with this book, you are openly calling joey merlino a punk. are you worried about stirring up bad blood with this new conversation? are you worried about your safety or your family's safety? ralph: i'm not worried about anybody or anything. i never did and i never will. what he did, he did. it's the truth. why should anyone be upset about it? and if they are, shame on them. rosemary: ralph, you told me earlier once that you believe you are going to heaven. ralph: well, when i say going to heaven, i don't know what kind of heaven i'm going to go to, but i'm certainly not going to serve my time in hell if there is a hell. i really don't--i don't consider this or that because when i die, i die. i have no--i lived 82 years. that's a great, great 82 years. if i go tonight, i go. rosemary: if somebody comes after you tonight? ralph: what's that? rosemary: if someone comes after you tonight? ralph: they better be able to shoot good. rosemary: dan, i know you wanted to talk about atlantic city. dan: yes. ralph? ralph: yes? dan: can you explain to them

was a liar, a coward. >> reporter: natale claims became he government witness because mob boss joey merlinoade 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 came to see my wife. >> natale had no problem weighing in on the current state of affairs of the local mob. the return of half dozen scarfo gangsters to philadelphia after decades in prison and who he thinks should be the boss of the local mob. >> there is no mob in the city right now. they're not breaking ice anywhere. let's talk about the scarfo guys. they did their time. i don't know if they went to work. they write numbers. i wish them all well. >> do you think the merlino crew and the scarfo crew could ever co x together or get along together? >> no. no. i don't think so. they're different kind of guys. joe changlini he should be the boss in philadelphia if there was a months. >> reporter: aging former mob boss didn't miss a beat when we asked about several unsolved mob hits the fbi is investigating. like the murders of ron turchi, tony to

unkind words i guess you can say for the local mobsters he turned on especially reputed mob boss joey merlinoorter: it was a rainy friday in south philadelphia outside the philadelphia mob's newest clubhouse at ninth and catherine. >> oh, my god. what a joke he made out of a great family. >> reporter: the guy on the phone is former philly mob boss raffle natale. speaking to us from somewhere in america. about the mob and his new book "the last don standing". natale says the book was his wife's idea. >> she shed, you know, i know everything about you but that ain't everything she said. >> reporter: that's why the 80 something-year-old natale says he did the book. he's the first mob boss to ever become a government witness and now he's telling tales about the likes of jimmy hoffa, former heavy weight champion sonny list tin and former philadelphia mob boss angelo bruno. it was bruno and new york wise guy carlos gambino who inducted him into the mob. >> we went there. we cut our fingers. we put the blood together the three us. i never felt better and stronger in my life. joey had a little ceremo

he was a liar, a coward. >> nataniel eclipse he became a government witness because mob boss joey merlinoyed 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 to see my wife. >> natale had no problem weighing in on the current state of affairs of the local mob. the return of half dozen scarfo gangsters to philadelphia, after decades in prison, and who he thinks should be the boss of the local mob. >> there is no mob in the city right now. they're not breaking eyes anywhere. let's talk about the scarfo guys. they did their time. i don't know if they went to work, writing numbers, i don't . >> do you think the marlene owe crew and the scarfo crew could ever co-exist together or get along together? >> no, no, i don't think so. they're different kind of guys. show should be the boss of philadelphia, if there was mob. >> and the aging former mob boss didn't miss a beat whether we asked about several unsolved mob hits, the fbi is investigating. like the murders of ron turcci, tony tora -- >> know were afra

was a liar, a coward. >> reporter: natale claims he became a government witness because mob boss joey merlinowhen 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. >> in a at a hal no problem weighing in the current state of affairs of the local mob. the return of has half a dozen scarfo gangsters to philadelphia after decades in prison and who he thinks should be the boss of the local mob. >> there's no mob in the city. right now. they're not breaking ice anywhere. let's talk about the scarfo guys. they did their time. i don't know where they went to work, writing numbers, aware them all well. >> reporter: do you think the merlino crew and the scarfo crew could ever co exist together or get along together? no. no. i don't think so. different kind of guys. joe changlini he used to be the boss in philadelphia. if there was a mob. >> reporter: aging former mob boss didn't miss a beat when he asked about several unsolved mob hits like the murders of ron turchi, tony torry and tony torro. >

the highest ranking mafia member to turn federal witness, testifying against reputed mob boss joey merlinoning, he will be talking with us by phone