is about to gavel into consider marvin kaplan for the relations board with the vote to advance his nomination at 11:00 eastern. the national labor relations board has five members on the currently two democrats and mr. b. the secular public and member with one vacancy that the president or would fill with someone from his party. live coverage now the senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black , will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. holy god, you make the clouds your chariot and walk upon the wind. you illuminate the darkness with your presence and provide for the salvation of our souls. great is your faithfulness. today make our lawmakers heirs of peace, demonstrating that they are your children as they striv to stay within the circle of your loving providence for their lives. may they take pleasure in doing your will knowing that by so doing, they are fulfilling your purposes in our world. lord, you are never far from us but often we are far from you. so show us your ways and teach us your paths. thank you that your mercy is from everlasti

policy in the defense department, and yesterday afternoon we confirmed a nominee to the national labor relations board who will help return it after eight years of habitually siding with union bosses over workers to its intended role as an impartial judge that calls balls and strikes in labor dispute. all of this is progress, but we still have nominees to confirm for positions across many agencies in both security and nonsecurity roles and many cabinet members still await the number two officials for their departments. so we have more to do. the same is true of legislation. we had to pass the veterans choice legislation -- we have. in fact, we passed some additional veterans legislation as well. under the last administration we learned after shocking scandal that spread through veterans affairs facilities across the nation. we all agreed our veterans deserved far better than that. ever since congress has continued to work on a number of initiatives designed to bring more justice to veterans and more reform to the v.a. senator isakson, the chairman of the veterans affairs committee, has been a tireless

we will, for instance, take a procedural vote on the nomination for the national labor relations board later this morning but there's more to do. i was pleased to hear the democratic leader reaffirm his interest in working with us now to clear more nominees before the conclusion of this work period. many of these nominees have been held up far too long leaving the administration without a number of key officials at various agencies. i look forward to our democratic colleagues working with us to finish up the f.d.a. user fees legislation that i mentioned earlier as well. we'll work on other issues in the meantime like tax reform which is one of the things the senate led by the finance committee will turn its collective attention toward after the state work period. during the eight years of the obama administration, our economy failed to live up to its full potential. meager growth rates, wages that failed to keep pace, a decline in opportunities, middle-class families were hurting, and they needed policies that would allow the economy to begin to grow again. unfortunately, the last admi

there the national labor relations board was created to be an arbor ter between workers and their employers to stack the deck the way the trumpet ministration wants to do and the way the bush administration did in previous administration this is fundamentally wrong we ought to be fighting against that we really need to have someone who we can trust as a neutral arbiter of fair arbiter and i don't think that just because there's a more republicans on the board that suddenly all unions are just going to vanish one day and made my other question well they they largely have i mean we had about a third of america was unionized and when reagan came into office it's now six percent of the private economy and more war on labor has been working and more and more jobs in america are not labor union type jobs i mean and you know what you are what you are very very low blow moreover it's a labor union type job what does that even mean yeah i'm a member of a labor union. i'm not in the normal ever be but but that's fine but my point is though that as more and more people are in prison they gave cami the

demore says he's filing a complaint with the national labor relations board. washington, d.c. was unusually quiet this week with congress on recess. but that did not stop the white house from trying find ways to get tax reform. the trump administration has reached out to democrats in homes of getting bipartisan tax reform passed. what do republicans think of this? republicans house ways and means committee chairman kevin brady. thank you for joining us. how do you deal with the fact you don't have any democrats working together with republicans. now you have been out and about working hard all month. i have been watching you. and i know you are knee deep in tax reform. but you don't have any participation on the left. kevin brady: we have been asking discussions in the house with our centrist democrats. how do we deliver middle class tax cuts and get the economy moving and stop companies from take their jobs, research and manufacturing overseas. these are good, healthy discussion we are having with them. we want them to bring their ideas. we think they can be hugely helpful in

internal memo was post alina went viral and the attorney will represent him before the national labor relations board and asking other google employees come forward if they believe the company discriminated against them due to political beliefs. >>> it is 4:42 am. >>> amazon will officially open the first bay area brick and mortar bookstore in san jose. amazon books at santana row is expected to happen with 3500 separate book titles and featuring review cards. customers can get the online experience in the store. amazon said that will feature books that get the 4.8 star rating at the online site. amazon has eight other stores including new york, seattle and san diego, and they say they will open another physical bookstore soon in walnut creek. >>> some retailers in san jose are struggling keep the doors open and blaming it on the grocery store nearby that closed two years ago. jesse gary explains those complaints. >> reporter: for the rest of the week subcontractors will pull the guts out of this old supermarket in south san jose. the company said that the 18 month slide culminated with the closing i

the man who wroteveco thero mem he filed a complaint with the national labor relations board before he was fedir monday. 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 an

he tells cbs news that before he was fired, demore complained to the national labor relations board that google was trying to silence him. he believes the kane's actions are illegal -- company's actions are illegal and now exploring all possible legal remedies. anna withinner, cbs news, new york. >>> little more about google. its work force is 69% male. 56% white, 35% asian, and only 2% black. the engineer who wrote the memo confirmed his firing to reuters in an e-mail saying he was fired for perpetuating gender stereotypes. now social media reacting and roberto tweets this guy just destroyed google's ability to attract good women engineers to the company. but buck writes, nothing says global thought leader like a $600 million company firing a guy for saying men and women are not exactly the same. >>> well, wherever you find a baby you're bound to find a camera. facebook is proof of that. we love to snap pictures of the little bundles of joy. that's why an article in some tweets buzzing around social media caught our attention. they're all about a family friend who took a closeup of a ne

fired engineer is considering suing google and also filing an official complaint with the national labor relations board. all while the ceo is preparing to address the controversy. the man behind the memo that sparked outrage is not backing down about those controversial claims with gender diversity at google. >> i'm not saying that any of the female engineers at google are in any way worse than the average male engineer. i'm just saying that this may explain some of the disparity in representation. >> 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 microso

i mean, is this--i know that the national labor relations board has been implementing some--also somen what kind of pesticides are used, but the growers are a strong lobby and the growers want their pesticides so they can make their crops grow. victoria: exactly, like for example in bakersfield on cinco de mayo of all days, there were some farmworkers who got--who were sick and they were hospitalized. and this chemical was supposed to be banned during the obama administration in march, but this administration canceled the ban. so, you know, there has to be--there's some--i mean, they said because there wasn't enough evidence. and it was that pesticide that it's called chlorpyrifos. i don't know if you've heard of that, but it's really toxic, nausea. i mean, it gets you sick if you touch it. i mean-- damian: what does it tell you about this farmworker--i'm assuming it's a farmworker in san mateo county who was even reluctant to identify him or herself? what does that say about still the fear factor that exists? victoria: exactly, and whoever sent me--please, i wanna make this message.

landing them in trouble with the national labor relations board. the company denied allegations of intimidation saying voters have the right to know the company's perspective. still for those who remember first hand the south's troubled past. this isn't just about worker rights it's about civil rights. when blacks would go to register to vote. somebody might come by the house one enough crawls. of awareness food. now they know whether who around i will born to crawl. but they come back to see it we gonna close the yearly we don't close the plant. union is hoping to. for a year into so six. victory here might like the spot for the u. s. labor movement. cross the south. michelle flurry bbc news canton mississippi. and we have one more business night today the dow jones industrial average closed above twenty two thousand points for the first time. the dow has risen by more than two thousand points just this year. now just mention the word test pilot and you know you're talking about a very special breed of people back in the nineteen fifties the hair

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. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: and we've just learned that google has now canceled the town hall meeting it had planned for this afternoon. while the company claims it's in favor of diversity, there is a class action lawsuit involving some women here who claim they're being paid unequally. anthony. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the cbs evening news, taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. tal

democratic president certainly better results when you have a democratic majority on the national labor relations board which we had until trumpets elected actually we still know it's two two now it'll be three to republican in a matter of weeks but the other part of this is that reno is actually you know they're merged it's we know need it needs. sun reno is fifteen percent owned by the french government actually the combined company is fifteen percent owned by the french government a year ago our labor secretary tom perez and the labor secretary of france the largest shareholder of this combined company ask nissan to stop the union busting and of course they've nord it and went ahead. and this is all just about adding to shareholder value screw all the way they said and carlos ghosn the c.e.o. now gets three multimillion dollar salaries one from renault one from the sun and one from mitsubishi so obviously seriously that's the world we even heard it here so they run three brands and they call it that that's that's not what nothing too good for the working class i like to say how seriously. serious it

he filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. memo has clearly impacted our coworkers and some of them who are hurting and feel judged based on their gender. he is cutting short a family vacation to host a town hall meeting for google employees on thursday. >>> the former chancellor of uc berkeley is in hot water because of a payday. he still intended to teach but will take a year off. what upsets many of the school is the payment he will receive during that year off of more than $400,000. his salary as a professor will be less than that. >>> novatos football team will play after all. last week the school announced there weren't enough players to fields the team. students and parents rallied and the team was able to come up with 23 eligible players. >>> are you ready for a major earthquake? pg&e wants to make sure you are. the company held an earthquake preparedness drill in san francisco. >> all of your breakables, your top heavy furniture, the average home is going to take less than $80 to secure everything in your home. >> the

with the national labor relations board. >>> david letterman is making a come back in a six episode seriesrograms will feature interview with a single guest and comedy segments from the field. anoungs his return today, letterman said, if you retire to spend more time with your family check with your family first. up next, we'll remember the rhinestone cow boy. glen campbell. >>> finally tonight, glen campbell lost a very public, very courageous battle with the cruelest of diseases. he died today of alzheimers surrounded by his family in nashville. he was 81. >> i'm happy to be here. happy to be anywhere. >> reporter: glen campbell was country music's first cross over star. >> it's a good song. i like a good song. >> reporter: never thought of yourself as a country singer. >> no. >> reporter: one of 12 children of an arkansas sharecropper, glen picked up a guitar at age 4. he was a natural. by the early 60s he played his way to l.a. but couldn't read music. became one of the most sought after guitarists in the city. >> started getting a lot of session work. >> yeah, it was great, man. i bou

. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board, claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: we've just learned that google has now canceled the town hall meeting that was planned for this afternoon. the company claims it's in favor of diversity there's a class action lawsuit sager they are being treated unfairly. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. lysol. what it takes to protect. no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money ale

what about the national labor relations board, protection versus employer retaliation?they stand with that? ellen: the charge is very new, it was filed on monday. he did tell emily he was planning to pursue legal action. he would not clarify whether it would be a wrongful termination lawsuit. it remains to be seen. it has only been a few days since he was fired. he has met with human resources several times a week before the memo was published, apparently, to bring up his concerns over what he saw as illegal hiring practices within google. also one of the arguments he made before and after he was fired. caroline: a great interview by emily, great reporting by yourself. i know you will sit with this story, ellen huet. thank you for joining us. a $100 million investment from a groove -- group, ivp. it comes amid a delicate time for the digital currency exchange. they suffered a trading crash and upset customers over how they handled the bitcoin fall. bitcoin plans to spend the money on engineering and customer support staff. they want to open a new york office for the pro

he's already filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. the memo caused an uproar online as he criticized google's diversity program and asserted women and men have different traits which accounts for why women only make up 30% of google's workforce. the memo when doctor say that women are neurotic and have a lower tolerance for stress. women in the tech industry say it represents the thinking that leads to discrimination.>> my concern is that continuing in this industry i will just be sold short or so myself short instead of knowing that i can hold my own.>> google has declined comment but they are holding a town hall meeting on thursday.>>> as i said they will be met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.>> a blunt warning of fire and fury. president donald trump ups the ante on north korea and now north korea is threatening a missile strike in response. >>> i lost my brother. the city lost something too. all because of a judges stupidity.>> a gasp as details about the video that caused

he's already filed a complaint with the national labor relations board.as fired for violating the company's code of conduct after the memo became a viral phenomenon. he wrote that women couldn't get ahead at google because of biological differences. google didn't comment on the matter today - but c-e-o sundar pichai calls it 'harmful' -- and says this will all be addressed in a staff meeting on thursday. (vicki) the family of an eight-year-old boy-- who committed suicide-- is suing cincinnati public schools. the lawsuit claims their son's school administrators failed to help protect him from aggressive and sometimes violent bullying. gabe taye's parents say they could have prevented his suicide if they'd known about this video. it shows a boy's bathroom at carson elementary. you can see a student punch a boy in the stomach. then gabe walks in...shakes the bully's hand before he is yanked toward the wall. and knocked unconcious. his parents were told he fainted. this was two days before the third grader killed himself.

. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board, claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: we've just learned that google has now canceled the town hall meeting that was planned for this afternoon. the company claims it's in favor of diversity there's a class action lawsuit sager they are being paid unequally. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. ♪ susie got all germy ♪ a cold, a bug, a flu ♪ when school was back in session ♪ ♪ those germs were shared with you ♪ back to school means back to germs. and every year kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. but lysol spray and wipes kill 99.9% of germs... including common cold and flu viruses... to help protect your home and family. and now tha

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he has already filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. >> people in alameda are beingsked to watch their laptops very closely. especially when they go to coffee shops. in starbucks specifically three incidents thieves have entered and grabbed the laptops and run away and jump into an awaiting car ask take off. at 5:00 p.m. on sunday at the starbucks on park street, a thief made off with a laptop. on july 18th, two other laptops were taken from the same location. 9:00 p.m. on july 29th, four people wearing hoodies stole laptops on atlantic and webster street. >>> vandals causing problems for a new bay area bike sharing program. several ford go bikes were recently vandalized in san francisco and in oakland. people have been tweeting out photos of bikes with slashed tires and missing frames. at one station, all of the bike seats were turned backwards. the company released a statement saying our team operates 24 hours a day. we're rapidly responding to any reports of vandalism and making any necessary repairs. >>> so lan accounty has agreed to stop suspending the driver's

demoir is flooring his legal options and filed a complaint with the national labor relations board. of talk this will certainly be maybe a precedent setting case on what can and cannot be said in the work place or about the work place. >> not just in silicon valley. . >> >>> let's check with gasia to see what's coming up. >> good morning, dave and pam. it has happened again. those ford go bikes we have been reporting on has been vandalized. what happened to those bikes in oakland that means more trouble for the bike share company across the bay area. and what the company that operates the short term bike rentals has to say. baby boomers and seniors without smartphones are being targeted by t-mobile. what that wireless carrier is doing to lure them into a plan that includes special pricing. what's available for those 55 and up and which companies t-mobile is taking on in doing so. we had to talk my mom into getting a smartphone, pam, and dave. it was just the longest conversation. >> oh, wow. >> i wonder where you get that from, then. >> this acorn did not fall far from the street. >

compensation discrimination, demoore says before his firing he filed a complaint with the national labor relations board saying upper management is shaming me in order to silence my complaints. his only goal was to spark a conversation about gender in tech. >> i'm not attacking diversity. i'm attacking the fact that we can't honestly discuss any of these issues and that that is actually hurting the problem. >> that was jo ling kent reporting. he believes his firing was illegal and he will be taking legal action to challenge his dismissal. our reporter rick boone will be covering that town hall meeting for nbc bay area news at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> scary moments for some workers at san jose international airport where carbon monoxide poisoning sent two of them to the hospital. in this picture of the area, you can see the gas powered saw that built up carbon monoxide in an area that clearly did not have proper ventilation. two workers suffered headaches and were taken to the hospital as a precaution, they are expected to be okay though. the spokeswoman told us, san jose fire department's testing in the area

the attorney will represent him before the national labor relations board and asking other google employeesme forward if they believe the company discriminated against them due to political beliefs. >>> it is 5:44 am. >>> amazon is officially opening the bay area brick-and- mortar store in san jose. the amazon books at santana row is expected to have 3500 separate book titles featuring the review cards. customers can get the online experience while in the store. amazon says the store will feature books that get 4.8 star rating at the online sites and they have eight other stores including new york, seattle and san diego. amazon says they will open another physical bookstore soon at walnut creek. >>> some retailers in san jose are struggling to keep the doors open and blaming it on the grocery store nearby that closed two years ago. we explained that complaint. >> reporter: for the rest of the week subcontractors are pulling the guts out of this supermarket in south san jose and 18 months sales slighted culminating with the closing in june 2015. neighbors say that is when the problems began.

the union was voted in last november and certified by the national labor relations board. but the hospital is appealing that decision. >> a lot of people don't know where they stand. they don't understand how this could be happening. um, how their jobs to are being affected. people are afraid to speak up because they don't know where this is going. >> the hospital said in a written statement, the medical center is doing what it believes is essential to ensure our caregivers' voices were heard and we strongly believe that pursuing our appeal is consistent with our mission of inclusion for all. the hospital says the election was unfair because it was conducted by mail. the hospital's appeal is before an administrative law judge. >>> president trump met with his legislative affairs team today to talk about how to get his agenda through congress. reporter mola lenghi looks at his long list that includes tax reform, a border wall and another crack at healthcare. >> reporter: president trump took a swipe this morning at the two men he will need to get his agenda through congress

james demore is listed on national labor relations board.about was not publicly vaim. his ten page memo sparked outrage after listing reasons why he thinks women don't exceed in technical fields claiming women are more interest afternoonard says he created a masters in system's biology. campbell of ripe stone cowboys pass away and sold records and had 75 chart hits he was 81 years old. >>> tag a break from training calm. kurt cousin and josh norman and others took a spin around the racetrack with dale earnhardt, jr. they were richmond race bay and number hour tour from the track. dale jr. is a huge redskins fan and was excited at the opportunity to meet the players. saying if there's anybody to get star struck or geeked out about it's anyone plying for the redskins. >> define love or maybe make yourself look like a stud. he booked 6 dates in one night truckston inn. the night was not a total bust the women became friends and ended up haptioning at a bar across the street. >> i want to know more about this. >> six women in the same place. >>

the google engineer who wrote the 10 page anti-diversity manifesto has a national labor relations boardgainst google over his firing. could also initiate a separate receiving with the california department of fair employment and housing for the federal equal employment opportunity commission. a potential claim in court for alleged retaliation or discrimination under state or federal discrimination laws. all these court proceedings could of course take a while. the story will likely continue. cheryl: that face is so young. so much to say. let's talk about the big news for disney, obviously the report was pretty rough. reporter: walt disney did make a big digital movie yesterday, and announcing a director streaming service to compete with netflix. the service is expected to launch in 20 nay demand will be the exclusion for a new animated and theatrical disney pixar film. netflix will continue to have access to disney films through the end of 2019. netflix began in 2016, a multiyear deal for disney film. the deal will end. shares took an immediate head after the disney needs dropping about

he's already filed a complaint with the national labor relations board.e was fired for violating the company's code of conduct after the memo became a viral phenomenon. he wrote that women couldn't get ahead at google because of biological differences. damore does have a job offer tonight... if he wants it. wikileaks founder julian assange took to twitter to express his disagreement with the firing... saying "censorship is for losers." assange included a link to web posting he wrote a couple of years ago on the mountain view company's culture. (pam) tonight -- uber co- founder travis kalanick says, he will ánotá be returning to the company as its c-e-o. the wall street journal reports, the chairman of uber made the announcement to staff yesterday. rumors are now spreading about kalanick returning to the company, but taking on a different role. you may remember..... kalanick resigned as c-e-o back in june. no word yet on who will be uber's new c-e- o. (steve) you may soon step into a shuttle in a parking lot of a bay area airport and find that it doesn't h

it could be that a case could move to the national labor relations board that will take the wind out of the sails of the legislation, but we would be happy with that. despite what people think about the senate and labor issues, i think this has a decent shot of getting through to the president. reasonable.nently any other questions? one last question. bloomberg. form were stayed, but i was wondering what a more reasonable version with the click and what we could see in the for seeable future. -01 form -- oneee on the books. the dilemma is sometimes, when it came out, what i had a vision of was pushing a big vacuum a lot ofobbling up information, then not knowing what to do with it. that is what the expansion form was all about. maybe they find something cool to do with it. i don't know the answer to that is. it has to be within the statutory mandate to enforce the laws, not just gobble up a bunch of information to see what they could do with it. i think maybe the agency would be better served to think about promoting pay equity through things like statutory safe harbor for employers t

he has filed a charge with the national labor relations board and spoke on bloomberg television defendings he feels hurt and betrayed by google. he was trying to improve the culture from the inside. he had shared it internally and there was no push back until it went viral. employee who's supported him have been contacted by hr. he says he will pursue further legal action. more than 60 women may sue google for gender discrimination and sexism and claim they make $40,000 less than some of their male counter parts. now, today's town hall is scheduled to get underway at 4:00 p.m. you can bet there will be a great deal of interest by the folks here on the campus and of course by those outside of the campus who are watching what is going on here at google and in the tech industry in general. >> christien kafton live on the peninsula for us. thank you. >>> our countdown to the solar eclipse continues this morning with a look at some of the myths associated with the phenomena. laura ingle has more. >> reporter: as scientists and enthusiasts have been preparing, astrologers have been preparing as

i mean, he's filed a complaint with the national labor relations board.> i'm not just attacking diversity. i'm just attacking the fact that we can't honestly discuss any of these issues and that is actually hurting the problem. >> okay. google ceo says the memo violated the company's code of conduct and was quote advancing harmful gender stereo types in our work place. >> because he was. >> i will make the argument that some people fear in an overly politically correct environment. >> they can't have an intellectual discussion. >> they can't have their thoughts. in terms of google, it's not like any top sick off base. when you are an employee of a company, there is a code of conduct you have to follow. writing, making a public statement, a ten-page manifesto. putting it out to the world, it's not fact based, not rooted in data. it appears to be a disgruntled employee. >> it's plain old text. like at some point if you want to propose to your managers they take a look at this remarkable study over 20 years, that's one thing. that's one way to do it. >> that

he says his firing is illegal because he had already filed a complaint with the national labor relations boardthe board has not yet commented. this comes as more than 60 women are considering suing google because they say they are paid less than men. a lawyer for the women says they are paid on the average 40- thousand dollars less then men at google. google says the claims are false. (darya) a florida day care employee is expected to face charges after a 3-year-old boy was found dead in a parked van. it's a story we first told you about yesterday on the kron four morning news. myles hill was found on the floor in the back of the van parked in the day care's parking lot. the employee who drove the van told police there was no head count after they were dropped from one location to the next and did not realize myles was still in the car. authorities found the 3-year-old around 6:30 in the evening. they beleive he was there since 9:00 that morning. the high temperature in orlando was 93 degrees that day. (mark) a bay area county will stop suspending drivers licenses of people who can't afford tr

he put a couple people on the national labor relations board and congress sued and said, hey, you can'tthat's not constitutional. they won. those appointments were deemed not to be lawful. so that's what president trump is facing now. it's been confusing to me that people have talked so much about the possibility of a recess appointment for an attorney general. >> i think the real breaking news is that kasie hunt is seated. she's not running down a hall. >> isn't it nice? >> that being said -- >> it's a promotion, you can have a chair. >> i'm going to tell you, yesterday's eye roll smirk was classic. that was an mvp moment >> we'll see you later. >> all right. stick around, everybody. this week's issue of sports illustrated caused a major media frenzy. it claimed president trump said, quote, the white house is a real dump. we're going to get the story behind -- >> did you see that rainbow over the white house? look at that. >> somewhere over the rainbow. think there's a pot of gold in virginia at the end of that thing? we'll talk to the reporter next. so that's the idea. what do you thi

suited for engineering jobs, tech jobs, before he was fired he submit ad charge to the national labor relations board accusing google upper management trying to shame him into silence. so does he have any case here? i mean, you have an engineer publishing a memo like that. that is insulting to so many women that work there. >> of course it is. trish: you know, seems to me, freedom of speech only goes so far once you're working for a company that want to respect boundaries. >> freedom of speech is not all encompassing or pervasive. you don't have freedom of speech in the work place. look at the first amendment. it is government attempt to he restrict freedom of speech. it is not a private company. they can suspend, reprimand or fire you for a reason or no reason at all. if you issue a internal memo and argue that incredibly stupid. trish: stupid, yes. >> you don't have first amendment protection. i went to the nlrb so i'm being retaliated against. you can't go to the labor relations board to seeking is for something not roteched and claim retaliation. if he files a lawsuit, good luck, pal. trish: real