Officers set ON FIRE in escalating French riots

[S[SHOUTING]. >> Lawrence: ANOTHER VIOLENT. WEEKEND IN EUROPE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND RIOTING. ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES. >> Brian: GREG PALKOT IS LIVE IN. LONDON WITH THE LATEST. >> EUROPE IS REELING FROM.

ANOTHER WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE AS. OFFICIALS TRY TO REIN IN THE. UNREST. FRANCE HAS SEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE. SINCE 300,000 TOOK TO THE. STREETS ANGRY ABOUT RISING. COSTS, SERVICES AND PEACEFUL. PROTESTS TURNED NASTY AS RIOTERS. THREW STONES AND BOTTLES. POLICE RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS. AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED AND. INJURED. MOLOTOV COCKTAILS WERE HURLED AT. PROTESTORS THAT SET ON FIRE THE. PROTECTOR GEAR WORN BY A POLICE. OFFICER. HE HE TRIED TO PUT OUT THE.

FLAMES. OTHER PEOPLE HELPED HIM. AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. GERMANY SAW THE BIGGEST AMOUNT. OF UNREST OVER THE WEEKEND. PROTESTS IN 30 CITIES. HARD HIT THE FINANCIAL HUB OF. FRANKFURT. TROUBLE HAPPENING IN BERLIN, HAMBURG AND COLOGNE. SIMILAR PROTESTS IN OTHER. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. STRUGGLING. PORTUGAL A PROTESTOR CAMP WAS. CLEARED. MORE TROUBLE IN ITALY AND. ALBANIA AND SWITZERLAND SEEING.

FIGHTS. UNREST AND OFFICIALS ARE TRYING. TO REIN THEM IN. >> Brian: 116 OFFICERS GOT HURT, TOO. 21.