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Learn about you and the people and places that led to you. go explore your roots. take a walk through the past. meet new relatives and see how a place and its people are all a part of you. ancestrydna. save 30% through august 15th at ancestrydna.com. >> tucker: two weeks ago a software engineer wrote a memo assessing the political culture at google where he then worked. at google he wrote we talk so much about unconscious bias as it relates to race and gender but rarely discuss our moral biases....

The judgment of a colleague and friend. senator mccain has been open and clear about the reasons for his vote, and late today, senator johnson did apologize for those comments. we turn next here tonight to the controversy sparked by a former google engineer who wrote a ten-page memo criticizing the companys diversity program saying women lagged behind in the temp world because of their biology. tonight he is out of a job, but he is standing by his words as we hear from him for the first time. ...

Position, engineer at one of the most -- one of the biggest tech companies in the world feel threatened by a few diversity programs. and then want to share that and write 10 pages about it and have it leaked in the way that it had and think that there would be no consequences. >> isnt a piece of this, mary katherine, this is directed at you. this software engineer had hiring power. he could impact the empowerment of women. this is a guy who is basically saying i dont like women around computers ...

Google fired a software engineer whose controversial memo criticizing the companys diversity policies set off quite a bit of controversy. nbc news has not verified the firing but the google manifesto argued in part that women were not suited for high-pressure jobs like those in tech because they cant handle stress. google says portions of the memo crossed the line and violated the companys code of conduct. and were also looking ahead to 2018 where the senates most vulnerable republican is now ...

If you pretend differences dont exist. its worth noting that google and other tech companies are also dealing with ongoing criticism that they have not done enough to promote women and minorities. software engineer james damore says he will likely pursue legal action against google. dana. >> dana: thank you, trace. here with more, political editor and co-author of "end of discussion." and julie, i want to start with you. youre going to get all of this commentary like they say they want to open i...

Presidents strength and his intentions for 2020 and the kinds of precautions that a number of people in the party are taking. some of them -- like john kasich, are lookin at 2020 and campaigning in 2020 even if president trump does run again, which is a good deal more brazen than anything we reported about the vice president. but we are talking about mike pence now. >> and the bottom line is, it seems, looking at this, that that statement that mike pence put out is for the eyes of one person, th...

When you have that kind of social and economic decay, it looks the same whether youre in harlem or rural ohio. >> and the president or then candidate trumps message really resonated clearly with these folks. weve watch "why trump won" the special documentary here on cnn. do not miss this. 9:00 eastern and pacific, only here on cnn. fareed zakaria, always a pleasure. thank you very much. coming up next, the story that google may not want you to google. a software engineer writing an essay on wh...

>> shannon: the pentagon confirming american ground troops and war planes are a major operation in yemen fighting along troops targeting a local al qaeda group. it includes surveillance and aerial reviewing but wouldnt specify the number of troops on the ground. >> leland: a memo on googles internal mailing list going viral over the weekend. a male google software engineer stirs up a diversity debate on women in the tech industry and accuses them of shutting down conversation. when it comes to d...

Engineer at google. the memo says that google doesnt have more female engineers because men have a higher drive for status. that googles commitment to hire more women will make the company less competitive. and that the gender wage gap is a myth. in the letter to employees this weekend, googles diversity v.p. said, like many of you, i found that the document advanced incorrect assumptions about gender. its not a viewpoint that i or this company endorses, promotes, or encourages. >> do you think ...

Fix its battered reputation since the scandal hit in september. the bank was hit with $185 million fine and fired more than 5,000 employees tied to the scam. an engineer at google circulating a 3,300-word sexist memo. the male engineer says women are not suited for tech jobs based on biological reasons. the document has been circulating inside google for some time but was made public this weekend. cnn tech hasnt been able to identify the author just yet. he is reportedly a rank-and-file softwa...