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hour. now on bbc news, the travel show. on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olymp ....
paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and paralympic week. merci, monsieur. more than 4,000 children have gathered to try their hand at a range of activities, including para sports. i bet none of these kids have played sitting volleyball before. i mean, i never played wheelchair rugby before my injury. it s been a while since i captained team gb at london 2012, and i m here to meet another former athlete. hey! hello, steve! how are you? are you well? ludivine won 12 medals for swimming. it s just my second moment in english since my life. no! yes, it is, so. well, you re doing very well. she s now the head of paralympic integration at this year s games. it s a very amazing opportunity. my name of myjob is how i can integrate the olympic and paralympic competition. like two parts of the same competition. yes. an ....
steve: thank you very much, carley. it is 6:00 in new york city. this is wednesday, june 19th, 2024. welcome to fox & friends. the white house doubling down on claims of cheap fakes. never heard of those until this week. and flattering manipulations of biden videos but the president isn t helping his case much as he appears to fumble over the name of his own dhs secretary. listen to this. thanks to all the members of congress and homeland security secretary -going to get i m not sure going to go away. all kidding asides. steve: huh? ainsley: fox weather alert heat waves ramping up across america with sweltering heat warnings janice is tracking the temps. brian: school board banning cell phones and social media use during the school day. a board member who proposed the board member. while he says the entire country might follow their lead. steve: fox & friends starts right now and remember mornings are better with friends. so we begin with this, il ....
us a king that changed the course of history. it inspired the painter that started a movement that took the art world by storm. claude monet never painted any water lilies. what?! yes! he painted the light on top of the lilies. whilst 80 years ago its coastline was at the forefront of a fight for freedom. i want to say an enormous thank you to all those who have taken part. it was a team effort. this is the region that s seen it all. and its stories have all been woven into the tapestry of time. whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. yeah, 0k. ..until the sail is flapping. just. you can release, yes. so the flapping starts. yes. ..and then from the flapping, we bring it injust. a little bit. just to stop. yes. that s perfect now. two centimetres. yes. ah, look at me! you see, the sail is stable. perfect. fantastic. i m a sailor! france and england may be neighbours, but in the middle ages they were bitter rivals. mainly thanks to this man, william, the ....
..but if you come here and explore, you re going to fall in love with this part of france. it s the place that gave us a king that changed the course of history. it inspired the painter that started a movement that took the art world by storm. claude monet never painted any water lilies. what?! yes! he painted the light on top of the lilies. whilst 80 years ago its coastline was at the forefront of a fight for freedom. i want to say an enormous thank you to all those who have taken part. it was a team effort. this is the region that s seen it all. and its stories have all been woven into the tapestry of time. whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. yeah, 0k. ..until the sail is flapping. just. you can release, yes. so the flapping starts. yes. ..and then from the flapping, we bring it injust. a little bit. just to stop. yes. that s perfect now. two centimetres. yes. ah, look at me! you see, the sail is stable. perfect. fantastic. i m a sailor! france and ....