bulger right now?think as whitey said in a letter this spring, this is the end of the trail for me. he hasn't got a prayer. >> reporter: weeks told ed bradley he turnedded against bulger because the mob boss betrayed them all. >> we were supposed to live by a certain code. this was his teaching too. you know, he never rat on your friends. you never rat on your family. you never give anyone up. you have a problem you take it to the street. >> reporter: the 83-year-old faces life in prison if convicted. through his attorney, bulger admitted to quite a few crimes in court including extortion, violence, and bribery. but, scott, the two things he insists he never did: kill women and be an informant. >> pelley: don, thanks very much. we thought you'd like to see this. the washington monument is shrouded in fabric while workers repair damage from an earthquake two years ago. but in the meantime, the park service has decided to brighten up the monument to the father of our country with the mother of all light

bulger's criminal 'em dire grew unchallenged. ju john shea served time for bulger. you think is going through whitey's mind as he listens to that? >> it's killing him he's being outed as a rat. >> reporter: bulger's accompl e accomplices have provided details of the murder earls he is akudzed of,ch thing that bulger planned him or did the killing himself. bulger allegedly strangled two women close to a partner. they both had become liabilities. bulger, quote, strangled davis, all the way down to the basement. her remains were found in a tial marsh with some of her hair intact. davis' death still haunts her brother. >> it's tattoo ed, image in my brain, my sister's, the gruesome way they killed her, what they did and wrapped her up. it's like torture. >> reporter: his hen chman describe bulger getting a high after, having to lay down after when his cronies buried the bodies. when you look at whitey bulger, what do you say? >> i see a complete psychopath maniac murder who has no feelings and no heart for nobody. >> reporter: bull girlgbulger's killed anyone who got in

bulger's hit man, his hench man and his enforcer justified their betrayal, saying bulger betrayed themke his hench man james bulger was an fbi informant for more than two decades protected by rogue fbi agents bulger's criminal empire grew unchallenged. john shay once ran drugs and served time for bulger. what do you think is going through whitey' mind as he sits there listening to this? >> it's killing him that he is being outed as a rat. >> reporter: bulger's former accomplices have provided grisly details of the 19 murder he is accused of testifying he either planned them or did the killing himself. he allegedly strangled two women very close to his crime partner whose step daughter deborah hussy and his stunning girlfriend debby davis had both become liabilities. phlegmy testified bulger, quote, strangled davis all the way down to the basement. her remains were found in a tidal marsh with some of her hair intact. davis's death still haunts her brother. >> it's an image in my brain, my sister and the grew some way they killed her and what they did and wrapped her up. it's like tortur

flemmy and bulger.in the courtroom. >> i'll tell you, brooke. these guys from southie should have their mouths washed out with soap. they drop the "f" bombs. it sounds more like a locker room than a courtroom in there. i think my impression of what happened today is that whitey was taken aside at a side bar. it wasn't done in a public courtroom. it was done probably after his outburst with kevin weeks a couple weeks ago. that was the second time he threw the "f" bomb around at a witness. i think he was cautioned one more of those and i'm going to hold you in contempt. because today he was just mouthing the words and stevie was mouthing it back. given this is 3:00 in the afternoon eastern standard time, i don't think i can say the word. >> we're not going to go there, my friend. red, let me go to you. back to stephen rakes who was found dead on a roadside, do you know him? do you know his family? >> yeah, i knew him in the family, sure. >> what do you know about his family? >> you know, obviously -- obvi

he also said bulger was an informant for the fbi, something bulger through his lawyers sharply denied. after flemmi's testimony the partners in crime glared at each other and exchanged heated words. boston globe writer kevin cullen is covering the trial. >> is this the ultimate betrayal? >> it is the ultimate betrayal. in the crime world you don't rat out your friends. you could see the tension and body language. they hate each other. >> steven flemmi is set to resume his testimony tomorrow. he's set to describe how whitey bulger strangled two women in the 1980s. bulger through his lawyers has vehemently denied killing any women. elaine quijano, cbs news, boston. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather. and tiger woods in the hunt at the british open. so now i can help make this a great block party. ♪ [ male announcer ] advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace f

the mob trial of "whitey" bulger, and the case moves to the defense now. lawyers for the accused mob boss said, yes, he ran a criminal enterprise for decades. still they say he did not take part in any of the 19 murders with which he is charged. for now we do not know whether "whitey" bulger himself will take the stan. the prosecution called 63 witnesses, many of whom painted a colorful picture of life in bulger's gang in south boston. this month, one associate testified that "whitey" bulger wore a wig and fake mustache to a double murder in 1982, driving a car that could spit smoke or an oil slick to help him get away. a map on the prosecution's witness list turned up dead on the side of a road. the lawyer for his ex-wife says his family believes his death is not related toothily the trial but that it is not confirmed, and witnesses claim that white bulger sent tips to the fbi, and a foreigner supervisor denied he was ever an informant. there's a chance now bulger could testify. what's the thinking? >> there's a chance. it would be highly unusual for a de

he also said bulger was an informant for the fbi, something bulger through his lawyers sharply denied. after flemmi's testimony the former partners in crime glared at each other and exchanged heated words. "boston globe" columnist kevin cullen has been covering the trial from the start. >> is this the ultimate betrayal to see flemmi up there. >> is the ultimate betrayal. in their world you don't rat out the friends. you could see the tension, the body language. they hate each other. >> reporter: stephen flemmi said to resume his testimony tomorrow. he's expected to describe how whitey bulger strangled two women in the 1980s. scott, bulger has vehemently denied that he killed any women through his lawyers. >> pelley: elaine, thank you very much. secretary of state john kerry met today with syrians who have fled their two-year-old civil war. he visited a sprawling refugee camp in jordan that holds 115,000 refugees. some pleaded with kerry for u.s. military intervention in the war between rebels and the dictatorship of bashir al-assad. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general ma

bulger's prot ojay kevin weeks called bulger a rat in front of the jury.evin colin has been covering bulger for most of his career. >> the difference when you talk about whitey bulger where he fits in the pantheon of american crime is he managed to corrupt the fbi. >> reporter: it was bulger's fbi handler who tipped him off that he was about to be arrested in 1995 after 16 years and a nationwide manhunt, he was finally found living with his girlfriend in a santa monica apartment and brought back to boston. defense attorneys are expected to call more than a dozen witnesses and, if vindicated, bulger himself could also take the stand. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> there was a surprise appearance by a special guest in her hometown last night. amanda berry, one of three women held captive for ten years, waved to the cheering crowd at the rover fest concert in cleveland. it was berry's first public appearance since escaping captivity and one day after her kidnapper ariel castro, was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years. >>> and this pro

rakes claimed he was one of bulger's victims. accusing bulger and his partners of extortion. saying the men threatened his life and forced him to give up his liquor store the one he was riding in 1984. the middlesex district attorney's office put out a statement today regarding the autopsy that was performed saying no signs of trauma were found. the autopsy results are pending toxicology which generally takes several weeks to complete. identified as rakes. authorities said it appeared that he may have been out for a walk and had suffered possibly a medical episode. harris? >> harris: molly. i understand he had been a regular at federal court recently. >> absolutely. rakes was there very, very often. he was looking forward to his chance to testify. he wanted to tell his story. it's pretty powerful words over the course of the last few weeks outside of federal court. take a listen. >> i just can't believe that we're listening to this lawyer say that he had carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. he has a day up on the stand i will have my day. then we will see what the differen

will whitey bulger take the stand? he's worried about his reputation not as a killer but as an informant. we'll see. >> that's right. in a way this is sort of a stage for him, deborah. >> it really is. that's the one thing that they have been pushing the defense lawyers have not argued about whether in fact whitey bulger was involved in any of the killings. they never even asked substantial questions on cross-examination except for a few of the witnesses. they let the murders hang there in the air. it's really, was he really an informant and was that valid? that's what he seems to care about. at one point the judge basically said, what does this have to do? he's not even being charged with being an informant. that's what his defense team has focused on. john? >> deborah feyerick who has been in the courtroom for so much of it, thank you for being with us. >>> overseas now, a memorial will be held tonight for the victims of the deadly train crash in spain. the judge has receipt the spain driver go but not until after ch

bulger himself will testify in his own defense. the charges against him, as i mentioned, include 19 murders. murders that prosecutors say he either ordered or committed back in the 1970s and '80s while he ran boston's winter hill gang. the feds have called more than 60 witnesses since the trial began. among them a businessman who testified whitey bulger once demanded a payment of $400,000 while point ago machine gun at his groin. that businessman says he paid up. bulger's lawyers have already admitted their client is no angel. they acknowledge he did deal drugs, he did extort money. he it take part in organized crime. in fact, so farther accusations they have fought the hardest have been those that bulger was a rat. "the fox report's" correspondent job than hunt is in our newsroom in new york city. they haven't announce weathered bulger will take the stand? >> no, bulger himself and lawyers are still contemplating that decision, shep it would, of course, be unusual for a defendant in this kind of case to actually testify, but some

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a jogger discovering the body of alleged bulger extortion victim steven rakes wednesday. a source says they called it suspicious. rakes was set to testify but prosecutors said he was no longer needed to take the stand. >> it is tragic. it's sad. this case has had more twists and turns than the most creative novelists could come up with. i really don't know what a motive could be. >> reporter: as for bulger's ex-partner, he is expected to face cross-examination next week before the prosecution wraps up its case. then it's the defense's turn leading to one big question -- do you think whitey bulger will take the stand? >> i hope he does. his word went to great lengths last year to say he would take the stand and noticeably did not say he would in the opening statement. >> reporter: more mystery and intrigue in a case with no shortage of either. susan candiotti, cnn, boston. >>> initially investigation showed no signs of foul play in the roler coaster accident in texas at the six flags. rosy esparza died after falling off the roler coaster. witnesses on the texas giant say t

i want you to listen to this. >> stevie is the nail in the coffin for whitey bulger.s his partner, he was there for everything, don. he was there for all the meetings with the fbi. he was there for 90% of the killings. and everything that whitey did, he knew about, whether he was there or he wasn't there. he was well informed. they were partners. but in the end, we know who the real boss was, because, hey, what guy would let a man, okay, kill his own girlfriend? someone that he loved so much. whether he had dropped, you know, a little word to her saying that they were associated with an fbi agent and had to meet him and stuff like that doesn't make -- doesn't matter. >> whitey bulger's 19-count murder trial continues tomorrow. the prosecution may rest its case this week. >>> on the road and out of control. amazing video of two crashes you don't want to miss, next. >>> but first, it's become a sweet comeback story. here's tom foreman with today's "american journey." >> reporter: as american as baseball, apple pie and celebrity gossip, twinkies are returning. eight mont

until after bulger split because kevin weeks was in contact with jim bulger when whitey bulger was onhe lam for several years. >> put it in perspective for those of us who watched "departed." who played weeks? do you recall who may have played him? >> that was a combination. nicholson played the bulger guy. >> right. >> but it wasn't damo or dicaprio because he wasn't a cop. >> that was a combination. those two roles were a melding of several other roles. >> in case you hadn't noticed mike covered this case for years for "the boston globe." not just randomly familiar -- >> whitey bulger's brother bill bulger president of the massachusetts senate for years and refused to talk to me for years because i used to put in the paper that whitey bulger was nothing -- no drugs moved in south boston without whitey bulger and his brother would say no, he does things, but not drugs. doesn't do drugs. which of course nothing could move including cocaine or heroin without his permission. bill bulger told me no, i heard from higher authority than you, who know more than you, he doesn't do drugs. the

how all together has the prosecution tried to portray bulger? >> i think, judy, in your build- up you described it perfectly. they described him as a cold- blooded murderer, as an f.b.i. informant, and as someone who allowed drugs to go through south boston where there were some people, sycophants of him and particularly of his politician brother bill bulger, who said that whitey kept drugs out of southey. i lived there in the 1980s and 1990s, and i knew that was baloney because there were drugs everywhere in south boston and the last couple of days drug dealers have begun to get on the stand and they'll continue to 6get on the stand. and what they have been testifying to today is that whitey bulger took a cut of everything in that town. he took millions of dollars from the drug trade to put out the charade that he wasn't involved in drugs, that he actually chased drug dealers out of south boston. that was the other myth that he and his apologists propagated but there was a drug dealer named billy shea up there today and he explained how whitey

bulger? he says,"strictly criminal." >> reporter: steven "stippo" rakes, a fixture at the trial of suspected mob boss and fbi informant whitey bulger was found dead wednesday, one day after prosecutors told him he wouldn't have to testify. >> my liquor store was never for sale. never, never, never. >> reporter: rakes accused bulger of forcing the sale of his liquor store at gunpoint. he says he couldn't wait to take the stand here against the 83-year-old now on trial for racketeering and 19 murders after more than a decade on the run. >> that night haunts me every night, that night. >> reporter: the 59-year-old was found on the side of the road in the tony boston suburb of lincoln. police say there was no sign of trauma, but an autopsy and investigation are under way. steven davis, whose sister was allegedly strangled by bulger, was a friend of rake's. >> no car. no automobile. no i.d. steve carried his i.d. right here all the time in his pocket. >> do you think he was murdered? >> me? of cou

bulger.y, and this is typical of mob cases, is turning evidence in favor of the government and against mr. bulger and, of course, bulger wasn't happy about it. so the question is, i suppose, how do jurors react when the defendant stands up from the defense table and uses four-letter, barnyard words to describe a witness who's just she testified against him? jon: so answer your own question, what does the jury think? >> i think the jury understands the animosity between the two. mr. bulger does not help himself, because he basically doesn't say you're lying, it's not true. he's saying you're not being faithful to me. so i think the jury fully understands what's going on, and mr. bulger would be a lot better not to say these things. on the other hand, i don't think it matters what bulger says. he's extremely likely to spend the rest of his life in jail. jon: and this judge, this federal judge, denise casper, ends up jumping to her feet and screaming at both of them, hey! >> well, here's why she

jack nicholson, that role was based on whitey bulger.e took the brave acting advice of not doing a boston accent and just playing jack nicholson. i thought that was a very interesting choice. his brother was the president of the state senate, billy bulger. politicians would go on television and be like, we pheer pheer -- we fear billy bulger and not because of whitey because he is a tack turn politician. and everybody e like, yeah, not because his brother is a murderer. >> i for one respect whitey and all he did for the community. the buses ran on time. >> i hope that cut that out and turn it into a racial thing. bill just said i respected whitey. i hope that shows up somewhere. somebody put that on the web. >> next topic, mouthy manatee. keith olbermann is headed back to the place that made him famous. no, not his therapist. espn confirms he will return to host a new late night talk show. oh i hate those. it will be on espn2, but a lot like espn but a year older. they will be free to discuss matters other than sports, but never, ever po

bulger has pleaded not guilty. we are still waiting to learn just how a man on the prosecution's witness list turned up dead on the side of the road wednesday. the chief medical examiner reports the autopsy results may not come back for several weeks. the former liquor store owner had reportedly waited decades to testify against "whitey" bulger. he claimed the suspected mobster threatened his young daughter and forced him at gunpoint to sell his liquor store back in 1984. on wednesday, a jogger found his body a half hour rest -- west of boston. investigators say there were no signs of trauma but his ex-wife says she is certain her former husband did not kill himself. with us now from boston, john shay. he says he was a top enforcer in "whitey" bulger's mob. john served 12 years in federal prison and said he never ratted on his fellow mobsters and told prosecutors he would plead the fifth if they asked him to testify. job is also the author of the book "rat bastards" great to have you. >> thanks for having me and go

at any rate, rakes testified against bulger in bulger's trial which is still ongoing.ust now authorities confirmed that rakes's body was found alongside of a road. no obvious cause of death. they will announce the results of an autopsy. when these details become available. we'll keep you updated. jenna: getting to today's business spotlight, we'll talk a little bit to a company who is thriving despite some of the tougher economic conditions that we've all had to navigate all over the years. sam london is a ceo who is with us. nice to have you with us. you started this company in 2011, so coming out of that recession. tell us a little bit about what your company does. >> sure. so we are the fastest way to find and book fun activities and classes locally. i mean cooking, dance, photography, race-car driving, horseback riding. >> i looked at web site. i can learn to you to make sushi, and jujitsu and all in a week. the sites in new york city -- >> exactly. jenna: why do you think this works in a time when people are watching how they're spending their money and you're sho

. >>> and now, to boston tonight and to the trial of notorious mob boss whitey bulger. and this evening, a plot twist worthy of a detective novel. a man who had been in that courtroom waiting decades to testify against bulger, suddenly found dead. abc's ron claiborne covering the case. >> reporter: every day for weeks, stephen rakes showed up at whitey bulger's trial. >> i can't wait to look him right in the eyes. >> reporter: awaiting the day that he could testify against the former reputed boston mob kingpin. >> bullet-piercing eyes. there is no heart. he probably sleeps in an ice chest. >> reporter: every day, until last wednesday, when rakes was found dead on the side of a road in a boston suburb -- no wallet, no i.d., no signs of trauma. originally, police thought that rakes' death was a suicide, but increasingly, it appears it was not suicide. it was not natural causes, but something suspicious. although an autopsy was inconclusive, investigators now believe his body was dumped where it was found. rakes had been expected to testify that 30 years ago, bulger extort

he also testified that bulger plotted to kill two people to stop them from testifying at trial. flemmi is serving life for murder and racketeering, same charges against bulger. >> and there's palpable tension between these two men. >> they do not like each other. at the end of session on thursday, they stood and stared at each other. and mouthed -- didn't say out loud, some rather sharp expletives. >> you will stay on this story. >> it's an amazing story. >> it really is. >>> and you have the other top stories. >> i have more stories for you. good morning, everyone. happening right now, over in europe, five crew members of the ill-fated "costa concordia" cruise ship have been convicted in italy. just a short time ago, an italian court approved a plea deal where the employees pleaded guilty to manslaughter and negligence. the ship's captain did not get convicted today. he is facing manslaughter charges and is accused of abandoning ship. his trial has been adjourned until september. the cruise line ran aground on the coast of italy in january 2012. 32 passengers and crew were kill

plus a shocking development today in the whitey bulger trial. a potential key witness turned up dead today. >>> and new photos of dzhokhar tsarnaev to counteract "rolling stone's" controversial cover, but do the new images of him glamourize him even more? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, we begin with the breaking news. the city of detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy. it is the biggest city in this country ever to go under. now, in the filing, which i have been reading through this afternoon, detroit says its homicide rate is the highest in 40 years. 78,000 properties are abandoned. emergency vehicles regularly break down and aren't even able to help with fire or police problems, and nearly half of the streetlights in the city of detroit do not work. the filing means $17 billion in pension promises and debt could go down the drain. that leaves tens of thousands of workers and american investors empty handed. out front tonight, bill gross, he's the manager of the world's biggest mutual

it was the first time in nearly 20 years that he had come face to face with bulger. he described his relationship with bulger as strictly criminal and characterized the former crime boss as forceful. he was an informant for the fbi. after testimony, the former partners in crime glared at each other and exchanged heated words. >> the ultimate betrayal. >> it is the ultimate betrayal. in their world, you don't rat out your friends. you could see the tension. you could see the body language. they hate each other. >> police say there were no obvious signs of trauma to rakes body but the whole thing is very suspicious. >>> the bay area is giving hollywood a run for its money. >> the bay area university forces to send classes because too many students were failing. >>> one homeowner got slapped with a big ticket. >>> pushing 90 in saratoga and pittsburgh. and 100 toward clearlake. your updated forecast for the weekend, next. . >> this program is brought to you by your california ford dealer. ford is the right choice for california. >>> lights camera, well you may have hear

first up, whitey bulger. the infamous one time head of the irish mob in boston recently captured after 16 years on the run. >> the 83-year-old is accused of drug trafficking, extortion and murder, all while working as an fbi informant. bulger's defense attorney jw carney acknowledged his client did commit some crimes. but he insisted bulger was not murderer or worse, a government snitch. >> what-- whoa, whoa, whoa. how is a government snitch worse than a murderer? for me, call me old-fashioned, it's always been murderer, all other violent crimes, and somewhere down the bottom tattletale. but according to bulger's lawyer who is an expert if gangster ethics, this actually all makes sense. >> the worst thing an irish person could consider doing was becoming an informant. >> is it? if you honestly think that the worst thing an irish person could consider doing, you've clearly never been to a new york st. patrick's day parade. ever. (applause) i mean ever in your life. so let's move on to case two. jimmy hoffa. fo

bulger's lawyers are saying he has so much more motive than bulger.o on the list a crime associate likely to take the fifth because, brooke, during this trial he was actually imly ka -- implicated in one of the murder. he's about to get his own reality show on a separate issue. bulger's team today tried to refute the notion bulger was an fbi informant. the first person they called was a former supervisor who had interviewed bulger just once. and who says he believed that bulger should have been closed as an informant. the fbi agent said the information was simply not up to standards. he also said he was shocked when during the questioning bulger's corrupt fbi handler showed up. because he wasn't even supposed to be there. prosecutors really took a lot of hits at him. portraying him as a liar. somebody who was prone to hyperbole. he said didn't you lie about arresting the head of the boston mafia? didn't you even lie about finding the rifle used to kill martin luther king jr.? so it wasn't exactly the strongest day for the defense. again, they're doing

he recounted several murders that he said he committed with bulger. including the shocking killing of flemmi's girlfriend, in his own home, because they felt she knew too much. flem flemmi, he said, i'll take it. i'll do it. he grabbed her around the neck and strangled her. prosecutor, what did you do? flemmi, nothing. i was in that courthouse. and those were chilling words to hear. one juror was crying as flemmi, actually in a matter-of-fact tone told that story. and he said bulger plotted to kill two people to stop them from testifying at trial. he is facing the same charges as bulger. >> and there's palpable tension between these two men. >> they do not like each other. at the end of session on thursday, they stood and stared at each other. and mouthed -- didn't say out loud, some sharp expletives. >> you will stay on this story. >>> and you have the other top stories. >> i have more stories for you. good morning, everyone. happening right now, over in europe, five crew members of the ill-fated cot coast to con court ya" cruise ship have been convi

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whitey bulger is facing 19 counts of murder. what rakes was supposedly going to testify about is that he owned a liquor store back in the day when bulger and his associates were allegedly, you know, in their hey day and as rakes was telling other media and what he was supposed to testify to is that in time, bulger and his associates came into that liquor story during this time. it was profitable at the time. and in front of rakes' infant daughter he said he had a gun to his head and told he was going to hand over his liquor store basically to him and that is what he was going to testify to. >> this has been a drama trial up until this point. steven "the rifleman" bulger's key partner, had nasty words before left the stand. they are due back in court today. yesterday wasn't the first time when they are cursed each other out. is this proving to be more of a distraction or does the prosecution believe all of this is contributing to their case against bulger? >> i don't know what the prosecution is thinking. but certainly it is the

bulger going to testify? is he not? they have some general fbi witnesses they plan to call but a lot of it is -- it will be in whitey bulger's hands. prosecutors could wrap up this week with that bigness with we're hearing about. >> bill: it seems to be going on for a long time. what will whitey's defense be? >> we don't know if whitey bulger has a defense. it depends what your definition of defense is as well. defend himself in the trial. doesn't seem so because he's admitting to drug dealing and racketeering. he's just stopping short at saying wait a minute, i was not an informant and i did not kill those two women. that's just him trying to define his legacy. he's thrown his hands up. defense witnesses drug dealers extortion victims. he's not even cross-examinationing them. his defense is he was not an informant. he did not kill. >> bill: i may be a murderer but i'm not a rat. a friend of mine i ran into him last night at dinner. he made a point it is too bad when you think about this trial and the zimmerman trial, i

up his liquor store so bulger could turn it into a front, was found dead.thwest of boston. he was 59 years old. according to police, there were no obvious signs of trauma, but they're not ruling anything out. susan candiotti has more. >> reporter: organized crime, grewen mob hits, all kinds of compelling testimony, but it's what happened outside the courtroom that also now has everyone buzzing. a day after learns he was dropped from the prosecution witness lisstephen railings is found dead, about 30 miles from his home. a shock at the height of the trial of boston's notorious crime boss. 59-year-old rakes was a regular at bulger's trial. for years he contended that bulger and his gang stole his south boston liquor store and took it over as a mob headquarters, and said it again last week. >> my liquor store was never for sale, never, never, never. >> reporter: during a nearly 20-year reign of terror from the '70s to the '90s, bulger ruled the streets of south boston. testimony shows he was also an fbi informant working with a corrupt fbi agent. a 32-count in

and fleming started with a bang saying bulger was a fellow informant for the fbi. he is perhaps the most important witness in the case which features 19 murder charges against bulger. >> he ties white yooi iny into fbi informant, in other words, a rat. number two, being a guy that kills women. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting for us. we take it back to detroit with chris jansing. >> the news conference has begun. we will will live for it again. the governor snyder and the emergency manager here, kevin ork orr. >> they agreed to give us a discount on the swap obligation we have some in the neighborhood of $350 million which was signed years and years ago. the total value of that resolution to the city is somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 million to $80 plus the $180 million we get for secured party agreeing to give up their security interest. that's why we did that deal. [ inaudible question ] >> i'd be happy to listen to any other plan someone can come up with given the restraints we are working under. the reality is with $12 billion in unsecured debt, there

whitey bulger on trial, a witness dead, a mystery unsolved.ws, boston. >> so much history. >>> florida's governor rick scott met with protesters angry over the george zimmerman verdict but he is not giving them what they want. the group has been staging a demonstration demanding that he call a special session to review the stand your ground law. scott told them he believed the self-defense laws should remain unchanged but he called for a day of prayer and unity on sunday. >>> detroit has a new notorious claim to fame. it is the largest city to file for bankruptcy. the recent comeback of the auto industry was not enough to prevent the spiral into financial ruin. years of population decline and paying bill with borrowed money has not helped. the emergency manager says that city services will continue and bills will continue to be paid. the move could lead to service cuts as well as layoffs. and hillary clinton may be considered a shoo-in. the vice president joe biden is not ruling out a third shot at the white house. biden tells gq magazine that

in this case, he admits to murders with whitey bulger. he admits to having a sexual relationship with his teenage stepdaughter and in his version of events, he actually disposed of his stepdaughter's body, pulling out her teeth so she couldn't be identified after bulger killed her. there's no way the prosecution can prevent the defense from cross-examining him on that. that's an issue at trial. rick: and we could learn later today the autopsy results of a guy named steve inriggs who turned up dead recently. he was on the list of possible witnesses to be called by the prosecution and was prepared to talk about how his liquor store was basically extorted by whitey bulger so that bulger could use it as sort of his criminal headquarters there in south boston. this guy turns up dead before he could ever take the stand. what do you make of it, sort of a side show here? what do you make of the whole thing? >> you kind of wonder when you have a mob trial going on and one of the key witnesses turns up dead, everybody is going to suspect something.

we'll hear from a man who worked for bulger right after this. . at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors, where i can go ask for personal recommendations. that's the idea. before you have any work done, check angie's list. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i love you, angie. sorry, honey. ♪ you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> now to the most exciting trial not on television, talking about the trial of reputed mob boss whitey bulger and last week's testimony was some of the craziest yet. he once worked for bulger and the author of "rat bastards: the life and times of south boston's most honorable irish mobster." red, let's go back to wednesday when stephen rakes was found dead less than 24 hours after he l

coming each day to the whitey bulger trial.aiting for the day when he would testify against the reputed longtime head of the boston mob. >> bullet piercing eyes. there's no heart. he probably sleeps in an ice chest. >> reporter: that was stephen "slippo" rakes just a few days ago. >> he was very much looking forward to testifying. >> reporter: rakes would never get that chance. on tuesday, he was dropped from the witness list. the next day, he wasn't at court. and today, a dead body found on the side of the road in a wealthy boston suburb was identified at rakes's. the man he was so anxious to testify against, bulger, was in court today. listening as his alleged former partner in crime, stephen, "the rifleman," flemmi, took the stand for the prosecution. he was asked, "what was your relationship to bulger?" he replied, "strictly criminal." in some ways today was like old times. whitey bulger on trial, a witness dead, a mystery unsolved. ron claiborne, abc news, boston. >>> now we have new information tonight in the death of cor

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bulger wanted him to do it.et over it >> where does this thing go next week? >> next week week going to continue with flemmi's direct. it's hard to imagine it could get any worse than whitey bulger strangling a woman to her death. but we have one lone woman to talk about who may have been strangled by whitey bulger. >>> 13 minutes after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> up next, sour grapes in australia. tens of millions of dollars in wine dumped because americans aren't buying it. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." doll, you're sacrificing seamless color for the perfect wave? i mean surf's up. stop with the sacrificing, start here. light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. thick, creamy, and dude twice the protein and 80 calories. tastes satisfying right? it's awesome. hey, you wanna go surfing? light & fit greek! ♪ dannon! ♪ oh! something bit me! every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp support

is this the whitey bulger you knew? >> it was very typical of whitey bulger to do that.at was his -- that was his m.o., don. >> and that's all you'll say, that's his m.o., simple as that? >> yep, that was his m.o., there's not much more to say than that. he's a guy that would -- that had done these things and that was his m.o. and that's what he preached and taught. >> yeah. so, john, you know, the big question looking ahead to next week is, will whitey bulger take the stand? i mean, if he does, that is going to be riveting. do you think he has the guts to do it? >> well, listen, don, here's a guy whose defense says that he wants to take the stand and we're ready to take the stand. now they are in court and saying, well, you know, maybe he will or maybe he won't and the government said, well, put him on the stand. the government said that. put him on the stand. as i told you in the last show, i challenge him to get on the stand. don, no matter what, they'll eat him alive. the best thing he could do is not get on the stand and just -- and just keep the faith where it's go

bulger has been involved in.had witnesses, people in the gang with him and others talk about his participation in murders. him picking up weapons to kill people who were at phone booths. him starangling witnesses. there is detail tying him to murders and racketeering and drug dealing. all of these prosecution witnesses have pretty much detailed a legacy as a criminal crime boss, a man who wielded tremendous power in the underworld in boss. >> "the boston globe's" mike bello, thank you. >> thank you. >> today's producer's pick from carrie who is feeling the good vibrations today. on late night with jimmy fallon, brian williams challenged markie mark. look for yourself. ♪ >> yo. it's about time to bring forth the rhythm and rhyme. time will hit mine. yours. i want to be swept coming at your pores on the how tip and how swinging and strictly hip-hop and black white red brown and feel the vibration. >> whoever edits that needs an award. one of the member of the funky bunch, check it out again by hitting the my facebo

as far as whitey bulgerer victims he is a very minor victim. maybe he wanted to respond and wanted to nail whitey bulger. i don't think this is adding up as far as this is the guy he is going to take out with 19 murders. >> i don't think this is the last witness. >> well done. your safe. >> wait for the autopsy. >> one of the theories is that it was a suicide. if you are going to get called to a trial like that -- >> any of you watch "the sopranos"? >> this guy is a serious man. if you need help let me know. whitey is probably watching this right now. you're not a bad guy. >> i said i don't think whitey did kill him. i am skeptical because this guy wasn't a major threat. he is on trial for 19 murders. >> this guy's girlfriend didn't have anything except for one line. >> why don't we let the record show that everyone at this table has more information about the mafia than dana perino. i know nothing, whitey. >> it is not the mafia. >> he was part of the mafia. >> well done, greg. >> thank you very much. >>> more retailers are pulling "rolling st