A day of violence. Hello, im here with all of the news from europe. Ukrainian activist is laid to rest. We talked to the friend who was with him when he was taken from hospital. And an awkward encountering at respondents of the french president s affair, he meets pope francis. Well it has taken three years of fighting, more than 100,000 lives have been lost, but finally the Syrian Government and the opposition are going to meet facetoface. Tomorrow we expect, we have agreed that we will meet in the same room. When we started talking about this process after the russian and the american meeting in moscow on the 7th of may, we never considered that this was going to be an easy process. We knew that it was going to be difficult, complicated, and as i said, i think in montreal in our business, certainly is a rare commodity. And both sides finally agreeing to sit down facetoface in the same room. Earlier today things werent looking good with the rebel delegation threatening to leave. They w
Just a political driver and a 3 wood away from the alabama border. John roberts start us off. A cannon shot for me. The president is spending the weekend in the south. He has an event in mississippi tomorrow and an event tonight in pensacola, bracketing alabama without setting foot in the state rallying conservatives to get out and vote on tuesday. Swearing in nielsen as the new Homeland Security secretary, President Trump ran through themes he will go through in pensacola tonight. We will get the wall. We want to have great people coming into our country. We want a merit based system. We have to get rid of chain migration. The president will speak just 9 miles from the alabama border. But the white house dismisses the notion that tonights Campaign Style event has anything to do with roy moore. No, its a Campaign Event for donald trump. He is the president of the United States. He won florida when many pundits said he would not do it. He has a house in florida. Roy moore wont be attend
Incredible loss for paris. With Paris City Hall telling nbc news that the fire is spreading. The cause of the blaze at this point remains unclear. And as we look at this, i want you to look at the spire falling. We know that the paris mayor has urged the public to respect the security perimerter around the cathedral while Emergency Services are tackling the fire. Emanuel macron has confirmed he has canceled his televised speech that was supposed to take place. This is 8 00 p. M. In paris over the last hour. We have seen the situation only get worse. Local media has reported that police there are treating the incident as an accident. We know the cathedral was under renovations. Anne thompson here with me. I mentioned it earlier, anne. The Catholic Church in france launched an urgent appeal to raise funds last week specifically because portions of the cathedral which, of course, were built in 1160, to remind our audience of how old this building was. Portions of the cathedral were crumbl
The firemen did work very good. When i saw the first pictures, i thought it was a hoax honestly. I i got out of the building i was in, and it was nearby so i went to see it with my own eyes. I just couldnt believe it. And we begin there, the solemn day and the solemn scene in paris right now. Firefighters, as you can see, working to better understand the damage to a global landmark, the 850yearold Notre Dame Cathedral. Todays work is cautious, methodical, a contrasting scene to yesterdays chaotic inferno that parisiennes and the world watched with horror. Today the two iconic bell towers, the flying buttresses, they are safe. The grand windows and the crown of thorn, the original organ safe, but so much of the roof structure, the beams gone and the famous spire fallen. The process of removing several other precious artifacts from the fire is under way and numerous items must remain inside for a while while the safety of the structure is still being examined. Melissa bell joins us from
One of the things melissa, stay safe. Stand by. Let me know what changes and get back in my ear so i can come to you. Lets go to Dominique Thomas, can you hear me . Reporter yes. Did i pronounce your name correctly . Reporter close enough. This is a reminder that theres beauty in the world. Its a symbol to look to regardless of your faith and see something beautiful, something thats withstood the test of time and thats been here since the 1100s, 1300s in earnest. Give us some perspective on that in terms of what those walls have received and witnessed. Yes, youre right. This is a building that one of the most phenomenal examples of gothic architecture that was initially built, and lets not forget by hand all the way back in the 12th century. This is a building that in the 19th century the authorities were considering to destroy as the whole area in front of it was inhabited and it was a goal to open up the city, and victor hug oled the campaign to defend the building. It is a building