yes, sir. [ inaudible ] >> well, again, let me understand score, tom, and we th said this. this was a mutual decision. we both talked about the fact that we were concerned that this was a contuing discussion. we reached this decision together. that's the essence of it. there is no other story associated wi it. >> michelle rhee and i have worked together over the last 3 1/2 years, we had just had a meeting. we talked about the education policy and practices in the district of columbia, so i don't even think that's an appropriate question. it's not a rejection on the part of either one of us.

yes, sir. [ inaudible ] ] >> so one of the great things about the transition as we have planned it is th all of the reformscan continue as planned. chief leave, you see a significant transition. because deputy chancellor henderson is the whoun will taking the reins, because the entire management team will be staying in place, this there be an absolutely seamless transition. so all the plans we have krakted for the rest of this year will be able to be implemented with fidelity. i have a tremendous amount of faith that kaya will be able to lead that effort. [ inaudible ]

>> so as all of you know, one of the major reform strategies that we have prioritized is around human capital, so making sure that our ground breaking teacher's unio contract is implemented with fidelity that impact ours new teacher evaluation model continues to be implemented aggressively. our special education reform, especially those that call for bringing back children from nonpublic placement because we spend about 00 million a year right now on tuition for those kids, that money needs to be invested in the system to be able to build it for capacity and building the schools is important as well. we have a number of initiates going on from our calyst and partnership schools and turnaround efforts. all of those things are very clearly outlined in our performance plan for the mayor and i ha no doubt that ms.

henderson will be able to implement all of those things with fidelity and aggressiveness. >> last question. last question. think there was a contract entered into with the chancellor at the beginni of her tenure. whatever provisions are onhe contract, of course they will be reserved. >> thank you all. thank you very much. >> you've been listening to a live news conference in which we have learned that michelle rhee has stepped down. we have also learned that the kaya henderson will be stepping up as inlt trim chancellor. > toda chairman

right now we're following three breaking news storying. michelle rhee is leaving. another breaking story, a department of public works employee is killed this morning at a trash and repsychly yard. another is recovering after a shooting in the district. and cheer this morning as one by one, 33 trapped miners are being brought to the surface. family members are waiting as the 15th miner will soon be brought up. "news 4" midday begins right w now. good mning and welcome to "news 4 midday."

we're live in nthwest washington right now for the newsonference just wrapped up. derek, good morning. >> good morning. here in the may flowerotel where the news conference just broke up and it's ended months0% of speculation. school chancellor michelle rhee is stepping down effective the end of the month. since 2007 she's stormed in with sweeping reforms which she's faced dogged criticism and been heaped with praise. k kaya henderson the deputy chancellor will take over. she got her ringing endorsement. he said she exceeded her reputation and has a willingness to do what's right despite the political ram fi indication. rhee saud her decision to leave is a mutual decision between e and chairman gray. rhee said it's job she will

love and will miss. >> today chair man gray and i have reached the mutual decision that i will leave my post as the chancellor of the washington, d.c. public school system. this is not a decision we made lightly but it is one i believe that is absolutely essential to allow chancellor gray to pursue our shared goal of unifying t city behind the school reform efforts that are making such a large difference in the lives of the children across the city. in short we have agreed together that the best way to keep the reforms going is for this reformer to step aside. >> reporter: rhee says she will probably take some time off. as for the tansitionhey're expecting it to go smoothly because most of the staff will stay in place. kaya henderson has a 13-year history. that does not answer the question as to who will be the

permanent chancellor, whether or not she'll be in the running or some of the other names we heard mentioned. so this will get you through the transition eriod, perhaps into the first month of the new term. it could very well give way to the future round of the d.c. public school. we're li at the may flower hotel. back to you. >> thank you, derek. we're following other breaking news here in the district. one departmenof public works employee has been killed and another wound ed after being sht on the b. it happened in the 1200block of w street in northwest d.c. "news 4" tracee wilkins is on the scene right now with more on this deadly shooting. >> reporter: witnesses say around 6:15 this morning a gunman appeared at the yard dressed in a dpw yard. two employees were shot.

police say 51-year-old larry hutchins, a 24-year veteran was killed. another is expected to recover. police aren't confirming whether the suspect was a dpw worker but investigate investigators say there were plenty on the scene. >> very rarely do you come before the public to talk about a government employeewho has been shot and killed while actual on a government site and while actual doing government work. >> reporter: workers say lack of security has been an ongoing issue on the brentwood lot and other sites as well. >> there's no security in this yard or any of t yards. >> reporter: police say they're the process of conducting terviews. they're looking for one, possibly two sbpts in the

shootings. >> whether this is workplace violence or some other type of tack, it's part of the police department's family and we're going to work around the clock to make sure we bring the person responsible to justice. >> reporter: meanwhile the employees are dealing with an unexpected and tragic loss. >> i've worked with him for over 20 years. outstanding employee. never been in any trouble or anything of that magnitude. >> meanwhile trash is suspended for the day. we'll continue to follow this. right now rescuers continue to pull the trapped miners to safety. 14 othe 33 men have been rescued from the mine who have been trapped for months. for many, just one word can describe the last 12 hou or so, and incidentally we're

looking at a live picture right now. the 15th miner has been pulled. nbc's natalie morales is live in chile and has more on this. >> reporter: a miracle at the mine, after 70 days trapped under ground, the first miner emerged. just after midnightocal time wednesday 31-year-old florencio avalos made it to the surface a. the father of two reunited with his family for the first time in two months. not far away floreio's brother watched on tv. the raw emotion is captured by hundreds of reporters surrounding the family. >> it is an unbelievable scene here. it's impossible to have a dry

eye as you can see the very first ments, the very first hug, one of e st emotional experiences, seeing lot of reporters here and seeing the grown men out here. reporters covering the story. everybody's crying. one hour later the second miner emerged. mario sepulveda embraced his wife. then an unexpected moment. sepulveda reached inside his bag and pulled out some rock, handling them to his rescuers as souvens. then this miner known as the comedian of the bunch laughed it up with the president of chile sebastian pinero. this happened on august 5. 17 days later a small drill are broke through. a miner sent a note to the surface skrauled in red pen saying they were alive.

rescuers sent a camera down and saw smiling faces. for more than two months the world watched as the miners hoped and prayed for a rescue. above ground more than 1,000 experts planned the meticulous rescue. while family members gathered at what is now called camp hope, tuesday many ofhe women spent the last two hours getting ready, having their hair done, putting on make-up. baby esperanza which means hope will meet her father for the very first time. falies will be back together, their lives forever changed. ♪ >> reporter: the excitement builds with each passing hour. throughout the overnight almost every hour on the hour, rescue after rescue after rescue. over and over these brave men won the hearts of people all

over the world. 33 miners once strangers now international heroes. >> and natalie morales reporting there. we're loing live again at copiac chile, where they've just brought up the 15th miner. it doesn't look like they're having any prochblt everybody getting out of that lift with such joyous looks on on their faces. we're going to bring you any development as it comes in t us and we look forward to the 16th miner being brought to the surface any time now. we have a traffic alert in the tysons corner area. there's a new traffic patrn now in place at route 123 and the beltway. it's part of the toll or hot lanes project that's going on. here's a breakdown. overnight crews shut down the ramp that goes from northbound

to the beltway. drivers will now have to move to a left-turn lane. so crewed shifted all four northbound lanes of the beltway to the left to an approaching 123. this weekend crews will shut down all four lanes of route 123 and go under 495. that happens friday night and will last through early monday morning. officials warn drivers to add at least 20 minutes to their commute during that work. and we're also following a developing story out of takoma park. police are invesgating a possible homicide. they found a man unconscious late last night near blair road in cedar street northwest just blocksrom the tacoma metro station. paramedics rushed the man to walter reed. there's no word on what caused his deh but police found what appears to be a puncture wound in his chest. they don't have any suspects at this point. >> ourime right now, 14 minutes after 11:00. the fight over gay marriage in the district is not over. coming up today, opponents are

asking the u.s. supreme court to take up this case, plus the first lady hits the campaign trail. she has a busy schedule leading up to the election. >> and movie makers are working in the district again today. we'll tell you how to avoid the road block. stay with us.

. right now. 15 of the 33 trapped miners in chile are safe. rescuers began pulling them to

safe tolerate last night. the men have been trapped almost a half mile underground for more th than two months. rst lady michelle obama is hitting the campaign trail. she will visit ten fundraisers in 12 states. today she's in milwaukee to stump for russ feingold. it's the first time that the first lady will campaign. michelle obama is one of the most popular figures in the obama administration. a group that opposes same sex marriage in d.c.want to take their case to the supreme court. they argue the gay marriage issue should be decided by voters. the district began allowing same sex marriages in march. > also a federal judge has issued an injunctn bang the military from enforcing the don't-ask, don't-tell policy.

that order applies to u.s. military installations worldwide. thinjunction goe into effect immediately and also suspended any spending discharges under the policy. the attorneysill have 60 days to appeal the ruling opinion pentagon lawyers say they are studying the ruling. the pentagon had been given a december 1st deadline to come up with a plan to repeal don't-ask, don't-tell. we're enjoying a really nice day, chillier than it has been and we can use that word that way. chillier. >> big change overnight. the wind shifted into the northeast it brought in the autumn chill that's still in the r this morning. there's a live view from our sky watcher camera. there's a tinge of aumn color of northwest washington. off in the distance is arlington, horizon is fairfax county. the dew point is low and winds coming out of the north and east. we're in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees.

prince george's, arlington, fairfax and ntgomery counts as well as throughout much of virgin and maryland and around the bay and on a eastern shore. the wider view the temperatures showing in the mid-60s in southeastern virginia. mountains this morning was in the mid-40s in western maryland and parts of west virginia. right now they are just in the throw mid-50s. quite a cool change has moved in and finally we got the weather to go along with the autumn color that's beginning to show up. over the last 12 hours we had high pressure moving across to our north and pushing some of the cloud cover down to our south. a few showers around the virginia-north carolina border and these continue to track off to the east and will stay well to our south. a couple of weeks ago i visited the christian academy in prince george's county. had terrific time there. i want to thank the school head, donna edwards for the invitation. had a wondful time talking to those students. two of those students will be job shadowing me tomorrow. they are very interested in

weather as a career. we tked lot about that and lked about different types of weather. a wonderful time there at the reed temple christian academy in prince george's, maryland. what we'vebeen looking at what's been happening an upper level disturbance that's been rotating out of the mississippi vall moving over tennessee and kentucky and that's going begin move up our way. as we go forward over the next 48 hours the high pressure that is to our north will move off the new england coast and that will open up the door for this low to begin to move our way and it will deepen and begin to form a coastal low that will rapidly deepen and begin to pick up more moisture there, may give us some rain tomorrow. likelihood of rain. by thursday evening much ofhis rain should be gone as this storm system will rapidly intensify off of cape cod. blustery wind on friday, gusts up 230 miles per hour. within along the new england coast and heavy rains there. for us for the afternoon mostly sunny, milder afternoon in the

mid-to-upper 60s. we'll get a bit of a warm up briefly but certainly not the summer and october weather we've seen in the last several days. overnight tonight it will get chilly clouding up after-month and down to 50 by dawn tomorrow. likelihood of rain moving into the mountains late tonight and smaller chance that it would be in the metro area by dawn. certainly maybe 30, 40 miles to our st it will be raining. as the morning progresses, rain sweeps through the region, afternoon highs near 60. an inch of rain before it tapers off and end on thursday night. on friday it appears wehave a small chance of a shower. blustery wind. saturday morning just near 40. afternoon highs low 60s. saturday with sunshine. should be sunny on sunday. great weather for the skins-colts game sunday night. as we get into next week should be dry and cool as well for monday and tuesday and that's the way it looks. we're going to check into traffic. let's go to jerry edwards.

>> goomorning. kind of a tough midday for a little while but beginning to settle down. there had been an accident on the inner loop of the beltway kenilworth avenue. a couple of travel lanes of closed. everything pushed to the shoulder and ten minutes ago thorities left the scene. proaching the kenilworth interchange on the inner loop all lanes still open. sluggish from i-95 but all in all looking much bter. headed for downtown 395 landmark to shirlington moving nicely to the 14th street bridge minimal delays. accident on the southeast freeway at the exit for the u.s. capitol has been cleared, delays easing very quickly. still ahea s-your child being bullied atschool? it's a growing problem. we sit down with dr. winer to let parents know how to respond. next time you update your online status beware a criminal could be watching.

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after apectacular fire just over threeears ago, d.c.'s georgetown neighborhood library is set to reopen.

the library wi open its doors on monday. a large portion of the library's collection was lost during that fire of april 2007. it's all been replaced with new books, technology and computers. the renovation also made sure to preserve the historic look of the 75-year-old library. the fi began on the roof where repair crews were working but the city is still fighting with insurance companies over who is to blame for the incident. and we have a traffic alert for you filming for t movie transformers 3 will shut down district streets again today. last night our tower cam caught several large explosions during a shoot, filming resumed after a crash involving a d.c. police cruiser and bumble bee one of the main transformer vehicles broughtfilming to a halt. tonight the area near the capital will be shut down beginng at 30. here's a look at the affected area. the area will remain closed overnight until tomorrow morning. coming up in the next half hr

of news 4 midday less tn an hour ago the announcement was made, michelle rhee is leaving her post as chancellor of d.c. schools. plus the work to rescue 33 trapped miners continues this morning. more than one-third of those men are now free. we'll haveore live from the scene. tom kierein will be back with the latest on our cooler i thought it was crazy feeding in the fall.

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today chairman gray in a have reached the mutual decision that it will leave my post as chancellor of the washington, d.c. public school system. this was not a decision that we made lightly, b it is one that i believe is absolutely essential. >> about an hour ago d.c. school chancellor michelle rhee resign. she said it was mutual decision between her and vincent gray. mayor adrian fenty named kaya henderson as acting chancellor. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the day. and now to an update of the breaking news that we've been following for some 12 hours now. almost every hour another miner has emerged from underground down in chile. here's a live look at the scene in northern chile, copiapo.

elaine reyes joins us live from the newsroom with the latest developments. >> well about 20 minutes ago the 15th miner emerged. almost half of the group of 33 is out and being cared f at a local hospital. the effort has been fairly flawless and steady. you're taking a live look at the rescue site. the capsule is on its way down to picup the th miner. a team engineers in that general vicinity there is working. between runs they have been prepng the capsule for a smooth de. each ride takes about 15 minutes for the miners going down to up. the rescues are moving a bit faster than expected. that's because the capsule isn't spinning as originally thought and with no damage the process has gone faster. even aew rescuers have made the trip down, half a mile underground to make sure everything is all right. now this morning chile's health

minister said so far the miners look great and are in good condition. they haven't suffered any dizziness but are a little tired from the lack of sleep and the excitement as you can imagine. the 33 men spent 70 days trapped inside a golden copper mine in northern chile. they emerged from the capsule wearing sunglasses that will help their eyes to acclimate to being outside. the second miner out even came out carrying a bag of rocks as souvenirs to give to folks there after hugging his family members. no major reunions at home just yet. each miner has to stay in the hospital over the next 48 hours for observation and they say they will take it. barbara, back you. >> easy to see why there's not been many dry eye ace round that area. hard for us to watch it from here and not get sentimental about it. tom is here. you'veeen watching too as all

the anticipation we all have. >> just wonderful. a triumph of human endurance and ingenuity. here we got a bigchange in weather. upper 50s to near 60 now and there's a bit of a blustery northeast breeze bringing in the autumn chill since last night. over the last 12 hours we had this high pressure pushing in from the north that's cleared our sky out. we got a beautiful clear sky now. it won't last lon clouds on the increase by late this afternoon as highs reach to the mid-to-upper 60s. after midnight some rain moving into the mountains and shenandoah valley after midnight. down far northwestern suburbs by mid-morning rain moving through and wet day all day tomorrow with highs only near 60. could get up to an inch of rain. then on friday partly sunny, blustery and cool, hig mid-60s.

blustery be within will dimish friday night. small chance of a shower on friday. morning lows low 40sand should be delightful on suny too with high 60s and morning lows. good weather for the game sunday night and dry and cool for the first part o next week. another update in a few minutes. let's head out to the roads and find out how things are moving. here's jerry. >> good morning, everyone. pretty stressful rush hour. a lot of trouble. midday has settled down. we have continuing construction, 95 southbound in two sttches, south of newington, get the lanes back and south of lorton again where the lane is clod, righside. let's head over with one more stop road work in place on the wilson bridge, on lane. delays out of oxon hill begin back around 210. outer loop of the beltway from alexandria heading towards oxon

hill looking good. we're getting a better sense this morning of what's been behind all those recent escalators and elevator problems at metro station. an audit accuses metro of lack adherence to maintenance starz. switches weren't cleaned or adjusted properly. water is somehow making its way into the machine rooms and work areas and that some mechanics aren't trained properly. it may soon be easier to pay for your fare if you take your bus to work. metro will be oering weekly bus pass on smartrip cards starting this sunday. can you load a seven day bus pass on to your smartrip card which will allow you unlimited travel on metrobus and regional bus routes. you'll also be able to load two bus passeson your card at a time. the second one will be ready to activate when the first one expires. a fireghter otographed naked apparently at a d.c.

firehouse kitchen has been placed on administrative leave. this picture cam from a retirement party in the columbia heights firestation this summer. the investigation is ongoing but they don't believe the was alcohol involved at the firestation. they say the only person under investigation is the man in the picture. >ing prince george's county police are planning to anunce an arrest within an hour in a quadruple stabbing in college arc. police released a surillance camera photo of a possible suspect. the stabbing stems from a fight that started inside the thirsty turtle and ended with four people getting stabbed. three the victims are university of maryland students. investigators say those students had been served drinks at the thirsty turtle and the university police chf has called for a hearing to review the bar's liquor license. a lawyer for the bar says they are cooperating with police. and police inairfax county

have found the vehicle they say was stolen from a local businessman's home after he was murdered. officer spotted the gold colored lexus off americana drive in annandale. police have towed the car to a crime lab for processing. last thursday 61-year-old man was found dead in his home. yun died due to trauma from the upper body. no motive has been released but it appears he was targeted. the search for an american man lieved murdered by mexican pirates takes more disturbing turn. lead mexic investigator has now been murdered. tiffany hartley is trying to recor her husband's body after he was shot and killed while two rode jet skis on falcon lake. this morning we're learning the severed head of the mexican investigator in the case was delivered in a suitcase to a mexican army base. this morng tiffany hartley shared her reaction on "the

today show." >> heart broke. i can't even explain. imean i'm grieving him too,he loss of him because, i mean i met him, i was sitting next to him through a translatoralking to him and, you know, describing where david was at and i just grieve for his family and my heart just aches for his family because they are now having to go through what we're going through, and i mean just like everybody says to me there aren't any words to explain how, u know, how sorry i am and how much i hurt for hi family. >> texas governor rick perry says the murder is meant to intimidate law enforcement. still ahead on news 4 midday upbeat earnings reports could be good news for stocks today. we'll have the ltest numbers for you. plus, bullying. what a parent should do if their what a parent should do if their child is a victim

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news stories of bullying incidents are becoming mor common. it's estimated 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. dr. winer joins us this information with how to deal with this problem that's growing. it something that's new in o schools?

>> no, i don't think it's new but what i do think is new is the mechanisms by which kids are bullying. we're seeing a lotore bullying, cyber bully, bullying on the internet, on cell phones, in chat rooms. >> not necessarily within the schoolgrounds. well, tell me, what are the most common forms? what do kids do? how do th pick out who they will bully. >> the victim is more shy, more reserved, more anxious, maybe more physically weak stdent. and the way kids bully when they are younger tends to change as they getoriole. younger kids are engaged in verbal and physical harassment. as kids mature their form of bullying is more sophisticated. from middle and high school students you'll see more sib engineer bullying. spreading lies or rumors on the internet as wellas social exclusion. more of a problem with girls

where they will decide as a pack that maybe the queen bee of the group decides that they want to shutne girl out ofhe group and then that girl then is faced with no longer having friends. >> mean girls. we hear it all the time. do you think girls are more susceptible to doing this kind of thing than boys? >> i do. i've seen it in my practice as well. >> is that right? >> yes. >> why? what inspires girls to be mean? >> don't know. that's a tough one. i just think that girls are going to be a little bit more likely to be less direct and talk about when they are having a proem with somebody. maybe boys are more likely to confront somebody at the moment and say what you did bothered me. girls will be less likely do that and then find alternative ways to make surehey get back at them. >> girlsmore likely to be

clickish. girls start joining early first, second, third grade. >> it is occurring earlier. >> so, what should parents do if they fear that their child is either the bullier or the one who is being bullied. >> parents need to be concerned whether their child is the victim or the bully because both have been linked to problems. kids twhor victims have higher rates ever depression, they have higher rates ever anxiety, school refusal as well as possibly suicide or school shootings. so, what parents need to do, there are a few recommendations that i have. for parents whose child is a victim. the first thing that parents should do is get the who, what, where, when, how of the bullying incident. ey want to really understand what exactly took place. they want to express to their child that they are pleased their child came to them and make it clear to the child that the child did nothing wrong.

nobody desteembs victim of bullying for any reason. the other thing i recommend to parents is thathey contact the school directly with the problem rather than trying to contact the parent of the bully. sometimes contacting the parent of the buffaloey might work okay particularly if you happen to know the parent well. but in general you're better off trying to do it through the school. the other thing is trying to ask the child what they think should be de help solve the problem. you want to incorporate them into the solution. you want to find out what they've tried and what ideas they may have. then se oer thing you want to do would be to rol play with your child put to make sure that your child develops assertiveness. you want them to practice both acting out being the bully and also being t victim of bullying. it gives the parents a sense as to what was goi on as well as enable the cld to figure out the words they might say. a lot of people recommend ignore the bullying. i don't think that's a good idea. when a k is being bullied they are experiencing a great deal of

emotional stress and to tell them to ignore it i don't think that's feasible. studies have shown ignoring the situation doesn't make it go away. >> with all that's going on in the news right now we certainly have a good jumping off point for parents to bring up the subject even if they don't fear their child is being bullied so they have an idea if this is going on, notice it. >>ot only notice it, i think that in something that's occurring as commonly as bullying is, it's important for parents to just talk about the subject even if they don't suspect their child has a problem so they set the stage so their child knows howo respond if problems do occur. >> thanks as always for coming. nice gains on wall street. let's check in with cnbc. >> reporter: hi, barbara. the markets are trading higher and upbeat earning reports.

dow is up nearly 100 points. almost 1%. nasdaq up 24 points. s&p 500 higher by nearly 10. jpmorgan chase the first bank to report third quarter earnings said profit jumped 23 the defaults remain high. defaults on credit cards are likely to fall next quarter. we can't forget about the intel effect. the be tech bellwhether beat forecast allaying concerns that the chip maker would struggle during the second half the year. growth in transporting cars and ucks is a positive sign for the economy. nearly 40 state attorney generals will launch an investigation into the foreclosure mess. the white house has rejected calls by lawmakers to declare a nationwide freeze on foreclosures while the procedures are reviewed. the s.e.c. will propose new rules tomorrow requiring

wireless does alert customers either by voice or text message when they reach their monthly limits be on usage. seems like a pretty good idea. back to you. thank you. have a great day. there is a new warning today about the potential danger of social networks sites like facebook and twitter. they are great for keeping in touch with family and friend but some of the information you post could bring tuble to your door. amy robach reports. >> horrible feeling. seeing it on video intense fist it. >> reporter: the burglar is caught here rifling through her home. stling two laptops, a plasma tv and other valuables. >> it's not just a matter of having your house broken into and something taken it's the facthat someone was in your house.

>> reporter: the crime itself was hard enough to stomach for carey and her fiancee. what was even more upset, one of the burglars was someone kari actually knew. >> he lived right across the street from me for 15 years. >> reporter: in fact, one of her so-called friends, at least on facebook. carey says he knew where she was. >> we were going out to see a band and posted on facebook where we were going, what we were doing if any friend wanted to come with us. >> reporter: tnks t that facebook post he realized their home was empty and he pounced. >> you can't trust who is on your facebook page, apparently. >> reporter: they were arrested and have not entered pleas. >> it's makes you feel very unsa. >> reporter: hardly an isolated se. police have recently bust ad

criminal ring. >> these individuals who committed these offenses obtained this information from facebook. >> reporter: thieves broke into 18 homes because figuring when body was home was very easy. >> victims of these particular burglaries were posting accounts of what they were doing. >> reporter: eerts warn you and your children should be very careful about letting your online friends know your location. >> think social networking site is a great idea but ing it wisely takes a lot of thought. >> reporter: a new concern is checking in. with savvy cell phone users let their online friends know in real-time what stores and restaurants they are visiting. checking in,he whole notion is to let people know where you are, can connect with your friends. a biggerroblem is thieves or other people will know where you're not. >> deal or no deal. if it's not in this box it's in this box. you got to be careful what you

tell the world. >> reporter: it alarme dutch product developerhat helped him create please rob me.com. >> we got messages that -- >> reporter: his site was designed to name and embarrass people who were letting the online people know they were away from home. >> if you said you're checking in somewhere at a restaurant, you're saying your house is not being guarded at this moment. so people can get your stuff. >> reporter: the websi no longer shares people's check ins. the point has been made. >> the warning we were trying to give out is pretty easy. use common sense. >> reporter: that's something that carey had to learn the hard way. >> i think people should see this as a lesson learned. i do not post where my fiancee d are doing or what we do until after we do it. >> that was amy robach reportg. our time 11:52.

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i'm going to take a look at some stories we'll be following for you this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. >> coming up this afternoon we're followg delopments in the changes at the top. d.c. school system. we'll have the latest on progress being made in pulling those mine towers safety in chile. quite a ory there. plus a change is happening at a favorite coffee shop. and it may have you waiting longer for yr cup of joe. then tonight at 5:00 a local retirement community is helping residents live longer. the back to basics approach that's helping to improve their health. those storie are newing starting tonight at news 4 at 4:00. it's time for a final check on our forecas for midday. here's tom. sfwheef had a cool blast come in overnight pap big change from the summer like pattern we've

had for a last few days. right now it's near 60. should climb in the upper 60s in the next three or four hos. clouding up late tonight, rain moving in tomorrow. highs near 60. a blustery wind on friday, small chance of a shower. highs mid-60s. saturday sunny. chilly in the morning. mid-40s. should be sunny sunday, monday and tuesday with highs in the 60s. see you tomorrow morni. >>hank you, tom. scarlet hall lives in georgia with her husband and three kids like a lot of americans her budget is tight right now so imagine her surprise when she received a utility bill for more than $1 billion. >> this is a big number. now you know if you don't pay that that you would get off.

i think i might need to start selling organs. >> she got in touch with her utility company. she says they apologized for the problem and recalculated her bi down to a more manageable $287. that's news 4 midday. we thank you for being with us and inactivity you to te in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 and we hope you'll get up with us tomorrow morning and i'll be here at :00 a.m. with news 4 midday. until en he a terrific day and i'll see you in the morning.