i'm joined by joanne lipman. she's a cnbc contributor also with me is cnbc.com's alex sherman, who has been following this story for us. alex, start us off with the likelihood that a board meeting this week, which could be imminent, could remove mr. newman as ceo. >> we don't know how contentious is this board meeting going to be we do know that softbank is pushing for adam newman to step down as the ceo, be replaced at least in that role >> you think softbank is pushing for this >> absolutely. that's what we reported over the weekend. >> why >> a lot of this is like the godfather. it's just business softbank doesn't want wework to go public, adam newman does want it to go public and this is maybe a lever that softbank has to prevent the company from going public in the near term. >> they not only want to change the ceo, they want to keep the company from going public. joanne, what do you make of this this is one of the more extraordinary ipo dramas we've ever seen. >> it is i think the big question i have is why