French police deploy tear gas, water cannons: 'Moment of CRISIS'

TURNOUT. STATES. ♪. [BACKGROUND SOUNDS]. GRIFF: MASSIVE RIOTS ENGULFING. FRANTZ AGAIN YESTERDAY WITH MORE. THAN 1,000 PROTESTERS --. FRANCE -- ARRESTED. AND THE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE. TAKING OVER OTHER PARTS OF. EUROPE AS WELL WITH LARGE CROWDS. IN ROME SEEN FORCING THEIR WAY. INTO THE COLISEUM. JONATHAN HUNT LIVE ON THE GROUND.

IN PARIS WITH THE VERY LATEST. HI, JONATHAN. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. AGAIN TO YOU GUYS. IT'S A MEASURE OF THE DEPTH OF. THE CRISIS HERE THAT 1,000. ARRESTS, TEAR GAS AND WATER. CANNON DEPLOYED AGAIN BY POLICE. AND ONLY ISOLATED INCIDENTS OF. LOOTING IS CONSIDERED A GOOD DAY. IN FRANCE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S. NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS LAST TIME. AROUND 400,000 PROTESTERS TURNED. OUT NATIONALLY. 110,000 OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN.

PARIS. PROTESTING WHAT THEY CONSIDER. FALLING EDUCATION STANDARDS, DIM. JOB PROSPECTS AND THE RISING. COST OF LIVING. BUT THE MARCH HERE IN PARIS WAS. MOVED FROM THE CENTER OF THE. CITY TO THE SOUTHWEST EDGE. THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR POLICE. AND AND MILITARY TO CORRAL THE. PROTESTERS. BUT AS THE SUN SET LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE ONCE AGAIN VIOLENT. CLASHES, THAT TEAR GAS AND WATER. CANNON DEPLOYED, AGAIN, BY. POLICE TO TRY THE DISPERSE THOSE.

WHO WANTED TO INDULGE IN RIOTING. RATHER THAN PEACEFUL PROTEST. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE. THAT THE WAVE OF ANGER THAT. BEGAN HERE IN FRANCE NOW SEEMS. TO BE SPREADING TO OTHER. COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. WE SAW VIOLENT PROTESTS IN. SPAIN, IN ITALY, IN ALBANIA AND. IN SERBIA YESTERDAY. SO I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY, GUYS, THAT THE MUCH OF WESTERN. EUROPE FACES A MOMENT OF CRISIS. NOW WITH CENTRIST POLICIES AND. POLITICS CRUMBLING. VOTERS AND CANDIDATES MOVING.

FURTHER TO THE EXTREMES ON BOTH. LEFT AND RIGHT. BACK TO YOU GUYS. GRIFF: ALL RIGHT. JONATHAN HUNT LIVE FOR US IN. PARIS. JONATHAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FORMER AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND. COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR. NATHAN SALES SERVED IN THE STATE. DEPARTMENT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. FIRST ADMINISTRATION, AND HE. JOINS US. NATHAN, THIS IS, AS JONATHAN. HUNT REPORTED, AND WE SPOKE WITH. NICOLAS SARKOZY'S SON LOUIS. EARLIER IN THE SHOW, THIS IS A. MOMENT OF CRISIS FOR WHAT'S. HAPPENING IN FRANCE. HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT?

>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GRIFF. THIS IS ALL ABOUT ONE WORD, RETIREES. THE REASON WHY THE FRENCH. ECONOMY IS IN SUCH A PERILOUS. STATE IS BECAUSE FOR YEARS THE. FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED. INCREDIBLY LAVISH RETIREMENT. BENEFITS TO WORKERS WHO RETIRE. NOW AT AGE 64. MACRON RAISED THE AGE FROM 62 TO. 64, AND THAT SET OFF A HUGE WAVE. OF PROTESTS A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AGO. AND THE LESSON THAT YOU HAVE TO. LEARN HERE IS THAT THESE KIND OF. GENEROUS CRADLE-TO-GRAVE SOCIAL. ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ARE. UNSUSTAINABLE. EVENTUALLY, THE PROBLEM WITH. SOCIALISM IS EVENTUALLY YOU RUN. OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, AND. THE FRENCH ARE FINDING OUT THAT. THE BILL IS COMING DUE RIGHT. NOW. GRIFF: SO THAT'S THE ROOT OF IT, BUT AS WE ARE WATCHING PLAY OUT. IN REALTIME, GROUPS LIKE ANTIFA. AND OTHERS, ISLAMIC RADICAL. GROUPS, ARE HIJACKING THIS AND. TAKING CONTROL OF IT. IS THERE A FEAR, DO YOU FEAR.

THIS COULD COME TO THE U.S.? >> WELL, THAT'S A REAL CONCERN. WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND. IN FRANCE IS AN ORGANIC PROTEST. THAT HAS NOW BEEN HIJACKED. HIJACKED BY FAR-LEFT GROUPS THAT. ARE USING THIS NOT TO CHANGE TAX. POLICY AT THE MARGINS, BUT TO. REGISTER A FUNDAMENTAL. OPPOSITION TO CAPITALISM, TO. FREE MARKET DEMOCRACY. AND ALONGSIDE THE FAR-LEFT. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVISTS GINNING. THIS UP, YOU ALSO HAVE ISLAMIST. SYMPATHIZERS. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALMOST AS MANY.

PALESTINIAN FLAGS AS YOU SEE. FRENCH FLAGS AT THESE RALLIES. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WHAT YOU. MIGHT CALL A ARE RED-GREEN. ALLIANCE BETWEEN FAR-LEFT. AGITATORS AND ISLAMIST. AGITATORS. THIS IS A WARNING SIGN FOR THE. REST OF EUROPE AND FOR COUNTRIES. AROUND THE WORLD, PEACEFUL. PROTEST IS GREAT BUT WE'RE NOT. GOING TO TOLERATE VIOLENCE AND. LAWLESSNESS IN OUR STREETS BY. PEOPLE WHO ARE FUNDAMENTALLY. HOSTILE TO OUR SYSTEM. GRIFF: LET ME JUST QUICKLY GET. YOUR TAKE ON THE SPEECH OR THE.

COMMENTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA. MADE TALKING ABOUT THE JCPOA. WHICH I THINK MANY WOULD. CONSIDER ONE OF THE MOST. RECKLESS NEGOTIATIONS IN. AMERICAN HISTORY BECAUSE IT. PAVED THE ROAD HAPPEN FOR IRAN. TO ACHIEVE THEIR NUCLEAR. AMBITIONS. YET HE WAS DEFENDING IT. YESTERDAY SAYING THE WAR IN IRAN. IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT RID OF THE. JCP IF OA. YOUR REACTION. >> YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT HOW. OTT OF MY MOUTH. THE J JCPOA PRESERVED THE.

ATWAY -- PATHWAY TO A BOMB FOR. THE IRANIANS. ALL IT DUD WAS DELAY IT. IT STARTED TO PHASE OUT SOME OF. THE RESTRICTIONS. THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH. RESTRICTIONS TO BEGIN WITH, BUT. THE KEY FACT IS THEY STARTED THE. PHASE OUT OVER TIME. AND THE BET WAS BY THE TIME THAT. THOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE NO. LONGER ON THE BOOKS, IRAN WOULD. HAVE MAGICALLY TRANSFORMED INTO. A FRIENDLY STATE. IT WAS A PIPE DREAM AT THE TIME. AND OTHER TIME WE'VE SEEN --. OVER TIME WE'VE SEEN HOW FALSE.

IT WAS. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS REGIME. CHANGE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO. SEND BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO. REPLACE THE MULLAHS, BUT LONG. TERM YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH. THIS REGIME. YOU HAVE TO DEFEAT THEM. GRIFF: THAT'S RIGHT. AND I WOULD ADD TO IT THERE WERE. NO RESTRICTIONS ON BALLISTIC. MISSILE PROCUREMENT WHICH WE NOW. SEE FLYING FREEL.