in a 2015 essay that went viral again yesterday, writer feminista jones wrote -- "if having harriet tubman'se on the $20 bill was going to improve women's access to said bill, i'd be all for it. but instead, it only promises to distort tubman's legacy. rooted in resisting the foundation of american capitalism." well, for more, we're joined by two guests. in new york, steven thrasher is a weekly columnist for the guardian u.s., where he wrote a piece headlined, "to put harriet tubman on the $20 bill would be an insult to her legacy." here in denver, we're joined by winston grady-willis, professor and chair of african and african american studies at metropolitan state university of denver. we welcome you both to democracy now! we're going to start with the professor here in denver, colorado. whoessor, talk about harriet tubman was. give us a thumbnail sketch of this remarkable woman's life. >> she was remarkable indeed. she was born into slavery in maryland. she was initially slated to work in the big house, but was seen as being too recalcitrant. and so was placed in the field, which is the e

it's official, people-- harriet tubman will be the face of the new $20 bill. yes, yes! ( cheers and applause ) and it really is a fitting tribute for a woman who after she herself escaped from slavery returned to the south time ask time again to help free hundreds of others. and on top of that, she invented water skiing. ( laughter ) now, that's-- that's a lie. but some of you doubted for a second. and you see, if you had more than a month of black history month, that wouldn't have happened. ( applause ) personally, personally, i'm excited about this. you know, i think it will be cool to go to a crowded restaurant and slip the host a 20 and be like, "maybe my friend harriet tubman can help free up a table the same way she helped free up those slaves." too much? all right. what makes this decision even more fitting for me is whose place she's taking. >> the u.s. treasury confirmed yesterday, a former slaib and abolitionist harriet tubman will replace andrew jackson, who was a slave owner. >> an 1812 war hero but also an avowed slave owner accusinged of a genocidal campai

i will help you out there, brother. >> let a talk about harriet tubman. you said it would be weird in the trip club to throw twenty's. what fancy pants strip clubs are you going to? a george washington is all you need. >> you are are a cheap bastard. >> you gave a wonderful speech. slavery is not capitalism. can you say a little of that again. i was kind of moved. >> i am not a trained monkey on the sidewalk. you have to pay attention to the first time around. >> do you feel better there was a woman there and you know who harriet tubman was. i mean that repfully. >> it will take another deck indicate. so we won't see her on any currency for 10 years. >> i love it. before i go, i want to say i am so glad to the network brass upstairs that made you the host of "red eye" he doesn't have the star power and the charisma. >> i am just filling in for the rest of the week. tom is back on monday. >> three, two, one. andy, do you notice a spark missing from our might? we all wush the tom cat would come home. we miss you. please come back and give us your shillue-ve

. >> harriet tubman. >> i love harriet tubman, to honor her, maybe a $2 bill. >> a $2 bill? as many of us know, the treasury department is planning to replace the front of the 20 from andrew jackson to former slave abolitionist harriet tubman. a small new jersey company played a huge role instigating this. mosaic strategies. let's love thewechsler the grassroots, the campaigns, building the momentum, but we also believe in it and actually participated in something that changes everything. >> a cofounder of the montclair -based company. brought to assist the group that pushed to read jackson of the $20 bill. >> we did a lot of the data we helped with a lot of the scalability. >> from a digitaladditional perspective. >> they lead a poll to narrow the choices -- >> these things change. we are not rewriting history. the program the bed. >> the whole thing started with political correctness. it was not about, hey, here is harriet tubman and she has never been rightly harriet tubman is properly honored to be placed on a form of currency. >> what we have right now is the gender pay

talk with the decision do keep hamilton on the $10 bill is a woman affected by the decision, harriet tubmaneers and applause] >> larry: hi, harriet. i appreciate you coming back from the beyond to speak with us. >> and i appreciate you summoning me. >> larry: ooh, so scary. many predicted you'd take hamilton's place on the $10. what do you think? >> i think this is some [bleep]. last year everybody wanted me on that $10 now i'm getting bounced for a musical because a white man's being played by a puerto rican who can rhyme good? >> larry: i mean about what you on the $20 bill in 2030? >> larry, i've already waited 100 years just to have this conversation and now a dead sister's got to wait until 2030? come on. >> larry: since your dead it's really not that far away, you know. >> larry, paper money won't even exist in 2030. we'll be using bitcoin and apple pay and virginity for currency by then. >> larry: virginity? >> yeah, it's a one-time payment but it's very valuable. the point is i'm not going to let some reverse minstrel ruin this for me. >> larry: what about a group of women on the ba

mostly in favor of putting harriet tubman on the 20. i know we reported earlier donald trump said it was gone way too far. we appreciate your thoughts. >> detractors here, too. >> you can reach us on twitter with #ktvuthe9. >> let's go to dave clark in the newsroom. >> here are some of the top stories we are following this morning. the eastbound lanes of interstate 80 and crockett are opening after several early morning crashes. the most serious one involved a big rig. it slammed into the back of a mazda. the driver of that car was killed. now, earlier about 1:30 this morning an ambulance ran into the back of a cement truck. it was stopped on the freeway where there was roadwork. two emts were rushed to the hospital with very serious injuries. the ambulance that they were in, it was not carrying a patient. >>> well, in san francisco they are cleaning up in golden gate park now after yesterday's 4/20 smoke-out. several incidents marred what was mostly a peaceful event. some people say they heard gunshots. that caused a brief stampede. a

>> no, i love harriet tubman. love what she did but we can find another way to honor her, maybe a $2 bill. >> dr. ben carson joins us now. the $2? the $2 is like the -- nobody -- the $2? what? >> the point being we have lots of options here. we can have a $200 bill, but, you know, andrew jackson was the last president who actually eliminated the national debt. that's no small feat here. we also had the possibility of putting one person on the front of the bill and one on the back of the bill. >> that's what's happening. he's moving to the back. she's moving to the front. >> it doesn't matter who's on the front or who's upon the back but the point being, that would be very symbolic because, you know, harriet tubman was a slave, herself. andrew jackson was a slave owner. and to give them equality like that, i think would be a great symbol. >> you're making jack lew's argument, he's saying that's what i'm doing, jackson's there, he goes to the back and the woman who fought -- who was a slave and fought slavery and fo

harriet tubman on the $20 bill. what a momentous occasion, an abolitionist woman who is honored among the great. you can imagine that? and i know, i know the treasury department says this isn't going to go into effect until the year 2030, but it's fine. it's fine. because when it does happen, it's going to be epic. i can tell you now, for at least a year, every black person in america is only going to use $20 bills, only, only, nothing else. ( applause ) people walking around like, "hey, man, gout change for a 20?" "only if you got another 20." that's going to happen. they're going to use 20 for everything. how much for the house. $400,000. cool, 20, 40, 60, 80. so i'll celebrating. i'm loving this. i'm not celebrating too hard yet because i've learned to be cautious when america makes promises about race. you see i love this-- i love this bill, but this is a fake one that someone put online. we don't actually know which picture of harriet tubman the treasury department is actually going to use and i wouldn't put it

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replaced by abolitionist icon harriet tubman on the face of the 20. what does she mean to this country? >> it's a great american story about how if you care about our democracy, it doesn't matter where you come from, and it doesn't matter what you started out with. you can change our country. >> reporter: she did that, an escaped slave, union spy and member of the underground railroad, harriet tubman becomes the first woman to appear on american paper currency in a hundred years. at her statue in harlem today -- >> it makes me proud as a black woman. it makes me very proud. >> that's the first black person on the $20 bill. >> reporter: the government has been under pressure to add women to the nation's currency. 9-year-old sophia even wrote the president. >> i was wondering why are there no girls on dollars and coins for the united states? so i went home and wrote the letter. >> reporter: the plan had been to put a woman on the new $10 bill. but hamilton supporters and some women's groups pushed for a redesign of the 20. women who led the suffrage fig

we're not going to see them until the next decade. >> harriet tubman.into slavery in dorchester county, maryland. and she once said, i freed a

harriet tubman. i'm a big harriet tubman fan. >> me too. >> if you know about ms. nd research her she is unbelievablably brave woman i'm happy she is on the $20 bill. >> me too. >> greta van susteren had a nice point if they make a $20 bill which they should you could leave old andrew. he had good points and bad points and give harriet tubman $25 bill and not russell a president. what do you say. >> good choice. some people say why do we have to make this change at all. >> only fair to make it i think if you are going to have change, you need to lean in to the curve. so go for it. >> no downside to harriet tubman. she was a slave. she escaped. she went to pennsylvania. she devoted her life to helping other slaves who were on the run. i mean, what's the downside? >> that's right. i did think trump made a stumble on that day. why not just say embrace it. >> trump said it was politically correct. right? >> there is a school of thought that believes that. >> i guess. i don't know why you would want to criticize the choice when it's a good one. i could see saying we will

history -- harriet tubman. an escaped slave who fought to help others escape. will become the new face of the dollar bill dollar. she will be the first woman in u.s. paper currency in more than a hundred years and the first african-american ever. meanwhile, alexander hamilton's image will remain on the front of the $10 bill. women who led the suffrage moment will appear on the back of the $10 and the civil rights leaders on the back of the five. >>> let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> hi, there. good morning to you. the dow and s&p 500 are on pace for a four-day winning streak after hitting intraday level highs with the financials sectors leading the way. we have a ton of earnings reports this morning. biogen, general motor, verizon, under armour, plus alpha bet formerly known as google and visa are the big ones to watch after the beg. >>> companies across the u.s. are losing a staggering $10 billion a year from employee opiate addiction. it's causing huge amounts of absenteeism, and lost productivity and the one-third of the p

. ♪ >>> so white people, you remember harriet tubman from history class? was famous for the underground railroad and freeing slaves. now she will be on the $20 bill. i know, are they nuts? how dare they smear this woman by putting her on a symbol of greed? seriously, how can the left spend decades condemning capitalism and then being okay with placing this hero on their evil currency? we shouldn't have her on the bill, we should have satan, now, there are those claiming the change is pissing people off -- >> i would love to have her and leave andrew jackson and see if we come up with another denomination. maybe we do the $2 bill, i think it's pure political correctness. >> oh, yaay. another bill, but would he have expressed an opinion if he was not asked? if you asked me about it, i would say i don't care who you put on the buck because my hero is the buck. money is the greatest invention ever and the greatest equalism, it's a symbol of trust, if you borrow five bucks from me, you can pay me back with any five. you can't do that with children as much as i

harriet tubman, certainly a great american. >> i love harriet tubman. don't think we should be changing the face of money because democrats are offended by history. this is once again, we have democrats now using our currency as a political weapon to pander to their constituents. this isn't about harriet tubman, they don't care about her. >> well, if you look at andrew jackson's background and find he's the founder of the democratic party, a two-term president of the united states. he's a war hero, he was jailed by the british and took a boot to the face from the british, a story that took his entire life. you look at a guy who is a key member of america. >> look, he was a founding member of america. i don't agree with everything andrew jackson did, but i don't agree with everything president obama has done, right? but now we have to manipulate, you know, lou, treasury secretary lou, was forced to put a woman on the currency, right? why are we continuing -- now we are going to change the face of moy every twenty years to pander to their constituents? it

the treasury department is harriet tubman will replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill.he underground railroad. treasury secretary jack lew called -- described harriet tubman's life as the essential story of american democracy. lou also announced changes that will put historic features into various things that remained the same for decades, the treasury dropped plans to remove the metabolic that are hamilton from the $10 bill. lauren: it is nice for the women to see these changes but we won't see them until the year 2020. coming up historic flooding in houston, texas and houston's mayor warns the rain is not over yet. >> we are not going to have a major situation. lauren: maria molina will give you the forecast for houston, lebron james leads the cleveland cavaliers in the playoff series over the detroit pistons and miami heat, two games to none over the hornets, we have the highlights. if you need advice for your business, legalzoom has your back. our trusted network of attorneys has provided guidance to over 100,000 people just like you. visit legalzoom today. the lega

>> i think harriet tubman is fantastic. i would love to leave andrew jackson and see if we can come up with another denomination. maybe we do the $2 bill or another bill. i don't like seeing it. yes, i think it's pure political correctness. been on the bill for many, many years and really represented -- somebody that was really very important to this country. i would love to see another denomination, and that could take place. i think it would be more appropriate. >> mr. trump, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> we thank everybody here for their questions. we'll have a lot more on a thursday morning. first, let's get a check of your local news and weather.

announcing new $20 bills will feature harriet tubm tubman. and alexande hamilton will stay on the 10 and social media is blowing up this morning around that. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ ooh baby baby ♪ oops i did it again ♪ i played with your heart ♪ got lost in the game game >> good morning and welcome to happy throwback thursday. britney spears, vintage 2000. >> and we are going back to the start of 2000s. early. got a nice brit song coming up. let's get to the market action. we'll do so in a few minutes but first let's go live to greece. the olympic flame is being lit at the site of the games in ancient times. the torch will relay that ends in re dangrio de janeiro in aug. there you go. >> finishes up early august in brazil. getting ready, which we of course have complete coverage on nbc of the olympics. >>> to the markets. u.s. equity futures after closing at fresh highs, continue to push higher here in the early action. dow futures up 42 almost, s&p up nearly 4 and nasdaq up 6. this after the dow, s&p and nasdaq saw the high

when harriet tubman's father in maryland bought the freedom of her mother he paid cash money to freely, he paid cash money in the amount of $20. when harriet tubman famously staged a sit-in at a new york abolitionist newspaper saying she would not leave until she raised enough money to go into maryland and free her elderly parents who were too old and frai to walk to freedom without a wagon to ride in, which she demanded for that trip, which she sat in and refused to leave, the sum of exactly $20. and so now harriet tubman has freed andrew jackson, and she's going to be on the front of everies 20 bill in the country. soon you and i will be able to spend a friday night laying down a harriet tubman $20, to raise a glass in her honor. the closest thing to the exact right drink for that occasion, the 20th century cocktail and she lived to see it. tloi lived to 1913. start with gin, a classic. from the great state of wisconsin, just because. 1.5 ounces of gin. and then we're going to use .75 ounce of three other ingredients. all right. one of which is, should be easier to open than this.

harriet tubman's appear as on the $20 is making history and now some are pushing back against the company she will keep. what is the controversy now? >> good morning, probably this is no surprise people are sounding off online, there is widespread support for harriet tubman, a true american heavy row would helped end slavery. some are upset that andrew jacksoners on the bill but he is bumped to back. critics say he was slave owner and moved native americans off tear lap. though are more deserving of a museum chronicling his crimes rather than image. >> last night oprah focused on the positive saying harriet tubman was her first choice. >> new people who did not know who she was are going to know who she is. even though... [ inaudible ] >> the treasury is redesigning the $5 and $10 and adding women's suffrage leaders to back of the $10 and evens at the link memorial including eleanor roosevelt and marion anderson and martin luther king jr. on the back of the $5. they will be in circulation later in a a decade. >> will steph curry play? he is questionable for game three if the playoffs agai

still ahead on "eyewitness news", harriet tubman's relative reacts that tubman will be featured on the exploding. all over the city. we'll show you how you can experience some real cool stuff coming up. katy? >> yes, we are definitely looking ahead to wet weather out there, as well. how much, does it put a dam perron your weekend plans? i'll have the answer, not only to what the weekends will look like, but your entire seven day forecast coming up straight ahead. do washinthey sure do,ans side because big oil pumps millions into their campaigns. bernie sanders is the only candidate for president who opposes fracking everywhere. why? because fracking pumps dangerous cancer-causing chemicals into the ground and threatens our drinking water. bernie -- he can't be bought by them because he's funded by you. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. >> harriet tubman will soon be gracing the front after 20-dollar bill. now one of her relatives is speaking out. >> actually tubman's great great grand neice, has been speak to go students about her aunt's amazing life for years. j

she even suggested harriet tubman. >> some kid think because they can't vote they won't be able to doing big but i guess i did do something big. >> that was tom costello rrt years to roll out. some women's groups were pushing for there to be women on the redesigned $10 bill since it was coming out sooner. but few were expecting the treasury to announce that women will also appear on the $5, $10 and $20 bill. >> we're counting down to the summer games in rio de janeiro in brazil. the torch was lit in greece this morning. >> ladies and gentlemen, this manuscript turned out to be the most important literary discovery in 450 years. >> we discovered william shakespeare's long lost first play. in audiences can expect, austin and reed. thank you very much. is this a comedy? >> we hope. fingers crossed. >> you want it to be funny. >> we thought it was a drama and then we performed it. people just cracked up. >> we got a preert store of the volt. and we asked what would be the holy grail literary -- we don't have any these. none of those exist. so we thought let's write one. so we wrote it and

we have this report. >> reporter: harriet tubman will be the new face of the $20 bill.'s making history as the first african-american on american currency and the first woman in history. she escaped slavery in 184 and led hundreds to freedom on the underground railroad and joined the women's suffrage movement decades later. >> she didn't stop promoting democracy for the entirety of her life. >> reporter: her family couldn't be prouder. >> an inspiration to me. she's finally getting her just desserts. >> reporter: tubman's image will replace that of former president and slave owner andrew jackson. his face will go on the flip side. >> history has a way of catching up, and nothing is more clear than harriet tubman on the front and jackson on the back. >> reporter: the original plan was to put a woman on the $10 bill, bumping alexander hamilton to the back. the huge success of "hamilton," the musical on broadway, may have helped cement its position in the spotlight, front and center. ♪ >> reporter: fans of the pulitzer prize-winning production are thrilled. >> it would hav

vision and her determination, help to change the course of the country. >> reporter: harriet tubman was an escaped slave who helped others to freedom through the underground railroad. >> i have three great granddaughters and the only thing they learn in history is about martin luther king, jr. >> reporter: thelma simmons is an oakland activist who says this can be used as a "teachable moment." ♪[ music ] >> reporter: alexander hamilton is reliving his 15 minutes of fame on broadway in the musical "hamilton," so successful that popular sentiment was to keep him on the $10 and put harriet tubman on the $20 instead. that's okay with tubman backers. >> it's time we sort of broaden the concept of -- of what it is to be an american. >> reporter: who do you think that is? >> um, that's a great question. >> reporter: yeah. the others named today, grace the back of the $10 bill might be harder to identify. like sojourner truth. >> i know who she is. >> reporter: you do? >> yes, sir. >> who is it? >> she was a civil rights activist. >> reporter: others include susan b. anthony, katie stanton,

she even suggested harriet tubman.all it girl power. >> some kids think because they're a kid and they can't vote, they won't be able to do anything big. but i mean, i guess i did do something big. >> she can't vote, but she did something big. that was tom costello reporting. these changes will take a few years to roll out. >>> new this morning, philadelphia mayor jimmy and district attorney general seth williams came together for the fifth annual fair for peace breakfast. the second chance foundation hosted the event at the crystal tea room. and center city. the organization works with youth who have made mistakes but have proven that they deserve a second chance. >> god save the queen. the celebration is under way in great britain, as queen elizabeth marks a major milestone in her life. a look at the festivities planned for her 90th birthday. >>> much needed rain is headed our way. the question is, is it going to clear out for the weekend? it all depends on where you live. i'll take a closer look at what you can expe

harriet tubman replaces andrew jackson. face will go ton the flip side. >> history has a way of catching up. and nothing is more clear than harriet tubman on the front and jackson on the back. >> and a new lineup for the 5 and 10 as well. susan b. anthony will be featured on the back of the new $10 bill. martin luther king jr. and eleanor roosevelt will go on the back of the $5 bill. pretty cool. >>> a little sprinkling of sports. >> yeah, the giants, what is that song, on and on and on and on? we got that. was tonight the night for them? and the sharks. they tried to put the kings on ice. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, >> nhl playoffs up top. sharks, la kings, game four, sharks? they weren't fooling around tonight. head coach peter. san jose, a lead. look at this. this is brent burns. a no doubt about it shot. it opened the scoring. and you know what? they weren't done. they weren't done. man advantage. and captain joe pavelsky in front. his 30th career playoff goal. they led 3-0 into the third. they sweated out a 3-2 final. no o

say hello to harriet tubman. >> harriet tubman stands for freedom. >> and snap chat has silly filters but a special 4-20 costume is prompting a backlash. (music plays from one way or another )♪♪ ♪ i'm gonna find y♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪ one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna win ya ♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪ one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna see ya ♪ (inhales cigarette) >>> not only did she lead people out of the underground railroad, she helped them. >> after a long battle, the treasury department announced it's the $20 bill. harriet tubman will replace andrew jackson. >> that leaves him out of the picture. how this came to be. >> it began with the nonprofit women on 20s, pushing to have a deserving female on the bill. tubman beat out other >> i love that it says we want to think about who we are in the nation. >> we decided to test the knowledge of some san franciscoins. >> that is what it was. >> she is the lady who, in the 1900s started the movement and everything. >> she escaped using the underground railroad and became its greater supporter. >>

say hello to harriet tubman. >> harriet tubman stands for freedom. >> and snap chat has silly filters but a special 4-20 costume is prompting a backlash. >>> not only did she lead people out of the underground railroad, she helped them. >> after a long battle, the treasury department announced it's the $20 bill. harriet tubman will replace andrew jackson. >> that leaves him out of the picture. how this came to be. >> it began with the nonprofit women on 20s, pushing to have a deserving female on the bill. tubman beat out other finalists. >> i love that it says we want to think about who we are in the nation. >> we decided to test the knowledge of some san franciscoins. >> that is what it was. >> she is the lady who, in the 1900s started the movement and everything. >> she escaped using the underground railroad and became its greater supporter. >> i know of her, not the details. >> andrew jackson was a slave owner and pushed for the indian removal act. there has been support based on the play and because he was the immigrant son of a single mom. one founding father. it may take time fo

conductor of the underground railroad harriet tubman will be soon front and center. >> tubman is thest woman on the u.s. bill in a hundred years this means the former slave will replace a former slave owner. of course, the nation's seventh president andrew jackson. harriet tubman is so much more in philadelphia she has a lot of history and many are looking forward to the change. >> i think it is really good because it represents anti slavery, obviously and obviously woman and that is important. >> i guess if she's on the 20 toll air bill people would start to recognize who she is. >> the 5-dollar bill will be changed, it will feature philly a's other marion anderson on the back and martin luther king junior as well as elinor roosevelt who will be on that bill. >> here's a simple question do you stink at investing. >> if so you are not alone. the it turns out many people are terrible. >> but all hope is not lost, cbs news business analyst jill celeste goinger joins us now, good morning, jill so why do people make so many poor investments. >> i a hate to tell you but you are a human be

. >>> harriet tubman set to make history once again. we'll tell you what other new money is on the way. >>> and after crunching the numbers it seems john kasich isn't the only republican presidential candidate with a math problem. why the only hope for ted cruz is now a contested convention. >>> plus, policy speeches, teleprompters and speechwriters, donald trump says his campaign is evolving, but some old habits die hard. 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west. it's "way too early." ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, april 21st. i'm alex with. donald trump is planning to adopt some traditional campaign tactics. "the wall street journal" was first to report that the campaign said it hired a speechwriter and that the candidate is practicing with a teleprompter. a tool that he once said should be outlawed for presidential candidates. trump will deliver his first policy speech next week in washington -- the topic, national security. before his indiana rally yesterday, he met with the state's republican governor mike pence wit

eva shepherd wolf is a history professor at san francisco state university. >> harriet tubman stands for freedom, nobody stands for freedom more than somebody who risked her life multiple times to take people out of slavery to freedom. >> reporter: a slave herself, tubman escaped using the underground railroad, then became its greatest supporter. we decided to test the historical knowledge of some san franciscans. >> well, i guess against slavery. >> slaves in the 18 -- >> underground railroad. >> thank you very much. >> i don't know a whole lot about harriet tubman, but i do know about andrew jackson, and i'm very glad that they're taking him off the $20 bill. >> reporter: while he was the seventh president, jackson was a slave owner and pushed for the indian removal act of 1830. nishlgly, it was hamilton on the $10 bill who was supposed to be removed. but there has been unexpected support for hamilton in part because of the broadway play based on his life and because he was the immigrant son of a single mom. one of the founding fathers and the architect of our financial system. it m