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,