Molotov cocktails HURLED at cops in France as VIOLENT riots draw 70k

. MADDIE RIVERA, THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. NOW TO THIS --. [BACKGROUND SOUNDS]. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]. CHARLIE: FOR THE THIRD WEEKEND. IN A ROW, VIOLENT PROTESTS. TAKING OVER THE STREETS OF. FRANCE WITH A MARCH IN PARIS. DRAWING OVER 70,000 PEOPLE. RIOTERS EVEN TO ATTACKED POLICE.

IN THE STREETS, YOU CAN SEE THEM. THROWING WHAT APPEAR TO BE. MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. MEANWHILE, A FAR-LEFT. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS. SPOTTED AT SOME OF THE PROTESTS, AND CRITICS ARE ACCUSING HIM OF. ENCOURAGING THE UNREST. HERE TO DISCUSS IS FORMER STATE. DEPARTMENT SENIOR ADVISER UNDER. TRUMP, CHRISTIAN WHITON TO. I GUESS OVER THE YEARS WE'VE. GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. PROTESTS IN FRANCE, BUT WHAT IS. KIND OF REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS IS. THE NUMBER OF ETC. LAMMISTS WHO APPEAR -- ISLAMISTS.

WHO APPEAR TO BE INVOLVED IN. THESE CURRENT PROTESTS. >> THAT'S RIGHT, CHARLIE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S. PROBABLY A BEARING OF WHAT'S. GOING TO COME AROUND THE WORLD, PERHAPS HERE IN THE UNITED. STATES. THIS UNION OF LEFT AND THE. ISLAMIST, POLITICAL ISLAM. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT. SURPRISING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT. IT. BOTH GROUPS OF PEOPLE WANT TO. RUN YOUR LIFE, BOTH WANT THE. TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BOTH. CERTAINLY HATE ISRAEL AND. AMERICA AS WELL. YOU'RE SEEING AMERICAN FLAGS. BURNED AND ISRAELI FLAGS BURNED. AND IF ALSO THE EUROPEAN MEDIA.

CALLING THEM MOSTLY PEACEFEFUL. RIOTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST. SHOWS THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT, ONCE IT FAILS AND ONCE IT LOOKS. LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE PUSHED. ASIDE AS IT DOES IN FRANCE, BRITAIN AND GERMANY IS NOT GOING. TO GO PEACEFULLY. CHARLIE: AND IT'S ALSO A. REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN. YOU OPEN YOUR BORDERS AND LET. EVERYBODY IN AND CHANGE YOUR. COUNTRY. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER. HOT SPOT. THE IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER. THREATENING ATTACKS WITH, QUOTE, GEOGRAPHICALLY UNRESTRICTED.

RESPONSE AS SECRETARY RUBIO SAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP PREFERS. DIPLOMACY, BUT THE U.S. IS READY. FOR MILITARY ACTION. WE GET A LOT OF THESE THREATS, WE HEAR A LOT OF THESE THREATS. FROM IRANIAN LEADERS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE ARE A LITTLE. BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT THEY TURN. OUT TO BE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE LATEST. THREATS? >> WELL, WE SHOULD TAKE THEM. SERIOUSLY. IRAN IS A DANGEROUS COUNTRY THAT. DOES DANGEROUS THINGS, BUT I. THINK IF THE PRESIDENT -- HE. SAID HE'S GOING TO DECIDE AFTER. THE ELECTIONS WHICH HAPPEN ON. TUESDAY -- WHETHER OR NOT TO. RESUME LARGE SCALE COMBAT.

OPERATIONS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE. ANOTHER NUMBER OF OPTIONS, MORE. DIRECTED, FOCUSED ATTACKS, MY. ADVICE WOULD BE THAT THE. PRESIDENT SHOULD GO BIG OR GO. HOME. WE HAVE IRAN IN A VERY GOOD SPOT. RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE -- THEY CANNOT EXPORT. MUCH OIL, NONE THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ, EFFECTIVELY. THEY'RE BLEEDING MONEY, THEY'RE. UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. SO THERE'S THE CHANCE THE MOVE. ON, SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE. STATUS QUO AND, LISTEN, THE THEY. WANT TO NEGOTIATE, THEY KNOW HOW. TO REACH US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT AROUND. AND HAVE THIS DOMINATE THE NEWS.

INDEFINITELY. CHARLIE: YEAH. I WANT TO PLAY THIS CLIP FROM. SECRETARY RUBIO. >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S. OBSERVATION IS THE UNITED STATES. REMAINS THE MOST HIGHLY CAPABLE. MILITARY POWER ON EARTH. WE CAN ACHIEVE MILITARY. OBJECTIVES IF WE SEEK TO. HE HASN'T MADE A DECISION. HE PREFERS TO SOLVE IT. DIPLOMATICALLY, BUT WHAT HE. EXPRESSES TO YOU IS INCREDIBLE. CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE NEED TO DO. SOMETHING MILITARILY, WE HAVE. EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE, SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE WOULD PREFER. TO DO IT PEACEFULLY.

CHARLIE: DO YOU GET THE SENSE. THAT THE IRANIAN LEADERS ARE. EVEN LISTENING? >> IT'S HARD TO SAY. THEY CERTAINLY DON'T SEEM TO BE. TAKING SMART STEPS. I MEAN, IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO. GET OUT OF THIS BOX, IF THEY CUT. A DEAL AND SAY THE STRAIT'S OPEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING. ON NUKES, WE'LL MAKE A PINKY. PROMISE, I THIS THEY COULD. RESUME SOME OIL EXPORTS AND GET. OUT OF SOME OF THESE SANCTIONS. RUBIO'S RIGHT, WE DO HAVE THE. CAPABILITY OF GOING BACK. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT. BEING SHORT ON THE MOST.

EXPENSIVE, HIGHEST TARARGET, I. BELIEVE THERE ARE ABOUT 100,000. PINPOINT BOMBS THAT CAN STRIKE. ANYWHERE THAT AN AIRCRAFT CAN. FLY IF OVER IRAN, SO WE HAVE. TREMENDOUS CAPABILITIES. IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE.