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uber narrows its losses but is still burning through millions of dollars a day. so can the popular ride—hailing firm break even before going public? the world's biggest bricks and mortar retailer — walmart — has been spending big — but will it put a dent in the firm's latest profits? one of the world's biggest ride—hailing apps, uber, has managed to narrow its losses but it's still a long way from turning a profit. at the moment it's a private firm — so it's not required to give financial data — but in a move to boost transparency its released its latest numbers. (mix screen 2) in the three months to the ofjune uber made a loss of almost $900—million dollars. —— in the three months to the ofjune uber made a loss of almost $900 million dollars. it's an improvement on the same time last year — where it lost $i.i—billion. but revenue growth slowed for the firm — and it faces big challenges in cities like new york which has capped the number of licences for ride hailing services over the next year. uber was recently valued at $72 billion making it one of the most val

a terrible moment for uber to have.urnaround crew, getting hit ith the same type of allegations travis kalanick and his leadership team would have faced. very hard for dara, who left a lot of the day-to-day leadership to barney harper. you have this guy doing a lot of heavy lifting, now emblematic of the behavior they are trying to leave in the past. emily: dara has made other high-profile hires, like tony west, chief legal officer. has not made any high-profile female hires. what do you make of it? lane: it is not a question of if, but when. dara has a lot of work to do, ahead of a hopeful ipo next year. i think he will look to the existing bench outside the tech sector. a lot of folks in corporate america who have proven themselves in various capacities. he has to convince them this is a company that's ok to come to now, and has to bring them on board. he has not been in the job long enough to completely filled out a leadership team. emily: i spoke with tony west. it was a long decision to leave his comfortable job at

at uber. happening? shakespearean at uber. >> always a surprise. what seems to have been happening, behind-the-scenes there has been this renegotiation of this part of this auto acquisition two years ago, so uber could really invest in uber freight, their human trucking logistics business. once those negotiations got settled with anthony and lior ron, it cleared the way for ron to come back, now that he is sort of that peace with the company to lead the effort. emily: but is he really at peace? is there a risk of bringing back someone who has some baggage? lane: a lot of people have worked with uber over the last two or three years who are maybe entertaining coming back now that there's new leadership in place. the reality is, there's not a lot of people with expertise in this space, so uber doesn't have a deep bench. emily: let's talk about the bench, eric, because we have seen the head of hr resign in the midst of an internal investigation into whether she was ignoring complaints from employ

lyft or uber.nd "bloomberg technology" a streaming live on twitter and be sure to check out our network on twitter, tictoc. emily: the race for ride hailer's to go public is kicking off. bloomberg learned that lyft has hired an ideal advisor in an effort to beat uber to the public markets. fake hired classified group for a targeted march or april 2019 debut. the company is planning to take pitches from banks as soon as september. for here -- here with more is eric newcomer. >> it's an interesting strategic question if you are the smaller company. lyft was last i'll you that 15.1 billion and $76 million for uber. people are hoping for this generational ipo. if you are the smaller company, what do you do? we are reporting their strategic choice seems to be let's get ahead of uber. emily: why does that strategy make sense to them? >> it means you probably have more options with bankers. if uber does the huge ipo, even if you are not the lead banker or second bank, you might still work with uber and th

ron left uber in march after uber settled with alphabet for $240 million.s and had stolen alabama -- alphabet's trade secrets. now, ron is returning to uber after a month-long behind-the-scenes negotiation to rework the terms of the auto deal, announced almost two years ago. we spoke with lane kasselman and also with us, eric newcomer. who covers all things uber for bloomberg. eric: what seems to have been happening as behind-the-scenes, renegotiation the of this part of this auto acquisition two years ago so that uber can really invest in uber freight. they're human, trucking, logistics business. once those negotiations got settled with anthony levandowski and lior ron, and cleared the way for ron to come back. now that he is at peace with the company to sort of leave that effort. emily: but if he really at peace? is there a risk of bringing back someone who has some baggage? lane: there are a lot of people who have worked at uber over the past two or three years that are entertaining coming back now that there's new leadership in place. but the reality is

trucking service, uber freight.uber in march after uber settled with alphabet for $240 million over allegations and had stolen alphabet's trade secrets. now, ron is returning to uber after month-long behind-the-scenes negotiation to , rework the terms of the auto deal, announced almost two years ago. we spoke with a managing partner at green briar, who used to be head of bloomberg communication of the americas, and also eric newcomer who covers all things uber for bloomberg. eric: what seems to have been happening is that behind the scenes there seems to have been the renegotiation of this part of this auto acquisition two years ago so that uber would really invest in uber freight. it is their human, trucking, logistics business. once those negotiations got settled with anthony levandowski and lior ron, and cleared the way for ron to come back. now that he is at peace with the company to sort of leave that -- lead that effort. emily: but is he really at peace? is there a risk of bringing back someone who has some ba

sexuales por parte de conductores de uber o taxi >>> hoy se capturo a un sujeto hispano que habría agredidosexualmente a una mujer >>> en junio, la policía estaba tras la pista de kevin dorado . >>> recibimos un reporte de una señora que fue abusada sexualmente por un conductor de uber >>> la víctima habría solicitado el servicio de transporte para ir de san francisco hacia su casa. y aunque él seguía trabajando en uber, esta noche no estaba trabajando. >>> ahí fue donde él abusó sexualmente >>> tras una investigación y con la colaboración de uber, dieron con el sospechoso de 30 años el pasado martes en san francisco, ciudad de laboraba >>> estos incidentes parecen ocurrir, frecuencia >>> la madre de este señor que

boek's girlfriend was not in the uber. >>> a mother charged with homicide in the death of her 11-week-old baby. prosecutors allege the drugs in the breast milk that samantha jones feeding her son killed him. jones told investigators she had been prescribed methadone to help with opioid painkillers. jones loved the child and never intended to harm him. >>> a remarkable rescue in wisconsin after an 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded storm sewer. it happened tuesday night when police say the boy was playing with friends in a flooded drainage ditch. he disappeared. somehow, a firefighter saw the boy's fingers pop through the manhole cover. >> people in wet suits and water rescue suits walking the ponds and ditches. we believe there was air trapped in the manhole cover area. i'm not sure by what miracle he found that. >> the boy was lifted to safety and now back home with his family. >>> aretha franklin's long good-bye continues tonight with the tribute concert in detroit. nearly 40 artists will perform jazz, gospel and r &

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. >>> uber out with numbers. the loss widened, but the company is growing and it is growing fast >>> twitter's ceo saying his platform has been "weaponized. more of his comments to nbc. >>> and retail on deck what to watch as big names like walmart, jcpenney and nordstrom get ready to report results. it's thursday, august 16th "worldwide exchange" begins now. ♪ >>> good morning, america. welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. i'm brian sullivan here's the good news, the u.s. and china reportedly ready to sit down and talk trade in a new round of talks that news is helping drive stock futures higher a solid open for the dow futures, up 134 points as we say every morning, it is early, things can change, but we're not down 134 points after yesterday's 137-point decline. stock futures up across the board. >>> that china news along with hope of cooling tensions with turkey also helping the european markets. the major indexes are higher as well with the exception of italy. italy, we have not talked a l

. >> frenÓ a uber, nueva york congela por un aÑo la incorporaciÓn de nuevos conductores para uber y otrosimilares, se convierte en la primera ciudad en regular esta industria que es una fuente de trabajo para miles de latinos en todo el paÍs. >> tradiciÓn que nos une, cientos de familias inmigrantes en los Ángeles aprovechan misas especiales para bautizar a sus hijos en estos tiempos difÍciles el bautizo da la tranquilo que si algo pasa a los padres los padrinos se harÁn cargo de los niÑos. ♪ noticias telemundo con josÉ dÍaz-balart ¿quÉ tal? jose dÍaz-balart estÁ de vacaciones, yo soy julio vaqueiro, la comunidad inmigrante en nebraska y minnesota estÁ sumergida en la angustia y temor los operativos masivos que ice llevÓ a cabo le han quitado el sueÑo, rubÉn hablÓ con algunos de los detenidos liberados y con sus familiares, todos tienen el corazÓn destrozado (informaciÓn en pantalla) con un nudo en la garganta josÉ describe su reacciÓn cuando su mamÁ fue detenida en nebraska aunque a ella la liberaron despuÉs. >> no es justo que uno se venga para estar juntos y luego lo separen a uno asÍ.

uber driver, it was not the uber they ordered. in the early morning hours of july 14th, a young woman got in the car of an uber driver who was off work. that man, 30-year-old kevin, drove the woman from san francisco to her home in union city where he sexually assaulted her. he was arrested tuesday in south san francisco. >> she had been drinking, but was aware enough that she knew she was sexually assaulted. >> on tuesday night in san mateo, another woman was sexu sx sexually assaulted by someone pretending to be a ride share driver. she later escaped. >> be aware and alert. >> she so frequently uses ride shares, she and her friends have a safety system. >> check the license plate number, who the driver's name is. is this for erin or karen? >> don't get into a car with a stranger you don't know. we have a society that makes it very easy to take a lyft or uber. >> she teaches self defense and said they should have a more robust screening process for drivers. >> people are getting assault and they need to vet the people. >> reporte

could invest in uber freight.e negotiations got settled with anthony levandowski and lee are ron, it -- lior ron, and cleared the way for ron to come back. emily: is he at peace? is there a risk of bringing back someone who has some baggage? lane: there are a lot of people who maybe are entertaining coming back now that there's new leadership in place. the reality is, there's not a lot of people with expertise in the space. uber does not have a deep bench to pick from. emily: we have seen the head of hr resign. in the midst of an internal investigation into whether she was ignoring complaints from employees, a very high-profile woman at the company. what really happened? lane: there is a lot we don't know. there was this investigation -- eric: there is a lot we don't know. there was this investigation. a whistleblower contained and lawyers told the whistleblower there are some things we can confirm, some things we can't, we will not tell you which. their chief legal officer trying thesed, issues in the court of pu

a nightmare uber ride in sacramento...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he terrorized us for 25 minutes it's an app thousands use everyday... but a june 15th uber trip on i-80 from a book club in arden to oak park traumatized these three women...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he would swerve in and out and then as he was doing this he would say we're all going to die now."theadora fuerstenberg.. angela o'neal and katherine vallaire say the uber driver drove erratically... and didn't follow directions home. theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"we had passed our exit by this point."o'neal in the back seat that was able to get through to 911 dispatchers. that's when the women say he finally got off highway 99 at 47th avenue.theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger "like, the doors are open oh my god so we just ran out." they were met by sacramento county sheriff's deputies...in a statement uber tells us they removed the drivers access to the app quote... "the disturbing behavior the riders reported will not be tolerated."they say they stand ready to work with police.but it was the next d

a nightmare uber ride in sacramento...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he terrorized us for 25 minutesousands use everyday... but a june 15th uber trip on i-80 from a book club in arden to oak park traumatized these three women...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he would swerve in and out and then as he was doing this he would say we're all going to die now."theadora fuerstenberg.. angela o'neal and katherine vallaire say the uber driver drove erratically... and didn't follow directions home. theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"we had passed our exit by this point."o'neal in the back seat that was able to get through to 911 dispatchers. that's when the women say he finally got off highway 99 at 47th avenue.theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger "like, the doors are open oh my god so we just ran out." they were met by sacramento county sheriff's deputies...in a statement uber tells us they removed the drivers access to the app quote... "the disturbing behavior the riders reported will not be tolerated."they say they stand ready to work with police.but it was the next day that fuerste

uber is fighting these regulatory battles around the world. how big a blow is this particular situation in new york? caroline: this is the first major u.s. city we have seen install a cap on allowing new licenses for 12 months. uber says they are worried about the national attrition rate. how do we replace them? how does the limits of client? -- how does the limit supply? but others have said this helps monitor supply and demand and, in short, they were saying they can find an equilibrium so they are not underpaying people. this can become a precedent throughout the rest of the united states. they have had regulatory battles in the united states. and globally they have had regulatory issues in canada, in italy, in berlin. this is something we could see unfold around the rest of the world. they will have to subsidize the tri-cities and earnings of car drivers worldwide. how do they vindicate that evaluation? emily: how does this change things for uber and new yorkers? guest: i think we will see a drop in quality of right hail services in new yo

in the financialtimes, on the front page, uber shifts from ca i’s the front page, uber shifts from carss for short trips. what are they planning? they tried to get around the fact that there is a lot of competition for this market. i personally use uber but i have used other... i have used it once when i was having an emergency. other... i have used it once when i was having an emergencylj other... i have used it once when i was having an emergency. i use other apps as well. it is a very competitive market. if they think they can broaden their scope into they can broaden their scope into the bicycle hire that is also potentially very competitive but it might get them around some regulatory problems. they have extremely competitive and uber is a disrupt and it goes with the territory and it has had a real battle when it comes to operations in london and many other cities around the world so it has to think of other ways to bring in revenues. one of the thoughts i have had, sometimes it can be difficult to figure out what is unique about any given taxi app but what is it that uber does th

also in business briefing: toyota invests in uber ands expand a partnership tojointly develop self—driving we'll go live to asia for the latest. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also, returning to work after a blissful bank holiday can be tiresome enough without being faced with your fellow commuters‘ annoying habits, but what really drives you mad on your way in to work? get in touch, just use the #bbcthebriefing. we begin once again with news from the white house. from the moment donald trump first announced he was running for the white house, he insisted that nafta was always in his sights. that's the free trade agreement between the us, mexico and canada. now president trump says it's going to be overhauled. he's reached a deal with mexico, which he's hailed as incredible and much more fair. but so far, canada is yet to sign on. from washington, david willis reports. it's a big day for trade. big day for our country. a lot of people thought we'd never get here. it is, in his words, an incredible deal and the presi

an uber driver opens fire on a man threatening him. >> oh, my god! >> florida police say it's a case of stand your ground. the dead man's family outraged. >>> a highway confrontation. a heart stopping crash and the police say this was road rage. >>> and an unforgettable birthday surprise. >> i'm going to be adopted? >> the little girl and her new family bringing so many tears of joy. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. savannah guthrie in for lester tonight. >>> and we begin with that stunner out of a courtroom in new mexico. a judge there today dropping all charges against a group of suspected muslim extremists, men and women accused of starving 11 children on a remote desert compound. one child found dead. and most shocking of all, prosecutors said, those kids were being taught to kill. was this some kind of terrorist training camp? and how did this case collapse? the new developments we just learned tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer heavy. >> reporter: in taos, new mexico, all charges dismissed against the suspects accused

how does this change things for uber and new yorkers?uest: i think we will see a drop in quality of right hail services in new york. i don't like stories that say that uber and lyft are the only contributors. they certainly play a role but an increase inen population growth. there is crowded subways and people are looking for alternatives. i don't see the approach of targeting just one contributor as being sensible. i think the one public transit service that new york has looked steadilyat has been increasing inequality will be capped. i think it will really hit the people in brooklyn and queens. once you have a cap on the number of cars, as demand grows, the cars will migrate away from the outer boroughs to the more profitable manhattan market. the cap by itself is bad news for new york. cap,: in addition to a what would you advocate? additional legislation? guest: there are two separate issues. there may be an increase in congestion and we don't think drivers are earning enough money. lots of people feel that drivers are not earning en

texts show he threatened the girlfriend and the uber driver and that dash cam video from the uber showsar, appeared to try to run it off a dark stretch of road. we'll show you the video and i want to warn, you're going to hear a gunshot. >> i say something? >> you have a pistol? >> oh, god! >> oh, my god! >> the uber driver, robert westlake, a licensed armed security guard who hole holds a concealed carry permit. he called 911 and rendered aid to boek who died. the girlfriend was not even in that uber. this was a case of him following the wrong vehicle in the first place, westlake told police came towards me, shouted he's got a pistol and reached for his waistband. that's why the sheriff says it makes it a classic stand your ground case and doesn't plan to charge him. >> wow. >> don't mess with an uber driver. don't mess with people. respecter people and leave them alone. you may roll out of the car thinking you're a bad dude and threating people with a cell phone in your hand and end up pushing up daisies. >> uber says it's cooperating with the investigation and they didn't find a gun

>> the moment no uber has managed to get another license.he taxi industry is still up in arms about this. they argue that uber is not playing by the rules the working conditions for drivers are poor you're seeing a huge technological change when a lot of these drivers trained, there were no google maps or satellite navigation that's allowed uber and lyft to prevail in this market everybody has a smartphone now and that's what they're taking advantage of they're still up in arms here in london and other areas as well >> it should be noted that the mta of new york city lost revenue. i wonder if money has anything to do with this? nah. >>> all right. time for the other top trending stories. landon dowdy, what is trending >> we've got some major changes coming to the academy awards this year the telecast will be a strict three hours this will also be a new award category, outstanding achievement in popular film. ratings for last year's oscars were down 20%. limit it to three hours? it's nice. it goes on and on and on >> so about 90 minutes too l

why over and lyuft could get -- white uber and -- why uber and lyft could get more expensive.is bloomberg. ♪ julie: "what'd you miss?" new york has dealt a major blow to uber and other ride-hailing apps three years after voting a similar measure down. they put an industrywide cap on licenses. they also grant authority to the i and limousine area to set wages. uber successfully lobbied against this years ago. despite that, this time it did not happen. how much of a setback is this? less 2015, a far ubiquitous be down. the mayor scare the government from regulating it allowing it -- scarede to grow the government from regulating it allowing you to grow. it is a blow to uber to set a grow and shrink with the amount of demand. it is a major setback. thelet: in terms of response here, not just from the company itself, the more importantly other cities including please like london which is also trying to figure andhow to contend with uber its ammo of breaking down the walls and apologizing or seeking forgiveness later. how likely is it other cities will follow the lead of new york?

peggy: tomar un uber o lyft en nueva york muy pronto podrÍa ser mÁs caro y difÍcil.i amarillos, hay carros suficientes y demÁs. peggy: los chÓferes de taxis amarillos celebran la noticia, porque dicen que diferencia de uber y lyft, ellos pagan por un permiso o medallÓn que estuvo a logrado en mÁs de 1 millÓn de dÓlares y que ahora vendrÍa cerca de 130,000. han endeudado a muchos, seis taxistas se han suicidado recientemente. >> el taxista no estÁ siendo la cantidad de dinero necesaria y tienen un compromiso enorme de pagar una gran cantidad de sus gastos diarios y un medallÓn que le cobra aproximadamente, de alquiler, de 200 y pico de dÓlares diarios. peggy: como parte del plan tambiÉn se estableciÓ una tasa de plazo mÍnimo para los conductores de uber. pedro acosta dice que era necesario. >> nosotros cometemos muchas horas de trabajo y cogemos muchos pasajeros. pero al ser tan barato, el dinero que nos llevamos para la casa es muy poco. peggy: por otra parte, una vocera de uber dice que la medida perjudicarÁ sobre todo a las minorÍas que viven en sectores alojados y

uber is investing aggressively in a lot of new fast growing areas. uber eats, bikes, scooters. if you look at adjusted e.b.i.t.a. loss, that didn't widen sequentially but lower than a year ago. gross cash $7.3 billion. a statement here from ceo on the quarter saying going forward we are deliberately investing in the future of our platform. big bets like uber eats and environmentally friendly modes of transport and emerging businesses like freight and high potential markets. he did tell cnbc that he hopes to take thiscompany public lie 2019. >> thank you very much. one of the headlines for starting is the fact that they continue to lose money, but the loss narrowed. that has been a chief concern. >> right. >> josh? >> certainly, if you look at the adjusted e.b.i.t.a. loss, it did widen. the company is saying it was lower than a year ago this time. >> josh, thank you. josh lipton bringing us those breaking numbers from uber. let's get to ed lee for some reaction. always hard to measure the expectations because we don't have a public company here. they are still growing revenues m

and get in uber.am) that apparently made him upset and he chased down the uber driver threatening to beat him up. (ken)it turns out..his girlfriend wasn't even in the uber and when the uber driver felt threatened...he shot and killed the man.jana jones reports. this is the video from a dramatic uber ride where you can see this f-250 zip around the car...slam on brakes and then completely stop.in the video you can audibly hear jason boek say you know i got a pistol? you want me to expletive shoot you?the uber driver who just finished police academy...saw the driver point something at him after a threat was made and that's when the uber driver fired a shot."ladies and gentlemen it goes without saying had a camera in his car. but you see how rapidly you have to make a decision if whether you live or die. don't mess with an uber driver. don't mess with people. respect other people and leave them alone you may roll out of a car thinking you are a bad dude and threaten people with a gun with a cell phone in

uber claimed that this picture proves it.trevor bushnell/uber customer"i couldn't believe it. the floor pouring rain that night, but there was no, i couldn't see any vomit. i was shocked"nat sound of q-and-a"did you vomit?""no."and he says he friend with him didn't either. he tried to dispute the charge with uber but was unsuccessful. trevor bushnell/uber customer"they would just kind of send you back terms and conditions. you know as a rider you are responsible for any and all damages."bushnell says he was scammed - and now no longer uses uber.trevor bushnell/uber customer"i think this guy in this occasion was trying to make a couple extra bucks because we were drinking, we were inebriated, and i thought that he thought he could take advantage of us and we wouldn't remember it." (ken) that was heather walker reporting. the better business bureau says to check the uber app to make sure you haven't been charged. it also says to pay attention to the driver's rating when you order an uber-- it could help you avoid the issue. uber has not responded to the allegations. (ken)it's the time of

uber wins backing from toyota.ent in self driving cars values the ride hailer at $72 billion. yvonne: it is all about trade today, kathleen, with that u.s. and mexico trade deal announced. a lot of questions about what meaningful change came out of this trade agreement. a lot of questions remain about whether canada can rejoin. what does this mean for u.s. and china negotiations as well. markets are liking the news. kathleen: we spoke earlier on amy, whoasia with worked in the office of a trade represents day of of the united states and imf. she said yes, it will be difficult, but she thinks china should be afraid, she thinks there could be more pressure. also agrees you have two strong leaders, officials speaking in a very blustery way that may make it tougher. the plot has thickened today, not just between the u.s., mexico, and canada, but between the u.s. and other big trade agreements. yvonne: a lot ahead for justin trudeau and xi jinping. there are key events where president trump and president xi will be meet

the deal values uber at $72 billion and would you see toyota making minivans equipped with uber -- throughillionf new investment. would see toyota making minivans equipped with uber's self driving technology. elon musk's personal trauma may have overshadowed signs of progress with the crucial tesla model 3. estimates may have topped 5000 for much of this month, although estimates vary from week to week. restaurant review and delivery giant has started engaging investor demand for a plant hong kong ipo. the tencentr from backed company could raise more than 4 billion u.s. dollars. the company plans to seek a valuation as much as $55 billion. boeing is said to be in a delivery bottleneck with the dreamliner. supplier problems are affecting six planes and production of two moore is being caused. airline concerns affect united and shanghai airlines. a dreamliner for air china is sitting in storage for unknown reasons. that is your bloomberg business flash. let's check out what is trending across the bloomberg universe. ta disinvesting another is0 million in uber, -- investing another $500 mill

emily: what about uber? >> uber we weren't as early in.ct, i wish we'd an earlier investors because so many of our network was early in uber. >> getting into later stage investment, not everyone has access. part of what has enabled us to have access to investments like that, it is not just based on who we know, it is because we have developed a reputation for helping companies like facebook or dropbox, with recruiting. emily: when you are watching from the outside at uber, what do you think went wrong there? >> it's really hard to manage hypergrowth. i think there was a culture of a no holds barred approach to competitiveness. and i think there's some lines that you should not cross. it's really hard for a company that large to know, which laws are we paying attention to? which laws are we ok breaking? who gets to decide that? at that point, you get into this cultural situation where anything kind of goes, and i think things got a little bit out of control. emily: do you think at this late stage, that dara khosrowshahi who have is to be he

like uber and lyfton lar nightly business report." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> new york congressman chris collins wasd onederal insider trading charges today. the republican representative was accused of providing non-public information about an australian biotech company to his son and future father-in-law. collins sat on that company's board of directors.in accoto the indictment collins and his family aided more than $700,000 worth of losses after the biotech saw disappointing results from a drug study. >> the popular ride hailing service that many of u use like lyft and uber suffered a potentially significant setback today that could have global implications. the new york city city council approved measures essentially aimed at curbing the growth of these companies following outcries from tax i drivers over the plummetinva eric, as you saw, hasniur story tot. >> new york city taxi drivers e rallying today as the city dealt a major blow to their mpetitors from ride hailing apps like uber, lyft and via.e ew york city council passed new restrictions on for-hire drivers which would cap the suance of n

trying to get >>> now at 11:00, a bay area uber driver behind bars, accused of sexually abusing a woman trying to get home, please say it was an easy >>> down. i am elizabeth cook, mi and ken bastida. -- >> i am ken bastida. sexually assaulting a woman in san mateo, maria medina spoke to union city police, who say their suspect was a legitimate uber employee, but was off duty when he targeted his victim.>> a pretty brazen crime. >> reporter: this man, kevin barillas-saballas, kidnapped and threatened and sexually assaulted a woman last month, but finding him would take detectives weeks. >> he is a uber driver, but at the time, he was not working. >> reporter: they were drinking in san francisco beey ordered an uber. he wasn't working, but he was driving around with his uber sign displayed.>> she was picked up by the suspect in sepsis go, brought home to union city, where the sexual assault occurred.>> reporter: stephen mendez says that because he wasn't working, they had very few leads to figure out his identity. >> we got an arrest warrant, and he was subsequently arrested in south san

a nightmare uber ride in sacramento...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he terrorized us for 25 minutespp thousands use everyday... but a june 15th uber trip on i-80 from a book club in arden to oak park traumatized these three women...theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger"he would swerve in and out and then as he was doing this he would say we're all going to die now."theadora fuerstenberg.. angela o'neal and katherine vallaire say the uber driver drove erratically... and didn't follow directions home. theadora fuerstenber passenger"we had passed our exit by this point."o'neal in the back seat that was able to get through to 911 dispatchers. that's when the women say he finally got off highway 99 at 47th avenue.theadora fuerstenberg/uber passenger "like, the doors are open oh my god so we just ran out." they were met by sacramento county sheriff's deputies...in a statement uber tells us they removed the drivers access to the app quote... "the disturbing behavior the riders reported will not be tolerated."they say they stand ready to work with police.but it was the next day that fuersten

we missed uber. talked about them already on this programme but what interests me about this company is it is very a. private companies don't need to tell us how they're doing but they give us updates on how much money they're making —— very open. is it ahead of the ipo next year? the loss was $181 million, a narrow loss compares with the more than $1 billion it was last year. i think the thing with uber and the reason they want to be quite public about the numbers is because they are a company that is absolutely based on brand. if they can maintain the massive brand presence and domination that they have in this particular space, then they can make their ipo work and they can make their ipo work and they can make their ipo work and they can get out with a return not just for the investors that started, that have already had a return, because they've had some kind of secondary markets already, but for the people who got into the business more recently. the fact is their brand presence is so much grea

after 2010, uber was created.e would expect the application and deployment of blockchains will take some time. we continue to see really positive signs in terms of the number of -- over 20 million accounts, blockchain. in terms of the number of transactions, the number of active wallets. those are positive signs but it will take years. emily: what you think has been the biggest risk? you are both optimistic but what you think the biggest hurdles are? >> i don't see actually massive risk. the overall time is the biggest tailwind here. over time, dealing with crypto assets means open financial networks is very difficult. it took a long time to adopt open information networks like the internet. ch, it is going to be reserved, most of this market will be reserved for start up disruptors. black rock are saying that zero percent of their clients pto.asking about cry i think this is a market that is emerging outside the core of the legacy financial industry but had a direct way towards it. emily: all right. thank you bot

and of course a uber car was involved in a fatal crash earlier.the business, so you want if saving the money now could put the company at risk further down the line. david lee in san francisco. sonja laud is head of equity at fidelity international. as david was saying, uber are still making losses but the losses have narrowed compared to last year, but is this continual loss—making pattern matter as you big ears towards this much trumpeted and much—publicised situation at the end of 2019? i don't think this is the main area to focus on because there area main area to focus on because there are a lot of ipos. in terms of the ipo, people will be interested in the corporate governance, and whether there is a corporate culture in uber that is sustainable and better than it was when the new ceo took over last year. besides them, it will be around the trajectory of narrowing losses and profitability, expected profitability, in the various areas. it is not only the driving services, as we have just heard, it is bike sharing, uber eats, the autonomous dr

. >>> and the mom that couldn't stay by her injured n eastside but of all people, her uber driver wentve and beyond. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. the line of people waiting to pay respects to the late senator john mccain has been growing all day long. thousands waitinin e heat outside the u.s. capital. the door to the public after a somber and poignant ceremony earlier today inside the majestic capital rotunda where republicans stood side by side with democrats. the speakers hand selected by mccain bere his death. we begin tonight with peter alexander. >> reporter: evethe skies were weeping as john mccain returned for the last time to the place where he spent 35 years telling the world what he stoofor. with his family looking on, the military honor guard never breaking stride. mccain, a lion of the senate receiving honors reserved for past presidents and stesman. tehe 32nd person to lie in s his 106-year-old mforting megan. >> guards at the hanoi hilton needed group theory after john was finished with

t, the uber t, the uber pulled in front of his car and said he had a gun.ing out about the regret he now feels. here's steve osunsami with that interview. >> reporter: the florida uber driver behind the wheel in this dash camera video, who ends up shooting and killing the driver of this pickup truck, explains tonight that even though he's been cleared by police, he still feels terrible. >> everyone tells you what you did was right, but you feel like, did i have to, after the fact? someone comes at you like that, you really don't have much more time to think. >> reporter: 38-year-old robert westlake was driving a young woman home early tuesday morning from this bar in dundee, florida, when the young man in this pickup tries to run him off the road. 34-year-old jason boaek had also left the bar after a fight with his girlfriend. he thinks she is in the backseat of the uber, but he's wrong. his girlfriend is still at the bar. in the video, you see him threaten the uber driver with a cell phone that he claims is a gun. >> you know i got a pistol? >> reporter: b

uber needs this. back self driving trials after fatal crash in arizona in march when a self driving uber suv killed a pedestrian. shares in toyota spike on news of the deal with many thinking personal car ownership will drop when the self riding future is fully up on us with big companies buying up fleets of vehicles, toyota, then they have the biggest ever customer. thanks a lot. that is an interesting story. more detail on the website as well. something we have covered here on bbc world news is the fact that tuk—tuks bbc world news is the fact that tuk—tu ks in asia bbc world news is the fact that tuk—tuks in asia are experiencing a lot of competition. from phnom penh, nick wood looks at what's behind the demise of this once iconic form of transport and the rapid rise of a young contender. there is a new game in town, young, colourful, speedy and you see them just about everywhere in phnom penh, but all is not well on the capital's increasingly crowded streets, where the motor taxis, the locally mad

thank you forjoining us, let's talk uber.t with $900 million in losses, you would start to be troubled. has changed its strategy to a large extent. the 11 billion it has spent in the last nine years building its platform and subsidising fares has largely been predicated on the idea it could move towards d riverless predicated on the idea it could move towards driverless cars, and it has sort of shelved that. it has moved into other areas, it has moved into uber eats, and it was conspicuous by its absence, the whole notion of d riverless its absence, the whole notion of driverless cars, in the announcement of its results today. so that is a big change, and it does mean that if it is planning to ipo in the next year, it has a lot of ground to make up year, it has a lot of ground to make up in year, it has a lot of ground to make upina year, it has a lot of ground to make up in a strategy which is not entirely clear. and how far has the new boss gone towards changing things in the company, because he came in to make changes. he

it turns out..his girlfriend wasn't even in the uber and when the uber driver...who just finished policefelt threatened...he shot and killed the man. (sot) "ladies and gentlemen it goes without saying had a camera in his car. but you see how rapidly you have to make a decision if whether you live or die. don't mess with an uber driver. don't mess with people. respect other people and leave them alone you may roll out of a car thinking you are a bad dude and threaten people with a gun with a cell phone in your hand and end up pushing up daisies." the uber driver did call 911 and rendered aid until help got there. text messages show boek texted his girlfriend saying he was going to beat up the uber driver and threatened to beat her up too. authorities say it's a classic stand your ground case and a justified homicide. (grant) the mayor of san juan in puerto rico staunchly disagreeing with the president. she's

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. >>> a bay area uber driver is accused of sexually assaulting a woman. the alleged attack happened in union city. it comes as police are still searching for man who posed as a rideshare driver and sexually assaulted a woman in san mateo. kpix 5's maria medina spoke to union city police, who say their suspect was a legitimate uber employee but was off duty when he targeted his victim. >> it's a pretty brazen crime. >> reporter: union city police say this man kevin barillas- saballas kidnapped, threatened and sexually assaulted a woman last month but finding him would take weeks. >> this guy is an uber driver, working. >> reporter: police say the victim and her friends were drinking in san francisco before they ordered an uber for the victim. that's when police say barillas-saballas came across the group. he wasn't working but he was driving around with his uber signs displayed. >> and she was picked up by our suspect in san francisco, and she was brought home here to union city, where the sexual assault occurred. >> reporter: but lieutenant mendez says be

su sintonía >>> las autoridades están en altaparte de abusos sexuales por parte de conductores de uberaxi >>> hoy se capturo a un sujeto hispano que habría agredido sexualmente a una mujer >>> en junio, la policía estaba tras la pista de kevin dorado . >>> recibimos un reporte de una señora que fue abusada sexualmente por un conductor de uber >>> la víctima habría solicitado el servicio de transporte para ir de san francisco hacia su casa. y aunque él seguía trabajando en uber, esta noche no estaba trabajando. >>> ahí fue donde él abusó sexualmente >>> tras una investigación y con la colaboración de uber, dieron con el sospechoso de 30 años el pasado martes en san francisco, ciudad de laboraba >>> estos incidentes parecen ocurrir, frecuencia >>> la madre de este señor que >>> en uber, la persona trató sobrepasarse con ella y en cuanto pudo policía busca a est sospechoso acusado de agredir sexualmente también a una mujer >>> uber prohíbe cualquier contacto físico entre pasajero y chofer. por ser esta una investigación abierta, no dieron detalles de hecho, pero una de las recomendaciones

amish uber. >>> a michigan man is adding some horsepower to ride sharing. >> he calls it amish uber. for a flat fee of $5 timothy hoseller and his horse will give you a scenic tour of the town of colome, not far from kalamazoo. visitors and locals are loving it. >> first time uber and we're riding in a buggy. >> uber is a cool thing. every several years something new comes in. uber is hot right now. so we can have the amish buggies and delivering people to their front doorstep. >> looks like fun. of course, there is no app to hail the amish uber. you have to flag tim down the old-fashioned way by hand. >> i've always wanted to do that, sort of bucket list. >> to take a horse and buggy. >> not just take one. i want to drive the thing. let me at them. >> that would be great. i'm sure there's one in the bay area somewhere. we'll find them. ugh tonight in oakland... >>> another giant player hurt tonight. >> and the a's, i go back to my old line, nine innings, not enough tonight in oakland, what a set