French police deploy TEAR GAS as protestors crowd streets

. GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. AISHAH: OKAY, WE WANT TO GET. BACK TO THE FOX NEWS ALERT. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WATCHING. THESE SCENES FROM FRANCE AND. THEY ARE GETTING WORSE BY THE. MINUTE. YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS A. LIVE LOOK IN PARIS, AND YOU'RE. WATCHING THAT IT'S CROWDED WITH. PROTESTERS AGAIN TODAY. ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PROTESTS. NATIONWIDE. THE COUNTRY HAS ONCE AGAIN. DEPLOYED ANOTHER 70,000 POLICE. OFFICERS TO TRY TO CONTAIN THIS.

CHAOS. WE'VE BEEN SEEING THINGS SET ON. FIRE ALREADY. PEOPLE ARE WEARING GAS MASKS, REGULAR MASKS JUST IN CASE THE. POLICE DEPLOY ANY GAS AND THOSE. PROTESTS -- ACCORDING TO THE. PROTESTERS, THEY SAY THEY'RE. VERY ANGRY ABOUT THE COST OF. LIVING AND ANGRY WITH PRESIDENT. MACRON'S GOVERNMENT. MACRON HIMSELF THINKS THAT THIS. IS BEING DONE BY GROUPS THAT. ARE TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE WAY. THAT FRANCE FUNCTIONS, THE RULE. OF LAW THERE AND THERE'S NEW.

OUTRAGE TODAY, TOO, IT COMES. JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER PREVIOUS. PROTESTS LEFT A LOT OF LOOTING. A LOT OF DAMAGED SHOPS, MOM AND. POP STORES, JUST COMPLETELY. WIPED OUT. BUILDINGNGS, ESPECIALLY. HISTORICAL ONES, SET ON FIRE. IT WAS A REALLY HORRIBLE SCENE. TO WATCH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. SAYS MORE THAN 100 PROTESTS. LIKE THIS ARE PLANNED ACROSS. FRANCE TODAY. SO, WE WANT TO BRING IN NOW. ALEX HOGAN. SHE IS REPORTING FROM THE WHITE.

HOUSE FOLLOWING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S MOVEMENTS. HE IS IN WASHINGTON TODAY. BEFORE HE GETS BACK ON THE. MIDTERM TRAIL TOMORROW. ALEX, WHAT IS THE LATEST? IS THE WHITE HOUSE WATCHING. THIS? >> SO THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN. WATCHING THIS, BUT AS WE KIND. OF LOOK AT THE PICTURES, AISHAH, THIS IS THE THIRD. WEEKEND IN A ROW WE'VE SEEN THE. PROTESTS. AS YOU MENTIONED STARTED WITH. SCHOOL PROTESTS, REALLY FUELING. INTO A MUCH BIGGER NATIONAL AND. INTERNATIONAL STORY AS THE. TENSION THERE CONTINUES TO.

RISE. WE'RE HEARING FROM THE INTERIOR. MINISTER IN FRANCE SAYING. THERE'S A VERY HIGH RISK OF. PUBLICIC DISORDER AFTER THIS AN. IT'S WORTH MENTIONING, THIS IS. NOT JUST IN PARIS. THIS IS TAKING PLACE ALL OVER. THE COUNTRY AND IN NEIGHBORING. COUNTRIES AS WELL. WE'RE SEEING MORE PROTESTS. TODAY IN HAMBURG, GERMANY, BUT. AS WE WATCH THE SCENES PLAY OUT. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN REPORTS. TODAY OF TEAR GAS BEING USED, REPORTERS ON THE SCENE ARE. WEARING THOSE GAS MASKS TRYING. TO BRING US THE LATEST FROM THE.

GROUND, BUT MORE AND MORE. WIDESPREAD UNREST AND CONTINUED. DISSATISFACTION ACROSS THE. COUNTRY AS PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY. VOICING THEIR ANGER OVER. SCHOOLS, COST OF LIVING, BUT. JUST OVERALL GRIEVANCES PEOPLE. HAVE TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT AND. THIS DEEP FEELING OF UNREST. SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AS TO HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT. CONTAIN THIS? WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THIS? IF WE'RE SEEING WEEKEND AFTER. WEEKEND, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE. CONTINUING TO GET INTO THE. STREETS. SO AS HAVING BEEN A FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT FOR FIVE YEARS, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WE DO.

SEE PROTESTS IN FRANCE TAKE. PLACE EVERY FEW YEARS, THIS IS. NOT AN UNCOMMON SITUATION. WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME. AROUND AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS. JUST THE SCALE OF THESE. PROTESTS THAT ARE TAKING AND. HOW MUCH THEY'RE CONTINUING AND. HOW MUCH THEY'RE SPREADING, NOT. ONLY DOMESTICALLY, BUT TO OTHER. COUNTRIES AS WELL, AISHAH. SO THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION. THERE, HOW THERE THEY'RE HAVING. TO GRAPPLE WITH. AISHAH: ALEX, LET ME LEAN ON.

YOUR EXPERTISE. YOU WERE BASED IN LONDON FOR. MANY YEARS COVERING PROTESTS. AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. HAPPENING IN EUROPE, INCLUDING. YOU KNOW, IMMIGRATION AND THE. PROBLEMS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS BROUGHT UP WITH MASS. IMMIGRATION INTO EUROPE AND. HE'S ACTUALLY SAID THAT, I. BELIEVE, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SAYING THAT THIS WAS A WARNING. HE MADE TO PRESIDENT EMMANUEL. MACRON A LONG TIME AGO, IF HE. DOESN'T ADDRESS THE IMMIGRATION.

PROBLEMS, THE TROUBLES AS HE. CALLS IT, THEN FRANCE COULD. LOSE ITS OWN COUNTRY. IT'S NOT A SCHOOL PROBLEM, IT'S. AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM AND HE'S. BEEN SAYING THAT TO EMMANUEL. MACRON FOR A LONG TIME YOU'RE. GOING TO WIND UP LOSING YOUR. COUNTRY. >> ABSOLUTELY. AISHAH: LAKE ME--. TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN WERE YOU. IN THE U.K., WE WENT THROUGH A. COUPLE OF PRIME MINISTERS, NOW. IT SEEMS LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE. CONSERVATIVES, BUT MORE AND. MORE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO.

REALIZE PERHAPS WE NEED TO BE. MORE VICTIM WHEN IT COMES TO. OUR BORDERS AND BE A LITTLE. MORE C CAREFUL ABOUT WHO WE'RE. LETTING IN, WHY WE'RE LETTING. THEM IN, BECAUSE EVEN MACRON. HAS SAID THAT THIS IS ALL. HAPPENING BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN. NUMBER OF PEOPLE, GROUPS OF. PEOPLE THAT WANT TO UNDERMINE. THE FRENCH SOCIETY. >> WELL, IT'S A GREAT POINT TO. BRING UP, AISHAH. ESPECIALLY FOR OUR VIEWERS TO. DRAW SOME OF THE COMPARISONS, SO WE TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. HERE IN THE COUNTRY. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON.

TOPIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE. LEAD UP TO THE MIDTERMS. IMMIGRATION, I.C.E., ALL OF. THOSE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND THAT. OF COURSE IS A HUGE. CONVERSATION IN EUROPE RIGHT. NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY. SEEING PEOPLE FROM OTHER. COUNTRIES TRYING TO IMMIGRATE. AND TAKING VERY DANGEROUS STEPS. TO DO SO IN EUROPE, TRAVELLING. ACROSS THE CHANNEL IN SMALL. BOATS, WITH THE COAST GUARD. CONSTANTLY HAVING TO GO OUT AND. MAKE THESE TYPES OF RESCUES TO. SAVE PEOPLE AND THTHE GROWING. QUESTION OF WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN.

YOU HAVE ASYLUM SEEKERS TRYING. TO COME TO OTHER EUROPEAN. COUNTRIES, THOSE ARE PEOPLE. SEEKING A BETTER LIFE, BUT AT. WHAT POINT DOES IT PUT TOO MUCH. PRESSURE IN THOSE COUNTRIES. YOU HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES. RELYING OR GIVING PEOPLE THESE. DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCESSIBLE. CARE POINTS THEY COULD BE. USING, WHAT KIND OF ECONOMIC. STRAIN DOES THAT PUT ON THE. GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZENS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WHEN. DOES IT BECOME TOO MUCH?

WE'VE SEEN THE PROTESTS GROW. AND WE CAN SEE NOW A FIRE. BREAKING OUT AND IT'S NOT CLEAR. JUST YET WHAT EXACTLY THAT'S. CAUSED BY. BUT THIS OVERALL TENSION AND. IT'S REACHING A BOILING POINT. HERE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. DIFFICULT TO TRY TO CONTAIN. THIS AND KNOW YOU YOU NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT ONLY HAVE PEOPLE. PROTESTING FOR WEEKS OVER COST. OF LIVING AND ALL OF THE. DIFFERENT POINTS THAT THEY. HAVE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF. BACKLASH AND ANGER FOR FRENCH. CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THE PROTESTS HAVE GONE ON.

AND ON AND DESTROYING. BUSINESSES AND SHUTTING DOWN. MAJOR PARTS OF THE CITY. SO, THIS IS JUST UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OTHER WEEKEND WHERE WE'RE. SEEING THIS WIDESPREAD. DESTRUCTION MENTIONING THE TENS. OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE. DEMONSTRATING ACROSS FRANCE. TODAY. SOME OF THE PROTESTS, THESE ARE. SPECIFIC ROUTES THAT HAVE BEEN. DESIGNATATED AND PEOPLE KNOW. EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED. TO BE AND OTHER SCENES LIKE. THIS PLAYING OUT AND CLEARLY. THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED AREAS. WHERE POLICE ARE TRYING TO GET. ALL OF THIS UNDER CONTROL.

AISHAH: YEAH, BY THE WAY, WE'VE. GOT PRETTY IMPORTANT FRENCH. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS COMING. UP EARLY NEXT YEAR, TOO. IN THE BACKGROUNUND OF ALL THIS. LE PEN GETTING A BIG BOOST. BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTS. HAPPENING ON A WEEKLY BASIS. NOW. ALEX HOGAN, STAND BY FOR US. LET US KNOW IF THE PRESIDENT. MAKES ANY REMARKS OR ON TRUTH. SOCIAL, I KNOW H.