>> 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,