making news in america this morning -- shutdown stalemate. the back and forth in washington enters its ninth day. as military families begin to feel the impact. we're live with the new ways it's impacting you. and breaking news. a pipeline explosion lighting up the sky so much, it can be seen from two states. new details and video just coming in. steamy secret. a high school teacher's job is on the line, now that the district knows what she did in front of the camera as a teenager. and adrenaline junkies. a couple of daredevils get creative and crazy when jumping off a mountain isn't extreme enough. and good wednesday morning. we do begin with brand-new ways

the government shutdown is impacting american families. >> we learned 17 families of service members killed since the shutdown began have not received the customary $100,000 benefit they need to attend funeral costs. families use the money to fly to dover and to greet those fallen heroes. >> the hard-working fishermen on the west coast are feeling the effects. the government is no longer issuing permits to harvest lucrative king crabs. 100 boats is sitting at the docks with a full crew waiting out the impact. we also learned members of congress can still workout in style. an exclusive house gym was supposed to be shutdown along with the government. >> but that gym, known as the members' wellness center remains fully open, with flat-screen tvs, workout machines and a heated swimming pool, for

lawmakers' use and enjoyment. with the shutdown in its ninth day, is washington any closer to an agreement? >> we're going to get the latest right now from abc's tahman bradley in washington. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. president obama as opened the door to supporting a short-term funding bill, while he negotiates something long-term with republicans. but it doesn't appear republicans are ready to go along with that. despite a ten-minute phone call, president obama and house speaker john boehner remain miles apart on the shutdown. the president again said no negotiations before the debt ceiling is increased and the government is reopened. >> let's stop the excuses. let's take a vote in the house. let's end this shutdown right now. >> if there's unconditional surrender by republicans, he'll sit down and talk to us. that's not the way our government works. >> reporter: the two men are locked into their positions, as the country edges closer to what economists call an economic catastrophe. in just eight days, the u.s. will run out of money to pay its bills unless congress raises the so-called debt ceiling. the markets are already shocked. the dow down 900 points over the past 3 weeks. and there's fear interest rates on new mortgages and car loans

will skyrocket. >> warren buffett likened the fall to a nuclear bomb. a weapon too horrible to use. >> reporter: among those being hurt by the government shutdown, america's heroes and their families. the v.a. has furloughed thousands of workers. and military death benefits have been put on hold. the government sends military families a $100,000 check when a loved one dies. but since the start of the shutdown, no payments have been made. >> i'd say to those families, your government let you down at a time of your need. there's no excuse for this. >> reporter: thankfully, a private foundation has stepped forward to provide those families with a grant until the government funding resumes. >> abc's tahman bradley, live in washington for us. thank you. the centers for disease control recalling some of its scientists furloughed in the government shutdown, trying to deal with a sweeping salmonella outbreak. nearly 300 people in 18 states have been sickened. half of the people needing hospitalization. the likely culprit, some raw

chicken packaged at foster farms facilities in california's central valley. >> one of the things that really concerns cdc is that this outbreak has seven different types of salmonella causing disease. and some of those are very resistant to antibiotics. your symptoms would develop within three days of eating the chicken. if you have severe stomach flu symptoms, this is one you don't ignore. you have to get checked out. >> the usda has not issued a recall. but it has marked problem packages with codes reading -- p6137. p6137a. and p7632. you can find these codes at abcnews.com. we're monitoring a developing story out of northwestern oklahoma. a natural gas pipeline explosion. it happened in the town of rosston. the flames could be seen as far as 50 miles away into kansas. no one has been hurt. officials tell us the fire is contained. and they're going to let it burn itself out. the cause of this explosion, under investigation.

an undercover new york city police department detective will be in court today to face charges stemming from his involvement in that road rage incident. arrested last night. his attorney said that he only witnessed other bikers attacking that suv. but evidence shows him allegedly punching and kicking that side of that vehicle before leaving the scene. three soldiers in washington state are facing charges in the stabbing death of a fellow soldier. police say kevin gieke was stabbed through the heart after a confrontation at a military base outside tacoma. one soldier is charged with first-degree murder. the other two, are accused of trying to dispose of the weapon. and starting today, some classes at malibu high school will be relocated, while investigators look at health hazards. parents are concerned after learning that three teachers working in the same area of the campus were diagnosed with thyroid cancer. while others have experienced migraines and skin diseases. testing is under way for possible contamination for mold and termite treatment. and kerry kennedy has made

another court appearance in suburban new york, as a judge set jury selection for her drugged driving trial in january. the daughter of the late senator, robert f. kennedy, made no comments. kennedy was arrested last year after swerving her car into a tractor-trailer. blood tests found ambien, which she said she took accidentally instead of her thyroid medication. parents of schoolchildren in boston hope there won't be a repeat of yesterday's surprise school bus driver strike. the walkoff sent parents scrambling to get kids to and from school. an estimated 6,200 kids stayed home from school. the bus drivers are rebelling against the installation of gps monitoring devices. a speedup of route times and shortening of paychecks. back here to new york. endurance swimmer diana nyad is in the middle of another marathon swim. >> it's not quite as long as her 110-mile trek from cuba to florida last month. but it's safer and long. the 64-year-old nyad kicked off a 48-hour swim

in midtown manhattan. >> her goal is to raise awareness and funds for the victims of superstorm sandy. still struggling one year after the storm struck. her swim ends tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >> she is literally in the home stretch. turning must be -- she's doing one of those kicks? >> i'm assuming she does a kick just to get herself to the middle of the pool so she doesn't have to do all of that swimming back and forth. >> man, oh, man. hang in there. not too long, she'll be on "gma." and she'll be coming out of that pool. pretty amazing. time, now, for the weather across the nation. storm system is brewing in the west. it may bring the season's first rain to los angeles and san diego. along with showers and mountain snow, as far north as montana and wyoming. some wet weather also moving into north carolina, virginia, delaware and parts of new jersey. >> and the midwest is warming up highs in the mid to upper 70s. in the northwest, chilly. 50s and 60s for you. fantasy presents. neiman marcus out with the

christmas catalog. you have to see some of these gifts. they're pretty awesome. and new details about the 9-year-old boy who snuck on to a plane. this morning, the boy's father is talking about his son's previous run-ins with the law. and first to burst. celebration in boston that no one saw coming.

standoff in capitol hill has the u.s. inches towards next week's debt default deadline continues to spill red ink all over wall street. the dow jones industrials have fallen 11 of the past 14 trading days. considering the all-time high

last month. that's a drop of 6%, for a total of 900 points. the dow opens today's trading at 14,776. and history is being made at the white house when president obama nominates janet yellin as the next fed chair. she would become the first woman to hold the high-level job. yellen has been vice chair of the federal reserve since 2010. ben bernanke's term ends in january. one of the fed's big jobs is to distribute those brand-new $100 bills. they cost 12.5 cents to produce. that's a 60% increase over the older version of the c-note. the fed actually rejected more than 1 billion notes because of printing errors. and it could cost $50 million or more to destroy those bad bills. >> dumper diving back at the fed. what do you say? >> good idea. apple fans have october 22nd marked on their calendar. that's when the company is expected to make its new ipad announcement.

all the talk right now is that apple will roll out a new version of its traditional ipad and new ipad mini. and the annual neiman marcus christmas book is out. among its high-priced items is a special edition aston martin, there which you can buy for 344,000 bucks. you would look good. another special gift is the $1.8 million forevermark diamond experience. that includes a 25 carat diamond and a trip to africa to trace the stone's origins. >> how much was that? >> you get the diamond and a trip to trace the stone's origins. >> $1.8 million for a trip to africa and a diamond? >> isn't that obnoxious, to trace the stone's origins? >> a little bit. do i get to drive my aston martin while i'm there? >> yeah. >> will they fly my aston martin? here's how poor i am, i didn't know that catalog existed. >> now, you know how poor you really are. >> yes. when we come back, costume controversy. a teacher's a job on the line,

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downpours in north carolina, virginia, delaware and parts of new jersey. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in charlotte, north carolina, phoenix, and arizona. one person expected to be flying today is the 9-year-old boy who snuck on to a plane in minneapolis and flew to las vegas last week. >> it's reportedly being flown home in protective custody. a spokesman for his family says his parents are struggling with their troubled youngster. the boy's father says at one point his behavior became so bad that he had to seek help from police. >> one particular officer said i need to discipline my son more harder. and i asked him, if i discipline my son harder, y'all will come and try to lock me up. >> the boy allegedly took a delivery truck for a joyride a few days before hopping on that plane to vegas. that ended when he crashed into a police cruiser, causing thousands of dollars of damage that the vehicle. a search for a missing san francisco hospital patient may have come to a tragic end. the body of a woman has been found in a hospital stairwell

used as a fire escape. 57-year-old lynn spaulding disappeared from her room two weeks ago. a city-wide search turned up empty. a spokesman says spaulding's friends and family are devastated to learn that she may have never even left the hospital. federal investigators are warning people to stop using a dietary supplement for weight loss and muscle building, now, blamed for hepatitis and liver failure outbreak in hawaii. health officials say 24 of the 29 patients reported using oxy elite pro. 1 person has died and among 11 people hospitalized, 2 of them needed liver transplants. oxy elite pro was sold nationwide. and now, the feds want it off the market. the future of a dallas area teacher came to light that she modeled in "playboy." 21-year-old christy nicole deweese appearing in pictures when she was 18. february 2011 is now a spanish teacher. probably needless to say, the situation that is getting a lot of attention. >> i just hear everybody talking

about it. and then, people started showing pictures of her and stuff. >> at school? >> yes. >> students are looking for character, role models, what to look forward to, education. but not something negative like that. >> state education officials note deweese has not done anything wrong. but texas ethics standards say teachers should be of, quote, good moral character and be worthy to instruct youth. time, now, for sports. they are celebrating in beantown, following a big win. >> here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning, america. he's stan. i'm neil. hope you're having a good morning. tampa bay rays aren't because boston eliminated them. game four, top seven. shane victorino. jacoby ellsbury scores the go-ahead run. it's 3-1. bottom nine, koji uehara,

evan longoria, swinger, ends the series. the red sox win the game, 3-1. they win the series, 3-1. they await the winner of the detroit and oakland series. stan? let's check that out. game four. detroit, needs a win to stay alive. bottom seven. a's up 4-3. victor martinez facing sean doolittle, with the bases empty. josh reddick leaps but can't get it. he wanted fan interference. but he didn't get it. that fan trying to make the catch. umpires rule it a home run anyway. game tied at 4-4. top eight. a's down 5-4. roberto callaspo facing matt scherzer. he came on in relief. got the job done. got out of a bases loaded situation. tigers win, 8-6. >> what do you think of the suit? >> you're looking sharp. >> feeling sharp. >> let's keep it going. >> you know what i'm feeling like? >> what? >> that i'm going to have a good morning. and i hope you do, too, america. i mean that, right from here. that's all from here.

thanks for watching. back to you. the recipe for the next video is adrenaline and a video camera. our "play of the day." >> it is the latest offering from action videographer devin super tramp and some of his daredevil friends. not only are they flying off bridges. they're b.a.s.e. jumping out of hot air balloons. >> wow. >> some crazy stuff. cameras rolling. a balloon, the entire time. way to go, guys. >> i didn't hear a thing you said. i was enthralled with the video. pretty cool. look at these guys. >> that's a different breed of person. >> i want to be the type of person that does that. >> i wish i was that person. but i'm all kinds of chicken. >> me, too. i just watch from here. look at these guys. >> not going to happen. coming up next, "the pulse." scientists are revealing what they think is the best thing for a hangover. and the answer is surprising. plus, startling health news from tom hanks. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat,

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good wednesday morning. it's 4:28. thank you so much for starting your day with us. >> i'm eric thomas. ms. leyla gulen is in for mike with a look at your forecast sfwl. >> a little cooler today. the last couple days the temperatures ticking down quite a bit. five, ten degrees difference. we do have clouds coming in. that upper low is starting to move in from washington. and that's going to bring a chance of showers. but really not for much of the bay area. i'll tell you exactly where in just a bit. a live look from our camera in the financial district in san francisco. chilly morning to get us going. do pack that sweater for work and school. we'll have that isolated shower in the south. i'll tell you exactly where.

really we do have some snow that's going to be sierras. more on that as well. nice clear morning to get us going. you can see how much cooler our temperatures are going to be across the bay area. more on that in a little bit. for now what's happening in traffic. a serious incident indeed. a sig alert in richmond due to a chase that took place. it sounds like possibly it is involving a fatality. we will have more details on that coming up. amy hollyfield is on her way right now. central avenue onramp to westbound 80 is shut down. you're advised to use 580 to get on the freeway instead. bay bridge toll plaza. hardly any cars out there. quiet as you stream from from emoryville. >> 4:29. breaking news in berkeley where an early morning fire broke out in an apartment building on harrison street near san pablo avenue.

the battalion chief says the fire started shortly after midnight in the upper unit of the four-plex. residents say a neighbor woke everybody up by knocking on doors saying his apartment was on fire. they think it was started by a dura flame log that rolled out of his fireplace into his living room. everyone got out okay. three people are staying out of their homes because of the damage. friends and family asking tough questions this morning after a san francisco woman disappeared from her hospital room. a body has been found in the same hospital more than two weeks later. live in the newsroom. >> a reliable source tells abc 7 news the body is that of 57-year-old lynne spalding, but the hospital police, even a family spokesperson won't confirm it just yet. a medical examiner called lynne's daughter, told her the body had been found but there was no positive id yet. she checked into san francisco general with an infection. shechs put on medication that made her disoriented. she vanished two days