you can join howie mandel from the comfort of your favorite chair. talent" airs got tonight >> now, your insta- weather-plus forecast with tony past -- tony pann. >> we are seeing some shower activity, mostly in pennsylvania. this is moving to the southeast. those of you in the northwest suburbs will probably see a passing shower or thunderstorm. let's take a wider field. the severe weather is off to war west. it is moving across portions of ohio and west virginia. we call these a cluster of thunderstorms. the big part is -- the good part looks like the heaviest storms will miss us. that does not say something might not develop on the east, but this passes off to the west of us. some of the high, thin clouds are certainly drifting into central maryland, obscure in the sunshine, and holding temperatures back. it is still 86 of the airport. it is 82 in westminster. the clouds are thicker. everybody will make it into the mid-80's, and most of you to around 90 degrees. i call it a mixture of sunshine and clouds with about a 40% chance of thunderstorms. t

if it ever happens to you, howie, i hope it never happens to you, weekly tabloids go away.ory with, as they say in the business, legs. the story keeps running. you've got to learn to deal with it right away, especially if you're in a position like weiner. >> you were dealing with it at a time when you were also dealing with the eventual end of your program. that had to be a lot of conflicting pressure. >> that's why i wrote about it. to try to describe what a last year is like. i had prostate cancer. i received radiation for that. but you go on to other things. there's a lot of -- you may be the first to learn, there's a lot of things coming larry king's way which i'm looking forward to. >> feel free to share ex-clue stif details. before we leave the subject, from your book, a man you had breakfast with every day gave information to the tabloids. you don't name him. how do you know? >> because a close associate of his, i won't reveal the name, told me that he was with michael in his last two days and he told him -- he apologized -- a lot like lee atwater did at his death. h

howie carr is a radio host columnist with the boston herald. he has written exclusively and extensively about bulger. thanks for being here. your reaction when you heard this guy is finally caught. >> well, i was very happy. i thought they'd get him eventually. they had a $2 million reward on him. usually that turns up someone who will inform on a fugitive. i didn't expect him to be in the u.s. i thaut he was gone from the u.s. since 1996. that surprised me greatly that he was hiding in plain sight as it it were. >> howie, why did he want you dead? >> i was writing a lot about his brother billy bulger, the president of the massachusetts state senate. a lot of billy's power seemed to emanate from are the fact that he had this murderous, blood-thirsty gangster hipped him as the mayor of boston once said, if my brother threatened to kill you, you'd be nothing but nice to me. i put quotes like that into the paper and whoitey took offense and put out awe contract on my life. but it was never fulfilled, thankfully. >> why do you suppose he neve acted

if it makes her happy, put on the rein. >> howie has since taken the ring off for good.t that apparently went nowhere. the divorce was finalized about three months ago. we weren't able to reach christine but she moved to canada to live with her producer/boyfriend and is on the brink of bankruptcy. >> there were problems before. >> basically again when you're in the spotlight of reality tv, that kind of highlights and brings forth some of the simmering problems jungdz neath. >> yeah, but the little boy, her little son. >> 4 1/2-year-old son at home. howie says she does try to call every night to talk to him but still the price of being on tv and she was in an episode of "sh "shopaholics." >> it's caused a little controversial and debate. can a reality show be blamed for the couple's divorce? vote now. using the "gma" app or on your iphone or android or head to our website abcnews.com/gma. >> how about a happy story? it's been an exciting week for lexi st. george. we scouted her for our series, "one week to hit it big" and put her in pop star boot camp. lara, you told her

. >>> with us is boston herald columnist howie car whose book "hit men" is on book shelves at the moment back in the files. this is one of the many transcripts of congressional hearings about the bulger case. a lot of the questions are about whether the fbi was complicit in allowing him to stay on the lamb for so long. did the fbi really want to find this guy? >> i think the fbi, the current generation of the fbi wanted to find him very badly. but in boston there were two generations of fbi agents that were totally corrupted by this guy. whitey used to have a saying christmas is for cops and kids, meaning he paid off the fbi agents. there's one fbi agent from boston who died in prison while awaiting trial on murder charges in oklahoma, and a second fbi agent is just about to begin a life sentence for murder in florida in a different case. these are guys who worked with whitey bulger and were literally on his payroll. >> is it true that fbi informants actually would tell him that the fbi was closing in so he could get away? >> yes. he was told by the fbi that he was about to be indicted a

>> i don't think so because she's a political phenomenon in the united states, howie.ly justification for following her is not whether or not she runs for president. she has a lot of views that people do want to hear about. she is closely watched. you know, she made a mistake in boston about who the -- you know, when talk about paul reveer, who -- >> two if by land, two if by sea for the british. >> and that actually started the hysterical rung from "the daily show" that had a hash tag -- >> we taped it this morning. governor palin was on fox news sunday with chris wallace. this came up. here's what she had to say. >> in a -- >> as soon as we recrew the tape. let's move on to another tape for you, margaret. mitt romney declared his candidacy for president of the united states in new hampshire on thursday. he was on page 3 of the manchester union leader. she was on page 1. she's not running, at least not now. he's been running for a long time. he made it official. it seems like something's screwed up here. >> listen, we're always go going to follow the shiny object. don

howie, you still talk to me, right? you have much better sources than i. every source can be 100% wrong or 100% right. everyone falls somewhere in between. when andrew breitbart took this, we took the name we could and we did everything we could to make sure this was right. >> was it difficult to talk megan broussard into sitting in front of a camera with you? >> it was very difficult. she was afraid. she's a single mother. she's struggling to go to school. she has a kid, a young kid. she's afraid of the power of the system against her. and what we were trying to tell her is if this matters to you that you didn't like that he was lying about this, that you think there are a lot of women out there, you're worried that he'll make them bad guys, you have to step up and you have to trust us that we'll protect you because we have to become your advocate if you're telling us the truth. >> but she played along with weiner. she sent him a picture of herself in a bra. she didn't say much negatively about him. he's not a bad guy. he's got issues like everyone else.

howie carr, we're relieved, like everybody else, this morning. thank you so much for your insight and perspective. you have a good day now. thank you. >> thank you, robin. >> thank you, robin. >>> now, to washington where president obama announced last night that after almost a decade of war in afghanistan, american troops will begin to come home. he said the tide of war is receding because america is meeting its goals. >> we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength. al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. together with the pakistanis, we have taken out more than half of al qaeda's leadership. and thanks to our intelligence professionals and special forces, we killed osama bin laden. the only leader that al qaeda had ever known. >> let's bring in martha raddatz and bianna golodryga for more on this right now. and, martha, let me begin with you. the president says this is the beginning of the end in afghanistan. and this is a significant shift in strategy. >> it really is, george. from everything the president sai

175,000 viewers in the young adult demographic, twice what cnn was doing in that hour, by the way, howie know, that's another -- an interesting aspect of it. you know, current, like a lot of stations do this, release selective nielsen figures. >> not the totals. >> only gave us that one demo, which was sure to be their best number. now, that's what corporations do. that's what these evil korpgs corporations that he's going to rail against, that's what he's going to do and he's doing it. i wrote a piece -- >> but to be fair -- >> tell us what the ratings -- >> be fair to e olbermann. yeah and he's making $10 million a year, too. that's corporate money. >> yes, it is. >> when you're looking at those young audience demos, i think that's important and shouldn't be skipped over. you know, the one thing that stuajon stewart does that none of these cable news channel stations do, he draws a crowd of people under the age of 40 and talks about the things that interests you and me and all these other people that work in the media. >> but you heard him say this was going to be a newscast of context

talk radio host and boston herald columnist howie car was once a target of whitey bulger's. bulger's enforcer is called "hit man." great to have you on. >> great to be on, lister. >> how did you get on whitey bulger's bad side? and what was your reaction when you heard he was caught? >> i got on the bad side by writing about his brother. and he took it very personally and supposedly put out out a contract on me. and i hadn't worried about being physically harmed since he went on the lam back in 1994. but i was happy to see him captured. i was just surprised he was captured in the u.s. i thought he had long ago left america and was in europe somewhere. >> he was wanted, as you know, for several murders, and many see him as a monster. but others, i know, in boston, see him as a bit of a folk hero. how would you characterize some of the reaction you have heard up in boston? >> well, i think there is that, the remnants of the old robin hood myth about him. but i think anybody who's studied the case, or anybody who was on the streets for more than ten minutes knows that this guy

>> reporter: radio show host howie carr wrote a book about whitey and his good brother william.lger was ultimately captured in santa monica, california, after the fbi ran a television add featuring bulger's long time girlfriend. neighbors described them as the elderly couple on the third floor known as mr. and mrs. charlie gasco. among the many charges bulger is facing, 19 counts of murder and attempted murder. to some former law enforcement officials believe the actual numbers could be much higher. debra feyerick, cnn, new york. >> top stories now. >>> terror plot in seattle and two u.s. citizens blamed for it. these guys planned to build up a center there and the third man ran and told the police about it. they were retaliating what they thought was alleged crimes by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. >>> president obama in the middle of the same-sex marriage debate in new york last night and received a standing ovation for his comments during a gay rights reception. listen. >> and i believe that discrimination because of somebody's sexual orientation or gender identity ran counter

host: the next call is howie from philadelphia on the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. also want to thank the governor of washington. i want to thank senator scott brown for helping out burns. i know about governor dewey's 1950 speech. hutchison and stevens lost their races in 2010. the facts need to come out for liberty and freedom. will republicans can always smell a jimmy carter. he still failed america. the communists are targeting newt gingrich and mitt romney. the communists, slave masters, and masters of the universe will not support ron paul. i support paul ryan's plan. host: you can check out our new page for politics. did you want to respond? guest: what is most interesting about some of the republicans you mentioned is the richness of the republican field and how many ideas are coming out of the republican party. i think it is vibrant. there is an opportunity to bring some real solutions to the table that have not been allowed under the old two-party monopoly. host: which tea party candidate is capable of debating ralph n

host: the next call is howie from philadelphia on the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. also want to thank the governor of washington. i want to thank senator scott brown for helping out burns. i know about governor dewey's 1950 speech. hutchison and stevens lost their races in 2010. the facts need to come out for liberty and freedom. will republicans can always smell a jimmy carter. he still failed america. the communists are targeting newt gingrich and mitt romney. the communists, slave masters, and masters of the universe will not support ron paul. i support paul ryan's plan. host: you can check out our new page for politics. did you want to respond? guest: what is most interesting about some of the republicans you mentioned is the richness of the republican field and how many ideas are coming out of the republican party. i think it is vibrant. there is an opportunity to bring some real solutions to the table that have not been allowed under the old two-party monopoly. host: which tea party candidate is capable of debating ralph n

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♪ >> look at howie. ♪ ♪ >> wow! such a maturity about her voice.mean in prime time. >> so there's another study out. >> there's another study out which i disagree with again that says women dig dudes driving hot cars. >> they say women look. if you see a guy walking down the street and he steps into a porsche does your opinion change? >> joey lavafrnga. >> if he seems like a nice enough guy and he gets into a fancy car. >> does it? >> for me, not really. not really. >> say it. >> i feel sorry for him. he thinks that car's going to get him the girls, and i guess it does. >> it works. >> it doesn't with me. never been a car girl. >> there are things that are turnoffs. i do think guys that are too flashy, anyone that tries to pay with -- pulls out all of the cards and the money. i'm not into flashy. no. i'm not. i'm against it. >> you're against what? >> yeah. what i'm against is somebody that is miserly and doesn't share the limelight with people and doesn't tip nicely. somebody that doesn't even recognize that people are serving him or a woman, too.

howie has his wife and son on the road. my wife and son are out on the road.irl. look how beautiful. >> that's my son griffin colding keira. we had two days off. i flew home. got to the hospital and she was born an hour later. >> your wife has great timing. >> and your boys are in love with her? >> oh, yeah. two older brothers. i miss her. other than that, it's awesome. >> i was looking at your schedule coming up. there's one that jumped out at me. fenway park. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's got to be an amazing night. >> i think for the most part we really don't even consider that. it's unfathomable. it's beyond the dream. we have to play boston garden saturday which is a feat in itself, makes all of us proud, back street as well as new kids. to play fenway, it's beyond a dream. >> are you going to throw out the first pitch? i did and i would advise you not to. it's scary. >> i don't know if they have enough catchers. we have too many pitchers here. take some batting practice. >> so what are we going to hear next? >> turn off the lights. >> ladies and gent