it goes val capone. the price of history everybody knows in terms of chicago said past in this category, but then it rings in other parts of detail that you you might not expect and does a good job of showing how things like the 42 games, which you talk about a little bit, how that really broadens reach of organized crime and produce what we think of as the modern or semi-modern outfit that led to the peak of the chicago outfit in the 50s to the 80s. >> people about capone's generation are long gone. as a matter of fact, they started to disappear in 1950. in that period of time, even if it was true gangsters came from another country, by the second generation of gangsters, that would no longer apply. however, i would like to mention that my research of looking at the chicago crime commission files in the "chicago tribune" from other publications in the 30s proved that most about capone's gangsters were not italian. this runs contrary to popular belief, but only 41% of the syndicate in fact had italian su

and you had al capone beginning -- the beginning of the end of al capone, and the end of prohibition.he information that it was coming to an end. you had the -- building mt. rushmoore, and coolidge announced he did not run for re-election. for reasons that are still slightly mystifying. henry ford had a madid -- a madid to build a city. so this book came not just looking at these two figures, baby ruth and lindbergh but looking at everything that was happening. it was kind of frenetic amount of activity, a great deal hoff changed the world, changed the way we perceived popular entertainment and so on. so it was constance general shall and always interesting and lively. >> host: any reason all these events happened in the summer of 1927? >> guest: they just happened in the summer of 1927. that is what kind of interesting about it. sometimes these things just happen and all of these happened then. by and large there wasn't any particular reason. they weren't there because it had to happen in the summer of 1927. mostly they just happened then. there were connections. the reason that it l

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you had al capone beginning -- the beginning of the end about capone, the downfall and the impendingnd of prohibition. you had calvin coolidge the standing the world by announcing he did not want to run for reelection for president. could have won in a landslide in decided not want to do it. lots of reasons, but it was mystifying. henry ford, the mad idea to build an american city in the amazonia. one thing after another. lots and lots and lots of things one after the other. the whole nature. looking at all of the things that were happening. the first talking picture film was filmed the death same summer a tremendous amount of activity, a great deal of which changed the world. so it was a consequential summer, but also really interesting and lively. >> any reason all these events happened in the summer? >> that is what is kind of interesting about it. sometimes these things just happen. all of the things happen. by and large there was not any particular reason. it they were not there because it had to happen. most they just happened then. there were connections. the lindbergh was abl

isn't that what they got capone for?hing in the ground water. >> there's this kind of curious aspect of washington theater logic basically, where there's never any room for sort of a small to medium sized scandal. >> yes. >> there's no room to say yes, something went wrong at the irs, like we need to, you know, figure out who is responsible and not do that again but it doesn't rise to the level of impeachment. we don't have to talk about it two and a half years. there's almost this yale gor rhythmic logic any time anything gets in the blood stream it has to go huge or die. >> go big or go home. one of the reasons we're talking about this isn't just because focusing on insanity in parts of the far right is worthy of discussion, but also because of the fight that is looming in the fall, right? and i think this is representative of a larger inability by some of the moderate elder statesmen of the republican party to stand up to the conspiracy theorists, birthers, far right wing conservatives ready to shut down the governmen

boston what al capone was to chicago. what john god di was to new york. >> "whitey" bulger had the fbi in his pocket. >> reporter: in 1994, on a tip from a corrupt fbi agent, bulger learned he would be indicted and went on the run for 16 years, climbing to the top of the fbi's ten most wanted list. with him for the ride -- >> have you seen this woman? >> his girlfriend, catherine greg. and the fbi enlisted the public to track her down. a tip led police to santa monica. >> they led this life of retirees walking the beach, taking care of stray cats. >> reporter: now bulger will likely live out the rest of his days behind bars. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> and at one time or another, near worries about forgetfulness, memory loss what is serious and what is not. well, tonight, abc's linzie davis shows us a new test revealed today using famous faces to help make that distinction. >> reporter: take a guess, what's this person's name? recognize this person? now, what about this person makes them famous? turns out these f

yeah, a regular al capone. want to tell us about the gun you brought to school? seriously?t i pleaded to a misdemeanor, and my record was supposed to be sealed. rush: it turns out your father was murdered around the same time. same type of gun, too. pete doyle wasn't any kind of father to me. see, things like that make me think you might've gone after him. lot of anger, frustration... yeah, i was angry. i was the kid whose dad was locked away. that was my identity. pistol pete's son. i brought the gun to school, showed everyone they were right, got arrested and expelled. not my hpiest time. understandable, way he abandoned you. i'd write him letters. like he cared. i was convinced that he would break out and take me away. when he finally did show up? he wasn't any kind of legend. mom said you only saw him one time. yeah, once he was back. knowing he was there, i couldn't help but go looking for him. (bush's "swallowed" playing) ♪ your mom know you're here? you shouldn't disobey her. i know. you're my dad. i should get a say. wow. this is where you beat up that group of mari

when they prosecuted al capone, he got 11 years for tax evasion.ad charged whitey with tax evasion, bookmaking, and maybe jaywalking, that would have definitely given him more than -- he would have died in jail. but these prosecutors opened the door to everything, absolutely everything. , because hetey wanted to defend his legacy as far as killing women and so on, chose not to testify. it was going to be his last chose not to do it. i do not understand why he did not testify. i do. i think i think he was afraid of being cross examined by the prosecutor . once he testifies, he opens himself to everything. if i and the prosecutor, i go back to his teenage days and ask about the sexual assault he was charged with. he was not convicted but they could ask about it. hebrew trade himself as a great patriot. he -- he portrayed himself as a great patriot. he did three years in the air force. i would ask him about inc. charged with with rape during the korean war. but there was him trying to slain himself -- in 1956, he gave up his bank robbery accomplices.

boston what al capone was to chicago. what john god di was to new york. >> "whitey" bulger had the fbi in his pocket. >> reporter: in 1994, on a tip from a corrupt fbi agent, bulger learned he would be indicted and went on the run for 16 years, climbing to the top of the fbi's ten most wanted list. with him for the ride -- >> have you seen this woman? >> his girlfriend, catherine greg. and the fbi enlisted the public to track her down. a tip led police to santa monica. >> they led this life of retirees walking the beach, taking care of stray cats. >> reporter: now bulger will likely live out the rest of his days behind bars. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> and at one time or another, nearly everyone worries about forgetfulness, memory loss what is serious and what is not. well, tonight, abc's linzie davis shows us a new test revealed today using famous faces to help make that distinction. >> reporter: take a guess, what's this person's name? recognize this person? now, what about this person makes them famous? turns

yet what finally brings hum down is this, like al capone being indicted for tax invasion. >> john: it know if this will bring him down, he's running against a weak democrat. >> but he's the worst dad ever. his daughter had to return the wedding gifts. >> john: what were you going to say? >> the watch, it was inscribed, the 71st governor of virginia. it will be hard. i don't know who will want to buy that watch. >> john: take it to the pawnshop. the governor said he didn't know about many of the gifts. he didn't favor the donor's company. he never asked for the gifts. they just came. that's nice. it's nice to be a rich white republican. >> it's interesting, this little slip--they have much more boring scandals than we do in new york. we have scandals. but here is the flip side, the woman standing by her woman, it's the man standing by his woman. it's his wife who is sort of done worse than the governor did. >> john: indeed, she has. she has had to give back a lot of stuff and she enjoyed her shopping spree. i can't let this go without mentioning, the cumulus radio, the second largest

saw this with alcohol, prohibition of alcohol created all these pathologist of violence, created al capone and the mob. the same thing has happened with marijuana especially. and it's taken us so long to learn something that has allowed to us shred the fourth amendment and protections we've had previously. >> joe do you agree with that? i would add to that and tell me what you think of this. whenever you have deep demand for something, someone is going to meet that demand. we learned that with alcohol. someone is going to have to pay a lot of money and a lot of violence. >> i'm not in favor of legalizing marijuana. that's not what this debate or i thought this show was about. the issue is whether or not the attorney general has made the right decision. he made a very good decision about trying to make sure we do not incarcerate the wrong people for too long. that is not a prescription and he did not propose today to legalize marijuana. >> you don't think that's a first step? >> no, i do not. i'll tell you why. the science of marijuana is very, very bad. the dangers, the problems associated

you said to the soap, it's like i'm al capone or something.s are starting to come back to my side now, because they see what's happening in baseball. guys are doing things that alter records. they get 65 games, i got 24 years. and that brings me back to that question i just asked you. you may not like faye vincent, but he did say, if you hand down a punishment like we did to pete rose, it becomes a third rail, no one gambles on baseball. so don't we need to do the same thing to someone like an a-rod so that drugs become the third rail? >> well, i understand what you're saying, but i just don't believe that. i just don't believe you can use one guy as an example. i mean, if you think that because a-rod's going to get a life suspension, you've got to go within the rules. okay? and most of your listeners, i don't even know if you understand, okay? i was not -- i was not suspended from baseball for betting on baseball, okay? i have a signed agreement from the commissioner's office that there's no finding that i bet on baseball, okay? i did not bet

al capone was convicted of dodging taxes in eight hours, john gotti of murder, racketeering and a slewings in 13 hours, but his son john gotti jr. had four cases end in mistrials. deliberations in the fourth back in 2009 lasted 11 days. >>> officials in switzerland are apologizing after oprah winfrey claimed a shop in zurich refused to show her a $38,000 handbag because the assistant assumed oprah winfrey could not afford it. in an interview with "entertainment tonight" oprah said it was clear that the shop assistant did not recognize her. a spokeswoman for the swiss tourism office said she was very sorry for what happened and said that, quote, we think all of our guests and clients should be treated respectfully, in a professional way. meanwhile, the bbc is reporting it tracked down that store owner who said the whole thing was just a big mix-up. quote, i have to admit that the employee is italian. of course, she speaks english, but not as well as her mother tongue. it was a real miscommunication. oprah is reportedly one of the world's richest women with an estimated net worth of near

we might not have been able to convict al capone for murder, but we were able to get him on taxes. enforcement means we will have to use. we will be entering into a new phase in the struggle. it is going to be two phases. we will be struggling against hezbollah and al qaeda, these two new groups simultaneously, and the third part is, we are doing this in an environment with less resources. economic security is very important. if we cannot get our economy working properly, you will not be able to feel the forces, whether they be military or national security forces in terms of intelligence. we've got a lot of challenges. at think there are some compromises we can find to get ourselves through these issues that we are having right now. we canely in the end, put ourselves in a good position to defend ourselves. thank you. [applause] can you hear me ok? to pick up on the point judy made -- let's get off the legal , exactly how the fisa court might be reconstituted -- i was struck by the point, are we depending too much on the nsa? and have we -- what is the right way to say this? have

what could be more fun then to write about booze and bootleggers and out capone and meyer lansky andll the rest. regrettably, it ain't true. none of it is true. kennedy gave -- another sorry to mike kennedy supplied his harvard reunion class with liquor that may and may not have been illegal. he got it because his father was an importer. when prohibition came then you're allowed to take all your liquor and put it in your basement. aside from that, no, no bleeding whatsoever. the only -- the stories tell began its of the 1970's when nixon runs against jfk in 1960, nixon brings out researchers, hires researchers all of the country to find every bit of dirt that they can about the kennedy family. and they find plenty about joe kennedy, but no one accuses him of being a bootlegger. it's only the 1970's when writers higher try to figure out the assassination. it can't be on assault. it has to be the mafia, what would they go after jfk? end these explanations are put together. and all sorts of retired mafia -- can you retire as a mafia person? you know, miami, is thorough, europe, the bomb

it's the al capone, on the tax evasion. are they trying to get.ave to build an iron clad case before they bring it against cohn, simply because of the media attention, how do you think about this? if you put your former sec hat oranges what's going on inside the room? >> well, whether on the sec or not, it's different. >> right. >> we want to know, you are taught in law school to know if answer to a question before you ask the question. so if i'm brick an action, i want to invest a lot of time an effort, let alone the reputation, i want to know if i have a high likelihood of winning the case. with regard to mr. cohn, fundamentally the sec is trying to drive him out of business an force him to become a family officer an not deal with public's money. >> what's the lesson on the magnetic business cards as the ambulances drive by. in law school? >> fortunately, my law school, we never saw that class. >> flip them at the ambulance? >> you have been watching too many movies. you might have come up with a great marketing idea. >> i think that's been done

even bigger than capone and machine gun kelly.he one thing we saw in these letters, whitey bulger has many problems but self-esteem is not one of them. he thinks very highly of himself. >> host: mike from houston, texas, is honor and event line. >> caller: good morning. my question is, has anybody from the fbi or the fbi been held accountable for basically aiding him in his criminal activity? and also as far as today's standards, i mean, are the same things going on as far as protecting the criminal and still doing criminal activities? >> guest: let me take the first part of that. there's been one agent, john kelly. he grew up in the same neighborhood. he was prosecuted for racketeering. he was convicted in 2002 and then was prosecuted beyond that in florida for helping whiter he -- waiting for someone. he is doing 40 years for murder in florida right now. he is the only agent and held accountable. there was one agent named paul who is acting very corrupt and do those things in the 1960s i just mentioned on getting people killed a

what could be more fun then to write about booze and bootleggers and out capone and meyer lansky and all the rest. regrettably, it ain't true. none of it is true. kennedy gave -- another sorry to mike kennedy supplied his harvard reunion class with liquor that may and may not have been illegal. he got it because his father was an importer. when prohibition came then you're allowed to take all your liquor and put it in your basement. aside from that, no, no bleeding whatsoever. the only -- the stories tell began its of the 1970's when nixon runs against jfk in 1960, nixon brings out researchers, hires researchers all of the country to find every bit of dirt that they can about the kennedy family. and they find plenty about joe kennedy, but no one accuses him of being a bootlegger. it's only the 1970's when writers higher try to figure out the assassination. it can't be on assault. it has to be the mafia, what would they go after jfk? end these explanations are put together. and all sorts of retired mafia -- can you retire as a mafia person? you know, miami, is thorough, europe, the bo

to boston, what al capone was to chicago. what john gotti was to new york.the fbi in his pocket. in 1994, on a tip from a corrupt fbi agent. bulger learned he would be indicted and went on the run 16 years. climbing to the top of the fbi's ten most wanted list. with him for the ride. >> have you seen this woman. >> reporter: his girlfriend katherine greig. the fbi enlisted the public to track her down. the police were led to santa monica. >> they lived the life of retirees walking the beach taking care of stray cats. now bulger will likely live out the rest of his days behind bars. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> hannah anderson is back with her family in california. her grateful father met with reporters yesterday to discuss the ordeal and thank those who helped. brett anderson asked for privacy so his daughter could begin to recuperate. >> for my daughter the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: the sheriff says hannah anderson did not know her mother and little brother had been killed until aft

what could be more fun than write about booze and bootleggers and al capone and meyer lansky and allthe rest? regrettably, it ain't true. none of it is true. kennedy gave, and i'm sorry, kennedy supplied his harvard reunion class with liquor that may or may not have been illegal. he got it because his father was an importer, and when prohibition came in your allowed to take all your liquor and put it in your basement, and his father did and then some of that got to the harvard reunion. aside from that, no. no bootlegging whatsoever. the only, this does the bootlegging don't begin until the 1970s when nixon runs against jfk in 1960, nixon brings out researchers. he hires researchers all over the country to find every bit of dirt they can about the kennedy family. and they find plenty of dirt about joe kennedy but no one accuses him of being a book like. it's only in the 1970s when writers are trying to figure out the assassination, and they figured it can't be oswald. that's got to be the modicum but why would the mafia go after jfk? and these explanations are put together, and all so

we might not have been able to contact al capone for murder but you're going to get him on taxes ande them off the table and the law enforcement means we have to use so we will enter the new phase in this struggle and it's going to be the two phases we will be struggling against but hezbollah and al qaeda and the first part of this is we are going to be doing this in an environment where there is less resources. economic security is very important. if we cannot get our economy organized properly we will not be able to yield the forces within the military forces were national security forces in terms of intelligence that we need to defend the united states. so we have a lot of challenges and i think there were some compromises that we can find to get ourselves through some of these issues that we are having right now. and i think that ultimately we can put ourselves in a good position to defend ourselves. thank you. [applause] can you hear me okay? on the particular point that judy made let's get off the legal question here because it's important how it might be reconstituted. i've be

just like we might not have been able to convict al capone for murder, but we were able to get him on taxes. we're going to have to take some of those guys off the table, and maybe law enforcement we'll have to use. so we're going to be something into a new phase in this struggle, and it's going to be two phases. both hezbollah and al-qaeda, the new phase, the new groups of these simultaneously. and the third part of this is we're going to be doing this in an environment where there's less resources. economic security is very, very important. if we cannot get our economy organized properly, we'll not be able to feel the forces whether they be military forces or national security forces in terms of intelligence that we need to defend the united states. we've got a lot of challenges. i think there are some compromises we can find to get ourselves through some of these issues that we're having right now, and i think that ultimately in the end, you know, we could put ourselves in a good position to defend ourselves. thank you. [applause] >> you hear me okay? the particular point that judy