time to meet her replacement. her top deputy is the interim chancellor. i have been here in d.c. and working with the d.c. public schools the last 13 years. and never in my wildest dreams did i imagine we could reach such heights. reporter: henderson said rh ee s top management team planned to remain in place and after a highly-scripted news conference, they all left promising more answers in gray s upcoming town hall meetings. meanwhile, other city leaders and the head of the teacher s union are hoping rhee s top staff stays in place until the end of the school year to avoid anymore disruptions. reporter: think this is the best thing to do for the citizens. reporter: president obama s education secretary arne arne duncan released a statement saying in part michelle rhee has been a 55 dal leader in the school reform and we expect her to be a force for change wherever she goes. duncan and lee rhee, by the way, teamed up with more and other national education leader
confidence that it will be perfect fo all of them all the way down to miner number 33. when mayor fenty lost his reelection bid, speculation was at the chancellor michelle rhee would not be in her job for long. today she in fact resign. her interim replace many was maine today. tom sherwood has our report. reporter: michelle rhee is out. not many people wonder will school reform slow down. the thought of not being in this role anymore is heart breaking. to put it mildly. reporter: on her way out. the d.c. 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 w
in november? and beheaded. the mexican police commander investigating the death of an american tourist is found murdered. we ll talk to his wife today, murdered. we ll talk to his wife today, wednesday, october 13, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. the ninth miner has just come out of that mine. and you think that tse men have been down there for 70 days, each time one comes up, it s just a remark m image. they embrace family members and they look incredibly well. they are sending that capsule down a half a mile under ound, about one miner per hour being brought to the surface and as you mentioned, the scene when they get to the top is emotional to say the least. when the second miner came up, also named mario, he got out of the capsule, and he ran around the crowd leading them in a chant. now they re calling him supermario. some of the miners bringing cks up with them. you would th
national acclaim and sparked local controversy. today the public school chancellor, michelle rhee said that she is stepping down. bruce johnson is at the mayflower hotel in downtown washington with more on the rhee resignation. bruce? it ended a short time ago. this is what we expected all along. michelle rhee is leaving. the people that voted for vincent gray and he is the presumptive mayor. they made it clear they wanted her out. she is leaving at the end of the month. her chief deputy will be taking over, at least on an interim basis and all parties on that stage today agree this is the best case scenario for oall involved. the thought of not being in this real anymore is heart breaking, to put it mildly but i do know it is the right thing for the school system and the right thing, most importantly for the children of dc. never in my wildest dreams did i imagine we could reach such heights as a district. i m excited about where we are and i m thrilled the the managem