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But there is no roeason to believe he won't spend the rest of his life in prison. >> yes. and his attorney in opening statements gave him up. saying he did all these things. it was a slow plea end p. this whole trial is a slow guilty plea. >> you talk about all of these murders. these brutal slayings that he with heard, detailed in this trial, and it struck me that one of the few times there were tears in this courtroom was when one of his friends got up on the stand and betrayed him. that was his big emotional moment for whitey bulger. he couldn't believe his friend was ratting him out on the...

To boston we go. fireworks at the trial of reputed mob boss james whitey bulger. bulger angrily told the judge today he will not take the stand. then he told the judge this trial is a sham. he proceeded to explain why. the wife of a man bulger is accused of killing yelled at him, i'm quoting her, you're a coward, she yelled. bulger's lawyer said earlier today he is prepared to forfeit $822,000 of his assets to her family and another alleged victim's family. the families had won a judgment. this was back in 2009. but an apeoppeals court tossed out on technicality. bulger faces 19 counts of murd...

The dramatic capture of reputed mob boss whitey bulger, that was relived in court today right before the prosecution rested its case. cnn's deborah feyerick has been in court each and every day for us. what have the highlights been? >> reporter: in resting their case, prosecutors showed exactly who whitey bulger is and what he's all about. not 20 years ago when hechs at the height of his power, but just two years ago when he was arrested in santa monica. they trotted out guns, pistols, berattas. 30 different weapons they found in his apartment. also $822,000 in cash. all of that stored in hole...

Enforcement agencies if the applicant is a fugitive or wanted on an outstanding warrant. the big question seems to be who will pay for these background checks and whether they'll apply to current recipients. according to the state department of health and human services there were nearly 822,000 people benefitting from food stamps in february and more than 21,000 on state welfare in march. you could be looking at millions of dollars here. one of the bill's sponsors says the cost to local government is still unclear but even with that up in the air the measure is on its way to the house floor. ...

Taxpayers' expense. joining us to talk about this is mike gallagher and alan colmes. thanks for joining us. alan, let's start with you. how is this different from the gsa scandal? >> for one thing, this was done with private money. entertainment to catering and booze was done with private money. it wasn't done with taxpayer money. gsa scandal in 2010 in las vegas was more expensive, that was $822,000. this is $600,000. the las vegas was taxpayer money, this is not. >> patti ann: let's be clear about that. the commerce department says according to their spokesperson, no federal funds were spent...