michel cousins is the co-founder of the english language paper the libya herald, and has known several different libyas in his lifetime. for so long, the news has been the personality. gadhafi turned up to open a shopping center. gadhafi turned up to open an envelope. those of us who knew libya, who knew it was another libya, a wonderful people, would talk about it as you would talk about a dead person. do you remember this? do you remember that? then in february 2011, suddenly there was resurrection. the dead came back to life. we meet at a libyan coffee house, a traditional, male-only sort of a joint. cafe culture is big here. a holdover from the days of italian colonization when mussolini tried to rebuild rome s long-lost empire. it s just been the most amazing experience, seeing the rebirth of a country, of a people. i mean, last night s fireworks. there was a general sense of
herald, and has known several different libyas in his lifetime. for so long, the news has been the personality. gadhafi turned up to open a shopping center. gadhafi turned up to open an envelope. those of us who knew libya, who knew it was another libya, a wonderful people, would talk about it as you would talk about a dead person. do you remember this? do you remember that? then in february 2011, suddenly there was resurrection. the dead came back to life. we meet at a libyan coffee house, a traditional, male-only sort of a joint. cafe culture is big here. a holdover from the days of italian colonization when mussolini tried to rebuild rome s long-lost empire. it s just been the most amazing experience, seeing the rebirth of a country, of a people. i mean, last night s fireworks.
different libyas in his lifetime. for so long, the news has been the personality. gadhafi turned up to open a shopping center. gadhafi turned up to open an envelope. those of us who knew libya, who knew it was another libya, a wonderful people, would talk about it as you would talk about a dead person. do you remember this? do you remember that? then in february 2011, suddenly there was resurrection. the dead came back to life. we meet at a libyan coffee house, a traditional, male-only sort of a joint. cafe culture is big here. a holdover from the days of italian colonization when mussolini tried to rebuild rome s long-lost empire. it s just been the most amazing experience, seeing the rebirth of a country, of a people. i mean, last night s fireworks. there was a general sense of exuberance bordering on anarchy. i mean, i felt very happy here
he didn t realize what happened until he walked out an had messages from friends and family asking if he was okay and he was out here tonight. only because he drew support from being out amongst fellow parisians, seeing other faces, paying respect, sort of sharing the grief, sharing the anger, sharing the frustration and the little bit of worry, as well. you know, it was back to school, back to work. but as thomas said, also back to sort of a new normal here in paris. everyone we spoke to mostly said that it wasn t the same and it probably wasn t going to be the same because of the way these attacks happened. this is a cafe culture in paris where you sit at a cafe in the evenings. you have a cup of coffee or you have a drink with your friends. and that s where the attacks happened. and so, getting back to that
life of having a cafe culture and feeling safe, i think that s still a ways off for people here, brian. kelly cobiella in paris for us tonight, thanks. let s go to new york city. as we mentioned, we are going to hear from the mayor and the police commissioner. they re gathering in randalls island which happens to be the headquarters of the new york city fire academy. also a big police presence out there. let s listen to the mayor of new york. good afternoon, officers. i want to tell you at the outset we re very, very proud of you today. people of this city are very appreciative. you have decided to do this crucial work to protect all of us. you re not only part of the finest police force in the nation, in this world, you are, in fact, the best of the best.