no one has poured the oceans into people's life since cousteau.oung enough and dumb enough that i thought i would try to bring the oceans into people's lives. one scientist after another, no matter what they studied, they all caps talking about sharks. they started saying they were losing 100 million sharks a year for sharks and soup in china. that they are the lion of the ocean, the balance keepers. if they are removed, the second tier predators wipe out the food chain and the whole thing implodes. i say let's manage our sharks back. where are they mating and giving birth? let's facilitate their driving -- they're thriving. we will now catch a white shark in 30 minutes. when they take the bait the rope is in the guys hands. we control the bite. that is huge. you only want to hook them in the corner of the mouth. we have a cervical hook that will roll -- we have a circle hook, and we have minimal impact. people.a crew of the unique asset in the lift on the ship allows us to pick up the 4000 pounds animals and give scientists their first aportunity

its impressive aquarium, which proudly crowns the cliff like a palace, was directed by jacques cousteaufor 17 years. a medieval castle sat where monaco's palace sits today. the palace square features a statue of françois grimaldi, a renegade italian who captured monaco disguised as a monk in 1297. this first ruler of monaco established the dynasty that still rules the principality. today, over 700 years later, the current prince is his direct descendant. palace guards protect the ruling grimaldi family 24/7. and they change with the pageantry of an important nation. every day at about noon, tourists pack the square to witness the spectacle in this improbable little princedom. [ band playing march ] - this program is made possible in part by historic marion, virginia, home of the wayne henderson school of appalacian arts. celebrating 20 years as a certified virginia main street community. the ellis family foundation general francis marion hotel. this historic general francis marion hotel and black rooster restaurant and lounge, providing luxurious accommodations and casual fine dining. t

>> where is shot cousteau when you need him?ple that were running national geographic channel said, we are in the tv business. everybody is chasing after the shows, and if you look in the 2004 whenm 2001 to david lyle came over to national geographic, that was the most excess full period they have had with the national geographic channel. there were shows like wicked tuna, doomsday propers. never got as popular as discovery but it was doing pretty well. internally there were all these clashes in terms of, is this what we want. >> talked about the role of james murdoch. rupert murdoch i think you said calls him a -- >> tree hugger. >> james murdoch took over of 21st century fox and i think that made a big difference to a lot of people within the national geographic society because if you look at his ,olitics versus his father's there were certain people who had qualms about rupert murdoch, in particular his skepticism about global warming. james, and hen, is very environmentally progressive. him and his wife have a foundation tha

carol: where is jacques cousteau when you need him?when you talk to the people that are running the national geographic channel said, we are in the tv business. reality tv was bigger the time. everybody is chasing after the shows, and if you look in the period from 2001 to 2004 when a guy named david lyle came over to national geographic, that was the most excess full period they have had with the national geographic channel. there were shows like "wicked tuna," "doomsday preppers." a got pretty significant following. never got as popular as discovery, their arrival but it , -- their arrival but it was , doing pretty well. internally there were all these clashes in terms of, is this what we want. carol: talked about the role of james murdoch. rupert murdoch, i think you said calls him a -- >> tree hugger. james murdoch took over 21st century fox and i think that made a big difference to a lot of people within the national geographic society because if you look at james murdoch's politics versus his father's, there were certain people w

awesome planet. - welcome to awesome planet, i'm philippe cousteau.are nasa's goddard space flight center, to catch a glimpse of how satellites hundreds of miles away in space are giving us a more complete picture about what's happening on the surface of planet earth. - [voiceover] goddard is nasa's first and oldest space center.

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