of those vincent asaro is the only one directly linked to the airport theft. lufthansa cargo agent was the only man ever charged until now. federal prosecutors are not saying why he think they can tie vincent asaro to the crime now. >> he goes all the way back. >> author and reporter thinks somebody with inside knowledge has been talking. >> it's a surprise that he's still alive. most of the people involved in the case either were killed, bumped off, knocked of off or died of death. he's one of the last survivors. longevity in the long run. >> vincent asaro entered a not guilty plea in federal court in brooklyn. he plans to fight the charges. the man believed to be the master find goodnight the robbery. james burke or jimmy the gent died years ago, serving a life sentence for an unrelated murder at the time. >> allen schauffler. thank you. hours from now, syria peace talks are set to begin in geneva. a u.n. mediator will open the tacks with representatives from the government and the opposition. that's according to two western officials. after the opening addr

vincent asaro faces life in prison, the others, 20 years behind bars. brian? >> incredible story to come roaring back after all these years. kate snow, thanks as always. >>> in the state of new jersey, new developments tonight in the investigation of those lane closures on the george washington bridge, including governor chris christie's office. for the first time, the u.s. attorney in new jersey has issued subpoenas for documents to christie's reelection committee and the state gop. the new jersey legislature is conducting its own parallel investigation. for his part tonight, governor christie tonight is responding to an issue that has been festering for years right there in the shadow of new jersey's state house. a high school in such disrepair would make any parent in the country wonder about sending their child there. nbc news started looking at conditions at trenton high school about two months ago. the word got out in the community and the local newspaper and now it appears that after so many years of neglect there could be finally a solution. our exclus

at the front of the pack, 78-year-old vincent asaro accused of helping carry out the heist. authorities have always believed the late jimmy burke was the mastermind behind the heist. robert de niro in the film version. >> never rat on your friends. and always keep your mouth shut. >> last summer the fbi found human remains buried in burke's basement. >> more to come from that. if you need more signs that democratic party is lining up behind team hillary, just follow the money. one arm of the operation that helped elect president obama is now pro hillary clinton. priorities usa action will now begin raising money for her potential white house run and will be co-chaired by jim mu seen yachlt their expanding hillary land to the entire planet on the latest cover. get a good look at this thing. yep. drink it in. but as it looks like some democrats prepared to anoint their nominee, republicans want to change the rules of how they elect their own. the rnc is ready to compress the primary schedule in an attempt to avoid another dirty nomination process and allow the nominee more tim

vincent asaro who was arrested and charged with the crime.our other associates arrested, alleged members of the bonano family. neither age nor location has assuaged his capability. >> if you have the biggest heist in u.s. history, still unsofltd, about. >> they finally have the right man behind bars. only a fraction of the money and jewels stolen was ever recovered. kristin saloomi, al jazeera, new york. >>> break news from egypt. third explosion this time in giza in the haran rvetioan area. many believe it was a hand made device. >> climbing the economic ladder in america, it's easier in some states and harder in others. we will explain. plus across the united states this has not been a good day for mcdonald's but it has been a great one for people who sell natural gas, we'll update you on america's energy emergency. >> in dabo, ali velshi, reports

picking up five alleged mobsters including vincent asaro thought to be a high ranking mobster. >>> and million to a man who will marry his lesbian daughter and make her straight. >>> some stories you might have missed on a serious note in egypt, two deadly explosions overnight in cairo. and a third in a nearby city of giza. at least five people confirmed killed and dozens more injured. it targeted the police headquarters. police cars and a police station. of course we'll stay on top of this developing story. >>> unrest in ukraine as protesters storm several government buildings. protesters angry the president of that country siding with russia instead of the european union. >>> controversial comments from mike huckabee. he suggested democrats use the promise of contraception to try to win over female voters. >> if the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they can the control their libido without the help of the government, then

reputed mobster 78-year-old vincent asaro pleaded not participating in the he was indicted - along with son and three otherthey are all accused of being members of the other charges. new at eight snow in who is wanted by authorities for secret documents. he's hiding out in russia. cattle live video chat today where anybody could ask him questions on twitter. >> : so the chances were pretty revealing. his live look at the chat. >> : he picked 13 questions answered the questions and answer were puts on the web site for free snowden. >> : the laws don't protect contractors that are working for the government. it said current laws he showed congress the documents he had become of that precedent with a felony he played it safe and give them to newspapers. when he felt bad about stealing passwords and use a pastry >> : he never stole it or lied to co-workers. >> : when meat was asked if he is considering to returning ets. returning to the u.s. i think is the best resolution for the government public and myself. but currently it's not currently possible with current whistle-blower laws. my >>

vincent asaro has now been charged with helping direct that plot. a bunch of guys burst into a lufthansa airlines warehouse at jfk airport in new york and got away with cash and jewelry. asaro is now 78 years old. he is charged with racketeering and conspiracy. police also arrested four men accused with asaro of being part of the same crime family. >>> new numbers tonight concerning that security breach at nieman marcus. the retailer now says about 1.1 million credit and debit cards may have been compromised. the breach took place between july 16th through october 30th of last year. the retailer adds that at least 2400 of those cards have already been used by hackers. customers who shopped in a nieman marcus store or at a last call discount store that's owned by nieman marcus were affected. >>> virginia has become a battleground on gay marriage. republican lawmakers there are threatening to cut off funding to the attorney general's office. they say mark herring is required to defend the ban on same-sex marriage according to the state constitution. h

among them in handcuffs, vincent asaro and reputed top lieutenant in the bonanno crime family.ro, who pled not guilty and recently came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy "the gent" burke this summer. burke portrayed in "goodfellas" by robert de niro died in 1974, but a tip led police to his home and new evidence discovered there helped crack the case. >> never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> new video this morning showing a teen getting caught in the cross fire at a market in memphis. he was standing in line when the guys behind him drew their guns and opened fire. in addition to hitting the teen, the bullets also broke a window and became lodged in a wall. the men who shot at each other are still at large. the teen was treated at a hospital, and employees there believe there may have been another gunman. >>> this sounds like something out of pirates of the caribbean," a shipload of cannibal rats may be headed to britain. the abandone

among them in handcuffs, vincent asaro, an alleged key player in the heist and the reputed top lieutenant in the bonanno crime family. asaro, who pled not guilty today, recently came into fbi focus after agents searched the home of jimmy "the gent" burke this summer. burke, portrayed in "goodfellas" by robert de niro, died in 1996. but a tip led police to his home. new evidence discovered there helped crack the case. >> never rat on your friends. and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody's talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> pierre, thank you. >>> a major headline about your health, tonight, with a question mark for anyone who drinks sodas with that caramel color. a chemical, that in some cases has been linked to cancer in mice. a report with a warning tonight. and abc's chief medical editor, dr. richard besser, is here. >> reporter: when you sip that soda, you may be drinking it. caramel coloring, a common ingredient. but could some actually cause cancer? consumer reports tested 110 sodas from california and new york. they found som

reporter: a search at jimmy burke's home in queens turned up evidence of a murder that led back to vincent asaro, and asaro implicated himself in taped conversations with fbi informants. in february 20 11 asaro complained about his take of the robbery proceeds. we never got our right money. what we were supposed to get, asaro told the informant. jimmy kept everything. now, asaro's attorney says his 78-year-old client is completely innocent, but he's not the only alleged mobster in trouble. four other alleged members of the bonanno crime family including the current boss, were also arrested along with asaro and charged with a variety of crimes dating back no the 1960s. charlie, clarissa? >> bob, thanks. >> the united states attorney general this morning is ruling out any deal with edward snowden and the former nsa contractor who stole millions of secret documents says he has no plans to come back to america. chip reid is at the justice department with those new developments in the snowden case. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, charlie and clarissa. one of the biggest questions

vincent asaro, a reputed captain in the bonanno mob family was charged today with a catalog of crimes: racketeering, extortion, murder and robbery. not just any robbery but the brazen 1978 heist at the lufthansa offices at new york's kennedy airport. prosecutors say asaro was a lookout who helped thieves make off with $6 million in cash and jewelry. officials said gunman broke in and rounded up eight lufthansa employees. >> they handcuffed them and forced them to open the security room, safe or whatever you want to call it. >> reporter: prosecutors say asaro was part of a hold up crew by james burke. burke, known as jimmy the gent was portrayed by robert de niro in "goodfellas" a movie built around the lufthansa heist. >> are you stupid or what? did you hear what i said? don't buy anything, don't get anything, nothing big. what's the matter with you? >> reporter: jimmy burke died in prison in 1996 while serving time on a murder rap. over the years, other lufthansa conspirators were killed and only one airline employee was ever convicted in the case. most of the stolen loot is still mi

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vincent asaro, now 78 years old. accused of taking part in the heist. the suspected mastermind, robert deniro's character, died while in prison. with us is joe coffee, the nypds commanding officer for homicide task force back in the day. must feel good. >> it's an ongoing story. it's been going on since 1978. and you mention of the money involve. it was american currency, and german marks, and also a bunch of jewelry. >> 35 years. >> 35 years, and none of this stuff was ever recovered. >> not a penny. >> not a penny. this is interesting because he was a -- this was an operation run by all five families. this might be an informant situation where they're going to fine some of the money or where it went. >> are you surprised with all the turning that mobsters have been doing in the last decade, it took this along? >> got to remember something. this case here was the number one robbery ever, and joe messino had turned for the fbi about three years ago. this is part of his information, i guarantee that. >> how much of what we saw in "good fella's" was real?

a anyoning mobster vincent asaro was arrested. more arrests are expected.is was part of the plot in "goodfellas." i have never seen it. >> i did see it. it's a good movie. i will get it for you on netflix. >> thanks. >> many thanks. now, cnbc celebrating its 25th anniversary. toefr past 25 years. you can vote at cnbc..com/25. steve jobs is my pick tonight. this is an easy one. he's leading the poll. he's my pick tonight. i will come in with jimmy to hear this. i don't think anybody will deal with this. two things i really like about steve jobs. number one, he made people want to buy things they didn't know they wanted to buy. iphones, ipads. ipods. people didn't know about this. he made people feel they needed it. i think that's a true visionary. secondly, one thing i love, he failed. failure with the early apple computer. then he picked himself up and succeeded beyond anybody's wildest dreams. jimmy, you can't deny jobs. you have to have jobs, right? >> i think you have to have him high on the list as a great capitalist. i have found a greater capitalist.

in handcuffs, vincent asaro, who pled not guilty, recently came into fbi focus after agents searchedd the case. >> don't rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. >> reporter: forget about that. it appears somebody is talking. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> it's just fascinating on all kinds of level. the movie "goodfellas," it's such a great movie. >> and after all this time. >> after all this time. >> really interesting. >> just amazing. >> the only person convicted in agent in medicinal treatments. a fascinating case with lots of layers. >>> we go to texas. today a judge will hear a husband's plea to take his wife off life support. munoz has been brain dead since november when she was 14 weeks pregnant but the hospital kept her attached to machines and will continue to do so when the baby is viable according to texas law. eric munoz's lawyers say it shows the baby shows abnormalities. >>> a boy is called a hero after dialing 911 when his father fell unconscious. >> what's your name? >> jackson. >> what school do you go to? >> jackson. >> 5-year-old jackson. his

here's the attorney for the alleged mob captain, vincent asaro explaining why his client couldn't have possibly been involved. >> pretty much most of the people that did it got murdered, from what i read. so, the fact that my client didn't get murdered would suggest that he didn't have anything to do with it. >> that jimmy "the gent" burke, he mentions, was the inspiration for robert de niro's part in the film. >>> rescue crews in quebec sifting through icy rubble, which is all that's left from a deadly fire that killed at least five people and injured ten others. 30 people who live in the facility are still unaccounted for. >> my mother, she's blind. he's handicapped, you know, and she's supposed to move this person first, okay? and she's still there. i can't believe it. >> tragic. officials still do not know what caused this fire. they're hoping some of the residents who are unaccounted for might have been away with their families, but they are expecting the death toll to climb significantly higher. >>> arizona state university has excelled the tau kappa epsilon fraternity for throwi

. >> : an elderly reputed mobster today pleaded not guilty to participating in the 78-year-old vincent asaroon and three other all accused of being members of the bonnanno crime family. the "jimmy" that ray liotta's character was yelling about in that scene refers to jimmy burke. the mobster who masterminded the crime. he has since died. as for asara - he's also charged with a 1969 murder. still ahead. justin bieber arrested. we're breaking down what led point. then. the best of the best arriving in the bay for the mavericks invitiational. kron4 talks to a surfer, who shows us what it's like to ride in the big wave event. >> : 17 year-old shot in oakland. justine is live in chinatown. >> : 13 year-old boy shot and killed his 17 year-old sister here at this apartment complex. in the 13 year-old boy is not in police custody. the shooting happened just about noon today. yet this complex on franklin and oakland's chinatown. that came out at noon. we saw family members crying side of the complex. >> : the brother and sister got into an argument about clothing. that argument escalated to a shootin

one of them mob boss vincent asaro. he is the mastermind of the whole thing.t took part in the heist that took $6 million off the lufthansa plane in 1978 had this to say. >> i'm sure that jimmy burke took care of all the participants. of course, what he left was evidence that became dna driven. so i mean, there is no doubt that the f.b.i. is going to get a conviction here. >> prosecutors say they have rock solid evidence against the suspects, including secret recording. >>> after years and years of delay, the 9-11 museum is set to open later this year and if you want to go to the museum, you're going to have to pay $24 for each ticket. it turns out the museum doesn't have enough money to pay the estimated $60 million in bills to operate the place each year. new york's mayor is pushing for federal help. but it hasn't come through yet. many say the plans for the memorial were just too big from the start. families of 9-11 victims will get free admission. >>> what kind of school is this? bible banned, but booze is in the lesson plan. there is a mom in michigan who

one of them seen here, vincent asaro the suspected mastermind behind the caper. back to ashley and tracy. don't do that kind of crime often here. back to you guys. tracy: jamie colby. thank you very much. there is an app for that! jeff flock is live on lake helen in wisconsin with a new innovative app that is catching people's attention. jeff? >> you know, we wanted to pick a venue that would demonstrate just how far the app economy has come. this is what a ice auger does. goes through the hole and put as hole in the ice and put your fishing line down. i have two brothers with me here. that's ryan. this is brad. and you have invented something which takes ice fishing to the whole 21st century. >> yes. so into the traditional tip-up we incorporated an alert which actually it's a light when the tip-up flips up but also sends a wireless signal to your smartphone. >> i will explain what the hell he is talking about. first i want to putnam members up on free versus paid apps. this is free app by the way but there is device attached to it, something called blue tips th

and now investigators are saying vincent asaro is one of the main players, and facing charges includingr, robbery, extortion and arson. police got a break in the case, when a witness wearing a wire said, legendary gangster, jim any gen didn't pay up. others in the heist got stuffed stiffed. others got killed. it was a key plot in the movie goodfellows where robert de niro played burke. now there could be a sequel. >> i got a call from marti sore says see, they're doing a new script for goodfellows and the united states attorneys's office is providing him with that. uma: arthur aidala and fred tecce joining us. arthur, let me begin with you, were you surprised they were finally able to get arrests in this case and the fact that these indictments do read like a movie script? >> well it does show you how well the criminal justice system is working, particularly in the federal criminal justice system because now they're looking at crimes that are so far back, in other words, they eliminated all the crime from the 2,000s, from the '90s, from the '80s. if you read the actual document, on or a

he's one of the last survivors, so longevity in the long run did him in. >> again, vincent asaro is the to the lufthansa robbery as laid out in the federal indictment. it's a 26 page document and includes charges of murder, arson, extortion, and much more, crimes dating back to 1969. he entered a not guilty plea. his lawyer said the mere fact he's alive and hasn't been killed to keep him silent begins prove that he wasn't involved. >> who talked? who ratted? it's fascinating. thanks so much. >> taking a look at business news now, it is shaping up to be a bad day on wall street, dow futures down 100 points, tocks fell broadly yesterday and here is where we stand this morning: there are no economic reports scheduled for release today. in asia, mostly lower after chinese manufacturing down there. european stocks following asia's lead, opening mostly lower. >> boeing is still having problems with its new dream liner 787. the company says the reliability of the plane is improving but only at 98%. that means two out of every 100 flights are delayed. the dream liner was supposed to be a game c

the others accused vincent's son, 5-year-old jerome asaro, another alleged high-ranking member of thewas nbc's kate snow. >> wow, golly. >> whew. >> you didn't see "goodfellows" did you? >> it was a great movie. >> okay. >> yeah, ray liotta is great. that story. >> that was kate snow reporting. up next, we hear a lot about the sectarian violence dividing muslims in the middle east, but the next guest says islam isn't the only faith under fire. we'll be right back with more "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. life with crohn's disease ois a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts? what if i eat the wrong thing? what if? what if i suddenly have to go? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor

vincent who was arrested and charged with a crime and four associates arrested on other charges and all of them allegedly members of the crime family. prosecutors say neither age near time have dimmed the asaro'shere is murder to extortion charged to him and some of the crimes allegedly happening in resent months. >> we get graded on closing cases and the only way we close cases is through arrests so if you have the biggest heist in u.s. history still unsolved that is a checkmark against you. >> reporter: it may have taken 35 years but the f.b.i. believes they have the right man behind bars and a fraction of the money and jewels stole end was ever recovered. al jazeera, new york. >> crime doesn't pay eventually, after years and years. and we have the sport. >> thank you, one of the greatest rivalries in modern tennis is taking place right now and number one radel is facing 17 times grand slam champion federer in the final and the winner of the match will play the final and federer is aiming for the 18th grand slam title and nadal after the 14th and he has not beat him since the wimbledon in 2007 and leading by two sets to love. spanish mid fielder is expected to complete a medical later on fri

vincent asaro is linked directly with the airport theft. a lusthansa employee is the only one tied to the robbery. covered the mob for decades thinks somebody with inside knowledge has been talking. >> yeah, it's a surprise that he's still alive because most of the people involved in the case either were killed, bump off, knocked off or died of natural death. longevity did him in. pled not guilty and does plan to fight those charges. james burke or jimmy the gent in mob parlance died of natural causes. >> vincent asaro and his son are pleading not guilty. >>> the justice department is ready to cut a deal with edward snowden. to make that happen, snowden must take responsibility for leaking top secret information, in other words, plead guilty. as john terrett reports, snowden defended his actions on thursday on an online chat. >> edward snowden spoke to the world via his internet site. questions asked, some were better than others and we selected three to have you look at. the first one, under what conditions would you agree to return to the