matt jablo, 9news now. >>> and the first public hearing was held to discuss the possible closing of the d.c. schools today. but earlier this week, some residence received an automated message from the city school chancellor regarding the plans. but what really caught some people's attention is that henderson's robotic sounding voice in the message. >> good afternoon d.c. parents, this is chancellor henderson and i'm calling with a very important message. >> according to the website, henderson's voice sounds a bit distorted because it is really not her at all. it was actually a text to speech program that turns words and a computer into audio that someone accidentally selected when the message was recorded. you can see the entire list of proposed school closing at wusa9.com. >>> who has been called the next steven hawkings and the einstein of the 21st century by others. a conversation with the author named howard bloom about "the god problem." we may just learn something. we'll see you then. >> we always do. thanks, dave. >>> still to come in this half hour of 9news. three local students

and that is where our own matt jablo joins us live with details. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, police are on the scene gathering evidence. the search for the suspect intensifies. it was broad daylight, right around noon when police say that a man broke into a rear window at this well kept home in the 3500 block of mckinley street. >> as far as i'm concerned. >> when the suspect came up upon the home's 81-year-old owner, he assaulted her. >> i think she will be ultimately fined. >> stole some unidentified items from the house and took off. >> this is concerning to you? >> yes. >> joe says for the most part it's a good neighborhood. there has been a rash of robberies here recently. >> we have a lot of burglaries that we don't have many assaults. but they have been picking up just a little bit over the past few years. you're asked to call crime stoppers at 1-866-had 11-tips. our callers will remain aonian mouse. >>> the next piece of the news out in that neighborhood is that someone has been busted. thank you so much, matt. it started today at the state of the university student.

we've got that story from matt jablo. >> reporter: it was a normal day today for students, except for the fact that their principal spent much of the day a few miles away at police headquarters downtown. according to the police report, the victim, the 37-year-old hicks, the former afterschool coordinator here at coolidge high school was talking to some friends after a football game when suddenly she heard somebody shout get her. at that point according to the police report, the victim was punched in the head by a person now identified as the school's principal and then kicked in the side when she fell to the ground. the victim was not seriously injured. though she declined to be interviewed on camera, she told me on the phone that she had no idea what prompted the attack. matt jablow, 9news now. >> and in addition to that principal, the two other alleged attackers are also staffers at coolidge high. all three placed on administrative leave. >>> today on capitol hill, they grilled their national security team about the u.s. consulate attack in libya. the ambassador and three other amer

. >> okay, that is our matt jablo reporting. >>> coming up, the presidential campaign becomes just too much for one 4-year-old girl to handle. can you blame her? >>> and they won't leave us alone. clouds are hanging tough. we'll show you those. a look ahead to a cool, but finally dry weekend forecast. >>> the power is back on here in maryland. i'm anita brikman with the nichols family. a very special story on why they needed their electricity back so badly. that's coming up at 5:30. >>> election day is fast approaching and the polls show that the presidential race is as tight as ever. mitt romney spending his day in a battleground state. >> and president obama is back on the trail after dealing with super storm sandy. danielle noddingham reports from the white house. air force one drops president obama at his first stop, green bay. >> hello, wisconsin. >> reporter: after three days off the campaign trail, the president wasted no time confronting mitt romney's twists on bringing change to washington. >> he's saying that is the big change. well let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what ch