and as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy because there are those american citizens who said, but this was just a political correctness. and there were others who, in fact, they didn t even know who harriet tubman was. and various pictures of harriet tubman appeared on the internet and the people women who were in fact not harriet tubman. harriet tubman has usually been a subject of children s fiction. and very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who harriet tubman was. but that wasn t that s not the case with the american public. it was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the $20 bill. and andrew jackson on the back. as many of you know, andrew jackson was not only a slave holder himself, but he was also oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being, really, an indian killer. so in addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have harriet tubman who was
a nurse in spain is the first women to get it outside of africa. president obama calls it a top national security prior to. the white house considering extra screening at u.s. airports for passengers arriving from the hot zone. tahman bradley has more. reporter: this morning, the first outside of africa. tests confirm a nurse contracted the deadly virus. she was part of a medical team who treated missionaries who had become infected in west africa. she s in isolation while authorities search for the people she had contact with. in dallas, thomas eric duncan, the first in the u.s., remains in critical condition. they are administering a drug that at first he would have been sicker. if he took it first, i can t answer that. reporter: people monitoring contact with duncan, those likely it would start to show. eight to ten days after the last visit. and mukpo is beginning treatment in an isolation ward. he s strong and shares in the relief of the rest of his family he c
a lot of us know baseball in this room. good morning, everyone, the fog is hugging the golden gate bridge and we will get do that if a second and i want to show you another thick area in santa rosa. the visibility is three-quarters of a mile but the marine layer is thicker so the cloud is not hugging half moon bay and the golden gate bridge so much as it was yesterday. that will mean the marine layer is thicker and it will travel further into the bay and it is going to bring stronger sea breeze and that will continue the fading of the heat. so 85 to 93 inland and high clouds this afternoon like we had yesterday and low clouds and high clouds coast into san francisco at 62 to 72 and high clouds and sunshine this afternoon and 73 to 84 headed into the south bay. now the morning commute? we have a couple of problems. we have a bart delay at 10 or 15 minutes between downtown oakland and west oakland because of an equipment problem. as we look at the drive through oakland, nor
around the delta in the evening. upper 50 s at the coast and minority 60 s if the afternoon. not so much sun at yesterday. good morning, everyone, bart is recovering from the ten or 15-minute delay in downtown oakland and millbrae and east bay direction because of an equipment problem. the bay bridge toll plaza shows metering lights have been turned open and when you get beyond the meter lights, we have an overheated bus that will block lanes until further notice. c.h.p. is headed out there and hopefully it can be towed. we had an early crash that canceled northbound 880 and a serious crash. we are down to 16 miles per hour, a slow improvement with best alternate so far 580. take that while the traffic continues to dissipate. this morning, berkeley police are looking for the man who assaulted an 85-year-old woman. it is all caught on video that police want you to see. this is disturbing video that happened september 23rd. a woman if her 50 s pushes the small shopping cart
caught on camera as you saw. men are from the central valley town of king city and both were wearing forty-niner gear. vic lee with the story and look at the video evidence. this cell phone video attacker pushes first victim would tries to tee fend himself as about to go down. he s hit again. this time he falls hard on his back. as his assailant falls forward from the swing of his punch. the second attacker purges and drags the other victim away from the stalls. hits him again. he steps back. attacker no. 1 reappears on the video. he heather them at close range number russ times as they leave video pan over to victim 1 who is lying on his back. not moving and looking disoriented. the attack happened on the 300 level on the north side of the stadium. police say it took just minutes to find the 2 suspects. stadium staff employee did point out 2 folk at the scene there was fight inside the rest ramp and our folk did reresponsible. folk i mean officers did respond to the rest