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Changes in pensions and in health care benefits and so personally, i think this is a place where government's going to have to step in. >> that will be interesting to see that play out. we'll talk about this throughout the show, what it means for city workers in detroit and retirees but also the president meant to prevent this. he vowed to prevent this. what this means on a broader perspective as we'll look at. couple other big stories to get to. the fallout from the "rolling stone" cover controversy conditions. in response to what may have been called a glamourized even rock star treatment of...

One more victim in a pretty sordid story. >> and it goes on. a heated day in the courtroom as well. another big story up in boston, mike, got to get your take on, is the cover of "rolling stone" that was yesterday. now today we're talking about sergeant sean murphy, the tactical photographer who took photographs of tsarnaev at the moment he came out of that boat. you know, he said, sergeant murphy, said he was doing it to serve as a counter way to what he thought was a glamourized, romanticized version of tsarnaev on the cover of "rolling stone" magazine. what's been the reaction up there? >> ...

Disciplinary hearing next week. sergeant murphy gave them the photos of the release of the "rolling stone" photo. murphy saying, in part. i believe the image was an insult to any person who has ever worn a uniform of any color. i thep the people who see these images will know that this was real. it was as real as it gets. unquote. the murder and racketeering trial of james "whitey" bulger has transfixed the city of boston this summer and one man who openly despised bulger and hoped to testify has been found dead. staev >> reporter: steven owned a liquor store in boston's south end during whi...

And i'm kind of glad the cop did it. >> yeah. sergeant murphy may have been relieved of his post and status will be reviewed according to that report, but i think he spoke for a lot of people in that police department and the city of boston when he put out that counter image. this is obviously -- this cover of "rolling stone" has really struck a chord across the country but obviously particularly in boston. almost universally across the board up there, people are -- have viewed it negatively and think it's an insult. i don't know if everyone has read the article but i think a lot of people up ...

The words written by sergeant murphy. who said i hope that people who see these photos know it was real as it gets. it may have played out as a television show. but it was not a television show. these were real people with real lives. and real families. joining me now by phone, the author of the boston magazine piece about these photographs today, editor-in-chief, john wilson. the statement that the police officer made today had some very bitter words for "rolling stone" magazine, this was a direct reaction to the magazine cover, wasn't it? >> yes, i believe it was absolutely right. he was mot...