golson has overseen the school districte ince july. shll be in charge of more than 200 schools and centers, 130,000 students, and 19,000 employees trails city will k employees. tracee wilkins with why officials decided to stay with the local favorite. >> i'm so proud to announce without reservation my appointment of dr. golson as permanent chief executive officer. >> reporter: there were plenty of standing ovations after dr. goal son was named the new ceo of the prince george's county public school system. golson has been serving as interim ceo for the past 11 months, she was appointed after the former ceo kevinccaax kell stepped down after years of controversy. the system had lost millions in federal head start funding and was entangled in a graduation rate scandal. >> it is a new day and we have shown that from the day i entered on july 23 until now. we'llue conti to do that. >> reporter: goldson was selected among 20al nati candidates. the selection process lasted a month and a half. some question how quickly it moved. >> i don't fe

monday any can golson was named new ceo.he has bn serving interim ceoe they ar staying. >> reporter: as a graduate of public schools and the first african-american woman leader from the school system, she is a waiver the precedent she's setting. >>rny only conces what would i share with kids if someone was selected outside our area, because to me that would have been a sign to them that they weren't good enough. and so when i got the call down citing a painful family situation. he said, quote, it is unfortunate that deeplyrs al family situation is being dredged up, going on to say he did not want to hurt his family. a routine fbi background check had been dragging on for some time and the "washington post" reports that shanahan's former wife was arrested after punching him in the face during their marriage and his son arrested after a separate incident where he hit his mother with a baseball bat. the president said that shanahan had done a wonderful job and that the army secretary will w serve as secti iacting pentagon. mark

bennie golson. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you for being here tonight.bennie. good to see you. good to see you. jon you know who else is here tonight? >> jon: who is that? >> stephen: jazz legend anne hathaway is going to be here tonight. >> jon: oh, snap. >> stephen: i don't know-- i bet she could. i don't know if she plays jazz but i bet she could. she's very, very talented. >> jon: extremely talented. >> stephen: you know, folks, just saw me over there assemble a whole ikea bookshelf worth of news. but sometimes when i'm done, i have a few leftover pieces of news hardware like screws and tacks and those little wooden news pegs that look like tic- tacs, but they're a choking hazard. so i scoop them all up into a ziploc bag and i label them just in case i need them for a segment we call... "meanwhile." you're not doing anything. "meanwhile!" it gives hope. it gives hope to a worried nation! meanwhile, new york city isights star-studded met gala. all the big celebrities were there: lady gaga, katy perry, billy porter-- who avoided traffic by using the ne