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Conversation -- >> but i want to have it honestly, and when you have jesse jackson calling florida an apartheid state, when the number of blacks and whites that use stand your ground relatively even, we don't need that kind of rhetoric. that doesn't help us move that very conversation that you're talking about. >> david webb, cornell belcher, let's the three of us continue this conversation in the days and weeks to come. thanks to both of you for coming in. >> thank, wo you, wolf. a potential witness dies unexpectedly. is it tied to a high-profile mob trial? we're going live to boston. at un...
We're still waiting to find out the actual cause of death. >> thanks so much. joining us now, former assistant director for the fbi in new york, bill gavin, now vice-president of a global security firm. anybody who has seen the movie, the godfather, or the sopranos how a potential witness in a mob trial could show up dead before he has a command to take the stand. what are you hearing from your law enforcement sources? what might have happened? >> so difficult to tell. this case hays taken so men twists and turns. i don't think there's enough facts yet to support any kind of a conclusion. hot ...
Jon: a fox news alert from massachusetts now where a man who was hoping to testify in a high-profile mob trial has been found dead. this as 83-year-old james whitey bulger is in court today accused of participating in 19 killings during the 1970s and '80s. it was his trial in which this witness was scheduled to testify or at least was on the witness list. molly line live in boston for us now. >> reporter: here's what we know so far, the body of steven rakes, 59 years old, was found off the side of a road in lincoln, massachusetts, a beautiful, leafy suburb about 30 minutes west of boston. his ...