There was a lot safer to towers and facade at the front, what many people envisioned when they think of Notredame, they're still standing.

A Paris City Hall spokesperson says the cathedral's most significant treasures were saved, including what Notredame calls its most precious and venerated relic.

A crown of thorns, which many believe is the crown of thorns that was placed on the head of Jesus Christ.

The chaplain of the Paris Fire Service, is being called a hero for rescuing that and other artifacts, and the cathedral's great organ is safe.

Scores of the relics that survived were taken to the Louvre Museum.

What was lost the cathedral spire, large parts of its roof and its ancient vaulted ceiling. 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:1.420 The central part of the building was damaged. 00:01:1.700 --> 00:01:5.530 The Paris Fire Brigade says it's not known yet what caused the fire. 00:01:5.600 --> 00:01:21.250 A French government spokesman says it could be months before the full scope of the damage is known, and a restoration expert expects it'll take 10 to 15 years to fully rebuild Notre Dump, The Vatican has offered its technical expertise in restoring the medieval Catholic Church.

And as far as funding goes, French philanthropists and businesses have pledged more than $700 million in donations to restore the cathedral.

That gives you one sense of what Notre Dame means to France.

Here's another.

Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, became the best selling book on Amazon, France shortly after the fire took place.

A different addition of the same novel was the second best selling book for 1/3 sense of the building significance.

Here's CNN's Phil Black. 00:01:53.440 --> 00:02:0.150 How do you measure the profound value of one old building to a nation or to the world? 00:02:3.340 --> 00:02:18.050 Perhaps when people stop in the street to weep and pray because of its partial destruction, when the French president openly shares that grief deliberate on and efforts to save it a broadcast everywhere.

Notre Dam is among the most famous of famous buildings.

13 million people visit every year, countless more stand before, tilt their heads up and gaze at the extraordinary vertical scale, the vast rose windows and the many ornate sculptures guarding its exterior goggles, saints and angels.

All the features that make it a masterpiece of the Gothic style, but few visitors saw this issue to tumble.

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Special broadcast by local network France.

Do showed these images of the centuries old would work supporting the roof. 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:0.720 There's so much oak here. 00:03:0.730 --> 00:03:10.610 It's known as the forest of Not Rhoda, the same timber structures that would just a few months later feed a fire that threatened to destroy the whole cathedral.

Notre Done How Lady of Paris has stood since the 12 hundreds, a building in constant evolution as artists and craftsman altered and repaired the structure and its decorations.

The towering timba spire now lost to the flames was added in the 18 hundreds, often a symbol and reflection of French political power.

The cathedral was vandalized through the French Revolution, while Napoleon Bonaparte used it to reinstate monarchic rule with his coronation as Emperor laser French Republican leaders, the nation's president.

We're honored here, too.

This service was for military hero and statesmen.

Shelled ago, Notredame survived the violence and occupation of war.

More recently, terrorist attacks in Paris sore it become a focus for the nation's grief, an inspiration for artists across many art forms, none more important than Victor Hugo's novel, published in English as The Hunchback of Notre Dame Before the flames, Time and weather, with cathedrals determined and powerful enemies desperately needed restoration work was already underway.

Now saving Notredame has become a critical goal for all of France in a place famed for beautiful old buildings.

One stood above all others, is an icon of the nation's story, and the French people are not ready to let it go.

Phil Black, CNN Linda The next U.

S presidential election is more than a year and 1/2 away, So why would we address it this far out?

Because 20 candidates already have U S President Donald Trump, a Republican, has filed his reelection paperwork.

He did it the day he was sworn into the presidency. 00:04:59.450 --> 00:05:9.830 In recent months, one Republican and 18 Democrats have officially announced they're challenging President Trump for the job, and there are several other Democrats who are thinking about joining the race.

This all culminates in the presidential election on November 3rd, 2020 and along the way, voters events travel and a lot of money all come into play.

You want to run for president, being president makes you the single most powerful person, man or woman in the world.

But it's also a multiyear commitment that forces you to give up your personal life and any sense of privacy.

And then about half the country is gonna hate you no matter what you did.

Constitution has only three requirements.

Natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, 14 years residing in the United States.

But there's so much more to it.

First, there's the primary process, since only Republicans or Democrats or seen a serious candidates, you have to choose a party and get popular in that party. 00:06:0.120 --> 00:06:7.250 An inspirational biography helps maybe some years as governor or senator, although even a few mayors think they're ready this year. 00:06:7.420 --> 00:06:10.760 And a congressman who lost the Senate race might not matter.

Since the current president had zero government experience when he ran, you spent nearly a year bouncing back and forth from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina to Nevada.

If you're not with voters, you're raising money and raising money and raising money.

It takes millions to mount a serious bid, and you can only raise $2700 per donor for the primary and $2700 per donor for the general election.

If you get that far.

Hillary Clinton raised and spent almost a $1,000,000,000 losing to Donald Trump.

He raised much less.

But primaries are expensive to Bernie Sanders spent $222 million on his 2016 primary loss.

Why is it so expensive?

You gotta have an army of staffers and volunteers. 00:06:58.030 --> 00:07:0.760 You have to buy TV ads, Internet ads. 00:07:0.920 --> 00:07:7.480 In the general election, you're gonna spend every waking hour in Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, maybe Ohio. 00:07:7.570 --> 00:07:8.490 Colorado. 00:07:8.680 --> 00:07:11.370 If you wanna win, you should probably visit Wisconsin.

There are debates in town halls and interview after interview after interview.

And then if you win, you get to be president.

He's a live above the office.

You get to try to work with Congress and get something done.

Oh, and you're gonna have to start running for reelection on Day one, before the U.

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Air Force become an independent branch of the military under which branch wasn't organized.

Army, Navy, Coast Guard or Marine Corps U S Air Force started as the aeronautical division of the U.

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Army's Signal Corps.

Yeah, mission, Dubai United Arab Emirates is a desert, so there's not much rain.

But when there is and it's accompanied by thunder, the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, becomes a lightning rod.

The massive jolt of electricity were diverted down to earth.

Nobody was hurt, but plenty of people shared video and pictures, including Dubai's Crown Prince.

It's not just lite ful.

It's delightful and illuminating jolt that brings both Felicity and electricity.

It sparks conversation and concern.

It draws both a crowd and a cloud.

It's a power trip that trips power, transforming transformers and bringing a shock to all Lucy I'm Carlos use lighting up another edition of CNN.