. >> 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

emily chang spoke with james damore in an exclusive. if he had regrets about releasing the controversial memo. james: it is hard to regret it because i do believe i am trying to make google in the world in general a better place, by not confining us to our ideological one chambers, where only kind of a story can be heard, and it is totally intolerant to other viewpoints, and even scientific evidence. emily: what scientific evidence are you talking about? in the follow-up to your piece, there is been plenty of discussion -- has been plenty of discussion about this. there is noon, research to support this idea that there are biological causes for the lack of women in tech or the lack of women in leadership positions. i spoke to megan smith who worked at google, a former cbo for the united states. she said this is a myth. james: among psychologists there is a consensus that prenatal testosterone does affect a lot of personality traits. \ in particular -- interest inr, one's people versus things. but thereaying all, is a distribution of the

conservative pundit milo yiannopoulos posted 8 twitter profiles of google workers who criticized james damore. the ceo does promise to hold some forums in the future but they are trying to find a way to keep them safe for all employees. 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 b

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

(pam) software engineer james damore is defending the memo that got him fired from google. more's controversial manifesto stated .... there 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 overnig

. >> reporter: tech analyst rob enderle says google made a bad situation worse by firing james damore the employee who wrote the memo. now employees names are being posted online. milo yiannopoulos posted eight twitter profiles of google workers who criticized damore. 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

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

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:

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

james damore blames biological differences for the lack of women finding success in the industry. he spoke publicly for the first time to a youtube channel and explained why he wrote the memo. >> i heard things that i definitely disagreed with. there's a lot of shaming and, no, you can't say that, that's sexist. 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.

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

emily: i did speak to james damore the day after he got fired. take a listen to what he had to say.es it is hard to regret it, : just because i do believe that i'm trying to make google and the world in general a better place by not confining us to our ideological echo chambers were -- where only one type of story can be heard. emily: ideological echo chamber, political views are one thing. what if those political views exclude members of the population? keith: i think the company has the right to say, you cannot express any range of views on a political -- particular topic. for example it would be , inappropriate to write a religious crusade document on either side. judaism, christianity, muslim, and publish it to a company. but once a company allows people to have a format in a mailing list that is open-ended, they are playing with fire selecting some views that are acceptable and some are not. it may be much better to say religion and politics don't belong in the company. for example imagine a mailing , list where people are debating abortion. they would offend both sides, legiti

former employee james damore is here. glad to have you join us. >> great to be here.lot goes on after you wrote the memo and first circulated a document to diversity groups and individuals there was no outcry of cry of misogyny. everything changed when it went viral. tell us what happened, james. >> when i sent it to actual programs and individual googlers, no one cared. it was largely ignored much once it became viral, there was small percent of people that got extremely outrageous, or outraged, and they got extremely angry, started shaming me. and no one felt core rain just enough to really stand up to them. and because they knew that if they stood up, they would be fired just like i was. maria: why did you write the memo, james? what were you trying to say? give us in a nutshell what your point was? >> so, largely i was trying to help google's culture and also, i went to these diversity perhaps, they were explicitly asking for feedback. i was trying to give that feedback to them. they were just ignoring it. maria: so google provided this statement to fox business,

james damore authored an internal 10 page memo about gender inequality.ly chang spoke with the him iny chang spoke with a bloomberg exclusive. >> it is hard to regret it, because i do believe it. i'm trying to make google and the world, in general, a better place. by not confining us to our ideological echo chambers where only one side of the story can be heard and is totally intolerant to other viewpoints and even scientific evidence. emily: what scientific evidence are you talking about? because in the follow-up to your piece, there has been plenty of discussion about this. and discussion about the fact that there is no research to support this idea that there are biological causes for the lack of women in tech or the lack of women in leadership positions. i spoke with megan smith who worked at google, the former ceo of the united states. she says this is a myth. >> among psychologists there is prenatalus that testosterone does affect a lot of personality traits. in particular, our interest in people versus things. i am not saying that all men are diffe

james damore is threatening legal action for wrongful termination.re are a group of 60 females former and current google employees who are threatening a lawsuit for discrimination. live in mountain view, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >>> the u.s. and north korea continue to trade threats over the north's nuclear program. secretary of defense james mattis has warned kim jong-un to cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of the regime and the destruction of its people. negotiations apparently wasn't fazed. the north later threatened to launch an attack on guam once again and referred to president trump's fire and fury threat as a load of nonsense. the north is touting technology that could reach the u.s. mainland and the san francisco emergency operations center is prepared in the unlikely event of an attack. a spokesman said that would trigger the emergency response plan incorporating all first responders with variations tailored to the type of threat. but he does stress this is just in case. >> when it comes to a radiological event, th

james damore was fired at the end of business yesterday. in his 3,000 word post he blames biological causes for the gender imbalance in silicon valley. today in an email to cbs he wrote he was wrongfully terminated for perpetuating gender stereo stereotypes and was fired for political reasons. he is considering suing google. a town hall meeting in the company is scheduled for thursday. >>> the wikileaks founder has weighed in on the firing of the google worker. he has twted a job offer. assange said censorship is for losers. wikileaks is offer a job to fired google engineer james damore. >>> private jets, chartered flights, there's a big appetite for travel at tiny bay area airports. the urgent plan to cash in on its growth. >> and the plunge may be just a memory. why this landmark swimming pool shut down after decades of summer fun. it's becoming so busy... pilots will start having to pay up. >>> new at 6:00, two bay area airports seeing a surge in air traffic. it's becoming so busy, pilots will start having to pay up. kpix 5 reporter jack

event originally was scheduled to push back against a righ right-wing rally for the firing of james damore, the one who wrote a manifesto saying biological differences between men and women could explain the gender gap in technology. the protest was canceled over the threat of violence. >>> in san francisco demonstrators also gathered to denounce white supremacy. house of representatives showed up to black bigotry and racial violence and wanted the name changed. decades ago the plaza was named after a city official who is now accused of pushing african-americans out of their homes in the '50s and '60s. >> justin herman should not be venerated in this city. he has a history of displacing and creating discriminatory housing policies. >> the park permit for the patriot prayer rally is still under review. bay area politicians are asking that it be revoked because of the violence in charlottesville last weekend. >>> at 7:07 much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up a show of support for colin kaepernick. the legendary police officer now standing up for the niners' former quarterback. >>>

it happened alt the same time james damore was at the google campus. he was fired from the company after penning the infamous memo that said women don't have jeanetgenetic makeup to make it silicon valley. he held a sign saying fired for sundar pichai addressed the girls after cancing his company town hall on gender diversity. >> i want you to know that there's a place for you in this industry. there's a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> pichai did tell his employees there will be forums in the coming days in lieu of the canceled meeting. >> organizers say the firing of software engineer james damore for his controversial antidiversity memo we're speaking about is the reason for the march. alt-right activists have said google, facebook, and twitter are enemies of free expression, claiming the companies promote a liberal agenda and censor conservative views. >> happening today, one of two men arrested in the bay area for a deadly stabbing in chicago is due in court. oxford university employee andrew warren surrendered to p

firing of software engineer skbraimz james damore pelt waet let go after a highly controversial memo. mountain view officials say no one has applied for permits to hold a demonstration at going. mountain view was among nine cities where google protests were report lid planned for saturday. >>> happening today, the public commission is intoton to hold another hearing about the rates. it will collect more than $1.5 billion from customers. state regulators are now trying to determine houm how much customers will pay and the schedule forhe wos thn increases will take effect. there will be two public hearings today. >>> a development company is unveiling plans for an entertainment and housing complex in dublin. our media parter in the east bay times reports that shea properties wants to develop a 76-acre site on the north side of interstate 580. shea officials say the project would include a movie theater, restaurants, possibly two hotels and 700 residential units. shea provided this image, dublin city officials tell abc 7 news they have yet to receive any formal proposal for that project.

. >> 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 said he was fired for promoting -- he argumented women don't have the biological makeupo succeed in silicon valley. google said it violated the company's cord of conduct. more than 60 women are considering suing google. >>> now to a story you will see on abc 7 news tonight. an east bay man found thousands of baseball cards on a highway. >> now he is trying to get them back to their owner. >> it was like an easter egg hunt. >> reporter: randy just finished fixing a flat tire. he realized there were baseball cards along the highway, thousands of them. he started picking them up. >> the one card that you leave in the bushes is the one that has the value. you dig through the bushes to get the cards out. >> reporter: these are the pictures he took saturday morning. it took him two hours to pick up 2,000 cards. >> blown all the way up the hillside. >> reporter: featuring ron darling and carlton fisk. some are loose, others in plastic sleeves. his wife and son helped to clean the road grime off the collection. >> if i lost all my stuff i loved from my childhood, i would want it

software engineer james damore says he will likely pursue legal action against google.: thank you, trace. here with more, political editor and co-author of "end of discussion." and julie, i want to start with you. you're going to get all of this commentary like they say they want to open inclusive talks but then they fire somebody who actually expresses their thoughts. this is getting to something underlying underneath. what lies beneath it? there must be a huge amount of tension about women not getting promoted or feeling that they are working in some sort of hostile place. what do you of that? >> there's a lot of tension in silicon valley and google has been subject to a lot of criticism. they come up against sexual harassment cases, they've been accused of paying their female employees considerably less than their male employees. an official said google was systematically discriminating against female employees. in the tech world in general and google specifically, this is something that gets to the heart of the issue and this memo really touched on a lot of these po

james damore put out a memo that sparked a firestorm. be interesting to hear his thoughts on the acretion and what he thinks about any change in the company's culture we'll be right back. >>> take a look at stocks. strong rebound after last week which was the second worst week of the year for the s&p and the dow. 150 point rally for the dow. s&p higher led by financials, industrials, information technology all quite strong we knew this morning when the yen started weakening after that better japanese gdp it was going to be a calmer day than we saw last week. >> a heck of a number at 4%. meanwhile this time tomorrow we'll be talking hopefully about home depot, right, and coach and some of the retail names headed our way. >> walmart on thursday. >> it's interesting to see how much video is bouncing back. it's up 5.5% a pretty strong bounceback. >> i would note that merck shares are higher by about six-tenths of a percent after president trump went pretty hard on ken frazier. >> best day for those shares at least for the month. let's get ov

it happened around the same time james damore was at the google campus. he's the man fired from the company after penning that infamous memo on gender diversity. he held a sign saying fired for helling the truth, all while wearing a shirt with a play on the world for old soviet labor camps. katie marzullo has more. >> you belong here and we need you. >> google ceo sundar pichai addressed the girls add the technovation awards ceremony in mountain view. >> i want you to know there's a place for you in this industry. there's a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> his words came hours after he canceled a company-wide meeting on gender issues. the town hall scheduled in the aftermath of a controversial memo on gender diversity, written by an employee who has since been fired. >> we should recognize that some women are different than men in these ways. >> james damore wrote that women are not equally represented in tech for biological reasons. >> it's definitely a defining moment for google and for our culture. >> maggie johnson is t

the tech giant's ceo sundar will james damore criticized their diversity initiatives and speaking about the memo for the first time since his dismissal. john blackstone is outside google headquarters this morning. >> reporter: town halls are nothing new here at google but this one is expected to be anything but ordinary after days of scrutiny over this now controversial memo its author james damore broke his silence wednesday saying he actually wrote the memo during a long business trip to china. former google engineer james damore defended the controversial memo in a 45-minute interview with right wing youtube personality stefan mol m molyneux. >> it was totally secretive and i heard things i definitely disagreed with in some of our programs. i had some discussions with people there but there was a lot of just shaming and, you know, no, you can't say that. that's sexist. >> reporter: the 28-year-old was thrust into the spotlight after his 3,000-word document titled "google's ideological echo chamber" became company. in it he questioned their diversity initiatives and argued differences

. >> 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

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 culture'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

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. >> 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

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

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organizers say their first amendment supporters who want to protest the firing of software engineer james damoreho was let go for his memo on diversity, but mountain view officials told "usa today" no one has applied for permits to hold a demonstrate as google. mountain view was among nine cities where google protests were reportedly planned for this saturday >>> a man suspect of shooting at officers and cal tranls workers is in custody. investigators say 43-year-old joshua buck brown opened fire on them late this morning in kelseyville. it led to a manhunt that lasted six hours before swat teams found him in his home. he gave up peacefully. no shots fired. investigators say the caltrans crew was near his property, closing an illegal road brown bit. >> i assumed it angered him caltrans was coming out to block off the driveway, and it was while they were performing that function that he came out, exchanged words and started shooting. >> brown has a confederate flag hanging on his property, but officers say they don't believe his actions were racially motivated. >>> new at 11:00, firefighters pull

. >> reporter: dan and ama, the fired employee identified as software engineer james damore told "theew york times" he will likely take legal action against google. the company hasn't publicly commented on the firing, but the ceo told employees that he violated the code of conduct. in his ten-page manifesto he mentioned google's ideological echo chamber where dissenters are shamed into silence. in his case it led to his firing. his memo questioned google's push for diversity, that the company's gender gap in technical is due to biological issues. women on average are more prone to anxiety he says and men have a higher drive for status. many in the tech industry found the generalizations contrary. >> it goes contrary to what makes a society innovative. >> he doesn't seem very educated on diversity at tech companies. >> google's ceo says he passed the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in the workplace. the firing has brought up another issue, freedom of expression. conservative km conservative commentator said he fired him. it may end up hurting the company in the long run. >

you may remember the protests were organized after the firing of former google engineer james damore, who wrote an internal memo critical of the company's diversity policies. the march was supposed to happen on saturday. on the rally's facebook event page, the organizer called the threats credible. >> a so-called right wing rally is coming to san francisco despite opposition from city leaders. the national park service approved the permit for the rally at crissy field. mayor ed lee is not pleased. heicehe federal agency a letter expressing his concern. >> we do not invite hate speech or hatred to come into our city. and to instigate not only hatre. >> the leader of patriot prayer, the group organizing the rally, says he wants the demonstration to be peaceful. >> uc berkeley kicking off a free speech year. as they prepare for speeches from right-wing speakers. first up will be milo yiannopoulos who plans to return next month to spend days. a february violent protest shut down his planned appearance. >> a couple fighting deportation has been ordered to leave the y. theyeretruncoupdapose

. >> reporter: dan and ama, the fired employee identified as software engineer james damore told "theew york times" he will likely take legal action against google. the company hasn't publicly commented on the firing, but the ceo told employees that he violated the code of conduct. in his ten-page manifesto he mentioned google's ideological echo chamber where dissenters are shamed into silence. in his case it led to his firing. his memo questioned google's push for diversity, that the company's gender gap in technical is due to biological issues. women on average are more prone to anxiety he says and men have a higher drive for status. many in the tech industry found the generalizations contrary. >> it goes contrary to what makes a society innovative. >> he doesn't seem very educated on diversity at tech companies. >> google's ceo says he passed the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in the workplace. the firing has brought up another issue, freedom of expression. conservative km conservative commentator said he fired him. it may end up hurting the company in the long run. >

james damore was subjected to coercive statements while at google. women don't have the biological make-up to succeed in silicon valley, at least in the same types of jobs. google said it violated the company's code of conduct. but damore claims it was illegal, retaliation against the labor complaint. google says it knew nothing about the complaint. 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 la

sundar pichai would address the controversial memo written by the now-fired software engineer james damore. he defended himself in an interview with bloomberg news. >> the whole point of my memo was actually to improve google and google's culture, and they just punished me and shamed me for doing it. >> reporter: the memo criticized google's efforts to hire more women, suggesting "biological causes may explain why we don't see equal representation. women, on average, have more neuroticism," damore wrote. >> it's largely because of the differing interests in people versus things, which is linked to prenatal testosterone. >> it is profoundly demoralizing to come up against this prejudice over and over again. >> reporter: kim scott is a silicon valley veteran who rose to management at google. she is now an author whose book "radical candor" offers advice to managers. 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

. >> reporter: a youthful looking somewhat nervous games james damore went public to defend his memo. the former google engineer appeared on a conservative talk show on youtube and told the host that his memo originally ten pages was leaked with much of the scientific data that inspired his gender views edited out. in his memo he said among other things, women were unsuited to be good engineers because they're more interested in people than ideas. da moore blamed political bias in his memo entitled "google's ideological echo chamber." >> people got offended because it goes against the left's ideology and then they just okay, they defended people. therefore it's wrong and therefore, it's an opinion. >> reporter: the ceo of glint, a firm that helps companies increase employee engagement and boost business disagreed. >> when an employee actions in a way that violates a code of conduct and creates a threatening or hostile environment for other employees, smart companies take action and that's what happened here. >> if we were in a more understanding environment where the two sides actuall

. >>> james damore wants his job back. he was fired from google. he's arguing it was illegal for the tech giant to ax him. for what that describe as perpetuating genderrier yo types, in his -- stereotypes. in his memo he calls out the company's left bias accusing him of being politically correct. the first amendment by the way protects people of course from adverse actions by the government. but it does not generally apply to actions by private employers. according to debra katz, the washington based lawyer who often represents employees in discrimination cases, employers can fire workers at any time for any reason as long as it's all right. so the anticipation for the solar eclipse, it continues to grow. but some are wondering, how will it affect their pets? well, some vets say it's impossible to know how the cat or dog may react to the eclipse but be prepared for this. keeping them inside during the eclipse, may help them with some of that anxiety and ones that actually say the key is to just care for them. >> i don't think it would be long enoug

. >> reporter: speaking out in an google engineer, james damore, addressed his ten-page memo that he wrote after attending a diversity program. >> we should recognize that some women are different than men in these ways. >> reporter: in response to the controversy, sundar pichai is addressing diversity at a town hall meeting. women only represent 20% of google's technical staff. numbers like that are not uncommon at silicon valley companies. >> by supplementing at every step of the way. >> reporter: it's an issue being addressed at the 2017 silicon valley leadership group education summit being held at microsoft in mountianview. >> 40% of girls and up to 60% of students of color by the fourth grade have already said i don't like science. i'm not good at science. i don't like math. i'm not good at math. >> reporter: eileen nash works with south san francisco school district and says controversy surrounding diversity in silicon valley like memo can prompt discussions but the real change comes through mentoring. >> it's about engaging all of our assets and dollars and our employees who

james damore was fired for writing that.gle's ceo sun dar pa chai called a meeting for this afternoon to talk about the issue but just before it was to begin, he called it off, says that some of the employees' questions for the meeting had leaked out on "alt right" blogs. some employees say that they were concerned for their safety. today's town hall meeting will now be replaced with several smaller forums in the days ahead. >>> an oakland nurse and her husband could be deported in a matter of days. they tried for years to get legal immigration status. as jackie ward records, their fight may soon end. >> it is a very difficult situation. i put a very long fight. >> reporter: after 23 years of living the american dream the sanchez family will wake up from the dream in five days. >> i always thought that everything was going to be all right and i wouldn't have to leave. i have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: she and her husband have four children. they are taking their youngest with them back to mexico, but leaving the rest b