school chancellor michelle rhee plans to resign. an official announcement is let for later in morning. about two and a half hours from now. joining us now to talk about this is former d.c. school board president peggy cooper cafritz. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> if we look back at the three years that michelle rhee was here, how would you evaluate the job she's done? >> well first of all, let me say that i'm really sorry that she's leaving after the school year has started just because of the children and i know that kids really, really hate change. >> some kind of continuity. >> and yet i think that michelle got some things done. there is not one thing that she has put forward that wasn't in the speech i made when i was sworn in as school board president. but we could not get done because we did not have the support. with the support and her gutsiness, she got it done. i do think you can get the same thing done with a bit more consensus. but make no mistake about it, it will be difficult and we have to continue dow

>> first of all, she was with michelle at the new teacher project. she really is a committed reformer and a tough, tough woman and she worked hand in glove with michelle over the last three-plus years in d.c. so i think we have to look forward. we want to say, geez, too bad but the kids in d.c. entitled to a fair shake and best thing the mayor -- presumed mayor-elect gray can do is make sure he has somebody when's a xhilted reformer and will do the tough things including closing the schools that need to be closed and terminate teachers that need to be terminated and support teachers doing incredible work. >> what's the signal sent with teachers' union pouring $1 million into a small, local, mayoral race? the outcome is gray with the support elected and now michelle rhee leaves. does this say to henderson, no independent she might be and vincent gray, the teachers are in the driver's seat. the union i should say. not the teachers in general. >> it's an important distinction. for the kids in d.c. what michelle was doing was really incredible and import

public school system. >> chancellor michelle rey. >> after more than three contentious years, michelle rhee is putting in her two-week status. >> the best way to keep reforms going is for this reformer to step aside. >> the future of the d.c. public school system is now in the hands of her top deputy. she will leave at least until the end of the school year. henderson has worked with public schools for 13 years. >> i look forward to continuing the progress and continuing to serve the families and students of the district of columbia. >> in june, 2007, michelle rey to the missteps of the wilson building to begin her journey. she vowed to bring change to the language in school system and she did with unpopular decisions at times like firing hundreds of teachers and closing dozens of schools. >> i put my blood, sweat, and tears into the children of the district of columbia for the last 3.5 years and i have completely enjoyed every minute of it. >> some believe her hard-line approach was too divisive and that may have cost it mayor adrian fenty re-election. vincent gray says that even thou

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schools chancellor michelle rhee will resign later this morning. this is ending weeks of wondering about her future, but it raises more questions. pamela brown is live in northwest with details. good morning. >> good morning. a lot of anticipation for this decision. her future has been a big debate and a lot of people have wondered what will happen following the democratic mayoral election. michelle rhee said that the loss of adrian fenty for the mayor was a big loss. she has added several phone discussions with vincent gray, but they reached a mutual decision that it was best for michelle rhee to step down and that the debate was becoming too much of a distraction. she will handle the rains to the deputy chancellor, who will take longer until at least the end of the school year. the press conference will be at the mayflower hotel. mayor fenty, vincent gray, and michelle rhee will appear in unity to show that they all support school reform. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we will keep following that story all morning. look for updates on tbd.com. 56

michelle rhee said she isn't sure about her next job. she is engaged to sacramento mayor kevin johnson. >> you've covered michelle rhee for many years now. she's been seen as this hard- charging woman and yet here you saw a lot of emotion. she seemed really almost like she was going to break down in tears a little bit during her announcement. >> at 3 years, she's the longer serving superintendent or chancellor of d.c. schools. she never had this experience before. she had only been a teacher for a short time and then spent time training teachers. so she came here as an unknown and leaves here as a superstar in reform movement. so this is her place. she could write a book about this place. >> she probably could. thank you. >>> one man is hurt and another dead after a shooting at the department of public works in northeast. 51-year-old larry hutchins was shot and killed as he reported to his shift just after 6:00 this morning. he was a 24-year employee. and witnesses say a man walked on to the dpw lot on w. street and fired 12 rounds at hu

michelle rhee will appear live tomorrow morning on "today." >>> when we come back here tonight, why one group of americans seems destined to live longer than others and it's still a mystery. >>> a little weather here. hurricane paula has been downgraded to a category 1 storm as it plows its way toward cuba. it's the 16th named storm of the season. could drop up to 10 inches of rain on parts of western cuba tonight, and the northeast still on the lookout for a storm developing tomorrow night that could spin into a classic nor'easter heading into the weekend. starting at about philly on north to new york, providence, boston, portland, then canada. look for lots of rain, high winds for the tens of millions of people in its potential path. even some snow from this one in the northern reaches. >>> there's some news tonight we mentioned earlier about america's hispanic population getting a lot of attention. even though it's unexplained, it says that hispanics can expect to outlive whites and blacks. government researchers estimate that a hispanic born in 2006 would live to be about 80 years a

she is now doing a michelle match program. where she is moneygrubbing for small donations of three dollars or more that she says will be matched. matched by whom? we didn't know. apparently there are unnamed anonymous donors who will match it. i believe is code for big labor and is 88 million dollar war chest. >> sean: there was a piece today saying the president two days after election day is plan -- planning to head out of dodge and going on a foreign trip for 12 days. what do you think of this, perhaps maybe i'm making too much of this. the president speaking and the presidential seal, how symbolic falls off the front of the podium when he's speaking. >> the president: that starts with education, especially in fields like science, technology, engineering and math. we cannot sustain -- whoops -- was that my -- oh goodness that's all right. [ laughing ] >> the president: all of you know who i am. [ cheering ] >> sean: to his credit, i assume that line wasn't in the teleprompter. perhaps i go too deep in my assumption here. qu

michelle obama is more popular than sarah palin but in part that's because michelle obama doesn't get inside of these kinds of back-and-forth fights. >> glor: and michelle obama is out on the campaign trail right now with just about, as of monday, two weeks left before the midterms. there's been talk recently this mini-democratic surge. will it make a difference with only two weeks left? >> there has been a little bit of a surge. strategists in both parties talk about it, in states like pennsylvania, the senate race there, things are getting a little tighter. the senate race in connecticut is looking better for democrats. they also say that's the case in the california senate race. but if things are getting better, they're also not looking good. democrats are having to move time and attention away from a whole slew of races, essentially leaving them for dead. the president is out on a campaign swing this week. he'll go to important states like california, washington, and nevada. so their hope is that if things are getting better, they're only getting better from a very, very bad elect

michele rhee is now free to push for school reform done her way.the unions just sent a message to future school reformers: clean house the way she did and we go after you. wyatt andrews, cbs news, washington. >> couric: in other news, hispanics are america's fastest growing minority, and also the ethnic group that lives the longest. a.c.d.c. report today says a hispanic born in 2006 should live to be over 80 years old, that's more than two years more than whites and seven years more than blacks. one theory is the healthiest people from latin america come to the united states. and coming up next, high hopes and high drama get huge ratings around the world. nighttime nasal congestion meant, i couldn't breathe right. i couldn't sleep right. next day it took forever to get going. night after night, i sat up. sprayed up. took a shower... or took a pill. then i tried drug-free breathe right advanced. and instantly, i breathed better! i slept better. it felt...better. thank you, breathe right! [ male announcer ] breathe better, sleep better, feel better.

schools chancellor michelle rhee is moving on. will announce a resignation today for the end of the month. pamela brown is a lot of the northwest with the decision of people were waiting to see what was going to happen. >> that's right. it was a matter of when and not inf. this came after several phone discussions and closed door meetings between vincent gray and michelle rhee. they reached a mutual decision that it was becoming too much of a distraction and it was best from the to step down. she survived three years and became one of the longest- serving school leaders in the city in decades. she is now going to hang up her hat. >> i hope that it does not merit the school system. >> she was a trailblazer. -- i hope that it does not hurt the school system. >> she closed dozens of schools and fire and many teachers. >> i thought the reforms would cause a lot of consternation. >> she was not afraid to ruffle feathers. with mayor fenty isleton ander vincent gray becoming the next ayor, her resignation was imminent. a press conference

marta guzman fue una de las directoras despedidas por michelle rhee... "me hizo un favor porque yo no iba a poder trabajar con ella.." ella dice que la renuncia es bueno para las escuelas.. "ella seguia diciendo no obstante a mejorado todo, no ha mejorado nada, a declinado el aprovechamiento de los ninos que ella decia era la marca de su administracion ......" y en cuanto a su futuro michelle rhee dijo que continuara tratando de reformar las escuelas publicas pero esta vez no sera a nivel local sino nacional... su ultimo dia en el puesto sera a finales de octubre... en washington claudia uceda univision el he acuchillado a tres estudiantes de la universidad de maryland, en college park, fue arrestado por las autoridades... leonardo alonso ramos, de 21 años, residente de kensington, enfrenta cargos por asalto en primer grado por la pelea que se desato en el bar tortuga sedienta, porque aparentemente hombres sin vida esta manana en un centro de obras publicas del distrito de

in marking the end of the whole hearted endorsement. >> i think the issue with michelle is that she's a change agent. change agents don't tend to stay around. >> i look forward to continuing the progress and continuing to serve the families and students of the district of columbia. >> gray and henderson ask all senior school management to stay on during the transition to ease disruptions and ease worries of parents who want reforms to continue. >> the improvement. i want the improvement. michelle was determined to step up the level of teaching and the condition of the schools. >> reporter: henderson offered only a few cynicisms during the event and later brushed past reporters wthout answering questions. tom sherwood, news4 today. >>> henderson has been the deputy chancellor and helped negotiate thnew teacher's contract so there will not be a long learning curve before she takes over. >>> this morning michelle will be live on the "today" show sitting down with matt luer to talk about the future of the d.c. public school system. that's starting this morning at 7:00 a.m. right now, it i

school's chancellor michelle rhee has resigned. she said it was a mutual decision between her and vincent gray. mayor fenty named chancellor as acting chancellor. >>> d.c. police are on the lookout for one man who killed one man and injured another. this happened this morning in the department public works. on the 1200 ock of "w" street northeast. 51-year-old larry hutchin of suitland, maryland, was killed. they said those shot were working at the time. police do not believe the act was random. >>> we're following the otr top story of the day. the quick and steady rescue of chile's trapped miners. here's a live picture of the scene. smft people brought with family member and loved ones who have been waiting as we've said for 69 days. the 22nd miner was pulled up. at the current pace, all 33 should be out before midnight. the shift manager will be the last one to emerge. the miner's vital signs are being closely monitored as they make the journey back to the surface. we're will they all apear to be in good health. today the white ho

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nothing works better. >>> michelle rhee is regarded as a hero by her fans, but those who think she's enemy pumped a lot of money into the mayoral election in washington to try to defeat her by defeating her boss, the mayor. and they did. until today, michelle rhee ran the troubled school system in washington, d.c., a system hardly ever mentioned without the word "troubled" in front of it. she was a tough and controversial chancellor, a reformer, and now people are watching and wondering what next for her. as part of our "education nation," nbc's rehema ellis covers education for us. >> reporter: after nearly four years of pushing for change, michelle rhee announced it's time for her to move on. >> the thought of not being in this role anymore is heartbreaking, to put it mildly. >> reporter: rhee says she's resigning because it's the right thing to do, now. >> we have agreed together that the best way to keep the reforms going is for this reformer to step aside. >> reporter: rhee is leaving after her boss failed to win his bid for re-election and her policies have become a major issue

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school chancelr michelle rhee will announce her signation today. who will replace her. >>> why you will no longer go into sticker shock wh you open your cell phone bill. >>> rescue operations are under way to free the 33 trapped miners. eight people have been rescued so f. crews are about to bring up the crews are about to bring up the ni bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes. and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay o teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. >>> re's another live look at the rescue efforts in chile. let me tell you what you're looking at. this is a view from inside the mine. scue teams were lowered down. they're loading the ninth miner into that cal assume. he will begin that tri back to the surface. th

chanceor michelle rhee hugging presumptive mayor vincent gray. he felt rhee was not enged enough in communicate outreach to soften herfast paced reform. teacher firings and administrative shake-ups. reports gray will continue but without rhee. >> it will move forward in the gray administration. we cannot and will not revert to the days of incrementalism in our school. >> reporr: gray then introduced interim chancellor kaya henders. a close deputy to rhee who has woed with city schools for 13 years and widely seen as having the people skills rhee doesn't. mark tekd of adrian fenty's wholehearted endorsement. >> i think the issue with michelle rey and she is a change agent. change agents don't tend to stay around. >> i look forward to continuing th progress and continuing to serve the families and students of the district have columbia. >> repter: gray and henderson both asked all management to stay on to ease disruptions and to ease worries of parents. >> the improvement. mushl rhee was determined to step up the condition of the schools. >> to get

shawn. >> karen, michelle rhee, what about her future? we see she's known on the national stage as a reformer. any idea what her next move will be? >> reporter: she didn't give you a -- us a real idea today, there are big-city superintendent jobs opening up around the country: chicago, newark and here in our own backyard, montgomery county, maryland. she said she's going to take time off and travel out to sacramento where husband to be is the mayor. >> that's right. she is expected to get married some time soon. i guess this gives them time to get that taken care of. >> exactly. >> thank you, karen gray houston. >>> continuing our team coverage now on michelle rhee stepping down, her departure striking strong opinions from- from-those who wanted her out and those who hoped to see her stay. across the city, the parents are split on her record with d.c. schools and sherri ly has more that angle of the reaction. >> reporter: in d.c., it seems people love michelle rhee or hate her and there is not much room in between. d.c. schools chancellor

dean, the democrats are hoping michelle obama's star power can help turn things around at a number ofraces. >> reporter: well, it's true, katie, that michelle obama's popularity exceeds her husband's and now she's on a three-week seven-state campaign swing. first in wisconsin this morning and later in illinois, she got right down to the economy. commiserating with families, asking for their patience and reminding voters it's going to take a lot longer to dig ourselves out of this hole than any of us would like. the truth is this is the hard part. it's also a measure of how hard the environment is for democrats nationally that the first lady would be campaigning in her home state, in her home town, involving barack obama's old senate seat. and right now, the race for that seat is neck and neck. katie? >> couric: all right, dean reynolds in chicago, thank you. coming up next, she is the face of education reform. and now she's out of a job. yea? we mail documents all over the country, so, what if there were priority mail flat rate... envelopes? yes! you could ship to any state... for a l

>> couric: michelle ree is as close to a rock store as educators get.owered drop out rates in washington d.c.'s public schools. but today she was forced out as the district's school chancellor. learning a lesson in politics the hard way. >> reporter: if it seems strange foyer michelle rhee to hug the man who wanted her gone, that's because it was. vincent gray, the incoming mayor of washington, announced her resignation without explaining why. in fact he praised the results she achieved and promised to continue her reforms. >> school reform will move forward in the gray administration. >> he pushed his way out and -- >> reporter: rhee's departure has more to do with politics than education. after three years in office she was the face of effective urban school reform, and the star of the documentary, waiting for superman. >> there's a complete and utter lack of accountability. >> reporter: but she was a bomb throw arer, he alabamaed bad schools on bad teachers, fired more than 200, gutted the union contract, and didn't care if anyone got mad. >> nobody

i think michelle obama has done a good job at that. i think laura bush did a good job at that. >> i that is it for this edition of to the contrary. next week a half hour profile of house speaker nancy pelosi, the first female speaker in u.s. history at a time when many pollsters and pundits are predicting speaker pelosi may lose her historic title. please join us on the web for to the contrary extra whether your views are in agreement or to the contrary. please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: >> additional funding provided by:

michelle rhee is out at chancellor of d.c. public schools. she became the national poster child of school reform. news 4's derrick ward joins us live with more details on that. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. this is been one of those things not a question of whether but when. now it will be dinitively answered at a news conference at the mayflower later today. michelle rhee held a position since it was created back in 2007. rhee lauded over the biggest and most controversial shakeup in d.c. publicschools. hundreds of teachers and administrators were let go because on results of students's stdardized tests. it gained rhee national praise and local praise that may have caused fenty the election. speculion swirld about whether she wod stay onnder a gray administration. no definitive answer so far. and the head of the washington teachers union said the whole thing has been a distraction. >>> she's maki a decision sooner rather than later. we can move forward with trying to get the business of improving d.c. schools. we c

that's the word from the white house after michelle rhee's resig facing. robert gibbs said the important weekend of case leaders had a to him regardless of the outcome of perceptions. >>> october is domestic violence awareness month. coming up next, we'll tell you about a program making its way across prince george's county to help those being abused or in danger of being abused. >>> and the search continuing for a missing north carolina girl. the latest on the search after the break. we're back in a moment. 90:70:00. ♪ ♪ hello sunshine ♪ sweet as you can be ♪ i love waking up [ chuckles ] ♪ to your morning melody ♪ i can tell it's gonna be ♪ a sweet day [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey for a yummy sweet taste that's just right. and the 100% natural whole grain oats treat your heart sweet. because they can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. ♪ you're sweet to me bee happy. bee healthy. and i'm investigating what makes aruba so happy. oh my word, that's fantastic. ♪ row your bo

>> no, i think with michelle obama she speaks to a unique audience.ied women and because of the unique way she approaches her role she speaks to unmarried women. that represents a large chunk of the democratic base that could fall off during a mid-term that needs to be reenergized. if they go to the polls will likely vote democratic. the target audience she's aiming for is critical to democrats' success in november. i also think she's a great messenger. >> bill clinton, does he help at all? they've been doing him in a very targeted way across, i don't even know how many states. at least a dozen states now. >> democrats recognize that they have a problem with white, middle class voters. he is a very good surrogate to that constituency and as we talk more and more about the bush tax cuts and about prosperity in america, he is a wonderful person to be bringing out as the face of the democratic party to be talking about what the economy can look like under democrats. what democrats' economic plans have succeeded at doing in the past and to talk a lot abou

meet michelle, again.couldn't hear this hello and weren't even sure why you were here, imagine that even the signing interpreter is someone you've never seen before. agine how scary that might be. especially if you also have some learning challenges. >> we've got a great day today. we're going to the imagination stage. shall we go? diane, the director of access at the imagination stage welcomed us. we mad our way to a rehearsal room where michelle was invited to take a dance class. she thought a hip-hop lesson would be fun. michelle was hesitant about the idea until she met the teacher who was able to speak her language, like many of the others here. >> my name is frd. i'm fred. >> she's a little shy when she meets people for the first time. as a foster child she's not had a real sense of belonging. dancer fred gave her a few moves to tribute she wasn'too sure she wanted to show off in front of everyone. she felt less inhibited when we all joined in. it is hoped oe day she will be surround by people who wi

nbc's michelle kozinski is joining us live from london. michelle, a good day to you. explanations forthcoming as to how this happened? >> not really there are very few details coming out. some of the british papers, as you can imagine, have been all over this story for days, have been quoting unnamed sources, saying that the troops on the ground may not have known that she was in that building, that it is a possible that one of the captors had moved her during the attack, but all of that is unconfirmed at this point. and u.s. military sources really really saying anything there is a joint investigation going on between the british and u.s. governments. keep in mind, at this point, nobody is questioning just how dangerous, extremely dangerous this rescue mission was for u.s. forces. or it was the right thing to do at the time. the question is why did the story change dramatically, first the very specific explanation for linda norgrove's death on that scene was one of her captors was wearing a bomb vest and detonate it had just before u.s. troops could get to her. late

michelle rhee is leaving. another breaking story, a department of public works employee is killed this morning at a trash and repsychly yard. another is recovering after a shooting in the district. >>> and cheer this morning as one by one, 33 trapped miners are being brought to the surface. family members are waiting as the 15th miner will soon be brought up. "news 4" midday begins right w now. >>> good mning and welcome to "news 4 midday." we're live in nthwest washington right now for the newsonference just wrapped up. derek, good morning. >> good morning. here in the may flowerotel where the news conference just broke up and it's ended months0% of speculation. school chancellor michelle rhee is stepping down effective the end of the month. since 2007 she's stormed in with sweeping reforms which she's faced dogged criticism and been heaped with praise. k kaya henderson the deputy chancellor will take over. she got her ringing endorsement. he said she exceeded her reputation and has a willingness to do what's

. >> our other big story, michelle rhee is out. she is stepping down a few weeks after the man who appointed her, mayor fenty was defeated in the democratic primary. rhee was known for teacher evaluation and firing hundreds of school staffers. >>> d.c. police say it appears a double shooting in was not a random incident. it happened at the lot on w street northeast. larry hutchins was killed. another person was injured. the gunman apparently was in a dpw uniform but employees didn't recognize him. no arrests have been made yet. we will have more in a live report in the next half hour. >>> a 4-year-old child is safe after being caught in the middle of a carjacking. police think the carjacker dumped the car on southern avenue and take off when he realized the child was in the back seat sleeping. the carjacker is still missing. >>> an arrest in the stabbing of four people outside of an off campus bar in college park. leonardo ramos faces assault charges. one of the victims is his brother. it happened at the thirsty turtle over a bar s

but i don't understand why sarah palin went after michelle obama.he most liked woman in terms of the obama administration. the only thing i can think of is just a stab in the eye. >> right. i'm not saying, and i know you're not saying that anyone is exempt from criticism. but it seems there is a list. she's bringing up something. and misquoted her from 2008. >> you're right. there's a list you go down. pelosi, obama, reid, you keep going down. a lot of folks out there are still upset with michelle obama for her comment about being for the first time in her adult life being very pleased to vote for her husband. >> what do we make of the fact that you have sarah palin out there being very vocal out in california, but meg whitman and carly fiorina are the two top republican women in the state who are in really close races, and both could win. won't be seen at the two events. >> sarah palin's base is the base. it's red meat conservatives. it's tea parties. they need moderate democrats. they need independents. sarah palin does not poll well with the indi

schools chancellor michelle rh, in fact, will be stepping down tomorrow. >> michelle rhee has become a public figure for her role in superman, but tonight her role is over. jackie? >> reporter: doree news4 has learned that at 10:30 tomorrow morning, d.c. mayor venti will ho a press conference announcing the chancellor's signation effective the end of october. >> michelle rhee's departure was anticipated since the mayor was defeated. she campaigned for him, and wondered if mayor venti had what it takes. he learned of her impending departure this evening. >> the best thing of all of this is she's making the decision sooner rather than later. i think that kills all the speculation where we can move forward with trying to get the business of d.c. public schools and improving the outcome of our students. we can move forward with that now that we know whether she's staying or she's going. i think it's a good thing that we now know. >> reporter: now, i spoke to news4's tom sherod a short time ago. he told us that this was, quote, a mutual decision between vincent gray and michelle rhee, tha

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even though it led to the loss of michelle rhee. robert gibbs said the important work of education leaders has to continue regardless of the outcome of elections. >>> it looks like he could go from mayor fenty to professor fenty. he said it's too early to talk about what he'll do next but confirming he is talking to oberlin college in ohio about teaching a political course. >>> mish lady michelle obama has embarked on a two week campaign to raise money and rally votes for democrats for those struggling. today mrs. obama will cast her ballot in chicago to encourage early voting. she was hoped to grab the old president obama senate seat. and she stopped in wisconsin to show support for russ fine gold who is trailing his republican opponent in the polls. she will be in 7 states over the next 12 days. >>> odds are if you have a cell phone, and you probably do, at one point you have gotten a bill that was bigger than expected. >> now there is an effort under way to sticker shock when you look at that bill. >>> and if your morning routine

and the white house in some ways is trying to protect michelle obama.she's not at a big campaign rally. she has to maintain that role as first lady and her high approval ratings keeping it invite only and more personal sort of setting. >> it's interesting. sophie nelson wrote an opinion spot saying she's worried about putting the first lady on the campaign trail. it was only two years ago during the 2008 campaign that michelle obama became fodder for political conservatives and pundits. i'm not sure it is wise that it may resurrect that old stereoty stereotype. is there any concern about that for the folks for whom she will be campaigning? >> well, i don't think she'll go out deliver an angry or partisan or red meat message. it will be a pro-obama message and so that's why they're not putting her out there in the heat of the campaign. and sort of the more personal types of intimate settings where she will speak directly with supporters. most people in the room will pay a lot of money to see her. >> she's a very warm person in person. norah, thank you ve

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michelle rhee will step down as head of d.c. schools later today. this comes a month after the primary defeat for adrian fenty, for whom she actively campaigns. pamela brown has more on what this means for the future of d.c. schools. >> this is the decision we have been waiting for. it was not much of a surprise. her future has been hanging in the balance since vincent gray won. they both decided it was best for her to step down. she became one of the longest- serving school leaders in the city in two decades. now she is hanging up format as d.c. schools chancellor. >> i hope that it does not hurt the school system. >> she brought positive changes for the public-school system. some claim that she overstepped her balance by firing hundreds of teachers and closing dozens of schools. >> i was thinking early on that the reforms would cause consternation. >> she was not afraid to ruffle feathers. with adrian fenty gone and vincent gray pool is to be the next mayor, many say that her resignation was imminent. >> you do what you have to do to benefit the e

michele is right. a lot of democrats look at that and say this is not rallying us for the election 48 hours away but simply showing some people on the left are angry at the media, just as some people on the right are. anger and fear are dominant now and that's propoling what's going to happen tuesday. the challenge will be for the president and for the republicans, and the majority perhaps, to then take the anger and fear do what the election is supposed to dorks absorb the message and actually trying to do something about it. it's going to be really tough and the pressure will be not just on the president, which everybody focuses on, but also those new republican leaders. >> i'll say this, though. this is two different washington environments, if the republicans control the senate or if they do not, if the democrats control the senate. it almost frees the house to be more polarizing, potentially, the republican leadership, if there is no republican senate. then it becomes this odd game of the white ho

schools will get better or worse without michelle rhee. steve ellis wrote, they will get better without her because people will see drastic changes under vincent gray's new management. esther may brooks writes, worse, she dismissed teachers because they were not qualified to teach the children and now vincent gray has stated he will hire them back again. teachers not qualified, teaching the children again. how sad is that. and vi denel said people don't take kindly to change. if he had kateing children was the most important thing on their minds then they both would have put aside their pride and worked together for the good of the children and the city. >>> we continue to follow the breaking news out of chile. the whole world watching the rescue of 33 trapped miners, going faster than expected. it's past the two-thirds mark. number 24, the 24th miner was just brought to the surface and tonight there is word the last man could be out sometime this evening. as quickly as every 30 minutes the men have been climbing into a slender cage for th

michelle rhee out of chance door of d.c. public schools. she has become the national poster child of public reform. jackie benson ports. >> reporter: michelle rhee's dismissal has been anticipated. she xwand on his behalf and questioned whether vincent gray has the political will to make the unpopular decisions to sustain scho improvement in the district. george parker of the washington teachers union which has had at times a relationship with rhee. >> she's making a decision sooner rather than later. we can move forward with trying to get the business on of d.c. schools, we can move forward with that now that we know whether she is staying or whether she is going. so i think it's a good thing we now know. >> reporter: jackie ben son, news 4 today. >>> mayor said he ll name kia henderson fort rest of the year. >>> a group that opposes same-sex marriage wants to take their case to court. gay marriage should be decided by voters. but a judge ruled the district council could pass the law without the voters if it con fliblthed with the human ri

that being michelle rhee who is calling it quits as d.c. schools chancellor and the latest on a fight outside a bar in maryland and now police say they have a mission. we'll have more on that.  >>> making headlines at 4:40 this morning being the fairfax serial burglar has struck 100 times. there is at least one new victim on the list. police say the break-in happened in vienna on horse back trail. there is a report of another burglary attempt nearby. wisdom martin went on patrol with police to show us how home inners are still leaving themselves vulnerable to crime. >> we have a garage door open with three bags of sports equipment, two bikes hanging on the wall and pretty much at this point irk could have gone in and taken whatever i wanted and minus one car going by, no one would have seen a thing. >> we have great exterior lights here. we have one in the garage and at least one over by the front door. it is getting a little dark on this side of the house. you might have them on. >> that was wisdom martin taking a look at how home o

what is next for michelle rhee?overnor of new jersey has said he would be interested in talking to you. the obama administration said maybe they would talk to you. some philanthropies and foundations said they might be interested. what's next? >> i'm going to take a little time to figure that out. one of the reasons we put the website up is because i'm a junkie for e-mails. i read and respond to all of my own e-mails and a lot of people were saying to me, we need to be able to keep in touch with you and how are we going to contact you? and i think we -- i had lots of good discussions with people from all across the country, via e-mail, about how to fix public education in the nation and so i wanted to keep the dialogue going. but i'm not running for anything. >> not running for anything. i'm glad we have that on the record. you that all that interest and communication because you became a national spokeswoman for education reform, sometimes favorably and sometimes in controversial ways. you're in the movie "waiting

that's largely going to be the message we hear from first lady michelle obama.ly enough, chris, i think that michelle obama is a little bit more modeling herself more like someone like laura bush than hillary clinton as first lady. for the first midterms during the bush years hillary clinton did about 20 events. you see michelle obama campaigning in eight states and the joint rally with the president in oohio. >>> i want to bring our company back in karen finny and blogger for politicsdaily.com, matt lewis. i don't know, karen, what do you say as a democrat when the president, you can go see the president for less money than the first lady? >> i say good for her. you go, girl! look, first ladies are always very popular on the campaign trail, particularly with the base. we know right now for democrats raising mun eaoney and getting base out are two very important things. >> we know she can raise money and a lot of people want to talk to her, see her and have their picture taken. the question is, will she motivate people to get out to vote? >> we certainly hope so

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. >> that is michelle obama throwing a lifeline to the struggling russ feingold. kenji save them, -- and she save him, mark? >> if he is say he will save himself. but michelle obama, the lightning rod in the 2008 colelection, is now more popular. the prime -- the president has not been invited back to colorado since he helped michael bennet win the primary. her numbers are high. we don't deliver votes in this country, which don't deliver groceries, we barely deliver mail. >> 67 percent approval rating, michelle obama. does putting her out there but that in jeopardy, nina? >> i don't think so. the only time she was controversial was early on in the campaign. she is an incredibly graceful saurrogate who can only help a candidate. i don't think she can elect a candidate anymore than any president can elect a candidate. but she can help. she can help raise money and give a warm, fuzzy feeling. >> how does it look to you, evan? >> obama's approval rating is not that bad compared to progress. but there is kind of a limit as to him now. there is -- lameness to him now. m

my style is different from michelle's. i built a lot of relationships with parents and teachers and folks in the communit here in d.c. i'm going to rely on those relationships to continue to propel these reforms aggrsively. >> reporte henderson as deputy chancellor has focused on teacher training and qualifications. she's helped negotiate the new teacher's union contract that many have praise ask she has led efforts to dismiss an effective teacher. she said she is ready to be interim chancellor. >> i feel like we have to contue to build this reform. i didn't come here by myself. there was a team of us that came together. >> coming up at 6:00, we'll hear more from the woman who has been at the eye of the storm. >> as far as the future of michelle rhee, the outgoing d.c. chancellor said she is looking for a new job where she can have an impact. don't expect that to be in washington. rhee made it clear, she wants to be closer to her fiance. sacramento mayor kevin johnson. she doesfeel she made an impact on the d.c. school sys