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Publicity-wise that has ever happened in the united states. here you have a robbery at kennedy airport, heavily trafficked airport. these guys come in and they walk out with $80 million. that's quite significant. a robbery that was very, very well planned, obviously because they had inside information. i think that makes it attractive, makes it interesting and of course, the movie helped. "goodfellas," good movie. >> as do things like your book, "organized crime." congratulations on that. good job. thank you. there's a lot going on this morning. here are some of the things we thought you sho...

They say this shouldn't be happening, they should have drifted out of organizing crime. >> was it all about money? this $750,000 payout asaro believes he should have gotten? is that what it's all about? >> the actual amount was $6 million in cash plus jewelry. in today's dollars that would be more than $80 million. we are talking about serious money. obviously, well, i shouldn't say obviously but people were not getting their fair sthar. asaro was one of those people. asaro had no direct role in the robbery. he was there as a representative of one of the families, seeing to it they got their s...

Tommy carbone were going to grab the outside guard and make him get us in the front door. frenchie and joe had to round up the workers. johnny had to keep them all tied up and away from the alarms. >> great movie. the classic "goodfellas" immortalized the 1978 lufthansa flight where a gunman looted the vault at new york's jfk airport, stealing $5 million in cash and nearly $1 million in jewelry. that robbery is still one of the largest cash thefts in american history. last year, police arrested vincent asaro for his role in that robbery. now nearly four decades later, the 80-year-old asaro is ...