How Notre-Dame, 850 Years Old, Was Nearly Lost Tion of Our Country.” “They Don’T Love Our Country,” He Told the Roaring Crowd
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C M Y K Nxxx,2019-07-18,A,001,Bs-4C,E2_+ Late Edition Today, variably cloudy, heavy show- ers or thunderstorms, humid, high 83. Tonight, partly cloudy, humid, low 76. Tomorrow, hot, humid, high 91. Weather map is on Page B16. VOL. CLXVIII ... No. 58,392+ © 2019 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019 $3.00 IMPEACHMENT BID FIZZLES AS TRUMP ESCALATES ATTACK HOUSE DEMOCRATS SPLIT President Claims Victory, Saying Liberal Critics Seek Nation’s Ruin By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and NICHOLAS FANDOS WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday killed an attempt to impeach President Trump for statements that the chamber con- demned this week as racist, turn- ing aside an accusation that he had brought “ridicule, disgrace and disrepute” to his office. The move split Democrats, un- derscoring the divisions within the party over whether they should use their majority to charge Mr. Trump and try to re- move him from office, with 95 sig- naling their support for at least considering the question further, and 137 moving to stop the current effort in its tracks. The president brushed off the vote as a victory, and hours later, at a rally in Greenville, N.C., he showed no signs of easing his at- tacks or toning down the vicious language that led to the impeach- ment attempt. He charged that the “dangerous, militant hard left” among the Democrats were “hate- filled extremists who are con- THOMAS GOISQUE stantly trying to tear our country Scaffolding atop the attic of Notre-Dame cathedral survived the April 15 fire. The hole at top center was left by the collapse of the 750-ton spire. down.” By the end of the rally, Mr. Trump went even further, accus- ing them of seeking the “destruc- How Notre-Dame, 850 Years Old, Was Nearly Lost tion of our country.” “They don’t love our country,” he told the roaring crowd. “I think, in some cases, they hate our coun- Famed Paris Cathedral Still Stands Only Because Firefighters Risked Everything try. You know what? If they don’t love it, tell them to leave it.” guard who was standing just a few feet sacristy and run to the main attic. gation by the French authorities that Mr. Trump specifically went af- This article is by Elian Peltier, James from the altar. But by the time the guard climbed 300 will continue for months. ter the four freshman congress- Glanz, Mika Gröndahl, Weiyi Cai, Adam Go check for fire, the guard was told. narrow steps to the attic, the fire was But the damage is done. What hap- women — all women of color — Nossiter and Liz Alderman. He did and found nothing. burning out of control — putting fire- pened that night changed Paris. The ca- whom he urged this week “to go It took nearly 30 minutes before they fighters in a near impossible position thedral — a soaring medieval structure back” to their country of origin. Of PARIS — The security employee realized their mistake: The guard had when they were finally called, half an that has captured the hearts of believer the four, only Representative Il- monitoring the smoke alarm panel at gone to the wrong building. hour after the alert. and nonbeliever alike for 850 years — han Omar of Minnesota, a refugee Notre-Dame cathedral was just three The fire was in the attic of the cathe- The miscommunication, uncovered was ravaged. from Somalia, was born overseas. days on the job when the red warning dral, the famed latticework of ancient in interviews with church officials and Today three jagged openings mar No- At the mention of her name, the light flashed on the evening of April 15: timbers known as “the forest.” The managers of the fire security company, tre-Dame’s vaulted ceiling, the stone of crowd chanted: “Send her back! “Feu.” Fire. guard had gone to the attic of a small ad- Elytis, has set off a bitter round of fin- the structure is precarious, and the roof Continued on Page A20 It was 6:18 on a Monday, the week be- jacent building, the sacristy. ger-pointing over who was responsible is gone. Some 150 workers are busy re- fore Easter. The Rev. Jean-Pierre The security employee called his boss for allowing the fire to rage unchecked covering the stones, shoring up the Caveau was celebrating Mass before but didn’t reach him. When the man- for so long. Who is to blame and how the building, and protecting it from the ele- REBUKE William P. Barr and hundreds of worshipers and visitors, ager phoned back, they deciphered the fire started have not yet been deter- and the employee radioed a church mistake and called the guard: Leave the mined and are at the heart of an investi- Continued on Page A6 Wilbur Ross were held in con- tempt of Congress. PAGE A20 Planned Parenthood’s Struggle: Getting Past a Border, but Only to Say Goodbye House Passes Is It a Service or an Advocate? Repeal of Tax By CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM and MIRIAM JORDAN In Health Law By SARAH KLIFF BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Heydi and SHANE GOLDMACHER Gámez Garcia was discovered by her aunt just after midnight. WASHINGTON — Leana Wen By ABBY GOODNOUGH had already made a name for her- In recent weeks, Heydi, a 13- WASHINGTON — In the heat self as Baltimore’s health commis- year-old immigrant from Hon- of the legislative fight over the Af- sioner when Planned Parenthood duras, had become increasingly fordable Care Act, Obama admin- hired her as its new president last depressed about her father, who istration officials argued that in- fall. had been held in detention since cluding a steep tax on high-cost, Dr. Wen, a 36-year-old physi- he was caught illegally crossing generous health insurance plans cian, had used innovative policies the southern border in early June. was critical to the law because it to combat the opioid epidemic and It had been his third attempt in would hold down soaring costs delivered a widely watched TED four years to reach the United while helping to pay for its ex- Talk. She regularly appeared on States to be with his only child, panded health benefits. lists of the most influential health who was living with his sisters in On Wednesday, that feature, care leaders and government offi- New York. But as days turned into once considered central to Oba- cials. JAMES LAWLER DUGGAN/REUTERS weeks and more than a month CHRISTOPHER LEE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES macare, was dealt a blow by an un- But Dr. Wen’s tenure at Planned Dr. Leana Wen, former presi- passed without his release, the Heydi Gámez Garcia, 13, a Honduran immigrant on life support. likely foe: Democrats. Parenthood was rocky and short, dent of Planned Parenthood. young girl seemed to lose hope, The House voted almost unani- ending after eight months on her family said. mously to repeal the tax, which There was Heydi, hanging from a 32, the aunt Heydi lived with in the Tuesday when the board of direc- Around 10:30 p.m. one night was intended to prompt employ- phone-charging cable that she Long Island hamlet of Brentwood. tors ousted her following several to add new pages to the Planned last week, Heydi shut herself in a ers to rein in such costly plans and “I thought she would be safer here weeks of tense and sometimes ac- Parenthood website about topics room, saying she wanted to be had fashioned into a noose. force employees to spend more of rimonious negotiations. like asthma and the common cold alone. About an hour and a half She was unconscious, on the with me, safer than in Honduras.” their own money on their care. It Current and former Planned — conditions that its clinics do not later, her aunt, Zoila, gently edge of death. She had left no note Heydi’s short life story was was expected to be a key cost-con- Parenthood officials describe Dr. typically treat. One of her first ma- opened the door to offer her a — nothing to help explain what, of much like those of thousands of tainment provision in President Wen as a smart but alienating jor campaigns was simply called snack. Maybe some cookies and the many things that can lead Central American families who Barack Obama’s signature health manager who wanted to signifi- “This is health care.” milk would cheer her up, she young people to take their own have been making their way to the law and one of the main ways it cantly reorient the group’s focus But as states began to pass ever thought. lives, had prompted her to try to United States over the past five was supposed to pay for itself. away from the abortion wars and more restrictive laws on abortion, But the bed with blue and violet end hers. years, petitioning for asylum from It was not to go into effect until more toward its role as a women’s and with the addition of a conser- flowered sheets was empty. Zoila “She was so smart, it doesn’t the turmoil of their homelands 2022, but the unions never liked it, health provider. vative justice to the Supreme peered out the window, and then make sense why she made a deci- and hoping that the challenges of nor did business groups or Repub- Early in her tenure, for in- Court — endangering Roe v. Wade caught a glimpse of the closet on sion like this, a decision so out of building a new life in an unfamiliar licans.