Away from the company. Lets bring in our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew. Scott, you say kalanick was the biggest driving force at uber but perhaps also its biggest liability. Reporter yeah. Travis kalanick, bizarre memos about sex. He would write to getting caught on camera, vicky, to chewing out an uber driver on camera. Hes been a headache. Hes out of the company temporarily. He founded the Company Along with several others. Theres no question his ask for forgiveness, not permission attitude, pushed the company ahead of its competitors, most notably lyft. Now hes taking that leave of absence according to an email he just sent employees. He says, quote, if were going to work on uber 2. 0 i need to work on travis 2. 0 to become the hear the company needs. He also says it might be longer or shorter than you might expect, this leave. This comes after a report authored by the former u. S. Attorney general eric holder and delivered in an all hands meeting at uber about half an hou