Sandford and you all read chief Justice Roger tawnys opinion in dred scotts case. And you have read that opinion, and its notorious in American History, right . For the blatant racism in it, for the sanction that tawny gives to the concept of human property under the constitution, and for denying black citizenship, not only denying black citizenship, but denying even blacks as free, as persons under the constitution. And so, dred scott was one type of freedom suit, right . It was based on his physical presence in a free state, illinois, and his physical presence in wisconsin, a free territory. And its often presented in American History textbooks as if it were the only freedom suit in American History. To go to the Supreme Court. The only, almost uniformly, presentedup are, presented as dred scott, one man bringing a freedom suit. But when we look into it a little more closely, there were thousands of freedom suits in american courts. All of them challenging the notion of slavery under
San francisco stays at nice comfortable 68 degrees. Well let you know what else to expect throughout the week coming up. And mike has word of a new tracking a new crash. Thats right. A train crash on peninsula. A 90 minute delay for southbound trains. The train hit a car and the car was unoccupied. No injuries reported. Thats a problem for cal trains. B. A. R. T. Said well honor the vouchers to take you past the scene. The roadways are moving very smoothly. We have some slowing northbound 101 capital expressway and 680. Our cameras are showing the Traffic Volume eases off over the last few minutes and itll kick in about 6 30. More Traffic Volume than last week. Back to you. Thank you very much. Back to the breaking news. A tense situation near downtown san jose as flames erupted at a recycling plant. It started within the last couple of hours but firefighters have made quick work. Today in the bay was the first on scene. What is the latest . Reporter you can see most of the fire engine
Yesterday. It starts out at 54 degrees in the peninsula, and in the north bay, 60 degrees in the east bay. Highs today reaching into the upper 60s in San Francisco, upper 80s for the south bay, north bay, and trivalley, and 70s in the east bay and peninsula. Ill let you know what to expect coming up. Mike said the rails might be slower than the roads. Yeah. For some folks and the roads will be distracted by the smoke. Just off 101 we see smoke from the san jose fire. We dont see sensors for that area nor over here toward the east bay. The issue is over here. The oakland camera on the b. A. R. T. Station. There is a train at the oakland station but major delays reported coming through oakland. And the train has been there for three or four minutes. They may beholding. Ill check on the b. A. R. T. System if theres some sort of equipment problem around the downtown oakland station. Give it a couple of seconds. Ill track it and let you know more details from b. A. R. T. And you have the fi
Here at the jail being held without bail. His bleeding stabbed body was found dumped here down winding, secluded road. That was 1990. He was a hard working and who always paid his bills on time. He never committed a crime. He was the neat freak. By the time Alameda County authorities found steven, his wife and her new boyfriend had high tailed it to the Biggest Little city in the world and got hitched. Its kind of like make believe, you know, kind of like, youre not sure. Its hard to understand it. Its almost not disbelief, but its, you know. While investigators suspect that cheryl ann and william and stevens death with a house all three apparently shared and cash as the chief motive, they didnt have proof until recently. You never give up hope, ever, and you get frustrated. Grace was arrested. David already with a colorful criminal past was busted inside the prison walls in victorville. A case that ran cold for two plus decades, possibly ignited by a red hot love triangle, brought clo
The wall street journal combing through a new report showed a majority of americans who feared they would face steep fines for not having healthcare will be exempt. So chill out. You came back for more pain. How are you doing . Patti ann im Patti Ann Browne in for martha maccallum. This new report shows by 2016, 90 of them could be off the hook because of a recent flood of new exemptions. The headline first is what here . Reporter hardly anybody will have to pay the fine. That reduces the impact of the individual mandate. Bottom line, premiums will go up because people are not being forced to buy coverage. Bill if you look at this, the first category is the number of people qualified for exemptions. It has gone up 5 million between 2012 and 2014. How many people will pay a penalty . It dropped by 2 mill americans over the past two years. The math doesnt add up. Reporter more and more exemptions add. The wall street journal found 14 didnt ways to avoid the fine. Domestic violence. You h