If my tie was fixed. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I begin to take on the life of an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David do you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David the company was not a public company. You have taken it public. You received a lot of publicity about the ipo. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara i think there are many critics for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the Technology Companies of our generation that are coming public, the socalled unicorns, w
I have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me ask you a question at the beginning. How does it feel to get up in the morning and know that 330 million americans want to know the state of your health that day . [laughter] jus. Ginsberg it is encouraging. It helps to know that people are rooting for you. It is not universal. [laughter] when i had pancreatic cancer in 2009, there was a senator whose name i dont recall but he said i would be dead within six months. That senator is now no longer alive. [laughter] [applause] david but you cant remember his name . Jus. Ginsberg no, i dont. David your current view is as long as you are healthy and able to do the job, you intend to stay on the court. Jus. Ginsberg as long as i am healthy and mentally agile. [applause] David Justice stevens and previously Justice Oliver wendell holmes, they retired when they were 90. Would you like to break the record . Jus. Ginsber
I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me ask you a question at the beginning. How does it feel to get up in the morning and know that 330 million americans want to know the state of your health that day . [laughter] jus. Ginsberg it is encouraging. It helps to know that people are rooting for you. It is not universal. [laughter] when i had pancreatic cancer in 2009, there was a senator whose name i dont recall but he said i would be dead within six months. That senator is now no longer alive. [laughter] [applause] david but you cant remember his name . Jus. Ginsberg no, i dont. David your current view is as long as you are healthy and able to do the job, you intend to stay on the court. Jus. Ginsberg as long as i am healthy and mentally agile. [applause]
Top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve been working very hard the last year and a half, two years. I felt that it was i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. Were in the midst of contract negotiations. So if theyre giving bonuses for hard work and good work, remember the members that do the work daily. Reporter each assistant chief given a 5,000 bonus. The civilian employee received about 1,300. I rely on seasoned managers like chief dean to make the right personnel decisions at his department. If thats his judgment, i support it. Reporter the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in overtime costs. Overtime jumped from 1 in fiscal year 2015 to 23 million in fiscal year 2016. In the fir
Right now on news 4 this week, crumbling bridges. Cracks, shaky, potholes. What crews are doing to make sure your drive is safe. Overtime costs skyrocketing in the d. C. Fire department. Costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning its happening at the same time some members are getting bonuses. Billboard fight. The mayor finds herself in the middle of a growing advertising struggle in the district. Welcome to news 4 this week. Well start with spiking cost of overtime in the d. C. Fire department. It has doubled in just one year. And costs taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of t top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve be