135 Paris protesters ARRESTED as far-left groups mobilize across Europe

LISA: UNREST ACROSS EUROPE THIS. MORNING. RIOT POLICE IN PARIS ARE. TRACKING EVERY MOVE TO AVOID A. REPEAT OF LAST WEEKEND'S RIOTS. ARRESTS ALREADY SURPASSING 100. TODAY. GRIFF: LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH. JONATHAN HUNT LIVE ON THE GROUND. IN PARIS. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, GUYS. THOUSANDS ARE MARCHING THROUGH. THE STREETS OF PARIS RIGHT NOW. WHERE WE ARE STANDING IS WHAT IS.

SUPPOSED TO BE THE END POINT OF. THIS HUGE MARCH. THE CROWD MOVING SLOWER THAN WE. THOUGHT. WE LEAPFROGGED AHEAD OF THEM, THEY HAVEN'T GOT HERE YET. BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF POLICE. OFFICERS READY TO PREVENT THEM. FROM LEAVING THIS POINT AND. CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE. HAVE SEEN BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG CONCERN HERE. IS A REPEAT OF WHAT WE SAW ON. OCTOBER 17TH, A WEEK AGO, WHEN. SOME OF THE THOUSANDS WHO. MARCHED DECIDED TO ENGAGE IN. VERY VIOLENT BEHAVE.

A -- BEHAVIOR. AT THE END OF IT, LOOTING AND. DAMAGING MANY BUILDINGS AND. DESTROYING MANY BUSINESSES. THROUGHOUT PARIS. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT. THESE POLICE JOINED THISIS WEEKD. BY THOUSANDS OF TROOPS AS WELL. WHO ARE ON THE STREETS OF PARIS. AND OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT. FRANCE. WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE. OF DAYS BUSINESSES, HUNDREDS OF. THEM ON THE STREETS OF PARIS, BOARDING UP, HOPING THAT THEIR. BUSINESSES CAN SURVIVE THIS.

WEEKEND. OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD. FROM THE PROTESTERS THIS WEEK. AND LAST WEEK IS THAT THIS IS A. PROTEST IN TERMS OF THE YOUNG. PEOPLE AGAINST WHAT THEY BELIEVE. ARE POOR EDUCATION STANDARDS, WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE POOR IF. JOB PROSPECTS FOR THEM. WE ALSO SAW THOUGH TODAY AMONG. THE THOUSANDS MARCHING A LOT OF. OLDER PEOPLE. THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT WITH THE. FRENCH ECONOMY CLEARLY. STRUGGLING, THAT THEIR STATE. PENSIONS COULD BE UNDER THREAT. SO IT'S A HUGE PROTEST.

SO FAR TODAY IT HAS BEEN A. PEACEFUL ONE. BACK TO YOU GUYS. GRIFF: JONATHAN HUNT, THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. KEVIN: SO HERE'S A QUESTION, IS. THAT SOCIALIST THREAT COMING TO. OUR HOMELAND? WHAT -- COMMENTATOR JOE SWEENEY. JOINING US NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE, JOE, FRANKLY, ARE CONCERNED. >> I THINK THEY'VE GOT EVERY. REASON. AND PARIS IS A GREAT PREVIEW. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IF. YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT SOCIALIST.

POLICIES LOOK LIKE, LOOK NO. FURTHER THAN FRANCE. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE. UTOPIAN, PROGRESSIVE DREAM. HUGE WELFARE FRAMES -- PROGRAMS, HUGE SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION, INCLUDING THEIR COLLEGE. TESTIMONY, HIGH -- SYSTEM, HIGH. TAXES AND IT'S COMPLAINT CHAOS. OVER THERE. IF WE WANT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN. PARIS TO HAPPEN HERE, WE JUST. CONTINUE PRESSING PLAY ON WHAT. MAMDANI'S DOING. GRIFF: YOU RAISED A GOOD POINT. ABOUT THE PUBLIC DEBT TO GDP. IT'S LIKE 115, 120%.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE. MONEY. THAT'S HOW THEY GOT HERE. BUT YET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE. NUMBER OF GROUPS, AND SOME ARE. FAR LEFT, YOU KNOW, THE ANTIFA. AND GROUPS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE. REALLY HIJACKING IT, IT SEEMS. LIKE. >> YES. GRIFF: WHAT'S THEIR END GOAL. >> TO CAUSE CAN CHAOS AND. DISRUPTION. WHEN YOU TURN ON CNN, THEY'LL. HAVE YOU BELIEVE THESE ARE ALL. FUTURE DOCTORS, ENGINEERS OF. AMERICA ANGRY THAT THEY'RE. CUTTING LATIN. THESE ARE LOOTERS, OP TO HAVE.

PINISTS. YOU -- OPPORTUNISTS. YOU DON'T EVEN SEE FRENCH FLAGS. I THINK THERE'S MASSIVE. GASLIGHTING BROKEN ON. THERE'S SHOPS BEING BROKEN. INTO -- DESTABLING INSTITUTIONS. AND CAPITALISM IS THEIR END GOAL. BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE AND MORE. INTERVENTION IN OUR LIVES. LISA: WE HAVE SEEN MORE YOUNG. PEOPLE TURNING TO SOCIALISM. WE'VE SEEN POLLS HERE IN THE. UNITED STATES AS WELL. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> I THINK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY.

THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS, HAVE A. VALID DECEMBER SATISFACTION WITH. LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES --. DISSATISFACTION. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. RIGHT AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THE PEOPLE WERE SO POOR AND. DOWNTRODDEN BECAUSE OF THIS HUGE. CYCLE AND DOWNTURN IN OUR. ECONOMY THAT THEY LOOKED TO THE. GOVERNMENT FOR HELP. AND THAT'S TO WHEN THERE WAS. THIS BIG TECHS PANG OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- EXPANSION. OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE'RE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. TO BE A YOUNG STUDENT, YOU JUST. LEFT COLLEGE AND DON'T SEE A. PRODUCTIVE FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU, YOU LOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT TO.

SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. I ALWAYS TELL FOLKS THE. GOVERNMENT ISN'T THE ANSWER, FREE MARKET CAPITALISM IS. IF WE DEEP GOING DOWN THIS ROAD, WE'RE -- KEEP GOING DOWN THIS. ROAD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARIS. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA. KEVIN: ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES. IS UNFETTERED MIGRATION. AND RAMPANT IMMIGRATION WHEN YOU. DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM TO. SUPPORT ALL THE PEOPLE, WHEN YOU. DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING TO. SUPPORT ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU. DON'T HAVE THE JOB AVAILABILITY. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, THAT'S. WHAT'S AGO HAPPENING THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S A CLARION.

CALL TO GET A HANDLE ON IT HERE. DOMESTICALLY. >> YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN'T HAVE. TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN'T HAVE OPEN BORDERS. COMBINED WITH A WELFARE STATE. I THINK THAT'S JUST COMMON. SENSE. IF YOU HAVE THE OPEN BORDERS AND. YOU'RE INVITING FOLKS TO COME. IN, ESPECIALLY THOSE BORN LESS. FORTUNATE AND LESS PRIVILEGED, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO COME. IN. BUT THAT'S UNSUSTAINABLE BECAUSE. YOU'RE JUST PAYING THEIR WAY, PAYING THEIR TICKET. GRIFF: YOU MENTIONED FREE MARKET. CAPITALISTS. THERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF FREE.

MARKET CAPITALISM NAMED KEN. GRIFFIN, THE CEO OF CITADEL, AND. HE'S LOOKING AT PARIS AND. COMPARING IT TO THE U.S. LISTEN TO THIS AND I'LL GET YOUR. REACTION. [NO AUDIO]. >> I THINK PARIS SHOULD BE A. REAL WAKE-UP CALL TO EVERY. SINGLE YOUNG AMERICAN. FRANCE IS THE DREAM THAT THE. LEFT TALKS ABOUT. THAT DREAM DOESN'T BELONG IN OUR. COUNTRY.

A SOCIETY WHERE IT COMES DOWN TO. HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE FROM. OTHERS. THEY'LL FIRST TAKE YOUR PROPERTY. AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE YOUR. PERSONAL RIGHTS. THAT'S NOT A SOCIETY THAT WE. WANT TO CREATE IN OUR COUNTRY. GRIFF: DO YOU AGREE? >> N NO NOTES. ABSOLUTELY NO NOTES. I THINK WHAT KEN GRIFFIN'S. TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE'RE. SEEING IN PARIS AND EUROPE IS. ONE SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION. NO NO COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF. HUMAN CIVILIZATION HAS EVER. TAXED ITSELF INTO PROSPERITY. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE UNITED.

STATES AND OUR FEDERALIST. SYSTEM, STATES HAVE TO COMPETE. WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND WE'RE SEEING THIS RIGHT NOW. BETWEEN FLORIDA AND NEW YORK. OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, NEW. YORK'S LOST OVER 30,000 JOBS AND. MAMDANI IS THE NUMBER ONE. FLORIDA ARE REALTOR BECAUSE. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TO GO TO A. LOWER TAX STATE WITH A HIGHER. QUALITY OF LIVING. YOU CAN'T KEEP INCREASING THIS. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND. EXPECT SUCCESSFUL WE'RE SEEING. IT HAPPEN IN REALTIME HERE IN. MANHATTAN. LISA: IT'S SO MUCH COMMON SENSE. THAT IF YOU'VE GOT THIS WELFARE. STATE AND YOU'RE ALLOWING ALL.

THESE NEW PEOPLE TO COME IN, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHI.