'CHAOTIC': Riot police deploy tear gas, flash bangs to break up far-left protests

AFTER AND WE WILL STAY HERE. UNTIL THE WIN. >> Sandra: JEFF PAUL HAS BEEN. REPORTING FROM PARIS IN THE. MIDDLE OF ALL OF IT. JEFF. >> SANDRA, FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL DAY. TODAY. YESTERDAY A MUCH DIFFERENT. STORY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. PROTESTORS GATHERING THERE IN. CENTRAL PARIS. FOR THE MOST PART FOR SEVERAL. HOURS IT WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL. BUT THEN THERE WAS A SCUFFLE. BETWEEN THE RIOT POLICE AND. PROTESTORS WHEN THINGS GOT A BIT.

CHAOTIC. WE WERE RIGHT THERE AS POLICE. FIRED TEAR GAS, FLASH BANGS AND. USED WATER CANNONS TO GET THE. CROWD TO MOVE THAT. THE CROWD EVENTUALLY DISPERSED. SAW SOME PEOPLE GETTING INJURED. AND ARRESTED. MORE THAN 6,000 HAVE BEEN TAKEN. INTO CUSTODY. STUDENT PROTESTORS WE'VE SPOKEN. TO SAY THEY WILL NOT BE. INTIMIDATED BY POLICE TACTICS. SAYING THEIR CAUSE IS JUST TOO. IMPORTANT.

>> THERE WAS NO HEATING. WE WERE EITHER COLD OR HOT IN. SUMMER AND WINTER. OUR HIGH SCHOOL WALLS WOULD. FLOOD WHEN IT RAINED. WE COULDN'T ACCESS THE TOP. FLOOR. COCKROACHES NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF. THE SCHOOL. NOT CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE. SHOULD BE STUDYING. >> AFTER THE MEETING, THE. STUDENT PROTESTORS DID MEET WITH. FRANCE'S EDUCATION SECRETARY AND. ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY PLAN TO. ADD 3,000 MORE TEACHERS TO FILL. STAFFING GAPS. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO SAID THEY. WILL DEVELOP WAYS TO GIVE THE.

STUDENTS MORE OF A VOICE. WE'RE ALSO SEEING IN ADDITION TO. THE STUDENTS AT THESE PROTESTS. SEEING TRADE UNIONS, POLITICAL. GROUPS AS WELL AS TEACHERS. THEY TELL US THE NEXT PROTEST IS. PLANNED FOR TUESDAY AND THEN THE. FOLLOWING WEEKEND AFTER THAT. THEY ARE HOPING TO ORGANIZE A. BIG MAJOR NATIONWIDE PROTEST. SAND. >> Sandra: THANK YOU. LET'S BRING IN NILE GARDINER. DIRECTOR OF THE THATCHER CENTER. FOR FREEDOM AT THE HERITAGE. FOUNDATION. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WHO ARE THESE FAR LEFT POLITICAL. AGITATORS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN. THE STREETS OF THESE CITIES? >> IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, SANDRA. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THESE RIOTS. IN FRANCE HAVE NOTHING AT ALL, OF COURSE, TO DO WITH SCHOOLS. AND EDUCATION. THIS IS ABOUT ANARCHY AND. LAWLESSNESS AND VIOLENCE. YOU DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF. FAR LEFT ORGANIZATIONS, LARGELY. HEADED BY THE LEADING COMMUNIST. CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. NEXT SPRING IN FRANCE'S.

ELECTIONS AND WORKING TOGETHER. WITH ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS TO. STIR UP A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE. RIOTERS ARE ACTUALLY SECOND AND. THIRD GENERATION MIGRANTS TO. FRANCE AND MASS MIGRATION HAS. PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE. VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING. BUT WE DO HAVE THIS EVIL. ALLIANCE BETWEEN HARD LINE. ISLAMIC C GROUPS AND THE FAR LE. AND THEY ARE WORKING TO. DESTABILIZE FRANCE.

THIS IS AN UPRISING WE ARE. SEEING IN FRANCE RIGHT NOW. MY SENSE IS THAT THE VIOLENCE. WILL SPREAD TO THE LARGELY. MUSLIM-DOMINATED SUBURBS. SURROUNDING PARIS AND LEON AND. MARSEILLE AND OTHER BIG FRENCH. CITIES. FRANCE IS A TINDERBOX AND COULD. GO UP IN FLAMES IN THE NEXT. COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS, VERY GRAVE AND YOU HAVE A. WEAK-KNEED PRESIDENT IN THE FORM. OF M MACRON RIGHT NOW WHO IS DOG.

VERY LITTLE TO DEAL WITH THI.