>> gotti: no. no.father tried his best to shelter me from certain things. >> kroft: i mean, that seems kind of hard to believe. >> gotti: there was no communication between my father and i regarding that. there was none. >> kroft: in part, because the conversation would have been recorded. >> gotti: absolutely. absolutely. >> kroft: gotti says all of his business conversations with his father were relayed through emissaries. whatever you call that "loyal son period"-- which lasted for seven years-- it did not go smoothly. when authorities found $358,000 in the basement of his home, along with a list of recently inducted mafia members, his father was taped calling his son an imbecile, and the new york tabloid press had a field day. they used to make fun of you, that they used to say that you weren't ready for the job. people were unhappy with you. that you were kind of the dopey don. did any of that get to you? >> gotti: no. not at all. not at all. first of all, every time the gottis were in the tabloid

but they got an order from john gotti himself to back off, because he was convinced he was going to betted. >> interesting developments. rich shapiro, reporter with the new york daily news. thank you, rich. >> my pleasure. >>> former governor rob blagojevich blasting federal prosecutors and hurling accusations at him as he prepares to go on trial for racketeering and fraud charges in six weeks. here is just part of what blago said in his news conference in chicago. >> yesterday the government filed a motion to prevent me from having all the tapes they taped played in court. worse than that, while they are lying about me, i can deal with that, i'm in this business. last week in their proffer of lies they are hitting below the belt and attacking my wife. they are cowards and they are liars. if i'm wrong with what i'm saying, i challenge mr. fitzgerald, why don't you show up in court tomorrow and explain to everybody, explain to the whole world why you don't want all those tapes you made played in court. i'll be in court tomorrow. i hope you're man enough to be there tomorrow, too. >> bla

the family once led by john gotty.top of the list, daniel marino, not the former dolphins quarterback. marino, one of 14 alleged mob members facing charges, murder, racket tearing, prostitution and jury intimidation. 13 of the 14 pleaded not guilty. the other, on the lamb. >>> a six-game suspension for pittsburgh steelers quarterback, ben roethlisberger. he can get two games back for good behavior. they punished the two-time super bowl champ in the wake of sexual assault allegations. he wasn't charged but he violated the league's personal conduct policy and pretty much all good sense. many reports say the steelers are trying to trade him before tonight's nfl trast. >>> it is a pretty safe bet that ben roethlisberger snlt laughing about his suspension but jay leno sure is. >> this black cloud is still pretty big, not as big as the black cloud over ben roethlisberger. did you hear about that? because of his actions there, pittsburgh steelers quarterback, ben roethlisberger has received a six-game suspension from the nfl.