something of an irish-american folk hero. he was chillingly portrayed by johnny depp in black mask. more loosely portrayed, shall we say, by jack nicholson in the departed. and this is how the story was reported tonight on the 11:00 news, as the broadcast came on the air on our boston nbc station, wbts. developing at 11:00, a violent end to whitey bulger s life of crime. i would hope they were thinking about me when they were murdering him. me and the victim s families. the infamous mob boss killed in prison. we have some breaking news here. james whitey bulger is dead. from the families of the mobster s victims he deserves a horrible death. to bulger s family. i heard he wasn t feeling good awhile back, that s all i heard. live team coverage on the newest information into the killing of whitey bulger starts now.
confirmed his death, saying it was the result of a prison beating, today, a friend of mine in boston texted me to say, i m sure he s heading here, meaning even in death, boston will be wary that whitey is coming home. it would just be nice to have some proof to know for sure that whitey is gone. it was probably for that reason that one bartender in south boston today was asked to comment on whitey s departure from life, and he declined. whitey bulger was a lot of things, in no particular order, a stone-cold murderer, a full-on thug, a snitch, a chameleon, and something of an irish-american folk hero. he was chillingly portrayed by johnny depp in black mask. more loosely portrayed, shall we say, by jack nicholson in the departed. and this is how the story was reported tonight on the 11:00 news, as the broadcast came on the air on our boston nbc station, wbts.
following at this hour. at least a thousand people had to find somewhere else to sleep tonight after dozens of gas explosions and subsequent fires rocked three different boston suburbs this afternoon. at least 70 homes caught fire. we just learned one person has died, nearly a dozen people remain hospitalized. msp, the massachusetts state police, shared this map of confirmed explosions and fires. there are more. just to give you an idea of how massive the area affected is, wbts tv reporter michael rosenfield is in lawrence tonight. he s with our nbc station in boston. one of the communities where these explosions occurred. i was watching this, your coverage in real-time, michael. you had fire departments completely overwhelmed locally. they invoked mutual aid.
him. not steve king of iowa? he s pretty racist, too. i would love the take them both out. thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. happy birthday to our son. turns 2 next month, right. that s right. we are going to have a blow-out bash. watch for the cute videos on my twitter feed. i will truth absolutely do that. thank you very much. you can learn more about the be a hero fund.com at that wbts. up necks, facebook releases its internal guidelines on how it decides what content to leave up and what content to take down, including bullying hate speech, and nudity. is this effort to be more transparent a good move by the social media giant? a facebook investor and former mentor to mark zuckerberg joins me next. aturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great. when i can keep up! - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad s got all the answers.