boston have sounded for generations of irish immigrants. it s a tight-knit community that s always protected its own, a place james whitey bulger called home. he learned to fight and survive on the mean streets of south boston, known as southy to locals like john shay who, decades later, would work for bulger. the guy was legendary. he made tough guys shake. he made them shake. reporter: bulger s life of crime started early, arrested in his teens, he was robbing banks by age 20. his shock of blonde hair earning him the name whitey, a name he is said to despite. with his rugged good looks and reckless flamboyance, he imagined himself as boston s version of jimmy kagny. but instead of red carpets he was headed to alcatraz. a string of bank robberies landing him ten years in federal prison at age 25. did he his time and upon release vowed he would never, ever go back. they had no hard proof. reporter: boston globe reporters dick layered and jared o neill ultimate
the church bells of st. monica near the harbor in south boston have sounded for generations of irish immigrants. it s a tight-knit community that s always protected its own, a place james whitey bulger called home. he learned to fight and survive on the mean streets of south boston, known as southy to locals like john shay who, decades later, would work for bulger. the guy was legendary. he made tough guys shake. he made them shake. reporter: bulger s life of crime started early, arrested in his teens, he was robbing banks by age 20. his shock of blonde hair earning him the name whitey, a name he is said to despite. with his rugged good looks and reckless flamboyance, he imagined himself as boston s version of jimmy kagny. but instead of red carpets he was headed to alcatraz. a string of bank robberies landing him ten years in federal prison at age 25. did he his time and upon release vowed he would never, ever go back. they had no hard proof. reporter: boston
we begin with the resignation of a key executive in the rupert murdoch media empire. rebekah brooks is out. many people were outraged when brooks kept her job after the newspaper was shut down for scandalous reporting tactics. and as brooks steps down, the investigations ramp up. the fbi now investigating the murdoch empire right here in the united states. lawmakers demanding the probe amid reports that murdoch s journalists hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. susan candiotti in new york with the details now. susan? reporter: hi, kyra. good morning to you. yes, this investigation is now 24 hours old. as fbi tries to figure out how they are going to approach this. all of it started, kyra, with a report in a british tabloid that a private investigator here in new york, that there was an attempt to hire him to hack into phone records of 9/11 victims and families, as well as reach out into the voice mails of 9/11 victims and families. the fbi, that appear