>> reporter: jimmy burke died in prison in 1996 while serving time on a murder rap. over the years, other lufthansa conspirators were killed and only one airline employee was ever convicted in the case. most of the stolen loot is still missing. but for years, asaro has been under suspicion. a search at jimmy burke's former home in queens turned up partial human remains from a murder that led back to asaro. and prosecutors say asaro implicated himself in the lufthansa holdup in taped conversations with f.b.i. informants. in february, the 2011, asaro apparently complained he never got his full share of the robbery proceeds. his lawyer said asaro is innocent. he was in court with four other alleged mobsters, all arrested this morning for various crimes dating back to the '60s, scott. one of those charged is thomas di fiore currently to be part of the bonanno crime family not in prison. >> pelley: bob orr in our washington newsroom. bob, thank you very much. today the pentagon said the u.s. and russia are discussing security at the sochi olympics. the games will be held

authorities always believed the late jimmy burke, jimmy the gent, was the mastermind behind the heist. robert de niro in the film version. >> never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: last summer, the fbi found human remains buried in burke's basement. >> when they found the body you can figure somebody was giving up information. >> reporter: the unsealed indictment reads like a movie script -- robbery, arson, extortion, illegal gambling, bookmaking, and murder. the others accused, vincent's son, 55-year-old jerome asaro, another alleged high-ranking member of the crime family, 70-year-old thomas di fiore, who went by tommy d, and 50-year-old john ragano, known as bazu. the laundry list of crimes spans from 1968 all the way to last summer. vincent asaro faces life in prison, the others, 20 years behind bars. brian? >> incredible story to come roaring back after all these years. kate snow, thanks as always. >>> in the state of new jersey, new developments tonight in the investigation of those lane closures on the george washington bridge, including governo

listen, in those days, jimmy burke was walking distance to the jfk cargo area. t up with jimmy. make no mistake. vinny and sal will put two in your bonnet and drop you off in the next area code. sarah was like the likes of john gatti. he just didn't make the headlines. >> i got it straight in my bonnet. so sal, how many people would you say are dead because of this and how many people still involved are out there because of this? >> you know, i really can't say. i think the government would be better at that. but i'm sure that jimmy burke took care of all the participants and a few of the peripherals, like the driver, the truck driver. he was just really thorough about closing down the gaps. of course, what he left was evidence that became dna driven. so i mean, there is no doubt that the f.b.i. is going to get a conviction here. and remember, murder, there is no statute on murder. >> they know. sinatra club is the book. sal, i can't believe you were caught up in this for a while. i'm glad you're out. thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >>> coming up, we all know a

jimmy burke is dead. i mean it's dead case, now all of a sudden it comes alive, it's like "night of the livin' dead" here. >> reporter: a search at jimmy burke's home in queens turned up evidence of a murder that led back to vincent asaro, and asaro implicated himself in taped conversations with fbi informants. in february 20 11 asaro complained about his take of the robbery proceeds. we never got our right money. what we were supposed to get, asaro told the informant. jimmy kept everything. now, asaro's attorney says his 78-year-old client is completely innocent, but he's not the only alleged mobster in trouble. four other alleged members of the bonanno crime family including the current boss, were also arrested along with asaro and charged with a variety of crimes dating back no the 1960s. charlie, clarissa? >> bob, thanks. >> the united states attorney general this morning is ruling out any deal with edward snowden and the former nsa contractor who stole millions of secret documents says he has no plan

jimmy burke. asorrow was not in the movie. he helped masked gunmen get away with $5 million in untraceable cash and $1 million in jewelry. he plead not guilty and is now behind bars. they each expected to receive $750,000 in stolen loot. the lieu tan za investigation. they found human remains. he's accused of that murder along with multi. charges of racketeering and conspiracy not related to the luf tan za case. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather. and in sports, a common bond between a player and this year's super bowl and two of his newest fans. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs morning news" sponsored by just for men mustache and beard, champions of facial hair. "cbs morning news" sponsored by [ female announcer ] yoplait greek 100. 100% greek. 100% mmm... so mmm, you might not believe it's 100 calories. yoplait greek 100. there are hundreds of reasons to love it. to help me become an olympian, she was pretty much okay with me turning her home into an ice rink. ♪ she'd just reach for the bounty select-a-size. i

authorities have always believed the late jimmy burke was the mastermind behind the heist. robert de niro in the film version. >> never rat on your friends. and always keep your mouth shut. >> last summer the fbi found human remains buried in burke's basement. >> more to come from that. if you need more signs that democratic party is lining up behind team hillary, just follow the money. one arm of the operation that helped elect president obama is now pro hillary clinton. priorities usa action will now begin raising money for her potential white house run and will be co-chaired by jim mu seen yachlt their expanding hillary land to the entire planet on the latest cover. get a good look at this thing. yep. drink it in. but as it looks like some democrats prepared to anoint their nominee, republicans want to change the rules of how they elect their own. the rnc is ready to compress the primary schedule in an attempt to avoid another dirty nomination process and allow the nominee more time to fundraise. the changes are up for a vote today, the final day of the rnc's winter meet

. >> that jimmy "the gent" burke, he mentions, was the inspiration for robert de niro's part in the film. >>> rescue crews in quebec sifting through icy rubble, which is all that's left from a deadly fire that killed at least five people and injured ten others. 30 people who live in the facility are still unaccounted for. >> my mother, she's blind. he's handicapped, you know, and she's supposed to move this person first, okay? and she's still there. i can't believe it. >> tragic. officials still do not know what caused this fire. they're hoping some of the residents who are unaccounted for might have been away with their families, but they are expecting the death toll to climb significantly higher. >>> arizona state university has excelled the tau kappa epsilon fraternity for throwing a racist party over the martin luther king jr. holiday weekend. pictures hit social media with them holding gang signs and watermelon-shaped cups. they have called for all the students involved to be expelled. arizona state university has not decided on discipline, but hey, plenty of evidence to sift throug

jimmy burke is played by robert de niro. he's irish so you can't get the main man.started wiping out people because he didn't want to share the money and started whacking everybody. martha: we remember the scene where the women walked into the bar wearing new mink clothes and driving fancy cars. what do you know about this whole thing? >> i can't believe he has such knowledge of the movie "goodfellas." trying to movie case that's almost 40 years old is not an easy task. how. the fed don't usually lock people up until they have all their ducks in a row. i was reading the most recent accounts online. the biggest thing about the heist is so much money was stolen and it was never recovered. the actual cash was not recovered. so it's going to be interesting to see how they go after what i would caught broken down old guys. they are 78, 80, old men at this point. but to come to arrest these guys, they have to have a case they feel that's viable. >> i actually put jimmy burke on two murder henry him gave them up. henry hill was the rat. henry hill was the informant and a r

the "jimmy" that ray liotta's character was yelling about in that scene refers to jimmy burke.obster who masterminded the crime. he has since died. as for asara - he's also charged with a 1969 murder. still ahead. justin bieber arrested. we're breaking down what led point. then. the best of the best arriving in the bay for the mavericks invitiational. kron4 talks to a surfer, who shows us what it's like to ride in the big wave event. >> : 17 year-old shot in oakland. justine is live in chinatown. >> : 13 year-old boy shot and killed his 17 year-old sister here at this apartment complex. in the 13 year-old boy is not in police custody. the shooting happened just about noon today. yet this complex on franklin and oakland's chinatown. that came out at noon. we saw family members crying side of the complex. >> : the brother and sister got into an argument about clothing. that argument escalated to a shooting somehow. police have not yet put out motive. >> : we do have a picture from this book of the victim justice tolar is the 17 year-old. the brother's name is mario oliver. >> : p

he came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy "the gent" burke.was portrayed by robert de niro in "goodfellas." police were led to his home. >> never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> all right, new video this morning showing a teen getting caught in the cross fire at a market in memphis. he was standing in line when the guys behind him draw their guns and open fire. in addition to hitting the teen, the bullets also broke a window and became lodged in a wall. the men who shot at each other are still at large. the teen was treated at a hospital. >>> this sounds like something out of "pacifics of the caribbean," a shipload of rats may be headed to britain. the abandoned cruise ship was built for trips to the arctic but a tow line broke as it was headed to a scrap yard. now it's adrift in the atlantic. been there ever since. coast guard officials are worried it may come ashore. >>> all right, pope francis who apparently likes the

asorrow, who pled not guilty today, came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy the jet burke this summer. burke, portrayed in "good fellas" by robert de niro, died in 1996. new evidence discovered there helped crack the case. >> never rat on your friends. and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> pierre, thank you. >>> a major headline about your health tonight, with a question mark for anyone who drinks sodas with that caramel color. a chemical that in some cases has been linked to cancer in mice. a new health warning tonight. and abc's dr. richard besser is here. >> reporter: when you sip that soda, you may be drinking it. caramel coloring, a common ingredient. but could some actually cause cancer? consumer reports tested 110 sodas from california and new york. they found some had an ingredient in the coloring called 4-mei. they believe some of the levels they found were too high. at very high levels, it can cause tumors in mice. california requires a cancer warning on products tha

asaro, who pled not guilty and recently came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy "the gent" burkes summer. burke portrayed in "goodfellas" by robert de niro died in 1974, but a tip led police to his home and new evidence discovered there helped crack the case. >> never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> new video this morning showing a teen getting caught in the cross fire at a market in memphis. he was standing in line when the guys behind him drew their guns and opened fire. in addition to hitting the teen, the bullets also broke a window and became lodged in a wall. the men who shot at each other are still at large. the teen was treated at a hospital, and employees there believe there may have been another gunman. >>> this sounds like something out of pirates of the caribbean," a shipload of cannibal rats may be headed to britain. the abandoned cruise ship was built for trips to the arctic and can'tant art -- and antarctic, but a tow line broke as it was hea

authorities have believed jimmy burke, jimmy the gent, was the mastermind behind the heist. n burke's basement. >> when they found the body, you could figure someone was giving up information. >> reporter: it reads like a book, robbery, extortion, murder. the others accused vincent's son, 5-year-old jerome asaro, another alleged high-ranking member of the crime family, 70-year-old thomas di fiore, who went by tommy d., and jack bonaventure, and john ragano. >> that was nbc's kate snow. >> wow, golly. >> whew. >> you didn't see "goodfellows" did you? >> it was a great movie. >> okay. >> yeah, ray liotta is great. that story. >> that was kate snow reporting. up next, we hear a lot about the sectarian violence dividing muslims in the middle east, but the next guest says islam isn't the only faith under fire. we'll be right back with more "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. life with crohn's disease ois a dai

not guilty, recently came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of fellow mobster jimmy "the ghent" burke keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody is talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> it's just fascinating on all kinds of level. the movie "goodfellas," it's such a great movie. >> and after all this time. >> after all this time. >> really interesting. >> just amazing. >> the only person convicted in agent in medicinal treatments. a fascinating case with lots of layers. >>> we go to texas. today a judge will hear a husband's plea to take his wife off life support. munoz has been brain dead since november when she was 14 weeks pregnant but the hospital kept her attached to machines and will continue to do so when the baby is viable according to texas law. eric munoz's lawyers say it shows the baby shows abnormalities. >>> a boy is called a hero after dialing 911 when his father fell unconscious. >> what's your name? >> jackson. >> what school do you go to? >> jackson. >> 5-year-old jackson. his father was suffering from low sodium due to the me

that murder involved jimmy the gent burke who was played by dinaro in the movie.ging in the house and found some of his remains. that's what led, fundamentally, to this indictment. >> organized crime like that any more or has it changed since the goodfella days? >> armored car heists and gambling and all the traditional things are still there. but the wild times of organized crime of that era are gone. the control over all the construction tray trades, the union, teamsters and every yard of concrete that was poured in new york the government got attacks on. the government has driven the mob stranglehold out of unions and industry away. but still here and very powerful. >> from 1978 until now, 2014. they're just figuring it out. thank you, we appreciate it. >> pleasure. >>> still to come, new details about justin bieber. what the pop singer told police he was doing right before being arrested and then george zimmerman isn't done with the art world yet. his last piece sold for more than $100,000. will his new painting go for more? >>> breaking news. whiteout conditi

james burke or jimmy the gent died years ago, serving a life sentence for an unrelated murder at theime. >> allen schauffler. thank you. hours from now, syria peace talks are set to begin in geneva. a u.n. mediator will open the tacks with representatives from the government and the opposition. that's according to two western officials. after the opening addresses both sides head to separate rooms, and the mediator will meet with each side until they agree to face each other. diplomats are hoping talks may lead to ceasefires or prisoner exchanges or stepped up humanitarian efforts. >> for tens of thousands the the negotiations are likely the furtherest things from their minds. they are desperate for the basics like medical care. nick schifrin reports. >> in this turkish border town there are 60,000 refugees. abdullah zogby is not one of them. this is their only clinic. he's their only internal medicine doctor. every day he sees 60 patients. >> the clinic is not enough, the drugs are not enough. we need another clinic like this, we need a hospital. >> this is the dentist clinic. >> yo

search last summer at the new york home of james jimmy the gent, burke.d mitt romney could never quite connect with everyday voters. but. >> the new documentary showing a more personal side of romney and gives a behind the scenes look at his two white house runs. >> very hard time in these debates. george herbert walker did, because they feel like who is this winner snapper coming up here that knows nothing? i'm president of the united states. i'm commander in chief. i know these things and come in and so they don't prepare. they don't prepare. and they just think they can just waltz through it. >> for six years, film maker greg whitely had unprecedented access to romney and his family on and off the campaign trail and he joins us live this morning. we'll see the show tomorrow on netflix. i know the family was aware of your work, but it came down to one of the sons said look, my dad is on board with you. just show up with your camera. >> essentially i wrote a blush in a newspaper -- blurb that the governor would gather with his family in park city to disc

james burke or jimmy the gent in mob parlance died of natural causes. >> vincent asaro and his son are pleading not guilty. >>> the justice department is ready to cut a deal with edward snowden. to make that happen, snowden must take responsibility for leaking top secret information, in other words, plead guilty. as john terrett reports, snowden defended his actions on thursday on an online chat. >> edward snowden spoke to the world via his internet site. questions asked, some were better than others and we selected three to have you look at. the first one, under what conditions would you agree to return to the united states and snowden replies returning to the u.s. i think is the best resolution for the government the public and myself but is not unfortunately possible in the face of whistle blower laws. >> what in your opinion is the appropriate extent of u.s. national security apparatus? snowden replies, not all security is bad. mass surveillance, done not because it is necessary but because new technologies make it easy and cheap. and finally, the third we've selected, recently doz