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Ever since they were newlyweds in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here the air was fresh and the views seemed limitless. >>vi it sort of framed by trees. but you could look down and to the right and see the view of the georgeri washington bridge. >> reporter: what they couldn't see from here, of course, was the future. had they caught even a glimpse of what was to come, surely they would have abandoned this place forever. stephen and jodi met in the late '70s in georgia. he was in the army, a bookworm who loved the civil war. she taught history. theirs was a meeting first of minds. then ...

The views seemed limitless. >> it's sort of framed by trees. you could look down to the right and see the view of george washington bridge. >> reporter: what they couldn't see from here, of course, was the future. had they caught even a glimpse of what was to come, surely they would have abandoned this place forever. stephen and jody met in the late 70s in georgia. he was in the army. a bookworm who loved civil war. she taught history. theirs was first a meeting of minds, then hearts. how would you describe the early years? were they loving, exciting? >> yes. they were -- you know, we were in ...

This magical place for years, ever since they were newlyweds in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here the air was fresh, and the views seemed limitless. >> it was sort of framed by trees. you could look down to the right and see the view of george washington bridge. >> what they couldn't see from here, of course, was the future. had they caught even a glimpse of what was to come, surely they would have abandoned this place forever. >> steven and jody met in the late '70ness georgia. he was in the army, a book worm who loved the civil war. she taught history. theirs was a meeting first of ...

They were, you know -- we were in love. it's an aesthetic. >> from there, marriage, a house, a son jonathan in 1983. how would you describe jody as a mom? >> she was -- she was really devoted. >> life was good. and even as the years went by, wechb the demands of work and family, steven says he and jody still made time for each other. like that last summer sunday in september of 1992. steven says it was supposed to be a date night. >> it wasn't -- no idea that that would be the most critical day in our life, in our marriage. >> it was a day like any other day? >> yes. >> here was the plan, driv...

Consequences for the inaction here in washington. >> zachary, the president said for every month that the sequester does not get fixed, the toll on the economy will get worse. expected to take at least 5/10 of a percent, a total. 750,000 jobs. that's what the president and economists said, as well. you tyke a look at the markets right now. wall street seems to be reacting to the impact with a yawn. the dow right now up about 38 points. how bad will this hurt the recovery in the short and long term? >> first of all, on jonathan's point, congress could pass a continuing resolution to fund the co...