the grandson of jacque cousteau has a unique new experiment. he's going to tell us all about it. >>> a global travel alert is in effect right now for all americans around the world. that's after sources say there is growing intelligence that al qaeda is planning an attack possibly in the middle east or north africa. as a precaution, the u.s. is closing 22 embassies and consulates tomorrow across the region. we're covering every angle of this story. emily schmidt is tracking the latest out of washington, nick valencia is at the world's busiest airport to see how this is impacting travelers. emily, let's get started with you. this is a serious step to close so many embassies. what's the response out of washington? >> fredricka, we are really waiting to see what happens. you think about the timeline here, 3:00 in washington. it is getting to be sunday or very close to sunday in some of these areas that are being affected by the embassy and consulate closures. a white house official says today the president was update about the threat. he's going t

the previous attempt was by famed ocean explorer jacques cousteau. now his grandson fabien cousteau is hoping this fall's mission 31 will be an underwater success. i spoke with him friday about his upcoming mission. >> fabien, 63 feet, 31 days, never done before. what do you hope to find? >> well, the unknown. you know, this is what it's all about is pushing outside the box and going into the mysteries and hopefully bringing some of those discoveries back. >> you have motorcycles to go on, too, some kind of underwater vehicle. >> we have a lot of modern day technology including underwater motorcycles which are the modern day scooter. you can sit on top like a motorcycle with a cowling and it gets you from point a to point b more efficiently than the traditional scooter. >> i heard you talk in the past about places that you used to dive where there would be hundreds of thousands of fish, and now you don't find any fish. does that concern you at all? >> it used fob a fireworks display of life when i was a child. i go to those place that is used to be fu

to you, the environmentalist, it meant something to you in your life, like jacques cousteau or others. >> shark is stow, jane goodall, the chimpanzee lady, those are two that -- obviously captain cousteau's son, very, very -- the position in this area. >> they're is a story that you tell me. it was about you when the going down the amazon. and that think that things are looking desolate in the environmental world. he shared a conversation with you. you remember that? >> sure. >> tell me that story. >> i was a little discouraged. it was back when reagan was president. he had just called russia the evil empire. that is not the way they -- that is not the way the make friends. [laughter] anyway, the i am having a hard time keeping from getting discouraged about the beginning of their weapons and having peace in the world. he said, even if we knew for sure where were going to lose, which we don't, what else could we do but keep fighting until the end. whenever i tended to get discouraged since then, that was 25 years ago, i remember what the captain said then i say that to myself the. of

fabian cousteau is the grandson of legendary diver jacques cousteau.is mission. >> fabian, 60 feet, 31 days, never been done before. what do you hope to find? >> the unknown. this is what it's all about. it's pushing outside the box and going into the mysteries and hopefully bringing some of those discoveries back. >> you have motorcycles to go on too, some kind of underwater vehicle. >> we have a lot of modern day technology, including underwater motorcycles, which are the modern day scooter. you can sit on top like a motorcycle with a cowling, and it gets you from point avllin"a point "b" more efficiently than a traditional scooter. >> you were talking about places you used to dive and find hundreds of thousands of fish, and now you don't find any fish. does that concern snu >> it used to be a fireworks of life as a child, and i go to those places that used to be full and teeming with life, and it's changed quite drastically. one of the things that worries me even more is today's youth doesn't know what it's supposed to be like and figures that what