Riots GROW in France as left wing seizes on chaos

>> Harris: WE'LL GO BACK TO. THOSE PICTURES AND WITH ALL THE. CAUTION FROM NILE GARDINER. FORMERLY STAFFED WITH MARCH --. MARGARET THATCHER. HE SAID THIS IS THE TYPE OF THE. ICEBERG. SOCIALISM AND THE TAKEOVER OF A.

CITY AND THEN THE COUNTRY. I WANT TO BRING IN A FORMER. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND. FORMER U.S. COUNSEL GENERAL IN. MARSEILLE, FRANCE. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE RIOTS. THEY STARTED WITH TEACHERS AND. STUDENTS WHO WERE COMPLAINING. ABOUT SCHOOL CONDITIONS THERE. ABOUT A WEEK AGO. DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY THIS HAS. GROWN TO CROWDS OF MORE THAN. 10,000 AT A TIME. CORRESPONDENT JEFF PAUL IS.

MOVING POSITION NOW TO AND FRO. IN PARIS. HE SAID THE GROUPS ARE. TRAVERSING THE STREETS GOING UP. AND DOWN AND AT ONE POINT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS. WEEK HAVE INCLUDED ARRESTS, 5,000 OF THEM PICKED UP BY LAW. ENFORCEMENT. 200 OR SO PEOPLE HURT. MOMENTS AGO IN COMMERCIAL BREAK. THERE WAS A -- WE DON'T HAVE. EARS ON WHAT THEY ARE USING. AGAINST THIS CROWD, SO WE LOOK. AND WITH HE SEE WAS IT A FLASH. BANG, WAS IT TEAR GAS ONLY.

WE'RE WATCHING THIS. THAT CROWD MOVED LIKE ONE ANIMAL. OUT OF THE WAY AND SMOKE JUST. WENT UP. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. SIMON, YOU LIVED THERE FOR EIGHT. YEARS. DID YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE. THIS COMING IF, IN FACT, IT IS. FUELED BY LEFT WING ACTIVISTS. AND THAT'S WHAT IS BEING. REPORTED. >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE. SEEN LOTS OF RIOTS AND STRIKES. IN FRANCE BECAUSE IT IS A. NATIONAL SPORT. I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN.

ANYTHING ON THIS SCALE SINCE THE. YEAR I WAS BORN IN 1968 THEY HAD. MASSIVE COLLEGE STUDENT RIOTS IN. THOSE DAYS THAT WERE VIOLENT AND. RESULTED IN THE END OF THE. FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE CREATION. OF A NEW GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS DIFFERENT HERE FROM MOST. OF THE STRIKES IS JUST THE SHEER. SCALE AND THE FLAGAGS THAT YOU E. THAT ARE NOT FRENCH. AND THE MORPHING OF FAR LEFT.

CAUSES INTO SOMETHING LIKE YOU. SAID STARTED OFF BEING ABOUT. SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND HOW MANY. CHAIRS THERE WERE IN A. CLASSROOM. >> Harris: WHAT IS FOMENTING. THIS AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY? >> I THINK IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF. THINGS COMING TOGETHER AT THE. SAME TIME. AS NILE WAS SAYING, YOU DO HAVE. MASS MIGRATION ON A SCALE THAT. WE'VE NEVER SEEN IN EUROPEAN. HISTORY, SOMETHING LIKE THE 18. OR 20% OF THE FRENCH POPOP PLAGS. IS MIGRANT OR MIGRANT. BACKGROUND. PROBABLY MORE IF YOU COUNT THE.

PARENT AND GRAND PARENTS. THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE. VASTLY MAJORITY NORTH AFRICAN OR. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN AND. SOMETIMES THEY BRING POLITICAL. CAUSES AND GRIPES WITH THEM. IN THE NORTHERN QUARTERS IN. PARIS AND THE SUBURBS AROUND. PARIS THEY CONCENTRATION, POVERTY AND IMMIGRANTS OFTEN GO. TOGETHER. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARK, THERE. IS A POWDER KEG THERE THAT IS.

READY TO BE LIT AND IT IS ALMOST. VIOLENCE YOU ASK THESE KIDS WHAT. THEY ARE OUT THERE PROTESTING. AND BURNING TRASH CANS AND HALF. WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A. STRAIGHT ANSWER. >> Harris: WE'VE SEEN IT OH THAN. THE GROUND IN THE UNITED STATES. DURING THE RIOTING ON IVY LEAGUE. CAMPUSES ON THE EAST COAST. NOT ALL OF THEM BUT SOME OF. THEM. AND HERE IN NEW YORK COLUMBIA. UNIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR. AND YOU GET THESE LEFT WING. GROUPS THAT GO IN AND HAVE CASH. THEY ARE PUTTING REI HIGH-END.

STYLE TENTS ON CAMPUSES SO. STUDENTS CAN SPEND THE NIGHT AND. THAT WHAT WE LIVED THROUGH AND A. LOT OF VIOLENCE ON THE CAMPUSES. TURNING TO RIOTING AT NIGHT. THIS SITUATION IS WHAT NILE. GARDINER MOMENTS AGO WAS SAYING. IT CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL. THE PRESIDENT TYPED IN AS WELL. DURING THIS COVERAGE LIVE THIS. HOUR JUST A A FEW MINUTES AGO WH. -- I WILL SHARE IT AGAIN FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRANCE IS. NOTHING LESS THAN OUT OF CONTROL. MASS MIGRATION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SCHOOLS. THIS IS ABOUT ISLAM WANTING TO.

TAKE OVER A ONCE-GREAT COUNTRY. EXCLAMATION POINT, PRESIDENT. D.J. TRUMP. NILE'S CAUTION THIS CAN GO. ANYWHERE, SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM. ARE ON THE RISE AND YOU DON'T. HAVE THE MILITARY ON THE GROUND. HERE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT. THAT HAVING LIVED THERE? WHY ISN'T THERE MORE RESPONSE TO. THIS FROM THE TOP OF GOVERNMENT. NOT JUST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT? >> YEAH, PRESIDENT MACRON IS. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE AT THIS.

POINT. HE IS AT THE END OF HIS TWO. TERMS. THE GUY THEY CALLED JUPITER HAS. SHRUNK DOWN AT THIS POINT. BECAUSE RIOTING IS VERY COMMON. THERE AND STRIKES ARE NATIONAL. SUPPORT, THEY HAVE A. NATIONALIZED POLICE SERVICE AND. RIOT POLICE, YOU SAW THEM IN. ACTION MANY TIMES IN FRANCE. THE SHEER NUMBERS WOULD.

OVERWHELM THE RIOT POLICE. THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY GUYS. THEY ARE PROBABLY SCRATCHING. THEIR HEADS AT HEADQUARTERS. WONDERING WHERE THEY GO AND HOW. BECAUSE THEY ARE OUTNUMBERED. PRETTY SERIOUSLY AT THIS POINT. WHAT I WOULD ARGUE IS A. RED/GREEN ALLIANCE. ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP IN. APRIL. THE FAR LEFT PARTY, FRANCE. UNBOWED ARE IN BED WITH. ISLAMISTS BASICALLY. THAT'S THE VOTER BLOCK THEY CAN. COUNT ON.

THEY MAKAKE STRANGE BED FELLOWS. BUT THEY ARE TOGETHER. >> Harris: DO YOU SEE ANYTHING. LIKE THIS IN THIS COUNTRY? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE --. >>>> Harris: I'M TALKING ABOUT E. ALLIANCE. >> I DO, I ABSOLUTELY DO. LOOK AT THE DSA. LOOK AT EL-SAYED AND MAMDANI. THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE SEEMS TO. BE ONE THAT THE FAR LEFT OR EVEN.

JUST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS. ABSORBED AND I DO THINK THERE ES. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE IN THE. LONG RUN IT WON'T LAST. BECAUSE THEY HAVE FUNDAMENTALLY. OPPOSING GOALS IN SOME RESPECTS. PARTICULARLY SOCIAL GOALS. WOMEN'S EQUALITY AND SO ON. IN THE SHORT TERM IT IS A. POLITICAL ALLIANCE WE ARE SEEING. IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. >> Harris: I'M THINKING AS YOU. ARE TALKING DO SOME OF THOSE. CANDIDATES WHO ARE FAR, FAR LEFT. LOOK AT THIS TODAY AND, YOU. KNOW, GOOD REPORTERS WILL ASK.

WILL YOUR SOCIALISM POLICIES. LEAD TO THIS? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? HOW ABOUT WE ABOLISH LAW. ENFORCEMENT WHAT IS DSA WANTS TO. DO. ABOLISH -- HOW WILL THAT? HERE WE HAVE CRS GOING OUT THERE. TO HOPEFULLY CRACK SOME HEADS. ABOLISHING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, THIS IS. WHAT YOU WOULD GET AS A RESULT. >> Harris: I THINK IT'S FAIR AND. WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY HURT IN.

THIS. THIS HAS GONE SO FAR AFIELD FROM. EXPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS. ANTICIPATED OR EXPECTED OUT. THERE AT THIS POINT ANYWAY. MOSTLY SHOUTING AND CUSSEDING. AND TEAR GAS AND EVERYTHING. ELSE. THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH CONTROL. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT. OUR POLITICS ARE RIGHT NOW. I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A FAIR. QUESTION ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. NOW TO ASK ARE YOU WATCHING WHAT. IS BREAKING APAPART IN EUROPE?

THESE ARE POLICIES THAT YOU CALL. FOR THAT COULD REALLY LAY US. BARE. SHOULD PEOPLE REALIZE THE FREE. STUFF IS JUST NOT FREE TO THE. SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS? >> POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES BUT. PARTICULARLY DEMOCRATS RIGHT. NOW, NEED TO GO ON THE RECORD TO. SAY THEY BELIEVE-IN-LAW AND. ORDER AND THEY BELIEVE IN. BORDERS AND ENFORCING THOSE. THINGS AND HOLDING PEOPLE. ACCOUNTABLE. YEAH, THIS COULD BE OUR FUTURE. IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL. >> Harris: WE DON'T WANT THAT. SIMON, LAST TAKE ON THIS FROM.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHT. PERSPECTIVE. WHAT IS OUR MOVE? WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT. OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD. TRUMP, JUST MOMENTS AGO. >> LOOK, WE DON'T PICK SIDES IN. FOREIGN ELECTIONS MUCH AS WE. WOULD LIKE TO INDIVIDUALLY. AS A GOVERNMENT, WE LET OTHER. COUNTRIES CHOOSE THEIR LEADERS. THE WAY THEY WANT TO. I WILL SPEAK PERSONALLY, NO. LONGER IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT. I SURE HOPE THEY BRING IN A. GOVERNMENT THAT ESTABLISHES. CONTROL OF THEIR BORDERS AND. REBUILDS THEIR MILITARY AND. ECONOMY.

BUT IT ULTIMATELY IS UP TO THEM. AND IF THE LEFT WING PARTY WINS, WE ARE IN FOR A LOT MORE OF THIS. OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN. YEARS. >> Harris: NILE GARDINER. MENTIONED TO ME MARIE LA PEN. COULD GET IN THERE. I DON'T SPEAK PERFECT FRENCH. I'M SURE IT WILL BE ON THE NEWS. THE FAR RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THE. NEXT ROUND OF ELECTIONS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME AND. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ALL THIS. BREAKING NEWS.