the headline of which we're all parisiennes now. i have been struck, i think all of us have been, by the -- the unsolicited outpouring of first shock and horror, but then complete solidarity not only with the catholic church in france but with paris and with all of france as it struggles to come to terms with this, and what's underneath, that john, is a recognition that the cathedral of notre dame, although it is a functioning catholic church and one of the immediate questions is where the thousands of catholics who were planning to be there on holy thursday, where they are going to go now and all that has to be sorted out, but from an artistic and cultural point of view it's also part of the patrimony of humanity. it's the kind of thing that does bring people together. >> coby, help us understand in light of what we just heard from melissa that the experts think that if this fire had gone on for 30 more minutes, the entire structure could have been compromised. we now know, we see what is left intact. take us through your thoughts

let's talk about what the fire brigade has been saying so the french firefighters parisienne firefighters gave a press conference a little earlier what did we learn. yes absolutely they were saying that they're still sixty five factors right now at the church watching it to make sure that there is no other fire that kicks off obviously they're also looking out for weak spots of the building they're saying well it's still standing the structure seems to be more or less solid now also because they were able to safe the two towers you can see behind me obviously there are weak spots they're watching and they're saying they still need to be careful and actually for the time being forensics haven't been able to access the site as yet because apparently the. you know they're still struck trying to strengthening the whole structure to make sure it's not going to fall apart or crumble. there was a meeting of the cabinet today with one item on the agenda this is the rebuilding of the reconstruction of the cathedral tell us what came out of a meeting yeah absolutely the government announced back th

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—— parisienne. what are you feeling about when you see these pictures, heartbreaking? yes. they are all very sad. they are saying that it is a real symbol appears that it is gone and the landscape of paris will never be the landscape of paris will never be the same again. and for the access to the island, they can see there is nobody leaving or entering right now. i can see the two bridges from here. there is no movement and we cannot enter the island. thank you for that update. also joined cannot enter the island. thank you for that update. alsojoined now cannot enter the island. thank you for that update. also joined now by philip kreidler, journalist with the french channel. french 24. what more are you hearing on the status of the building and operation to save what they can of the artworks inside of they can of the artworks inside of the building right now? from the pictures you are saying, just not much of an indication anything can be done. i think the consensus is that at least the wooden part of the cathedral will have to be sacrificed essentially. we look at those

out to sort of feel the togetherness of the city so this is a symbol that is very close to every parisienne and so people are grieving in a way and there is a sadness for me permeate permeating the french capital on the state. millions have been pledged to. rebuilding what is being said about the rebuilding when the. building. they're rebuilding yeah the rebuilding still is going to be extremely complicated one expert who talked here today said it could take to fifteen to twenty years this is a very old building going back to the twelve century it has been patched up it's a hodgepodge of like historical layers patched up throughout the centuries it has never been really renovated there was so much in the good side of the government for years and years and then they gave like two million per year for upkeep this is nothing this is a huge this and so more should have been put into this and now it's going to take experts that francis and i have arches instead have to come in from all over europe to help out here hundreds and hundreds of experts will be needed and special craftsman to sort of p

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when news of dina's conversion reached france his parisienne artist friends and other oriental list painters there was universal shock. how could one of their own from a bush war background someone who was supposed to preach the oriental his message and in their view civilized the savage locums and spread christianity go over to the other side and become a muslim. some considered him a traitor and that he was no longer worthy of the title night of the legion of honor he'd been granted in eight hundred ninety six. others thought he'd abandoned his french heritage and his adoption of algeria as home had a direct impact on his artistic career. there was a campaign against him art collectors stopped buying dinis paintings and he no longer want any prizes. as martin cheri says. it will not be measured from the law of the night and so on so i've been is both. foxy amusing myanmar let me we are low out of. the museum and i was in that alley a hamlet. where melon can you have to enter it or not don't go to i. know you have sucked down this is only found. you. suddenly. articular can you feel you do

obviously there is one topic tonight in paris, obviously there is one site in paris and parisiennes are getting used to the what is left of the orange glow of notre dame. we can say with some certainty that the roof of the structure has all come in. again, you have basically an oven surrounded by stone. firefighters have been unable to fight this as an interior fire. so they're all defensive operations. these are all master streams from the outside of the building pouring into the embers on the inside. they are trying to stop the progress of this. let's talk to carolyn margolies who was in paris, walking out with her son when this happened and tell us what you witnessed. >> hi. yeah. i actually was with my friend, not my son. but my friend and i were walking -- i'm sorry? >> no, i didn't say anything. go ahead. >> okay. so my friend and i were trying to walk to a bookstore and to do that we had to cross the river, we know the area well, so when we saw smoke coming up from the left-hand side where we were walking, we thought that's close to where notre dame is. as we walked closer we not

the fire at notre dame unites leaders from every corner of the globe and parisiennes who live in thehedral. >> honestly i must say it looks better

think back to monday earlier in the week when parisiennes were watching the spire on the church of theme twisting and falling and the flames. they dropped to their knees. they were in prayer and they were singing hymns here in northern ireland. a young journalist being killed by what police are describing as a new breed of terrorists, two teenagers 18 and 19 years old. that police say were members of the new ira have been arrested for her murder, but they were essentially jumping on the back of violent protests against the police that's typical around this sort of easter weekend here in northern ireland, and then, of course, you have that arsonist who tried to walk into st. patrick's cathedral in new york and had some intent to burn the cathedral and you were just mentioning there that the churches in louisiana that were burned, so this has been a very, very difficult time for christians in the run up to easter, a time when faith is tested to reflect on the better times in their life. it's not the easter period that people generally look forward to. >> is there a way of telling whether

of course, it belongs to parisiennes, but i think it also belongs to american people, to people aroundhe world who are actually giving money today to rebuild the cathedral, and i think it's a symbol of paris, a symbol also of how many people, how some people can gather and build together one work of art because a cathedral is a selective production, so i feel we're all together to rebuild it, and it's -- it's a good feeling. >> and it does the -- it does seem that it will be rebuilt, and that's a priority for so many people who are donating money. you point out that it has been renovated, that it has been restored many times in the past. how daunting is this rebuilding project going to be? >> so the rebuilding -- i'm not a specialist of architect tour. i think it will be interesting because a lot of specialists of medieval architecture, the history of art will work together with architects to try to rebuild the cathedral, but we know it's going to be very long and very hard. verk, the cathedral was destroyed during the first world war, and it took almost 20 or 30 years to rebuild it, a

i can't imagine how parisiennes are responding as they are watching this in person.nd by for me. i want to bring in our haddas gold who is in paris. we're watching if not a complete catastrophic damage of the cathedral, this is going to affect a significant portion of this historic building. >> reporter: yeah, brianna, that's right. i was actually just there visiting yesterday, and you can't see that's somehow contributing to this fire. i mean, notre dame has been a cathedral that has been a -- it's on the site that was the original paris. that's literally the center of paris. it's been a cathedral for hundreds and hundred of years, and it is a stunning building if you've ever been there. it's just absolutely a wey-inspiring and one of the top tourist sites in france, in europe, and essentially this week, it's easter week, you have to imagine there were a lot of people there. it's a beautiful day today in paris. it's very warm so i would imagine -- i imagine -- i'm there right now, and i already heard people around me on the train starting to say to each other, notre

on the tv, but it isa very followed the fire on the tv, but it is a very special feeling to us parisienneory in university, so both studied history in university, so to us, it is... we will see these pictures in the history books.” think. when you saw the huge ball of fire and you come today and see the stone structure is still there, does that give you some relief, some hope? yes, of course, this is... it shows that even if it has been destroyed, it is still one of the biggest monuments in paris and one of the biggest and most important in france. we are proud to be french today but it is a tough one. yes, it is good for the future that all the people around the world say they will help us to rebuild notre dame and it is a lot of hope for the future and what will happen. you studied history and you know that notre dame has been partly damaged and rebuilt, so it has become again comedy history goes on.” and rebuilt, so it has become again comedy history goes on. i think that there is like very few moments that are 800 years old, so this is impressive and it is a very special feeling to me

have you talked to any parisiennes and gotten their sense of how they are able to cope with what they're seeing? >> we just got here so i haven't had a chance to talk to anybody directly. but i can tell you based on facial expressions, everyone is distraught and sad. we've seen some people crying. as i said, very thick palpable sense of sadness and loss. >> notre dame cathedral which is an iconic symbol of paris, an iconic symbol of the beauty of paris, that is so much a part of the history of paris, obviously is now in a fight for its life with hundreds of firefighters trying to save what they can. we already witnessed, a few hours ago, a collapse of the delicate and stunning spire, and the paris skies, both in day and now in night, just lit up by a blaze instead of the lights that would normally be grazing this beautiful structure. we have just a couple of minutes left, literally, so i want to get final thoughts if i can from liz and george. liz, you first. >> it's devastating. it is devastating. but i keep coming to mark the memory, the pictures we have of the day the saint cathedral

scenes in paris with sadness shock and disbelief that such an icon and a fixture of french life parisiennelife that a building of such historic significance could possibly be completely destroyed and irreparably destroyed because indications from the authorities at this point are that they might not be able to save they're not true don cathedral we heard from the deputy interior ministry earlier saying that it is by no means guaranteed that they will be able to preserve the not saddam could see. drill. french junior interior minister also saying the cause of the devastating fire at the cathedral is not known obviously there has to be an investigation and an inquiry will be carried out but also in an announcement from the fire services department saying that a recent announcement saying that the next hour and a half would be crucial and i think we're just approaching the end of that window possibly in about twenty minutes they were saying about an hour and a half ago let's say about an hour ago they they were saying that they were entering the critical period in terms of their ability to tr