agent that was handling whitey bulger and. some of the other top echelon informants and you might recall that each call rico was dragged in front of congress for that hearing they had resulted in a report called everything secret that generates the f.b.i.'s use of murderers informants and h. paul rico was asked do you how do you feel you some people to jail innocent people to jail they died their people died because of what you did by giving information to you are mobster c. eyes people died because of it how do you feel he literally shrugged his shoulders and what do you want he is. wow i did this is this is a ha ha you can look it up of these this all exists and what happen is for rico not they. what happened to lindsey del vecchio nothing what happened to the the mahogany row as they call the upper echelons of the f.b.i. that allowed all of this through take place nothing. what do you get when you mix two decades worth of snapshots from the hubble space telescope why is . observatories adaptive optics system in near infrare

union told us bulger was transferred for bad behavior.also says this facility cut 74 jobs just this year. and, jeff, because this prison is so dangerous, the inmates here call it "misery mountain." >> glor: nikki battiste still on the story for us tonight. nikki, thanks. new court documents have been released detailing how an f.b.i. sting led to the arrest of a man iniginally from iraq. he is now accused of showing off his bomb-making skills to an informant who convinced him he was plotting an attack. carter evans picks up the story. >> reporter: federal investigators in tucson swooped in and arrested ahmad suhad ahmad for showing them how to build and blow up a bomb. the sting operation lasted nearly two years. here's how it went down: according to documents just unsealed, ahmad first told an f.b.i. criminal informant, back in december of 2016, that he "knew how to detonate a bomb by using a cellular phone." he allegedly said, "the bombs were easy to make," and that he learned how to do it, "during the war in iraq." source tell cbs news,

daniel kelly represents geas. >> he was aware of whitey bulger. he had a distaste for informants. >> reporter: bulger's violent death mirrored his life. did was based on the mania mobster. his death made headlines in the papers that made him infamous. the boston globe shelley murphy has reported on whitey bulger's mob life for over 30 years and says in prison, his cooperation with the fbi made him a target. there d looked for him.o bed as for freddy geas, it doesn't take much for a 51-year-old to beat an 89-year-old man in a wheelchair to death. >> reporter: people didn't know who freddy geas was until now. >> in his mind he'll be a hero. in the prison population he would be. this is a guy serving a life sen dense and now he will be known as the guy who killed whitey bulger. >> reporter: the president of the prison's union told us bulger was transferred forbad behavior. he also says this facility hcut 74 jobs just this year. because this prison is so dangerous, the inmates here call it misery mountain. >> nikki battiste on the story for us tonight

james 'whitey' bulger.(grant) bulger was found dead tuesday at a prison in west virginia... (grant) and his death is being investigated as a homicide. we need to warn you that some viewers might find details in this report disturbing. brian todd reports. tonight new information -- indicating that boston's most notorious crime boss ever.. was targeted in prison.the new york times cites law enforcement officials-- saying james "whitey" bulger was in a wheelchair when he was attacked at hazelton prison in west virginia.that he was beaten beyond recognition with a padlock, stuffed inside a sock.the times, citing a law enforcement source not directly related to the case, reports bulger's eyes appeared to have been dislodged from his head.that it's not clear whether his attackers gouged-out his eyes-- or if they were knocked out because he was beaten so severely. shelley murphy:"frankly whitey went out the way that he lived. i mean he - that is what he did to his victims. he was vicious. he strangled- he was convicted of strangling a woman and then he would go upstairs and take a

pleasure in bulger's murder.michael kendall:"but there is such loathing for bulger and for what he did with his murders, his drugs, his corruption, that obviously he's not a person that engenders many feelings of sympathy from anyone." (pam) coming up: the department of homeland security says, technology is making it possible ... for medical devices to be hacked. how d-h-s is working with the f-d-a to keep patients safe. (ken)and next: crowds are gathering in central park for a chance to see what's being dubbed the manhattan mystery bird. one theory explains how the duck... native to east asia... ended up in the big apple. an incredible sight is baffling people in the big apple ... and around the nation . a rare bird known for its vibrant colors has mysteriously appeared in central park. (pam) les trent looks into how the bird .. which is native to east asia .... ended up thousands of miles away .. in manhattan. a rare duck not usually found in north america was spotted swimming in central park, prompting a flock of onlookers. the mandarin duck, which is usually found in japan and chin

bulger.'m not willing to concede based on media reports he's been involved. >> you talked to him a couple of days before bulger's death. what did you talk about? >> we talked about the weather, sports, football. he's a big new england patriots football fan, rather innocuous things given what he's been accused of recently. >> given the history you described between gias and bulger and given that gias was already in prison in hazelton, do you think officials made a mistake by sending bulger there? should they have known better, thinking perhaps disaster was around the corner? >> they absolutely should have. that prison is high security and it's a particularly dangerous one. mr. bulger was the third person to die this year. it really only houses about 1,500, 1,600 people. however, a lot of them are hardened killers. it's extremely violent, dangerous environment. it didn't make sense to put someone who had a long history as cooperating informer into that environment. >> it's been said that bulger

bulger.tigators say he was brutally beaten by at least two inmates, and one was a mafia hitman possibly exacting revenge. jason carol joins us now with more. it's grew gruesome. >> he is dead and investigators are left to determine not only who did it, why they did it, but also how they were able to do it in a maximum security prison. law enforcement officials tell "the new york times" the two inmates allegedly involved in whitey bulger's murder used a padlock stuffed in a shock to beat and kill bulger who "the times" says was in a wheelchair. the beating was so forceful it displaced bulger's eyeballs, unclear, the source says, if his attackers gouged them out or if they were knocked out. a mafia hitman from bulger's home state is serving a life sentence for murder and his former attorney says the two mobsters ran in the same criminal circle. >> so he probably had a lot of reasons to not be very happy with people like mr. bulger. i am not ready to concede that he was involved, but i understan

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what are you hearing about whitey bulger's final moments of life?it sounds like his final moments were everybody bit as brutal and merciless as the murders that he committed, that the details are that, yes, you know, two inmates at least were seen walking into his cell in the morning that he was brutally beaten, there were scratches around his eyes, indicating that maybe they tried to gouge his eyes out. by all accounts a very brutal end. this from a guy who inflicted, you know, he tortured his victims. so his end was very much like his own crimes. >> shelly, you've covered him for years. you wrote the book on him. when you first heard he'd been killed in his cell, what was your immediate reaction? >> i was stunned frankly. i was stunned. i believed an inmate of his high-profile nature, not only because of all the enemies he earned within the underworld and within the mafia but also because we knew he'd been a long-time fbi informant. generally the bureau of prisons puts people like that in places that they consider safe. earlier he had been at a pr

one of the victims of bulger's gang, debra davis, killed when she was just 26. her brother steven speaking with us tonight. do you feel at peace now with his death? >> very much so. he's where he belongs, in the dirt where he put a lot of other people. >> all right, gio benitez with us live tonight from boston. gio, as you reported there, he was transferred to that new prison, less than 24 hours before the murder. do we know why he was transferred? >> reporter: well, david, sources say that he was moved there because of medical reasons, but now investigators really want to know tonight how he could have ended up dead almost immediately after walking into that prison. david? >> gio, thank you. >>> we're going to turn to the investigation into a gruesome discovery here in new york city. the bodies of two sisters from virginia were found floating in the hudson river. investigators say they were found together with duct tape, they'd been bound together, and were alive when they originally went into the water. they were from saudi arabia originally, and here's abc's

authorities now believe bulger was beaten repeatedly with a lock in a sock. the brutal attack taking place inside the 89-year-old's cell just hours after he arrived at this west virginia prison. citing individuals believed on the attack, "the boston globe" revealing investigators eyeing two inmates as potential suspects. one of them a 51-year-old mafia hitman from western massachusetts serving a life sentence for his role in two murders. the globe reporting video surveillance captured him and another inmate entering the cell about two hours before he was found unresponsive. >> he was just as much of a killer and a cold person as whitey bulger. >> reporter: the man ended up behind bars only after his friends gave him up to the feds. perhaps a reason to rub out bulger who for years sent rival mafia members to prison as an fbi informant while his own criminal enterprise grew. >> he hates rats. and whitey is the king of all rats. that's why freddie would want to kill him. >> reporter: the attorney says he spoke to his client days before bulger's killing. >> he is

shocking new details about the savage killing of imprisoned mob boss whitey bulger. why was he beaten beyond recognition? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. an e-mail exchange from the peak of the 2016 presidential campaign shows longtime trump ally roger stone had contact with top trump campaign official steve bannon about the wikileaks release of stolen democratic e-mails. a source says the special counsel robert mueller now has those e-mails. mueller's team has been focusing in on roger stone and has interviewed steve bannon at least three times. that comes as president trump tries to change the subject in these, the waning days of the mid-term campaign, playing the race card and stoking fears about immigration. i'll speak with senator ron widen of the senate intelligence committee and our correspondents and specialists are standing by with full coverage. let's begin with the breaking news about roger stone's communications with the highest level of the trump campaign. bring in our cnn political correspondent sara murray and justi

. >>> breaking overnight, what happened just before notorious gangster james "whitey" bulger was killed in prison and word of a possible second suspect. >>> whale of a rescue. >> sam, right there. get it. >> the man who took a leap of faith to rescue the massive whale tells us why he did it and how he pulled it off. >>> plus, the secret revealed. why some people get through to customer service right away and others get put on hold. >>> and we say good morning on this friday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linsey davis. we begin with president trump's closing argument ahead of election day taking his new plan to crack down on illegal immigrants directly to as many voters as possible. >> in a pitch to supporters in missouri last night, the president continued to stoke fears about that migrant caravan heading north to the u.s. he's now proposing a major change at the border while suggesting that migrants could be shot if they pose a danger to u.s. troops. abc's lana zak is covering it all from d.c. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and linsey. president trump says

in the past. >> he knew who whitey bulger was. you know, h reputation for being an informant. >> reporter: this morning no charges have been announced in th t case and sources tell nbc news grease is one of several potential actors in the killing. in the end, turning one of the country's most ruthless into the victim. while we are getting a better picture of what happened to bulger, there is a mystery tha remains. why was he transferred to the west virginia prison in the first place and why was he placed in the general pulation? his death at that notoriously violent facility is the third in seven months, guys. they are supposedly a lot of people wondering if this was an accident waiting to happen. >> you would think they could look at the papers and figure out who ordered it. >> you would think. >> being investigated. >> thank you. >>> all right. we have a lot ore to get to this morning, including, you guys, it's the holiday season. itves here. er 1st. joe fryer is outside to prove it. good rning. inorep>>teheoor:mod grn street an

bulger's partner pleaded guilty to her murder but says it was bulger who strangled her. >> do you feelace now with his death? >> very much so. he's where he belongs in the dirt where he put a lot of other people. >> reporter: and now this morning, some are raising questioning about why bulger was moved to that prison and put into the general population but, cecilia, as you just heard his victims are not complaining. >> quite a story. okay, gio, thank you. george? >>> now we have a frightening crash caught on tape. take a look at this right here. a driver plows into a liquor store in michigan, hits that man inside. thankfully that man survived. he broke his hip and leg but is expected to recover. the woman was driving erratically and reversed into the store and she's now facing charges for driving under the influence. michael? >>> we're going to switch gears to the boston red sox and that blunder. hundreds of fans out celebrating the new world series champs but they may have taken it just a little too far with the excitement, or maybe trying out for the team, i don't know but t.j. holme

bulger died just hours after being transferred to a new prison in west virginia.ing investigated as a homicide. abc's daria albinger has more. >> reporter: investigators are now trying to determine if notorious boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger was whacked behind bars. just 24 hours after being transferred to a new prison in west virginia, he was found severely beaten according to "the new york times." officials telling "the times" he was attacked with a padlock stuffed inside a sock. >> you're going to be responding to the maximum security. they advise cpr in progress. >> reporter: bulger was known as a snitch, an fbi informant who provided information on his rivals. a key suspect in his death, mob hit-man freddy geas, serving a life sentence as the same prison at bulger. bulger spent 16 years on the run with his girlfriend until their capture in 2011 in santa monica. he was responsible for at least 11 murders. one of the victims of bulger's gang, deborah davis, killed when she was just 26. her brother appearing relieved bulger is now dead. >> he didn't deser

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confined to a wheelchair, according to a prison who says he saw bulger's bus pull in. notorious mobster turned fbi snitch, who had a long list of enemies, was asked if he wanted to be put in the general population, and he agreed. at 9:53, accordi to the 89-year-old was put in his cell. at roughly 6:15 tuesday morning the nighttime lockdown was lifted and inmates were allowed out for breakfast. 8:00 a.m. bulger's body, his head badly beaten, was discered by guards. >> very violent facility. >> reporter: an employee at usp hazleton in west virginia serves as the local president of a federal labor union. speaking on camera for the first time exclusively to nbc news he says the prison is understaffed and very vlent. >> a lot of times inmates are beaten stabbed. my staff are assaulted and stabbed. >> reporter: he couldn't discuss the specicsf bulger's death, but last week five members of congress wrote a letter to attorney general jeff sessions addressing concern overou danger continual understaffing and recent deaths at federal isons, including hazleton. the documents shed

whitey bulger was also from massachusetts.ry confinement after the killing. they cut out one's tongue for those who snitch. whitey bulger was for many years an fbi informant. there are many questions why someone like this man, a high-profile former mobster was allowed to be in gen pop or the general population. these are some of the questions a lot of folks will have coming forward. >> he wasn't by himself. he wasn't isolated or protected. >> and how would it happen in a prison? and the cops don't discover it until the next day. >> thanks very much. >>> coming up for us, around the world, employees at google walking out. staging big protests after a stunning and disturbing report about how the company has handled sexual misconduct and harassment allegations. well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and st

at 8:00 a.m., bulger's body was discovered by gouuards.cal president of a federal labor union. speaking on camera for the first time exclusively to nbc news, he says the prison is understaffed and very violent. >> a lot of times, inmates are beaten, stabbed, my staff are assaulted, my staff are stabbed. >> reporter: he couldn't discuss the specifics of bulger's death. but last week, five members of congress wrote a letter to attorney general jeff sessions, about understaffing at prisons, including hazelton. this also sheds light on a transfer to west virginia. they suggest he had multiple discipline issues at the previous federal prison in florida. in february, he threatened a nursing sooue ining supervisor,, her day of reckoning is coming. the documents suggest he was kept in solitary confinement until october, also completing he had medical treatment before being sent to west virginia. an employee at the west virginia prison tells us, they regularly receive inmates with medical conditions but not in need with constant care because there'

bulger was beaten beyond recognition.ne inmate involved has ties to organized crime in massachusetts. >>> health officials confirming a tenth child died at the center for nursing and rehabilitation in new jersey. 27 pediatric cases have been linked to the virus. the center is not admitting new residents until outbreak is over. the cdc is helping with lab tests. the team will visit the facilities, including the wanaque center this month to conduct training. >>> inspector general report says priceless nasa artifacts were lost because of poor record keeping. nasa does not have adequate processes in place to manage the assets. among the relics of space history lost, the lunar collection bag and rover that was sold to a scrap yard. nasa said it would develop better ways for the historical items by the spring of 2020. >>> in baseball, the loss of one of the all-time hall of fame grates. ledge end willie mccovey. he was a fearsome hitter in the 1970s to form one of the greatest duos with willie mays. the flag at at&t park is ove

lawyer i was assistant to the attorney general of the us after watergate. 1975. 1975-77 -- whitey bulgerh officials accountable including our president. from 1981—85 accountable including our president. from 1981-85 i accountable including our president. from 1981—85 i was chief federal prosecutor in massachusetts where corruption had been studied and found to be a way of life. and after we won 45 consecutive cases, many of them were people very close to the powerful mayor of the city of boston, i was appointed a united states district judge, boston, i was appointed a united states districtjudge, a federal trialjudge. it is in that capacity that i did the bulger case 20 years ago, but this, and also sentenced the speaker of the house of representatives, the head of the parliament, to eight years in prison for taking bribes. my experience i think says two things. they are releva nt to think says two things. they are relevant to our discussion, shaun. one is, the us is not distinguish because it doesn‘t have corruption. we do. we are distinguished because we try to do something about it. a

bulger became an fbi informant during the time when the agency was trying to bring down the italian mob. >>> a growing mystery. two sisters found bound together by duct tape in new york city's hudson river. their bodies hundreds of miles from home. authorities are being tight lipped on this case while asking the public for help. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest from the scene. stephanie, what can you tell us? >> reporter: frances, the gruesome discovery of these sisters happen the just here on the hudson river. there was a passer-by who noticed their body and called the police. that was a week ago. still today there are many unanswered questions. new york city police want the public's help. anything anyone may know about two young sisters from saudi arabia. the bodies ies were found last in the hudson river just off of manhattan pier, bound together by duct tape around their ankles and waists. they were dressed in similar clothes, black leggings and fur-lined black coats. the younger sister had been reported missing. their deaths remain a mystery. according to multiple sources briefe

neighborho >>> news about whitey bulger. a mafia hitman is under suspicion for brutally killing the cme boss inside a west virginiarison. guards found bulger unresponsive aftehe was transferred to the prison tuesday morning. he 89-year-old was the head of boston's irish mob and an fbi informant. >>> this morning we're learning abent an app secret proposal between two supreme court justices. we're talking about sandra day o'connor and william rehnquist. they were known friends and actually dated for a little while. once they graduated, rehnquist went to work in washington and o'connor.ing in one of the letters, he proposed. the answer was apparencay no e they both went on to marry other people, but they were threunited oe supreme court. an author working on a book for o'connor made that discovery. >>> well, a lot of creativity d planning goes into halloween costumes. >> people go through a lot of effort to make these costumes. one of my favorite toddlers may have taken the cake for best costume this year. this is 3-year-old p

where they're under threat in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight told a day not unlike this one bulger in dissident and journalist yogi markup was murdered on london's waterloo bridge allegedly by a member of his country's secret service the weapon of choice a poison tipped umbrella. attacks on journalists are nothing new they've been going on bryza long as the powerful about something to hide from the people but the silencing of free speech is no less shocking for that whether by bombs by bullet or other insidious means. the two thousand and eighteen version of the umbrella murder on waterloo bridge the alleged strangulation and dismemberment of exiled saudi journalist jamal khashoggi inside the country's consulate in istanbul the middle east is at the louis rank of the. reporters without borders index for freedom of press it is the was pleased to be a journalist we know of cases where journalists are. just one in many in syria in palestine in egypt across the region in the gulf this is a pattern that has gone on for far too long what chance of justice for her and the great many other

. >> the death of whitey bulger has been ruled a homicide.

one law enforcement official said bulger was unrecognizable. investigators are working to narrow the list of suspects in his murder. >>> people risk their lives serving our country, now some veterans are running for congress. here are some of the candidates our next guest is supporting. he is the ceo and co-founder of with honor a bipartisan group supporting veterans running for congress. i have been following all of the work that you've done. it's an incredible number of veterans running this year. right? it >> really is. thanks, dana. we tracked over 400 veterans who have run for u.s. house seats alone in the united states. it's no surprise how dysfunctional and polarized our congress is. but what is often a surprise is that our congress is near a record low number of veterans in congress. used to be as high as over 70%. it is now below 19%. we're planning to do something about that here as we head into the midterms. >> dana: when did you decide to support veterans? what sets them apart from a leadership standpoint? >> we look at three charac

n>> new details abo the death of notorious bos gangster james whitey bulger. a mafia hitman is under suspicion for brutally killing the former crime boss. he is an ex-mob boss serving a life sentence. guards fnd bulger unresponsive after he was transferred to the prison t morning. the 89-year-old was the head of boston's irish mob and an fbi informant. >>> this morning we're learning about an apparent secret proposal between two s court justices. we're talking about sandra day o'nnor and william rehnquist, who served as chief justice. the two met in law school at stanford. they were known friends and actually dated for a little while. once theygraduated, rehnquist went on to work in washington and began writing o'connor. in one of tse tters, he proposed. the answer was apparently no because they both went on to marry other people. they were reunited on the supreme court. an author working on a book for o'connor made that discohiry. >> of what could have been. >> would have been interesting. >>>well, a lot of creativity and planning goes into halloween costumes

bulger is one of the things our staff faces every day. they also face other events outside the scope of their ordinary duties. exactly seven weeks ago today, the hurricane passed over our prison. most of the 283 staff stayed at the facility and rode the storm out to protect and secure the inmate population. they stayed and carried out our mission, not knowing if their families were safe or if their houses still stood. the storm caused over $30 million in damage, including significant roof damage and destruction of most of the perimeter fencing. due to the extent of the damage to the facility and to the local area, we moved the inmates out of the facility and did so in less than two days. staff moved all 1200 inmates from an area that had no power to an area that had outside assistance. we did that with very little security. areas across the south lost all they had. one staff member in petersburg, virginia lost her mother and brother from floodwaters in the storm. i traveled to florida to assess the damage and support our staff there. pict

bulger is the challenges we deal with every day. our staff face unexpected events outside the scope of their every day duties. exactly 7 weeks ago hurricane michael tore through florida, and the i-pass directly over our facility in mariana, florida, most staff road the storm out at the facility to protect the secure the inmate population. they stayed and carried out our mission not knowing if their families were safe or if their houses still stood. the storm caused $30 million in damage, roof damage, destruction of most of the perimeter fencing. cue to the extent of the damage to the facility and local area we moved the inmates out of the facility and did so in less than two dies. staff moved all 1200 inmates from an area that had no power on difficult roadications, during day and night with little to nooids agency assistance. we did that with not a single injury or breach of security. many staff at mariana, and elsewhere across the south lost all they had. tragically one staff member in virginia lost her brother and mother in flood

bulger is one of the many challenges bureau staff deal with every day. our staff also face unexpected events outside the scope of their everyday duties. exactly seven weeks ago today, hurricane michael tore through the florida panhandle. the eye passed directly over our facility in marianna, florida. most of the 283 staff stayed at the facility and rode the storm out to protect and secure the inmate population. they stayed and carried out our mission, not knowing if their families were safe or if their houses still stood. the storm caused over $30 million in damage, including significant roof damage and destruction of most of the perimeter fencing. due to the extent of the damage to the facility and to the local area, we moved the inmates out of the facility and did so in less than two days. staff moved all 1,200 inmates from an area that had no power on difficult road conditions during day and night with little to no outside agency assistance. we did that with not a single injury or breach of security. many many staff at marianna and elsewhere across th

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. >>> a convicted mafia hitman is a top suspect in the death of infamous mobster whitey bulger. an unnamed source tells the associated press that freddie geas and at least one other inmate played a role in bulger's death. prison officials found the body in the cell on tuesday. investigators are now treating the case as a homicide but they've not yet released an official cause of death. >>> google fashions a hifaces a high-profile today. ahead, we'll talk to "the new york times" reporter who broke the story of a $90 million payout to one executive about the growing demands for change inside google. first, it is >>> it is new technology, always better when it comes to medical procedures? we'll look at new research raising questions about surgeries billed as less invasive. why our dr. david aguest says it's a wakeup call. >>> plus, women in the midterm elections. we'll look at how female voters could decide the results. and find out what caused a dramatic collision of a cruise ship with a crane that triggered a massive fire. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ we're in memphis, t

bureau is admitting it is short-handed at the federal prison where the notorious gangster whitey bulger js killed last week. found deadt one day after arrived in hazelton, west virginia. our i-team revealed a series of incidents and attacks at that prison and that included the mu er of twoinmates from d.c. just this year. the correctional union is blaming staff shortages. in a statement to the i-team, the u.s. bureau of prisons says hazelton has 36 vacant positions for correctional >>> we've all heard the same. what's old is new for one of the stars of the go go basketball am, it couldn't ring truer. and thanks to a rectangle court, his life is coming full circ. >> reporter: he played basketball across the globe. four continents, to be exact. but d.c. has always been them to devin sweetney and now his world tour has led him back home >> that was my bedroom window. the top of that hill, alabama avenue. >> reporter: that's where you canee the go go teampl . a g league team where players have a shot to getting called up to the nba. so devin's new home is smack in the middle of h old one. >

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. >> whitey bulger was on the run 20 years, we knew who he was, we didn't catch him. >> stephen: no. here's my point -- >> stephen: people were wondering, leading up to this, what was the motivation of this person. >> i don't know care what the motivation was. >> stephen: why is not? it doesn't matter. >> stephen: of course it matters. >> no, it doesn't. >> stephen: what do you mean. because he's a criminal. >> stephen: if somebody is going out and strangling only left-handed people and you say, strangler caught, uh, hates left-handed people. >> what if he -- >> stephen: if i'm left-handed why would i want to know that. >> then democrats should hang their head in shame? he was a psychopath. >> stephen: the article describes the person who did it, doesn't describe anyone else, just him. >> it's basically giving the president responsibility for what this nut did when, in fact, the president deserves responsibility for -- >> stephen: no, he said that guy is a fan of the president that's all. >> you think that's the lead headline in "the washington post" the day he was arrested. >> steph

. >>> the inmates who killed whitey bulger tried to cut out his tongue.igators say bulge rerr wa beaten beyond recognition. one inmate has ties to organized crime in massachusetts. >>> a tenth child has died from the virus outbreak at the wanaque center in new jersey. 27 pediatric cases have been linked to the virus and one staff member was sickened. the center is not admitting new residents. the cdc is assisting with lab testing. >>> price less nless nasa artif were lost because of poor record keeping. nasa doesn't have the ability to manage heritage assets. among the relics lost? apollo 11 collection bag. a prototype lunar rover sold to a scrap yard. nasa said it would develop better ways for dealing with historical items by 2020. >>> while you were sleeping, jimmy fallon showed outtakes from campaign ads recorded by the president. >> first is alabama. >> it sounds too much like obama. next. >> okay. hawaii. >> hawaii is a beautiful, beautiful country. >> massachusetts. >> god bless you. >> that wasn't a sneeze. >> what is the next state? >> massachuset

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as len bulger recently tweeted it's not clear whether democrats have, quote, solved our problem withoters and that will be the difference between winning and losing in close races. for all of washington's obsession with base politics, independents are the largest segment of the electorate. republicans and democrats have around 30%, self identified independent voters have averaged 43% in 2018. ten states where registered independent voters outnumber registered republicans or democrats. iowa, colorado and new hampshire. in an election that trump has described as a referendum on his presidency, approval between independents is 39%. take a look at the gender gap. male independent support is 48%. among female independent voters a dismal26%. as the two parties become more polarized, gaps tend to rise. we'll find out tomorrow night whether that trend continues for independent voters who are looking for more checks and balances in washington. and that's your reality check. >> gender gap is really interesting. >> i hadn't seen it broken down that way. >> just 28% of independent women. >> 26.

james 'whitey' bulger. new information shows that bulgar was targeted in prison.hen he was attacked. they added he was beaten beyond recognition. the attorney for inmate fotios "freddy" geas says he believes his client is a suspect in the murder. the attorney says geas was in solitary confement because he was under investiation. he added that geas did not like informats and he is in prison for the murder of an informant. bulgar was a well-knonw informant for the f-b-i. for years he gave the agency information on rival mobsters. ( james ) toyota is recalling a little more than a million vehicles because it found that the air bags could suddenly inflate without warning -- or fail to work at all in the event of a crash. the recall is for scion x-a vehicles from 2004 through 2006 in the u.s. worldwide -- more than a dozen additional models are affected. the good news is dealers will replace the air bag control unit and owners will be notified in decemeber. no word on any crashes or injuries so far. ( darya ) starbucks is looking to continue expanding its brand worldwi

it might be he's afraid of ending up like whitey bulger about something he may reveal about the bad actors in europe. >> it sounds like you don't see this as a blow to the mueller team. even though this undoes the cooperation of a star, potentially star witness. look, they got the information they need. they fact checked him and found out when he was lying and now they don't need him anymore. is that right? >> yes. and the fact of the matter now is mr. manafort has two choices. he can renig or go to jail for a longer time. >> "politico" makes an interesting point this morning about whether a government shutdown could sideline mueller and his team. of the seven appropriations bills that need to get passed, is the commerce justice science bill which has some funding for mueller's probe of the white house. if there is a shut down, it will be up to president donald trump whether to make mueller essential already keep him sidelined until congress finds a funding solution. that's fascinating. are you concerned about that? >> first of all, i don't know who members of congress that actually want a

. >> this is precisely what glen bulger the republican poster said, i have no doubt, a republican pollsterve livened our base from what it was in september. what i have a doubt about, what i have a question mark about is where are we with independents or some of those other folks that we need to bring on board in addition? >> they are mpg tanking them. they know that. also for women in those suburban districts. trump is down 20 points. you look at all the districts where trump won by a couple percentage points republicans are not polling well there. and you have 41 open republican seats, including in a lot of places in these suburban districts where women are going to make the difference. >> my point is in marginal statewided you could lose ground in suburban areas that cost you state wise. >> why should anybody believe anything until election day. >> we should wait is we should count them. interesting things in the last couple of days increasingly people have early voted. you don't change your list late in the last few days. they are decided. that part is over. now it is about getting the

we are proud to bulger is british and our position on sovereignty has not and will not are proud gibraltar is british and our position on sovereignty has not and will not change. we will leave the european union in a smooth and orderly way. it protects the citizens living in the u.k. and those living in the eu so they can carry on living their lives as before. it delivers the time implemented the liberation period to give us time to prepare for the arrangements. trade will continue on current terms so businesses only have to face one set of changes. it ensures a fair settlement of financial obligations. less than half of some expectations. there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland and no customs border in the irish the. in the event the future relationship is not ready by the end of the implementation period. mr. speaker some members remain concerned that we could find ourselves stuck in the backstop. let me address this directly. this is an insurance policy no one wants to use it both the u.k. and the eu are fully -- but the u.k. and eu are fully committed to havin