pat donahue was left with three little boys to raise and the wheelers of oklahoma. two totally innocent men who came across a guy who was out there and with the assistance of the f.b.i., with the active complicity of the f.b.i. was out there murdering potential witnesses against him. >> rose: we conclude this evening with rick stengel, the editor of "time" magazine who write this is week's cover story on the constitution. >> whether people can carry guns in arizona whether drone warfareiolates t constitution, whether obamacare violates the commerce clause, those are not crises. what the constitution is fors to deal with conflict. there was no greater conflict in some ways in american hiory than the conflict in that room

tommy donahue was eight years old when whitey bulger murdered his father michael donahue, a truck driver. totally innocent. made the mistake of giving a ride to somebody that whitey bulger wanted dead because john connolly and the f.b.i.old whitey bulger that this guy was going togive him up. and tommy donue said to me "you know, we may never get justice, we may neveret any money, but i was able to wake my mother uon the second floor today and tell her they caught the guy who killed dad." >> rose: that's the story you wrote today in the "boston globe." >> yeah, that's...hat was online by 9:00 this morni. yoknow, a family. because, like i said, i think when people see these images of an 81-year-old doddering... you know, he's the guy walking around in the bathroom in new york. he's going to be thisguy that looks infirm, who knows. but this is a guy who murdered people, who murdered real people who ruined real families. and of all the families that i've come in contact with, of the ones that i think of the most at a time like this are the donahues of dorchester who, you know, pat donahue w

tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in

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tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in the walls. 30 firearms, some hidden in hallowed-out books. >> sometimes it's simple to deceive. when you make yourself average looking. >> announced a new strategy focussing on his girlfriend who is obsessed with trips to the beauty parlor and the dentist. it paid off with a crucial tip from a still unidentified source. >> it went in our los angeles office. it was related back here to boston. to the command post that we had set up. >> whitey bulger made a return to boston today, at-bat in handcuffs choosing not to fight extradition. t.j. winnick, abc news, new york. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. a lot of activity in the bay area. it will look a lot like this. >> the clouds are treat to coast. pl

but donahue, not to beat a dead horse, but just as the previous note on the square footage issue, i agree with the previous speaker. we have -- we should have found this issue at the beginning. at the exit quarter was not from us. that was from the previous exhibit. it says exit corridor. miraculously, in the three, months since the exhibit, it has now morphed into an unusable storage space that does not be counted but still has a door for exit from chased. at the end of the day, it does not matter if you are for or against. it does not matter how many people you have on the petition, it does not matter how many businesses are lined up, if the neighborhood once the chase bank, have the conditional use hearing which is required by law and let the people decide for themselves. that is all we are asking, commissioners, follow the law. you cannot reinvent the idea that suddenly the exit corridor is something new. it is written on paper, it is written in but the exhibit. i am not talking about formula retail, not talking about 312 notification. if that is beating a dead horse to follow the law

tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in the walls. 30 firearms, some hidden in hallowed-out books. >> sometimes it's simple to deceive. when you make yourself average looking. >> announced a new strategy focussing on his girlfriend who is obsessed with trips to the beauty parlor and the dentist. it paid off with a crucial tip from a still unidentified source. >> it went in our los angeles office. it was related back here to boston. to the command post that we had set up. >> whitey bulger made a return to boston today, at-bat in handcuffs choosing not to fight extradition. t.j. winnick, abc news, new york. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. a lot of activity in the bay area. it will look a lot like this. >> the clouds are treat to coast. pl

chamber of commerce, tom donahue. >> thank you, margaret. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to the chamber. governors, particularly thanks to each of you for coming. i had a chance to speak to most of the governors this morning and there is some current things going on between their state and what we are doing here at the chamber in every instance, and i came away with a lot more information than i started the day, and with a very strong view about the extraordinary progress these governors are making, without any regard to political position, but all about the fundamental economics of what is going on in our country. margaret, thank you and your team for putting this together and for this extraordinary study which we have just put out, and particular thanks to our cochairs. we cannot have chosen two more innovative and effective governors in the nation today. in colorado, we have seen an aggressive cutting of red tape, fostering a private development, leading the way on green energy, and working hand-in-hand with citi

the families of those who died at his hands say they're relieved he's been caught and tom donahue was just a boy when his father was gunned wn. >> i was 8 when he was snatched from me. constant down emotion. >> the feeling of satisfaction because they finally have apprehended a man that pulled the trigger that took my husband's life. >> still has tragedy tied to his name. he to the only killed people but took great pleasure in doing so. more of his ties to boston crime coming up. >>> new queueions about osama n laden's ties to pakistan. a report in "the new york times" says that the cell phone of bin laden's courier which was recovered in last month's raid contained contacts to a militant group with links to pakistan's intelligence agency. there are indications bin laden used the group as part of his support network. officials say there is no smoking gun that pakistan's spy agency had protected bin laden. >>> the same computer hacking group that went off sony and cia is claiming another attack. lowell security says it hacked into the files o arizona police's website claiming it's rele

the latter which is just oligarchies and it's incredible economic apartheid but those stats reflect donahue speaking of that those stats of poverty and the challenges associated with being broken being sick you were in michael moore's movie sicko and i'm sure that your life has changed considerably as a consequence of that you're now pretty much a full time activist of the so tell us. what you've learned from that experience and how america has changed since sicko came out. well i've learned a lot in that i've learned how to advocate perhaps more effectively with more of my friends advocating for a change that has to come out and sadly sadly the health care system has not changed such that the people who were in second couldn't just be featured again in a new sicko i'm the lucky one from the film of all the patients stories that michael moore told in that film i'm the only one whose life has significantly advanced in a positive way since that time it's totally because i've been associated with the progressive democrats i was hired by the nurses to work for them all the other people the cond

. >> my name is lisa donahue. i went to school down south to do environmental studies. all my friends from new orleans said it was best and they were affected by people who were affected by it including their dads who were shrimp fisherman. it was really effective. i was confused if it was that bad what are you saying it is ok? a million dollars here or a million dollars there from bp, i don't understand how that will help as much as people say it is. we have a few billion dollars we need to get to fix the damage that was done and what are the industry is doing to make sure this doesn't happen again? we have bp s a announcements. not only the environmentalists but the fishermen's standpoint. >> about the impact. we talked a little bit about the environmental impact and we were focusing much of our attention on the impact of seafood. to understand -- what is impressive is about how devastating this spill was to the communities in the region, the economy, the tourism industry, the seafood industry, it was remarkable how it affected what the expert calls the sy cotesocial

also joining us is laura donahue, acting director of georgetown university security law.obin. what d's the white house defense boil down to here. >> reporter: it boils to one word, hostile it is. the white house argument is that action by u.s. troops in libya is not part of any sustained fighting. there's not exchange of any gunfire with hostile forces. there are no troops on the ground. that they're there are no casualties and no chance of this really escalating into anything broader than that. and also the argument that u.s. is really in a supporting role here as part of the overall nato mission. so the bottom line for the white house they believe is that since u.s. troops do not have boots on the ground, therefore they are on pretty solid legal ground. >> then there's this bipartisan suit filed today to the courts to basically take the administration to court. there are some direct claims made in that suit that are refuted tonight by the white house. >> reporter: well, that's right. there's been a lot of criticism from up on capitol hill that the white house has not re

, jesse jackson, madeleine albright, jimmy carter, hilliary clinton, al gore, teddy kennedy, phil donahue, peter fonda, peter jennings. what do you think their reaction is on the cover of a book that says "useful idiots? " >> i don't know if they will notice. brian lamb: did you have something to do with selecting these? >> the publisher came up with the list. every person on the cover is mentioned in the book in some capacity or other. something that was worthy of being noted. brian lamb: katie couric. >> gosh, what did she say? brian lamb: i could help you. >> she was praising cuba if i recall. brian lamb: i will read a little bit. with host bryant gumbel and indicate kwrou couric visiting cuba, they mouth chirpy nonsense that characterized liberal views of cuba. >> that's exactly right. as i documented in the book, whenever the major media or liberal newspapers report on cuba, they do it in this completely uncurious way. they go down there and repeat what the castro regime says. they find themselves talking about their wonderful health care system and the fact that their educational sy

john donahue leads the so-called brain-gate study. his long-term goal? to by-pass the robotics entirely. >> we envision that this technology will one day go to a point where we'll rewire people and allow them to have their brain signals hooked back up to their body controlling their own muscles. if it's all implanted inside the body we know that those people will be able to carry out certain functions without you detecting that they have any kind of technology on them at all. >> reporter: it's on the inside. partially deaf since birth, michael lost all of his hearing ten years ago in the span of four hours. within months his brain was implanted with cochlear implants. computers that decipher sound into signals his brain could detect and he could comprehend. the experience prompted him to write worldwide mind which explores the melding of mind and machine but count him skeptical. >> i think there is a lot of misplaced optimism at this point. what i mean by misplaced optimism is the assumption that we will soon and easily be able to replace damaged and dis

chamber president tom donahue says they will talk about "the dangers and costs of overregulation." one of the top guys and pushing the chamber's pro-corporate agenda? seems weird, right? if you ever thought evan bayh was a democrat. before leaving the senate in 2010, he wrote a "new york times" op ed, why i'm leaving the senate n it he blasted the steps united supreme court ruling, "the threat of up limited amounts of negative advertising from special interest groups will only make members more beholden to their natural constituencies and more afraid of violating you party orthodoxies." what a joke. the chamber of commerce was the biggest winner of that ruling and now, he has become their lobbyist. but anyone who is paying tension knew what a joke and corporate hack evan bayh was all along. he fought to make sure the stimulus was as small as possible. he fought against the public option. you name a progressive priority and he fought against it he's bragged about being such a wonderful centrist. and most of washington ate it up. they loved democrats who hate their own base. and then

jennifer donahue, thank you so much. nice to see you.o you later throughout date. >>> kiran, back to you. it's chilly, but very exciting. everyone is very excited today as this -- the countdown gets started for this big debate tonight. >> we'll be watching 8:00. a late night but an interesting one. thanks. >>> opposition forces in libya claim they have a copy of moammar gadhafi's top secret battle plan. cnn has obtained that 15-page document. rebels in misrata say they took it from government troops last month. in its title are the words "battle plan to cleanse the city of misrata from militant gangs." cnn has not been able to confirm the authenticity of the document. with fighting moving closer to his doorstep in tripoli, gadhafi was seen playing chess yesterday, taking time for a photo op with a visiting russian president of the international chess federation. >>> in jordan king abdullah is introducing a government overhaul. his plan for the future calls for a parliamentary majority government, transparent election process, changes to

we're talking about the truck driver, michael donahue, a completely innocent human being who was killed, roger wheeler in oklahoma, an innocent businessman who was killed. i don't want that to get lost in looking at this idea of romantic grandeur when you look at criminals. >> how do you think he's going to be remembered in the boston area? >> it depends upon who you ask. >> give me an idea. >> well, i think there are people who believe in the legend. they want to believe he was a protecter of his neighborhood, that he was a type of a robin hood. i think there are other people who look at the innocent victims he left behind. they look at somebody who pumped his own housing projects with heroin. who was essentially a rat for the fbi. i mean, that's another legacy. >> how does he think he is looking at all of this? he's 81 years old. he's an old guy. i guess maybe he thought he would never be caught. he was living pretty well on the pacific coast on the ocean in california. how do you think he's viewed at what happens here? is he laughing at the police here? >> i think he is. i think he i

tom donahue was only a kid when his father was murdered. >> i was 8 years old when my father was snatched from me. and my whole life been living with this. no rest, no closure, constant down emotion. >> reporter: still, for him, bulger's arrest provides some sense of closure, at last. >> hard to describe the feeling we're going through right now. it's a good feeling. it's a feeling i haven't felt in a long time that they got him. they finally got that bastard. >> reporter: we still don't know who dropped a dime to the authorities to turn whitey bulger in. that public service announcement campaign ran in 14 cities. but not in los angeles. and the fbi is hinting the call may have come from somewhere else. at this hour, vehicles are gathering at the jailhouse to take whitey bulger to the airport. he's headed back to boston, where he could have a court appearance later today. robin? >>> just moments ago, i spoke with the fbi agent in charge of the boston office, and u.s. attorney, cameron ortiz, about the tip that led to the capture of bulger where he had been hiding so long. >> most of our p

mike donahue's youngest son thomas, just 8 when his father was killed, said he supports the government's 81-year-old former gangster. >> if he was a younger man, i wouldn't want fwhig to be dropped on this guy, but he's an old man. time's not on our side. i think it's a good idea to fast track it. >> reporter: the judge then canceled the remainder of the court hearing to give bulger's defense a chance to object to the dismissal of the charges. >> from a tactical perspective, i think it was a brilliant decision. the charges are more recent and there are fewer legal issues. >> reporter: left with the issue of whether bulger can afford an attorney or needs to be appointed a public defender. he's expected back in court on thursday. now, bulger's alleged accomplice, his longtime girlfriend katherine greig, who he's been on the run with for 16 years, she's expected to be in court today. her attorney asked for that to be delayed to july 11th. >> david, thank you very much. >>> joining us now is one of new york's best known defense attorneys who has represented mobsters john gotti and sammy "the

for patricia donahue who believes her husband michael was shot and killed by bulger 29 years ago hisre is long overdue. >> i think this could have happened 16 years ago, and i believe that they knew where he was and nobody did anything about it. >> reporter: officials say bulger committed his crimes during his days as the ruthless head of boston's winter hill gang. he turned fbi informant before going into hiding. after his arrest wednesday in california, authorities found some $800,000 in cash in his santa monica apartment. still in court, he asked for a public defender. can you afford a lawyer, the judge asked? well, i could if you gave me my money back, bulger shot back. the judge gave bulger three days to prove he can't pay for a lawyer. looking on in the courtroom was bulger's brother, william, uns a powerful state senator. at one point the brothers exchanged smiles as the court proceduring continued. now questions are swirling here in boston about what took so long to capture bulger, who may have helped him, including his brother, and what he may be ready to reveal in court. el

i am going to ask you to weigh in on this, and tom donahue. >> before the governor leaves, i would like to interject that i am listening to this discussion, and i like the acronym. everything you are hearing is we need to figure out how to streamline its. as far as methodology, i compliment him for being one of the leaders in forming public- private partnerships to get the job done. the days of being a regulatory watchdog are going to have to be behind us if we are going to compete on a global scale. we have said we are in a global economy, but i will give you a metaphor. 30 years ago the head of the marketing department said we all need to be learning for the purpose of competing in the pending global economy. 30 years forward, i am here to tell you this is no longer of upending the economy. it is alive and well. which operates 25 facilities in the united states and around the world. i guarantees or sing, selling -- i guarantee our decisions our global, so the only way this country is going to be able to compete is if we realize that is the stage we are on. i am happy to see that the c

. >> hi, my name is lily donahue. i went to school down north. all of my friends from new orleans said it was bad and they were affected by it. knew people including their dads shrimp catcherman and fisherman. they said it was really affected. i'm sitting up here and slightly confused as to if it was that bad why you sitting up there saying it's okay. i mean a million here and a million there from bp -- i don't understand how that's going to help as much as people say it is. i mean, you know, i think we have a few million that we need to get in order to fix the damage that was done. also what are all of the industries doing to make sure this doesn't happen again? you know, we have the psa announcements, i mean, what really is going on to make sure this doesn't happen again not only the environmentalist, but the fisherman stand point. >> first of all, about the impact. i think we talked a little bit about the environmental impact and specifically we were focusing most of our attention on the impact on seafood. so i understand that we didn't compre