1 00:00:11,644 --> 00:00:19,652 >>> WHAT DOES THE ORIGIN OF EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE? THAT'S WHAT NASA'S JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IS TRYING TO 2 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:23,456 DISCOVER. >> WE CALL IT SPACE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE. 3 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:31,965 >> THERE IS NO EMPTY SKY WITH JAMES WEBB. >> THE TELESCOPE IS SENSITIVE TO THE FAINT LIGHT THAT REACHES US 4 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:44,711 FROM THE DAWN OF TIME. THEN THIS TEAM TURNS DATA INTO IMAGES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS AND THIS AND THIS. 5 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:52,419 >>> THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS IGNITED A REVOLUTION IN GLOBAL SPORTS, AND IT'S NOT EASY TO APPLY A PRICE TAG. 6 00:00:52,485 --> 00:01:00,660 SOCCER STAR CRISTIANO RONALDO HAS JUST SIGNED A $200 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR. GOLFERS WHO LEFT THE PGA MAKE 7 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:10,103 MORE THAN $100 MILLION TO PLAY IN A NEW SAUDI-BACKED CIRCUIT. IS THE KINGDOM SIMPLY RESETTING THE MARKET IN SPORTS OR USING 8 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:20,480 SPORTS TO LAUNDER ITS IMAGE? >>> ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME IN PARIS CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE 9 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:31,090 WORLD WATCHED IN HORROR. ON THIS EASTER SUNDAY "60 MINUTES" GETS RARE ACCESS TO THE PAINSTAKING RESTORATION OF NOTRE 10 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:40,500 DAME AS WORKERS AND ARTISANS REVIVE EVERY PART OF THIS MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECE. >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. 11 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:45,738 >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. 12 00:01:45,805 --> 00:02:00,854 >> I'M NORAH O'DONNELL. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE, TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." 13 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:10,196 >>> NASA'S JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE HAS HARDLY OPENED ITS EYES, AND THE UNIVERSE IS NEW. MORE MYSTERIOUS, MORE BEAUTIFUL 14 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:19,472 THAN HUMANITY'S DREAMS. THE LARGEST TELESCOPE EVER FLOWN, LAUNCHED INTO DEEP SPACE ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2021. 15 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:28,314 ITS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO REVEAL THE "LET THERE BE LIGHT" MOMENT WHEN THE STARS AND GALAXIES FIRST IGNITED AFTER THE BIG 16 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:39,058 BANG. RECENTLY, WE GOT A LOOK AT SOME CAPTIVATING IMAGES AS WEBB PEERS BACK TOWARD THE ORIGIN OF 17 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:48,868 EVERYTHING. THIS IS ONE OF WEBB'S EARLY DEEP DIVES INTO THE COSMOS. 250 HOURS OF EXPOSURES THAT 18 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:54,841 EXPAND THE IMAGINATION. >> AND ALL THESE LITTLE DOTS ARE STARS? >> ALL THESE LITTLE DOTS ARE 19 00:02:54,908 --> 00:03:03,082 GALAXIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE BIGGER THAN OUR OWN. >> ASTROPHYSICIST BRAND ROBERTSON FLEW US THROUGH 20 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:10,423 130,000 GALAXIES, HALF NEVER SEEN BEFORE. ENORMOUS SWIRLS OF BILLIONS OF STARS EACH. 21 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:20,233 SOME LIKE OUR OWN MILKY WAY AND OTHERS, WELL, OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> WE CALL THIS GALAXY AT THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN THE COSMIC 22 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:26,506 ROSE. JUST BY CHANCE IT LOOKS LIKE A ROSE DOES. YOU CAN SEE THAT DUSTY RED 23 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:31,578 IRREGULAR GALAXY. YOU KNOW, SPACE IS MORE CROWDED THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, AND ACTUALLY GALAXIES WIND UP 24 00:03:31,644 --> 00:03:39,052 INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY ACTUALLY WILL MERGE TOGETHER. SO I'M ZOOMING IN NOW ON A PAIR 25 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:46,726 OF GALAXIES THAT ARE MERGING TOGETHER, INTERACTING. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE DISTURBED BECAUSE THE GRAVITY OF 26 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:50,496 ONE GALAXY YANKS THE STARS OUT OF THE OTHER GALAXY. >> THEY'RE RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER. 27 00:03:50,563 --> 00:03:55,435 >> THEY'RE RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: ROBERTSON, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA 28 00:03:55,501 --> 00:04:03,543 CRUZ, HELPS LEAD WEBB'S MOST AMBITIOUS WHICH IS, THE ADVANCED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY. >> WELL, WE'VE DISCOVERED THE 29 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:09,449 MOST DISTANT GALAXY IN THE UNIVERSE, THE ONE THAT IS THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM US THAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW ABOUT. 30 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:15,855 I' LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. CAN I SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES? >> PLEASE. I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. 31 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:22,595 >> SO AS WE ZOOM IN, WE KEEP GOING, WE KEEP GOING, AND NOW THIS RED SPLOTCH THAT YOU SEE THERE. 32 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:32,505 THAT GALAXY, THAT'S A GALAXY. THAT GALAXY IS MORE THAN 33 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. >> HOW LONG AFTER THE BIG BANG, 33 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:37,877 THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE, DID THIS GALAXY FORM? >> IT'S AMAZING. IT'S ONLY 320 MILLION YEARS 34 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:44,617 AFTER THE BIG BANG. >> Reporter: THE MOST DISTANT GALAXY SO FAR, THERE ON THE RIGHT, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, 35 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:51,991 BUT ASTRONOMERS CAN FILL TEXTBOOKS BY ANALYZING THE SPECTRUM OF ITS LIGHT. >> SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE 36 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:56,663 THINGS LIKE HOW FAST IT'S FORMING STARS. WE CAN MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF STARS IN THE GALAXY. 37 00:04:56,729 --> 00:05:02,335 WE KNOW THE SIZE BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW FAR AWAY IT IS. AND WE KNOW THE TYPICAL AGE OF THE STARS IN THE GALAXY. 38 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:12,011 SO WE KNOW A LOT. >> Reporter: THE EARLIEST GALAXY SO FAR FORMED WHEN THE UNIVERSE WAS 2% OF ITS CURRENT AGE, AND 39 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:20,386 THE BABY GALAXY IGNITED STARS AT A FURIOUS PACE. >> IT'S LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD. YOU KNOW, THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS 40 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:27,160 GALAXY IS SO RAPID -- >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> WELL, THIS GALAXY IS FORMING STARS AT ABOUT THE RATE OF THE 41 00:05:27,226 --> 00:05:32,231 MILKY WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 100 TIMES LESS MASSIVE. SO IT REALLY IS LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD. 42 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:36,436 THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS GALAXY IS RACING. >> T MINUS 30 SECONDS AND COUNTING. 43 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:48,748 >> Reporter: MORE THAN A FEW HUMAN HEARTS WERE RACING IN 2021 AS THE $10 BILLION OBSERVATORY READIED FOR LAUNCH. 44 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:55,455 >> WOW. >> Reporter: EARLIER THAT YEAR WE WERE AMONG THE LAST TO SEE WEBB IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE IT WAS 45 00:05:55,521 --> 00:06:04,664 FOLDED INTO A 15-FOOT-WIDE NOSECONE. >> WELL, SOMEHOW THAT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN I IMAGINED. 46 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:15,441 >> Reporter: 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING, WEBB IS NAMED FOR AN EARLY NASA ADMINISTRATOR. NORTHROP GRUMMAN ENGINEER AMY LO 47 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:23,850 SHOWED US DOWN BELOW, THE SILVER-COLORED SUN SHIELD, BIG AS A TENNIS COURT, AND 21 FEET OF GOLD-PLATED MIRRORS FOR 48 00:06:23,916 --> 00:06:30,256 GATHERING LIGHT. >> THERE ARE 18 OF THESE HEXAGONAL MIRRORS. BUT WHEN YOU FOLD THEM OUT, THEY 49 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:39,465 ALL WORK IN CONCERT AS ONE MIRROR? >> THAT'S RIGHT. ALL 18 IMAGES WILL FORM ONE VERY 50 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:47,507 NICE SOLID IMAGE. >> AND LIFT-OFF. DECOLAGE, LIFT-OFF FROM A TROPICAL RAINFEST TO THE EDGE OF 51 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:55,715 TIME ITSELF. JAMES WEBB BEGINS A VOYAGE BACK TO THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE. >> Reporter: WEBB LOFTED ON A 52 00:06:55,782 --> 00:07:06,425 EUROPEAN ROCKET INTO AN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN A MILLION MILES AWAY, TO SET UP FOR OBSERVATIONS ENGINEERS USED A STAR TO ALIGN 53 00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:14,133 THOSE MIRRORS. BUT THE IMAGE WAS SPECKLED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE ARTIFACTS OF DIGITAL NOISE, WHICH FORCED A 54 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:20,673 CLOSER LOOK. >> THESE WERE NOT ARTIFACTS FROM THE DETECTOR. THESE WERE NOT STRANGE STARS. 55 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:28,481 THE WHOLE OF THE SKY WAS FILLED WITH GALAXIES. THERE WAS NO EMPTY SKY. AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT, THIS 56 00:07:28,548 --> 00:07:34,187 TELESCOPE'S GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL. >> Reporter: MATT MOUNTAIN LEADS WEBB'S OPERATIONS AS PRESIDENT 57 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:39,826 OF THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY. >> NO EMPTY SKY? 58 00:07:39,892 --> 00:07:44,397 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> ON ALMOST EVERY IMAGE WE'RE TAKING NOW WE SEE GALAXIES EVERYWHERE. 59 00:07:44,463 --> 00:07:54,941 I MEAN, WE TOOK A SIMPLE PICTURE OF A PLANET IN OUR OWN SYSTEM, NEPTUNE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL 60 00:07:55,007 --> 00:07:59,712 ORB JUST SITTING THERE. AND WE SAW SOME RINGS. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE ARE GALAXIES AGAIN. 61 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:04,917 IT TELLS US THAT OUR UNIVERSE IS FILLED WITH GALAXIES. WE KNEW THIS THEORETICALLY. BUT WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE NIGHT 62 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:09,956 SKY WE'RE USED TO SAYING, WELL, LOOK UP AT THE NIGHT SKY, WE SEE THOSE STARS. WE CAN NO LONGER SAY THAT. 63 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:16,562 WE NOW HAVE TO SAY, LOOK UP AT THE NIGHT SKY AND THERE ARE GALAXIES EVERYWHERE. >> WE CALL IT SPACE BECAUSE WE 64 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:20,266 THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE. >> THERE IS NO EMPTY SKY WITH JAMES WEBB. 65 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:28,741 THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED. >> Reporter: MATT MOUNTAIN SAYS THAT WEBB IS A REMINDER OF HOW MUCH WE DO NOT KNOW. 66 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:35,982 FOR EXAMPLE, GALAXIES ARE RUSHING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AT GREATER AND GREATER SPEED, DEFYING GRAVITY. 67 00:08:36,048 --> 00:08:45,291 IT MAKES NO SENSE. SO SCIENTISTS INFER THAT THERE MUST BE UNSEEN ELEMENTS AT WORK. THEY CALL THEM DARK ENERGY AND 68 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:50,930 DARK MATTER. >> AND WHENEVER YOU HEAR THE TERM "DARK ENERGY" OR "DARK MATTER," THIS MEANS WE DON'T 69 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:57,536 KNOW WHAT IT IS. WE'RE NOT THAT IMAGINATIVE. BUT IT IS A FORCE. IT IS 95% OF OUR UNIVERSE. 70 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:06,279 AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. >> WAIT A MINUTE. 95% OF OUR UNIVERSE IS MADE UP OF DARK ENERGY AND DARK MATTER 71 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:15,454 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS? >> CORRECT. WE'RE LUCKY IF WE UNDERSTAND EVEN 4% OF OUR UNIVERSE TODAY. 72 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:20,593 ASTRONOMY IS A VERY HUMBLING DISCIPLINE. >> Reporter: HUMBLING, BUT WITH WEBB -- 73 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:26,132 >> LOOK AT THIS. >> Reporter: ALSO THRILLING. >> LOOK AT THIS! RIGHT? 74 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:32,605 >> Reporter: THIS IS PURDUE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER DAN MILISAVLJEVIC MILISAVLJEVIC, STARSTRUCK AND 75 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:38,010 CHATTING WITH A COLLEAGUE. >> YES! YES! LOOK AT THE -- LOOK AT THE 76 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:46,819 DETAIL! >> Reporter: EVEN WILBUR, WHO'S NOT AN ASTRONOMER, STRAINED TO SEE WHAT THE EXCITEMENT WAS 77 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:52,325 ABOUT. MILISAVLJEVIC STUDIES EXPLODED STARS, WHICH WERE THE FURNACES THAT FORGED THE FIRST HEAVY 78 00:09:52,391 --> 00:10:00,566 ELEMENTS FROM A COSMOS OF SIMPLE HELIUM AND HYDROGEN. >> EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION IT'S 79 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:09,342 PRODUCING THE RAW MATERIALS FOR LIFE. THE IRON IN OUR BLOOD, THE CALCIUM IN OUR BONES, THE OXYGEN 80 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:15,514 THAT WE BREATHE. LOVE THAT OXYGEN. ALL THAT IS BEING MANUFACTURED IN SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS. 81 00:10:15,581 --> 00:10:24,156 >> THE LATE ASTRONOMER CARL SAGAN USED TO SAY "WE'RE ALL MADE OF STAR STUFF." >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 82 00:10:24,223 --> 00:10:31,297 >> Reporter: WEBB REVEALS UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL AT THE CENTER OF THESE EXPLOSIONS. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WEBB IS MOST 83 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:37,603 SENSITIVE TO FOR OUR PURPOSES. UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE THE EXPLOSION THAT WE COULDN'T SEE BEFORE BECAUSE IT 84 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:44,810 ONLY COMES OUT IN INFRARED LIGHT. >> Reporter: INFRARED LIGHT IS WHAT WEBB IS DESIGNED TO SEE. 85 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:54,120 LIKE A NIGHTVISION CAMERA, THE TELESCOPE IS SENSITIVE TO HEAT RADIATION, WHICH IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE LIGHT REACHING US 86 00:10:54,186 --> 00:11:02,561 FROM THE DAWN OF TIME. TROUBLE IS, INFRARED IS INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE. >> WHEN YOU FIRST PULL UP THE 87 00:11:02,628 --> 00:11:09,268 WEBB DATA, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> ESSENTIALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE A BLANK SCREEN. 88 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:22,181 >> Reporter: ALYSSA PAGAN AND JOE DePASQUALE ARE ASTRONOMERS AND SCIENCE IMAGEERS FOR THE SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE 89 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:28,554 INSTITUTE. THIS IS WHAT A WEBB INFRARED PICTURE LOOKS LIKE UNTIL THEY MATCH THE DATA-FILLED DARKNESS 90 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:34,693 TO COLORS OF WONDER. >> SO WE TAKE THOSE LONGEST WAVELENGTHS OF INFRARED LIGHT AND GIVE THOSE THE RED COLORS. 91 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,965 THE NEXT SHORTEST WAVELENGTHS WOULD BE GREEN. AND THEN THE SHORTEST WAVELENGTHS WE GET FROM WEBB 92 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:44,503 WOULD BE COLORED BLUE. AND SO JUST LIKE OUR EYES WORK WE TAKE THOSE THREE COLOR CHANNELS, COMBINE THEM TOGETHER 93 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:51,710 TO CREATE THE FULL COLOR IMAGES THAT WE SEE FROM WEBB. >> Reporter: AMONG THEIR FAVORITE IMAGES IS THIS CLUSTER 94 00:11:51,777 --> 00:12:02,321 OF STARS WITH THE NOT SO WONDROUS NAME NGC 346. COSMIC DUST SCULPTED INTO RIPPLES BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 95 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:11,497 STARS. AND THE TARANTULA NEBULA, A STAR-BIRTHING NURSERY ON A BACKDROP OF GALAXIES. 96 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:15,935 >> IT OCCURS TO ME YOU'RE THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE TO SEE THESE IMAGES IN HUMAN HISTORY. >> YEAH. 97 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:21,240 >> IT'S QUITE AN HONOR. >> IT IS A GREAT HONOR. IT DOES BLOW YOUR MIND EVERY TIME. 98 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:28,714 >> Reporter: THERE WILL BE MANY MIND-BLOWING REVELATIONS. WEBB IS ALREADY THE FIRST TO FIND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE SKY 99 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:34,820 OF A PLANET 700 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR PLANETS WITH ATMOSPHERES THAT 100 00:12:34,887 --> 00:12:44,763 MIGHT SUPPORT LIFE. ON THE OTHER END OF THE TIME SCALE ASTROPHYSICIST ERICA NELSON OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 101 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:55,441 COLORADO BOULDER THINKS HER TEAM MAY HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT SHE SAYS WOULD BREAK THE THEORY OF HOW THE EARLY UNIVERSE 102 00:12:55,508 --> 00:13:03,516 FORMED. >> EITHER THIS IS WRONG OR THIS IS A HUGE DISCOVERY, AND WE THINK THAT IT'S A HUGE 103 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:09,455 DISCOVERY. >> Reporter: MORE OBSERVATIONS ARE NEEDED, BUT NELSON IS INVESTIGATING WHAT MAY BE FIVE 104 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:18,998 GIANT GALAXIES THAT APPEAR TO HAVE FORMED MUCH TOO QUICKLY AFTER THE BIG BANG. IF THEY'RE CONFIRMED, ASTRONOMY 105 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:26,572 MAY HAVE TO REVISE THE TIMELINE OF GALAXY FORMATION. >> AND THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING PIECE OF THIS, OF THIS 106 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:33,145 TELESCOPE, OF THIS REMARKABLE INSTRUMENT WE'VE PUT IN SPACE, IS FINDING THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT, THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN. 107 00:13:33,212 --> 00:13:40,519 BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO REVISE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE. >> Reporter: BRANT ROBERTSON, 108 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:47,860 WHO SHOWED US THE EARLIEST GALAXY FOUND SO FAR BY THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE, TOLD US THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST WILL NOT 109 00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:55,935 HOLD LONG. >> HOW FAR BACK CAN YOU GO TO THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE? >> WELL, JWST IS SO PHENOMENAL 110 00:13:56,001 --> 00:14:00,239 THAT IF YOU SPEND ENOUGH TIME YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND ANY GALAXY THAT EVER FORMED IN THE UNIVERSE. 111 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:08,447 IT'S REALLY THAT POWERFUL. >> WILL THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY BE DIVIDED BETWEEN BEFORE WEBB AND AFTER WEBB? 112 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:14,720 >> YES. I BELIEVE IT WILL BE. >> Reporter: MATT MOUNTAIN, WHO MANAGES WEBB OPERATIONS, TOLD US 113 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:26,298 THE OBSERVATORY MAY LAST UP TO 25 YEARS, PERHAPS LONG ENOUGH TO COMPREHEND SPACE AND TIME AND THE ORIGINS OF LIFE. 114 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:32,705 >> WE'RE SEEING A UNIVERSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THERE. WE HOPED IT WAS THERE. 115 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:47,419 BUT NOW WE SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. >>> IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMAN COLISEUM THEY CALLED IT "BREAD 116 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:52,658 AND CIRCUSES." LEADERS USING THE SUPERFICIAL APPEAL OF ENTERTAINMENT TO DISTRACT CITIZENS FROM GENUINE 117 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:59,231 PROBLEMS. THE TERM TODAY, SPORTSWASHING. THE USE OF GAMES AND TEAMS AND STADIUMS TO CLEANSE AN IMAGE AND 118 00:14:59,298 --> 00:15:06,038 LAUNDER A REPUTATION. A COUNTRY THAT HAS NEVER WON AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, SAUDI ARABIA, HAS SUDDENLY EMERGED AS 119 00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:14,046 A MAJOR PLAYER IN GLOBAL SPORT, HOSTING EVENTS, BUYING TEAMS, AND LURING ATHLETES WITH STAGGERING CONTRACTS. 120 00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:20,319 IS THIS INVESTMENT AN ATTEMPT TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY AND CATER TO YOUNGER CITIZENS, AS ITS LEADERS CLAIM? 121 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:25,491 OR IS IT DONE TO PAPER OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AUTHORITARIAN RULE, AND EVEN MURDER? 122 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:31,630 WE VISITED THE KINGDOM TO CHECK OUT THE SPORTS WORLD'S NEW NERVE CENTER AND CHECK OUT WHAT THE SAUDIS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE 123 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:42,574 GETTING FOR THEIR MONEY. >> ARGENTINA, CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAME. >> Reporter: ARGENTINA MAY HAE 124 00:15:42,641 --> 00:15:49,281 CLAIMED THE WORLD CUP LAST DECEMBER, BUT IT WASN'T THE ONLY COUNTRY TO EMERGE AS A BIG WINNER. 125 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:56,588 A CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE TO HOST, THE OIL-RICH GULF STATE OF QATAR THREW MORE THAN $200 BILLION INTO STAGING THE EVENT AND 126 00:15:56,655 --> 00:16:04,730 DRIBBLED PAST CRITICISM OVER ITS APPALLING HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD. AND ANOTHER WINNER WAS NEXT DOOR. 127 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:15,341 SAUDI ARABIA FIELDED THE ONE TEAM THAT BEAT ARGENTINA. A TRIUMPH CELEBRATED AROUND THE ARAB WORLD. 128 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:22,247 NOT LEAST BY PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN TURKI AL SAUD, THE COUNTRY'S MINISTER OF SPORT. >> IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 129 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:28,153 IT WAS JUST A MILESTONE THAT WE TICKED THAT SHOWS THAT IF YOU PUT THE EFFORT AND THE RIGHT RESOURCES BEHIND IT YOU CAN 130 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:35,728 ACHIEVE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS. >> Reporter: THE IMPROBABLE CONTINUED AFTER THE WORLD CUP. SAUDI ARABIA'S ENORMOUS 131 00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:44,436 RESOURCES, THAT IS, SLOSHING OIL MONEY, ENTICED CRISTIANO RONALDO OF PORTUGAL, A GENERATIONAL STAR, TO PLAY FOR A TEAM IN 132 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:50,275 RIYADH. HIS SALARY? MORE THAN $200 MILLION A SEASON. THAT'S RIGHT. 133 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:59,017 200 MILLION. ROUGHLY THE ANNUAL PLAYING WAGES OF LeBRON JAMES, STEPH CURRY, AARON JUDGE, AND PATRICK MAHOMES 134 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:04,323 COMBINED. >> SUCH A CALM, COMPOSED FELLOW. >> Reporter: THE OPENING BELL FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT IN 135 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:10,696 GLOBAL SPORTS SOUNDED THREE YEARS AGO WITH "THE CLASH ON THE DUNES," A HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. 136 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:16,802 A FEW MONTHS LATER THE KINGDOM STAGED THE WORLD'S RICHEST HORSE RACE. >> A HUGE SHOCK BUT THEY LOVE IT 137 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:26,745 HERE IN SAUDI ARABIA! >> Reporter: THERE'S FORMULA 1 RACING. AND A TEN-YEAR DEAL WITH THE 138 00:17:26,812 --> 00:17:34,887 WWE. BUT TO MANY THESE MEGA-EVENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA ARE FINANCIAL LOSS LEADERS BEING USED TO LAUNDER 139 00:17:34,953 --> 00:17:42,027 THE IMAGE OF A COUNTRY WHILE CLOAKING REPRESSION AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE. >> YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM 140 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:47,099 "SPORTSWASHING," THIS IDEA THAT COUNTRIES CAN COVER UP BAD ACTS THROUGH SPORTS. DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT 141 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:53,338 THAT A COUNTRY CAN USE SPORTS THIS WAY? >> NOT AT ALL. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT -- WITH 142 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:57,309 THAT TERM BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF YOU GO TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD THEN YOU BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 143 00:17:57,376 --> 00:18:02,448 EVERYONE SHOULD COME, SEE SAUDI ARABIA, SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS, AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION. SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. 144 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:08,220 IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, FINE. ♪ >> Reporter: WHICH IS PRECISELY WHY WE CAME TO SAUDI ARABIA LATE 145 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:15,294 LAST YEAR, TO SEE THIS UNLIKELY SPORTS HUB FOR OURSELVES. DECEMBER IS THE OFF-SEASON FOR PRO TENNIS. 146 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:22,301 YET RIYADH WAS THE SITE OF AN EXHIBITION, STUDDED WITH TOP TEN STARS AND EMBROIDERED WITH LOCAL TOUCHES. 147 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:29,208 FALCONS ENLISTED TO HELP WITH THE DRAW CEREMONY. [ APPLAUSE ] BUT THE REAL DRAW? 148 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:33,579 AUSTRALIA'S NICK KYRGIOS WAS BLUNT. >> WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE AT THE END? 149 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:37,749 >> WELL, THE MONEY'S PRETTY GOOD. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. >> Reporter: DESPITE DESERTS OF 150 00:18:37,816 --> 00:18:43,188 EMPTY SEATS AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF TELEVISION RIGHTS, USUALLY THE LIFEBLOOD FOR SPORTS, THE PLAYERS WERE PAID 151 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:54,566 MILLIONS JUST TO SHOW UP. >> AND HE MAGNIFICENT. >> Reporter: AND TAYYLOR FRITZ,A CALIFORNIAN, EARNED $1 MILLION 152 00:18:54,633 --> 00:19:02,708 IN PRIZE MONEY FOR WINNING THE WEEKEND EVENT. ♪ ♪ OH, OH ♪ 153 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:07,212 THE SAUDIS AREN'T JUST HOSTING EVENTS. THROUGH THE KINGDOM'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND THEY BOUGHT AN 154 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:14,486 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM, NEWCASTLE UNITED. WE SAW THEM FOR A VISITING GAME AGAINST A LOCAL TEAM. 155 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:21,360 POINTEDLY ABANDONING THEIR USUAL STRIPED KITS FOR THE GREEN OF THE SAUDI FLAG. THEN THERE IS TO DATE SAUDI'S 156 00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:29,001 BIGGEST SWING IN SPORTS, THE $2.5 BILLION LIV TOUR, WHICH HAS DIVIDED GOLF. DISMISSING THIS RIVAL TO THE PGA 157 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:37,309 TOUR AS, QUOTE, AN ENDLESS PIT OF MONEY, TIGER WOODS TURNED DOWN $800 MILLION FROM THE SAUDIS TO JOIN LIV. 158 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:45,183 MANY OTHER TOP PLAYERS, INCLUDING PHIL MICKELSON AND DUSTIN JOHNSON, DID SWITCH THEIR TOUR ALLEGIANCES, BOTH PAID AS 159 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:53,358 THEY WERE NORTH OF $100 MILLION. THIS FLOOD OF SAUDI MONEY INTO SPORTS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY -- IT'S A DISRUPTOR. 160 00:19:53,425 --> 00:20:00,065 IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGING THE FACE OF SPORTS. IS THAT THE INTENTION? >> NOT AT ALL. 161 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:04,336 IT ADDS A LOT TO THE SPORT. >> BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THE IMPACT THIS HAS. I MEAN, WHEN WINNERS OF LIV GOLF 162 00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:10,108 EVENTS ARE MAKING MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT TIGER WOODS WON THE LAST TIME HE WON THE MASTERS, THAT'S A BIG ECONOMIC CHANGE. 163 00:20:10,175 --> 00:20:15,547 >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. I THINK IF THE IMPACT OF INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF SPORTS AND THE INTEREST IN THAT 164 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:22,120 SPORT IS GROWING, THEN WHY NOT? >> Reporter: THE SPORTS MINISTER INSISTS THAT THE MASSIVE INVESTMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL 165 00:20:22,187 --> 00:20:33,131 PILLAR OF WHAT I CALLED "VISION 2030," A $7 TRILLION PLAN BY THE KINGDOM'S EFFECTIVE RULER, CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN, OR 166 00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:40,072 MBS, TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY BEYOND OIL WHILE SOFTENING SOME OF ITS MOST RESTRICTIVE SOCIAL CONVENTIONS AND LAWS. 167 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:46,945 IT'S NOW PERMITTED FOR WOMEN TO DRIVE, UNCOVER THEIR HEAD, HOLD A PASSPORT AND TRAVEL WITHOUT A MALE GUARDIAN. 168 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:53,318 ON THE COUNTRY'S FIELDS AND IN GYMS AND REC CENTERS, YOUNG SAUDIS, MALE AND FEMALE, ARE EMBRACING SPORT. 169 00:20:53,385 --> 00:21:01,259 SO ARE THEIR MOMS. RASHA AL KHAMIS IS THE COUNTRY'S FIRST FEMALE CERTIFIED BOXING COACH. 170 00:21:01,326 --> 00:21:08,300 BACK IN 2019 SHE ATTENDED THE CLASH ON THE DUNES FIGHT. >> THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY. THESE ARE TWO INTERNATIONAL 171 00:21:08,367 --> 00:21:11,637 SUPERSTARS. AND YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THEM ON TV. YOU'RE WATCHING THEM LIVE HERE. 172 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:17,876 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> I WOULD NEVER IMAGINE THAT ME GOING TO THE FIGHT, DRIVING MY CAR AND ATTENDING THE FIGHT IN 173 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:24,583 MY OWN COUNTRY. SO THAT'S -- THAT'S A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION. AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT THE CHANGE 174 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:32,290 IS TANGIBLE. >> Reporter: YET THESE CHANGES COME AT A COST. LOUJAIN AL HATHLOUL LED THE 175 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:39,631 SAUDI WOMEN TO DRIVE MOVEMENT AND WAS PUNISHED FOR HER ACTIVISM, ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH TERRORISM, AND SENTENCED TO 176 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:45,871 PRISON, WHERE SHE SAYS SHE WAS TORTURED. EVEN AFTER HER RELEASE SHE IS PREVENTED FROM LEAVING THE 177 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:50,942 COUNTRY. HER SISTER LINA LIVES IN EXILE AND SPOKE WITH US REMOTELY. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPORTS, OF 178 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:59,451 COURSE WE DO WANT TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA. WE DO WANT TO HAVE THIS. BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF -- OF 179 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:05,123 OUR FREEDOMS. WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIVING IN FEAR AND NOT KNOWING IF TOMORROW THEY WILL BREAK INTO OUR HOUSE 180 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:09,261 AND TAKE OUR SISTER, OUR DAUGHTER. I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. 181 00:22:09,327 --> 00:22:14,499 I WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE I FEEL FREE TRULY. >> EVEN IF THEY HAVE FANCY SPORTING EVENTS? 182 00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:20,839 >> I WANT BOTH. >> Reporter: HER SISTER'S HARSH TREATMENT, SHE SAYS, UNDERSCORES A STARK PARADOX. 183 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:27,713 AT A TIME WHEN SOCIAL FREEDOMS HAVE EXPANDED, POLITICAL REPRESSION IN SAUDI ARABIA HAS BECOME MORE SEVERE. 184 00:22:27,779 --> 00:22:34,953 >> YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS WINDOW DRESSING, THIS IS -- THIS IS COSMETIC. AND BEHIND THE GAMES THERE'S 185 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:38,423 MASS EXECUTIONS AND REPRESSION LIKE NEVER BEFORE. >> ABSOLUTELY. EXACTLY. 186 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:45,497 THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> Reporter: THE CULTURAL SHIFT GOES BEYOND SPORTS. WHO WOULD HAVE PEGGED SAUDI 187 00:22:45,564 --> 00:22:52,637 ARABIA TO START HOSTING AN ANNUAL DESERT RAVE? ♪ BRUNO MARS AND DJ KHALED WERE 188 00:22:52,704 --> 00:23:00,512 AMONG THE HEADLINERS. IT'S ALL OF A PIECE. SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM. TO MARRY IT ALL THE CROWN PRINCE 189 00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:06,418 TURNED TO AMERICAN IMPRESARIO JERRY INZERILLO. >> WHAT'S A GUY FROM BROOKLYN DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? 190 00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:12,758 >> CREATING MAGIC. MAKING A PLACE WELCOMING FOR EVERYBODY TO COME SEE THE KINGDOM, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE 191 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:21,233 KINGDOM. VERY EXCITING TIMES. SALAM ALLAKEEM. >> Reporter: IN HIS CAREER IN 192 00:23:21,299 --> 00:23:27,506 HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT INZERILLO LAUNCHED ATLANTIS IN THE BAHAMAS. NAME A GLOBAL CEREMONY AND BE 193 00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:31,877 ASSURED JERRY HAS MADE THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. >> I'VE DONE FIVE DECADES IN TOURISM. 194 00:23:31,943 --> 00:23:38,416 MY JOB IS TO WELCOME PEOPLE AND TO CREATE JOY AND FESTIVITY. WITH VISION 2030 NOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO SAUDI. 195 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:45,924 >> Reporter: TODAY HE OVERSEES A MASSIVE $63 BILLION DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE WHERE THE SAUDI STATE WAS BORN. 196 00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:52,864 CONVERTING IT INTO A MODERN XANADU WITH HOMES FOR 100,000 PEOPLE, LUXURY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. 197 00:23:52,931 --> 00:24:00,572 WE ASKED INZERILLO ABOUT IZZ HAD COMFORT LEVEL REPRESENTING THIS ATOCRACY. HE TOLD US HE FOCUSES ON THE 198 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:05,143 POSITIVE. >> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL IN LAS VEGAS. AND THERE'S A GAMBLING TERM THAT 199 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:12,117 WHEN YOU'RE WAY AHEAD YOU'RE PLAYING WITH HOUSE MONEY. >> YOU WINNING? >> OH, I'M -- NOT ONLY AM I 200 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:16,555 WINNING. I'VE WON. THERE'S AN OLD COUNTRY WESTERN SONG, "DANCE WITH THE ONE PRO 201 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:21,293 BRUNG YOU." >> WHO BRUNG YOU? >> WHO BRUNG ME HERE? >> YEAH. 202 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:26,398 >> VISION 2030. A VERY BENEVOLENT, VERY LOVED KING, AND A VERY VISIONARY, DYNAMIC CROWN PRINCE. 203 00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:31,369 >> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE LESS NOBLE DOINGS OF THE CROWN PRINCE THAT HAVE STAINED THE COUNTRY'S REPUTATION, BOTH ACCELERATING 204 00:24:31,436 --> 00:24:38,109 AND COMPLICATING ITS FORAY INTO SPORTS. A CIA REPORT SAID MBS APPROVED THE 2018 ASSASSINATION AND 205 00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:44,950 DISMEMBERING OF "WASHINGTON POST" JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI. UNDER MBS'S RULE EXECUTIONS HAVE 206 00:24:45,016 --> 00:24:52,424 DRASTICALLY INCREASED, INCLUDING A MASS BEHEADING OF 81 PEOPLE IN ONE DAY LAST MARCH. THE MILDEST CRITICISM OF THE 207 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:58,830 STATE EVEN ON TWITTER HAS BEEN MET WITH DETENTION, TORTURE AND LONG AND ARBITRARY PRISON SENTENCES. 208 00:24:58,897 --> 00:25:03,134 >> WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRANSITION. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH OUR OWN EYES. BUT THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS 209 00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:07,906 COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS STILL NOT FIT TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS. >> WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE 210 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:13,612 PERFECT. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THESE THINGS HELP US TO ACHIEVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR 211 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:18,116 POPULATION. >> I THINK NO COUNTRY WOULD SAY THEY'RE PERFECT. BUT ARE YOU SAYING THAT EVERY 212 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:25,690 COUNTRY HAS A LEADER THAT ACCORDING TO THE CIA HAS ORDERED THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST? ARE YOU SAYING THAT EVERY 213 00:25:25,757 --> 00:25:30,862 COUNTRY HAS 81 BEHEADINGS IN A SINGLE DAY? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, DOESN'T IT MAKE THIS RELATIVE ARGUMENT, 214 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:37,502 THIS WHATABOUTISM, DOESN'T IT MAKE THAT IRRELEVANT? >> WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT LET'S LOOK AT THE GOOD 215 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:44,509 SIDE ABOUT THIS. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST PINPOINTING CERTAIN TOPICS THAT IF WE -- I GO AND, YOU KNOW, WE 216 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:50,548 HAD THE MASS SHOOTING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE U.S. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE DON'T HOST THE WORLD CUP IN THE U.S.? 217 00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:53,718 NO. WE SHOULD GO TO THE U.S. WE SHOULD GET PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> A MASS SHOOTING IS NOT A 218 00:25:53,785 --> 00:25:57,722 GOVERNMENT ACTOR. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. >> STILL, WHATEVER -- WHATEVER. PEOPLE DIED. 219 00:25:57,789 --> 00:26:07,198 BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT ONLY THE BAD SIDE THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING. 220 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:12,170 >> ARE THERE NOT UNIVERSALS? ARE THERE NOT BASIC THRESHOLDS YOU THINK NEED TO BE MET? >> AS I SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF 221 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:15,473 ISSUES WITH A LOT OF COUNTRIES. BUT THEN YOU MENTION THAT THE ORDER CAME FROM THE CROWN PRINCE. 222 00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:18,877 AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE'S NO PROOF OF THAT AS WE SPEAK. >> YOU'RE DENYING THE CIA'S 223 00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:22,781 REPORT THAT SAYS THIS WAS ORDERED AND APPROVED -- >> I DON'T THINK THE CIA REPORT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT. 224 00:26:22,847 --> 00:26:28,320 IF YOU LOOK AT IT. >> THE CIA REPORT CONCLUDED "SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN APPROVED AN 225 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:36,161 OPERATION TO CAPTURE OR KILL SAUDI JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI." >> FINALLY, THEY COLLIDE. 226 00:26:36,227 --> 00:26:40,565 >> Reporter: STILL THE GAMES GO ON. SO DO THE CHOICES. JUST LAST MONTH FIFA, SOCCER'S 227 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:48,273 GOVERNING BODY, NOT KNOWN FOR OCCUPYING ETHICAL HIGH GROUND, RESPONDED TO PROTESTS FROM PLAYERS AND TURNED DOWN SAUDI 228 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:54,546 TOURISM'S SPONSORSHIP OFFER FOR THIS SUMMER'S WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. THESE MORAL DILEMMAS WERE ONLY INTENSIFY. 229 00:26:54,612 --> 00:27:03,421 >> WHEN WE WERE IN SAUDI ARABIA, WE SAW A TOP LEVEL TENNIS EVENT. A TOP LEVEL GOLF EVENT HAD JUST BEEN HELD. 230 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:10,295 BRUNO MARS HAD GIVEN A CONCERT. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO THE ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS WHO ARE COMING IN TO PERFORM AND 231 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:14,366 COMPETE? >> MY MESSAGE IS THAT WHY WOULD YOU GO TO SAUDI ARABIA AND STAY SILENT ON WHAT IS GOING ON ON 232 00:27:14,432 --> 00:27:20,572 THE GROUND? WHY -- WHY WON'T YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PRISONERS WHO HAVE BEEN MUZZLED? 233 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:27,379 ON ALL THE FAMILIES THAT CANNOT SPEAK. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO SAUDI ARABIA YOU ARE PART OF THIS 234 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:32,150 COVERING UP MACHINE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PURPOSE IS OF THROWING AROUND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO 235 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:41,493 SPORTS LIKE THIS? >> I THINK THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT, THE SAUDI REGIME AND MBS, HE WANTS PEOPLE TO THINK OF RONALDO 236 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:45,797 WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT SAUDI AND NOT ABOUT KHASHOGGI. >> THAT'S BECOME THE ASSOCIATION NOW. 237 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:49,000 WE'VE GONE FROM THE MURDERED JOURNALIST TO THE STAR SOCCER PLAYER. >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. 238 00:27:49,067 --> 00:28:05,417 UNFORTUNATELY. >>> ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME IN PARIS CAUGHT FIRE. 239 00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:13,591 IT WAS ONE OF THOSE 21st CENTURY MOMENTS THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD EXPERIENCED TOGETHER, STARING IN HORROR AT LIVE VIDEO 240 00:28:13,658 --> 00:28:20,732 ON THEIR SMARTPHONES AND TELEVISIONS. FOR THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE IT WAS ESPECIALLY TRAUMATIC, BECAUSE 241 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:28,907 NOTRE DAME HAS BEEN A POWERFUL SYMBOL, BOTH SACRED AND SECULAR, SINCE MEDIEVAL TIMES. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON 242 00:28:28,973 --> 00:28:37,048 PLEDGED THAT NOTRE DAME WOULD BE REOPENED BY THE END OF 2024. HE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THEN HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO KEEP THAT 243 00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:46,257 PROMISE. BUT ON THIS EASTER SUNDAY, FOUR YEARS LATER, THE RESURRECTION OF THE GREAT CATHEDRAL SEEMS WITHIN 244 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:52,864 REACH. [ SIRENS ] FLAMES TORE THROUGH THE ROOF OF NOTRE DAME ON THE EVENING OF 245 00:28:52,931 --> 00:29:04,476 APRIL 15th, 2019, AND SPREAD WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED AND FEROCITY, ENGULFING HER 200-FOOT SPIRE. 246 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:11,316 >> EVERYBODY STOPS. >> Reporter: JEAN-LOUIS GEORGELIN IS THE MAN NOW IN CHARGE OF RESTORING NOTRE DAME. 247 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:20,625 >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FRANCE CRIED BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT SOMETHING VERY DEEP IN THE SOUL OF FRANCE, IN THE SPIRIT OF 248 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:31,736 FRANCE WAS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: ONLY A HEROIC EFFORT BY THE PARIS FIRE BRIGADE SAVED NOTRE DAME FROM COLLAPSE, 249 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:39,711 AS A FEW STAFFERS RACED THROUGH FALLING EMBERS TO RESCUE PRECIOUS RELICS. PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE, THE 250 00:29:39,777 --> 00:29:48,553 CATHEDRAL'S CHIEF ARCHITECT, WAS OUT OF TOWN THAT NIGHT AND RACED BACK TO PARIS. HE WAS DEVASTATED BY WHAT HE 251 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:53,458 SAW. "I'VE SAID THAT THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS IN LOVE WITH THE CATHEDRAL AND THE ARCHITECT WHO 252 00:29:53,525 --> 00:30:01,699 WAS IN CHARGE OF IT DIED THAT DAY AND ANOTHER MAN TOOK OVER AND SAID, I HAVE TO SAVE THE CATHEDRAL. 253 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:08,573 IT'S MY MISSION. IT'S MY DUTY." VILLENEUVE NOW SHARES THAT DUTY. IF HE'S THE ARTIST WHO KNOWS 254 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:17,682 EVERY INCH OF STONE IN NOTRE DAME, RETIRED ARMY GENERAL GEORGELIN IS THE COMMANDER, CALLED BACK TO MEET THAT 255 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:23,955 FIVE-YEAR DEADLINE. >> I WILL RELAX ONLY WHEN THIS WILL BE DONE. >> WHAT DOES THIS CATHEDRAL MEAN 256 00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:34,465 TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE? >> THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS IS IN SOME WAY THE HEART OF FRANCE. 257 00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:37,869 FOR THE CATHOLIC, OF COURSE, FOR THE CHRISTIAN, BUT FOR EVERYBODY. ALL THE GREAT EVENTS OF FRANCE 258 00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:48,680 IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER TOOK PLACE HERE IN THE CATHEDRAL. >> Reporter: NAPOLEON CROWNED HIMSELF EMPEROR IN NOTRE DAME IN 259 00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:54,652 1804. IN 1944 AS PARIS WAS LIBERATED FROM NAZI OCCUPATION GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE BRAVED SNIPER 260 00:30:54,719 --> 00:31:04,195 FIRE TO ENTER THE CATHEDRAL. [ GUNSHOTS ] >> IN MANY WAYS YOU COULD SAY THAT SHE'S THE PEOPLE'S PALACE. 261 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:09,767 >> Reporter: AGNES POIRIER IS A JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR WHO LIVES AND WORKS JUST ACROSS THE RIVER SEINE FROM NOTRE DAME. 262 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:20,678 SHE AND HER NEIGHBORS WATCHED THE MOST HORRIFYING MOMENT THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE, THE COLLAPSE OF THAT IMPOSING SPIRE. 263 00:31:20,745 --> 00:31:31,055 >> I REMEMBER THE SCREAM OF THE CROWD, SAYING "NO." AS IF THEY COULDN'T -- THEY COULDN'T CONCEIVE SUCH A THING. 264 00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:39,097 >> Reporter: THAT SPIRE MEANT SO MUCH TO PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE THAT HE HAD IT TATTOOED ON HIS ARM. "THEY SAY THAT I HAVE NOTRE DAME 265 00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:49,274 IN MY SKIN," HE TOLD US. "IT'S VERY PRACTICAL BECAUSE WHN I HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE SPIRE FELL IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO 266 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:57,582 SHOW THAT FROM HERE TO THERE IT TIPPED OVER." THE HUGE SPIRE MADE OF OAK AND COVERED IN LEAD TILES CRASHED 267 00:31:57,649 --> 00:32:07,325 THROUGH TWO OF THE STONE VAULTS WHICH FORM THE CEILING OF NOTRE DAME, LEAVING GAPING HOLES AT THE TOP AND HEAPS OF BROKEN 268 00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:17,302 STONE AND CHARRED WOOD ON THE FLOOR BELOW. THE TOP PRIORITY WAS TO SHORE UP THE GRAND CATHEDRAL'S WEAKENED 269 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:22,507 STRUCTURE. HUGE TEMPORARY WOODEN SUPPORTS WERE PLACED UNDER THE SURVIVING STONE VAULTS OF HER CEILING AND 270 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:30,581 UNDER THE FLYING BUTTRESSES TO SAVE THIS PRIME EXAMPLE OF MEDIEVAL ENGINEERING. >> WE HAVE TO CHECK EVERY STONE 271 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:38,156 IN THE CATHEDRAL, EVERY PILLAR. >> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME A HUGE DECONTAMINATION PROJECT WAS MOUNTED TO REMOVE LEAD TILES 272 00:32:38,222 --> 00:32:49,367 THAT HAD MELTED FROM THE BURNING ROOF AND SPIRE AND ALL THE TOXIC LEAD DUST SPREAD BY THE FIRE. FOUR YEARS ON WORKERS STILL TAKE 273 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:55,606 EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST LEAD POISONING. WE HAD TO WEAR DISPOSABLE HAZMAT SUITS TO ENTER THE CATHEDRAL. 274 00:32:55,673 --> 00:33:03,014 TONS OF RUBBLE HAD TO BE REMOVED. PAINTINGS AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WERE TAKEN AWAY FOR 275 00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:09,520 RESTORATION. AND TWISTED STEEL SCAFFOLDING ERECTED FOR ONGOING RESTORATION WORK HAD TO BE DISMANTLED. 276 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:18,196 >> SO YOU WERE IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE SPIRE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN 2019. DID YOUR RESTORATION PROJECT 277 00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:30,541 HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FIRE BREAKING OUT? "AN INVESTIGATION IS STILL UNDER WAY," PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE TOLD 278 00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:35,613 US, "AND NO CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. BUT PERSONALLY, IT'S UNBEARABLE. THIS FIRE NEVER SHOULD HAVE 279 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:44,222 HAPPENED, AND IT DID. INEVITABLY, I FEEL RESPONSIBLE." >> SO YOU KNOW -- >> Reporter: AT THAT POINT IN 280 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:53,564 OUR INTERVIEW VILLENEUVE SWITCHED TO ENGLISH, WITH A RUEFUL SMILE. >> IN REALITY, I'M TOTALLY 281 00:33:53,631 --> 00:33:58,803 DESTROYED. >> REALLY? >> YES. I SO WANT TO REBUILD NOTRE DAME. 282 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:06,778 IT'S BECAUSE I WANT TO REBUILD MYSELF. >> Reporter: THE FIRE'S DEEPLY EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON PHILIPPE 283 00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:14,018 VILLENEUVE WAS MIRRORED AROUND THE WORLD. ♪ NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS IN 284 00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:23,327 PRIVATE DONATIONS HAVE BEEN PLEDGED TO REBUILD NOTRE DAME, MOST OF IT FROM FRANCE. $50 MILLION FROM AMERICANS. 285 00:34:23,394 --> 00:34:28,132 >> I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTED. >> THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE AGAIN. >> THEY CAN CONTINUE TO 286 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:32,670 CONTRIBUTE, HUH? >> YEAH. THE CASH IS ALWAYS RUNNING. IF THEY WANT TO GIVE ME MONEY, I 287 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:37,308 NEED. >> Reporter: IN THE WEEKS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FIRE, ALL SORTS OF IDEAS WERE FLOATED 288 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:45,983 FOR HOW CENTURIES-OLD NOTRE DAME MIGHT BE GIVEN A TOUCH OF AVANT-GARDE. >> AND ALL THOSE ARCHITECTS 289 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:53,524 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SAID YES, LET'S HAVE A ROOF GARDEN, LET'S HAVE A GOLDEN TORCH, LET'S HAVE A TITANIUM SPIRE. 290 00:34:53,591 --> 00:35:04,302 YOU KNOW, EVEN I, FOR 20 SECONDS I THOUGHT, HMM, TO ADD SOME 21st CENTURY GENUSIUS TO NOTRE DAME, WHY NOT? 291 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:12,510 >> Reporter: CHIEF ARCHITECT PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE HAD A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER WHY NOT. "AN HISTORIC MONUMENT, A 292 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:21,452 CATHEDRAL, IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE PLAYED WITH," HE TOLD US. "NOTRE DAME HAD BEEN STANDING FOR 850 YEARS WITH A WOODEN 293 00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:28,392 FRAME AND A LEAD ROOF. SO WOOD IS THE WAY TO GO." IN THE END PRESIDENT MACRON AND A SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGREED TO 294 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:37,635 REBUILD NOTRE DAME EXACTLY AS SHE HAD BEEN, AND WITH THE SAME MATERIALS, STONE, WOOD, AND LEAD. 295 00:35:37,702 --> 00:35:45,443 >> HOW IS IT THAT THE TRADITIONALISTS WON OUT? >> WELL, I THINK WISDOM WON. >> Reporter: NOTRE DAME'S 296 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:53,384 SIGNATURE SPIRE WAS A FAIRLY RECENT ADDITION. IMAGES OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE MID 1800s SHOW HER WITHOUT A 297 00:35:53,451 --> 00:35:59,857 SPIRE AND IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY. >> THE CATHEDRAL WAS IN GREAT DISREPAIR, WAS IT NOT? 298 00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:06,898 >> IT WAS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. BUT OF NEGLECT, NOT OF FIRE. >> Reporter: THERE WERE EVEN PROPOSALS TO DEMOLISH NOTRE DAME 299 00:36:06,964 --> 00:36:16,507 BEFORE THE CATHEDRAL CRUMBLED ON ITS OWN. INSTEAD, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HIRED A YOUNG ARCHITECT NAMED 300 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:23,648 VIOLLET-LE-DUC. HE CREATED THAT FAMOUS SPIRE. >> SO YOU ARE REBUILDING THE SPIRE EXACTLY AS VIOLLET-LE-DUC? 301 00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:30,755 >> YES. >> ARE YOU USING HIS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS? >> Reporter: "WE WERE LUCKY," HE 302 00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:37,128 SAID, "BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL DOCUMENTED. WE HAVE THE DRAWINGS OF VIOLLET-LE-DUC, THE SKETCHES, 303 00:36:37,194 --> 00:36:45,570 THE SURVEYS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO REMAKE IT." A THOUSAND FRENCH OAK TREES WERE 304 00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:53,377 FELLED FOR THE NEW SPIRE, THEN FINE-CUT BY CARPENTERS IN EASTERN FRANCE. IN OTHER WORKSHOPS AROUND THE 305 00:36:53,444 --> 00:36:59,083 COUNTRY THE CATHEDRAL'S ORGAN, THE LARGEST IN FRANCE, AND MANY OF ITS STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WERE RESTORED. 306 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:04,388 >> HOW MANY WORKERS AND CRAFTSMEN DO YOU HAVE ON THIS PROJECT? >> IF WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL 307 00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:14,832 OF THE PEOPLE IN FRANCE, IT'S ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE. >> Reporter: ON THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF NOTRE DAME A HUGE TENT 308 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:25,943 HAS BEEN ERECTED WHERE STONE CUTTERS AND SCULPTORS ARE RECREATING GOTHIC GARGOYLES AND ADORNMENTS DAMAGED IN THE FIRE. 309 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:34,185 PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE SUPERVISES EVERY DETAIL. "I'LL MAKE THEM PUT THEIR FINGERS ON THE LAYERS OF THE 310 00:37:34,251 --> 00:37:40,391 ORIGINAL SCULPTURE," HE SAID, "AND THEN ON THE LAYER THEY'RE SCULPTING." >> SO HE WANTS YOU TO FEEL IT. 311 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:44,195 >> MM-HMM. >> NOT JUST LOOK AT IT. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> AND THAT WORKS? 312 00:37:44,261 --> 00:37:52,036 >> YEAH. I THINK TOO. >> Reporter: DANAE LEBLOND IS JUST 23 YEARS OLD, SCULPTING AND 313 00:37:52,103 --> 00:38:02,680 CHISELING TO RECREATE A FLORAL DETAIL CARVED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. "WE TRY TO REMAKE THINGS 314 00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:07,918 IDENTICALLY," SHE SAID, "BUT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL SCULPTORS. 315 00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:15,793 SO WE LOOK AT THE TRACES LEFT BY THEIR TOOLS." WE WERE GIVEN RARE ACCESS TO THE PAINSTAKING RESTORATION OF NOTRE 316 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:23,367 DAME AS WORKERS AND ARTISANS REVIVED THE CATHEDRAL'S EXTERIOR -- >> THE TOWERS OF THE CATHEDRAL. 317 00:38:23,434 --> 00:38:32,143 >> Reporter: AND HER INTERIOR. >> OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: THE CATHEDRAL'S GREAT ROSE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN 318 00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:37,648 METICULOUSLY CLEANED. >> LOOK AT THIS. >> Reporter: AND EVERY INCH OF STONE COATED WITH LATEX, WHICH 319 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:49,260 WHEN PEELED AWAY LEAVES THE SURFACE GLEAMING. WE FOUND RESTORERS, MATHILDE MAIRE AND AUDE MASSIMI WORKING 320 00:38:49,326 --> 00:38:57,968 ON PAINTED STONE SCULPTURES DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST. >> HOW OLD IS THIS? 321 00:38:58,035 --> 00:39:07,645 "THIS PART OF THE CATHEDRAL," SHE SAID, "WAS BUILT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 14th CENTURY. THESE SCULPTURES ARE MEDIEVAL." 322 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:14,819 THE RESTORERS ARE CAREFULLY WIPING EVERY SURFACE WITH SMALL COTTON SWABS DIPPED IN A WATER-BASED CLEANING SOLUTION. 323 00:39:14,885 --> 00:39:21,258 >> SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE. >> YES. OUI. 324 00:39:21,325 --> 00:39:27,498 >> Reporter: "YES," SHE SAYS. "YOU HAVE TO BE CALM AND KNOW THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME. BUT IT'S A PLEASURE." 325 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:36,440 >> WE CAN SEE SHE'S WIPING AWAY THE CENTURIES. >> Reporter: A 600-TON MAZE OF SCAFFOLDING HAS BEEN BUILT 326 00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:42,146 INSIDE NOTRE DAME TO SUPPORT ALL THE WORK, ESPECIALLY THE REBUILDING OF THE SPIRE. GENERAL GEORGELIN TOOK US UP 327 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:51,388 THROUGH IT, 2/3 OF THE WAY ON A CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR. WE REACHED THE TOP CLIMBING STEPS AND LADDERS. 328 00:39:51,455 --> 00:40:00,364 >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: WE WERE STANDING 100 FEET ABOVE THE CATHEDRAL FLOOR, IN EXACTLY THE SPOT WHERE 329 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:08,205 THE FLAMING SPIRE COLLAPSED. FOUR YEARS AGO THERE WAS NOTHING HERE BUT A VAST HOLE. >> THE DRAMA TOOK PLACE HERE. 330 00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:16,580 AND WE HAVE TO REBUILD THE VAULT OF THE TRANSEPT. THE SPIRE WILL BE THERE. 66 METERS HIGH. 331 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:22,620 >> Reporter: AT THE TOP OF THE OLD 200-FOOT SPIRE SAT A COPPER SCULPTURE OF A ROOSTER, THE SYMBOL OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE. 332 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:32,363 THE DAY AFTER THE FIRE PHILIPPE VILLENEUVE FOUND IT ON A LOWER ROOF, A BIT MANGLED BUT MIRACULOUSLY UNTOUCHED BY THE 333 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:39,503 FLAMES. IT HAS BEEN LEFT AS IT WAS FOUND AND WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY IN THE RESTORED CATHEDRAL. 334 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:46,944 "CAN I TELL YOU," VILLENEUVE SAYS, "THAT I PLAN TO PUT A NEW ROOSTER ON TOP OF A NEW SPIRE ONE YEAR TO THE DAY BEFORE THE 335 00:40:47,011 --> 00:40:57,822 REOPENING OF THE CATHEDRAL. THERE WILL STILL BE SCAFFOLDING, BUT THE FRAME OF THE SPIRE WILL AGAIN BE IN THE SKY OF PARIS." 336 00:40:57,888 --> 00:41:04,195 >> AND THE SPIRE WILL REST, REPOSE -- >> REST. >> REST. 337 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:07,665 ON THESE FOUR PILLARS YOU SEE HERE. YOU SEE? >> BE MAGNIFICENT. 338 00:41:07,731 --> 00:41:10,734 >> MAGNIFICENT, YES. FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND FRANCE. 339 00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:20,044 >>> RECREATING NOTRE DAME'S ICONIC SPIRE. >> YOU TOOK THESE DOWN FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE? 340 00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:32,823 >> >>> NOW, THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES." 341 00:41:35,793 --> 00:41:41,765 >>> PREPARING TONIGHT'S STORY, WE WERE REMINDED OF THE ROLE NOTRE DAME, A SOARING "PRAYER IN STONE" HAS PLAYED IN THE LIFE OF 342 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:50,374 PARIS AND ALL OF FRANCE. OUR OWN HOUSES OF PRAYER ARE AS OFTEN PRAYERS IN BRICK OR WOOD AS OF GRANITE OR LIMESTONE. 343 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:58,382 BUT THEY ARE EVERY BIT AS VITAL TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. HOUSES OF PRAYER ARE OFTEN HOUSES OF REFUGE FOR THE HUNGRY, 344 00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:05,923 HOUSES OF HOSPITALITY FOR THE ADDICTED, THE ALCOHOLIC, AND THE ABUSED. IN SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES, 345 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:13,564 IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND AMONG PEOPLE IN SPIRITUAL NEED, OUR CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES, OUR MOSQUES AND TEMPLES, GRAND OR 346 00:42:13,631 --> 00:42:22,706 SIMPLE, ARE OUR OWN NOTRE DAMES. I'M BILL WHITAKER. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 MINUTES." 347 00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:43,994 HAPPY EASTER, A JOYOUS PASSOVER, AND A PEACEFUL ORTHODOX HOLY WEEK.