gotti's arm-swinging bravado and violent glares.his boyish appearance, dark, wavy hair, horn-rimmed glasses and earnest voice, gleeson seemed to enhance the sincere image, a james stewart character perhaps. >> after six weeks, prosecutor jon gleeson began by trying to dilute the aura effect gotti might have had on the jury. it is about a movie star. it is not a stage. it's a trial, in an american courtroom. gleeson went on to read from the transcripts of fbi bugs that detailed the murders and evidence that gotti was the boss of the gambino crime family. >> jon gleeson. the prosecutor who finally got john gotti would go on to serve as a federal judge in the eastern district of new york. he retired as a judge in 2016. this week, he surfaced again when he wrote an op-ed weighing in on the justice department's bizarre and absolutely unprecedented decision, this past week, to simply drop the prosecution of trump national security advisor mike flynn. despite the fact that justice department prosecutors already secured a guilty plea from m

john gotti in 1992 was a huge deal.bviously national news, but one of the biggest moments in american law enforcement history when it comes to organized crime. "the new york times" called it a scintillating triumph for a team of federal prosecutors who shattered the maddening aura of invinceability of a notorious gangster. "the times" said, quote, the prosecution's most visible member was 38-year-old john gleeson, who presented the evidence with a calm professorial air. with his boyish appearance, wavy hair and earnest voice, gleeson seemed to enhance the sincere image, a james stewart character perhaps, upholding truth against the mob. >> after six weeks, prosecutor john gleeson began by trying to dilute whatever effect the aura of gotti's mob boss image might have had on the jury. he said, this is not a media event. this is not a movie. it is not about a movie star. it's not a stage. it's a trial in an american courtroom. gleeson went on to read from the transcripts of fbi bugs that detailed the murders and evidence t

john gotti, the modern god father, teflon don always escaped the big convictions in the past but noty. guilty of murder and racketeering, 12 counts and now facing a long time in jail. >> in a hushed courtroom, gotti sat and heard the anonymous jury say guilty, gotti and go defendant were charged with being boss of the gambino crime family. >> in his own mouth over fbi bugs fbi bugs . >> that conviction of john gotti 199 2 was a huge deal. national news and one of the biggest moments in america law enforcement history when it comes to organized crime. "the new york times" called it a scintillating triumph for a team of federal prosecutors who shattered the ora of invincebility of a notorious gangster. the prosecution's most visible member was 38-year-old john gleason who had a calm air and boyish appearance, horn rimmed glass s and earnest voice gleason seemed to enhance the image, a james stewart character perhaps upholding truth against the mob. >> after six weeks, prosecutor john gleason began by trying to dilute whatever the effect the mob boss image might have had on the jury. he

that being said, when you hear these terms like a mostly peaceful riot, well, john gotti was mostly peaceful's a bit of an oxymoron. if it was violent at all, it was violet. if there was destruction at all, there was destruction. and that's what we saw out here. but also when with you see the police come out, you always see a pushback. i think the police have drawn the line, in fact, the police chief has made it clear there are certain lines they're not going to allow people to cross. they're not going to allow them to get at the vehicles because there's weaponry inside vehicles, they're not going to allow them to get inside the 3rd precinct. but beyond that you don't really see a police presence out here on the street because where there's police presence, you get friction. lou? lou: mike, thank you very much. it's extraordinary, and there are no charges at this point. it is a difficult and troubled time, obviously, in minneapolis. thank you very much, mike tobin, as always doing his usual great job of reporting. protests over george floyd's death, his killing taking place in southern calif

you recall back in the day there was somebody that worked in the crime world his neck name was john gottiis nickname was teflon don and i'm not suggesting he has anything nefarious going on nothing seems to stick and to answer your question, anybody but him we'd be having a much different conversation about tesla the stock, like him or don't like him, you have to admit the man is a visionary and the man has done a lot better than 99% of the population that we consider possible >> one story we didn't hit yesterday because of the space x x launch being scrubbed. there might be a demand problem in this pandemic and it's actually seeing the impact of the pandemic on spending habits and tesla's feeling the pain >> well, look, tesla at times has done different things to bring prices down and ultimately the question is what's the break-even price on the model 3? that's my big issue and not surprising to see them cutting prices they're not the only one out there cutting prices and i won't pile on there, but i think demand is an issue. >> still ahead a big opportunity on retailers and why they'rbe

prosecutor in new york, gleason was known for putting away such mobsters as the so-called teflon don, john gottio you on this. there's a lot of history with this judge, and we knew that he might have, you know, something to say. i don't see anything, and i'm not reading anything that he can force this towards prosecution. is that changing? >> bret: this is really rare. i heard trey gowdy on our air earlier today saying in 20 years of being a prosecutor he had never seen a judge do this. this action is an effort to kind of resuscitate a prosecution against flynn, and possibly force the president into issuing a pardon instead of dragging this out. it's interesting, though. just a week ago there was a case in the supreme court that was a 9-0 unanimous decision. ruth bader ginsburg, a hero, obviously, of the left, was the majority writer. she said that courts are essentially passive instruments of government. they should not sally forth each day looking for wrongs to write. they wait for cases to come to them, and when cases arrive, courts decide on the questions presented by the parties. this is pr

served on the bench for more than two decades and a former prosecutor who helped put mobster john gotti in prison. this week gleeson signaled his kept mitchell of the justice department's effort to dismiss the case saying in a recent op-ed, the record reeks of improper political influence. flynn pleaded guilty twice in open court for lying to the fbi. i can recall being at the courthouse that pivotal moment when flip admitted to judge sullivan when he lied to the fbi he knew it was a crime. sullivan is also asking this outside counsel to look into whether he committed perjury when pleading guilty in court. george? >> okay, pierre, thank you very much. almost nothing normal about the case. michael? >> all right, george. >>> around the world. countries are slowly easing back into normal life. the mayor of queenstown, new zealand, is jumping for joy that businesses are re-opening. >> all: three, two, one -- >> yeah, the mayor said he was delighted. he said he was delighted to mark the re-opening of that facility even if it means jumping off a bridge first thing in the morning. he is -- i w

he almost had like a john gotti like robin hood type rapport with the neighborhood that he grew up in okay thing for me. >> i knew people who knew him, who talked about him. and there is that reverence for many of them still. >> yeah. i don't -- it didn't work well. i'm like, this guy is, you know, a stone-cold killer. >> noreen gleason helped solve the case by changing the game. focused not on bulger but his girlfriend, katherine gregg. >> we really never took a look at katherine. i think a lot of people thought that whitey had killed her. i was like, yeah, i don't think so. he needs women in his life. he's very dependent on women. >> the fbi is trying something new to track down one of its most-wanted suspects -- >> this is an announcement -- >> it's hoped someone will recognize the long-term girlfriend of fugitive boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger -- >> the book called "hunting whitey." i hunt and fish all the time. if i kept hunting every day for years doing the same thing but never was able to catch my prey, why would i continue to do it that way? so this was a great opportun