THOUSANDS gather in Paris as protests resume

WEEKEND. KEVIN: IT'S A QUESTION WHERE. THE PARTY IS HEADED AND WE'LL. LEARN WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC. PARTY WILL GO IN THE YEARS TO. COME. TO THIS FOX NEWS ALERT, HUGE. CROWDS GATHERING IN PARIS AS. THE CITY BRACES FOR MORE. POTENTIAL RIOTING. LISA: 70,000 OFFICERS AND. SOLDIERS ARE DEPLOYED TO AVOID. A REPEAT OF LAST WEEKEND'S. CHAOS AS THE STREETS AND. BUILDINGS WENT UP IN FLAMES. GRIFF: LET'S GET TO JONATHAN. HUNT LIVE ON THE GROUND IN. PARIS. JONATHAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE.

CROWD IS GROWING A LITTLE. >> IT'S GROWING A HECK OF A. LOT. THIS IS THE MAIN PROTEST MARCH. NOW UNDERWAY. IT WAS MOVED BY THE ORDER OF. THE AUTHORITIES FROM THE VERY. HEART OF TOURIST PARIS THAT SO. MANY AMERICANS WOULD BE. FAMILIAR WITH, TO MORE OF AN. AREA SLIGHTLY ON THE EDGE OF. CENTRAL PARIS, BUT THAT HAS NOT. DIMMED THE DETERERMINATION OF TE. THOUSANDS IN THIS CROWD BEHIND. ME TO MAKE THEIR POINT TODAY.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PROTEST. IT STARTED, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT. EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, HIGH. SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE LEADING. THE PROTESTS. IT'S NOW BECOME A MUCH BIGGER. PROTEST ABOUT THE COST OF. LIVING, THE PROBLEMS OF THE. FRENCH ECONOMY, AND THE. DISSATISFACTION, PARTICULARLY. AMONG THE YOUTH, BUT ALSO, THE. FEARS OF THE OLDER GENERATION. MENTIONS, ET CETERA. BECAUSE THE FRENCH ECONOMY IS. IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. SO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS SO FAR A PEACEFUL.

MARCH. OBVIOUSLY, THE GREAT CONCERN. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED LAST. WEEK, OCTOBER 17TH, WHEN WE SAW. THIS KIND OF PROTEST TURN INTO. VIOLENT RIOTING IN THE LATER. HOURS. THOUSANDNDS OF BUSINESSES RIGHT. ACROSS FRANCE, NOT JUST IN. PARIS, BUT IN CITIES ACROSS. FRANCE GOT NO BADLY DAMAGED. THERE WAS SO MUCH LOOTING. WHAT NOBODY WANTS IS FOR THAT. TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PEOPLE, THE GROUPS LEADING. THESE PROTEST HE IS DON'T WANT.

THAT TO HAPPEN. THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CAUSE WAS. HIJACKED BY THOSE WHO SIMPLY. WANTED TO COMMIT ACTS OF. VIOLENCE. THEY HOPE THAT WON'T HAPPEN. AGAIN TODAY, BUT WE'RE IN THE. VERY EARLY STAGES OF THIS. REMEMBER, IN THESE SITUATIONS, IT IS ALWAYS IN THE LATER HOURS. WHEN THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. TENDS TO BURST OPEN AND YOU SEE. THE FIRES, YOU SEE THE. VIOLENCE, YOU SEE THE LOOTING. THAT WE SAW SO MUCH OF LAST. WEEK, BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE. THOUSANDS, UPON THOUSANDS, FROM.

OUR PERSPECTIVE, GUYS, IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GIVE AN. ACCURATE FIGURE OF HOW MANY ARE. HERE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY. THOUSANDS AND MAY WELL BE INTO. THE -- BEYOND THE 10,000 MARK. AND ABOVE, BUT THEY ARE. EXPECTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LAST WEEK, THE NUMBER WAS PUT. AT ABOUT 500,000. THEY CALLED FOR EVEN MORE THAN. THAT THIS WEEK. WE'L'LL GET THE NUMBERS FROM TH. AUTHORITIES AS WE MOVE THROUGH. THE DAY, BUT THIS NOW IS A. MANIFESTATION, ONCE AGAIN, OF.

THE HUGE DISSATISFACTION THERE. IS WITHIN FRENCH SOCIETY AT THE. GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT MACRON, THE WAY THE COCOUNTRY IS BEING. RUN AND THE WAY THAT THE. ECONOMY HERE IS LITERALLY. TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF A. CLIFF RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A PROTEST ABOUT THAT. ECONOMY. THESE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A LOT. OF CHANGE HERE IN FRANCE. THEY ARE, ACCORDING TO. PRESIDENT MACRON, LED AND.

ENCOURAGED BY WHAT HE CALLS FAR. LEFT GROUPS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE A. LOT OF UNION MEMBERS HERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS. HERE AS WELL, BUT MACRON SAYS. THIS IS BEING PUSHED BY FAR. LEFT GROUPS WHO WANT TO BRING. CHAOS, WHO WANT TO BRING DOWN. IN PRESIDENT MACRON'S WORDS, THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. BACK TO YOU GUYS. GRIFF: YEAH, JONATHAN, THAT'S. AN IMPORTANT POINT AND WE'VE. HEARD FRENCH OFFICIALS SAY.

BELIEVABLE THAT GROUPS LIKE. ANTIFA STARTED WITH THE GROUP. THAT STARTED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. AND THE LACK OF RESOURCES, WE'RE SEEING A DIFFERENT MAKEUP. OF THE GROUP, ELDERLY PEOPLE. AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND A GUY NEXT. TO YOU WITH A HELMET ON AND A. GAS MASK AND AN UMBRELLA. ARE YOU ABLE TO SORT OF READ. WHAT THE MAKEUP IS OF THAT. CROWD SO FAR? >> YEAH, IT IS VERY MIXED, GRIFF. IT IS, AS YOU RIGHTLY POINT. OUT, IT'S A MIX OF YOUNG.

PEOPLE. THERE ARE OLDER PEOPLE HERE AS. WELL. AS I SAY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE. EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE YOUNG PEOPLE VERY CONCERNED. ABOUT THE JOBLESS FIGURES WHICH. ARE VERY HIGH IN FRANCE. THE YOUNG PEOPLE CONCERNED. ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING. BUT THE OLDER GENERATIONS, AS. WELL, ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THE RISING COST OF LIVING, ALSO, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT. MIGHT HAPPEN TO THEIR PENSIONS. OBVIOUSLY, THE STATE PENSIONS. ARE A BIG PART OF THE ECONOMY. HERE. SO MANY PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON.

THEM. AND BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY IS IN. SUCH A MESS, THOSE PENSIONS ARE. UNDER THREAT IN THE EYES OF F A. LOT OF THESE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE. OUT HERE, TOO, AND YES, LAST. WEEK, THE VIOLENCE WAS BEING. PERPETRATED BY SOME WHO JUST. SIMPLY WANTED TO CAUSE. VIOLENCE, WHO WANTED TO LOOT, OPPORTUNISTS AND YOU HAVE ULTRA. LEFT GROUPS AS WELL TAKING PART. IN THAT VIOLENCE AND THOSE ARE. THE GROUPS THAT MACRON SAYS. WANT TO SIMPLY CAUSE CHAOS,

WOULD LIKE TO BRING DOWN HIS. GOVERNMENT, WOULD LIKE TO. PROMOTE THE FAR LEFT AS WE. APPROACH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. HERE COMING UP IN ABOUT SIX. MONTHS' TIME. SO, IT IS WIDE RANGE. THESE ARE--. YOU HAVE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE. PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, THOSE WHO. WANT TO CAUSE TROUBLE, WE TEND. TO SEE IN THE LATER HOURS OF. THESE KINDS OF EVENTS, SO WE'LL. SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS, GRIFF, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S A WIDE RANGE RIGHT NOW,

THIS IS A SOCIETY WIDE PROTEST, I WOULD SAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN. FRANCE, HAD A LOT OF ORDER. CITIZENS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THE DIRECTION OF THIS COUNTRY, GRIFF. >> JONATHAN, KEVIN WITH YOU, REAL QUICK, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE. ALL COVERED PROTESTS TO VARYING. DEGREES. THIS IS UNIQUE IN THAT, AS YOU. MENTIONED, IT'S NATIONWIDE. I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT'S THE. POLICE PRESENCE BEEN LIKE FROM. YOUR VANTAGE POINT. HAVE YOU FELT A DIFFERENCE AND. DO YOU FEEL SAFE? >> OH ARE FOR SURE.

OH, YEYEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE FEEL PERFECTLY SAFE AT THIS. POINT. THAT MAY WELL CHANGE IF IT'S. ANYTHING LIKE LAST WEEKEND. SO, NO SECURITY RISK FOR US AT. THIS POINT. IN TERMS OF THE POLICE. PRESENCE, IT IS HUGE. YOU DON'T SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT. HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN TELL. YOU THERE ARE THOUSANDS, UPON. THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS DEPLOYED. RIGHT ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT. NOW. THE MILITARY PRESENCE IS.

MARKEDLY STEPPED UP. THEY'RE GUARDING THE MONUMENTS. AND THE TRAIN STATION AND. EXCUSE ME. PARDON, PARDON, THEY'RE TRYING. TO MOVE US AN ALONG QUICKER. HERE, AND I'M WALKING SLOWLY. LIKE AN OLD MAN AND I'LL TRY TO. STEP UP THE PACE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OFFICERS. OUT HERE. WE WERE TALKING TO YOU EARLIER. TODAY, THAT WAS WHERE THESE. MARCHES WANTED TO START. THEY WERE ALL MOVED OUT OF. THERE BECAUSE THAT'S VERY MUCH. THE HEART OF TOURIST PARIS, THE.

HEART OF ALL OF THE MONUMENTS. THAT WE ALL KNOW SO WELL, THE. EIFFEL TOWER, THE PALAIS. NOBODY WANTS THOSE TO BE THE. SCENE OF THE PROTESTS. SO THE GOVERNMENT, THE LOCAL. GOVERNMENT OF PARIS AND THE. GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE ITSELF. WANTED TO MOVE THIS OUT TO THE. EDGE TO PREVENT THOSE KIND OF. SCENES. WHETHER THEY GET BACK IN THERE. WE'LL SEE LATER. BACK TO YOU GUYS. LISA: JONATHAN HUNT, THANK YOU. STAY SAFE. GRIFF: THANK YOU, JONATHAN.

KEVIN: THANKS, JONATHAN. LISA: WE ARE WATCHING COUNTRIES. COMMITTEE COMMIT -- 24% OF. PRISONERS FOREIGN BORN AND YOU. LOOK AT ONE OF THE WELFARE. STATES FOR A WEALTHY NATION. YOU CAN'T HAVE UNFETTERED. IMMIGRATION TO YOUR COUNTRY. WHEN YOU HAVE A WELFARE STATE. IF YOU HAVE A LIMITED POT OF.

MONEY AND INTRODUCING MORE. PEOPLE TO THE POT OF MONEY, THAT'S GOING AWAY. WHEN YOU ALLOW THAT MANY PEOPLE. COME TO YOUR COUNTRY, IT DOES. CHANGE THE FABRIC OF A NATION. INEVITABLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS. COMMITTING SUICIDE AND I THINK. THE UNITED STATES PARTICULARLY. AFTER OPEN BORDERS UNDER THE. PREVIOUS PRESIDENT SHOULD TAKE. A LOOK AT THIS AND REALIZE. THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE ARE. HEADING IN AND THE IRONY HERE, EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT FORMER. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, HE. WROTE IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS, HE. WARNED ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU. CAN'T HAVE LARGE WELFARE STATES.

AND ALSO HAVE UNCHECKED. IMMIGRATION TO YOUR COUNTRY. SO, I HOPE VOTERS PARTICULARLY. AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS ARE. LOOKING AT THIS AS A WARNING. FOR WHAT IS POTENTIALLY TO. COME. KEVIN: TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF. SUICIDAL EMPATHY IS WHAT A LOT. OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS GOING. ON THERE, GRIFF. GRIFF: YEAH, AS YOU POINT OUT, LISA, THE PUBLIC DEBT IS MORE. THAN 100% OF FRANCE'S GDP. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT'S. AFTER 2 P.M. I.