this morning, but at the same time, very familiar and definitely nods to the traditional way you make it. >> just as my roots in vera cruz go back hundreds of years, so do the origins of every recipe. we continue to celebrate the produce that passed through the port, but fighting for the freedom to create something new has also been a cornerstone of their rich history. and with that kind of mind-set, you just know there are more great things to come. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the

world. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," a community in mourning. a killer on the run. we'll have the latest on the intensifying search for the gunman accused of killing five of his neighbors. a sixth cease-fire doing little to ease fears in sudan or to slow the frantic rush to leave the country. and kyiv teases a long-await the counteroffensive against russia. we'll hear from a military expert about what ukraine's efforts might look like. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. a small texas town in mourning and on edge after a deadly shooting in which five people were killed. we'll show you the man who lost his wife and 9-year-old son in the shooting. you see him there. meanwhile, more than 200 officers from multiple law

enforcement agencies are involved in the manhunt for the suspected shooter. authorities have identified the suspect as 38-year-old francisco oropesa, a mexican national. an fbi official told reporters on sunday they had, quote, zero leads on the suspect's whereabouts. cnn's ed lavandera with the latest. >> reporter: while the hunt continues for 38-year-old francisco oropesa, the man who is accused of shooting five neighbors on friday night here in the town of cleveland, texas, the husband and father of two of the five victims is detailing to us exactly how the night unfolded. wilson garcia says he was at home with a group of friends when they asked he and two other men walked over to the neighbor's home, oropesa, and asked him to stop shooting his weapon so close to their property because their baby was trying to sleep. he said they asked him just to shoot the weapons on the other side of their property. it was a very tense exchange.

garcia said they had already called authorities and 911 five times prior to that. and then 10 to 20 minutes later, that's when wilson garcia says that francisco oropesa came back to their house, didn't say anything else, and started shooting people. one of the first to die, he said, was his wife. he said the man then started going through the house shooting people in other rooms. oropesa says one of the women told him to get out of the house as quickly as possible because his wife and son were already dead and that they didn't want to lose him because his two other children shouldn't lose both parents. horrific details that wilson garcia is detailing of that night. in the meantime, investigators continue this manhunt. they have been searching for francisco oropesa since friday night, when he was able to flee the scene. but at this point investigators say they have no idea where he might be. >> right now we just don't know because if we did, we would have him in custody right now. we do not know where he is. we don't have any tips right now

to where he may be. that's why we've come up with this reward, so that hopefully somebody out there can call us. i pretty much can guarantee you he's contacted some of his friends. right now we're just -- we're running into dead ends. >> right now we have zero leads. >> reporter: in hopes of trying to get information on francisco oropesa's whereabouts, the state of texas and various law enforcement agencies have thrown together money for a reward. it is $80,000 for information that leads to the capture of oropesa. but as i said, at this point investigators say they have lost track of where he was. saturday they found his cell phone and some clothes discarded in this area. but so far, other than that, they have no idea where he might be at this point. ed lavandera, cnn, cleveland, texas. the honduran consulate in houston is offering support to the families of the victims whose bodies will be repatriated to their native honduras.

cnn spoke with the mother of one of the victims. rafael romo with that story. >> reporter: this woman says her daughter had a dream. sonia guzman left her native honduras for the united states in 2014, hoping to make enough money to build a house for her mother and her siblings because they didn't have a home they could call their own. [ speaking non-english ] >> translat "we would go from one place to another, and she didn't want that for her siblings," she said. the 29-year-old honduran immigrant is one of the five people murdered friday night in cleveland, texas, in what authorities describe as almost execution-style. everybody was shot above the neck, including sonia guzman's 9-year-old son. >> i don't care if he was here legally. i don't care if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is.

>> reporter: the boy's uncle and his mother's brother says everybody living at the house where the shooting happened were members. s of the same extended family from honduras. "we truly got along very well as siblings, and we also truly got along with all of them as relatives," he said. "i have no words to tell their parents and siblings about what happened because this is very painful." sonia guzman's dream came true. with the money she made in the united states, she was able to help her mother buy a home in a town located in ta honduran province. "she never left me alone. it's very difficult to know that i won't hear her voice anymore," her mother says. "she left full of excitement, and now i'm just hoping she will come back even if it is in a coffin so that i can say goodbye." in the middle of their pain, the family is asking for help to be

able to transport the remains of their loved ones back to their native honduras. sonia guzman's mother told cnn that all she wants now is to be able to give her daughter and grandson a proper burial in the land where they were born. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. the conflict in sudan is turning even more dire despite sudan's army and the paramilitary rapid support forces agreeing to yet another cease-fire. sudanese doctors are warning the dead bodies in the streets are creating what they call an environmental catastrophe. sporadic clashes reported in and around khartoum on sunday despite a previous truce agreed to by both sides. the new cease-fire is the sixth since fighting began just over two weeks ago. authorities have also extended the closure of the country's airspace to mid-may.

sudan is facing a humanitarian disaster as the fighting has left millions trapped in their homes, facing shortages of food, water, and power. the united nations will be sending a high-ranking official to sudan due to the humanitarian crisis. and the first aid shipment organized by the international red cross has also arrived in the country. material including medical supplies arriving in port sudan on monday. an icrc regional director spoke with cnn about what the shipment contains. >> we managed to deliver war wounded kits, but also dressing kits, enough to treat over 1,500 weapon wounded, and that is, i hope, the beginning of a series of deliveries in agreement with both parties in the country. >> a second group of american

evacuees arrived in port sudan on sunday. that convoy organized by the u.s. government traveled over land from khartoum. most are heading to jeddah in saudi arabia, where many foreign nationals have fled amid the chaos. cnn correspondent larry madowo traveled with some international evacuees on a saudi ship. here is his report. >> reporter: 2:00 a.m., and they're finally getting out of sudan after many anxious days. saudi soldiers check documents and let them through. a nightmare almost over. thousands of people have made the over 500-mile journey from the capital, khartoum, to here in port sudan. one person told us it took them 36 hours, but finally on a boat and eventually to a ship to jeddah. a sad final goodbye to sudan. victims of the stormy waters in africa's third largest nation. >> it's very hard for me and very hard and very painful for me because this is like a second home, my home. >> reporter: cnn joined saudi

forces on an evacuation voyage from jeddah to port sudan and back, bringing more people one step closer to safe shores. but the demand is high, and the military ships can only take so many people at a time. our round-trip was more than 24 hours but brought back only 52 people across the red sea. this sudanese american businessman can finally sleep undisturbed for the first time in two weeks. he says his car dealership in khartoum was trashed, burned, and some vehicles stolen. so he took the risky drive to port sudan. >> a lot of human body, dead body on the street. >> you say you were detained by men in rapid support forces uniform after you told them you're a u.s. citizen? >> maybe you are a u.s. citizen, you are a spy. i believe they want us to be like a human shield because there were 13 ahead of me. >> reporter: as more people

escape from sudan, another cease-fire was broken over the weekend with fighting in the country entering a third week. the saudi port city of jeddah has become the main landing point for thousands fleeing the conflict. the saudis are throwing everything at this rescue operation. >> the assets, the capability, military, civilian in saudi is taking the civilian from sudan. so as long as it's safe, we'll keep doing our role. >> reporter: this large commercial ship brought nearly 2,000 evacuees from port sudan. one of the largest arrivals in jeddah so far. this woman and her sudanese american family were among those on the vessel received by u.s. embassy staff. they're relieved to be safe but heartbroken for those who couldn't get out. >> it's very bad because all of my family is there. my mom, my dad. >> you're scared for them? >> yeah.

>> i am so sorry. >> translator: a few lucky dual nationals and foreigners can leave, but most sudanese people are trapped in a deadly conflict with no end in sight. lar larry madowo cnn, jeddah, saudi arabia. >> cnn spoke earlier with a sudanese american woman trapped in the country and desperate to escape. polo sandoval with her story. >> reporter: there are still thousands of u.s. citizens in sudan that are looking to get out of that country safely, among them, this woman. over the weekend, i had an opportunity to speak to her by phone. the 28-year-old saying she lives in syracuse, new york, but in mid-march made the trip back to her native sudan to spend

ramadan with her family. she told me that she had no indication that things would take such a violent and dramatic turn during her trip. so now here's where she is. we have a map to give you a general idea. she says that she is in about 4 1/2 hours south of the conflict zone in khartoum. she told us she is already registered with the u.s. state department and now waiting for a chance to begin the dangerous journey with her uncle to port sudan to secure passage out of the conflict zone and into saudi arabia to eventually make it back home. she says that over the last several days, she has been speaking with her relatives there in sudan, trying to come up with a plan and to take the right measures to prevent from being robbed or worse during that journey she estimates can take days to make happen. and making it through that chaos, she told us, she knows it won't be easy, and it certainly won't be safe. here's some of the conversation that we had. >> i'm definitely nervous about that trip just because of running into rsf military or anything like that.

but also just that trip is going to be very draining. it might take two days to get there. it might take longer depending on the conditions. >> a state department spokesperson says that fewer than 5,000 u.s. citizens have requested more information on how to evacuate in the last two weeks, and they added that only a fraction have sought assistance to leave. as for kayla, she says she is determined to make it back to her family in new york state. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. the united nations says some 75,000 people inside sudan have been displaced. tens of thousands fleeing to neighboring countries, including at least 20,000 who have arrived at refugee camps in chad. the agency is increasing resources for those displaced throughout the region. have a listen to these two sudanese refugees describing their ordeal. >> translator: they came and attacked our village, and when some of us wanted to get out of their houses, they killed them.

>> translator: it all started around 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 a.m. we took refuge at the local police station. they told us we cannot stay because the fighting had started. i called my children and told them to take my grandchildren and leave, and then we fled on foot. still to come on the program, the people of uman in ukraine said goodbye to the ones they lost in a russian missile strike on saturday. we'll have a report from the scene. also, france braces for mayday protests. why workers still aren't ready to accept emmanuel macron's pension reforms. you're watching "cnn newsroom." we'll be right back. will you make something better? create something new? our dell technologies advisorsrs can provide you with the tools and expertise you need to bring out the innovator in you.

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ukrainian shelling killed four civilians in a village along the border with ukraine. russia has blamed ukraine for several attacks over the weekend, including shelling in the russian-occupied donetsk region, where authorities say two people were killed and 12 injured. meanwhile, funerals were held in the iranian city of uman barely a day after a missile strike killed 25 people in an apartment building. ♪ the family and residents said farewell to a brother and sister who were killed in the attack. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said the government will do everything it can to hold accountable the people responsible for killing innocent civilians. cnn's nic robertson spoke with residents of the community who were paying their respects. >> reporter: in the shadow of death, there is love. floral tributes and toys for

victims of russia's strike in uman friday. anya, 15 years old, is paying respects to her near neighbors. "so many innocent children died," she says. "i'm so sorry they're not alive anymore." more than a day after the apartments destroyed, recovery winding down. 25 dead, 6 of them children. victoria points to where her father lives. this one with the blue wall here? she lists all the neighbors who are now dead. on the ninth floor, a grandma, her daughter, and two great-grandchildren. on the eighth floor, a father and son. on the seventh floor, a mother and daughter, my best friend. and on the sixth floor, a young couple, both 30. her father survived. "it was a miracle," he says.

"they rescued me with a ladder, and people gave me clothes." victoria shows us documents, a letter to a now-dead friend. the photo of another neighbor. she tells us she found them blowing in the wind. "they're so important," she says. "they're all that's left." the recovery is painstakingly slow. the wait for answers about the missing just as painful. but in all the grief, there is humanity, and there is anger. in a nearby school, neighbors sought clothes, a gift for survivors who lost everything. >> we all these family, the children, they were crying. and i don't know. we just felt that something we need to do to help them. >> we feel some hate for our russian neighbors, if we can call him like that. but most we are focused on helping, just only helping. >> reporter: police already

documenting the scale of the loss. boris telling them his vehicle destroyed. "it's not what's been destroyed that matters," he tells us. "it's the lost lives." we sent photos of the destruction to our distant relatives in russia so they can see what the army is doing. they didn't reply," he says. all around life is being put back in some sort of order. the broken patched up. but ask anyone about repairing relations with russia. >> what do you think about russia now? >> animals. >> reporter: imagine that for the next generation, russia's attack a life-shaping memory. nic robertson, cnn, uman, ukraine. >> ukraine is now signaling its much anticipated counteroffensive is coming

nearer as preparations come to an end. in comments over the weekend, president zelenskyy wouldn't give an exact start date for obvious reasons, but one thing is clear. this move will likely mark a pivotal moment in the war. in the country's east near bakhmut, ukrainian troops could be seen preparing for military action with some wondering if the counteroffensive will prove as decisive as ukraine is hoping. >> translator: i think it will not change things as quickly as everyone wants. for a counteroffensive, large forces are needed, a lot of equipment. it will not be easy in one direction. i don't think it will be soon, and it won't be so easy. >> now, ahead of the counteroffensive, russia's colonel general is out. the ministry of defense has appointed a new deputy defense minister who will be responsible for the logistics of the russian armed forces.

meanwhile, the head of the wagner group says his mercenaries are running low on ammunition again in the eastern city of bakhmut. now yevgeny progozhin is threatening to withdraw his forces from the city if they don't receive more munitions to continue the fight. now, last hour i spoke with a mick ryan. he told me it's likely ukraine won't be one big push, instead more likely to undertake multiple counteroffensives across different areas. >> the ukrainians will be wanting to confuse, to deceive, to surprise the russians about where their main effort might be, but also around where their logistics, their firepower and all these things that are supporting their offensives are located. >> you and i discussed at the beginning of the conflict and have since as well that taking territory is different to holding territory. given that, what then would be

the main benchmarks of success? and i know there's more than one. >> yes, certainly. i think we need to have a clear view of what will look like a successful offensive. firstly, the ukraines do need to take back their territory. they want to liberate their citizens and take back their sovereign territory. but they're also going to have to capture or destroy russian forces to ensure the russians can't undertake counterattacks. finally, the ukrainians will have to ensure that their own people but also politicians and citizens in the west see a successful offensive. so they're going to have to communicate what's going on and communicate a successful offensive in that reality. >> yeah, to keep up that all-important western support if nothing else. russia has known this was coming, of course, and they spent a lot of time bolstering defenses, an array of barriers. there are these huge trench networks we've seen, particularly along the southern front. they've been rearming and so on.

how, then, is the russian posture looking in terms of defending this counteroffensive? >> well, the one thing about all these defensive works they've been undertaking is they're static. they're easy to pick up, and they're easy to target with precision munitions. and they're only as good as the troops who are manning them. if they're watching the obstacles and covering them with direct and indirect fire, that will be the case for some of them. but i think too the russians will also have mobile reserves, which the ukrainians will probably be wanting to target before the offensives. that may be some of these explosions we're seeing in the past week. >> it's interesting. you mentioned at the beginning there. despite the russian defenses, which are impressive, it's only fair to say they're as good as the troops holding those positions and the officers commanding them, ability-wise but also morale-wise. these are areas in which russia has regularly failed during the war. >> yeah, they certainly have, and they haven't got any better

as the war has gone on. i mean mobilized troops are a lower quality than many of those who initially invaded ukraine, and these troops know they're not defending their own homeland. they're not defending their own people or their own towns. they're defending territory that's been captured illegally. so, you know, their motivation for staying and fighting will be under question, and it will be interesting to see how long it is before the russian defenses breaks before this reign of fire and steel that's coming at them from the ukrainians. >> our thanks to mick ryan for his perspective there. now, pope francis says the vatican is part of a mission to end the war. his comments coming after the pontiff's three-day trip to hungary, where he met with the prime minister and a representative from the russian orthodox church. he said the focus is on peace. >> translator: everyone is interested in the road to peace. i am willing to do everything that has to be done.

there is a mission in course now, but it is not yet public. when it is public, i will reveal it. >> now, in the u.s., parts of virginia beach are reeling at this hour after a powerful storm carved a path of destruction through the area sunday afternoon. you see some of it right there. the national weather service has confirmed the storm was a tornado. >> [ bleep ]. >> tornado getting ready to hit the island. >> i'm not even kidding. this is real. >> one man even managed to capture the gathering clouds just a moment before the storm hit the restaurant he was at. local officials say no one was hurt, but more than a dozen homes were damaged in the storm. meanwhile, the scene in palm beach gardens, florida, where an ef-2 tornado touched down on saturday with winds up to 130 miles per hour. that's nearly 210 kilometers an hour.

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potential u.s. government default, republicans and democrats argued some more on sunday but didn't make any progress, of course, towards resolving the debt ceiling crisis. the republican-controlled house last week passed a bill to enable the u.s. to continue borrowing so it could pay its bills, but it included poison pills, deep program cuts. president biden has made it clear he will not be approving. independent senator bernie sanders told cnn on sunday democrats are willing to discuss budget cuts, but republicans first have to pay for programs congress already passed. >> the president is right. what we need is a clean debt ceiling bill. you pay your pbills, and then yu can sit down and negotiate what a sensible budget is. i think we can start negotiating tomorrow, but you cannot be holding the american people and the world's economy hostage. what the republicans have got to say is, absolutely we are going

to make sure that we pay our debts. >> republicans are having none of that. they're demanding president biden sit down and negotiate. it's not at clear how or when there might be some breakthrough. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy accomplished a major feat this week in pushing that bill through the house. but he has a much bigger challenge ahead in navigating how to avoid a default, and it doesn't really look like this bill has changed the dynamics here in washington. the white house and democrats are slamming this bill as an unserious proposal that is dead on arrival in the senate. they're also digging in on their refusal to negotiate any spending cuts that are tied to the debt ceiling. and that really leaves congress stuck in a dangerous stalemate over how to move forward. so the key question now is what's next? republicans argue it's time for president biden to come to the negotiating table and start hashing out a deal. house majority whip tom emmer reiterated that position on cnn

this morning. here's what he had to say. >> the white house, since this congress began, has had no ideas whatsoever except jacking up taxes and spending even more money. we've got to get that right, dana. and the schumer senate, they have no ideas either. our recommendation is we passed it through the house. take it up in the senate and pass it. >> so emmer argues that the senate should take this up and pass it, but in reality that's just not going to happen. the votes aren't there. most democrats are even refusing to consider this bill as a jumping-off point for a future deal. but it is worth noting that we are beginning to see some cracks in this position. emmer mentioned senator joe manchin. he's one of a growing number of democrats pressuring joe biden to start negotiations. and really the bottom line here is that congress is running out of time. current estimates put the deadline for when a deal must be reached at some point in july. and the house isn't even in this week. they're on recess. so it's unlikely we'll see them move the ball forward in the coming days. and with the deadline right around the corner, every week

counts. elena treen, cnn, washington. while congress wrangles in washington, a key player, republican congressman kevin mccarthy, is in israel on his first trip abroad as speaker of the house. he met sunday with his israeli counterpart, and in the next couple of hours, mccarthy is expected to lay a wreath at the holocaust museum. then he's set to address the israeli parliament, or knesset, the first house speaker to do so since 1998. earlier on sunday, mccarthy stopped at the western wall, a sacred place of prayer for the jewish people. french workers are expected to protest in the coming hours as the world marks may day. they've staged strikes and mass demonstrations for months against an increase in the retirement age. but now it is law, and labor unions are not yet ready to give up the fight. cnn paris correspondent melissa bell reports.

>> reporter: a winter of discontent in france. what began on january 19th with more than a million people in the streets, public and private sectors brought to a standstill, has dragged on. one poll suggesting that after months of marches, 62% of the french are still opposed to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. it was the government's decision to force the reform through parl parliament bypassing a second vehicle code. hundreds of protesters detained in one single bloody day and night. amid accusations the government was ignoring the will of the people, weekly clashes between police and pockets of protesters became the norm. with the unions dominating the streets, marches have been mostly peaceful, although comparisons have been drawn with

the yellow vest movement, whose anger consumed france for more than a year. marcel, a volunteer medic, has tended to protesters through years of protests dealing with blunt force trauma, burn wounds, and the consequences of tear gas. he spoke to cnn under an assumed name for fear of professional retribution. >> compared to the yellow vest movement, maybe a bit less grenade, a bit less tear gas because the police and the government know they don't have the support of the majority of the population. so it's still very violent. >> reporter: that anger in the streets goes beyond just pension reform as the french vent their fury at president emmanuel ma macron's bullish approach to governing. >> we live a very french moment. democracy is not only, okay, each five years or each four years, i vote, and that's it. no. the democracy by the street is back again in the debate.

>> reporter: the pensions reform is finally law, but protesters t are still making themselves heard. >> translator: it is not the pots and pans that will move france forward. >> reporter: as they haunt macron and his ministers around the country. >> your generation today, if we don't do this reform, it won't have pensions. >> we completely disagree with that. >> reporter: and while protest numbers in recent weeks have dropped, may 1st, a traditional day of labor marches in france, will be a good barometer of the anger and resentment that's still burning in france. melissa bell, cnn, paris. turkey's president says his country's intelligence forces have killed the leader of isis in syria just six months after the previous leader of the terror group was killed. in a national address on sunday, president recep tayyip erdogan said, quote, our national intelligence organization has been tracking the so-called

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a new effort is under way to discover and record marine life hidden in the world's oceans. the ocean census aims to identify 100,000 unknown species in the next ten years. scientists hope it will help them better understand and protect the deep sea ecosystem. it's estimated there are more than 2 million species in the deep, but only about 240,000 have been categorized.

the executive director of the schmidt ocean institute and key partner of the ocean census joins me now from los angeles. doctor, good to see you. first of all, briefly, what is the aim of the census? what do you hope to achieve with this? >> well, as you said, the aim is to find 100,000 new marine species in the next decade, and it's really to help to transform our knowledge of life on earth and to work out where and what needs protection. >> the ocean census website is fascinating. it's got a really telling headline on the landing page. it says, "we've only discovered 10% of ocean life. we can't protect what we don't know exists." i'm sure most people wouldn't have a clue about those numbers. what could those undiscovered species potentially tell us? >> well, they can tell us a number of things. first of all, they could give us insights into life both on this planet but also on other

planets. the marine life has also given us new medicines. so, for example, remdesivir, which was one of the antiviral drugs used to tackle covid-19, is actually derived from sea sponge. and there are other drugs that treat hiv, cancer, heart disease. so there's a number of things that, you know, discovery of marine life really helps us with. >> yeah. of course those of us who live on land, you know, it's obviously we see what we can see. but give us a sense of how diverse and complex the world is under the ocean's surface and how important it is. >> well, the ocean covers about 70% of the surface area of our planet. but it contains about 97% of the world's living space. so it's a huge environment. it's really difficult to access. it's deep. it's dark. it's got high pressure.

and this is really challenging, this species identification, because right now on average, it takes 21 years to identify a new species. and we really need to speed that up. so in order to find these creatures, we need sophisticated technologies and tools such as schmidt ocean institute's new research vessel, fal co2, which has on board an underwater robot, and that can go down to 4,500 meters below the sea surface. and it's got high-resolution 4k camera systems on board. so you can capture amazing imagery from that. >> yeah, that's important equipment. the ocean census science director said it was a race against time. how urgent is the project? >> it's pretty urgent actually. we really don't have a good understanding of what's in the ocean, but we know the environment's changing. so we really need to speed up

that ability to discover these new species before they're lost forever, before we even knew they existed. if they're gone before we knew they even existed, we may lose the cure for a cancer or some other disease. so it's really urgent that we tackle this as fast as possible. >> it's interesting. as you're embarking on this, it came out just this last week that average ocean surface temperatures around the globe spiked since early march. that excludes polar regions. there are about two ten accounts of a degree celsius than scientists have ever observed this time of year. what impact are those warming oceans having on our ocean species, known or unknown, and how does that impact the urgency of the project? >> yes. as you just said, you know, temperatures are rising. carbon dioxide is being absorbed by the ocean. in some parts of the ocean, the oxygen is decreasing. so these are causing changes to

creatures such as dissolving their shells. that's ocean acidification. it's kind of like osteoporosis in the ocean. so it is changing, and it is having an impact on these creatures. >> it is a massive project. wish you well. it is vital. i can't stress how important what's going on, you know, in our oceans is. thank you so much. good luck with the project. >> thank you so much for having me. quick break here on the program. when we come back, a bronze sculpture to honor the famous frea the walrus, now lying in one of her favorite sunbathing spots. details on the memorial after the break.

six, five, four, three, two, one, engines full power. >> after several delays due to weather and technical issues, spacex was finally able to launch its falcon heavy rocket from kennedy space center on sunday. the sixth launch ever. it as is carrying three

satellites. and it has the largest all-electric satellite ever launched. a fitting tribute, meanwhile, to a huge global star has been unveiled in norway. freya, the enormous walrus who captured fans around world is remembered with a life-sized bronze statue after she was very controversially euthanized last year. take a look. lamb almost a year after her death, freya is once again lying in the sun. a memorial to honor the famous creature who loved to sunbathe, often in inconvenient places for humans. the ceremony took place on a cool day overlooking the water not far from where freya used to bask in the sun and where she

was strocontroversially euthani. >> translator: i was very provoked by the way freya was streeted and how her life ended. people were a little too curious aen and were a little too close. >> freya was a charming nuisance in oslo, wriggling onto docks and boats, sagging under her weight to get some rays. a simple pleasure that made her a global star, but that would be her downfall. last august, norwegian authorities said despite warnings, people were getting too close to the 600-kilogram walrus, so she was euthanized. the decision sparked anger and sadness with some critics saying it was too rushed. but the government said it would have been too dangerous to move

such a large animal. >> translator: i think that people should show a little more respect for such large animals and not play with them in the water. >> a crossing of boundaries that ultimately cost freya her life. but at least now she's been give and chance to rest in peace. and finally this hour, if you're an animal lover and comfortable in a costume, the black pool zoo might have a job for you, in england, they need a seagull deterrent. am i really reading this? and you can see here how they're asking to do it. dress up as a giant bird to chase the pesky seagulls away. they interviewed up to five people for this job. they even sent a tweet out to james corden. the zoo says this new job really

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