The bay bridge, not looking bad. 10 minutes to downtown. San mateo bridge, between hayward and foster city, 18 minutes, looking good in both directions. Uber is starting the work week without a president. Jeff jones has quit the top post after a sixmonth stay. Why he was at odds with the companys culture. 36 increase in mobile sales. Reporter jeff jones, the number two man at uber has been employed for half a year. Now hes leaving. According to recode, jones is resigning because of the multiple controversies at the ride sharing company. In the last month alone, two scandals, a female engineer shared a Sexual Harassment at uber, and traffic calfnick lighting into a uber driver. Some people dont like to take responsibility [ expletive ]. Reporter they reprimanded uber for putting cars on the road without an adequate permit. It is not clear where jones, a former chief market officer of target, plans to go next. Uber released this short statement we want to thank jeff for his six months at
And i. R. Mess. Were seeing confusion and anger from people who are paying next years tax bill, property tax bill now. Many are trying to take strange of a tax break thats about to change because of a republican tax plan. Well get to those stories in just a moment. We start with a new legal strategy from President Trumps team. This is according to the Washington Post. They report that trumps legal team will attack the credibility of former National Security adviser mike flynn. And perhaps the Biggest Development to date in the special counsels russia investigation. Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi exactly four weeks ago tomorrow. This is what one unnamed person who is said to have crafted this new strategy told the post about flynn. Quote, he said it himself, hes a liar. Two reports now. Msnbcs Garrett Haake following the president in West Palm Beach florida. And karen tamalte, National Political reporter for the Washington Post. Before we get to the post story, the white house ha
Bill still have a chance of passing . We already made that choice. Were with trump. There you have it, paul ryan, changing his tune, despite some very tough talk during the campaign. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country and thats what theyre doing. Mm, President Trump singing a very different song when facetoface with chinese leadership. Maybe theyre not currency manipulators. I dont give china. I give china great credit. Mm, unfake news fallout, the Trump Administration holding up a potential multibillion dollar merger reportedly for one reason, ready for it, cnn. A deal we will not approve in my administration because its too much concentration of power. Thats a wow. We begin today with a tale of two republican tax bills. House and Senate Lawmakers on the verge of unveiling plans that will affect the Bank Accounts of every Single Person in this country. That said, republicans, theyre running out of time to get this thing right and they simply cannot afford to let thing
On the offense, two weeks before election day, roy moore resurface, blasting allegations against him as dirty politics. This, as the Washington Post confronts a woman who appears to dupe them with false accusations against moore. Are you kidding me . I probably just want to cancel and not go through with it at this point. If thats not enough to turn your stomach, how about this . At a ceremony the president cannot resist taking a shot at senator Elizabeth Warren. They call her pochantas. No, they dont, not good people. Well get to that in a moment, the president s slur. But well start with the tax bill. Its going to decide how much money stays in your pocket. The president meeting with republican senators and congressional leaders trying to get to 50 votes. But as things stand right now, this bill might not get out of committee. I have a great team here this morning to help me break it down, starting with msnbcs Garrett Haake on capitol hill. All right, garrett, break this down. The Bu
Heavy hand. Lets begin with cnns dan merika. Hes traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. The president taking to twitter this morning to send a message to iran. What did he say . Yes, the white house is responding forcefully to these antigovernment protests that we saw break out in iran. Both sarah sander, the White House Press secretary, and President Trump issuing statements on friday. I want to read to you what the president said on twitter. Help said many reports of peaceful protests by iranian citizens fed up with the regimes corruption and its squandering of the nations wealth to Fund Terrorism abroad. The iranian government should respect their peoples rights including the right to express themselves. The world is watching. Its that last line, the world is watching, that has many experts responding to trumps tweet, wondering if that meanings the United States will punish iran if these protests grow even more out of control. What we saw in response to these prot