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Interview with michael lyton thats tomorrow morning a "fareed zakaria gps." dont forget tonight at 7:00 eastern, "black fish" the story of a seaworld trainer killed by a 12,000 pound orca in 2010. it gained international attention for the way that it challenged the concept of keeping killer whales for entertainment. thats tonight at 7:00. im martin savidge. ill see you after the break. the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle thats just right for you, no matter which li...

Captivity leading up to a 2010 incident in which an experienced seaworld trainer was killed by the 12,000 pound orca. friday, good news for furloughed federal workers. they start seeing back pay. the government shutdown froze their paychecks for about three weeks. about 400,000 workers were furloughed during the 16-day shutdown. your weekly five. tonight anthony bourdain visits a small restaurant in johannesburg that provides a large taste of africa. >> on todays menu -- >> i made this for y...

>> we need someone to respond for a dead person at seaworld. a whale has eaten one of the trainers. >> the 12,000 pound orca has been linked to the deaths of three people. seaworld has launched an aggressive campaign to criticize the documentary sending a detailed response to film critics. joining me now the director of the documentary. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> what made you decide to do this documentary? >> i heard about the story of don brancho being killed by a killer whale at ...

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Lines. rob marciano, rob marciano coming up to tell us where we could see as much as 3 feet of snow. seaworld says it has no plans to release the killer whale that drowned its trainer. we have some amateur video that was taken just moments before the 12,000 pound orca name tilikum grabbed trainer dawn brancheau by her ponytail and pulled her into the water. autopsy results released show brancheau died of drowning and multiple injuries. the shows right now in both seaworld orlando and san diego w...

Dozens of others were hurt in those attacks. a taliban spokesman says five suicide bombers carried out the attacks which occurred about 20 minutes apart. congressman karls rangel received a formal admonishment today for breaking house rules. the ethics committee said he accepted caribbean trips from a company that lobbied congress. rangel says its his staffs fault and he shouldnt be blamed. rangel is chairman of the powerful weighs and means committee yao. seaworld says it has no plans to re...

>> visitors at sea world watched in horror as a six ton killer whale grabbed an orca. grabbed a veteran trainer and pulled her into the pool. victim was 40-year-old dawn brancheau. it turns out this whale had been linked to two previous deaths. so why was it still working at sea world? joining us right now is an expert in this field, russ rechter down in miami. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you warned sea world about this particular orca a number of years ago. >> yes, november 4,...

Spoke with them this morning. the one thing im hearing from these folks that they were surprised about is to learn that indeed this specific orca whale was linked to two deaths previously before this one. witnesses say, apparently yesterday, before it killed a third time yesterday, the orca was acting strangely before that noontime show, was acting defiant and a bit ornery were the words were. back in 1991, he died kill a trainer at sealand in canada and in 1999 that same whale was blamed for th...

This happened, apparently the orca was circling the tank and also people who saw that particular show commented that they didnt seem to be following their trainers instructions that day and in fact, werent following -- werent doing what they were supposed to. >> thats not a good sign. that should tell the trainer that the animal is off its game that day. >> its interesting, the orlando sentinel is reporting two different versions. somebody said that the woman bent over and was touching the orca ...

Captive animals and this one was a load gun waiting to go off. >> the other two incidents, he didnt know what he was doing. he was playing with the people. do you buy that? >> not a being -- >> whatever they had planned. believe me, this animal had planned this. this was not an accident. the first victim was not an accident. the second where he killed the man that stayed in the park was not an accident. >> the big question now, russ, is what should they do with that 12,000 pound orca? >> well, i...