usgs cut their losses in sheet rock and closed down. it is gone. the houses are there but the people are gone. it is the real wild west, the way it was. it takes a lot of the romance out of it. so we have done several things. black rock solor, which came out of burning man in gerlach. the school is closing down because they do not have any kids. the economy has been based on mining. there are some tourists that come through. hunters. some of our people come through and leave money in their wake. a little town like that does not know how to make money. but they have learned in certain ways. we have made significant charitable contributions. i do not want to great -- take much credit for this, but we are helping to keep them alive. the thing about our event, we do not do commercial things at the event. it spreads out the economic development to our neighbors. the piutes down the road are now doing in the in taco stands now and we know them. there was the day when we were considered scary, coming from san francisco, you know. it is much easier to brea

. >>> now breaking news, the usgs says a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck just west of portland, maine. it was felt as far south as boston. it struck about 45 minutes ago. it was about three miles deep. so far, no reportsover damage or injuries. this is the second biggest earthquake in maine's history. >>> and we are less than an hour away from round two of the presidential debates. you are looking live at final preparations under way in new york. -- preparations are underway in new york. who has the most to prove tonight. >> reporter: well, mitt romney strong performance in the first debate gave his campaign a strong boost. tonight, the obama campaign is promising a more energized president. the questions now, will it be enough and how will the candidates navigate the format? an upbeat president barack obama emerged from the virginia resort where he has spent three days practicing for debate number two. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> fabulous. >> reporter: the president knows he has to deliver. most agree that mitt romney won round one and saw a boost in the polls. the repub

. >>> the usgs has downgraded a small earthquake that rumbled early this morning. the magnitude 3.2 quake struck just southeast of morgan hill just before 3:00 this morning. it was originally thought to be a magnitude 3.3. so far, no reports of any injuries or word of any damage. >>> and by strange chance you haven't heard, the giants victory parade now just hours away. >> some people spending the night in front of city hall just to get a prime spot for that parade. fans said to be missing school and work, we won't tell, to get a glimpse of the champs. today's parade is led by the high school marching band. the boys say they are excited. >> the students understand what a grand scale this is, i mean, you're playing for a world championship baseball team twice in a row. so it's quite an honor to represent the city and the school. >> very cool. it is the oldest school in san francisco. its marching band had the honor of performing in the parade in 2010. >>> police will be out in force today, making sure that the celebration, stay safe. they want to avoid a repeat of t

i think the risk/reward on usg is staggeringly easy.ucks is a pretty important support level, if it can stay above that you could be long this thing. if it breaks 23 1/2, 24, i don't see any sellers up until 30. why not give that a shot with some of your faster money. it's certainly not a blue chip company but it could work. i also am working at masco from time to time for trades and interesting things in areas like decors, sherwin williams plays big there, powerful company raising its dividend, buying that stock. there are a lot of names in this space that don't get a lot of air time and i think they're benefiting from one very simple thing, scott, to wrap up. you still have millions and millions of foreclosed homes that have to come back to the market. there's private equity money for these homes, there are specul e speculators and the minute they buy one, they spend money on fixing it up so they can rent it and all of the stocks benefit. >> joe? >> they also have to insure the property, property and casualty insured, they perform inc

the usgs says it was centered west of the -- west of the zoo and it was less than 2 1/2 miles deep. > we have been tracking the active weather pattern the last couple of days. the clouds, the showers and even some thunderstorms. and we still have lingering cloud cover out there. here is a beautiful site. baseball very popular this week and the giants playing right now and the as play later on this evening. we will have some cloud cover to talk about for that as game. right now look at this, all of the shower activity especially down to central and southern california. and that's snow just outside of yosemite park there. as we come in tighter, i'm wopping more moisture. in fact, we switch to the radar and you can see right now with -- it looks like a blanket right there -- there it is. and we have some more rain showers primarily to the east. but just a circulation around this, this could approach the bay area for the afternoon and as a result, we do have to hold onto that possibility of a sprinkle or light shower. as far as current numbers, it's cool. look at these 12:00 numbers, 50s

. >>> the usgs is downgrading the magnitude of today's east coast earthquake. there was an earthquake, that is now at 4.6. the city struck in portland, maine, around 4:15 this afternoon. it could be felt as far away as boston. so far, no reports of damage or injuries. >> you were tracking that thing. >> one of the biggest ones in maine's history. we can feel the impact in northern california .z so a lot going on. we have big differences in our weather. we're going to go to rain fall. beautiful evening outside. with current temperatures generally in the mid 60s. oakland 65, and concord 66 degrees. where are we heading tonight? as the kids get up and get ready for school tomorrow, down to the upper 50s. redwood city 57. san francisco dropping down to 59 degrees. that low pressure area that gave heavy rain fall for washington has moved off to the east. that is now allowing a big size is -- that is critical for our weather because we'll get chorus. that warmed us up today. widespread 80s and 90s coming up tomorrow and wednesday. if you like the cooler weather, that

. >> earthquake experts from the usgs and fema are showing students at langston hughes middle school and what to do. >> get under something when you feel shaking. whether it's a desk or table or sofa. protect your head. >> millions have participated since 2008. last year to earthquake in virginia was a recent reminder that we all need to be prepared. >> cover your eyes. >> the ground on the east coast is more stable than that of the west coast, so earthquakes here can be more broad. >> there are faults in the crust. >> last time in virginia, schools were on summer break. there is the potential of another 5.8 quake in this area, if not greater. live in reston, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> one man in a hospital after an accident between a motorcycle and a van in the 1000 block of wilson boulevard this morning in rosslyn. they collided at the entrance to a parking garage. the motorcycle driver was taken to hospital. is injuries are non-life- threatening. >> the defense could rest as soon as today in the trial of two police officers accused of beating the university of maryland student.

scientists for the usgs say the lava inside hawaii's volcano reached record height on october 14th and has been climbing for several months. scientists say if it continues to rise, the lava will eventually spill out of that volcano, but they say it doesn't mean it's a sign of an imminent eruption. >> and that's comforting. happy to know that. we've got meteors, magma coming our way. now let's check the traffic. >> by comparison, i have nothing to worry about. we'll look over to a portion of the roadway. a smooth drive, south bay looks really good. the construction crews are traveling north on 880. as you pass montague expressway, you lose two and then three lanes. there was a little slowing but it looks like crews are starting to move now. the yellow just down below the speed limit here. a live look at fremont and we see an easy drive here. of course the north bay very light in the southbound commute direction, guys. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. now to our continuing coverage of the national league championship series. not great news for the g-men. it's do or die

this is a map of the usgs that shows the potential levels of ground shaking that could be experienced across the bay area in a repeat of a major 1906-like earthquake on the san andreas fault. very strong shaking would affect most of san francisco and would last well over a minute. for context, in 1906, over 500 miles of the san andreas fault moved in a second. in 1989 in the loam loma prieta event (inaudible) understand our interdependancies and we launchd an inder dependancy study earlier this year. this will benefit all our operators as well as the region's businesses and residents. first we want to build on an understanding of all of our existing system interdependancies and the consequences of existing conditions to help expedite sppbs and restoration planning among agencies. with this we will also identify the key assets and respiration of priority schemes to prioritize and restoring and rebuilding our city and ultimately the region after such an earthquake. we will then work to develop a set of life line expectation under current systems and standards developed over the next dec

a few dozen people in gilroy, morgan hill, san jose and the santa cruz mountains went on the usgs website to report they felt it. no damage or injuries though have been reported. >>> 4:49. the force is moving on to the magic kingdom. george lucas agreed to sell lucas film to the walt disney company for an astounding $4.1 billion. that's a lot of force. included in the deal the lucas film campus in san francisco's presidio which employs up to 1400 people. while there is no word on job cuts, lucas says it is just time to pass the company to a new generation of filmmakers. >> it was a perfect match of two companies that are constructed similarly, do the same kind of product. >> disney says there is a plan in place for "star wars" 7, 8 and 9. they hope to have the next installment in theaters by the year 2015. >>> close call for one california surfer. a shark bit him in humboldt bay yesterday. you can see the huge bite mark left behind in his surf bore. the surfer had four to five serious gashes from his chest to his hip. >> we hopped on him right away me and one other guy that happen to be a

cal ema and we've developed the ability to import data from every allied organization whether it's usgs, the law enforcement agencies, fire, weather, what have you, to be able to put it out in layers so we literally can know everything going on. we can see lightning strikes that cause fires, down to the size of a car fire. we're often able to do predictive analysis that exceeds the ability of fire and other agencies and able to call them up because we can see this and we've trained our battle captains that work in our operations center to think ahead and think three moves ahead whether or not an event they see developing is going to cause a trigger that is going to require national guard or other military forces to deploy. >> if i may, i think it's for us, myself as the senior leader in third fleet, it's about information sharing and intelligence fusion and turning that into actionable knowledge. we have a 24/7 maritime operation center as well that we attempt to do that. we do have cnn up, usually turn the volume down and just look at the pictures and read the bumper sticker underneath

fema,als with the usgs, homeland security will be a schools around the showing kids how to find shelter, get on the floor, cover head, and hold on. an interesting nugget, that year inke last virginia, the most widely felt in u.s. history. reporting live, john gonzales. >> thank you very much. we are getting more video in from a rare earthquake that of mainehe state earlier this week. >> the magnitude 4.0 earthquake surprised -- you can see it startled this young girl. was posting a video online. the camera starts shaking. she is quiet and is looking around and ends the session right here. earthquake did not cause any damage or injuries. >> when you do not get lot, you do not know what it is. we are going to check in with caskey with a preview of a fest stunt a massacre. >> also, a ball of light in the sky and some loud booms [ mitt romney ] of light in the look at the evidence of the last four years. under the president's policies, middle income america have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and

that's why i recommend usg polide. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher and brighter every day. lou: my next guest was one of the first to identify the subprime crisis, a key player helping to repair damage after 2008 financial crash. in this new book, she -- targets among others. timothy geithner as bailouter in chief, the book, "bull by the horns" written by former chairman of the fdic, sheila bair. on time a magazine list, among hundred most influencal people. great to have you with us, congratulations on the book, a terrific book. and it is fascinating your perspective in midst of that. to be clear i've said before, i thought part of problem is we didn't have more people serving in washington like you. -- >> thank you. lou: i want to compliment you again for the service you have performed for the country. you obviously, felt that you were being manipulated, and overrun at various points by the administration. in particular you were distrustful of, treasury secretary timothy geithner tell us why? >> i think tim and i had a fundamentall

. >> at 10:18, experts from usgs fema showed up the students do if we get hit again. >> the best thing is to get r something, whether a desk table, to protect your head. >> millions have participated the drills since 2008. last year's earthquake is a reminder that we all need to be prepared. because the ground on the east less is more stable and fractured then that of the west coast, earthquakes here had been more broad. last august was considered the most widely felt in u.s. history. >> we know that the faults are stressed close to failure. >> the earth's crust is so stressed, experts say there is a strong potential for another 5.8 earthquake in this. if not greater. in ruston, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> still ahead, a man faces big for encouraging his do something that is not good. >> what the schools that the president's daughters attend investments, personally, about paid 14% in federal taxes, is that fair to the guy higher rate than you did? romney: "yeah, encourage economic growth." us. is t that the way to grow amerir this message. captioned by the national captioning institu

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the usgs near king city. 40 mi.th of salinas no injuries or damage reported. >> new this morning police are looking for clues after a man of was found shot to death in his car saturday night. they found him near mission street around 11:00 p.m. that is near the popular west field shopping center. the identity was only in his 30's. >> an apparent suicide in the north beach neighborhood has forced the emergency residents to evacuate. police were responding to a possible suicide on vallejo street. when officers are ride these smelled a strong chemical smell. this was near powell and vallejo. and the east bay investigators an antioch are looking for evidence after a man was found dead inside of a home on saturday. this was 2200 manzanilla with a 26 year- old man was found in the back of the home. neighbors were questioned but no details have been released. this is still treated as a homicide. there was an anonymous caller reported suspicious activity at that house. let us to take a look at the san mateo bridge. it remai

. >> reporter: although it may have been unexpected, fema and the usgs want to make sure everyone is overprepared and not underprepared in case another earthquake happens. >> what we want to do is make sure people are aware that earthquakes can happen here. we proved that a year ago. and that one earthquake does happen, there are things you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: if you're interested in becoming part of future earthquake drills, you can always go to shakeout.org. i'm not only impressed on how well these kids were prepared, but they also executed flawlessly. let's give ourselves a round of applause. in fairfax county, news4. >> they all get an "a" for preparation. >> yes. >>> we're just getting started on news4 at 5:00. gas prices may have reached their peak. why filling up could get cheaper. >>> it's already a parking lot on wisconsin avenue. now nih has planned to make traffic even more of a nightmare. >>> historic nursery in old town alexandra. [ minto ] you know, those ads saying mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i loo

. >>> the usgs has downgraded a small earthquake that rumbled across the south bay early this morninge quake struck just southeast of morgan hill just before 3:00 this morning. it was originally thought to be a 3.3. so far, no reports of any injuries or damage. >>> two women are suing the maraga school district and former administrators saying they ignored abuse allegations against a former teacher. this coming afltser a swim coach sued that district. all three women say they were abused by a former teacher at the intermediate school during the 1990s. they claim the district ignored warnings about that teacher. that teacher ended up killing himself shortly after he was placed on administrative leave back in 1996. >>> 5:36 now. a little drizzle to start our day. our meteorologist christina loren is live with some of the preparations for the big parade. will it rain on it, christina? >> reporter: you know what, laura, i don't think it's going to. i think we are going to see fantastic conditions during the parade. i am joined now by some very dedicated die hard fans who show up here at t

today it's usg corp. they've done a strategic thing with ge as far as lighting. great trade. expire on friday. >> energy policy played an important role in last night's presidential debate as the candidates tried to fuel their campaigns. cnbc's hampton pearson joins us now in the battle ground state of virginia with a look at where governor romney and virginia stand on coal. >> hey, scott. mitt romney and president obama locked in a virtual dead heat here in this battle ground state. the coal energy debate has two parts. there's the issues with the coal mines, and then there's coal for power generation. we're at dominion, their largest virginia power plant. it's allied with alpha natural resources. the two of them, they're one of the world's biggest coal producers, headquartered in nearby gristle, virginia. the two fighting the obama administration what they consider its war on coal. last summer, dominion opened the first clean coal power station in the heart of virginia's clean coal mining country. a $1.8 billion facility that was four years in the make. >> coal is a hugely

housing rebound and the rebuilding project from sandy when you look at those material names like exp and usg. >> how about you, mr. la camp. i call you that because you're both jim. are you thinking longer term? >> well, i like these names. they were doing well before the storm. you look at names like sherwin williams. these are companies that were doing very well before the refi boom. i do agree that these stocks could have a wind in their sails for three or four months. but the headwind is beginning to be the market itself. the market itself does not look like it really wants to do much in here. there's a lot of uncertainty, it was driven by the fed, it was driven by earnings, the global economy. all of these cylinders are starting to misfire, so it could become more of a market issue for these stocks. >> you can be sure when my friend jim gives you a bearish rip, i've seen this now for about ten or 11 years. i do want to ask you, more common place. what about earnings risk? what about election risk? what about tax hikes, fiscal cliff risk. what do you do here? we're in november. we don't

a few dozen people in gilroy, morgan hill, san jose and the santa cruz mountains went on the usgs website and reported they felt it. >>> a california surfer is recovering today from a shark attack in humboldt bay. his surfboard take a look shows the huge bite mark left behind. doctors treated four to five serious gashest from his chest to his hips. >> we hopped on him right away me and one other guy that happened to be an emt hopped on top of him and used or body weight to keep everything in to make sure he wasn't bleeding too bad. >> he is hospitalized but expected to be okay. >>> 6:20. a disturbance in the force. the major multi-billion-dollar disney deal with george lucas. >> the nba is back. we have our first double play of the day courtesy of mr. lebron james when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the parade of champions today in downtown san francisco. skies will be mostly cloudy and a little cool in the 60s. should stay dry but not for trick or treaters. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we're watching a multicar crash right now in oakland. eastbound lanes of 580 thr

scientists at the usgs say the lava inside hawaii's volcano reached a record height on october 14th and it's been climbing now for several months. scientists say if it continues t rise, the lava will eventually spill out of the volcano, but they say that doesn't mean it's a sign of an imminent eruption. >> which is very comforting to those who live nearby. >> no kidding. put your shoes on. >> that will help. >>> christina loren is here to tell us about the weather. it will be cooling things down a little bit. >> yeah, you could break out the boots today. you want to exchange those flip-flops for a nice pair of sturdy closed-toed next week. 81 today inlane, 75 bayside and 70 in san francisco but that's only because you're starting out so mild. lots of clouds today. we'll let you know when the rain arrives at your doorstep coming up. 6:26. if you're heading out that front door right now, mike first has your report. >> you're going to have to wait if you're heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. you'll wait at the toll plaza itself. the backup past the overcrossing, but about to west grand

. >>> the usgs says there want as earthquake centered between the baja peninsula and the quake hit aroundur time. there are no reports of damage. >>> an even stronger earthquake hit eastern indonesia this morning t was a 6.3 quake near the maluku islands. panic guests ran out of rooms at one facility but there was no damage. >>> a special day ended in disaster after one man dies of a heart attack after a fight broke out between two separate wedding parties in philadelphia. police say they tried to stop the fight. one of the uncles of one of the brides suffered a heart attack. three people were taken to the hospital -- were taken into custody and others ended up in hospitals. >>> there are at least 91 confirmed case is of meningitis. >> if you got any kind of sterile injections, epidurals this year, you need to be aware of this. >> the cases have been reported in nine states -- in nine states but not here. at the enof august, funding ran out to pay for the firefighters, fire trucks an aircraft. so the department of agriculture which run us the forest service borrowed money from other fores

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things can actually contribute to this competitiveness and how does the outside world, if you will, the usgst of us help you with that. and is it foreign direct investment and opening up more to that? what are the changes that together we can make in the near term to help surmount this transition period and take advantage of these opportunities which most of us think are very real? >> thank you very much. who would like to start? is -- caroline, did you want to -- >> say something. um, i think i'll actually agree with dr. terrab on the importance of large firms. so another work that we've done and what's popular in trade now is a tremendous skew of exports we see around the world. so the top single firm in most countries accounts for 15%, the top 1% more than 50% of exports. so it's really the large firms that are going to create the exports, the growth and the jobs. so there needs to be an environment that fosters firms to be able to grow into these large firms and to export. and to me, a big part of that especially for small countries that aren't going to have negative effects on the rest