maryland senators barbara mikulski and ben cardin were among those from states hard hit that testified. mikulski called for aid to communities on the eastern shore that are still suffering the effects of the storm and cardin spoke of the need to protect vulnerable areas from future storm damage. >>> one of the country's largest banks is looking to reduce its expenses and improve efficiency, but it's doing it by laying off thousands of workers. citigroup says it's eliminating 11,000 jobs. the majority of those cuts will come from citi's consumer banking unit. >>> do you think there are enough starbucks out there? apparently not. the seattle-based coffee chain plans to open 1,500 cafes in the u.s. over the next five years. there are already 11,500 starbucks in the nation and starbucks says it will have more than 20,000 stores around the world by 2014. >>> every now and then we hear about an invasive species that gets out of hand. that's the situation in mount rainier, maryland. one neighborhood is so plagued by bamboo that they're hoping to ban the stuff from the city forever. scott broo

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maryland senator ben cardin will join derek mcginty in studio. virginia democrat jerry connolly stopped by and -- last night rather. virginia democrat jerry connolly stopped by and the 11th district representative stressed there is room for compromise on his party's side. >> it ought to be open to negotiation what the income threshold s. the. has laid out 250. i think there's maneuverability. i think it's too low. >> is there maneuverability on the percentage? could it be 37, 38? >> i think he's signaled he's willing to negotiate on that. but the republicans so far have simply said no tax increases of any kind. >> you can keep up to date on our approach to the fiscal cliff any time on our website wusa9.com. just click the fiscal cliff banner at the top of our home page. there you'll find the countdown clock and a calculator to help figure out the cliff's impact on you. >>> later this morning, the man accused of shooting the manager at the family research council is supposed to let prosecutors know if he will take a plea deal or not. prosecutors t

and tonight at 7:00 p.m., maryland senator ben cardin will join derek mcginty in our studio. last night virginia democrat jerry connolly stopped by and the 11th district representative stressed that there is room for compromise on his party's side. >> it ought to be open to negotiation what the income threshold s. the president has laid out -- is. the. has laid out 250. i think there's maneuverability there. i think it's too low. >> could it be 37, 38? >> i think he's signaled he's willing to negotiate on that but the republicans have said so far no tax increases of any kind. >> you can keep up to date on our approach to the fiscal cliff any time. just go to our website wusa9.com. click on the fiscal cliff banner which is at the top of our home page. you'll find a countdown clock and a calculator to help you figure out the impact the fiscal cliff will have on you. >>> u.s. senator jim demint has announced he's resigning. the republican from south carolina is leaving capitol hill to become president of the heritage foundation. he was first elected to the senate in 2004. south

tomorrow maryland senator ben cardin will be here and talk about fiscal cliff as well at 7:00. you can send in questions to mailbag@wusa9.com or leave a post on the wusa9 facebook page. >>> if you want to blow up a bank atm, you better bring a lot of firepower. around 4 a.m. this morning somebody tried to blow open an atm in fredericksburg at the drive- thru of the virginia credit union, but all those explosives did was leave scorch marks. investigators hope the surveillance video can lead them to the mad bomber and we do mean mad. >>> a 14-year-old gunned down on the street, police saying it was a targeted gang killing. this happened after midnight in the lewisdale, maryland area along sheridan street. investigators say elizer reyes was walking down the street with two other people. a car drove by and there was open fire and he was killed. police found the car but are looking for the shooter. >>> tonight fans remember the first modern jazz musician to appear on the cover of time magazine, dave brubeck, would have turned 92 tomorrow. his quartet first formed in 1951 and went on

tonight at 7:00 i'll be joined by maryland senator ben cardin and monday at 5:00 virginia senator elect tim kaine will be right here. 9 news is making it easy for you to put the pressure on our local officials. go too our website, click on the fiscal cliff note and write a letter to your representative or senator and tell them get this thing done. >>> a tea party leaving the party to become president of the heritage foundation. senator demint says he's living because the conservative movement needs strong leadership in focusing in on new ideas. >> one of the mistakes i think the republican party made the last two years is trying to make obama the issue without sharing with america bold reform ideas that inspire people to get behind us. >> the 61-year-old was elected to the senate in 2004. south carolina's republican governor gets to appoint demint's successor. >>> ever see another driver doing their makeup on the beltway or texting on the gw parkway? someone posted video of a metro bus driver holding a newspaper, perhaps even reading it, while driving around dupont circle. the anonymous

we'll talk to senator ben cardin next. >> transformed indiana's budget deficit into a surplus of around $500 million. governor mish danneels explains what congress need to do to overcome the nation's debt crisis. >> and coming up, is the sky the limit now that they have sold their shares the? more later on the "closing bell." >>> welcome back. here's a live picture of the house. the house hours away from voting on speaker painer's proposal to extend tax cuts for those making less than $1 million a year. we're waiting on this bill to pass the house, and it's probably dead on arrival in the senate. scott? >> another vote that you are watching go through a bunch of procedural things as well. i heard 7:00 to 8:00 tonight maybe is when they would vote on this plan "b" from the speaker. meantime, the president has already threatened to veto that plan if it gets to his desk, but does it even have a chance in the senate? john harwood is at the white house with the late on the fiscal cliff talks. john, the leader in the senate harry reid says it's a non-starter there. >> reporter: exactly. that'

tonight maryland's senator ben cardin joins me for some perspective from the other side of the river. senator, we're so glad to have you. >> my pleasure. >> we are in the midst of a stalemate, the president holding onto the idea of raising rates, the congress dominated by the mouse republicans saying we want to -- house republicans saying we want to close loopholes. where are you on this and why not have a combination of the two? >> it seems like both sides agree revenues have to be an important side of the equation and that's true. the easiest way to get revenue is through the rates. the senate passed this bill. it's in the house that allows tax relief for up to $250 to become law. that gives predictability and confidence and we can then have the revenue from the higher income to help deal with the fiscal cliff. the problem with closing loopholes is it's difficult to get anywhere near the type of revenue you can get from the rates on the higher income. >> fair enough. now if there is a compromise and you get the rates you want, don't you have to give up something? what key government

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ben cardin was in baltimore to speak at the holiday branch. the senator says the practice of racial profiling is destructive to communities. he praised the group for their leadership. >> 100 black men have given back so much to help our community become stronger. government needs to be a part of. we need to work together so everyone has an opportunity in this country. >> the group has been helping youth development for almost 50 years. >> president obama hits the road today. tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> in michigan today, employees have been fighting for the right to work, president obama visits a union engine plant. republicans say he needs to stay in washington. >> i think he is running on adrenalin from the campaign. >> tomorrow he is going to detroit. it is time to govern. the election is over. >> john boehner sat down with the president on sunday. the lines of communication remain open. >> anytime you have those says in there, you have a chance to get it done. >> some democrats say they are willing to go over the fiscal

. >> barbara mikulski and ben cardin had the opportunity to make the case to the fema director that federal dollars are needed in several counties. >> maryland woke up to this headline -- "u.s. denies aid to maryland storm victims." this is the picture of maryland during the storm. >> maryland has 30 days to appeal the fema decision. the winner to fill tiffany alston's seat is no one. the judge has ruled she is not eligible to return to proher seat and neither is the man chosen to replace her. governor o'malley will choose a replacement. >> 6:07. 31 degrees at the airport. is the classic easy bake oven sexist? >> egypt is rolling out the heavy artillery as the protest 10 intensifies. >> taking things a bit too far? tell us what you think. >> baltimore getting ready for the 41st--lighting ceremony. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are tracking some police activity at the bay bridge and >> good morning. a beautiful start to the day with mostly clear skies. we'll have details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. we are getting ready for the mind that lighting h

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judy gross is here in our studio and maryland senator ben cardin joins us from baltimore.thank you. >> judy i want to begin with you because it's been three years since your husband was in prison. did you ever expect it to last this long? >> no. absolutely not. >> what did you think when this first started? >> actually when it first started i went to one of the men who he worked with at the consulting company and he joked with me and said i thought if anything ever happened to alan we told him you would only be there three days. it's been a long three days. >> how often do you actually get to be in touch with him? >> luckily we're able to speak weekly. >> you are. >> how long are those conversations? >> they've been fairly long. they've never cut us off. >> what do you talk about in those conversations? is there a sense that there are things that are off limit? >> well we know we're being recorded so yes there are things that are off limits. if we know we're doing or holding some activities i don't talk about that. but we mostly speak about what we're doing to get him out.

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maryland senator democrat ben cardin says with the government already cutting a trillion dollars, the republicans need to give on revenue tax hikes for higher income earners. when derek mcginty asked senator cardin if he'd stay locked in a negotiating room over the holidays, he said absolutely. >> we can't allow us to go off the fiscal cliff. it would be disastrous for our economy. it would be a self-inflicted wound. we've got to get it double. woaf' -- done. we've got to compromised. yes, i think we should stay in a locked room till we get this done. >> you can stay up to date on e fiscal cliff any time on our website wusa9.com. click on the fiscal cliff tab on our home page for more stories on how the cliff could impact you. >>> prince george's county police made an arrest wednesday -- made an arrest in wednesday morning's murder of a teenager in lewisdale. the suspect jose nunez is facing murder charges now. 14-year-old eliezer reyes was killed during a drive by shooting. they. they think this murder is gang related. >>> in virginia prince william county police are searching for a

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joining me ben cardin, congresswoman candice miller, only female republican to head up a committee appointeder and "the washington post" ezra klein. "now" with alex wagner is coming up for the next hour. you have a must-see hour. every day is must-see, every day is must-see, but grover. >> we have grover. grover is going to talk pink unicorns, tax hikes, the gop, we have at lot coming up, thomas. the fiscal cliff counter offer is eliciting a get-real from the white house. we will ask tax master grover norquist about the prospect of a republican solution that actually involves tax increases. after that, ezra klein breaks down the offer and we will discuss today's pow wow between state governors and president obama and what it pore tends for the 21 million americans hoping for health care and "the new york times" frank bruney weighs in on doma and cage for marriage equality when "now" starts in just three minutes. n't my daughs black bean soup spectacular? [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas

. >> senator ben cardin, good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> interesting, isn't it, how both sides have exactly the same message about who is compromising here and who is offering a plan. >> who has the ball on the cliff. too little time. we're getting a little close here. i'm a little bit surprised that at this point, we haven't -- it's not either total silence which would suggest they really are getting close, or the breakup period. i'm a little confused as to how to read the body language here, although i didn't hear mr. cantor or mr. boehner, when they came out of that conference, drawing any hard lines. it does seem like they're still playing to their base, as we said a couple minutes ago, just trying to string this out as long as possible. but i don't see any hardening. i just see dithering. >> there's another big political story i want to get your thoughts on before we have to leave for this segment of the show. it's about the future of labor. big blow for michigan. the governor there signing that rig

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actually, this was quite difficult and my hat is off to ben cardin, to john mccain, to the others, to my colleagues standing on this epodium today to senator john -- jon kyl also who is very much a leader in this regard. particularly with regards to senator cardin. he's been my partner on the commission since i've been in the united states senate and his devotion to the cause of human rilings, to the helsinki presence pls, is something that makes me proud to be his colleague. this is a pro-russian vote today, as senator mccain said. for the leadership of russia, the passage of this legislation is an accomplishment and an admonition at the same time. we welcome additional trade. we mississippians welcome additional exports to russia and the jobs that will create in russia and in the united states of america. at the same time, the signal is strong to russian officials, if you're involved in human rights e-- abuses such as the horrific sergei magnitski case, you're not welcome in the united states. you'll be denied a visa. you're not welcome to use our financial system. we feel strongly

my partners on the bill are senator chris coons, senator ben cardin, john boozman and mary landrieu, as well as support in the house from representative chris smith. at the heart of this bill is the creation of jobs in america. exporting more goods to africa will help create jobs here. every $1 billion in exports supports over 5,000 jobs. i believe we can increase exports from the united states to africa by 200% in real dollars over the next ten years, and we can't wait any longer. if there are some who say africa is so backward and so far behind, what is it in the united states they can afford to buy if they even wanted to, that is old thinking. let me give you some new reality. in the past ten years six of the world's fastest-growing economies are in sub-saharan africa. and in the next five years, sub-saharan africa will boast seven of the top fastest-growing economies in the world. the number of africans with access to the internet has increased over the last ten years fourfold to 27%, from 1998 to today the number of mobile phones on the continent have grown from four million to

leaders, journalists and others, helped stir a bipartisan group of senators led by our colleague ben cardin to draft legislation to hold accountable officials from all over the world who disregard basic human rights and fail to uphold the rule of law, including those responsible for the murder of sergei magnitsky. unfortunately, the legislation before us is deficient. while i do not intend to make perfection the enemy of the good, this bill falls short of the long-standing objective of this embody to demonstrate a success staininged commitment to the long tradition of u.s. leadership in the fight against corruption and human rights abuses around the world. regrettably, the house-passed bill deals only with russian officials. while sergei magnitsky's story could have been lost -- it was kept alive by impassioned and supportive people in russia. but from minsk to carari, there are many despo who lack the ress to seek justice whether through documentary films or newspaper stories. that's why the senate bill went beyond the particular case of sergei magnitsky, much like jackson-vanik forced war