Michelle rhees journey to National Prominence began in 2007. Washington dc had just inaugurated a new mayor, adrian fenty. He had won a landslide election and promised to fix the districts abysmal School System. The lack of real opportunity for young people drives our unemployment rate, it drives our crime rate, and we cant have that. This is the nations capitol of the United States of america. We shouldnt have the worst School System. We should have the best. Are you ready . All right. Almost everyone expected fenty to choose a seasoned veteran to turn the schools around, but he chose a virtual unknown. Good morning. Rhee began by introducing herself to students. Im excited to be here today. And teachers, giving them a glimpse of her forthright style. I am Michelle Rhee. I am the new chancellor of the dc Public Schools. And just in case there was any confusion, i am in fact korean, i am 37 years old, and, no, i have never run a School District before. Although rhee had never run a Sch
Guardrail before going over the edge. And i saw the trees and i could see me hit willing them and i couldnt feel any bumps. I felt like i was gliding all the time. The parred me innings on the scene said they had no idea how you crawled out of that car on your own. How do you think you did it . Jesus, like i said before. Its only explanation i would have. Reporter de anna survived this devastating crash with minor scratches and some swelling. Just, these are the only cuts i ended up with. Reporter she says without a doubt doesnt even look like my car. Reporter it was more than her seat belt that saved her life. I want to give glory to god so people see the god in this situation and not the travesty of the car accident. Reporter maryland state troopers say they are continuing their investigation into the cause of this crash, but at this point, they have now officially rule it had a hit and run n college park, im tracee wilkins, news4. Washington star quarterback has a message for gay fo
Michelle rhees journey to National Prominence began in 2007. Washington dc had just inaugurated a new mayor, adrian fenty. He had won a landslide election and promised to fix the districts abysmal School System. The lack of real opportunity for young people drives our unemployment rate, it drives our crime rate, and we cant have that. This is the nations capitol of the United States of america. We shouldnt have the worst School System. We should have the best. Are you ready . All right. Almost everyone expected fenty to choose a seasoned veteran to turn the schools around, but he chose a virtual unknown. Good morning. Rhee began by introducing herself to students. Im excited to be here today. And teachers, giving them a glimpse of her forthright style. I am Michelle Rhee. I am the new chancellor of the dc Public Schools. And just in case there was any confusion, i am in fact korean, i am 37 years old, and, no, i have never run a School District before. Although rhee had never run a Sch
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. President obama is calling in a specialist to deal with ebola, but ron klain is not a medical doctor. Hes a doctor of law, and his specialty is not diseases. The white house says its management, as chief of staff to the Vice President in 2009, he helped run the economic stimulus program. The president named klain today to run the federal Ebola Response. We have a series of reports on ebola tonight, beginning with Major Garrett. At the white house. What we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. Reporter ron klains appointment was so abrupt, he doesnt have White House Security clearance yet and no official start date, but some time next week he will become an important behindthescenes, troubleshooting voice to calm an administration criticized for an uneven response to the ebola crisis. Klain will brief the president daily and coordinate numerous bureauc
[ cheering and applause ] miss schwartz. Good evening, everybody. I am carol schwartz, a former at large member of the d. C. Council. Some of you may remember me from my 16 years on the council as well as my two terms on the board of education and may also remember that i lost 5 1 2 years ago my reelection for the council because i gave sick leave to workers. And im very proud of that, even though i have been threatened by some in the Business Community that they would come after me if i pushed ahead. I think its important for people who have parttime jobs and who work to have some sick leave and so if i had to do it all again and have taken this leave of absence because of it, because i lost my election, i would do it all again. But i want to come back so i can continue doing things for people who need it, helping our vulnerable population, getting affordingable housing, helping our homeless, giving drug treatment and alcohol treatment to those who need it. Thank you all very much. Th