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>> bobby kennedy put together his brother's campaign for the senate in 1952, won the campaign for his brother. no one else could have done it. as jack said everybody was mad at bobby but we had the best organization in history. in 1957 and 1960, he ran and was chief counsel of the rackets committee. he went after crooks in labor like jimmy hoffa and dave beck. he went after incredible frightening figures. he was fighting the rackets in this country. then he becomes a.g. and takes on the rackets then. he gets a list of all the top mob figures and mafia figures and goes after each one. jared kus...

Shiny object. >> explain that this is from the roy cone playbook. >> roy cone was the chief counsel during the mccarthy hearings, witch-hunt in the 1950s. ultimately discredited, censured by republicans in the senate when they overreached. dwight eisenhower came after them. he flees washington in shame and disgrace, moves to new york, becomes a powerful lawyer, represents mob figures, he ends up connecting with donald trump in the '70s right when donald trump has been sued by the justice department for discriminating against african-americans in their housing projects. trump says to roy cone, ...

>> and how do you get a prosecution? >> well, bad guys hang out with other bad guy, and so the prosecutions have been able to make out cases against mob figures if there is corroboration, and that, you can find it in a number of areas. but of course, a case like this is so interesting, because here it, these guys are in the 80s and it has taken that long the make a case against them out of this lufthansa robbery which took place so many years ago. >> and jean, you are saying that he has been recording his c cousin? >> yes, since 2008, and thees are racketeering charge, and there is some lenien...

Agent for the heinz corporation and had a lucrative career going on. >> right. >> the other problem is the bombing of the car itself. they could dispel that theory that gary triano had a lot of debts including organized mob figures and anybody could have killed him, not just pamela phillips. jenna: interesting case. thanks for coming on today. thank you so much. >> thank you. jon: america as little kids have become way too big but now there is some big news. what is behind the latest obesity numbers that show young children are slimming down. target feeling the pain after a serious security ...

Turn his head but he's listening to this litany of crimes that he's been accused of and the evidence against him. he barely moves, anderson. >> it would be fascinating if he did take the stand. those surveillance videos of him from 30 years ago are interesting to look at. they were played in court today, yes? >> reporter: they were. that's another interesting point. these are surveillance videos taken 30 years ago when whitey bulger was at the height of his power. it shows him meeting with known mob figures, both irish and italian. it's important those who are italian because he said he couldn...