PBS NewsHour

How Notre Dame fire should shape our perspective on crisis

Clip: 04/23/2019 | 3m 45s | Video has closed captioning.

Protesters took to the streets of Paris and other French cities over the weekend, asking why billionaires and the government have rushed to the aid of Notre Dame Cathedral instead of the millions of people confronting economic hardship. French historian Stephane Gerson shares his humble opinion on how the crisis should shape collective responses to environmental destruction and forced migration.