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Convicted of murder, it probably won't make a difference. rick: what do you think of that point, the defense strategy here? could this be some kind of a preventative strategy before this guy goes to prison? >> definitely. i think they've had the conversation and bulger has told his attorneys, look. i'm going down. i know i'm going to prison but i at least need to be protected. i can't go to prison labelled a rat, labelled a pedophile. those are the worst things you can do. at this point, it's control so he can live the rest of his life out in peace. rick: the worst thing you could do because y...

Is costing people their jobs or the number of hours that they work. you have democrats in congress are facing reelection and they are saying that okay, he got a modem, what about us? we will actually have to go back and trace voters on the backs of his unpopular legislation. that is why you are seeing unscramble. rick: the same poll shows a majority of voters feel that the law should be left alone. they do not want to see any attempts by republicans in congress to try to kill that. >> i think that looking at this issue is kind of tricky. six hours ago the polls would've been very different. ri...

And are safe but it's still burning in the gulf of mexico and a partial collapse of the rig is what we're hearing. rick: postal service is proud to boast that rain, hail and heat cannot stop mail delivery but how much debt? heather has more on that. >> well, listen to this one and they mief to change their motto eventually. u.s. postal service continues to push congress to approve the plan to stop saturday mail delivery but they've also come up with another idea and this one has saved them a lot of money. whether or not you agree with this, you've got to agree that you have to give them credit...

Kill obamacare. a talking point from the white house is that there is no republican alternative to obamacare. and that is workable, at least. i was trying to think some of the ideas i've heard from republicans. instead of obamacare we hear that tort reform is a big point that republicans made during the vote during obamacare. that didn't come into fruition. now we hear a lot of republicans talk about the need to be able to buy and have insurance across state lines. but do republicans need to do a better job of presenting their vision for health care reform? >> i agree with you, rick. in fairne...

Those comparisons are trying and trying to make the point that this is not another bp oil spill. that went on for more than 80 days and they say that this is different. however the fire is still burning. aerial surveillance shows this a large cloud of gas above that rate. the rate itself is still intact structurally. also a sheen developing on the-. also a sheen developing on the water and not sheen is about 50 feet by a half-mile but experts say it is evaporating quickly. jenna: we will continue to watch this story and thank you. rick: coming up next, poisonous letters to the president and th...