13 works of art stolen, paintings by rembrandt, vermeer, manet, flinck, sketches by degas. a chinese bronze beaker and a finial that set on top of a napoleonic flag. all taken in the dark of night. all together, worth $500 million. $500 million. and not one has ever been found. >> i'm randy kaye outside the isabella stewart gardner museum. this is where it all began march 18th, 1990. it was st. patrick's weekend. there was a house party at the building right behind the museum. some time after midnight, a group of young men left the party and spotted a car with what looked like two bosn police officers inside. they had no idea these two men weren't really police officers. and no clue that just a short time later, these two men would pull off the greatest art heist in history. >> come in, clock in, there would be two guards. >> reporter: rick abbot was one of the night watchmen on duty the night of the crime. until now, he'd never done a television interview about what happened that night. rick was 23 years old back in 1990. he had been working at the museum for about a year.

unless they weren't the ones who actually took the manet out of the blue room that night.eves made off with the printed records of the motion detectors, though they left the computer which saved all of the information on the hard drive, in tact. meanwhile, all of this time, rik abbot is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. >> either through sweating or struggling or both, at some point, the duct tape had slipped down. so i could see a little bit over the duct tape, kind of. and at one point, somebody did come and check on me. somebody was standing on the end looking down at me. they didn't say anything and i -- it spiked me up again, i was freaking out again. but trying not to, like, oh, my god, i have to pretend i can't see this person. that would definitely not be good if they realized i could see them. >> reporter: rick says he lost track of time and wasn't sure exactly when the thief came to check on him. that was the last he'd see of them. their j

veteran of the santa clara county transportation authority has died after being hit by a bus in a manet thence yard. 62-year-old raul was hit late tuesday and died last night. they waited to reveal the accident saying it was isolated and didn't involve the traveling public. the employee driving the bus has been placed on leave. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord. they found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. the flames came from a pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out as the two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped

veteran of the santa clara county transportation authority has died after being hit by a bus in a manetnce yard. 62-year-old raul was hit late tuesday and died last night. they waited to reveal the accident saying it was isolated and didn't involve the traveling public. the employee driving the bus has been placed on leave. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord. they found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. the flames came from a pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out as the two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped last

works by degas, vermeer, manet, rembrandt - the value? they say around a half a billion dollars & the fbi doesn't forget they say they know who did it & expect the case to soon be resolved. let's talk with jonathan sazonoff, you consult on art thefts & have 1 of the largest data bases on the planet associated with stolen art. 500 thousand dollars, you say nowhere near that much. > >people always inflate the figures on these. i've seen figures as high as 2 billion dollars but if you really run some numbers its about 135 million. > >the statute of limitaions has run out. the crooks can't be prosecuted unless they're found in possession of these works. what's going on here? > >they're just trying to flush them out somehow.it seems that every anniversary they try to get the public interested in this. art theft spurs the imagination of so many people out there that they're looking for leads. > >these are gorgeous pieces and its interesting how the museum has left these spaces bare where the paintings had once been. why were these stolen in the

veteran of the santa clara county transportation authority has died after being hit by a bus in a manet thence yard. 62-year-old raul was hit late tuesday and died last night. they waited to reveal the accident saying it was isolated and didn't involve blic.rave the employee driving the bus has been placed on leave. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord. they found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. pot onmes came pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out amen two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped last month in this are

crimes 23 years ago two thieves stole, 13 works of art from a museum in boston including, rembrant, and manet. agents know the identities of the thieves, but they have not been arrested and the art is still missing. >> they have confirmed the identity of those who entered the museum and others associated with the theft >> the art was traced to connecticut and philadelphia but don't know where it is now. someone may have bought it not realizing it was stolen. >>> former santa clara county supervisor, walked into a courtroom today disgraced and walked out as a convicted felon. he pleaded guilty to a dozen criminal charges for misusing $130,000 in county campaign funds he says that he used the money to feed what he called a gambling addiction. prosecutors said some of the so called campaign funds were solicited so they could be used strictly for gambling. >> that money went through the slush fund that was never made public, that he was taking in money, under false pretenses. >> also today, prosecutors said it appears he won $400,000 gambling with that money and those winnings could be used to pa

edouard manet depicted the essence of the short, violent suppression of the commune as french troopsd on french civilians-- killing thousands before they squashed the rebelli. the national soul-searching for the reasons behind the violence and chaos continued for decades. the middle class blamed the lower classes for abandoning patriotic virtues for decadence-- turning to alcoholism and prostitution and away from respect for authority. they saw decadence differently from the heights of montmartre. the third republic's succession of ineffectual and corrupt governments smacked of decadence and failed to address the social problems created by avaricious capitalism and industrialization. pollution and urban poverty plagued the capital until the end of the century. montmartre's artists found a new role for themselves. it was basically the concept of the independent artist, the bohemian artist, against the bourgeoisie, the establishment life, which had evolved since the early part of the 19th century. no longer did they have to kowtow to the establishment because thestablishmt wasn't as em