. >> reporter: james damore said he values diversity but because of his memo the ceo of google plans to hold a town hall with employees tomorrow. >> i decided to create the document to clarify my thoughts. >> reporter: james damore was just a google engineer who decided to write a memo about the gender gap at his company. >> i heard things that i disagreed with. >> reporter: in an interview james damore explains he wrote the memo after attending a diversity program at google. >> a lot of shaming. that is sexist, you can't do this. there is just so much hypocrisy. >> reporter: he blames biological causes for the gender gap. women have more nurotticism. >> he is not the only one who thinks that way. he is just the only one dumb enough to write it. >> reporter: while she doesn't agree with the memo she said his words are putting google in the spotlight for its lack of diversity with women making up 31% of the work force. >> i have met many google engineer that are female who tell me i don't want to become a mom yet because it is not the environment that will support me. >> reporter: goo

damore's controversial manifesto stated ....here are fewer women in tech jobs partly due to "biological factors" .. which cause them to choose other professions. (grant)damore defended his memo in an interview with c-n-n.. (grant) in response to damore's claim that google is psychologically unsafe for conservatives, the company said in a statement... "an important part of our culture is lively debate. but like any workplace, that doesn't mean that anything goes."damore told cnn he doesn't support the alt right, and says it's unlikely he'll participate in an upcoming anti-google protest planned. (pam) time to check the forecast.. brittney is here tuesday...low clouds that spread well inland overnight have mostly retreated to the coast, aside

damore had originally brought up in his memo. do you think there might be some ways of issuing and easing concerns to those that might be of a conservative persuasion working in google? it has not been brought up just by james damore, but at the shareholder meeting in june or earlier this year. i shareholder bought up the point that they felt perhaps conservatives are not welcomed by google. ellen: if you talk to people who are supporters of james damore, he says the same things in his memo and in interviews afterward, there is the idea of a silent majority of conservatives who do not feel safe speaking up about their political points of view because it is not a commonly held belief that google. you are right, it has implications for how google is viewed. and very large silicon valley companies tend to lean left. it has had an effect and how they deal with, facebook has had to deal with allegations that they suppress conservative content. this extends a little farther than this one engineer and his time at google. caroline: has a

she agrees with damore's argument that it is hard to express conservative opinions in silicon valley, says he went too far. >> i think he raises some good points there, but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks that i am stupid or more neurotic than he is because i happen to be a woman. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board, claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: we've just learned that google has now canceled the all-hands town hall meeting that was planned for this afternoon. the company says it cancelled the meeting due to employee concern over online harassment, largely from alt-right websites. anthony. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. remember our special night? abdominal

and veronica de la cruz says that we have likely not heard the last of james damore. >> reporter: damore says he was booted off the google campus at the end of business yesterday. google's ceo saida more violated the company's code of conduct and for that reason he may have little league recourse. damore's 3,000-word essay was published on an internal google discussion board. he blamed biological causes for the gender imbalance in silicon valley saying, the low number of women in high stress jobs is because women are more prone to anxiety. today in an email to cbs, he wrote he was wrongfully terminated for perpetuating gender stereotypes and said his three-year career at google ended for political reasons. >> this memo has set off a whole stream of things, we can say and do what we want. google is a company with rules. he broke the rules. >> damore says he is considering legal action against google but experts say he will have a tough time since companies have the right to restrict what workers say. the ceo has cut short his vacation to return to the google campus. a companywide town hal

now damore suspected that was not the entire story.ed to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism. on average men and women biologically differ in many ways. these differences aren't just socially constructed. now, damore is a former childhood chess. he is from harvard. precise. he repeatedly pointed out that biological differences pertain to groups and often do not apply to individuals. none of that mattered. danielle brown google's vice president of diversity released a statement charging damore with having, quote, incorrect assumptions about gender. brown did not explain what those assumptions were or are they were incorrect. she didn't need to because no one in the media asked. flew home from vacation to respond to the growing crisis. many of damore's fellow employees how old for his dismissal. former executive wrote an op-ed saying that damore should be escorted from the building by security and told that your personal items will be mailed to you. others fantasized on social media about assaulting damore. all news organizations

she agrees with damore's argument that it is hard to express conservative opinions in silicon valley, but says he went too far. >> i think he raises some good points there, but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks that i am stupid or more neurotic than he is because i happen to be a woman. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board, claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: we've just learned that google has now canceled the town hall meeting that was planned for this afternoon. the company claims it's in favor of diversity there's a class action lawsuit sager they are being treated unfairly. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol powe

another person taking the side of damore saying, very troubled by google's treatment of james damore. he says you shouldn't lose your job for telling the truth, hashtag google memo. he went on to say if silicon valley continues with its illegal hiring practices, congress must investigate. life near mountain view, i'm neda iranpour, kpix 5. >> so we know that google canceled its employee meeting. what's next for the company? >> reporter: the ceo is now saying they are going to host other forums and they want to make it a safe place where the employees feel comfortable to talk, where they may be anonymous. he will announce details of that soon. >> thank you. >>> san francisco's another step closer to become the first city in the nation to open a safe injection site for drug users. a task force has recommended that the city provide a safe injection site. it would allow health professionals to monitor and provide clean needles to drug addicts. more cities are facing pressure to open sites in the wake of an opioid epidemic. the department of public health will present final recommendation

. >> reporter: in a woirl journal op-ed, 28-year-old software engineer james damore claims he was fired raising questions about cultural taboos when he argued in an internal company memo that "biological causes may explain why we don't see equal representation in the tech industry. men have a higher drive for status, and women on average have more neuroticism." >> no one high up ever came to me and said, "no, don't do this." >> reporter: in an interview earlier this week, damore said initially no one pushed back on the memo which had been circulated fair month. >> it was only after it got viral that the upper management started shaming me. >> reporter: in the op-ed, damore said google is "almost like a cult," and he questioned how a major tech company could be so "intolerant of scientific debate and reasoned argument." >> i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: former google manager kim scott said it was overshadowed by his rhetoric. >> i think he raises some good point there but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks i am more stupider and neurotic tha

damore's supporters argue he's a victim of political correctness.iversity advocates firmly disagree. >> if you show up to work and you say something that harms your co-workers, employers have an obligation to take action. >> reporter: and lester, this week more than 80 women have reached out to a california law firm which is planning to file a class-action lawsuit against google for alleged compensation discrimination. this story far from over. >> all right, jo ling kent, thank you. >>> in a sweeping move, the u.s. marine corps will ground all its aircraft, though not at once, for an operational reset. this follows two marine air crashes this summer that killed 19 service commanders. 24-hour flights will be halted to conduct safety refreshers at staggered times over two weeks to avoid any impact on military operations and commitments. >>> still ahead tonight, getting >>> that dj david meuller denies groping swift and suing up to $3 million. the case continues against other defendants, the jury will hear closing arguments on monday. lester, we'll be

you can't do this. >> reporter: damore was fired after sending the manifesto. he is now threatening legal action for wrongful termination. there's also reports of a group of about 60 women who are current and former google employees who are threatening their own lawsuit for discrimination. live in mountain view, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >>> time is 6:10. former 49er quarterback colin kaepernick is still looking for a team and many nfl analysts don't think it's his skill set that's holding him back. >> pwhich networks are teaming up with facebook and you can watch shows on the apps today. >> oh, the sun is starting to come out. but you may not get a chance to see it until later. when we'll finally get that clearing coming up. >> the eastshore freeway definitely slowing down. westbound direction. live look near carlson, we have a crash further ahead. i'll have the details coming up. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge

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after the bell, james damore, the engineer fired from google because of his internal memo on diversity. he'll be talking to kelly one-on-one to give his side of the story. looking forward to that an hour from now. >> he hasn't been shy about it so far. >> right. >> let begin at the white house where president trump is about to address china's trade practices. onlion javers eamon javers is standing by. >> reporter: should see that live on camera in a couple of moments. the president will sign a document which directs the u.s. trade representative to determine whether or not to investigate any china laws or policies that may be unreasonable or discriminatory related to intellectual property and technology transfer, so that's the official designation here of what the president is doing. obviously the symbolism here in terms of the relationship with china is so very important officials here at the white house though saying this is totally unrelated to the north korea talks that are going on simultaneously that the chinese are so important on, and they are also saying with this memo hand wh

conservative pundit milo yiannopoulos posted eight profiles of workers who criticized damore. >> it's politicized. it never should have been. >> reporter: google's ceo promises to hold forums with his workers. but enderle says google's first step should be searching for answers outside their own company. >> one of the inherent problems that google is they believe engineers can do everything, engineers can't do everything. they particularly suck at interpersonal stuff. and this is interpersonal stuff. they really need to bring in specialists that are used to dealing with things like this. >> reporter: aria medina, kpix 5. >> google's ceo did spend some time yesterday speaking at a coding event for girls. he stressed the importance of building products for everyone in the world. and he encouraged girls to join google's ranks and make that happen. >> to the girls who dream of being an engineer or an entrepreneur and who dream of creating amazing things, i want you to know that there's a place for you in this industry. there's a place for you at google. [ applause ] >> don't let anyone te

damore is now considering legal action. google's ceo will address the staff about the controversy in a town hall tomorrow. >>> next at 11:00, the fbi ramping up it's investigation into the trump campaign's possible ties with russia. the raid on a key campaign associate. >>> also newefrt to build affor housing for teachers in the south bay. >>> and the new report that will have you thinking twice before grabbing a soda out of the fridge. >>> and did you notice that extra amount of this willri d zmorning, still causing delays into sfo of about an hour and one minute. here's a quickkteoo leratures at degrees below average and it looks like franklin's going to be a devastating hurricane when it hits mexico later tonight. i'll have the details on that also. >>> annabelle at the drive-thru. >> oh, my ♪ strummed guitar cau yon'ex through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and gewith a glass of wineng. in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada'

the 28 year old former engineer is james damore.e fired damore after his 10-page memo caused an uproar online. in it he wrote that women are biologically less likely to get ahead in the tech world. late monday ==he was out of a job.... and now he's hitting back. damore says he is considering all his legal options. he's already filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. damore was fired for violating the company's code of conduct after the memo became a viral phenomenon. he wrote that women couldn't get ahead at google because of biological differences. damore does have a job offer tonight... if he wants it. wikileaks founder julian assange took to twitter to express his disagreement with the firing... saying "censorship is for losers." assange included a link to web posting he wrote a couple of years ago on the mountain view company's culture. (pam) tonight -- uber co- founder travis kalanick says, he will ánotá be returning to the company as its c-e-o. the wall street journal reports, the chairman of uber made the a

the engineer who was fired as a result of writing the memo, james damore, appearing on a conservative talk show on youtube. he said that his memo which was originally ten pages was leaked wk much of the, quote, scientific data that supported his gender views edited out. damore kblaimd blamed gender bias in his memo. >> people got offended because it goes against the less ideology and then they just, okay, it offended people therefore it's wrong. and they're therefore it's an opinion. >> damore said that he plans to sue google and that he reportedly has received an offer from wiki leaks julian assange. >> coming up, the forecast for this thursday morning. >>> looks good even though we start out with clouds this morning as we take a live look outside in san jose. evergreen we'll feel cool air throughout the morning with some cloudy skies rising into the low 80s today. it's going to be another nice one. we'll talk about what's ahead coming up next. >>> and a quick look at that part of the east bay, the just as busy as the bridge for the minute. we'll talk about fremont and the rest of yo

meanwhile, james do more getting a james damore on twitter has more than 32,000 followers. the protest that's being planned in support of james damore is scheduled for august 19th and they are hoping he shows up and speaks to the crowd. live in mountain view, i'm neda iranpour for kpix 5. >>> tesla is driving forward plans for a massive expansion of its fremont factory. a new automated storage facility is being built and two other additions are in the works. fremont city leaders approved the company's 4.6 million- square-foot expansion plan last december and that nearly doubles tesla's footprint in the city. >>> no "friday light" today. we called it. we'll give it to you on this one. >> we are tracking big delays. this is along the nimitz this morning, all due to a tire blocking a lane and then a couple of cars stopped to avoid that. now we're dealing with a big backup. we're in the red just under 30 minutes from 238 on up towards the maze. that traffic on the right side is the northbound. and that is very slow. avoid the stretch. you can always use 580. that's moving at th

. >> reporter: in an interview on youtube, james damore standing by his internal memo in which he argues that "women, on average have more neuroticism" and "higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance" than men. and that the "abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and that these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership." damore sayhe values diversity, but insists that by recognizing differences, we can improve the workplace. >> for example, cooperativeness, which is higher in women than men, we should make the workplace a place where you can actually thrive if you're cooperative. >> reporter: google firing damore after his post went viral, saying his words violated their code of conduct by "advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace." today, the ceo of youtube, owned by google's parent company, sharing how hard it was to explain the memo to her daughter. "i thought about how tragic it was that this unfounded bias was now being exposed to a new generation." david, the labor department is already investi

. >> reporter: before the world knew who he was, james damore was just a google engineer who decided to write a ten-page memo about the gender gap at his company. >> you know, i heard things that i definitely disagreed with. >> reporter: in an interview with a youtube channel he explains for the first time he wrote the memo after attending a diversity program at google. >> there's a lot of just shaming and, you know, no, you can't say that. that's sexist. you can't do this. and i -- there's just so much hypocracy. >> reporter: in this memo, he blames biological causes for the gender gap. men have a higher drive for status and women on average have more neuroticism. >> he is the only one to say that in a memo. >> reporter: this is the vice president of fair funders a group of women in tech. while she doesn't agree with damore's memo, she says his words are putting google in the spotlight for its lack of diversity with women only making up 31% of its workforce. >> many google engineers females tell me i don't want to become a mother yet because it's not the type of environment that wou

according to business insider damore hired a prominent civil rights attorney. he is now talking to other google workers and could sue the company on damore's behalf. you might recognize her name. dylan is a national committee woman for the california republican party and spoke at the gop convention last year. >>> somebody is rich in massachusetts after matching all six numbers in last night's powerball drawing but two people in the bay area also scored pretty big matching 5 of the 6 numbers for the $758 million pot. if you want to compare how close you were, here's a glimpse at the winning numbers: e of the tickets was sold in milpitas - at the chevron gas station on calif it's the second largest jackpot in history for powerball. one of the ticket was sold in milpitas at the chevron gas station on california circle. the second was sold at lucky supermarket on mission street in daly city. the third was sold south in newport beach. so far the winners haven't come forward. and it's unclear just yet how much the tickets are worth. but ahead of of the drawing, we le

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damore says he does not support the alt-right. he will most likely ánotá participate in an upcoming anti-google protest planned. (pam) tonight, five c-e-o's have left president trump's manufacturing council. that includes the c-e-o of bay area based- intel. all this follows the president's reaction to the violence in charlottesville by white supremacists. kron 4's washington correspondent alexandra limon has more from on the fiery feud between the president and the businessmen. pkgpresident trump fired back at ceos who annonced they're quitting his manufacturing councilthey're not taking their jobs seriously, as it pertains to this countrythe afl cio president said in a statement on twitter : i canno sit on a council for a president that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism; i resign, effective immediately.ááscott paul - head of the alliance for american manufacturing tweeted.."i'm resignin gfrom the manufacturing jobs initiatiev because it's the right thing to do"he and the ceos of merck under armour and intel all chose to le

the town hall was scheduled in response to the internal memo written by james damore, now fired.e wrote that women are underrepresented in tech due to "biological differences" and efforts to achieve more diversity are "bad for business." >> one thing i want to make clear is that i'm not just attacking diversity, i'm not attacking left ideology necessarily. i'm just attacking the fact that we can't honestly discuss any of these issues, and that that is actually hurting the problem. >> reporter: the town hall was canceled when some conservative groups on line threatened to expose google workers who planned to ask questions. 80% of the company's tech workers are male. an imbalance google has pledged to change. last night in his first public remarks since the controversy, the ceo spoke to aspiring young women engineers. >> i want you to know that there's a place for you in this industry. [ applause ] there's a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> reporter: google fired damore for violating its code of conduct and advancing harmful gender stereotypes. he's

the pundit said,le twitter profiles of google employees who criticized damore's memo, eight profiles. the google ceo still wants to meet with employees through forums and he says more details will follow in the next few days. meanwhile, damore has filed a federal labor complaint saying he had every legal right to talk about his work environment. live in mountain view, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> more trouble for uber. one of the company's key investors is suing the founder. the venture capital company benchmark is accusing travis kalanick of fraud saying he failed to disclose the misbehavior and impropriety inside the company that he ran. kalanick was forced out in june. a spokesman for kalanick called the lawsuit completely without merit and riddled with lies and false allegations and that mr. kalanick is confident that these entirely baseless claims will be rejected. >>> san jose is doing an about- face after sending out steep fines for illegal fireworks with no proof. the city says it will drop 45 citations and send out warning letters. amy gonzalez and others were wrongly fined $500

. >> reporter: 28-year-old james damore claims he was fired for raising questions about biological taboos, saying that's why we don't see equal representation in the tech industry. women on average have more neuroticim. initially he said no one pushed back on the memo. >> it was only after it got viral that the upper management started shaming me. >> reporter: in the op ed he said google is almost like a cult and questioned how a major tech company could be so intolerant of scientific debate. >> i don't think google had any choice but to fire him. >> reporter: former google manager kim scott says any valid concerns were overshadowed by his rhetoric. >> i think he raises some good points there, but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks i'm stupider and more neurotic thank he is because i hope -- than he is because i happen to be a women. >> so far the tech giant has not responded to damore's op ed. >>> onto the power ball. the jackpot has reached $356 million, and while lots of people are still trying their luck, merchants saying the ticket selling business is not what it used to be

james damore circulated an internal memo at the weekend criticising google for creating a politically honest discussion of diversity. google hit back in all—staff email saying damore had crossed the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace. the bbc‘s zoe kleinman has been following the story. what happened was a guy called james damore published a memo over the weekend in which he set out reasons why he felt the diversity policy that google were perhaps not working and he felt that they needed more debate. he was very clear to say that he does not believe that diversity should be married but he feels that things have gone too far the other way and he said that men and women are biologically different and women are biologically different and perhaps that makes men more, sort of, prone to pursue jobs and perhaps that makes men more, sort of, prone to pursuejobs in technology and leadership, because of the way they think and the way they operate, and he said that this isa they operate, and he said that this is a debate that needs to be had. the memo went viral. as yo

(catherine) damore criticizes what he calls google's "politically correct monoculture."e was thrown out of his job after a 10-page memo he wrote was leaked to the public. google said he'd violated their code of conduct by "advancing harmful gender stereotypes." but damore argues that he's been misrepresented....and the company is intolerant of reasoned argument that doesn't fit its 'creed.' in an interview with cnn's tech reporter - he also argues that the company is psychologically 'unsafe' for conservatives.. james damore - many have either left because the culture is very alienating towards them or they're thinking about it because it's so bad.they don't believe they can bring their whole selves to google. and that it's a psychologically unsafe environment for them because you feel like you have to constantly self-censor yourself. a lot of what the media has been saying is i'm anti-diversity, that i think women are less capable of being engineers and that's just really false. i simply state that if we want to fix the gender representation issue, we should look at how

james damore's 10-page manifest toe argued that the low number of women in technical positions was the result of biological conditions he also said women's knew rot schism might make them less likely for coding jobs. joining me now to discuss this further are google zaire engineer courtney marshall, senior editor of silicon valley desk key na-kim and jonathan tower. welcome to you all. you work at google, courtney, you're here in your own capacity not representing the company. there was supposed to be an all-hands on meeting yesterday with the ceo, it got cancelled what happened? >> the town hall was cancelled because of fears of employee safety being violated. there are people leaking information about wear employees live. so people don't want to make a statement and then have somebody knock on their door they don't know. >> as i understand, isn't there a board that you have where people can ask questions that you want to have at the meeting. >> exactly. the questions are being leaked and that's part of the whole conversation is that these -- it's set up to allow people to have a conv

engineer james damore was fired after questioning the role that women play in tech. >>> number two, from live desk, japan and south korea promising strong reactions if north korea attacks guam. their threats coming as the north releases new details about their plan, including what types of missiles they would use. i'll have more on that at 5:30. >> number three, secretary of defense jim mattis is scheduled to arrive in the bay area this afternoon. he's here to encourage prive business participation in technology for defense. >> do you like consistency in your weather forecast? take a look at these numbers. 2 to 5 degrees below average, in the 60s and 70s. just a few 80s inland. >> number five, not too much happening in the traffic department this morning. here's a quick check of the san mateo bridge. looking good on westbound 92. if you're leaving hayward heading to foster city, wide open in the green. >> final preps at golden gate park ahead of the tenth annual outside lands festful. 225,000 people expected to attend between tomorrow and sunday. >> jackpot fever. two big lottery drawing

it happened around the same time james damore was on the google campus. >> he's the man fired from theompany pending the now infamous memo on gender diversity. he held a sign saying "fired while telling the truth" while wearing a shirt with the word gulag. >> katie marzullo is live in mountain view with the new developments. katey. >> reporter: dan, ama, the event was an award ceremony for girls in tech. the ceo of google gave the girls a well- received pep talk. that was after he cancered a company meeting on gender diversity. >> you belong here and we need you. >> reporter: google ceo sunld ar pichai addressed the girls in mountain view. >> i want you to know there is a place for you in this industry. there's a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> reporter: his words came hours after he cancelled a companywide meeting on jenner issues. the town hall, scheduled in the aftermath of a controversial memo on gender diversity written by an employee who since has been fired. >> we should recognize that some women are different than men in these ways. >> reporter:

google computer engineer dames damore was fired after writing a memo. today he explained his intent to conservative youtuber stef stefan moluneux. >> this isn't important in judging any individual person on how good they are at a job. in fact, i'm not saying any of the female engineers at google are in any way worse than the average male engineer. >> damore says companies could create more female friendly environments by recognizing the differences between women and men. adding to google's issues, a san francisco law firm is planning to sue the tech giant for pay bias. an attorney on the case says nearly 70 female employees have come forward. >> women have experienced sex harassment. there have been comments about their looks. they've been shown cellphone images they didn't want to see. they've been told that women can't perform engineering jobs. >> the labor department reviewed payroll records and says it has found a systemic problem of google underpaying women. google says it vehemently disagrees with the department of labor's conclusion and says it h

it happened around the same time james damore was on the google campus. >> he's the man fired from theompany pending the now infamous memo on gender diversity. he held a sign saying "fired while telling the truth" while wearing a shirt with the word gulag. >> katie marzullo is live in mountain view with the new developments. katey. >> reporter: dan, ama, the event was an award ceremony for girls in tech. the ceo of google gave the girls a well- received pep talk. that was after he cancered a company meeting on gender diversity. >> you belong here and we need you. >> reporter: google ceo sunld ar pichai addressed the girls in mountain view. >> i want you to know there is a place for you in this industry. there's a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> reporter: his words came hours after he cancelled a companywide meeting on jenner issues. the town hall, scheduled in the aftermath of a controversial memo on gender diversity written by an employee who since has been fired. >> we should recognize thate to these ways. >> reporter: james damore wrote women are not

. >> reporter: by now james damore's former co-workers have likely heard his first interviews after the controversial memo about why he thinks men are more successful than women in tech. >> no one high up to me ever came up and said no, don't do this. >> reporter: but today was supposed to be the google ceo's chance to talk. he cut his vacation short to have a town hall meeting with his employees, but canceled it at the last minute. he wrote, on some websites googlers are being named personally, they're writing in concerned about their safety and worried they could be outing publicly for asking a question in the town hall. >> and the issue is of course they fired the guy that wrote the manifesto, and that undoubtedly upset a bunch of other people, and now it's become hostile. >> reporter: this tech analyst believes google made a bad situation even worse by firing damore. many websites are now posting google employee names and the questions they plan to ask in the town halls. a conservative pundit posted the profiles of eight workers. >> it never should have been month politicizez. >> re

damore says he is considering all his legal options.eady filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. damore was fired for violating the company's code of conduct after the memo became a viral phenomenon. he wrote that women couldn't get ahead at google because of biological differences. google didn't comment on the matter today - but c-e-o sundar pichai calls it 'harmful' -- and says this will all be addressed in a staff meeting on thursday. (vicki) the family of an eight-year-old boy-- who committed suicide-- is suing cincinnati public schools. the lawsuit claims their son's school administrators failed to help protect him from aggressive and sometimes violent bullying. gabe taye's parents say they could have prevented his suicide if they'd known about this video. it shows a boy's bathroom at carson elementary. you can see a student punch a boy in the stomach. then gabe walks in...shakes the bully's hand before he is yanked toward the wall. and knocked unconcious. his parents were told he fainted. this was two days befor