brancheau sways from side to side. he follows.plashes him with buckets of water and feeds him fish. a reward for playing along. then suddenly his behavior seemed to change. the wife of the tourist who took this video described what happened on nbc. >> he grabbed her by the head in a very hard thrust she went down. and i screamed and she screamed. then i started yelling to the other trainer because he wasn't looking. he just took her down, he took her down. >> reporter: look closely at this video. you can see brancheau's long ponytail swinging back and forth. but it may not have looked attractive to the six-ton killer wale until she got closer. the man who trained her said she made a fatal mistake. >> she made a mistake for allowing herself to be that close to his mouth and laying down. that's a pretty vulnerable position to be in with an animal like him. so i think even if dawn was sitting here with me right now, she would tell you that that was a mistake that she made. >> reporter: remember, tilikum had killed before. in 1991 he

brancheau sways from side to side. he follows.s him with buckets of water and feeds him fish. a reward for playing along. then suddenly his behavior seemed to change. the wife of the tourist who took this video described what happened on nbc. >> he grabbed her by the head in a very hard thrust she went down. and i screamed and she screamed. then i started yelling to the other trainer because he wasn't looking. he just took her down, he took her down. >> reporter: look closely at this video. you can see brancheau's long ponytail swinging back and forth. but it may not have looked attractive to the six-ton killer wale until she got closer. the man who trained her said she made a fatal mistake. >> she made a mistake for allowing herself to be that close to his mouth and laying down. that's a pretty vulnerable position to be in with an animal like him. so i think even if dawn was sitting here with me right now, she would tell you that that was a mistake that she made. >> reporter: remember, tilikum had killed before. in 1991 he and tw

brancheau sways from side to side, he follows. buckets of water and feeds him fish. a reward for playing along. then, suddenly, his behavior seemed to change. the wife of the tourist who took this video described what happened on nbc. >> he grabbed her by the head in a very hard thrust she went down and i screamed and she screamed. then i started yelling to the other trainer because he wasn't he looking, i said, he just took her down, he took her down. >> reporter: look closely at this video, you can see brancheau's long ponytail swinging back and forth. but it may not have looked attractive to the six-ton killer whale until she got closer. the man who trained her said she made a fatal mistake. >> i think she made a mistake by putting her -- allowing herself to be that close to his mouth and laying down. that's a pretty vulnerable position to be in with an animal like him. so i think -- i think even if dawn was sitting here with me right now she would tell you that that was a mistake that she made. >> remember, tilikum had killed

dawn brancheau was drowned by a 12,000 pound killer whale, tilikum last year.rst time it showed aggression to people. joining us, david care business author of "death at seaworld." they showed video of the attack same whale from 2006, you say it was gruesome, violent and shocking. >> it was very shocking it it wasn't the same way. it was a wail in san diego with a trainer named ken peters. this video has never been shown to the public before, seaworld has had it since 2006. and in the video, you see casaka grab peter's leg, hold onto it for several minutes and then take him underwater two or three times for up to a minute or two or three minutes at a time this whole event takes place over a ten-minute period of time. it is very frightening there is no audio, which makes it even more surreal and you sit and watch this diver, trainer, being dragged underwater by this whale it is quite shocking. >> and what is the message of that video? essentially that these are dangerous animals and seaworld knew that? >> well, yes. seaworld does know that, that's why they film

dawn brancheau was killed by a 12-000 pound tillicum last year.owed aggression to people. joining us, david care business author of "death at seaworld." they showed video of the attack same whale from 2006, you say it was gruesome, violent and shocking. >> it was very shock t wasn't the same whale, a whale in san diego with a trainer named ken peters. this video has never been shown to the public before, seaworld has had it since 2006. and in the video, you see casaka grab peter's leg, hold onto it for several minutes and then take him underwater two or three times for up to a minute or two or three minutes at a time this whole convenient takes place over a ten-minute period of time. it is very frightening there is no audio, which makes it even more surreal and you sit and watch this diver, trainer, being dragged underwater by this whale it is quite shocking. >> and what is the message of that video? essentially that these are dangerous animals and seaworld knew that? >> well, yes. seaworld does know that, that's why they film all these events, th

she loved caring for those whales. >> reporter: the brancheau family who have only spoken publicly aboutoday," have asked that the videos from seaworld's security cameras be kept out of public view. but those tapes may now be the only way to explain if tilikum grabbed dawn's ponytail or her arm. animal rights activists argue seaworld is not to be believed. >> as you can see with the evidence and the eyewitnesses that are coming forward, he already had her arm in his mouth, and he was moving and took her down from there. >> reporter: seaworld is asking a judge to overturn a $75,000 fine from the federal government's occupational safety and health administration. osha fined seaworld for unsafe working conditions, for "exposing its employees to drowning hazards" when interacting with killer whales. seaworld issued a statement calling the osha allegations "completely baseless, unsupported by any evidence or precedent." >> that was nbc's kerry sanders reporting there. tilikum has opinion involved in two other human deaths. >>> i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorrow at no

dawn brancheau died last year when a killer whale dragged her underwater during a live performance.ederal investigators say seaworld is making money at the expense of animals and employee safety. phil keating live out of miami. the feds fined seaworld but they're arguing this is about more than just a fine. explain that, phil. >> reporter: oh absolutely, bill. this was a $75,000 fine for seaworld. that is easily affordable. what it is about is about the willful negligence of endangering their killer whale trainers that was concluded by the osha investigators. seaworld does not want to have that official label because they maintain they are not jeopardizing the lives of their trainers. tilikum is the 12,000 pound killer whale who has killed a total of three people in its life in captivity. however, there were no guardrails at the pool there at seaworld. and the osha investigation saw underwater camera video from seaworld, that shows most of the attack, but it does not show the initial pulling in of drawn brancheau the trainer. but the osha description is, the killer whale rammed her

they're showing the last videotape taken of dawn brancheau, not the underwater sea world video which on, whether that's actually going to be shown, which actually shows the 8-minute attack which, of course, took the life of dawn brancheau. they started out the testimony this morning by showing first a google map of the sea world-orlando location, specifically shamu stadium, then they got a security guard who was there on that day back in 2010 who saw this horrifying, brutal attack by the killer whale, tilikum, and then he on the stand described exactly what he saw and they rolled the videotape taken by a new hampshire tourist family and that shows from basically the third row of the specktating area, it shows dawn brancheau touching the whale, handing him fish, putting the fish in his mouth, even retrieving a fish from his tongue at one moment, and then in the very final moments, you see her lying in one of the shallow areas where you see the -- typically the killer whale will beach itself up there and be fed fish. she's actually lying on that area, smiling big, and of course, doing

killer whale drowned dawn brancheau in 2010.phic video of her being dragged could be presented at the hearing. her parents fought to keep the images private, but a judge ruled last week, they could be used. >>> cbs news "moneywatch" on a monday. >>> lion king roars again this time in 3d. ashley morrison has that and more in new york. good morning to you, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. asian market took a beating today on more fears about u.s.'s debt crisis. hang seng lost 3% while japan's hand sending was closed. today the wall street gets the latest on the housing markets. for the week, dow gained almost 5%, while the nasdaq was up more than 6%. >>> a break at the gas pump for drivers this morning. aaa says the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.59. that's down almost 7 cents from a week ago, but it's still more than 80 cents higher than the price was a year ago. >>> citigroup will start charging a monthly fee, $10 on accounts with low balances. the fee will be waived if a customer completes o

you might remember that trainer, dawn brancheau, was dragged underwater by the killer whale. the animals. experts and brancheau's family hope the case brings that to an end. >> these are wild animals, unpredictable, predatory, thinking animals that when they decide to act out there's nothing a trainer can do. >> the family has spent a long time hoping nothing would happen like happened to their daughter, wife, and sister. >> sea world says the three safety citations against it were unfounded. it's also hoping to either eliminate it or reduce a $75,000 fine. >>> bob hope's widow dolores hope has passed away at the age of 102. the couple was married for 69 years when he died in 2003. dolores was a nightclub singer when they met in the 1930s. she mostly stayed home with their four children but also joined him overseas to entertain u.s. troops during world war ii. dolores hope is being remembered as the first lady of the u.s.o. >>> another passing to note this morning. the creator of the comic strip ziggy has died. tom wilson sr. first published the hard luck character back in 19

they are worried about the wrongful death suit by the estate of dawn brancheau, the trainer who was killedichard, how do you see this? >> the issue is whether seaworld kept accurate records of the behavior and propensity of this, quote, killer, end quote, whale. at the end of the day, no one forced this trainer to jump into a swimming pool with a quote, killer unquote whale. these are not like puppy dogs. these are wild, vicious animals. she's intentionally on her own, with knowledge and intent, jumping into this swimming pool with them. you know, chris rock -- it's a tragedy she died. chris rock talked about with siegfried and roy, the lion did what lions do. this animal is in captivity. you can't train them to do everything you want them to do. they have certain propensities. >> you can't ignore safety precautions. >> that case is going to be -- >> there's an assumption of the risk there, fred. there's an assumption of the risk. >> we'll see how it unfolds. thanks so much. richard, avery. always good to see your name. >> i'll call your name, fred. >> get him on the show. no doubt about i

so david, during today's hearing, dawn brancheau's spotter testified about the way he remembered seeingillicum, pull call into the water before ultimately killing her. what did he say? >> his story was different than what he told the orange county sheriff's office. this story keeps evolving over time. initially, she fell in and drowned, then told pulled in by her pony tail. today, his story changed a little bit, said that dawn was like on her back in the water doing what's called a layout with tillicum, gets on his back, lining the back together, then said dawn got up on her niece and then he said the next thing he saw was dawn pulling at her ponytail. well, under cross-examination from john black, the osha attorney, jan admitted that dawn was lying in the opposite direction, so he couldn't actually see her hair. he just assumed that it went into tillicum's mouth. of course, his testimony completely contradict what is other people have said, including a sworn witness earlier this week, a former nypd officer who said that call was pulled in by her arm. he stayed looked like she was getti

what caused the death of whale trainer dawn brancheau who was pulled inder water at sea world last year sea world trainer. those stories and tonight's ridiculist at the top of the hour. john? >> looking forward to seeing it in a few minutes. >>> the social security debate between the two leading republican presidential candidates escalated sharply today and took a more personal tone in the process. knowing that texas governor rick perry was campaigning in iowa the campaign of former massachusetts governor mitt romney distributed a memo noting roughly 1 in 5 iowa wans receive social security benefits. the memo then reprinted quotes from rick perry's book and television appearances where he calls social security a failure and went on to say "give it back to the states, why is the federal government even in the pension program or health care delivery program." those are governor perry's words. and he has made plain in the past he thinks social security is unconstitutional. now, though, he prefers not to talk about that. instead he's unapologetic in making the case social security finances

the widower of brancheau and her sister don't want to attack tape video shown.o rule on that. also on hand, animal anti visies protesting outside the courtroom saying it's simply never safe to put people and killer whales in the water together. >> you put them into a small box and you force them to live in extremely limited life, and they are going to act out now and tkpwefpblt it is not safe to be that close to them. but sea world has been fooling people for a long time that it is. >> reporter: after the attacks sea world kept tilikum in isolation for 13 months before redebutting the popular killer whale who, don't forget, killed the trainer in front of a full crowd back in 2010. sea world maintains this was absolutely just a tragic accident, even though tilikum's behavioral record, its history, involves totally killing two trainers, as well as one other person who snuck into the tank several years ago. the labor department says this is all willful negligence by sea world, that's really what's important for sea world, they don't want that label. so this hearing