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

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well, cnn's melissa bell is live for us in paris. ssa, of course you were there on the day of the fire. how does it feel? you know, five years later for the official reopening well, listen i had the very good fortune of seeing it for myself last week. >> i was one of the journalists who was able to go inside when emmanuel macron, the french president, went for that last construction site visit just ahead of this grand opening. and it is magnificent today. the whole world will discover it. we have of course, this grand opening ceremony today with those many dozen heads of state. prince william will be in town, we understand, from kensington palace. he'll be meeting doctor jill biden. but also president-elect donald trump donald trump will also meet with emmanuel macron at the ÉlysÉe palace, as will president volodymyr zelenskyy. so many of these leaders in town those bilateral visits of course, will get an awful lot of attention ahead of the we don't know, for the time being whether president zelenskyy will have a chance to meet presid

will cnn senior international correspondent melissa bell joins us now from paris with more. sa, just remind us what happened to notre dame and when and why this is such a big moment for paris it was just over five years ago that april 2019. >> you'll remember the flames were seen first on social media and then very quickly on our cameras and the cameras of the world tearing through the roof of notre dame very quickly. emmanuel macron had said that it would be rebuilt within five years, and so with just a few months delay, it was at first we got our first glimpse last friday with that last construction site visit of the french president. and last night, of course, that very beautiful ceremony attended 50 heads of state by over 50 heads of state. now that was the civilian part of the opening, if you like. what's happening now in these pictures? you're seeing from inside notre dame is the preparation. the consecration of the cathedral in order that that first mass can be held we've just watched the archbishop of paris putting the oil on the altar. the incense is now being spread

but let's begin with cnn's melissa bell. outside of notre dame cathedral so, melissa, it's miraculous. i mean, it truly is notre dame rising from the ashes from five years ago. and it's a ceremony that many people, french people thought would never happen. so what's it like there well, the weather is sadly atrocious, alison. >> in fact, we've just watched president-elect donald trump being accompanied by someone holding an umbrella over him as he made his way into the cathedral. and clearly, this is not what the organizers had counted on. it's been windy blustery, and now it's raining. really hard. but that ceremony just about to get underway with those 50 heads of state, are really moving moment. of course not just for france. with everything this cathedral means for parisians. but it was when it burned down five years ago that i really got a sense of what it means to the whole world. over the course of that night in april 2019, when the flames were coming out of the top of the cathedral now, of course, entirely restored, pr

melissa bell takes us to the weekend's exciting opening.orter notre dame cathedral in paris once again opened for worship. >> the very first mass held on sunday after a devastating fire ripped through the cathedral in april 2019. the grand opening ceremony was on saturday night, 50 heads of state attended including president elect donald trump and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who had a chance to meet for the first time since donald trump's reelection at the elysee palace. before the ceremony then that ceremony inside notre dame to celebrate its reopening but the consecration of the altar and the cathedral as a whole not until sunday morning, allowing that first mass to take place. what we understand is the plan is now for three masses a day to be held each day for the next six months. such do they believe the appetite of the faithful will be to return to notre dame, restored one of the main architects of the restoration explained to me. not so much to its grandeur of five years ago, but beyond that, to the grandeur of what it

melissa bell, cnn paris. >> so great to see it back together. well, here in the u.s., a major league baseball player now has the biggest contract in the history of sports. according to reports, superstar outfielder juan soto has agreed to a 15 year deal with the new york mets. my team worth at least $765 million, approaching $1 billion, according to espn. the deal could wind up paying soto more than $800 million if certain conditions are met. that dwarfs what was a huge deal just a year ago. shohei ohtani's current contract with the los angeles dodgers, worth a mere $700 million. you might say it's crazy. thanks so much for watching cnn newsroom. i'm jim sciutto. i'll be back with more news right after a short break you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> he was a boss from the beginning. luther said, i have a sound in my head. i got to get it out you are my shining star. it was the most exciting time in the world. his life had extremely joyful moments. there's some really difficult moments. if we were to be ab

melissa bell reports. >> more than two weeks after the fall of bashar al assad, the tragic next step in the search of many syrians for their loved ones. >> some of the first images emerging of what are believed to be mass graves that may have been used by the regime to bury some of those who were first taken to the detention centers and then tortured to death. >> one at kutayfat, which is on the outskirts of damascus, not very far from the syrian capital, where one advocacy group has been speaking of the truckloads of bodies that were brought each week. >> what we understand is that four tractor trailers carrying 150 bodies each, were brought twice a week between 2012 and 2018 to this particular site. now be the subject of a search for some of those bodies, in the hope that some may be identified. another site in the southern province of daraa, also now believed to be another of those mass burial sites as syrians try and establish the identities of some of the 150,000 people who've disappeared, to try and figure out if any of them may lie in these sites. that's according to the inter

cnn's melissa bell is outside. it's a cold and rainy notre dame bell.nch day outside of notre dame, there but set the scene inside and out for us. >> well, what we saw with this incredibly moving ceremony as you say, all of those many dignitaries inside, a reminder of what this cathedral means to the world, as is the fact, alison, that it is 340,000 donors from 150 countries that have contributed to this restoration. in fact, what we just saw a short while ago on the front of the cathedral were light in big lights. merci. thank you. in many different languages in the world, what we saw it kick off with was the archbishop of paris. once all the dignitaries, those 50 heads of state were gathered inside knock with his staff three times on the grand doors that they could be opened. the choir replying to him. we also saw in another very moving moment, once the organ had been brought back to life, and the choir once again was filling notre dame with its song was the very many firemen and women who, who, who'd taken part in trying to save as much of notre dame

melissa bell, standing by for us at the courthouse in avignon. when do we get the actual sentence then? melissa? >> well, for the time being, max, what's happening inside that courthouse behind me is they're going through the verdicts of each of the men, more than a dozen of them now found guilty. >> the sentences we understand will be announced afterwards. essentially, they face sentences from between 4 to 20 years. in the case of dominique pelicot and a few others. and of course, as you can see by the amounts of people outside this courtroom today, max, this is a trial that has been so extensively followed, it isn't simply the gravity of what these men are accused of having done. it isn't the scale of this trial. france's largest mass rape trial in modern history? it is, of course, also at the very heart of this trial. the courage of gisele pelicot. we watched her arrive a short while ago to the cheers of the crowd, shouting, merci, madame, merci, giselle, for her courage, essentially by waiving her anonymity. what she did is not simply waive th

melissa bell reports on the verdicts and the takeaways from the trial yesterday. >> gisele pelicot wastermined that the shame should not be hers. waiving her anonymity and with it that of her rapists. rapists. we see you. shouted the crowd outside as inside dominique pelicot received the maximum sentence of 20 years for the drugging and mass rape of his then wife, giselle, over nearly a decade. outside the court, there was anger that the 50 other men on trial alongside him had not received the maximum sentences sought by prosecutors. but as she left the court, gisele pelicot made no comment on the verdicts. >> i have faith now in our capacity to carve out collectively a future where everyone, women and men, can live in harmony in respect and mutual understanding. >> a stark contrast to the brutality of a trial that saw the violent rape of an unconscious gisele pelicot shown in court day after day, through the videos shot by her then husband of more than 50 years. dominique pelicot, unmasked by chance in 2020 when a guard caught him filming up women's skirts in a supermarket. >> police.

cnn's melissa bell is live in paris, outside notre dame cathedral, so tell us what's happening there now on this day of grand reopening well it is a cold and windy blustery paris that president-elect donald trump has landed in. >> victor and alma, as you can see, it will be later tonight that the ceremonies here will take place. and there are some 40 odd heads of state who've made the trip to surround emmanuel macron as that grand opening takes place. but of course, a lot of attention now that we know president-elect donald trump will be meeting with the french president at the elysee palace this afternoon, we know also that ahead of the ceremonies here at notre dame, president zelenskyy will be meeting with the french president as well at the elysee palace. what's unclear for now is whether president elect donald trump and president zelenskyy will have a chance to meet, or they will be in quick succession within the french presidential palace later today. ahead of these opening ceremonies. and of course, given the presence of those two leaders, particularly here in paris, there will

melissa bell for us in paris. thank you. and joining us now to discuss this further, cnn reporter alayna treene, who has covered president elect trump's campaign and now the transition extensively. and former foreign correspondent for the new york times and paris correspondent for cbs, david andelman. he's also the author of andelman unleashed on substack. great to have both of you here. david, let's start first with you. tell us about the significance of this event at a time when we are seeing multiple world wars going on around the world, and as the u.s. prepares for the return of president-elect trump and his views of the world well, you know, jessica, i was in paris when notre dame caught fire five years ago for me and most of those who were watching, it was the paris itself and its heart and its soul was burning. >> i mean, this this is a building that goes back two centuries before columbus discovered america. it's one of the greatest religious structures in the world. so when macron pledged that in five years it was g

cnn's senior international correspondent melissa bell is in paris with more on today's ceremony and the significance of trump's return to the world stage. >> for the first time in more than five years, the bells ring out at notre dame. the cathedral officially reopened. the pomp and circumstance celebrating the restored monument, an impressive backdrop to donald trump's return to the world stage as president elect a symbolic knock on the door by the archbishop of paris. the cathedral awakens and resounds with a hymn of praise and then applause for the firefighters who risked their lives to save what they could. a devastating fire damaged the paris landmark in april 2019. a global audience watched in horror as the famous spire toppled the historic reopening, bringing together some 50 heads of state including trump, who met with president macron at the elysee palace before the ceremony began. >> it's a great honor for the french people to welcome you. five years later and you were at that time president for the first time. and i remember the solidarity and your immediate reaction. so welc

and i'm here with melissa bell, cnn's famed paris correspondent. lissa, how are you preparing for what is going to be a long and cold evening? >> it's cold. it's cold. >> and boris is sick. >> we have hand warmers. we have electric blankets. >> there are even now a million people down there on the champs-elysees who have none of this. and it is pretty chilly in paris. still, we've had this extraordinary show up here. >> we've had the french hong kong dancers, we've had maitre gims making his music, the dj warming up the crowd. >> but a million people down there, there are kids down there, families who've come out for tonight really braving the elements. it is a chilly, chilly night in paris. and your first bars ever. my first. >> this is an incredibly exciting for me personally, but thank goodness for these blankets and these heaters. i hope we don't turn out the lights here because of how many heating appliances we have plugged in. melissa bell, thank you so much! i want to send it to laura. how are you preparing for what i anticipate is also a chi

melissa bell thank you so much.and still ahead, he calls himself the enemy of the so-called deep state now trump wants kash patel to run the fbi. we're going to get reaction from inside the bureau here in the cnn newsroom you are not broken. >> they just need a place to be heard. >> their trust in me means everything. my time is my time away take advantage of everything aarp has to offer right now. >> join aarp for $9 per year with a five year term, and your second membership is free. get access to discounts on everyday purchases eye care and prescriptions, and tools and tips to help manage your money and maximize your health plus, aarp fights to protect your social security, medicare, and more. join and get an insulated trunk organizer free. plus aarp the magazine. call or go to join aarp. org now. >> sarah vital advance has been such a game changer for me. >> sarah vital advanced increases your body's own youth hormone reduces wrinkles and promotes weight loss. >> i see such a difference in my skin. >> i notice fe

cnn's melissa bell reports for us from paris a new dawn for notre dame cathedral more than five and ar a fire tore through parts of the gothic structure in the heart of paris, sparkling stonework highlighting the stunning results of the estimated $737 million restoration as it was unveiled to france's president emmanuel macron on friday after the 2019 blaze, the president had vowed to rebuild notre dame even more beautiful than it was entering the cathedral with his wife brigitte on friday it was clear that france had achieved just that. >> no one. >> it was at the same time repaired restored and rebaptized macron said millions had watched in shock and horror as notre dame's 96 meter spire tumbled into the church during the 2019 blaze. now, its renaissance is complete. touring the epicenter of the blaze, the medieval roof structure known as the forest macron saw the beams rebuilt by hand from 1200 oak trees from across france. among the highlights of macron's tour, a mural in the north enclosure of the choir that was badly damaged in the fire, and the virgin of paris, a 14th century s

but let's begin with cnn's melissa bell in paris, outside of notre dame. melissa. five years ago, many people thought this restoration and this moment would not be possible that's right. >> in fact, it would seem so ambitious on the part of the french president at the time that many had said it would never happen, that he was setting completely unrealistic expectations and yet just over five years now, and the restoration is complete, we got our first look at it last week alison, we got to go inside. it is extraordinary. this of course, now the grand opening heads of state celebrities are arriving for this official ceremony. the first mass will be tomorrow. and what we understand is they're going to be three masses a day for the next six months. so many people are going to have the opportunity to come in for themselves, whether it is to worship or to visit over the next few months. tonight is all about giving life again to the cathedral, bringing it back to the life in the words of one of the priests closely involved in that restoration and in tonight's ceremony, w

cnn's melissa bell reports from paris a new dawn for notre dame cathedral more than five and a half years after a fire tore through parts of the gothic structure in the heart of paris, sparkling stonework highlighting the stunning results of the estimated $737 million restoration as it was unveiled to france's president emmanuel macron on friday after the 2019 blaze, the president had vowed to rebuild notre dame even more beautiful than it was entering the cathedral with his wife brigitte on friday it was clear that france had achieved just that. >> no one. >> it was at the same time repaired, restored and rebaptized macron said millions had watched in shock and horror as notre dame's 96 meter spire tumbled into the church during the 2019 blaze. now, its renaissance is complete. touring the epicenter of the blaze, the medieval roof structure known as the forest macron saw the beams rebuilt by hand from 1200 oak trees from across france. >> among the highlights of macron's tour, a mural in the north enclosure of the choir that was badly damaged in the fire, and the virgin of paris, a 14th

but let's begin with melissa bell. outside of notre dame in paris. so melissa, this medieval church has stood in paris for more than 800 years. what does it mean today to france to have it reopen well, i think speaking to what it means to french people are the number of people who are out here tonight braving the elements which are really not in our favor. >> thousands of people lining the banks of the river seine. you can hear there the bells of notre dame are ringing again we just watched the archbishop of paris leading the procession out of notre dame. after thanking the dignitaries on the front row including president-elect donald trump and president macron, his wife brigitte, and a number of others before he made his way out after this very moving ceremony, moving not just to the world's catholics, of course alison, not just to the french and the parisians who've come out here tonight to pay to be here on this historic occasion. but of course, to people around the world. and what we saw at one point was the word thank you, emblazoned in lights on

cnn's melissa bell is outside the courthouse in france. u've been covering this as every horrific detail would come out day by day. melissa. and today, these men received their sentences. tell us more about what is happening. there. well, there's been a great deal of anger actually, outside the courtroom today, kate, because, as you say, dominique pelicot who orchestrated this, who recruited these men online over the course of nearly a decade to violently abuse, rape his wife, capturing the entire thing on video. >> he received the maximum sentence that was being sought by prosecutors. but the 50 other men who were on trial here today, some of those men he recruited, not all because police haven't been able to identify all of the men on the videos. 50 of them were standing alongside dominique dominique pelicot, one of them still on the run. so 49 of them in the box today. all of them, apart from dominique pelicot, got lesser sentences than those that were sought by prosecutors. and so you've heard a lot of cheering, a lot of anger expressed

melissa bell has more. >> another night of massive russian attacks against ukrainian infrastructure attacks that have left some parts of ukraine facing power outages on friday. the extent of the damage, such that the international atomic energy agency has renewed its calls on moscow to stop such attacks on ukrainian energy infrastructure, given its fears over the country's nuclear safety. president zelenskyy has also described the attacks as some of the worst his country has seen on its energy infrastructure since the start of the war. the latest attacks that involved drones and missiles come even as the pentagon is warning of its fears that russia may once again resort to the use of its new intermediate range ballistic missile. this, as both sides really try to consolidate their positions on the front lines ahead of possible negotiations next year. the fears are specifically on the eastern front for the town of pokrovsk, once again under a great deal of pressure as russian advances appear to be pressing home their advantage france has a new prime minister. >> outgoing pm michel barnier int

bell" market zone. mike santoli here to break it down. melissacom. market not so great. what's your take? >> the market is getting to a point where it's going to have to prove that this is just a routine consolidation and majority of stocks settling back every day this month. it is getting to be just a little bit more of an anxious churn. we are barely off the highs in the s&p 500. today was a day when we didn't have enough of the big guys really pulling higher. you do have another negative. so i think this market has wanted to push the hard questions into the new year. we will circle back after the holidays. let's not get in the way of it. that could happen. you are supposed to have a stutter step in the first half of december. i think you have to be aware, it's a very bullish setup. everybody has been repeating why it's a bullish setup. everybody knows it. it wasn't like the market was in desperate skeptical condition before we got this. >> tell us about costco. >> wall street is expecting earnings per share of $3.79. revenue of $62.08 billion.