MASSIVE Paris riots lead to calls for curfews: 'This is a WARNING sign'

ON DEATH'S DOOR. NOW THIS? >> Sandra: FRANCE ON FIRE. THIS WAS A WILD SCENE OVER THE. WEEKEND. STORES LOOTED, LAND MARQUES. VANDALIZED. MORE THAN HALF MILLION PEOPLE. ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE TAKEN PART. IN THESE VIOLENT RIOTS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. SHOWING A STORE MANAGER FIGHTING. TO KEEP RIOTERS OUT OF HIS.

BUSINESS. HE WAS KICKED AND PELTED WITH. ROCKS AND PROJECTILES BEFORE THE. STORE WAS RANSACKED. FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON IS. FACING BACKLASH AS HE TRAVELS. ACROSS THE GULF ON A DIPLOMATIC. TOUR. JOINING US NOW IS SENIOR. CORRESPONDENT FOR EUROPE AT THE. FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF. DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU. YOU SAY THIS IS NO LONGER --. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Sandra: WHY? >> IT'S CLEAR. ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH HIGH.

SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHAT WE ARE NOW SEEING IS. SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THIS IS ABOUT, IN PARTICULAR, THE RADICAL LEFT WHO WANT. SUPPORTERS TO BELIEVE THEY ARE. FIGHTING TYRANNY. BUT INTIMIDATING PUBLIC SERVANTS. OR TRASHING STORES WHERE PEOPLE. HAVE BUILT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. HAVE TO DO WITH FIGHTING. TYRANNY? >> Sandra: YOU ALSO SAY IT SAYS. A LOT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE. TARGETS IN FRANCE, WITH THE.

RIOTERS STORMING MARSEILLES WITH. PEOPLE SHOUTING, WE ARE TAKING. THE BASTILLE. >> I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT. WHEN PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING TOWN. HALLS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING MAYOR, THE SYMBOL OF THE FRENCH. REPUBLIC, SOMETHING ENTIRELY. DIFFERENT IS GOING ON HERE. IT'S A FORM OF INSURRECTION. THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO BRING DOWN. THE GOVERNMENT, BRING DOWN THE. STATE SYMBOLICALLY OR ACTUALLY. THIS IS, AMONGST OTHER THING,

THAT WE ARE SEEING. >> Sandra: LOT OF IT IS. ORGANIZED. WHO'S BEHIND THIS? >> IT IS INDEED ORGANIZED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT FAR LEFT. ANTIFAH GROUPS ARE BEHIND THIS. IN PARTICULAR AROUND FIGURE OF. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FROM. THE FAR LEFT WHICH IS EQUIVALENT. ON THE U.S. SCALE OF THE DSA.

TOGETHER, WITH OTHER NETWORKS, BUT ALSO PROBABLY FOREIGN. ACTORS. IT'S VERY CLEAR. IT'S BECOME VERY CLEAR THAT. EUROPE AND FRANCE ARE EASY. TARGETS FOR ANYONE TRYING TO. DESTABLIZE THE WEST, FRANCE IN. PARTICULAR. SO WE ARE SEEING ACCOUNTS FROM. ALGERIA. WE ARE SEEING IRANIAN ACCOUNTS. WE ARE SEEING ACCOUNTS FROM. QATAR AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHO. ARE TRYING TO, ON SOCIAL MEDIA,

SORT OF ENCOURAGE PROTESTERS TO. GO AND DO MORE. >> Sandra: THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD HERE IN. THE U.S. WITH THE HEADLINE WHY. FRANCE IS BURNING. FRANCE IS IN A VIOLENT. DEMOCRATIC FUNK, IT READS, AND. IT WILL PROBABLY GET WORSE. DON'T THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN IN. THE U.S. GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE. OF AMERICAN POLITICS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT. WARNING TO US HERE AT HOME BASED. ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?

>> I THINK IT'S TRUE. I THINK IT'S TRUE. I THINK WHAT FRANCE IS. EXPERIENCING AND HAS BEEN. EXPERIENCING IS WARNING SIGN FOR. THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD. WE ARE SEEING EXTREME. POLARIZATION. WE ARE SEEING ENEMIES TRYING TO. TARGET FROM THE INSIDE AND THE. OUOUTSIDE OUR LIBERAL DEMOCRACY. AND WE HAVE SEEN THE EARLY. WARNING SIGNS FOR YEARS HERE. WE HAVE SEEN ORGANIZATION, WE. HAVE SEEN AN EXPLOSION OF.

ANTI-SEMITISM. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ANTI-SEMITISM. IS ALWAYS THE FIRST SIGN OF A. SOCIETY FALLING APART. WE'VE SEEN ALL OF THIS FOR. YEARS. I DON'T THINK TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, ANY LIBERAL. DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD IS SAFE. FROM WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY. EXPERIENCING HERE. >> Sandra: FINALLY, CUE THE. PHOTO SO MANY ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT IS MACRON AND HIS WIFE AT A. CELINE DION CONCERT IN PARIS. FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS POSTED MACRON'S MESSAGE.

TO FRANCE, LET THEM EAT CAKE. ANGER IS GROWING AFTER' AND HIS. WIFE WERE SPOTTED THAT CONCERT. IN PARIS AMID THIS WIDESPREAD. UNREST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT. THAT? >> LISTEN, IF I WAS HIS. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER, I WOULD. HAVE DEFINITELY TOLD HIM NOT TO. GO. IT'S NOT A VERY SMART IDEA. I THINK IT'S GENERAL ISSUE. NOT JUST THE FACT THAT HE WENT. TO THE CONCERT. BUT I THINK THERE'S A FEELING. GENERALLY THAT THERE'S AN.

ABSENCE OF THE STATE. FOR HOURS AND HOURS, SOME OF THE. SHOPS HERE IN PARIS WERE. RANSACKED. PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT WITH. SHOES AND PHONES AND HE WAS. NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. I THINK THERE IS NOTHING WORSE. THAN DEMOCRACY WHEN PEOPLE FEEL. LIKE THE STATE IS ABSENT. THE ADDITIONAL SYMBOL OF MACRON. ATTENDING THE CONCERT DOESN'T. HELP. >> Sandra: GOT IT. IT IS APPROACHING 7:10 P.M. AT.

NIGHT THERE. WE ARE TOLD THINGS ARE SOMEWHAT. QUIET. THERE IS A CURFEW IN EFFECT. WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR.