obtained leaked audio of this board members ariana huffington. >> there is a lot of data that shows when there is one woman on the board it is much more likely there will be a second woman on the board. >> what it showssisuc likely to be more talking. >> oh, come on david. david has a lot of talking to do as well. >> reporter: heas hdalking in t an apology for the disrespectful comment. he also s want toai id apologize to uber employees who were offended about the remark. ithts a skull tour ig halhlreadigy under scrutiny at. >> they seem to take that stereotype of male centric, male dominated, and amp it up 20 degrees ivery other company outn e there. >> reporter: he says the culture helps give the ride sharing company a global footprint, but it also resulted r ielations al. now investors in the $70 billion company are shaken. >> i've been talking to a lot of investors the past few weeks and a lot of them are kind of freaked out right now. >> reporter: uber asked fme orr inatvestigate the can you rememr tour after a former employee went public with her experience of sexual discrimination

ariana huffington explained his decision. >> uber is his life. he has taken full responsibility for what the company has gone through in the last few months. and now he wants to be part of us turning a new page and together building the next chapter numbi number -- in uber history. >> a lot of them are kind of absurd. there's one called toe stepping. there's one called always be hustling. >> 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. >>> m

during that meeting, one of the board members responded to ariana huffington by saying the addition ofer would mean more talking. it was a sexist remark. he has now stepped off the board the same day. it has been a crazy run of news. oliver: who is running the show now? eric: that is the question i am asking. the hope is to hire a chief operating officer. right now, they do not have that position or a chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, general counsel. there are a lot of positions open. travis is taking leave. it is a management committee. there are people who run the u.s. and canada, latin america, india. they are running these big regions and overseeing them. there are other people doing product. it is more of a committee where they are gathering everyone together with hopefully the guidance from francis, who is now the senior vice president for leadership and strategy who came from harvard. the hope is she can help the executives. i can't tell if they are going to vote or if there is a consensus type of leadership. it is going to be leadership by committee until they

ariana huffington explained his decision. >> uber is his life. he has taken full responsibility for what the company has gone through in the last few months. and now he wants to be part of us turning a new page and together building the next chapter numbi history. >> a lot of them are kind of absurd. there's one called toe stepping. there's one called always be hustling. >> 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 warrio

>> stephen: was it ariana huffington. >> maybe. >> stephen: how long have you been a correspondent at >> stephen: everybody who has been a correspondent has a horror story, chased by nazis across field fields and fields . >> "the daily show" is one of the lowest rated shows in alabama. >> stephen: i have no idea. there's no explaining that. >> so we had this thing called "alabama week" where we sent the correspondents -- >> stephen: is that like "shark week" but with red necks? >> yeah, like guns, religion, jail! so i had to cover because, you know,... i'm the correspondent for that. ( laughter ) so i go down. i go down to this gun range, and for $7 you can get a conceal and carry permit. so, you know, for the cost of a chipotle burrito, you can get a gun. i have my thing, and i'm like, "hey, man, let me get a gun." and the guy leans in to me-- you've given me this piece of advice-- you have to stay in the moment and keep it rolling. he goes, "hey, man, you could be an isis." and i'm like you can't smile. stay in the moment. but i was kind of-- i wasn't offended. i was flattered. ( la

a great line-up of speakers including ariana huffington. check out our live stream. >> back to you. >> love it. big line-up. >> seattle became the latest u.s. city to pass a pact on soda and sugary drinks joining philadelphia, san francisco and oakland. metro will be signed by seattle's mayor today. they say it will hit small businesses and poor and working class families the hardest. diet sodas are exempt in this one but basically any other type of sugary drink is in there. red bull, gatorade. >> it was pretty pronounced. >> sales and both companies have had to adjust their businesses within philadelphia. this is a growing risk certainly and it's not just happening in the u.s. it's happening globally too. >> they'll have to grahamable like they have been doing. in some sports news the nhl stanley cup finals are tied at 2 games a piece. the nashville predators evened the series last night. it's a 1-1 game until the second period when nashville scored two goals. they added another goal and went on to win 4-1. game 5 in pittsburgh. it hasn't

obtained leaked audio of this board members ariana huffington. >> there is a lot of data that shows whenit is much more likely there will be a second woman on the board. >> what it showssisuc likely to be more talking. >> oh, come

at today's meeting of uber managers and board of directors ariana huffington the only female board member announced changes that the company is making to rid itself of discrimination including hiring a new board member, a woman named [name] a ceo ofness of nestle in asia and africa. >> it shows it's much likely to be more [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: since the audio was leaked a board member has apologized saying it was disrespectful and inappropriate. also today, uber's ceo travis kalanick is taking a leave of absence. >> it's a wonderful incredible invention that's brought convenience to everyone. on the other hand, the management of the company is disastrous and needs to change. >> reporter: sam singer is a crisis manager and says ceos that go on leave of absence usually don't return. but he gives credit to uber for calling in eric holder to conduct an audit. >> he gave them good guideposts of where the company needs to go ford to increase its likeability in order to operate as a grownup business. it will be interesting to see whether they just put salve on this and try to move forwa

>> also, we learned from ariana huffington, who is the only female board member, they'll come out thehe said, of the holder report. eric holder has been investigating some of these issues. and chef that he's not meditating in the company's lactation room, so maybe things are better. >> before she ended the interview on her own. >> right. >>> well, when we come back, the nasdaq hitting another all-time high did today. we'll leek at what's driving those gains, coming up next. il and packes. il and it's also a st abpeop. ople whoely ueverday to delivee il tey're handtheir siness d ik e-erce delivie toomweeverorge.. else inheountry the unprioty: uneis our buss stal service. ♪ i love how usaa gives methpd and the securi just like the marines did. atneoint, i did change a different comny with car insurance, and i was not happy wi the cust service. we havswitched back over and we feel like we're baome now. e process through usaa is sfortless, that you feel like you're a part the family. i love that i can pass the membersh to my children, and at they can be protected. we're the williams famil

two prominent women considered to be on the short list, sheryl sandberg and ariana huffington have taken their names out of the running. >>> police in brentwoods are identifying a shooting. >> rob malcolm has been in the neighborhood all morning long. we're hearing you just spoke with a witness? >> i did. i spoke with several witnesses this morning. there's still more questions than answers. police do have an idea of the people that they're looking for. this all took place behind me at this house here late last night on wednesday. we have video that was shot from the scene. you can see what happened here when police were called to the 200 block of birch street around 11:15 wednesday night. once they were here, they found the two men suffering from gunshot wounds, both were pronounced dead at the scene. apparently the two men tried to gain entry in to this house. police say the shooter also lives at this house where the confrontation took place. he was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation. but right now the relationship between all three men isn't known and police are ask

during interview with ariana huffington katie says she's ready to let it go.s sorry for anything she did and hopes the same for that other girl. during the podcast katie continued the squashing of the bee. i love her and i want the best for her. i think we can be representative strong woman despite their differences whole will be like yeah, we can do this. i agree. taylor you're good with me ag again. >> what did taylor said. >> crickets. taylor said nothing. >> seriously people think i like dislike taylor. i don't know this woman. i don't care about their beef. >> don't put anything else out that let's people think you don't like her. >> it's all a joke. all tv. >> it's a bit. we're in the thick of swimsuit season. we're shopping you the hottest pool side trends more men and women. celebrity stylist tam lee, what she's life next at 10:37. ♪ >> i'm watching that it will fit on the right. >> cute. ♪ narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only can

i think right now, the leadership, you go by the question, you know, i think ariana huffington rightow seems to be sort of a key driving force behind a lot of these changes, and behind a lot of, you know, what might happen next she's on the board and i think, you know, she's going to be the one to look at in terms of, you know, who they look to try to get to kind of fill that big gap, as well as the other, you know, the executive ranks. >> how do you figure out what this mean for the valuation? we have to wait and see another round of funding >> i think that the next big step is to go public you know, shares have been creating on secondary market but it's something trading as low as sort of valuations at $50 billion instead of $7 billion on the secondary market not quite the same liquid situation. so it is going to trade lower but that's much lower than you would expect that's still a question mark in terms of whether new investors are coming in anyway i think they have to really gear up for public offering to kind of smooth it all out, make the early investors hold >> who can be the

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yesterday's meeting on sexual harassment at that meeting bonderman cut off fellow board member ariana huffingtono joke, saying more women on the board means it's much more likely there will be more talking. bonderman has since apologized and as a result of all this has stepped down this came after the announcement that uber chief travis kalanick handing over the wheels while he takes an indefinite leave of absence. does this mean innovation will take a back seat joining us right now an early investor in uber so, let's just go through all of it we can talk for awhile >> we could. >> are you satisfied, unsatisfied, with what took place yesterday vis-a-vis travis taking a step down, and this report >> yes so our view is, look, we would like travis to be at the company. i don't know if it's in the ceo role or what the board is obviously way more familiar but he is' product vision year however i think probably a recent part of the reason he's taken the time off, let's remember the guy did just lose his mother and almost lost his father the family has got to be a complete and utter mess. so -- >> so w