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GEARING UP FOR A VISIT FROM THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF --
HIS RALLY TO WIN RE-ELECTION.HEADS TO FORT MYERS AND FLORIDA THIS WEEK.
AND THIS MORNING, HOW YOU CAN MEET PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
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PLUS,
TROUBLE ON THE TARMAC: A MURDER SUSPECT STEALS AND CRASHES A COMMUTER PLANE.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
NBC-2 NEWS TODAY STARTS NOW!
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GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.
I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.
AND I'M CLAY MILLER.
BOY IT IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE PRESIDENT IS COMING TO FORT MYERS IN TWO DAYS.
NBC-2'S STACEY DEFFENBAUGH LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH ALL NEW DETAILS OF THE EVENT, AND HOW YOU GET TICKETS, GOOD MORNING STACEY.
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GOOD MORNING.
ALL EYES ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL SPEAK AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS ON FRIDAY.
AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SHOWING UP TO GET TICKETS TO THE EVENT.
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THE 1ST PERSON SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT. VOLUNTEERS AT THE OBAMA HEADQUARTERS IN FORT MYERS ARE EXPECTING ALOT OF PEOPLE TODAY.
THE TICKETS AND EVENT ARE FREE. A FINAL DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE ON HOW MANY TICKETS WILL BE HANDED OUT, SO YOU ARE ENCOURGED TO GET IN LINE EARLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TICKETS.
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I can only imagine it will be like any other event he's done in Florida and there will be crowds and crowds of people
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMY AND JOB GROWTH.
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THERE ARE 3 LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE OBAMA EVENT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
THERE IS A LIMIT OF ONE PER PERSON.
ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE NBC DASH TWO DOT COM, JUST CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, SD NBC-2
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STACEY THANKS.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL COVER BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES EQUALLY.
IF AND WHEN REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY VISITS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WE WILL COVER HIS VISIT FROM START TO FINISH AS WELL.
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Today's Weather Story
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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THE SKIES MAY BE CLEARER THIS MORNING BUT THE EFFECTS OF YESTERDAY'S RAIN ARE STILL PRETTY EVIDENT --
THIS IS THE SCENE IN CAPE CORAL--
AT SOUTHWEST 21ST STREET AND CHIQUITA BLVD YOU CAN SEE THE STANDING WATER HAS NO WHERE TO GO.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S DRYING OUT, BUT BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
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LOOKING AHEAD,
THE FIERY DEBATE OVER A HOMELESS SHELTER IN BONITA SPRINGS WILL HEAT UP AGAIN THIS MORNING.
CITY COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT A REPORT COMPILED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL AS TO WHY A HOMELESS SHELTER CAN NOT LEGALLY BE BUILT OFF OLD 41.
THE REPORT SAYS THE LOCATION CAN'T BE A SHELTER UNTIL REGULATIONS ARE IN PLACE.
THIS IS THE SITE SAINT MATTHEW'S HOUSE WAS CONSIDERING -- THEN BACKED OUT LAST MONTH.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS THIS MORNING AT 9 AM.
COUNT ON NBC-2 FOR COVERAGE.
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JUST A WILD STORY OUT WEST!
A COMMERCIAL PILOT TRIED TO STEAL A PLANE FROM HIS COMPANY IN UTAH..AND ULTIMATELY KILLED HIMSELF.
DETECTIVES IN SAINT GEORGE CITY THINK 40-YEAR-OLD BRIAN HEDGLIN, A SKYWEST AIRLINES PILOT, SCALED AN AIRPORT FENCE OVERNIGHT, THEN BOARDED A SKYWEST JET.
HE HIT SOME CARS IN A PARKING LOT.
A POLICE OFFICER THEN FOUND HIM INSIDE THE PLANE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS HEAD.
HE WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER IN COLORADO SPRINGS.
BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN RIGHT NOW: HOW DID HE GET PASSED SECURITY AND GET ONTO THE PLANE?
AND WE'RE HEARING HE HOTWIRED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE CRASHING IT.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING THIS MORNING.
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THE VOICES CALLING FOR PENN STATE TO REMOVE ANY TRACE OF LONGTIME FOOTBALL COACH JOE PATERNO FROM THAT CAMPUS.
.ARE GROWING LOUDER THIS MORNING.
HERE'S ONE EXAMPLE.
A PLANE FLEW OVER PENN STATE YESTERDAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
BEHIND IT, A BANNER READ "TAKE THE STATUE DOWN OR WE WILL!"
THE BANNER IS REFERRING TO A BRONZE STATUE OF JOE-PA THAT YOU'LL FIND JUST OUTSIDE THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
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MEANWHILE,
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY'LL RESPOND WITHIN A FEW DAYS TO THE N-C-DOUBLE-A'S DEMAND FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THE N-C-A-A IS TRYING TO DECIDE IF THEY SHOULD PUNISH PENN STATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY'S ROLE IN THE JERRY SANDUSKY SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.
AND THE N-C-DOUBLE-A PRESIDENT SAYS ELIMINATING THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM ENITRELY, IS ON THE TABLE.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE PRESIDENT OF PENN STATE REACTED PUBLICLY TO THE "FREEH REPORT" THAT SHOWED US JUST HOW BAD THE COVER UP WAS OF JERRY SANDUSKY'S CRIMES.
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"I believe the Freeh Report does present an accurate uh um indication of-- set of conclusions about what happened here."
DESPITE THAT, THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT SAYS IT IS PLANNING FOR A FOOTBALL SEASON THIS FALL.
BUT THE HEAD OF THE NCAA SAYS NOT SO FAST.
THE DECISION ON A FOOTBALL SEASON WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN FAST.
CLASSES START AUGUST 27TH WITH THE FIRST SCHEDULED GAME A WEEK LATER.
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OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SET TO START THIS MORNING IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT INVOLVING THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
DENISE AMBER LEE WAS KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND MURDERED BACK IN 2008.
HER WIDOWER NATHAN LEE FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
YESTERDAY THE JURY WAS CHOSEN.
THE PANEL IS MADE UP OF TWO MEN AND SIX WOMEN.
JURORS MUST DECIDE IF DISPATCHERS AT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE COULD HAVE PREVENTED DENISE AMBER LEE'S MURDER, AFTER GETTING A 9-1-1 CALL.
MICHAEL KING WAS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER.
COUNT ON NBC-2 FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE TRIAL.
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*HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS ARE SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON THE MURDER OF MARY ANN ZARB.
THE 64-YEAR-OLD ESTERO WOMAN WAS KILLED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR--
HER BODY WAS FOUND DUMPED IN THE WOODS ON THE LEE-CHARLOTTE COUNTY LINE.
NOTEBOOK DRAWINGS
NEW TODAY, WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT CRUDE DRAWINGS ON NOTEBOOK PAPER --
WHAT APPEAR TO BE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE WORK SHANE SIMPKINS SAID HE WOULD DO AT MARY ANN ZARB'S ESTERO HOME.
SHOTS OF CHECKS
WE'RE ALSO LEARNING A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE MARY ANN ZARB CALLED HER BANK ON THE MORNING ZARB DISAPPEARED.
THE WOMAN TOLD A TELLER SHE WOULD BE SENDING OVER A MAN TO CASH CHECKS.
SURVEILLANCE PIC AT BANK
SURVEILLANCE IMAGES SHOW SHANE SIMPKINS CASHING 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CHECKS AT TWO SUNTRUST BANK LOCATIONS.
SHANE SIMPKINS AND CHRISTOPHER NEUBERGER ARE CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
THEY'LL BE BACK IN COURT AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING.
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THIS MORNING THE DROUGHT IN THE MIDWEST IS PUSHING CORN PRICES UP-- AND AFFECTING US HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
COST FOR THE GRAIN IS SOARING-- UP 30 PERCENT IN THE WEEKS SINCE DEVASTATING DRY CONDITIONS SET IN.
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PROFESSOR DOCTOR BRAD HOBBS SAYS AS PRICES GO UP, THAT FORCES THE PRICES OF ALL THINGS.THAT USE CORN.TO GO UP.
HE SAYS.EXPECT TO PAY MORE FOR GROCERY STORE STAPLES, LIKE BEEF, CHICKEN AND PORK -
PRODUCERS, HAVE TO BUY GRAINS TO FEED THEIR LIVESTOCK, AND PASS THOSE COSTS ON TO YOU.
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41:28 they'll last as long as the drought lasts and if this crop is a poor crop, we'll see ramification until next crop comes through 41:37
INVESTORS REACT BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, SETTING CORN AND OTHER GRAIN PRICES HIGHER WITH NO RAINY RELIEF IN SIGHT.
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. BUT FIRST A PHOTO SLIDESHOW OF THE WORST DROUGHT CONDITIONS WE'RE SEEING IN THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING.
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NO SCRIPT, JUST VIDEO AND MUSIC!!!
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Full Forecast
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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A DISABLED WOMAN IS OK THIS MORNING AFTER MAKING A BAD MISTAKE IN A BOSTON SUBWAY STATION.
THE VIDEO IS JUST INCREDIBLE, ALMOST HARD TO WATCH.
TAKE A LOOK. SHE TRIED TO FIT HER MOTORIZED SCOOTER ON THE ESCALATOR, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN ELEVATOR FIFTY FEET AWAY.
SHE FLIPPED BACKWARDS.
OTHER PASSENGERS CAME TO HELP HER AND A SUBWAY WORKER PUSHED THE ESCALATOR'S EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON.
THE 56-YEAR-OLD HAD ONLY MINOR INJURIES, AND MANAGED TO WALK AWAY?!.
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THIS MORNING, THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEEDS YOUR HELP.
THEY NEED TO NAME A SERVICE DOG. WHO WILL SOON HELP A WOUNDED VETERAN.
THE EIGHT-WEEK-OLD FEMALE GOLDEN RETRIEVER IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEWEST SERVICE DOG IN TRAINING.
AND THEY'RE HOLDING A CONTEST ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE TO PICK A NAME.
THE DEADLINE IS NEXT TUESDAY.
WE'VE PUT A LINK TO THEIR PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL--
N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM.
JUST CLICK ON NEWLINKS.
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WE ARE ROOTING BIG TIME FOR THIS GUY THIS MORNING!
THAT'S RIGHT, BUT THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR YOU TO HELP A DOUBLE AMPUTEE REACH HIS DREAM OF FINISHING THE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
JASON GUNTER IS HOPING TO MAKE A WILD CARD BID IN THE ANNUAL RACE HELD IN HAWAII.
THERE ARE 15 FINALISTS VYING FOR JUST TWO SPOTS IN THE IRONMAN - AND YOU CAN HELP HIM GET THAT SPOT.
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC DASH 2 DOT COM AND CLICK ON NEWSLINKS TO VOTE FOR HIM.
VOTING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT!
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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE REACHED A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT WITH KATIE HOLMES, TOM CRUISE IS SPENDING SOME QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR DAUGHTER SURI.
CRUISE HAS BEEN BUSY SHOOTING HIS LATEST FILM, "OBLIVION," IN CALIFORNIA. BUT PEOPLE-DOT-COM REPORTS HE WAS SPOTTED IN NEW YORK TUESDAY CARRYING SURI INTO A HOTEL.
PEOPLE REPORTS THE COUPLE HAVE AGREED SURI WILL LIVE IN NEW YORK FULL TIME WITH MOM, BUT WILL SEE HER FATHER OFTEN.
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KATY PERRY'S MOM STOPS BY FORT MYERS WITH A MESSAGE FOR WOMEN.
AND NBC 2 WAS THERE, AS MARY HUDSON SPOKE TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE AT BALLYORNEY'S RESTAURANT IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.
HUDSON IS A TRAVELING MINISTER.
HER MESSAGE WAS ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN.
SHE SAYS SHE USED THE SAME TYPE OF MESSAGE TO ENCOURAGE HER DAUGHTER.
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TAKE SOT
NAME: Mary Hudson, Katy Perry's Mom
AT: 8:32:27
TO: 8:32:41
DURATION:0:14
katy perrys mom
PERRY AND HER FAMILY LIVED IN FORT MYERS IN THE MID 90'S.
THE EVENT RAISED MONEY FOR 'ACT' AND 'PACE.'
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THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS STICKING BY IT'S CENTURY OLD POLICY THIS MORNING --
NO GAYS ALLOWED.
LEADERS SAY AFTER A 2-YEAR REVIEW, AN 11-MEMBER SPECIAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE BOY SCOUTS WILL NOT GRANT MEMBERSHIP TO OPEN OR AVOWED HOMOSEXUALS-- SAYING QUOTE "THIS POLICY IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST POLICY FOR THE BOY SCOUTS."
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A NON PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN COLLIER COUNTY IS STRUGGLING THIS MORNING.
A CODE VIOLATION FORCED SHY WOLF SANCTUARY IN GOLDEN GATE STATES TO CLOSE ITS DOORS LAST WEEK.
SINCE THE OWNERS CAN NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH MONEY TO CARE FOR THE ANIMALS.
THEY WANT TO MOVE THE SANCTUARY TO A 20 ACRE SITE IN THE BELLE MEADE AREA.
COUNT ON NBC-2 TO KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
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HOLY POLITICS, BATMAN!
IS EVERYTHING A CONSPIRACY?
THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE CAPED-CRUSADER MOVIES IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
HERE'S VIDEO OF THE NEW SEQUEL, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.
TALK-SHOW HOST RUSH LIMBAUGH, DAILY SHOW HOST JOHN STEWART, AND OTHERS, HAVE BROUGHT UP THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN BANE, THE VILLAIN IN THE NEW MOVIE. AND BAIN, AS IN CAPITAL,
THE NAME OF THE PRIVATE-EQUITY COMPANY THAT MITT ROMNEY ONCE HEADED.
RUSH LIMBAUGH SAID: "DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS ACCIDENTAL THAT THE NAME OF THE REALLY VICIOUS, FIRE-BREATHING, FOUR-EYED, WHATEVER-IT-IS-VILLAIN IN THIS MOVIE IS NAMED BANE?"
BY THE WAY THE MOVIE STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE COMES OUT FRIDAY.
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ALL NEW THIS MORNING,
A BRAZEN CRIMINAL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO TRIED TO GET AWAY FROM POLICE BY STEALING ONE OF THEIR CRUISERS.
AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO, TAKE A LOOK.
show man running, then nats of gunfire
THAT MAN DIDN'T GET FAR.
POLICE ARRESTED HIM AFTER HE CRASHED INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
HE WAS WANTED FOR BREAKING INTO A HOME.
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SECOND SUSPECT.
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IT'S QUITE POSSIBLY THE *CUTEST FIRST PITCH EVER THROWN AT A BASEBALL GAME.
TAKE A LOOK.
announcer talking about uggie. He just goes whereever he wants
UGGIE MADE THE SPECIAL APPEARANCE AT THE GAME BETWEEN THE HOUSTON ASTROS AND SAN DIEGO PADRES.
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Day Planner
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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ALL CLEAR, CHAR CO ENFORCEMENT
CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--
EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.
THAT'S YOUR NBC2 TRAFFIC ALERT.
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MORE AMERICANS ARE WORKING ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
PLUS, THE SHAKY ECONOMY FORCING MORE AMERICIANS TO DIP INTO THEIR 401K'S TO GET BY.
WITH MORE ON THAT, AND A CLOSER LOOK AT TRADING--
LET'S GET TO BLOOMBERG'S ELLEN BRAITMAN IN FOR JANE KING, AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
GOOD MORNING ELLEN.
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GOOD MORNING.
MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF AMERICANS OUT OF WORK--
ARE DIPPING INTO THEIR *RETIREMENT* TO KEEP UP WITH DAILY LIVING EXPENSES AND UNEXPECTED BILLS.
AND ONLY 10-PERCENT SAY THEY'RE "VERY CONFIDENT" IN THEIR ABILITY TO RETIRE *COMFORTABLY.*
THAT'S ALL ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY THE TRANSAMERICA CENTER FOR RETIREMENT.
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AND SOME PEOPLE JUMPING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE--
ARE SNAGGING JOBS-- AS TEMPS.
BASED ON DATA FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT--
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON PAYROLL FOR TEMP-STAFFING BUSINESSES HAS GROWN NEARLY 11-PERCENT IN JUNE, FROM A YEAR EARLIER.
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SOME FORD VEHICLES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THIS INVOLVES 730-THOUSAND ESCAPE SUV'S AND MAZDA TRIBUTES-- MODEL YEARS 2001 TO 2004.
U-S AUTO SAFETY REGULATORS HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THE VEHICLES, INCLUDING ONE DEATH.
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ALRIGHT, ANOTHER DRUG WINS F-D-A APPROVAL TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT.
I'LL HAVE MORE, AFTER THIS:
TODAY, INVESTORS KEEPING AN EYE ON QUARTERLY RESULTS FROM BANK OF AMERICA.
STOCKS ENDED HIGHER AFTER FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE TESTIFIED THE CENTRAL BANK IS PREPARED TO ACT TO BOOST GROWTH IF THE LABOR MARKET DOESN'T IMPROVE.
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THE F-D-A HAS APPROVED A DRUG CALLED 'QSYMIA' TO TREAT OBESITY.
VIVUS PLANS TO BEGIN SELLING THE DRUG-- A COMBINATION OF AN APPETITE SUPPRESSANT AND ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICINE-- BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY THROUGH MAIL-ORDER PHARMACIES.
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AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, I'M ELLEN BRAITMAN WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
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NBC-2 HAS CONFIRMED ALL NEW DETAILS ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S VISIT TO FORT MYERS ON FRIDAY.
HOW YOU CAN GET TICKETS TO THE EVENT TODAY ONLY!
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PLUS, A MURDER SUSPECT TRIES TO STEAL A PLANE, CRASHES, THEN KILLS HIMSELF.
WHAT LEAD UP TO THIS BIZARRE INCIDENT, AND HOW HE DID IT IN A LIVE REPORT.
NBC-2 NEWS TODAY STARTS NOW!
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GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.
I'M CLAY MILLER.
AND I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.
HAPPY HUMP DAY, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK!
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THAT MEANS? ONLY TWO DAYS UNTIL PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA VISITS FORT MYERS.
AND NBC-2 IS PLANNING FULL COVERAGE FOR YOU.
OUR JOE ROETZ LIVE AT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN FORT MYERS WITH ALL NEW DETAILS OF THE EVENT, AND HOW YOU CAN SCORE TICKETS TODAY, GOOD MORNING JOE.
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GOOD MORNING!
NBC-2 HAS CONFIRMED THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN RALLY ON FRIDAY WILL BE HERE AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.
THE EVENT STARTS AT 9 AM.
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THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT YOU DO NEED A TICKET TO GET IN.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
YOU CAN PICK THEM UP TODAY BEGINNING AT NOON AT SEVERAL "ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA" LOCATIONS.
THE FORT MYERS OFFICE ON FOWLER --
AND TWO LOCATIONS IN COLLIER COUNTY, AT THE OFFICES ON LIVINGSTON ROAD AND GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY.
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THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMY AND JOB GROWTH AS HE PUSHES FOR VOTES IN FLORIDA-- A PIVOTAL SWING STATE.
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WE'VE PUT ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE,
NBC DASH TWO DOT COM, JUST CLICK ON NEWS LINKS.
LIVE IN DT FORT MYERS, JR NBC-2.
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NOW TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE --
MITT ROMNEY COULD BE CLOSE TO CHOOSING A VICE PRESIDENT.
REUTERS IS REPORTING OHIO SENATOR ROB PORTMAN, FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY, AND LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL ARE THE THREE FINALISTS.
NOTHING OFFICIAL YET FROM THE ROMNEY CAMP, THOUGH.
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Today's Weather Story
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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ALL CLEAR, LEE CO ENFORCEMENT
CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--
EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.
THAT'S YOUR NBC2 TRAFFIC ALERT.
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A TRULY OUTRAGEOUS CRIME.
A MURDER SUSPECT, ON THE RUN FROM POLICE, TRIES TO STEAL A PLANE!
BUT HOW DID HE DO IT?
NBC-2 ANCHOR STACEY DEFFENBAUGH LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE WHOLE STORY, GOOD MORNING STACEY.
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GOOD MORNING.
THE MAN, WANTED IN COLORADO FOR THE MURDER OF HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, WAS A SUSPENDED SKYWEST PILOT.
HE MANAGED TO START THE PLANE, AND THEN CRASHED IT INTO A FENCE AND PARKED CARS, BEFORE SHOOTING AND KILLING HIMSELF.
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THE MAN IS 40 YEAR OLD BRIAN HEDGLIN.
HE ATTEMPTED TO HOT-WIRE THE JET AT A TINY AIRPORT IN UTAH.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS A PILOT ON LEAVE FROM THE CARRIER.
HE BROKE INTO THE PLANE, GOT IT STARTED, BUT CLIPPED A WING BEFORE GOING AIRBORNE AND CRASHING INTO A FENCE.
HE THEN SHOT HIMSELF DEAD.
HEDGLIN WAS WANTED BY POLICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, FOR THE MURDER LAST WEEK OF HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND.
HEDGLIN WAS FREE ON $10-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.
INVESTIGATORS TALK ABOUT HOW THE HEGDLIN WAS ABLE TO ALMOST STEAL THE PLANE IN HIS GETAWAY.
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"first of all you have to realize it's a Skywest plane and he's a current Skywest pilot, he's going to know exactly how to get into the plane, activate all the systems and take that plane off. The average person I don't think would be able to do that."
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SO WHAT ABOUT THE SECURITY BREACH AT THE AIRPORT.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS MAKE IT CLEAR, IT'S UP TO THE AIRLINE TO ENSURE THE PLANE IS SECURED.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING THIS MORNING.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, SD NBC-2.
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A COLLIER COUNTY MAN SAYS OFFICERS INVADED HIS PRIVACY. WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH HIS CELLPHONE.
AND NBC-2 INVESTIGATORS HAVE LEARNED, YOUR CELLPHONE IS FAIR GAME WHEN IT COMES POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NEED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR YOUR HOUSE,
BUT BASED ON CURRENT FLORIDA CASE LAW-- YOUR TEXTS, EMAILS, PICTURES, EVEN FACEBOOK ARE ALL OPEN TO SEARCHES *WITHOUT A WARRANT, *IF YOU'RE ARRESTED.
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when a person is arrested you are allowed to search any items that are on their person or within their immediate reach
18:09:40 we should be free from unreasonable search and seizure and this seems to me to be unreasonable search and seizure
MANY ARGUE THE LAW REGARDING CELL PHONE SEARCHES HAS NOT CAUGHT UP WITH TECHNOLOGY-- AND IS IN VIOLATION OF OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
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THE MAN ALABAMA OFFICERS SAY OPENED FIRE IN A CROWDED BAR NEAR THE ALABAMA CAMPUS IS NOW CHARGED IN A SECOND SHOOTING.
THIS IS NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING OF NATHAN VAN WILKINS.
HE'S CHARGED WITH 18 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
HE'S BEING HELD ON TWO MILLION DOLLARS BOND.
AUTHORITIES SAY WILKINS ALSO SHOT AT A HOUSE A COUPLE MILES AWAY FROM THE BAR,
AND IS SUSPECTED OF SETTING FIRES AT HIS FORMER EMPLOYER -- AN OIL GAS COMPANY.
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IT'S BEEN CALLED THE BIGGEST COCK-FIGHTING BUST IN LEE COUNTY - AND THE TRIAL AGAINST ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CONTINUES AGAIN TODAY.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2010. WHEN WORKERS SEIZED MORE THAN 6 HUNDRED ROOSTERS IN LEE COUNTY.
DETECTIVES ARRESTED PEDRO LOPEZ OF FORT MYERS
AND WILLIAM ROMAN OF LEHIGH ACRES. ACCUSING THEM OF INJECTED THE BIRDS WITH STEROIDS AND STRAPPING RAZORS TO THEIR LEGS.
THEY SAY PEOPLE WOULD COME AND BET THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO WATCH THEM FIGHT.
YESTERDAY LOPEZ APPEARED IN COURT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF TRIAL.
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"those are accusations. They are charges in this case and they are not to be used by you as evidence or proof of guilt."
NBC-2 WILL FOLLOW DAY TWO OF THE TRIAL HAPPENING LATER TODAY.
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CURFEWS ARE BACK IN THE CONVERSATION FOR FORT MYERS CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THE SPOTLIGHT ON A RECENT VIOLENT CRIME WAVE IN THE CITY.MEMBERS ARE CONSIDERING MAKING THE CURFEW EARLIER FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18. FROM THE CURRENT TIME OF 11 P-M DURING THE WEEK TO NINE P-M.
AND FROM MIDNIGHT TO 11 ON WEEKENDS.
THE DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
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AIRLINES ARE ADDING NEW FLIGHTS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FORT MYERS.
SO IT'S A BIT SURPRISING TO LEARN THAT OVERALL TRAVEL IS DOWN AT THE AIRPORT.
THE CREDIT RATING FIRM "FITCH" PUT OUT A REPORT. WARNING INVESTORS, THE LEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY COULD BECOME A RISKIER INVESTMENT AND ITS CREDIT RATING MIGHT BE DOWNGRADED.
R-S-W HAS SEEN ABOUT A SIX PERCENT DROP IN TRAVELERS THIS YEAR.
BUT ONE AIRLINE SEES THE AIRPORT AS A SAFE INVESTMENT.
SPIRIT JUST ADDED SEASONAL DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AND FROM DALLAS, BOSTON, AND MINNEAPOLIS.
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ROUGH ROADS IN BONITA SPRINGS --
PEOPLE LIVING ON PRIVATE STREETS COULD SOON SEE RELIEF.
AND THERE'S A MEETING TONIGHT ABOUT IT.
THE CITY HAS AGREED TO FIX 14 MILES OF ROADS OVER FOUR YEARS.
BUT IT WILL COME AT A COST --
THE CITY HAS AGREED TO FOOT 80 PERCENT OF THE PROJECT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE OTHER 20 PECENT COMING FROM HOMEOWNERS.
A DOLLAR AMOUNT IS UP IN THE AIR.
BUT THE CITY IS LEAVING IT UP TO EACH STREET TO DECIDE HOW TO FUND THEIR PORTION.
LAST NIGHT THE CITY ASKED HOMEOWNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH BOTH MONEY AND COMMITMENT.
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:19 not fun to see kids playing down the street in puddles and mosquitoes, you name it its not fun:26 and its so close to main road its just unsightly:30
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING TONIGHT AT BONITA SPRINGS CITY HALL.
IT STARTS AT 6 P-M AND IS FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON EDITH LANE AND DOWNS DRIVE.
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TODAY IS NELSON MANDELA'S BIRTHDAY. HIS 94TH BIRTHDAY!
FORMER U-S PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS HELPING CELEBRATE THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER. VISITiNG MANDELA'S HOMETOWN YESTERDAY.
MANDELA HAS GROWN INCREASINGLY FRAIL AND NO LONGER APPEARS IN PUBLIC.
IN 2005, CLINTON AND MANDELA JOINTLY FOUNDED "THE CITY YEAR CHARITY" WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING FOR NEEDY SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLCHILDREN.
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YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW --
NEXT ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY --
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES INTERVIEW WITH OLYMPIC SWIMMER NATALIE COUGHLIN!
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LENO CLIP
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Weather Trends
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT?
CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--
EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.
THAT'S YOUR NBC2 TRAFFIC ALERT.
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NBC-2 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL THE 2012 SUNNER OLYMPICS IN LONDON.
AND WE ARE NOW JUST 9 DAYS OUT FROM THE START OF OPENING CEREMONIES.
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REMEMBER NBC-2 IS YOUR SOURCE FOR ALL OLYMPIC GAME COVERAGE.
COMING UP ON THE TODAY SHOW,
NBC'S NATALIE MORALES GOES ONE-ON-ONE WITH OLYMPIC SWIMMER NATALIE COUGHLIN.
HERE'S A PREVIEW.
natalie morales: third olympics compared to the first olympics, do you train any differently?
natalie coughlin: i train differently just because i'm older. and-- i have, you know--
natalie morales: but wiser.
natalie coughlin: and wiser, much wiser. i-- i train differently just because i need to focus on recovery more. /and i have way more power than i ever did-- you know, eight years ago.
THE FULL INTERVIEW AIRS ON "TODAY'S COUNTDOWN TO LONDON" -- DIRECTLY FOLLOWING US RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.
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WE SAID IT WAS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN YESTERDAY MORNING, AND IT DID.
THE F-D-A APPROVED A NEW WEIGHT LOSS DRUG.
MANY DOCTORS THINK QSYMIA IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PILL OF A NEW GENERATION OF ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS.
THE F-D-A CLEARED IT FOR ADULTS WHO ARE OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT *AND HAVE ANOTHER WEIGHT-RELATED CONDITION.
IT USED TO BE KNOWN AS QNEXA.
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TALK ABOUT A SPEEDY DELIVERY --
A BABY COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS BORN ON THE SIDE OF I-95 IN SOUTH FLORIDA YESTERDAY.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF LITTLE "MARGARITA".
SHE'S WITH A NURSE, THREE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND HER DAD.
HER FAMILY WAS ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN MOM WENT INTO LABOR.
THE NEW DAD PULLED OVER AND CALLED 911 BUT BY THE TIME MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE WORKERS ARRIVED, THE BABY WAS BORN.
MOM AND BABY ARE DOING FINE.
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HEALTH EXPERTS ARE URGING PARENTS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL VACCINATIONS *EARLY-- TO AVOID THE LAST MINUTE RUSH.
THE LEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING FREE SHOTS TODAY AT ITS OFFICE IN NORTH FORT MYERS ON PONDELLA ROAD.
IT'S FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 TONIGHT.
AND HERE'S WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THERE'S A LAST MINUTE RUSH.
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.until that last minute period.
THE LEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS NEEDING TO GET VACCINATED *QUADRUPLES IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
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A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY IS ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS PATROL CAR WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION PILLS.
HE'S NOW OUT OF A JOB, BUT NOT FACING CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION JUST RELEASED, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 31-YEAR-OLD PATRICK MILOSEVIC ADMITTED TO TAKING PILLS HE DIDN'T HAVE A VALID PRESCRIPTION FOR BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS PATROL CAR IN MAY.
THE STATE WON'T CHARGE HIM BECAUSE TROOPERS DIDN'T GET ENOUGH EVIDENCE.
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TOO SEXY TOO SOON?
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY. GIRLS AS YOUNG AS SIX PREFER TO LOOK HOT OVER LOOKING TRENDY.
THE STUDY CAME OUT KNOX COLLEGE IN ILLINIOS.
PYSCOLOGISTS PRESENTED 6 TO 9 YEAR OLD GIRLS.WITH TWO IMAGES.
MOST CHOSE THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
THEY SAID THE SEXY DOLL RELATED TO HOW THEY LOOKED OR WANTED TO LOOK….AND BECAUSE SHE SEEMED "MOST POPULAR".
THE STUDY ATTRIBUTED THE YOUNG GIRLS CHOICES.TO MEDIA, RELIGION AND THEIR MOMS.
LEE COUNTY MOM TIFFANY MAJOR HAS TWO DAUGHTERS WHO MODEL, DO COMMERICALS AND ARE INVOLVED IN PAGEANTS.
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51:05 most of their outfits are provocative I get a lot of grief from people including my family 51:18
MAJOR SAYS IT'S A PARENTS JOB TO KEEP THEIR KIDS ACTING THEIR AGE.
THE "SEX" STUDY AGREED.
IT SAYS PARENTS WHO TALKED TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT INAPPRORIATE ADS AND MOVIES FOUND THEIR GIRLS WERE LESS LIKELY TO RELATE TO THE SEXY DOLL USED IN THE STUDY.
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HEY FACEBOOK USERS-- ANNOYED BY ADVERTISEMENTS?
TIRED OF TIMELINE?
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
FACEBOOK SAW A NEARLY 8-PERCENT DROP IN USER SATISFACTION THIS YEAR.
ON THE FLIP SIDE -- GOOGLE PLUS LED THE PACK IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION -- TYING WITH WIKIPEDIA FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
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NBC-2 TRACKING GAS PRICES FOR YOU THIS A-M.
AND LOOK! THEY KEEP GOING UP.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE NOW ___
IN FLORIDA IT'S ___
AND IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IT'S ____.
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IF YOU NEED TO WALK OUT THE DOOR - WE CAN STILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE KNOW TODAY -
TUNE US IN ON WAVV 101.1 - WE ARE LIVE FROM 6-7!
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WHO COULD FORGET THIS.
NBC-2 LOOKING AHEAD,
THIS AFTERNOON THE FIRST LADY WILL TRAVEL TO TUS-CALOOSA, ALABAMA.
SHE'LL MEET WITH CHILDREN AFFECTED BY LAST YEAR'S DEVASTATING TORNADOES.
SHE'LL ALSO GET AN UPDATE FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS.
THE FIRST LADY TRAVELED WITH THE PRESIDENT TO TOUR THE DAMAGE IN APRIL 2011. AND TOLD RESIDENTS SHE WOULD RETURN TO SEE THE REGION'S PROGRESS.
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO!
A SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE AND ITS CALF WERE SPOTTED NEAR SYDNEY HARBOR IN AUSTRALIA.
THE TWO WHALES WERE A RARE SIGHT CLOSE TO THE SHORE.
ONLOOKERS WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.
ONE MAN EVEN KAYAKED NEAR THE MOTHER AND HER CALF.
WILDLIFE RANGERS SAID THE TWO WHALES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE AREA FOR SHORT WHILE.
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Full Forecast
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.Showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today, but our rain chances will be cut in half with the showers expected to cover much less ground. This is the beginning of a quieter and sunnier period we expect to last through Friday.
We'll start the morning with a quiet radar along with a nice supply of sunshine, but with an onshore flow still in place, isolated rain could still develop along our coast after sunrise. By the mid to late morning, we'll see the potential for more isolated pockets of rain to pop up along the urban corridor , but then the onshore flow will carry most of the rain and storms deeper inland as we progress through the afternoon. This means the prime time for rain for most of us will come between 11am and 3pm, and then the bulk of the rain will be east of I-75 later in the afternoon.
Cloud cover also won't be as abundant as in previous days, allowing temperatures to warm back to the low 90s.
Tonight, we'll stay mainly dry with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky with temperatures cooling to the middle 70s through the late night hours.
On Thursday and Friday, a dome of dry, stable air will settle over Southwest Florida, bringing us hot and sunny weather with much lower rain chances. The heat will be the main focus these days with highs expected to get into the mid to upper 90s, and the heat index will be over 100 degrees.
Moisture will build back into Southwest Florida by the weekend, sending our rain chances back to normal.
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CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--
ALL CLEAR, COLLIER CO ENFORCEMENT
THAT'S YOUR NBC2 TRAFFIC ALERT.
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WE ARE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY GEARING UP, COLLECTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS THEY EXPECT THE NEED TO BE JUST AS GREAT AS LAST YEAR.
ABOUT *70 PERCENT, 70 PERCENT! OF STUDENTS ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH - MEANING THEY FALL UNDER FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR POVERTY.
THE GROUP EXPECTS TO GIVE SUPPLIES OUT TO NEARLY 40 TO 50 THOUSAND CHILDREN.
EVEN THINGS YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF.
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Over the last couple of years we've seen an uptick in the requests through guidance counselors, school nurses, and teachers and administrators for really the essential things not even school related like hygiene items.
THE FOUNDATION WILL KNOW HOW BIG THE NEED IS ONCE SCHOOL STARTS NEXT MONTH.
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THE FUTURE OF A ONCE BUSTLING SHOPPING CENTER IN BONITA SPRINGS HAS BEEN DECIDED.
BIDDING FOR THE PROMENADE AT BONITA BAY STARTED AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS YESTERDAY.
THE SHOPPING CENTER ON US 41 USED TO BE A BIG DESTINATION FOR SHOPPERS.
THE WINNING BID WENT FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
RIGHT NOW ONLY A QUARTER OF THE STORE FRONTS ARE OCCUPIED.
STORE OWNERS HOPE WHEN NEW OWNERS TAKE OVER, THE RENT WILL DROP, AND THE PLACE WILL FILL UP BACK UP.
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OFFICERS AT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN WASHINGTON STATE HAD A PRISON BREAK ON THEIR HANDS, BUT IT WASN'T WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING.
NO INMATES TRIED TO GET OUT. BUT A BOBCAT DID BREAK IN!
A VETERINARIAN GOT A PERPLEXING CALL ABOUT A BOBCAT BREAK-IN AT THE PRISON IN MONROE.
THE CAPTURE HAPPENED ON THE ROOF OF THE SPECIAL OFFENDER UNIT WHERE THE SCARED CAT HAD FLED TO SAFETY.
AND YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, HITTING THE ANIMAL ACCURATELY WITH A DART AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TRANQUILIZER WAS NO EASY MOVE.
THE BOBCAT IS OKAY AND WAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE PRISON.
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CAN THE CAREER DAD HAS BE AFFECTING THEIR CHILD--
A NEW STUDY SAYS YES-- CAUSING DEFECTS BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN BORN.
WHICH JOBS ARE ON THE LIST.
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PLUS--
DO YOU KEEP THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF,
OR TRY TO EASE UP ON THE GAS--
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE FUEL EFFICIENT--
NBC-2 HAS THE GAS GUZZLING MYTHS JUST AHEAD.
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AND IT'S THE BIGGEST DILEMMA WHEN SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES?
DO I BUY STORE BRAND OR NAME BRAND--
NBC-2 PUTS PRODUCTS HEAD TO HEAD--
WILL TELL YOU WHICH ONES WIN OUT!
AND WE'RE TRACKING A CLEAR MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK!
WHEN WE SEE YOU AT 6!
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DAYPLANNER FORECAST REMAINS UP UNTIL COMMMERICAL BREAK - WITH TALENT TALKING UNDER WITH COVERAGE PROMISE
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HIT TIME 5:57:50 AM
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