g8 summit that summer in genoa, where we saw a lot of violence, rocks and bottles thrown at police, cars flipped over and set on fire. that one really came close to completely getting out of hand. the police did manage to keep a lid on it. that really, neil, changed the approach to these big summits, and they started holding them in smaller places like sea island, georgia. canada held a summit in a place called can kanaskis, and now they ve got it in a major urban center in hamburg, which is a long history, sometimes violent protests, and that s what we saw out in the streets today. again, let s not lose perspective. the overall majority of people, the number in the tens and thousands have been peacefully gather on the streets to show their displeasure. neil: i m glad you pointed out this happens at the
no doubt. john robert thank you. for more, let s bring in fox news editor he is the editor of the half time report. let me ask you about this scene we re watching here. it is amazing to me. whether it is g20 or g8, this entire crew comes out. he see these really overwhelming protests. what do you make of it? reporter: of course, right question for the protesters would be, would you not like the leaders the largest economies in the world to gather together to talk about peacefully conducting trade rather than fighting bloody horrific wars. is that the plan? in 1999 we saw in seattle, when the world trade organization came to town was boring matter of course meeting. when they gathered, the first of
protesting. every time we ve seen change globally or in the united states or in many of these countries, because citizens have used their voice collectively and taken to the streets, and demanded action from their government or from their government leaders. so it is my hope, i know ambassador bolton said this is theater for theater, but hopefully not. we need not free trade, but fair trade. melissa: unfortunately, it is professional protesters who are causing violence who came out and drown out the message of the people like you said who came out, who actually had something to say, who weren t there to destroy property, who wanted to bring attention. and in fact, we ve seen protesters like this going back, you know, before 2001, at the g8, at, you know, the g20. so in some ways, it is disheartening, because they are drowning out the very people
in hamburg, germany seem to be dealing with this at the lowest level that they deem necessary. those water cannon guns have varying pressure points on them. from what i can see right now, they re using fairly low pressure on those protesters. more sharing them rather than firing those water cannons at the pressure that can knock protesters off their feet quite violently. back in 2001 in genoa this was a g it8s. there. that changed the way in which these summits were held. just the next year, the g8 summit was moved by the canadians to a very isolated part of canada. in the province of alberta. now we re back in. genoa is in a poor city. we re back in another poor city,
that perspective comparing it to the meeting in 2001. all these protest as we said, doesn t necessarily have to do with anyone attending this meeting including president trump. this has to do just anti-globalization movement. we see these violent protest breaking out at these big g20 and g8 summit. joining us for more for all of this i want to bring in ohio congressman i want to get your thought on what s going on here first. i think you guys are characterizing it correctly. this is a protest against capitalism against our world system. one thing obviously is grave concern is this is almost got ton level of organized crime as opposed to organized protest. these are not individual who are out trying to get a message out. they are actively damaging