because the ballot box is the key to our victory that. led to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the round the world welcome we begin the day with the firefighters from notre dame at this very moment two days ago firefighters in paris were in the middle of what they say was the most difficult fight of their lives battling a nine hour blaze which eventually gutted the roof of the church and brought down its nineteenth century spire once a day those men and women gave their first accounts to the public telling of the horror that they had trained for and then came face to face with on monday evening there were uncomfortable questions today more they too slow in responding why did it take two fire alarms before anyone noticed the flames well those firefighters today denied being slow they said they responded quickly and were prepared adding