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BREAKING NEWS FIRST AT FOUR: A MAN ACCUSED OF HUMAN SMUGGLING -- ARRESTED ON I-75 IN COLLIER COUNTY.

NBC2 IS UNCOVERING DETAILS RIGHT NOW.

AND -- ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING PLOT -- THIS ONE *STOPPED BEFORE IT COULD BE CARRIED OUT AND THE DETAILS ARE CHILLING.

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2 md shooting plot-trxONCAM

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SHOW OPEN-CLIP

OLYMPIC LOOK AHEAD-2SH-PSH-SATLIVE

THE WAIT IS OVER.

IN 3 AND A HALF HOURS THE WORLD WILL UNITE FOR THE 20-12 LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS.

TONIGHT - THE OPENING CEREMONIES WILL PLAY OUT RIGHT HERE ON NBC2.

HERE IS A LIVE LOOK FROM LONDON'S TOWER BRIDGE.

DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE PARADE OF NATIONS - FEATURING MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

TOSS TO PETER-trx2SH-OBX

WE START OFF THIS FRIDAY WITH

BREAKING NEWS IN COLLIER COUNTY - A TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO A HUMAN SMUGGLING ARREST.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WAS TAKING 5 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO MIAMI - ONE OF THEM JUST 13 YEARS OLD.

HUMAN SMUGGLING ARREST-NWSRM

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES TELL NBC2 THE DRIVER.ARMANDO VALDES RODRIGUEZ.WAS SPEEDING WHEN THEY PULLED HIM OVER ALONG INTERSTATE 75.

THEY SAY RODRIQUEZ AND HIS FRONT SEAT PASSENGER APPEARED NERVOUS.

HUMAN SMUGGLING ARREST-SSTOPS

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE CAR RANGED FROM 13 TO 50 YEARS OLD.

WE'RE TOLD THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER AND WERE GOING TO MIAMI FOR CONSTRUCTION JOBS.

HUMAN SMUGGLING ARREST-SOT

Cpl. Christopher meyer, ccso

HUMAN SMUGGLING ARREST-NWSRM

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CASE.

AND THIS IS A BIZARRE TWIST.WE HEARD THAT THE 13 YEAR OLD WAS PICKED UP BY HIS PARENTS.NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE FROM OR IF THEY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR SON BEING WITH TOTAL STRANGERS.

MD SHOOTING PLOT-trxONCAM

BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN MARYLAND.

ONE WEEK AFTER THE SHOOTING MASSACRE IN AURORA, COLORADO - POLICE BUST A SIMILAR SHOOTING PLOT IN MARYLAND.

A 28 YEAR OLD CALLED INTOT WORK, SAYING HE WAS THE JOKER AND GOING TO LOAD HIS GUNS AND BLOW EVERYBODY UP.

WHEN OFFICERS SEARCHED NEIL PRESCOTTS APARTMENT THEY FOUND 25 GUNS AND THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.

AURORA MEMORIAL-ONCAM

FUNERALS CONTINUE IN AURORA, COLORADO TODAY AS VICTIMS OF THE MOVIE THEATER MASSACRE ARE LAID TO REST.

MEANTIME SURVIVORS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR SOME KIND OF STRENGTH IN THE WAKE OF THE KILLINGS.

AURORA MEMORIAL-PKG

GREG ZANIS IS AN ARTIST.

HIS TOOLS A BUZZ SAW. AND BOARDS.

HIS CANVAS. SOME OF NATION'S MOST HORRIFIC TRAGEDIES.

OKLAHOMA CITY.

9-11.

RED LAKE, MINNESOTA.

NORTHERN, ILLINOIS.

COLUMBINE.

AND NOW AURORA.

"I've been making crosses really, since I was 6 yrs-old in Nashville."

NOW. HE BUILDS THEM OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN -IRONICALLY- AURORA, ILLINOIS.

THOUSANDS OF SIMPLE. WHITE CROSSES. THAT HAVE BECOME A SYMBOL OF SURVIVAL DURING SOME OF OUR NATION'S DARKEST HOURS.

"They are different dementions, different heights. a lot of what he builds depends on the wood he gets. but each of these crosses carries the exact same message."

"It's a message of hope. it's not loss, it's a victory."

ZANIS DOES IT ALL FOR FREE. HE WON'T EVEN TAKE DONATIONS.

AND WILL ONLY GO IF HE'S INVITED BY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS.

"I don't go to all. have to be asked. only go if I can counsel someone."

BECAUSE HIS LABOR OF LOVE. IS PERSONAL.

"I. think about my loss."

ZANIS' FATHER-IN-LAW WAS MURDERED IN 1996.

THERAPY. COUNSELING. COULDN'T HELP HIM GET THROUGH THE GRIEF.

INSTEAD THE CARPENTER. FOUND HIS PEACE IN THESE CROSSES.

"I think about him. every time I build a cross I think about how happy he is looking down."

A COMFORT. SHARED WITH THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST RIGHT NOW.

"I'm just glad I don't have a cross up there."

HARMONY JOHNSON WAS SHOT THAT NIGHT IN THE THEATER. SHE SURVIVED. BUT LOST TWO OF HER FRIENDS.

LIKE THOUSANDS IN AURORA SHE IS DRAWN TO THE CROSSES.

"It's been a place for me to grieve, to pray. its drawn me closer to God and it's drawn me closer to Aurora and I couldn't be happier to be part of this community and the guy that set this up.thank you."

GRATITUDE SHARED. BY A GRIEVING NATION.

TOSS TO JOE-trxSS-DBX

ALREADY 4 MONTHS PAST THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE - THE ROAD PROJECT TO EXPAND METRO PARKWAY FROM SIX MILE CYPRESS SOUTH TO US 41 TAKES A GIANT STEP TOWARDS COMPLETION TONIGHT.

AND THE WORK WILL SHUT DOWN ALICO ROAD OVERNIGHT. A MAJOR EAST WEST THROUGHFARE IN SOUTH LEE COUNTY.

ALICO RD CLOSING-REM-LIVE

-IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT IS TAKING FOREVER - YOU AREN'T ALONE.

-BUT TONIGHT IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS CCOMPLETION.

ALICO RD CLOSING-VOTOPS-WIPE

- FROM 11 PM UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING - ALICO ROAD WILL BE SHUT DOWN FROM US 41 TO QUAKER LANE.

- YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THE STATE FACED WITH THE PROJECT'S PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR - POSEN.

- THE STATE KICKED THE COMPANY OFF THE PROJECT AND HIRED A NEW COMPANY TO BUILD THE 6 LANE HIGHWAY FROM 6 MILE CYPRESS TO US 41.

ALICO RD CLOSING-SSTOPS-REMLIVE

-IF YOU NEED TO USE ALICO ROAD TONIGHT WHILE IT IS SHUT DOWN YOU CAN TAKE ESTERO PARKWAY, CORKSCREW ROAD AND 6 MILE CYPRESS AS A WAY AROUND THE CLOSURE.

-THE DOT EXPECTS IT WILL HAVE TO DO THIS 1 OR 2 MORE TIMES TO COMPLETE PAINTING AND BUILD A WALL AT THE BASE OF THE OVERPASS BEHIND ME.

OLYMPIC OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO CLIFTON-OC-DBX

THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE OLYMPICS IS JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY--

AND THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD HAS A BIG LOCAL TIE.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE ART OF THE OLYMPIANS IN FORT MYERS.

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-REM-LIVE

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE,

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-VOTOPS-WIPE

AND IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDE OF MANY OLYMPIC ATHLETES.

THERE'S SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS.

THE CENTER WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED BY 4 TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, AL OERTER WHO COMPETED IN DISCUS EVENTS AND WAS HIMSELF A TALENTED PAINTER.

SO WHY THE MIX OF ART AND THE OLYMPICS?

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-SOT

ART OF THE OLYMPIANS-REM-LIVE

IT'S NOT ONLY THE ART INSIDE THAT IS UNIQUE, BUT ALSO THESE OLYMPIC RINGS.

THERE ARE ONLY A VERY FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT ARE ABLE TO DISPLAY THAT SYMBOL.

MOST OF THEM ARE PAST HOST CITIES, BUT HERE, THEY HANG 365 DAYS A YEAR.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

WHAT A DAY ON WALL STREET. THE DOW ENDED UP NEARLY 200 POINTS, CROSSING THE 13-THOUSAND MARK. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE MONTHS.

CITIZENS INSURANCE VOTE-VO

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR VIEWERS WILL SEE THEIR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE GO UP NEXT YEAR.

THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR STATE-BACKED CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE APPROVED AN 8 POINT 8 PERCENT MAXIMUM INCREASE FOR MOST POLICIES TODAY--

CITIZENS NEEDS TO RAISE RATES TO REDUCE ITS RISK.

RIGHT NOW, THE COMPANY WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY CLAIMS IF WE WERE HIT BY A MAJOR STORM.

THE INCREASE TO *YOUR POLICY *MAY BE LESS THAN 8%--

NAPLES ROBBER CHARGED-VO-SS

THE MAN ARRESTED AT A FORT MYERS BEACH BAR AFTER POLICE SAY HE ROBBED AN EAST NAPLES BANK IS ALSO ACCUSED OF SHOOTING UP A POLICE STATION.

DEPUTIES TRACKED DOWN WAKIM STEWART AT THE LANI KAI AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A BANK IN EAST NAPLES.

THIS IS VIDEO SENT IN TO US BY SOMEONE THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED.

TODAY, SEMINOLE POLICE CHARGED STEWART WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES STUMBLES ACROSS A FELONY.

WHAT THE CRIMINAL WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH BEFORE BEING ARRESTED.

AND - YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT LONDON.

IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 3 HOURS - THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES WILL PLAY ON NBC 2.

A) charco illegal dumping-SS-WIPE

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CHARCO ILLEGAL DUMPING-(4)SS

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTY WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO CATCH SOMEONE ILLEGALLY DUMPING WASTE IN ENGLEWOOD EAST.

THE DEPUTY SPOTTED A CHEVY PICKUP IN AN AREA KNOWN FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING.

THE DEPUTY SAYS HE WATCHED KENNETH PASSINO UNLOAD TREE LIMBS FROM THE BACK OF HIS TRAILER.

HE ALREADY DUMPED 300 CUBIC FEET OF YARD WASTE BEFORE DEPUTIES ARRIVED.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

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.

HOT AND HUMID WEEKEND IN STORE

Hot and humid conditions will be the main weather story across Southwest Florida with little to no relief. By that I mean. Hardly any rain!

A strong ridge of high pressure continues to sprawl across the Florida peninsula, thus bringing a drier and more stable airmass to the area. This means mostly sunny skies will prevail with rain prospects running below 20%, however an isolated storm or two can't be ruled out as the sea breeze makes it's way inland.

Our winds will stay from the west-southwest which will keep the sea breeze more inland. This type of wind pattern is conducive for morning to noon showers. Any stay and isolated showers that decide to billow up will occur during those hours.

Not much relief expected during the overnight as temperatures will be slow to cool. Tonight, expect mostly clear conditions with lows in the upper 70s to near 80° along the coast with mid 70s across our inland communities.

The mid 90s will return for most locations tomorrow afternoon, except for our beach and coastal locations where temperatures will top out near 90°. Once you factor in the humidity, heat index values will be well over the 100° mark.

Our rain chances will be getting a bit of a boost by the middle of next week, but the heat will continute!

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TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

HE'S ACCUSED OF INJECTING PATIENTS WITH FIX A FLAT

AND SUPER GLUE DURING COSMETIC PROCEDURES.

TONIGHT AMOTHER VICTIM OF THE MIAMI MAN DIES FROM THE DANGERO INJECTIONS.

PLUS

big ben bell, nats of people shaking bells

BIG BEN AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER BELLS ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN RANG FOR THE SUMMER GAMES TODAY.

A) bad butt doctor-VO-WIPE

B) OLYMPIC BELLS-NATVO

MISSING IA GIRLS-trxVO

NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CASE OF TWO MISSING IOWA GIRLS.

A JUDGE HAS PUSHED BACK A CRIMINAL TRIAL FOR ONE OF THE FATHERS.

DANIEL MORRISSEY IS THE FATHER OF LYRIC COOK.

SHE AND HER COUSIN ELIZABETH DISAPPEARED 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE RIDING THEIR BIKES.

LYRIC'S DAD IS FACING DRUG AND DOMESTIC CHARGES-- NOT RELEATED TO THE GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE.

BAD BUTT DOCTOR-ONCAM

A FORT LAUDERDALE AREA MAN ACCUSED OF PERFORMING COSMETIC BUTTOCKS INJECTIONS WITH FIX-A-FLAT AND CEMENT WAS ARRESTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTER ONE OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS DIED.

BAD BUTT DOCTOR-PKG

BAD BUTT DOCTOR-ONCAM

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

A FAMILY IN ENGLEWOOD SAYS THEIR HOME IS SINKING BEFORE THEIR EYES.

"You can see the walls separating from the ceiling in here it is all cracking."

FIRST AT FOUR - WHY THE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS NO-WAY TO PAYING FOR REPAIRS.

THE OLYMPIC TORCHED PASSED SOME OF BRITAIN'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS DURING IT'S TRIP TO THE OLYMPIC STADIUM.

DOWN THE RIVER THAMES PASSING THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND UNDER THE FAMED TOWER BRIDGE.

A) sinkholes no insurance-SOTVO-WIPE

B) OLYMPIC TORCH-VOTOPS

CYANIDE VERDICT-VO

CYANIDE --

THAT'S WHAT A MAN USED TO KILL HIMSELF IN AN ARIZONA COURTROOM.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS MICHAEL MARIN SLIPPED THE POISON INTO HIS MOUTH.

IT HAPPENED MOMENTS AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ARSON. HE SET HIS OWN HOUSE ON FIRE.

AIRLINE FARES HIGH-VO

AIRLINE PASSENGERS ARE PAYING RECORD PRICES TO FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A TICKET SOARED TO 373 DOLLARS WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S NEARLY 5 PERCENT MORE THAN THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

CINCINNATI PASSENGERS ARE PAYING THE MOST AT 526 DOLLARS A TRIP.

SINKHOLES NO INSURANCE-ONCAM

THINK A SINK HOLE SWALLOWING YOUR HOME IS A PROBLEM?

HOW ABOUT IF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY CALLS IT "ORGANIC DECOMPOSITION" AND REFUSES TO PAY!

SINKHOLES NO INSURANCE-PKG

A GEOLOGICAL COMPANY IS TESTING THE SOIL AROUND TERRY AND JENNA DALEY'S ENGLEWOOD HOME FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY WEEKS.

S/ Jenna Daley / Homeowner

"I'm not sure what is happened to the house, all I know is we are stuck with a house that is literally sinking before our eyes."

DURING TROPICAL STORM DEBBY THE DALEY'S HOME FLOODED AND DURING THE CLEAN UP THEY DISCOVERED MORE PROBLEMS,

S/ Terry Daley / Homeowner

"I didn't know anything about sinkholes you see the wall cracking all the way down."

THE DALEY'S HOME IS SETTLING OR SINKING

S/ Terry Daley / Homeowner

"You can see the walls separating from the ceiling in here it is all cracking."

THEY CONTACTED THEIR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM THEIR HOME IS IN AN AREA THAT HAS HAD SINKHOLES AND THEY MAY BE HAVING A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

STATE FARM QUICKLY COMMISSIONED THE FIRST SOIL TEST BY THE ENGINEERING FIRM, SD11 GLOBAL. THE COMPANY IN ITS REPORT SAID THE PROBLEM DOES NOT MEET THE FLORIDA STATUE DEFINITION OF SINKHOLE ACTIVITY; THE REPORT SAYS THE SINKING IS DUE TO ORGANIC DECOMPOSITION AND THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICY.

S/ Jenna Daley / Homeowner

"I've been pulling at straws I seriously had 100% in my head i had no doubt this was going to come back sinkhole activity."

THE DALEYS HOME WAS BUILT IN THE SIXTIES, THEY HAVE LIVED IN IT FOR TWO DECADES. THEY SAY TROPICAL STORM DEBBY REVEALED A PROBLEM THAT HAS HIT THEM LIKE A PUNCH IN THE GUT. AND IF THE INSURANCE THEY'VE HAD FOR DECADES DOESN'T COVER THE DAMAGE, WHAT DOES?

S/ Terry Daley / Homeowner

"Everyday there's something more to find"

THEY'RE HOPING THE RESULTS FROM THE LATEST SOIL TEST WILL PROVE THEIR ARGUMENT THAT THEIR HOME IS SITTING ON A SINKHOLE AND IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE FOUNDATION DISAPPEARS.

S/ Jenna Daley / Homeowner

SINKHOLES NO INSURANCE-ONCAM

SINKHOLES HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR OTHER BUILDINGS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

WE ARE THREE HOURS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE THE OPENING CERMONIES IN LONDON.

ONE ATHLETES AT THIS YEAR'S OLYMPIC'S IS BREAKING BARRIERS IN THE TRACK AND FIELD COMPETITION.

A) strength & flexibility-VO-DISS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN-2SH-SATLIVE

IN JUST THREE HOURS, AMERICANS WILL UNITE WITH THE WORLD FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHOW WE'VE BEEN SHOWING YOU HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY LEADING UP TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES.

HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT LONDON.

MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND ATHLETES ARE GEARING UP FOR TWO SOLID WEEKS OF COMPETITION.

YOU CAN WATCH THE WORLD-WIDE EVENT RIGHT HERE ON NBC 2.

PREZ CAMPAIGNS-ONCAM

IT'S THE GAFFE THAT WON'T GO AWAY.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY IS STILL MAKING AMENDS IN LONDON AFTER AN INTERVIEW ON NBC NEWS WHERE HE QUESTIONED WHETHER BRITAIN WAS PREPARED ENOUGH FOR THE OLYMPICS.

ROMNEY HEADS TO ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND ON HIS OVERSEAS TRIP.AS PRESIDENT OBAMA RELEASES MORE MILITARY AID FOR THAT COUNTRY.

PREZ CAMPAIGNS-PKG

Presidential Candidate

"after being here for a couple of days, it looks as though that london is ready and of course it is hard to pull things off in a major metropolitan area."

REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS SAY IN LIGHT OF THE LATEST POOR ECONOMIC NEWS FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, THE SLIP UP WILL SOON BE FORGOTTEN.

RNC COSTS-VO

SAINT PETERSBURG MAYOR BILL FOSTER IS ASKING FOR HELP PAYING FOR SECURITY AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION'S WELCOME PARTY.

IT'S SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 27TH THRU THE 30THTH AT TROPICANA FIELD.

THE TAMPA BAY TIMES REPORTS THAT FOSTER DOESN'T WANT CITY TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR SECURITY FOR THE 20-THOUSANDS DIGNITARIES, DELEGATES AND JOURNALISTS.

HE WANTS HELP FROM THE CITY NEXT DOOR.

BEAR SIGHTING-VO-WIPE

ANOTHER BLACK BEAR SIGHTING IN A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE MOST RECENT SIGHTING WAS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ON 40TH STREET WEST IN LEHIGH ACRES THURSDAY.

FRIGHTED NEIGHBORS SAW THE BEAR GOING THROUGH TRASH, CLIMBING A TREE AND EVEN MADE AT WAY ONTO SOMEONE'S FRONT PORCH.

BEAR SIGHTING-SOTVO

I have been out here 3 years and I've never seen anyone out here. It's kind of scary. We are out with the kids and how do we know it's not going to come back and be a nuisance.

VATICAN SCANDAL-VO

THE VATICAN SAYS POPE BENNEDICT THE 16TH IS MEETING WITH OFFICIALS ABOUT A SCANDAL INVOLVING THE THEFT OF SECRET DOCUMENTS.

HE THANKED INVESTIGATORS AND URGED THEM TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THEIR WORK.

THE DOCUMENTS SUPPOSEDLY SUGGEST THERE IS A CULTURE OF CORRUPTION AND POWER STRUGGLES IN THE CHURCH.

SECURITY LIGHT RECALL-trxVO

NEARLY EIGHT-THOUSAND SECURITY LIGHTS ARE BEING RECALLED.

THE INTERNAL WIRING ON THE HEATH - ZENITH 270-A- MOTION SECURITY LIGHTS CAN BE DAMAGED DURING INSTALLATION, OR BULB REPLACEMENT. CAUSING A SHOCK HAZARD.

THE LIGHTS WERE SOLD AT HOME DEPOT FROM SEPTEMBER 2011 THROUGH APRIL FOR ABOUT 30 DOLLARS.

OLYMPICS OPEN-CLIP

OLY STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY-ONCAM

ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES AT THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS IS THE DOUBLE-AMPUTEE RUNNER FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

HE WILL RACE IN THE 400 METER AND 4 BY 400 METER RELAY.

OLY STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY-PKG

He is known around the world as the bladerunner.

South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is the first double-amputee athlete to qualify for the Summer Olympics.

At the 2012 games in London, Pistorius will run side-by-side against able-bodied athletes in the 400-meter race.

OSCAR PISTORIUS:

I WANT TO GO FASTER EVERY YEAR. EVEN IF IT'S BY-- HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND, THAT'S A SUCCESS FOR ME.

Pistorius runs on a pair of prosthetics designed specifically for sprinting.

DR. RORY COOPER:

OSCAR USES A CARBON FIBER CUSTOM PROSTHETIC LIMB MADE FOR HIM IN A CARBON FIBER SOCKET. AND THEY'RE MAXIMIZED FOR-- THEY'RE MADE FOR HIS-- HIS RUNNING STYLE.

Pistorius's flex-foot stores energy created by the impact against the ground and releases it to move him forward.

OSCAR PISTORIUS:

IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT TO A WALKING FOOT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A HEEL. SO YOU CAN'T STAND STILL ON THEM, THEY'RE MADE FOR HIGH ACTIVITY SPORTS LIKE SPRINTING.

When Pistorius runs, the prosthetic foot first makes contact at the toe. Mimicking an ankle, the foot slightly flexes, capturing some of the impact.

This stores energy that will help propel him forward, acting a lot like tendons.

JUSTIN LAFERRIER:

THAT ENERGY, IT'S RELEASED FROM THE CARBON FIBER FOOT AND THE LOWER EXTREMITY TO HELP PROPEL YOU FORWARD.

With sophisticated materials and design, engineers have found a solution that allows runners without legs to compete on a level playing field.

OSCAR PISTORIUS:

IT WASN'T ALL ABOUT WINNING, BUT ABOUT BEING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT PUSHING YOUR BOUNDARIES.

OLY STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY-(2)SSTOPS

YOU CAN FIND THE FULL COLLECTION OF "SCIENCE OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS" STORIES ON NBC LEARN DOT-COM AND SCIENCE 360 DOT-GOV.

WE ARE JUST THREE HOURS AWAY FROM WATCHING THE OPENING CEREMONIES.

OLY BELL BREAKS-VO-WIPE

BRITAIN'S SPORT AND CULTURE MINISTER HAD A LITTLE ACCIDENT WITH HIS BELL AFTER THREE MINUTES OF BELL RINGING IN HONOR OF THE SUMMER GAMES.

WHILE GIVING A T-V INTERVIEW AFTER. THE CEREMONY MINISTER DECIDED TO SHOW OFF HIS BELL RINGING SKILLS.

IT SEEMS THE THREE MINUTES OF BELL RINGING WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE BELL WHICH BROKE OFF AND FLEW OFF TOWARDS A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

DOLPHINS TRAINING CAMP-VOTOPS

THE FIRST DAY OF MIAMI DOLPHINS TRAINING CAMP IS IN THE BOOKS.

NEW HEAD COACH JOE PHILBIN PUSHED HIS PLAYERS HARD DURING THE TEAM'S FIRST PRACTICE THIS MORNING.

FANS GOT TO SEE CHAD JOHNSON IN A DOLPHINS UNIFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHILE H-B-O'S "HARD KNOCKS" TELEVISION CREW WAS FILMING THE TEAM'S EVERY MOVE.

HEALTHCAST OPEN-CLIP

HEAT & MEDICINE-VO

A REMINDER TO OUR VIEWERS AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HOOVER IN 90'S

STORING MEDICATIONS IN YOUR PURSE, or CAR COULD CHANGE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE RISES.

MOST MEDICATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, AND THE HEAT COULD CHANGE THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF DRUGS.

WORKING OVERNIGHT-VO

WORKING THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT OR OTHER ODD BUSINESS HOURS MAY IMPACT YOUR HEART HEALTH.

RESEARCHERS IN CANADA REVIEWED 34 STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF SHIFT WORK, INVOLVING MORE THAN 2-MILLION PEOPLE.

OVERALL -- SHIFT WORK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A NEARLY 24-PERCENT INCREASED RISK FOR HEART ATTACKS.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

SO MANY THINGS ABOUT ALS OR LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE ARE A MYSTERY. INCLUDING WHAT CAUSES IT.

DOCTORS HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT'S PROGRESSION BUT BELIEVE THEY CAN PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THIS FATAL DISEASE

SOME RELIEF, IF THEY COULD JUST DIAGNOSE IT EARLY ENOUGH.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

AS ELUSIVE AS FINDING A CAUSE FOR ALS, IS DIAGNOSING THE DISEASE ITSELF. SOMETIMES CALLED LOU GEHRIG'S, IT'S A PROGRESSIVELY FATAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE THAT ATTACKS THE NERVE CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING OUR MUSCLES.

DR. NIMA MOWZOON/NEUROLOGIST

RUNS:

2:41 Often a patient may have a foot drop or hand weakness. It progresses in the limb that it starts out with and then it progresses to the contiguous limb. It's usually present for some time prior to patients coming in.

THAT'S HOW IT WENT DOWN WITH HILDE HEARD IN 2006.

HILDE HEARD/ALS PATIENT

RUNS:

:33 I had a slight not even a limp but like a drag with that came with walking a long distance. I felt my left foot dragging and then my right toe was just drawing up and being limp.

IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, HER CONDITION GOT WORSE.

HILDE HEARD/ALS PATIENT

RUNS:

:50 It took a year to, for this to just accelerate and then I was diagnosed in 2007.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

About 10 percent of ALS patients have an inherited gene mutation. That leaves the other 90-percent who get it randomly with no identifiable cause or risk factor. So the diagnosis many times, comes from ruling out everything else.

DR. NIMA MOWZOON/NEUROLOGIST

RUNS:

3:37 Diagnosis is a combination of a clinical presentation, clinical diagnosis and a use of EMG which is electromyography which is the nerve and muscle testing. We often end up doing other testing including MRIs of the spine to exclude things that can mimic ALS.

EARLY SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: FOOT DROP, HAND WEAKNESS OR CLUMSINESS, MUSCLE CRAMPS OR TWITCHING IN THE ARMS, SHOULDERS OR TONGUE AND FATIGUE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE. THE SOONER IT'S IDENTIFIED, THE MORE LIKELY PATIENTS ARE TO GET RELIEF.

HILDE HEARD/ALS PATIENT

RUNS:

2:20 People don't understand, statistically it's one in a hundred thousand that get the disease.

HEPATITIS SUSPECT-ONCAM

MASSACHUSETTS POLICE SAY A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING A HEPATITIS C OUTBREAK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS FOUND INTOXICATED IN A HOTEL ROOM ALONG WITH A SUICIDE NOTE THE WEEK BEFORE HIS ARREST.

AUTHORITIES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT DAVID KWIATKOWSKI MAY HAVE TRIED TO HARM HIMSELF IN THE DAYS BEFORE HIS ARREST JULY 19TH.

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOM IS BACK HOME AND TAKING CARE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN AGAIN.

HOWEVER, MORE TWEETS FROM PARIS JACKSON SAY HER GRANDMA WAS LIED TO BY HER OWN RELATIVES.

PLUS - WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES TONIGHT ON NBC 2.

BUT TOMORROW ACTION GETS GOING RIGHT AWAY IN THE AQUATIC CENTER.

MICHAEL PHELPS AND FLORIDA NATIVE RYAN LOTCHE KICK OFF THE COMPETITION TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN.

A) katherine jackson feud-VO-WIPE

B) olympic story-VOTOPS

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT HUMAN SMUGGLING BUST IN COLLIER COUNTY.

INCLUDING.HOW THEY ENDED UP IN FLORIDA.

AT FIVE YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM THE DEPUTY WHO TOOK THE OPERATION DOWN --

AND THE MAN ACCUSED OF CAPE CORAL'S FIRST MURDER OF THE YEAR --

HAS HAD A RUN IN WITH THE LAW BEFORE.

N-B-C TWO DIGS INTO HIS PAST.

PLUS.LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES KICKING OFF IN LONDON.

A) CAPE MURDER SUSPECT PREVIOUS INCIDENTS-NWSRM-VO

B) OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES-VOTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

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.

HOT AND HUMID WEEKEND IN STORE

Hot and humid conditions will be the main weather story across Southwest Florida with little to no relief. By that I mean. Hardly any rain!

A strong ridge of high pressure continues to sprawl across the Florida peninsula, thus bringing a drier and more stable airmass to the area. This means mostly sunny skies will prevail with rain prospects running below 20%, however an isolated storm or two can't be ruled out as the sea breeze makes it's way inland.

Our winds will stay from the west-southwest which will keep the sea breeze more inland. This type of wind pattern is conducive for morning to noon showers. Any stay and isolated showers that decide to billow up will occur during those hours.

Not much relief expected during the overnight as temperatures will be slow to cool. Tonight, expect mostly clear conditions with lows in the upper 70s to near 80° along the coast with mid 70s across our inland communities.

The mid 90s will return for most locations tomorrow afternoon, except for our beach and coastal locations where temperatures will top out near 90°. Once you factor in the humidity, heat index values will be well over the 100° mark.

Our rain chances will be getting a bit of a boost by the middle of next week, but the heat will continute!

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

KATHERYN JACKSON FEUD-ONCAM

KATHERINE JACKSON IS BACK HOME THIS MORNING, ABOUT TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF MICHAEL'S KIDS --

AND THEY STILL SEEM TO BE ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER -- SAYING ON TWITTER THAT THEIR GRANDMOTHER WAS "

LIED TO" AND "MISGUIDED" BY THEIR RELATIVES.

KATHERYN JACKSON FEUD-PKG

JACKSON HOME / PARIS BROLL OR STILLS - WED JACKSON PIECE FOR FIGHT

GRANDMA'S BACK HOME AT THE CALABASAS COMPOUND AND WE HEAR PARIS IS FILLING

HER IN ON THE PAST 10 DAYS, THE ALLEGED FAMILY FIGHT IN THE DRIVEWAY: THIS

EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER IN THE JACKSON SAGA.

MORE HOUSE BROLL / VIDEO OF KATHERINE, FROM STATEMENT + JACKSON CHILDREN

VIDEO

SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION INSIDE THE HOUSE THAT

KATHERINE'S PHONE IS RINGING OFF THE HOOK AND THAT LAWYERS ARE PREPARING

PAPERWOR FOR HER TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S CHILDREN.

SOT: Howard Bragman

I think that money is at the heart of things for some of the kids and there

are all different motives"

LATE THURSDAY PRINCE, MICHAEL'S ELDEST, BROKE HIS SILENCE ON TWITTER.

. "Although I am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her I

realized how misguided and how badly she was lied to."

KATHERINE JACKSON STATEMENT FROM THURS PIECE

KATHERINE GAVE HER SIDE IN THAT EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS BEFORE

RETURNING HOME TO CALIFORNIA.

SOT: Katherine Jackson

There are rumors going around about me that I have been kidnapped and held

against my will."

PRINCE ALSO POSTED THIS SCREEN GRAB OF WHAT HE CALLED A GROUP TEXT

WITH AUNTS REBBIE AND JANET MONDAY, IN WHICH HE DEMANDED TO SPEAK TO HIS

GRANDMA. "DON'T LET THEM PLS," APPEARS TO BE THE REPLY FROM JANET -

SOMETHING HE SAYS HE WASN'T MEANT TO SEE

SOT: Howard Bragman / 3:50:39

I'll tell you they're good kids. They're really kind intelligent shockingly

normal kids giving their upbringing

X 17 PIC OF KATHERINE IN ARIZONA / PICS OF JUDGE / PIC OF TJ

WHILE KATHERINE WAS AWAY, CONVALESCING INCOMMUNICADO AT AN ARIZONA SPA, A

JUDGE HANDED TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF MICHAEL'S KIDS TO THEIR COUSIN TJ.

MORE KATHERINE BROLL / MICHAEL BROLL

THE NEXT ROUND IN THIS INCREASINGLY BIZARRE FAMILY FEUD: KATHERINE'S LAWYERS

ARE EXPECTED IN COURT TO GET CUSTODY OF THOSE KIDS BACK. IF MICHAEL IS

KATHERYN JACKSON FEUD-ONCAM

LATE THIS AFTERNOON, KATHERINE JACKSON SAID SHE WOULD SPLIT GUARDIANSHIP WITH HER GRANDSON T-J.

WILLARD ARREST-ONCAM

HE SAYS IT'S VERY EMBARRASSING BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRED WILLARD AND HIS ARREST AT AN ADULT MOVIE THEATER IN HOLLYWOOD.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED DURING A ROUTINE CHECK BY POLICE.

HE SAYS HE HAS REPECT FOR OFFICERS, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, EVERYTHING SEEMS SUSPICIOUS.

MADONNA BOOED-VO

MATERIAL GIRL MADONNA WAS BOOED LAST NIGHT AT A CONCERT IN PARIS.

THE SMALL CONCERT WAS A LAST MINUTE ADDITION TO THE POP STAR'S LATEST TOUR.

BUT THE CROWD BOOED HER WHEN SHE LEFT THE STAGE AFTER JUST 45 MINUTES. THEY ALSO SHOUTED THAT THEY WANTED A REFUND.

MADONNA RECEIVED BACKLASH AFTER AN EARLIER CONCERT IN PARIS.

SMOKING ORANGUTAN-VO

INDONESIA'S FAMOUS 15-YEAR-OLD ORANGUTAN KNOWN FOR ITS DECADE OLD SMOKING HABIT HAS BEEN MOVED.

FOR YEAR'S TORI'S HABIT WAS FUELED BY TOURISTS THROWING CIGARETTES IN HER ENCLOSURE SO KEEPERS DECIDED TO MOVE HER TO A LESS ACCESSIBLE AREA.

MORE ANGRY BIRDS-VO

FANS OF ANGRY BIRDS - THINK YOU'VE MASTERED THE GAME - THINK AGAIN.

THE DEVELOPER IS ADDING 20 MORE LEVELS FOR YOU TO PLAY.

THE ORANGE BIRD IS ALSO MAKING A COMEBACK.

PLAYERS WILL ALSO CHALLENGE A NEW, GIGANTIC BOSS.

TAXI PROTEST-VO

TAXI DRIVERS BROUGHT TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN LONDON TO A STANDSTILL TODAY.

IT'S THE LATEST PROTEST OVER TAXIS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SPECIAL ROAD LANES DURING THE OLYMPICS.

CAB DRIVERS LINED UP BACK-TO-BACK AND STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A WEEK.

THE OLYMPIC ROUTE NETWORK, AS IT'S CALLED, IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS EASY ACCESS TO GAME VENUES.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING VOICEMAILS JERRY SANDUSKY LEFT FOR HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS.

Just calling to see you know whether you had any interest in going to the penn state game this saturday.Thanks. I love you."

FIRST AT FOUR - WHY THESE RECORDINGS COULD LEAD TO A LAWSUIT.

A) sandusky victim-SOTVO-DISS

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS-DISS

1. Alleged bank robber also accused of police station shooting

2. Citizens board approves rate hikes

3. Surveillance video captures suspect stealing car

SANDUSKY VICTIM-TFC CTR

NOW TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE A VICTIM AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE AGAINST JERRY SANDUSKY HAS COME FORWARD.

THE VICTIM'S ATTORNEYS RELEASED TWO VOICEMAILS THEY CLAIM WERE FROM SANDUSKY TO THEIR CLIENT.

SANDUSKY VICTIM-PKG

" you know, there is nothing really to hide so. Um. If you want, give me a call..Alright, take care. Love you. Uh. Hope you get this message. Thanks."

A voicemail, that a young man's attorneys say, was left by Jerry Sandusky, last September, less than 2 months before Sandusky's arrest.

a week later, they say sandusky left another message.

Just calling to see you know whether you had any interest in going to the penn state game this saturday.Thanks. I love you."

even though victim 2 did not come forward until now, sandusky was convicted of crimes against him based on the testimony of mike mcqueary, a former football assistant, who testified he saw Sandusky in a sexual act with an unidentified boy in the penn state locker room shower in February 2001.McQueary said he told coach Paterno what he saw.

A report by an independent investigator this month said Paterno, and other top Penn state officials failed to notify police, and worked together to keep the incident quiet.

they showed no concern about the victim

Paterno, before he died, and the other Penn state officials have denied any wrong doing.

SANDUSKY VICTIM-TFC CTR

PENN STATE HAD NO COMMENT AND NEITHER DID SANDUSKY'S LAWYERS.

HIS WIFE DOTTIE TOLD A LOCAL NEWSPAPER SHE STILL LOVES HER HUSBAND AND SAYS HE'S NOT QUOTE: "WHO THEY SAY HE IS."

THAT'S IT FOR THE NEWS AT 4, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

GOODBYE-2SHOT

WE WILL HEAR FROM THE DEPUTY WHO STOPPED A CAR ON THE INTERSTATE,. AND FOUND A CAR FULL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SMUGGLED INTO THIS COUNTRY.

ONE OF THEM. JUST 13, AND WITHOUT HIS PARENTS.

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