emily: we have a conversation with mike morris about why sequoia has no women partners. >> we have women in the china business. why is this the case? high schools. women, in america and europe, they tend to elect to not study sciences when they are 11-12 and the hiring pool is smaller. emily: you think it is a pipeline problem? some say you are not looking hard enough. >> we look very hard. we hired a woman from stanford who is as good as her peers. we are not prepared to lower our standards. emily: what is a reaction to that? guest: i think he cares about these issues and i would not jump to conclusions on that. i think we can all do better. we have one female general partner at gv. emily: why? guest: because we are not good enough. it was easier to find men. that is not a good answer. emily: he says he does not want to lower the standards. is there a double standard in venture capital with a higher percentage of women, 80% have degrees and 61% of men have them. men can be hired on potential and women have to prove themselves. is there a double standard? guest: i think so. everybody has

mike morris appeared on my longform interview show earlier this week and made some remarks regardingack of women partners at his firm. take a listen. >> we have many more women working in our china business than we do in our u.s. business. why is that the case? the issue begins in the high schools. women, particularly in america and also in europe, tend to elect not to study the sciences when they are 11 and 12. suddenly the hiring pool is a lot smaller. emily: you think it's a pipeline problem? some would say, you're not looking hard enough. >> we look very hard. we just hired a young woman from stanford who is every bit as good as her peers, and if there are more like her, we will hire her. what we are not prepared to do is lower our standards. emily: after the interview aired we got hundreds of comments on facebook, read tweets on twitter, including from ellen pao, who worked at kleiner perkins and unsuccessfully sued them for gender discrimination. moritz did and then his or marx and e-mailed me a statement saying, i know there are many remarkable women who would flourish in the

i recently spoke with mike morris, the chairman of capital, on board of yahoo! for a long time.o situation but it is interesting to hear the perspective. take a look. i am no longer involved with yahoo! and have not had a front seat there. has a very difficult challenge on her hands. >> what else did you talk to him about and what else will be on the show tonight? >> one of the most successful in theory, he was also on board of google for a long time. we talked about valuations. what do you think about the environment right now, late stage investing, what do you think about what is going on in china? a really robust business in china. one of the most interesting parts of the conversation was the discussion about diversity. the venturene of capital firms that has no female general partner. what does he think the responsibility is there, how much does he think about and how much are they working to improve diversity at the firm? it is an interesting conversation. we also talked about the idea that you have to be a founder or a ceo to be a good investor. mike is neither. he is a fo

morris hits the big three there. then george niang throws up the alley-oop...jameel mckay there to flush it down...hilton going nuts. iowa's mike gesell answers with the drive and the lay-in. but this would be e he play that decides it--morris hits the runner with nine seconds left, and the cyclones make the huge quite a a inish in ames tonight---amanda... we'll have more reaction from ames coming up in sports... we saw some ran today -- and might see some more this weekend. -- let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now wh's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from theewwl weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additnal forecast t& information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: yeah we've had quii a windy day out there today. gusts across the kwwl viewing area. here are the current wind speeds. and here are the current wind sts. we will continue to see& the wind die down throughout the weekend. storm track 7 satellite and radar show the rain moving out of t

mike gesell -- with under three minutes left. iowa state would pull within one again and monte morris hit the game- winner with under :10 seconds left and the cyclones stay undefeated, 83 to 82. "we were just playing too fast offensively and we were all trying to get it back at once," said isu coach steve prohm. "the biggest thing was to just kind of remind these guys they've been in this situation so many times." "we were obviously disappointed with how we handled the ball, not just at the end but coming down the stretch," said iowa coach fran mccaffery. "we just needed to get it to single digits," added prohm. "when we got it to single digits it got closer. the single most impressive thing was when monte went out we dropped but we were able to come back one more time." iowa state is back home sunday to play arkansas-pine bluff. the hawkeyes are off until december 19th when they play drake in the big 4 classic in des moines. iowa's desmond king has won the jim thorpe award -- given to the the nation's best defensive back. the junior cornerback led iowa with eight interceptions, including one he returned for a touchdown, this season

. >> reporter: david morris plays late hall of famer mike webster and says working on the film has him seeing football in a different way. >> i can't watch the game in the same way. i can't watch it without really understanding the impact, not just of concussions but every time they hit each other, their brains are moving in there. over years and all of that impact, that's taking a toll too. it's a game that -- and not everybody is going to get the cte. or it's not going to affect them in the same way. but a lot of them are going to be affected that way and it's not just the professionals. it's kids in high school. it's kids in college. and there's a culture and awareness, it has to change. >> reporter: he does see changes being made. >> nfl is trying to really make it clear that there is now a concussion protocol. you don't always see it being observed. but for the most part it is being observed. and they are trying to have the pop warner or peewee football or high school, how they practice. >> reporter: batherol stars as his wife, prima. she says the film was educational for her and

break outlet pass by mckay up to morris-- monte morris get up kid-- the two handed rim rattler and this crowd is blowing the roof off of hilton. but mike gesell keeping this one distanced by a half dozen or so-- gets the kick off the back board and it's in 1 minute left-- 6 point game matt thomas now doing some more-- three from the corner-- good thomas with 19 off the bench tonight. after some mismanaged in bounds passes else monte morris is clutch-- how bout it-- the floater-- good with 8 seconds left-- iowa with one last chance-- uthoff for three--- no good and iowa wins by one-- they trailed by 20 at one point and the students storm the court the final 83-82 iowa state wins it. jon: it was a heart breaker for iowa who had it was a heart breaker for iowa who had iowa state up against the ropes. the cyclones with a character win-- that senior leadership was huge. here's what the coaches and players had to say. clock didn't hit triple zeroes. there's still time on the clock, and as long as there's time on the clock, we always have a chance situations before, like scrimmage we're in the exact same situation. we always got belief as lon

down 1 with under 15 seconds to go -- monte morris -- sinks the floater -- iowa state takes their first lead since it was 4 to 2 still time for the hawks -- mike gessell to uthoff -- he finished with a game high -- 32 -- needed 35 -- iowa state stuns iowa -- 83 to 82. "we're obviously dissappointed with how we handled the ball. not just at the end but coming down the stretch. you can't turn it seventeen times. that's just too many. i know they're quick and they're up in your space. but we gotta come down and get a shot." shot.""your character gets revealed tonight. and what kind of character we got, what kinda poise we're gonna show and these guys have been in tha t situation.. proud of these guys, character and figuring out a way to win." high school hoops -- washington hosting linn-mar the warriors led by 5 after 1 -- more of the same in the second -- donovan beard -- silky smooth on the turn around jay --but the lions bohanon -- and bo knows threes -- jay-bo -- dials long distance and connects -- bohannon finished with a game high 22 as linn-mar beats wash 69 to 49 the final the central city girls basketball team snapped a 60 game tri-river

down 1 with under 15 seconds to go -- monte morris -- sinks the floater -- iowa state takes their first lead since it was 4 to 2 still time for the hawks -- mike gessell to uthoff -- he finished with a game high -- 32 -- needed 35 82."we're obviously dissappointed with how we handled the ball. not just at the end but coming down the stretch. you can't turn it seventeen times. that's just too many. i know they're quick and they're up in your space. but we gotta come down and get a shot." shot.""your character gets revealed tonight. and what kind of character we got, what kinda poise we're gonna show and these guys have been in tha t situation.. proud of these guys, character and figuring out a way to win." high school hoops -- washington hosting linn-mar the warriors led by 5 after 1 -- more of the same in the second -- donovan beard -- silky smooth on the turn around jay --but the lions have a guy named jordan bohanon -- and bo knows bohanon -- and bo knows threes -- jay-bo -- dials long distance and connects -- bohannon finished with a game high 22 as linn-mar beats wash 69 to 49 the final the central city girls basketball team snapped a 60 g