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  • FOR US, APPRECIATE IT.

  • >> TRANSLATOR: CAN'T UNDERSTAND

  • HOW PEOPLE WANT TO DESTROY A

  • CLEAN PLACE WITH FIRES.

  • I CAN'T UNDERSTAND.

  • AMAZON IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE

  • WORLD.

  • YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE

  • AMAZON.

  • THAT'S COMPLETELY WRONG, AND WE

  • HAVE TO ACT.

  • WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING QUICKLY

  • BEFORE THE TIME ENDS.

  • ERIC: THOSE MASSIVE FIRES ARE

  • CONTINUING IN THE AMAZON

  • TRIGGERING A GLOBAL CALL FOR

  • ACTION.

  • WORLD LEADERS DISCUSSING THAT

  • CRISIS AT THE G7 SUMMIT IN

  • FRANCE AS PROTESTERS IN BRAZIL

  • TAKE TO THE STREETS.

  • THIS COMING AFTER THE BRAZILIAN

  • MILITARY NOW JOINING IN

  • OPERATIONS.

  • THE PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING,

  • U.S., -- THE IS STANDING BY REAY

  • TO HELP -- THE U.S. IS STANDING

  • BY READY TO HELP.

  • HI, CHRISTINA.

  • >> Reporter: THE BRAZILIAN

  • MILITARY DEPLOYED TO THE AMAZON

  • TO HELP FIGHT THOSE HUGE FIRES.

  • IN A RARE MOVE, THE PRESIDENT

  • AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE

  • COUNTRY'S ARMED FORCES TO HELP

  • STOP THE ECOLOGICAL DISASTER.

  • [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]

  • >> TRANSLATOR: THE PROTECTION OF

  • THE FOREST IS OUR DUTY.

  • WE ARE AWARE OF IT, AND WE ARE

  • ACTING TO COMBAT THE ILLEGAL

  • DEFORESTATION AS WELL AS OTHER

  • CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT PUT OUR

  • AMAZON AT RISK.

  • >> Reporter: AS THE FIRES

  • RAGE, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE WITH

  • THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT ON

  • FRIDAY AND TWEETED THIS: OUR

  • FUTURE TRADE PROSPECTS ARE VERY

  • EXCITING AND OUR RELATIONSHIP IS

  • STRONG THE, PERHAPS STRONGER

  • THAN EVER BEFORE.

  • I TOLD HIM IF THE UNITED STATES

  • CAN HELP WITH THE AMAZON RAIN

  • FOREST FIRES, WE STAND READY TO

  • ASSIST.

  • THESE NASA IMAGES SHOW BRAZIL

  • AND THE MASSIVE SMOKE PLUMES

  • FROM THE FIRES THAT ARE SO LARGE

  • YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM SPACE.

  • ON EARTH THE THOUSANDS OF MILES

  • OF SCORCHED FOREST, HUNDREDS OF

  • BURNED TREES AND SMOKY AIR

  • BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO

  • THE STREETS TO PROTEST IN BRAZIL

  • AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES IN

  • SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

  • DEMANDING THE BRAZILIAN

  • GOVERNMENT TAKE CONCRETE ACTIONS

  • TO STOP THE FIRES.

  • SOME SCIENTISTS WORRY THE FIRES

  • WILL LEAD TO A GIANT LOSS OF

  • FOREST, BIODIVERSITY AND

  • CONTRIBUTE TO MORE GREENHOUSE

  • GASES.

  • THE FIRES ALSO ESCALATING

  • TENSIONS WITH FRANCE AND OTHER

  • WESTERN COUNTRIES AS THE G7

  • SUMMIT GOT UNDERWAY IN FRANCE

  • TODAY.

  • [SPEAKING FRENCH]

  • >> TRANSLATOR: THE AMAZON IS OUR

  • COMMON GOOD.

  • WE ARE ALL CONCERNED.

  • WE NEED TO HELP BRAZIL AND OTHER

  • COUNTRIES PUT DOWN THESE FIRES,

  • BECAUSE IT IS THE TREASURE OF

  • OUR BIODIVERSITY AND OUR CLIMATE

  • THANKS TO OXYGEN THAT IT EMITS

  • AND THANKS TO THE CARBON IT

  • ABSORBS.

  • >> Reporter: BRAZIL'S DEFENSE

  • MINISTER SAYS ABOUT 44,000

  • TROOPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR,

FOR US, APPRECIATE IT.

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