Protests reignite in France amid worker strikes, national day of action
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[0:02] All right, right now, uh, protests
[0:04] erupting in Paris where police are once
[0:06] again clashing with protesters. CBS News
[0:09] foreign correspondent Remy Asencio is in
[0:11] Paris right now and joins us on the
[0:12] phone. Uh, Remy, where are you exactly
[0:14] and what are you seeing?
[0:17] >> Hey, Vlad. Yeah, good to speak to you. I
[0:19] am in the thick of the protest route
[0:21] from Plast Republic to Nion. This is
[0:24] about a two mile stretch. It doesn't
[0:27] sound like a very long stretch, but it's
[0:29] going slow and it is absolutely packed
[0:32] here in the thick of things. Um, this is
[0:35] France's national day of action and it's
[0:38] not just happening here. It's happening
[0:40] across the country according to the
[0:43] interior minister. Today, right now, uh,
[0:46] something like 180 other marches are
[0:49] happening in other towns uh, and cities.
[0:52] And you know, looking at the the reasons
[0:55] for this, the root causes for this are
[0:57] many and they're familiar to all of us.
[1:00] Um, cost of living, uh, working hard and
[1:03] feeling like you still ca