john gotti jr. joins me for an exclusive interview he says to set the record straight about life in the mob. you can call me shallow... but, i have a wandering eye. i mean, come on. national gives me the control to choose any car in the aisle i want. i could choose you... or i could choose her if i like her more. and i do. oh, the silent treatment. real mature. so you wanna get out of here? go national. go like a pro. >>> welcome back. for decades john gotti was the head of the most powerful mafia in the nation. his son not only shared his name but carried on as acting boss when the law finally caught up with john gotti sr., who beat the rap so many times he was known as the teflon don. today i have a rare opportunity to get an inside look at the fascinating world of the mafia. in an exclusive interview with john gotti jr., who now says he's out of the life a different man than his father. in his riveting new book a tell-all "shadow of my father," gotti tells the whole story of life in a mobster fam

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some people pray to god, he pray 0 john gotti. >> one time i had to correct my mom.s man, your friends are just bringing you down. i told her, you know, it's not them. it's me bringing them down. >> he's been through a lot. he's been in the system for years and he has good perspective on life. so he's been mentoring me. >> he seems like a good guy. i mean, as far as good can get in here. you know what i mean? >> my cellie is actually a breath of fresh air because his naivete in this field, i find it refreshing that he is so knowledgeable in other areas of life. >> it's a little easier for me because i've been out there in that square bare world doing pretty much. >> i mean, he still sees is rough around the edges when it comes to the environment but he knows enough to keep out of people's business. he knows, you know, how to be decent. you know, because if being decent is a problem, then it's a problem to be alive, you know what i mean? but to be decent, he's not going to encounter any issues. he's doing all right actually. >> you get what you give here. if you give

. >> one of the reason it is the gotti's rules, from john's perspective, there were rules, but they didn't if your name was gotti. the principal rule is no one deals drugs. if you deal drugs, you get killed. but if you are you have to kick up to the leader of the crime family. that was part of the hypocrisy and you mentioned the castellano murder that was part of the drug dealing. and the other thing is if you are in a restaurant for example, and your crew is there and there is a crew from another family across the way, make them come to you. don't you go to them. it is petty high school kind of stuff but this is the way the organization was run a guy from albanian descent was fascinated it and got involved in it and learned about it. >> do they determine what was going on there? >> 20 30 50 years ago, it didn't happen. but if you accept the idea back then some guys got involved with the mafia because it was a way of life and they stood by the merta and the code of violence. and today is a way to make money. and today when they are jammed up it is a business decision. how do i cut my losse

the same year that hannibal lecter took the oscars and mcdonald's opened in beijing and john gotti gotnced to life. and it's going up 126% since its debut 23 years ago. the ceo jeffrey lorabaum with the "squawk box" here. it's great to have you here. jeff, can you hear me there? i think we're maybe having issues with the audio. >> i can hear you. >> great. thank you for joining us today. it's really nice to have you here. we were talking about the stock a little bit. obviously impressive runs. stocks trading at an all-time high. we wanted to have you here this morning to talk about what you're seeing in the industry. i know there are three parts of mohawk industries. the largest is the remodelling and home improvement. what are you seeing on that now? >> the remodeling business is the slowest growth of the three categories that we have. the commercial and new home business being better. anticipating it getting better as new house prices go up and people gain confidence and putting more investments in their homes. >> have you been surprised how lackluster it's been to this had point? or

. >> reporter: hit man john awright told me about murders and beatings that propelled him to top enforcer with the notorious gotti family. >> welshing he is in the middle of the conversation i shot him two or three times in the head. i don't know which one. i spit on him. >> reporter: stories like that inspired a new book about his life in the mob. is it like what you see in the movies in tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00, he opens up about that and, reveals the the plot once proposed to him about a hit, honorary putted philadelphia mob boss joey merlino. >>> now, alight was very candid with me talking about the mob hits and merlino and everyone else but you might fine his matter of fact descriptions of a day in his crime filled life in philadelphia and south jersey pretty shocking. you'll see for yourself in our interview at 11:00. >>> live from the news center i'm walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, we will see you then thank you. >>> philadelphia 76ers making major moves today. they have trade one of their stars, michael carter williams. >> leslie van arsdal is following developments from clearwa

. >> john, shot, stabbed beat and threatened his way into one of the most feared mob titles in america. top enforcer for the infamous gottiamiliar. >> how many guys did you shot. >> i shot about 37 guys. >> beaten with pipes or baseball bats. >> well over a hundred. >> and murdered. >> murdered i said i believe i was involved in about 15. charged with six. >> in this philadelphia television exclusive a light told the i-team he call it rocking them to sleep. making his targets feel comfortable and row lacked before he suddenly attacked. >> while he's in the middle of a conversation, i shot him two or three times in the head. i don't know which one. and i spit on him. it was nothing. it was locate i just played baseball game. i was a big baseball player even had a cheeseburger double cheese i can tell was i had a coke and fries. >> he said he actually enjoyed murders one man so much he wished he could do it again. >> i wake him up and kill him again and i'd like to torture them g among those he was asked to kill joey merlino an offer he decline. >> they proved me. had a conversation and as soon as i found out it did a littl

john by the end of 2016. mr. carter said that the obama administration was open to having a stronger military relationship with the current afghan unity government. mr. gotti'sovernment has reset relations with the west after turbulent years. that is a photo of ashton carter in afghanistan. let's go back to your phone calls on the issue of fighting isis. good morning. caller: good morning. i strongly agree that we need to bring a law of arduous back into -- a lot of our troops back into fighting over there. we have a lot of ice is coming forward and saying that they will produce against us, as well as france and other nations. daily,. we just need to go in and take care of it, i believe. steven: chris, thank you for the call. we will go next to gave joining us from south carolina. welcome to the program. you are on the air. go ahead, please. caller: yes. steven: please give us your comment. we will move on. sorry about that. we will go to bob from melbourne, florida. good morning. caller: good morning, steve. i think if we are going to put boots on the ground we should reinstate the draft with no consideration for college deferments, and also we should waive