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Minister is going to be here. we saw him earlier, the interior minister, the transport minister are going to be here. the people on the streets have been shoulding and cheering in support of these men. people have been approaching us and telling us they believe these three young americans should get this award, the legion dhonneur because they did such an incredible job of saving people. and the french here, monday morning, first thing monday morning, taking the opportunity to make a big thank y...

Regime. but doesnt prime minister erdogan deserve credit, a modern country, beaten the odd in the middle east, allies of the united states. we have a great deal of interest in this country. is erdogan winning against the protesters? should he be? >> thats one of the, people say the cost of a economy where the government has so much control. you often see authoritarianism. sorry to interrupt you here. the police seem to be moving in toward the direction of gezi park at this point. we dont know if...

I should let you pay more attention to these pictures. the events are unfolding rapidly behind me. >> we are looking actually live right now. >> see the flashes are tear gas. >> exactly. watching live pictures with you. >> down the street to the side of gezi park. >> and i am not sure if you were able to catch the interview i was doing with arwa damon before we came to your live shot location. but she seems to be at least in some area of the receiving end of a lot of the volley. she also happens...

Protesters fighting back against rye yoot police who have just, in the last few moments, encroaching closer and closer onto these protesters, barreling down their barricades and starting up what seems to be yet another escalation in whats been a day, a day of extreme violence in a place that sees it very little. i want to go live to our nick paton walsh, standing by, who has been covering 18 hours of the tear gas volley. not only that, but the rocks and the stones and the water cannons. nick is ...

Down that side street, as well. it seems as if the riot police are really trying to push through and clear these streets on either side of gezi park at this point. >> arwa, i was asking earlier, just before it really escalated. what kind of protesters are we seeing there? as this escalates, have they changed? oftentimes we see these things a lot of anarchists can show up. the prime minister called some of these people terrorists. are these protesters just students, run of the mill middle class, ...

Lob the rocks back towards the riot police. anger, really, really flaring inside gezi park itself. theyre screaming for a doctor to help that man. [ indiscernible ] >> arwa, please make sure you and the crew are okay at this point. if there is incoming, i can see theyre picking up rocks and volleying them. if there is any danger, you need to get out of there. please let us know the minute you need to shut this down. >> reporter: yeah, yeah, we will do. we will do.

From at least our perspective. i know it is nightfall. do we get any sense of strategy, organization, on the part of the protesters or the responding riot police? >> we have seen very little strategy on the whole from the protesters since this began partly down to a lack of one figure head leader who had coherent demand at one point. certainly the protest in gezi park is utopian, in its ideology. the police, we have been questioning what is their strategy? they have had 18 hours to effect cleari...

Figure head leader who had coherent demand at one point. certainly the protest in gezi park is utopian, in its ideology. the police, we have been questioning what is their strategy? they have had 18 hours to effect clearing this area. they have, in fact, allowed the protest to grow significantly in number by the evening. then they sent in the tear gas now. they appear at night to be affecting this plan to clear away barricades. so many more questions, quite why it has taken so long? why they nee...

Toward the direction of gezi park at this point. we dont know if theyre heading into the park themselves or down towards the side of there. but there seems to be phases of this police operation. but to go back to your point. some say the cost of this success, break away economy. government, infrastructure -- a lot of tear gas behind me. i should let you pay more attention to these pictures. the events are unfolding rapidly behind me. >> we are looking actually live right now. >> see the flashes ...

Theyre screaming for a doctor to help that man. [ indiscernible ] >> arwa, please make sure you and the crew are okay at this point. if there is incoming, i can see theyre picking up rocks and volleying them. if there is any danger, you need to get out of there. please let us know the minute you need to shut this down. >> reporter: yeah, yeah, we will do. we will do. another tear gas canister they lobbed back in the other direction. >> can you characterize -- who the protesters are? arwa, earlie...