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HL1) WX HEADLINE-OMNITOPS

HL2) NASA MARS MISSION-TRX-VO

PLUS OVERNIGHT,

WHILE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE SLEEPING,

NASA PULLS OFF THE EQUIVALENT OF DROPPING A CAR ONTO THE SURFACE OF MARS.

HL3) FORT MYERS SHOOTING INVESTIGATION-TRX-VO

AND ALL NEW INFORMATION ON A DOUBLE-SHOOTING OVERNIGHT IN FORT MYERS.

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH NBC-2 NEWS TODAY,

I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

AND I'M CLAY MILLER.

ERNESTO FISHERMEN RESCUED-TRX-VOTOPS-BNR

WE BEGIN WITH TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO.

AND THIS NEW VIDEO SHOT NEAR JAMAICA. FISHERMEN ARE RESCUED. AS ERNESTO PASSES SOUTH OF JAMAICA.

THE COAST GUARD AND LOCAL POLICE GOT THEM SAFELY OUT OF THE WATER.

TRACKING ERNESTO-ANIBOX

5:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX CTR

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

NASA MARS MISSION-TRXTOPS-2SH-VO

BREAKING ALL NEW OVERNIGHT --

A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR NASA TODAY.

THE "CURIOSITY" ROVER SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.

AND NASA CREWS COULD NOT CONTAIN THEIR EXCITEMENT WHEN WORD CAME AT 1:17AM EASTERN TIME THAT IT WORKED!

IT TOOK EIGHT MONTHS TO GET TO THE RED PLANET AND THEN SEVEN MINUTES OF WHAT THEY CALL SHEER TERROR AS THE SPACECRAFT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND THEN FINALLY, SOFTLY AND GENTLY PLACED THE ROVER ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.

THIS BEGINS A TWO YEAR PROJECT.

THIS ROVER WILL LOOK FOR ANY SIGNS THAT MIGHT SUPPORT LIFE.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION FORT MYERS-OC-TRX-VO

WE HAVE ALL NEW INFORMATION THIS MORNING ON A DOUBLE SHOOTING THAT TURNED DEADLY IN FORT MYERS OVERNIGHT.

HERE'S THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AT THE SUPER STOP CONVENIENCE STORE ON FOWLER STREET.

POLICE NOW SAY 23 YEAR OLD ERNEST ZIGLER DIED FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT AND WAS FOUND LYING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR FOWLER AND SAMPSON STREETS.

ANOTHER VICTIM, 21 YEAR OLD ANTWAN THOMAS WAS ALSO SHOT.

POLICE SAY A FRIEND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS.

GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION-TRX-SS-VO

AND DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW IN COLLIER COUNTY --

DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A KILLER.

25 YEAR OLD ERNEST TORRES WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME SATURDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED IN THE 22 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 54TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

DEPUTIES GOT THERE JUST BEFORE 5 A-M SATURDAY.

NEIGHBORS WOKE UP TO FIND DETECTIVES COMBING THEIR BLOCK FOR EVIDENCE

AND QUESTIONING WITNESSES.

WI DOMESTIC TERROR KILLINGS-2SH-TRX

THIS MORNING NBC-2 IS GETTING WORD THE FBI WILL NOW HEAD UP THE INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A WISCONSIN TEMPLE.

WI DOMESTIC TERROR KILLINGS-NEWSROOM

GOOD MORNING.

ALL NEW RIGHT NOW -- REPORTS ARE NOW CALLING THE GUNMAN A WHITE SUPREMECIST, OR A SKIN-HEAD.

WI DOMESTIC TERROR KILLINGS-VOTOPS

THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE SUNDAY MORNING AT A TEMPLE, OUTSIDE OF MILWAUKEE, KILLING SIX PEOPLE AND INJURING AT LEAST 3 OTHERS, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER.

THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT TO DEATH.

THE IDENTITY OF THE SHOOTER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AND THE MOTIVE IS NOT KNOWN.

GUNFIRE RANG OUT JUST BEFORE SERVICES WERE SET TO BEGIN.

WI DOMESTIC TERROR KILLINGS-SOT

WI DOMESTIC TERROR KILLINGS-NEWSROOM

DESPITE PREVIOUS REPORTS, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUNMAN ACTED ALONE.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING THIS MORNING.

LEHIGH FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH-VO-BNR

NBC-2 HAS NEW DETAILS ON A DEADLY MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN LEHIGH ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND.

THIS HEAD-ON MOTORCYCLE CRASH HAPPENED SUNDAY ALONG STATE ROAD 82 AND HARCOURT AVENUE IN LEHIGH.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 43 YEAR OLD ROBERT DRUM-HELLER OF LEHIGH DIED.

HE WAS RIDING THE BIKE.

FHP SAYS, FOR SOME REASON, THE DRIVER OF A CAR SWERVED, HIT A VEHICLE, THEN CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO THE MOTORCYCLIST, WHO DIED.

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-VOTOPS-BNR

AND ALL NEW AS YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING, JUST LOOK AT THIS!

WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF A FIRE BREAKING OUT AT A LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY ON JAYVIEW AVENUE.

THE HOMEOWNER TELLS NBC-2 THE FIRE LOOKS LIKE IT STARTED IN THE GARAGE.

COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION-TRX-SS-OC

IT'S DECISION 2012 --- AND WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER!

THIS MORNING NBC-2 IS COUNTING DOWN TO ELECTION DAY!

WE ARE NOW JUST 91 DAYS OUT FROM THE 2012 GENERAL ELECTION.

AND COMING UP AUGUST 27TH IN TAMPA. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SWFL EARLY VOTING-OC-CG-OC-BNR

AND NBC-2 IS WORKING TO GET EARLY VOTING TOTALS SO FAR IN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.

EARLY VOTING FOR THE FLORIDA PRIMARY STARTED IN THOSE COUNTIES THIS WEEKEND.

MEANWHILE, COLLIER COUNTY HAS BEEN VOTING EARLY FOR ALMOST A FULL WEEK NOW, AND AS OF THIS MORNING ALMOST 5-THOUSAND PEOPLE CAST THEIR VOTE.

EARLY VOTING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

TO FIND LOCATIONS NEAR YOU, GO TO

OLYMPICS TRACK AND FIELD-TRX-2SH-VO

IT IS NOW DAY 10 OF THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN LONDON.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF ACTION SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.

OLYMPICS LOLO JONES-VOTOPS

GABBY DOUGLAS-VOTOPS-OC

AND AFTER A DAY OFF IN GYMNASTICS, MEDALS ARE UP FOR GRABS IN THE WOMEN'S UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS. AND WOMEN'S ALL AROUND CHAMPION GABBY DOUGLAS IS IN THE FIELD.

PLUS SO MUCH.

OLYMPICS TODAY-SOTTOPS-SS

matt and savannah teasing today show

START WATCHING THE OLYMPICS AT 10 THIS MORNING,

AND PRIMETIME BEGINS TONIGHT AT 8. RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

FORECAST TEASE-OMNI

MEDAL COUNT-CGTOPS WITH MUSIC

BREAK FOUR 5:09:43

HIT TIME 5:09:43

GULF WATER TEMPS BAD FOR FISHING-VOTOPS

THE GULF OF MEXICO IS HEATING UP. THE WATER WAS NEARLY 90 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND.

THAT MAY MEAN A GOOD TIME FOR SWIMMERS, BUT IT'S NOT SO GOOD FOR FISHERMEN.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL SAYS WARMER TEMPERATURES CAUSE SEA LIFE TO FIND DEEPER, COOLER WATER.

GULF WATER TEMPS BAD FOR FISHING-SOTVO

BRUCE NEILL, SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL 38:55-05 "Warm water doesn't hold as much oxygen as does cold water, so organisms tend to be a little more oxygen deprived during periods of really warm water."

FISHERMEN WHO GO FURTHER OUT ON THE WATER MAY NOT SEE A CHANGE IN FISH BEHAVIOR.

GULF WATER CURRENT TEMPS-OBXTOPS-WXCTR

5:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX CTR

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

POWER OUTAGES BONITA WEEKEND-OC-VO

THIS MORNING LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR POWER BACK AFTER STORMS MOVED THROUGH SUNDAY.

MORE THAN SIX-HUNDRED PEOPLE IN BONITA SPRINGS LOST POWER -- AS A STRONG STORM SWEPT THROUGH.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE OUT --

AND IN ESTERO ON US-41 NEAR COCONUT POINT, UTILITY CREWS WERE ALSO REPAIRING A SINKHOLE CAUSED BY THE RAIN.

NASCAR LIGHTNING DEATH-2SH-VO

DANGEROUS AND DEADLY STORMS DURING A NASCAR RACE!

*TEN PEOPLE WERE STRUCK BY *TWO *SEPARATE LIGHTNING STRIKES AT POCONO RACEWAY ON SUNDAY.

A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA IS DEAD, ONE PERSON IS CRITICAL, AND ALL 10 WERE TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS.

SHINER MEDAL OF VALOR-OC-VO-CG

ALL NEW AS WE LOOK AHEAD THIS MONDAY MORNING --

A COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY WILL BE HONORED TODAY, FOR HER HEROIC ACTIONS DURING A SHOOTING.

DEPUTY KRISTIN SHINER WAS OFF-DUTY WHEN SHE HEARD GUNFIRE GO OFF. IN HER CAPE CORAL NEIGHBORHOOD/ BACK IN JULY.

SHE RAN ACROSS THE STREET TO FIND ONE MAN ALREADY SHOT DEAD. SHE THEN ORDERED THE SHOOTER TO DROP HIS WEAPON.

HE DID AND SHE HELD HIM UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.

SHE'S CREDITED WITH STOPPING A SITUATION FROM GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE.

DEPUTY SHINER WILL RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF VALOR, THE HIGHEST HONOR WITHIN THE COLLIER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THE CEREMONY IS SET FOR 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN NAPLES.

LOUGHNER TO PLEAD GUILTY-VO

A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARIZONA SHOOTING CASE THAT LEFT 6 PEOPLE DEAD,

AND FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS AND 12 OTHERS WOUNDED.

A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE SAYS A COURT APPOINTED PSYCHIATRIST IS SET TO TESTIFY TUESDAY. THAT SUSPECT JARED LEE LOUGHNER IS COMPETENT TO ENTER A PLEA IN THE CASE.

LOUGHNER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN THE 2011 SHOOTING IN TUCSON.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE UNNAMED SOURCE, THE PLAN IS FOR LOUGHNER TO CHANGE HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

PENN STATE FOOTBALL TRAINING STARTS TODAY-VO-WIPE

THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HIT THE PRACTICE FIELD TODAY FOR THE START OF TRAINING CAMP.

THE NITTANY LIONS WILL BE LED BY FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH BILL O'BRIEN.

THE SEASON WILL BE THE FIRST, FOLLOWING N-C-A-A SANCTIONS SLAPPED ON THE UNIVERSITY,

SON OF EAGLES COACH DEAD-VOTOPS

THE SON OF PHILADELPHIA EAGLES HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ANDY REID HAS DIED.

GARRETT REID WAS FOUND DEAD SUNDAY. IN HIS ROOM AT THE EAGLES TRAINING CAMP.AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY.

THIS IS FILE VIDEO OF GARRETT REID FROM 2007.

POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH.

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY.

MAN DRIVES INTO CROWD-VOTOPS-BNR

NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING OF A DRIVER RUNNING DOWN SIX PEOPLE IN A TEXAS PARKING LOT, KILLING A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS AN 82-YEAR-OLD MAN SPEEDING IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK THROUGH THE LOT.

SECONDS LATER, IT CRASHED INTO A GROUP OF SIX PEOPLE, FOUR OF THEM CHILDREN.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH DEGEAR WAS KILLED.

THE OTHER FIVE VICTIMS AND THE DRIVER WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

JET BLUE PILOT HEARING-OC-VO

TAKING A LOOK AHEAD,

A HEARING IS WILL BE HELD FOR FORMER JETBLUE PILOT CLAYTON OSBON.

HE WAS PILOTING A JETBLUE PLANE FROM NEW YORK TO LAS VEGAS LAST MARCH WHEN HE HAD AN APPARENT MELTDOWN AND THE FLIGHT CREW LOCKED HIM OUT OF THE COCKPIT.

HE WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERING WITH A FLIGHT CREW.

BUT JUST LAST MONTH, A JUDGE FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.

WX TEASE-OMNITOPS

BREAK FIVE 5:19:15

HIT TIME 5:19:15 AM

INDIA FLOODING-OC-VO

THIS IS THE MONSOON SEASON IN INDIA AND WOW, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING VIDEO THIS MORNING

TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE TRIGGERED FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. KILLING AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE.

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN NORTHERN INDIA. INCLUDING THIS TWO-STORY HOME.

5:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

TRAFFIC-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CHAR CO ENFORCEMENT

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIPTOPS

TOSS TO BUSINESS PACKAGE-ONCAM

HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING DOWN YOUR DEBT LATELY?

IT MAY BE PART OF A NATIONAL TREND.

BLOOMBERG'S JANE KING, AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WITH THAT,

AND THERE MAY NOT BE A LOT OF LOVE IN THE ROOM FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES,

IN THIS MORNING'S BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.

BLOOMBERG-PKG TO BREAK

THIS IS NOT THE VERBATIM OF WHAT THE REPORTER IS SAYING.

BREAK SIX 5:27:01 AM

HIT TIME 5:27:01 AM

HL1) WX HEADLINE-OMNITOPS

HL2) NASA MARS MISSION-TRX-VO

PLUS,

ALL NEW BREAKING OVERNIGHT -- WHILE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE SLEEPING,

HL3) FORT MYERS DEADLY SHOOTING-TRX-VO

AND NBC-2 STAYING ON TOP OF A NEW MURDER INVESTIGATION THIS MORNING IN FORT MYERS.

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIPTOPS

GOOD MORNING-2SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M CLAY MILLER.

AND I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

ERNESTO FISHERMEN RESCUED-TRX-VOTOPS-BNR

WE BEGIN WITH TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO.

AND THIS NEW VIDEO SHOT NEAR JAMAICA. FISHERMEN ARE RESCUED. AS ERNESTO PASSES SOUTH OF THE ISLAND COUNTRY.

THE COAST GUARD AND LOCAL POLICE GOT THEM SAFELY OUT OF THE WATER.

TRACKING ERNESTO-ANIBOX

5:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

TRAFFIC-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, LEE CO ENFORCEMENT

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION FORT MYERS-OC-TRX-VO-FLY

ALL NEW OVERNIGHT ---

A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN FORT MYERS, AND ONE MAN IS DEAD THIS MORNING.

HERE'S THE LOCATION: SHOTS RANG OUT AT THE SUPER STOP. ON FOWLER STREET IN FORT MYERS LATE LAST NIGHT.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION FORT MYERS-REMLIVE

WE'RE AT THE CORNER OF FOWLER AND SIMPSON STREET---JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM OUR NBC2 STUDIOS.

LATE LAST NIGHT A MAN WAS SHOT DEAD HERE AND ANOTHER WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION FORT MYERS-VOTOPS

POLICE GOT A CALL AT 11:12 LAST NIGHT ABOUT SEVERAL GUNSHOTS FIRED AT THE SUPER STOP.

WHEN POLICE GOT THERE, THEY FOUND 23 YEAR OLD ERNEST ZIGLER'S BODY LYING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR FOWLER AND SIMPSON STREET.

ANOTHER VICTIM, 21 YEAR OLD ANTWAN THOMAS WAS ALSO SHOT.

POLICE SAY A FRIEND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO SEVERAL OF THE EVIDENCE MARKERS WERE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PARKING LOT AND CRIME SCENE TAPE BLOCKED OFF THE STORE AS POLICE TALKED TO WITNESSES, TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION FORT MYERS-REMLIVE

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATION WHAT HAPPENED, SO FAR THERE IS NO WORD ON WHETHER THEY ARRESTED ANY SUSPECTS.

THIS IS THE 16TH HOMICIDE FOR THE CITY OF FORT MYERS THIS YEAR.

NASA MARS MISSION-2SHOT-TRX

NASA'S TWO AND A HALF *BILLION DOLLAR ROVER, CURIOSITY, SUCCESSFULLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SURFACE OF MARS, OVERNIGHT.

NASA MARS MISSION-NEWSROOM

NASA MARS MISSION-SOTVO

nasa workers yelling and screaming in happiness

MISSION CONTROL BURSTING INTO CHEERS.

THE SUV-SIZED SPACECRAFT MADE ITS DRAMATIC ARRIVAL IN A CAPSULE KNOWN AS THE "SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR."

SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS MOMENT: SINCE NOVEMBER 26TH OF LAST YEAR.

NASA MARS MISSION-NEWSROOM

SCIENTISTS ARE CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT LIFE EXISTED ON MARS.

GOLDEN GATE MURDER INVESTIGATION-TRX-SS-VO

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW AT --

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A KILLER.

25 YEAR OLD ERNEST TORRES WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME SATURDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED IN THE 22 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 54TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

DEPUTIES GOT TO THERE JUST BEFORE 5 A-M SATURDAY.

NEIGHBORS WOKE UP TO DETECTIVES COMBING THE BLOCK FOR EVIDENCE

AND QUESTIONING WITNESSES.

BUT DEPUTIES HAVE NOT SAID WHAT MAY HAVE LED UP TO THIS.

WISCONSIN DOMESTIC TERROR INVESTIGATION-2SH-TRX-VO

DOMESTIC TERRORISM.THATS HOW POLICE ARE DESCRIBING A MASS SHOOTING NEAR MILWAUKEE.

AND NOW THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE GUNMAN WAS A WHITE SUPREMECIST AND A "SKINHEAD."

INVESTIGATORS ARE EXPECTED TO RELEASE THE IDENTITY OF THE WHITE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED SIX PEOPLE AT A SIKH TEMPLE

POLICE SHOT AND KILLED THE SHOOTER WHEN HE TOOK AIM AT AN OFFICER OUTSIDE THE BUILDING SUNDAY.

SWFL EARLY VOTING-TRX-CG-OC-BNR

IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THE LINES AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.

EARLY VOTING FOR THE STATE'S PRIMARY ELECTION CONTINUES THROUGH THIS WEEK.

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

POLLS ARE OPEN FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN.

IN LEE.

YOU CAN VOTE FROM 10 A-M TO 6 P-M ON WEEDKAYS. AND 9 TO 5 ON WEEKENDS.

AND IN COLLIER.

YOU CAN HEAD TO THE POLLS FROM 10 A-M TO 6-M.

OLYMPICS BOTTLE THROWER-TRX-2SH-VO

ALL EYES WERE ON THE TRACK AT OLYMPIC STADIUM.

BUT IT WASN'T *ALL FOR THE MEN'S 100-METER FINAL.

A BOTTLE. WAS THROWN ONTO THE TRACK JUST A SECOND BEFORE THE BIG RACE LAST NIGHT.

A MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR THROWING THE BOTTLE.

IT LANDED JUST TEN METERS AWAY FROM THE ATHELETES.

LUCKILY. IT SEEMS THEY WEREN'T AFFECTED.

THE EIGHT RUNNERS TOLD REPORTERS THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE BOTTLE UNTIL AFTER THE RACE.

POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS YELLING BEFORE HE THREW IT.

MISSY FRANKLIN ON TODAY-VOTOPS

LATER THIS MORNING -- U-S SWIMMER MISSY FRANKLIN TALKS ABOUT THE FOUR GOLD MEDALS SHE'S WON AT THE LONDON GAMES.

TO COMMEMORATE THE EXPERIENCE, FRANKLIN SAID SHE PLANS ON GETTING A TATTOO OF THE OLYMPIC RINGS.

OLYMPICS PRIMETIME-SSTOPS

AND START WATCHING THE OLYMPICS AT 10 THIS MORNING,

AND PRIMETIME BEGINS TONIGHT AT 8. RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2.

LATEST GAS PRICES-TRX-OC-VIDBOX

AN NBC-2 CONSUMER ALERT --

WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST GAS PRICES across THE NATION AND HERE AT HOME.

AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FUEL GAUGE REPORT,

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR UNLEADED IS NOW $3.61.

IN FLORIDA IT'S $3.53.

AND IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IT'S $3.51.

TOSS TO BREAK-2SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW --

ALL NEW NEXT ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY --

TOP COLLEGES, ACCORDING TO FORBES.

AND CURING BLINDNESS?

MEDAL COUNT-CGTOPS WITH MUSIC

BREAK SEVEN 5:39:23 AM

HIT TIME 5:39:23 AM

OKLAHOMA WILDFIRES-TRX NATS VO

nats of sirens

RAGING WILDFIRES 91 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE THAT HELD PARTS OF OKLAHOMA HOSTAGE SEEM TO BE EASING UP.

EMERGENCY SHELTERS REMAIN OPEN IN FOUR COMMUNITIES.

A "MONSTER" FIRE HAS DEVOURED HOMES CONTINUES TO BURN IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA'S CREEK COUNTY.

5:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT?

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

FORBES TOP COLLEGES-2SH-VIDBOX

WHILE NOT VERY DOMINATING ON THE FIELD.THE IVY LEAGUE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE IN THE CLASSROOM.

"PRINCETON UNIVERSITY" TOPS A LIST OF TOP SCHOOLS.

THE FORBES LIST OF AMERICA'S TOP COLLEGES LOOKS AT QUALITY OF TEACHING, CAREER PROSPECTS, GRADUATION RATES AND DEBT LEVELS.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PROMO PROBLEM-2SHOT

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS EXPLAINING SOME HUGE ERRORS THIS MORNING.

IT'S BEEN OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS!.

LEADING TO OVERDRAWN BANK ACCOUNTS AND SOME REALLY ANGRY PEOPLE.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:

STARTING FRIDAY THE AIRLINE LAUNCHED A 24-HOUR SPECIAL DEAL.

AND SOUTHWEST SAYS SO MANY PEOPLE TOOK ANVANTAGE ON ITS WEBSITE,

IT CREATED PERFORMANCE ISSUES.

AND ALL THE SUDDEN, PEOPLE WERE BEING CHARGED DOUBLE, TRIPLE. EVEN MORE. THE TRANSACTIONS WERE ALL DUPLICATED SEVERAL TIMES.

GETTING INTO SCHOOL MODE-2SH-VO

ITS BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK FOR MANY STUDENTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AND IF YOU NEED SOME BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES.YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY THEM TAX FREE IN STORES.

THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY ENDED AT MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING.

SOME PARENTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED GETTING THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL MODE.

GETTING INTO SCHOOL MODE-SOT OC

We've started putting them to bed about 15 minutes earlier every single night so we've started doing more quiet time, a lot less television, and trying to just bring the tone down in the evening.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY STARTS SCHOOL TOMORROW.

LEE COUNTY BEGINS WEDNESDAY.

NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LEE COUNTY-OC-VO

LEE COUNTY'S NEWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OFFICIALLY WELCOMED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

A RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD OVER THE WEEKEND AT HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATED IN LEHIGH ACRES.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF TWO BRAND NEW SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON 'STEAM' BASED EDUCATION, WHICH IS SHORT FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH.

WHAT KIDS WATCH ON TV AND SLEEP-2SH-VO

WHAT CHILDREN WATCH ON T-V BEFORE BED COULD IMPACT HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO FALL -- AND STAY -- ASLEEP.

EXPERTS FOUND THOSE WHO LEARNED WAYS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE ON T-V HAD CHILDREN WITH FEWER SLEEP PROBLEMS.

CURING BLINDNESS-TRX-2SH-VO

RESEARCHERS ARE CLOSER TO FINDING A WAY TO RESTORE SIGHT FOR PATIENTS BLINDED BY CERTAIN TYPES OF MACULAR DEGENERATION.

RESEARCHERS SAY INJECTION THERAPY MAY HOLD MORE PROMISE THAT PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

A TEAM OF DOCTORS AT U-C BERKELY FOUND A TEMPORARY RETURN OF VISION TO BLIND MICE BY INJECTING AN AMMONIUM CHEMICAL.

ICU SHOOTER IN COURT TODAY-TRX VO

NEW RIGHT NOW---

A MAN WHO OPENED FIRE AND SHOT HIS 65 YEAR OLD WIFE AS THEY BOTH SAT INSIDE AN I-C-U HOSPITAL ROOM, WILL BE IN COURT THIS MORNING.

AKRON POLICE SAY THE WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE COUPLE was MARRIED 45 YEARS.

REPORTS INDICATE THE WOMAN MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM A TERMINAL ILLNESS.

LYING AND YOUR HEALTH-2SHOT-CG

HONESTY MAY ACTUALLY HELP YOUR HEALTH.

A NEW STUDY FOUND TELLING FEWER LIES BENEFITS YOU PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.

RESEARCHERS CLAIM AMERICANS AVERAGE ABOUT 11 LIES PER WEEK.

IN THIS LATEST STUDY HALF THE PEOPLE WERE TOLD NOT TO LIE FOR TEN WEEKS.THE OTHER HALF WERE TOLD NOTHING.

PUBLIX RALLY-VO-WIPE

FARMWORKERS ARE LETTING THEIR VOICES BE HEARD BY PROTESTING AT A BRAND NEW PUBLIX STORE IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS SHOWED UP IN FORCE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THEY WANT TO BE PAID A PENNY MORE PER POUND OF TOMATOES THEY PICK.

PUBLIX RALLY-SOT-CG

protester: and there have also been slavery cases where workers have been victims of slavery and we want those abuses to end

PUBLIX CONSIDERS THIS A "LABOR DISPUTE."

IN A STATEMENT -- A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US QUOTE, "WE BELIEVE IT IS THE.

.RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OUR SUPPLIERS - INCLUDING FLORIDA FARMERS WHO GROW TOMATOES AND OTHER PRODUCE

- TO MANAGE THEIR OWN WORKFORCE, INCLUDING PAYING WAGES AND PROVIDING WORK CONDITIONS.

CUPCAKE ATM-VO

THERE'S A CONVENANT NEW WAY TO GET YOUR SWEET TOOTH CRAVINGS.

"SPRINKLES" -- AN ILLINOIS CUPCAKE SHOP HAS INSTALLED AN AUTOMATED CUPCAKE DISPENSING MACHINE OR "CUPCAKE A-T-M"

THE MACHINE HOLDS UP TO 500 CUPCAKES AT A TIME -- NONE OF WHICH ARE MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS OLD.

WAVV 101.1 TEASE-SSTOPS

IF YOU NEED TO WALK OUT THE DOOR - WE CAN STILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE KNOW TODAY -

FORECAST TEASE-OMNI

BREAK EIGHT 5:49:40 AM

HIT TIME 5:49:40 AM

5:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

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.

Storms will be plentiful today as a band of moist air from the tropics passes over Southwest Florida, triggering numerous showers and storms this afternoon. It looks as though this moisture air will be moving over South Florida just the atmosphere is heating up, so there will be plenty of energy in place for the rain and storms to work with. Today's storms will be capable of producing very heavy rain along with intense lightning and gusty winds.

Aside from what's looking to be a stormy afternoon, our morning looks to be fairly quiet. We may see a few isolated showers on the radar throughout the morning, but most of us will be in store for sunny skies until the stormy weather begins around the midday hours.

With all the rain expected to develop today, temperatures will be kept a bit lower compared to previous days. Our daytime highs should top out in the low to mid 90s.

By tonight, some lingering rain will be possible, but we should see the storms shrink in coverage by sunset.

By Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, and then we'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon.

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again, and we'll have to see if this will eventually translate into stronger winds today. The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward movement and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-NAVI

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

ALL CLEAR, COLLIER CO ENFORCEMENT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

DARK KNIGHT BOX OFFICE WEEKEND-OC NATS VO

BATMAN IS STILL SMOKING THE COMPETITION.

my mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men.this isn't a car.batman takes off

"THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" WON THE BOX OFFICE SWEEPSTAKES FOR THE THIRD WEEKEND IN A ROW.

THE ACTION-THRILLER, STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE AND ANNE HATHAWAY, RAKED IN 36-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

THE LATEST "BATMAN" ADVENTURE HAS NOW GROSSED A WHOPPING 354-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS AT U-S THEATERS.

NATALIE PORTMAN MARRIES-VO

NATALIE PORTMAN IS NOW A MRS.

THE OSCAR WINNING ACTRESS GOT MARRIED OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE 31-YEAR-OLD STAR EXCHANGED VOWS WITH FRENCH DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BENJAMIN MILLEPIED, AFTER A TWO-YEAR ENGAGEMENT.

THE WEDDING WAS AT A PRIVATE HOME IN CALIFORNIA.

ORBITZ VACATION CONTEST-2SH-VO

A NEW PARTY EMERGES DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

ONE THAT COULD SCORE YOU 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FREE TRAVEL.

MANAGERS OF THE TRAVEL WEBSITE ORBITZ ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HEAD THEIR "VACATION PARTY", TO SECURE YOUR VACATION RIGHTS.

THE WINNER'S EXPECTED TO CUT THE VACATION DEFICIT AND FILL HOTEL ROOMS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.

POWERBALL JACKPOT-2 SHOT

YOUR CHANCE HAS COME TO WIN 212 MILLION DOLLARS.

NOBODY WON THE LATEST POWERBALL MULTI STATE LOTTERY JACKPOT.SO THE PRIZE CONTINUES TO GROW.

HOWEVER THERE WERE TICKETS THAT MATCHED FIVE NUMBERS.THOSE PEOPLE HAD TO SETTLE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS A PIECE BEFORE TAXES.

THE NEXT DRAWING IS WEDNESDAY.

WHAT'S COMING UP AT 6-CLIPTOPS

1) HEELS EXTREMES-VOTOPS

FROM BOTOX TO REMOVING TOES--

WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GOING TO THE EXTREMES TO FIT INTO THEIR HEELS.

2) SCHOOL SAVINGS-VOTOPS

PLUS-- DID YOU GO SHOPPING FOR TAX FREE WEEKEND?

BUT REALIZE YOU SPENT MORE THAN YOU WANTED?

3) LIVE FROM LONDON-VOTOPS

AND WE'RE LIVE FROM LONDON--

ALL THE LATEST ON THE COMPETITION OVER THE WEEKEND.

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