their fight to the state. take a closer to resolution over how much money should be spent for local schools. >> we are live in the newsroom with the latest. >> the numbers are not adding up, and that is how much the school system is getting and believed it deserves from the county executive. >> the difference is -12 million dollars. >> the counties will keep is highlighting a letter from the interim superintendent. it highlights how much the school district received last year in what it believes it deserves. the shortfall has put the school system at odds. >> we have gained over 3000 students, and the county has not kept up with a number of students we have. they have degrees the amount of money. the amount of

money. >> in the middle of money this you are thousands of students and parents. >> is back and forth battle of who have enough money to pay for what, there is no magic bullet out there that is going to educate children without money. $12 million is a lot of money to be short with. >> account executive shows no sign of budging and will make his case to the state board. -- the county executive shows no sign of budging and will make his case to the state board. >> you have more children and less money. it puts a more difficult spin on how to work the budget. >> the state board of education may have the last word in this on again and off again money dispute. at our other a look top stories during this hour.

police are real -- releasing surveillance photographs of men accused of shooting the barber of up close barbershop earlier this month. it happened a long hard for road in east baltimore. the victim suffered from critical injuries. anyone with any information is urged to call metro crime stoppers. closing arguments just wrapped up about an hour ago in the bullying case against baltimore city. now the outcome is in the hands of the jury. they claim that to baltimore city elementary schools verbally and physically abused their son and daughter. a surprising turn of events today the judge threw out most of the allegation. it is only a matter of time before the jury is reached. we're told they will deliberate another few minutes before heading home for the night. a trial is set for the frost for student accused of murdering one

of her classmates. the bill has been set at $250,000. -- bail has been set at $250,000. she says someone else did it. she is now charged with first- degree murder. >> a prince george's county father is charged after he left his father at home for possibly four days alone. he is accused of reckless endangerment and child neglect. the mother had been in the hospital since friday and have not been able to get in touch with the father and called police in a panic. once police arrived, they may be unsettling discovery. >> when officers arrived on the scene they found a child located in the bedroom that was disarray. the child with only wearing a sweater and a diaper. the diaper appeared to be heavily soiled, which had been

on her for quite some time. she was visibly very hungry. malnourished. and was very dehydrated. >> the mother has since been released from hospital and reunited with her daughter. >> very scary. terrible. a high-speed police chase and quite dramatically in florida. >> details are still coming forward, and we warn you that the video is startling. that story just ahead when we covered the nation. >> a scandal will cost the university more than just its reputation. we're getting the first estimate on the violence due to write it. >> new details about what happened monday night at the mall the to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old shooti

[marching band playing] >> the dramatic video out of orlando, florida. a high-speed police chase comes to an end after a crash.

police and unmapped -- unmarked cars were traveling burglars. the suspects were finally stopped when they t-boned a black jeep crossing the intersection. the driver of the jeep had to be cut out of the vehicle. at this hour his condition is unknown. > student wrierioting caused by the firing of joe paterno has cost at least $100,000 in damage. a good portion of the tab involved the riots. all but three are penn state students. >> this cannot be how fedex makes its deliveries.

the driver was in the middle of delivering a computer monitor and decided to toss it. the video is now viral. the company says they have come to our resolution with the customer. he will be handled as to the company's disciplinary policies. you know what that means. >> the box that what it was. -- the box said what it was. >> if you have not gone your ipad yet, you may be out of luck. >> un ipad shortage is about to strike, and the reason does not have anything to do with high- demand. >> howard county high school students are spreading holiday cheer throughout the community. that story coming up. >> rain and temperatures near 60 today. things will change going into the holiday weekend. we will stick to the seven-day forecast coming up.

a few light rain showers. 60 degrees at the airport.

>> coming up, capitol hill standoff over your paycheck is coming to a stop here did new details continue to service in the deadly shooting outside towns and house center. -- towns and

>> there are only 13 days left before the iowa caucuses. the new front runner in a new poll is ron paul. >> republican presidential

candidates continue to make the rounds before the holidays, taking jabs at their opponents and taking some heat on the campaign trail. in des moines, iowa, protesters interrupted new gingrich in a speech at the state house, but meanwhile the rift between gingrich and romney is getting bigger. a political action group launched what newt gingrich called an attack advertisement in iowa. over whohave a debate can best solve america's problems and not to get higher the better ad agency. >> if you cannot handle the heat in this little kitchen, the key -- the heat that is going to come from the house kitchen will be a lot hotter. if he takes iowa, it is

tremendous news for mitt romney. if he is second and i welcome it means he sucks a lot out of the room for others. michele france and, wbal-tv 11 news. >> your 11 insta-weather-plus forecast with tony pan. >> it looks like we hide -- tied a record high temperature. we manage to get up to 61 degrees, which by the old record set back in 1956. we still have a little bit of rain out there right now. most of it is moving to the east. there could be some more rain propping up later on tonight, so we will keep a chance of that in the forecast. after that i think it will clear out. matter of fact, you go to the clearing kind -- clearing line coming back across western

pennsylvania. tomorrow is the first day of winter. we hit 61 today. tomorrow is the first day of winter. the average high temperature is 44. even now in the upper 50s and low 60's. still 62 downtown. 55 in parkton. the forecast, rain ending. if you're keeping score at home, the winter solstice takes place at 12:00 birdie on thursday morning. tomorrow is the first full day of winter. we just had sunset an hour ago. during the day tomorrow, sunshine to start the day. clouds will come back in the afternoon. mild with a high temperature between 55 and 60. there is going to be another storm coming in right behind this one. pretty quickly. another chance for rain thursday

night into friday. still the thing going on at that time, but clouds will be the beginning of. clouds will come in from the same direction as this one. this is 6:00 in the morning. i think the sun might come out and afternoon friday. colder air will finally start to work its way in. in the '50s tomorrow. friday it will be cooler. by the time we get into the holiday weekend, we will drop back to where we should be for this time of year. christmas eve we will have snow showers in flurries in amounts. that is great news if you're going to try to be skiing over the holiday weekend. i think it will be holding up to make snow in western maryland on saturday. 58 for high temperature

tomorrow. rain comes back thursday night into friday morning. then it clears up in the afternoon with high temperature near 52 degrees. on christmas eve colder but not cold. high near 45. then we are watching another storm that is going to pass by south of us. a slight chance for rain or snow on christmas day. it will be colder with high temperatures near 39. it should clear out earlier this week on monday or -- should clear out on monday or tuesday. >> if you take public transportation from a prepared to dig deeper into the pockets. the nba needs to increase fares to meet state revenue goals. state law requires them to cover 35%. as of now, they plan to raise fares 55 cents next year and another 25 cents two years later. some lawmakers are concerned about how this will impact low-

income workers. hard to believe, but there is only four days until christmas. the united states postal service says today is the last day to ship anything by per email within the u.s. and still have it arrive in time for the holiday. the postal service will not be in operation this saturday and sunday. will you pay more money to get free shipping? it is the common requirements for online shoppers. the word free is a powerful advertisement. >> when ^ goes online shopping, she is looking for a good deal and no shipping charges. >> i did not pay at all for shipping this year. >> getting a free shipping is not automatic, and on many sides you have to pat -- spend a minimum amount of money to get it. >> there is always little

things. to go i think free shipping can induce consumers to spend more than they originally might do. >> that is something i can see happening to myself. i>> online retailers are betting the lore of free shipping means more business. >> they're finding two-thirds site free shipping as a factor in getting them to go through with their purchase decision. >> just because it's free shipping, does that mean it is fast shipping. >> you will not get overnight. if you want to get something within 2-3 days, you will pay extra for it. you really have to be conscious. >> if something she finds

online wants to charge for shipping, she says she will go somewhere else. >> according to a study by a marketing firm, online shoppers who got free shipping spent 15 percent and more than those who pay for shipping. there could be a shortage of ipad on store shelves due to an explosion at a factory in shanghai that makes the tablets were 61 workers were hurt. this will likely affect the supply of the top-selling tablet. this is not the first disaster to hit the supply chain, they have been looking to broaden the manufacturing base to meet high demand. the explosion will also raise questions about worker conditions that china-based factories. >> choir members in howard county took the time to spread a

little holiday cheer and it was really lovely. >>♪ from marion's choir ridge high school in howard county is spreading some holiday cheer. >> it is fun to see everyone enjoy are singing. it really helps get into the holiday spirit. >> wednesday the students performed. basing everything from favorite christmas carols to hanukkah songs and even some jazz music. >> it means a lot. when you get my age, it means a lot purita. >> it is really helpful to the clients in here. >> young people have energy, a very positive energy and certainly can't connect with the residents, and that is what it

is about. >> this is not only stop for the women's choir. it is one of six centers where the group is performing. it is one part of the community are reach that has become part of the choir. >> it is wonderful to spend time with the seniors and interact with them. the kids need service learning hours and things like that, so it's a wonderful way to a corporate what we do in class and make it a part of their everyday lives. >> the students say it is something they look forward to all semester. a chance to share their passion for singing with people who really appreciate it. >> i really like being able to meet them and spread the christmas cheer. >> make everyone smile and have a good time. take of this has become an annual tradition, and they look forward to coming back next year.

. >> very nice. tonight police are going through surveillance video as they search for the person who pulled the trigger in the murder outside the town center. j miller has been learning new details about the moments leading up to the shooting. a live report ahead at 6:00. >> it is called the veterans airlift commands. i will tell you what it is coming up.

>> call the veterans airlift

command, and it matches wounded soldiers coming home. they fly the wounded soldiers home free of charge. it is almost impossible to fly commercial, and for the pilots it is an honor to help. >> for many of our wounded warriors it was -- if it was not for the veterans airlift command, they would not be able to fly home. rain or sergeant mike frazier and his fiancee are arrived at signature flight support this morning. thank you to step in the and irwin greenberg, he is taking a private flight to miami to visit his fiancee's family. >> it is such an honor and privilege. we're humble to do this. to have opportunity to give back for those that sacrificed so much for us, it is beyond words to be able to do this. >> for sargent frazier in in a

wheelchair is very difficult to fly commercial. >> i flew commercial one time to see marines come home from afghanistan, and i do not need to bad mouth commercial flights, but they do not accommodate too severely-injured people. it is really shocking, and they are not really aware of that. >> he is going to be comfortable and be able to meet my family. we're very thankful that people do this for the guys. >> it is on the plane, which is not an easy task, and off to miami. >> to have opportunities to bring us older home, there is nothing like it. >> for sargent frazier who was injured in may in afghanistan -- >> in your going to miami?

>> yes, get some color on me and be nice and warm. i cannot wait. >> enjoy miami. >> what a wonderful program. that is all for us at 5:00. here's a look at what is coming up new at 6:00. the stalemate drags on in congress, and that could mean tax increases in the new year. the good new details about the lead up to a fatal shooting monday night. >> possible sussex and the shooting of an east baltimore barbershop. that story coming up. >> live, local, late breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news. >> the standoff over pay will taxes and jobless benefits continues on capitol hill after house republicans flat out rejected the two-month extension

approved by the senate. the move by the house through quick and sharp criticism from democrats, including president obama. your paycheck could be smaller in 10 days if congress does not make its deadlock over the payroll tax extension. >> president obama called house speaker today and urged him to call for a vote on a two-month extension. at the clock ticks toward a junior reverse tax hike, most members of congress have headed home for the holiday. either side is budging. to go the house stands adjourned until 10:00 on friday. >> democrats demanded an up or down vote on a two-month extension. >> mr. speaker, you are walking out. you were walking away. >> the speaker held up a photo >> the speaker held up a photo