and adrian fenty tapped her.now, the sopne down. -- fop would beg to differ on how successful she has really been. >> the union? >> yes. you live here. you know that the city is probably much safer than it was 10 years ago. >> it went from 400 murders to 100. >> and that happened during cathy lanier's tenure. and when mayor grey took office, he kept cathy lanier on. i think that shows how she can, kind of just stick to the police department. whatever is going on over in city hall, we are not going to get involved with it. >> one more time, we have to tell folks how to see your article. >> go to washingtonpost.com and andto "the governor of d.c." you will see my story. >> that was a july 14, 2013 story. any other articles you are working on right now? >> nothing really other than lots of follow-ups to the jeffrey thompson story. and of course, when he is indicted, as we expect, i will be part of that coverage also. >> who was the maddest at you and "the post" after this article was published? >> that is a tough on

the polls show that cindy was going to lose -- the polls show that adrian fenty was going to lose.mayor ine youngest bc history -- and washington d.c. history. he was the exact opposite. he was a friendly error, much he was more friendly and much older. >> he was already mayor when this was recorded. this was not the campaign that we intended to run, tom. people that weny got into this for the right reason. i probably could have stayed on as council chair or done nothing. i get out there to be involved in this because i love the district of columbia. i am a native washingtonian. i am a product of the schools of this area. i am a product of the district of columbia. i got into this for the right reasons. , but you were not yourself looking at this from outside, what would you think? widget think that the administration is corrupt? i have distinguished between the campaign and the administration. there is something about our administration that you want to put your finger on, i wouldn't -- and i would invite you to do that. >> talking about the situa -- >> what does that have to do w

everything that i hoped and that's because our time there got cut short my my boss then mayor adrian fenty was not reelected much because of the work that we were doing in the schools because we really thought that we wanted to be there for two terms that it was going to take eight years to really turn the school district around but i can say that you know over the four years that we were there we really did accomplish a tremendous amount we went from being the lowest performing school district in the country to after just the first two years that we were there we were leading the nation in gains in both reading and math academic why a lot of teachers that. you know we did but we also identified the best ones and paid them a whole lot more money than they were making in the old system and we paid those teachers and recognized and rewarded them there were a whole lot more that fell in that category and the ones that were fired for get what was the washington standard. you know i think it would have varied you know the i think the washington post editorial board was was very strongly support

everything that i hoped and that's because our time there got cut short my my boss then mayor adrian fenty was not reelected much because of the work that we were doing in the schools because we really thought that we wanted to be there for two terms that it was going to take eight years to really turn the school district around but i can say that you know over the four years that we were there we really did accomplish a tremendous amount we went from being the lowest performing school district in the country to after just the first two years that we were there we were leading the nation in gains in both reading and math academic why a lot of teachers that. you know we did but we also identified the best ones and paid them a whole lot more money than they were making in the old system and we paid those teachers and recognized and rewarded them there were a whole lot more that fell in that category and the ones that were fired for get what was the washington standard. you know i think it would have varied you know the i think the washington post editorial board was was very strongly support

. >> three years ago, mayor adrian fenti and council chairman vincent gray faced each other in one of the most contentious and expensive elections in d.c.'s history. fenty raised nearly $5 million his seat. the vincent gray won $1.2 million ut he won as an affable and effective chairman. he beat fenty. 2011, ray took office in sulaiman brown, who had run for mayor, told "the washington he was paid and promised a job in exchange for disparaging fenty in the election. federal investigators soon discovered that much of brown's story was true. they uncovered a bigger secret -- the shadow campaign. $653,000 was spent and gray's behalf. on allegedly, just one man was jeffrey at money, thompson. jamaican immigrant who moved to the united states from the 1970s, thompson earned the went to college, and built a small empire. accounting firm thompson associates and he owned d.c.'s charter health plan which earned $322 million a year in city es, the largest contract by a vendor. rubbed elbows with the likes winfrey and dorothy height. he became known as a top fundraiser for a local candidate. but

the "washington post" reports that she is dating former washington, dc mayor, adrian fenty meeting in houston education conference in 2011 and are said it is bonded over a passion for school reform. sources say the relationship started as a friend and blossomed into romance. fenty is finalizing a divorce from his current wife. the two declined to comment on their relationship. >> possibly a new power couple there. definitely going to around, the drizzle, again, but i see changes in the forecast after it seems like we have been play the same thing over and over again i see the light at the end of the tunnel. live doppler 7 hd showing there is a last drizzle but not much in the way of rain. from mount tamalpais you can see at 2,500' we are wait on the sunrise and each day it is threer losing two minutes of sunshine today. it will be partly shouldy with a cool breeze this morning and it could be gorgeous like yesterday with crisp, clean air where you can see forever seeing for tens of miles yesterday if you were at the right will vacation and you can see further than that. cloudy tonight

referendum on her tenure, a tenure that ended shortly after the current mayor, vincent gray, defeated adrian fentydemocratic primary. rhee's successor, kaya henderson, has put in place several new reforms of her own, implementing longer school days and a new common core curriculum and mandating teacher visits to the homes of their students and with their parents, and she has gotten results. students in all eight wards of d.c.'s public schools have improved. the reading proficiency rates and also math proficiency rates both since 2007. it's real progress in education, but is real progress completely captured by a proficiency test? critics might say that the state of urban public education can't be measured in a graph. joining me now, to talk about this, are two folks who know a lot about d.c. schools, past and present. this is alison stewart, author of the new book, "first class: the legacy of dun mar, america first black public school," for which i wrote the forward. and next to her is kaya henderson. back with us again, christina bellantoni and democratic consultant, jamal simmons. how'd you do i

. ♪ >> adrian fenty and vincent gray faced each other in one of the most expensive elections in historyrienne rate $5 million. 1.2ent gray raised only million dollars. shortly after great took office philemon brown told the .ashington post he was paid federal investigators soon discover that much of his story was true. they also uncovered a bigger secret, the shadow campaign. >> basically you have a campaign that was going along with the regular campaign. and then you had another set of folks who were in an office greatnext to the campaign. during the campaign, there is so much going on. you had several workers actually -- actuallyg complaining about the other workers because they felt they were getting paid more. it was a lot of confusion about who is paying them. startedater, folks putting things together, when federal investigators began asking questions. they realized, wait a minute, the folks who were next door, we cannot find any record of them in the campaign finance records. how did those folks get paid and who was in charge of them? stewart looks at corruption in d.c. politics.

m&aayor adrian fenty councilmen face each other -- an face eachcilm other in an election. took office, gray mr. brown was told that he was things. a shadow campaign was uncover. whohad another set of folks were in an office right next to the gray campaign. during the campaign, there is so much going on. several official workers complaining about the other workers because they felt they were getting paid more. there was a lot of confusion as to who was paying them. it was not until a year later that folks started putting things together with federal investigators began asking questions and they realize, the folks who were next door, we cannot find any record of them in the campaign finance records we see. how did those folks get paid and was in charge of them? ikita stewart on c-span's "q & a." cohen, you langhart wrote that on multiple occasions, obama has asked blacks to understand the high wire he is forced to walk on the subject of race. why did you write that? wrote that as an outlet in the washington post has an plea for the president to speak out boldly on issues of

. >> mayor adrian fenty and council chairman vincent gray faced each other in one of the most contentious and expensive elections in d.c. recent history. fenty raised nearly $5 million. vincent gray only raised $1.2 million. but he won the public over as an affable and effective chairman. he beat fenty. shortly after gray took office in 2011, brown, who had also run for mayor, told the "washington post" that he was paid and offered a job in exchange for disparaging information about fenty during the election. federal investigators soon discovered that much of brown's story was true. they also uncovered david even bigger secret -- the shadow campaign. basically you had a campaign that was going on, the regular campaign you see, and then you had another set of folks who were in an office right next to the gray campaign. during the campaign, there is so much going on, you had several workers actually complaining, several official workers complaining about the other workers because they felt that they were getting paid more, and there was a lot of confusion as to who was paying them, etc. it

mayor engine 70 -- adrian gray.and vincent seattempt to hold onto his . $1.2 million. he beat fentyortly after great took office, run forho had also mayor, told the washington post he was told -- federal investigators discovered that much of his story was true. they also uncovered a bigger secret -- the shadow campaign. >> basically you have a campaign that was going on behind the regular campaign use -- you saw. and you had folks in another office. during the campaign, there is so much going on. there were several official workers complaining about the other workers. they felt that they were getting paid more. there was lot of confusion as to who is paying them, etc. folk started putting things together. minute, the wait a folks who were next door -- they realized, wait a minute, the folks who were next door -- how did those folks get paid and who was in charge of them? >> looking at corruption in d.c. politics. on c-span's "q&a." >> texas senator wendy davis spoke at the national press club . she talked about funding education and women's healthcare. this is about an hour. >> good

. >> major adrian -- [inaudible] and council chairman vincent gray faced each other in one of the most contentious and expensive elections in d.c.'s history. fentyraised nearly $5 million. vincent gray raised only $1.2 million. he beat fen si. but shortly after gray took office in 2011 -- [inaudible] brown who would also run for mayor told the washington "the washington post" that he was paid and promised a job in exchange for disparaging fenty during the election. federal investigators soon discovered that much of brown's story was true. they also uncovered an even bigger secret, the shadow campaign. basically, you had a campaign that was going on, it's the regular campaign you see, and then you had another set of folks who were in an office right next to the gray campaign. now, during the campaign there's so much going on. you have several workers actually complaining, several official workers complaining about the other workers because they felt that they were getting paid more, and this was a lot of confusion as to -- there was a lot of confusion as to who was paying them. it wasn't until a year later that folks started putting things togeth