More than 600K join 'BLACK THURSDAY' protests in France

. >> Ainsley: FRANCE BRACING FOR. ANOTHER DAY OF PROTEST AFTER. MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE RALLIED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S BEEN CALLED BLACK THURSDAY. >> Brian: THERE IS GOING TO BE A. LOT OF THEM. SECURITY FORCES MAKING MORE THAN. 400 ARRESTS AFTER PEOPLE BEGAN. SETTING FIRES AND ATTACKING. POLICE. >> Lawrence: LET'S GO TO JEFF. PAUL LIVE FOR DETAILS. GOOD MORNING, JEFF. >> YEAH, GOOD MORNING. NEARLY 600,000 TURNED OUT. YESTERDAY FOR PROTESTS ALL. ACROSS FRANCE, BRINGING.

ATTENTION TO THE HIGH COST OF. LIVING. MANY STRIKING WORKERS WALKED. RIGHT OFF THE JOB TO JOIN THE. MOVEMENT WHERE AT TIMES THINGS. GOT A LITTLE HEATED BETWEEN. RESPONDING RIOT POLICE AND. DEMONSTRATORS. OFFICERS USING TEAR GAS, FLASH. BANGS AND EVEN WATER CANNONS. WHEN THOSE PROTESTS GOT OUT OF. HAND. SEVERAL SCUFFLES BROKE OUT. BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS IN PARIS. AS POLICE ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE. ORDER. AND IN THE CITY OF LEON, MULTIPLE FIRES WERE SET WITH AT. LEAST ONE CAR GOING UP IN. FLAMES. AUTHORITIES THERE WORKING. QUICKLY TO EXTINGUISH THE. FLAMES. BUT, BY AND LARGE, THE MAJORITY.

OF THOSE WHO SHOWED UP TO. PROTEST DID NOT CLASH WITH. POLICE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED. THROUGH THE STREETS OF SEVERAL. CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WITHOUT INCIDENT. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WILL NOT BE. DETERRED AS THEY CONTINUE TO. PUSH FOR HIGHER WAGES, BETTER. SCHOOLS, AND INCREASED FUNDING. TO PUBLIC SERVICES. [SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE]. >> THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY. IS HIGHLY COMPLEX. SINCE STUDENTS HAVE GONE BACK TO. SCHOOL, WE HAVE SEEN PROTESTS. TAKING PLACE. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN TO THE. STREETS ONLY TO BE MET WITH.

QUITE HARSH REPRESSION. >> PROTESTS HAPPENED ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT MACRON IS TERM LIMITED. SO HE CAN'T RUN AGAIN. FAR RIGHT CANDIDATE MARIA LE PEN. AND JOHN LUKE ARE CONSIDERED THE. FRONT RUNNER. FRANCE'S INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS. 448 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. 53 POLICE OFFICERS WERE HURT. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CALLS. ALTHOUGH NOT VERY ORGANIZED TO. KEEP PROTESTING BOTH TODAY AND.

TOMORROW. LAWRENCE, AINSLEY, AND BRIAN. >> Lawrence: THANKS SO MUCH, JEFF. >> Brian: THEIR DEMANDS ARE. IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY. WH.