[applause] >> and mathematics teacher at mckinley tech high school received the milken educator award, which recognizes the top 40 teachers in america. she was presented with a plaque and a check for $25,000. the mayor and the school chancellor personally thanked the teacher for her hard work and dedication. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at noon outrage. the fallout from the world wide blackberry black out. >>> good afternoon. on my next show, seemingly happy marriages turned upside down after the truth is revealed. quick to discover that my husband actually married another woman while still married to me. >> a real conversation about has been hidin i just joined extracare advantage for diabetes at cvs pharmacy. i'm taking the right steps to manage my diabetes and my budget. extracare advantage for diabetes is a program that helps me save money on the supplies i need so we can stay a step ahead of... all: our diabetes! join extracare advantage for diabetes and get special savings. visit cvs.com/diabetes to find out more. ♪ >> 7 is on your side this noon with good news for blackberry use

after teaching audio production for two years at mckinley tech, she was fired three years ago. she says without cause by the dc public school system. >> we were doing documentaries and really phenomenal things when out of the blue just, hey, you're fired type deal. >> reporter: recently an arbitrator ruled she was wrongly dismissed. so sometime in the next few weeks she'll be back in the room. she was one of about 660 dc public school teachers who have gotten their jobs back in the past three months alone after arbitrators ruled they should not have been let go in the first place. according to sanders, the recent rulings are what he's been saying for sometime. >> they point to a pattern of wrongful terminations that are by a lack of due process. >> reporter: it's not just a matter of right and wrong but dollars and cents between arbitration fees, legal fees and the various cost of reinstating teachers, taxpayers have had to pay about $17 million in the last six months alone. >> the district is wasting a tremendous amount of money in terms of legal fees, arbitration fees. becaus

some wild applause from the students there at mckinley tech high school in northeast. it's all for shira fishman. they honored her as one of the country's top teachers and presented her with a check for 25,000. everybody in the school deserves recognition, she said. >> she looked overwhelmed, didn't she? >> why not. >> why not. >> what a great day. >> it felt like an oscar. >> for teachers. >> it is. >> there you go. >> love that. >>> you have been busy yet again this evening. >> we have. and a lot of folks have come up to me said it's october. kind of weird for tornadoes. but tornadoes are all about when seasons change. and they happen in the spring, sometimes in the fall. a little less so in the fall. >> we had a big change in the weather pattern. >> yes, we did. and wait until we get into tomorrow afternoon and saturday. the good news is we're going to suffer through some more thunderstorms and then end up with a nice weekend. let's start with live doppler 9000. they just added a flood warning to fairfax county until 2:00 a.m. so if you're out driving around late to