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Journalist peter lance. peter, welcome. 40 years as a mafioso. 30 days in jail. 26 murders, either executed, ordered or committed. and $1 million in fees or rewards from the fbi. this is an extraordinary story you've got here. >> well, toure, this is the whitey bulger story on steroids. he was by far the most vicious, violent killer in the history. he actually confessed to his killing partner the '90s he'd stop counting after 50 murders, which makes him one of the top serial killers of all time. yet, while three separate justice department strike forces, chicago, brooklyn, newark, were endeavo...

Are. so the stakes in new york were much, much higher for the justice department than in boston. >> wow. peter, a final question here with a little time. what do we draw as the lessons here? obviously, you need informants like you knee spie -- need spie. yet people walk away from this reporting thinking how do we get in so deep on the law enforcement side with criminals. >> here's the big take aiway. i've done three books prior to this on counterterrorism failures. the bureau was so obsessed forever bothering italians. the number one priority of the new york office was to get john gotti. they ...

Whitey bulger. it's a trial about extortion, assassinations, and on tuesday we heard about a machine gun jam between a witness's legs as he was told to pay up or die. all while whitey was said to be protected by the authorities. wait, how do the good guys end up in bed with the bad guys? drawing on 1,153 pages of newly uncovered secret memos, our next guest tells the true story of a different deal with the devil while fbi special agent lindley devevvhio was putting together the bust of the '80s, he was also working with his informant gregory scarpa sr. to he could carry out more than 26 murder...

Equities were so unbalanced. >> peter, fascinating stuff. fascinating book. congratulations on that. thank you for being here. up next, hot off the presses, a big announcement about the future of "the cycle." in cities like charlotte,ing. atlanta, and chicago, we're revving people up to take a lap around the legendary nascar race track with drivers from the coca-cola racing family.

0 how trayvon is. >> as you sat there, you knew -- and you're saying this by your statement, that you were representing trayvon. in many ways, being the friend that you were to him, they were going to judge trayvon's character by you, which was a real burden that you had to carry that you didn't ask for. >> yes, yes. >> now, meantime, reaction continues to pour in from the first and only full interview with a member of the jury. that was, of course, juror number b-37. she told cnn she believed the actions of zimmerman and martin both contributed to the teen's death. she did not believe zimmerm...