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scars of war and start a new life with his family. topper is tracking a chance for rain. this is 9news now. and we have two big stories tonight. one thousands of miles away in chile. you're looking live at the rescue effort to free the miners after 69 days deep underground. just moments ago the first mine er to be rescued was reported to be on the way up. you see that wheel turning to bring that rescue cubicle, that tube that is taking them to the surface, that is happening right now. but first the other breaking stories involves one of washington's most controversial figures. michelle rhee will announce her resignation in the morning. andrea is live with the late breaking news. >> she is expected to announce her departure tomorrow morning with mayor adrian fenty.

she is expected to leave at the end of this month. now, rhee's resignation comes to no surprise after she told fenty's defeat in the primary devastating for the city's school children. both respected, michelle rhee closed dozens of schools, fired teachers during her tenure. she took on teacher's union and created a system of merit-based pay in which compensation was determined by improvement in test scores. >> it's a total shame. she's got kids in public schools and we really see the improvement. >> i really liked her as a school chancellor. i was hoping that her and vincent gray could have reached some sort of agreement. >> she became a central figure in the dc mayoral primary, actively campaigning with incumbent mayor atrienne fenty. it also -- adrian fenty. it became a referendum on her job. >> i think what she attempted to

do it was a little drastic to those who were content with nothing being done. but with those who wanted something done, we knew that that is what you had to do to make change. >> i think she did some good things. i'll be sorry to see her go. >> reporter: test scores improved overall but scores released recently showed a decline. >> i think the new team can improve on it. >> reporter: after more than three years on the job, rhee's tenure is still the longest of any dc chancellor or superintendent in the last 20 years. rhee will be replaced on an interim basis by kia henderson. she is expected to attend tomorrow morning's news conference. no word yet on what rhee will do next. . so michelle rhee is out. so much more all of the carping

from both sides of the issue. either rhee is too valuable to let go but it's not all about one person. actually i think moving dc school reform to the next level is all about one person. but that person will be mayor vince gray himself. what we tend to forget is the outgoing mayor fenty's other big weapon in turning around the schools, sheer power. the dc council voted him complete control and hail mary that nonetheless that's revealed results. fenty and rhee will never have to face the voters again and they want a lot more velvet glove with their iron fist. let's be real, why vince knows how to play serious others, if he's serious about reform, his new chancellor will have to be able to pick a few fights. now back to the rescue effort in chile, the first miner may be freed at any moment.

his family is waiting nearby. if we can take that picture full. again, this has been such a long-term rescue operation. getting these miners ready to come back up with medication, with a special diet. as they burrow down to reach them, sent rescuers down and now the process of bringing the first of the 33 trapped is happening right now live in chile. excited well-wishers are gathered tonight at the chilean embassy where brittany morehouse is live. >> reporter: well, anita, you cannot help but stop and watch this television. they have a giant screen up here. you can hear cheers behind me. it's been nothing but cheers and cheers out here. many people gathered just to watch and moments ago they saw the first miner pulled out. ♪ music playing >> reporter: a moment for the national dance of chile. tonight it's a celebration for the moment in time when we see

that first miner and as the countdown begins, everyone here at the embassy of chile is transfixed. hanging on to rescue pictures, listening to the ambassador. >> we are extremely thankful for all of the donations, all the spirit that we have received during these two weeks from the people all over the country here in the u.s.. >> reporter: people like john michael duncan, deputy chief medical officer, he is one person that personally traveled to chile when the government asked for help. >> they thought that because of our experience in long duration space flight and confinement of the astronauts that they would be -- some of our expertise might be able to help them. >> reporter: their expertise in claustrophobic conditions is key. >> this is a very confining cage. it's only like 21 or 22 inches in diameter. and the miners will be in there for some period of time. maybe 15, 20 minutes or more. >> reporter: a time frame that

seems to play in slow motion for everyone watching the television coverage, including people passing by. >> a lot of people feel like it's someone's family. >> it's really interesting. the human drama that is going on. >> reporter: drama that has pulled the world together in unimaginable ways. >> whether we prayed for them or whether we helped them out, whether we worked with the government in chile to accomplish these objectives, it was a wonderful human story. >> reporter: well, out here back live outside the embassy of chile, there was confusion. a lot of people did think that the first miner was pulled out. but we apparently were looking at rescuers. either way, you have seen so much emotion here. it's palpable. people are really touched by this human interest story. and as you saw right there, people from the state department, people from nasa are here. and they say if they can't be in chile right now, this is where they want to be. reporting live in dc, brittany

morehouse, 9news now. >> thanks, brittany. and we'll be monitoring this developing story of the rescue mission throughout our broadcast tonight. in the meantime, a popular bond near the university of maryland is in the cross hairs of authorities who say it should be shut down in the wake of a stabbing involving students last night. the fight started inside the thirsty turtle on baltimore avenue and moved outside where three teenagers and another man stabbed. a fifth man is beengs south as a suspect -- being sought as a suspect. he is about 6'2" with a black mow hawk haircut. they call the thirsty turtle a nuisance with a record of serving to under age drinkers. >> this is unacceptable. this will stop. i'm ready to padlock it tonight, but it's not my call. >> a hearing with the county's board of license commissioners may be set as early as the first week of november. the owner of the bar has had no comment. a murder mystery becomes

even more mysterious. police have found the missing suv of a man found dead in his home but that suv turned up more than seven miles away. now, this was last thursday when 61-year-old yong yun was found murdered in his home in fairfax station. now an officer found yun's gold lexus along americana drive. his neighbors still trying to sort it all out. >> very shocking. because this is a very quiet neighborhood. nothing like this ever happens around here. it's very nice neighbors that we've seen them walking their dog all the time. >> they are going over the lexus inch by inch and they're looking to see if it's connected to recent home burglaries. a grand jury has given charges for false information about the case about a supervisor. the deputy, 27-year-old jason warren of west virginia has been

placed on paid leave. maryland republican candidate bob ehrlich has been misidentified as a democrat. that mistake made in a voter's guide. now supporters of the democratic in -- incumbent governor are demanding a correction. >> do you think they should change it? >> they should fix it. >> everybody knows he's not democrat. >> he's a republican. >> he's not democrat. he's really a republican. >> really. >> the early campaign calls it an innocent mistake and says the candidate is not especially concerned about the slip up. meantime ehrlich and governor martin o'malley will debate for a second time on thursday, and you can watch it live on noon right here on wusa9.com. i will certain as one of the panelists and you can send me questions via facebook or mail bag at mail bog at wusa9.com. as we've been telling you, we're going to be going back to

the live picture there coming out of chile as they wait for that first miner to be pulled up. such a coordinated rescue effort that has been going on throughout the evening and live cameras have been following it. so many family members waiting. and as we showed you at the chilean embassy, folks waiting here to see that first miner come up. we're going to come back to that again as soon as it happens. also, we have more on the foreclosure mess tonight. a government watchdog is investigating government owned gmac mortgage. the company admitted an employee -- by the way, gmac got $3.6 million in bailout money. it has halted foreclosures in 23 states. hold the pickle, hold the mayo, hold the entire burger. a judge has told rogue state to stop the grilling. folks in a nearby law firm had complained about it. the grill sent smokes and fumes into their offices and it made

them sick. rogue state said it's disappointed. we now see that miner coming up. that is what they're understanding that the cage with the first rescued miner is coming to the surface. again, it's hard to see right now. . >> right now we see kids are crying. there is happiness. again, folks crowding around. very difficult to get a close look at whatever is coming out of that tube, the rescue tube gone down 2,000 feet with that rescue capsule to get one of those miners up. they have been down there 69 days. remember, it was before labor day when this whole thing started. now it's coming up on halloween and these folks are just getting home tonight. >> these families have been through so much as they waited trying to get communication with those miners down there trying

to keep their spirits. >> we hear applause. there it is. the first miner has been rescued. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i believe we see a happy embrace there. [ cheers and applause ] >> they were underground 2,041 feet. >> there we go. >> in a rescue chamber down there waiting for rescuers to be able to create that makeshift tunnel, reinforce it and be able to send a specially made cage down to get there. [ cheers and applause ] >> we can note it happened way ahead of schedule. at one point they believed it would be christmas time and now it's october. they brought the first miner up. of course there are still several more to go. 32 more miners to be rescued. [ cheers and applause ] >> we want to applaud too. >> absolutely. lots of adjustments are going to be going through physically, mentally and emotionally after

this or deal. [ cheers and applause ] >> families clearly overjoid. lots of tears from children. family members alike. >> you notice the glasses warn they said they would have to wear dark glasses. they haven't seen bright light in almost three months so they have to wait until their eyes get used to it but i'm sure that will be a joyful duty as they, again, rejoin their families and their lives. hopefully back to where they were just before this happened. >> probably a lot of rejoicing where we waited to see the first rescue fulfilled. the first miner is up. 32, as you said, to go as we watch this. and the world is watching. >> yes. >> a dramatic human story as brittany was staying. >> so 15, 20 minutes it takes, i guess, to move that rescue capsule down to 2,000 feet and then another 15, 20 will bring the next one back up. so we'll almost certainly be off the air when the next miner comes back up. but this will go on throughout the night and we'll see all the miners up in the next 36 hours

or so is what they're telling us. >> that's right. lots of celebrating and cheers. live in chile right now. . [ speaking foreign language ] ] >> okay. okay. >> all right. now, you can see they're taking him off on a stretcher. obviously he's been underground for so long. medical care has been non-existent. they will need to see his condition. again, these guys have been on a special diet. they had to actually lose some weight so they could fit in the capsule. and the rescue goes on. >> that's right. and they were actually given aspirin as well to prevent clotting as all of this was going on. so it definitely coordinated effort to get them up. and we understand the first miner his name is lorencio

avalos who has been taken aware for medical care after such a long time underground. >> deep underground. and they're gathering together here perhaps to discuss strategy for the next move or maybe just congratulating each other. >> lots of reason to celebrate. >> hopefully later on we may have more from you where our own brittany morehouse has been live all evening watching this go on via the big screen down there. a lot of americans very excited about this. because you know how excited chileans are about it. a lot of americans have stopped by to help observe. because all of us have been captivated by this story. how can you survive? how could you stay underground for 2 or 3 months and then come up safe? we all wanted to see it happen. and now it is unfolding just before our eyes. there you see the rescue capsule. i guess they're about to get back in it, send someone back down and do the whole thing all over again. it's going to happen 32 more times tonight.

>> and we are still waiting more information. we still like to know things about perhaps who the next miner will be. is there any word on that miner who is rescued who was rescued condition as they examine him? if we get the answers to those questions, we will share that information with you as soon as we have it. right now, though, we watch in amazement. we talk about at one point might take three or four months now a month and a half early we are seeing these miners, again, coming to the surface. we've seen miner number one. miner number two through 33 i'm sure are anxiously awaiting their opportunity to cram themselves in that tiny rescue tube. it has to be a harrowing yet

amazing ride to the surface as they sit there just sort of waiting in anticipation for the door to open and to step out in the human companionship. and quite frankly a space to move around after 69 days. >> that's right. >> in a coal mine. >> we understand the next rescuer going down is roberto. the first miner was taken away for medical treatment after that rather precarious trip up to the surface. but it does seem like they tested this repeatedly before they did this as far as the stability of the mine shaft they were going down into and the rescue cage as it is. but as you were mentioning, derek, you can see how narrow it is. >> let's talk about the rescuer for a minute. we're told he is a paramedic so he has a lot of expertise. he can go down and figure out who comes next and they bring

that person up and do it all over again. >> it would be hard to imagine the conversations there of who goes first, isn't it? >> i can only imagine. it's probably sort of a sense of we don't want to push to the front of the line. you want to be generous. at the same time after all this waiting, you got to want to get the heck out of a dodge. >> that's exactly right. that's exactly it. and, again, they're sending this down. and we understand it is about a 15, 20-minute trip to get down to where they were in that rescued area. again, once that accident happened, they were in a safe place. >> right. >> but it was a matter of getting to them and finding a new way to reach those folks. >> 69 days to do it. they managed to pull it off. and the fact that these young -- that these men are still alive after all this time and are coming to the surface is what makes this the most amazing, dramatic story any of us have seen in quite some time, which is why we're bringing it to you live even as we speak from

chile. the coal mine 69 days ago collapsed. these guys were thought to be goners. if you think about what just happened in the coal mines of west virginia, a lot of people killed. these men somehow survived in that one little area for the last 70 days and tonight freedom for them. >> and it took some time even before extra food, water and all of that could reach them in addition to what they had down there. so, again, a lot of mental fortitude having to go into this story of survival as well. >> i'm thinking it's one of those you do what you have to do. they're down there, they had to survive. and they did. >> wow. >> they helped design the metal tube. >> yes, they did. >> 2,000 total. that's tv at its best right there. >> it sure is. 83 at dulles. a record high. it's two in a row for them. but we have to change that. we can't stay in the 80s for long in october. here is your forecast first now. the next three days, sunshine tomorrow. bright but a little brisk. upper 60s, though, actually average for us pretty much. and then low 60s on thursday.

rain develops late. we might see rain late in the morning and more in in the afternoon. brisk. breezy. great for high school football weather but bring a sweatshirt. grab a sweatshirt. 55 to start. grab your shades too. low 60s by lunch time and by evening lots of sunshine. temperatures topping out around 68. again, 69 or 70 is about average. we have been spoiled. partly cloudy and cooler. 46-54. winds out of the north at about ten. now, tomorrow morning partly cloudy and chilly. 40s and 50s. winds northerly at ten. and by afternoon, it's going to be cooler. but because the winds will be light, it's going to be a pretty nice day. partly cloudy, high temperatures between 65 and 70 and winds light out of the east at about ten. satellite picture, radar combined, take you down to hurricane paula. we're going to watch paula. she's going to actually skim off the yucatan peninsula.

maximum winds are still about 100 miles per hour and it's located about 150 miles southwest of the western tip of cuba. but a lot of the computer guide has it going back to the north. kind of following into the direction of the clouds. we will keep you posted on that. in the meantime, we have showers and thunderstorms to the west of us in through portions of kentucky and ten and down into the -- tennessee and down into the deep south. that is a storm system that will organize a little bit and get in here on thursday. so we're okay tomorrow, but thursday get ready to find your umbrella and your jacket. next seven days, 68 tomorrow. sunshine. 62 on thursday. kind of a chilly rain. maybe some early morning clouds on friday but then very nice. partly cloudy and breezy and rather chilly. about 60. and we're looking at 62 on saturday. got the dog walk in the potomac. i would like to see you out there. 10:30 walk. it's on oakland drive. beautiful on sunday. 70. skins are playing at night so grab a sweatshirt for that and then upper 60s on monday. low 70s on tuesday. there is more on the dog walk on our website under the forecast page wusa9.com.

>> all right. thanks, top. we have been telling you about this iraq war veteran and the transformation he's undergone. the story eve been talking about -- story we've been talking about. because of the rescue in chile, we're going to bring that to you

. welcome back as we continue to look live at the rescue situation in chile. we should say that sorencio alalos was the first to be pulled from the mine. it happened only a few minutes ago and he hugged his wife and sons and father and everybody very excited. there were tears and cheers as it went down in chile. and, once again, they're about to head back down for rescue number two. >> we also understand there are about a thousand journalists there gathered around. two chilean stations broadcasting this live and the president of chile is there as well. and here in dc at the chilean embassy, lots of anticipation and waiting and celebration as the rescue is under way. our brittany morehouse is there live. brittany. >> it is nothing but party time out here. they have native chilean dance playing behind me.

and here standing with the ambassador for this embassy, how are you feeling? >> i never felt that way in my life. now it's so difficult to have this kind of celebration and dancing and happiness with hope. i figured we have so many weeks of waiting and hard work and so many adversities on the rescue. but finally we work for the -- for all the efforts and for the miners and for the leadership of the government, for the help we received from different people, from the u.s., latin america, and the world. we're really excited never in my life. >> and so proud. i've seen so many people really hold their flags, sing the songs, and i think maybe they feel like this is symbolic of the country. >> well, it's something very special for the country. it's a unique experience for the

country. chile is going to be a deeper country from tomorrow on because of the unity because of the sense of working together and no political divisions now, social divisions. everybody working for the rescue is something that is going to change my country. and we are happy for that. because it's nice to see that sometimes in your life you have that chance for change in your country. >> reporter: well, thank you so much for joining us. we'll let you get back to your celebration. you did a marvelous job tonight. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. >> reporter: and there you heard it. they did a special toast right after they saw the miners. they are dancing right now. and the party will continue. to be continued. >> all right, brittany morehouse. we thank you for that. and just seconds ago we watched as that rescue capsule was lowered once again into that very narrow tight fitting tube that allows it to drop down 2,000 feet to grab miner number two out of the 33 that were trapped. again, about 15 or 20 minutes to get down and an equmo