capitalism and conservation need not be mutually exclusive. on september 18th, 1997, ted turner stunned the world with this announcement. >> i decided, though, it would be really exciting to do is i'm going to donate a billion dollars to the u.n. causes myself. >> nobody saw the billion dollar donation coming. >> i thought that was really inspiring to people, giving a billion dollars of his personal funds to the united nations. >> at that time the u.n. was kind of back on its heels. the u.s. wasn't paying its dues. it was in trouble in a lot of other countries, and it needed a shot in the arm. >> a lot of people would say that's the government's job. let them handle it. >> i agree, but if the government doesn't do it, then somebody's got to do it. >> that was you? >> that was me. >> ted turner who tonight as you know, that's one of the largest -- is that, i guess, it's got to be a record, huh? >> we don't know, but i didn't