are very, very bad >> andrea and molly, don't go anywhere we'll get back to this conversation deirdre bosaing through the 14-page report and joins us now with more deirdre? >> reporter: brian, yes, something that sticks out to me is one of these recommendations and also, remember, the board voted on sunday unanimously to support these recommendations. the second one is to enhance board oversight. the report recommends creating an oversight committee and installing an independent chairperson of the board, someone tells me, a source, that will happen in the near future and that raises all kinds of questions about travis kalanick's control over the board going forward. he has thought to have had an outsized influence as well as some of the insiders like the co-funder as well as ryan graves who was a very early employee and once ceo big changes coming and, again, i hear that could happen very soon and remember, too, brian, i should also mention that i don't see this confirmed in the report yet but i was told from a source that they are going to be adding that nes it tle executive to the board,

major shake-up at uber chief business officer michael is out on the alleged sexual harassment our deirdre bosa is live the management crisis gets worse and worse. >> reporter: it continues, sara. the next big question is whether the ceo himself takes a three-month leave of absence emil michael was the right-hand man and uber's chief deal maker. now he's the highest profile exit so far. he announce d his departure in a internal memo to his team saying yesterday was his last day and, quote, it has truly been the experience of the fastest growing company of all time. he has played a crucial role in growth he brought if major funding that helped reach the valuation he has also been attached to some of the startup's biggest controversies and many wondered leading up to this point if he could survive that holder report now we're waiting to hear if he takes a leave of absence and if he does there are very few people who could step in remember that it's not just michael, the 20 plus employees fired because of the internal investigation, these are just some of the other names that have left. this exodu

. >> deirdre, thank you for that deirdre bosa out west. >>> joining us is john springer from supermarketor joining us on a big day. >> thank you for having me. >> you have been covering the business for more than a decade. can you remember a deal that was as consequential >> off the top of my head, probably not this is really an interesting deal and a combination of two companies that are really innovators in their space. i'm interested to see in how it all works out. >> what have you heard so far in terms of reaction from suppliers, analysts, anybody you have been -- who's now trying to figure out the effect on margins and distribution >> yeah. well, i think it's going to -- you know, accelerate and kind of get whole foods out of the crosshairs of activist investors that have been in their way. and they can probably -- you know, execute the things they need to do in order to get their business back into shape a little bit out of the spotlight now. although this -- you know, this gives a lot of attention, you know, they'd be happy to be able to work out their -- you know, their problems

>>> the kpmg women's leadership championship is taking place in illinois that's where we find deirdre bosa's joining us right now with a very special guest deirdre, good morning. >> good morning, guys. that's right we are here it is a beautiful morning in chicago actually on the golf course, and i am joined by the 66th secretary of state, dr. condoleezza rice thank you for being here and by the way, guys, i also want to mention, you had a very good golf game yesterday >> yes, but remember, they put it on the green and then i putt it let's not get carried away >> fair enough so lots to talk about. i want to start with your book you just wrote a book and you were talking about the case for the importance of democracy and institution building around the world, organizations like nato now we're six months in to the trump presidency are those ideas at odds with the current administration >> i believe every president of the united states stands for our values and ultimately, presidents react to that way you heard president trump say, for instance, after the syrian chemical attack, we can't let t