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must've been very powerful is -- if he was more powerful than bartlett. and he did something to try to abstract this escape, and then the most wonderful phrase in this letter from historians perspective is that shanklin says subtlety is superior to strength. this is a theme that many historians working in slavery and resistance to slavery have emphasized. the ways in which enslaved people had to be clever to hide the resistance to make it more effective, and here we have a former slave putting it out there explicitly that that's exactly what had happened. somehow shanklin had fooled coakley in order to pull off this escape and achieve freedom for 17 people. a final question. how is it that this letter survived? first off, i'm not surprised to find a letter written by a former slave. this is a period before the 1832 law outlawing the teaching of literacy to enslaved people. during the previous generation, literacy amongst slaves is more common than i think we have recognized. i'm guessing that most of them were literate, but i'm saying it's more common to

you've had a trajectory not unlike bruce bartlett's. you were a republican, you were in the conservative movement. you've migrated out of it. as someone watching what unfolded over the last couple of weeks, what conclusions do you draw about the state of conservative and republican politics? >> it has been splintering for a very, very long time. quite frankly, i was listening to mr. bartlett speak, and all i could think was, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto. the republican party and the quote/unquote conservative movement have been hijacked by people who i -- it's unfathomable what they are thinking. so, for example, we know that today's republican party is not really run by the people who have been elected to govern it. it is run by radio talk show hosts. it is run by heritage action, it has run by the club for growth, and those people are not elected officials. we have a republican party that is horrible on social issues, many people in the republican party, many people in the conservative movement don't like african-americans. they don't l

you are looking at bartlett street between 21st and 22nd.four to five shots fired -x when police arrived on scene, they found a man face down in the middle of the street. they performed cpr, but he did die on scene. they are unsure how this shooting occurred, when they arrived it was just the victim in the street. so they are on scene interviewing people in the neighborhood. however, at this point, they say no witnesses to the shooting. we are working to learn more about the victim. we are told it is a male victim, no idea yet on his ethnicity or age at this point. but a lieutenant and plane detectives are on scene, we are hoping to speak with the lieutenant and get more information about any events that led up to this shooting and also about the victim. >>> also new this morning, a man was shot and killed during a gun fight in richmond. police say at 5:30 last night shots were exchanged between two cars. one of the cars crashed a few blocks away on ohio and south seventh streets. the driver of the car died at the scene. we have not yet hear

neighbors who heard gunshots call police to 21st and bartlett at 4:30 a.m.with one person shot and killed in the street. that is all they are telling us. you can 2308 us -- follow us on twitter for the latest breaking news. >> we return in so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can >> here are seven things to know: a potential bart strike has been delayed again as unions consider a final offer put for the by bart management yesterday. it includes a 3 percent wage increase per year over four years. the unions say they are not happy with the proposal but they have two weeks to suspect the offer before it is rescinded. >> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of a holiday lite and hardly any cars making it to the tolls from emeryville but we have a problem ahead as we go to our waze app we have a minor accident taken off the freeway and on to service streets so it should not slow traffic a

it happened a few hours ago on 21st and bartlett street.ses report hearing four to five ubt gunshots. when -- five gunshots. when police arrived, they found the man lying in the street. >>> the annual pumpkin weigh-in is going on right now. there are awards for the heaviest and the prettiest pumpkins. >>> the b.a.r.t. strike deadline has been extended until midnight. trains are running. union leaders plan to head back to the table at 10:30 this morning. tara moriarty has more on the deal b.a.r.t. management presented yesterday that they call is the last and final and how the union is responding. tara? >> reporter: well, union leaders emerged from the building here at caltrans headquarters at 2:45 a.m. they were tired and frustrated. they say they are angry because they feel that these talks have slowed to a halt. they did agree to put the strike off for one day while these negotiations continue. despite the gag order in effect, b.a.r.t.'s merck announced the deal she's offering workers that gives employees a 3% pay raise per year for four y

. >>> now, we learned of the name of the victim, police were called to the area of 21st bartlett street. a man suffering from at least one gun shot wound, they performed cpr but he died at the scene. the victim has been identify as maurice white of san francisco. >>> and rue ban has more of the man who died and what caused the accident. >> reporter: for those that worked here the death is devastating. . the job site were shut down. >> when something like this happens sh everybody feels it very attached and like i said, i was almost nauseous this morning when i heard it. >> it happened at 6:30 this morning. a drive unload his truck and a bundle of bars came crushing in and he was rush to the hospital but it was too late and he died of his injuries. >> he was a subtracter working. >> it was shocked but then it was tragic, we had a fellow co-worker lost their life and that sank in really quick, it is a little emotional and it is a little banged up in there. >> this is the second accident in the stadium of the last four months and in june donald white was killed. the general contractor turn

. >>> officers got this call about a shooting at 21st and bartlett streets in the early morning. performed cpr but he died at the scene. >> some of the neighbor he is say they hear gunshots from time to time. >> i grew up in the neighborhood. >> this hasn't happened for awhile. >> so. >> the medical examiner removed the body at 7:00 a.m. >> they have not released any further details about the victim. >>> richmond police are investigating a deadly shooting. >> it happened at 5:30 p.m. shots were exchanged between two cars and one of the cars crashed a few blocks away at ohio and seventh streets. >> the driver died at the scene. >> uc berkeley said it is about two recent robberies. >> the most happened last week near the beverly clearry building. >> they took her cellphone. >> earlier in the day. a woman said a gunman took her purse. the suspect in the first robbery is described as african-american. and 5 feet 11 inches tall and 170 pounds. the second suspect is also african-american, 30 to 35 years old. 5'10" inches tall and 150 pounds. >> a # 2-year-old hunter who spent 19 days l

, who was familiar with the case. >> mike bartlett was stationed at lake berryessa.e, i'm up here, it's off-season. there's not a lot going on. would you mind if i tried to find her? i just thought that was exactly what we needed. >> finally, on a misty march morning in 2011, using information gleaned from the interview with park dietz and others, they find the location. >> in 1977, when this occurred, roger kibbe parked his van up just over the other side of the ridge here at the top of the hill. he led her up over the top of the ridge and down this dirt road. this dirt road, presently, is about ten, 12, 14 feet higher than it was then. so he said he walked ms. burleigh along this dirt road. he was walking behind her, and he strangled her and then he said he put her in the ravine from there. after reading the transcripts and looking at the aerial photos, i believe he murdered her right about here. >> once i got to this area and realized this isn't the way it looked back then and that the road was approximately ten feet lower with large boulders in the area, i felt t

was arrested -- jokoba was arrested for the shooting on bartlett. he's accused of killing maurice white of san francisco. >>> the family of a woman found dead in an exterior stairwell in san francisco is speaking out. lynn spaulding disappeared from her hospital room last month. she was found dead 17 days later. officials have not yet said how she died but they have ruled out foul play. today, her family issued this statement, saying, we look forward to the independent review by ucsf and again thank you mayor lee for calling for it. let's get to work. let's get answers. let's make sure this never happens again. >>> in our continuing coverage of the government should, it's day -- shutdown, it's day 15 and the senate is meeting with senate leaders about now in search of a quick end to the impasse. while the senate is on the verge of a bipartisan deal, house gop leaders are ruffling feathers with their own plans. it mirrors the plan for funding and the ability to borrow money through the beginning of next year. but it also, once again, includes changes

they got the call at 4:30 this morning of several shots fired at 2st and bartlett. a man was found shot but it was too late to save him. it is too we usually to tell the motives but residents can't help but wonder if it is gang related. >> in this neighborhood you cannot put it past, we are at the cross of the gangs. >> the gentleman lit a candle outside the crime scene for the victim. police have made no arrests and they have not released any information about the man who was killed. >> richmond police are vetting a man found dead inside a badly damaged car last night when responding to gunfire pick the up by "shot spotter" technology. it led them to the accident scene near 7th and ohio avenue. they believe the victim crashed the car after being shot. >> happening now, police in london are holding a man who tried to enter the palace with a knife. guards found the knife as he tried to pass influence a -- through a gate. three was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon. last month, london police arrested two men who broke into the palace. >> in san jose, a

burden tax reform buy we need it and what it will take and bruce's twitter feed is bruce at bruce bartlett all run together through sport what we have two teams at the end. excuse me it's just. twitter there's no. criticism get right. back on the tea party first emerged in two thousand and nine republicans how you know finally grassroots elevation is this coming to bite them in the butt oh i think it has for some time but it can't happen soon enough my great fear is that obama will flinch i think he's got a great opportunity here to be to really be a great president but i fear that his urge to compromise is going to let him down that is my great fear too and it's like on my radio program today i was like you know please don't you know the headline the new york times they close to a deal deal you know open the government up and do away with the debts this whole debt ceiling thing is a violation of fourteenth amendment to begin with it's own it's pollination of watts it was yeah but the thing. is that people need to understand this is not a budget crisis this is not an economic crisis it is

it happened on bartlett and 2 t streets at 4:30 in the morning. the victim has been identified as 28-year-old maurice white of san fransisco. no word on a motive for that shooting. >>> time now 4:45. police in santa cruz have arrested five teenage gang members in a drive-by shooting of a 12-year-old boy last year. that's according to santa cruz sentinel. joey mendoza was on his way to his home on the lower ocean neighborhood on august 8th, 2012 when 19-year-old andrew carrera and four other gang members confronted him. mendoza was shot twice in the back, died on the scene. the names of the four suspects have not been released. >>> a fire at a barn in a rural part of south san jose is under investigation. the fire department tweeted this photo of the damage. it started at about 10:45 last night on monterey road. firefighters say tara amy coe furniture restoration owns that barn. nearby power lines caused concern but no one was hurt. >>> uc berkeley police are investigating a robbery of a student on campus. the latest happened sunday night when two

it happened overnight in the area of 21st and bartlett.cities and their mission neighborhood. officers arrived on the scene all around 4:00 a.m. and found a person suffering from a gunshot wound. that victim died at the scene. >> a san francisco man is back home this morning after he went missing. 72 year-old gene penalflor was missing for 18 days when he was on a hunting trip. he was found by another group of hunters over the weekend. he says that he slipped and fell in a steep terrain. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. people set up with the government take to the streets of washington d.c.. we will show you the protests that are at the nation's capital. >> plus scary moments at lax over the weekend as one terminal closes. it has al is al due to a plastic bottle. we will explain. female announcer: sleep train's sleep train's inventory clearance sale, ends sunday. save 10, 20, even 35% on a huge selection of simmons and sealy clearance mattresses. get two years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. even get free delivery! sleep t

. >> joining me, economist bruce bartlett and michael lofgren, i don't know if this comes from theirdamentalist religious outlook for whether it's just good fund-raising for them among their base, but they are no longer a normal political party. they are an insurrectionist party that is bringing down the government. >> okay. no longer a normal political party. i have heard a lot of commentators say this. i want to play devil as advocate >> i would say newt gingrich's speakership was a weigh station on i way to where we are now. but the gop as it exists now is kind of a frankenstein monster created by the twin shocks of 9/11 and the financial meltdown in 2008. because 9/11 sort released a lot of unpleasant things in the american id, a kind of absolutism of good versus evil, a kind of totalitarian outlook. we've seen this with the nsa. and then the 2008 crash was similar to the great depression in many countries. we were lucky. we had fdr. many countries went violently to the right. >> yeah. the twin traumas of those two crises is part of what i think forms the legacy of the breakdown

officers responded to a report of shots fired near 21st and bartlett streets around 4:30.e of survival. 72-year-old gene petaflor survived the forest by eating eating snakes and lizards and squirrels. traffic is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, >> good morning. we are watching a multicar accident going against the commute. it's causing delays eastbound 80 approaching powell street. traffic is jammed into the mac arthur maize. if you're headed towards the plaza, it's looking great. metering lights turn off now. traffic is good into san francisco from the east bay and definitely moving better than normal. sluggish to downtown oakland exit. but moving free and clear towards the oakland coliseum. that is traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> beautiful sunshine throughout the day. high pressure will be overhead. offshore winds blowing. not too far. the fire danger not elevated. clear skies as well and high pressure building in overhead that will make for warmer temperatures today. wasn't a bad weekend but going to be warmer by this afternoon. these next days the nicest days of t

officers say they have arrested 56-year-old vincent jacobo in connection with a shooting near bartlettand 23rd street. he is accused of killing maurice white of san francisco. the two were house mates who lived near by on valencia street. >>> also in san francisco police continue to investigate a shooting in the city's western addition. it happened about 7:30 last night on rose alley near buchanan. one person was killed two others were injured. we checked with the coroner just a few moments ago. so far the victim has not been identified and no one is in custody. >>> workers at lawrence livermore national lab say the government shutdown is leaving them in limbo. if the shutdown continues tens of thousands of additional workers will be furloughed starting thursday. ktvu's ken pritchett live in livermore where the furloughs are raising concerns about jobs, the economy and the brain drain of top scientists. >> reporter: behind me here at lawrence livermore labs we know that preparation work for a shutdown began this morning and will continue through tomorrow. if you take lawrence livermore

. >> ntsb employee dan bartlett. >> we need long term planning, long term financing and goals. i think we'll start to heal if we can get down that path. it seems to be really hard to reach for this group we have in office right now. >> if the government shuts down, most workers still have to report during a four hour window tomorrow but only for documents, securing them and securing work stations. if a shut down continues employees will be paid on october 15th for hours worked through september 30th. >> all right, lauren. and the clock continues. our coverage of the countdown to shut down continues right after this break. we'll take a closer -- closer look if congress does not work out a deal. >> gorgeous run of weather is not going to be shutting down. although we have shut down the rain in a big way. i'll let you know when that's back in the forecast. we're talking about the first week of october when the news at 10:00 continues. >>  "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for gogovernor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than

. >> larry bartlett is the director for refugee resettlement for the u.s.te department. >> for critics that say it's taking way too long what do you say? >> for resettlement? >> yes. >> resettlement is not the first solution. the first solution is emergency assist tanks. assistance -- assistance. >> other countries have stepped up and neighboring countries have taken the lion share and germany has committed to taking 5000 refugees on a temporary basis. >> the number we are throwing around is the u.s. could bring in 2000 right? >> the number is unhr have identified 2000 that will be distributed between 11 countries. in 2014 we expect to have a larger number. >> we are talking 2 million refugees. it sounds like a drop in the bucket. >> it's significant in terms it's a human tea humanitarian g. >> we have interviewed this guy who lives in columbus ohio and he has family right now trying to flee. and he feels he has called the state department and he has been passed thank yo through voice m. how is the state department helping these people? >> sure. what i woul

the shooting happened on b.a.r.t.let and -- bartlett. the victim is 28-year-old maurice white of san francisco. no word on a motive for the shooting. >>> san francisco's district attorney and others are speaking out against a proposed new jail. the san francisco examiner reports the city may soon look to get up to $80 million from the state to help pay for a new jail next to the hall of justice. the $300 million facility would replace the existing jail. d.a. george gascon said the money would be better spent on programs that help reduce the number of inmates. >>> and tonight, the pinole city council will debate whether plans for a proposed cell phone tower should move forward. the city agreed to lease a section of land to verizon. some neighbors are against the plan. the state says pinole would violate terms of a grant if the land is used for anything but recreation. verizon is threatening to sue if the deal does not go through. >>> 20 minutes before 8:00. the search for answers. what the family of a woman found dead in a san francisco h

the metro commuter rail car hit a truck full of cars, near the chicago suburb of bartlett. there was a minor derailment. the truck fell onto the cars parked near the rail station. two suffered minor injuries. >>> good news about jobs turned into good news on wall street. [ stock bells ringing ] >> all the markets finish in positive territory. dow is up 5. nasdaq up 10. let's go to alexis christoforous with the cbs money watch update. >> the job market continues to improve at a painfully slow pace. employers added fewer jobs than expected in september. 148,000, compared to the 180,000 economists were looking for. the unemployment rate dipped to a nearly 5-year low, of 7.2%. mainly because people stopped looking for work. the release of the jobs report was delayed by nearly two weeks because of that shutdown. wall street believes that will convince the federal reserve to leave its economic stimulus plan intact, until at least next year. >>> apple unveiled a slimmer, lighter and faster tablet today and renamed it ipad air. the company also announced its latest operating system

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. >>> officers found a man with at least one gunshot wound near 21st and bartlett about 4:35 this morning. his name has not been relisted. >>> water gushing into the sky after a driver rammed his pick up into a fire hydrant at the intersection of scott boulevard and wall. avenue. pge is looking into p whether the water damaged any nearby power lines. so far no outages have been reported. >> he is like look. >> i was like what, what, what? >>> coming up, how a hiker in the bay area survived 19 days lost and alone in the wilderness. >> you can't have everything you want. you need to compromise. >>> how the strike threat is leaving frustrated passengers in limb bo. >>> some of you 10 to 15 degrees warmer today. 80 in santa rosa. 79 for palo alto. we will also talk about what one thing we have not done weather-wise the entire month. >> it looks like a big p block in the, you know, until the view. >>> how the foundation of a massive bay area construction project is based on a mistake. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a bay area man defies thed ofs surviving in the northern california wilderness for nearly

. >> joining me, economist bruce bartlett and michael lofgren, former white house staffer and the authorf "party is over." mike, being a hill veteran and seeing a whole bunch of continuing resolution fights, budget fights, conference committee, are we dealing with normal politics or have we crossed into a different kind? >> no, this is not the 80s. this is something new. the party that i joined was the party of lincoln, the party of theodore roosevelt. the party of eisenhower. she's were patriots all. they were for one nation, indivisible. we have an insurrectionist, neoconfederate party that seems dedicated to all kinds of apocalyptic outcomes. i don't know if this comes from their fundamentalist religious outlook for whether it's just good fund-raising for them among their base, but they are no longer a normal political party. they are an insurrectionist party that is bringing down the government. >> okay. no longer a normal political party. i have heard a lot of commentators say this. i want to play devil as advocate and check my own biasses here, bruce. we had more shutdowns between

it happened at 4:30 this morning on 21st and bartlett.olice say they don't know much about this, just as they were responding to a number of shots fired they did find a sim who died f. you have information about the shooting you are asked to dahl mission district department there. >> in the south bay a former teacher is suing a group of parents and girls for defamation for reporting alleged sexual misconduct. according to the "mercury news" the family accused john fillcher of inappropriately touching their 10 and 11-year-old girls. the elementary school and eventually the police cleared the teacher of sexual misconduct. the teacher claims it ruined his teaching career. >> later today we expect to get an up date on a potentially pg&e pipeline. can't the council will consider spending a quarter million. it runs right under the city. pg&e shut down a pipe line after a judge's order. that was after internal e-mail revealed concerns about corrosion and cracks similar to the pipe line that exploded three years ago. >> a favor could be hard tear

party particularly the tea party radicals got over the last few weeks on this program monday bruce bartlett former advisor to both presidents reagan and george h.w. bush said that he hadn't heard the kind of rhetoric we're hearing from the tea party since just before the civil war. the republican party is trying to undo the election of two thousand and twelve and impose. as a small minority the holds one house of congress their will on the entire government contrary to the election results of two thousand and twelve i know i've never seen anything like this before and i've yet to back to the civil war you are literally because it's truly was an attempt to usurp the core notions of democracy on which this country was founded in the last election republicans lost the white house they lost the senate they lost seats in the house of representatives they got one and a half million more of your votes excuse me the democrats got one and a half million more of your votes then did republicans in the entire house of representatives and the republicans only have power there because of gerrymandering r

the larger purpose of this reflection, really what john bartlett was tried to do was sit through theckage of an offense and try to find a place where he can locate his own responsibility and i believe and i think he believes in doing that potomac can begin. the thank you very much. i'm going to start with a brief introduction. doesn't count, does it, merv asked? no, i don't excel. what are we at come in at 68, 970? will have to check the paper when we get back. i was not surprised by the cruelty of my ambivalence then. nothing seemed more natural than someone getting killed. now as i reflect on how i felt and behaved as a boy of 21, my position of safety and they weren't having about the clear stream in the blue ridge, i can only tell myself that it was necessary. i needed to continue and to continue ahead to see a world with clear eyes, to focus on the essential. we only pay attention to vary things and death was not prayer. prayer was the bullet with your name on it. the ied. just for you. those were the things we watched were. i didn't think about malik much after that. he was an

. >> bruce bartlett, former george h.w.h administration official tweeted recently "there's a slight possibility that boehner is a genius and the tea party will die a well-deserved death in the next few days. fingers crossed." extreme language but is that your hope, too? >> well my view is that the tea party is not who knowledge nem . there are people not constructive to getting things done and getting the debt down and deficit reduced. people like speaker boehner, who is a very responsible and strong leader in my opinion who is trying to deal with the cards that have been dealt him, he's going to get the microphone back and in the senate, thoughtful republicans who want to get something done have to get the microphone back and most importantly in my opinion the president has to get in to the room and negotiate. we're a nation built off of presidential leadership and he's got to be in the room negotiating. >> we'll see what happens, former republican senator judd gregg, thank you so much, senator, for joining us this morning

janie bartlett says, man with integrity, referring to the congressman from great state of -- my currents, attention, american people, remember this in 2014. susan bird said, if you made $5,000 in two weeks, he needs a pay cut. one says, if wasserman schultz manages her finances like the nation's, she probably can't afford to give hers back. >> that's right. steve, thanks. we have a couple more coming in. we have john pully, great job, congressman. i live in california and i bet my congressman didn't give anything back. >> not only that, they get their money and they get a chance with the subsidies to get obamacare at a discount. jim says this, not impressed. washington politics as usual. however, i would be impressed if he signed up for obamacare and gave the check back as well. republicans wanted to put that in there. democrats wouldn't even entertain it in the senate. >> we'll have a lot more people sounding off about this. one more, if we the people, from franklin, did not work for 15 days, i doubt we would still be getting paid. >> if you want to talk to us directly, go to us on twi

i'my name is frida, and from bartlett, tennessee. that is in anobody home for assisted living, and it seems that our social security so far has not been affected, but i hear talk about it, and i've also got children who have that need those jobs. i don't know who is to blame for this. i hold both of the parties responsible. i think it is as much one as it is the other. they both want their ways, and i think that the democrats and republicans both should stop and consider what they are doing to the american people. thank you. >> thanks, freda. our first caller on the democrats line, jeffrey. go ahead. >> yes. i'm a democrat, and i voted for president obama, and i've been watching this for the last few weeks. they keep hollering obamacare this, obamacare that. looks like they ought to quit worrying about that and start worrying about the people out of work and stuff and feeding the together andst get get everything back in order, and then maybe they could sit .own and work things out seems like to me it is like a racist thing. i don't