make sure you're not -- you know, you can like -- >> is the company better off or worse off for david bondermanresult of this >> i think they had to make that decision and i'm sure they'll replace david with another partner who is very, very good, as well. >> and the other piece of this is, how much do you think the conversation we're having here among the business community, and perhaps in the press, translates to whoever is using the app out on the streets there's an article today in "the new york times" saying if you want to hold the company accountable for all of this. >> yep >> go use lyft or juneau or something else you think that's real? zero >> this is actually speaks to the power of the business model, and the service. i think the vast majority of americans, actually people in the world, want a service that gets them from point "a" to point "b" very quickly, and cheaply as possible, and if you look at the credit card data, you look at think reported their, you know, they disclosed a bunch of their numbers, the business is continuing to grow -- >> let's talk about just the operational a

. >> david bonderman's exchange game as the board was discussing a policy change for sexual harassment and corporate misbehavior. short time later he resigned from the board and ceo travis kalanick said he would take a leave of absence for unspecified time to grieve his mother's death and become a better leader. came as list released of recommendations to improve uber's culture. include limiting company spending on alcohol, prohibiting use of nonprescription controlled substances and banning office romances between employees when one reports to another. >>> time to focus on the weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> it's going to be cooking later on this week. look at what you need to worry about. heat's up friday through sunday. risk of heat illness and poor air quality and possibility of records. check out temperature trend, you will notice that concord is really going to heat up. so starts out pretty comfortable next few days then the temperatures are soaring. saturday, sunday, close to 100 degrees. average high is 82 degrees. beautiful time lapse of t

. >> david bonderman's exchange game as the board was discussing a policy change for sexual harassment and corporate misbehavior. short time later he resigned from the board and ceo travis kalanick said he would take a leave of absence for unspecified time to grieve his mother's death and become a better leader. came as list released of recommendations to improve uber's culture. include limiting company spending on alcohol, prohibiting use of nonprescription controlled substances and banning office romances between employees when one reports to another. >>> time to focus on the weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> it's going to be cooking later on this week. look at what you need to worry about. heat's up friday through sunday. risk of heat illness and poor air quality and possibility of records. check out temperature trend, you will notice that concord is really going to heat up. so starts out pretty comfortable next few days then the temperatures are soaring. saturday, sunday, close to 100 degrees. average high is 82 degrees. beautiful time lapse of t

reconfirmed this bull rally. >>> moving on to the top corporate news stories uber board member david bondermanafter what he called an inappropriate comment about women. at the meeting bonderman cut off arianna huffington jokingly saying more women on the board means there will be much more talking. his comments come as the company and travis kalanick said he would be taking a leave of absence. >> more coverage on uber today the focus also on its valuation, which is reportedly $68 billion. one of the most highly anticipated ipos everything happening on their board, how much will it affect what this company is worth and future uber rides, will that he o. they be affected hopefully not. >>> china insurer anbang says its chairman is stepping down. the company issuing a statement saying he left his post for personal reasons shares are lower on the news >> london's fire commissioner says there's been a number of fatalities in a fire that broke out overnight at a high rise apartment building firefights >> reporter: still wo firefighters are still working to put out the blaze 50 people have been taken

at a staff meeting between uber board members arianna huffington and david bonderman. >> there's a lotdata that shows that when there is one woman on the board, it's much more likely there will be a second woman on the board. >> actually, what it shows is it's much more likely to be more talking. >> audience: ooooh! >> trevor: oh! you can tell this guy works for uber because he does not know when to shut up. ( laughter ) seriously. how stupid is he? the sexist insult is bad enough, but interrupting a woman who is talking about sexism to make a sexist insult-- that's like bill cosby trying to slip quaaludes to the judge at his trial. that's what that's like. and even bill cosby knows better than that. even he knows better. although, although, yesterday, out of nowhere, cosby did something-- he was-- he was coming out of court, and he did something that was super weird. >> as he was leaving the court, cosby mimicked one of his characters, fat albert. >> mr. cosby, any comment about the jury deliberations? >> hey, hey, hey! >> trevor: what are you doing? ( laughter ) like, what are you do

. >> within hours david bonderman co-founder of a top private equity firm apologized and resigned from uber's board. >>> the tsa is testing fingerprint identification technology to replace your boarding pass. the pilot program is considered the next step towards the agency eliminating those paper passes. it's being tested at airports in atlanta and denver. the tsa is determining whether that system is reliable, but the private company clear already uses the fingerprints and iris scans. >>> american airlines canceling plans to reduce legroom on some of its new planes. it was to reduce the space by an inch to add room for higher priced passengers. but american decided against that change after receiving feedback from customers and employees. legroom on the new 737s will remain at 30 inches. >>> two inmates escape after allegedly killing two prison guards. a massive manhunt under way right now. >>> see the suspect accused of using avocados in an assault. >>> the latest from london, that high-rise up in flames overnight. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, to

. >> reporter: david bonderman cut hef off and said more board members means more talking. it's emblematic of the culture uber is trying to curb. it reads in part, i want to apologize to my fellow board member for a disrespectful comment that was directed at her during today's discussion. it was inappropriate. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >>> next on abc 7 news at 6:00, outpouring of support for a purple heart veteran who lost his home to foreclosure. >>> authorities look for evidence of criminal and civil violations in the home foreclosure of a longtime san mateo family. i'm michael finney with the "7 on your side" follow-up straight ahead. >>> mild for the warriors victory parade. then a heat wave. i'll have of the forecast coming up. >>> this is one flower that you would not call fragrant. but that is not stopping thousands in san francisco from giving it a whiff. >>> there was this wonder woman drawn by san francisco artist trina robbins. i'm can a toothpaste do everything well? this clean was like pow! my teeth are glowing. they are so white. step 1 cl

. >> reporter: david bonderman cut hef off and said more board members means more talking. it's emblematic of the culture uber is trying to curb. it reads in part, i want to apologize to my fellow board member for a disrespectful comment that was directed at her during today's discussion. it was inappropriate. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >>> next on abc 7 news at 6:00, outpouring of support for a purple heart veteran who lost his home to foreclosure. >>> authorities look for evidence of criminal and civil violations in the home foreclosure of a longtime san mateo family. i'm michael finney with the "7 on your side" follow-up straight ahead. >>> mild for the warriors victory parade. then a heat wave. i'll have of the forecast coming up. >>> this is one flower that you would not call fragrant. but that is not stopping thousands in san francisco from giving it a whiff. >>> there was this wonder woman drawn by san francisco artist trina robbins. i'm ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added

a board member this guy david bonderman was at a meeting and they were talking about the importance ofember said there's a lot of data that shows when one woman on the board it's more likely there will be a second woman this is what he said. >> i want to close my ears when you sayty know what it is. but go ahead. >> it's also much more likely there will be more talking. i mean, that goes beyond poor taste and bad timing really? he has apologized and res resigned. doesn't make it better. but like i said you can't make this stuff up. >> moreover you wouldn't want to. that's the kicker. you wouldn't want to make it up. you wouldn't want to. >> weighty have the rap american airlines not takig away our inch of >> they're listening and know you're frustrated and squeezed as a passenger reversing plans to cut leg room. >> yeah americans. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> end on a positive. >> let's do that. >> see you tomorrow. >> guys are clapping. >> they want to cut an inch of leg room. >> every inch koujts. >> like my words earlier every step counts. >> every step counts that's neat sglet hav

. >> it was complicated when david bonderman step down.er looking to add another independent board member. it will be interesting to see what the new ceo and coo, how they will fit into the leadership structure at uber. there have been a ton of changes the last 4-5 months. looking for ceo, coo, cfo, cmo, and they have other people left as well. and waschael also left replaced by someone who was hired interna lady. been a time of turnover and turnover on the board, and they just hired a new board member. i think the new dynamics are very much up in the air and we will have to see how that plays out. joe: the anxiety of the shareholders, what do we know about uber's fight ration and a theoretical ipo? heard anything about the file you wish numbers for the company. this is a company that does not allow early investors are employees to sell pieces of their stakes, and that would indicate the valuation numbers they are giving the company and private stock sales, so we don't know if these scandals have hurt uber's valuation, but there are some r

last week, billionaire david bonderman also resigned from uber's board after making disparaging comments about women at a board meeting intended to address sexual harassment, saying that if there were more women on the board, "it's much more likely to be more talking." at least 20 uber workers have also been fired over the reports of sexual harassment. the dash camera video of the police killing of african american motorist philando castile in minnesota has been released, only days after police officer jeronimo yanez was acquitted of manslaughter. the dashcam video shows yanez pointing his gun at castile through the driver's side window. castile then informs the officer he has a gun in the car, which he was licensed to carry. in the video, you can also hear the voices of castile's girlfriend, diamond reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter, who were both inside the car. a warning to our audience, this video is graphic. >> i do have a firearm. >> don't reach for it. don't pull it out. don't pull it out. [gun shots] >> it wasn't reaching -- >> don't let out! don't move! don't move! >> oh,

on tuesday, , billionaire david bonderman also resigned from uber's board, after making disparaging comments about women at a boaoard meeting intended to address sexual harsmsment. saying if there were more women on the board "it is much more likely to be more talking. gillespie won a narrow victory over his trump-supporting challenger in the republican primary for the virginia governor's race. his challenger, corey stewart, ran his campaign on his loyalty to president trump. while gillespie was expected to win by a wide margin, he ended up winning by only a few thousand votes. he'll now face democratic lieutenant governor ralph northam in november. and a new analysis of 2016 data shows that five men now possess as much wealth as half of the world's population combined. , a five men, bill gates spanish businessmanan, jeff bez, warren buffett, and a mexican medications.. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. attornr

david bonderman resigning following a remark that was seen as offensive to women.ber boardmember arianne huffington said quote there's a lot of data that shows when there is one woman on the board comment as much by likely they would be a second one on the board. in response, bonderman said actually it shows is more likely for more talk in. worded e-mail to uber staff: his remarks careless, inappropriate and inexcusable at a time in the company is trying to repair its image. quite surprising. trade to bob nardelli. >> is a place for leadership training that you kind of had to have it in your dna. you can'impose that on them. they either believe in it or ey don't believe in it. we have seen it many times. entrepreneurs are great at starting some theme. the transition may be approved. and timely to save this company. maria: said to have been epg. >> i laughed when tracey redpath. i would have hoped it might not end called to his face in front of everybody, which i've named this even better than having to resign from the board for making such a remark. >> i think if y

apparently there are some factions that have emerged bill gurley on one side perhaps with david bondermannna huffington and garrett camp what's been a long time friend of travis' and cofounder of the company on the other >> that's the issue. garrett camp who is chairman and cofounder along with travis, the two of them if they align themselves, they effectively control everything now -- >> how much do they own between those two? >> it's not entirely clear what exactly the proportions are but together they would have controlled all of those. or effectively control the votes. and so therefore, it comes down to a relationship between travis and garrett camp as a chairman if that fractures and we're hearing through sources that it is -- it's being pressured anyway, that relationship, that could push travis out. or at least push him aside long enough that they could change management, change the leadership >> what does that look like? he leaves temporarily. >> right >> they install a temporary ceo? a coo? a president? >> thetemporary ceo i think th most likely candidate if we're going to pick a