i am lowell melser.that story ahead. >> some showers in the insta- weather forecast, coming up next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] wbal tv 11.atching this is 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a day without pay every week for the next three months, the sting of sequestration hitting hundreds of thousands of defense department employees in the form of furloughs. it is not exactly been vacation this sumps federal workers were looking forward to. >> thousands of workers at the pentagon and at bases around the country are being forced to take time off without pay. lisa robinson takes a look at how this impacts health research as well as the maryland national guard, but we begin with nikole killian in washington with more on furlough frustration. >> there is a lot of that going around. this all goes back to the government budget cuts that took effect back in march, and if you have not noticed them much, you could now. just a stone's throw from the pentagon's sids pentagon row, full of shops an

live in the studio, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. ofthis is becoming a crisis sorts. a long list of students waiting to enroll in charter schools. >> it is estimated one million students nationwide are waiting and it is a local and sign for charter school operators. tim tooten joins us live in the newsroom with that story. sam? >> the charter schools have taken off in the last decade or so and half of the 46 charter schools in the state are right here in baltimore city. >> what is your question? more thane awaiting 12,000 students hoping to find seats, even though a handful of schools are set to open in the fall, they will not be able to handle the growing backlog of applications. these baltimore city charter school operators meet once a month to compare notes on topics like the waiting list. >> we have close to 190 weeklies, but for spanish immersion, we have over 100 students. >> body mcdowell knows why the numbers are going up. >> the kids deserve many different options and parents want that. at my school -- three schools in northeast baltimore, we could open for m