i asked him about jimmy hoffa. he pulls out a picture, the only picture confirming jimmy hoffa's relationship with the mafia was a picture of ralph and jimmy hoffa in washington dc. ralph: he made one mistake in his life when he decided that he wanted to take back the teamsters. i knew he was headed for the great--for the ground. i knew he was going to--and i could have smelled that damn ground of a grave while i was talking to him. and i tried to talk him out of it, he said, "no, i got to do what i got to do." rosemary: ralph, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. ralph: thank you for asking. rosemary: yep. ralph: and it's been a pleasure, my pleasure to get a little bit of this off of my mind. rosemary: when we come right back, we'll hear more from dan pearson, who says he may seem like an unlikely mob aficionado, but not if you knew his background. by the time the drugs rannd wout, i was addicted.. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. i was a full b

jimmy hoffa was one of the finest men i've ever met. man's man. broke his wore. >> sonny list ten. >> reporter: natale described in his book how mob bosses across the country followed an inside tip and bet against heavy weight champ sonny list ten in a shocking 1964 upset loss to carbs clay, boxing great muhammed ali. >> the biggest legitimate score the mob ever made was with son sonny. >> natale turned down our request for a an person interview or live interview over the internet. his people citing safety and schedule link issues. natale and i go back almost 20 years when he first became the boss here in philadelphia and he said things like this. >> if i was in trouble i'd like to be with joe merlino. >> he turn out to be the biggest -- one of the biggest mistakes i've ever made in my life. he was a liar, a coward. >> reporter: natale claims became he government witness because mob boss joey merlino be trade a promise when natale went to prison you should take care of his wife lucia. >> he never paid a dime -- he never sent an envelope. he never

, who disappeared without a trace in july 1975. >> jimmy hoffa was one of the finest men i've everand a man's man. never broke his word. >> natale also described in his book how mob bosses across the country followed an inside tip, and bet against heavy weight champ sonny liston in shocking 1964 upset lost to cashes clay, boxing grade, muhammad ali. >> the biggest legitimate score that the mob ever made was with sonny liston. >> natale turned down request for in person interview or live interview over the internet, his people siting safety and scheduling issues. natale and i go back almost 20 years, when he first became the boss here in philadelphia. and he said things like this: >> i know if i was in trouble, i could be with joe merlino. >> he turned out to be the biggest -- one of the biggest mistakes i've ever made in my life. he was a liar, a coward. >> nataniel eclipse he became a government witness because mob boss joey merlino betrayed a promise, and when natale went to prison, woe take care of his wife, lucia. >> he never paid a dime, he never sent an envelope, never came t

disappeared without a trace in july 1975. >> jimmy hoffa was one of the finest men i've ever met >> okay. >> never broke his word. >> natale also describe this book how bob bosses followed inside tip and bet sunny in a upset loss to cassius clay bo boxing great muhammed ali. >> the biggest score the mob ever made was sunny. >> he turned down our request for in person interview or live interview over the internet. his people citing safety and schedule link issues. nepal and i go back almost 20 years when he first became the boss here in philadelphia. and he said things like this. >> i know if i was in trouble i'd like to be with joe merlino. >> he turned out to be the biggest -- one of the biggest mistakes i've ever made in my life. he was a liar, a coward. >> reporter: natale claims he became a government witness because mob boss joey merlino be trade a promise when natale went to prison he would take care of his wife lucia. >> he never paid a dime. he never sent an envelope. he never even -- never came to see my wife. >> reporter: natale had no problem weighing in on the current

disappeared without a trace in july 1975. >> jimmy hoffa was one of the finest men i've ever met. never broke his word. >> reporter: natale also described in his book how mob bosses across the country followed an inside tip and bet against heavy weight sonny in a shocking 1964 upset loss to cassius clay boxing great muhammed ali. >> the biggest legitimate score that the mob ever made was with sonny. >> natale turned down a request for in person interview or a live interview over the intern internet. his people citing safety and schedule link issues. natale and i go back almost 20 years when he first became the boss here in philadelphia. and he said things like this. >> i know if i was in trouble, i like to be with joe merlino. >> he turn out to be the biggest -- one of the biggest mistake i've ever made in my life. he was a liar, a coward. >> reporter: natale claims he became a government witness because mob boss joey merlino be trade a promise that when natale went to prison he would take care of his wife lucia. >> he never paid a dime -- he never sent an envelope. he never even

separate from this, danny is the grandnephew of tony who is alleged to have been behind the hit on jimmy hoffae. >> i would like to know. >> i'm ashley, i am the compassionate yet no-nonsense chaser on chasing news. i would like to share with you five things about me you don't know. number one, i graduated from the university of pennsylvania in 2007. my senior year i was the president of my sorority. number two, i am the queen of -- but i happen to have one i will share with you that my dad gave me. he calls me a funky cold medina after the 80 song from toll mold. mold. >> number three, my favorite number, celebrity i look most like his whitney houston. check out the young whitney and then me. number four, my favorite place in the world is south africa. fun fact, i studied abroad my junior year at penn. it is absolutely beautiful. number five, i have been in 18 weddings. i'm exhausted. the next one i will be the bride. ♪ ♪ hell no. [laughter] so that is five things you did not know about me, ashley johnson. you can check me out on twitter and check out the show at chasing news. >> another grea

bringing the band back together. , theesci, you, al pacino story that jimmy chavez different -- jimmy hoffa's disappearance. mr. de niro: hopefully joe pesci will be in it. actually, this is the moment we are going to say joe, are you going to do this or not? megan: joe, on bloomberg, you got to get to this movie. about this is going on here long-term partnership with martin gore safety -- martin scorsese. mr. de niro: we were involved another project we were going to and i heard you paint houses, it was ovetwyears i wanted to read it, and i said marty, read th book we tried at one point of the old project in the new thing together, but it was too consultative. it's been about 10 years. ms. rosenthal: it was 10 years ago, having a green light call on the other project and bob says maybe there's this other project. there was a go movie turned into a development deal turns into here we are 10 years later. one thing that's fascinating from the business side is you are going through netflix for this and they have put up the money. how disruptive is that now, in terms of that kind of model or amaz

joe pesci, you, al pacino, the story about jimmy hoffa's disappearance. his death. mr. de niro: right. hopefully joe pesci will be in it. ms. rosenthal: actually, this is the moment we are going to say joe, are you going to do this or not? megan: joe, on bloomberg, you got to get to this movie. tell me about this is going on your long-term partnerships with martin scorsese. mr. de niro: we were involved in another project we were going -- "i but i read this heard you paint houses," it was over two years i wanted to read it, and i said marty, read this book. i think this is more of what we should be doing. we tried at one point of the old anything together but it was too complicated. it's been about 10 years. ms. rosenthal: it was 10 years ago. we were having a green light call on the other project and bob says maybe there's this other project. there was a go movie turned into a development deal turns into here we are 10 years later. but anyway, it's really exciting. megan: one thing that's fascinating from the business side is you are going through netflix for this and

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takeover of atlantic city, his mentor angelo bruno, and natale's last conversation with union boss jimmy hoffawhen i looked at him. male announcer: nbc10 @issue starts now. rosemary: good morning, i'm rosemary connors for nbc10 @issue. ralph natale led the philly mob back in the mid to late 90s. he's the highest ranking mafia member to turn federal witness, testifying against reputed mob boss joey merlino. natale keeps his whereabouts close to the vest, so this morning, he will be talking with us by phone