james "whitey" bulger. this potentially key witness named stephen rakes who claims bulger shook him down, this man has now been found dead on a roadside in lincoln, massachusetts. at this point, we don't know how rakes died. there were no obvious signs of trauma on his body. this is according to the district attorney's office. but rakes had waited decades for the chance to testify against whitey bulger. news of his death comes on the exact same day that stephen "the rifleman" fleming took the stand coming face to face with his former partner, whitey bulger, for the first time in 20 years. i want to bring in boston globe columnist kevin collin who's been in the courtroom. co-authored a book on whitey bulger. covering the trial, tweeting every colorful moment. and there have been many colorful moments. also john "red" shea used to be a member of whitey bulger's winter hill gang. welcome to both of you. kevin, first to you. you've been in and out of this courtroom for every single bit of this. i want to get to

whitey bulger is not charged with being an informant. that's not a crime. but his defense is spending almost 90% of its argument in its cross-examination of witnesses hammering at the point. they're arguing a technicality. they're saying that whitey bulger never signed his informant reports, he never gave his fingerprints, he never allowed his photograph to be taken and put with his informant report but as somebody who has covered this world for a long time, judy, that's specious. that is a specious argument. it's pretty obvious, like i said, that the public record is going in there, there are all these reports. the defense is arguing that the reports were totally made up by one agent, john connolly, his handler and john morris, the corrupt supervisor who just testified. >> woodruff: in a few seconds left, kevin consistently, sounds like they're not putting up much defense, is what you are saying. >> i remember talking to gwen about this a couple weeks ago, judy, and i said that the defense went in there and copped to about 80% of the in

but whitey bulger is not charged with being an informant. that's not a crime. but his defense is spending almost 90% of its argument in its cross-examination of witnesses hammering at the point. they're arguing a technicality. they're saying that whitey bulger never signed his informant reports, he never gave his fingerprints, he never allowed his photograph to be taken and put with his informant report. but as somebody who has covered this world for a long time, judy, that's specious. that is a specious argument. it's pretty obvious, like i said, that the public record is going in there, there are all these reports. the defense is arguing that the reports were totally made up by one agent, john connolly, his handler, and john morris, the corrupt supervisor who just testified. >> woodruff: in a few seconds left, kevin collin, sounds like they're not putting up much defense, is what you are saying. >> i remember talking to gwen about this a couple weeks ago, judy, and i said that the defense went in there and copped to about 80% of the indictment. >> woodruff: r

he prosecuted whitey bulger. whitey infiltrated the fbi that it was tough to get him. here is why i doubt he killed this guy or i'm skeptical -- >> put you in silhouette. >> can you disguise me with greg's voice. >> he is on trial for 19 murders. this guy was a liquor store owner who had violent threats launched against him by whitey bulger to sell his liquor store. they weren't going to call this guy to the stand, the prosecution. as far as whitey bulgerer victims he is a very minor victim. maybe he wanted to respond and wanted to nail whitey bulger. i don't think this is adding up as far as this is the guy he is going to take out with 19 murders. >> i don't think this is the last witness. >> well done. your safe. >> wait for the autopsy. >> one of the theories is that it was a suicide. if you are going to get called to a trial like that -- >> any of you watch "the sopranos"? >> this guy is a serious man. if you need help let me know. whitey is probably watching this right now. you're not a bad guy. >> i said i don't think whitey did kill him. i am skeptical because t

he says he was a top enforcer in "whitey" bulger's mob. john served 12 years in federal prison and said he never ratted on his fellow mobsters and told prosecutors he would plead the fifth if they asked him to testify. job is also the author of the book "rat bastards" great to have you. >> thanks for having me and good afternoon. >> i guess you would know better than any of us that we talk about somebody found on the side of the road. we talk about how he died, and anybody who has been associated with he mob, very rare they find themselves dying of natural causes on the side of the road. do you buy that whole thing about possibly natural causes? >> you know, i don't like to speculate until the evidence comes back and what really happened. let's put it that way. on the other hand it is a bit bizarre. i do agree with that. the other thing is, my condolences to the family. i knew steven rakes. i know the family. and it's a sad day for his family. >> you know "whitey" bulger as well. when he talks about the fact he was kind of threatened at gu

and he has accused whitey bulger, james whitey bulger who is on trial right now of extorting him way back in the 80's. rakes claimed he was one of bulger's victims. accusing bulger and his partners of extortion. saying the men threatened his life and forced him to give up his liquor store the one he was riding in 1984. the middlesex district attorney's office put out a statement today regarding the autopsy that was performed saying no signs of trauma were found. the autopsy results are pending toxicology which generally takes several weeks to complete. identified as rakes. authorities said it appeared that he may have been out for a walk and had suffered possibly a medical episode. harris? >> harris: molly. i understand he had been a regular at federal court recently. >> absolutely. rakes was there very, very often. he was looking forward to his chance to testify. he wanted to tell his story. it's pretty powerful words over the course of the last few weeks outside of federal court. take a listen. >> i just can't believe that we're listening to this lawyer say that he had carte blanch

will whitey bulger take the stand? he's worried about his reputation not as a killer but as an informant. we'll see. >> that's right. in a way this is sort of a stage for him, deborah. >> it really is. that's the one thing that they have been pushing the defense lawyers have not argued about whether in fact whitey bulger was involved in any of the killings. they never even asked substantial questions on cross-examination except for a few of the witnesses. they let the murders hang there in the air. it's really, was he really an informant and was that valid? that's what he seems to care about. at one point the judge basically said, what does this have to do? he's not even being charged with being an informant. that's what his defense team has focused on. john? >> deborah feyerick who has been in the courtroom for so much of it, thank you for being with us. >>> overseas now, a memorial will be held tonight for the victims of the deadly train crash in spain. the judge has receipt the spain driver go but not until after ch

i want you to listen to this. >> stevie is the nail in the coffin for whitey bulger. he was his partner, he was there for everything, don. he was there for all the meetings with the fbi. he was there for 90% of the killings. and everything that whitey did, he knew about, whether he was there or he wasn't there. he was well informed. they were partners. but in the end, we know who the real boss was, because, hey, what guy would let a man, okay, kill his own girlfriend? someone that he loved so much. whether he had dropped, you know, a little word to her saying that they were associated with an fbi agent and had to meet him and stuff like that doesn't make -- doesn't matter. >> whitey bulger's 19-count murder trial continues tomorrow. the prosecution may rest its case this week. >>> on the road and out of control. amazing video of two crashes you don't want to miss, next. >>> but first, it's become a sweet comeback story. here's tom foreman with today's "american journey." >> reporter: as american as baseball, apple pie and celebrity gossip, twinkies are returning. eigh

tonight, a look at the strategy for defending whitey bulger. a bus packed with teenagers was headed back from church camp, just a mile from home when this happened. >> came from my left. hit the concrete median and flipped. >> shepard: a pastor and killed. tonight, remembering the dead, comforting the survivors and trying to figure out what caused this crash. plus, he reportedly stole more than $100 million in diamond jewelry. and he did it in a room full of people without firing a single shot. tonight, the masked man who made off with a fortune. but, first from fox this monday night, defending a notorious mobster accused of murder, over and over again. lawyers for whitey bulger began calling witnesses today and now we're waiting to hear whether whitey bulger himself will testify in his own defense. the charges against him, as i mentioned, include 19 murders. murders that prosecutors say he either ordered or committed back in the 1970s and '80s while he ran boston's winter hill gang. the feds have called more than 60 witnesses since the trial b

whitey bulger is on trial in boston. he's a notorious figure in that city. and while there was more colorful language in court today, it was a find elsewhere in the city that got most of the attention. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in boston for us tonight. >> it was quite a day in court. >> reporter: in boston today, shock surrounding a trial many thought couldn't possibly pack in more drama. >> what was the nature of your relationship with whitey -- with mr. bulger? and he says,"strictly criminal." >> reporter: steven "stippo" rakes, a fixture at the trial of suspected mob boss and fbi informant whitey bulger was found dead wednesday, one day after prosecutors told him he wouldn't have to testify. >> my liquor store was never for sale. never, never, never. >> reporter: rakes accused bulger of forcing the sale of his liquor store at gunpoint. he says he couldn't wait to take the stand here against the 83-year-old now on trial for racketeering and 19 murders after more than a decade on the run. >> that night haunts me every night, that night. >> reporter: the 59

the mob trial of "whitey" bulger, and the case moves to the defense now. lawyers for the accused mob boss said, yes, he ran a criminal enterprise for decades. still they say he did not take part in any of the 19 murders with which he is charged. for now we do not know whether "whitey" bulger himself will take the stan. the prosecution called 63 witnesses, many of whom painted a colorful picture of life in bulger's gang in south boston. this month, one associate testified that "whitey" bulger wore a wig and fake mustache to a double murder in 1982, driving a car that could spit smoke or an oil slick to help him get away. a map on the prosecution's witness list turned up dead on the side of a road. the lawyer for his ex-wife says his family believes his death is not related toothily the trial but that it is not confirmed, and witnesses claim that white bulger sent tips to the fbi, and a foreigner supervisor denied he was ever an informant. there's a chance now bulger could testify. what's the thinking? >> there's a chance. it would be highly unusual for a de

that whitey bulger was overbearing and forceful. that whitey bulger killed all these people. that they did drug dealers, money laundering and extortion. and stephen flemmi admits to a number of murders. that's how thursday ends. okay. go home. we know exactly who stephen is and whitey. and yesterday, ice cold testimony by stephen flemmi going back to killing in the '60s, murder by murder meet big meeting, payoff by payoff. just like ice. and then once again, prosecutor last ten minutes, he tells the story -- i guess it bears telling it. he tells the story of stephen flemmi known as "the rifleman" he had a girlfriend named deborah davis. whitey bulger decided to kill deborah davis because davis knew too much. they knew they were paying off john conley. stephen flemmi said i didn't want to do it. bulger wanted him to do it. flemmi has one emotional moment where he says, i can't accept it, i'll never get over it >> where does this thing go next week? >> next week week going to continue with flemmi's direct. it's hard to imagine it could get any worse than whitey bulger stranglin

whitey bulger on trial, a witness dead, a mystery unsolved. ron claiborne, abc news, boston. >> so much history. >>> florida's governor rick scott met with protesters angry over the george zimmerman verdict but he is not giving them what they want. the group has been staging a demonstration demanding that he call a special session to review the stand your ground law. scott told them he believed the self-defense laws should remain unchanged but he called for a day of prayer and unity on sunday. >>> detroit has a new notorious claim to fame. it is the largest city to file for bankruptcy. the recent comeback of the auto industry was not enough to prevent the spiral into financial ruin. years of population decline and paying bill with borrowed money has not helped. the emergency manager says that city services will continue and bills will continue to be paid. the move could lead to service cuts as well as layoffs. and hillary clinton may be considered a shoo-in. the vice president joe biden is not ruling out a third shot at the white house. biden

that referred to whitey bulger. he didn't like being called a rat. and that is what the outburst happened. >> the man on the stand was his cohort who was saying whitey bulger was a rat because he had informed to the fbi allegedly for years prior to this, then he went on the run. then he was captured but apparently in the0's and 90's he was an informant. that is what he was referring to -- '80s. they were having an exchange about business, mob business. >> more concerned about the rat allegations sometimes than the murder allegation. jon: that often happens in these organized crime cases apparently. they will admit to anything but won't admit to being a rat. >> that is what is going on here. anytime that comes up he is bothered about it and the defense is trying adamantly that he is a rat. jon: the judge in this case had to jump up and scream at both of them just to knock it off. she runs the risk of losing control of this trial i guess? >> that is the biggest problem here. she doesn't want a mistrial. all the hours and money put into this trial, for

don dahler reports from the whitey bulger trial. and how did 305 people escape a burning jetliner? they helped one another. anna werner with the story of people who never expected to be heroes. >> as soon as i opened the door, again, i just started saying, we're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. we need to get out of here. captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsor this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this i >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning with breaking news in the crash of asiana flight 214. the pilots of that aircraft have now told federal investigators that they set the automatic throttle controls on the plane for a proper landing speed and then discovered to their surprise at the last moment that the plane had slowed far beyond that setting. late today, the head of the national transportation safety board gave us new details about the four pilots who were on board the boeing 777 and what they were doing in the seconds before it crashed late saturday morning while attempting to land at the san francisco airport. john blackstone in san francisco

. >>> tomorrow in boston, it's the defense's turn in the whitey bulger trial to make its case after the prosecution rested on friday. the trial has so far been filled with graphic testimony with a witness list that reads like a movie script. here's nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: james "whitey" bulger is on trial for the mob-style killings of 19 people and extorting millions of dollars from victims during the '70s and '80s. the prosecution presented 63 witnesses in 30 days. victims, drug dealers and hit men who are serving time for murder and plea deals. >> the defense is going to argue there are serious credibility problems in the key prosecution witnesses that these are people who had an ax to grind. >> reporter: dramatic testimony from close associates like bulger's longtime partner, steven "the rifleman" fleming and john "the executioner" marta lato. this is the nephew of one of the murder victims and a witness who was never called to testify and was found dead in a tony city suburb. davis suspects foul play. do you think he was murdered? >> me? of course. >> reporter: there we

. >> plus, a mysterious twist in the whitey bulger trial. one of the most expensive we've everseen and meet the world's largest virus. i mara schiavocampo. there are new photos showing the moment dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured by police from the night of april 19th when the day long manhunt finally came to end. they show a bloodied is tsarnaev with a target on his head. boston magazine says it obtained the pictures from a state police sergeant since relieved of duty. he says he handed them over after becoming outraged by the latest issue of "rolling stone" magazine. the cover has raised controversy for is portrayal of the teenage suspect many.saying it makes him look like more of a rock star. >>> america's motor city has gone from boom to bust. thursday, detroit officials confirmed the city has filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection laying the groundwork for what will be a historic effort to bail out a once booming metropolis sinking under billions of debt. the filing amounts to the largest municipal bankruptcy effort in american history.

don dahler reports from the whitey bulger trial. and how did 305 people escape a burning jetliner? they helped one another. anna werner with the story of people who never expected to be heroes. >> as soon as i opened the door, again, i just started saying, we're going to be okay.

jenna: we have breaking news in the "whitey" bulger case. a body found in massachusetts is now confirmed to be a man who was on the witness list to give his thoughts about this reputed mob boss, "whitey" bulger. now suddenly he winds up dead. we have a live report coming up on the strange scenario around this. more details after a quick break. jenna: fox news alert. this story out of massachusetts. yesterday police found a man's body on the side of the road. turns out this man is a man called stephen rakes. the reason why his name has come up in the news before he was set to testify against mob boss "whitey" bulger, who is currently in court, in boston, trying to fight racketeering act youizations against him. he was one of "america's most wanted." that is the man, stephen rakes, whose body was found. there are questions obviously about his death. authorities say it is only an investigation at this time. the body was found with no trauma. we have the deputy city editor of "the boston globe." mike, sort of a strange scenario. what can you tel

jack nicholson, that role was based on whitey bulger. he took the brave acting advice of not doing a boston accent and just playing jack nicholson. i thought that was a very interesting choice. his brother was the president of the state senate, billy bulger. politicians would go on television and be like, we pheer pheer -- we fear billy bulger and not because of whitey because he is a tack turn politician. and everybody e like, yeah, not because his brother is a murderer. >> i for one respect whitey and all he did for the community. the buses ran on time. >> i hope that cut that out and turn it into a racial thing. bill just said i respected whitey. i hope that shows up somewhere. somebody put that on the web. >> next topic, mouthy manatee. keith olbermann is headed back to the place that made him famous. no, not his therapist. espn confirms he will return to host a new late night talk show. oh i hate those. it will be on espn2, but a lot like espn but a year older. they will be free to discuss matters other than sports, but never, ever

plus a shocking development today in the whitey bulger trial. a potential key witness turned up dead today. >>> and new photos of dzhokhar tsarnaev to counteract "rolling stone's" controversial cover, but do the new images of him glamourize him even more? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, we begin with the breaking news. the city of detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy. it is the biggest city in this country ever to go under. now, in the filing, which i have been reading through this afternoon, detroit says its homicide rate is the highest in 40 years. 78,000 properties are abandoned. emergency vehicles regularly break down and aren't even able to help with fire or police problems, and nearly half of the streetlights in the city of detroit do not work. the filing means $17 billion in pension promises and debt could go down the drain. that leaves tens of thousands of workers and american investors empty handed. out front tonight, bill gross, he's the manager of the world's biggest mutual

don dahler reports from the whitey bulger trial. and how did 305 people escape a burning jetliner? they helped one another. anna werner with the story of people who never expected to be heroes. >> as soon as i opened the door, again, i just started saying, we're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. we need to get out of here. >> this is the cbs evening ne captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning with breaking news in the crash of asian a flight 214. the pilots of that aircraft have now told federal investigators that they set the automatic throttle controls on the plane for a proper landing speed and then discovered to their surprise at the last moment that the plane had slowed far beyond that setting. late today, the head of the national transportation safety board gave us new details about the four pilots who were on board the boeing 777 and what they were doing in the seconds before it crashed late saturday morning while attempting to land at the san francisco airport. john blackstone in san franc

is this the whitey bulger you knew? >> it was very typical of whitey bulger to do that. that was his -- that was his m.o., don. >> and that's all you'll say, that's his m.o., simple as that? >> yep, that was his m.o., there's not much more to say than that. he's a guy that would -- that had done these things and that was his m.o. and that's what he preached and taught. >> yeah. so, john, you know, the big question looking ahead to next week is, will whitey bulger take the stand? i mean, if he does, that is going to be riveting. do you think he has the guts to do it? >> well, listen, don, here's a guy whose defense says that he wants to take the stand and we're ready to take the stand. now they are in court and saying, well, you know, maybe he will or maybe he won't and the government said, well, put him on the stand. the government said that. put him on the stand. as i told you in the last show, i challenge him to get on the stand. don, no matter what, they'll eat him alive. the best thing he could do is not get on the stand and just -- and just keep the faith where it's

a potential witness in the whitey bulger mob trial turns up dead. elaine quijano is covering in boston. david martin joins the 82nd airborne as it rehearses for an american intervention in syria, and baby hugo comes to the rescue of his wounded father. one year after the colorado movie massacre, john blackstone returns to a family finding a way to heal. >> when he first started to open his eyes and look around, the one thing he would watch more than anything else was hugo. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the blazing summer heat is threatening the health and safety of millions of americans from coast-to-coast. in the eastern half of the country more than 141 million are under a heat warning or advisory. in the far west, thousands have been forced to flee wildfires fed by the heat. the areas in dark red are where the heat and humidity combine to make it feel as if it's in the 90s or triple digits. it's called the heat index and it was over 100 in new york, philadelphia, washington,

coming each day to the whitey bulger trial. waiting for the day when he would testify against the reputed longtime head of the boston mob. >> bullet piercing eyes. there's no heart. he probably sleeps in an ice chest. >> reporter: that was stephen "slippo" rakes just a few days ago. >> he was very much looking forward to testifying. >> reporter: rakes would never get that chance. on tuesday, he was dropped from the witness list. the next day, he wasn't at court. and today, a dead body found on the side of the road in a wealthy boston suburb was identified at rakes's. the man he was so anxious to testify against, bulger, was in court today. listening as his alleged former partner in crime, stephen, "the rifleman," flemmi, took the stand for the prosecution. he was asked, "what was your relationship to bulger?" he replied, "strictly criminal." in some ways today was like old times. whitey bulger on trial, a witness dead, a mystery unsolved. ron claiborne, abc news, boston. >>> now we have new information tonight in the death of c

until after bulger split because kevin weeks was in contact with jim bulger when whitey bulger was on the lam for several years. >> put it in perspective for those of us who watched "departed." who played weeks? do you recall who may have played him? >> that was a combination. nicholson played the bulger guy. >> right. >> but it wasn't damo or dicaprio because he wasn't a cop. >> that was a combination. those two roles were a melding of several other roles. >> in case you hadn't noticed mike covered this case for years for "the boston globe." not just randomly familiar -- >> whitey bulger's brother bill bulger president of the massachusetts senate for years and refused to talk to me for years because i used to put in the paper that whitey bulger was nothing -- no drugs moved in south boston without whitey bulger and his brother would say no, he does things, but not drugs. doesn't do drugs. which of course nothing could move including cocaine or heroin without his permission. bill bulger told me no, i heard from higher authority than you, who know more than you, he doesn't do drugs. th

now he's expected to call whitey bulger, an informant, a rat. and that is what whitey bulger does not like to be called in any way, shape or form. now gruesome details are expected to come out through the mouth of steven flemmi, talking about two of his victims in particular. one of them, deborah davis, flemmi's own girlfriend who he killed in 1981 or so. and number one, deborah hussey, his stepdaughter, ordered to make these comes the part that will make your stomach turn, after he would kill the victims, the government has acknowledged, he would rip out their teeth and cut off their fingertips to prevent the police from identifying them. this is expected to be tough testimony for the jurors to hear, for anyone to hear. >> whitey bulger objects to being called a rat but not a killer? that's just so strange. >> go figure. >> yeah. >> yes, we've seen those sparks fly before, as you said. expletives flying when a previous witness testified, weekes, we saw them together. no mistrial, the trial has gone on. we're waiting to see what will happen this

when you look at whitey bulger, what do you say? >> i see a complete psychopath maniac murder who has no feelings and no heart for nobody. >> reporter: bull girlgbulger's killed anyone who got in the way. he testified that bulger laughed after a drive-by shooting. thrilled by the rush of bullets he felt overhead. >> these gangsters changed everyone's life. it's everyone who lives, whose life has been destroyed. >> reporter: yet only one thing may bulger lose his temper repeatedly. being called a rat. his enforcer sneered, "we killed people for being rats and i had the two biggest rats right next to me." bulger turned and cursed. >> jay carney walked in the first day, said, he is an extortionist. he was a book maker. but he didn't kill those women and he didn't, wasn't an informant. that's all whitey cares about. >> reporter: his defense starts next week. for "outfront," debra feyerick, boston. >>> still to come, new developments in the edward snowden case. tonight, we actually have a copy of the letter his father sent to president o

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>> jimmy: it was tighty whitey bulger. oh. pro -- going door-to-door explaining all of weiner's positions. [ laughter ] con -- getting arrested five minutes later. you can't -- you can't go ring doorbells. [ laughter ] >> steve: you can't do that. >> jimmy: look at this photo. no. >> steve: his positions. >> jimmy: pro -- securing donations from companies that share weiner's vision. con -- like johnson & johnson, hardee's and dick's sporting goods. [ laughter ] yeah, it's all part of politics. [ applause ] pro -- anthony weiner has apologized for all the lewd messages he sent. con -- and all the lewd messages he plans to send in the future. [ laughter ] well, at least he's honest. [ applause ] >> steve: he's honest. >> jimmy: at least he's honest. pro -- even though his last campaign manager just quit, he now found a more experienced manager to take his place. con -- carlos danger. ♪ [ whipping sounds ] [ applause ] and finally, pro -- weiner is running at the same time as eliot spitzer. con -- if they both lose, they can al

first up, whitey bulger. the infamous one time head of the irish mob in boston recently captured after 16 years on the run. >> the 83-year-old is accused of drug trafficking, extortion and murder, all while working as an fbi informant. bulger's defense attorney jw carney acknowledged his client did commit some crimes. but he insisted bulger was not murderer or worse, a government snitch. >> what-- whoa, whoa, whoa. how is a government snitch worse than a murderer? for me, call me old-fashioned, it's always been murderer, all other violent crimes, and somewhere down the bottom tattletale. but according to bulger's lawyer who is an expert if gangster ethics, this actually all makes sense. >> the worst thing an irish person could consider doing was becoming an informant. >> is it? if you honestly think that the worst thing an irish person could consider doing, you've clearly never been to a new york st. patrick's day parade. ever. (applause) i mean ever in your life. so let's move on to case two. jimmy hoffa. fo

on monday, the secrets of whitey bulger. we'll talk to the man who received thousands of pages of letters from the reputed mobster. you'll hear about live behind bars at alcatraz. we'll see you monday on "cbs this morning." >> have a good weekend. have a good weekend. we'll live you with more from lianne lianne la havas. this is "lost and found." ♪ come upstairs and i'll show you where all my demons hide from you ♪ just look at who i have become i am so ashamed you were the one that made me feel the way i do ♪ you broke me and taught me to truly hate myself ♪ ♪ unfold me and teach me how to be like somebody else ♪ ♪ and i felt strong enough i was discovered by the love i have been waiting for so long ♪ ♪ you told me none of that was real i cannot hide how low i feel to know that you were never wrong ♪ ♪ you broke me and taught me to truly hate myself ♪ ♪ unfold me and teach me how to be like somebody else ♪ ♪ you're lost and found falling out my babe broken down ♪ ♪ broken down ♪ ♪ you b

and whitey bulger has set the record straight. our legal team is here to talk all things. perhaps a little george zimmerman too. it's monday, july 29th. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. andoes your dog food have? -- all in one pill. 18 percent? 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true instinct. learn more at purinaone.com >>> we are in the middle of three major legal cases today, each with its own bit of intrigue. in the court-martial of private bradley manning, the judge will reid a verdict tomorrow. manning is looking at a possible life sentence if convicted of aiding the enemy and faces 20 other countries, including espionage. on the international level, attorney general eric holder has informed russia that the man behind the prism leak, edward snowden, will not be tortured and will not face

. >>> whitey bulger called a pedophile in court. and nasty and personal political exchange. >>> plus, we'll take you to rio where the pope is preparing for a very big day. >> "early today" is brought to you by centrum. >>> it is day three of pope francis' visit to brazil. today he makes stops at a real hospital and the country's most important roman catholic shrine. nbc's claudio lavanga is live in rio de janeiro with more on the pope's trip. any change in security? >> reporter: no, following that discovery of a small pipe bomb where the pope is still flying out there by helicopter to say mass in one of the biggest shrines in the world with hundreds of policemen were deployed to look after him and the pilgrims, but what is going to be interesting to see is whether the brazilian authorities and security can learn anying from what happened on monday when an overexcited crowd almost mobbed the pope while he was driving into downtown rio. well, we'll see whether they will still allow the crowd to get so close to him even though the pope

>>> plus, a mysterious twist in the whitey bulger trial. one of the most expensive plain white tees. >>> and meet the world's largest virus. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, july 19th. >> good morning. i'm richard lui. new photos show the moment boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. they are from the night of april 19th when the day-long man hunt finally came to an end. they show a disheveled and bloody tsarnaev with a red laser target on his head. boston magazine obtained the pictures from a state police sergeant. he's since been relieved of duty. that officer handed them over after becoming outraged by the latest issue of "rolling stone." the cover has raised controversy for its portrayal of the teenaged suspect. critics saying it makes tsarnaev look like a rock star not someone on trial for terrorism. >>> america's motor city has officially gone bust. thursday, detroit officials confirming the city has filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. it lays the grownwork for what

he is expected to describe how whitey bulger strangled two women in the 1980s. bulger has denied killing any women. elaine, cbs news, boston. >>> if you live in the bay area, you know affordable housing can be hard to come by. it's only going to get worse. which counties are seeing the biggest jump in home prices. >>> and an unfamiliar face entering the emmies. bay area based, netflix going head to head with the major networks. >> a san francisco car service is upping the anti tomorrow, not only offering rides, but frozen treats. you can order it all from your smart phone. >> up some warmer weather. we get into the 90s. the warmup continues as the low cloud cover moves in tonight. find out which weekend day will be warmer. that's coming up. ,, announcer: announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-

. >> pelley: in boston the former mob boss whitey bulger is on trial for 19 murders. today he didn't flinch as his one-time right-hand man described how bulger killed, frequently, in cold blood. but something else that the witness said made bulger go ballistic today. and don dahler was in the courthouse. >> reporter: near the end of kevin weeks' testimony he called his former boss a rat. in front of the jury the two men shouted at each other blank you. the judge had to restore order. weeks is a confessed killer who considered james whitey bulger his mentor for almost 20 years. in 2006 he told 60 minutes ed bradley that bulger is a killer too. >> he stabbed people. he beat people. he shot people. he strangled people. run them over with cars. >> reporter: you said also that he liked killing. >> yeah. reporter: today weeks described for the court several murders he said he saw bulger commit. he took a couple steps and bulger put the mack 10 to the back of his head and pulled the trigger. jim bulger took out a rope, wrapped it around his neck and started strangling him. t

a witness eager to testify against whitey bulger turned up dead. and in court bulger came face to face with a partner in crime for the first time in decades. elaine quijano reports. >> reporter: the body of stephen rakes was found in a boston suburb sunday afternoon. he was eager to testify but was removed from the prosecution's witness list just one day before his body was discovered. an autopsy is being conducted. wile there were no obvious signs of trauma police are treating his death as suspicious and said rakes' vehicle missing. he owned a liquor store. he claimed bulger and his partner steven flemmi forced them to sell him his store at gunpoint. he described the alleged interview in an interview with cbs affiliate last year. >> bulger put the gun on the table and picked up one of my children and said, you know, it would be a sin -- it would be a sin to see this child grow up without a father. it was a bad day. >> reporter: the 79-year-old flemmi, who's serving a life sentence for ten murders was today's star witness. it was the first time in

plus a shocking development today in the whitey bulger trial. a potential key witness turned up dead today. >>> and new photos of dzhokhar tsarnaev to counteract "rolling stone's" controversial cover, but do the new images of him glamourize him even more? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, we begin with the breaking news. the city of detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy. it is

in this case, he admits to murders with whitey bulger. he admits to having a sexual relationship with his teenage stepdaughter and in his version of events, he actually disposed of his stepdaughter's body, pulling out her teeth so she couldn't be identified after bulger killed her. there's no way the prosecution can prevent the defense from cross-examining him on that. that's an issue at trial. rick: and we could learn later today the autopsy results of a guy named steve inriggs who turned up dead recently. he was on the list of possible witnesses to be called by the prosecution and was prepared to talk about how his liquor store was basically extorted by whitey bulger so that bulger could use it as sort of his criminal headquarters there in south boston. this guy turns up dead before he could ever take the stand. what do you make of it, sort of a side show here? what do you make of the whole thing? >> you kind of wonder when you have a mob trial going on and one of the key witnesses turns up dead, everybody is going to suspect something.

then it's the defense's turn leading to one big question -- do you think whitey bulger will take the stand? >> i hope he does. his word went to great lengths last year to say he would take the stand and noticeably did not say he would in the opening statement. >> reporter: more mystery and intrigue in a case with no shortage of either. susan candiotti, cnn, boston. >>> initially investigation showed no signs of foul play in the roler coaster accident in texas at the six flags. rosy esparza died after falling off the roler coaster. witnesses on the texas giant say that the victim felt her restraint wasn't secure enough. the ride is closed right now pending further investigation. we'll have more on roler coaster safety later on this hour. >>> a judge set bail at $250,000 for a man accused of abusing the elderly after several men claim he held them chaptermekapcaptiv. walter jones was in court. the men told officers that jones lured them with a promise of food. but then he locked them up and took their disability and veterans checks. >>> firefighters south of los angeles are making prog

whitey bulger going off the rales. this as the president in a positive comment on a vegetable that's setting off a scandal of sorts. we break down the polarizing issue of broccoli in america. this is "way too early." >>> i'm surprised at hue many politicians have child in on broccoli. we'll have it for you in the cooler. good morning, everybody. i'm brian shackman. wednesday, july the 10th. some disturbing details in the aaron hernandez murder case. in the cooler, perhaps the best on air correction in the history of television. maybe i'm being a little hyperbolic, but we like this a lot. we begin this morning with details on what happened inside the cockpit of asiana flight 214 moments before it crashed on to a san francisco runway. federal investigators say the pilots thought they had set the plane's auto throttle when they came in for landing. the training captain who was on his first flight as an instructor believed the passenger's jet was coming in at the correct speed of 137 knots. at about 200 feet out he

what will whitey's defense be? >> we don't know if whitey bulger has a defense. it depends what your definition of defense is as well. defend himself in the trial. doesn't seem so because he's admitting to drug dealing and racketeering. he's just stopping short at saying wait a minute, i was not an informant and i did not kill those two women. that's just him trying to define his legacy. he's thrown his hands up. defense witnesses drug dealers extortion victims. he's not even cross-examinationing them. his defense is he was not an informant. he did not kill. >> bill: i may be a murderer but i'm not a rat. a friend of mine i ran into him last night at dinner. he made a point it is too bad when you think about this trial and the zimmerman trial, it is too bad this trial were not televised because were it televised -- >> i would be watching. >> bill: you would have to bleep it out but it would be a television sensation. wouldn't it? you know from having been in the courtroom. >> it absolutely would be. i want to make a point. the difference between the two is this i