Chaos ERUPTS in France: Thousands arrested, hundreds injured in student uprising

AND PRESIDENT ENDORSED IT, IT IS. SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR. ENEMIES. >> Griff: OVERSEAS, LIVE LOOK AT. PARIS, STUDENTS HOLDING NATIONAL. DAY OF SCHOOL PROTEST. YOUNG PEOPLE HITTING THE STREET. DEMANDING BETTER SCHOOL. CONDITIONS. >> Ainsley: AND JEFF PAUL IS. LIVE AT THE PROTEST IN PARIS. WITH MORE. HI, JEFF. >> Jeff: WE ARE EXPECTING BIG. CROWDS IN PARIS AND THROUGHOUT. FRANCE CALLING FOR NATIONWIDE.

DAY OF PROTEST. BIG AMOUNT OF CROWDS AND PEOPLE. HAVE GATHERED IN CENTRAL PAIR I. GUESS FOR TODAY, GROWN IN SIZE. AND MOVEMENT. TRADE UNIONS ARE INVOLVE. STUDENTS FACE DISADVANTAGED. SCHOOLS, OVERCROWDED CLASSROOM. AND CRUMBLING BUILDINGS, DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE LED TO.

CLASHES WITH RIOT POLICE. THEY HAVE STARTED FIRES AND. THROWN ROCKS AT OFFICERS. 5000 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, VAST. MAJORITY ARE MINORS. ONE STUDENT HAD HIS HAND BLOWN. OFF DURING A CONFRONTATION. ONE SAID THEY HOPE THE. GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING NOW. >> MAKE NOISE IN THE STREET AND. IF ON TV THEY WON'T SHOW. IMPORTANT THINGS IF YOU LOOK OUT.

THE WINDOW, YOU SEE WHAT. STUDENTS WANT AND ARE ASKING. FOR. >> POLITICAL SIDE OF THINGS, CRITICS OF THE FAR LEFT ACCUSE. THEM OF PROVOKING AND. MANIPULATING STUDENTS FOR THEIR. OWN POLITICAL GAIN. FAR LEFT SAYS IT IS NOT. ORGANIZING THEM. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THEY ARE. LISTENING TO STUDENTS BUT. STANDING BY POLICE WHO HAVE BEEN. HURT. DEMONSTRATORS SAY THEY WANT. SOMETHING CONCRETE.

4 TO 500 SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED. WILL THE PROTESTS TURN MORE. VIOLENT? POLICE ARE STANDING BY READY TO.