don walsh and swift oce oceanographer, made it to that part of the ocean.i want to bring in a man i know has ocean in his veins. he is cnn special correspondent and environmentalist phillipe cousteau. nice having you back on. you actually knew don wal is this -- walsh, but first, the technology has changed significantly since then, yes? >> yes, it has. and the bath escape triast, that was the vessel she took down in 1960 was revolutionary at the time, made global headlines and it took them over four hours to descend, and they only spent about 20 minutes at the bottom and then went straight back up. so it's very different than what's planned this time around. sgrz so is t. >> so is the point to go down, touch the ground and come back up? is that ultimately the prize, or is there more to this? >> in 1960 that really was the goal. nobody had been down there. they were trying to understand what exists at the bottom of the ocean? since then we have placed 12 people on the moon. i think a lot of folks out there have a misunderstanding that we know about the ocean

only a half hour was don walsh down there in 1960. we are having an impact already on the okceans.ity explore and learn more about a sustainable future. >> all right. look to talk to you again once there are pictures and we can see and help us understand what we might be seeing. >> it's very exciting. very exciting. >>> a surprise announcement from a new england senator could be a real game changer for the democrats this fall. we'll ask our political buzz panel to explain. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> checking top stories, one person is dead and three others missing after a coast guard helicopter crashed in mobile bay, alabama. the crew was on

walsh, th much from beirut. >>> here in the u.s. you can the investigation into whitney houston's death is reportedly taking a new turn. cnn's donts and joins us live from los angeles. what can you tell us, don? >> it is very fitting that this is happening because it sort of goes with what we reported yesterday, what i reported yesterday. first i'm going to tell you what the l.a. times is reporting, fred, then i will tell you what i reported yesterday. the l.a. times is saying that they are expecting, again, this is -- they are citing an anonymous source here, they are expecting doctors and pharmacies, whomever who prescribed prescription drugs, prescription drugs found in whitney houston's hotel room, expecting them to be subpoenaed and said it is going to happen some time in the coming week. again, that is according to the l.a. times. but it fits reporting i did yesterday, i spoke to the coroner and the coroner said they are looking into that, exactly what was found in whitney's -- whitney houston's hotel room, which prescription drugs and how much -- how many prescription drugs, although they downplayed the number of drugs fo