'MACRON HAS FAILED': French president SLAMMED as protests spread

AISHAH: HAPPENING NOW, POLICE. ARE DEPLOYING TEAR GAS AS THE. STREETS OF FRANCE FILL WITH. PROTESTERS ONCE AGAIN. THE THREAT OF RENEWED VIOLENCE. HAS ALSO FORCED SEVERAL MAJOR. CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE. LOUVRE MUSEUM TO CLOSE THEIR. DOORS TODAY. DEMONSTRATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN. AT LEAST FIVE MORE EUROPEAN. COUNTRIES. IT IS SPREADING. FOR MORE LET'S GO LIVE TO PARIS. WHERE SENIOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

CORRESPONDENT GREG PALKOT IS. THERE LIVE COVERING THIS FOR US. HI, GREG. >> Reporter: HEY, AISHAH. IT'S A WET AND ROUGH END TO A. LONG DAY OF PROTESTS IN FRANCE. POLICE TRY TO CONTAIN AT LEAST. ONE LAST TROUBLE SPOT ON THIS. SIDE OF THE CITY. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, OVER. 400,000 PEOPLE TOOK TO THE. STREETS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN VARIOUS CITIES TO SPEAK OUT. AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. SOME 70,000 POLICE WERE. DEPLOYED. THEY DID NOT WANT A RERUN OF THE.

UGLY VIOLENCE WE SAW HERE LAST. WEEKEND. THERE WAS A BIG MARCH AROUND THE. EDGE OF PARIS THAT WENT OFF. RELATIVELY PEACEFULLY. IT JUST GOT A BIT NASTY AT THE. FINISH AS THE HEAVY RAIN CAME. DOWN AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE SAW AND. HEARD. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS POLICE. CHARGING INTO PROTESTERS ON THE. EAST SIDE OF PARIS. THEY HAVE HELD OFF FOR A LONG. TIME USING BOTTLES BEING THROWN,

TEAR GAS BEING SHOT. AND TO YOUR RIGHT, JOHN, IF YOU. CAN JUST TURN, YOU'VE GOT THE. WATER CANNONS COMING OUT, TRYING. TO DISPERSE THIS CROWD. THE WATER CANNONS, EVERYTHING. WORKING THERE TODAY. THERE WAS TROUBLE IN CITIES LIKE. LYON AND MORE SAY. ANY PLACE WHERE MARCHES WERE. BANNED AND CITIZENS CAME OUT. ANYWAY, THERE WERE CLASHES WITH. POLICE. AROUND 200 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN. REPORTED, SOME INJURIES, SOME. DAMAGE OF PROPERTY. BUT SO FAR AT LEAST, AISHAH, WE.

HAVEN'T SEEN THE WIDESPREAD. LOOTING AND VANDALISM THAT. HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND BY. BLACK-HOODED, ULTRA-LEFT. ACTIVISTS AND OTHER YOUNG. PEOPLE, YOUNG CROOKS TRYING TO. TAKE ADVANTAGE. SHOPS, STORES AND BUSINESSES. WERE BOARDED UP ACROSS THE CITY. MERCHANTS ARE READY TO FEND FOR. THEMSELVES, MUSEUMS AND OTHER. ACTIVITIES CURTAILED AS WELL. THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG, HOWEVER. AGAIN, WE THINK SECURITY. OFFICIALS ARE PROBABLY HOPING. THAT THIS BAD WEATHER MIGHT HELP. THEM IN TAMPING DOWN, AGAIN, THAT WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE THAT.

SOME HAVE LIKENED TO A CIVIL WAR. IN THIS COUNTRY. FOR AT LEAST. THE MOMENT TO CALM DOWN. BACK TO YOU. AISHAH: GREGG: PAL COT LIVE IN PARIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN FORMER. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POM GRAY. OWE. SEC -- MIKE POMPEO. SECRETARY, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, AISHAH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY. AISHAH: OKAY, THEY'VE GOT 70,000. POLICE OFFICERS DEPLOYED ALL. OVER PARIS THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S A BIG CONTRAST FROM WHAT WE. WERE SEEING LAST WEEKEND. BUT THIS IS SPREADING TO OTHER. COUNTRIES. GIVE US YOUR TOP-LINE THOUGHTS. TODAY. >> NO, AISHAH, THIS IS. ABSOLUTELY SPREADING TO OTHER. COUNTRIES. THIS IS AN INSURGENCY INSIDE OF. THESE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT. DEMONSTRATED THEIR WILLINGNESS. TO DELIVER A BETTER LIFE AND. PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR. THEIR PEOPLE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE FRENCH. PUT A BIG FORCE ON THE STREET. TONIGHT, THAT THEY WERE PREPARED. TO DEFEND PROPERTY AND KEEP.

CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THE AREA. SAFE WHETHER AMERICAN CITIZENS. TRAVELING THERE OR FRENCH. CITIZENS WHO LIVE THERE. THEY FAILED LAST WEEKEND TO DO. THIS, AND I THINK EVERY NATION, EVERY CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO. DO THIS AS THESE PROTESTS. CONTINUE. AISHAH: THE FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, WAS MISSING FOR. HOURS LAST SATURDAY WHEN THE. WORST OF THE WORST WAS HAPPENING. ON HIS STREETS. HE DID CALL OUT THE LEFT GROUPS. THAT HE FEELS ARE TRYING TO. DESTROY THE COUNTRY, BUT THEN HE. ALSO CALLED OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE U.S. HE SAID THIS: WHEN ASKED WHETHER.

MR. TRUMP DOES NOT LIKE FRANCE, MR. MACRON ADDRESSING A GROUP OF. REPORTERS SAID, WELL, ONE HAS TO. ADMIT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE. SPEAKING ILL OF OUR COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW WITH ARE PEOPLE WHO. DON'T LIKE OUR COUNTRY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? THESE ARE CRITICISMS THAT THE. WEST -- NOT JUST THE UNITED. STATES, BUT WESTERN COUNTRIES --. HAVE IS MADE OF FRANCE FOR MANY. YEARS. >> YEAH, AISHAH, I SUPPOSE I'M. ON THAT LIST TOO. BUT IT TURNS OUT I LOVE THE.

FRENCH PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY. BUT MACRON HAS FAILED, RIGHT? THIS IS A SYMPTOM OF FAILED. LEADERSHIP. YOUR POINT ABOUT HIM NOT BEING. WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE WHEN THERE. WAS THIS CRISIS IS JUST A. SYMPTOM OF POOR LEADERSHIP. YOU SEE THESE RIOTS AS A RESULT. OF THAT, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE. ARE GOING TO DEMAND ENORMOUS. POLITICAL CHANGE FOR THEMSELVES. AND TO CRITIQUE THAT, TO MAKE. THAT OBSERVATION IS NOT AGAINST. THE FRENCH CITIZENS. IT'S ABOUT BASIC FUNDAMENTAL. LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS AND. PRESIDENT MACRON'S INABILITY TO. DELIVER THOSE FOR THE CITIZENS.

INSIDE HIS COUNTRY. AISHAH: I WANT TO TURN THE IRAN. QUICKLY HERE. WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS IN. THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS FROM. JAY CLAYTON, NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR. THERE'S A MEMO THAT WENT OUT. WARNING OF AN IRANIAN THREAT. HE WRITES, WE HAVE RECEIVED. INTELLIGENCE THAT IRAN HAS. SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED EFFORTS. TO TARGET U.S. PERSONNEL. THE LETHAL PLOTTING EFFORTS BY. THE IRANIANS AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS HAS REACHED ADVANCED. STAGES IN BOTH THE MIDDLE EAST. AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES.

SECRETARY, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE. TO THAT? >> WELL, AISHAH, WHEN I HEAR. THAT, IT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF. WORK TO DO. AND TO HEAR IT FROM SOMEONE LIKE. DIRECTOR CLAYTON WHO IS A. SERIOUS AND TALENTED OFFICIAL. MEANS THIS IS CERTAINLY REAL. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT ADVANCED. THREATS, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR. THEY'VE GOTTEN, BUT WE'VE SEEN. THIS BEFORE. THE IRANIANS HAVE TRIED TO KILL. IRANIAN CIVILIANS. I'VE BEEN ON THEIR KILL LIST FOR. SEVERAL YEARS NOW. THEY ARE INTENT UPON DESTROYING. THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST THE. AMERICANS, AND IS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO TRANSITION.

THIS REGIME FROM A REGIME THAT'S. TRYING TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND THE. UNITED STATES ARE DEEPLY. IMMEDIATE -- NEEDED. THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO, AND THE. HEAR JAY CLAYTON TALK TODAY. ABOUT THREATS AGAINST AMERICANS. JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB. REMINDS US ALL THERE'S STILL AN. AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. AISHAH: WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND, THE TOP THREE WAYS THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, GO AFTER AMERICANS IN. THE MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER. COUNTRIES? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, ADVANCED. DANGER? >> YEAH. SO IS, AISHAH, THEY COULD.

CERTAINLY USE SOME OF THEIR. DRONE CAPABILITY, THEIR MISSILE. CAPABILITY. WE'VE SEEN THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO. PENETRATE SOME OF THE MIDDLE. EASTERN DEFENSES. BUT MORE LIKELY THEY'RE USING. CONTRACTORS WHETHER IRANIAN. CELLS INSIDE OF THOSE COUNTRIES, MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM. BROTHERHOOD THAT MAY BE. SYMPATHETIC TO THE IRANIAN. CAUSE, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO. CONTRACT WITH THEM TO KILL THEM. AT CLOSE QUARTERS, BY HAND, THROUGH LETHAL MECHANISMS INSIDE. OF THOSE COUNTRIES. THOSE SEEM LIKE THE TWO MOST. LIKELY WAYS THAT THEY WOULD. ACHIEVE WHAT THEY HAVE NOW,

CLEARLY, TRIED TO ADVANCE FOR. MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. THAT WE'RE SIMPLY LEARNING ABOUT. TODAY. IRON OKAY. BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I JUST WANT. THE ASK ABOUT THE UPCOMING. ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU UP FOR. RE-ELECTION, SIR. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING. TO GO? >> YEAH. HAVING SEEN SEVERAL ISRAELI. ELECTIONS WHEN I WAS SECRETARY. OF STATE AND CIA DIRECTOR, TO. BET AGAINST PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU SEEMS LIKE SHEER. FOLLY. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS WILL. ULTIMATELY GO. I SUSPECT THERE'LL BE LOTS OF.

POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT. CONCLUDE. NO ONE WILL GET A MAJORITY, NONE. OF THE ISRAELI LEADERS, BUT WE. NEED TO JUST REMEMBER THAT THE. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITE. AND ISRAEL WILL BE A GOOD, SOLID. RELATIONSHIP NO MATTER WHO THE. ISRAELI PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE. THEIR NEXT PRIME MINISTER. AISHAH: OKAY. SECRETARY POMPEO, THANK YOU VERY. MUCH FOR JOINING US ON YOUR. SATURDAY. GREAT TO S.