we begin with breaking news on this thursday morning. >> captured, notorious gangster whitey bulger, one of the top ten most wanted, finally found after years on the run. choice words from an airline pilot in the cockpit about women and gays when he thought no one was listening. and a tornado touches down at the home of the kentucky derby. good morning. the boston mob boss who outsmarted and embarrassed federal agents for the last 16 years is a fugitive no more. >> the fbi wasted no time updating its website overnight changing whitey bulger's status to captured after they arrested him and his girlfriend in california. john hendren has the details. >> reporter: he had been on the

lam, wanted for more than a decade. >> he is a predator in every sense of the word and took advantage of the very community that he was from. >> reporter: alleged mobster james "whitey" bulger fled boston in late 1994 as federal agents were about to arrest him in connection with 19 killings that span ned the 1970s to 1980s. >> do you know when i am? >> reporter: he was so notorious, he was the inspiration for "the departed" starring leonardo dicaprio and jack nicholson. >> bottom line is bulger has to be caught and the sooner the better. this has gone on long enough. >> reporter: they recently stepped up their efforts to find his girlfriend, catherine greig. >> we focused on manicurists, beauty salons, veterinarian clinics. anybody that may have had contact with her. >> reporter: greig and bulger disappeared in 1995 with a $2

million reward for information leading to his capture. the 60-year-r-d greig faces charges of harboring a fugitive. >> we look to publicize the bulger case worldwide in order to, in essence, make his world smaller for him. >> reporter: the two were arrested without incident and will appear in a southern california courtroom. greig was known for her multiple surgeries and for her hygiene and made monthly visits to a dentist for cleaning. rob and peggy? i'm sorry. daniel and peggy. >> that's okay. very interesting. >> you know, this was no casual search, was it? >> reporter: no, it wasn't, in fact, peggy, the police, the fbi tracked them to uruguay at one point. they were staking out the battle of normandy, the 60th anniversary there because he was apparently a military fan and at one point they thought they had tracked him down in sicily, and after interpol tried to close in, they discovered, in fact, what they had run across was two german tourists. peggy? >> john hendren live in

washington, thank you so much. the team at "good morning america" is also working this story. we'll have the latest coming up at 7:00. and a new york man accused in a deadly drugstore massacre is set to appear in court this morning. police arrested david laffer at a suburban home and charged him with shooting four people to death at close range in that sunday shooting then stuffing his backpack full of painkillers. they did identify laffer from surveillance video. an arizona jury convicted self-help guru james ray of negligent homicide for leading a sweat lodge ritual that ended with three people dead. ray insists that the deaths were a tragic accident, but prosecutors say he should have stopped the two-hour sauna-style spiritual cleansing after participants starting passing out and vomiting. president obama has started what he says will be a steady pace of troop withdraraws from afghanistan. 10,000 service members will come home by year's end, but there are still major challenges i winding down the long war. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the president said u.s. troops have made significant progress in the fight against al qaeda.

>> al qaeda remains dangerous, and we must be vigilant against attacks, but we have put al qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done. >> reporter: what's clear from his comments is that the focus in the future will be on counterterrorism, not a broader approach. >> of course, huge challenges remain. this is the beginning, but not the end, of our effort to wind down this war. >> reporter: and once the initial drawdown is over, it will continue. what has been the cost? in just 2011 the u.s. will spend more than $118 billion, and just since the surge began, more than 670 americans have been killed. 20-year-old matthew henegan, 11 years old when the war began, was one of them. i want to know what you said to the picture. when you went up there. >> i told him i'm going to miss him and going out will never be the same. >> reporter: is this the first person you've lost? >> yes.

>> reporter: what is the price paid on the home front? this is alex voleski and inin 2005 he was 6 when his father first went off to iraq as a young lieutenant colonel. he deployed to iraq three times. he is now in afghanistan, a brigadier general, and this is alex, now 13, who will have spent 4 1/2 years without his father. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. today the senate intelligence committee begins confirmation hearings for general david petraeus as the next head of the cia. petraeus is retiring from the army after heading up the war in afghanistan. people living along a swollen river in north dakota are now bracing for historic flooding, the worst since the 1800s. the river has already climbed over levees designed to protect the city of minot. more than 10,000 people had to scramble to leave town after evacuation orders were pushed up by five hours yesterday. thousands of homes and businesses are now expected to be flooded in the next week.

the home of the kentucky derby is littered with debris after a tornado touched down near the famed track. about five barns at churchill downs were badly damaged. in fact, the horses were running loose. no races were going on when it hit and no horses or people were hurt. >> those fancy hats wouldn't stand a chance. >> they wouldn't and those are expensive horses. now for this morning's weather from around the nation, more severe weather is in store for louisville as gusty winds and hail sweep in from boston to nashville. also a chance of tornadoes from oklahoma city to wichita and violent storms in montana and wyoming. texas gets some much-needed rain. showers and thunderstorms from along the gulf coast. and we're looking at 90s in dallas, new orleans and miami. about 80 degrees here in new york and 88 in atlanta. fargo only gets up to 60. 71 in minneapolis and about 81 in detroit. phoenix, a scorching 110. sacramento, 96 degrees. coming up, the ultimate bernie madoff memento goes on the auction block at almost half the price.

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for this year to under 3% growth and expects the economy to stay slow until next year, and despite that, the fed is not planning any policy changes. bernanke also says that interest rates will be kept low. a new sign of trouble at the post office, which will stop putting money into its employees' pension fund so it can hang on to cash that it needs in order to keep operating. the agency was $8 billion in the red last year because of the slow economy and also mail business going online. and those signs of a troubled u.s. economy are weighing on overseas markets. tokyo's nikkei average was down slightly today. late trading.ang seng is down in in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street the dow lost 80 points yesterday. the nasdaq index fell 18 points. well, the twins featured in "the social network" movie are ending their legal battle with facebook. the winklevoss twins claimed that facebook found er mark zuckerberg stole their idea. the twins and a third man are accepting a $65 million settlement negotiated in 2008. well, new government

statistics show that more americans are working on the weekend than ever before. a survey found that 35% of americans work on the weekend. the survey considered golf games with clients to be a work-related activity. something to note there. >> yeah, absolutely. and picture this, there is a brand-new approach to digital photography. a company called lytro developed a camera that lets you take photos quickly and then go back late story select which pars you would like to be in know cuss. in addition, the camera can create 3-d photos from a single lens and the lytro will hit the market later in the year. just in time for the summer boating season, how abououthis, a potential bargain for you boaters. bernie madoff's super yacht named "bull" is being auctioned off. startingngrice, $4 m mlion, that is about half the appraised value and proceeds will go to the victims of his massive swindle. so a lot of people picking up everything from his loafers to his home decor, now the boat. >> yeah. anything to help the folks who were swindled.

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from minneapolis to detroit. wet on i-10 along the gulf coast and on i-90 in the rockies. if you're heading to the airport today, you could have some delays in boston, new york, philadelphia, d.c., atlanta, memphis, also houston. and a southwest airline pilot speaking out is back on the job after a profanity-laced rant about flight attendants, complaining about their sexual orientation, age and also attractiveness. well, the tirade lasted 2 1/2 minutes and every offensive word was broadcast across u.s. airspace. more now from ryan owens. >> reporter: as the 737 cruised from austin to san diego, its pilot had a lot more on his mind than his passengers' safety. >> 11 [ bleep ] over the top [ bleep ] homosexuals and a granny. >> reporter: with his cockpit mike stuck open, he complained to his co-pilot about the flight attendants. >> after that, it was just a continuous stream of gays and

grannies and grandes -- >> reporter: he goes on to detail how it's increasingly difficult to find co-workers he wants to sleep with. >> now i'm back in houston, which is easily ononof the ugliest bases. i mean it's all ththe [ bleep ] old dudes and grannies and maybe a handful of cute chicks. >> reporter: the passengers couldn't hear, but air traffic controllers and other pilots certainly could. >> okay, whoever is transmitting better watch what you're saying. okay, someone's got a stuck mike and telling us all about their endeavors. we don't need to hear that. >> 360, skywest 6285, and they wonder why airline pilots have a bad reputation. >> reporter: southwest has not identified the pilot. he was suspended but not fired. why not? the airline refused to grant us an interview. instead, they released this video statement. >> on behalf of the pilot, i want to apologize to our employees, to our customers and to fellow pilots in the industry. >> reporter: southwest sent him

to sensitivity training, but that's not good enough f f flight attendants. that pilot is back in the air, although it's not clear how smooth his flights will be now that his co-workers know what he really thinks. ryan owens, abc news, houston. >> sticking with aviation news, the tsa is changing its policy on patting down small children after several online videos triggered a public outcry. airport security workers are now being told to make every attempt to screen kids without resorting to invasive patdowns thth tsa was criticized after a 6-year-old was patted down in new orleans and the same happened to a baby going through kansas city. >> put down the french fries and potato chips if you want to fight off creeping weight gain. a new study found that eating potatoes is likely to lead to bigger weight gain than eating other kinds of food. that's because carbohydrates, potatoes in particular, turn quickly to sugar which could make you hungry sooner. >> now i'm hungry. >> i know.

fries sound good. >> yeah. the san francisco giants fan attacked at a dodger game is doing better. they upgraded his condition after his brain showed increased activity. he had been in critical condition since the march 31st attack. and more sports news now. here's adnan virk at espn news. >> good morning. we begin with soccer and the gold cup semifinals, usa with a measure of revenge against panama. in the 25th minute, great cross to juan sebastian but the shot hits the post, and so no score in the 70th minute. armando cooper taking a shot just outside the box. titihoward will get a piece of it. in the 76th minute with the americans attacking, it's landon donovan, across the box to clint dempsey for the goal. 22nd career international goal, donovan's first assist this season as you see multiple

looks. the u.s. advances to the gold cup final for the fourth straight tournament. chris heisey and the reds hosting the yankees after new york won the first of a double dip. bottom of five, there is heisey. two-run home run, second of the game and seventh of the season asashe reds are up 4-1. top of 6, full count. johnny cueto grooving. allowed just one earned run. bottom of eight, it's heisey again. first redsdslayer with three home runs in the game since jay bruceston did it last year. cardinals and phillies. one on and one away for ryan howard facing his old teammate kyle lohse. 60th home run of the year for howard. up 4-0. cliff lee going for the complete game. and he had it. lee, six hits, didn't allow an rned run, struck out three as the phillies win it, 4-0.

that does it for the sports update. don't forget, for all your sports highlights, make sure you watch the highlight express on espn news. all right, well, tom hanks was in "a league of their own," and it sure looks like he was having fun promoting his own movie.ague of his own >> he is in a league of his own with the weather anchor on univision's momoing show. had a little trouble locating where atlanta is in because of that pesky green screen. they make it look so easy, don't they? >> they do. >> then he started yelling at random temperatures in spanish but he had a good time. >> dance, forrest, dance. >> you know, in that movie role, the weight gain, the weight loss. look how good he looks. and he can rock it. let's face it. >> up next, the stories we'll be followininlater today including a long-awaited announcement for harry potter muggles. >> oh, boy. and this morning's breaking story, after more than 15 years on the run, a notorious gangster arrested overnight.

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his arrest on "good morning america." president obama travels to upstate new york to visit the army's 10th mountain division whose soldiers are frequently deployed to afghanistan. the president has announced he'll start bringing thousands of troops home from the war. and the first lady continues her tour of south africa and botswana. mrs. obama is expected to meet with archbishop desmond tutu and also meet with disadvantaged students. our david muir will have an exclusive interview with her on "world news." and it looks like lindsay lohan is in trouble again. she was ordered to appear before a los angeles judge today. she reportedly tested positive for alcohol in a court-ordered test earlier this month, a violation of her probation. the guessing game is almost over for harry potter muggles around the world. author rule something holding a news conferenceoday to launch pottermore, a secret website. theories include an ongame game to a harry potter encyclopedia. for some of you muggles, your local news is next. and for everybody else, the state of that now famous wayward penguin.

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next on abc7 news at 49:30 -- this could be a big day for former giants slugger barry bonds. he will be in court to hear if the government intends to retry him on perjury charges. and president obama says 33,000 u.s. troops will be coming home from afghanistan by next summer, but war critics are demanding faster action. and mike is here with a look at the forecast. >> step outside everywhere. you will notice the difference this morning. cooler weather moves inland. we'll talk about how much you will drop. >> frances has traffic next at 4:30. finally this morning, the wrong turn or the rather big wrong turn that put

a little set of happy feet thousands of miles off course. >> the penguin that captured the world, lost and alone. well, now it has to find its own way back home. more from david wright. >> reporter: a tired little penguin 4,000 miles from home. the locals have nicknamed it happy feet. >> i just wanted to rescue it, poor little thing. >> reporter: emperor penguins are the ones featured in that abcnews.com academy award-winning documentary. the only species able to reproduce during the brutal arctic winter. >> in the harshest place on earth, love fifis a way. >> reporter: a ritual as poignant as any of nature's wonders. happy feet was probably one of the chicks that hatched during the last penguin march ten months ago. only once before has one of these snowbirds popped all the way up in balmy new zealand. >> very, very exceptional. >> reporter: scientists say it probably got lost looking for

food. >> this bird may have gotten caught in a jet stream. he could have gotten caught in a current or made a right turn instead of a left turn at an iceberg and lost his way. >> reporter: which is understandable. it's dark 24 hours a day. conditions that they've reproduced here at seaworld, one of only three places in the world that has emperor penguins in captivity. penguins are resourceful. >> what are you guys doing? >> we're digging to antarctica. >> reporter: maybe not quite so resourceful as "madagascar" would have it. >> we don't belong here. >> reporter: new zealand officials say it's too expensive and too dangerous to transport this penguin home. >> he needs to get back into the ocean and head south and get back to be with all his other friends. >> reporter: happy feet will need all the resourcefulness a penguin can muster. david wright, abc news, san diego. >> everybody will be watching that penguin. >> yeah. >> to see what happens. >> a lot of people say he did it