to critics on capitol hill. we begin with old school crime story and a new approach to nab beibing a fugitive. james whitey bulger more than a dozen alleged murders. a repufuted boston king pin. his larger than life persona borrowed by jack nicholson in the movie the departed. makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. today, boston s most notorious gangster and his long time girlfriend are in jail after 16 years on the run. they will make their first court appearance today. kara finnstrom in l.a. an unusual strategy that was used to nabbing him? reporter: right. certainly was. gangster we are told a tipster actually saw this psa that was airing. then he called in and he led them to the pair last night. interestingly enough, james whitey bulger had eluded authorities for more than a decade and a half. they tried to find him but he traveled. he would use disguises and had gone all around the world eluding them so finally they went after his girlfriend an