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♪ ♪. [CROWD NOISE AND CHANTING]. >> A SHOCKING IMIMAGES RIGHT NOW. IN FRANCE AS THE COUNTRY ERUPTS. IN PROTESTS. STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS.

TAKING TO THE STREETS OVER THE. STATE OF THE COUNTRY'S SCHOOLS. YOU SEE THOSE IMAGES THERE. YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM ALL. MORNING. AS THIS GROWS SEEMINGLY BY THE. MINUTE. THIS BECAME OVER COMPLAINTS. TEACHER SHORTAGES AND. OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND. RUNDOWN BUILDINGS. WHAT STARTED AS SCHOOL BLOCKADES. HAS SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE. COUNTRY'S. SOME DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE TURNED. TO VIOLENT. SHOCKING REPORTS. ONE STUDENT WHOSE HAND WAS. ACTUALLY BLOWN OFF IN THE DAYS. LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT. TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOODING THE. STREETS AS TEACHERS UNIONS AND.

PARENTS JOIN WITH STUDENTS. POLICE HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS IN. SEVERAL CITIES AS PROTESTERS SET. FIRES AND THREW PROJECTILES AND. CLASHED WITH RIOT POLICE. WITH SCHOOLS BLOCKADED ACROSS. FRANCE AND THOUSANDS ALREADY. ARRESTED, THE STUDENT PROTESTS. ARE TURNING INTO A MUCH BROADER. TEST FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. HELLO, EVERYONE, THIS IS. "OUTNUMBERED.". I'M KAYLEIGH McENANY WITH MY. CO-HOST HARRIS FAULKNER. ALSO JOINING US CHERYL CASONE, FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR AND HOST OF. AMERICAN DREAM HOME ON FOX. BUSINESS.

AND LISA BOOTHE FOX AND GRIFF. JENKINS HOST OF FOX AND FRIENDS. WEEKEND PICK UP WE HAVE BEEN. WATCHING THESE LIVE IMAGES ALL. MORNING AND WE WILL PUT THEM. BACK ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THERE AS THEY TRY TO. DIVERT THIS RATHER ROWDY CROWD. I WAS WATCHING YOUR COVERAGE OF. THIS, THIS MORNING. THIS IS SHOCKING. SOME OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE A. POINT ABOUT THINGS THEY WANT TO. SEE DIFFERENTLY. ABOUT THESE IMAGES IN A WESTERN. MODERN DEMOCRACY ARE QUITE. SOMETHING. >> I'VE GOTTEN CONFIRMATION OF. HOW MANY ARE STUDENTS AND. TEACHERS AT THIS POINT. WE'VE SEEN THIS CROWD SWELL NOW.

TO ABOVE 10,000 FOR OUR REPORTER. ON THE GROUND. HE SAID THAT THIS MOB WAS GOING. FROM STREET TO STREET. AND THEY WOULD LEAVE AND IN A. SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, PEOPLE. WOULD COME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. AND BUSINESSES AND THE CAFES. WOULD FILL BACK UP AND THIS MOB. WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT STREET. HE SAID, IT WASN'T HIS. IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS ABOUT. SCHOOL CONDITIONS ANY LONGER. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE VIOLENCE. AND SCHOOLS BURNED AND RANSACKED. AND ALL OF THAT FOR AN ENTIRE. WEEK NOW. BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS.

MUCH DIFFERENT CROWD. FIRST OF ALL, THIS SIGNAGE AND. THE PALESTINIAN FLAGS THAT. NILE GARDINER AND SIMON HANK. JOJOHNSON MY. OTHER GUEST LAST HOUR WE WERE. WATCHING WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING. TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. NECESSARILY IN WHAT'S GOING ON. IN PARIS AND OTHER CITIES. THIS IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW. THE CHALLENGE, IS DO THEY HAVE. ENOUGH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND? SOME OF THE RIOTING AND ANTI. POLICE OR RATHER THE ANTI CROWD.

CONTROL AND THAT TYPE OF THING. IS FEDERALIZED. MUCH OF THIS IS LOCAL. AND FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY A. FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL. LAST HOUR, THEY WOULD BE. OUTNUMBERED MOST LIKELY AT THIS. POINT. HE LIVED THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. THEY TEND TO RIOT FOR THINGS. THEY DON'T LIKE A LOT IN FRANCE, HE SAID. THIS IS DIFFERENT BY THE SHEER. SIZE OF IT. AND I JUST, KAYLEIGH, I HAVEN'T. HEARD ANYBODY SAYING THIS IS. STILL PURELY THE TEACHERS AND. THE STUDENTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE, IT. IS MUCH MORE ORGANIZED IN TERMS. OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND HOW.

THEY KIND OF MOVE AS ONE BODY. WHEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE. GROUND PRESSES UP AGAINST THEM, THEY DON'T RUN. THEY ARE THERE TO STAY. SOME OF IT HAS BEEN PRETTY TOUGH. TO WATCH. HUMA ABEDIN THE INJURIES. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 200. PEOPLE INJURED. >> CERTAINLY THIS CROWD, SOME OF. THEM APPEAR TO BE OLDER AND NOT. NECESSARILY STUDENTS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT ACTIVISTS. HAVE MAYBE COME IN AND SEIZED. THIS MOMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH AN OPINION. THIS MORNING HE SAID THIS, "WHAT'S 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.". >> AS WE LOOK AT THESE IMAGES, KAYLEIGH, A LITTLE AFTER. 6:00 P.M. THERE. AS WE ARE LOOKING AT CLEARLY THE. FRENCH RIOT POLICE TRYING TO. TAKE HOLD OF SOMETHING THAT ONCE. THE SUN FALLS WE'D PROBABLY. EXPECT IT TO INCREASE EVEN MORE. AND GET MORE VIOLENT. IT'S INTERESTING THAT FRANCE. HASN'T LEARNED ITS LESSON. IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IN.

2023, THEY HAD NATIONWIDE RIOTS. BREAK OUT BECAUSE THEY RAISED. THE RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62-64. WHAT DID THAT END IN? GOVERNMENT CAPITULATIONS AND. CONCESSIONS. GO BACK TO 2018, YOU HAD THE. PROTESTS ERUPTING ACROSS THE. COUNTRY BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. GAS PRICES AND OTHER THINGS. THIS IS REALLY BECOMING THE WAY. IT SEEMS THAT THINGS ARE GOING. IN THIS CASE, THE NEW ADDED. ELEMENT AS YOU POINTED OUT. CORRECTLY IS THAT THIS ALL. STARTED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AREA WHICH IS AN AREA THAT HAS A.

LARGE MUSLIM POPULATION. A LOT OF THE STUDENTS. THIS HAS TAKEN ON A WHOLE. DIFFERENT FOOTING AND A. DANGEROUS ONE. INTERESTINGLY AT THE CENTER AT. THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, THE. PALESTINIAN FLAG BEING HELD UP. WHAT HAS THAT GOT TO DO WITH. TEACHER SHORTAGES? THE ANSWER, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. FRANCE IS QUICKLY BECOMING KNOWN. FOR THREE THINGS. WINE, , CHEESE, AND NOW RIOTS. YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE NOW, THE.

RIOT POLICE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. THESE PROTESTERS. WE KNOW HOW THAT IS LIKELY TO. END UP. >> AS THEY TRY TO DISPERSE THIS. NO DOUBT IN THE PALESTINIAN FLAG. VERY NOTABLE, THERE HAVE BEEN A. FEW THAT WE'VE SEEN. LISA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE. IMIMAGES, YOU THINK ABOUT OUR ON. COUNTRY AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE. WE'VE SEEN HERE. OF COURSE THE ASSASSINATION OF. CHARLIE KIRK AND THE ATTEMPTS ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE IS A LEFT WING GROUP AMONG. THE DSA. NOT ALL OF THEM WHO HAVE MADE. COMMENTS POINTING TOWARDS. POLITICAL VIOLENCE. AND AS YOU APPROACH THE MIDTERM. ELECTIONS YOU HAVE TO THANK,

THIS IS AN INSTRUCTIVE MOMENT. FOR THE COUNTRY OF FRANCE. AS WE SEE THIS FIGHT BREAK OUT. RIGHT THERE JUMPING AROUND MAYBE. NOT A FIGHT BUT CERTAINLY A. BOISTEROUS GROUP JUMPING AROUND. THERE. >> THE QUESTION, IS WHAT ARE. THEY RALLYING ON? WHAT IS AT THE CENTER THAT YOU. CAN'T SEE? >> I THINK IT IS BOOKS. >> TO KAYLEIGH, TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE SEEING THIS WITH YOUNGER. PEOPLE MORE AND MORE. WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE VIOLENCE IS. THE SOLUTION TO THE THINGS THAT. THEY DON'T LIKE.

THAT IS A SCARY POSITION. LOOK AT THTHIS, YOU GUYS. THIS IS A SCARY POSITION FOR US. TO BE IN NOT JUST AS A SOCIETY. HERE BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. IN FRANCE. I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE TO. THIS IS IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE. ORIGINS OF THIS, A LOT OF WHERE. THIS STARTED WAS IN HEAVY. IMIMMIGRANT AREAS. THE REASON WHY THAT MATTERS IS. OF COURSE IF YOU ARE ALLOWING AN. INFLUX OF NEW PEOPLE INTO YOUR. CITIES, INTO YOUR COUNTRY, THAT'S GOING TO DRAIN RESOURCES.

SO ON TOP OF THAT AND THEN BAD. POLICY, OF COURSE THESE BUDGETS. AND THESE SCHOOLS ARE BEING. DRAINED. THEN YOU ADD THE OTHER LAYER. YOU MENTIONED A MIDTERM ELECTION. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND. POLITICS PLAYING OUT. YOU'VE ALSO GOT A PRESIDENTIAL. ELECTION IN FRANCE COMING UP AS. WELL. SO THIS IS TURNING INTO A. POLITICAL DEBATE THERE IN. FRANCE. THE LAST THING I WILL POINT OUT. IS THE POLICE AND A LOT OF THE. ARTICLES AND A LOT OF THE. COVERAGE HERE ARE BEING BLAMED. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? JUST ALLOW A BUNCH OF YOUNG. PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER?

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? >> THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHAT THEY. ARE WANTING. THEY WANT THAT IMAGE OF THE. OPPRESSED VERSUS THE OPPRESSOR. >> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THEY. HAVE MORE DISPERSAL. THERE'S A STANDOFF RIGHT NOW AS. THE RIOT POLICE TRY TO BREAK. THIS UP. A FEW PEOPLE PUT THEIR HANDS UP. AND OTHERS RUNNING AWAY AND. FLEEING. CHERYL, A LOT OF THESE. PROTESTERS MASKED. THEY CLEARLY CAME OUT AND. WEARING MASKS FOR THEIR OWN. HEALTH OR MAYBE THEY ARE WEARING. MASKS BECAUSE THEY ANTICIPATED. THIS COULD BE --. >> THIS IS NOW A POLITICAL.

ECONOMIC PROTEST THAT YOU ARE. SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU. HAVE A COUNTRY THAT BECOMES A. WELFARE STATE. THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO. FRANCE. SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM WHETHER OR. NOT EMMANUEL MACRON IS GOING TO. GET REELECTED. THIS IS WHAT THEY Y WANT. THEY WANT THE IMAGES ON YOUR. SCREEN. I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF. THINGS. >> POINT OUT MACRON'S TERM. LIMIT. >> SIX MONTHS UNTIL THE NEXT. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AFTER. MACRON. THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING INTO WHAT'S. HAPPENING WITH THEIR ECONOMICS. HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

THEY'VE GOT INCREDIBLY HIGH DEBT. RIGHT NOW. 119% OF THEIR GDP IS DEBT. THAT IS CRUSHING THE ECONOMY OF. FRANCE RIGHT NOW. THEY'VE GOT A LARGE BUDGET. DEFICIT AND RISING BORROWING. COSTS BECAUSE OF GLOBAL INTEREST. RATES. ALL OF THIS IS HURTING THE. BUDGETS AND THE ECONOMIC STORY. OF FRANCE. WHAT BEGAN IN THE CLASSROOMS. BECAUSE OF BUDGETS, BECAUSE. THESE STUDENTS WERE SAYING, WE. DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO GET AN. EDUCATION. OUR CLASSROOMS ARE CROWDED. WE NEED SUPPLIES, ET CETERA.

HAS SPREAD INTO A BROADER STORY. ABOUT OVERALL WHAT HAS HAPPENED. TO FRANCE IN THESE BUDGETS. AND AGAIN, IT IS AN IMMIGRATION. STORY. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A FLOOD. OF IMMIGRANTS COME INTO A. COUNTRY AND THEN GO ON SOCIAL. SERVICES. AND REMEMBER THAT WHEN IT COMES. TO HEALTH CARE, THEY HAVE A VERY. DIFFERENT SYSTEM. IT'S ALMLMOST A SOCIALIST SYSTE. AND I DON'T USE THAT WORD. LIGHTLY, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAS. HAPPENED. THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MANY OTHER. COUNTRIES IN FRANCE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST COUNTRY IN. EUROPE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS.

KIND OF ACTIVITY. BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY. ORGANIZED. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ALLEGATIONS. OF OF COURSE POLICE BRUTALITY. BUT THIS IS NOW COMING TO ASH IT. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR DAYS NOW. THESE PROTESTS. THIS IS THE WORST THAT I HAVE. SEEN IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. >> MARINE Le PEN, THAT IS THE. PERSON WHO RAN ON THE. CONSERVATIVE RIGHT. THEIR POLITICS AREN'T ENTIRELY. ALIGNED WITH OURS, BUT THERE ARE. A LOT OF COMPARISONS WHEN YOU. CONSIDER WHAT YOU ARE TALKING.

ABOUT, CHERYL, IN TERMS OF THE. REAL PRESSURE FROM MASS. MIGRATION. IT IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. ON THE POST THAT WE HAVE BEEN. SHARING. SO IN 2017, HERE IS WHAT SHE. SAID. "I WILL MASSIVELY REDUCE. IMMIGRATION BRINGING IT TO AN. ANNUAL NET BALANCE OF 10,000.". WE FAST FORWARD TO 2024 WHAT. MARINE Le PEN HAS SAID. SHE WAS ABOUT TO RUN. AND YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE TERM LIMITING OF THE CURRENT. PRESIDENT. BY THE WAY, WITH WHAT WE SEE ON.

THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, IF OUR. PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING, IT MUST. BE TIME FOR THEIRS TO SPEAK. IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR MILITARY. ON THE GROUND AT THIS POINT, AND. YOUR CITIZENS ARE BEING RUN OFF. THE STREETS AND INTO THEIR HOMES. AND OUT OF CAFES, BECAUSE THIS. MOB IS MOVING THROUGH TOWN --. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY. CITIES ACROSS FRANCE. WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE. TOP? WE GET SOMETHING FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE DON'T EVEN. LIVE THERE. BUT THE CAUTIONARY TALE IN ALL. OF THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU. HAVE PEOPLE PRESS UPON THE.

SOCIAL SYSTEM THE WAY THAT. CHERYL WAS JUST LAYING OUT. AND IT COSTS MORE TO TAKE CARE. OF THAT THAN YOU ARE INVESTING. IN YOUR OWN CITIZENRY. SO BACK IN 2024, MARINE Le PEN. AGAIN SAYING, CONTROLLING. IMMIGRATION, PROTECTING FRENCH. NATIONALITY AND IDENTITY, AND. GIVING PRIMACY TO FRENCH LAW. ABSOLUTELY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT. THE FAR LEFT AND SOCIALISTS ARE. CALLING FOR RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF LAW. AND ORDER. THEY WANT NO COPS.

THEY WANT NO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHICH IS A MIND SCRATCHER. BECAUSE DIDN'T FAR LEFT. CANDIDATE BACK THEN DEMOCRAT. SOCIALIST BERNIE SANDERS SAY HE. WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT? THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE. PRESIDENCY. >> THE GOVERNMENT MESSED UP. THEY ANNOUNCED AUSTERITY. MEASURES YESTERDAY. I WAS FLOORED WHEN I SAW THAT. HEADLINE. YOU ARE GOING TO CUT MORE OUT OF. YOUR BUDGET WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS. HAPPENING ON THE STREETS RIGHT. NOW? COULD YOU MAYBE HAVE WAITED A. FEW DAYS? >> WHAT'S FRUSTRATING ABOUT ALL. OF THIS IS SO MUCH OF POLICY IS.

COMMON SENSE. IF YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE. TAKING FROM A SYSTEM, WHAT IS. LEFT? THAT IS JUST A COMMON SENSE. PERSPECTIVE. HONESTLY, IT USED TO BE ONE THAT. EVERYONE SHARED. I REMEMBER FORMER PRESIDENT. BARACK OBAMA IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS. WROTE ABOUT THAT. IF YOU ALLOW AN INFLUX OF LOW. SKILLED WORKERS ENTERING INTO. YOUR COUNTRY, THEY ARE GOING TO. DRAIN THE RESOURCES. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE. AS WE TALK ABOUT A CAUTIONARY. TALE. LOOK AT THIS PEOPLE. >> YOU KNOW, SIMON HANK JOHNSON.

IS WITH US, FORMER STATE DEPARTT. OFFICIAL AND ALSO FORMER U.S. CONSUL GENERAL IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. YOU WERE WITH ME LAST HOUR AS. THIS IS BREAKING APART. THIS IS SPREADINING NOW AND WE. HAVE A REPORTER ON THE GROUND. OF COURSE JEFF PAUL WHO IS. MOVING LOCATIONS TO JOIN US AND. HAS BEEN MOVING FOR A WHILE. TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE. THIS REALLY IS TOUCHING ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ALL THE. WAY FROM MARSEILLE WHICH IS.

SOUTH OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. BRITTANY AND NANTES IN THE WEST. SO IT IS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE. COUNTRY -- WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS. IN FRANCE. I WAS THERE DURING THE YELLOW. PROTEST -- WHICH WERE ALL OVER. THE COUNTRY. NOT AS VIOLENT AS THIS. AND A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE. BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT RETIREMENT. REFORMS WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE. YOUNGER PEOPLE, BY ALL MEANS, NOT ALL STUDENTS OF COURSE. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT. MARINE Le PEN? AND HOW HER POLICIES ARE GOING.

TO BE SO DIFFERENT? >> WELL, THE LONG STORY IS THAT. THE NATIONAL FRONT WAS. CONSIDERED A FAR RIGHT PARTY. THE FOUNDER HAD CLEARLY. ANTI-SEMITIC VIEWS. HIS DAUGHTER MARINE HAS TAKEN. THE PARTY SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE. CENTER I WOULD SAY ON THAT ISSUE. ANY WAY. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY. CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE. ANTI-SEMITIC ANY MORE. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PARTY. THAT IS AGAINST MASS GLOBAL.

MIGRATION INTO FRANCE -- WHICH. WHEN LE PEN STARTED THE PARTY. WASN'T AS ENORMOUS AS IT IS NOW. SHE HAS BROUGHT DISCIPLINE TO. THE PARTY. THEY HAVE THE NEW SECOND IN. COMMAND JORDAN BARDELLA WHO IS. ONLY 20 I BELIEVE COMING OUT OF. A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARIS. THEY ARE LOOKING MORE CREDIBLE. THAN THEY EVER HAD FOR WINNING. THE ELECTION FOR PRESIDENCY. >> SIMON, LET ME ASK YOU TO PICK. UP ON THAT FOR A SECOND. HOW THEN WILL THIS AFFECT THE. PRESIDENTIAL RACE COMING UP IN.

JUST MONTHS? >> WELL, IT'S HARD TO SAY. FOR ME LOOKING AT THIS AND. KNOWING THE FRENCH, THE FAR LEFT. IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR. MIND. TO VOTE FOR A COMMUNIST. BUT I THINK THE SWING VOTER IN. FRANCE IS NOT GOING TO BE. IMPRESSED BY THIS KIND OF. DISORDER IN THE STREETS. I WOULD NOT THINK IT WOULD -- TO. THE LEFT WING CANDIDATE.

I WOULD THINK A LAW AND ORDER. CANDIDATE WHICH WOULD BE LePEN. WOULD GET MORE OUT OF THIS. NOT THAT YOU WANT TO THINK OF. ANYTHING POSITIVE COMING OUT OF. THIS. >> SIMON, KAYLEIGH HERE. I'M READING MORE ABOUT. EMMANUEL MACRON AND HIS 10-YEAR. HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALL. INTENTS AND PURPOSES TEN YEARS. TWO 5-YEAR WHICH IS ALMOST. COMPLETE. HE'S CRITICIZED THE SYSTEM. SAYING IT IS "B.S. THAT HE'S NOT. ALLOWED TO RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM. IS THERE ANY SORT OF TIE IN THE. MINDS OF THESE INDEPENDENTLY. MINDED VOTERS THAT YOU SPEAK.

WITH. BETWEEN THE IMAGES ON OUR SCREEN. AND TEN YEARS OF POLICIES THAT. HAVE COME FROM ONE DIRECTION TO. THE LEFT? >> HERE IS HOW MACRON GOT INTO. POWER. THE FRENCH ARE DIVIDED LIKE WE. ARE. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. IN THE FIRST ROUND, THE NATIONAL. MIGHT FRONT MIGHT COME CLOSE TO. WINNING. EVERY SINGLE TIME THE CENTER AND. THE LEFT WILL GANG UP TO MAKE. SURE THAT THEY NEVER GET INTO. POWER. WE SEE THE SAME THING IN. GERMANY. END UP WITH A GUY LIKE MACRON. WHO IS A COMPROMISED CANDIDATE. WHO CAN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE.

STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AT THE HEART. OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH FRANCE. THEIR ENERGY, DEPENDENCY, THEIR. WELFARE STATE -- WHICH IS. BANKRUPTING THEM AND THEIR. ECONOMY WHICH ISN'T GROWING. AND MASS MIGRATION. >> SIMON, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF. DIFFERENT THINGS BE BLAMED FOR. THE START OF THIS VIOLENCE, IMMIGRATION, LACK OF RESOURCES, SOME OF THTHE THINGS YOU JUST. NAMED. BUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT. AT THE START? HOW DID THIS START? >> I THINK YOU PILED UP A LOT OF. KINDLING OVER THE YEARS.

YOU DO HAVE SOME LEGITIMATE. COMPLAINTS ABOUT CLASS SIZES AND. UNDERFUNDING. THE FRENCH SPEND ABOUT $12,000 A. YEAR FOR PEOPLE WHICH IS ABOUT. THE SAME AS THEY ARE SPENDING ON. THEIR NATIONAL BEST INTERESTS BY. THE WAY. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE. MONEY TO SPEND. THEY ARE TAPPED OUT. THEY ARE TAXED BEYOND BELIEF. EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO REFORM. THE PENSION SYSTEM OR WELFARE. SYSTEM, YOU HAVE RIOTS IN THE. STREET NOT AS BAD AS THIS. THE STATE IS KIND OF BACKED UP. AGAINST THE WALL. AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE THESE.

ELECTIONS COMING UP. THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS THAT. THE LEFT WING PARTY THAT EVEN. COMMUNISTS HAVE BEEN BUYING SOME. OF THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGHLY. ORGANIZED. I THINK THAT IS VERY CRITICAL. THE KINDLING WAS THERE AND GOT. SET ALIGHT BY SOMETHING THAT WAS. PROBABLY NOT SUPER SERIOUS LIKE. HOW MANY CHAIRS ARE IN A. CLASSROOM. >> SIMON, IT IS CHERYL CASONE, YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE. ARE LOOKING AT A WELFARE STATE. BUT MARINE Le PEN HAS PROMISED. IF SHE IS ELECTED THAT SHE IS. GOING TO ABSOLUTELY CUT THE.

BUDGETS. HOW IS THAT PLAYING OUT IN THE. POLLS IN FRANCE RIGHT NOW? >> IT SPLITS PEOPLE IN HALF. I THINK ANYONE IN FRANCE WHO. MAKES A LIVING AND EARNS MONEY. IS PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY TO SEE. FEWER TAKERS AND MORE GIVERS. THE FRENCH ARE TAXED TO DEATH. BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT AN AWFUL LOT. OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING OFF THE. STATE, LIVING OFF WELFARE. THE FRENCH IMMIGRATION. OBSERVATORY PUBLISHED A REPORT. RECENTLY WHERE THEY SHOWED THAT. SOMETHING LIKE 50% OF IMMIGRANTS.

FROM ALGERIA, MOROCCO -- DON'T. QUOTE ME ON THE EXACT STATISTICS. WERE NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED. THEY ARE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON. THE FRENCH STATE. >> REAL QUICK, SIMON, FROM WHAT. I'VE BEEN READING, THERE'S. FRENCH LAWMAKERS WORKING ON. TRYING TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT. WOULD FORCE RIOTERS TO PAY. IT'S CALLED RIOTERS PAY. LEGISLATION THAT ANYONE. ASSOCIATED WITH A MOVEMENT LIKE. THIS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR. SCREENS. WE WERE JUST SEEING ONE AREA. WHERE FIRES ARE BEING SET.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MILLIONS. UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF. PROPERTY DAMAMAGE THERE. IF INDEED YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT. ON THAT, AND IF INDEED THAT DOES. PASS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE. RECEIVED? >> IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA THAT. PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE THINGS THAT THEY TRASH. ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY COULD. HAVE SPENT ON SCHOOLS IS NOW. GOING TO BE SPENT ON REPAIRINGNG. SCHOOLS AND REPAIRING STREETS. AND PAYING FOR THE CARS OF. PEOPLE TORCHED. THAT IS JUST PUTTING A BAND-AID. ON THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE ARE. OUT THERE BURNING, AND LOOTING,

AND DAMAGING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY'VE GOT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. FOR THAT BY BEING ARRESTED AND. PROSECUTED. >> SIMON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR YOUR EXPERTISE THIS MORNING. AS YOU LOOK AT THE STUNNING. IMAGES OUT OF FRANCE, PROTESTERS. GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH. LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE WILL HAVE. CONTINUED COVERAGE, LIVE IMAGES. FROM ACROSS FRANCE AFTER T.