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 hour ago. Holder was hired by uber to lead that investigation into the company after a blog post by a former engineer alleged the company was rife with sexism. Its not the first time weve heard that, but that got a lot of attention. Ubers board spent seven hours looking at that report on sunday. Monday ubers second in command accepted down as well. He was a lightning rod as well. The report will help them redesign from the ground up and try to get rid of that toxic culture. I just emailed out and tweeted out the full report, and you can read it yourself. Ill give you one example. The companys socalled war room where executives meet for emergencies, sam and vicky, will now be called the peace train. Changing some of the language. Thank you very much. Our other top story. Last night was a hard fought win, but lets be honest here. The series was never really all that close. The dubs flexing their muscle and the man of the hour obviously kevin durant. The golden larry obrien trophy was on display in the team store. You can see the scene inside and outside of oracle arena and the team celebrating in the locker room after the game. Today its all about the championship gay. Nbc bay areas tom jensen is live at Dicks Sporting Goods store. The hats and shirts, everybody getting in on the action. This morning i had an email from phil the bear for a championship tshirt for your stuffed animal. Reporter it has been extremely busy here since they opened up this morning at 6 00 at dicks. These tables were full of shirts, stacked about this high, boxes all the way underneath them. Almost all the boxes are empty right now except for a few shirts in the bottom of these two, but the stacks here have just been depleted. The hats are all gone. If you want a championship hat you might have to do when this gentleman did, got his hand painted for about 100 bucks. The Warriors Gear has been the hottest thing in town right now. Some waited for hours to make sure they got their hands on the gear. Warriors fans on a mission to get the shirts, hats and even magnets. Warriors. Reporter they need to show their pride. Everyone, everywhere you go everyone is representing warriors blue and gold. Reporter shirts and hats ranging from 25 to 35. Some spent hundreds of dollars making sure they got the whole family outfitted. Very proud to be a warriors fan. My wife told me we have to come and get the shirts to support the local team. Reporter whether they are preparing specifically for thursdays championship parade off the rest of the year these fans definitely want to represent their team. We have someone who is representing the town well. The enthusiasm is there, and its a great time to be a warriors fan. Reporter that 100 hat youre looking at might be a bargain for some folks. I talked to one laid who came in this morning. She had a handful of shirts, different colors, a couple of hats. She said she dropped 400 year today, 500 last night on dubs gear so going up to 1,000 in just a day for that one woman. Like i said, hundreds of tshirts and hats out the door here today. They are going to run out here pretty soon, so if you want to get your dubs gear at dick youre all the stores are extremely busy. Better get down here at lunchtime and buy your gear. Were live at dicks in san jose. Thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Doing brisk business. Thom, thank you. Warriors have one more piece of hardware to add to their collection, the larry obrien championship trophy and nbc bay areas pete suratos got an up close and personal look at the trophy. Good morning to you, guys. Back in the studio, and its a great day for dub nation as the warriors are the 2017 nba champions. Im loving the sound of that. This is what it was all about. You saw hem hoisting up the larry obrien trophy, steph curry and kevin durant hoisting this up a as they take care of business winning their second championship in three years. Lets show you some of the video of the celebration inside as the warriors take care of their second championship in three years beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 1 the 2120 in front of the hometown oracle crowd this. Marks the first time that a bayarea team has won a championship at their stadium. The oakland as did it more than 40 years ago and kevin durant leading the way with another amazing game scoring 39 points in the win, taking home nba finals mvp honors. Outside the arena you saw fireworks on display as the team celebrated the championship victory, and when we spoke to fans they say this was the culmination of one of the most historic seasons in nba history. We had a strong feeling that would happen, thats for sure. Knew it would happen, game five at home, warriors win, 2017 champs. Ive been a season Ticket Holder since 86. Wow. Its been a long run. Back here youre looking at the larry obrien trophy. Thats what its all about as the warsiors are once again the nba champions, and i want to point out there are extended hours for the team stores. You can pick up some of that official merchandise. Once again dub nation, the warriors are the 2017 nba champion n. Oracle arena, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Pick us up one of those jackets, pete. Thanks very much. Up next, is, of course, the parade. More than 1 Million People are expected to fill oakland streets. This video that youre looking at right here was actually the parade from two years ago. This years parade is going to be on thursday starting at 10 00 a. M. So as if youre not already excited enough, lets go over the parade route, shall we. Starts on broadway on 11th street right here. This says 12th because its the easiest visual going right up broadway all the way up to grand avenue. Comes across and hugs lake merritt and Lakeside Drive and ends all the way down at tenth street. Thats the kaiser convention center. Thats where everything is going to finish out. Fans can begin lining up for the rally as early as 5 00 in the morning at lake shore and 12th, and well have coverage all morning long. All right. Sam, after the win some dubs fan showing off in their cars. Nbc bay areas skyranger got video of this sideshow on 100th and international. Police say up to 500 people and countless cars participated in side shows across the city. More than 40 citations were doled out though, and at least 30 cars towed. For the most part the celebrations were peaceful. Little to no damage. Fire and police did respond to at least two dumpster fires. There was one at 80th and international and another on 19th and broadway. All right. Today is another big one in washington as attorney general Jeff Sessions is preparing to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee. That is about to get under way in about 22 minutes from now. Right around 11 30, a condensed newscast to bring you that hearing live. This is going to be an open session meaning the public can watch t. Originally the attorney general is going to meet with senators behind closes doors. Sessions is going to be asked if he met for a third time with the Russian Ambassador and failed to disclose it. We know about two meetings, and hell be grilled of details of a private meeting between President Trump and former fbi director james comey and whether sessions helped to clear the room there. Meantime, the Deputy Attorney general ross rosenstein, you saw video of him a second ago saying there would need to be a good reason to fire bob mueller. That question comes after a friend of President Trumps told pbs the president was apparently thinking about firing mueller. Heres what rosenstein told the congress. If President Trump ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do . Senator, im not going to follow any orders unless i believe those are lawful and appropriate orders. Under the regulation, special counsel mueller may be fired only for good cause, and i am required to put that cause in writing and so thats what i would do. If there was good cause, i would consider it. If there was not good cause it wouldnt matter to me what anybody said. Those remarks came just a couple hours ago. The white house for its part is denying that President Trump is considering firing mueller. Back to the attorney generals testimony. You can watch that without interruption right here on nbc bay area. Our special coverage kicks off at 11 30 a. M. The microclimate weather forecast. Its going to be warming up at the downtown San Francisco and clear blue skies. Our meteorologist keri hall has been tracking the conditions. Earlier in the week were talking about temperatures in the 60s and now youre telling us maybe well hit 90. I know. Its a crazy shift in temperatures, and at least today were kind of in that transition period so it will still be nice. As we take a look outside from mt. Hamilton over to the south bay all clear, were seeing that all across the bay area and then looking live now from twin peaks, 63 degrees with some sunshine there, a beautiful day. Were going to see the highs in San Francisco reaching the upper 60s and 84 degrees in concord and napa can expect a high today of 82 degrees but were talking about an extreme heat up for the inland valleys. Ill talk more about that and also a look at the warriors parade forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. All right. Were getting ready to celebrate. Thanks very much, keri. Google is growing the new developments that might be sprouting up in the south bay. Im sharon katsu d. A live in san jose where were learning more about students allegedly involved in a kill list at a local school. Ill have the latest. Plus, comedian bill cosbys future now in the hands of the jury. How the defense set up its case as the jury deliberates. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Accusations leveled at an east Bay School District. After claims new details and stinging accusations leveled at an east Bay School District after claims of racist and threatening behavior toward a student at monta vista high school. Thats actually in the south bay. Some parents want to know what took so long to respond. Nbc bay areas Sharon Katsuda is live in san jose where parents and students upset about the disciplinary process are showing up to voice their anger. Sharon. Reporter vicky, this News Conference just got under way. You can see some of the speakers who will be addressing this News Conference lined up against the wall there. Excuse me, excuse me. You cant do that in here. Reporter and were going to step aside because we are live, and we dont want to interrupt, so well take over to the side here. Thank you, and its echoing in here so were going to step aside for a second. Let me go ahead and keep talking here. The girl involved in the lawsuit goes to monta vista high school. She says on social media last year a group at the high school in cupertino who identified themselves as the kill spree masters released a kill list that had the names of all africanamericans at the school and threatened to kill all africanamerican students at the school. The lawsuit claims the parents and students reported this to the school but they say the Fremont Union District High School didnt do enough to address the problem, and the School District says that when it heard about the list and turned the list over to the caluria county Sheriffs Department. No comment from the Sheriffs Department on this case. Again, ive stepped out of this room out of respect to this News Conference and thats whats going on here live. Back to you. Sharon, thanks so much for juggling that live reporting. Well, google and the city of san jose may be headed to an even more massive construction plan that would change the downtown area. The mercury news is reporting google is expanding its development and office and retail space. Originally the plans called for 6 million square feet. The latest plans show that google wants to add another 2,000 square feet. This is near the d. Ira d. On center. This would be the largest complex center in the world. Plans are in early talks, but the development could be five times the side of valley fair mall. We have a developing story out of georgia to report on. Police right now on high alert looking for two escaped murderers who allegedly killed two Prison Guards this morning. We brought you live breaking coverage on today in the bay. The putnam Sheriffs Office said 5 45 this morning those men overpowered two Correctional Officers on a transport bus. Authorities say that the men took the officers guns and then proceeded to shoot and kill them and then took off in the bus. Here are the mug shots of those escapees right now. They are 24yearold ricky debows and 43yearold Donny Russell armed with the officers 40 caliber glock miss tolls and they may have carjacked a green 2004 honda civic in the atlanta area right now. The bill cosby Sexual Assault trial is in the hands of the jury after moving faster than expected. The defense rapid brad up its case in five minutes as cosbys wife looked on. Stephanie gosk joins us outside the courthouse in norristown, pennsylvania. Reporter in a packed courtroom monday, cosby, his wife and his Accuser Andrea Constand listened as the defense presented its entire case in under six minutes calling just one witness. In a fiery closing statement, the lead defend attorney highlighted inconsistencies in constands story, arguing her relationship with ross did i was romantic and that what happened the night constand says she was drugged and assaulted was consensual. The lawyer acknowledged cosby had been unfaithful telling the jury when you dance outside the marriage you have to pay the marriage and you danced. According to mrs. Cosby she deserved better but miss constand was untruthful time and time again with her statements to police. In an intense moment he yelled you know why you are here. Lets be real, right . We are here because of them. Pointing to a group of women in the audience who have accused cosby of Sexual Misconduct. For the prosecutions closing statement the District Attorney kevin steele shut down the idea that the night of the incident was romantic asking this is romantic. You should be insulted by that. Its criminal. Steele argued that cosbys own statements proved his guilt. Steele focused on a civil deposition and statement to police from over a decade ago where cosby admitting to giving constand pills and engaging in sexual contact. Steele told the court all the fancy lawyering you have cant get you around your own words. If cosby is found guilty on any of the three counts, a spokesperson for the prosecution case they will ask for bail to be revoked, arguing that hes a flight risk. If the judge agrees, and thats a big if, it would mean cosby would go straight into custody. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, norristown, pennsylvania. Something well be following very closely. Right now north korea has released an american student serving a 15year prison term there, but that release comes just hours after former nba player Dennis Rodman had touched down in the reclusive country. The prisoner Otto Warmbier is on the way to the u. S. To reunite with his family though hes in a comb ark. His parents tearfully acknowledging that information. The 22yearold is a virginia student from the suburbs of cincinnati. He was sentenced in march of last year after he was caught on camera taking a propaganda banner from his hotel. Thats the governments position. There are reports that warmbiers parents say that their son contracted botulism and that he is in a coma as has been medevaced out of country. That hes been in a coma for months. Heres secretary of state Rex Tillerson speaking about the release earlier today. We continue our discussions with the north korean regime regarding the release of the three other american citizens that have been detained. We have no comment on mr. Warmbiers condition out of respect to him and the family. So the family had gone ahead and made a public statement. Meantime, back to Dennis Rodman and his visit to north korea. Details are limited, but heres what he told reporters after he landed in china. Have you spoken to President Trump at all . Im pretty sure hes pretty much happy of the fact that im over here trying to accomplish something that we bolt need. And what are you trying to accomplish here . Just want to open the door. This will mark Dennis Rodmans fifth visit to north korea. He has called that countrys dictator, quote, a friend for life. New at 11 00, we may never know what covfefe it, but one congressman is using President Trumps misspelled tweet for legislative act. Mike quigley has introduced and i kid you not the covfefe act. Its an acronym, right. You are 1,000 correct f. Approved that would make it to the tweets and other social media posts for a president would be considered documentary material ensuring their preservation. And i think they already do that. Turning now to something we all know and can pronounce. Keri hall, our meteorologist. Hot. Hot, exactly, coming to us with some 90degree temperatures. Yeah. Thats what well all be talking about over the next few days. Youre trying to make some plans, and i know theres a lot of graduation parties. Fathers day. Ill be celebrating my anniversary, and its going to be really hot this weekend. Heres a live look at some of our temperatures, and three of our microclimates right now looking at the trivalley on right side of your screen. Its 68 degrees looking live in pleasanton and in the south bay 68 degrees. San francisco right in the middle. 66 degrees and the 70 degrees now in the north bay, and the sevenday forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen starting out in the south bay. Youll see how the temperatures will be warming up, but it still will feel nice today looking at some mid to upper 70s for milipitas, and then into the low 80s for the south county. Los gatos up today to 77 degrees and walnut creek will see a high of 82. Were up to 71 in the peninsula and from the peninsula at 62 degrees at Half Moon Bay to 77 degrees in palo alto. San francisco will be a little bit warmer than yesterday but still very nice. Up to 68 degrees in the Mission District and santa rosa up to 79 degrees, and if youre looking for some things to do for the rest of the day. You can enjoy a free day at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at golden gate park. It will be in the upper 60s as we go through the rest of the afternoon, and then time for the Botanical Garden to close. It will be in the lower 60s. Just make sure you bring the sun block and bottles of water. Later on this evening heading out to at t park, planning the whole day for you, it will be very nice as temperatures continue to drop. It will be in the 50s through most of the game and mid50s by the end of the game with mostly clear skies. On thursday, of course, we have the warriors championship parade, and that will be mainly throughout the morning. Some Cool Temperatures are some sunshine. As youre lining the parade route and then at sock is a the parade starts rolling well be at 67 degrees rising into the low 70s by early afternoon, and i posted a picture just in case you missed it on meteorologist keri hall on my facebook page. Make sure youre friends. Pictures of what everyone else is growing and give me some tips and i need those because i dont know what im doing. Looking at the temperatures over the next few days for San Francisco. Does get a little bit warmer, but the main story will be for the valleys. Low 80s today and mid990s by the end of the week and upper 90s in time for fathers day. Well talk more about that weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. Sam and vicky. A lot going on. Thanks very much, keri. Coming up next, approximate for people who take emergency calls. We take an indepth look at problems for 911 dispatchers in San Francisco. But first happening now. The world awaits attorney general Jeff Sessions testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence committee expected to begin shortly. All the top players are already at the capitol. Were just counting down until that testimony begins, and, of course, well bring that to you live as that happens. Here back at home, a homeless man cited for eating pizza at a muney bus stop is due in a San Francisco court in a couple of hours had. The coalition on homelessness and advocacy groups calls the citation a, quote, real waste of police services. Advocates are getting ready for a News Conference ahead of that court appearance. Were back with more news right after these messages. Vicky vo many questions unanswered in cupertino after this woman was arrested for killing a 74 many questions still unanswered in cupertino after this woman was arrested for killing a 74yearold woman in her home. Police believe the suspect was having a, quote, psychotic episode and that the killing was apparently random. It all happened friday night near cupertino high school. A neighbor says he came facetoface with the suspect who wasnt wearing any clothes and was holding a hammer. I walked out to about the edge of the steps, and i screamed, hey, whos there, and this naked lady comes out of my backyard with a hammer in her hand, completely naked. The cop was here within two minutes and i pointed down there, and they went down there and arrested her. At that point she dont know what she did. Police believe 39yearold Suzan Hernandez of los gatos acted alone. Were awaiting Jeff Sessions testimony at any moment in d. C. Well be right back after this. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] groomer accused of suffocating welcome back. Hang today, the trial for the hayward pet groomer accused of suffocating and killing a dog is expected to begin later today. The 38yearold man is accused of killing a 1yearold honghaired daschund at a san mateo pet smart last may. That trial is expected to last about five days. A close call for an Oakland Police officer who is in the hospital after being hit by a drunk driver. Oakland police say the accident happened about 11 30 p. M. The officer was at international boulevard when the driver allegedly hit her. She was rushed to the hospital. The officer is in stable condition. Its not clear yet if this case is connected to any of the warriors celebrations. We have new details this morning on a deadly motorcycle crash in walnut creek that shut down all northbound lanes on 680 last night. We broke this story on our 11 00 news. That accident was just after 10 00 at the i680 highway split in walnut creek. One person died as a result, and still no word on what caused that crash. Happening today. Oakland city leaders are considering adding an inspector to the new voterapproved civilian police commission. Tonight at city hall the Public Safety committee will discuss responsibilities of the civilian commission, and they will vote to add the civilian inspector general. We spoke with an Oakland City Council member about what the commission will do. You need someone who is going to audit and look at reforms and audit the Police Department on an ongoing basis, and that somebody needs to be a civilian who has expertise and needs to be someone who reports to the police commission, not to the police chief. The commission was overwhelmingly approved by voters in november. This all came in response to a number of scandals involving Sexual Misconduct by members of the Police Department. That resulted in a nearly 1 million settlement with the victim. As we await that capitol hill testimony, were going to bring that live to you as soon as it starts, more local news to get to. Inhumane is how county supervisors are describing the working conditions at san sfriss emergency call staff. Its so understaffed that 911 dispatchers are being told they have to work overtime and some are averaging between 60 and 70 hours a week. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews is at San Francisco city hall with more. Reporter some of the 911 dispatchers here in San Franciscos Emergency Call Center are working 16 hours a day four days a week. How many hours a week do you work on average . On average, on average 70 hours a week. Reporter an increase in call volume, including a doubling of 911 calls to report homeless encampments and an increase in retirement and resignations in part because of working conditions have led to a chronic shortage of dispatchers. At a city hall hearing more than a dozen dispatchers raced through statements trying to get it all in. Within a couple of minutes they were allotted. Outside in the hallway we heard a lot more. We have a lot of hostility, harassment, bullying, lack of training, lack of support. Last summer i had a weekend off, a complete weekend last time i had a complete weekend off i cant even remember. Reporter and hes been working dispatch for 17 years. It is inhumane for people to be working 16 hours, and despite the inhumanity its also patently unsafe. I have to say im alarmed and completely humbled by your work, and im angry. Certainly a critical job, obviously. Mark matthews reporting. The supervisors later this week will address the issue head on when they take up the new budget. What the dispatchers want is to be reclassified from public works to Public Safety officers which would mean better wages, better retirement and better benefits. He said the current work classification is not right. The San Jose City council is expect to vote on mayor sam liccardos budget for the 2017 fiscal year. If approved, it would focus on funding for emergency preparation and Flood Recovery efforts as well as road repair and maintenance and beautification projects. Well, it does look as though well be heading to that News Coverage soon so lets turn you over to nbc news. Members of the committee are expected to question the firing of james comey and his decision by sessions to recuse himself from the russia investigation. Our team is standing by with full coverage of this day. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in the hearing room. Peter, set the stage a week after the comey hearing. Yeah, less ter, this is going to be another hightension day of testimony from attorney general Jeff Sessions. This is the first time that he is going to be testifying in an opening hearing since confirm
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