French police receiving MILITARY SUPPORT as protests escalate

>> HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, MORE. INREST IN THE STREETS OF FRANCE. AS 70,000 POLICE OFFICERS HAVE. BEEN DEPLOYED TO TRY TO. MAINTAIN ORDER THERE. SEVERAL MAJOR CULTURAL. INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE. LOUVRE ARE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND. AMID FEARS THEY COULD BECOME. TARGETS. PROTESTS ARE ALSO PLANNED IN AT. LEAST FIVE OTHER COUNTRIES. ACROSS EUROPE TODAY. CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN. HUNT IS LIVE IN PARIS WITH THE.

VERY LATEST. JONATHAN, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN. TODAY? >> WELL, AISHAH, DESPITE THIS. FILTHY WEATHER WE'RE IN THE. MIDDLE OF HERE IN PARIS, 110,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR A. HUGE MARCH TODAY. IT WAS MOVED FROM THE CENTER OF. PARIS AND FROM A WAY FROM. TOURIST MONUMENTS LIKE THE ARC. DE TRIOMPHE HERE TO THE. SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE CITY BY. THE AUTHORITIES, BUT THAT DID. NOT DIM THE DETERMINATION OF.

THOSE 110,000 PEOPLE TO GET. THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS LOUD AND. CLEAR. ANGRY AT FALLING EDUCATION. STANDARDS. ANGRY AT THE RISING COST OF. LIVING. AND WE ARE NOW HEARING THAT. WHILE THE MARCH WAS PEACEFUL. EARLIER TODAY, THERE HAVE NOW. BEEN SOME CLASHES AT THE END OF. THAT MARCH. TEAR GAS DEPLOYED, WATER CANNON. DEPLOYED. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT DEVELOPS. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE IN FRANCE IT'S SOUTH. OF PARIS IN THE CITY IN ORLEAN,

NICE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND. BORDEAUX. AND IN PARIS THESE HAVE BEEN. ISOLATED SO FAR, THAT LARGELY. IN PART BECAUSE OF THE HUGE. PRESENCE. 70,000 OFFICERS DEPLOYED. NATIONWIDE AND BACKED UP THIS. WEEKEND BY THE MILITARY. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE LAST.

WEEKEND WHEN WE SAW SO MUCH. VIOLENCE, SO MUCH DAMAGE DONE. TO SO MANY BUSINESSES. CERTAINLY, THE POLICE OPERATION. THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN FAR MORE. ORGANIZED, FAR MORE EFFICIENT, BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY HOURS. LEFT IN THIS DAY, AISHAH. AISHAH: YES, THERE ARE. JONATHAN HUNT, THANK YOU FOR. BEING LIVE THERE FOR US. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN FOX. NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT. BENJAMIN HALL. BEN, GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THIS. PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I WERE.

WATCHING THIS LAST WEEKEND WHEN. THE PROTESTS REALLY TURNED. VIOLENT AND GOT REALLY HAIRY AT. POINTS, SO MUCH LOOTING, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LOOTING AND. ALSO JUST FIRES SET ON. CULTURALLY HISTORIC BUILDINGS, BEN. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO. PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. THIS WEEKEND WITH THE 70,000. POLICE DEPLOYED. WHAT DO YOU FORSEE HAPPENING. TONIGHT AS NOW IT'S STARTING TO. GET DARK THERE? >> WELL, LOOKING AT WHAT.

JONATHAN SAID THERE, WHEN NIGHT. STARTS TO FALL YOU START TO SEE. MORE VIOLENT ELEMENTS OF THESE. KICK OFF. WE SAW LOOTING AND ATTACKS ON. POLICE AND CIVILIANS AND ALL. WEEK LONG WE'VE HEARD STORIES. OF SHOPS LOOTED AS WELL. AND PEOPLE SAY WE WANT A. DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND WANT. MORE, AND DESTROYING THE. BUSINESSES THAT MAKE THE. COUNTRY WORK. SADLY, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO. CONTINUE. THAT'S STORM. I THINK THERE'S CONCERN FOR. LONG-TERM HERE AS WELL. WE'VE SEEN PROTESTS IN FRANCE,

IN 2018, AND THE DIFFERENT. NUMBER OF GROUPS TAKING PART OF. IT. IT STARTED OFF AS STUDENTS A. MONTH AGO AND THE VIDEOS THEY. RELEASED FROM SCHOOLS, THEY. DESERVED TO BE ON THE STREETS, RATS, COCKROACHES, AND CEILINGS. FALLING DOWN, BUT THAT WAS. HIJACKED FROM DIFFERENT FAR. LEFT GROUPS, ISLAMISTS, TRADE. UNIONS, THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND ELDERLY PENSIONERS,

WORKERS, FARMERS, MANY, MANY. PEOPLE ACROSS FRANCE THAT ARE. UPSET WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND. BASICALLY SAYING THE GOVERNMENT. ISN'T GIVING THEM ENOUGH. THE IRONY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS. BEEN GIVING THEM MORE THAN. ENOUGH FOR DECADES. FRANCE IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES. WITH THE BIGGEST SOCIAL. SECURITY NET FOR THE PEOPLE. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE NOW. IS A COUNTRY RISING UP AGAINST. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE. GOVERNMENT CAN'T GIVE THEM NOR. SHOULD THEY GIVE THEM WHAT THEY. WANT. THEY WANT TO BE GIVEN MORE.

THIS IS FASCINATING AND I THINK. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR SOME. TIME TO COME PARTICULARLY AS WE. HEAD INTO THE NEXT BIG ELECTION. SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. AISHAH: I WANT TO DIG DOWN INTO. THE GROUPS IN A SECOND AND THE. FRENCH PRESIDENT ALSO CALLED. THEM OUT. QUICKLY, JONATHAN, IN YOUR. OBSERVATION, THIS REMINDS ME SO. MUCH OF THE GEORGE FLOYD. PROTESTS IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE. THE LOOTING HAPPENED AND THEY. WERE GOING AFTER NOT JUST THE. DIORS AND THE LOUIS VUITTON, BUT FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES.

THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET. BY. PEOPLE THAT THESE GROUPS ARE. SUPPOSEDLY SUPPOSED TO. REPRESENT AND YET, THEY'RE. STEALING FROM THEM. SO, ARE YOU OBSERVING THAT. THERE'S ANYTHING TO PROTECT. THOSE FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES. THIS TIME AROUND? >> WELL, WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES. THROUGHOUT THE CITY TODAY THAT. ARE BOARDED UP AND THAT'S. SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. CAUGHT THEM UNAWEARS LAST.

WEEKEND. THE BUSINESSES ARE BOARDED UP. YOU HAVE TO SPLIT, MAKE A. DIFFERENTIATION HERE BETWEEN. THE THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WHO. AS BEN WAS SAYING, THEY'RE. ANGRY ABOUT WHAT ARE POOR. EDUCATION STANDARDS, THEY ARE. ANGRY ABOUT WHAT ARE RAPIDLY. RISING COST OF LIVING. CONSEQUENCES THAT THEY'RE. HAVING TO DEAL WITH AND THEN, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A. CAUSE THAT THEY WANT TO BE. HEARD. BUT THEN YOU GET PEOPLE TAKING.

ADVANTAGE E OF THAT. THAT'S WHERE YOU GET SOME OF. THESE FAR LEFT GROUPS WHICH. PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAVE. SAID ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE. REPUBLIC. THAT'S WHEN THEY COME IN TO. CAUSE CHAOS, TO CAUSE MORE AND. MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE. GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY WANT. THAT GOVERNMENT TO FALL. SO, AND THEN YOU GET. OPPORTUNISTS ON TOP OF THAT WHO. ARE SIMPLY TROUBLE MAKERS WHO. WANT TO COME IN, WHO WANT TO. STEAL, WHO WANT TO CAUSE. VIOLENCE, WHO WANT TO SET.

FIRES. SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE PROBLEM IS AS NIGHT FALLS. HERE, THAT'S WHEN THOSE WHO. WANT TO CAUSE TROUBLE TEND TO. COME ON THE STREET MORE. THE POLICE ARE FAR BETTER. PREPARED THAN LAST WEEK, BUT. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE. COMING HOURS. GREG PALKOT, MY COLLEAGUE, IN. THE THICK OF IT WHERE THE MARCH. WRAPPED UP. YOU'LL BE TALKING TO HIM NEXT. HOUR SO HE'LL HAVE A VERY CLEAR. IDEA OF WHETHER TROUBLE IS. ABOUT TO BURST OUT INTO THE. OPEN AGAIN, AISHAH. AISHAH: PEOPLE ARE TAKING. NOTICE ACROSS EUROPE BECAUSE.

THE PROTESTS SPREADING NOW. WE'RE EXPECTING MORE IN. MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. HERE IS THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. TALKING ABOUT WHY IT'S SO. IMPORTANT TO CONTROL THE. BORDERS. WATCH THIS. >> THE THING THAT SEEMS IN. FRANCE, TROUBLED EVERYBODY WHO. HAS SEEN THEM AND TAKING. VIOLENCE TO THE STREET, IT'S. NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY OF OUR. DEMOCRACIES. AND ON IMMIGRATION, ALL OF OUR. COUNTRIES, I THINK, ACCEPT THAT. WE FACE A CHALLENGE OF ILLEGAL. MIGRATION AND WE HAVE TO HAVE.

CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS. IF YOU IN THE U.K. WE WOULD SAY. WE'RE TAKING ACTION. NET MIGRATION IN THE U.K. IS. DOWN 82%. AISHAH: BEN, DO YOU SEE A. CHANGE COMING IN THE U.K.? >> WELL, DEPENDS WHICH PARTY IS. IN CONTROL TO BE HONEST. AISHAH: RIGHT. >> CERTAINLY, THE CONSERVATIVES. ON THE RIGHT WANT A BIG, BIG. CHANGE. THEY WANT THOSE WHO HAVE DUAL. CITIZENSHIP AND COMMITTED.

CRIMES BACK HOME. AND THE OPPOSITION IN THE U.K. LOOKED AT FRANCE AND SAID. THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF. IMMIGRATION. IN PARIS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE. PROTESTING VIOLENT PROTESTS ARE. COMING FROM THE POOR AREAS. AROUND PARIS WHERE MANY. IMMIGRANT FAMILIES LIVE. ONE OF THE HEAD OF THE. OPPOSITION IN THE U.K. WAS. SAYING, LOOK, OF COURSE, THERE'S GREAT IMMIGRATION AND. PEOPLE WORKED HARD, BUT SOME. PEOPLE COME TO THE COUNTRY AND. THEY DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL. IDENTITY AND SHE SAID THAT WAS.

A KEY ISSUE. YOU COME TO THE COUNTRY,Y, YOU. EXPECT TO BE GIVEN A LOT AND. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE. COUNTRY STANDS FOR AND SHE ALSO. SAID MANY OF OF THE COUNTRIES. LIVING IN THE POST COLONIAL. IDEA WHERE THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT. WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG THE COUNTRY. IT'S HE HAVE IS IS RACIST. BECAUSE OF THE COLONIAL HISTORY. AND BECAUSE OF THE PAST. YOU SEE IT IN THE WORLD AND SEE. IT IN AMERICA AND LOOK AT THE. PAST OF THE COUNTRY AND. TEACHING SOME PEOPLE IN THE. COUNTRY SAY, ACTUALLY THE. COUNTRY IS TO FAULT, THE. COUNTRY IS TO BLAME AND THE. COUNTRY WAS RACIST.

AND THERE'S UNDERLYING WHETHER. IT'S COMING OR THE IMMIGRANTS. COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. TEACHING THEM TO EMBRACE THE. COUNTRY AND UNDERSTAND IT IS. TEACHING THEM SOMETHING. DIFFERENT. AS JONATHAN POINTED OUT, IT'S A. SMALL MINORITY OF PEOPLE. ACTUALLY LOOTING SHOPS, BUT. THERE'S A LINE ON IMMIGRATION. THAT DOES PLAY A PART TO A. CERTAIN DEGREE. AISHAH: WE'LL SEE IF THE FRENCH. POLICE CAN CONTROL THE PROTESTS. THIS TIME AROUND. LAST WEEKEND WAS HORRIFYING THE. SCENES WE WERE WATCHING LIVE ON.

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