they do not come any bigger than al capone. >> of capone was suspected of carrying out or ordering numerous murders in the roaring 20's, including the street valentine's day massacre in 1929. this was of capone's gun, a colt 38 which was only used by him. the auction of this piece of history is likely to cause a frenzy among collectors. >> anybody interested in the most notorious gangster that ever lived, to own his personal sidearm -- is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. >> the gun is being sold by a private collector and comes with a sworn affidavit from al capone path brother's widow. >> we have a letter from his sister in law categorically stating this gun was owned and used solely by al capone while he was alive. on his death, it passed to his brother, ralph. >> there is no telling how many people looked down the barrel of this gun, but the fact that it was owned and used by al capone, scarred face, as he was known, will make it popular art at auction. the guide price is between $81,000.100 $14,000. al capone was jailed for tax evasion in 1931. he served seven -- he served and then re

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and capone found out that they made -- they started a racket in the first black businesses, the five dimestores. and they made $100 million one year in the '30s, and that's, like, a billion dollars, you know. and he freaked out. he underestimated them, and he ran them out of chicago to mexico. and the next day my father came and got my brother and i out of the barbershop, put us on a bus with him and went to the northwest. >> seattle. >> yeah. thank god. and still gangsters, right, so doing everything, burning down dance halls and drinking, and the stories and everything, man. and we broke into an army one week and we heard they had this -- this lemon meringue pie and ice cream so, we broke in, ate up all that and got tired and full and had pie fights. >> inside the place you broke into. you're still in there. >> yeah. pie fights. and we were in the business of breaking into rooms separately, you know, and i broke into this supervisor's room. i had a piano there and almost closed the door. thank god something above said go back to the door,diot, and i bent over to that piano, and i k

a -- >>> and a handgun once owned by notorious gangster al capone is going up for sale tomorrow in londonction house chrsti's is selling the.30 special revolver. chrsti's expects the winning bidder to cough up at least $80,000. >> randi, time for the ridiculist. tonight we're adding those heartless folks who are criticizing the love between this actor and his new bride. i'm talking about a guy named doug hitch is son. apparently he was in a movie "the green mile" and had small roles on "lost kwgds and the x files". he's 51 years old. a few weeks ago in las vegas he married a 16-year-old girl. now, a lot of people are making a bunch of noise about how the girl, courtney sto trngz ten, is a mine for and how there's a 35 year age difference between them. blah blah blah. i don't see what the big deal is. the wedding was on may 20th according to my calendar. that was a friday. so she probably only had to miss one day of high school. what was she going to miss in 11th grade, anyway? algrebra? it gets me thinking who is this young lady who found true love with a character actor in his early 50s.

. >> can i say about john edwards -- this is like getting al capone on taxes. what he did was on savory in the moral sense, but to try to find some legal way to nail him by talking about campaign finance laws is a stretch. the laws ostrich by every candidate. this was a moral offense, not one where you can indict him for what he actually did you look for a money way to hang it on him. i don't think that is the way justice ought to be done. >> the first rule of scandal is that it is never the act itself, always the cover-up. rule two is that everybody for its role 1 -- forgets rule one. that is what weiner did. the most dangerous place in washington is the space between anthony weiner and a microphone. [laughter] he can't shut up. "is that a picture of your crotch?" -- he can't say no? >> colby? >> in my daily scriptural readings, i came across, "deal gently." i will cut nina short and say i never imagined how he got the camera there -- >> all right, all right, that is the last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashingt

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failures of people that have it isn't it sort of also traditional in chicago where from the times of al capone in the now you're not offering so i mean you take if i to describe what europe is all about you wouldn't want to live there i guess you know i mean there are there are issues there in europe and we don't want to get into on you know where the real market is because we're like me talking about germany and that's usually what we're trying to fight corruption here in moscow with everybody in russia and many people are saying this is difficult because it's a tradition this is what the russian russian business russian will look this is what it is all about you do you never go to a doctor with without caring about chocolate or a bottle of vodka you know the real kids i mean i mean this is our world us but it can't because we can't survive on that because it's a it's a world that is changing rapidly. at the st petersburg conference they tried to bribe the russian investment fund. where the russian government is putting up money for foreign investment to come here and the first question opens

there's an al capone's vault vibe. there's something about the media froth surrounding this release of e-mails. i think it looks silly. >> as not the world's biggest sarah palin fan, is she going to run for president? >> at the moment -- it's tough to tell with her because she is not somebody who is a highly disciplined candidate, hasn't done the hard work of putting together a campaign. when she does the bus tour, that's an indication she s. my personal belief, she's got a heck of a lot more to lose than she does to gain. >> what do you think? >> i have a strong sense she's not going to run. it behooves her to keep this going for a long time. you don't see her doing the serious things she needs to do to be able to run. i honestly think there are plenty of people in the republican party to say, look, this time isn't for you. >> when you look admit romney, do you think he's upset that she's getting all the attention? >> with mitt romney, the story is actually shifting in his direction. i think for a while he was fine to

early a year is struggling against heart asperity measures the government now faces an electorate capone's to the bailouts they are going to get all the. problems we have. and they are going to get almost pitiful. of the good people they're going to get in this in this. month. it's certainly come it's a high cost for the cuts in public spending raising taxes and any question of privatization program it would mean so many quick public assets this is robbery this is theft this is mentioned on the streets of athens continues to mount violent scenes witnessed recently disturbing testimony just how situations terrier it is one of the reasons that everyone. he is so determined to keep greece in the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit all their faults we loan being policies and it's almost as if those are the other holy alarms of politicians and bankers vs ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to lose. on city athens. and as we report later in the program the greek crisis will be the top of the to do list for the new boss of the world's bigge

it's like al capone and taxes. or criminalization of the john edwards behavior, almost elicits a backlash. people say look, he was a terrible human and all that. you're trying to make it illegal looking for a money by looking for money violation to hang this. let's say in the weiner case, the events speak for itself. the democrats are really worried and hoping it will simply go away. which would mean he has to go wayway. of retirement questions. no problem. td ameritrade has all kinds of answers. call us for quick help opening your new ira. or an in-depth talk with a retirement expert. like me. stop by my branch for a free retirement check-up. retirement hows and how-muches? whens... and what-ifs? bring 'em on. it's free. you're gonna retire. and we're gonna help. retirement answers at td ameritrade. roll over your old 401(k) and get up to $500. >> bret: at the white house today in the situation room, the president met with his national security team, talking about afghanistan. before the end of the month, there is

it's like al capone and taxes.n of the john edwards behavior, almost elicits a backlash. people say look, he was a terrible human and all that. you're trying to make it illegal looking for a money by looking for money violation to hang this. let's say in the weiner case, the events speak for itself. the democrats are really worried and hoping it will simply go away. which would mean he has to go wayway. >> bret: next up, the president considers how many troops to bring home from afghanistan. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. >> bret: at the white house today in the situation room, the president met with his national security team, talking about afghanistan. before the end of the month, there is expected to be a recommendation on a bigger than expected troop withdrawal. sometime next month. defense secretary gates said he doesn't want it to be too big. "he shouldn't let up on the gas too much at least in the next few months." he's getting ready to retire. back with the panel. what abo

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one woman i talked to in line waiting to get into the courtroom said to me this is like seeing al capone for kind of a generation. >> feels like a celebrity trial. >> well, i guess so in that car. i don't think anybody really forgets the underlying problem here. there's at least 19 murders of which he's accused. the charges, rico and extortion, but possession of machine guns. the fact that he had over 30 weapons allegedly in his possession when he was caught, that he had 800 glarand in cash. obviously this is somebody who is facing some serious charges and has been accused of very serious crimes here. but again as i said, around here, it's almost lore about the bulgers and these two brothers and the completely different paths that they took in life. >> let's's and you can a litt . >> let's talk a little more about that. talk more about his brother, billy, his role in the state senate. how powerful was he? >> he was very powerful. he was the kind of person that could look at you and people would wilt. james was james jr., the oldest son of this family. billy was much younger. and their fa

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. >>> plus al capone's gun on the auction block in london.belongs to a private collector is expected to fetch more than 100 grand. >>> also queen noor of jordan will join me live here in the "newsroom," don't miss that conversation. >>> now to this. is it a coincidence or perhaps the inspiration for casey anthony's bombshell defense. i want you to see what the prosecutor here in the casey anthony case told the judge just this morning. it's about an inmate who is in the same jail as anthony. watch. >> the name of the witness is april whalen. apparently her child died in a swimming pool and was found by the child's grandfather who immediately administered cpr and called 911. >> sunny halston is on the case. april whalen was in the cell next to casey anthony for a short time. is there an indication that the two women spoke? >> well, not at this time. we have heard from allen moore. he's the public information officer for the jail. he has indicated that there are no records or reports that indicate that there was any contact between casey anthony