alphabet did not give a reason for david drummond's departure. we do know the company said last november, it was investigating sexual misconduct cases against executives. and claims against david drummond work included in the investigation. the company is not giving an exit package as part of his departure. >>> news at noon bart has a new police chief. interim chief and albers will head the agency. is a 22 year veteran of the art pd. he was previously the deputy chief of support services bureau. he was the top choice of 4 finalist. >>> to washington d.c., with the u. s. is missing to pick appropriate action in response to the assessment that iran was responsible for downing a ukrainian jetliner. skyler henry is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: this video obtained by the new york times, shows the time an iranian service there missiles at a ukrainian jet taking off from iran. the head of iran's aviation party says the plan is not shutdown. he says the causes we are not sure of yet. we can say for certain a missile did not check the

mark: yeah, he was a deputy under david drummond for a long time. that, i think google has had the largest legal team of any company. the question that this poses is more around or the other parts of alphabet. so, david german was everything not google. it's not named a replacement, it's not clear if there will be one. it will be interesting to see if they appoint somebody to run what he was effectively doing, which was the legal and corporative development for everything from waymo to other divisions, if they think they need that executive level seat. taylor: mark will stay with us, because i want to talk about another google story. in the wake of amazon's stumble, google quietly expands in new york city. the tech giant has added thousands of jobs in the chelsea neighborhood in 2006, without provoking much ire. joining us to talk about this story is bloomberg natalie wong in new york to really talk about how google has navigated the landscape so far in the city. natalie, what did they learn from amazon in deciding to take a different approach? nata

alphabet didn't give a reason for the departure of the legal chief david drummond, but they were investigating sexual misconduct cases against executives. the company says he's not getting an exit package. in the a memo to employees, he wrote i believe it's also the right time for me to make way for the next generation of leaders, but he didn't mention the allegations. >>> a plan to help the homeless in sonoma county getting major pushback this evening. local officials want to purchase million dollar properties to house the homeless. da lin reports the county would have to first evict the renters currently in the units. >> reporter: this is one of 3 properties the county wants to buy. all 3 have one thing in common. they're large properties with multiple units that are currently occupied by tenants. >> i'm sure they've been asked to leave. >> reporter: neighbors say it's counterproductive to evict renters to house the homeless. they plan to buy 2 properties, roughly $1 billion each. while a county worker said they're already in contract to buy this one on davis street. >> million dollar homes

. ♪ taylor: another shakeup at google, david drummond is retiring at the end of january.steps down following questions about his conduct at the tech giant. this comes after a recent departure of their founder, larry page. and sergei brain. he was the first lawyer for google, before shifting to alphabet in 2015. for more i am joined by mark bergen. what do we know about the departure? mark: this was a long time coming. david had been there for a long time. he was formidable in its early rise. he has been associated with the old school google, but more recently with their problems around men, in particular, and allegations of sexual harassment. so he was the top lawyer when the andy rubin dispute came out, the former head of android, when he left and a spirit of the google walkout. he has had issues with allegations with extramarital affairs, with a formal google employee. there are many women at google who are asking, why is he still around, what sign is it showing? now a month later, david is stepping down. taylor: what does this tell us about google shifting strategy, pe

alphabet's chief legal officer david drummond will very tire from the company at the end of the monthhe has been with the company for 18 years and he is among the alphabet executives involved in a probe that resulted in a shareholder lawsuit against the company. cultural issues have flared up, sexual misconduct being one of them that was late january for allegedly covering up sexual misconduct naming drummond and also andy rubin who was given an exit package of $90 million by alphabet after an internal investigation determined the claims against him were credible we continue to look into this and bring you more news as we get it but drummond is out at alphabet. >> big developing story there. thank you very much. >>> now let's get to sue herera for a cnbc news update >> here is what is happening, everyone house speaker snp sanancy pelos the house will take steps next week to send the parlgs to tart impeachment to the senate. is she will consult with them on tuesday. >>> and larry kudlow telling reporters that the economy looks strong this after the dow reached a record 29,000 level ear

you speak to anybody at google and they always end the conversation with why is david drummond stilla real source of angst among employees. they said they were turning the page and weren't going to be handing out $90 million settlements or pay outs and then they have david drummond with a lot of skeletons in his closet this is a fresh start. we saw these companies that started because there were small teams of founders that came together and created a culture and now we see google the giant wiping out everyone that came and started the company and bringing in a professional class. the question is how long does it take for others, facebook. we have already seen it at apple. this is a mature technology sector and at some point we'll see the professional class come back through. >> the nfl is going to be broadcast on youtube >> i hope so as a football fan i tried to stream the nfl on their sunday ticket package and it's terrible >> you can watch the 49ers out there. >> listen if i wanted to watch good football i would watch the 49ers. >> are habits good or bad? >> as charles can atest t