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Is up and running. they will get back pay for that. another aspect where the government shutdown played a role yesterday, it was very quiet on capitol hill all of this week. most staffers are not working. you dont see tons of people walking around the hallways, walking around the sidewalks and buildings around the capitol hill complex. thats one good thing with the incident that happened yesterday. police everywhere and of course the high-speed chase going on. you didnt have all of the numbers o...

What are you hearing -- catherine herridge is giving us a different seive anywhere youre after the car was stopped and the woman got out of the car. drew know what happened then? >> well, we have an intervening event potentially here, trace. there-two incidents being processed by law enforcement now where abeyancely the vehicle was pulled over. one of them is right behind us a couple of blocks down the road. closer to the capitol. were on the east side of the capitol, behind the capitol building...

This was of course the third day of she the shutdown, the government partial shut down,y there were not a lot of people on the sidewalks so that was a blessing in disguise for this day. catherine has a different take because when she tried to call homeland security, she couldnt get people on the phone. are you getting new information about what transpired? >> we have some new information just to recap for people. because of the government shutdown, people typically in a position to provide infor...

Available, more people were interested in opening businesses in downtown. >> then i started working on streetscape projects. >> im brian spec, the founder of bad boys bistro. ive been here for four years. >> have you seen the community chains since youve been here. >> prior to some of the stuff getting done here, it was friday nights, one or two cars. now the streets are full. >> what did the sidewalks look like before they were repaired? >> terrible. >> like they were uneven? >> uneven, cracks,...

It is a tourist mecca. the sidewalks normally bustling on a weekend are virtually empty. >> unfortunately, this is a real shot in the solarplex and it takes the air right out of you. >> reporter: and it may be a wile until merchants like this are busy again. to understand why, you need to take a drive. this right here is the biggest problem, roads like this one have completely caved in. just look at the chunks of concrete in there. this is a major artery, and its preventing folks from getting in...

Millions come through here each year, and two of the roadways to get here are gone, and they are totally destroyed. that will make any kind of economic recovery difficult. >> we have lost a lot of drywall -- >> julie and her staff are working furiously to get her restaurant re-opened. >> it hurts. this is a good time of year. >> reporter: getting repairs done is part of the challenge for her and other small businesses in the town of estes park, colorado. an event like this, what does it do to th...

Ropes as it thrashed about. we found much worse damage 15 miles away in another town. this man shows us where the river broke through a container wall and washed away his kitchen. he climbed to the roof as half his timber shack swept away. "we dont even know what to do, to tell you the truth," he says. so far, no government aid. medina and his family are left to eat eggs and tortillas donated by neighbors and drink expired cartons of juice they found in the trash dumpster. neighbors shovel mud o...

The stadium has been repurposed since it was supposed to host a nationals/braves game tonight. there were a few fans who were uninformed about the news, didnt realize what had been going on and were sort of trickling down to the stadium. so all in all, just a very sort of tragic day here outside the naval yard. we also spoke with the secretary of the navy who said that this was just a really difficult day for the navy family especially considering that were now learning that the shooter was, in ...

Trickling down to the stadium. so all in all, just a very sort of tragic day here outside the naval yard. we also spoke with the secretary of the navy who said that this was just a really difficult day for the navy family especially considering that were now learning that the shooter was, in fact, in the navy reserves. >> is there any concern about this second person of interest they talk about? theres something still at large -- someones still at large here. >> reporter: there was a lot of conf...

Earthquake-proof, so they say. the first cars crossed last night. crews closed the bridge for five days while they put finishing touches on it. they have been dealing with heavy delays on the eastern span for more than a decades since the big quake in 89 damaged part of it. parts of cars, bikes, and sidewalks are burning in london and the locals suspect a building is the reason. folks say a 37-story tower known as the walkie-talkie is reflecting the suns rays off the current glass exterior rig...