'Nationwide CRISIS': Rioters DEFY police bans in France as chaos escalates

YOUR GREAT INSIGHT AS ALWAYS. RACHEL: THANKS, JONATHAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LOOK AT THAT NEARLY 150,000. PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS. SATURDAY DEFYING BANS ON. PROTESTS AND EXTENDING THE. FIERY CHAOS FOR YET ANOTHER. WEEKEND. RACHEL: THE CHAOS HAPPENING. JUST AS SECRETARY OF STATE IS. SET TO ARRIVE IN PARIS FOR THE. G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING.

MADELEINE RIVERA JOINS US WITH. THE DETAILS. GOOD MORNING. >> HI, GOOD MORNING. THIS MARKS THE FOURTH. CONSECUTIVE WEEKEND OF PROTESTS. IN FRANCE. FRANCE INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS. 146,000 PEOPLE PROTESTED ON. SATURDAY WITH ABOUT 46,000. TAKING TO THE STREETS IN THE. COUNTRY'S CAPITAL WHICH IS, OF. COURSE, PARIS. SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS. TURNED VIOLENT WITH ABOUT 200. PEOPLE REPORTEDLY CHARGING AT. OFFICERS IN PARIS, THROWING. PROJECTILES AND SETTING OFF.

HOMEMAID FIREWORKS. POLICE RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS. TO TRY TO BREAK APART THE. CROWD. ABOUT 7,000 SECURITY FORCES HAD. BEEN DEPLOYED TO RESPOND. THE PROTESTS BEGAN WITH HIGH. SCHOOL STUDENTS CALL OUT. UNDERFUNDING, TEACHERS. SHORTAGES AND OVERCROWDED. CLASSROOMS AMONG OTHER ISSUES. IT HAS SINCE ESCALATED INTO A. NATIONWIDE CRISIS INVOLVING. LABOR UNIONS AND GENERAL. WORKERS WITH PEOPLE ANGRY OVER. SOARING PRICES FOR THINGS LIKE. FUEL, ENERGY AND OTHER EVERYDAY. ESSENTIALS. HERE IS A FORMER SENIOR CIA.

OPERATIONS OFFICER TALKING. ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS. MOVEMENT. >> THIS IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH AND. SCOPE, IN MY ESTIMATION, AS. WELL AS HOW IT'S SPREAD. THROUGHOUT EUROPE. UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE. TAKING TO THE STREETS AND THEY. DON'T KNOW HOW LARGE THE CROWDS. ARE, UPWARDS OF 1 1/2 MILLION. VIOLENCE LOVES PROTEST. >> TODAY SECRETARY OF STATE. MARCO RUBIO IS HEADING TO PARIS. WHERE HE'S EXPECTED.