>>> I THINK THERE IS A GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT'S
HAPPENING, AND WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE TO SOLVE
IT. AND, YOU KNOW --
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE OPENING THE BORDERS TO SYRIAN REFUGEES?
>> THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING
TO BE ENOUGH IN AND OF ITSELF. >> THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER
SPEAKING TO NBC NEWS AND STRIKING A DIFFERENT TONE ON
SYRIAN REFUGEES THAN HER FATHER. THE U.N. ESTIMATES 5 MILLION
REFUGEES HAVE SO FAR FLED THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA.
THEY'VE ESCAPED NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES LIKE TURKEY AND
JORDAN. SOME HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO
EUROPE AND EVEN BEYOND. BUT RIGHT NOW, 6.3 MILLION
SYRIANS ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED, STILL TRAPPED INSIDE
THE SYRIAN BORDERS. FOR THEM IT'S A DAILY STRUGGLE
TO EVEN SURVIVE. THEY FACE THE WORST -- CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, SARIN GAS, DAILY BARREL
BOMBS. AND WHEN THE BOMBS FALL, THE
IEDs STEPPED ON AND SET OFF, HERE'S FROM A GROUP POPULARLY
KNOWN AS THE WHITE HELMETS ARE THERE TO DIG THE VICTIMS OUT OF
THE RUBBLE. IN OCTOBER OF 2014, THE WHITE
HELMETS DUG FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS LOOKING FOR A 2 WEEK OLD
BABY AFTER AN AIR STRIKE HIT ALEPPO.
JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE UP, THEY HEARD THE BABY CRYING.
[ SPEAKING A FOREIGNOREIGN LANG] [ BABY CRYING ]
>> IN THE VIDEO, THEY CALL HIM A MIRACLE BABY, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE TEARS IN THE EYES OF THE RESCUER AFTER PULLING THIS
DEFENSELESS BABY TO SAFETY. THE MAN'S NAME WAS KALID OMAR.
THAT CHILD IS ALIVE TODAY, BUT OMAR IS NOT.
HE WAS KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE IN AUGUST.
SO FAR THE WHITE HELMETS HAVE RESCUED MORE THAN 78,000 PEOPLE,
AND THIS WEEK THEY WERE GIVEN AN AWARD BY REFUGEE INTERNATIONAL.
JOINING ME, HER MAJESTY, QUEEN NOOR OF JORDAN WHO PRESENTED
THAT AWARD TO THE WHITE HELMETS. NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> VERY NICE TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE
MOVING PICTURES AND ALSO THE STATEMENTS OF THE FIRST
DAUGHTER. VERY TRUE WORDS.
>> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HER JUMP INTO THIS AND SORT OF TAKE
A POSITION THAT HAS SEEMED VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HER FATHER
HAS SAID. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT
I DO KNOW THAT WHAT SHE SAID IS TRUE.
IT IS A GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, AND OVER 60 MILLION
REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE -- YOU REFERRED TO IDPs, INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SYRIA. OFTEN THEY'RE FORGOTTEN.
THE FOCUS IS ON THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES
LIKE JORDAN. >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY HER
FATHER IS UNKIND TO THE REFUGEES, JUST THAT HE HAS THE
WHOLE ISSUE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
TELL ME ABOUT THE WHITE HELMETS. >> THEY AREE HEROES.
THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY BRAVE. THEY RESCUE THEIR FELLOW SYRIANS
REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, REGARDLESS OF POLITICS.
THEY ARE A NON-ZERO-SUM SPIRIT THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE BEST OF
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION.
THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION, AND I'M SO HAPPY
THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE AND
THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING A TRUE FACE OF NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE OF
SYRIA BUT THE PEOPLE OF JORDAN AND SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN
THE REGION.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE ACCOUNTANTS, BANKERS, PLUMBERS,
LAWYERS. THEY REPRESENTED SYRIAN SOCIETY
BEFORE THE WAR BROKE OUT, AND SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO
THEIR FELLOW SYRIANS, THEY BEGAN TO COME TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THEN THEY FOUND THAT THEY WERE DOING
THE SAME KIND OF THING AND JOINED TOGETHER INTO A FORCE OF
NOW OVER 3,000 PEOPLE. >> THE PEOPLE WHO THE WHITE
HELMETS RESCUE OR TRY TO PROTECT EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY'RE THE
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE. BUT THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS -- >> THEY'RE NOT ALL DISPLACED.
ACTUALLY THESE ARE THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'VE INSISTED ON STAYING
IN BECAUSE THOSE ARE THEIR HOMES.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. MANY OF THEM ARE ALSO DISPLACED.
>> AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE GONE TO OTHER NATIONS
INCLUDING THE NATION OF JORDAN. I WAS IN JORDAN IN DECEMBER, AND
THE JORDANIANS WERE QUITE WELCOMING, BUT IT'S BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE BURDEN ON MANY JORDANIANS, INCLUDING AN
ECONOMIC BURDEN. >> WELL, COMPASSIONATE
HUMANITARIANISM IS IN OUR DNA IN JORDAN, AND IT HAS BEEN
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. WE HAD A SUDDEN INFLUX, A 10%
INCREASE OF OUR POPULATION WITH THE SYRIAN CRISIS, AND THE
GOVERNMENT HAS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE SERVICES
ADEQUATELY TO JORDANIANS AND TO REFUGEES.
SO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND
HELPFUL, AND WITH THEM WE'VE ARRIVED AT A MORE SUSTAINABLE,
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO THIS CRISIS.
>> IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT AT LEAST -- I THINK THIS.
I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN TO A REFUGEE CAMP WHO HAS
EVER FORGOTTEN IT, BECAUSE IT IS SO PAINFUL WHAT GOES ON IN THOSE
REFUGEE CAMPS. >> AND OUTSIDE THOSE CAMPS AS
WELL AMONG THE REFUGEES AND OTHERS.
NO, IT -- YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW THE FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT
WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, CAUSING SO MUCH
SUFFERING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, IS IRREPLACEABLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND, AS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST DAUGHTER INDICATED THAT SHE HAD IN HER
COMMENTS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A REFUGEE CAMP.
BUT YOU DO NEED TO BE OPEN TO THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING
IN. >> YOUR MAJESTY, NICE TO SEE
YOU. IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG.
I VISITED YOU IN JORDAN 20 YEARS AGO THIS FALL.
>> I WISH I'D KNOWN YOU WERE THERE IN DECEMBER.
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