. >> we're standing on fourth side street in downtown texas. fourth side street was one of the center points of the violence during the race riot of 1943. this was the world war ii home front town where there was much business activity being produced for goods for the world war ii everett. the home front industries created these new jobs. and they also created new tensions that, in some cases, resulted in race riots. and there were race riots in detroit and inharlem and i think mobile and in beaumont, texas. and in june of 1943, there was this very sad, tragic episode in beaumont, a race riot broke out here june 15th, 1943. there was a story about a black man having raped a white woman. and when this story spread into the shipyard, several thousand of the shipyard workers, some say at least 2,000 shipyard workers came out of the shipyard and came downtown to the city hall and to the police department and to try to find the person who had allegedly committed this crime. and they found no one. and then, from there, they broke up into groups and t

texas. he has grass, rocks, logs, he has a place to behave like a cat, like a large cat. >>> the streets of downtown amarillo, texas, erupted in gunfire about a year ago. in this video released by amarillo.com you see the police run down the street. it's a little grainy, hazy, but what you're about to see is a rain of about 40 bullets coming from police officers into the suv driven by claudio. he was 24 years old. see his black suv back out from the left side, then you see the suv lunch towards police. that's when the gunfire breaks out. >> oh, my god, dude. oh, my god. >> wow. that's not just like one or two shots. that's gunfire. >> he is shot several times in the head. he is ladder pronounced dead. there were two other people in that suv. one was shot in the arm. witnesses and police say that at least two other suspects were shooting at the car. that's why he was running. witnesses also describe gunshots coming from the suv as well. police also say the same thing. so, there's mayhem going on in the middle of the streets of amarillo. the reason why this video is coming out now, his is the family h

matt bonner from downtown earns texas bragging rights. sixers the surprise team of the season doing everything right against the bulls. philly knocks off the best team in the east. the pacers another team that is on the rise. danny granger was a man among boys in minnesota scoring 29 of his 36 in the second half and gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy win their third straight 109-99. or on the other end of the spectrum you got the magic playing some of the worst basketball of the season. but there is one sure shot way to fix that. play the lowly wizards. anderson and howard both had 23 points. orlando end their misery of a losing streak with a win. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> there may be a review into the investigation of amy winehouse's death. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, we will show you jimmy flying high above one of the biggest stages of all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcom

. >> we're standing on forsythe street in downtown beaumont, texas. forsythe street was the home front of the town, the home front industries created these new jobs and created tensions that in some cases resulted in race riots, there were race riots in harlem and mobile and i think beaumont, texas. in june of 1943, there was this very sad, tragic episode in beaumont, a race riot broke out here june 15, 1943, there was a story about a black man having raped a white woman and when this story spread into the shipyard, several thousands of the ship ward yorkers came out of the shipyard and came downtown to the city hall and to the police department and. >> they dloef through black parts of the town, including forsythe street where we're standing here, forsythe was a very vibrant black business communities with lawyers and doctors and pharmacists, insurance agestores, there was a movie theater here, so there was a vibrant black business community and some of these men in the mob attacked this neighborhood, they attacked some of the people, they store up s

matt bonner from downtown, spurs own texas bragging rights, 99-91.ers have been the surprise team of the season doing everything right against the bulls. philly is for real. they knock off the best team in the east, 98-82. the pacers are another team on the rise. danny granger scored 29 of his 36 in the second half. even gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy wins their third straight, 109-99. on the other end of the spectrum, you have the magic, playing some of the worst basketball of the season. there's one sure shot way to fix that, play the lowly wizards, ryan anderson and dwight howard had 23 points. orlando end the misery of a four-game losing streak with a win. >>> that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> we said groundhog will not see his shadow, four weeks until spring. >> way to reveal the secret. aren't we waiting until 7:30. >> if he seeses had shadow and it's cloudy,

(vo)just across the border from downtown el paso, texas, lies cuidad juarez - ground zero for the mexican drug war. >>we just got a call that two people have been shot. (vo)here gang land execution style murders have become a daily norm. the morgues have run out of space to stack the bodies. >>how many people do you think that you've killed? (vo)we look into the eyes of a hitman and venture into the territory of some of the most violent gangs in the world where desperate young men are in training to kill for the cartels. >>is that what you aspire to you wanna be in the big leagues with the cartel? (vo)we embed with the mexican army and investigate claims that the high powered assault weapons being used by the cartels are bought in the united states and smuggled into mexico, fueling the drug war violence that is spiraling out of control. >>last year, thirty thousand guns were recovered in mexico that we knoew came from the united states. >>about ten feet in front of me is a guy laying in the street. he's been shot in the head. >>where do the guns come from that you use in your hits? (vo)th

texas, all weekend long on history tv. >>> we're standing on crockett street in downtown beaumont in front of a row of historic buildings that were probably built around the turn of the 20th century. they were built along the railroad tracks where the ro so they were an important part of the business district there. at some point, parts of crockett street became more notorious and they were a mainstream establishment. beaumont had turned a blind eye more or less to prostitution as long as it was in some remote corner of the town. however, this was not. at some point the dixie hotel became a brothel. but it was considered to be a very one and the clientele was limited. the employees there were supposed to be the prettiest girls around. and it was not the sort of thing that anybody could just walk in off the street. and patronize. ms. rita was ms. rita an ins worth and she was the madam and she started off in one of the brothels in towns and ended up marrying the son of the owner. his name was matt haynesworth and they together operated another hotel until he died and then she took the money that was left in the estate an

downtown. the clouds are the first sign of a weather system that will be coming through here in about 24 hours. it is just now getting into the texas panhandle, but it is moving fast. we will pick up a chance for rain and snow showers tomorrow night and over the weekend, the arctic front will come sweeping through here on saturday. a blast of cold and snow showers with a fraud arising -- are arriving on saturday. it will not be long before it heads toward the mid-atlantic states tomorrow evening. sunny skies in the morning and then rain and snow showers by the evening rush hour. things will be moving quickly through the region in the next couple of days. saturday it will spread east as the arctic front comes in from the mounds and pushes toward the coast. tomorrow and saturday evening, the possibility of light snowfall accumulations. sunday we will see clearing skies and a lot of sun, but it will be windy and cold. temperatures stuck in the 30's on sunday, generating snow showers up and down the appalachian mountains. a good weekend for skiing, but bundle up. you can see how it spreads to the eastern shore and a few spots may get a

a little cozier in the downtown area but if you are going out tonight be prepared that it will be pretty chilly. slut and sleet to parts of texas and oklahoma and its preceded by some rain and even some thunderstorms, we are not going to see that a look at this, winter weather advisories in effect for extreme southwestern illinois and there are some 10 states impacted. the second storm is expected to come into the area tomorrow night. that looks like it could be a rain and snow mixed but we're not certain. good point numbers from the computer models suggest as we say that about 1 in. or two for the first time and maybe as much as three and two. here's our forecast. for tonight we're looking at scott is mostly clear out there, pretty nice evening and clouds approaching lay low temperature 15-20 and for tomorrow clouds will thicken up and we will cease not develop in the afternoon i temperatures 34-30 degrees. breezy with not so cold nights meagher night. the snow becoming down a * and then on tuesday is no end in early in an interview north of i 80 into a decree inches south. [ woman ] i was ready for my trip. but my smile wasn'

downtown. i hope you have your humidifiers going this weekend, you definitely could use it. i've been staticky all over this morning especially. our satellite picture radar combined shows us some notice showers going through texas some rain, the snow -- snow showers going through texas and some rain, the snow showers to the west of us, but we are definitely seeing a drier weather pattern set up monday as high pressure comes this way. milder air is on the way, breezy and very cold tonight, monday dry and sunny, tuesday rain and snow showers possible. tuesday and wednesday we do see milder conditions. for tonight clear, breezy and very cold, lows in the teens to 25 degrees. in downtown mid-20s, 22 in gaithersburg, but down to 21 in martinsburg, culpeper 22 degrees. tomorrow morning bundle up the kids, bundle yourself because we see a very cold start and lots of sunshine. you will want your sunglasses as you head out and drive into work. afternoon sunny but not as cold, highs 43 to 48 degrees. cumberland 37 degrees is your high, 40 winchester and martinsburg and warrenton, manassas around 44 degrees, leesburg 43 degrees, plenty of sunshine tomorrow. around the beltway mid-40s, kateburg 44, annapolis in the lower 4

downtown washington d.c. activists have been gathering that despite a camping ban issued by their corporate is earlier in the week officers wearing protective gear. and the ruling in texas rested at least three people the park was cordoned off and the cop to see. your movement has seen some heavy handed police tactics. to see excessive force won't scare activists away says kevin zeese from. who knows what's going through their head space on that you know when we i watch that video it's available online and it looks like there was no justification for it when i went to make fires in the day to ask about it people said the only thing he was doing was taking the signs around the tents that said no camping and so that was the rationale for tasering him he was dropping values not being as threatening looks like a excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the macpherson campers that there are more. discipline than that to fall for that trap the occupy movement in a few months has shifted and show you american people that if they get mobilized and organized that we have power we can change the direction this country so the future's going to be an americ

>> an investigation is under way, after a texas woman is struck by a bullet that came from mexico. the 48-year-old was pushing a stroller in downtown, when she was hit in the leg. the woman was treated at a nearby hospital and released a short time later. investigators say the gun was fired in juarez, which is about a half mile away from the u.s. border. wow. >>> well, london is on high alert, with the summer olympics just months away. rita nissan reports for wjz. security officials are preparing for the worst by staging a mock terror attack. >> reporter: paramedics wield a -- wheeled away an injured man, as police try to maintain order. this looks like a terrorist attack on london's subway system. but it's an emergency response test, as the the city prepares if are the summer olympics. the games are a potential target for terrorists. and officials say they're taking every precaution possible. the drill will last for two days. >> the challenge for us here is the duration. goes over a long period of time. >> reporter: another challenge for emergency response crews is communication. when suicide bombers hit london subway and bus syst

texas. seven days later, he was dead. >> president kennedy was assassinated today in a burst of gunfire in downtown dallas. >> reporter:so -- in so much pain. here was tony who i was going to marry who i loved. there was the president who i loved, who i had spent 18 months with. he was dead. the feelings were just explosive inside me and then tony looked at me and he said, what? what? what is wrong with you? and then i told him. i told him the truth. >> reporter: what was his reaction? >> tony's reaction was emotionally violent. his response was so devastating that at that moment what happened for me was i just -- i shut down emotionally because what tony said to me was, you and i will never ever talk about this and you are never to tell anybody else. >> reporter: so mimi buried her secret becoming mrs. fahnestock in january of 1964. a few months later she got rid of all the gifts president kennedy had given her including a photograph of himself. did he say anything on that picture? >> yes, he did. warm railroads and best wishes in appreciation and then he said and no one will ever know what i'm really appreciating. i

downtown are but city offices and services will stay open, and the city is encouraging businesses to stay open as well. >> across the nation, police cleared out two "occupy"encampmc and us a -- austin, texas. in the nationies capitol, eight people were arrested and an officer was hit in the face by a brick. last night in austin, texas, another four-month camp was broken up. cityed cited costs, health issues and criminal activity. >> state water crews are trying to figure out what caused a water line to break. >> several people had to be evacuate when a river of mud and water sw warm springs neighborhood in fremont. sergio quintana has details on the cleanup. >> streams of water flowing through the neighbopushing dirtd pushing dirt and other muck along the way. one resident says, his wife first noticed the problem. >> my wife heard a loud thump or pop, and thought it was a little unusual because it was louder than just the normal cats jumping on the roof. >> instead it was thousands of gallons of water rushing into his yard. the water from a nearby aqueduct that sprung a week after maintenance crews finished up work on the line. >> not a huge gusher into the sky but it created enough flowi

every home in ennis, texas, is within two or three miles of either the 287 that goes through downtown around it. i have been successful over time in making 287 a four-lane highway from corsicana up until forth worth with an exception of about two miles it's still two lane. that's a totally on the up and up process. zblt earmarks are legal. the senate rejected a bill last week that would have outlawed them. >>> country singer randy travis arrested for public intoxication yesterday morning outside a baptist church. he apologized in a statement to cnn admitting he partied too hard after the super bowl. travis was released after spending some four hours in the drunk tank. >>> bart simpson gets banned from iran along with homer. simpsons dolls joined barbie on a list of toys that are prohibited from being sold in iran. other western icons like super man, spider man are still allowed because they are seen by iranian officials as helping the oppressed. >> interesting. >> there you go. >> we're talking about -- forget pacs and super pacs to our panels. the latest campaign finance issue is abo

texas. a woman pushing a baby stroller was shopping in downtown el paso when she was hit with a bullet in theto be from an assault rifle. it came flying from ciudad juarez during a shootout. the 48-year-old woman was treated and released from the hospital. she's the first victim of a cross border shooting. >> reality tv producer poisoned to death. jeff rice worked on the show called "the amazing race" and "whale watchers" he was found dead and his production assistant fighting for her life, too. the source tells fox news they were poisoned after some local thugs tried to shake them down for money. it's not known what show rice was working on at the time of his death. he leaves behind a wife and two kids. >> wow! >> and a landmark gone in just seconds. >> a series of blasts brought down the 83-year-old ford stubin bridge in ohio. a primary link between ohio and west virginia. more than 150 pounds of explosives were used in the implosion. officials say the bridge was deteriorating and needed to come down. >> and it did. pronto. >> cleaning up that mess. who's got a net? >> there you go. >> all

texas. there was a sad story about a black man raping a white woman. when this story went into the shipyard, several thousand of the shipyard workers came out of the shipyard and came downtownall and to the police department to try to find the perfect -- the person who had allegedly committed this crime. >> there are hundreds of videos to choose from online. >> republican presidential candidate ron paul addressed his supporters in portland maine. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. just remember -- the revolution is just beginning. we have a ways to go. i do want to recognize the staff and all of you. thank you very much. it encourages me because it is an important issue. thank you. but, you know, i have won slightly discouraging announcement. i wish all of the caucus had met today. i was disappointed there was one caucus that i think we would have done very well. we lost by almost 200 votes. it is almost like we could call it a tie. but anyway, the votes will be counted. all of the caucuses -- caucuses will meet. if i were a betting man, and i do not have $10,000 to bet. i would bet that we will control the main the caucus. [