controversy. i m shawn yancy. i m laura evans. some are accusing rhee of lying about budget numbers. here is some prett tears exchanges going on. they are accusing her of collaborating with the school system top financial office to manufacture a budget deficit so that rhee could hire 934 brand- new teachers before laying off 299 a few weeks ago. the issue is why did you choose not to follow what the law said. because i did not believe it was in the best interest of children. did you ask the mayor to sign the budgetet also. yes. did you tell him that you would flaut the law. i would make the decisions that felt was in the best interest of children. reporter: tempers were flaring. vincent gray didn t hide his anger. the school s chancellor admitted she and the school system s chief financial officer opted to ignore the council s decision to reduce the somer school budget and fire teachers instead. my understanding is that i do have the authority as the agen
halloween come saturday. and for some reason, i just keep feeling like i need to glance over my shoulder. i prefer to be closer to the other people around. why am i here by myself. never stand by yourself near the haunting house, right? i agree with you. i m nervous. we ll hopefully see you at 7:00. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. it s time to say good morning to allison and steve. good morning, gurvir. we have a lot coming up. the president obama seeing firsthand the cost of war. more on his surprise visit to dover, delaware. and the mayor caught up in a heated debate with council members and we ve had council members on the show to discuss questionable moves by the mayor and this morning he joins us live in the studio with a response. sarah. reporr: and a local principal canceled his high school football seas. the reason behind it coming up. fox 5 morning news starts right now. and a shot of the washington monument on this thursday morning. it is october 29