they returned home from antarctica with 72 whales which was 800 short of their swended goal, but thisthe japanese fleets are returning. they say they have more money, more boats and more muscle. and it may be open season, not just on the whales, but also on the sea shepherds seeking to defend them. joining us, shannon mann, whose season starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. obviously, there's an implicit level of craziness by virtue of the fact that you are sitting here and already doing this on tv. i guess the question for you is what is -- what's the motivation to put yourselves in the level of risk to do this? and i don't mean to -- i recognize the saving of the whales, but i feel like saving the whales, then putting it on tv is doing more than just saving whales. it's saying we're going to put ourselves on tv doing this and there's a reason, there's some message that you're obviously trying to communicate in doing that. what is it? >> well, i think we're really fortunate that animal planet decided to come on board. essentially they just document our mission. so it's fairly uninvasive. every

some of the most rugged places on earth was nothing compared to this trip, a 19-day expedition to antarcticahe last continent on her list. >> this ship was called "the explorer," and it was actually built for antarctica. it had an ice-strengthened hull so that it could withstand the ice. >> for the first 12 days of her trip, lisa saw some of the most spectacular scenery she had ever seen. >> we saw amazing wildlife. we saw whales. we saw penguins. i saw things i never thought i'd see in my entire life. but on the 12th day, video camera rolling, lisa would capture something else she never thought she'd see. >> i was videotaping the ice because the ice was different than other ice we'd been through. it was deeper, seemed to be pretty much everywhere. >> the mood is serious as the captain tries to maneuver the ship through the ice field, then a few minutes before midnight, lisa hears alarm bells. the ship has sprung a leak. >> a fist-sized hole was punctured into the third floor of the ship, and the captain came on, and he said, this is the captain, and this is not a drill." i knew at this very

since he began riding, he traveled more than 125,000 miles across six continents, including antarctica. >> the exploration of the planet has been one of my goals. >> sometimes he does it with friends, other times by himself. when his buddies aren't around, all he has is his bike and motivation. >> i never been lonely on a bicycle because when you are physically powering yourself, it ties your body, mind, and spirit together. >> eight cross country bicycling trips and his spirit is as fresh as the first time he mounted his seat. >> you are just like a little kid. >> bicycling clears your mind. it clears your emotions. everything is in the rear-view mirror and you don't see or have any problems. you don't have any troubles. you don't have any yesterday or tomorrow. it's in the here and now. >> a long trip all done with a picture perfect smile. tip of the hat to you, frosty. 9news now. >> got to make that 27-mile ride look like nothing. today's adventure will be riding his bike through the boot of italy. more power to you, man. you have golf. >> everybody is thinking tiger woods was going

they come up from down near antarctica and the surf got really big. it was a little dangerous for the competitors. so the organizers called it off. so it was very controversial call in the world of surfing. many people said they should never have called off the event and let the competition go on because it would have been just the most amazing professional surfing event ever seen. >> so, john, the people we're seeing in this video are people that just said they wanted to step up and ride these giant waves? >> yeah. it is a mix of some of the big wave riders. kelly slater had all his big boards ready to go but i think he made a wise decision not to surf it. you can get really beat up and it takes a lot of energy to go out and surf that stuff. >> were people injured? >> there were quite a few injuries that happened. there were a lot of broken boards as well. there wasn't any serious injuries. we saw a few of the surfers not come up and there was so much white water from the swell that you cldn't really see. there were a lot of incredible jet ski driver

now, rozov, a 47-year-old russian, was also the first guy to jump off mount -- this mountain in antarcticarussian volcano -- ♪ a member of the bravado band of base jumpers testing limits, flirting with the fate of icarus. my own favorite, gary connery, who just jumped out of a helicopter in a wingsuit -- but without a parachute, aiming for those cardboard boxes to break his fall. he made it. >> tell us how it was. >> i am in a strange space if i'm totally honest. >> reporter: now back to valery rozov, miraculously, drifting safe to terra firma in the himalayas and that new world record. >> everything is wonderful and i am here. >> reporter: safe and sound after a feat that one of his brave brethren is no doubt already planning to beat. nick watt, abc news, london. >>> as nick says, it took him 90 seconds to get down on the ground from the mountain. his companions took three days to walk down. thanks so much for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline," of course, later, and we will see you right back here again tomorrow night. until then, goodnight.

so secretary clinton and i two, three years ago went to a meeting in antarctica and in greenland this year, all

. >> would you go to antarctica? >> you like snow. >> all of my family enjoyed the sprinkler yesterday. >> you cannot beat that. >> we will have to do that again today. ads for this afternoon. it's going to be another scorcher. a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. let's take a live look from our rooftop camera in georgetown. hazy sunshine already blazing in the sky. we will warm up to about 100 this afternoon. it was 98 yesterday in the district shy of the record. dulles made it to 94. today will be warmer than yesterday. 68 paul already in manassas, 78 at reagan national and annapolis. 70 in martinsburg. collins, 66 and muggy. areas of thick fog especially in culpeper and in fauquier county, patchy fog reported. and will burn off quickly. here's the breakdown of the forecast compared to the records for reagan national, 98 yesterday, shy of the record by one degree. we expect 100 today. the record is 98. i think we will break it. 93 is the forecast for tomorrow but 101 is the record high temperature set in 1988. w

antarctica contains 09% of the earth's ice and 07% of its fresh water, moat of the that contained lockthe ice -- contains 90% of the earth's ice and 70% of its fresh water, most of that contained locked in the ice. >> even though the iceberg is floating in saltwater, it has no salt because it is compressed snow. >> thats with a good one. >> if you have a question you want answered, all you have to do is go to myfoxdc.com and click on -- cold as ice. this is your are rae, tucker. >> even tony is getting in on that. >> it is meyer rae too. >> i think we should be listening to hot-blooded. >> no, want to hear this, coal as ice. >> julie wright, i know you are ready to like strike back, aren't you? >> you know what? tony got a good one in because i heard tucker say he would for the let me go to the movies. >> i had nothing to do with that. >> i know but you took a jab at tucker for me. >> i think it would be a ball to go to the movies with you to see ted. >> wouldn't that be fun. >> you have ahe got such an infectious laugh. wouldn't that be great in the theater. no, seriously, it would be

we've had antarctica and the ucon. please remember the spin comes here.. >> tonight it is a verdict we've all been waiting for. nine days into injure deliberations the john edwards case ended in a mistrial when jurors found him not guilty on one charge and remained deadlocked on the other five. he acquitted him of campaign finance charge. count that charged him with taking money to hide his miss stress during his 2008 presidential run. the final day of deliberations was you be precedented drama when the jury announced they could not come to an agreement

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maybe three or four degrees fahrenheit and then if that, you know, if it still turns out that ant antarcticang and you will get the sea level rise maybe you could cool the plantet a little bit with geo engineering but if you are on track to warm the planet six nine degrees farenheit which is what we are, maybe as much as 10 degrees degrees farenheit, you can't put enough pollution in the air to control that. >> on that happy mote, joe romm you can find him online at climbprogress.org at twitter twitter.com/climbprogress. we appreciate it. some final thoughts from peter and i when the bill press show continues. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. ♪ the "bill press show." now on current tv. it starts at $59 for the entire year for back up. put in code stephanie for your subscription. 18 minutes after the hour. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current tv. >> and welcome ba

♪ rozov, a 47-year-old russian, was also the first guy to jump off this mountain in antarctica.sian volcano. my own favorite, gary connery just jumped out of a helicopter in a wing suit but without a parachute, aiming for those cardboard boxes to break his fall. he made it. >> tell us how it was. >> i am in a strange space if i'm totally honest. >> reporter: now back to valery rozov. 90 seconds after his leap miraculously drifting safe to terra firma in the himalayas and that new world record. >> everything is successful, and i'm here. >> reporter: safe and sound after a feat that one of his brave brethren is no doubt already planning to beat. nick watt, abc news, london. >> mm. >> more power to him. >> six days to climb it. 90 seconds to fly down. >> no, thank you. >> couldn't do it. i get scared riding the subway. i don't know how those guys do it. i'm tipping my hat. >> i am a wimp for sure. >> more from abc next. >> this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. w." informing inso

it's so hot larry ellison is going to buy antarctica. he bought lanai.bought one island now he's buying an entire continent. do you know any hot jokes, alex? >> not bad. not bad. it's so hot hell is inviting. >> that's not bad. satan went to hell. sun is looking for shade. it's cooling off a little bit, right? we got to strike while the iron is hot with these jokes. >> you know what, hot no doubt about it for one more day but we'll get a chance to cool off. all thanks to this cold front that's moving its way into the northeast. with it we'll find some showers as well as some storms and wet weather with the next front coming in forges of the northwest and we continue to deal with that moisture streaming in to florida. i mentioned again that cool down coming in to the northeast with this front by the afternoon, we'll be watching for stronger storms to sneak on in. it's a bad side. cold front comes in brings us some storms but also brings us a bit of a cool down. here's the threat for severe weather. risk in the middle of the country and back here from mid-

in the face of melting glaciers and ice caps in the arctic, greenland and the antarctica, they say --quote -- "we need to warm up the truth." and in the face of animals disappearing at alarming rates, species being destroyed, they would have us adopt an ostrich policy and just bury our sands in the sand and pretend it can go away. just last week a group of state senators in north carolina passed a bill that bans planning for rising sea levels when creating rules for housing developments and infrastructure in coastal communities. jeffers williams is the head author of the u.s. national climate assessment report. ask him what he thinks about this legislation, he'll tell you it's not based on sound science. that's an understatement. but somehow the state senators that voted for this bill know better. al gore spoke of the assault on reason. well, exhibit a is staring us in the face. coalitions of politicians of special interests that peddle science fiction over science fact, multimillion-dollars that go beyond the evidence and cash that pass the status quo of recklessness and inaction ove

>> you cannot both be from kenya and antarctica. >> now you are a ruined it. >> while we wait karl frischeen out on the road with justin bieber fans. and rocky mountain mike has given us a tribute. ♪ are you going to talk some crap tonight ♪ >> yeah. ♪ are you going to swing from the right ♪ >> yeah. ♪ are you going to lie your ass right off ♪ ♪ fat ditto heads you make the right-wing world go round ♪ [ applause ] >> it's boy music for jim. >> you know what that song is? >> "fat bottom girls." [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> yay! >> we're having representative from the great state of vermont. >> yeah, there are more senator from vermonten that representatives. >> exactly. >> and chaz bono. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> we were balking about obama nay-sayers, and charlie pierce calls him representative of the green room. [ applause ] >> just for balance this hour with right-wing world. have you see raeel hunter? perhaps they deserve each other. i mean really. >> yeah. >> okay. so who knows who to believe. real hunter was his last mistress but not his only one. >> they have been running little c

there was no permanent sea ice cap in the arctic and very little ice on antarctica and greenland." according to nasa's leading climate scientist, james hansen, that level of heat-trapping gases would assure that the disintegration of the ice sheets would accelerate out of control. sea levels would rise and destroy coastal cities. global temperatures would become intolerable, 20% to 50% of the planet's species would be driven to extinction. civilization would be at risk. so this was a somber benchmark to have passed. as i've said before, we have had the experiences, humankind, of living within a bandwidth of 190 and 300 parts per million of carbon dioxide for about 800,000 years, which is going back into the very earliest days of our species, even before then. i think the famous lucy, the prehistoric human, was 150,000, 160,000 years ago. so this goes way, way back before then. we started ago culture about 10,000 years ago. before then we were picking things off of trees and hunting small animals. i mean, we weren't even farming yet. so you go back 800,000 years, that's basically fo

. >> a great new attraction we're developing in orlando t will open next spring called antarctica, andt. you actually get in a ride and ride through kind of the life story of a penguin and into the penguin habitat, you get out of the ride, you're in the habitat, it is cold, but you can stay as long as you like. it's a significant investment for us. >> how much? >> we don't disclose the investment figure but i'll tell you it's the biggest investment we've ever put in that park. >> this has been so much fun. >> you go the to bring the seal next time, a live animal. i know you brought steve, but -- >> we have 16,000 in our employee if you will and we had twin baby sea lions born yesterday so i'll bring them on next time. >> cool. >> thanks for having me. >>> when we come back final thoughts from blackstone co-founder steve schwarzman. coming up the trillion-dollar team from blabrock joins us with their quarterly allocation. "squawk box" will be right back. [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-c