. >> 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

. >> we're standing on forsyth street in downtown bbeaumont, texas. forsyth street was one of the center points during the race riot of 1943. this is the homefront town where there was much business activity being produced for goods, for the world war ii effort. the homefront 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 in harlem and i think mobile and in beaumont, texas. in june of 1943, there was this very sad tragic episode in beaumont, a race riot broke out here june the 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 down to city hall and to the police department 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 they roamed through black parts of the town including forsyth street where we're

would you suggest to shed light on the lynching that still continues in the south in counties like forsyth? >> i do not know about different cities. different cities have different demographics. in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always talk about how great atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the co

nice day forsythe seeing if you are into that kind of thing.ck to lisa in a little bit. speaking of the golden gate bridge, it is about to turn 75 and the vees tore area is expanding. but that means tearing out some commemorative bricks and the owners of those bricks are upset they lost their piece of a famous landmark. here's michael finney with their story. >> they thought their bricks would lie forever at the foot of the golden gate bridge. instead bulldozers are ripping them out. >> it wasn't even anger at first, it was absolute shock. >> donna evenson and her family bought two of the 7500 bricks sold to the public 25 years ago when the famous bridge was celebrating its 50th birthday. buyers inscribed their names and messages to loved ones. here you see how they laid back in 1988. >> your names are now part of where everybody goes on the golden gate bridge. >> it had special meaning for donna. as the bridge was celebrating its 50th anniversary, so were her parents. two bricks were the perfect gift. >> dad didn't stop talking about it for ye

tonight john forsyth stars on the general electric theater. >> it was on this day in 1953 general electriced. the next year the show picked up a host, a movie actor some guy named ronald reagan. i think it worked out for him. >>> the republican field in nevada are already flying on the negative ads. hear rick santorum's late's tack ad. >> who are these three cap and trade loving bailout supporting soft on immigration big government mandating politicians? now you know. >> huh. somebody was missing there. that's interesting. we'll talk about that in a second. i want to bring in my panel, alex wagner host of "now alex wagner" "the national review" ryan hans salam and the john from the political review. >> rick santorum claims he's going to attack mitt romney today but i don't want anybody to watch it so i'm going to wait until today, not when i have a national platform. >> gingrich is his guy. he is going for the gingrich vote. this is not waiting for goudeaux but implode. i'm going to wait for a guy. he's betting that gingrich is going to dig a grave for himself and he'll be the person last

. >> reporter: recently nash hain and his wife amanda forsythe saw a show about a cat with two faces.th an expecting mama cat named nene in the house it was a joking passing thought. after a double take monday that thought became all too real. >> what are you talking about? what do you mean two faces? i'm like, it has two faces. this cat has two faces. >> reporter: meet harvey dent, named after the batman character with two sides. the scientific term is janus cat, after the mythical roman god with two faces. extremely rare. >> they simultaneously work together, both faces. like when he eats on one side it looks like he's eating on the other. when he meows -- >> yeah, because his tongue's working on the other side. >> reporter: and four eyes. the odds are against janus cats. not knowing what to do nash and amanda took to craigslist looking for help. the response they got was anything but. >> that i should put it down, it's an abomination. >> what kind of person is -- >> i'm an evil person because i would let such a thing live like that. it's a beast because it's a black cat with two fa