two men who took very different paths in life, with elaine quijano. >> reporter: for a brief moment, exchanging smiles in a courtroom friday. james "whitey" bulger, finally facing justice, 16 years after he fled, and his younger brother, william, once considered one of the most powerful politicians in the state. in the working class neighborhoods of south boston known as southie, both men once ruled their respective worlds. white whiteiest head of the fearsome irish american winter hill gang while william rose to the american state senate. >> you are loyal to your friends and family and without that there's nothing. >> reporter: ultimately that loyalty may have cost william his job, after his career in the senate william was forced out of his position as president of the university of massachusetts in 2003, after being questioned during a congressional investigation. >> i do not know where my brother is. i do not know where he has been.