that whitey bulger used to frequent. kevin was pretty good with his fists. used to beat people up. whitey recognized someone who could perhaps be useful to him in shaking down others in the neighborhood. drug dealers and everything like that. and the employment of kevin weeks began in the early 1980s and eventually kevin was along for the ride when bulger and his partner, principle partner, steve themmy began killing people in front of kevin weeks, not that he hadn t killed people before. kevin was fully incorporated into the gang. and it was sort of a father/son relationship for many, many years until bulger split. until after bulger split because kevin weeks was in contact with jim bulger when whitey bulger was on the lam for several years. put it in perspective for those of us who watched departed. who played weeks? do you recall who may have played him? that was a combination.
welcome, everybody. it is friday, july 15th. i m soledad o brien. you are watching snoonk kiran is off, christine is off, welcome soledad. good to see you. thank you. we have a lot to do today. let s get right to it. serious new pressure on rupert murdock and his global media empire. the justice department says it s now investigating the claims that one of its tabloids tried to hack 9/11 victims phones. a report in another british tabloid, the mirror quoting a source who says news of the world, the newspaper which folded under the pressure of the hacking scandal, hired an investigator to try to tap the phones. now lawmakers, law enforcement, and 9/11 families are all demanding the truth. susan candiotti following the latest for us on this and breaking, one casualty of the news international, rebekah brooks has resigned. the question is, does this mean that the walls are crumbling at news corp. it s too early to say, bulls this is a crack in the wall. she was a prot