Protests have been raging across France for weeks.
This past Saturday, about half a million people took to the streets, more than 100,000 in Paris alone.
Anyone who lives in central Paris was sort of in the thick of it.
In all my years living in Paris, I have to say, I'd never seen it this bad before.
Over the weekend, the protests turned violent.
Our colleague Stacey Miktree was there.
There was a moment where I was coming out of a theater and we were all told to...
Stay inside because the sidewalk was being tear gassed.
And what does it look like?
I was walking down one of the avenues and literally it was just storefront after storefront that was smashed in.
I took a peek inside.
The one was like a motorcycle equipment shop.
Everything was cleared out.
A few doors down, I interviewed an electronics store owner and his place was just completely stripped bare.
I mean, these shop owners are really in shock.
Scenes like this are playing out all over the country, in Marseille, in Lyon, and the smaller town of Limoges.
I mean, just to give you one example, in the town of Limoges, which is famous for its porcelain,
but now, unfortunately, it's famous for its city hall getting ravaged by fires set by rioters.
These protests start.
They began as high school students.