current 1st man pete alonzo if the wild when you read the details of that manila the fact that bernie madoff is tied to baseball and you have this guy who's 57 he's been out of the game for a while and he still just getting paychecks every single year i know i mean seriously if i would argue that that's is probably the best contract in m. and b. history because you don't have to go to practice you don't have to injure yourself at nothing you're just sitting there collecting millions exactly and you know especially if you're 57 you've already earned enough money when you played in the league after houses paid off. probably put kids through college if you have any so what do you do that maybe he's buying some yachts and private islands or right at our birth 300000000 from 30 yet or sit at home and elect to mill year that home i'll take that home i'll take home the right answer all right thank you for that regina what will be back with a lot more news at 7 pm once again the media is getting the public worked up on unverified evidence they say of russia's government actions against u.s. soldiers

for those asking how does he even happen meso ship at the time helms i fred wilpon invested in a bernie madoff account that promised massive double digit returns that didn't work out and now the mets are penguin and more than current 1st baseman pete alonzo manila it's very strange to think bernie made off the new york mets and bobby vinny a but you know sometimes investment just don't pay off the face you're expecting them to i mean i feel bad for of the wilpon because they were one of made off victims made off is obviously in prison bobbie but nia made off like a leaf in the night he did at his age and of course to the public you know this is the best retirement job i ever had and it sets interesting because he's even making more per year than aaron judge on the yankees which is impressive in all stats i mean you're having a guy who hasn't played. in a well over 2 decades i know he still make it bank but i mean i just it's i can't believe the deal but his agent mastermind wow it is impressive he'll be making money it will be still making that 1000000 dollar market 72 years old i don't think

you can't continue to abide by that position so you see that with made off lots of people with bernie madoff a lot of people had doubts but it didn't reach the point where they were willing to concede to make the step to say it's a ponzi scheme. with sandusky there were whispers he was seen showering with young boys but either and the football coach who spotted sandusky in the shower went home and told a medical doctor who is a friend of his family even the doctor who had a legal duty to report child abuse did not report it. he couldn't figure out what he saw. it looked weird. than the same coach waited six weeks and then tells the leadership the next day in and says this is so pressing why did you wait so long to tell us he said it wasn't a sexual act but it made him feel weird so what do we do with that? that is what we do as human beings. and the absolute last thing you want to do two major learning institutions they should be paranoid about their employees. you cannot run the effective intellectual community if you are deeply suspicious of every the inexplicable behavior by your employee

it's like bernie madoff. if you wrote that as a novel, no one's going the believe it. you couldn't sell three copies. it's too good. that's what often happens with the stories that are just too rich. you really, you can't use them, you can't steal them as a novelist. you can do the nonfiction route, and that's what i chose with "the innocent man." >> host: is so you go from reading the obit to what? how did it become this book? >> guest: you know, i had no idea what i was getting into when i started. although i loved the story from day one, i still love the story, as i've gotten into the world of wrongful convictions, i realize that this, you know, there's a lot of exonerations, 235 now from the innocence project in new york and around the country. that's 235 fantastic stories just from a human drama and tragedy perspective. how can our system, this system that we all believe in especially as lawyers, especially as a former criminal lawyer who never dealt with a wrongful conviction, if you believe in the system, if you think this is the best system in the world, how ca

the family fell on tough times because they were involved -- they invested money with bernie madoff andm has been in financial straits because of that. now they have to sell. here's what we know about the sale. i thought it was cute the way you said final innings. whoever wrote that. be that as it may. they are in the final innings. what's going on now is [ inaudible ] so-called management meetings. in the old days, the bidders would go to the ballpark. you're not doing that now. the various bidders, essentially three bidding groups, i will get into that in a minute, are meeting with the wilpon family, saul katz and baseball executives. they don't meet with the manager, manager. the guy who will be on the field tonight. they may meet with the general manager. they will have zoom conferences, the luxury suite. they are getting an idea of what they are buying. after a couple weeks, people will be submitting a final, final bid. what's interesting about this process is it's usually a way for bankers to get the price higher. there are beied eidders, cohen, hedge fund investor, [ inaudible ]

remember, they got messed up in that bernie madoff scheme where they actually had to pay back money they to madoff over the years because madoff obviously made up his returns so they were left in the hole. the mets have a lot of debt. it looks like cohen is in the best position to buy the team. now, bids come in tomorrow. we should point out that cohen really doesn't have to bid tomorrow. there's been some talks that he will. i have my doubts. here's why. all the bids will come in, because he's a limited owner, he sees all the bids. he gets to know so he can really just wait there, see what they bid, and then decide how much more he wants, you know, decide if he wants to top that bid and to make -- and to make his -- and to make his dream come true, from what i understand he's a long-time met fan and he will own the mets. that's what we are laterihearin. nothing is a done deal until it's a done deal. cohen and the wilpons have been down this road before. you got to imagine that steve is going to have the is dotted and ts crossed before he agrees to go another round with it, but clearly,

. >> i think when you cut to the core, it's the same plan, except that bernie madoff targeted very wealthy to throw the book at lou pearlman. the only problem is that he's not in the united states. >> we issued our criminal complaint early march of '07. we had no clue where he was at. where he was going. nothing. >> finding lou pearlman was like looking for where's waldo. we wanted to have him make a mistake. and so we would follow up on th media perspective. >> one of the people who did a lot of good coverage was helen huntley from "the st. petersburg times." somebody who read helen's articles was in bali, indonesia. >> i had no idea where lou pearlman was. and just out of the blue, one day, i got an email from this german tourist who was there in bali, who said that he thought he had seen lou pearlman there. he did a little research on the internet. and he knew that there was a lot of trouble surrounding lou. i asked him if i could forward his email to scott skinner in the fbi. and he said yes. so i did. >> and in the meantime, i'm on the phone to our agents in jakarta. they went down to

as you know they lost a lot of money on the bernie madoff scandal.e hering initial indications from the bidders is pretty weak and they're below two billion. if it is below two billion it is unclear they will sell. it is unlikely they will sell if it is below two billion. here are the bidders we understand likely to put, likely to show up on thursday when this thing happens. alex rodriguez group with j.lo and vincent viola. vincent viola former head of new york mehc. joining with a-rod group likely to bid. we understand a company called harris blitzer sports. josh harris is a major private equity executive. he is one of the founders of apollo. we'll have more later on claman another thing josh harris will do. we understand he is interested, so he may be. the ruben brothers, big real estate firm, canadian real estate firm. they're interested. steve cohen from what i understand will not put in a first round bid. so he may do later but he ain't doing it now from what i understand. so again, the mets have a pickle on their hands. they need to sell. the w