as melissa chan reports much deeper than hiring decisions. >> they graduated from mit's business school. one also holds an aerospace degree another speaks chinese. despite running their own startup, kimberly believes that a lot still get left behind. >> you need to explain stuff to them or they might need an extra hand to do stuff. >> there has been no female equivalent to mark zuckerberg, other than the are current structure of things. >> reporter: the numbers tell the tale. more than 97% of venture capital firms, are men. 20% of software developers are women. battles are being waged including the gender discrimination lawsuit filed by ellen pao pao w.h.o. pao believes that. >> to silicon valley generally it's a window on the kind of micro-indignities that individually seem small but cumulatively really get in the way of women's advance in the workforce. >> reporter: lauren of the startup glass breakers remembers one such moment at her former job where she was the first woman to be hired. >> the first day i came in they were like, here look, we've made a bathroom because we didn't need

melissa chan reports. >> yes randall. part of the reason why is the track record, when it comes in front of a jury often there's very little sympathy for the female plaintiff so ellen pao must have felt particularly aggrieved to pursue this lawsuit so far. >>> ellen pao believed it was because she was a woman that she never got an a promotion. evidence of male colleagues who underperformed but still received promotions but she did not. >> i'm grateful for my legally teamlegalteam reaching out for support in many different ways and for telling me my story is their story too and their gratefulness for me telling their story. >> but the jury did not buy it. handing the court a sweeping victory. >> she was very driven. you can tell by the e-mails the times they were coming out the consistency of the e-mails she was probably someone who wouldn't take no for an answer. >> only two jurors had sympathy for pao. >> not disappointed because i think the 12 of us did the best job that we could. >> after the verdict pao spoke briefly

melissa chan is in san francisco with more on that. >> reporter: not just advocates have been looking at this ellen powell true. men and women say for an industry that's all about being up-to-date it has been terribly not up-to-date when it comes to women. they graduated from m.i.t.'s business school, one holds an aerospace degree and one speaks chinese, despite their accomplishments and their own start-up. they believe many women in silicon valley get left behind. >> sometimes women maybe think that you need to explain stuff to them or they might need an extra hand do stuff. there has been no female equivalent to mark zuckerberg, there is no reason for that other than the current structure of things. >> reporter: the numbers tell the tale. more than nine testify% of the venture funded business is have male ceos and only 6% of partners in venture capital firms are women. on the engineering side, women make up just% of 20% of software developers. twenty-first century sexism can be subtle. some women feel as if they are rarely taken serio

so sometimes fitting in isn't easy melissa chan has one family's story from los angeles. >> reporter:their small apartment, they prepare breakfast. their children 14 and alice 9 get up for school. the daily morning routine at the kim households, though, is never taken for granted. because the kims are north koreans. who fled during famine. >> translator: one by one people died from starvation, including neighbors, i had no choice, i wanted to live so i deflected. >> reporter: anywhere from a quarter million to over 3 million people died in the mid 1990s. the kims lost both their sons. >> translator: people don't really understand what it means to die in hunger it's impossible understand something like unless they have experience it had themselves. >> reporter: one day they both born after the kims escaped will learn that their parents had another life and other children. but for now, they have chosen to say little. >> translator: i don't want to share our story with my children yet. our past is isn't important to them. i want them to start a enough life. i don't want our past to cast

melissa chan is inning silicon valley. >> it is not because she was a woman that powell didn't get promoted. at the end of this verdict ellen powell did come out and speak omedia, this is what she had to say. >> i'm grateful for my legal team and to everyone around the world, male and female, who have reached out to express support in so many different ways. and to tell me that my story is their story too. and they're gratefulness at me for telling this stoirt this story. i have told my story and thousands of people have heard it. if i've leveled the playing field or the women and minorities in venture capital then the effort was worth i.t. >> reporter: it is rare that we see a gender discrimination case go all the way in front of the jury. ellen pao must have seemed particularly aggrieved. jurors do not agree with the women plaintiffs, john. >> so in spite of this verdict is there expected to be any sort of change in hiring practices in silicon valley? >> well, john, you can well imagine that the hr departments in silicon valley tech companies and of course venture capital firms are rethin

melissa chan has the story of some in los angeles. >> reporter: in their small apartment they preparereakfast, their children 14 and 9, get up for school. the daily morning routine at the household though is never taken for granted because they are north koreans who fled during famine. >> translator: one by one people died from starvation including neighbors. i had no choice. i wanted to live so i defected. >> reporter: one day, these children will learn that their parents had another life and other children but for now they have chosen to say little. >> translator: i don't want to share our story with my children yet. our past isn't important to them. i want them to start a new life. i don't want our past to cast a shadow over their lives. >> reporter: some three or 400 north koreans live in the united states, few come in part because of the daunting task of learning english, and a lifetime of propaganda had taught many america was the enemy. the kims chose not to live in south korea, most of the north korean refugees do soul provides financial assistance and programs to integrate th

. >>> as melissa chan reports -- >> reporter: this is a gender discrimination suit against one of sillicon'salley's most well-known venture capital companies. this woman has filed a lawsuit asking for $16 million in damages. she believes she was passed up for promotions because she was a woman. it has been unclear why she was not promoted. both sides have very strong arguments, but the case underscores a very real problem in silicon valley. women make just 10% of staff at the top. their numbers are shrinking, and even hillary clinton came through town and said for an industry all about moving forward, tech is moving backward when it comes to women. only five people have become partners so it's not pow or her gender it's just a very brutal competitive system. but this is one more example of the male-dominated world of silicon valley. >>> the obama administration asked the supreme court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. it said banning same-sex marriage imposes concrete harms on gay couples and their children. the high court is set to hear arguments in late april. >>> the ceasefire in

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channing tatum. me and the pop culture, not so good. sony is planning a second ghostbusters film with tatum as a producer in addition to the reboot featuring melissao know said to be released in july of 2016. julie: there's so much awesomeness and all of that that it's hard to unpack. matt: my initial thought was if bill murray is not an it, that i don't want to see it. it then i heard channing tatum is in it and i do want to see it. he's hilarious. he has the ability to bring the laugh and still, i think chicks victim, right? is that not the case? alix: all right. julie: that's a franchise and merchandising -- it's going to be the next juggernaut. alix: which is impressive. matt: i just saw him in "magic mike." julie? alix: we have to go. up next, you may never need to go to the gym again if you have this $2000 bike. ♪ alix: the future of this technology is now. paladin cycle is the latest addition to the indoor cycling craze. but is not just in manhattan it's in your home. a want their customers to invest in a video enabled bike and a $40 a month live stream workout package, taking advantage of all of the technology on my wrist. the ceo joins me