i think by representing himself, persico did not help himself.here was a very dramatic period of time when the main witness against him, his cousin by marriage, who had harbored him when he was a fugitive and testified against him, when persico cross-examined him, as you listened to the cross examination and the thuggery, i thought to myself, if you want an exhibit of what a mob boss looks like, this is exhibit a. david: this is not the last time you were young for your job. when you became u.s. attorney in one of the you were youngest, i think in history. michael: i was in my 30's. after i did the commission case and did some more crimes, i got a call one day, in 1987, that the new u.s. attorney in new jersey was looking for a first assistant. he was a very experienced appellate lawyer but he wanted someone with trial experience. his name was samuel alito. now justice alito. i went over and i interviewed and became his first assistant, and did some trial work there. we have some very interesting cases, including the mayor of jersey city, who was

carmine persico passed away last week. heather: there are five families in new york. >> colombo, on and on. the names we heard, vincent who walked around in his bathrobe, john gotti, they've been replaced by people of lower statute who want to stay out of the media spotlight but it didn't do much for john gotti. the latest murder of the gambino chief was a guy who did that but he had ties to sicily which is unusual. the speculation is an internecine war among his family, is it between the five families? did sicily have something to do with it? in philadelphia, my team, 9 murders including a judge, most of those murders where interfamily rivalries. heather: john gotti's brother jean gotti was released a year ago. the possibility he could be involved. >> the day of his murder he was acquitted of a crime. carmine persico died last week. all these things happening at the same time. where there is change there is opportunity and people who want to take control. heather: i don't want to make any mobsters mad but honor among thie

. >>> the long-time boss of the crime family carmine persico has died he had been serving what was effectivelyce at a federal prison in north carolina he was 85. you are up to date that's the update. back downtown to you see you in an hour. >> sue, see you next hour. thank you very much. >>> artificial intelligence was one of the key themes of david's interview with softbank chairma and ceo masa son david joins us with more david? >> we went through a lot of things, masa and myself, in terms of discussion of the investments made within the vision fund $100 billion portfolio. he says they're all linked by the focus of artificial intelligence regardless of the industry of which he invests and one name i found myself wondering about which is we work masa said he would like to own more and appears the investors and at saudi arabia may have put the brakes on the desires there a bit but i asked him, well all right, ai and we work, how does that work? >> so, many people still think it is just a -- sharing office. >> they buy real estate and lease it out and that's the - >> that's not my view. okay my