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IrelandParis protesters hold position as CBS reports amid tear gas
Leigh Kiniry's street-level report for CBS Evening News follows marches over economic equality and school funding into a tense police standoff.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 104,287 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (7,730).
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"Those are tear gas canisters being fired as they try to disperse protesters," Leigh Kiniry says from the Paris standoff. Then she adds: "But the protesters aren't moving."
That moment anchors CBS Evening News' report on another weekend of anti-government demonstrations in France. The short report drew roughly 104,000 views in its first day, about thirteen times the channel's usual audience for uploads of this length.
Jericka Duncan introduces the coverage with police clashes in Turin and Rome before Kiniry takes the report to France. Crowds march through Paris and Marseille, demanding better conditions, economic equality and school funding. Kiniry reports a large security deployment following looting the previous week.
At dusk, the footage shifts to shields, batons and tear gas in Paris. Kiniry continues reporting from the standoff, while street interviews include demonstrators describing their willingness to confront police.
The report also flags the scheduled NFL game outside Paris. CBS has since followed that thread with a separate report on Americans visiting for the Pittsburgh Steelers-New Orleans Saints game, including the State Department's advice to remain cautious amid the unrest.
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- Channel
- CBS Evening News
- Subscribers
- 2,430,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 8,234,860
- Channel views, pace per day
- 968,018 (on a normal day: 1,018,480)
- Video published
- October 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 111,069 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 76,487
The numbers
The protest report reached an unusually large first-day audience for a CBS Evening News Short. The channel's Obama campaign report and full Saturday broadcast also drew stronger-than-usual starts in their respective formats.
