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SPIRIT ADDS FLIGHTS AT RSW-ON CAM

MIXED NEWS OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL TONIGHT.

AT LEAST ONE AIRLINE IS ADDING MORE NON-STOP FLIGHTS.

BUT THE AIRPORT'S CREDIT RATING IS IN DANGER BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING LESS TRAVELERS OVERALL.

SPIRIT ADDS FLIGHTS AT RSW-PKG

Typically in business. It comes down to supply and demand.

And at RSW. At least on airline, is answering the demand for more direct flights.

Marge Rubash and Arland Rubash 55:54-58 "It's very exciting, it makes it easier for us to go back and forth more often."

Spirit Air added seasonal direct flights to dallas fort worth, boston, and minneapolis st paul.

Because the airline saw the potential to fill more seats.

SOT 43:36-46 "In an industry that is facing a lot of talk about consolidation and reduction in capacity we're looking forward to putting some of that capacity back in, in markets that really have the demand for it."

But overall demand at RSW has been down.

So far this year the airport has seen about 6 percent fewer travelers.

Because of that, the credit rating firm, Fitch Ratings has put out a warning. that the airport could be dropped from its A rating.

So what does that mean?

According to analyists with the firm, the airport would be a higher risk investment and would have to pay more to borrow money.

But in the airport, passengers shouldn't see much of an effect.

And the addition of new flights will hopefully, help to get more people through this building.

SPIRIT ADDS FLIGHTS AT RSW-TAG

EVEN THOUGH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE TO BORROW MONEY--

ALABAMA SHOOTING-TRX, ON CAM

THE MAN SUSPECTED OF FIRING INTO A CROWDED BAR NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING--

TURNED HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A GUNMAN SHOT 16 PEOPLE WITH SEVERAL CRITICALLY INJURED.

ALABAMA SHOOTING-PKG

AT DAYBREAK TUESDAY, POLICE WERE STILL GATHERING EVIDENCE AT THE COPPER TOP BAR IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.

ABOUT SIX HOURS EARLIER, A GUNMAN. CAUGHT ON SECURITY VIDEO.AND CARRYING A MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLE.

.STOOD OUTSIDE THE BAR AND OPENED FIRE ON THOSE INSIDE.

MOST OF THOSE INSIDE. AND SEVERAL OF THE 17 PEOPLE INJURED IN THE RAMPAGE. ARE STUDENTS FROM THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

WITNESSES SAY THERE WERE TWO DISTINCT, SEPARATE BURSTS OF GUNFIRE.AND POLICE BELIEVE THE GUNMAN HAD A PARTICULAR VICTIM IN MIND WHEN HE STARTED SHOOTING.

"We believe, based on what we've seen on the video that there was possibly the targeting of an individual who was inside the bar or who the shooter thought was inside the bar."

AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE GUNMAN WALKED BACK DOWN THE STREET, THE SAME WAY HE ARRIVED.

FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS, HE BECAME THE TARGET OF AN INTENSE MANHUNT.UNTIL HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.BY WALKING INTO A BUSINESS IN A SMALL TOWN NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND TELLING EMPLOYEES THERE, HE WAS THE ONE POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR.

DEPUTIES KILL WRONG MAN-VO

THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS IN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE TONIGHT.

DEPUTIES SHOT AND KILLED THE *WRONG* MAN!

DEPUTIES THOUGHT THE VICTIM WAS A SUSPECT IN AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE.

THEY KNOCKED ON THE VICTIM'S DOOR AROUND ONE IN THE MORNING *WITHOUT* IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES--

BUT THE VICTIM ANSWERED THE DOOR WITH A GUN AND THE DEPUTIES SHOT HIM.

PATERNO BANNER OVER PSU-VO

THE FALL OF A LEGEND CONTINUES.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT FLEW OVER THE PENN STATE CAMPUS TODAY.

THE BANNER READS "TAKE THE STATUE DOWN OR WE WILL".

THE STATUE IN QUESTION IS A BRONZE STATUE OF LONG TIME HEAD COACH JOE PATERNO--

JUST OUTSIDE THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.

THERE'S BEEN AN OUTCRY TO REMOVE THE STATUE

IN THE WAKE OF THE CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL THAT INVOLVED PATERNO'S LONG-TIME ASSISTANT COACH.

7500 POUNDS OF COKE-VO

ABOUT 75-HUNDRED POUNDS OF COCAINE ARRIVED IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING, ON A NAVY SHIP.

THAT'S ALMOST FOUR TONS!

PART OF WHAT THE NAVY, COAST GUARD AND CUSTOMS CONFISCATED DURING A SIX-MONTH OPERATION OFF THE COASTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

THEY ALSO SEIZED ABOUT 320 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.

DECISION 2012-CLIP

ECONOMY & POLITICS-ON CAM

IF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HINGES ON THE ECONOMY.THEN TODAY WAS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.

TODAY THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE FED--

GAVE A VERY SOUR OUTLOOK.

AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT--

THAT'S BECOME *THE* TOPIC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

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FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE OFFERED A SOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. ECONOMY TO THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE TUESDAY.EVIDENCED BY SLOW JOB GROWTH AND LITTLE CONSUMER SPENDING.

BERNANKE SAYS THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS READY TO TAKE MORE STEPS TO BOOST THE ECONOMY.BUT OFFERED NO SPECIFICS.

"we have said we are prepared to take further action.the complication of course is that we are dealing with less conventional tools."

BERNANKE SAID THE FED CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND WARNED THE ECONOMY WILL STRUGGLE FURTHER IF CONGRESS FAILS TO REACH A BUDGET DEAL. THAT LED TO FINGERPOINTING BY BOTH PARTIES.AND SOME PREDICTING LITTLE COOPERATION TO COME.

New York:36 -:43

"given the political realities. mr chmn particularly in this election year I'm afraid i fear the fed is the only game in town."

Presidential Candidate:52 -:59

"his policies did not help create jobs -- they depressed job creation and that's why we're still struggling with so many out of work."

BUT THE PRESIDENT, COURTING VOTERS IN TEXAS, SAYS THE ANSWER IS NOT TAX BENEFITS FOR THE RICH.

"i want to end tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas.let's give tax breaks to companies that are investing right here in texas right here in the united states of america, let's put americans back to work."

BOTH CANDIDATES ARE OFFERING PLANS TO HELP THE ECONOMY.WHICH GREW AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 2.5 PERCENT IN THE LAST HALF OF 2011.BUT HAS SLOWED TO BELOW 2-PERCENT RECENTLY.

DEFENSE CUTS-VO

ALSO HANGING OVER THE ELECTION--

BUDGET CUTS THAT COULD DECIMATE DEFENSE SPENDING.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL LOSE 55 BILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY--

AND NEARLY 500-BILLION OVER THE NEXT 10-YEARS.

THAT TRANSLATES INTO MILLIONS OF JOBS.

THE CUTS ARE LOOMING--

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-VO WIPE

SOME STAR POWER ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.

ACTRESS AND ADVOCATE JADA PINKETT SMITH--

TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING-SOT, ON CAM

"Today, there are an estimated 27-million slaves worldwide. More than at any point in history. We call these men and women and children the victims of human trafficking. They represent every nationality, ethnicity, age group and they can be found everywhere, including here in the United States."

EARLIER THIS YEAR--

PINKETT SMITH STARTED THE ORGANIZATION, "DON'T' SELL BODIES".

AZ LIGHTNING-VO WIPE

ANOTHER ROUND OF MONSOON STORMS CAUSED A WILD LIGHTNING SHOW OVER ARIZONA.

THE STORM PASSED OVER TUCSON LAST NIGHT--

CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE AREA.

SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED--

AND THOUSANDS IN THE REGION LOST POWER.

NORTHERN LIGHTS-VO TOPS

REMEMBER THAT HUGE SOLAR FLARE WE TOLD YOU ABOUT?

CHECK OUT THE BENEFITS.

THIS IS TIME LAPSE OF THE AMAZING AURORA BOREALIS DANCING IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER CANADA.

THE SO-CALLED "NORTHERN LIGHTS" HAPPEN WHEN ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES FROM THE SUN--

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

THEY ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANGERS FACING PILOTS TODAY--

AND IT'S NOT IN THE SKY.

THEY'RE LASERS POINTING AT PLANES.

NOW ONE PILOT IS INJURED--

AND THE F-B-I IS TAKING OVER THE CASE.

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S A LITTLE GIRL FALLING FROM AN APARTMENT WINDOW!

HER GUARDIAN ANGEL WAS WAITING BELOW.

TZ1 A) LASER BLINDS PILOT-VO WIPE

TZ1 B) MAN CATCHES GIRL-VO TOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

LASER BLINDS PILOT-ON CAM

A DANGEROUS TREND IS DEVELOPING IN THE SKIES.

LASERS BLINDING PILOTS!

THE F-B-I IS NOW LOOKING INTO A CASE--

WHERE A GREEN LASER *BLINDED* THE PILOT!

THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY--

BUT THIS IS THE LATEST IN A GROWING NUMBER OF LASER ATTACKS ON PLANES.

LASER BLINDS PILOT-PKG

Pilot: Center JetBlue 657.

Controller: Yeah go ahead.

Pilot: Yes sir. We just got lasered up here. Two green, two green flashes

into the cockpit.

THE FAA SAYS A GREEN LASER POINTED DIRECTLY INTO THE COCKPIT OF A JETBLUE

FLIGHT EN ROUTE FROM SYRACUSE TO NEW YORK'S JFK AIRPORT ON SUNDAY.INJURED

THE PILOT'S EYE.

Controller: JetBlue 657- That was about 5000 feet, right?

Pilot: Yes sir, 5000 feet. Two green flashes, and it caught the First

Officer in his eye.

EVEN FROM A QUARTER MILE AWAY, A SIMPLE POINT AND SHOOT LASER CAN BLIND A

PILOT as demonstrated in this training video from the FAA. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF

THE FIRST OFFICER WAS IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME

Controller: Use caution. I just had an unauthorized laser illumination

event about 7 miles ahead of you at 5000 feet. / Controller:

JetBlue 657We are looking into the matter.

IN 2011, THERE WERE MORE THAN 3500 DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS UP FROM JUST UNDER

300 IN 2005

-- JUST LAST WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO TWO PLANES WERE REPORTEDLY TARGETED BY A

GREEN LASER BEAM - THOSE PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED.

SOT, Mike McCarron, SFO SPOKESPERSON

".what happens is that pinpoint spreads out as it gets up higher and

farther away, and what may seem like a very faint light to you, in a cockpit

, gets almost blinding,"

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE RAMPING UP THEIR EFFORTS AND PURSUING STRICTER

PENALTIES.

SOT RICHARD KOLKO/ SPECIAL AGENT,FBI

"INTERFERING WITH A FLIGHT CREW IS A FEDERAL CRIME, SO THE FBI HAS LOOKED

INTO THESE LASER INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.WE'VE LOCATED SOME

LASER BLINDS PILOT-TAG

THAT WAS JOHN SCHRIFFEN.

TO ILLUSTRATE JUST HOW SERIOUSLY THE F-B-I IS TREATING THESE LASER ATTACKS.

PROSECUTORS PUT A CALIFORNIA MAN BEHIND BARS FOR NEARLY 3-YEARS.

TEASE TWO-ON CAM

WE KNOW AIRLINE FOOD ISN' EXACTLY FIVE-STAR.

BUT THIS!

I found a needle. a one-inch-long needle.

NOT ONLY DID THAT PASSENGER--

BUT *THREE* OTHERS!

TONIGHT DELTA AIRLINES IS CHANGING THE MENU--

AND TRYING TO CALM FEARS ABOUT ITS FOOD.

AND NBC DOPPLER RADAR'S BEEN WORKING OVERTIME THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

TZ2 A) NEEDLES IN DELTA FOOD-SOTVO WIPE

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW

Hang in there! It's been a very wet few days in southwest Florida and it looks like we have more showers tonight and tomorrow morning to track. Rain totals at Page Field are now over 8.00" for the month of July and this puts at a surplus of over 3.00" this month! In fact, for the year we are now just about 'caught up' for rain. If the Page Field airport receives more that.75" tonight and tomorrow our yearly rainfall average will start to go above normal.

The forecast this evening does call for more showers to move in from the Gulf and for downpours and thunderstorms to develop inland. I expect some areas will continue to see on/off showers through midnight. An area of low pressure in the northern part of the state continues an onshore flow in southwest Florida and we will track more rain, at times, through tomorrow.

TOSS TO HEATHER-ON CAM

AIRLINE FOOD IS MOCKED A LOT--

BUT NO ONE'S LAUGHING NOW--

AFTER FLYERS FOUND *NEEDLES* IN THEIR SANDWICHES!

NBC2's HEATHER TURCO JOINS US IN THE STUDIO--

NEEDLES IN DELTA FOOD-CKW

THE F-B-I HAS LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SEWING NEEDLES MADE THEIR WAY INTO A HALF DOZEN SANDWICHES.

THEY WERE SERVED ONBOARD 4 DELTA AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS YESTERDAY.

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AIRPLANE FOOD HAS LONG BEEN THE BUTT OF JOKES

BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON FOUR SEPARATE DELTA FLIGHTS YESTERDAY WAS NO LAUGHING

MATTER.

the second bite that I took into the sandwich, i noticed something that

poked me in the top of my mouth very hard.

JAMES TONGES WAS FLYING BUSINESS CLASS ON A DELTA FLIGHT FROM AMSTERDAM TO

MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL.

HE WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT HE FOUND IN HIS SANDWICH.

I found a needle. a one-inch-long needle.

HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE - DR. JACK DROGT WAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT AND FOUND A

NEEDLE IN HIS SANDWICH.

AND IN AN EERIE COINCIDENCE

when i landed, i spoke to an fbi agent. and called my wife to let her know

what happened. and she told me the same thing happened to my son. he found a

needle in his sandwich on a parallel flight from amsterdam.

FOUR SEPARATE DELTA FLIGHTS ON THE SAME - AND A HALF DOZEN SEWING NEEDLES IN

SANDWICHES.

THAT CATERER IS GATE GOURMET AT THE SCHIPOL AIRPORT IN AMSTERDAM.

THE COMPANY OPERATES IN 28 COUNTRIES.SERVES AN AVERAGE 97-HUNDRED

FLIGHTS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR---AND OVER 300 MILLION PASSENGERS ANNUALLY.

You can't check every sandwich that goes aboard a planethis demonstrates to

NEEDLES IN DELTA FOOD-CKW

THINNER GLASS IPHONE-VO

APPLE IS WORKING ON ITS NEWEST VERSION OF THE IPHONE.

THERE ARE REPORTS TODAY THE DEVICE COULD BE LIGHTER THAN THE IPHONE 4.

APPLE IS USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE SMARTPHONE'S SCREEN THINNER.

THAT MEANS INTEGRATING TOUCH SENSORS INTO L-C-D SCREENS.

THE IMAGE SHOULD BE CLEARER TOO.

OLYMPIC RAIN-VO WIPE

THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING!!!

NOW IF THEY COULD ONLY GET IT TO STOP RAINING ACROSS THE POND!

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD--

ENGLAND IS SUFFERING THROUGH IT'S WETTEST SUMMER IN MORE THAN 100-YEARS!

AS ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD POUR INTO LONDON--

OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS ARE DOING A LOT OF HAND-WRINGING OVER THE WEATHER.

BUT ULTIMATELY--

OLYMPIC RAIN-SOTSS

"It's always pretty pointless apologizing for the British weather, isn't it? It's a fact of life over here. No, top class sportsmen in any sport know that they have to compete in all conditions."

RAIN OR SHINE--

THE OLYMPICS BEGIN IN JUST 10-DAYS!

YOU CAN CATCH ALL THE ACTION--

INCLUDING THE OPENING CEREMONIES--

MAN CATCHES GIRL-VO WIPE

A NEW YORK CITY BUS DRIVER IS A HERO.

HERE'S WHY.

HE LITERALLY *CAUGHT* A LITTLE GIRL WHO FELL OUT OF A THIRD STORY WINDOW!

THE DRIVER SAW THE 7-YEAR OLD CRAWL ONTO AN AIR CONDITIONER AND START DANCING.

HE TRIED TO KEEP HER CALM--

MAN CATCHES GIRL-SOTVO

I ran over there hoping that she wouldn't fall when I got there she was still standing there and I just positioned myself. Hopefully, I would catch her.

THE LITTLE GIRL IS FINE.

BERNARD SUFFERED A MUSCLE TEAR IN HIS ARM--

BUT HE SAYS HE'LL BE OKAY.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY JUST LOST HIS JOB!

AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION SHOWED HE CRASHED HIS PATROL CAR--

WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION PILLS.

TONIGHT--

NBC2 TALKS TO THE MAN WHO LED TO THE DEPUTY'S DEMISE.

TZ3 A) LCSO DEPUTY FIRED-VO WIPE

AHEAD AT 6-BANNER

A)

BOY SCOUTS & GAYS-VO

THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ANNOUNCED IT IS KEEPING THE POLICY OF EXCLUDING GAYS.

AFTER A 2-YEAR REVIEW.

THE SCOUTS DECIDED THAT THIS POLICY WAS BEST FOR THE GROUP.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE BOB MAZZUCA--

SAYS MANY FAMILIES INVOLVED WITH THE SCOUTS AGREE WITH THE POLICY--

TOSS TO MEAGHAN-ON CAM

NBC2's MEAGHAN SMITH JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THE STORY--

LCSO DEPUTY FIRED-NEWSROOM

LCSO DEPUTY FIRED-PKG

A DEPUTY IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW TONIGHT-

Nat

BUSTED,

AND NOW FIRED FROM THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

52:20 "this is of course absolutely unacceptable behavior."

DEPUTY PATRICK MILOSEVIC-

WHOSE MUGSHOT IS EXEMPT BECAUSE HE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT,

WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR OFF DUTY,

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PILLS,

AND CRASHING INTO A PARKED CAR.

54:09 "it was pretty something- he got out of the car to look and he was stumbling over the car, tripped over his own feet a couple of times."

WILLIAM SUMNER AND HIS WIFE ARE THE ONES WHO CALLED 911-

TO REPORT THE DEPUTY.

Nat

WILLIAM TELLS US HE SPOTTED THE PATROL CAR SWERVING ALL OVER BAYSHORE BEFORE TURNING INTO THE NORTH FORT MYERS WAL MART TO PARK.

53:47 "he backed up out of one parking spot and tried to pull into another parking spot and just plowed through a car- he continued to tear up the car all the way down the side."

DEPUTIES ARRIVED AND SINCE MILOSEVIC WAS DRIVING A MARKED PATROL UNIT-

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CALLED FHP TO INVESTIGATE.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR TROOPERS TO ARREST MILOSEVIC FOR DUI AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.

THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION STATES THAT DEPUTY MILOSEVIC WAS LETHARGIC AND HIS EYELIDS WERE DROOPY, AND THAT HE TOLD THE TROOPER HE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HE'D HIT A CAR.

52:26 "the investigation showed that he had far more prescription medication in his system that he should have had at this point in time."

BECAUSE OF PRIVACY LAWS-

LCSO DEPUTY FIRED-NEWSROOM

SELL THE 6PM-2SHOT

THE TRIAL BEGINS FOR THE MAN ACCUSED IN LEE COUNTY'S LARGEST EVER COCK-FIGHTING BUST -- NBC2 SHOWS YOU THE EVIDENCE AT SIX --

AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DROUGHT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY -- TONIGHT, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE EFFECTS ON PRICES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.