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That whitey and stevie ran up to the car after he heard the gunshots and said hes gone. >> did bulgers defense team when they were trying to defend against this actually putting the gun in whitey bulgers hand but john martorano was able to do today did they do a good job defending him? >> well i think hank brennan, one of whiteys lawyers, did a very good job on cross-examination of martorano. if only by portraying him as venal and vile a guy as he is. there was this almost comical exchange about...

Was the one that volunteered to give the murders and put them in murders and put himself in murders, as he said today from the stand the racketeering indictment he was facing when he got grabbed by steve johnson of the state police here in 1995, he might have done two, three years, tops. and then he put himself in a murder, and -- in 20 murders. he admitted to 20 murders and he ended up doing 12 years which is a sweet heart deal by any definition. as the prosecution will argue, they had whitey, ...

"outfront" kevin cullen, a reporter for "the boston globe" and author of "whitey bulger: americas most wanted gangster and the manhunt that brought him to justice." what exactly did martorano say when this big revelation came out that according to him whitey bulger actually pulled the trigger? >> that was the killing of a guy named eddie coners. eddie had helped them set up a guy named spike otoole. after spike was murdered, eddie was bragging about it, and the winter hill gang decided he had to...

Whiteys partner in crime, and they actually laid an ambush for eddie coners when he went to a phone booth supposedly to talk to holly winter the head of the gang they opened fire on him. john martorano admitted under oath that he did not see whitey pull the trigger. that he was over the hill, and that whitey and stevie ran up to the car after he heard the gunshots and said hes gone. >> did bulgers defense team when they were trying to defend against this actually putting the gun in whitey bulger...

And said bulger was directly involved in some and said in bulgers gang, death was a way of life. shelley murphy joins us with more. shelley, help us understand this very significant day in court. this was the first time, right, a trial witness in this case a confessed killer john testified whitey bulger himself committed murder, right? >> thats right. he says that whitey was the triggerman in a bar owner back in 70s. they drove to the scene, they got out, walked down the hill. he heard a burst o...

Testified whitey bulger himself committed murders right? >> thats right. he says that whitey was the triggerman in a bar owner back in 70s. they drove to the scene, they got out, walked down the hill. he heard a burst of fire, they came back to the car and said hes gone. >> eddie connors, is that right, the bar owner? thats the old hood. >> thats right. >> i want you to help me. so john martorano has admitted to 20 murders. he said he doesnt like the word "hit man," doesnt consider himself to be...

Were able to get these people, these victims, and when he was testifying, erin, he did it in a way that was so cold blooded that you really felt that there was simply no emotion involved. the only time you really got emotional is when he said well im testifying, because whitey bulger broke my heart. he broke our loyalty once he decided or once it became known that he was an fbi informant, erin. >> and deb, quickly i know you heard about the relationship between the fbi agent john connally who wa...

>> and deb, quickly i know you heard about the relationship between the fbi agent john connally who was convicted of helping bulger avoid arrest and whiteys brother. this fbi agent had a relationship with whiteys brother. what did you learn about that? >> absolutely. and not only that its john martorano who helped put john connally, the rogue fbi agent away. martorano testified when john connally came back he thanked bulgers brother billy who was a very powerful politician here in boston, and wh...

I question having the lawyer going to admit that, why are we wasting all our time going over this stuff. he probably should have said, ill admit to this other stuff, i want to refute that i didnt kill the women, and i wasnt a rat. those are the two things hes obsessed with. >> does bulger have any of the power that he used to have, or is all that gone? >> no, thats gone. and like i said, once everybody that knew he was an informant and all the loyalty he demanded werent one way. the only people ...

We were writing our book, we sent him letters asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters from jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of knowing hes read those letters. this is sort of out of whiteys playbook too. he couldnt be bothered to look at johnny today. >> the fact that this infamous boss cut a deal with the government to testify against bulger. how much does that...