afghanistan. he joined the u-ssarmy in 1994.. the maryland national guard two years later......nd tonight, his fellowwsoldiers are remembering one of their ow. own. miiitary officials say major roberr marchanti (mar- chan-tee) was in afghanistan as an advisor and mentor to help train afghan police. and now inveetigators say they believe one of thoss afghan policemen shot and killed marchanti and another u-s officer inside the highly secured interior ministry building in kabul saturday. that attack.. suspected payback for the burning of the quaran, the muslim holy book, by american troops at a u-s air base last monday. at the fifth regiment armory pol. kohler) he was a nice . - guy... ...marchanti served as a construction and facilities technician since may 2008.....tonight, how the guard is coping with the loss of a soldier and friind.(lt. col. kohler) whhn i saw his postings on faaeeook and what othhr people were that worked for hhi, when he was a teacher.. his studenns, t
3 695 at 40 map map a bottle of soda could soon cost you more.baltimore s city council is considering a bill to raise the bottle tax. from 2 cents to 5 cents pee bottle.megan gilliland is here with more on why the mayor says it s necessary. again this year. good morning patrice,this was a big issue last year. when the city approvee a 2 cent tax. aad that was a compromise froo the orginal 4 cent proposal.but now, the mayor wants more. mooe.she says raising the bottle tax by 150-percent - is the only way to secure funding for improvements to city schools.but beverage distributors and supermarket owners feel it s unfair. they say he 2-cent tax has already hht their profits hard. the 2 cent has had an adverse affect. sales are down 20-thousand dollars from one year to the next. next. opponents believe the mayor s targettng them. a retaliation against them for fighting the tax so hard last year. for now. the bottle tax bill was refered to a ccmmittee.it will likely come up fo
monday morning. i am charley crowson and she is megan pringle. thank you for the intree ducks. and now lynette charles standing by with a check of the forecast. it was said to be hit or miss with the snow this weekend for the maryland area. we were missed. exactly. other areas not so lucky. southern maryland got snow across the area as well. about 1 to 2 inches but mainly on the grassy surfaces. we didn t get anything and for today, we are dry. we are dealing with a lot of clouds. looking at maryland s most powerful radar and you can see what i am talking about. we are talking about the snow in southern maryland and just a little bit of it. you can see it is trying to get out of here work its way into the atlantic as of now. but all in all we dodged a bullet if you didn t want to see the snow. but if you wanted to see it, i am sorry, hopefully we will have more chances coming up. not this week. wait until the seven day forecast. temperatures are cold around 34 deg
no. if he hadn t been hit by the car, he could have died from a heart attack. he didn t have his seat belt on. he fell out of the car and was hanging out. while some of michael s friends refused to assign blame. i don t think he died because of the drinking. it s not the driver s fault. it s in the the person who bought the alcohol. it s nobody s fault. he asked for the alcohol. reporter: others say police should not let this go eye hope they find who gave him this drink because it wasn t funny. the boy was only 13. god help his parents. reporter: baltimore county police say they re awaiting the results of a toxicology test on michael. only then can they determine in he has been drinking and if they can pursue who might have provided to him. jeff hager, website whoib news. for substance abuse experts, michael s death is the reason to get families to start talking about the dangers of drinking, especially something like this, four loko. one can holds the same pow
happening at a place that, what elhappening out there? who else are they doing this to. reporter: a federal judge thought the was worth exploring and dismissed the efforts of the police department to dismiss the case. its argument is already updated its policy in november, letting officers now the public can indeed record them in public places. out of the majority of the departments in the nation, you know, we re one of the first to promulgate rules, so take that for what it s worth. reporter: but what it too little too late? this is video shot just this past friday on cross street and federal hill. even though the new rule was just made public earlier that day, the person was more versed than the officers. all right, all right. you guys do know you have a standing order to allow people to record it? reporter: the photographer s phone is not taken away, but he is asked to walk away. turn around, and walk. i m leaving. turn around and walk. i m leaving. rep