tempe, arizona, police tell cbs news the early indication is the accident may not have been avoidable because she appeared to walk directly into the suv's path. >> they want to know if the sensors and other technology on the self-driving vehicle should have detected herzberg sooner than a human and they plan to speak to the safety driver about the moments leading up to the crash. >> i moap it brings new jobs, i hope it brings convenience and safety. >> starting in 2016 arizona governor doug ducey declared the state open for self-driving business with little regulation. >> what they need to do is prove that this technology works f kus mrs can't trust their cars are safe, then they are not going to want to get in those cars. >> tim stevens is editor in chief of cns road show. >> if we get our driver's license we have to pass an eye exam and show basic understanding of the rules of the road. there are no tests for autonomous cars in existence right now and maybe that is something that should come out of an incident like this. >> federal legislation be self-driving cars is stalled in cong

a pedestrian in tempe, arizona, was killed last night by a self- driving uber taxi.is believed to be the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle. our transportation correspondent kris van cleave is in arizona. >> reporter: the force of the fatal crash dented the front of the uber self-driving s.u.v. it was in autonomous mode with only a safety driver on board. tempe, arizona, police say 49- year-old elaine herzberg was walking a bicycle across a busy thoroughfare used by pedestrians sunday night. she was not in a crosswalk. >> preliminary investigation showed that the vehicle was traveling at approximately 40mph. our investigation did not show at this time that there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: this is the first- known fatal accident involving an autonomous vehicle. in a statement, uber said, "our hearts go out to the victim's family. we are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident." last year an estimated 40,100 people died in traffic accidents in the u.s. 94% of crashes are blamed o

federal investigators are heading to tempe, arizona, to try to figure out what happened. >> it's believedo be the first fatal accident involving a self-driving car. in this case it was an uber with a driver inside. abc's danya bacchus has the details. >> reporter: a deadly crash involving a self-driving car in tempe, arizona. >> our investigation did not show at this time that there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: monday, uber suspending its self-driving test across the country after police say one of its autonomous hit and killed a woman. police say it happened late sunday. she was walking with her bike outside the crosswalk when she was hit. there was a driver in the vehicle, but he wasn't in control when the crash happened. >> these vehicles are trained to see pedestrians, to see cyclists, to see red lights, and so it's really unclear what went wrong here. >> reporter: uber's ceo on twitter repeating the company statement saying they will work with local law enforcement to understand what happened. in arizona, autonomous vehicles are legal as long as th

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struck and killed a 49-year-old woman elaine hershberg as she walked her bike across the street in tempe, arizona. a driver for uber was behind the wheel, but not in control. the data shows the car going 45 miles an hour in a 30 miles an hour zone. >> uber says it is fully cooperating with local officials. last year, uber briefly pulled the self driving test vehicles after one landed on its side in an accident in tempe. waymo is launching a public self driving car this year in phoenix. >>> pennsylvania's court order congressional map is here to stay. the supreme court denying republicans request for an emergency stay blocking the redrawn map from taking effect. the new map could tilt several key races in democrats favor. the state's supreme court unveiled the map last month after ruling the old map was gerrymandered and violation of the pennsylvania constitution. >>> activist cynthia nixon joining the race for governor. >> i'm a proud public school graduate and prouder public school parent. i was given chances i don't see for kids today. our leaders are letting us down. >> she will challenge gove

coming up, uber's crash in tempe,, arizona. -- arizona.ow big of an impact will it have on automated driving? this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: no to the tragic death of a woman hit by an uber self-driving car in tempe, arizona. it brought fresh scrutiny to the automated driving technology. it had crossed at least one open late of road before being hit. self driving sensors should have detected her. ordered tests during we spoke to "bloomberg on tuesday." mark mark: i think companies a large arewaiting to see if there perception issues come if there was a car, if there was an issue vo that uber was using, or whether it was purely unavoidable, whether it was human or otherwise. weimo, gm aree, in autonomous vehicles or testing that technology. are we hearing any reaction from those companies? mark: toyota has suspended their economist testing, saying they are concerned about the emotional state of their safety drivers. gm crews have said they are continuing to -- there is no stop. they are planning next year. we have not heard from waymo, the

after one of their autonomous vehicles struck and killed a 49 year old woman crossing a street in tempe arizona uber had been testing their self driving volvo suv's, in arizona, as well here in the bay area, with a safety driver in the vehicle that can take over the car manually at anytime. it's unclear at this point if the safety driver in the uber car involved in the pedestrian fatality in arizona tried to take control to avoid the accident. in a statement uber said it is fully cooperating with local officials and that their hearts go out to the victim's family. sound from emme hall, / auto expert, cnet, @mmmotorsports"this is a huge deal for industry, no one should have to die for these companies to learn about safety" emme hall is an auto expert with cnet she has been covering the rise of the self driving car for years she says this is a make or break moment for the future of autonomous vehicles sound from emme hall, / auto expert, cnet, @mmmotorsports"i think this will slow things down, make these companies really look at what their doing in the present, not just focus on the future and mo

it happened in tempe, arizona. adam housley is here with more. adam?e, this has been going on for a couple years now in the west, the testing. last night in tempe, arizona -- we have a live look at the intersection. a larger intersection that you'd see in most cities. right here, the curry road, washington street intersection, the self-driving car was in autonomous mode. the driver could have taken over if they saw anything. we're told the woman was outside of the cross walk there when she was struck and killed by the driver. the investigation is ongoing. 49-year-old elaine herzburg was the woman that was struck and killed. uber responded to this via quitter saying our hearts go out to the victim's family. i will say here in california, it was announced too that we're going to start some new types of autonomous planning -- >> trace: so they can overright the car what happened. uber has had -- not uber but other self-driving cars have crashed. >> uber happened last year. had a crash in tempe where that was termed not to be the fault of the autonomous ca

tempe, arizona police tell cbs news the early indication from its investigation is the accident may note been avoidable. because herzberg appears to have walked directly into the suv path. national transportation safety board investigators are in tempe. they want to know if the sensors and technology on the self-driving vehicle should have detected her sooner than human and plan to speak to the safety driver about the moments leading up to the crash. >> hope it brings new jobs, convenience, safety. >> starting in 2016, arizona governor doug ducey declared the car open for self driving business with little regulation. >> they need to prove the technology works. if customers can't trust the cars are safe they're not going to want to get in the cars. >> reporter: if you or i go to get a driver's license we pass an eye exam for example and show basing understanding of the rules of the road. there are no tests for that for cars in existence right now. maybe that should come out of this. >> federal regulation is stalled in congress leaving the rules up to the states. currently 32 cities are t

it happened in tempe, arizona, and testing is on hold there as well as three other cities, san franciscopittsburgh and toronto. kpix5's maria medina reports the crash could affect the entire self-driving car industry. e tempe police dep released n >> we in tempe, our heart goes out to the family and friends of the pedestrian that was struck crossing the street. >> reporter: this afternoon tempe, arizona police released new details on last night's deadly crash involving a self- driving uber suv. the victim identified as elaine herzberg, 49 years old. police say the uber driver behind the wheel was 44-year- old rafael vazquez. >> it was in the autonomous mode at the time. preliminary investigation showed that the vehicle was traveling at approximately 40 miles an hour. our investigation did not show at this time that there was significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: police say herzberg who was walking her bike was not in a crosswalk when she went toward the self- driving uber vehicle. she died at a nearby hospital. uber released a statement saying, "you're hearts go out

now coming up, uber's fatal autonomous crash in tempe, arizona. big of an impact this might have on the future of autonomous driving, next. and if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can now listen on the bloomberg radio app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s. on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ caroline: now to the tragic death of a woman hit by an uber self-driving car in tempe, arizona. footage released on thursday brought fresh scrutiny to the ride-hailing company's autonomous vehicle technology. the video shows that the pedestrian had crossed at least one open lane of road before being hit. and experts are saying uber's self-driving sensors should have detected her. uber has halted all autonomous vehicle tests. we spoke to "bloomberg technology's" mark bergen on tuesday as the story was still unfolding. mark: i think what the autonomous vehicle community -- a lot of companies at large are still waiting to see if there was a perception issue, if there was an issue with the car, if there was an issue with the volvo that uber wa

on self-driving cars after police say an uber using the technology hit and killed a woman in tempe, arizona. >> the vehicle was traveling northbound and the pedestrian was outside of the cross walk. >> reporter: investigators say 49-year-old layne was walking with her bike outside of the cross walk late sunday when she was hit by the car. a human operator was behind the wheel but the car was in the self-driving mode. uber suspending all self-driving tests from coast to coast. >> at this point in time it's a wild, wild west situation and someone lost their life. >> reporter: uber's ceo tweeting incredibly sad news. we're thinking of the victim's family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened. and coming up at 7:00 a.m. we'll have more on this investigation. with your "gma first look," abc news, new york. >>> it's 5:15. history is set to be made tomorrow in california. state senator toni atkins will be sworn in tomorrow. when she is, she'll become the first woman as well as the first lesbian to hold that position. she is taking over for kevin deleon. >>> representati

killed by a self driving car earlier this month she was walking her bike across a dark street in tempe arizona. the uber suv hit her. an attorney for her family says the matter has been resolved. no details have been released. uber has suspended all tests of self driving cars. >>> a warning about the future of self driving vehicles, a toyota executive said they could kill hundreds of people per year in the initial stages. toyota north america ceo said the reality is there will be mistakes along the way. >> they say the trade-off will be the elimination of accidents due to driver error which could eventually save 35,000 lives every year. >>> a former prison guard in santa cruz county facing criminal charges for allegedly having sex with one inmate. the guards heard rumors about the officer prompting an investigation. authorities moved into a different job that did not include contact with inmates. he has been fired and arrested now. the sheriff says the stories about him turned out to be credible.>> the investigation determined there was a single sexual contact between him and a female inmate p

. >> reporter: frank, late this afternoon, tempe, arizona, police released a dashcam video from the self-driving uber suv crash. the video stops before the moment of impact when the pedestrian is struck and killed. we also want to mention this uber suv was going about 40 miles per hour. take a look. the video captures the crash from both inside and outside of the self-driving uber suv. in the view looking out, you can see this victim appears from the shadows walking a bike in the road. police initially suggested the woman darted out into the street. the video shows her walking across multiple lanes attract almost reaching the sidewalk. the female driver appears to be looking down at something. she then looks up and appears to take her eyes off the road again for several seconds before she realizes she is about to hit the victim and it's too late. "wall street journal" reporter tim higgins says the video raises questions among experts bus self-driving cars should be able to recognize object and people from far away. >> so for the human eye it looks like she popped out of nowhere and if you or i w

a self driving uber suv struck and killed a woman walking across the street in tempe, arizona overnight person acting as a vehicle operator in the front seat, but no passengers. >> the vehicle was a volvo. it was a self driving vehicle in the autonomous mode at the time. >> reporter: police say the 49- year-old woman was outside of the crosswalk. it's the first known death of a person caused by a driverless car. tim higgins, the auto reporter for "the wall street journal" says regulators and investigators have a lot of questions.

the company had already voluntarily halted all testing after the vehicle killed a woman in tempe, arizonaagen has said its first wave of electric cars will not be as profitable as can -- as combustion engine models. they will be better than the previous battery-powered vehicles. comments in an exclusive interview with bloomberg. $34e are going to spend billion on electrification and a time as driving. we are serious about it. we think it is what the customers are looking for. we will also continue to invest in optimization of our combustion -- portfolio because the foreseeable future combustion will still make up the majority of the market. the number of customers will consider self driving cars. juliette: that is your bloomberg business flash. president donald trump has ordered 60 russian diplomats to leave the country and closed russia's consulate in seattle. his response to the nerve agent attack on the spy in the u.k., it is the largest expulsion in u.s. history. rosalynn matheson joins us for more on the story. we caught up in our ago. how hard did theresa may have to work to get thi

police -- >> reporter: police in tempe arizona say 49-year-old was walking across a busy street, but not in a crosswalk, when an uber smashed into her and killed her. >> the vehicle was traveling at approximately 40 miles per hour. our investigation did not show there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: there was a person behind the wheel for emergency reasons, but it was in self driving mode when it killed the pedestrian. so what exactly went wrong? uber is not yet elaborate on whether there was a problem with the computer or the mechanics of the vehicle. they are also not saying why the human being who was in the car was not able to stop it before the crash. the company said their hearts go out to the victim of the family and they are fully cooperating with local authorities. back in december 2016, uber tried to take it a step further here and will allow autonomous vehicles without drivers in san francisco, but the dmv said no insisting there needs to be a state approval process. 15 months later that process is about to be rolled out. beginning april 2,

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national correspondent. >> a 49-year-old woman was struck and killed in this intersection in tempe, arizona, police say she was not using crosswalk when hit by a self driving uber like this, undergoing testing. investigators say the car was in autonomous mode, with the safety driver behind the wheel. >> it did not show that there was significant signs of the vehicle slows down. >> this is the first with an autonomous vehicle. the company said our hearts go out to the victim's family, we are cooperating with tempe police. >> we are moving more quickly in terms of getting them on a road in a location, where you have people pushing their children? strollers. with the ntsb, set to investigate. uber self driving vehicles are out theed as safe. >> no matter their surroundings -- >> while self driving ubers have been involved in accidents like this one. this is the first tatal ie a-- fatality. >>> all right. turning now to our weather, on this first day of spring that bill, we are far from tulips and sunshine. >> it's sad. and even behind the storm, it does not warm up soon. 65 million people at r

in tempe, arizona.afety driver in the uber vehicle but the autonomous technology was piloting the car. it was a self driving car in self driving mode. the pedestrian struck was in the road and not in the crosswalk from what we have been told. we are still getting details and obviously, this was at night. so, there may be a recording in so i think there will be more information coming at it seems like the first fatality of a pedestrian in a self driving car to date. scarlet: it is interesting for you to say that the pedestrian was not in the crosswalk. because you see the person is doing that. you will be held responsible if you ram the pedestrian regardless of whether the pedestrian was in the wrong. to what extent have -- has programmers thought about how to program for this? the laws buried by state regarding pedestrians in ary by state regarding pedestrians in or out of the crosswalk. cars learn to identify line patterns like crosswalks on the roads. sometimes, it is the challenge of spotting somebod

. >>> police in tempe, arizona have released a dash-cam video from a self driving uber that struck and killed a pedestrian saturday night. the video shows the suv traveling at 40 miles per hour. police initially suggested she darted out into the street, but even so, the car does not detector. in the interior view, you can see the employee behind the wheel. she is seen repeatedly looking down. perhaps toward the consul area of the car, until she suddenly appeared shocked to see the pedestrian right in front of her. >>> congressional leaders reached a agreement on a $1.3 trillion spending plan. the deal would keep government agencies operating through september. it would make good to increase military spending. it also blocks much of the president's immigration agenda. the spending bill comes two days before a friday night deadline to avoid another government shutdown. one senate democrats is optimistic.>> i don't believe you will shutdown. >> reporter: the spending bill still faces opposition from the -- many conservative supporters. >>> now to our weather and the store moving through t

just last week a woman was struck and killed by a driverless car in tempe, arizona. >>> university of california students from all as kcross the state rallied for beddttettetttr education to urge law makes to pass legislation giving students more stability. they must take a hard look at how they're spending money before they endorse tuition hikes. >> state of california should make investigations and see where the money is going, because we have the money. it's just not being distributed properly. >> governor brown's budget proposal would give the uc system a 3% increase. uc officials say it's not enough and they're requesting $1,505 million in additional funds. >>> tech giant executive says a problem is at crisis levels. he says homelessness costs the county more than $500 million each year. >>> the work of a husband and wife team from the bay area is raising hopes for some of the youngest victims of disease in the developing world. their non-profit is centered in mali. and according to a newly-published study, their strategy could have a revolutionary effect on childhood survival. >

.>> reporter: a self driving uber suv struck and killed a woman walking across the street in tempe arizona. a person acting as a vehicle operator in the front seat but no passengers.>>> it was a self driving vehicle. it was in the autonomous mode at the time.>> reporter: 49- year-old was outside of the crosswalk. the first known death of a person caused by a driverless car. -- regulators and investigators have a lot of questions.>>> that the system see the person on the road. if it's all the person what did it decide to do? not to take action or did it decide to do something that was a breakdown?>> reporter: they have suspended the self driving test in phoenix toronto and san francisco. it comes to weeks before the california dmv is set to begin approving applications and issuing permits to manufacturers to test autonomous vehicles without a person inside. right now driverless cars can only be tested with human backup drivers. the dmv spokeswoman said they can issue driverless testing permits a starting april 2 they are not required to do so. it doesn't mean a manufacturer will be approved

the fatal accident happened in tempe, arizona, overnight. police say the car was in auto mode with a person behind the wheel and a woman walking outside a crosswalk was hit. uber tweeted this statement. our hearts go out to the victim's family, we are fully cooperating with authorities as they investigate the incident. the company has suspended the program in all cities. >>> work is underway to find the source of a massive fire in north beach. kpix 5 reporter, anne makovec says there continues to be questions about the fire department's response to the blaze. >>> union street here behind me is still closed down, and the building is standing, as you can see here behind me. through the windows, you can see the extent of the damage as the investigation into the cause of this fire continues. as fire restoration workers arrived today to begin their work, north beach neighbors came by to see the damage for themselves. >> i'm very sad to see this. i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: this fire tore through the 3-story building at columbus and u

. >> a 49-year-old woman crossing a street outside of a crosswalk in tempe, arizona, last night was hitnd killed by an uber experimental suv. >> it was a self driving vehicle. it was in the autonomous mode at the time. >> reporter: the accident is believed to be the first self driving car death. uber tweeted they are thinking of the victim's family as they work with local law enforcement to understand what happened. the uber company stopped their driverless testing programs nationwide, including tests in san francisco, arizona and pittsburgh. and now, putting a brakes on the race to driveless cars to market. >> we need to make sure that safeguards are put in place so that the american public is not serving as crash-test-dummies. >> reporter: in san francisco where self drying cars have been transporting people, it said that makes you uneasy. >> you never know if it will stop at the red light. >> i think they need to be tested more. it's hard to tell if a car is going to be able to tell spacing. >> tonight, some consumer watch dog groups are also questioning whether the rush to be the fi

it was caught on dash cam video in tempe, arizona. uber was said to be at fault. reuters is reporting that uber agreed to a settlement with the family to avoid a long legal battle. the terms of the settlement have not been released . >>> a new flock of wheels hit the bay area. electric scooters you can rent from a company called bird. they are popping up all over right now. maria medina reports, now the city's are trying to figure out what to do about them. >> reporter: for just one dollar $.15 a minute thereafter, a motorized scooter could be yours to rent. >> reduce traffic and carbon emissions. >> reporter: and helping the environment. >> it's clear people in san francisco and i think throughout the country hate two things, traffic and polluting the environment with cars. >> reporter: bird dropped off 200 electric scooters over the weekend. >> we were told shortly before they were dropped off. >> reporter: the city of san jose had no idea it was getting scooters until right before the drop off. while they encourage other modes of transportation other than the c

tempe arizona police department says investigators from the national transportation safety board began to collect data from the car. they also examined the site of the crash and obtained video from a dashboard camera. the driverless car hit and killed a woman sunday night. investigators say she was walking her bike across the street and may have suddenlyappeared from shadows of the center median. she was not in a crosswalk. there was an uber operator in the car stet time and the investigators -- at the time and the investigators say the operate over was not impaired. >>> toyota is suspending testing of the driverless cars. they are the first major automaker to halt the testing. a company spokesman sites the ehe -- cites the emotional death of the -- effects of the arizona death. they didn't say how long it will last. >>> it's 4:37. president trump met with conservative politicians talking about sanctuary cities. trump administration is cracking down on cities that don't cooperate with federal immigration officials. there are people in the country illegally that are "bad actors, predato

let's go to tempe, arizona, where the recent news of a fatal accident of an autonomous vehicle, a person was crossing the road. here is a look. explain exactly what happened. we saw the outside view of the pedestrian walking a bike across the street and the internal shot of the car. what happened? guest: it looks like it was a failure of the hardware or the software, and the human backup driver as well. the system should have picked up the person crossing the street just as an object in the street if nothing else. there was multiple system failures. host: one of the headlines that comes out of it is -- what has been the fallout? guest: uber has suspended its own av testing, and other companies using the same software has suspended their testing as well. companies like way mel have doubled down and are moving forward -- waymo have doubled down and are moving forward. host: this particular car had a driver in it. what does that mean to the concept of an autonomous car? guest: the driver is a backup system because autonomous -- fortunately, that did not happen. part of the question about th

briefing a couple of weeks ago before one of uber's autonomous cars hit and killed a pedestrian in tempe, arizona, sunday night. police say elaine herzberg was not in a crosswalk when an uber suv hit and killed her at 40 miles an hour. they haven't determined cause of the accident. >> the reason that there's a requirement to have a human inside the vehicle is to try to act as a fail-safe to stop these types of accidents. >> reporter: but before too long, california will allow autonomous vehicles to be driverless. this event will last all afternoon and includes safety demonstrations. mayor farrell invited 50 autonomous tech companies to be here today. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> a shake-up for the president's legal team. president trump's lead attorney handling the special counsel's inquires has resigned. john dowd has been helping the president navigation robert mueller's probe into alleged mission meddling in the 2016 election. the "washington post" said the president lost confidence in dowd's ability to handle the investigation. apparently dowd was frustrated with the president's

. >> reporter: police in tempe, arizona say 49-year-old elaine herzbe rg was walking her bicycle acrosshe street. she died at the hospital when the car crashed into her. >> the car was traveling approximately 40 miles an hour. our investigation did not show there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: authorities say there was a person behind the wheel for emergency reasons, but the vehicle was in self- driving or autonomous mode when it killed the pedestrian. what exactly what went wrong? uber is not elaborating whether there is a problem with the computer, the mechanics of the vehicle. they're also not saying why the human beings who were in the car were not able to stop it before the crash. our hearts goas to the victim's family the company said in a statement. we are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident. back in december 2016, uber tried to take it a step further here and roll out autonomous vehicles without drivers in san francisco. but the dmv said no insisting there needs to be a state approval process. that pr

uber car in self-driving mode hit and killed a woman crossing the street outside a crosswalk in tempe, arizona. it's incidents like these that make people like kevin skeptical about whether self- driving cars will ever be safe enough. >> to me of it's almost impossible. i just don't see it happening -- to me it's almost impossible. i just don't see it happening unless every car is autonomous. >> reporter: the san francisco police department did not comment. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix5. >>> paul, i don't think anybody is complaining about this weather. it's been beautiful. >> it's perfect. it's not hot yet. the rain has stopped. we got a good chunk of rain for march. it's no complaint weather. 60 degrees in concord currently, 60 in san jose, good sleeping weather, maybe leave the windows open, san francisco 65, comfy tonight, 47 in san rafael, livermore, fairfield and concord, san francisco and oakland low 50s. the radar is clear through the holiday weekend assuming no more rain for march. we did well. 33% above average in san jose, 60% above average in livermore and 43% above average

. >> reporter: a 49-year-old woman was struck and killed in this intersection in tempe, arizona. police say she was not using the crosswalk when hit by a self-driving uber like this one undergoing testing. investigators say the car was in autonomous mode with a safety driver behind the wheel. >> our investigation did not show at this time that there were significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: this is the first pedestrian death by an autonomous vehicle on a public road. today uber suspended testing of self-driving vehicles in tempe, pittsburgh, san francisco and toronto. the company saying, our hearts go out to the victim's family. we're fully cooperating with tempe police. >> we are definitely moving much too quickly in terms of getting these things on the road in a location where you have pedestrians, where you have bicyclists, where you have people pushing children in strollers. >> reporter: with the ntsb set to investigate uber self-driving vehicles are touted by the company as safe. >> no matter their surroundings, these vehicles never get distracted. >>

kris van cleave is near the crash scene in tempe, arizona. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police say the woman came from this median and quickly veered out into traffic. she may not have given the vehicle enough time to be able to stop or avoid her. now, once the national transportation safety board is here on scene, one of the things they'll look at is if all the technology on board the self-driving car should have detected that she was coming. tempe, arizona, police say uber's suv was operating in autonomous mode with a human backup driver when it struck and killed 49-year-old elaine herzberg. initial indications were the uber was traveling northbound just under 40 miles per hour when herzberg attempted to walk her bicycle across the road from west to east. she was at least 60 yards from the crosswalk when she was struck and killed. >> our investigation did not show at this time that there was significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. >> reporter: friends say herz be reg struggled with homelessness. >> she was trying to

police in tempe arizona released the dash cam video from a self-driving uber car that hit and killed a pedestrian late sunday night. the video shows the suv going about 40 miles an hour. one camera shows the victim come out of the shadows jaywalking with a bike in the middle of the road. right there. now police at first suggested maybe she darted out into the streets, but even so the car didn't detect her being there. in the interior view, the uber employee gets behind the wheels and she is seen looking down repeatedly sometimes it looks like she is looking at the console until she appears shocked to see the pedestrian in front of her. >>> the man ncaa sweet 16 begins today. it is a disappointing time for st. mary's though. not only did they miss out on the big dance now they missed a chance to go to new york madison square garden in the n.i.t. they lost to utah in overtime in the quarter finals of the n.i.t. it was st. mary's second defeat at home and it was a close game throughout. 14 ties, 9 lead changes st. mary's struggled at the end as utah pulled away in overtime. st. mary's f

uber car in self- driving mode hit and killed a woman crossing the street outside a crosswalk in tempe, arizona. it's incidents like these that make people like kevin skeptical about whether self- driving cars will ever be safe enough. >> to me it's almost impossible. i don't see it happening unless every car was awe -- autonomous. >> reporter: cruise said the driver inside the vehicle is now responsible for the citation. san francisco police did not comment on the case. >> in tempe we saw there was a driver aboard who apparently did nothing or did very little it looks from the video. the company claims in this case the human test driver did everything right, but police still issued the ticket. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. so cruise says because the vehicle was 10.8 feet away from the pedestrian, that was a safe enough distance where the pedestrian was never in harm. even though all drivers are in the car to make sure all the laws are followed, this driver in cruise's opinion did nothing wrong. obviously police think otherwise. back to you. >> jackie ward in san francisco, thanks. >>> more

moment a pedestrian suddenly appears before being hit and killed by a self-driving uber suv in tempe, arizona, on sunday. >> but it's not fair to the pedestrian to say that they were automatically at fault. >> reporter: while police say elaine herreraberg was elaine herzburg was in the road, it's not an open-and-shut case. two experts believe the autonomous vehicle's laser and radar sensors should have spotted herzburg and the bike she was walking in time to brake. there was a drive in the suv also captured on video who was seen looking down, then suddenly startled. police say the suv was going 40 miles an hour when it hit herzburg and showed no significant signs of slowing down. >> did it operate as intended in and the person inside the vehicle, was he paying attention? >> reporter: clark says the pedestrian and the uber could be blamed. this will be a bench mark case for states and jurisdictions. >> the reason there's a human inside the vehicle is a fail- safe to stop these types of accidents. >> reporter: starting next month, california will allow autonomous vehicles on the streets without

the company had been testing self-driving cars in san francisco, tempe, arizona, pittsburgh and toronto. >>> tesla stock took a big dip today after the ntsb announced they would send investigators to look into a deadly car crash on 101 in mountain view last friday. it's still unclear if the automated control system was active during that crash. the chp, by the way, is also conducting its own investigation. >>> a crackdown on crime. today b.a.r.t. police announce arrests last year were up dramatically because of a change in strategy, but have all those arrests made riders safer? nbc bay area sam brock breaks down the numbers. he joins us live from san francisco's glenn park station. sam, what did you find out? >> reporter: janelle, good evening. you talk about a change in strategy, police are really targeting more visibility of officers not just at stations but on trains as well. that has led to increased arrests of almost 40% year over year, but more violent crimes also up and the reason behind that, cell phones. demanding a departure from the crime-spiking norm. b.a.r.t. says it's maki

. >>> an autonomous car operated by uber hit and killed a woman walking on a street in tempe, arizona. this is the dashcam video just into the newsroom. the woman was walking across the street with a bicycle three nights ago in an area without a crosswalk. there was an emergency backup driver inside, but they were unable to stop the car in time. the death is said to be the first ever involving self- driving technology. ans home and hospital... >>> the hazmat situation in menlo park had crews zeroed in on one particular closet. it happened at a veterans home and hospital near the corner of willow and perimeter roads. chopper 5 overhead about 2:30 this afternoon. crews in white hazmat suits had the parking lot roped off. it started when a cleaning crew noticed a strong smell coming from a locked closet. been the smell was strong enough that some of the workers felt sick. crews never found anything dangerous, however, and everyone has been allowed back inside. >>> here in the bay area a thief snatches a laptop from a starbucks customer, but she wasn't giving it up without a fight. you ca

settlement with the family of elaine bird who was struck and killed by a so-called self driving park in tempe arizona earlier this month the terms were not disclosed who were likely was motivated to make the quick settlement to prevent the say the setting of a precedent with regard to liability in any future cases video from the incident shows herzberg hit by headlights as she pushed a bike across the street and the car's occupants looking the other way arizona governor doug doocy suspended car testing program. and here to discuss crypto currency issues and block change and much more is the bitcoin queen of switzerland all the felde meyer who's the c.e.o. and founder of smart valor all got thanks for being here or you just completed your krypto summit there tell us about it what were the highlights. hello bart nice to be here again well cripps assignment became one of the largest conference in europe in the blog chain. this year and it's been very special because this time also swiss politician and policy makers state secretary joint life it's a conference and this itself is actually quite a statemen

it happened around 10-pm in tempe, arizona - and appears to be the first known death of a pedestrian hit by an autonomous car on a public road. there was a human safety driver at the wheel when it happened... uber has now suspended testing of its self-driving cars not only in tempe....but here in san francisco - its headquarters. also pittsburgh and toronto. police in tempe today were asked if there are any preliminary findings on who's at fault... sgt. elcock - we hate to draw conclusion. there's no conclusion. that will come after the investigation. but again, the vehicle was traveling northbound and the pedestrian was outside the crosswalk. so it was mid-block. and as soon as she entered traffic she was hit that was traveling northbound. northbound. just this month in california - the state said that in april it would start allowing companies to test autonomous vehicles without anyone behind the wheel. that's something arizona was already doing. but this incident could force some changes. uber meantime has released a statement...saying "out hearts go out to the victim's family." a

the vehicle hit and killed a woman in tempe, arizona.bank is considering candidates to potentially replace john cryan. according to the times of london, the bank approached the head of goldman sachs' international operations. deutsche bank also considered unicredit ceo and a standard chartered's the winters. deutsche bank declined to comment on the report. the newspaper said it goldman sachs also declined to comment. that is the bloomberg business flash. francine: thank you and now let's talk m&a, glaxosmithkline has agreed to sell the joint venture and this gives glaxo full control of the business, which owns brands, including teraflu cold medicine. shares in both companies are trading higher this morning. for more on this, let's get the senior pharmaceutical analyst. donald have lucy mac and miek bell. does this make sense for both companies strategically? -- thiswas an uaction overn auction hanging their heads this year. the fence they have done it clears it out of the way and it is a good price, we think. 18.4 about 18.3 times to tim

weekend where a pedestrian in arizona was killed, hit and killed by an autonomous vehicle in tempe, arizona. this is very unfortunate loss of life. we express our condolences to her family and the community. it is good that uber has now suspended testing not only in arizona but also in california. another part of my report here mentions that in late february prior to last weekend's fatal crash, the california department of motor vehicles established new regulations for testing and deployment of driverless autonomous vehicles. this would be the ability to have these vehicles operate without a human driver behind the wheel. the d.m.v. may begin issuing permits on april 2, subject to the permit conditions being met by the applicants. these permit conditions include the manufacturer's submittal of a law enforcement interaction plan. as you may have seen, earlier in march, mayor farrel did issue a call to any manufacturer company who is testing or planning to come in for a permit to please contact the city and demonstrate the vehicles and to engage in a collaborative engagement and conversation

exchange for access to chinese markets it was bound to happen an autonomous car has killed a woman in tempe arizona the news comes as regulators and carmakers have been increasing research and development of autonomous vehicles the vehicle of volvo operated by the right hailing company hit a woman when she was jaywalking while this appears to be the first fatality of a pedestrian a driver in an autonomous to engaged. love was killed back in twenty sixteen hoover has halted the company's self driving testing program. and in other auto news a u.s. senate hearing on air bags today in washington examined that pakatan airbag inflator recalls the most extensive recall in auto history that many lawmakers have complained is moving too slowly infect our two americas learned that one of the hundreds of thousands of vehicles with the problem that air base airbag million light without an accident due to high humidity and deterioration that some auto owners have been informed of the problem without the automaker providing any solutions whatsoever one such automaker is a lincoln motor company which r t america's