with me to talk about his new movie about convicted gangster john gotti, based on a book by his son gotti jrll ask the two of them if the film glamorizes gangster life. >>> but first, we finally got the inspector general's 500-plus page report this week about the fbi's handling of hillary clinton's e-mail and predictably both sides claimed victories of a sort. much has been said, but not that which i think is most important. for me, the i.g. report crystallized the looming conflict that will have to be faced by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. so let's game this out. the report says that fbi director james comey was right to not charge hillary clinton regarding her extremely careless handling of e-mail. but it criticizes comey for being insubordinate to attorney general loretta lynch. he should not have spoken publicly about an investigation that did not result in an indictment. in doing so, he ignored both practice and protocol. but the report concluded that he did not act with political bias against hillary. hence, there was something for everyone to point to in the report. plenty o

gotti jr. it took seven years to come to fruition.unior, where else, but at dante and luigi's, a south philly restaurant that itself has been a part of mob lore since a hit on a mobster there in the late '80s. john gotti jr., i know from reading your book, i know from interviewing you before just how much you revered your father and revere his memory. are you happy with john travolta's depiction of dad? >> over the moon with joy. >> really? >> john did an amazing job. >> if he's given you five stars, does that mean it was too sympathetic a portrayal of his father? >> well, of sympathy is a different word than empathy or duplication. my job as an actor is to live up to an authenticity. so that's what i was doing. i have to become john senior. that's my job. so how i feel about john senior has nothing to do with my portrayal of that. i am viewing through his eyes. so, you know, i have to do all the due diligence to earn that viewpoint. and john junior here helped me tremendously understand his father because, you know, imagine i'm growi

by the way, gotti jr.to me, hey, my father died, if you look at the death certificate, by choking on his own vomit while incarcerated, and handcuffed to a hospital bed. so there's nothing glamorous about that. but i think that might be a criticism that some would take away from the film when they see the way that travolta portrays gotti senior. >> when do people get to watch this interview? >> tomorrow morning. thank you so much for asking. i'm really eager for people to watch the interaction between gotti jr. and travolta and yours truly. >> all right. 9:00 a.m., michael smerconish, thank you so much. and again, a reminder, clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, the new back out, all kinds of michael smerconish love for you on a friday afternoon. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >>> coming up you, attorney general jeff sessions separating parents from their children at the border. we're joined live to discuss the outcry over the detentions. your brain changes as you get older. but prevag

and, john gotti, jr., was there every day on the set making sure we -- he quality controlled. >> jimmy?, lis that okay for you, john?" "it's okay. it's all right. it's all right." [ ght laughter ] >> victoria, the mother and wife of john sr., she was very valuable and helpful. all the video, all the family footage. all that contributed to coterpretation. >> jimmy: and keviolly directed, did a great job directing it. >> kevin did a great job. >> jimmy: it opens with you just talking straight to the camera and saying this is my story. and then it goes into, like, almost, like -- almost hear, like, that kind of good italian -- it's almost like the -- [ humming ] it's almost like a -- [ humming ] and then it goes into this awesome pitbull trac >> yes. >> jimmy: and it gets like -- >> my man, pitbu. >> jimmy: nasty! it's good. and then -- but it's all original words about gotti. i mean this is a -- yes. >> jimmy: pitbull wrote a full on -- >> he actuallyaw a photograph the real gotti and myself and he got so excited about the similarity, that he said, "do you think it would be all right if