john dyer lives in loudoun. of ksh technology. >> most of my neighbors are government employees or contractors. so, they would be affected by it. this cut. big time. >> dyer is a coveted swing voter. >> what was your first vote for president? >> ronald reagan. so, actually, i have a photograph of my grandfather, my father, my brother and myself all voting together at the same time, so -- >> it's a family tradition. so, you take this seriously. >> it was always a, you know, a big deal in our family. >> you voted for president obama last time around. what are the final considerations? >> issues around the federal government spending, how it affects our business. so, it is my life blood. and my future. >> dyer's business partner is -- she knows just how devastating these cuts could be to loudoun. >> the dysfunctional process that brought us to the brink of this problem, which is going to be as serious a problem for our region as the fallout of the car industry was to detroit. it will be small businesses like ours t

we are at alvarado and dyer in union city. fine, the building is fine. the people were very scared. they said everyone get out, let's be on the safe side. they've allowed them to go back in. i know it is dark, can you see all of that water? that is not something we usually see. it you a sense of how aggressively they attacked this fire. how much water they put on it. it is now standing water out here almost looks like a lake. they did save a big chunk of the mall this corner looks like it might be destroyed beyond repair. that is something they are going to wait until day flight to determine. -- wait until daylight to determine. i did ask about lightning this morning. firefighters said, while that was impressive to see and surprised them, they don't think that played a role. again, they are going to wait until the sun comes up. a firefighter suffered a cut on his hand. he's going to be okay. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> lightning, not a factor in that fire. certainly unusual and interesting for this time of year. >> something we both saw this morning. you see it there lighting the

by the time firefighters arrived at dyer and alvarado boulevard, it had a good head start. >> the strip mall you can see is going in both directions instead of just staying -- it's not confined. it's going both ways. we had to stop it both ways. normally we cut holes in the roof to confine the fire and to allow us to get into it. >> reporter: then the roof collapsed creating a bigger coming. firefighters were putting out hot spots until morning light. >> my brother said this building is burning. >> reporter: they own what's left of this beauty salon and isn't sure about its future. >> awful. i don't know. right now i don't know. it's really sad to see the business go down like this. >> reporter: the battalion chief says people living in a nearby apartment were temporarily evacuated and one firefighter was treated for a minor injury. at this point in the investigation, he says he doesn't suspect anything suspicious. once investigators wrap up this strip mall will be placed in the hands of the city's building department. they will n the ones to decide the final -- they will be the ones to

liz: bottled water is an entire dyer need at the moment.e are looking at the dow jones industrials and s&p 500. about 35 minutes before trading. stay with us. we will be right back with so much more. do not move. ♪ >> okay, a full ten points to the upside here. make that 11. 13118. we reversed the downward trend. nasdaq in the mud down 10 points, but s&p up a full two points. don't blame us, blame them. that's what the new york stock exchange says about the wall street brokages -- wait, blaming who? >> it's a great story. >> what do they mean 1234 >> we're asking the wall street firms, okay, could you set up satellite offices? asking the new york stock exchange what did the brokerages say with the call sunday night, first reported that when they revolted against the plan to open monday. here's what they are saying. listen, it's not our fault we closed the stock exchange. we could have opened in chicago. we had a data center in new jersey that was fully operational. didn't even get power cut off because of the super storm sandy. they say the

. >> reporter: this is the shopping center off dyer and alvarado boulevard and the alameda county firetment says it's too soon to call it arson. it's an ongoing investigation. live at the scene again, you can see multiple trucks here. it's clean-up at this point. and they expect to be throughout the entire morning. as you can see back there i saw that pretty much that entire part of the parking lot has been flooded. so they will have a lot of work to do. still no cause at this point. but they will be here to investigate. live in union city, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> in the east bay right now, chopper 5 is showing -- you see there in the left hand corner of your screen -- a large pallet fire in richmond. smoke can be seen from the freeway. joining us by telephone in richmond is jeffrey schaub from kcbs radio. >> reporter: this is an industrial area of richmond. about 2:15 this morning fire kicked up at a pallet company. other companies in the area have been damaged. i have the battalion chief with me. what's going on? >> we have a couple of acres of [ indiscernible ] burni

. >> and now that's my take with wttg vice president and general manager duffy dyer. >> it's been onezy political season. we have up to now endured an onslaught of ads from political parties, candidates, pacs and other for and against groups and watched as the candidates have risen and fallen in the polls as a result of debate performances. our heads are spinning with claims and counterclaims of all points of view. throw in the issues of voter access and voter fraud and your brain is close to red lining but then along came galludet university who in its indefinite wisdom decided it was inappropriate for the chief diversity officer to have signed a petition that called for the issue of same sex marriage to be put on the november ballot in maryland. so inappropriate that they suspended angela mccaskill associated with galludet for 23 years and its first deaf african american woman to earn a phd from the institution. it's quite ironic that mccaskill is the university's chief diversity officer charged with increasing awareness, facilitating open sharing of thoughts and ideas, so says thei

from 75 to 1812, and she kept a hand written dyer -- diary of her midwife in the 1970's she inscribed the diary and have a book based on it called the midwife's tale this is incredible detail talking to what she's doing it brings that time period alive from a woman's perspective, from the health care perspective, things that we don't think about. her perspective is actually interesting in that she is much more free and doing what needs to be done than our imaginations are in that time period we expect women to have them go quiet and gentle she is the doctor. she is taking care of people. it's just a wonderful look at women's history in a way that we don't always do. this isn't paul revere, this isn't the revolution because it's just happened, but it is day-to-day life, and that truly is the biggest in the collection. when we talk about the literary history of augusta, we are really talking about the magazine's published not so much as magazines house mail-order catalogs disguised as magazines. comfort magazine was published by the gamut company. he was an entrepreneur and he created s

when he cut in with his native german, while, but gently dear mayor dyer surprised.ost like to go. the savage tacky like a civilized. you see that old clinton arrived, like a knife turning. we fly to paris, but we know vilest sign of the chaos forever. it all meant out when his state. sometimes, when i looked up for the curtains, starting onto the emptiness, i was the old berlin. i would say that i am although class on our streets scattered. with a messing it up and when we drafted over to the curtains, it's like cooking mom on a carnival. crowds in the firelight, broken bottles. we come down after a minute. it was like walking on a gravel path. all of them shares clinching with each step. the synagogue of the block was on fire. we watched firemen standing with their backs to the playing, i'm on all the other buildings to keep the fire from spreading. a fire light was shining on the wet street. the hose water running into the drain. here and there, i seen teeth growing like opals on the black cobblestone. thank you very much. [applause] >> beautiful, thank you. david

it also happens to be a dyer an important and serious military problem.omething out there is changing in the resilience of young men and women today, and so one of the things we are looking at is what we have to do is re-recruit these young men and women off the streets of america. how do we build resilience into the force from birth and how do you sustain it to a career where there are pressures and a deployment in combat, or whether it is my thoughts are financial challenges, it is really an issue of building resilience over time. secondly, you know, there is a correlation. there is a medical component of that, i think, that we have to address. the trust of the force is really what i think ultimately provides us the best chance to get a grip on us. here is what i mean by that. but if i show up and i can't do enough push-ups to pass the test, you know that some surgeons is going to say, khmer, i wanted to partner with her. she maxes protest every time she takes it. and so for the next three months, you're going to be doing physical training with her. by

i've circled this area, there's a power outage in union city right around dyer and dow and that willuse an issue for local signals as well. pg&e trying to get that restored by 10:00 a.m. it's slow getting into sunol. jon, back to you. >>> for the latest traffic and news updates, check us out on nbc bay area on facebook. see you in a half hour. >> it's very difficult. it was -- because i wanted to be able to tell my friends that like this is my girlfriend. >> that is the teenager at the center of a sex scandal involving his former teacher and ex-nfl cheerleader opening up about their relationship for the first time that. woman is now on probation after pleading guilty, and the two are dating. just ahead, we'll hear from them exclusively, but meantime it's 7:30 on a friday morning. it's the 19th of october, 2012. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt law skwler also ahead, we've all become so reliant on smartphones and tablets and laptops, and new ones seem to come out each month. christmas is coming. is this the right time you should update your gadgets? coming up, valuable advice on wh