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The moon in Paris this morning after what we witnessed yesterday simply somber in the aftermath of the great fire

that ripped through the cathedral of Notre Dame the iconic structure took more

than 200 years to build in just a few hours that roof from back to medieval times it is

gone. Of course the history extraordinary from the liberation of Paris of the

Nazis in 1945 to the modern day as well.

French authorities, they assess the damage

and craft plans to rebuild the monument.

Here is our Bob Moon.

If there was any good news to report as firefighters finally got control of the flames late into the night,

it was word that they were able to save the two rectangular bell towers at the front of the 12th century building,

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