Restoration efforts. Notre dame survived the french revolution, two world wars, to stand in the heart of paris for more than 800 years. Before yesterdays tragedy took bits and pieces of it. Here is the french president. Translator we will rebuild. All together. And its without a doubt part of the french the projects that we will carry out. And we will call upon the best talents in the world so that we can rebuild. We can rebuild it. Because this is what the french people are expecting. This is what our history merits. Harris greg palkot is in paris with more. Greg . Strong words from the french president. Strong feelings that we are getting from all of the people here. Believe it or not, harris, it was 24 hours ago, just at this time, that the fire broke out. In the cathedral in notre dame, just behind us, we arrived a few hours later and did have a chance to see some of the smoke. Some of the glowing of embers and flames inside that building. The fire raged for as much as 12 hours, ta