EUROPE IN CHAOS: Violent protests spread beyond France

. >> Brian: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIT ATTACHMENT CONTINUE TO GO. AROUND THE GLOBE. CHAOS IN FRANCE OVER THE. WEEKEND. VIOLENT PROTESTERS SLASH WITH. AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TENSIONS UNFOLDING AS PARIS. WELCOMED NFL FANS ACROSS THE. U.S. STEELERS SAINTS MATCHUP. WHICH THE STEELERS WON. GREG PALKOT IS LIVE IN PARIS. WITH THE LATEST. HEY, GREG. >> HEY, BRIAN. YEAH. PROTESTS CONTINUING HERE IN. FRANCE AND ALL ACROSS EUROPE. OVER THE WEEKEND, WE SAW OVER. 400,000 PEOPLE TAKE TO THE. STREETS IN PARIS AND OTHER MAJOR. FRENCH CITIES.

THERE WERE CLASHES BETWEEN. POLICE AND DEMONSTRATORS HERE IN. THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THAT. 70,000 POLICE ARRESTED 1300. PEOPLE, AND KEPT THE LID ON. WIDESPREAD RANSACKING SHOPS AND. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS A REAL. LANDMARK OF THE UNREST A WEEK. AGO. IT SEEMS THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE. BOTTLE IN EUROPE. THIS WEEKEND SAW ANOTHER ROUND. OF COPYCAT VIOLENCE IN SEVERAL. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IN THE CAPITAL OF ALBANIA,

PROTESTERS ATTACKED GOVERNMENT. OFFICES AND POLICE TURNED ON. THEM WITH WATER CANNONS. IN ROME, FLORENCIO AND. TEMPERATURE RENT ITALY, BRUSSELS. BELGIUM AND MADRID IN BARCELONA. SPAIN, SET FIRES, POLICE. RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS, ALL OF. THIS, YES, IT IS AN ANGER. AGAINST RISING PRICES AND. SLIPPING PUBLIC SERVICES AND. GOVERNMENT MOSTLY OUT OF TOUCH. WITH AN INCREASINGLY UPSET. PUBLIC. BACK HERE IN FRANCE, POLITICIAN. MARIA LE PEN LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE. ON THE CHAOS LAUNCHING HER RUN.

FOR PRESIDENT WITH ELECTIONS IN. SIX MONTHS, THE CALL FOR LAW AND. ORDER AND A TIGHTENING OF. IMMIGRATION POLICIES HAS HER. POLLING WELL AHEAD OF HER. RIVALS. AND, FINALLY, BRIAN, CURRENT. PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON LOOKS. MORE AND MORE HELPLESS IN THE. SITUATION. PRAISING SECURITY FORCES LAST. NIGHT FROM MAINTAINING RELATIVE. CALM AND CLAIMING HIS GOVERNMENT. WOULD CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH THE. CONCRETED RESPONSES. BEYOND TALKING.

ALREADY PLANNING THE NEXT ROUND. OF PROTESTS, MASS SIT-INS. OUTSIDE OF PARLIAMENTENNENED. S. NEXT SATURDAY ARE PLANNED NO. WORD ON WHETHER OFFICIALS WILL. ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AND YES, THAT NFL GAFL WENT OFF. YESTERDAY, AND THE MEMBERS OF. STEELER NATION PRETTY PLEASED. WITH THE RESULTS, 16-10 OVER NEW. ORLEANS SAINTS. NO ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THERE. BACK TO YOU, BRIAN. >> Brian: THEY COULDN'T BRING. THEIR FAMILY AND DO THE TOURIST. ATTRACTIONS BUT THEY JUST PLAYED. THE GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE NFL.

PLAYED THERE SENIOR FELLOW AT. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION MIKE. GONZALEZ JOINS US NOW TO. ANALYZE. MIKE, I KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH. DEBT 120 MEMBERS OF G.D.P. I KNOW THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX. RATE IN THE WORLD BUT YET 50%. DON'T AT A PACKS. THE MATH DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS LESS ABOUT THAT AND MORE. ABOUT EXTREMIST AGENDA, IT. SEEMS. >> YEAH, BRIAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU KNOW, TIPP O'NEAL USED TO. SAY THAT ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL. FOR THE LEFT AT LEAST IN 2026, ALL POLITICS IS TRANSNATIONAL.

YOUR CORRESPONDENT WAS. COMPLETELY RIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU. SEEN ACROSS EUROPE IS COPYCAT. THE PROTESTS BRAZIL ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY FEEDING INTO THE LEFT. BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THE. LEFT, THE COMMUNIST PRESIDENT. LULA STOLE THE ELECTIONS, NOW. THEY'RE LOOKING KEY ELECTIONS. THERE. WHAT -- WHAT REALLY IF YOU HAVE. WANT TO EXPLAIN IT IS IF THIS IS. A LEFT AND ISLAMIST, YOU KNOW,

SET OF ORGANIZATIONS A RAID. AGAINST THE WEST. THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST. JERUSALEM, THEANGS, ROME, LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, WHAT ABOUT. IS THERE THAN ATTACKING THE COAL. ASSUME. IN FRANCE, THEY ARE VANDALIZING. STATUES OF JOAN OF ARK. THE PATRIOT SAINT OF FRANCE. THEY ARE SMEARING AND PAINTING. STATUTES. REPRESENT THE REPUBLIC WE HAVE. TO LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS. FRANCE IS ONE POINT IN THIS.

WHOLE TRANSNATIONAL NETWORK YOUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT ASRA AM IN MY. DONE STELLAR WORK PINPOINTING. THESE ORGANIZATIONS. >> I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM. NICHOLAS SARKOZY'S SON ONCE THE. LEADER OF FRANCE. THIS IS WHAT HE SAID IS REALLY. HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. >> UNFORTUNATE TRANSIS A VERY. DIVIDED COUNTRY. ONLY GOING TO SEE IT GET WORSE. IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD. I SIMPLY DO NOT SEE WITH.

UNUNPOPULAR PRESIDENT SIX MONTHS. LEFT NO MAJORITY WITH NO. CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO EITHER. THE FAR RIGHT OR FAR LEFT HOW. FRANCE LEAVES THIS TROUBLESOME. STATE OF AFFAIRS. >> Brian: ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY. WON'T OWN UP TO WHAT THE CAUSE. OF IT IS. >> YEAH. EXACTLY. EXCELLENT POINT. I WAS TRYING TO MIND WHAT TOOK. PLACE. NPR REPORT ON FRANCE AND I. LISTENED TO IT NPR SAYS THESE.

ARE LEADERLESS PROTESTED. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE COMMUNIST PARTY BEHIND. COORDINATING THESE PROTESTS. A VERY FAR LEFT UNION IS BEHIND. THIS. SO THESE ARE NOT LEADERLESS. PROTESTS. AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT DO YOU SEE THE PROTEST. WAIVING? THE PALESTINIAN FLAG. THE FLAG OF THE PALESTINIAN AND. ARABS. THE FLAG OF MOROCCO AND ALGERIA. NOWHERE HAVE I SEEN THE FRENCH. STRIPE COLOR BEING WAVED,.

>> BRAZIL, EVERYWHERE, GROUPS OF. LEFTIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT HATE. CAPITALISM, HATE THE. JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHIC. IT'S GLOBAL. >> Brian: I 100 PERCENT AGREE. WITH YOU. SO MADDENING THAT MACRON TAKES. SHOTS AT OUR PRESIDENT INSTEAD. OF TRYING TO CLEAN UP HIS. STREETS. IT IS NUTS. MAYBE IS HE TOO NAIVE TO KNOW.

WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON OR. DOESN'T WANT TO.