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Car service uber and just how safe it is. prosecutors in los angeles and san francisco are suing the company, claiming among other things, it lied do and md led customers about the quality of its background checks to drivers and put people who use uber at risk. >> it has claimed that it uses an industry-leading background check process. however, we'relies on information submitted over the internet on its drivers instead of ensuring who they are. >> in the death of a 6-year-old in san francisco, her family claims the driver was using uber app on his cell phone to check on a ride request when he...

I'm just another guy who sits there day-to-day in the office, watches what's happening, and goes this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong, and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these, i didn't modify the story. this is the truth, this is what's happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> that was the nsa leaker edward snowden revealing his identity and explaining his motives. at age 29, he had access to some of america's most ...

Mayor bloomberg is doing through his gun control group is he is targeting democrats who voted against background checks in ads, online and on television. do you think that sort of thing is effective? >> well, i do, but it's not limited to democrats. i think there are -- there's a core group of rational balanced republicans as well as democrats who understand that there is a common ground and, frankly, back to this 10,000-pound elephant, i've always believed that you eat an elephant a bite at a time. and enhancing these background checks are one of the best ways to make a short-term improvement...

Background checks and not assault weapons and not clips. of the last mass murders in this country, 39 would not have been prevented with background checks. n newtown, aurora wouldn't have been prevented with background checks. arizona wouldn't have been prevented with background checks. many of the mass murders we hear about occur not just with assault weapons but occur from gunmen who would have escaped the background check process. the strategy here is to isolate this conversation, narrow it down to background checks when in fact what really is the issue is assault weapons and clips. the nra...

Happened and no evidence it will happen, but the trouble is that 40% of the guns traded in the country don't go through the background check process, and that is just ridiculous, so i think that the background checks make sense. i am hoping that we will be able to do it. ironically ten years ago the nra supported universal background checks, and they have had a change of heart since then, and this is unfortunate, because it is a chance for them to step up to do something for the country, and not at all compromise the rights of law abiding citizens. >> let's switch gears here, and talk for a mi...