macron has been tough though on the bricks and he maintains that stops. tony this is the time to make a decision is now we've been negotiating a withdrawal agreements for two years a lot of time has been dedicated to this. book with emphasis now a decision is needed i'm eager to listen to reason may but for me nothing is certain nothing and in particular when i hear these rumors you know long extension is certain. today we need to understand why this extension has been requested what's politicalal pln to justify sits on what the paper posibles off get twenty four position today. my mark on the f. french president it's a times like this one but glad to have all your added to inin the hunger to off everything then brussels. katharine nicholson who's a standing by and waiting for us. catherine i'll just say the magic words over to you what can you tell us. well the discussioions of the e. u. twenty seven of them to see all the other leads but from trees may also still going on at this point so we know that she's back to them for a little bit more than an hou

it is hampering to some extent policymaking in france. emmanueln, his latest future for the country to a certain extent, and he has had to postpone that. managed to get some of the artwork out according to the police, but a lot of it is stuff that you can't move. macron was due to give a big speech tonight. he was due to give a televised address at a :00 p.m. where he would outline a whole bunch of measures -- at a :00 p.m. where he said he would outline a whole bunch of measures responsive to the yellowjacket protest in france. he has postponed that. we don't know when he's going to do that speech. he is there on the site. is snarled up around the city because it has been such a central crossroads. what aard to underplay major thing this is. caroline: greg, thank you, reporting from paris. some more breaking news on the unfolding disaster. paris notre dame cathedral is still one quarter on fire. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: we have been reporting an official with france's interior ministry says firefighters may notre dame to save cat

france for what is now the twenty fourth saturday in a row demonstrations just days after france's president emmanuel mccall pledged a series of reforms aimed at easing the months of unrest among the measures was a new round of tax cuts worth five billion euros but many protesters say it's simply too little too late the protests have dwindled from the high point in november with numbers now in the tens of thousands he will is there she joins us now from paris from the. bar but now the numbers of protesters as we heard they've been dwindling recently so who's left now and what exactly is that core of protesters what are they demand. the core protesters really want basically another country and in any case and now the president and nothing president micron could offer them would be good enough no no ring off taxes are increasing the pensions for the for the poorest people in france nothing can satisfy them because they want just simply a change of the system they have a sort of revolutionary impulses about them bought the numbers are really going down and if this was supposed to be the day where they w

what is now the twenty fourth saturday in a row the demonstrations come just days after france's president emmanuel mccall pledged a series of reforms aimed at easing the months of unrest among the measures a new round of tax cuts worth five billion euros but many protesters say it's too little too late protests and windell from the high point in november with the numbers now in the tens of thousands. and barbara basal joins us now from paris a barber we were expecting large crowds today in france of course the first saturday after mccone speech what's the turnout looking like. the turnout seems to really be relatively minimal the police says now there's only about two and a half thousand yellow vests that turned up today now we are on the shot is it easy you can see heavy police presence here in the back of us and this was the place where they were really fabulous last weekend between the police and yellow vests but now the forces of order has have really said enough that they have completely closed off the luxury wrote that tourists have come back people who are controlled but then they can sort

france, emmanuel macron france, emmanuel macron is presiding over a rare moment of unity following there dame cathedral, telling that the cathedral will be rebuilt in five years. whopping $125 million has come in for the reconstruction. there are new reports the trump board board. larry kudlow is saying the white house is interviewing candidates to potentially replace herman board. larry kudlow is saying the white house is interviewing candidates to potentially replace herman cain and stephen moore. republican support for the two has alsouncertainty over brexits uncertainty over brexit has given britain at least one thing -- their summer vacations. fairies across the -- ferry -- jumpingss overnight. there were concerns leaving the e.u. would make it more difficult for british businesses to travel. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am uma pemmaraju. guy: netflix shares under pressure in extended trading after hours after they forecast second quarter's underwhelmed investors. would a

france's president emmanuel michael has vowed to rebuild. within five years a huge fire destroyed its rule of inspire but authorities say the eight hundred fifty zero cathedral is structurally sound donations to help restore it have reached nearly one billion dollars from paris bennett smith reports. it was a hellish scene inside one of christianity's most important cathedrals. burning cinders rained down on the center of the cathedral such was the danger from falling debris that a robot firefighter was used. down was legendary gargoyles overflowed the spiles of liters of water was pumped onto the flames. more than eight hundred years of history but taken just eight hours to go up in flames the altar what's left of it is now exposed to the heavens. such as the importance of not to the french that the president addressed the nation. what we saw last night in paris is this ability to mobilize unite and when during our history we've built cities ports churches many have been burned or have been destroyed by wars revolutions by our own fault eac

the president of france, emmanuel macron moments ago spoke live outside the blaze. >> translator: a place where we have lived through all our great moments, wars, liberations. it is the epicenter of our life. >> joining us now live from paris our nick robertson. we're just getting these images in. that image from the air, it almost looks like the flame looks like lava. i mean, what is the latest you are learning ability the cause of the fire? >> reporter: what we know so far is that there was construction work going on. the belief at the moment by the chief prosecutor is this was not started maliciously rather involuntarily. there's an indication it may have started on the upper floors possibly in an attic. what triggered it isn't clear. what is very clear is that it spread very quickly engulfing and doing all the damage that we've seen so far. so from a french perspective, from a prosecutor's perspective at this very early stage he is not expecting foul play. an involuntary start to the fire is the way they're describing it for right now, erin. >> and obviously we can hear people around

as you mentioned, president of france, emmanuel macron was on the scene last night, and said that it was our destiny, as he put it that we rebuild the cathedral. here's what he said. >> it is a cathedral. it's just one of all french women and men, even though who have never been there. >> translator: this history is ours. i say to you quite solemnly tonight, this cathedral is one that we will rebuild. >> reporter: well, in fact, that whole message of rebuilding, fits in right metaphorically with this easter week. easter week is all about the death of christ on friday, but then the resurrection of crihri on sunday and a symbol is the resurrection of the cathedral, i'm sure we're going to hear that theme reported as the week goes on. >> thank you so much for that in paris this morning. joining us now, christopher white, a national correspondent for the independent catholic news site, crux and the tablet. this is the holiest week of the church year. no question, so the timing here is just so sad and poignant, what do you make of this church? people went here to see it as an architecture

will depend on not just the result of the election but the balance of power between germany and france. emmanuel macron wants to get in there. thegermans want to get into ecb and a european commission so debate be a political between two the countries and the germans and french want to get -- it is not clear manfred weber will become the next commission president by any means. manus: maria, this is what i find fascinating. the political divorce from perhaps the electorate. he downplayed the implications of the populist surge. how proven wrong have politicians been in italy, and the united kingdom, in france, all over europe? do you think he has a point or what is it he believes gives them such a surety there won't be a populist surge? maria: right. he's probably just looking at thes, which do show socialist and center-right winning the election. you're right. every opinion poll out there assured populists make gains -- he is trying to say these are different people that have nothing in common. what the commission hopes, and this is their best hope, that when they do get down to business, they wo

the president of france, emmanuel macron, has already pledged that the cathedral will rise again.cathedral more than 800 years ago, soi this cathedral more than 800 years ago, so i say to you very solemnly, we will rebuild this cathedral altogether. this is probably part of french destiny and the project we will have for the coming years, but iam will have for the coming years, but i am committed to it. a national fundraising campaign will be launched. jonathan dodd saw the fire last night from his girlfriend's flat. robert hardman is a daily mail journalist. he got access to the cathedral last night and is on the phone from outside there now. and patrick klugman is the deputy mayor of paris. thank you for speaking to us. i wonder if you can tell us how you assess the damage at the cathedral today, mr klugman? the latest news we have this morning is much better than what we were frightened of last night. the structure of notre—dame is preserved. the church of notre—dame is still standing in front of my window as i speak. 0ne is still standing in front of my window as i speak. one

france's president emmanuel macron pledging to rebuild as more than million have already been donated to that cause. >>is that there's a great deal to be rebuilt at all and we will make the cathedral of notre dot in even more beautiful, they don't go we can do this. hoping to rebuild within. >>5 years some call that an aggressive timeline president trump meanwhile spoke with that problem on the phone this morning. offering condolences and across the world there are signs and sounds of solidarity say path or patrick's cathedral here in new york city ringing its bells it 12:50pm eastern that marking 24 hours since the fire started can back to you brad, thank you. >>in berkeley, the police department is more than tripling the reward money being offered for information to try to solve a cold case murder investigation. alex good when junior was gunned down more than 2 years ago in a forceful a jungle tells us. investigators and the victim's family believe more money may help solve this case. >>a mural painted on alex, but when juniors home in berkeley honors the late musician, he was 22 ye

distinguish my method from that of france, or from might distinguish my method from that of france, orfrom emmanuelbest goal at the end of the debate to find a common path, then my vision of europe is fulfilled. for then, we have a europe which does not seclude itself, but a europe which says, made in europe is more than good industrial product. made in europe is human rights, individualfreedom, equality, democracy and a constitutional state. and that is what we want to enforce everywhere in the world. there are those who say that the existence of the european union is in danger now. you have got brexit, and although countries are not lining up to leave behind the uk, there is a strong force of nationalist, populist, euroskeptic parties here in germany, with the afd, we see it in italy, in denmark, pretty much across the european union. those parties are predicted to do very well in those european parliamentary elections now, at the end of may. does that make you worry about the future in europe? translation: it worries me because we are in a situation where we can observe that influence of differe

meanwhile, france's president emmanuel macron says he will seek international help to rebuild the cathedral by the way first told you about this fire through a push alert this morning we also streamed live coverage on our new at that's kron on make sure you download the crown for mobile app and kron on to always get the latest breaking news alerts. >>happening now the search is on for a man believed to have killed a mother and her young son with his car in oakland and then just kept going a $25,000 reward is also in place a in hopes of getting up the man off the street crime first anchorman he's live for us in oakland tonight with more dan. >>well police are saying this man can turn himself in and they hope they he does but it's not they're offering this $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. this is the cross walk where 3 people were hit a mother and child the 2 who were killed. the good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news.im robin winston. lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. after a dry weekend showers return today. this mo

well before the british prime minister made her statement today france's president emmanuel spoke he said that the british government could not assume that it will automatically be granted any extension to take a listen. unique to whom get a long extension on here involving the united kingdom participation in european elections and institutions is neither clear nor automatic and like to repeat that now with conviction not really our priority must be the effect of working with the european union and the common market the e.u. cannot forever be hostage to the resolution of a political crisis in the united kingdom william and i very strong language there coming from the french president let's take the story now to our brussels bureau chief max hoffmann good evening to you max it is that the feeling among e.u. leaders that they are now being held hostage to the blockade in the british parliament over brock's hostage might be a very strong word brant for what they're feeling at the moment but they are certainly feeling that brags it is overshadowing everything else including the european

well ok thank you so much for that a brain thank you joining us here in the studio now france's president emmanuel macor has vowed to rebuild notre dame cathedral within five years a huge fire destroyed its roof and spy about authorities say the eight hundred fifty year old cathedral is structurally sound donations to help restore it have reached nearly one billion dollars in a moment reporter jen will take us through the cathedrals history for a spanish smith has this report from paris. it was a hellish scene inside one of christianity's most important cathedrals. burning cinders rained down on the center of the cathedral such was the danger from falling debris. but a robot firefighter was used. not as legendary gargoyles overflowed as thousands of liters of water was pumped on to the flames more than eight hundred years of history but taken just eight hours to go up in flames the altar what's left of it is now exposed to the heavens. such as the importance of not to the french that the president addressed the nation. what we saw last night in paris is this ability to mobilize and unite and win d

in 2010 the former president admitted france made errors, but he stopped there. emmanuel and rwanda he knows for that to happen france must face his past. paris, the rwandan president praised macron's approach. but not everyone is convinced things will change this historian curated an exhibition on the genocide and questions what will come out of the commission. -- my fear is that it will be history written exclusively from the french point of view. we know a lot about the french role alongside this criminal regime. if the facts are established enough, there could be much more emphasis on the sarkozy comments about errors. ly say it is one of the darkest chapters in french history. the commissionif finds france complicit in the genocide, it could anger those, that could send a message paris is ready for reconciliation. al jazeera, paris. host: the european council president is considering a flexible, 12-month month delay to brexit, much longer than the u.k. prime minister asked for. theresa may wants a deadline of june 30, and eddie deadline must be agreed to by eu leader

notre dame, the most visited location in all of france, 30 million tourists a year. french president emmanuelid the fire took part of everyone in france with it, adding, our lady of paris is in flames. >> it's quite striking here to see all the parisians that come here to gather to mourn. >> i don't know what to say. for me it's the most beautiful monument in paris. >> reporter: i'm david wright in paris. >>> president trump also chimed in on the catastrophe. take a listen. >> the fire that they're having at the notre dame cathedral is something like few people have witnessed. it's one of the great treasures of the world. and it's burning very badly. looks like it's burning to the ground. >> and the president also tweeted, perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out, must act quickly. to which the french civil defense agency responded with, quote, all means are being used except for water bombing aircraft, which if used could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral. >> the cathedral is really the heart of paris. its construction began in 1163. and it was com

still, france's president, emmanuel macron, says the country will rebuild.ifference is the cathedral's iconic spire was reconstructed in the 19th century and fell yesterday as flames engulfed the cathedral. the building was left blackened by smoke and the roof was also complete low destroyed. the structure of the building is still sounding and the twin bell towers were spared. burned roof beams and other rubble are piled up on the altar, but this is what is remarkable. the pews and the cross atop the altar remain unharmed. another angle shows the roof punctured, exposing the cathedral to the outside. one thing that was saved in the blaze, the cathedral's precious stained glass rose windows, which date back to the 12th and 13th centuries. a cathedral spokesperson called this a bit of a miracle. the damage is perhaps best captured by aerials from before and after the fire, a landmark that once stood beautiful and tall now scorched and riddled with massive holes. joining me now, msnbc's matt bradley on the ground in paris and father david barton from old patric

in france, president emmanuel macron will address the country tonight with aims at quelling discontent following a series of debates with citizens. those discussions were designed to take the heat out of the yellow vests protests. thousands of demonstrators turned out across france saturday for the 22nd consecutive weekend. john paulson is setting the stage for a potential spinoff that would turn his advisory firm into a family office. he has segregated most of his personal capital from that of outside investors. he made big profits during the housing collapse, but losses have shrunk is asset management to less than $9 billion. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. coming up, trade taking center stage. with u.s. and china moving ahead with negotiations and the eu giving the green light to start negotiations, that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: live from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: from new york, on vonnie quinn. this is

france. resident emmanuel micron herbs to rebuild in a matter of years. meanwhile, the org -- investigation into the fire's origins continues. prosecutors are looking into whether an electrical short circuit is to blame. >> the building got so small for a minute as the flames took over. >> reporter: jackie gibson's pastry shop is across the street from the cathedral. >> the only time we go to church is christmas and easter. that's our church. >> reporter: it is one that is still standing as it has for hundreds of year in a matter of hours. >> reporter: moving forward francis set to hold and architectural design competition to redesign the spire over these claims. even though the cathedral is still standing and is also about making sure it is stable during the long road to restoration. reporting in paris, i'm omar gimenez. >>> president trump attended easter sunday services, the church of bethesda by the sea in palm beach florida, walking into church with first lady milani a trump and his daughter tiffany. this is the same church where the president and mr

france. president emmanuel macron addressing his country but also addressing his country but also addressing the people he said all love france and he talked about rebuilding and he said we will rebuild notre dame even better than before, and he talked about a spirit of unity that had come out of this. i know the impatience that you all have but we must be mindful of our history and we must turn this catastrophe into unity. we are, he said, a nation of builders. and remember this is a president who roughly the time the fire started was due to address the nation on the subject of five months of anti—government protest. a president under a lot of political pressure on france to try to find an a nswer to pressure on france to try to find an answer to those protesters who come from across the country, who complain about high taxes, high fuel taxes in particular, but also the general economic climate in the country. and so for him, this is a moment he would hope to post to talk about his sadness and what has happened at notre dame cathedral, but here he is mentioning those words about unity. he a

from strasbourg to paris, the man facing the music is france's youngest president, emmanuel macron.vil service reforms and a charm offensive on television. the latest proposals come on top of changes announced in december at a cost of ten billion euros. money can buy you many things but securing the peace on the streets of france, for now, just is not on that list. the labour party is to change its european election campaign leaflets to make clear it might support another referendum, under certain circumstances. it came after around 100 mps and meps wrote a letter calling for the party to promise a public vote on any brexit deal. jeremy corbyn has said that labour's ruling national executive will decide the party's position on tuesday. it's important that the party, a democratic party, makes the decision. sadly, or perhaps it is a good thing, i am not the dictator of the labour party. our political correspondent, iain watson explains why labour has decided to change its leaflets at such short notice. the leaflets were literally about to be posted out and had to be recalled because t

from strasbourg to paris, the man facing the music is a france's youngest president. emmanuelher pensions, civil service reforms, add a charm offensive on television. the latest proposals come on top of changes announced in december at a cost of 10 billion euros. money can buy you a lot of things but securing the peace on the streets of france for nowjust isn't on that list. let's get the sport. cardiff's premier league status hangs in the balance — after defeat at fulham and brighton's draw with newcastle. ryan babel with the only goal in that gane. cardif only have two games left and with a far inferior goal difference there will be some nervous faces in the welsh capital tonight. we are not out of it yet. i think we had ten shots in the last ten minutes. i thought we could have been a bit more intense in the first half, if i'm honest, but probably a bit nervous, i don't know. i can't fault the lads effort, it is just one of those things. the one guy on the pitch who scores a goal like thatis the pitch who scores a goal like that is probably the one who is worth the most mon

from strasbourg to paris, the man facing the music is france's youngest president, emmanuel macron.reforms, and a charm offensive on television. the latest proposals come on top of changes announced in december at a cost of 10 billion euros. money can buy you a lot of things but securing the peace on the streets of france for nowjust isn't on that list. more than 200 million eastern orthodox worldwide are celebrating easter this sunday. this was the scene in moscow, at the cathedral of christ the savior as patriarch kirill gave the faithful the traditional "christ has risen" message. thousands of worshippers packed the cathedral, holding candles lit from the "holy fire" brought by plane, from jerusalem, earlier in the day. according to orthodox tradition, the holy fire is a miracle that occurs every year at the church of the holy sepul—ker injerusalem on holy saturday, the day before easter. some of russia's top officials attended the vigil at the cathedral, including present mayor —— president vladimir putin. the second half of the weekend promises to be a lot less turbulent than t

from strasbourg to paris, the man facing the music is france's youngest president, emmanuel macron.ms and a charm offensive on television. the latest proposals come on top of changes announced in december at a cost of 10 billion euros. money can buy you many things but securing the peace on the streets of france, for now, just is not on that list. millions around the world may have already celebrated easter, but for some it's onlyjust begun. orthodox christians in europe, africa and the middle east mark the holiest day in the church year sunday. why? because they use a different calendar. andy beatt reports. easter, orthodox style. russian patriarch kirill marking midnight the start of the key festival in the christian calendar. joining believers celebrating the resurrection ofjesus christ in moscow's magnificent main cathedral, russia's president, vladimir putin. perhaps his second easter celebration. the orthodox church tied to the ancientjulian calendar whose longer years put it several days behind other churches and countries around the world. central to the tradition, candles l

france's president emmanuel macron is vowing to rebuild during that time. >>sometimes when we look at that that's something we love literally reduced to ashes. we automatically almost see life coming from that. >>there are many people that have already come forward saying they will contribute to the rebuilding including owner and head of leave it han who said personally that he would give million. >>in the national news this morning house speaker nancy pelosi says that she will accept the results of the mueller report when she sees all 400 pages. now that report is going to be released thursday, but it's unclear exactly how much attory general william barr we'll read act which means in count with black lives president trump's lawyers are putting the finishing touches on a rebuttal to the forthcoming report in the meantime democrats in congress continue to push for the release of an unredacted mueller report the full mueller report. >>the american people deserve the truce. they need to know the truth there was an assault may on actions. by russians the. all

but today france's president emmanuel macron promised to rebuild notre dame cathedral.ebuild notre dame cathedral. civilization will rebuild notre dame cathedral. and your grandchildren will see something as important as you did if they get the chance to visit paris. they will see in a rebuilt notre dame cathedral civilization's perseverance. they will see civilization's strength. and they will see something you might never see. they will see the old parts of notre dame cathedral that survived the great fire of 2019. and then they will see the new parts, the parts you might never see. and when they leave the rebuilt cathedral, they will know this truth, civilization cannot be built and left to stand to be stared at by tourist and studied by scholars. civilization must be built and then rebuilt and then rebuilt. ♪ ♪ >> after the mourning for what the world lost today we will rebuild. the world will contribute to the rebuilding of notre dame cathedral. and the new notre dame cathedral will be a new chapter in our never ending story of civilization. that's tonight's "last

it was likely accidental and france's president emmanuel macron is pledging to rebuild within 5 years says more than million have already been donated to that cause is that there's a great deal to be rebuilt at all and we will make the cathedral of notre dot in even more beautiful, they don't go we can do this. >>president trump spoke with matt crawling on the phone this morning offering his condolences and across the world tonight, there are signs and soundof solidarity saint patrick's cathedral, which we mentioned in new york ringing its bells at 12:50pm eastern today that mark 24 hours since the fire started and the empire state building lit in red white and blue for france can pan back to hugh grant thank you in the east bay contra costa county fire crews are on the scene right now the restaurant fire in lafayette. >>officials say the main fire is contained at the postie no restaurant this is in the 3500 block of mount diablo boulevard fire crews are still working on pockets of fire in the attic of the building. the restaurant was evacuated and there. no injuries reported. >>tonig

now, after meeting with merkel, theresa may will fly to france to meet with emmanuel macron they needu.k. parliament, but the e.u. parliament as well to make any kind of a deal. >>> well, the u.s. government is making a rather under the radar change in how it collects your data, and it could potentially have huge implications steve liesman, live with us at the nasdaq on this steve. >> hey, good morning, brian. tomorrow the government is going to launch a big change in its inflation data big brother, as in the government, is going to be using big data for the first time in the nation's inflation report. the move is going to affect only a small part of all the prices that it gathers. it's just the start of more sweeping changes that see more and more big data come into government reports in this case. a large department store, who the bureau of labor statistics declines to name, is sending them a file with actual prices paid for its products. it's faster and cheaper to collect, and it's also more accurate the price collectors go into stores and write down the posted prices on the tags,

france's president emmanuel macron is calling for tax cuts and pension reforms, in a bid to end anti-government protests. macron gave a nationally- televised speech today after months of sometimes violent demonstrations. >> ( translated ): so in the face of all these worrat have been expressed, to tell yos what i have unod and heard, it seems to me that the best direction to answer tisthe needs ofl justice is not to increase the taxes of this lrson or that. no, it's rather er taxes for the maximum number of our fellow citizens. >> woodruff: the so-called yellow vest movement began in november, and organirs say that macron's response today fell srt. they prose more protests on saturday. a new tropical cyclone is blasting mozambique tonight, six weeks after another storm killed hundreds in the east african nation. this new storm began coming ashore near the city of pemba, with sustained wds of 136 miles an hour. thousands in northern mozambique and southern tanzania have been ordered to evacuate. in the u.s., a tornado carved a 130-mile path across texas and louisiana early today, killing a woman

the middle class is a freeze on school and hospital closures and debates to make france more meritocratic. president emmanuel macron lays out his response t to the yelllw vest movement. during a two hour press conference. in the united states former vice president joe biden officially launches his bid for the prpresidency in. twenty twenty eight track of almomost full right hand man sas a second trump said would harm. the very soul of the nation. and fragmentation and kim jong un wrapped up their first joint summit the two met on an island off the coast of russia's far east

his quote offered the help of our great re i did in my conversation yesterday with president emmanuel of francemoving forward at president emmanuel mccoy said to have a ceremony for firefighters who helped preserving keep this cathedral standing over the course of that blaze now as for the cause of that that is still under investigation and prosecutors here in paris interviewed close to 30 people are around 30 people i should say over the course of yesterday and then today they've interviewed 10 people more they say it's part of an ongoing process want to stress that it's not a criminal investigation right now because the theory or the lead they have moving forward is that this was likely accidental reporting from paris. minutes. >>all right time now to step outside again as we show you a live picture of the golden gate bridge on this wednesday night and that he meteorologist lowers cano is here looking ahead getting closer to the weekend. yeah get very close of course this the nice part of the week so far we have a lot of sunshine today looks like it's getting even nicer outside right now beau

our great renovation and construction as i did in my conversation yesterday with president emmanuel of france and argument is reporting. >>i think outside as we check the 4 zone forecast take a live look here at the majestic golden gate bridge and standing by with the best news of the evening chief meteorologist large colonel lawrence you guys like it today right it was nice around the bay area. just wait till tomorrow that is going to be the nicest day of the week hands down now watch as rain just kid that's not going to happen, we'll see plenty of sunshine high pressure overhead right now beautiful out there all around the bay area that ridge will take care of us for tomorrow back it's going to strengthen and that will bring warmer temperatures all across the bay area will see some of these numbers up in the 80's maybe even inside the bay. we did start out with a couple of patches of fog early on this morning, but that give way to some sunshine a look at these numbers now 75 degrees in livermore 72. in san jose 69 degrees. anoka 63 in san francisco and 74 degrees and santa rosa beautiful ou

turning to france now where president emmanuel mccraw has just announced a tax cut of five billion euros it was one of several new reforms and a victory of sorts for. the yellow vest protesters who first hit the streets almost six months ago demonstrating over the price of fuel the cost of living and tax fairness macro initially tried to appease the movement by boosting the minimum wage but it didn't work and when that fire consumed part of paris is not a damn cathedral and macro led the fight. raising efforts for the reconstruction he played right into the protesters hands those multimillion dollar donations from billionaires which happen to be tax deductible underlined the issues of tax inequality and the government's priorities the media are more than just a subplot in this protesters complain about the underreporting of police violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations and reporters have been restricted manhandled by police and subjected to arrest so the yellow vests are producing their own coverage live streaming across social networks listening posts are now on the tussle

the middle class is a freeze on school and hospital closures and debates to make france more meritocratic. president emmanuel macron lays out his response t to the yelllw vest movement. during a two hour press conference. in the united states former vice president joe biden officially launches his bid for the prpresidency in. twenty twenty eight track of almomost full right hand man sas a second trump said would harm. the very soul of the nation. and fragmentation and kim jong un wrapped up their first joint summit the two met on an island off the coast of russia's far east. she says came will need security guarantees if he's to abandon its nuclear weapons program. i returned to public order starts today so says french president emmanuel michael and he's just wrapped up his first domestic pressss conferences sie he was elected. it's his own set to six months of protests often violence by the yellow vest movements on the conclusion of this great national debate. a consultation with the public in which some one point five million people took part will among other things he announced to couples who is looking c

it's a most humans that's an impact that's been felt across the world but especially in france for president emmanuelhopes to rebuild in a matter of years. >>meanwhile the investigation into the fire's origins continues. prosecutors have been looking at whether an electrical short circuit was to blame. >>the building just got so small for a minute as the flames took over. >>jackie gibson's pastry shop is right across the street from the cathedral, the only time we ever go to churches christmas and easter and we good enough for them. and it's one that's still standing as it has for hundreds of years. the one that was burned down and a matter of hours. and moving forward francis set to hold an international architectural design competition to redesign this fire that fell over the course of these flames and even though the cathedral is still standing it's also about making sure it is stable at the beginning of what is set to be a long road. >>restoration reporting from paris. >>well president trump attended easter church service in palm beach florida. this morning. trump arrived at the church of the fes

it's a most humans that's an impact that's been felt across the world but especially in france for president emmanuel macron hopes to rebuild in a matter of years. >>meanwhile the investigation into the fire's origins continues. prosecutors have been looking at whether an electrical short circuit was to blame. >>the building just got so small for a minute as the flames took over. >>jackie gibson's pastry shop is right across the street from the cathedral, the only time we ever go to churches christmas and easter and we good enough for them. and it's one that's still standing as it has for hundreds of years. the one that was burned down and a matter of hours. and moving forward francis set to hold an international architectural design competition to redesign this fire that fell over the course. >>of these flames and even though the cathedral is still standing it's also about making sure it is stable at the beginning of what is set to be a long road. restoration reporting from paris. us. >>repairs of the sales force transit center in san francisco will begin in about an hour. crews will remove the temp

france. country's president emmanuel macron addressed the nation moments ago promising to make notre dame even more beautiful. the total damage to the iconic cathedral is still being assessed and while we don't know exactly what caused that devastating inferno, we do know it could take years, even more than a decade to restore notre dame to its former glory. i want to bring in cnn melissa bell outside of notre dame. you were on the air exactly this time yesterday talking about the scene, the horrific scene. and also noticing it looked like the fact that there was a -- a lack of firefighters on the scene. but now a day later we've learned a lot more about their response. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that is right. we've learned a lot more about the reseiss sequence of events. by this time 24 hours ago, 8:00 p.m. local, night is falling as it is tonight and the flames were finally beginning not quite to be brought under control because the fire did rage on for many hours afterward and we could watch and see it over -- over the edge of theetive as that is still standing behind me but the pl

pledges to cut taxes and spending leave our global report today as president emmanuel macron of france unveils his response to growing unrest including the still kicking yellow best movement some are expecting major policy proposals from mr mccraw after the presidential coming to what he called a great national debate on economics that exercise was a response to the yellow vest protest movement which is now smaller but still visible and vocal. but while the french president did propose to index pension packages under two thousand euros to protect pensioners from inflation and promise to take out income taxes by five billion euros he seemed to risk disappointing the country with few policy details and a defensive stubborn tone in a national address mr micron posed the rhetorical question how we've gone in the wrong direction and then he confidently judged his own performance informing the french i don't think so a founder of the yellow bus movement responded to president micron's address. i am disappointed.

welcome back protecting the environment is one of france's top priorities under president emmanuel mccrone but even along the country's picture perfect resort started coastlines pollution is a problem putting lives at risk our europe correspondent charles dubin ski reports . this is for so many only one hand it looks like an idyllic seaside town in the south of france but you don't have to look very far to see the whole area is overshadowed by one of europe's largest industrial and poor so for years the oil refineries chemical factories and still companies have spewed out and noxious cocktail a few residents say that plague the health problem or. the main problem comes from the industrial port area which emits ultra fine particles will get into our lungs and bloodstream and cause diseases of the cancer rates here is ten percent higher than the average in france and aspirin diabetes levels also elevated this could all be avoided if the waste from the factories was processed properly daniels' not mean himself he's been diagnosed with diabetes and heart problems linked to the pollution. proba

france's president emmanuel macron telling the nation last night he wants the cathedral rebuilt in fiveting on the generosity of the americans who saved versailles once and hopefully will help us again. >> reporter: there is also hope detailed laser scan 3d models by recently deceased architectural historian andrew talon could be key. even thoughts that the detailed graphics of notre dame and the game assassin's creed could be useful. and today many of the artistic and religious treasures are now safe. bronze statues on the roof removed for restoration days before, giving them a lucky escapes with firefighters saving many others inside, including the crown of thorns, a nail, a piece of wood said to be from christ's crucifixion cross, and the tunic of st. louis. some being moved to the louvre where they can be safely stored and restored if necessary. with regards to the restoration here, it would seem as if money will not be the problem. more than $1 billion has been pledged so far to rebuild notre dame. we can also tell you it was announced a short time ago this evening at roughly the s

. >> the europeaean commission opened up proceedings against france and six other countries. they are worried emmanuel macron's government will yield the demands. we want to persuade the commission this is not the best solution. the privatization process is poorly handled and couould have devastating effects. haventracts from 15 expired. -- to keepses its control of its dams. genie: yellow vests protesters are not t the only ones worried out followowing purchase power. -- about following purchase power. purchase power. >> average workers are facing stagnating incomes and unstable employment. 10%he past decade, the top of earners saw their incomes rise one third more than those in the middle bracket. political instability includidig a turn to popular antiestablishment movovements ae a consequeuence of this rising inequality. thatat is something we have seen in recent days. genie: thank you for that. this year, the eiffel tower celebrates its 130th birthday. monumentot the only celebrated this year. the details are cocoming up. first, your update after this. - [male narrator] coming up on reel south. fr