. -- adolph hitler and muammar gaddafi. security forces killed nine people in protest. eyewitnesses reported violent clashes between the army and regime opponents. the un estimates that some 300,000 people have been killed since the protests started eight months ago. we are taking an end -- an in- depth look at the syrian problem, later in the program. there have been protests in the country since the arab spring began. tunisia has begun to draw up a future constitution. islamists who won the election will share power with two other parties. >> the country's first-ever democratically elected president. and the more powerful role of prime minister will also be filled. the outgoing president said that the country can now set about shaping its democratic future. >> we will now do everything that we can to transfer power to the assembly, to pave the way for democratic change. >> the assembly will have one year to draft a constitution that will be followed by a new presidential and parliamentary elections. there are still many questions, like the country will have a parliame

. >> one of the women you saved from drowning was pregnant with adolph hitler. well done. >> jon: dam it. you never said this was in the past. >> you see how much more decisive you were though when your mind wasn't caught up with facts. you could have prevented the holocaust. >> jon: i guess a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. >> and i guess voting for herman cain is the only way to prevent the holocaust. >> jon: thank you very much. aasif mandvi, everybody. >> jon: welcome back. the republican candidates finally waded into the foreign policy debate. there's still an issue at home that you will never hear the republicans talking about. jason jones has more. >> we've made great strides in eradicating prejudice in this country. according to university of texas economist daniel hammermesh, one part of society is still suffering in ways we never imagined. >> ugly people. >> reporter: ugly people. >> if you're bad looking, you're going to wind up with a spouse who is not as good looking and you're going to be less happy. >> reporter: are you currently happy? >>

. >> just before adolph hitler tried to be first.azi scientists worked day and night to develop a nuclear bomb. a worried albert an stein wrote this urgent letter to president roosevelt about the nazi program. it was lost in washington he's bureaucracy. >> it went to a committee ran by a sin tis department of agriculture. word didn't get around. >> in a weird twist of fate on december 6th, 1941, fdr approved the manhattan project. one day later the japanese attacked pearl harbor. naeshg joined the war and the nuclear arms race. the soviet union the u.s. and britain competed to snatch up hitler's nuclear scientists and secrets. with the success of the project they led the race to the bobb. harry truman choose to unleash it. atomic bombs laid waste to japanese cities of hiroshima forcing a japanese surrender. world war ii was over. but only four years later on july 16th, 19499 soviets shocked the world. >> an atomic explosion occurred in the soviet union. >> for the next 40 years the united states and soviet union faced off. ordinary a

. >> it's clear that adolph hitler got his whole notion of it from california. >> reporter: in 1979 thente assemblyman art torres introduced legislation that finally repealed the california law. he says we need to remember what happened. >> so we never repeat it again. >> reporter: as for charles, the operation doomed his adult relationships. >> there's two or three girls that i was going with. but as soon as they found out i couldn't have children, why, they took off. >> reporter: once married he never told his wife. she died never knowing the truth. >> she wanted a child so darn bad it was pitiful. >> reporter: he now lives in a care facility in stockton. >> if i hadn't have been sterilized at the time, i probably wouldn't be here now. i would probably be having a family somewheres. >> reporter: in 2003, the state of california issued a blanket apology to all those involuntarily sterilized but charles says that's not enough. he wants a personal apology and compensation. elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> cloudy and foggy conditions tonight. and that will lead to the next round of rain the day

churchill was faced up with the very real possibility that he might have to sue for peace with adolph hitlerbook about the impact of world war ii and december 7th, 1941, on our economy. what was it? >> well, the office of production information -- production management tells detroit, you will produce no more cars for 1942. that's it. you're out of the car business. you're going to start making airplanes. what's fascinating is that within 30 days, the ford and fisher auto parts company manufacture airplanes, bombers, within a month out of -- >> they retooled that quickly. >> retooled that quickly out of parts that were supposed to be for airplanes -- or for cars, they're now making airplanes. but that was across the board. is that the old nash company which became american motors, they start producing airplane propellers instead of making cars. within weeks of the it sha-- of attack. >> craig shirley, thank you so much. the book is "december 1941." that is worth buying. >> excellent book. >> really, really cool. >> sorry i didn't write it, jon. >> meacham, you missed out. >> another missed op