filed lawsuits against lift over sexual assaults in cars affiliated with the company now rival ober has revealed how many reports of sexual assault it's received in the u.s. in recent years and the number is considerable. report made for some sobering reading there were more than 3000 sexual assaults recorded last year 235 of them were of rape this out of a total of 1200000000 journeys 99.9 percent of which was keen to point and did without recorded incident the report which covers 20172018 is the 1st of its kind and comes just 2 weeks after i lost its license to operate in london after drivers using the app were fine to have faked their identity. and it's not just super either rifle lift is also facing pressure over its safety record earlier this week 19 women filed lawsuits in san francisco related to sexual assault or rape that happened in vehicles affiliated with the company. whose hands touched had woken up to him actually groping. my words. both lift and super have increased screening and background checks for drivers. lift has also pledged to release the safety reports of its own

i think the n ober question i keep get something do you see a recession in 2020?nd right now the data would say probably not. >> now, to washington where the head of the faa testified on capitol hill today about boeing's grounded 737 max. angry lawmaklls.stions fm fi rhee bow is in the nation's capital toght. >> the fa. a administrator steve dickson facing tough questions onca pitol hill. not only about the f.a.a. decisions when certificating the 737 max two years ago but what nes to happen i order to lift the grounding of the max, which the a say will not happen this year. >> if you just do the math, it's going to e into 2020. this year do you expect it by the enof january or february what would you say is realistic. >> it's impossible to say be phil. if i would that crystal ball, i would certainly be able to share it. but it's very important that international autes that ith the have been working with us. and with the -- with the boeing am to do this right. >> dickson testified before members of congress and relatives of those killed in two max crashes. the mess

. >>> up next here at noon, cutting ties with ober. the announcement over the richard company today. and what officials say is next. [upbeat music] no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics (bubbles popping) and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. ♪la la la la la. >>> let's had to wall street known tickets check stocks here. you can see the dow jones industrial down about 36 points here at the noontime. our and the s&p 500 down liston up white in the nasdaq up more than seven points here on this day before christmas holiday on the new york stock exchange. uber ceo resigning from the company's board of directors effective sev

because i have to work in the program and i of partner with a couple sober house here's sober housen ober house here's in la sobes , we have the biggest death rate. es at this time of year. people are falling into disparity. they can't afford to continue to go to work because they don't have a license because they lost it. in a state where there is no public transportation, having these things are important. or death.ife so one of the things that he's touching on, one of the biggest keep hearing, i they get out of the sober house which normally, they have that,re or something like insurance that covers their sobriety for a few months, they 28 days and now they hahave to go find a job, find lace to live, the average rent arouaround here is about $200 week minimum. being nice. >> you don't have a job to begn with. >> so now you're going back to circles that you knew because that's all you know. so i think we need to do a a society on how do we help them continue, you being sober after you've destroyed your life is expensive and that's the only as a nation t it from here on. p soso i find a

we listen to and read about dubois, we have to keep in mind that he is a scholar, a sociologist and ober of american society. i believe what he was observing were important changes that were taking place within the african american community. he'd done a study in philadelphia. what i think he also saw and why he believed the color line was going to be important and how migration impacts that is that he was beginning to see a new generation of african americans coming to the forefront. a generation who had not been born in slavery, not been shaped by that but saw themselves in a different way. and were much less willing to accommodate to the morays and the ideals that some in society had of afterp can americans before that. they did not believe that they were not equal. not that their pressessors did but i think they came with a much different perspective. as you began to see the aftermath of reconstruction and new laws, segregation, jim crow, tenant farming, you have individuals who are trying to navigate this and figure out what alternatives are available to them. i think what begins to