travis kalanick. when is he coming back? i don't know. one of my responsibility is?e when he comes back. >> and we are a very weak board please come. >> so the person that they want. >> and then to add that to his portfolio. >> one name that has been floated is the heir apparent. and run say complicated mission and the kind of person he would do that. >> no? no thank you. >> but there are different types of people to be in this situation would be like the former ceo of ford he has complex organizations better know how old he is he does not need that recognition. >>. >> so you have had this amazing opportunity there you are inside uber so with these unique ceos?. >> there is a lot of similarities jobs prided himself to break the rules bar jams small. and so i wrote a thing this morning and that is a very telling response. but i reflected in the book and again that i don't think he has grasped that but in fairness from storytelling perspective that was one of his lines he made it werke was steve jobs in you hear the stories of people being screened negative that is not

she has spoken positively about travis kalanick in the past.ric -- ericw newcomer is chasing down. what do you know? eric: i am skeptical that marissa will be the next ceo of uber. think she ist seriously in the mix. she came out and defended travis very publicly and a lot of people at uber were wondering what was going on, it seemed tone deaf to the situation. a lot of the names we are hearing are people without real gigs. i think it will take some time for uber to land on that. they're keeping a pretty secret and they are looking at top executives in airlines, that type of global operation. i think that is where we are going to look. it is possible there is a tech exec. there are a lot of jobs available, ceo, cfo, chairperson -- we will get a mix of characters. we will have to wait. it is very much a live process. emily: a name you floated was former disney ceo tom stagg. we will continue to watch your reporting, eric newcomer. caroline hyde in london, and ceo david kirkpatrick, you are sticking with me. snape reversed recent losses, rising 3

other recommendations would've included the firing of the seal but the precise wording to the travis kalanick emails said he is taking a leave of absence of undetermined length. it could be monday over 2019. and to be continued to be involved with the most strategic decisions. i read an ad as he is now leaving for stepping down and all. so it is not over. >> so many giveback to be a dia i've had parts of that reading to me avifauna breakneck speed and all kinds of things as the quintessence of silicon valley concentrates itself with one company so you think he is still in power?. >> i don't know how much but even what we saw yesterday there's clear evidence he is . i cannot quantify or qualify the set i will be involved in the most teachers decisions. how could he have known? i think we have known for quite a while that he has the ability to control of board through his shares than he had to acquiesce whatever they decided i think if he had his druthers he would not have gone at all. that is where he was six weeks ago. >> gore in tow line 30 that morning. >> things changed and he acquiesced t

do i report to travis kalanick but he's not here, when is he coming back? i don't know. what are my specific responsibilities? they're going to be d's. how do iknow that's not going to change when travis comes back wes and mark . >> we're a week board and we've never stopped in before, we're complicit in all this activity, please, >> there's a person you want once to bc eo not coo . >>who would you pick, two names . >> i mean, ... >> we just added that to his portfolio. you got one? we just added it to his portfolio but go ahead. >> added to his portfolio running uber, that's a great idea. two people who, one of the names has been floated, former air appearance at disney. staggs area he's the guy was a business guy who's run a complicated operation and done a very diplomatic guy, you can see him on stage. he'sthe kind of person who would do it and work . >>. >> in what sense. >> know he doesn't want it? good. >> no thank you. >> maybe he has enough money in the vault, i don't know. >> but again, i'm talking about types of people, type of person would beperfect in this sit

ceo andst month, uber cofounder travis kalanick resigned.hat sparked a broader discussion about silicon valley. hashead of 500 startups stepped down following claims of sexual harassment. reep.g entry, "i'm a c sorry." some commentators say that the tide may be turning. celebrate july 4, watching or setting off their own fireworks is among the most patriotic and expensive activities. last year, american consumers spent $825 million on fireworks. that does not include the fireworks for impressive formal displays organized by cities. the sector has grown steadily for over two decades. it is not just american retailers reading the benefit. according to the american pyrotechnics association, more than 95% of america's fireworks are, in fact, made in china. a contradictory message, perhaps. laura: to celebrate their independence day with lots of fireworks displays. thanks very much, kate moody. we are taking a short break.

there officially being run by a 14 person committee, the with the departure a travis kalanick last monthere is very much a leadership vacuum that they need to plug in quickly. we've heard they are looking at hoping to name a new ceo by around labor day. vonnie: why would jeff ml to be a good match -- jeff immelt be a good match? he doesn't seem to have found any success with ge. >> that's true. he did not have the same reputation as his predecessor -- he'sch, but he's still a respectable ceo who ran a 200 plus billion dollars market cap company, and they are really looking for somebody with a lot of experience who can restore confidence in the business, prepare the company for an ipo, and then take it public. so they are looking for titans of industry, as we said, to do that. vonnie: it seems so odd to be talking through traditional ceo names for a company like uber. we appreciate it. bloomberg tech reporter, mark milian. up, electric cars affordable for more households is pivotal for tesla to reach the mass market. we discuss, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: tesla shares up 1%. we wi

travis kalanick, uber guy, the next steve jobs?ted uber chief wants to make a triumphant return to uber just like steve jobs did after being fire by apple s. that a realistic comparison? we will certainly ask the question in just a moment. >> thank you, judge. hi. i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. stuart: i don't believe this is having any impact on stock prices, but we did touch $50 a barrel for oil very briefly recently. now it's $49.52. >>> there's an -- it's a web site called recode, very well thought of in the tech world, recode. they report that travis kalanick is planning a triumphant, quote, steve jobs-like return to uber one day. what exactly is recode saying? >> he's saying, quote, he wants to be st

funding shared stories of investor justin callbeck, making unwanted sexual advances, uber's ceo, travis kalanick resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment and sexism, creating a toxic culture at the company. >>> good news for breast cancer patients, new guidelines issued this afternoon say patients with early stage disease should all get a new test, this test can identify who can safely avoid a toxic treatment. veronica de la cruz joins us with that story. >> reporter: many breast cancer patients undergo chemotherapy after surgery to avoid the risk of the cancer coming back, but now a new test can tell whether or not women can skip the chemo. nicky was diagnosed with early stage invasive breast cancer in 2009, she had surgery, clinically she should have gotten theme therapy. >> made to throw everything in the kitchen sink at cancer. >> reporter: her doctor examined with a new test analyzing the molecular biology and not the stage of the cancer. the results found nicky could safely skip chemo. >> we can get a genetic typing of your actual cancer, the biology of yours. >> reporter: the americ

. >> mcclure is the latest silken valley like uber travis kalanick to lose his job because of his treatment of women. big round of layoffs may be coming to microsoft. the tech news website says microsoft is planning to lay off thousands of employees worldwide times this week layoffs in an effort to focus on cloud surfaces microsoft does have an office in mounen view. >> this year's fourth of july holiday has special meaning today they became u.s. citizens aboard the u.s. agency hornet in alameda. >> the constitution and the laws. >> of the united states of america. >> united states of the united states of america. >> talk about the hero pirt of 76 that's how many people took the on the ground from two dozen countries china the most represented by the philippines abindia and mexico. >> to be a u.s. citizen safest place in the world. >> you can relax and enjoy your life here. >> it's been a kwhiel since uss hornet hosted a swearing in. the last time was july 3rd, 2006. >> heading into the july 4th holiday, the question is will the weather cooperate? here is a live look over frist. you can't s

whittman says she is committed to hp uber still look for ceo after the controversial departure of travis kalanick. >>> big brother is watching or nntsds case is a company in skaul called three square market announced begins offering kpees a work issued microchild support implant. no kidding. the first company to do so as far as we know. no need for key card it would give employees access to the building without the hassle of multiple keys or badges. >> convenient. i mean that's going to be the buzz word that goes with it. essentially going to eliminate the need of you carrying your wallet anywhere. >> sounds a little fishy, rob. the microship is about the size of a grain of rice you can see it there implanted between the thumb and forefinger. if we get that i think i might pass on that that one robbed mayeda is with us we are getting hot tomorrow. >> another spread of temperatures over the next seven days. a lot of spots over 90 degrees. let's look back since of beginning of june first how many 100 degree days since last year by the numbers days over 90 degrees the column on the right. this year

what is uber's path now that travis kalanick has departed?sat down with the west coast head of is this at the convention in boston. eric began by asking about prospects for growth. we see growth accelerating. eric: and how fast? >> i cannot share that today. but it is at a very good clip. eric: and how much of a threat does lyft pose in the business travel market in america? a globalnk about it on scale. we are trying to solve problems for business travelers. this is travelers care about having a solution in every market they travel in. we are in 450 plus cities, 70 plus countries. when you land in one of those cities or countries, you want to be able to quick a button and get the service you are used to. eric: but either i am a consumer or a company. >> expectations are even higher for business travelers. the expectations of companies are higher. the expectation is you are able to manage the policies. the expectation is you can report on the data as it lows in. the expectation is that you can have more control as a business to know where you

ceo travis kalanick may be trying to return to his job.ources say kalanick is steve jobs eight by later rejoining the company. the leadership shakeup not stopping this company. rolling out some interesting new features. the u.s. customers with her crazed as the issuer. it will be available this fall according to barclays. liz also reportedly working on a credit card payments will do the same thing. get ready for some uber and lift points. finally, "dunkirk" does it again. the box office for a second make it or beat out the abu "emojis" movie and brought in another 28 million, growth over 100 million overall. came in second with 25 points $7 million. a favorite line from the movie, i have more than one emotion. get it? no? okay, never mind. dagen: i can't wait to see "dunkirk." i want to nominate marie claire magazine for the tweet of the entire weekend. here's what it said. it was about "dunkirk." it seems like an excuse for men to celebrate maleness and don't they do that enough already. that was the tweet by marie claire about war heroes

. ♪ recent scandals and the resignation of ceo travis kalanick.fety issues. the ride hail iing company hire bozoma saint john to help turn around the company's image. we sat down with her the other day to find out why she's fearless in her new job. you're coming at a really dicey time when the brand is under fire, there are company sightings of sexual harassment, driving safety is a concern. you knew all that going in, but you said, i want that job, which i think says something about you. >> probably. probably i'm not afraid. i've never been afraid of anything. i see potential. i see opportunity. there are certainly things that i don't condone, i'm not comfortable with, i'm not okay with. but i think representation matters too. >> reporter: as chief brand officer bozoma saint john says she'll work on building a relationship with uber and its customers. they recently fire 20d employees after 200 investigations of claims into sexual harassment and misconduct. last month ceo travis kalanick resigned. >> imi'm not naive about those at all and, again,

they will name travis kalanick's successor by september.urs a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. david: thanks. right, let's have a look at aia shares, down by 1.25%. the third heaviest weighted stocks on the hang seng. up close to 40% in the first half. it is the world's second-biggest insurer. not a lot. nothing to write home about. with look under the hood steve lamb. nice to see you. we are looking at the business in china and hong kong as key drivers. >> that's right. keymargin expansion is the that brought the beat to the street estimates. the first quarter results came out a couple of months ago, so most of that is within the second quarter. was 27%,ed growth which was similar to a year ago, but the street was banking in a lower number, so that is where the beat came from. david: talk to us about the markets. southeast asia was not as strong. thailand not a strong as expected? >> that's right. i would have expected the margin to remain well. growth in thailand was qui

emily: us talk about travis kalanick getting the -- getting legal representation.orter: two attorneys from attorneyformer u.s. who dealt with what color crime. obviously, he needs his own counsel now that he is not the ceo of the company. he has different interests, and needs his own advisors. emily: how serious could this impact travis personally? reporter: right now, it is a civil lawsuit. we have no signs that it escalates to -- it is about uber. uber is named and he has a big stake in uber. we have to wait and see whether anything else comes of it. emily: the problems facing uber are many. ceo,lawsuit, lack of a cultural issues. do you think that uber's culture can be fixed? guest: i think any culture can be fixed. certainly this one can. may be any culture could not, but if they copy with enormous momentum, with than tet -- if a company with enormous moment -- in ournterest enormous a compliment. -- accomplishments. you need someone who can rally the troops. that would be hard for anybody. i would imagine that uber is a highly demoralized company. because the

wrote that incredible blog post about her year at uber, which launched the decline and fall of travis kalanickomen have started to come out and not talk in vague generalities, but usernames on the record and name the people who harass them. there has been an explosion over the last two weeks in silicon valley over this. job so been lost. there will be more explosions because women are going to keep talking about this. more names will come out and more jobs will be lost. >> what i am fascinated with is whether this is something that is been talked about in europe much. i have been in silicon valley for a few months, but it does not feel like perhaps we will get the exposure here. and i'm wrong? >> i'm afraid you are wrong. mentionednce that joe to the fact there are way more men than women in the vc industry in the tech industry as it is in europe an as it is in the u.s. this issue of imbalance i'm afraid will be the same here as well. caroline: you think therefore they are jobs that need to be lost in europe and asia to start to see the harassment element start to come away, but also the discr

incredible blog post about her year at uber, which launched, really, the decline and fall of travis kalanicke ceo, that women have started to come out and not talk in vague generalities, but use their names, so they are on the record, and named the people who harassed them, the men who harassed them. it has been an explosion over the last two weeks in silicon valley over this, and jobs have been lost. there are going to be more explosions because women are going to keep talking about this and more names are going to come out and more jobs are going to be lost. caroline: i'm fascinated with whether this is something that has been talked about in europe much. i've been in silicon valley for a few months, but it doesn't feel like we are going to get the explosions here that you are seeing in silicon valley. am i entirely wrong? martin: i'm afraid you are wrong. i think the imbalance of power that joe mentioned, between the fact that there are way more men than women, especially in the vc industry, but in the tech industry as a whole, is as true in europe as in the u.s. the issue of the imbalanc

softbank plans to take a big stake in uber, that some uber investors wanted this to happen and travis kalanick started negotiating this before it resigned. what do we know? >> it is interesting to see how son has been interested in this ride hailing business. td is the biggest player in china with $5 billion in the company. he has looked at southeast asia. uber would add to that and give them a global presence in ride hailing. it is unclear whether antitrust regulators would be ok with that or if uber's backers would be ok with the deal. emily: we will keep watching. tokyo, introm from town. paul sweeney of bloomberg intelligence, thanks so much for joining us. snap deal has rejected a $950 million acquisition from a rival. the two biggest local players in india's e-commerce discussed joining forces to compete against amazon. softbank owns a most a third of snap deal. snap deal opted to sell off assets. coming up, podcast efforts. what it means for the potential ipo. we are live streaming on twitter oombergtechtv. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: a stock we are watching, pandora shares surging as

emily: what do you imagine travis kalanick is thinking now?is still on the board, still the biggest shareholder. >> i think he was caught out of the loop on this. i put that in the story. there is this question of what he thinks now. we are getting to a moment on softbank where uber is competing less directly with some of softbank's investments. they cut a deal with didi. that is not softbank but there is a pathway to be local market players. softbank is covering some of these investments. it could be somebody else. there are other investors in the mix. i am trying to figure out who they are. please call me. emily: what is your take, cory? cory: you could certainly be invested in the number one and number two or three. the fact that they are invested in a number of these companies does not mean they have to pick the winner. they like the sector and see the growth. i loved seeing the numbers yesterday because it let us see how big the business is in russia and countries around there. so many countries are seeing these businesses grow so fast. y

goober could have a new ceo by early september to replace travis kalanick. the company is a short list of potential candidates according to many sources can make whitman, ceo of hewlett-packard enterprise. she previously is committed to hpe. it's unclear who else is on the shortlist. transfer interesting to find out to get the job. is this thing people use to clean the house called the roomba. there are concerns about privacy invasion would not be not your home. what's going on here? >> your roomba maps your home and plans to sell about now. colin angle, the ceo and crater formed by says there's an entire ecosystem of things and services for smartphone can once you have a rich map of the home that the user has allowed to be shared. i robot could sell such data to companies like apple, amazon and google pair company alphabet. this brings that major privacy concerns. cheryl: everything from her home connected. it turns out lip is testing out a new feature on customers than it sounds kind of fun. >> this is a great idea. he may soon be able to add taco mode whe

also yesterday the ceo of uber, this guy travis kalanick, after months of scandals and declining marketannounced he's stepping down. he's leaving his post as ceo. he told "the new york time," "i love uber more than anything in the world."s," "i love uber more than anything in the world," "i love uber more than anything in the worlds," "i st the beginning of a much g n larger campaign to rebrand uber and get back to basics. and their new service i think does exactly that. >> at uber we've lost the trust of our customers. so we're getting back to basics. presenting uber yellow. >> downtown? >> at uber yellow we know you don't mind paying a little more even if it means less comfort and safety. [ tires squealing ] with uber yellow there's no need to download a confusing app. just wave at one of our cars as they pass. how easy is that? uber yellow drivers aren't distracted by gps. >> hey, hey, hey. >> and with identity theft on the rise, you'll feel safe knowing uber yellow takes cash only. uber yellow. it's a cab, dumb-ass. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: they knew we'd come

>>> speaking of drivers, the new executive at uber says former ceo travis kalanick cast, quote, be redeemednick resigned last month after several scandals at the company. francis is the new vice president of leadership and strategy. she recently spoke on a podcast and she says he knows the history of the company and his successor will get wisdom from him. kalanick remains on the board. >>> twitter says its crackdown is working. it takes ten times the action, but they didn't say how big a problem online harassment is for the network. >>> coming up, could we have back-to-back major winners round 2 under way as we speak right now. and it must be something in the water. ex-giant fan favorite why sergio romo won't be in any dodger post-season run. coming up. >> but first, what's cool about your summer camp? email your nomination to us at coolcamps@kpix.com, and we may feature your camp on the thursday morning show. (man) hmm. what do you think? ♪ (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ (store p.a.) attention shoppers, there's a lost couple in the men's department. (vo) there's a great big un-khaki world out

last month its ceo travis kalanick resigned. i'm not naive. those things are very serious.in, it's about trying to be the representation for what i want to see. you know? interchange. >> mm-mm. >> i want thing to be great for people of color and women to did to work do our best work and be appreciated for that work. >> mm-hm. >> so if i can contribute to that. and it's not going to be easy, there's going to be lots of challenges. i'm sure there will be frustrating days and days i'll cry, i don't mind my crying, but i'm hopeful. >> when you think of silicon valley you don't think of women and diversity. you've checked to boxes there. >> i'm checking all the boxes. it's true. it feels like another opportunity. you know? it feels like the immigration story. you know? in colorado springs, colorado, my family moved there we were the first type of family in colorado springs but by the time i went to college there were four or five families there. i feel the same way now. i have already seen it happen. so if i'm there, people can see me, maybe you'll come along, too. >> mm-hm. >>

look at uber, for example, what happened when travis kalanick did 10% of what scaramucci did, the board got together and fired him. this is what any sensible board would have done. you can't tolerate this. if this happens at any company, the company will literally go bankrupt. ceos, they're paid to motivate, inspire and to get the people working as teams. we don't do that by getting into back-stabbing each other. >> vivek, it has to, you would think, impact recruitment. if i'm looking at this in company terms, who is coming to work for this firm if they realize there's no job stability and that the president won't reprimand someone who publicly trashes you, with whom you work. >> michael, imagine if you were in the white house today. you would be worried about your own job. you would be getting your resuÉe together and you would be looking for another job. you would be worried about getting stabbed in the back yourself. because when you see it happening to your peers, you worry about your own job. in any company morale goes down dramatically. people are not only worry about their jobs,

. >>> uber has reportedly approached jeff immelt for the job previously held by travis kalanick that'sccording to the journal. this as meg whitman flatly denies her interest in the position uber's ceo will not be meg whitman. and as the company attempts to rebuild their imagine, chief brand officer sat down with cbs and was asked whether kalanick leaving was difficult for her. >> was travis leaving the company difficult? >> yes yes. i think it's difficult anytime there is real significant change in a culture you know bad or good. so, you have to recalibrate -- people have to find new direction, new ways of mofing, ways of working. i see potential, i see opportunity. there are certainly things that have happened that i don't condone, that i'm not comfortable, that i'm not okay with but i think representation matters, too >> the search committee over at uber includes kalanick and arianna huffington the immelt news raised a lot of eyebrows he is only 61. unlikely to just go off into the pasture. >> certainly, the ability to undertake some other new project like this -- i just think that t

alphabet is asking a judge to force uber to turn over an investor letter asking its former ceo travis kalanickgn. according to to a tech website, the letter could have key information that may help alphabet in its legal lawsuit with uber. they say a former engineer stole trade secrets and patents about its self-driving car company and brought them to uber. in a filing yesterday, uber said the letter is not relevant and only briefly mentioned the lawsuit. >>> later today, the state's attorney general is going against valero's expansion plans. he says if it's approved he claims it could mean higher gas prices. jessica flores is live in benicia to tell us what's planned for today. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. valero has a huge presence here in benicia, but they want to expand to richmond and martinez buying petroleum terminals in those cities. but the attorney general xavier becerra says not so fast. he wants to block the move. his office has filed an antitrust lawsuit saying if the sale is proved all petroleum terminals in northern california would be controlled by refineries. he says that

they are looking to replace the chief executive officer travis kalanick who resigned last month.hey hope to fill the position by september. >>> it's almost back to school time. this morning, some families in the east bay are getting much needed help to buy the supplies. target in emryville donated $100 gift cards to 100 students from low income families in the oakland unified school districts. the students are loading up on pencil, paper, backpacks and even new clothes. >> we have a lot of families who are newcomers to the city. we have a lot of families who may have had parent health issues and money is tight because of medical expenses. so these give cards make a huge difference for them to get the supply that's they need that would have otherwise been a stressor. >> the students were chosen to get the gift cards by the school district staff. >>> the creator of the simpsons is getting a new show on netflix. it is for adults called disenchantment. set in a failing mid eve i will kingdom and follows a princess, a demon and their elf companion. it will debut sometime next year. >>

the one i'm really watching is uber and now after seeing travis kalanick resign and the board sort ofand high level executive appointments, including a cfo, now that's the ipo everyone is waiting for in the next year. and i think it's also this bellwether as to how everyone else is going to perform and if they can keep this keep this crazy valuation of nearly $70 billion when they ipo. >> well, we turn to you for all things uber, that's for sure your reporting has been stellar. >>> last thing, new reports that facebook, twitter and snap are in talks to bid for online rights for video highlights of next year's world cup. the companies have offered fox tens of millions of dollars for the rights, yet another bet on content by these major social media players. rahul, is world cup a different animal than selling a random nfl game to twitter or amazon? >> i think world cup is a different animal given that it has a global audience and it tends to be sort of very national there's a lot of pride associated with regions. it's a great way to get a global reach for them and also a great way to ti

i think the travis kalanick situation is unique, however n the start-up, it's not publicly traded theonstituency is much smaller. technically, he still controls the company. even though he's not the day-to-day ceo anymore, he still controls the votes and changes the board if you wanted to next month. i don't think that's going to heap i think there is a particular situation with silicon valley of the founder ceo. in other words, there's an identity crisis. just because you are the founder doesn't mean you should be the ceo. that was true five, six, ten years ago with facebook and google founders. but those guys figured it out putting the right people in the right time. >> i was wondering who that person is for uber is there some sort of leadership vacuum among the number twos or the number sixes >> i believe there is. most of the ceos have been fired or have left in the turmoil. and in the valley in general, there are not many cheryl sambergs out there >> that's the rumor for every top job, right >> she's happy where she is. she is not jumping over to uber. but there's an identity cri

uber ceo -- [ laughter and applause ] uber ceo travis kalanick announced today that he is taking a leavesence from the company. but he'll be back in three minutes -- no wait, now hold on, now it's saying five minutes. [ laughter ] six, oh, no! cancelled? "the chickens with their beaks." [ light laughter ] a new survey shows that men are four times more likely than women to take their cell phone out during a wedding or a funeral. while women are more likely to take their cell phone out during an argument. "i'll tell you exactly what you said!" [ laughter and applause ] two passengers on a flight to ibiza over the weekend reportedly had sex while in their seats. and nobody was more upset than the guy in the middle. [ laughter ] and finally, starbucks announced yesterday that it will be teaming up with lady gaga to release a line of summer drinks to wear. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight! [ cheers and applause ] she is starring in a hilarious new film, "rough night." she is one of my all time favorites. kate mckinnon is here, everybody. [ cheers and ap

uber have spent months dealing with a series of scandal dealing with the ouster of recent ceo travis kalanickhe biggest challenge? >> doubt behind our values, taking care of our drivers. others say that's going to hold you back. we said these are two different things. we're aggressively values of taking care of people and that's actually good for business and people are starting to realize that. >> reporter: in 2016 lyft provided another 1 2 million rides. three times more than 2015. growth this year is up 142%. >> recently you've told the people here, don't gloat. >> i think it's important. anything that happens with the competitor, double have an impact on our drivers, competitors, and what we have here. >> reporter: we first met zimmer in 2012 at his startup called zimride. >> there were canals, railroads, highways, and zimride. >> in 2012 zimride had a couple dozen drivers. now they have many more. they're making good use of cars that wou marked. >> we have 25 million cars in the united states parked 60% of the time. this is completely inefficient. >> the city of san francisco says one of

fox's roger ailes and uber's travis kalanick. >> but he wasn't accused. >> there was another name.t importantly, the women feel like they will be believed in they come forward. >> there's a decency pledge. signing a decency pledge. what would that mean and what would happen if you violated it. >> the reason the decency pledge is so articulate is it's just reminding you of the rule. no one should feel pressure by a boss or manager or someone who has a lot of money to off. that sounds like a very common e the decency pledge, doing the right thing. >> hopefully the reporting of "the new york times" is putting people on notice. thank you, jodi. it's always good to have you here. >>> research shows neanderthals shared me behaviors long considered unique today. the discoveries are taking place inside a huge cage recently declared a world heritage site. jonathan vigliotti takes us inside a cave in gibraltar where neanderthals once lived. >> reporter: this can transport you thousands of years back in time. we're heading to gorham's cave, once the home of our early amazing research. this is

they will name -- they will name travis kalanick's successor by september.apanese defense minister set to quit over and a luggage -- an alleged cover-up in south sudan. she will offer her resignation later friday. the defense ministry said it had no information. whenad little experience she was hired last year. a string of scandals did not help area global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney collins. this is bloomberg. betty: starbucks is going to spend $1.3 billion to buy out its venture partners in china. that will be the company's biggest deal ever, and part of a bet on the mainland to drive sales. our restaurant analyst is joining us now from princeton. tell us what the thinking strategy highness move is, jennifer. jennifer: the strategy is to harness and control long-term growth for starbucks. as the united states slowly starts to mature, they have their eyes on china where they will double down and invest in long-term prospects. that is what you see behind the field today. be

last month ceo travis kalanick resigned. >> imi'm not naive about those at all and, again, it's veryo see a representation. i want change. i want things to be great for wom people of change and women of color. if i can contribute to that -- and it is not going easy. there will be lots of challenges. i'm sure there will be frustr e frustrating days and days where i cry. i don't mind crying by the way. i'm hopeful. that's what's driving me. >> was travis leaving the company difficult? >> yes, yes. i think it's difficult any time there's real significant change in a culture, you know, bad or good. so you have to recalibrate. people have to find new direction, new ways of moving, new ways of working. so it's always difficult. >> what's the process now for finding new leadership at that company? >> i'm leaving that to the board and those who are, you know, empowered the make those decisions. but i hope it's right one. >> when you think of silicon valley, you don't think of women and you certainly don't think of diversity. you checked two boxes there. >> i'm checking all the boxes. it's tr

other guys uber have spent months dealing with a series of scandals that led to the ouster of ceo travis kalanickare as lyft gains. lyft says it now has 30% of the u.s. market. what's been the biggest challenge that you've faced? >> there's always been doubt behind our set of values. taking care of our drivers, taking care of our paerp passengers was important. many said that will hold you back, other competitors too aggressive. we said these are two different things. we're pursuing our values of taking care of people. and that is actually good for business and i think finally people are starting to realize that. >> reporter: in 2016, lyft provided more than 162 million rides. three times more than in 2015. growth this year, is up 142%. recently you told the people here don't gloat. >> yeah. i think it's important, look, anything that's happening with a competitor doesn't have an impact on our drivers, passengers and the people here. upstairs we have the product and engineering team. >> reporter: we first met zimmer in 2012 at his starter called swimride. >> we're trying to make history and by bu

i incredible blog post about her year at uber, which launched the all decline and fall of travis video kalanickomen have started to come out and not talk in vague generalities, but use their names so they are on the to you and you their names so they are on the record and name are a the people who harass them. there has been an explosion over will you will you the last two and i weeks in silicon valley over this. jobs have been lost. there will be more explosions aaron i be more explosions andthere will be more explosions because women are going to keep talking about this. women in medicaid more names will come out and more jobs will and more. will come out and more jobs will be lost. >> what i am fascinated with is whether this is something that is been talked about in europe much. will i have been in silicon valley for a few months, but it does not feel like perhaps we and does not feel like perhaps we will get exposure here like an silicon valley. am i wrong? that i willam i wrong? >> i'm afraid you are wrong. the imbalance that joe mentioned to the fact there are way more men than women in