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In a peaceful protest as working hours ended here in the thousands, something set that off. arwa seems to have seen some small altercation, that caused a massive amount of tear gas. people running, scattering for their safety and now were again into the cycle of attack, fireworks at police, water cannon, tear gas fire back and move around gezi park itself, police trying to retake control and push protesters away. thats pretty successful to the far side and the near side of where i am we still ha...

Middle class people expressing their anger, some demanding resignation of apology for excessive police force. we saw over the past week or so an ebbing of this police violence and where i was, a little bit more of that here as well but there were signs from the prime minister he wouldnt tolerate as what he referred to as a legal protest for much longer. so today, early morning at about 8:00 we saw the police moving in slowly into this central area here and then the clashes began. protesters are ...

Environmental protest of a small park not far from where you are now and evolve into a much bigger deal. tell me why that is. >> certainly this began trying to reserve this green in the very heart of istanbul, that and met with a pretty hard police response to that protest and what weve seen over the past 12 days is a response to people, the police tactics, the heavy hand they are using to come into the streets and this cause this protest to mull tip play and people to join them. what they see i...

Development programs without bothering to talk to local business owners in the city. there were a raft of complaints that people had and -- and that left little room for descent and the tear gas is not a new thing for istanbul. people that live in this neighborhood had tear gas every month. it was happening more and more frequently, and this park protest was the straw that broke the camels back. what is incredible is the prime ministers rhetoric, these people that didnt care about the elections ...

Conservatism they have seen -- would like to see more prevalence of society. some feel are being imposed upon them. so in the crowds weve seen across the country secular, middle class people expressing their anger, some demanding resignation of apology for excessive police force. we saw over the past week or so an ebbing of this police violence and where i was, a little bit more of that here as well but there were signs from the prime minister he wouldnt tolerate as what he referred to as a lega...

Whose berkeley event a spark protest takes on the college establishment and rallies white supremacist." that is from the cnn twitter feed. as any of the true? >> no. it is beggars belief. >> tucker: the subject is, you deserve it. >> yes, it is. these people must be held account. the media has created this account that is okay to say almost anything about anybody who is right of jane fonda. i feel slightly conservative or even libertarian points of view, especially if you are persuasive and char...

I can imagine a reasonable person taken along the argument that is okay to punch nazis. by the left because everyone .nazis. >> tucker: isnt it nazis doing the punching? they dont tolerate dissent but celebrates people do? >> people were saying they were going to burn my book while calling me the fastest. this is the sort of irony thate the progressive life doesnt appreciate. that the name calling, grateful as i am to be on your show, ie like the attention, the real people i want to hear from ar...

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