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Bill: a new deputy chief operating officer has been named to our parent news corps, james murdock was previously the head of sky broadcasting in britain and prior to that, chairman and ceo of the companys european and asian operations. so congratulations! martha: this is a major story that caught my attention this morning. a whale that killed its trainer, you all remember this story, is now reclaiming its star role in a sea world show that starts today. can you believe this? it has been just ove...

Isolated area, i guess, has not participated in the show since that horrible day at sea world, but now they say you know what, its time to get tilikum back in action. phil keating is live in south florida on this. why on earth would they put this animal back in front of a crowd, phil? >> reporter: martha, sea world orlando is not commenting on why now, however, its clear that sea world always intended to return tilikum, that massive 12,300-pound orca back to the public stage to three performance...

People over the years. hes about 30 years old. in those years of captivity, theyve always been crnt yl. its so massive, its twice as large as the other orcas at sea world, its primarily used to splash the crowd and this is in defiance, somewhat, of what some federal regulators wanted. osha issued a citation saying that sea world exposed its trainer to danger by not adequately its trainers that are recommended, that trainers never again be exposed to tilikum but for the past year they have been, ...