Interview with Cardinal Timothy Dolan

Laura Coates Live

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First, Chris discusses the timeline of events of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire with Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Chris continues at the Magic Wall discussing stories of hope and heroism the emerged in the event. Then, Chris brings on Fire Scientist, Glenn Corbett to break down the science behind how some historic relics survived the flames. Chris wraps up the show with Laura Coates and Michael Isikoff in a session of "Cuomo's Court," followed by a Closing Argument speaking to what remains and how it can bond us.

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0:00.0	All right, thank you, Anderson. I am Chris Cuomo. Welcome to prime time. We have new information
0:04.2	and stories to tell about what happened to our lady of Paris. The headline is, the French
0:09.5	President thinks the cathedral can be rebuilt in five years. Really? Also, what a story. A hero
0:15.9	chaplain braved the inferno to save the religious treasures inside. Wait until you hear this incredible
0:23.1	story. Now, tonight, we also know more about what did and did not survive the flames and what did
0:28.7	survive largely in part because of that chaplain and the chain they put together. I'll tell you
0:32.0	the whole story, but they're also nagging questions. Why did it take so long to report the fire? What
0:36.8	does that tell us about what has to be done better in the future? Information on that. And guess
0:41.6	who we have? His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan here on the great revival he sees coming during
0:49.2	Holy Week an important message and some very enlightening information as we prepare for the Mueller
0:54.8	report, what's just been dug up from Attorney General Bill Barr's past that's raising
1:00.1	goose bumps about the president. Not the president, the president. What do you say? Let's get after it.
1:11.2	So here's the big fact that we're still struggling with when it comes to what happened in Paris.
1:15.4	23 minutes. That's how much time it took for flames to be detected at the cathedral. After the
1:21.7	first fire alarms went off at about 6.20 p.m. local time. Checks were initially carried out. This is
1:28.4	what we're told. And the cathedral was even evacuated, but they didn't find fire. Why? We have an
1:35.5	expert here tonight to go through things. Then the next fact we have 6.43 p.m. second alarm rings.
1:42.8	That's when security offers officers finally saw the flames. But by the time the firefighters got
1:48.6	there, remember we showed you about the geography. We'll remind you of that tonight and the timing
1:52.7	during rush hour the flames are already out of control. A construction expert tells the New
1:57.9	York Times that cathedral didn't have certain equipment you need to have to fight back fire.
2:04.6	Sprinklers, different architectural work where the inferno reportedly started especially.
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