jay korff has why michelle rhee says she is partly to blame for fenty's loss. >> vincent gray and michelle rhee said it will sit down and talk about her future. tonight, we caught up with michelle rhee at an event that applauded her work, in part, and she admitted she was a factor in the mayor losing. chancellor michelle rhee's appearance for the d.c. premiere of "waiting for superman" could not have been more ironic, showcasing the work of those within the system. >> are most of the kids getting inappropriate education? >> with her hard-charging style, including firing hundreds of teachers and closing schools, prove to be a political liability for her boss, mayor adrian fenty. even michelle rhee admits that she cost mayor fenty votes. am i was very clear what the mayor early on that the reforms we were taking on what caused consternation. >> mayor fenty calls michelle rhee's accomplishments a high point of his term. >> she will be the ultimate decider of her own personal future. >> now she awaits a conversation with vincent gray. >> we will talk very soon. i am absolutely certain she will

you've been very patient i know michelle now she gave a big sign there i know where it came from michelle go ahead. it just amazes me because i mr and this is obviously talking about amnesty all the way down the board and i don't care which way you want to make the sandwich it's still a baloney sandwich ok the reality is this these people are taking jobs that americans will do yeah granted there might be some of those jobs in the fields as you know picking fruit or what have you in california i'm here in phoenix arizona we have these illegal alien day laborers aligning our streets at the wal-mart at the home depot and they are doing what picking fruit you know they're doing construction jobs they're doing painting they're building homes that should be given jobs to american guys we've got contractors american contractors home builders that have to compete in the lower their wages because the illegal aliens are lining our streets and believe me they're not taking up five dollars an hour ok because i can tell you a matter of fact they're taking no less than ten fifteen sometimes twenty doll

but at the bottom of this, david and michele michelle, we changed the contract to make it more transparent and cohesive, to give michelle and the district more tools on teacher quality. we gave the teachers more tools. we gave the district more tools. the issue in terms of us is to make sure that teachers get the tools and conditions they need to be effective and make sure there's fairness. we know the teacher tenure system is broken and we want to fix it. there are different ways we fixed it in detroit, working with the district there. different ways we fixed it in washington, different ways we fixed it throughout the country. so the issue is, how do we make teachers effective? and also, with all due respect, how do we give the good teachers, the 3 million teachers in the united states of america, 133,000 schools, how do we give those quiet unsung heroes the tools and conditions they need to help all children? >> with all due respect, we say that we -- in addition to identifying the ineffective teachers who needed to be terminated, we also identified 16% of the teachers in d.c. who we rat

michel. and i'm sorry but the screaming attitude doesn't help for for us to be able to have a conversation about immigration by the way for you know you and others michel that's not that's number you tell you that very night on is no please michel please we must separate so this is america the people of why they want to. come in this is no this is a show over three people no no no don't tell me what i have four hundred. one please go no no no i am not going to speak if she's not going to let me out myself michelle i know my michelle these there is i don't want to it's no reason to bring us on this program and i remember years ago i asked a question of each person now i'm going to one please there you go thank you very much i do appreciate it i think that we must separate border security from immigration and i believe the talk today is about immigration most u.s. citizens and i found this throughout the world and i've been outspoken in front of the united nations with regard to the rights of i

it was not michele pierre they raised their hand and said -- it was not michelle. they raise their hand and said, yes, i want this. teachers want something exciting and innovative teachers, because they are teachers, they did the right thing for their children. >> but the politics -- tavis: you cannot disconnect these two things. of the cut throat politics of education, and two of my best friends in l.a. have kids that go to the best schools in this town. through my relationship with them, i have learned about the politics of what you have to do in this town to get your kids into schools that lead to id leagues. -- to the ivy league. fenty thought he was doing the right thing. he brought in michele ree. all hell breaks loose. fenty loses . he called president obama, who has been pushing this race to the top programs and he tells obama. do not tell me there is not politics on this. they cut every which way. >> who this is big politics. let's not pretend that there is not a whole bunch of folks who are organized -- teachers' unions -- with money who do not want to se

michelle rhee goes on the oprah. the stars are back. the big-name star who told the show, thanks, but no thanks. >> this is abc 7 news at 11. >> we begin tonight with an alert for parents. >> a man faces some serious legal troubles to night after he is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. we're told that he interacted with students at area schools. >> could it have been -- >> we would have never known. >> nabors set a month ago, she saw firefighters entering his place after the apartment next door, fire. >> they went to check the next house. they saw there was nothing wrong with it. they found all that stuff. >> the fairfax county fire marshal's office did notified them that the child pornography was found in his home. at queens says that he worked for the metropolitan airport authority. he also judges wrestling matches four middle schools and high schools across northern virginia. the wrestling association confirms that heat judged matches for the past eight years and it performed skin checks on the students befor

they want to see michelle obama hitting the road. soon adding her voice to mid-term politics -- >> thank you. >> reporter: the white house announced tuesday that michelle obama will campaign in six states where several senate democrats are in trouble. >> i think she will go out and make a forceful and positive case for what this administration has done. >> reporter: tuesday, senate democrats tried and failed to deliver on two issues that

accept or michelle rey. she is an historical figure.he is a true hero of the movement. >> the fact that she will go, we will say. in a couple of years, the teachers union will ride again and will not be able to get rid of the bad teachers. we will go back to status quo. >> the most important thing that happens with the education reform is taking the school board that had been the problem with education and the district of columbia because they play a political football. the person who pushes that will lead the district of columbia3 >> the timing of that the feed is important on a national scale. those advocates of education reform or led by the corporate community and they are on the verge of releasing a new movie which is called "waiting for superman." it was created and written by the same director who made a "an inconvenient truth." they are supporters of reform. this had the same kind of impact that i" an inconvenient truth" had on environmental issues this will go national. who is one of the leading voices in this, michelle ray? a

gray should keep michelle rhee for one more year, a transition year. >> michelle rhee has put a lot of things in place that are just taking off and will be employmented next fall. i would love to see her stay for another school year. >> reporter: what does the chancellor think? ee caught up with her. >> can you work under convincement gray and stay with d.c. schools? >> i am going to take the next few days. i am going on my little pre- honeymoon trip and i'll reflect on effect and when i come back, i'm going to meet and talk with lots of people and make decision there. >> reporter: we also ran councilman wells a proposal by her. the chancellor was not enthusiastic about that plan. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> it is not uncommon to lose your cool when you get a parking ticket but still head, why did one parking enforcementth, who was giving the ticket, go off? >> take that and shove it up your -- >> i have it on video. >> i could give a damn less. >> we'll tell what you sparked this tirade that caused that parking enforcement agent to lose his job. >>> next, a monumental moment in fas

supporters of michelle rhee and fenty credited them for making tough decisions to improve d.c. schools but opponents have accused her of alienating teachers and parents and critical of her firing 200 d.c. teachers for underperformance. michelle rhee said she didn't think she could work with gray. she called it devastating for d.c. students. as for gray, he hasn't said what to do with michelle rhee except that he will sit down with her at some point and that some point will likely be this wednesday. but whether or not any decisions will come from that meeting remain to be seen. here is what gray had to say during a press conference last wednesday. >> we're not going to make any personnel decisions until after the general election but i think it's important to begin the conversations now, as i promised that i would do. >> reporter: now already possible new names are being tossed around. they include two who had already been d.c. school chancellor and two of michelle rhee's current deputies are believed to be in the running. kristin fisher, 9 news now. >>> the family of a man shot

stop rules go ahead michel jump in i'm going to jump in here ok michel jump in first you go first and then we'll go to i am i actually agree with not what matters said but i just want to add something about how this is seen in washington i think there's a sense in washington in american policy circles that the middle east is such a risky place it's so brittle american interests there are so vital that. american officials sometimes are unwilling to take the kind of risks that natter described you know to kind of go with the you know the fact that an islamist government like the hamas government was elected that might not you know initially at least might not go along with american and western interests in the region and that's the debate that that goes on in washington now you know should we sort of try to limit the risks as much as possible and therefore not not encourage rapid change on the other hand other people argue that you know this situation can only go on so long and if the united states doesn't stand in favor of reform now that more drastic changes will happen later ok steph

michelle has done a great, great job. moving forward, the children deserve much better. >> did the white house show any courage? they were silent. >> i stood repeatedly with the mayor and we invested $75 million and resores because the district is moving in the right direction. >> some would say the president and the political wing of the white house should have done more to try to save this experiment that now is in jeopardy. >> for will be hard and tough, but the d.c. school children deserve so much more than what they got for decades. all of us have to work to ensure that happens. >> going back to the examples of finland and south korea and singapore, in those countries, teaching is a higher rated profession than being a doctor or lawyer. teachers are not always paid the highest. they are paid more comparatively than teachers, but it's not just money, but they are tracked from the beginning. their education and the colleges that train teachers here have lower standards than in other countries. how do we -- if there is

nbc's michelle franzen. michelle, thank you. >>> as part of coverage we're going to be presting all week on the nb cnetwork, don't miss this morninging's matt lauer clusive, a live interview with president obama. that's ming up today. >>> here are other news making news early today. video shot by passenger on a deltalight shows sparks flying during an emergency landing. authorities are looking into reported isues with the plane's landing gear. fortunatelnone of the plane's 60 passengers or crew were hurt. >>> in california a miniature 4 rocket lifted off from the air force base. it carried an air force surveillance flight to monitor. the satellite will play a key role in protecting the country's space-spaced assets. >>> in texas speed eaters dug in at the world tamale eating championship. tim janice known as eater "x" passed up his conompetition consuming 59 tamales in just ten minutes. that's actually 12 tamales under his world record of 71. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here's bi

gray should keep michelle rhee for one more year, a transition year. >> michelle rhee's put a lot of things in place that are just taking off and will also be just implementing next fall. i would love to see her stay for another school year. >> reporter: what does the chance lore think? we caught up with her. can you -- chancellor think? we caught up with her. can you work under vincent gray gray? >> i'm going to take the next few days. i'm going on my little prehoneymoon trip and i'll sort of reflect on everything and when i come back, i'll meet with the chair, talk to lots of people and then we'll make a decision from there. >> reporter: we also ran councilman wells compromise proposal, keep michelle rhee on the job one more year by her. the chancellor was not enthusiastic about that plan. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> a developing scandal at america's most hallowed ground. a mix-up involving gravesites at arlington national cemetery. >>> something that hasn't happened in decades, a living soldier about to receive the medal of honor and now we're hearing from the hero for the firs

and michelle, the new mayor and michelle to make that decision. >> larry: you don't think it's going. >> larry: someone said to me earlier that the problem they had with the union was there's this teacher, there's a bilingual student needs to learn more english. she has to go home by 3:20 by union rules. can't stay after school. true? >> it's absolutely not true. you know, like remember i just told thank you story about this teacher today who -- there's a contract in new york city, it says you're in school for the hours of seven hours a day. this teacher and so many others and -- >> larry: so nothing prohibits them -- >> nothing prohibits them from staying there. the issue is we all have to take more responsibility. >> larry: but they can work extra hours? >> of course. we have to stop pointing fingers to others as the excuses. should managers manage better? of course. should we make sure tenure is a process that's due process? of course. should we engage parents and people like sheryl? of course. we all have to take more responsibility for our kids. >> larry: are you optimistic at a

. >> be specific then, michelle. in washington, d.c., you closed schools, you fired teachers. a lot of controversy around that. randi, do you believe in accountability, what happened in washington, michelle, you start, when you did fire teachers and close down schools that weren't performing? >> we got a tremendous amount of pushback. i think the superintendent bobb knows this as well.

but at the bottom of this, david, and michelle? we changed the contract to make it more transparent and cohesive, to give michelle and the district more tools on teacher quality. we gave the teachers more tools. we gave the district more tools. the issue in terms of us is to make sure that teachers get the

will she keep michelle rhee? we're not going to keep personnel decisions but i think it's important we we're gyp the cover sayings now. >> reporter: they expect vincent gray will consult with the group before deciding where to keep the chancellor. >> there is an indication there are issues with how she's doing things and that is something that should be taken into consideration. >> reporter: tommy wells who was a school board member is floating an intriguing idea and that gray should keep michelle rhee for one more year. >> michelle rhee put a lot of things in place taking off and we're doing the implementing of next fall and i would love to see her stay. >> reporter: and what does the chancellor think? we caught up with her. >> can you work under vincent gray and stay with d.c. schools? >> i'm going to take the next few days and i'm going to my premoney -- honeymoon trip and i will reflect on everything and when i come back, i will reflect. >> and we ran the compromise proposal. keep the -- and she was not enthu

and they think michelle rhee created preschool. he got it done three years early. >> reporter: zbra a democratic nominee and faces on a general election formality november 2 when he'll be free to start putting his own government together. we have much work to do. to bring this city together. i'm going to work hard. i will try to earn the confidence of those who may not have ved for me. >> reporte the d.c. party hold as traditional unity breakfast tomorrow morning. it will be the first chance for gray and fenty to stand together united. >> three things come to mind. immediately, one, he didn't immediately go with marion berry when white voters were diseverybody chanted with him and his favorite comments, get over it. at least that's one mark in gray's favorite. >> wouldn't it be fair to classify the divide as much along class lines as racial lines? >> it is certainly part of it. this electionasically was an anti-fenty election. gray took advantage of that. there were so many people of all races and classes who were upset with this.

nbc's michelle franzen is live in new york now with more. michelle, good morning.l, good orning, un. certainly the president had an opportunity on the world stage to remind world leaders about his foreign policy agenda. but it is domestic policy here at home that continues to dominate, and may make it difficult to grab america's attention. this is the president's second address to the u.n. general assembly. and in a speech wednesday, president obama spoke about the u.n.'s goal of cting poverty and disease by 2015. >> we're ten years down and just five years before our development targets come due. we must do better. >> reporter: he underscored unitestates' commitment to do its part and challenged other countries to do the same. this morng, the president's address before the general assembly comes at a critical point in his term. last year's speech focused on repairingnternational relations following criticism of the bush administration's foreign agenda. >> we've set a clear and focused goal. >> reporter: but president obama still faces many of the same foreign licy

school chancellor michelle rhee is staying on the job. district has been in question ever since vince gray won last week's mayoral primary. kristin fisher is live outside headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: michelle rhee will be returning from vacation at some point in week. when she does, she will meet with vince gray about her future or lack there of as d.c. public school chancellor. michelle rhee's controversial reform style was a big issue. supporters of rhee and her boss credit the two with making tough decisions to improve d.c. schools. opponents have accused her of alienating teachers and parents and critical of her firing of over 200 d.c. teachers for under performance. rhee said she doesn't think she can work with gray. one day after the big primary win, she called the results, quote, devastating for d.c. students. gray hasn't said what he will do with rhee except for the fact that he will sit down with her this wednesday. the first meeting will likely -- this meeting should tentatively set to take place wednesday. but whe

>> michelle franzen live at the u.n. thanks very much, michelle. eun? >> joe, thank you. howard county police are asking for your help in identifying a man they're calling the preppy burglar. the well-dressed thief was caught on camera breaking into a home in the 76 block of browns ridge road ten daysago. the thief stole small electronics and other property. if you have any information on this preppy burglar, police are offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading to s arrest. you can call the tipine at 410-313-7867. >>> today we're going to get a better look at the new purple line. this afternoon montgomery county leaders will see the first designs for a new entrance to the bethesda metro station. the new southern entrance would also lead to that purple line. that line would run 16 miles east and west and would connect the bethesda and new carrollton metrorail stations. leaders will also see new designs for the capital trail in downtown bethesda. >>> did you notice his? hundreds of millions of dollars of your o money was missing? i guess if you had hundreds of

what's next for school chancellor michelle rhee? >> she says she knows she played a big part in tow eelection played out and now her own future is uncertain. brian with details. >> good morning. that is certainly the question a lot of people have been asking. now with the new administration set to take over, what will happen to rhee? rhee says regardless, she wants to see d.p.s. move forward. >> for the past 3 1/2 years school chancellor michelle rhee has worked to reform the schoolal district making a number of controversial decisions. >> i was clear early on the reforms we were going to take on were going to cause a lot of consternation. >> it may have contributed s to mayor fenty losing his job and may cost rhee hers as well with the new administration poised to take over, many are asking if rhee will still be in d.c. >> it will be a conversation and for chairman day, wan the give him tuent bring in his team and work with people he knows is on the same page with him. >> grey says he wants to move forward with an empowered chancel

>> what michelle rhee says about her future with d.c. schools. >>> and atlanta bishop says he will go down fightin >>> investigators are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting in landover that happened around midnight in the 3400 block of --. they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> police are searching for the driver of a car that hit and critically injured a woman in silver spring. it happened on tallon avenue saturday night. the woman flew into the air before landing under a truck 30 feet from where she was struck. -- it happened on carroll avenue. >>> gave georgia mega church pastor got a big welcome when he went to the poll did this weekend. bishop eddie long has been accused of sexual misconduct. he has actively campaigned against gay-rights. >>> michelle reappeared yesterday on nbc where sh. >> we did not fire the teachers to be mean. we wanted to remove ineffective teachers from the classroom because we think our children deserve better. >> she says reforms can continue with

michelle rey is a lightning rod. she is the symbol of this reform. was quite ruthless, i think, perhaps in politics, but effective in reform. i think this is huge. the unions tried to get adrian fenty taken down and they succeeded and that is a message. >> the people had to live with him for three years took him down. it was not because of education reform but the way he governed. he did not listen to people. he paid for it. >> politics is a matter of addition not subtraction. so ominous deserves tax cuts, next. >> we call for bipartisan action to cut spending and stop all the tax hikes that are coming. >> because wages and income had flat line for a middle-class families, they should definitely get an extension of the tax cuts in 2001-2003. >> the president and minority leader john behner debating what to do about the bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year. john behner made an appearance on television and made a conciliatory, but it did not last long. >> it might have been an opportunity for the white house or democrats to start a dialo