demonstrations by a loose coalition of activists unions and citizens they're angry with french president of manama kron and his policies protesters accuse him of forgetting about ordinary people and instead favoring prentiss elite. well journalist john laurenson joins us now from paris so john what can you tell us about the current situation in the french capital. right now they're fighting very close to the. large armored vehicles belonging to john donnelly taken position. about an hour ago fire fighters managed to get under control quite serious fire that was started by a black. exchange. protesters very well organized. a woman would have baby had to be evacuated by firemen from the second floor of that building just before the. demonstrators. ransacked. the famous cafe. made famous by. celebrating his election victory. seven days are much. different. story very briefly. attacked. and they were looted by some elements of the. well john it seems that the obvious target of these protesters are the the luxury shops what message are these protesters trying to send what do they want to achieve with these