rorter: gray introduced kaya henderson, a close deputy to rhee who was gray s choice to be school chancellor. she has worked for city schools 13 years and is widely seen having the people skills rhee lacks. we ll move forward, take it to the next level and work with the community so that all our stake holders are invested in the process. reporter: gray and henderson both asked all senior school management stay on during the transition to ease disruptions. should put any fears asi of what reform will look like under a gray administration. the answer to that question is that reforms will continue. reporter: henderson offed only a few modest sentences. [ indible ]. rorter: then later brushed past reporters whout answering questions. now coming up at 6:00, we ll hear reaction from parents about the shake-up and the future of d.c. public education. back to you guys. tom sherwood. and coverage of rhee s resignation will continue tonight with brian willis. for anyone
there were silent prayers, emotional hugs, and all-out celebrations from the man dubbed super mario. the process has moved faster than expected. each man was allowed brief time to be with their family. they appeared to be in good health. it is incredible, he says. they give us back for life. lives with incredible stories. the young miner whose child was born while he was trapped and named hope. the veteran who began monday at age 12 and was days away from retiring. this man who, while underground it was revealed had to families. his wife and mistress. only the mistress showed. their ordeal hardly the end of this story. futures they had never imagined. book deals and movie officers and fame and money. some say fresh air is the most important and a new lease on life. each of the men will have to spend the next couple of days in the hospital for physical and psychological evaluation. all that understandable since no one in recorded history has arrived underground for this long
name, he directed slumdog millionaire and other movies. we re glad he s going to be here. and let s head downstairs as tucker barnes has a look at the forecast. noticeably cooler than yesterday. yesterday we were in the 80s. today we ll struggle into the upper 60s. so temperatures a good 10-15- degree cooler than yesterday. looking at a satellite radar, you can see the cloud cover, our frontal system has moved to the south and is bringing light showers across sections of southern virginia and north carolina. that should stay to the south today. as we focus out to the west, we ll get another frontal system in here tonight and that will bring us a cloudy, wet and cool day tomorrow. but we ll worry about that coming up in several minutes. right now 54 at reagan national. 45 in frederick. cool start to the day, might need a jacket for another hour or two. 49 in winchester and 60 in ocean city. forecast calling for a lot of sunshine and cool temperatures. highs in the upper60s
management team has agreed to stay on to continue this work. reporter: under michelle rhee, test scores went up, 300 teachers were fired and a new contract was forged with the union. all across the country now, from the white house to documentaries, people are touting d.c. as a model for how to attack bureaucracy and get results in an urban school system. reporter: michelle rhee gave no hint as to what to do next except to say she ll have a national say in school reform. what do we know about the interim chancellor? this may be an audition for her and she may be the choice for chancellor. she is from ward 5 which turned out heavily in the primary for gray and to oppose fenty and michelle rhee. but henderson called michelle rhee her friend and mentor. and she helped with the collective bargain with the union and she is a tough education reformer. and she once told high school principals to go hard or simply go home. we ll see what happens from here. on our facebo
half mile down in chile. right now we are standing by for the 29th of 33 miners to get back to the surface. that narrow rescue tube just arrived at the bottom of the mine and as each miner makes it back above ground, more cheers, and more emotional images like these right at scene. but we re also watching another story closer to home. the resignation of michelle rhee and that s where we begin our coverage of what s in the news right now. reporter: i m bruce johnson in the district. michelle rhee walked out of the may flower hotel surrounded by cameras from all over the country. minutes earlier she announced that she would step down as d.c. chancellor. the thought of not being in this role any more is heartbreaking, to put it mildly. but i do know that it is the right thing for the school system, and the right thing, most importantly, for the children of d.c. reporter: it wasn t unexpected. not after vincent gray, the presumptive next mayor defeated her boss, mayor fen