if whitey bulger used to ha the f.b.i. in his pocket, right now the only thing he has in his pocket is revenge. whether he chooses to exact that will really depend on who gets to debrief him and who gets to ask him the questions an whe the justice department is prepared to take this. >> ros revenge meaning where he will point his fingers? >> absolutely. anwe know for a fact that he thinks the f.b.i. reneged on a deal. the deal was he would never be taken, he would never face charged as long as he helped them. he thinks he kept up his bargain. of course, the evidence is overwhelming that whitey bulger was murdering people and particularly murdering people who might be able to turn evidence against him. and as the cases both here in u.s. district court in boston and in the district court in miami showed, the f.b.i. and exactly john connolly and other people within the f.b.i. helped whitey bulger to identify potentl witnesses against him who would expose this sordid faustian relationship between whitey bulger and the f.b.i. a

boston crime legend james "whitey" bulger was reportedly going by the name charlie. living here at an ordinary apartment building just three blocks from santa monica beach. at 7:13 p.m. wednesday night, california time, federal agents entered the princess eugenia

whitey bulger was his informant. a position he used to eliminate rival italian mobsters and consolidate his own grip on power. bulger's fbi handler john connelly was eventually put in jail himself. now bulger may be in a position to implicate other agents, as well. i'm david wright in santa monica. >> much more on the long legal road ahead for whitey bulger coming up on "good morning america." >>> well, justin bieber's people are blaming a misunderstanding for the pandemonium that broke out during his visit in new york. it happened outside macy's in manhattan. police and security were rushing bieber away from a surging crowd when a man refused to step aside. he turned out to be a bieb bodyguard but got a ticket for disorder early conduct anyway. >>> lindsay lohan got a turn talking to but wasn't returned to jail during a hearing. the judge chided her for hosting rooftop parties while she's on house arrest. but he said she had not violated any other rules of probation. >>> well, the nba draft was last night but maybe

whitey bulger waived his right. at some point if he wants to seek some sort of bail, he can come back to the court. they have to file papers by monday to see whether a federal defender will be appointed to whitey bulger or maintain the counsel he has now. his wife followed him in court after he was completed, done. she smiled at her sister vigorously. these are people who have not seen their relatives in 16 years. whitey bulger looked back at his famous politician brother. both men had wide smiles on their faces. it was almost like an interesting reunion. wolf? >> they're going to be denied bail i assume. obviously. do prosecutors say they have a case, ready to move quickly on it? or do they need time? >> reporter: they are, wolf. as a matter of fact, i sat down this morning, spoke with a u.s. attorney in boston as well as the head of the fbi, they said they are ready to go. all they needed was the body to go with the case. now they have him here. they are ready to proceed. we're sort of hearing motorcycle engines,

back in the day, whitey bulger ran this liquor store. people say he punished people in the basement. >> nobody knew the extent he was doing things. but people just stayed out of his way. >> reporter: whitey bulger worked as an fbi informant, digging up dirt on his competition, boston's italian mob. he was the inspirit ration for jack nicholson's character in "the departed." but in this case, real life is far more intriguing. just as investigators say whitey was ordering hits, his brother, billy bulger was rising in state government, president of the massachusetts state senate and later president of umass, he came to court today to see his brother. billy has always denied any knowledge of whitey's alleged crimes or where he's been hiding. msnbc's lawrence o'donnell grew up nearby. >> you would not be asked questions about what your brother does, because too many people have brothers doing things they couldn't explain. >> reporter: but those pesky questions never went away, even at a 2003 congressional hearing. >> i do not know where my br

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only today did we find out what whitey bulger really looks like. a big difference from all those grainy photos from long lenses. perhaps that's why the bearded bulger seemed to be smiling. captured on camera. right after the fbi finally knocked on his door. a door to a rent-controlled apartment here in santa monica, now sealed off with police tape. >> the arrest marks the end of a long and exhaustive hunt for america's most wanted man, for one of america's most wanted men. >> reporter: today, investigators hold out dozens of boxes of evidence, including more than 60 weapons. they also found $800,000 cash. bulger and his girlfriend catherine greig have lived in this biflding for 15 years. as charlie and carol gasko. barbara lived just down the hall in apartment 307 for 15 years. >> i think he was impatient and full of rage. he seemed so vie leapt. >> reporter: other neighbors described them as friendly enough, but low key. >> they seemed like they did not want to make eye contact. >> reporter: in boston, whitey bulger is the stuff of legend. the iri

public enemy number one, the notorious whitey bulger. wanted for 19 murders, found with almost $1 million in cash. his downfall, his girlfriend, who left a trail of clues behind. >>> gas prices. what you pay for gas should be heading down soon. the white house made a surprise move today to tap into a lot of america's emergency oil. >>> washington watchdog. why is the government handing millions of tax dollars to the very rich, including a rockefeller? we're investigating tonight. >>> and, getting personal. michelle obama talks to david muir about meeting a hero. and, the advice she'll give her girls about falling in love. >>> good evening. he was the number one most wanted criminal in america and today, the fbi got their man. here he is, in the police photo we just received, looking like your friendly neighbor next door. with him, his girlfriend. but in fact, james "whitey" bulger was so notorious, only osama bin laden was considered a bigger prize. so, what did he do? and how did his girlfriend's hair reportedly help the fbi? it is a st

james whitey bulger will face a federal judge for the first time in 24 hours. he was caught wednesday after 16 years on the run. abc's t.j. winnick has more. >> reporter: even after he was arrested outside of los angeles wednesday night, after 16 years on the run, former boston mob boss whitey bulger smiled in the camera. yesterday, he and his long-time girlfriend appeared in federal court. >> he was calm and collected and said in a matter of fact way, he's familiar with charges against him. >> it includes 19 count of murder. tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in

. >> whitey bulger spent nearly 17 years on the run. and how federal agents used a unique tactic to find his hiding place. it's friday, june 24th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm daniel sieberg. >> i'm peggy bunker. the fbi found bulger by finding his girlfriend first. this is an unusual string of events this week. it led agents to bulger's apartment. this was in southern california where he's been hiding in plain sight for years. >> yes, he's been on the lam all this time. responsible for a number of murders, drug distribution, extortion, you name it, the list of accusations goes on and on. >> and even there is rewards posted to try to bring this guy in. they weren't getting any bites on that. they really took a different tactic. it turned out this way. >> very unusual way. >> yes. >>> also this half hour, a shocking story from a portland, oregon, hospital. where police say a 21-year-old man has been masquerading around portraying a plastic surgeon. see why the scheme was probably not very difficult to

whitey bulger in '95. what did that do to his reputation in boston? his aura. >> well, going back to the first chapter of his reputation, for the longest time he was perceived as kind of a lovable gangster from south boston, a robin hood who looked after his neighborhood. and it was a public image that was promoted by his handler, his corrupt handler at the fbi john conolly who maintained many relationshippings with reporters. by the time he takes off in 1995, all this has washed away. the horrible truth has been tumbling out for, in court hearings and other cases and in journalism in the city. and so by this time, you know, the mythology was gone. and it just added to the cynicism in the city that yet again he was tipped off. he got ahead of everybody and for 16 years, he has been on the run. >> warner: so what does his capture mean forboth the fbi and for boston? >> well, let's start with the fbi. ever since he ran in janry of 1995, there has been a huge cloud over the boston office of the fbi. on top of the corruption that had spilled out. so for t

whitey bulger in '95. what did that do to his reputation in boston? his aura. >> well, going back to the first chapter of his reputation, for the longest time he was perceived as kind of a lovable gangster from south boston, a robin hood who looked after his neighborhood. and it was a public image that was promoted by his handler, his corrupt handler at the fbi john conolly who maintained many relationshippings with reporters. by the time he takes off in 1995, all this has washed away. the horrible truth has been tumbling out for, in court hearings and other cases and in journalism in the city. and so by this time, you know, the mythology was gone. and it just added to the cynicism in the city that yet again he was tipped off. he got ahead of everybody and for 16 years, he has been on the run. >> warner: so what does his capture mean forboth the fbi and for boston? >> well, let's start with the fbi. ever since he ran in january of 1995, there has been a huge cloud over the boston office of the fbi. on top of the corruption that had spilled out. so for

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i just never bought it. >> reporter: what do you think whitey bulger's legacy should be? >> a fraud and a coward and a rat. and king rat at that. >> reporter: boston's most notorious gangster, no longer larger than life. elaine quijano, cbs news, boston. >> mitchell: later, another claim of civilian casualties from nato fire in libya. how one mayor would spend his share of any future peace dividend. and a top chef has her own recipe for comforting childhood cancer parties. those stories and more when the cbs evening news continues. >> mitchell: libya charged today that nato airstrikes have again caused civilian casualties. officials claim 15 people were killed by a missile that hit a bakery and restaurants and other buildings. nato says it has no indication civilians died in the attack. syrian security forces are said to have killed five protesters today. funerals for some of the 20 activists today and the biggest day of protest since the uprising erupted 102 days ago. more syrians tried to escape, with hundreds crossing into neighboring lebanon as turkey temporarily clos

and this morning james whitey bulger is under arrest. he was picked up last night in california in santa monica along with his girlfriend. the two will appear in a los angeles courtroom today. our boston station wbz has the latest. >> reporter: it was a case that haunted fbi agents here in the boston office for 16 years. this morning one of the most wanted is behind bars. 81-year-old james bulger was captured hiding in plain sight last night outside this residence in santa monica, california. and the fbi wasted no time updating its most wanted website. he carried the infamous nickname whitey for the shock of white hair and was wanted for his alleged role in 19 murders. kevin weeks, bulger's long-time henchman, who turned against him told "60 minutes" in 2006 his boss was a cold-blooded killer. >> after he would kill somebody he was like a stress relief. he would be nice and calm for a couple weeks afterwards. >> reporter: but for decades bulger was an informant for the fbi. in 1995 he was tipped by a former boston agent that he was about

whitey bulger returned to boston today. the former mob boss, now 81 years old, is charged with murdering 19 people. he'd been hiding in plain sight for 16 years, but today the feds made sure he was out of sight. bulger was flown from california on a government jet and before u.s. marshals took him off the plane, the hangar doors were closed. later, bulger and his girlfriend were driven unseen into the courthouse garage. we have two reports tonight. first, bob orr with bulger's day in court. bob? >> reporter: scott, whitey bulger's being held tonight in boston in jail without bail for two brief court hearings there. the alleged mob boss-- who appeared wearing jeans and an unbuttoned white shirt-- faces multiple charges including racketeering and 19 counts of murder. the courtroom, we're told, was packed but quiet as bulger's family and relatives of some of his alleged victims looked on. now, bulger's return to the city he's accused of terrorizing came after the f.b.i. finally got a break in an old case by using a new method.

he knows whitey bulger pretty well. he ran drugs and served as an enforcer for bulger's mob, winter hill gang. john wrote about it in his memoir. called "rat bastards." do you want me to call you red or john? >> red. >> after 16 years, whitey bulger was caught. you are a native. what was your reaction there? >> i thought it was a joke. i got a text from a friend saying they got the rat and i thought it was a joke. and i looked and realized that it wasn't a joke. >> not at all a joke. also, though -- are people celebrating this? >> not really. south boston is a very low key town as far as personal business goes. they're old school. it's an old school town. and it's kind of like, you know, if you watched "good fellas" or something like that in the old neighborhood. >> let's go back some years, red. when you were a teen, you were running drugs, running cocaine for bulger. at the same time, from what i understand, he was like a surrogate father for you. how so? did he give you advice? >> at times, he was. yes, he did. he us

. >> it seems whitey bulger wasn't very friendly. how his neighbors describe the infamous crime boss. >>> good evening, i'm ken. >> and i'm dana king. it's still a mystery. why a semitruck slammed into an amtrak train heading to the bay area. >> as many as five people have been killed in that crash which happened out in the middle of nowhere. the high desert 70 miles east of reno. where that amtrak train was supposed to have arrived earlier tonight. sharon. >> ken, it's now about 12 hours after that crash and tonight some of the surviving passengers will be coming back here to the emeryville station. dozens of passengers who escaped serious injury in the crash crowded on to buses in reno tonight. the final stop, the bay area. before boarding the bus, linda and clayton cook of placerville described the inferno from two train cars away. >> all of the flames coming. there was diesel fuel all over the windows. >> we felt the impact and we looked out the window on the other side of the train and it was engulfed in flames. >> my heartfelt

they also feel that whitey bulger has more money. he said bulger didn't make 800 grand by working a paper route along the santa monica boulevard. so a bit of back and forth. bulger certainly showing he certainly hasn't lost any of his feistiness. >> hearings like this can range from somber and subdued all the way to circus atmosphere. paint a picture of sort of the mood for me around the court today. >> reporter: this court was packed. there was a huge overflow room. there was a crush of people from the public, reporters, family members trying to get into that courtroom. people wanted to be there at this moment in history especially if you live here in boston because it is so dominated almost the psyche of parts of boston certainly south boston especially. there's still a great deal of anger, a great desire for justice. one grown son said he wants the cha chair for bulger. so really a lot of people just wanted to get a glimpse of the famous whitie i whitey bulger. >> thank it s for that reportin. a fascinating case involving the mob,

and they enabled whitey bulger to carry on the way he did for so many years. and that makes people mad. if you're in the city during the 70s and 80s when the dirty deal was really in play, and you lost a family member to the bulger gang or someone got shaken down or beat up and you came to realize that the nation's elite law enforcement agency, the fbi, was not the place to go to to try to get some justice, when that truth comes tumbling out as it did in horrific detail during the 1990s, you get mad. >> what made whitey bulger so tough? i mean, was he just completely ruthless? >> yeah. he's a sociopath, cold-blooded killer. come up with all the terms. he's a guy who didn't think twice about blowing your brains out. and there's been ample evidence coming out and the bodies they've dug up. and when they killed someone, this is predna, they culled the teeth out, cut the fingers off, tried to make it so the victims if they were discovered from their graves couldn't be identified. there was just no bottom. it doesn't get much uglier than someone like white cri bulg

. >>> whitey bulger is in fbi custody right now. wanted for his role in a string of ruthless killings. this morning, the talk show host he tried to kill joins us live. >>> warhol war. has a missing $30 million portrait of farrah fawcett turned up in ryan o'neal's home? how the show with daughter tatum reveals the secret. >>> profane pilot. the open mic in midair that let everyone know exactly what he was thinking. >> it was a continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes. i don't give a [ bleep ]. i hate 100% of their [ bleep ]. >> the cockpit pilot that has southwest scrambling to repair its reputation. >>> and good morning, everyone. let's get right to that breaking news about the arrest of whitey bulger. he was number two on the fbi's most wanted list, right behind osama bin laden. a global manhunt ended quietly in santa monica, california, last night. >> after 16 years. many want to know how he eluded the fbi for so long. well, he was helped, in part, by insiders at the agency. part of one of the worst corruption scandals e

. >> how did you get on whitey bulger's bad side? and what was your reaction when you heard he was caught? >> i got on the bad side by writing about his brother. and he took it very personally and supposedly put out out a contract on me. and i hadn't worried about being physically harmed since he went on the lam back in 1994. but i was happy to see him captured. i was just surprised he was captured in the u.s. i thought he had long ago left america and was in europe somewhere. >> he was wanted, as you know, for several murders, and many see him as a monster. but others, i know, in boston, see him as a bit of a folk hero. how would you characterize some of the reaction you have heard up in boston? >> well, i think there is that, the remnants of the old robin hood myth about him. but i think anybody who's studied the case, or anybody who was on the streets for more than ten minutes knows that this guy was a psycho path. i mean, he had a partner named steve fleming. he strangled both of his girlfriends who were in their 20s. this woman,

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james whitey bulger will face a federal judge for the first time in 24 hours. he was caught wednesday after 16 years on the run. abc's t.j. winnick has more. >> reporter: even after he was arrested outside of los angeles wednesday night, after 16 years on the run, former boston mob boss whitey bulger smiled in the camera. yesterday, he and his long-time girlfriend appeared in federal court. >> he was calm and collected and said in a matter of fact way, he's familiar with charges against him. >> it includes 19 count of murder. tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in the walls. 30 firearms, some hidden in hallowed-out books. >> sometimes it's simple to deceive. when you make yourself average looking. >> announced a new strategy focussing on his girlfriend who is o

. >> captured, notorious gangster whitey bulger, one of the top ten most wanted, finally found after years on the run. >>> choice words from an airline pilot in the cockpit about women and gays when he thought no one was listening. >>> and a tornado touches down at the home of the kentucky derby. >>> good morning. the boston mob boss who outsmarted and embarrassed federal agents for the last 16 years is a fugitive no more. >> the fbi wasted no time updating its website overnight changing whitey bulger's status to captured after they arrested him and his girlfriend in california. john hendren has the details. >> reporter: he had been on the lam, wanted for more than a decade. >> he is a predator in every sense of the word and took advantage of the very community that he was from. >> reporter: alleged mobster james "whitey" bulger fled boston in late 1994 as federal agents were about to arrest him in connection with 19 killings that span ned the 1970s to 1980s. >> do you know when i am? >> reporter: he was so notorious, he was the inspiration for "the departed" starring leonardo dicapr

. >> the fbi finally gets nyt bolger -- gets whitey bulger. >> if i found him, i would have done the same thing to him as he did to my sister. >> that is the brother of a woman in james "whitey" bolger is alleged to have killed years ago. the rest of white people for was too good to pass up. -- the arrest of whitey bulger was it too good to pass up. how did they finally get him, nina? >> they decided that if they could not get him, they could get his girlfriend. they put a stop on television -- and twitter, i guess -- and someone recognized for almost immediately boarde -- almost immediately. >> it was not on television in l.a. it must have been traveling in former. what you love about these stories is that a soldier for is nostalgia for the dramatic a gangster. dillinger. the romance is a station -- romanticization of all of these is phony. extremely nasty people who deserve none of that romance. >> what is interesting about him is his brother, billy bulger. >> collateral damage in this g. exceptionally able public servant. 80 years says -- 18 years as president of the state senate.

james whitey bulger appeared in federal court today. his brother former massachusetts speaker of the house, william bulger was also there. whitey bulger asked for a public defender, but prosecutors objected siting large sums of money seized from his santa monica home. bulger faces multiple charges, including 19 murders. tonight bill talks to the people who shared a neighborhood with the alleged mobster and his girlfriend. >> people in this beautiful seaside city lived besined james whitey bulger and girlfriend for almost 15 years, but most never suspected a thing. barbra did see flashes of anger. >> he would sort of scream, stop talking to her. or don't talk to me. and there was a kind of what i call a rageaholic response. >> the 81-year-old bulger and 60-year-old katherine lived nondescript lives in a nondescript rent control apartment. in a neighborhood full of retirees, they were hiding in plain sight. >> famous notorious, you know guy, a criminal. would you think he would be living in a rent control building? perhaps not. maybe it's

fugitive mob bosses like whitey bulger. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> when "nightly news" continues this saturday night, an unexpected turn in the blockbuster case that has viewer hooked on every word. >>> and later, welcome to the family. hundreds come to hard-hit job lynn, missouri, to take on some new best friends. >>> there was supposed to be more testimony today in the sensational murder trial of casey anthony who was accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, but there was an unexpected turn as we hear from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: before the jury entered the courtroom today -- >> he doesn't even know if this is new or tonight. >> reporter: jose baez and jeff ashton were at it again. this time, openly sparring over an expert with it's witness' expected testimony. >> i'm afraid once again, we are in the position of experts having accept supplemented their opinions without notice to the state. >> reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless, as the prosecutor ranted again the defense

james whitey bulger will face a federal judge for the first time in 24 hours. he was caught wednesday after 16 years on the run. abc's t.j. winnick has more. >> reporter: even after he was arrested outside of los angeles wednesday night, after 16 years on the run, former boston mob boss whitey bulger smiled in the camera. yesterday, he and his long-time girlfriend appeared in federal court. >> he was calm and collected and said in a matter of fact way, he's familiar with charges against him. >> it includes 19 count of murder. tom donahue's father is one of the victims. >> a good feeling, they got him. they finally got him. >> they lured him out of the santa monica apartment by pretending to be the build's manager and called to say the storage locker was broken into. when they came to investigate, agents pounced. inside his apartment was $800,000 in cash stuffed in the walls. 30 firearms, some hidden in hallowed-out books. >> sometimes it's simple to deceive. when you make yourself average looking. >> announced a new strategy focussing on his girlfriend who is o

. >> new details in the arrest of crime boss whitey bulger and b.a.r.t. approved a $3 million extension that will help east bay commuters. a live look outside this morning. it's friday, june 24th and this is "today in the east bay." >> good morning. it's 4:30. i'm scott mcgrew. start with a weekend forecast and christina loren. >> good morning. we are so happy it's friday here. we have a cool start for you. 54 in fairfield, 54 in concord and 54 in livermore. wherever you are headed it's going to be gorgeous. 79 degrees is the forecasted high in concord, livermore around 80. one of those days you're happy it's the weekend so you can enjoy it. stays nice through saturday. we have changes sunday into next week. we'll talk about that. 4:31, you have to head out the door now, what are they facing on the roads, mike? >> a lot of nothing. because it's 4:30. there is construction, though, overnight because it's still officially, well, daytime but nighttime. 880, the repaving going on. resurfacing the on and off ramps so watch for that. jackson street, we're watch

james "whitey" bulger more than a dozen alleged murders. a repufuted boston king pin. his larger than life persona borrowed by jack nicholson in the movie "the departed." >> makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. >> today, boston's most notorious gangster and his long time girlfriend are in jail after 16 years on the run. they will make their first court appearance today. kara finnstrom in l.a. an unusual strategy that was used to nabbing him? >> reporter: right. certainly was. gangster -- we are told a tipster actually saw this psa that was airing. then he called in and he led them to the pair last night. interestingly enough, james "whitey" bulger had eluded authorities for more than a decade and a half. they tried to find him but he traveled. he would use disguises and had gone all around the world eluding them so finally they went after his girlfriend and they aired these psas which had specific information about her and that is what ultimately led them to him. >> tell us about that information. actually, some of it is quite comical. >> reporter: yeah th

. >> the fbi finally gets nyt bolger -- gets whitey bulger. >> if i found him, i would have done the same thing to him as he did to my sister. >> that is the brother of a woman in james "whitey" bolger is alleged to have killed years ago. the rest of white people for was too good to pass up. -- the arrest of whitey bulger was it too good to pass up. how did they finally get him, nina? >> they decided that if they could n get him, they could get his girlfriend. they put a stop on television -- and twitter, i guess -- and someone recognized for almost immediately boarde -- almost immediately. >> it was not on television in l.a. it must have been traveling in former. what you love about these stories is that a soldier for is nostalgia for the dramatic a gangster. dillinger. the romance is a station -- romanticization of all of these is phony. extremely nasty people who deserve none of that romance. >> what is interesting about him is his brother, billy bulger. >> collateral damage in this g. exceptionally able public servant. 80 years says -- 18 years as president of the state senate. c

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alleged mob boss james "whitey" bulger was on the run for 16 years until last night. cnn's deborah feyerick has more on who he is and what he said in court today. >> this wraps up a particularly painful chapter in fbi history, so much so that fbi director robert muller traveled there today. were it not for two agents working in boston, bulger may have been working all this time. instead they tipped him off to an impending arrest, slipped away and disappeared for 16 years, joe. >> as we've been following the coverage today, the head of the notorious winter hill gang which arguably ran south boston. give us an idea of some of the things he did. >> first of all, paid police and federal agents to protected him and look the other way as he allegedly murdered people, his girlfriends. his criminal enterprise included extortion, gun-running for the ira in ireland and drugs -- actually charging traffickers as much as a million dollars to bring marijuana nah and cocaine through boston harbor. one former agent i spoke to said he was nasty, crazy, saying he would kill you for a g

is bragging about a recent coup mob boss james whitey bulger he was captured after sixteen years on the run near los angeles this case is interesting because it shows what happens when the full light of the federal government's law enforcement effort is focused on a truly dangerous criminal the rest came after a tip from a t.v.

james "whitey" bulger, finally facing justice, 16 years after he fled, and his younger brother, william, once considered one of the most powerful politicians in the state. in the working class neighborhoods of south boston known as southie, both men once ruled their respective worlds. white whiteiest head of the fearsome irish american winter hill gang while william rose to the american state senate. >> you are loyal to your friends and family and without that there's nothing. >> reporter: ultimately that loyalty may have cost william his job, after his career in the senate william was forced out of his position as president of the university of massachusetts in 2003, after being questioned during a congressional investigation. >> i do not know where my brother is. i do not know where he has been.

>>> >>> breaking news, after 16 years on the run, boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger is captured in california. >>> drawdown, president obama says the u.s. has achieved its goals in afghanistan as he announces plans to withdraw u.s. troops. >> this is the beginning, but not the end of our effort to wind down this war. >>> and watch your mouth. an airline pilot is suspended after accidentally broadcasting a hateful rant against flight attendants. >> the condition continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes -- captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> after 16 years on the run, notorious boss and mobster james "whitey" bulger is behind bars this morning. bulger was captured last night in california and will appear in court today. the fbi updated its most wanted list earlier this morning and cbs's terrell brown has details on all of this. terrell? >> betty, good morning to you. for 16 years he was one of the fbi's most wanted but not anymore. 81-year-old james bulger was captured wednesday outside this residence in santa mo

a los angeles judge ordered whitey bulger back to massachusetts. he had been on the run 16 years, until last night, police arrested him in santa monica, days after the release of an fbi public service announcement targeting anyone who may have seen his girlfriend. >> have you seen this woman? the fbi is offering $100,000 for tips leading to her whereabouts. >> abc 7 with more now on how the law caught up with whitey bulger. >> for 16 years the legend grew. the fugitive mob boss step add head of authorities until wednesday night arks rested at the princess eugenea apartment complex in santa monica, california. >> today marks a moment whf james whitey bulger will face justice for a number of crimes including murders related to 19 individuals. >> turns out the now 81-year-old along with his long time girlfriend were living here. inside of the apartment, agents discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and dozens of firearms. in addition to being one of the most ruthless gangsters in boston he was an fbi informant, corrupt agents looked the o

james whitey bulger. shown here with his girlfriend catherine gri,g. legendary boston crime boss. inspiration for jack nichol sohn's blood thirsty killer in the movie "the departed" and fbi informant. degrees he ratted out his competition. some of them. others he allegedly murdered, tortured, enemies, associates, anyone who crossed him. 19 in all according to authorities. and all the while, all the while while he was killing others his handler in the fbi turned a blind eye to his blood luft. in fact it was this same fbi agent who alerted bulger that he was about to be indicted, sparking him to make a run for it. that was in 1994. since then there have been bulger sightings all around the world. but it was here in a rent controlled apartment on a modest street in santa monica california where agents arrested him last evening. 81-year-old bulger and his 61-year-old girlfriend miss grieg were arraigned today in federal court agreeing to extradition back to boston. the fbi crediting his capture to a public service campaign, tv spots aimed at making grieg's

mo-wanted list, the notorious boston criminal james "whitey" bulger. >> this is a guy who murdered people. who murdered real people who ruined real families. and of all the families that i've come in contact with, of the ones that i think of the most at a time like this are the donahues of dorchester who were... pat donahue was left with three little boys to raise and the wheelers of oklahoma. two totally innocent men who came across a guy who was out there and with the assistance of the f.b.i., with the active complicity of the f.b.i. was out there murdering potential witnesses against him. >> rose: we conclude this evening with rick stengel, the editor of "time" magazine who write this is week's cover story on the constitution. >> whether people can carry guns in arizona whether drone warfareiolates t constitution, whether obamacare violates the commerce clause, those are not crises. what the constitution is fors to deal with conflict. there was no greater conflict in some ways in american hiory than the conflict in that room

tom, you spent 21 years of your life working on the whitey bulger case. we just saw bostonian in bob's piece there say they thought he was going to be gone forever. did you think whitey was going to be gone forever? >> no. we always try to be optimistic on it, jeff, we would eventually be able to catch him making a mistake out there. unfortunately, it took 16 years for that to happen. we wish it would have happened a lot sooner than this. but this day has finally come and give us an opportunity to hold him accountable what he has done own the years. >> i know one of your great frustrations was the fbi. why is that? >> this case has been a struggle from the very beginning, jeff. and, you know, they were running rampant through boston in the '70s, '80s and the early '90s and they were the most vicious and dangerous organized crime group operating even more dangerous than the kastranos there, tra in the boston area. it was time to be held. >> caller:able out there. numerous agencies in the boston area including the state police and dea made attempts to bring