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than $40 million of goods passed through daily. today, protesters block yet another transportation artery at the michigan canada border. it's important to note that as much catch us as this few hundred camera -- their view on this issue is not popular in canada, at all. more than 80% of the canadian public is vaccinated. almost 90% of truckers are vaccinated. this protest wasn't even organized by the canadian trucking unions. the largest of which has come out actively against the protests. so, not only is this a fringe group of canadians, it is a fringe group, even within the small niche of canadian truckers. where this group is popular, this is interesting, where they found an incredibly large platform is right here, with american service and american conservative media. their stories have become -- like fox news, american conservatives to marjorie
about 200 people in vehicles are blocking, or stalling traffic on that bridge, which carries 25% of all trade between the u.s. and canada, where an estimated $300 million a day. protesters in fifth detracts are blocking the quds boarding crossing, which is the busiest port between alberta, canada and the state of montana. that cross typically sees more than $40 million of goods passed through daily. today, protesters block yet another transportation artery at the michigan canada border. it's important to note that as much catch us as this few hundred truckers -- their view on this issue is not popular in canada, at all. more than 80% of the canadian public is vaccinated. almost 90% of truckers are vaccinated. this protest wasn't even organized by the canadian trucking unions. the largest of which has come out actively against the protests.
tears in this neighborhood today, and it has turned into anger as the day has moved on, as people realize that the president is coming. this protest wasn't planned at all 24 hours ago. and in the last 24 hours, it has exploded. we weren't sure how many people were going to show up here. there were very few people who had actually signed up to come, and now there are thousands of people on -- here. look over here, eddie. somebody is trying to get -- somebody is being arrested here. there was a large knot of people who moved toward the synagogue, which is about a block away, and were trying to get through the police cordon. you can see the police cars now trying to move the crowd back. the crowd itself, they are chanting, "turn your backs."
these austerity measures to go through. in some ways, different country, different situation jon but you can see the echos at home as well. jon: the point being this is not just an entirely organic uprising. some of these students were bused in from cities and towns all across great britain. our greg palkot is there, and can perhaps gives us some flavor of exactly what's happening right now. greg. >> reporter: jon, yeah, i think the police were a bit surprised by this whole thing, in fact the metropolitan police scotland yard said we prepared our response anticipating a peaceful protest. can you believe it, they did not anticipate violence, the violence, they got. they also said they only think that it's a small band of trouble makers who are involved in this but in fact they are making a lot of trouble. as you guys have been seeing on our sister network sky news and the reporting that started outside of this office building, which is the headquarters for the
service 747 in dubai. that crash landed in flames. the pilot had reported smoke in the cockpit. according to the department of homeland security and the fbi there is absolutely no evidence that al-qaida in the arabian peninsula was behind that crash. they had claimed credit for it, trying to bolster their image in that part of the world, but apparently according to the fbi and the department of homeland security there is no evidence whatsoever that there was a bomb or anything else that brought down that cargo 747 back in september. jenna. jenna: lots of breaking news today, jon. we'll head back over to london. you mentioned british authorities breaking this story on this potential mail bomb plot. check out what british authorities have to deal with today, lots of protest, a major protest in the street of london at a building, corporate headquarters, mill bank towers which is the headquarters of the conservative party. the student union is protesting
maria. this one is for david. david was seeing the protest happens in london, the student protests and michelle had a question about whether or not you all felt that we're going to see some of those protests here in the united states, especially with that news we just got about raising the retirement age here. do you expect to see that david? >> no, i don't. i think americans are a little more civil and responsible than europeans. we tend to protest pretty deeply when there are real things in play, not when our college tuition is going up. so i don't think quite we're the children that are going to put the tantrum like they've done across the atlantic. but i do think that -- >> jenna: let me ask maria about that, it's funny you say that, we're way more civil and you take a look at what happens in congress and you wonder if that's really the truth. >> look, clearly what was going on over there is a difficult situation, and from what i understand, the tuitions are going up from $5000 to $15,000. that is a pretty big jump. but clearly, we don't live there, we don't understand what the details are, but in
and jenna, the small group of people making a violent stand here are trying to broaden it out, trying to make it a broader protest against the cuts across the board here in the u.k., the u.k., promising as much as 40 percent cuts in some areas of the government, and so far, the response has been as you would expect from the u.k., polite and staid. this is the first violence that we are, again -- that we account for in the u.k. to these cuts. more people are saying there could be more to come. and there could be more to come tonight here guys. jon: let me ask you about the police response. i know it used to be the case, they didn't even carry weapons in london. i think that changed at least in some circumstances. do they have tear gas, tasers, what do they use when they're getting pelted with rocks by some of these protestors? >> exactly, jon. the standard bobby on the street is like the classic stereotype we think of when we think of police in the
>> [pro test and cheering] >> you can get a flavor of the sounds from the courtyard of the protests who has turned somewhat violent, students throwing cooking pots, rocks and other key brie at the officers lined up there. harris faulkner is with us, keeping an eye from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: i have been watching as we've been listening to sky news but now it's being reported -- i had at least one person taken to the hospital, now it's being reported by our sister network sky news that at least eight people have been taken to the hospital with minor injuries with regard to this protest. the numbers have grown, jenna is right, first it was 30,000, now estimates have reached up above 30, maybe as many as 40,000 students. the protestors issued a statement saying that they have occupied the roof, and at one point, you could see
>> you condemn what's happening? >> i have mixed feelings about it, to tell you the truth. i understand there are people here doing their job, politicians are doing their jobs and that should be respected. i also think -- i don't think anything changes. >> you think the protests are justified? >> that's what i said. i didn't say anything like that. i think you need to let politicians know that the decisions they make affect people, you know, deeply, and for a long time. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. jenna: we want to mention, we keep on talking about student protests but it's important to point out this is not just any student protest, it's part of a larger union, the national union of students, they have organized this protest against the conservative party and there's also the liberal party in the u.k. and what the protestors are saying, what the union president is saying, let this be a warning to you, that you will lose future generations if you allow
world. we have this fox news alert. violent protests in the streets of london. tens of thousands of students, clashing with police there over proposed tuition hikes, and other government cutbacks, you're seeing some of the protests on your screen now, video from the events of the day. joining me on the phone from central london, the national union students vice president susan nash, the national union of students is the group that organized this protest. so susan, we've heard that some of the protestors have gotten violent, there have been some reports of folks going to the hospital. what are your thoughts on how the protests went today? >> the majority of the protests have been positive, we have 50,000 students, academics, parents, grandparents, come out to protest the higher costs to education, but a small minority of students, all members of the demonstration, have taken things too far and we condemn the violent activity that you have seen on your