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Attorney was in ukraine, apparently still looking for political dirt that would help mr. trump. the white house has been mum about giulianis activities. uber calls it a safety report, but the new document confirms the extent of alleged incidents of sexual assault at the ridesharing company. cnns senior investigative correspondent drew griffin has more about it. >> reporter: buried on page 59 of a polished long-anticipated report are the stunning numbers, 5,981 sexual assaults reported over two...

Of sexual assault in 2017 and 2018. cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffins reporting first put the spotlight on uber drivers accused of sex crimes. he has more now on these new revelations from uber. >> reporter: buried on page 59 of a polished, long-anticipated report are the stunning numbers. 5,981 sexual assaults reported over two years. 464 of them rapes. uber emphasizing with millions of rides daily the odds of attack are minuscule, but tony west, ubers chief legal officer who...

Number of sexual offenses on new york transit. just one locality, over 1100 cases the past two years. for its part, uber is the first ride-hailing company to do this, and theyre trying to be transparent. the ceo saying that its a big number when you first see it, and its still a big number, theres no getting used to 3,000 reports of assault ises. uber running this ad saying as the biggest ride-sharing platform, we have the biggest responsibility as well. so what is a ride company doing about thi...

From the ride share industry. ed: unfortunately. >> youve got to verify that ride. thats not the beginning and end of all protections, but make sure that that back seat safer today. ed: and i want to bring in gary, but bring in uber and lyft, counting, confronting and taking action to end sexual assault. my heart is with all the survivors of this all too pervasive crime and we take a step forward today with this report. gary what more needs to be done. its one thing to put out a report. how do y...

Report there was physical touching. >> reporter: fielding the most severe complaints is there any indication from the data that sexual assault is more prevalent during uber rides than in other public places? >> i think the answer is no. its difficult to make comparisons to other modes of transportation because we have not seen this kind of data before. >> reporter: today, survivor advocate organizations applauding uber for its transparency lyft tells nbc news it remains committed to releasing it...

Assault during 2017 and 2018. uber said it would release the report a year ago, in response to a cnn investigation. that investigation found 103 uber drivers in the u.s. had been accused of sexually assaulting or abusing their passengers in the previous four years. uber attempts to put the number of sexual assaults in a context as a percentage of total rides. saying that 99.9% of rides occur without incident. last year, uber had a partnership with rapid s.o.s., that sends a riders location to a ...

His brother died covering a route for someone who called out. an innocent bystander was also killed in the shootout. two men robbed a miami area jewelry store and took the u.p.s. truck on a high-speed chase with dozens of police officers in pursuit. the chase ended when the truck got stuck in traffic. the police and suspects exchanged fire. drivers were caught in the crossfire. no officers were seriously hurt. uber released its first ever safety report, and that report talks about nearly 60,00...

>> reporter: yeah. well, if ab-ubers trying to put the best spin on this long-anticipated report but the numbers are simply alarming. buried on page 59 of a polished long-anticipated report of are the stunning numbers. 5,981 sexual assaults reported over two years. 464 of them rapes. uber emphasizing with millions of rides daily, the odds of attack are miniscule. but tony west, ubers chief legal officer who for nearly two years now has refused to be interviewed by cnn admitted to nbc the number ...

Possibility that uber is aware of someone who potentially raped someone else who is out in the public without involving law enforcement. >> someone who is a former law enforcement official, i understand the tension. we have lots of information about an incident that we will share with law enforcement if we get the consent of the victim. >> reporter: ubers study reveals more than 40,000 drivers were banned in the u.s. in the last two years as part of continuous background checks for a variety of ...

During or after uber rides. ranging from groping to rape. roughly four reported rapes every week one in every 5 million rides. >> thats a hard number, but im not surprised, and im not surprised because sexual violence is much more pervasive in society than most people realize. >> reporter: tony west is ubers chief legal officer. spearheading the study released today together with input from sexual violence advocates. i was surprised to read half of the victims are riders and the other half are d...