and the supervisor was a man by the name of john morris. again, also very much in the center of corruption at the heart of this. for them, riding "whitey" come and his partner also from the mid-70s and on until the late 80's, again, they were career makers. in that sense, they exploited it professionally, they kept them on even when they should have cut them loose and gone after them. as a come individually, personally, professionally, i think it benefited a handful of people. but institutionally, it's turned out to be the worst informant scandal in the history of the fbi. >> and even for the individuals, it brought them all down. he was still in prison, it was a total disgrace. so even though they moved away for awhile and crashed.

john morris is a total disgrace. so even though they rolled the y for a while, they crashed at the end. >> to question. in your career, all the investigative reporting, and research, any fears for your life and death threats? >> not with him or i. know. outside, the only, the most intimidating thing we encountered i think, speak for myself, the fbi tried to talk us out of the original story, 1980 about revealing bulger as an informant. and they said that he would have no compunction about killing us. so that gets your full attention. >> sure. kevin threatened how we i think publicly. i guess a few folks ran into a. >> it's hard to go back in time that in 1988 when come in that period, the idea of publishing -- i mean discovering and then publishing, why get the special relationship with the fbi. on, it was jaw-dropping and unthinkable. whitey was, reputation was not only as the ultimate standard gangster who demanded and required supreme loyalty. that was his reputation but he also had this reputation of being the ro

joining me is "washington post" national political correspondent and my colleague, karen tumelty and john morris. my mentor. harry reid focusing on the positive in some way said that this universal background checks will in the bill. what he didn't say is that high capacity magazines, banning those, and the assault weapons ban will not be, they'll be offered as amendments, what does this say about how much the political climate, if at all has changed as it ties to guns, karen, since what happened in newtown, connecticut late last year. >> well harry reid says he's basically counting the votes here. there are not the 60 votes it would take to overcome a filibuster on the tougher measures, i think also that he is looking at the fact that he has some democratic seats up for re-election in 2014. and in 2014. and in some states that it's going to be very difficult to hold. places like west virginia and arkansas. and so he's, he's really not quite ready. i think to sort of put his members on the line for this. so he will allow these to be offered as amendments from the floor. but there are also likely

father john morris of the chosen candidate was taken into a room of tears to see if he would accept.n. he is having his new robe made for him as we speak. the ticacan tailor fitting him. we think it will be in the next 30 minutes. the announcement will be in the next 30 minutes. tracy: we need a director. half past the hour, let's go to the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole petallides standing by. nicole: very exciting time and i don't want to waste one minute of it, but we have 30 seconds, then willis. tell us about the market. how are you feeling? >> just to clarify, i am a longtime bowl. i think the market has to crack for us to get to those in the short term he gets to new highs by the end of the year. and here i am, another benedict, but i will not be the pope. nicole: another day on wall street with up arrows. back to you. tracy: we ar we're going to hava pope by 3:00, i feel it. i'm waiting. ashley: do you want a glass of water or something? president obama meeting with ceos at the white house on cyber security as hackers threaten a new round of attacks and we have

. >> so morris listening to john boehner is he right there?pending cuts? >> i think he's a little right and a little wrong. there's always two sides or three sides to a story, alex. i think that the president did get his tax cuts. we do have a spending problem in washington that democrats need to rally around. it's just not something that republicans should take all the credit. however we do still have that sort of mitt romney thing about closing some of the loop holes. so he's right but there's also more room to close some loopholes to get more rievenue. >> and the republicans and compromise? is that out of the question right now? >> i hope not. compromises i agree with morris. we should close some of those loopholes. republicans did put up revenue. it's time to close some loopholes, reduce spending. but they have to come together. they have to recognize. i'm almost surprised politically that they haven't recognized that a grand bargain would take this off their plate until 2014, which is really what they need right now. so both sides could u

. >> father morris i was there for the inauguration of benedict xvi. of course here in new york city when johns been a long time since we have seen a pope out and about with the people in this day of terrorism and fears. i wonder how concerned vatican security is for this pope. >> i bet they are very concerned. he's the pope, at the same time. that's what he is going to do. he has chosen to be out there with the people. as the father said he came out of saint ann's church outside of the vatican he stood out there like any priest or pastor would do. greeting everyone who left the church thanking them for being there and asking for their blessing. we see that again coming to saint peter's square he choose not to be in a pope mobile shielded by bulletproof glass but in an open jeep. that's his choice. he believes that's what the church needs now. >> the mass of inauguration to begin now. this is fox news channel's coverage of the inauguration of pope francis across america and around the world. (speaking italian) (speaking foreign language n.) ♪ (speaking foreign language) (speaking foreign langu

father jonathan morris is a catholic priest and fox news be contributor. hi, father johngood to be with you. >> alisyn: if the conclave starts on tuesday, when did you and other vatican watchers think we will have a new pope? >> well, if we think about the last conclave, which is a very short conclave, it was just four ballots, two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon so it was pretty quick. pretty quick. remember, when start in the afternoon on the first day so in the the last conclave, 2005, the election of ratzinger, there were two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon and he was elected. it was a fast conclave. i would say most people now, based on the situation, it won't be quite so fast. you never know. remember the cardinals, 115 cardinals are throwing out their ballots in the very, very beginning and seeing, really, who are those cardinals who have the most support. then, without much debate, they go right into the next ballot. and then, they say, you know, i voted for somebody who only got one vote, well, i'm going to throw my vote to somebod

morris with the leaf blower outside. i can hardly hear you. [ laughter ] >> tiger woods, president obama, go. >> sorry. i was just dreaming about going through europe with johnthey're bringing stonehenge to them. [ laughter ] it's just nice to see obama actually hook a ball behind some shrubbery and blame an actual bush for once. that's what i'm happy about. i don't mind if he goes golfing. i wish he would stay golfing. it's when he is done golfing that i have trouble. tiger said he was a good putter. that surprises me because in real life it seems to me he is always asking for gym mys. i guess some days you are out there on the course, billy. the hole just looks as big as the area whereby deb's brain is supposed to be. some days you can't just miss. >> so you don't have any problem with the president recreating with mr. woods who dubious resume. you don't see any problem there? >> what business is it of obama's? he he doesn't care. >> bill: if the litmus test is a president can't hang around with anybody with personal problems he is going to be real lonely in washington. [ laughter ] >> seal yourself in carbon night like hons solo. ♪ ♪ o say does that star-

john surgery? >> tim had rotator cuff injury. i bumped into jack morristcher for the toronto blue jays a couple of weeks ago at an mlb event. that spectacular game, ten innings. i was thinking about that. ron marichal versus warren spahn in 1962. 16 innings. >> what month was that? >> july 1962. they both went the distance. spahn versus marichal. that would never, ever happen today. >> you can argue maybe it shouldn't. that is the idea. on one hand it's easy to say people were tougher back in the day but they were like different in a lot of ways. they haven't figured out in a lot of ways like a lot of these kids are not conditioned to throw that much. also the players were making less money back then. in a lot of ways you had less investment in these guys. if you signed a guy like steven strasburg you have to make sure he is healthy and able to pitch. >> to me maybe a reason they did the wrong thing -- the one thing you do know they did not win the playoff series last year. >> in the office you can't talk to will because he is too powerful. this is like o

john paul or ii. rick: robert moynihan inside the vatican magazine editor. thank you so much for your insights today. we appreciate your time. father jonathan morrisontributor, he joins us on the phone. always nice to talk to you, father morris, and as we watch the beginning of this conclave, your thoughts today? >> well, rick, and jenna lee, it's good to be talking with you. a lot of mixed emotions. i guess the biggest emotion for me was being with cardinal dolan this morning, very early in the morning, 6:45 as he's packing his bag and getting ready to leave. and, you know, just knowing that without, certainly, him looking for amazingly in the last week or two the winds have definitely been pushing if in the direction of -- in the direction of the only of an american candidate as pope. and it was moving just to watch. and, um, i would never normally do this, but i said to him, you know, let me just take a picture with you now just in case. and we took a picture. and then we walked down, and he put his suitcase in the box, and they went away, the more than cardinals from the north american college down the hill to the vatican where they entered in

don't know paul that was a -- pope john paul that was a member of the swiss guard that said for the most part most of these cardinals wouldn't want to be pope? >> father morris and then i'll answer. he was talking earlier about how they don't really want to be the pope. that's like saying an employee i side a business doesn't want the c.e.o. >>brian: asked father jonathan. >> i did. i know his answer. >> i'll tell you the facts as i see them, my. i was with cardinal dolan a few minutes before he got in the box, he came down here to live these few days. can you imagine what is going through his mind in terms of what a lifestyle change that would be? in his case, for example, can you imagine being stuck behind these walls and having all of the press on you all the time, constantly. it would be a lifestyle change besides just a huge spiritual and also political responsibility on you. >> he also came from st. louis where he grew up. then he moved to milwaukee, a huge brewers fan. and then he had to move to new york. that is as big a culture shock as all of that. and then you get to go over here and i don't know. think what that gregarious man could do. think of