a capitol city undersieged. fought mind the barricade, appearing nearly abandoned. they had no customers out there. >> how much money are you losing? >> oh, a lot of money. >> reporter: the independence bank had no walk in the customers. same thing for the other surrounding customers. managers and the owners were reluctant to complain. they know what was at stake for the nuclear summit. 47 world leaders, trying to agree in how to reduce the nuclear-bomb making materials. >> it's a great neighborhood for us to do the business in. and it is something that you'll have to deal with because they are here. >> the downtown area will be on lockdown tomorrow in some businesses that they said they may not even try to open for the few customers who might try to stop by by. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> they have put some calls into the office to see if they include to plan those local businesses in the bill that theyed admitted to the federal government to help recover the cost of the nuclear summit. we'll let you know when we hear back from the mayor's spokesperson. >>> wha