with anderson cooper airs next. thanks for joining us. i ll see you back here next weekend. have a good one. welcome to the whole story. tonight, we take you into a world that few people get to see up close. the world of superyachts. private boats, some longer than a football field. they can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and there are plenty of buyers. since the pandemic, more people are building and buying them. business is reportedly booming. they ve become status symbols for the super rich. their impact on the environment and the oceanis is a topic of debat. the u.s. has seized some superyachts of russia s elite and now, your tax dollars are being spent to keep them in shape. alisyn takes inside this world of superyachts and the first stop, the monaco yacht shohow. this is monaco. land of the ultra a wealthy. and dottining the harbrbor l li crowown jewel rs s are the e wo largest supeperyachts. that s no o surprise c consider thisis is the richest cocountry t
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