narrator: at 17 forest-dics plots throughout latin america africa, and asia davies' project, in collaboration with the arnold arboretum of harvard university, maintains an active database of more than 3 million trees of 6,000 species. dr. davies: this is a huge data set, which no one else in the world is doing this kind of research. and the idea of doing it right across the whole world is that then we'll be able to come to some generalizations about what's happening to tropical rainforests. narrator: by statistical analysis of a large number of individuals over a long period of time the team can determine the dynamics of forest growth. dr. davies: what we do is we monitor them every five years. we go and remeasure all the trees. the idea is to try to work out for hundreds and hundreds of species, their population biology -- that is, the rates with which thegrow the ratethey die at -- to try to understand the whole biology of the species. narrator: stephen hubbell of the unirsity of grgia and the smithsonian tropical research institute is one of the pioneers of this study, which began on barro

asia latin america and africa are all moving in the right direction, but these trends are not automatic or self-sustaining. they require washington to be engaged and assertive, and also need a political and media climate in which the urgent does not always trump the important. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. >>> let's get started with my interview with president obama. >>> mr. president, honored to have you. >> good to see you, fareed. >> lippedcy lindsey graham says he's troubled that you won't use the term "war" with radical islam. >> i think that the way to understand this is there is and element growing out of muslim communities in certain parts of the world that have perverted the religion have embraced a annihilistic violent, almost medieval interpretation of islam. and they're doing damage in a lot of countries around the world. but it is absolutely true that i reject a notion that somehow that kreecreates a religious war because the overwhelming majority of muslims reject that interpretation of islam. they don't even recognize it as

cardinals in latin america, asia africa - among other places. we start with background. here is john henry smith. >> reporter: pope francis urged cardinals to reform vatican bur okay rahs yip. -- bureaucracy. proposals including merging officers reducing waits. saturday he went behind the catholic strongholds, choosing 20 new cardinals, some as far away from the vatican as tonga and myanmar. voices from parts of the world that have rarely been on the vatican's radar. the pope has gone where no pope has gone. moves like that earnt the pope app reputation for being a transformative leader. less than two years ago, on march 13th, 2013 pope francis became the head of the roman catholic church. catholics and non-catholics noted that pope francis practices what he preaches. he spoke out on global inequality and echoed the sentiments by turning down the pal asia apartment -- pal ashial apart: he bi ---al pacial apart. he bypassed the pope mobile for him ble transportation. tee took off the red shoes, slipping on the black shoes a priest would wear. one of his first acts is to k

the small nation has sent its doctors the caribbean, latin america, asia and africa.to earn a much-needed income, but to establish diplomatic ties. cuba sent more doctors to fight the ebola epidemic in west africa than any other country. and to haiti. but last year the united states and cuba reached an agreement to restore diplomatic ties and that could allow for freer travel and attract cuban doctors to the u.s. with incomes that can't be matched at home. do you think more medical professionals will be swayed to go to the united states now and work? >> you have -- they needed to get some money, you can go. because now we are free to go to anywhere. >> reporter: and qatar needs this doctor and the 14 others who just landed here. >> the challenge is a huge challenge. different language, different country, different culture, different laws. >> reporter: but the hospital east assist important executive director says acclimateing is the most difficult part for doctors. >> by the time they came, they learn the custom and culture, then they have to go back again and a new o

asia latin america, and africa are all moving in the right direction. but these trends are not automatic or self-sustaining. they require washington to be engaged and assertive and also need a political and media climate in which the urgent does not always trump the important. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. let's get started with my interview with president obama. ♪ ♪ >> mr. president, honor to have you. >> good to see you, fareed. >> lintsy graham says he's bothered about the fact that you won't admit we're in a religious war. there are others who say the white house takes pains to avoid using the term "islamist terrorists." my question to you, are we in a war with radical islam? >> i think the way to understand this is there is an element growing out of muslim communities in certain parts of the world that have perverted the religion have embraced a anilistic, violent almost evil interpretation of islam. and they are doing damage in a lot of countries around the world. it is absolutely true that i reject

with all sorts of mistakes and aggression, all, justifiable or not, from central america to latin america to africaan. can you justify it. you cannot. but i will say that the one remarkable threat that we are seeing here is that copycat action or the act of the islamic state, there is an ideology that is very much at play here. and what i still see us doing is tap dancing around that very fact. you know last time i came, i brought the koran. and this time i bring these various copies of the hadid. these aren't just actions occurring because of bombing actions of the u.s., they are happening because of an ideology that's happening and spreading through our world. over the next few days, the obama administration is going to have the summit on countering violent extremism. it's dancing around this idea of islamic ideology. the leader of denmark is right. we are not at a war with islam but with an interpretation of islam that wants to destroy us. in that way, we better pay attention, otherwise we're really going to end up with troubles here at home also. and i don't try to put fear into people, but thi

america. we have a whole literature about the injustice in africa, latin america. when we think about land in this country we tend to think that it's almost an empty vessel but there is any real political content to it. one of the things i've noticed is there's a deep history of land and racism and capitalism all bound up together and you can't simply change complexion of the resident is not change dynamics that you need to think about encouraging new kind of political power regulation new kinds of ownership as well as property. if you have a yet least attentive to these issues we've done a great deal of good work. >> if somebody is interested in the history segregation where's a good resource? >> there are a number of databases you can look at. proquest has a great history about the many universities have access to the you can find out much about the day to day dynamics. you can go to the national archives and look at the map of redlining existing in the 1930s to the 40s and 50s developed to make sure you have these niche markets. the federal government totally pl

the airline had overcapacity en route to asia, latin america and africa.arnings before interest otherwise known as -- as well is the cost from the strike fell to 1.5 9 billion euros -- 1.59 billion euros, in line with estimates. little changed -- 24.9 billion euros remaining burdened by this cost structure that remains uncompetitive with rivals. the french unit lost money last year because of the strike and it is renewing efforts to slash expenses to withstand the march of low-cost airlines in europe adult carriers in international markets as well. profit dropping last year following the longest pilot strike in the airline industry. throughout the day we will bring you interviews you will not want to miss -- the air france cfo pfs will relapse she -- pierre-francois riolacci. >> caroline has joined us on said. they have had currency was -- what do you make of the numbers? >> bang in line with expectations. a slight fall in sale, but only by 1%. we were also seeing for your organic sales that is stripping out the sales of foreign currency. sales are up four

. >> the small nation of 11 million has sent its doctors to the caribbean latin america asia and africa, not just to earn a much-needed income, but to establish diplomatic ties. they sent more to help africa with ebola than any other country. just last year, the united states and cuba reached and agreement to restore diplomatic ties after decades of division. that could allow for freer travel and attract cuban doctors to the u.s. with income that is can't be matched at home. >> do you think more medical professionals will be swayed to go now to the united states and work? >> if they needed to get some money, you can go? because now we are free to go to anywhere. >> qatar needs the doctor and the four others who just landed here from havana. >> it is a huge challenge different language, different country, different culture different laws. >> the hospital's assistant executive director said acclimating is the most difficult part. >> by the time the doctor and nurses came and get familiar with the culture and custom, then they have to go back again and a new one arrives. >> he's trying to

asia, africa and latin america. part of the pope's efforts to reshape the catholic church.lso witnessing the ceremony, retired pope ben needict xvi. >>> and turning home now, to that case of road rage. a las vegas mother, clinging to life, shot while teaching her 15-year-old daughter how to drive. tonight, the hunt for her attacker is on. and abc's linzie janis has this story. >> reporter: tonight, tammy meyers, a mother of four, is clinging to life after she was shot in an apparent case of road rage. >> she was a good woman and she didn't deserve this. >> reporter: police say, they are still searching for the suspects. >> as far as we can tell, there was no prior contact with these individuals. >> reporter: meyers, a nurse, was driving to her las vegas home thursday night after giving her teenage daughter a driving lesson at a nearby middle school parking lot. that's when police say she had a close call with a silver sedan that family members say had multiple passengers. there was a verbal confrontation between myers andeyermeyers and the driver. meyers then drove home, bu

latin america. another 15%, africa. and faculty 4 3% are immigrant or immigrant origin.ly the face of america in the next two decades right here n. this university you also graduate people not only from a four-year degree also you have med school you have law school. you are offering folks an opportunity to reach the american dream from a very high academic level. >> no question. no question. >> talk to me about, you were the first in the state of florida to haver in-state tuition to dreamers when and why? >> when in 2013 and why, because we had the legal opening and opportunity to do that. number one and number two, it was the right thing do. number three, our mission really is to promote international understanding, and if we can't do that at home where can we do that? >> mark what do you want to hear? what do your students want to hear the president address tonight? >> i think our students are very practical and wants solutions. i think our students understand that immigration is a critical issue, and that we have not addressed it. and i think they're pleased that the

1989 there was a wave of democratic transitions beginning in eastern europe obviously, latin america asia even africa. liberal democracy and free market capitalism seem to have prevailed in that great battle of ideologies over various forms of totalitarianism that at least one of our panelists has written about. in fact, that was frank fukuyama to my left. he wrote an essay here at rand in fact right across the hall from me entitled "have we reached the end of history." ultimately a very famous book. the original rand paper, which i still have has a question mark at the end. [laughter] it was the end of history and i noticed that over time as it went from paper to article to book, the question mark was dropped. [laughter] we may ask him about that. but i read that frank recently said that the year 2014 feels different than 1989, and how true that is. russia, of course, now has become an electoral authoritarian regime. it seeks to take back territory that it lost when the soviet union dissolved. china has an economy that rivals ours but remains authoritarian. the transition to democracy or the transit

trans-national organized criminal cartels that are huge, multi- billion organizations in latin america, south america and clearly in africa. >> charlie: what is it important difference, and is it just tactics, between al quaida on the arabian peninsula yemen, boko haram nigeria-i.s.i.l, islamic state, iraq and syria. al quaida represented by zawahiri and osama bin laden. what's the difference today between them other than tactics? >> right. so briefly, what's not different -- >> charlie: and ideology, i didn't mention. >> whatnot different is the ideology. the ideology is about the same. it's clear. the difference today or the difference from sort of where we were to today is i would say -- i would describe it like this -- the lines between the organizations are thicker. meaning they have thickened their network of like-minded groups and leaders and they are far better networked than they were ten years ago. and i remember sitting drawing out these guys -- i can remember sitting ten years ago, charlie, drawing these maps out and going, okay, what's the connection between this group in afghanistan and this group in east af

there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in latin america, but it's the brutal conflicts underway in africathe middle east, the war in afghanistan, and of course at this point any syrian civil war seems to be the deadliest and the one creating the largest number of refugees. as any recent conflict created so much havoc for so many people so quickly? grim. and in all of my time working are refugees, i can't remember a time when there have been so many conflicts simultaneously. you mentioned syria already. it is certainly preoccupying most of us at the moment. >> we just looked at a map of those being displaced. in lebanon, almost 900,000 people. it's like taking the whole population of canada and moving it to the united states in a matter of a couple of years. >> yeah, the situation in lebanon is quite extraordinary. i have had the opportunity to go there in the last couple of months. you can see refugee villages everywhere throughout the country. it's equivalent to the number of canadians moving into the united states over a period of 18 months or two years. and one of the things we're begi

>> certainly in portions of west africa, portions of southeast asia, portions of latin america. i could go into more detailed in a classified setting. >> it begs the question the foremost non-state sponsor. are we able to identify individuals or groups of individuals as well that you identify iran as a state sponsor, a lot of these groups have to have funding, support, coordination from somewhere. are we able to identify some of those non-state sponsors? >> we have a robust effort across the intelligence community to try to understand particularly where individuals play a role in the financing of terrorist organizations and where -- where we can identify through intelligence those individuals developing approach using every tool we have whether it's designation by the treasury department, other law enforcement or intelligence action and any tool we have to try to shut down the financing pipeline. that is an area where it is a constant, constant struggle because these organizations are ubiquitous in their efforts to fundraise. i would be happy to talk in closed session with the w

>> certainly in portions of west africa portions of southeast asia portions of latin america. i could go into more detailed in a classified setting. >> it begs the question the former non-state sponsor. are we able to identify individuals or groups of individuals as well that you identify iran as a state sponsor, a lot of these groups have to have funding support, coordination from somewhere. are we able to identify some of those non-state sponsors? >> we have a robust effort across the intelligence sdmunity to try to understand particularly where individuals play a role in the financing of terrorist organizations and where -- where we can identify through intelligence those individuals developing approach using every tool we have whether it's designation by the treasury department, other law enforcement or intelligence action and any tool we have to try to shut down the financing pipeline. that is an area where it is a constant, constant struggle because these organizations are ubiquitous in their efforts to fund raise. i would be happy to talk in closed session with the work

>> certainly in portions of west africa, southeast asia, latin america.go into more detailed in a classified setting. >> it begs the question as well the foremost non-state-sponsored are we able to identify individuals and groups as well that you identify a rent as a former state sponsor of groups at you funny principle coordination from somewhere. are we able to identify some of those non-state-sponsored? >> certainly have a robust effort across the intelligence been to try to understand particularly where individuals play a role in the financing of terrorist organizations and where, where we can identify through intelligence those individuals developing an approach using every tool we have whether its designation by the treasury department, other law enforcement or intelligence action, any tool we have to try to shut down that financing pipeline. that is an area where it is a constant constant struggle because these organizations are ubiquitous in efforts to fund raise. i'd be happy to talk in closed session about the work we're doing in that area. >> i