'OUT OF CONTROL': Trump SLAMS France protests

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>> Sandra: RIGHT NOW CHAOS IN. THE STREETS OF FRANCE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS. EXPRESSING ANGER OVER. UNDERFUNDING AND STAFFING. APARTMENT FRANCE'S HIGH SCHOOLS. I'M SANDRA SMITH. JOHN? >> John: IT STARTED AS A GOOD. AFTERNOON. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ANARCHY. I'M JOJOHN ROBERTS. THIS IS "AMERICA REPORTS.".

POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS AS SOME. DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK SCHOOLS IN. FRANCE AND OTHERS SET FIRE TO. VEHICLES. THE FAR LEFT NOW SEIZING ON THE. MOMENT. TURNING UP THE PRESSURE ON. PRESIDENT MACRON. JEFF PAUL IS LIVE ON THE STREETS. IN PARIS WITH THE LATEST. HI, JEFF. >> JOHN, YOU CAN SEE THE RIOT. POLICE OUT HERE HAVE LINED UP.

THEY HAVE THEIEIR GEAR KITED OU. HELMETS AND SHIELDS. THEY'LL IDENTIFY WHO THINK THEY. IS A TROUBLE MAKER OVER HERE IN. THIS CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS THAT. HAVE BEEN GATHERING IN THIS. PARK. THEY MOVE IN, IDENTIFY WHOEVER. HAS THROWN SOMETHING, CAUSING. PROBLEMS AND PULL THEM BACK OUT. AND RESTORE THE PERIMETER. TODAY HAS BEEN A DAY LIKE NO. OTHER. THERE'S TENS OF THOUSANDS. PROTESTING NOT ONLY HERE IN.

PARIS BUT THROUGHOUT THE. COUNTRY. SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN. IN RECENT DAYS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, WE SAW A. MASS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT A. PARK. THAT DEMONSTRATION TURNED INTO A. MARCH WHERE IT ENDED UP WHERE WE. ARE AT RIGHT NOW, HERE. THE STUDENTS ARE CALLING FOR. EQUALITY IN EDUCATION. THEY FEEL IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS. OF FRANCE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING. THE SAME QUALITY OF SCHOOLING AS. OTHER KIDS. THEY BELIEVE BUILDINGS ARE. CRUMBLING, RATS COMING OUT OF. THE WALLS. THEY BELIEVE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. TEACHERS AND THEY DON'T THINK.

IT'S FAIR. THEY'VE BEEN PROTESTING. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENCE IS. TRADE UNIONS HAVE JOINED THIS. MOVEMENT. THAT OF COURSE IS GETTING LITTLE. CRITICISM ON THE FAR LEFT. THE FAR LEFT HAS HIJACKED THIS. MOVEMENT FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL. GAIN. POLITICIANS SAYING THEY HAVEN'T. DONE THAT. THEY SUPPORT THE GROUP BUT NOT. ORGANIZING THE MOVEMENT. POLICE ARE NOT MESSING AROUND. OUT HERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO. DISBURSE. YOU CAN SEE SMOKE IN THE AIR. YOU ALMOST TASTE SOME SORT OF. IRAND THE. THEY'VE BEEN USING TEAR GAS.

AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE PULLING. PEOPLE OUT TRYING TO GET THE. GROUP TO DISBURSE, JOHN. >> John: THIS STARTED AS A. STUDENTS PROTEST AS CONDITIONS. IN FRANCE. SOME PEOPLE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE. THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN. ABOUT. THIS LOOKS LIKE AGITATORS HAVE. MOVED IN. >> JOHN, YOU CAN FEEL THE MOOD. SHIFT. EARLIER IN THE DAY WE WERE AT A. SCHOOL THAT WAS CLOSED DOWN. IT WAS BARRICADED OFF. PEOPLE WERE CHANTING. HAD MORE OF A POSITIVE FEEL TO.

IT. AFTER THAT BIG MARCH AND THEY. CAME OVER HERE, IT CHANGED A BIT. AS THESE MAJOR CLASHES BETWEEN. POLICE AND PROTESTERS PLAYED. OUT. THESE ARE NOT JUST SCHOOL KIDS. YOU SEE ADULTS OUT HERE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR. INTENTIONS ARE. IN MOMENTS LIKE, THIS IT TAKES A. FEW TROUBLE MAKERS TO RUIN A. PROTEST. >> John: AS WE'VE SEEN MANY. TIMES STATESIDE. JEFF PAUL WITH THE LATEST. THANKS SO MUCH. SANDRA?

>> Sandra: LET'S BRING IN EDITOR. AT LARGE OF "THE SUN", HARRY. COLE IS WITH US. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THESE. LIVE PICTURES PAST 7:00 P.M. THERE. WE'RE LOOKING LIVE AT PARIS. WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE. CITY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN. PART ACROSS FRANCE. HARRY, SHARE WITH US THE UPDATE.

FROM YOUR CHAIR. >> WELL, IT WOULD BE WRONG TO. SUGGEST THAT FRANCE DOESN'T HAVE. A LONG HISTORY OF TAKING TO THE. STREETS AND USING STREET. VIOLENCE AS A PHYSICAL TOOL. THERE'S BEEN TALK OF MEMORIES. AND SHADES OF 1968. STUDENT PROTESTS IN THIS. ALSO, WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC. THAT THIS HAS MOVE FAR BEYOND A. STUDENT PROTEST AND SCHOOL KIDS. COMPLAINING ABOUT CLASS SIZES. AND RATS AND FACILITIES AT THEIR. SCHOOL. THE FRESH GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGING.

THERE'S LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. BUT AGITAORS ARE GETTING. INVOLVED. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW. BETTER. THEY'RE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE BEEN OPENLY STIRRING. THE CALLS TO BRING PEOPLE ON THE. STREETS. THEY SAY IT'S MOSTLY PEACEFUL. HE DOESN'T ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE. WE'VE HAD MAYORS, ORGANIZES, POLITICIANS JOINING IN.

IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD FOR. FRANCE TO TAKE. ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STUDENTS. HAVING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND. ACTIVE POLITICIANS, PRESIDENTIAL. CANDIDATES STIRRING THE POT. >> John: YEAH, JOHN ROBERTS HERE. IN WASHINGTON D.C. YOU KNOW, WE SEE -- LOOK AT THE. POLLS AS TO WHO IS LEADING TO. BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF. FRANCE. LaPEN IS THE FAR RIGHT. CANDIDATE. IT WOULD SEEM THAT FRANCE WITH. OTHER EUROPEANS, THERE'S A PUSH.

TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF. UNCHECKED IMMIGRATION. HOW MUCH DOES THAT PLAY IN TO. THE IDEA THAT SUPPORTERS OF THE. FAR LEFT HEY BE HELPING TO FUEL. THE RIOTS? >> LePEN CAME CLOSE TO WINNING. LAST TIME. ALL THIS WILL DO IS DRIVE. ORDINARY FRENCH CITIZENS IN TO. THE ARMS OF THE RIGHT. SHE WAS SEEN AN A BOGEYMAN. FIGURE, HARD RIGHT.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE THINGS WE. SEE AND BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN. DEMOGRAPHICS, THE CHANGE FACE OF. FRANCE, NORMAL PEOPLE ARE GIVING. WHAT WOULD ONCE BE CONSIDERED. BEYOND PALE AS A POLITICIAN, THEY'RE GIVING HER A LOOK. I THINK IF THIS CARRIES ON FOR. MUCH LONGER, ALL WE'LL SEE IS. THE RIGHT ON THE MARCH. IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS EUROPE. IT'S HAPPENING IN BRITAIN, GERMANY WITH THE AFD. IT'S SYSTEMATIC OF THE ROT WE'RE. SEEING ACROSS WHAT SHOULD BE. SOPHISTICATED EUROPEAN.

DEMOCRACIES THAT PEOPLE ARE ON. THE STREETS AND ORDINARY PEOPLE. INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE BALLOT. BOX LOOKING AT THIS SCENE AND. THINKING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO. OUR COUNTRY. >> Sandra: THIS HAS BEEN GOING. ON FOR WEEKS. JUST TODAY, 256,000 PEOPLE TOOK. TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS. FRANCE. WE'RE TOLD THAT IS 56,000 IN. PARIS ALONE, HARRY. AS FAR AS THE ARRESTS MADE, 6,100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. SINCE THE PROTESTS BEGAN. THE SCHOOL CLOSURES, JUST TODAY,

HARRY, 891 SCHOOLS PARTIALLY OR. FULLY CLOSED ACCORDING TO. FRANCE'S EDUCATION MINISTRY. THESE KIDS CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL IF. THEY CHOOSE TO RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, ACTUALLY. FRANCE IS AT THE HIGHEST END OF. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR SCHOOLS. SPENDING. THERE'S CLEARLY CONCERN ABOUT. SOME OF THE FACILITIES. AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY IN. GHETTOIZED COMMUNITIES, MIGRANT.

COMMUNITIES WHERE THE FUNDING IS. LOWER. IN RURAL FRANCE, SCHOOL SIZES, SCHOOL CLASS SIZES ARE MUCH. SMALLER THAN IN THE CITIES. EVEN THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS. SAYING WE'RE TAKING ON. LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THERE. CALLED ME OLD FASHIONED. IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE. FACILITIES OF YOUR SCHOOL AND. THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WHEN IS. BURNING THEM DOWN EVER BEEN THE. ANSWER? >> John: WE'VE ASKED THAT. QUESTIONS HERE MANY TIMES IN THE. UNITED STATES AS WELL. PRESIDENT TRUMP GETTING INVOLVED. HERE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN EMMANUEL MACRON.

SAY ANYTHING. PRESIDENT TRUMP DID. HE PUT OUT ON TRUTH SOCIAL? WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRANCE IS. OUT OF CONTROL MASS MIGRATION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SCHOOLS. THIS IS ABOUT ISLAM WANTING TO. TAKE OVER A ONCE GREAT COUNTRY. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? >> CHARACTERISTIC NUANCE THERE. FROMOM THE PRESIDENT. UNDERLYING TENSIONS ACROSS. EUROPE, ACROSS THE WEST ARE DUE. TO MASS MIGRATION AND THE FACT. THAT COUNTRIES ARE UNRECOGNIZING. IN A SHORT NUMBER OF DECADES.

WONDERING WHY CLASS SIZES ARE. BOOMING ACROSS THE WEST. OBVIOUSLY BRINGING IN MASSIVE. NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A. GROWING POPULATION RATE COMPARED. TO NATIVE PEOPLE IS DOING TO. CAUSE THE ISSUES. IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOLS. IT'S HOSPITALS, HOUSING, ALL OF. THESE THINGS. CHARACTERISTIC NUANCE FOR THE. PRESIDENT. HE'S NOT ENTIRELY WRONG BUT A. BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. IN FRANCE. >> John: HE DOES NUANCE WELL. DOESN'T HE?

THANKS, HARRY. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SANDRA? >> Sandra: LET'S BRING IN PAUL. MAURO, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND. HOST OF THE WEEKLY WRAP SHEET ON. FOX KNAUS. PAUL, PIVOT YOU TO THE STORY AS. WELL. WE KNOW 715 POLICE OFFICERS HAVE. BEEN INJURED THROUGHOUT THESE. PROTESTS. IN A SINGLE DAY, 305 OFFICERS. WERE INJURED. POLICE MADE MORE THAN 1,900. ARRESTS. WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING? >> OBVIOUSLY NOWHERE GOOD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE. DON'T REALIZE IS THAT THE POLICE. DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES.

YOUR RESOURCES IN THE POLICE. WORLD DETERMINE WHAT CASES YOU. CHASE AND WHERE YOU DEPLOY. THE LIMITED NUMBER OF BODIES. THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT IN ANY. SITUATION IS THE LIMITING. PRINCIPLE FOR ANY POLICE. DEPARTMENT. LET'S SHOW WHAT THEY'RE UP. AGAINST HERE. POST WORLD WAR II, THE FRENCH. SUFFERED GREATLY. THEY NEEDED LABOR. THEY NEEDED MIGRANT WORKERS. THEY HAD THE P PREVIOUS COLONYS.

SOME OF THESE HAD CITIZENSHIP. FROM THE DAYS OF ALGERIAN. OCCUPATION THERE. THOSE PEOPLE CAME AND THEY WERE. EXPECTED TO LEAVE. THEY DID NOT. FRANCE DOESN'T HAVE AMERICA'S. HISTORY OF -- THAT IS IN OUR DNA. OF ASSIMILATION. WHAT DID YOU END UP WITH? YOU ENDED UP WITH ISOLATED. COMMUNITIES THAT FELT LIKE THEY. WERE NOT PART OF THE BODY. POLITIC. YOU HEARD OF THE NO-GO ZONES. OUTSIDE OF PARIS. DIFFERENT FROM THE 70s. YOU HEARD ABOUT THINGS LIKE.

WHITE FLIGHT. PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITIES. IN FRANCE, IT WAS THE REVERSE. IN PARIS. THEY STAYED IN THE CITIES AND. THE PEOPLE WERE AT THE LOWER END. OF THE ECONOMIC SCALE, THEY WENT. OUTSIDE THE CITIES AND THAT'S. WHY YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE AREAS. AROUND PARIS THAT ARE NO-GO. ZONES FOR POLICE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID WE DON'T. HAVE NO-GO ZONES. I'VE SEEN THEM. WE'VE SEEN THE BURNT OUT. BUILDINGS AND CARS. THIS IS AFTER UNREST.

I'VE BEEN OVER THERE A NUMBER OF. TIMES. THEY HAVE TOWNS LIKE ST. DENNIS. UP NORTH OF THERE. THEY HAVE ENTIRE NO-GO ZONES. HEAVY NORTH AFRICAN MIGRANT. PRESENCE AS WELL. THIS IS EMBLEMATIC. THIS IS MARRIED TO THE. PROGRESSIVE LEFT. IT'S THE SAME PHENOMENON THAT. WE'RE SEEING HERE IN AMERICA.

THAT HAS GOTTEN IT'S ABDUL. EL-SAYED AND ZOHRAN MANDANI HERE. IN NEW YORK CITY. THE FAR LEFT HAS DECIDED TO. CONFIGURE A COALITION THAT THEY. THINK WORKS FOR THEM AND. CERTAINLY WORKS FOR THE. PROTESTERS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE. THIS IS AN AVATAR OF WHAT IS TO. COME IN EUROPE. GUY THAT FAR. FRANCE'S BOND DEGRADE IS ABOUT. TO BE DROPPED LOWER. IF THEY GET THEIR BONDS DOWN. GRADED, IT COULD TAKE THE ENTIRE. EU CONSTRUCT WITH IT.

THAT'S SOME OF THE SPECULATION. HERE. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. LOOK, LET'S BE HONEST. THE FRENCH HAVE A TRADITION AS. MR. COLE MENTIONED OF THIS KIND. OF PROTEST. YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE BASTILLE. OR EVEN FURTHER, THE REVOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A. CERTAIN ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE FOR. THEM. THIS FEELS LIKE IT'S BIGGER. >> Sandra: YOU START TO LOOK AT. THE NUMBERS. WE'RE NOT TALKING TENS OF. THOUSANDS. WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS.

TAKING T TO THE STREETS. WE'RE SEEING STRASBOURG, LEONE, PARIS THERE. THE POLICE NUMBERS, THEY START. TO BE OUTNUMBERED. WE'VE SEEN SOME STREETS ON FIRE, ESPECIALLY IN PARIS. I DON'T KNOW. THIS HAS BEEN WEEKS OF. DEMONSTRATIONS. HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS GO ON? >> THEY DON'T SEEM TO GET THEIR. ARMS AROUND IT. IT'S GETTING THAT BAD. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO. RECOGNIZE DRIVING THIS, AMERICA. HAS BEEN THE SECURITY GUARANTOR.

FOR EUROPE FOR ROUGHLY 80 YEARS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT. OF MONEY ON PLANES, BOATS AND. GUNS. EVENTUALLY THOUGH YOU RUN OUT OF. OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT. DONALD TRUMP HAS PUT PRESSURE ON. EUROPE TO STEP UP TO NATO. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FUNDS THAT. THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE AT. THEIR DISPODISPOSAL. THEY'RE NOT THERE. YOU'RE SEEING THAT COME HOME. EUROPE IS IN A SERIOUS.

TRANSFORMATION. >> Sandra: LOOK AT THE. DESTRUCTION TO THE PROPERTY. THROUGHOUT PARIS AS THIS IS. ONGOING. WE APPRECIATE IT, PAUL. THANK YOU. JOHN? >> John: LET'S BRING IN A SENIOR. ENVOY FOR EUROPE. SIMONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE IN. GREECE. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON WITH. VERY SHORT NOTICE. FOR FOLKS AT HOME, THERE WAS A. GREAT ARTICLE THAT SIMONE HAS. AUTHORED IN THE FOUNDATION FOR.

DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY ABOUT WHY. FRANCE IS BURNING. I WANT TO QUOTE FOR THIS. YOU SAY YES, THE STUDENTS HAVE A. REASON TO BE ANGRY ABOUT. OVERCROWDED CLASSES. WHY HAS IT GOTTEN SO OUT OF. HAND? WHY IS A HIGH SCHOOL PROTEST. MOVEMENT TURNED INTO A. NATIONWIDE VIOLENT RIOT? YOU WANT TO GIVE US YOUR. THOUGHTS BEHIND THAT QUESTION? >> SURE. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS VERY MUCH. FOR HAVING ME ON. IT'S VERY EASY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE.

STUDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED WITH, PARENTS CAN UNDERSTAND. LACK OF TEACHERS, OVERCROWDED. CLASSROOMS, BUILDINGS FALLING. APART. SO STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING. FOR WEEKS. THE VIDEOS HAVE GONE VIRAL. THEY WENT ON TIK TOK, OF COURSE, WITHIN DAYS OF THE MOVEMENT. BUT VERY QUICKLY, THIS HAS. BECOME PRETTY VIOLENT. WHAT YOU'RE NOW SEEING THAT IS. OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNING. WE HAVE SEEN KIDS WITH, YOU. KNOW, SKI MASKS, BARRICADING.

THEIR OWN SCHOOLS. POLICE WOMEN KICKED TO THE. GROUND. PEOPLE CALLING TO KILL HER. IT'S REALLY CONCERNING. WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS. THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN. INSTRUMENTALIZED IN PARTICULAR. BY THE FAR LEFT HERE IN FRANCE. AND IN PARTICULAR BY A VERY. IMPORTANT FIGURE WHO HAS VERY. CLEAR POLITICAL PLAN WHO IS THE.

LEADER OF FRANCE'S BIGGEST. RADICAL PARTY. HE HAS A PLAN. HE W WANTS TO FIND HIMSELF IN A. POSITION TO HAVE THE FAR RIGHT. GROW EVEN FURTHER. THE NATIONAL REALLY GROW EVEN. FURTHER AND BE THE ONLY. OPPOSITION PARTY TOWARDS THIS. IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR. HIM. EITHER HE WILL WIN THE ELECTION. WITH THE WHOLE IDEA OF. ANTI-FASCISM AND BRINGING. TOGETHER THE ORGANIZED COUNTRY, OR POTENTIALLY EVEN WIN THE.

ELECTION. THIS IS CLEARLY POLITICAL. MANIPULATION ON THE FAR LEFT. END. >> John: SIMONE, AFTERER DECADE. OF RULE ACROSS EUROPE BY. LEFT-LEANING GOVERNMENTS, WE NOW. SEE A REAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE. RIGHT, PARTICULARLY IN PLACES. LIKE GERMANY AND THE RISE OF. PARTIES THERE AS WELL AS MARINE. LePEN NOW LEADING FOR THE. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IS THIS A REACTION TO UNCHECKED.

IMMIGRATION AND HOW DOES THAT. PLAY IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS. FRANCE NOW? >> IT'S WEIRD SEEING EXTREME. POLARIZATION. WE'RE SEEING THE FAR LEFT. GROWING IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN. COUNTRIES. BY THE WAY, IN GERMANY AS WELL. THE FAR LEFT JUST WON THE BERLIN. ELECTIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE RIGHT OR. THE POPULOUS FAR RIGHT WINNING. AS WELL. OF COURSE IT'S A REACTION. IT'S WHAT I WOULD CALL A FEAR OF. CULTURAL INSECURITY. A FEELING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOSING.

THEIR CULTURE, THEIR HOME, THE. VERY IDEA OF WHAT THOSE. COUNTRIES STOOD FOR. PART OF IT IS, OF COURSE, IMMIGRATION AND IT'S IN. PARTICULAR THE RISE OF ISLAMISM. THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS MOST OF. WESTERN EUROPE, WHETHER IT'S IN. FRANCE, THE U.K., BELGIUM. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THIS. BECAUSE THE TRADITIONAL PARTIES, GOVERNING PARTS HAVE ABANDONED. THE ISSUE, ABANDONED TO ACTUALLY.

BE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF. IMMIGRATION, IDENTITY AND. ISLAMISM, OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY. ONES FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE. PROBLEMS ARE THOSE ON THE FAR. RIGHT. SO YES, WE ARE SEEING BECAUSE OF. THIS EXTREME POLARIZATION. >> John: SO IN TERMS OF THIS. EXTREME POLARIZATION TO THE LEFT. AND RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE. GREAT MIDDLE, WHICH IS REALLY. BEEN THE STATUS QUO IN EUROPE. FOR MANY DECADES? >> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY IT'S. FALLING APART.

YOU JUST -- LOOK AT THE OPINION. POLLS. LOOK AT THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. ININ FRANCE. IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S VERY. POSSIBLE THAT YOU WILL FIND --. WE'LL FIND OURSELVES WITH THE. FAR LEFT AND THE FAR RIGHT. FACING EACH OTHER OFF IN THE. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2027. THE SAME GOES FOR GERMANY WHERE. YOU HAVE FAR RIGHT AFC PARTY. GAINING GROUND IN MOST OF. EASTERN GERMANY. AT THE SAM TIME, YOU HAVE THE. FAR LEFT.

THE MIDDLE GROUND IS TO A GREAT. EXTENT BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN. MISTAKE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO ADDRESS. SOME OF THE VERY CONCERNS THE. POPULATIONS IN EUROPE HAVE HAD. >> John: AND I THINK THAT THAT. IS THE CASE IN MANY, MANY. DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INCLUDING TO. SOME DEGREE HERE IN THE UNITED. STATES AS WE HEAD TOWARD OUR. MID-TERM ELECTIONS IN LESS THAN. A MONTH'S TIME. SIMONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. BEING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOU GETTING UP IN. GREECE IN SHORT NOTICE. >> THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING. ME. >> John: THANK YOU.

SANDRA? >> Sandra: I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. WHAT'S HAPPENING ON YOUR SCREEN. THERE. I SAW URGENCY FROM LAW. ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREETS OF. CENTRAL PARIS. WE KEEP OUR EYE ON WHAT APPEALS. TO BE ESCALATING SITUATION AS. UNREST HAS LEFT MANYNY SCHOOLS. CLOSED THERE, NOT JUST IN PARIS. BUT ACROSS FRANCE. HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN INJURED. INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, A. GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING. TO THE STREETS THERE. WE TAKE NOTE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC. HAD BEEN EARLIER REPORTED THESE. BEEN SCHOOL KIDS.

WE.