couste cousteau?l, he believed in saving everything. we hit it off from the very beginning. >> ted of course had seen cousteau's documentary and seen him profiled on a number of tv specials. ted agrees to start green lighting some original episodes, environmental documentaries. >> there's a story, you're on the amazon on his boat calypso. this is in the early 1980s. >> cousteau invites ted down to the delta of the amazon, and they go down there and ted takes his sons. >> i was about 13 or 14, and that was a really great experience to be in peru and brazil on the calypso. >> from piranas to these beautiful porpoise that inhabit the amazon, it was a spectacular trip, and the boys go to sleep and ted and cousteau are out on board the deck. >> and he's telling you,reefs a, bell weather species are being lost. icecaps are melting, there are fresh water droughts. what did you think at that time? >> i was concerned and resolved to do whatever i could to help it. >> he basically was saying enjoy the time that

cousteau invites ted down to the delta of the amazon, and ted and cousteau are out on board the deck.you, ted, coral reefs are being destroyed, bellwether peevies are being lost. ice caps are melting. there are freshwater droughts. what did you think at the time? >> i was concerned and resolved to do whatever i could to help it. >> mankind can expect from sdploiting the amazon maybe very little, maybe a lot. i don't know. >> ted said, captain, i came down here to be inspired, and this is all bumming me out. >> being myself very eek logically minded -- >> what do you want me to do? he said you need to use your reach through cnn to affect people's lives, and to educate them. >> you know, it's amazing, ana. he had an environment gene, i would say, from a very early age, but cousteau jump-started a more definitive plan, and using cnn, you know, which ted owned, as a major plate form for that. >> as opportunity to education and spread the word. something ted turner has done is reintroduced tens of thousands of bison to his ranchland. how does that work? >> that was the biggest question i h

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jacques cousteau around all like heaven. after plugging along but in in this is it's an interesting thing because we don't agree on everything politically but these are where people of the route left people on the right should be able to agree. the diverse groups make better decisions alone geniuses. and that science. is a better guide to making environmental p policy in tryrying to preserve the species than just. blatant self interest or you know ideological bent. and. so up mimisha rock a alike in manila . the words of the former us presidenent tell bill c clinton thatat remembering his friendshp without the late jack chirac who was laid to rest in paris after a solemn ceremony at cents apiece and then a private interment at the cemetery in montparnasse let's get some perspective now on the lifetimes and legacy of jack chirac which michael smith associate professor of french. and francophone studies at the university of nottingham p poll thank you once again for joining us we was apprereciated your timime your analysis jac

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