captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6. quite the pentagon confirming the death of a local military member. the data base and airport were hurt by a suicide bomber. at the big story tonight at 6:00. this is coming on the heels of more continuing violence after troops burning the koran. >> the administration is facing more questions about their strategy. nikole killion as live in washington with how the pentagon is now responding. good evening. >> u.s. officials including the president had apologized, but they remain committed to the mission. after the burning of koran sparked protests, the murder of these officers, top military

patrols remain on alert. >> things are tense. but they certainly are. it is getting calmer. >> it is not coming concerns on the ground. >> from the pentagon -- to the state department. >> that strategy remains the right one. >> the pace of the drawdown will depend on our nato allies and with commanders on the ground. inwe're skiddoo to leave 2014. >> the administration may want to rethink this giving the -- given the violence. >> continuing on with the mission for one many m

americans do not believe this is in our best interests is a godo reason to ramp the scaling down of troops. nikole killion, wbal-tv 11 news. >> one of the u.s. military members killed in afghanistan was a national guardsman from baltimore. he was killed friday night in afghanistan during an attack on the interior ministry. he had been serving in afghanistan for less than one year and had been a member of the national guard since 1986. he leaves behind his wife of 24 years and four children. cooks the way that he loved my mom and he was always talking hurt, touching her, and he would

take me out on daddy-daughter dates. >> our thoughts with their family tonight. he had worked at the armory in baltimore and was also a biz application teacher in done dock. >> no word yet -- in dundalk. >> no word yet on the student gunman described as "a b ullied outcast." the suspect is not being identified. oen student is dead and one other listed in serious condition. new details tonight in the home invasion and shooting of the weekend. a 65-year-old man came home to find a burglar inside his home and then shot him.

>> the man is charged with burglary and assault. they say the victim came home to towson to find a bergeron side. he fled and tried unsuccessfully to steal his car. the victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and was able to call 911 with a description. >> i saw a man answering to this description on chesapeake in towson. an officer witnessed him run out from between a few buildings. he then took off. the officer conducting a traffic stop and found a piece of property from the victim on the

suspect person and he made the arrest. >> police are not aware of a connection between the victim and suspect yet but this is still an open investigation. police are not releasing his name. live from baltimore county, kai reed, wbal hike in tv 11 news. >> barry simms is live in bel- air. this deal is about teacher pensions? >> yes. in the past it has been the state's responsibility but governor o'malley is proposing that the state and local governments should have a share. >> growing concerns about handling emergencies, worrying

about his deputies, their duties, and teacher pensions. >> i have cut all i can in my operating expenses. i have nothing left to cut. but personnel. >> this is looming in the background as they continue to focus on his proposal to shift the cost of teacher pensions from the state to county governments. exclaiming you're balancing a budget by shifting the cost to someone else is disingenuous. "sharing the teacher retirement costs is among the tough choices in the budget. state lawmakers do not approve the plan, harford county officials say they will have to pay $9.80 million. from the county perspective, this is because of economic

development in natural resources. school superintendent and other officials are also in opposition worrying about losing educational gains and having to cut teachers and staff. >> it is an important issue to address, but it is one that i reject because it will send us backwards. >> anne arundel county executives say they would have to pay $26 million and then $30 million. >> that's just unsustainable. it will be wiped out of this pension should cost is given to the county. >> that meeting is going on right now. his plan is to shift half of the combined costs of social

security and teacher contributions to local government. reporting live from harford county, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> two years after implementing a bottle tax, the mayor wants more. mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it to 5 cents and make it permanent. lowell melser is live with more. >> they say it will help city schools, but for those in the industry, they say it will kill jobs. >> history repeating itself in baltimore city. >> this is something we are not trying to exaggerate. >> they gathered in front of the

bell gardens buy right the voice disdain. >> this is what happens every time. >> it exempts milk, juice, a two liter or larger one. >> this is the secure $300 million in bonds for schools and she plans on doing it by raising the bottle tax from two cents to five and making it permanent. >> i spoke to the industry about alternatives and i've not gotten any feedback. >> she is willing to make it clear that she will look at

other revenue streams but it seems to be popular. >> there are ways to level the playing field. >> this tax is having a devastating impact on our members. lost sales mean reduced hours and meaning less jobs for hard- working men and women in baltimore. >> sources are telling me that the mayor appears to have enough votes on the city council to pass it. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> one is a democrat, one is a republican, but both have their sights set on the white house, a recipe for this -- >> governor o'malley is not

worthy. >> that's just the beginning. what governor o'malley said about chris christie that has him all fired up. >> ladies and gentlemen, start your engines? or not. the longest rain delay in daytona 500 history. >> a cold front coming through tonight means temperatures are about to change. the insta-weather + 7 day coming up. a gorgeous sunset. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

>> maryland gov. martin o'malley spring to sign the same sex build into law while gov. chris christie vetoed a similar law last week. >> they boast appeared on cbs's "face the nation." these are the fireworks. >> chris christie's brand of don rickles leadership is unusual. to have someone soap fiscally irresponsible who makes such poor choices and that troubles all over the country doing his don merkel stand-up routine, demeaning women, the bombast and all that, it's entertaining but it does not make for good governance. but we all need to focus on are things that make our economy grow when things that make our economy expand opportunity. but those measures, he's been a failure as a governor. none of us as democratic governors will take lectures from a man whose leadership is so badly flawed.

we will stated more politely and with less headlines, but we will not roll over for this mean- spirited don rickles-style politics that he practices. >> governor o'malley is really not nworthy. smart or good. he is flippant, so give him credit for that. >> whether you enjoyed that or not, be prepared for more. some people in the political arena and are predicting an o'malley-christie run in 2016. we'll see. >> just a few days ago cannot -- ary. to go in februr the normal high is only in the upper 40's.

chilly this morning at the airport, 25. southwest winds adn sunshine did the trick warming it up. mild temperatures across the area pushing the average to 40.6 degrees, the 7th warmest all time. te all-time warmest was 1931- 1932. 50 at martin st. airport. 50 even in western maryland. a band of clouds and sprinkles in pennsylvania. it will drop temperatures into the 30's overnight.

we will not cool off until that gets here. look at the chill in chicago. tomorrow, sunshine, clouds in the afternoon, thicken tomorrow night with rain arriving. steady to moderate rain could be lingering into the afternoon rush hour. our clicker has run out of battery power, so i'm next to the computer. ature drope temperatre dro tomorrow. 1-2 chop tomorrow in the open waters. western maryland, mainly rain.

50 on show with rain coming in. partly to mostly sunny tomorrow. march, things will change. rain clearning out thursday. clouds back friday. a thunderstorm possible on saturday. >> from the susquehanna banks fort sumter, this is 11 sports. -- bank sports center, this is 11 sports. >> the potential release today of the 2012 schedule. terps have 6 home games including the opener agains william and mary. no local schools. no navy, no towson.

maryland will base his old school, uconn. conference play begins after a late september bye agains wake forest. mid november, against florida state, and that should provide a barometer of success. if you'd like to check out the full maryland football scandal, it is on our website, wbaltv.com, under "sports." the orioles progressed through spring training and they will play their first enter squad game. -- intersquad games. the current game, keeping jones off base. it had a career high 25 home runs last year and projected even more this year. make no mistake about it. they need another career year

from adam jones to make significant progress in the standings. >> i'm a vocal guy. i will be with you through the failures and glorious times. we want to be with us sleep at night knowing we did this as much as we could. >> this means the longest delay in the daytona 500 could get even longer. at exactly the speed you expect to see. slow-moving trucks with heavy- duty blowers try to move water off the tracks. it was postponed from yesterday evening. they scuttled a 7:00 p.m. start time tonight, but it remains fluid.

>> it takes a little longer to get ready to go, i think everyone is willing to do that to accomplish within a reasonable amount of time, so 7:00 is not a drop dead critical moment. we thought it was the one to give us our best shot. >> it will not be, "gentleman start your engines, "but "ladies and gentleman start your engines. tom tasselmyer as another look at the seven-day straight ahead.

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>> another gorgeous day. >> two more days this month, so we will see if we can keep it for two more days -- not. >> going for 50 tomorrow, chilly rain on wednesday. >> that would be great for an nba player. >> beginning march on thursday and friday booking the same period 00 looking the same. it will get chilly with showers on sunday and monday. >> is that a word? >> thanks for joining us. "nbc nightly news" is next.