many of the bge workers will miss important dates for jamar harris he will be in new jersey and miss his son's 9th birthdayp we shared the story on the facebook fan page and thousands gave it a thumbs up and liked the story and commented on it. one of the comments actually came from jamar thanking everybody for their thoughts and prayers and the praise you are giving him and his coworkers for making the sacrifices they are making. >>> just hours left until the polls open and it's a scramble for voters living in towns and neighborhoods destroyed by sandy. in rockaway beach tents are set up replacing polling places andsome places machines are wrapped in plastic as board of election workers try to figure out the next step. there's another layer of confusion to all of this mess. new york's governor issued an executive order allowing anyone living in declared disaster county to vote at any poll in the state of new york. there is concern about getting that message out to those affected by the storm and then there are those cleaning up not only homes but small businesses. for them taking ti

for example, jamar harris is going to miss out on his son's cameron's 9th birthday this weekend. >> he said this is a tough decision he had to make. but in the end, he knows that decision was the right one. >> this whole line of work is like a brotherhood and everyone is working together which means they are happy to see us here. and get the service back. >> you bet they are happy to see you. we put this story on facebook to let you respond. thousands of you liked it and more than 70 posted your comments. one of those came from jamar thanking everyone forethoughts and prayers and praising coworkers for the sacrifice they make. >> they have made a lot of sacrifice and you won't think about that when you are mad and they are missing out on things like birthdays. >> they are and it looks like they will have another storm to contend with. as we go through wednesday and also thursday, we can see the storm getting its act together down to the south she here. this will move off the coast of the carolinas and slide up the coast off the mid atlantic and we are going to be seeing that and feelin

. >> jamar advertise along with us watching the >> i'm erika miller in brooklyn, new york. still ahead, we'll look at the importance of small business saturday. to this craft product maker and other small businesses. >> tom: american consumers weren't the only ones snapping up bargains. investors were in a buying mood as well. the dow rose almost 173 points, the nasdaq added 40 and the s&p was up 18. for this holiday shortened trading week overall, the dow was up 3.4%. the nasdaq gained four percent this week. the s%p 500 added 3.6% over the week's four trading sessions. >> tom: even with all the holiday decorations crowding store aisles, shoppers still will be looking for deals. off-price retailers and online shopping are expected to see bigger increases this year than other types of stores, but alix partners' michael appel says department stores aren't dead yet. >> those department stores that continue to provide value, service and great innovative product will do fine. those department store retailers that don't step up to the plate are going to have difficulty. >> tom:

one guy we spoke with is jamar hair hoist volunteered to head north to restore power. he is missing his son's 9th birthday and it was a tough decision but he knows he is doing the right thing. >> this whole line of work is like a brotherhood and everyone is working together. it means they are happy to see us here and get the service back. >> the workers who made the trip are expected to be out of town for a week. possibly as much as two and lynette, they need power back along the northeast and eastern shore. it's cold outside. >> it is cold outside. they need the power back but, with this next nor'easter rolling through the area, things are not looking so good. so let's start out with what hing about on in the satellite and i radar. we are nice and quiet nice and dry. and we are seeing some sunshine this morning once the sun comes up. the clouds will increase throughout the day. and all that will be courtesy of this storm down here to the south. you can see some changeover to some snow in portion of north carolina. this will start to slide off the coast work et cetera