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A HOT PURSUIT OF A STOLEN CAR DOWN A BUSY LEE COUNTY ROAD.

TRICKY MANEUVERS -- AT LEAST ONE SHOT FIRED!

NBC2 IS THERE AS IT ALL COMES TO AN END.

PLUS - QUESTIONS SURROUND AN OVERNIGHT FIRE AT A FORT MYERS APARTMENT BUILDING.

FIRST AT FOUR - WHY CONTRACTORS THINK THERE'S NO WAY THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT.

AND -- HIGH FASHION FRAUD.

BUT THE IMPACT OF THESE COUNTERFEIT SHOES RUNS DEEP.

1 daniels chase and crash-TRXVO

2 apartment fire-TRX

3 fake shoes-TRXvo

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOXTOPS

MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THIS WEEKEND

Do you have plans Saturday and Sunday? If you do, you picked a decent weekend for it.

The sun will be in full force both days, however, there will be plenty of clouds to dot the sky. Thus, we are calling this weekend a mix of sun and clouds.

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will also print an active picture at times. Isolated storms will billow during the afternoon along the sea breeze. Not everyone will see rain drops, but if you do you'll sure know it.

Thankfully these downpours won't ruin your plans. Just be sure to have the umbrella or rain gear in hand. Afterall it's August in southwest Florida, and this is the typical "August scenario!"

Monday through the rest of next week we'll see isolated to scattered storms around 3:00 PM.

Highs will range from 91 to 93 degrees.

When it comes to the tropics, we're watching a few areas.

First, storms are helping intensify an impulse in the southewest Gulf. It has a high liklihood of developing into a depression, but it will have no effect on southwest Florida.

Next, Tropical Storm Gordon continues to barrel across the open Atlantic. It, too, will be no harm to the U.S. It's heading for the other land mass on the other side of the pond. That is, Europe.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-VOTOPS, OBX

A CRIMINAL CHASE ON ONE OF LEE COUNTY'S BUSIEST ROADS.

DEPUTIES SAY THIS MAN LED THEM DOWN DANIELS PARKWAY - AT ONE POINT TRYING TO RUN THEM DOWN WITH HIS CAR.

NBC 2'S CLIFTON FRENCH WAS THERE AS DEPUTIES CUFFED HIM.

DANIELS CHASE AND CRASH-REM-LIVE

DANIELS CHASE AND CRASH-VO, SS

the chase started just before 9:00 this morning when a sheriff's deputy spotted this stolen car near daniels and treeline. and the man driving didn't want to stop.

deputies then try a pit maneuver, knocking the car off the road between rickenbacker and chamberlain parkways.

DANIELS CHASE AND CRASH-SOT

DANIELS CHASE AND CRASH-REM-LIVE

but that didn't stop him, he still managed to drive all the way to gateway right there, before he finally pulled a u-turn and wrecked.

one deputy received minor injuries during the chase, but no one else was hurt.

TOSS TO LAUREN-trxVOtops, DBX

NEW INFORMATION FIRST AT FOUR ON AN OVERNIGHT FIRE IN FORT MYERS.

FLAMES DESTROYED A BUILDING ON WILLARD STREET--JUST SOUTH OF CITY OF PALMS PARK.

THE PROPERTY'S MANAGER SAYS HE JUST STARTED TURNING IT INTO APARTMENTS FOR RENT.

NBC2'S LAUREN IS LIVE ON THE SCENE,

FM APARTMENT FIRE-REM-LIVE

FM APARTMENT FIRE-PKG

THE FORT MYERS FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS FLAMES BROKE OUT AROUND 1130 LAST NIGHT.

NO ONE WAS LIVING IN THE BUILDING.

PROPERTY MANAGER NICK PHILLIPS TELLS US HE WAS RENOVATING THE VACANT PROPERTY-- FIXING UP TWO APARTMENT HOMES SO ITS OWNER COULD RENT IT TO FAMILIES.

PHILLIPS SAYS THE BUILDING HAD SAT VACANT FOR YEARS-- AND THAT HE LOCKED IT UP EACH NIGHT WHEN HE FINISHED WORK FOR THE DAY.

take sot

super = Nick Phillips, property manager

runs=10

FM APARTMENT FIRE-REM-LIVE

officials have not confirmed phillips' theory.

fort myers fire officials have called in state fire marshals -- to investigate the wreckage and try to fgure out how this fire began. we're told they're on their way here to the scene.

CARMIKE THEATER THREAT-OC

CARMIKE MOVIE THEATERS ARE ON ALERT TODAY.

DETECTIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF UNSPECIFIED THREATS RELATED TO THE SHOWING OF "THE EXPENDANBLES 2".

CARMIKE THEATER THREAT-PKG

nats

HEIGHTENED TENSIONS. AND SECURITY TODAY AT A STRING OF MOVIE THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AFTER A THREATENING PHONE MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON AN ANSWERING MACHINE AT THE CARMIKE CINEMAS HEADQUARTERS IN GEORGIA OVERNIGHT.

"The caller said that there were bombs placed throughout the theaters all over the United States.

So probably every singled theater in the United States that is owned by this company is being searched right now."

SEARCH TEAMS. SOME WITH DOGS. LOCKED-DOWN. THEN LOOKED THROUGH THEATERS IN SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING: GEORGIA. KENTUCKY. ILLINOIS. NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA.

TO THIS POINT NO EXPLOSIVES HAVE BEEN FOUND.

AND POLICE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THREATS AND AN ARREST MADE LAST NIGHT WHEN 23-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA VARDEMAN TRIED TO CARRY A LOADED 9MM PISTOL INTO A CARMIKE CINEMA IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA - THE CITY WHERE THE THEATER CHAIN IS BASED.

MORE AMMUNITION WAS FOUND INSIDE VARDEMAN'S CAR.

THIS EVENING THE INVESTIGATION AND THE SEARCHES CONTINUE.

CARMIKE THEATER THREAT-OC

THE NEAREST CARMIKE MOVIE THEATER IS IN BRADENTON.

TOSS TO CHAD-OC, TRX

NEW REPORTS SHOW UNEMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE STATE IS UP SLIGHTLY FROM LAST MONTH.

TODAYS NUMBERS TELL THE STORY OF A SLOW SUMMER SEASON IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TO SEE THE LOCAL JOBS PICTURE LET'S BRING IN OUR CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER.

CHAD - THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WILL BE WON AND LOST BASED ON THE ECONOMY.

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-PLASMA

WE ARE STILL AN ECONOMY BASED AROUND SEASONS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTORS.

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-SS, VO

NOTE THE ARROWS TRENDING UP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

LEE COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS 9-POINT-7 PERCENT.

COLLIER COUNTY IS THE SAME RATE.

A BETTER WAY TO THINK OF THIS - ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN PEOPLE IN LEE AND COLLIER IS OUT OF A JOB.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY IS A 9-POINT-3 UNEMPLOYMENT.

THIS AFTERNOON I SPOKE WITH AN ECONOMIST AT F-G-C-U - DOCTOR GARY JACKSON.

HE GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE GOLD COAST ROTARY CLUB IN CAPE CORAL.

THE U-S HAS TECHNICALLY BEEN OUT OF A RECESSION SINCE 2009.

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-SOTVO

"It's very similar to the investment decision, should I invest to expand my capacity? Well, I will expand my capacity when I think there's going to be additional demand for my products and services."

DOCTOR JACKSON AND HIS TEAM AT F-G-C-U RELEASED A REPORT ABOUT THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-PLASMA

THEY ALSO ASKED ABOUT HIRING TRENDS.

WHERE ARE THE JOBS AND WHEN ARE THEY COMING?

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

RNC POLICE PREPS-VO

TAMPA POLICE ARE KEEPING EVERYONE IN THE LOOP WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY DURING THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE CHIEF OF POLICE SPOKE TO THE CITY'S TRAINING ACADEMY.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK NEAR DOWNTOWN GOT A LOOK AT NEW GEAR THE OFFICERS WILL USE DURING THE CONVENTION.

RNC POLICE PREPS-SOTVO

S/ Officer Tim Pasley / Tampa Police Dept. 1:14-1:18

"If you want to know that the police are somewhere, if you want to know that you're somewhere, ride a horse in. Your next birthday party, you want people to know you're there, ride a horse in."

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTS MONDAY - AUGUST 27TH.

2 US SOLDIERS-TRX, VO

FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW - AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.

OFFICIALS SAY AN NEWLY RECRUITED AFGHAN POLICE OFFICER BEGAN SHOOTING MINUTES AFTER HE BEGAN TRAINING.

TWO SOLDIERS DIED.

9 AMERICANS DIED YESTERDAY WHEN THEIR BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON BIRTH DEFECTS IN BABIES - IS ALSO ONE OF THE HARDEST TO SPOT.

COMING UP - THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HELPING DOCTORS PINPOINT THE PROBLEM SOONER.

PLUS - EXHAUSTION, AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND JELLYFISH STOOD IN THE WAY OF A WOMAN'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE HISTORY.

A) newborn heart problems-vo

B) cuba to keys-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CUBA TO KEYS-VO

A WOMAN HOPES FOURTH TIME IS THE CHARM FOR A MARATHON SWIM FROM CUBA TO THE KEYS.

ON SUNDAY MORNING - DIANA NYAD WILL BEGIN HER 90 MILE SWIM OFF THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND.

THE 62 YEAR OLD FIRST TRIED THE SWIM BACK IN 1978 BUT BECAME EXHAUSTED AFTER 42 HOURS.

HER PAST TWO TRIPS DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND THEN JELLYFISH STINGS.

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.

MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THIS WEEKEND

Do you have plans Saturday and Sunday? If you do, you picked a decent weekend for it.

The sun will be in full force both days, however, there will be plenty of clouds to dot the sky. Thus, we are calling this weekend a mix of sun and clouds.

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will also print an active picture at times. Isolated storms will billow during the afternoon along the sea breeze. Not everyone will see rain drops, but if you do you'll sure know it.

Thankfully these downpours won't ruin your plans. Just be sure to have the umbrella or rain gear in hand. Afterall it's August in southwest Florida, and this is the typical "August scenario!"

Monday through the rest of next week we'll see isolated to scattered storms around 3:00 PM.

Highs will range from 91 to 93 degrees.

When it comes to the tropics, we're watching a few areas.

First, storms are helping intensify an impulse in the southewest Gulf. It has a high liklihood of developing into a depression, but it will have no effect on southwest Florida.

Next, Tropical Storm Gordon continues to barrel across the open Atlantic. It, too, will be no harm to the U.S. It's heading for the other land mass on the other side of the pond. That is, Europe.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

A WOMAN WHO IS AN EXPERT DIVER, IS MISSING AFTER A MORNING SWIM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

"It's not like it's just somebody missing, it's my daughter."

A) wife disappears snorkeling-sotvo

AIR TRAVEL COMPLAINTS-VO

CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AGAINST AIRLINES ARE SKY-HIGH.

NEARLY 14-HUNDRED COMPLAINTS WERE FILED IN JUNE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THAT'S A 44-PERCENT JUMP FROM THE MONTH BEFORE.

UNITED AIRLINES TOOK THE BIGGEST HIT. IT'S DEALING WITH GLITCHES SINCE MERGING WITH CONTINENTAL.

WIFE DISAPPEARS SNOKELING-OC

THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN CALIFORNIA FOR A WEATLTHY BUSINESS WOMAN MISSING NOW FOR 5 DAYS.

HER HUSBAND SAID SHE WENT SNORKLING ALONE.

BUT SEARCH TEAMS ARE COMING UP EMPTY HANDED. AND POLICE ARE NOW SHIFTING THEIR FOCUS.

WIFE DISAPPEARS SNOKELING-PKG

After 4 days of searching the waters off this 5 star California resort,

authorities seem to be no closer to solving the mystery:

What happened to 50 year old Rebecca Weiss?

SOT 15:00:17-

"It's not like it's just somebody missing, it's my daughter."

Her husband reported her missing Saturday evening, saying she had gone

snorkeling alone that morning and never came home.

She was an expert diver.

SOT 23:22:46-

She was one with the water. She was constantly out in the water

Investigators say it was Alan Weiss who discovered his wife's car and dive

bag at one of her favorite spots, Terrenea Cove. He led investigators there

.

SOT 23:38:54-

DW- So this doesn't add up to you?

BC: This does not add up to me.

Rebecca's brother is an LA Sherrif's deputy.

He and other family members have been posting flyers. searching for

answers.

SOT - 23:43:09-

DW Tell me this: did anybody see her going into the water?

BC: We have not found anyone.

DW: No eyewitnesses at all?

BC: No one has stepped forward to place Babs in the water.

This is now a missing person's case. being investigated by homicide

detectives.

S/U BRIDGE

Authorities recovered her dive bag right here at the end of this foot bridge

minus her cell phone & car keys. At this point authorities have searched

this entire beach and come up with nothing.

Bob Causey says it doesn't make sense why his sister would leave her bag so

far from the water.

SOT 23:43:33-

DW: why is that suspicious to you?

BC It's out of sight! If you were out in the water snorkeling you're not

gonna see that.

The husband Alan Weiss has declined all requests for interviews. But he has

spoken with investigators, who insist he is NOT a Person of Interest in the

case.

SOT

He's been cooperative uh with our investigators

ADD

But Rebecca's mother told KTLA-TV the husband had been having an affair.

SOT

"My daughter told me that she found it on the computer. He has a

girlfriend,

Other family members declined to speculate. They just want answers.

SOT 23:39:41-

DW- It sounds to me like it breaks your heart not to know.

WIFE DISAPPEARS SNOKELING-OC

DAVID WRIGHT REPORTING.

TEASE THREE

MINI-VANS USED TO BE THE GO-TO VEHICLE FOR GROWING FAMILIES

UNTIL THE S-U-V EDGED THEM OUT.

A) minivan comeback-vo

MINIVAN COMEBACK-VO

IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE - DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE SALESMAN TALKS UP MINIVANS.

THE SOCCER MOM-MOBILE IS MAKING A COMEBACK.

A FEW DECADES AGO THEY WERE VERY POPULAR - BUT THEN SUV's EDGED THEM OUT.

AND SALES WERE SO SLOW - GM STOPPED MAKING THEM.

MINIVAN COMEBACK-SOTVO

"The technology nowadays with the doors that open on the side automatically, great for carpools, great for bags full of groceries, that kind of thing. You can put everybody in.they don't have to touch each other"

ANALYSTS SAY MINIVANS ARE EASIER ON YOUR WALLET FOR FUEL EFFICIENCY.

NISSAN AIRBAG-TRX, OC

U-S SAFETY REGULATORS ARE INVESTIGATING THE NISSAN VERSA SUBCOMPACT CAR BECAUSE AN AIR BAG MAY FAIL TO INFLATE IN CRASHES.

THIS IMPACTS ABOUT 100-THOUSAND VERSAS FROM THE 2012 MODEL YEAR.

BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY RECALLS.

NEWBORN HEART PROBLEMS-OC

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF BIRTH DEFECTS IN NEWBORNS.

IT RESULTS IN MORE DEATHS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE THAN ANY OTHER BIRTH DEFECT - BUT IT'S EASILY OVERLOOKED.

NEWBORN HEART PROBLEMS-PKG

THE SIMPLE JOYS OF A NEWBORN! FIRST-TIME MOM COLLEEN RUGNIER KNOWS THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THESE MOMENTS. BABY EVERETT ISN'T EVEN TWO DAYS OLD, BUT HE'S ALREADY HAD DOZENS OF TESTS TO MAKE SURE HE'S HEALTHY.

"He's pretty easy-going. I'm impressed."

TODAY, DOCTORS WILL CHECK HIS HEART. ABOUT ONE IN 120 BABIES IS BORN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. ABOUT 25 PERCENT WILL HAVE A CRITICAL DEFECT THAT REQUIRES URGENT TREATMENT, BUT THESE PROBLEMS ARE HARD TO SPOT.

"The challenge is usually in a newborn nursery setting, these babies look completely normal."

NOW, A TEST CALLED PULSE OXIMETRY IS HELPING DOCTORS CATCH DEFECTS SOONER. PEDIATRICIAN ALEX KEMPER RECOMMENDS ALL HOSPITALS OFFER IT.

THE TEST IS SIMPLE: NURSES ATTACH PROBES TO EVERETT'S RIGHT HAND AND FOOT. THEN THIS MACHINE MEASURES OXYGEN LEVELS IN HIS BLOOD.

"The test is basically based on shining a light through the skin and seeing how red the blood is."

A STUDY OF MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND NEWBORNS FOUND WHEN THE TEST WAS USED ALONG WITH STANDARD SCANS AND EXAMS…92-PERCENT OF CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS WERE DETECTED, AND NOT ONE BABY DIED BECAUSE OF A HEART PROBLEM. THE TEST ALSO HAD A FALSE-POSITIVE RATE OF LESS THAN ONE-PERCENT. EVERETT PASSES WITH FLYING COLORS.

"It's reassuring because it's such a simple, noninvasive test, so you know, why not?"

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

WILDFIRES RACE ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE.

"The worst i felt is when i was down on the highway watching the flames. that's when it impacted me i knew it was it.

BUT A RAY OF HOPE FOR ONE FAMILY- AS OTHERS WATCH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS GO UP IN FLAMES.

PLUS - WE ALL KNOW THERE'S BIG MONEY IN OIL -

BUT COOKING OIL?

A) miracle house-sotvo

B) pg cooking oil stolen-vo

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

MIRACLE HOUSE-VOTOPS, 2 SHOT

IT'S BEING CALLED THE "MIRACLE HOUSE"--

RIGHT NOW AT FOUR. NEW VIDEO FROM WASHINGTON STATE THAT SHOWS JUST HOW UNPREDICTABLE A WILDFIRE CAN BE.

EVACUEES FROM THE TAYLOR BRIDGE FIRE ARE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES TODAY.

SOME ARE GONE --

OTHERS. MIRACULOUSLY STILL STANDING.

MIRACLE HOUSE-PKG

"The worst i felt is when i was down on the highway watching the flames. that's when it impacted me i knew it was it.

EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THE SKIES WERE STILL DARK -- DOUG DEROOY HAD THE SAME VIEW OUR CAMERA HAD AS FIRE DEVOURED THE HILLSIDE AROUND HIS HOME.

HIS SISTER CALLED HIM TO OFFER HER CONDOLENCES.

"I had to call her back this morning and say I'm calling from my house and it's still here, ya, she was flabbergasted.

"I couldn't believe, from one end of the ridge to the other it was all fire and it was working it's way down.

DOWN THE ROAD PATTY HOLMES' VACATION HOUSE IS ALSO STILL STANDING. THE CHARRED LAND NEARBY A STARK REMINDER TO HOW CLOSE THEY CAME TO LOSING IT.

"And I thought it's gone. but you know what? god gave it to us and we've enjoyed it so much, and what i was so concerned about was the neighbors that live here and their home."

NO SUCH LUCK FOR THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS. THEIR HOME ONE OF AT LEAST 60 DESTROYED SO FAR IN THE TAYLOR BRIDGE FIRE.

S/ Elisa Hahn / Reporting 1:07 - 1:17

"This is how selective the fire was. this car made it. but over here this one didn't. then take a look at this, the fire was so hot that it melted the rim off the wheel of the car and it's still warm to the touch.

EVACUATED RESIDENTS OF THE SUNLIGHT WATER DEVELOPMENT ANXIOUSLY WATCHED AS THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR HOMES UNFOLDS.

"When that smoke goes from white to black you know it's hitting structure."

BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA IF THE STRUCTURE IS THERES.

AROUND THE CLOCK -- THE FIREFIGHTERS KEEP WORKING TO SAVE LIVES AND SAVE HOMES.

AND WHILE DOZENS ARE LOST -- MANY MORE ARE SAVED

MIRACLE HOUSE-OC

ELISA HAHN REPORTING.

THE TAYLOR BRIDGE FIRE BROKE OUT MONDAY AT A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

PG COOKING OIL STOLEN-VO

DEPUTIES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY STUMBLED UPON A GREASY CRIME SCENE EARLY THIS MORNING.

ARREST RECORDS SAY DEPUTIES PULLED THIS VAN OVER AROUND 2:30 A-M FOR A BURNT OUT LIGHT.

WHEN THE DEPUTY GOT CLOSER, HE NOTICED SOMETHING LEAKING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE VAN.

TURNS OUT IT WAS USED COOKING OIL.

PUNTA GORDA POLICE BELIEVE GABRIEL TORRES AND DAVID GARCIA STOLE THE OIL FROM CONTAINERS BEHIND A PUBLIX SUPERMARKET AND A RESTAURANT IN PUNTA GORDA.

PG COOKING OIL STOLEN-SOTVO

It's an extra every time we get it, it's an extra 3- or 50 dollars.

POLICE THINK THE TWO MEN THEY PULLED OVER THIS MORNING WERE HOPING TO SELL THE OIL.

NOW OFFICERS HAVE FILED WARRANTS TO ARREST BOTH MEN FOR THEFT.

THEY ARE ALSO SUSPECTS AT SIMILAR SCENES IN LEE AND COLLIER COUNTY.

CAR INTO PUBLIX-VO

A 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO DROVE HER CAR INTO A PUBLIX STORE AND INJURED 10 PEOPLE HAS BEEN FINED -- AND HER DRIVERS LICENSE SUPENDED.

A JUDGE IN PALM COAST RULED THAT THELMA WAGENHOFFER ALSO HAS TO TAKE A DRIVING TEST BEFORE SHE CAN GET HER LICENSE BACK.

THE WOMAN HAD TO WEAR HEADPHONES BECAUSE SHE HAD A HARD TIME HEARING THE JUDGE.

MIAMI CONSTRUCTION WORKER-VO

IN DADE COUNTY - RESCUE WORKERS ARE TRYING TO REACH A MAN WHO FELL 140 FEET THROUGH THE ROOF OF A CEMENT SILO.

IT'S A DISCOURAGING SITUATION.

RIGHT NOW - THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION OR SIGNS OF LIFE FROM THE WORKER WHO FELL.

THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON THE 250 FOOT SILO ABOUT EIGHT-30 THIS MORNING.

AN ADJACENT SILO WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND IS UNSTABLE.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO REACH THE MAN BURIED IN THE RUBBLE.

silo rescue

TX WAREHOUSE FIRE-VO

NEW VIDEO RIGHT NOW OF A FIRE IN SAN ANTONIO.

CHECK THIS OUT --

THE WAREHOUSE IS HOME TO BEE TRUCKING COMPANY.

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO REPORTS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY -- THE FIRE LIKELY STARTED IN A PILE OF WOODEN PALLETS.

ASSANGE LONDON-VO

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE REMAINS IN ECUADOR'S LONDON EMBASSY ONE DAY AFTER THE COUNTRY GRANTED HIM POLITICAL ASYLUM.

THERE IS STILL A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE OUTSIDE OF THE EMBASSY AND BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY WILL STILL EXTRADITE ASSANGE TO SWEDEN.

ASSANGE IS WANTED IN SWEDEN WHERE HE IS ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES. INCLUDING RAPE.

SA STRIKING MINE WORKERS-VO

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE ARE INVESTITGATING A GRIZZLY CRIME SCENE -- AT LEAST 30 STRIKING MINERS WERE KILLED YESTERDAY IN A POLICE CRACKDOWN.

SOUTH AFRICA'S POLICE MINISTER CONFIRMED THE DEATHS AT A PLATINUM MINE DURING A SECURITY OPERATION.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, OFFICERS OPENED FIRE WHEN THREE-THOUSAND STRIKING DRILL OPERATORS ARMED WITH MACHETES AND STICKS IGNORED ORDERS TO DISPERSE.

RUSSIAN BAND GUILTY-OC

A RUSSIAN JUDGE HAS FOUND THREE FEMINIST PUNK ROCKERS GUILTY OF HOOLIGAN-ISM MOTIVATED BY RELIGIOUS HATRED.

THE GROUP WAS ON TRIAL FOR PERFORMING A SO-CALLED "PUNK PRAYER" AGAINST PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AT THE CATHEDRAL.

THEY NOW FACE JAIL TIME FOR THE DEMONSTRATION.

RUSSIAN BAND GUILTY-PKG

These young women, two of them mothers have spent nearly six months in jail, now found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years in prison.

Meanwhile protesters being arrested outside the court.

And what they did was stage about a 30 second sort of punk rock protest inside of Moscow's main cathedral.

Legal experts say that should have landed them maybe a 30 dollar fine.

"Why am I here? It is a question of the future of Russian justice. Will we see in the future not just politically motivated trials, but open lawlessness? That bears as much relation to courts as the Inquisition does."

Now their lawyer plans to appeal and activists have threatened big protests in the near future.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

FACEBOOK BENEFITS-VO

DESPITE REPORTS OF CYBER-BULLYING AND OTHER PERILS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING -- A MAJORITY OF PARENTS IN A NEW SURVEY THINK THE BENEFITS OF FACEBOOK AND TWITTER OUTWEIGH THE RISKS.

THE SURVEY OF MORE THAN 2-THOUSAND PEOPLE WAS CONDUCTED BY RESEARCHERS AT CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

74 YEAR OLD TONY RODIO IS A COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVOR.

TONY RODIO/COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVOR

RUNS:

1:30 They did a colonoscopy and I had both cancers. I had two tumors, a rectal tumor and a colon tumor.

NEW RESEARCH FOUND RECTAL AND COLON TUMORS MAY BE GENETICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF CANCER. KNOWLEDGE THAT MAY CHANG FUTURE TREATMENT. TONY UNDERWENT CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION BEFORE HAVING SURGERY.

TONY RODIO/COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVOR

RUNS:

2:56 They operated and they took both tumors out and brought my colon down, they're connecting now. So I have a shorter colon then most people do.

TONY HAS RECOVERED, BUT COLORECTAL CANCER IS STILL A TOP KILLER. DR. JANETTE GAW WAS HIS SURGEON.

DR. JANETTE GAW/COLORECTAL SURGEON

RUNS:

1:17 Colorectal cancer is actually the second cancer killer in the country 2:10 If you find it early, then we can take it out.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Colonoscopies are extremely reliable in finding cancer and polyps that turn into cancer. But scientists are digging deeper. Looking at genetic mutations to find out what might be driving the disease.

DR. JANETTE GAW/COLORECTAL SURGEON

RUNS:

5:41 They're starting to do what they call onco-typing, looking at different cancers or the type of mutations that they have to see how aggressive it may be.

THE NEWLY RELEASED FINDINGS MAY LEAD TO IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS LIKE TONY.

TONY RODIO/COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVOR

RUNS:

4:33 I feel very well for a person you know who went thorough all the stuff I went through.

LOVE THAT DRESS-VO

MARK YOUR CALENDARS- LOVE THAT DRESS IS JUST WEEKS AWAY AND TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST!

IT'S A CHANCE TO FRESHEN YOUR WARDROBE FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

ON AUGUST 29TH YOU CAN SHOP FOR THOUSANDS OF DRESSES. MANY OF THEM NEW WITH TAGS!

THE MONEY WILL SUPPORT THE PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS IN FORT MYERS.

LOVE THAT DRESS-SOTVO, BNR

You can come with a group of girlfriends it's a ladies night out. You get bargain deals on some great dresses. And it all supports PACE Center for girls. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, so it's so important."

TICKETS ARE 25 DOLLARS.

THERE ARE TWO EVENTS THIS YEAR. ONE AT THE EMBASSY SUITES IN ESTERO-- THE OTHER AT THE WALDORF IN NAPLES.

NFL ON NBC2-SS

FOOTBALL IS KICKING INTO GEAR RIGHT HERE ON NBC-2

YOU CAN CATCH PRE-SEASON ACTION TONIGHT.

THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TAKE ON THE CAROLINA PANTHERS IN CHARLOTTE.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

NEW INFORMATION FIRST AT FOUR ABOUT A PARASAILING ACCIDENT ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA---

A WOMAN PLUNGED TO HER DEATH WHEN HER SAFETY HARNESS BROKE.

AND THE COMPANY WHO TOOK HER ON THE RIDE IS OFF THE HOOK. WE FIND OUT WHY.

PLUS - THE FEDS BUST A SHIPMENT OF THOUSANDS OF PHONY LUXURY SHOES.

A) fl parasail death-vo

B) fake shoes shipment-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

A WIDE VARIETY OF VALUABLE SPORTS MEMORIBILLA --AND EVEN ANT POISON!!

A COUPLE'S LIFETIME OF COLLECTIONS STOLEN FROM THEIR LEHIGH ACRES HOME.

-- PLUS --

20 11 37 20 11 42 It's very cool. Considering we're not like a huge university like UF or FSU it's a great opportunity to have.

AN-OUT OF-THIS WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE

FOR STUDENTS AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

A) STOLEN BASEBALL CARDS-NWSRM

B) NASA ARTIFACTS-SOTVO

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.

MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THIS WEEKEND

Do you have plans Saturday and Sunday? If you do, you picked a decent weekend for it.

The sun will be in full force both days, however, there will be plenty of clouds to dot the sky. Thus, we are calling this weekend a mix of sun and clouds.

First Alert Live Doppler Radar will also print an active picture at times. Isolated storms will billow during the afternoon along the sea breeze. Not everyone will see rain drops, but if you do you'll sure know it.

Thankfully these downpours won't ruin your plans. Just be sure to have the umbrella or rain gear in hand. Afterall it's August in southwest Florida, and this is the typical "August scenario!"

Monday through the rest of next week we'll see isolated to scattered storms around 3:00 PM.

Highs will range from 91 to 93 degrees.

When it comes to the tropics, we're watching a few areas.

First, storms are helping intensify an impulse in the southewest Gulf. It has a high liklihood of developing into a depression, but it will have no effect on southwest Florida.

Next, Tropical Storm Gordon continues to barrel across the open Atlantic. It, too, will be no harm to the U.S. It's heading for the other land mass on the other side of the pond. That is, Europe.

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FAKE SHOES SHIPMENT-OC

COUNTERFIT DESIGNER SHOES - STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS.

FEDS SAY THEY'VE SEIZED MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND PAIRS OF COUNTERFIT HIGH HEELS. MADE BY LUXURY DESIGNER CHRISITAN LOUBOUTIN.

THOSE ARE THE SHOES POPULAR FOR THEIR RED SOLES.

FAKE SHOES SHIPMENT-PKG

They adorn the feet of the rich, famous, and FABULOUSLY FASHIONABLE.

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costing as much as $6000 a pair

Nat SOT from Oprah

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Oprah swears by her Louboutins

NAT POP JLO MUSIC VIDEO

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and Jennifer Lopez sang an anthem about them

NATS JLO MUSIC VIDEO

I'M THROWING ON MY LOUBOUTINS

WATCH THESE RED BOTTOMS, AND THE BACK OF MY JEANS. WATCH ME GO, BYE BABY.

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but instead OF BEING SPOTTED ON CELEBRITIES,

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THURSDSAY, those TRADEMARK red soles were in the CLUTCHES of Customs and

Border Patrol authorities at a Los Angeles seaport

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THESE PUMPS, PLATFORMS AND STILETTOS -- they are ALL counterfeit Louboutins,

20,000 of them!

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That many PAIRS in actual Louboutin stores would cost upwards of $18 million

.

SOT customs agent:

This is the first time that we've actually seized this type of shoes with

the red soles. We have not seen them before

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Just as the girls on Sex and The City discovered, you can find a lot of fake

designer goods for a fraction of the price

SOT SEX AND THE CITY

C THAT'S LIKE $3000!

S OR $150 FAKE!

CARRIE NO!

C OMG IT LOOKS SO REAL!

S YOUD NEVER KNOW IT WASN'T REAL UNLESS YOU LOOKED INSIDE AT THE LINING

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In Los Angeles, the busiest port in the country, they intercept a

staggering 1,000 shipments of counterfeit goods every year.

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Illicit goods include everything from PERFUME TO ELECTRONICS TO CHILDREN'S

ITEMS, and it doesn't just cut in to manufacturers profits

SOT: TODD OWEN/CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL.

THERE'S ALSO A LOSS OF SALES TAXES THAT WOULD GO TO SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS

THAT ARE NOT BEING RECEIVED WHEN YOURE BUYING COUNTERFEITED GOODS.

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according to some estimates, counterfeit goods cost the us economy

more than 750,000 jobs and as much as $250 BILLION dollars annually

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So authorities say, you are better off making the same decision Carrie

Bradshaw did

NAT SOT SEX AND THE CITY

CARRIE: I'D RATHER WAIT FOR THE REAL THING THEN YOU KNOW ITS ONE OF A KIND

FAKE SHOES SHIPMENT-OC

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN HEELS START AROUND 600 DOLLARS.

WHITNEY HOUSTON MOVIE-VO

IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE WHITNEY HOUSTON DIED IN A LOS ANGELES HOTEL ROOM.

BUT TONIGHT - HER FANS WILL GET TO SEE HER SHINE IN THE MOVIE PREMIERE OF "SPARKLE".

IT WAS HOUSTON'S FIRST ACTING ROLE IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS - AND UNFORTUNATELY HER LAST.

OBAMA FIRST KISS-VOTOPS

IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH-- BUT THIS PLAQUE, UNVEILED THURSDAY, IS A TRIBUTE TO A SPECIAL MOMENT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY.

IT MARKS THE SPOT WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA SHARED THEIR FIRST KISS.

IT'S IN CHICAGO'S HYDE PARK.

SPRINGSTEEN LOOKALIKE-VO

NEW JERSEY PARENTS COMPETE FOR A FREE MONTH OF CHILD CARE.

THE WINNER--- HAD TO MAKE THEIR KID LOOK LIKE THE BOSS "BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN."

FANS SHOWED UP WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN HIS HOMETOWN OF FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY.

THE LITTLE ONES DID THEIR BEST IMPERSONATION OF THE ROCKER.

RIHANNA TELL ALL-OC

IN A TELL-ALL INTERVIEW - SUPER STAR POP SINGER RIHANNA BREAKS DOWN INTO TEARS WHILE TALKING ABOUT HER EX-BOYFRIEND CHRIS BROWN.

THE 24-YEAR OLD GAVE A SIT DOWN INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY.

RIHANNA SAYS SHE WAS EMBARRASSED WHEN WORD GOT OUT THAT BROWN HAD ASSAULTED HER.

HE WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING.

FL LOTTO TICKET-OC

THEY'RE EITHER KEEPING QUIET - OR JUST DON'T KNOW THEY'VE WON SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.

NO WINNER HAS COME FORWARD IN THE POWERBALL JACKPOT THAT WAS DRAWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LUCKY TICKET HOLDER COULD TAKE HOME 241 IN ONE LUMP SUM.

AND SOMEONE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS A WINNING TICKET FOR THE FLORIDA LOTTO EXTRA DRAWING.

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IT'S BIG BUSINESS IN FLORIDA --

AND THE ACCIDENTS FROM PARASAILING OFF THE COAST ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

BUT WHEN THEY HAPPEN. THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS DEADLY.

I just said just be safe, you know, and that was it, and then she said I'll call you when we're down, and we never got a call that she was down.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE HEARTBREAKING ACCIDENT THAT IS SPARKING CALLS FOR REGULATIONS.

A) fl deadly parasail-sotvo

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. Tip leads to arrest of plaid bandit

2. Massage therapist charged with prostitution

3. Student arrested at school on drug charges

FL DEADLY PARASAILING-TFC CTR

THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY INTO A DEADLY PARASAILING ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA.

ON WEDNESDAY, A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM CONNECTICUT WAS RIDING WITH HER HUSBAND. WHEN SHE FELL MORE THAN 150 FEET TO HER DEATH.

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On any sunny day, along the ocean beach, they can be seen dotting the sky.parasails.towed by boats and thrilling tourists high above the waves.

It's an exciting ride.

Officials say this is the boat involved in the accident, with the parasail still on the back deck.

Rescuers say after the accident, the crew had to first reel in Stephen Miskell to safety.then circled back to recover Kathleen and tried unsuccessfully to revive her.

Crew members were shaken by the accident.

Kathleen's father got the horrible news in Connecticut, where he later talked about his last conversation with his daughter about her parasailing trip.

The Parasail Safety Council, an industry group, estimates that in the last 30 years there have been 130-million rides involving parasails using harnesses. There have also been 429 serious injuries and 72 fatalities.only 9 of them during those years involving confirmed equipment failure.

Parasailing is an unregulated industry in terms of the equipment used, and the Pompano Beach Mayor says he's tried unsuccessfully to change that.

FL DEADLY PARASAILING-TFC

THE OWNER OF THE PARASAILING COMPANY COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT.BUT AN INDUSTRY SPOKESMEN PREDICTS THIS CASE, PLUS PRESSURE FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES, WILL LEAD TO NEW CALLS FOR REGULATIONS.

THAT WRAPS UP THE FOUR O'CLOCK FOR THIS WEEK.

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UP AHEAD ON THE NEWS AT FIVE --

THE DETAILS BEHIND A STOLEN CAR CRASH AND SHOTS FIRED AT A DEPUTY

AND THE RAIN IS CLEARING UP -- BUT HOW'S THE WEEKEND LOOKING?

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