jacque cousteau, and jane good all, the chimpanzee lady. and jan michelle cousteau, captain cousteau's son, is very, very leadership position in this area. >> there's a story you told me, and it was about you and jacque cousteau going down the amazon, and i think things were looking deslute in the environmental world and he shared a conversation with you. do you remember that? >> sure. >> tell me the story. >> i was a little discouraged, and back when reagan was president, and i -- [laughter] >> he had just called the russia the evil empire, and that's not the way you get -- not the way you make friendsment so anyway, i just said, jacques, i'm having a hard time keeping -- from getting discouraged, getting rid of nuclear weapons and having peace in the world. and he said, ted, even if we knew for sure we were going to lose, which we don't, what else could men of good conscious do but keep fighting to the very end? and whenever i tended to get discouraged since then -- that was 25 years ago -- i remember what the captain said, and i say that

"today in the bay's" marla tellez has been following the story, our own jacques cousteau out there, incredible video. >> exactly like him. this didn't happen far from us. it happened between san louuis obispo, just a three to four hour gap. this guy, sean stamback set out to snap a few totos of whaems over the weekend. when they got about 2 1/2 miles out, they got way more than they bargained for. you can see sean and the other guy highlighted there. out of nowhere, these two giant humpback whales, mouths wooit wide open within feet of the guys. shawn says he could have reached out and touched one of those massive mammals. >> i figured i'm going to get hit by the tail, so i tried to get out from underneath from above the satail, worked over t the boat, got on the back of it as soon as i could. the other guys said they've never seen me swim that fast before. i can see why now that i've watched the video. >> the other guys had a joke or two waiting for him once he made it back safely. listen to this. >> you're going to have to do more to clean that wet suit. >> yeah, he is. he's going to have to