France deploys 70,000 officers, security personnel ahead of renewed protests

[BACKGROUND SOUNDS]. KEVIN: FRANCE DEPLOYING 700,000. OFFICERS AND SECURITY PERSONNEL, TAKING NO CHANCES AS PROTESTS --. PROTEST CROWDS IN PARIS GROW BY. THE MINUTE. LISA: OFFICIALS HOPING TO AVOID. A REPEAT OF LAST WEEKEND'S. RIOTS. STRAIGHT TO JONATHAN HUNT LIVE. ON THE GROUND IN PARIS.

JONATHAN, YOU'RE WATCHING ALL OF. THIS. WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW? >> Reporter: YEAH, GOOD. MORNING TO YOU GUYS. WE ARE IN CENTRAL PARIS. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE. STARTING POINT FOR THE BIGGEST. OF TODAY'S PROTESTS AND MARCHES, BUT JUST IN THE LAST HOUR WE'VE. SEEN A LOT OF THE POLICE THAT. YOU SEE ACROSS THE SQUARE HERE. MOVING IN TO REMOVE THE. PROTESTERS WHO ARE JUST. BEGINNING TO GATHER HERE. A LOT OF THESE OFFICERS ARE IN. PARTIAL BODY ARMOR AS YOU CAN. SEE RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THEM.

CARRYING THE G-36 AUTOMATIC. RIFLES THAT IS THE WEAPON OF. CHOICE FOR RIOT POLICE HERE IN. FRANCE. AND ACROSS TO MY RIGHT HERE, YOU. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT GRAY TRUCK, THAT IS A WATER CANNON TRUCK. THAT IS THE KIND OF RESOURCE. THAT IS ALSO ON STANDBY TO. DISPERSE THOSE PROTESTERS SHOULD. THEY COME BACK. WE'LL SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS OVER. THE NEXT FEW HOURS HERE AND. ACROSS PARIS. TROOPS HAVE ALSO BEEN CALLED IN. THIS WEEK.

THEY WEREN'T OUT IN ANY FORCE. LAST WEEKEND. THEY ARE HERE ACROSS PARIS TODAY. TO TROY TO PREVENT THE SORT OF. SCENES WE SAW LAST WEEK. ALSO HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES. ACROSS THIS CITY HAVE BOARDED UP. THE FRONTS OF THEIR STORES AND. OTHER BUILDINGS TODAY BECAUSE OF. THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE LAST. WEEK. WHAT THEY WANT TO AVOID, THE. AUTHORITIES AND THE BUSINESS. OWNERS, OF COURSE, IS A REPEAT. OF OCTOBER THE 17TH WHEN WE SAW. THOSE FIRES BEING SET ACROSS.

PARIS AND IN CITIES ACROSS THIS. COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES WERE SO. BADLY DAMAGED, HUNDREDS OF. BUSINESSES WERE LOOTED ON THAT. OCCASION. OF COURSE, THERE ARE ALWAYS A. LOT OF AMERICAN TOURISTS IN. PARIS. THERE ARE MANY HERE THIS WEEKEND. FOR THE STEELERS-SAINTS GAME, THE NFL GAME, WHICH H IS DUE TO. TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. WE'RE TOLD THAT THAT WILL GO. AHEAD AS PLANNED AS IT STANDS AT. THE MOMENT. AND THOSE FANS WHO ARE HERE SAY.

THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. LISTEN. >> WE CAME HERE FOR THE FOOTBALL. GAME, THE NFL GAME, SO WE'RE. HOPING THAT YOU ARE STEELERS. WIN, NUMBER ONE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ACTIVITY. FROM THE PROTESTS AT ALL. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE DAYS. NOW. IT'S NOT CHANGING OUR PLANS. WE HOPE THAT THE GAME CONTINUES. >> Reporter: SO QUIET HERE. RIGHT NOW. WE'LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS. IT IS EARLY IN THE DAY. BACK TO YOU GUYS, GRIFF.

GRIFF: ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN. WE'LL CONTINUE THE FOLLOW IT AND. CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> MEANWHILE, FRENCH OFFICIALS. SAY SOME 50 ANTIFA IF GROUPS IN. FRANCE ARE JOINING PROTESTER. TOSS CAPITALIZE ON THE CHAOS AND. A MAJOR RED-GREEN NETWORK IS. LINKING FAR LEFT AND ISLAMIST. GROUPS ACROSS NINE COUNTRIES. LET'S TALK A LOOK. FOX NEWS HAS RECOVERED THIS SORT. OF CHAOS THAT IS HAPPENING, THE. RISE OF THE RED-GREEN ALLIANCE. SO RED IS FOR ANTIFA AND THE. RADICAL LEFT, SOCIALISTS,

COMMUNISTS, LABOR AND STUDENT. GROUPS. THINK OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH. THE RIOTING IN SEATTLE. THE GREEN IS WHERE YOU GET TO. THE PROTESTERS CARRYING THE. PALESTINIAN FLAGS. THESE ARE THE RADICAL ISLAMIST. ORGANIZATIONS, PRO-HAMAS. ACTIVISTS, ANTI-ISRAEL GROUPS. AND THIS VENN DIAGRAM WHAT'S THE. COMMON THREAD? ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-CAPITALISM. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS CHAOS SO. DANGEROUS. NOW, I MENTIONED IT'S IN NINE. COUNTRIES. HERE YOU CAN SEE MORE THAN A. HUNDRED GROUPS ACROSS THE U.S.,

U.K., IRELAND, BELGIUM, SPAIN, ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY AND EVEN. SPREADING AS FAR AS INDIA. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT'S ONLY. GROWING. HOW DOES IT GROW? HOW DOES IT EXPAND? HERE'S HOW. IT STARTS WITH AN IDEOLOGY THAT. LEADS TO ORGANIZATION. YOU HAVE THE PROTESTS WHICH WE. SEE THE STREET CHAOS.. WITH THAT, LET'S BRING IN RICE. UNIVERSITY SENIOR LECTURER AND. WRITING FELLOW AT THE MIDDLE. EAST FORUM. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, MR. CONSTANTINE, ABOUT HOW SORT.

OF RAPIDLY GROWING THIS. RED-GREEN ALLIANCE IS AND HOW. DANGEROUS IT'S GOING TO BE ON. THE STREETS OF FRANCE TODAY AND. THIS WEEKEND? >> GRIFF, THANKS SO MUCH FOR. HAVING ME. LET ME, FIRST, SAY 75,000 POLICE. OFFICERS IN FRANCE. YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS. NORMANDY. THIS IS A BATTLEGROUND. I'VE DESCRIBED IT IN MY NEW. BOOK, "WHEN MARX IF MEETS. ISLAM," AS A SOFT WAR. THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. IT'S TRANSNATIONAL AS THE MAP.

THAT YOU JUST SHOWED SAW. AND OUR LEAD LEADERS START. TREATING THIS AS A SOFT WAR, NOT. A WAR THAT'S FOUGHT WITH BULLETS. AND GUNS AND TRADITIONAL. MILITARY WARFARE. THIS IS BEING FOUGHT, AS YOU. JUST MENTIONED, BY IDEOLOGIES, BY NETWORKS, BY PROGRESSIVE. POLITICIANS IN THE UNITED. STATES. BY ISLAMIST NETWORKS LIKE THE. MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. AND ALL OF THIS IS BACKED BY THE. INTERNATIONAL ACCESS -- AXIS. YOU'VE GOT CHINA, QATAR AND.

IRAN. OUR LEADERS REALLY MUST BE. COGNIZANT OF THIS. THE WAR IS ACTUALLY HERE, BUT. IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL WAR. LISA: CRAIG, THE IRONY HERE IS. WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR IN IRAN. AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 1979. REVOLUTION, IT WAS BECAUSE OF. THIS RED-GREEN ALLIANCE. YOU HAD THE ISLAMISTS WORKING. WITH THE COMMUNISTS TO OVERTHROW. THE SHAH. WHAT PARALLELS DO YOU SEE TO. THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THIS. ALLIANCE THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. PLAY OUT IN PLACES LIKE EUROPE? >> LISA, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT. IT HAPPENED IN 1979 WHEN THE. COMMUNISTS, THE SOCIALISTS, THE. FAR LEFT IN IRAN BACKED THE. AYATOLLAH. THE AYATOLLAH GETS POWER, WHAT. DOES THE AYATOLLAH DO? HE PULLS THE PLUG ON HIS FORMER. ALLIES. IT ALSO, TO BE HISTORICALLY. ACCURATE HERE, HAPPENED IN THE. BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION 50 OR 60. YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, BUT IT WAS. THE OPPOSITE. THERE WERE MUSLIM GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND POPULATIONS. THAT WERE SUPPORTING THE.

BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION. AND WHAT HAPPENED THEN? THEY PULLED THE PLUG. AS E MENTIONED, THIS NEW BOOK I. WROTE, THE FIRST CHAPTER TALKS. ABOUT THE PAWNS. PAWNS IN A HYPOTHETICAL CHESS. BOARD ARE EASILY DISPOSABLE. YOU CAN GET RID OF THEM QUITE. EASILY WHEN THEY'RE NO LONGER. VALUABLE. WHEN THEY ARE USELESS REALLY ON. IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL CHESS. BOARD. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. THE PAWNS MAY NOT BE DISMISSED. TODAY OR TOMORROW. THIS IS A, THIS IS A LONG GAME.

THE LONG MA THROUGH THE. INSTITUTIONS -- MARCH THROUGH. THE INSTITUTIONS, AS MAO SAID. SO WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON. THE PULSE. KEVIN: HEY, CRAIG, KEVIN HERE. REAL QUICK, WHAT'S THE WARNING. TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC? WE'RE ALL WATCHING THIS PLAY OUT. IN REALTIME. >> KEVIN, IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, AND. KARL POPPER SAID IT BEST IN "THE. OPEN SOCIETY.". WE CANNOT TOLERATE INTOLERANCE. IF WE AS A TOLERANT SOCIETY. START BENDING THE KNEE THE. GROUPS THAT ARE ANTITHETICAL TO. THE WEST, THEY WILL EAT US.

ALIVE. WE HAVE TO BE MORE VIGILANT, AND. WE HAVE TO DRAW A LINE BETWEEN. GENUINE TOLERANCE, CONSTRUCTIVE. TOLERANCE AND THOSE WHEN CROSS. THE LINE. THESE IMAGES ON THE SCREEN. OBVIOUSLY CROSS THE LINE. GRIFF: CRAIG, GREAT INSIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND. GIVING US SOME INSIGHT.