. >> reporter: craig steiner now has time each morning to enjoy breakfast, instead sitting in his car for a half-hour commute to work. last fall, the 30-year-old moved from the suburbs to this loft in downtown detroit minutes from his job. >> i can walk to work now, i can ride a bike. during the winter, i'm driving my car just because it can get kind of cold. >> reporter: steiner used a $20,000 stipend from his employer, blue cross/blue shield of michigan, to buy his $60,000 loft. >> that was crucial. otherwise, i wouldn't have been able to do it. >> reporter: blue cross is among a handful of companies, including quicken loans and strategic staffing solutions, moving jobs into detroit, and offering up to $4 million in housing stipends to employees who relocate there, too. blue cross is moving 3,000 employees from suburban southfield to offices downtown. it's getting $30 million in incentives from the city to do so, but president and c.e.o. daniel loepp says that's not what motivated the move or the stipends. >> i've got two 20-somethings. they are not overly interested in living out i

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our next speak sir actually matt steiner. he's the director of development and outreach for justice for veterans. matt is a fourth generation marine who received combat action ribbons for his service in "operation iraqi freedom." following an honorable discharge from the marine corps attended oklahoma state university where he receives a b.a. in political science. he received and m.a. in public administration from the university of oklahoma. matt is here to talk about veteran treatments court, and how they are impacting lives in our communities. i know actually in the state of florida, tampa has rolled out their veterans court as well as broward county also the hometown where i'm at, hallandale beach in florida, they're moving forward with this program. endorseed by acts of resolution and we're here at mayors to partner, hopefully, to again build a public awareness and actually use our positions in local government to encourage local court systems in our communities to implement this type of diversionary program to help preve

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he brought up raising it from 6% to 7% during a mark steiner radio show. he said the revenue could plug the budget deficit and replenish transportation funding. >> if we were to raise the sales tax by another penny, it would be a broad based think it to do. it would enable us to do a lot of the things that have to get done and the course of this session. >> the governor's top aide said the proposal would not be included in the budget he plans to send it to lawmakers. during this legislative session, maryland and rum state superintendent plans to become a familiar face. sandusky says even though he is not pushing a particular agenda, there is no doubt education will be front and center. the role of superintend that will allow him to weigh in on legislation affecting children that could eventually end up on the state board. >> it is extremely important for us to monitor what happens in annapolis. there are hundreds of bills that in some way are reflective of some type of policy change for public education. >> in the meantime, they are searching for a new sup

. >> reporter: now, there is a power struggling happening in ward five right now, that was debbie steiner. i sat down with her yesterday. she's a long-time community activist, a former member, commissioner of the anc. she says right now, everyone is jockeying for positions and power control in the ward. she's calling for unity. we'll have more on her efforts to kind of bring the ward together and move forward beyond this corruption that has really broken things apart in that ward. we'll have that part of the story coming up in a half hour. back to you. mike? >> really disappointed people in the ward as well what has happened. thank you, delia gonsalves reporting live from outside the wilson building in northwest. >> the final debate before tomorrow's south carolina primary started off pretty fiery last night. moderator john king began by asking newt gingrich about an interview with his ex-wife, marianne where gingrich asked her for an open marriage after he began seeing his current wife. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to gove

while recording the mark steiner show for baltimore's weaa radio. >> operating budget is roughly half a million. all of which could be addressed and for the greater part in the future. >> buy one penny sales tax that would move us to the lowest. 23rd, 25th. >> raising taxes will kill jobs. >> it was immediate. >> the most important thing we need to do in this economy is create jobs. >> the sales tax went from 5 cents to 6 cents in 2007. and that was before the economy collapsed. the problem once again for maryland is a budget short fall this year expected to be $1 billion. >> county executives were lined up for opening day today. >> we have furloughs. >> in a near panic. instead of new taxes, legislators will force counties to take on teacher pensions. for sharon baker, explains it like this. >> facing $126 million deficit. if you shift the teacher pension down, that's another, probably $11 to $20 million added on to that deficit. our budget couldn't handle it. >> a will the of the legislators are talking about a hike in the gas tax. it's called the flush tax. one legislator tweeted o

while recording the mark steiner show for baltimore's weaa radio. >> operating budget is roughly a half million. half billion, excuse me, all of which can be addressed for the greater part in the future. >> buy one penny sales tax. >> raising taxes will kill jobs. >> reactions from republican leaders was immediate. the sales tax went from 5 cents to 6 cents in 2007. the problem once again for maryland is, a budget shortfall this year expected to be $1 billion. the president of maryland senate called hiking the sale tax a nonstarter. others favor waste water taxes instead. and one legislator tweeted, watch your wallet. in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. >> a grown up of community labor and education activists plan to meet today with state lawmakers in annapolis. the group is called, to save our state coalition. >> we have had a series of meetings during the interim with citizens from all across the state from the western maryland, eastern shore to southern maryland to find out about the impact of budget cuts. and what we found is a very sad story. whether you are talking about teacher

the governor told radio host mark steiner that increase helped the state through the great recessioneading up to the session. there has been talk of a gas tax, a move also opposed by republicans. some say the governor's idea of a sales tax increase might be an attempt to provide political cover for the gas tax. >> $500 million, to $700 million depending on forecasts. all of which can be addressed and for the greater part in the future by a one-penny sales tax. >> the leadsers in both the house and senate were saying no general tax increases. >> reporter: a 7% raise would give maryland a second highest sales tax in the country along with five other states. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> this is one of our hot topics. we've already received more than 80 comments on the web site. many overnight. here's one. chris wrote in saying why don't we just give the state our paychecks? they seem to want to spend all our money even if we can't afford to pay for food or housing. that was weighed in by chris at the wmar facebook fan page. it's not too late to give your two cents. go to our fan page

the governor told radio hoaflt mark steiner leading up to the session there's been talk of the increase in the gas tax, a move also opposed by republicans. they say the idea of a sales tax increase may be an attempt to provide political cover for the gas tax. >> $500 to $700 million depending on the forecast. all of which can be addressed and for the greater part in the future by a one-penny sales tax. >> the leaders of the house and senate were saying no general tax increases. >> reporter: senate president mike miller, also a democrat, says the sales tax increase is not going to happen. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> we want to know what you think. on our facebook fan page we got more than 75 comments so far. it's exploded overnight. brittany says -- i'm only 21 and ready to move out of the state and don't get to start on the toll prices yet. a lot of people probably weighing in with similar thoughts. >>> today there will be sentencing for the drug diver that killed a university professor and seriously injured her son. it happened outside of cleveland, ohio, august, 2010. corrine redmo

tax went from five cents to six after a special session in 2007 the governor told radio host mark steiner that helped the state through the great recession. >> nobody lost their home. nobody lot of the -- known nobody lost their business. >> reporter: the house leader said they didn't know what to make of it. >> this idea of raising the sales tax is really catching a lot of people off guard today. i don't know if it's a serious guard discussion. >> reporter: he said just days ago he spoke with other leaders in the democratly controlled legislator. >> these leaders were saying no general tax increases. >> reporter: leading up to the session there have been talks of increase in the state's gas tax and they said the idea of a sales tax increase may be an attempt to provide cover for that gas tax. >> maybe this is a hollow threat to make themselves look more reasonable in the other bad idea these have like the gas tax and all these other things. >> now on that same radio program the senate president mike miller, also a democrat said the sales tax increase just isn't going to happen. we will k

steiner to our dias and i'll turn it over. >> thank you very much mayor cooper and mayor mcelveen for allowing me to speak. i worked for the mayor of tulsa. i definitely have firsthand speerns what it's like to work with local government. i felt like i was back in combat in iraq with some of the issues we were dealing with on the local political level. i worked for mayor taylor, she implemented the third best court in the nation. she rallied the support of the district attorney's office, the court judiciary, the va to put a stand to stop having veterans become homeless, suicidal, ending up incarcerated. that's how i fell into this role. and afterwards, after i worked for the mayor of tulsa, i actually coordinated the tulsa veteran's court and we became a national model. i went to grad school at the same time, and i can tell you, getting out of the marine corps i never thought veterans encarceration would be my business. but it's something i'm passionate about and certainly something every mayor here can implement into their community. i'm going to go through my power point. my contact

the governor told radio host mark steiner that increase helped us through the great recession leading up to the session. there's been talk of an increase in the state's gas tax, a move also opposed by republicans. some say the governor's idea of a sales tax increase might be an attempt to provide political cover for the gas tax. >> this whole notion of raising the state sales tax to 7% is really catching a lot of people offguard today. i don't know if it's a serious discussion or not. >> no one lost their home. no one lost a business. because of that one penny. >> reporter: a 7% rate would give maryland the second highest sales tax in the country along with five other states. california is the highest at a little over 8%. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> it's one of our hot topics. already some 80 comments on our web site, many overnight. here's one -- people have cut enough to survive, we have to be decreasing, not increasing. that came in from tim on our facebook fan page. if you're not too -- it's not too late to weigh in. get him off that. let us know what you think. >>> newstime 6:

this steiner came in the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then your own down on trucks would put it into the park you know like one day i was in there and two weeks later we were open i think it was a challenge. it was really exciting when i opened my first business here. because we were the first we had a lot of people that thought we were crazy to put a diner in the middle of the park despite all the objections there and we didn't we knew it was going to work because i had worked here for two years and i would tell i actually got to understand the culture at the end of the process and russian despite everything russians i've always had a love for america you know and you can't get more american than a diner one of the great things about the signer was modular so when we ordered it from the united states all the pictures are on the walls. all the buddhas are made in the us in the united states but they're red in their classic. furniture so while we had crises here and ninety eight and five in our case other than ninety eight the last one and it wasn't so

reported an almost five percent increase in production for the year two thousand and eleven michael steiner about because his says that the upcoming davos economic forum a-bomb a speech at the u.s. corporate results will keep investors busy all week long given the improved outlook for the oil price because of the iran news that we saw yesterday and given the very low valuations for russia generally and the fact that many of our clients continue to see fund flows into the russian dedicated funds we think that the market will gradually melt higher that's it investors will pay attention to global events and this week there are a lot of them investors will look at the f one c. meeting coming up president barack obama's speech in his state of the nation's address in addition we've got the world economic forum and more than one hundred twenty companies in the united states are releasing their fourth quarter financial results so will be quite a busy week on the external side and then here at home in russia investors in play close attention to macro data most notably the unemployment report in russ

steiner will turn over to him. >> thank you very much.they you for allowing me the opportunity to speak. -- thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak. after oklahoma state, i work for the mayor's office. she was-a part of this distinguished group. i can say that i definitely have firsthand experience about what it is like to work in local government. it really was that she implemented the coordination. she used the power as being the chief executive committee to rally better service organizations. to stop having veterans becoming homeless, suicidal, incarcerated. that is how i fell into this role. afterwards, i went to the mayor and coordinated. we became a national model. i went to grad school at the same time. i can certainly take getting out of the marine corps that i never thought veterans incarceration would be my business, but it is something i am certainly very passionate about. it is something that every mayor here could definitely into the into the committee. i will kind of of my power point. i know everybody is busy so

trudy steiner, sting's gorgeous wife. she knows her yoga.ppy 81st -- >> 82nd. >> tomorrow. we'll be right back right after this. >>> all righty. sorry about that! we got on the elevator to come see you and my mother pushed the wrong button. she'll be joining us at any time now. >> she will? >> thank you for being here because it's time to talk about yoga. >> yes! happy new year. >> great to see you. either way it's good to restore your body, your mind, and almost anyone at any age can do it. >> anybody at any age. it's for all levels, just a holistic practice, means it's goods for you, good for your body, your mind, and your spirit. >> and your sex life. >> absolutely your sex life. >> and her sex life with sting is legendary. >> legendary. >> legendary! let's get started until they get here. i'll get barefoot with you. >> where are you going to sit? >> am i sitting? >> this is for joanie. >> that's cute. >> she'll be here by monday. >> on the floor, okay, hands and knees. take the hands, shoulder distance apart, legs hip width apart. >> tha

. >> reporter: todd steiner of the fished a vo ka see group says that there were and plummeted down to6. up to 150 nets is at least promising. >> it's really dire. we need to see better controls on development along these streams. if our children and grandchildren are going to witness this and into the future. >> reporter: but there are plenty of witnesses. today visitors walked a path in the viewing area, watching as female salmon guarded their eggs against the legions of aggressive males. >> that to me is so beautiful and they seem like wild animals going after the females. >> reporter: the lure of the salmon draws fred and his video camera to the creek nearly every day. the resident says neighbors in the area are pulling for the salmon's comeback. >> when they come back, we know things are healthy here. the creek is healthy and it really makes us feel good. >> and so for now violent squirmishes and nature. nbc bay area news. >> so that's our next nbc bay area anchor field trip. jeff, you in? >> why not. why not? you're driving, right? >> i'm driving. >> we need that rain. >> yes, we

. >> that's debbie steiner, a long-time community activist in ward five. a former anc commissioner herself. we sat down yesterday at a cafe in the area and talked a bit more about her goals for the ward. as she said, very divided at this point. but hoping to move on and beyond this corruption scandal. we'll have more from her coming up in a half an hour. mike? >> thanks, delia. delia gonsalves live outside the wilson building this morning. >> well, the idea of legalizing pot and making money off it is being kicked around in the virginia state delegates -- by its virginia state delegates. members of the virginia house and senate would work with experts to determine how much money could possibly be made. delegate dade inglin suggests marijuana could be sold at marijuana abc stores. there are supporters of the study but they're not willing to talk. those opposed to the idea were quite vocal. >> i think david inglin is so intent on raising your taxes, he's willing to go into the marijuana distribution to do it. >> very poor idea. how many people do you see run

art at it was deeper than that, i don't know if it ever existed, steiner sports did a lot with yankeeum, but it has the holo gramm and staffed by major league baseball and nypd officer whose moonlight and make the stamps, this guy did not do that he took the money, and the defense is, i have $1 million in the bang i will pay him back, don't arrest me. that is not a defense. >>randy: so take a step back and look at the reality. if you are accused of selling dirt that is not what you say it is, that is the fraud. how are they going to improve that particular dirt 70 the dirt? the technology really doesn't exist. there is no csi for dirt. >>arthur: are you kidding me. >>randy: i googled it. >>arthur: but google is blocked out. i have an expert and i bet he can tell. >>shepard: stop this. stop that. after the season we won the world championships the ymca things man, it is beat. >>randy: we don't have the technology and now you have to find dirt you would know. >>shepard: how do you feel about the ymca. >>jonathan: if you are buying dirt, really, from the ode yankee stadium it is like par

. >> reporter: todd steiner of the fish advocacy group s.p.a.w.n.s there were 500 salmon nests here ten years ago. three years ago the number plummeted to just 26. so far, he says this year's turnout of up to 150 nests is at least promising. >> it is still really dire. we need to see better controls on development along these streams. if our children and grand children are going to get to witness this into the future. >> but there were plenty nv witnesses today, visitors walked the path of the viewing area, watching as female salmon guarded their eggs against the legions of aggressive males. >> that to me is so beautiful. they seem like wild animals that are going after the females. >> reporter: the lure of the salmon draws fred barensmeyer and his camera to the creek nearly every day. he says neighbors in the area are pulling for the salmon's comeback. >> when they come back, we know things are healthy, the creek is healthy and it really makes us feel good. >> reporter: so for now, this seasonal show includes daring leaps, violent squirmishes and t

i sat down with long time ward 5 activist debbie smith steiner who is not running but says the ward isy divided after thomas' corruption conviction. the next leader she says must work to unite the community. >> right now where we currently are is that everybody is jockeying for their position to see how they can get this particular seat in order to be in control. reporter: even though there's no official council member seat for ward 5 now, all constituent services are still being answered heading over and being addressed by council chairman kwame brown. outside d.c. board of elections and ethics, delia goncalves, 9 news now. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry is having minor surgery today at sibley hospital. his office says the operation involves the urinary tract. the former mayor is expected to be released tomorrow. he is 75 years old and barry has survived prostate cancer, also had a successful kidney transplant three years ago. barry is running for a third consecutive term in the ward 8 council race. >>> tuesday's vote on a controversial measure to fight online piracy is being postpo

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our next speaker's actually matt steiner.on for his service in iraqi freedom, following an honorable discharge from the marine corp. attended oklahoma state university receiving a ba in political science receiving an ma in public administration from the university of oklahoma. matt is here to talk about veterans' treatments courts and how they impact the lives of military families in our communities. i know, actually in the state of florida, tampa rolled out their veterans' court as well as brourard county in florida, of course, and was really excited to see they are progressively moving forward, but they have endorsed the program by acts of resolution, and here to partner to hopefully, again, build public awareness and actually use our positions in local government to have a program to help prevent with the incourse ration in the country and importantly get the length of the services out there, so let's welcome mr. steiner to the day, and i'll turn it over to him. >> thank you very much, mayor cooper, and for allowing me the

. >> it's steiner sports in new york. >> good old fashioned hardware stores.t. we don't have it. up next your local news and weather. >>> 8:56 is your tyime on this monday, january 23rd. the federal government is opening late with an 11:00 a.m. arrival time. employees have the option of unscheduled leave and telework. find the list of delays online. >>> we still have scattered areas of light freezing rain north and west of washington. those pink areas, northern montgomery county, into frederick county, maryland. elsewhere though temperatures are getting above freezing. stale little bit of patchy fog and it will continue to climb today into the 40s with more rain likely. sun back tomorrow. >>> quick break now and back with a look at your traffic. >>> good morning. 295 sound very slow the from the beltway. delays as you head to the 50 split. very slow. on i-270, travel lanes are open and on 395 as well. no issues at this time. >>> more news, weather and traffic for you in just 25 minutes. for now back to the "today" show after this short break. have a great day.

. >> it's steiner sports in new york. >> good old fashioned hardware stores.don't have it. up next your local news and weather. >>> good monday morning to you. 8:56 right now people laura garcia-cannon. the heavy rains we've seen making quite a mess in one oakland neighborhood. crews have been clearing debris near the intersection of oak wood drive and wild current way since saturday. 50 feet of roadway slid down the hillside, on to another street in the neighborhood. despite the big mess, people can drive through the area, in spite of the detours. want to check the forecast now. back with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you at home. yeah, we have a good-looking cell south of discovery bay. overall you can see the storm is pulling out and showers are coming to a close. in fact, by noon today we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures climbing into the upper 50s. warm-up starts tomorrow. kicks into high gear by friday. have a fantastic tuesday. >>> last week we objected to further cuts to higher education as proposed in the new budget. an