reporter: is important because ms. pao is raised a lot of issues that resonate with a lot of women in this country. whatever happens in this case, it doesn't matter because it speaks to a fundamental problem with -- the women have rising through the ranks in corporate america. cory: was the evidence in this case substantially different than what you see in sexual harassment cases that go to trial? reporter: i wasn't in the courtroom every day. i been here less couple of days, so i can't speak to how the evidence came in. this was an extremely brave woman to come forward. she had enough facts to support her claim to go to a jury. a lot of cases get kicked out by judges before it even gets to a jury. this got to a jury because she had a substantial case to bring, and people should be proud of her for doing that. cory: katie benner, when you look at this case in particular -- the notion of sexual harassment in the workplace certainly resonates, but does this sound like silicon valley that you know? katie: one of the things it

the first question that the jury is asked to answer is was ms. pao's gender a substantial motivation for kleiner perkins not to promote her for at kleiner perkins, and was that the case? not necessarily, but if they say they could have found later on that it did not matter and she would not have been promoted, then the firm is exonerated, but even still, the firm is not off of the hook, because then did the firm retaliate against her when she raised claims of sexism, and then they have to determine how much she lost in past earnings, and future earnings, and if she can go on the collect future earnings, and we will see what happened, because we are waiting for the jur ri to arrive in the courtroom. they have had the case for 48 hours almost exactly, because they got it in the middle of the day pacific time wednesday, and came back with the verdict at lunchtime today. had asked a lot of questions about the issue of retaliation, and the performance reviews that the ellen p.o.w. was given, and she claimed that they were trumped up, and meant to retaliate,

a jury of six men and six women rejected ms. pao'sy and she was discriminated against at one of the most powerful venture capital companies in silicon valley. sarah, what is silicon valley's reaction to this verdict? sarah: it is very interesting because as i look at my twitter feed, talk to people in tech everyone in san francisco is talking about this right now. it seems clear that although kleiner won in court, they have lost in the court of public opinion. he will really think the way they portrayed ellen pao, the way they went to court on this shows some actual issues at the firm in terms of how they reward promotions and evaluate women. it has gotten people thinking. whether or not ellen pao's claims were legitimate -- the jury thought they were not -- other women have talked about their stories and perspective on discrimination. mark: why did kleiner take a reputational hit? was this a big firm against one woman who has, i guess, in their opinion and the opinion of some the audacity to speak out about what she saw as bias? sara

two counts of discrimination, and two counts of retaliation by kleiner perkins against ms. pao. i have to show in the seven page jury verdict form that kleiner perkins discriminated against pao based on her gender and have to show that cleiner perkines oo or agree on that kleiner perkins retaliated against her after she complained and kleiner perkins failed to take steps to prevent discrimination at the company and that kleiner perkins retaliated by firing her. cheryl: wow, what is so fascinating about the case is the fact over the weekend, the judge, she was suing for 16 million, the judge said she could sue and get punitive damages of 144 million dollars. this could be a $160 million verdict coming up in the next 20 minutes from now. thank you very much. appreciate it. david: if she wins, she's got to be the winner of the 140 million plus. it is time for winners and losers of the week. a lot of stumbles and triumphs. who were the biggest winners and losers? start with the winners. john, who's your winner? >> late dean smith basketball coach for north carolina. left $200 to eac

the first question that the jury is asked to answer is was ms. pao's