situation is calmer. there s still some hard liners holding out at one big intersection in paris and places in marseille, but for the most part it s calmed down after the words of the president of the france and the interior minister, both. of them condemned uber pop shs the low cost alternative to uber which allows just anybody with a a driver s license and a car to be an uber driver. it s uber pop that has been found in violation of the law. e they have appealed that decision but even while it s under appeal the interior minister says he s going to go after the uber pop drivers and arrest them impound their cars and also going to go after the administration of uber pop if they urge as they have had overnight, to continue their drivers to keep driving. it looks like the government as ha gotten ahead of this now. all too late for courtney
clear rules and for the government to set the rules. pop singer courtney love tweeted that even she was caught up in the demonstrations. they have ambushed our car and they are holding our driver hostage, she tweeted. they are beating cars with metal bats. this is france? i m safer in baghdad. francois where are the bleeping police she said. is it legal for your police to attack prisoners? get your bleep to the airport. wtf. at the heart of the dispute is uber. taxi dryers say it is putting them out of business. translator: the rules are strict. the cars cost a lot. we can t do what we want. we don t decide on our rate. we don t decide on our days of work. now we he have people who pay nothing. no training. and who run a taxi service with any old car. while uber is legal in france its low-cost alternative, uber pop, is not.
working for uber. courtney lover was among the passengers caught in the cross fire. she tweeted out a picture of her car s smashed windshield saying they ve ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. this is france? i m safer in baghdad. when they go after courtney love you know it s serious. jim bitterman is live in paris with the developments. good morning, jim. reporter: she wasn t the only victim john. quite a few others. thousands of people were inconvenienced yesterday. things are bait better today. in fact there s only one real hot spot in paris, where there are some hardliner holding out. for the most part drivers seem to be placated by what the government promised which is they re going to go after uber pop drivers and the administration of uber pop if they continue the operate on the streets of paris. just to show you how bad thing got yesterday, today sh one of
welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is cnn newsroom. let s check the headlines for you this hour. thousands of angry taxi drivers have been protesting the street of paris over on-line ride share service uber pop. they say the company is illegally and unfairly stealing their business. france s interior minister said they will be arrested if caught using uber pop. palmer says he did not intentionally help the killers break out and is cooperating with investigators. the record breaking heat wave in pakistan claimed more than 1,000 lives.
fire. she tweeted out a picture of her car s smashed windshield. they said they are holding our driver hostage. they are beating the cars with e metal bats. this is france? i m safer in baghdad. they go after courtney. love you know it is serious. jim bitterman is live with the developments good morning, jim. reporter: she wasn t the only victim. quite a few others thousands of people were inconvenienced yesterday with those taxi blockades around the airports particularly things are a a bit better today. in fact, there s only one real hot spot in paris where there s some hard liners holding out. for the most part the drivers seem to be placated what the government has promised which is they are going to go after the administration of uber pop if it they continue to operate on the streets of paris. but just to show you how bad things got yesterday, today one of the largest taxi unions has declared free taxi day for