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but just plain old jacque cousteau has been doing that. guys running around in zodiacs. and all, you know, the atten boro stuff like planet earth and stuff that has to do with animal shows, it definitely feeds into this into all of this. kids bro up with this stuff and they don't anything happening to those animals. that's a very powerful tool. >> if terrorism laws and patriot act are -- [inaudible] >> no. she was asking was to whether or not there is sort of an active movement amongst environmentalists and people ìc% after and change them. and no, there hasn't been. i can't say in the book that i'm openly advocating saying like this is the laws that need to be changed but these are the laws that need to be changed. it's a program that somebody needs to pick up and when things -- when they get really extreme, even the mainstream groups like the humane society weigh in. there were things they tried to write in the animal terrorism act and the humane society who doesn't want any part of this. that's too far. you got to cut him back. like, for instance, they had to try tie

it was jacques cousteau who first said people protect what they love., a change of heart. this documentary is beautiful, but it's also dramatic. in showing a very -- very painful thing. a cove in japan, where there's actually slaughter of -- of dolphins. how difficult was it for you to get in? >> oh, well, you know, i was told it was going to be impossible. i had to set up a sort of oceans eleven team to kind of penetrate the secret cove. but basically friends of mine from all different walks of life. the joke on the set was we're all professionals. just not at this. world champion prediver, can go down to 300 feet on one breath of air, she set up underwater cameras. >> you brought infrared cameras. you brought in, you know, a drone, a helicopter. high-tech sound devices. >> industrial light magic helped us craft these fake rocks to hide the cameras in. yeah, it was very dangerous. and you know, but it's, you know, the story is, you know, more of a love story thriller. you know, we went in there to help rick try to find out what's going on. so we could

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jacques cue stow. this is about half an our. ntinues. host: we are joined by alexandra and philippe cousteau, behind the effort on the planet discovery, but green planet, the month of august as blue august, all about oceans and water issues. welcome to the program. alexandra, i first have to ask the question about the legacy of the cousteaus. you are the grandchildren of job cousteau cousteau cousteau cousteau. what deal hope to have accomplished by the end of august? what do you want viewers to know? guest: blue august is an exciting initiative my brother and i are pleased and honored to be hosting. it is a full month of programming highlighting the challenges and issues and some of the solutions are around conserving water on this planet, both motions and fresh water. it is very exciting programming indeed. host: you both grew up around water all of your lives. where do things stand, in your opinion? focus on the oceans. how bad is it, where is their hope? guest: we are facing a lot of problems with respect to ocean conservation. you have to remember that oceans of the life-support system