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if it's a legitimate rape.the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down.

TALK ABOUT TOUCHING A NERVE -- THAT'S THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT THAT HAS A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN APOLOGIZING FIRST AT FOUR --

AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR THE FEMALE VOTE.

A LOADED GUN AT BELL TOWER MOVIE THEATER -- CARRIED BY A MAN WEARING A TRENCH COAT AND SUNGLASSES.

SO WHY WASN'T HE ARRESTED?

WE'RE GETTING ANSWERS, FIRST AT FOUR.

HAVE YOU NOTICED? GAS PRICES ARE ON THE WAY UP AGAIN --

1 gop controversy-trxSOTVO

2 bell tower gun-trxVO

3 high gas prices-trxVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOXTOPS

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

This is a long way out and things can change. Don't get worked up about it, but please, do be aware of the POSSIBLE scenario coming our way by Monday.

PHYLLIS DILLER DEAD-TRX, VO

BREAKING NEWS - FIRST AT FOUR - SAD NEW TO REPORT THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF HOLLYWOOD.

COMEDIAN "PHYLLIS DILLER" HAS PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS 95 YEARS OLD.

DILLER WAS NEARLY 40 WHEN SHE BEGAN PERFORMING AND WENT FROM HOUSEWIFE TO COMEDIAN.

DILLER WAS KNOWN FOR HER DISTINCTIVE LAUGH AND HER CHARACTER ON THE T-V SHOW "LAUGH-IN".

SHE EVEN FILMED A MOVIE IN CAPE CORAL BACK IN 1966 CALLED "THE FAT SPY".

VATICAN DECISION-OC

ANOTHER BIG STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING AT THIS HOUR.

THE VATICAN HAS WON A MAJOR VICTORY IN AN FEDERAL COURTROOM IN OREGON.

THE JUGGE THERE RULING THE HOLY SEE IS *NOT* THE EMPLOYER OF MOLESTER PRIESTS.

THE DECISION COULD SHIELD THE VATICAN FROM POSSIBLE MONETARY DAMAGES.

GOP CONTROVERSY SETUP-TRX 2 SHOT, SOT, 2 SHOT

A DOUBLE PUNCH TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS WEEKEND.

A CONGRESSMAN ADMITS TO SKINNY-DIPPING IN ISRAEL WHILE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

AND *IT WAS THE SOUNDBITE HEARD ROUND THE POLITICAL WORLD.

A G-O-P REPRESENTATIVE IS ASKED ABOUT HIS STANCE ON ABORTION, WHEN A WOMAN HAS BEEN RAPED.

"If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. You know I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child."

TODAY, THE REPRESENTATIVE ADMITTED HE WAS WRONG.

GOP CONTROVERSY-PKG

the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape

IT WAS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN TODD AKIN, RUNNING FOR A SENATE SEAT IN MISSOURI, WHO SET OFF THE FIRESTORM, QUESTIONING IF ALL RAPES ARE, IN HIS WORDS, LEGITIMATE.

HE WAS ARGUING AGAINST ABORTION RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.

Missouri

"It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

SENATE DEMOCRAT CLAIRE MCCASKILLL HAD BEEN TRAILING AKIN IN MISSOURI POLLS

Missouri

08 28 45 this is jaw-dropping and stunning

AKIN CLAIMED HE MISSPOKE AND HAS DEEP SYMPATHY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE RAPED.

AND APOLOGIZED ON THE RADIO:

TOSS TO STEVE-trx, ANIMAP, DBX

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW IN NAPLES.

INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED A HOUSE FIRE.

IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING AT A VACANT HOME ON 96TH AVENUE NORTH.

NAPLES HOUSE FIRE-REM-LIVE

Flames raged through this Naples Park home just 12 hours ago.

You can see how intense this blaze Must have been. Sunshine now fills this living room.

NAPLES HOUSE FIRE-PKG

An early morning fire destroys this home on 96th ave in north Naples.

Flames -- as high as 30 feet -- torched rooms, blackened walls, and melted the roof.

When firefighters got here, they tell us the blaze was so intense it took almost hour to get it under control.

The family who once called this house a home -- are nowhere to be found.

Neighbors tell us they packed up their belongings about 3 weeks ago after bills pilled up.

While it was hard to see the family go then, neighbors explain this morning's fire makes it even worse.

Joanna Camarro, neighbor

NAPLES HOUSE FIRE-REM-LIVE

Fortunately since this was a foreclosure, there wasn't anything in side.

But once you look around, it's easy to see why the next door neighbors are Grateful -- this fire didnt spread.

TOSS TO PETER-OC, DBX

FIRST AT FOUR - NBC 2 HAS LEARNED A MAN WITH A LOADED GUN WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE BELL TOWER MOVIE THEATER YETERDAY AFTERNOON.

HE WAS NOT ARRESTED, BUT HE WAS TICKETED.

BELL TOWER GUN-NSRM

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO BELL TOWER AROUND 5 O'CLOCK FOR REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON.

BELL TOWER GUN-VO

THEY NOTICED THAT HE KEPT PLACING HIS HAND IN HIS COAT AND WAS PULLING HIS HAT DOWN OVER HIS FACE.

BELL TOWER GUN-NSRM

DETECTIVES SAY HAIR HAD A LOADED GLOCK HANDGUN ALONG WITH A VALID CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT.THAT IS WHY HE WASN'T ARRESTED.

CLINTON DRAKE HEARING-VO

NOT FIT TO STAND FOR TRIAL -

THAT'S THE WORD FROM A NEW MEDICAL EVALUATION OF A CAPE CORAL MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER.

BACK IN A FEBRUARY HEARING, DOCTORS CAME UP WITH THE SAME ASSESSMENT.

BUT TODAY - THE COURT LEARNS MEDICAL SPECIALISTS BELIEVE CLINTON DRAKE IS STILL MENTALLY INCOMPETENT.

DRAKE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS 84-YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER JOHN DRAKE AND THEN LEAVING HIS BODY IN A TRUCK AT THE TURN LANE OF A CAPE CORAL ROAD IN DECEMBER.

CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICERS SAY DRAKE ADMITTED TO THE KILLING WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED.

CAPE REZONING-VO

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS REVISING ITS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MORE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

TONIGHT, COUNCIL WILL HOLD ONE OF TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES.

CAPE REZONING-SOTVO

-john jacobsen/CRA"so that's the companion piece to this ordinance. Here's the new regulations now were going to apply it to the 3 downtown zoning districts."

FPL RATES-OC

IN TALLAHASSEE TODAY, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT OFFICIALS CONSIDER RAISING YOUR RATES.

THE COMPANY HAS REQUESTED TO RAISE THE COST BY 690 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

THE INCREASE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, F-P-L OFFERED A SETTLEMENT THAT WOULD LOWER THE INCREASE TO ALMOST 550- MILLION.

MATANZAS PASS DREDGE-ANIMAPVO

FIRST AT FOUR - NBC 2 HAS LEARNED THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL DREDGE MANTANZAS PASS -- AND ALSO FOOT THE BILL.

LAST MONTH, BOATERS TOLD US THE WATERWAY ON THE NORTH END OF FORT MYERS BEACH WAS FILLING-IN WITH SAND.

TODAY, LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS TELL US THE ARMY CORP WILL BEGIN DREDGING THE PASS IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

STOCKS FELL TODAY ON NEW WORRIES ABOUT THE EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS.

ALSO TODAY - IN THE U.S., LOWE'S, THE WORLD'S NO. 2 HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE, MISSED EARNINGS EXPECTATIONS, AND CUT ITS OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR.

FACEBOOK SLUMP-VO

THE KING OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS FACING HEAVY CRITICISM AFTER FACEBOOK STOCK SLUMPED TO AN ALL-TIME LOW TODAY.

SOME ARE ASKING IS MARK ZUCKERBERG IS THE BEST PERSON TO LEAD THE COMPANY.

STOCK PRICES HAVE STEADILY FALLEN SINCE IT'S PUBLIC DEBUT, THREE MONTHS AGO.

FACEBOOK'S I-P-O HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING, TECHNICAL GLITCHES CONFUSED TRADING.

THAT LED TO INVESTORS FILING LAWSUITS, FOLLOWED BY SINKING STOCK PRICES.

NOW, SOME QUESTION IF THE COMPANY'S FOUNDER IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB.

FACEBOOK SLUMP-SOTVO

sot - Brent Wilsey/Investment Advisor

it's his company. He's not doing the right things to have his company make money. / What I would tell Mark Zuckerberg is, 'You're a smart guy. You've created this great product called Facebook. But now the game has changed.'

ZUCKERBERG IS FACEBOOK'S LARGEST SHAREHOLDER. HE HAS LOST AN ESTIMATED 600 MILLION DOLLARS IN PERSONAL WEALTH SINCE THE COMPANY WENT PUBLIC.

EDISON STATE DORM-VO

A NEW ERA BEGINS TODAY AT EDISON STATE COLLEGE.

THE SCHOOL NOW OFFERS HOUSING ON THE LEE CAMPUS.

THE DORMS, CALLED LIGHTHOUSE COMMONS, ARE 80 PERCENT FULL.

STUDENTS ARE MOVING IN TODAY. BRINGING CLOTHES AND A COUPLE OF THE BASICS FOR CLASS.

EDISON STATE DORM-SOTVO

It's very rewarding. We can remember, we were just reflecting the other day about breaking ground and to see this here and to see everyone their awe and excitement as they walk in is really impressive.

THERE ARE STILL A FEW MORE ROOMS OPEN IN THE DORMS.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

AS YOUR CHILD GOES OFF TO COLLEGE, YOU MIGHT BE WORRIED HOW THEY ANSWER THIS QUESTION: CREDIT OR DEBIT?

A) credit or debit-vo

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CA WHALE MOVED-VO

THERE WAS QUITE THE SIGHT DRIVING DOWN A BUSY SAN DIEGO HIGHWAY THIS MORNING.

A KILLER WHALE WAS MOVED FROM SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY KINGDOM TO SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO.

THE 19 YEAR OLD WHALE WAS PUT ON A FLATBED TRUCK AFTER A CARGO PLANE RIDE.

YOU CAN SEE CREW MEMBERS TRAVELED WITH THE WHALE - SPLASHING WATER ON IT DURING THE RIDE.

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.

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

This is a long way out and things can change. Don't get worked up about it, but please, do be aware of the POSSIBLE scenario coming our way by Monday.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

IT'S HANDY TO SWIPE AND PAY BUT SOME PARENTS WORRY DEBIT CARDS ARE TOO CONVENIENT FOR THEIR COLLEGE-AGED KIDS.

i just say ok, it's this much and i hand 'em my card and it's done, and i ask, how much did i spend?"

A) credit or debit-sotvo

TIP WITH CASH-VO

THE NEXT TIME YOU TIP YOU SERVER, CONSIDER LEAVING CASH INSTEAD OF ADDING IT TO YOUR CREDIT CARD.

ACCORDING TO USA TODAY, SERVERS CAN TAKE CASH HOME AT NIGHT - BUT WHEN TIPS ARE PUT ON THEIR PAYCHECK LATER - IT'S SOMETIMES NOT ACCURATE.

CREDIT OR DEBIT-OC

FINANCES ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS OF ANY PARENT SENDING A SON OR DAUGHTER OFF TO COLLEGE.

HOW WILL THEY HANDLE FOLLOWING A BUDGET WHILE THEY'RE AWAY?

AND SHOULD YOUR CHILD HAVE A DEBIT OR A CREDIT CARD WHEN THEY LEAVE FOR SCHOOL?

CREDIT OR DEBIT-PKG

RYAN QUACKENBUSH IS JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM HEADING BACK TO COLLEGE.

HE'S LEARNED A LOT SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR. SOME OF THAT. ABOUT HIS FINANCES.

"you pull out your card and sometimes i get in the habit where i don't look at the total, i just say ok, it's this much and i hand 'em my card and it's done, and i ask, how much did i spend?"

BUT RYAN SAYS HE'LL BE MORE RESPONSIBLE WITH HIS MONEY THIS TIME AROUND. HE'S EVEN THINKING ABOUT GOING FROM A DEBIT CARD. TO A CREDIT CARD.

"i really actually am. i hear so many bad things them but it's something that is necessary eventually."

GARY QUACKENBUSH IS AN ATTORNEY AND A REGULAR GUEST TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS ON LOCAL RADIO STATIONS. HE SAYS RYAN AND HIS OTHER CHILDREN ALL STARTED WITH DEBIT CARDS FOR A REASON, THE MONEY COMES RIGHT OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT. MORE LIKE CASH.

"if you pay cash it's done. if you had to pay off your credit card every week, you'd probably go, wow i have a lot of charges i have to pay off this week. but what happens, it's a month later. a month of all these, perhaps, irresponsible or negligence. at the end of the month you get the credit card bill and go, it's 400 dollars. i don't have that."

"it's important to know, if they buy lunch with their credit card habitually, that they are going to be paying off that lunch for a really long time."

NATHAN SCHMIDT WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION SAYS MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE CREDIT CARDS. BUT THOSE CARDS SHOULD HAVE THEIR LIMIT.

"the credit card has a low apr and about a thousand dollars credit limit."

"so clearly as a parent you want to keep in touch with your kid's finances while they are away at college. so is it a good idea to cosign on a credit card?"

"never, ever, ever parents should never cosign."

CREDIT OR DEBIT-OC

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE. THEY COULD BE FLOODED WITH CREDIT CARD OFFERS.

TEASE THREE

TRADITIONAL METAL FILLINGS COULD BE LEAKING MERCURY INTO YOUR MOUTH.

"Every now and then, I would get a metal taste."

A) dental filling debate-sotvo

SNORKEL DEATH-VO

SEARCHERS FOUND THE BODY OF A WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE DIVING OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE WERE FOLLOWING LAST WEEK -

REBECCA WEISS'S FAMILY SUSPECTED HER HUSBAND OF HAVING SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE.

THIS WEEKEND HER BODY WAS FOUND - ABOUT 200 YARDS OFF-SHORE - RIGHT WHERE HERE HUSBAND SAID SHE MIGHT HAVE GONE DIVING.

THE FAMILY IS NOW WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.

SNORKEL DEATH-SOTVO

CARTER CRARY, owner, Malibu Divers:

"You can get entangled in a fish line;

you can blackout in shallow water;

you can have a medical emergency,

like a heart attack."

DEPUTIES SAY WEISS'S HUSBAND HAS COOPERATED WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND HIS STORY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT.

DENTAL FILLING DEBATE-OC

MORE THAN 100-MILLION AMERICANS HAVE SILVER-COLORED MERCURY FILLINGS IN THEIR MOUTHS.

THEY'VE BEEN USED SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, BUT HOW SAFE ARE THEY?

DENTAL FILLING DEBATE-PKG

OUCH! THEY CAN HURT SO MUCH…YOU MIGHT BE COMPELLED TO SING ABOUT THE PAIN.

BUT THE METAL IN YOUR MOUTH THAT'S DESIGNED TO RELIEVE YOUR TOOTH TROUBLES, COULD BE HARMING YOUR HEALTH. AS A KID - SHARON CLOER HAD CLOSE TO 10 FILLINGS. AS AN ADULT, SHE BELIEVES THEY MADE HER SICK - AND EVEN CHANGED THE TASTE OF FOOD.

"Every now and then, I would get a metal taste."

BUT SINCE HAVING MOST OF THE FILLINGS REMOVED - SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY MORE FOODS, HAS MORE ENERGY, AND SHE SAYS HER RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAS IMPROVED.

"I've gone off of my asthma medicine."

DENTIST JAMES HARDY SAYS MERCURY THAT LEAKS OUT OF TRADITIONAL SILVER FILLINGS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS.

"It affects your brain. It affects your kidneys. It affects over 200 different systems in your body."

MERCURY EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS, TREMORS, MOOD SWINGS, ANXIETY AND ARTHRITIS, BUT DOCTOR HARDY SAYS THESE SYMPTOMS CAN OFTEN BE REVERSED WHEN THE FILLINGS ARE TAKEN OUT.

"I had them removed, and my eyesight actually improved and my memory improved."

MERCURY FILLINGS ARE BANNED IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. BUT IN THE U-S…THE F-D-A MAINTAINS THEY ARE "SAFE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGES SIX AND ABOVE." THE A-D-A AGREES.SANDBORGH ENGLUND - WHO PRACTICES IN SWEDEN - WHERE THE FILLINGS ARE BANNED - SAYS STUDIES ON MERCURY FILLINGS ARE INCONCLUSIVE.

"Should patients be concerned If they have mercury fillings? No, I don't think so."

BUT DOCTOR HARDY BELIEVES THE F-D-A NEEDS TO CLASSIFY MERCURY FILLINGS AS DANGEROUS.

"If it's dangerous outside the mouth, it's dangerous inside the mouth."

DENTAL FILLING DEBATE-OC

INSTEAD OF MERCURY FILLINGS … DOCTOR HARDY OFFERS PATIENTS COMPOSITE FILLINGS.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

IT'S A SUMMER THAT'S SETTING RECORDS AT THE PUMP.

AFTER GAS PRICES DIPPED EARLIER THIS SEASON, WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC UPSWING IN PRICES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

FIRST AT FOUR - WHAT'S CAUSING THE INCREASE.

PLUS - MOVE OVER BOYS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB EXTENDS A MEMBERSHIP INVITE TO WOMEN.

A) high gas prices-vo

B) august female members-vo

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TOSS TO JENNIFER-2 SHOT, CG, OBX

SUMMER GAS PRICES HIT A REGRETTABLE RECORD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TRIPLE A SAYS DRIVERS ARE SHELLING OUT AN AVERAGE OF 3 DOLLARS AND 72 CENTS PER GALLON TODAY.

THAT'S SEVEN CENTS MORE THAN FLORIDA'S AVERAGE - AND 9 CENTS MORE THAN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NBC 2'S JENNIFER TRAMMELL IS DIGGING INTO *WHY WE'RE SEEING HIGHER PRICES.

SHE'S ON PUMP PATROL IN FORT MYERS -- FIRST AT FOUR.

HIGH GAS PRICES-REM-LIVE

oil prices are up --

and so are prices at the pump.

HIGH GAS PRICES-VO

TRIPLE A SAYS LAST MINUTE SUMMER TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT TO CONTINUE PAYING MORE.

USUALLY WE SEE A DROP AFTER LABOR DAY -- BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE THIS YEAR.

HIGH GAS PRICES-SOTVO

SOT 15 SECONDS

what reason is not behind this? have all contributed to the rise in pump prices

A COUPLE DRIVERS SPECULATED THE DROUGHT IN THE MIDWEST IS REDUCING THE CORN SUPPLY, AND THEREFORE ETHANOL SUPPLY.

I ASKED TRIPLE A ABOUT THAT --

I'M TOLD WE'RE *NOT SEEING AN IMPACT FROM THE DROUGHT RIGHT NOW.

HIGH GAS PRICES-REM-LIVE

one other thing to note --

sometimes, the outlook just depends on which analyst you're talking to.

a petroleum analyst with gasbuddy.com expects average prices to start falling -- especially after mid-september.

now that refining issues on the west coast and in the great lakes region are resolved.

PUMP PATROL-OC

IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE LOWEST GAS PRICES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD - CHECK OUT THE NBC 2 PUMP PATROL ON OUR WEBSITE.

I75 CONSTRUCTION-TRX, VO

NOW TO AN NBC2 TRAFFIC ALERT --

ON I-75 TODAY -- A SURVEY CREW STARTED MARKING OUT THE SIX-LANE EXPANSION FOR PART OF THE HIGHWAY.

THE PROJECT WILL STRETCH FROM BAYSHORE ROAD -- TO THE LEE/CHARLOTTE COUNTY LINE.

THE WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS -- AND INCLUDE RESURFACING THE EXISTING FOUR LANES, WIDENING I-75 BRIDGES OVER BAYSHORE ROAD AND UPDATING THE EXIT RAMPS AT THE BAYSHORE INTERCHANGE.

GM RECALL-TRX, VIDBOX

NOW TO AN NBC2 CONSUMER ALERT - FIRST AT FOUR.

GENERAL MOTORS SAYS NEARLY 250-THOUSAND OF THEIR S-U-V's HAVE A FIRE RISK.

THE VEHICLES COULD HAVE A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE POWER WINDOW AND LOCK CONTROLS IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR THAT CAN SPARK.

THE RECALL COVERS 2006 AND 2007 MODELS OF SEVERAL S-U-V's.

WE'VE POSTED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE RECALL ON OUR WEBSITE, NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

RNC ONE WEEK OUT-VO

WERE NOW A WEEK AWAY FROM THE G-O-P NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TAMPA

AND REPUBLICANS ARE GEARING UP.

OVER FOUR-THOUSAND DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES FROM ALL 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND FIVE U.S. TERRITORIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.

MANY WILL MEET TODAY AND TOMORROW TO WORK ON A PLATFORM.

DNC SPEAKERS-VO

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS FOR THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SEVERAL PROMINENT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ROSTER AT THE CHARLOTTE CONVENTION IN TWO WEEKS.

CHICAGO MAYOR, AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, RAHM EMANUEL IS NOW ON THE LIST.

SO IS MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND '04 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOHN KERRY.

ORLANDO DRAG RACING-VO

AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN APPARENT DRAG RACING ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN FLORIDA.

POLICE SAY ABOUT 30 CARS WERE LINING A ROAD SOUTH OF ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

A CAR LEFT THE PAVEMENT AND CRASHED INTO THE PARKED VEHICLES.

THE DRIVER WHO CAUSED THE CRASH FLED.

911 FAMILIES APPEAL-VO

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11th WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS ARE HOPING FOR MORE OPTIONS.

THERE HAS BEEN A DEBATE OVER A DECISION TO HOUSE THE REMAINS OF UNIDENTIFED VICTIMS UNDERGROUND NEAR THE 9-1-1 MEMORIAL MUSEUM.

SOME BELIEVED ALL THE FAMILIES MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO DIED SHOULD BE CONSULTED AND REQUESTED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEARLY THREE-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

A NEW YORK COURT DENIED THE PETITON BECAUSE OF PRIVACY LAWS.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-VO

IT'S BEING CALLED ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL FIRE SEASONS IN HISTORY--

AND THINGS AREN'T LOOKING ANY BETTER OUT WEST.

IN IDAHO, FIRE HAS SPREAD TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST, TO WITHIN 10 MILES OF IDAHO CITY.

OCCUPANTS OF NEARLY A THOUSAND HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN FEATHERVILLE WERE GIVEN EVACUATION ORDERS

THERE ARE SIMILAR STORIES ACROSS THE WESTERN WILDFIRE ZONE.35 DANGEROUS FIRES NOW BURNING IN 10 WESTERN STATES IN A SEASON THAT HAS ALREADY SEEN NEARLY 7 MILLION ACRES CONSUMED BY FLAMES.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-SOTVO

"until i see fire coming over the hill i'm going to stay./this is a big investment for us, this is our retirement."/b /b/pi

IT'S THE WEATHER THAT SETS THE PACE.

OFTEN A TWO-SIDED SWORD:

WIKILEAKS ASSANGE-VO

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE REMAINS DEFIANT ONE DAY AFTER GIVING AN ANTI-U.S. SPEECH ON A BALCONY AT THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON.

ASSANGE HAS BEEN HOLED UP IN THE EMBASSY FIGHTING HIS EXTRADITION TO SWEDEN TO FACE ALLEGATIONS OF SEX CRIMES.

WIKILEAKS ASSANGE-SOTVO

The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters

BRITISH OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL ARREST ASSANGE IMMEDIATELY IF HE TRIES TO LEAVE AND WILL EXTRADITE HIM TO SWEDEN WHERE HE FACES CHARGES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL MOLESTATION.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

MARRIAGE & ALCOHOL-VO

DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE KIDS OR THE HUSBANDS WHO ARE TO BLAME.

BUT RESEARCHES SAY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FOR WOMEN GOES UP AFTER MARRIAGE!

A NEW STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FINDS LONG-TERM MARRIAGE APPEARS TO CURB MEN'S DRINKING. BUT INCREASES WOMEN'S!

OVERALL -- MEN CONSUME MORE DRINKS PER MONTH THAN WOMEN.

COFFEE DIABETES-VO

IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH YOUR DAY WITHOUT A COFFEE BREAK OR TWO, HERE'S GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

HARVARD RESEARCHERS SAY THE EVIDENCE IS FAIRLY STRONG FOR COFFEE PREVENTING TYPE II DIABETES AND PARKINSON'S BECAUSE OF ITS ANTIOXIDANTS.

INCREASED COFFEE CONSUMPTION IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH LONGER LIFE.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

PEDIATRICIANS ARE SEEING A NEW TREND, ONE THAT IS TROUBLING IN TERMS OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES.

FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SOME PARENTS ARE DELAYING OR ALTERING THEIR CHILD'S VACCINATION SCHEDULE.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

TWO BUSY BOYS KEEP MOM MARINA BLOETZ BUSTLING. LIFE IS FULL OF THINGS-TO-DO. INCLUDING GETTING THEIR CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS.

MARINA BLOETZ/MOTHER

RUNS:

:26 Well, we were a little late with the second one, you know, time consuming and working, but I think it's important to have them.

IT'S A TREND NATIONWIDE. AND NOT A HEALTHY ONE. THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS FOUND THE NUMBER OF PARENTS DELAYING OR LIMITING THEIR KIDS VACCINATIONS ARE ON THE RISE. TRIPLING FROM 2006-2009.

MARINA BLOETZ/MOTHER

:49 With the first one, you know you keep track with everything. The second one it's a little tricky with a full-time job.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

The CDC recommends more than two dozen shots from birth to aged 6. They protect children from 14 different diseases. Health experts say it's minor in comparison to getting sick.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

3:51 The diseases are so dramatically disastrous for the children if they get the worst case scenario.

PEDIATRICIAN NANCY WITHAM ENCOURAGES PARENT'S TO STICK WITH THE PROGRAM.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

1:22 To protect from a bunch of preventable diseases. The menu of immunizations that we've chosen, is because we know that those diseases have particular problems.

SOME PARENTS ARE 'SHOT LIMITERS' WHO DON'T LIKE THEIR CHILD GETTING SEVERAL SHOTS IN ONE VISIT OR FEAR AN ADVERSE REACTION FROM A GROUP OF SHOTS. IN FACT, WHEN VACCINATIONS ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE GIVEN TOGETHER THEY'VE BEEN TESTED TO ENSURE THEY'RE SAFE AS A SET.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

6:09 That piece of information should make it a little bit more comfortable to go through with the schedule as its been written out versus feeling like 'oh gosh I need to space them to be kinder to my child.'

ULTIMATELY MARINA PULLED THE TRIGGER ON HER BOY'S SHOTS.

MARINA BLOETZ/MOTHER

RUNS:

1:48 Because I think it protects them against worse illnesses,

AUGUSTA FEMALE MEMBERS-OC

THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB IS NO LONGER JUST FOR THE BOYS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 80 YEARS, THE MENS-ONLY CLUB IS OPENING IT'S INVITATION TO WOMEN.

AUGUSTA FEMALE MEMBERS-PKG

LOCAL AUGUSTA-VO

GOLF HAS A RICH HISTORY HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. AND GROWING NUMBER OF FEMALE GOLFERS PICKING UP THE GAME.

WHEN NEWS HIT THAT AUGUSTA NATIONAL WAS NOW INVITING WOMEN TO JOIN THEIR EXCLUSIVE CLUB. NBC-2 REACHED OUT TO KARRY PHENIX.THE FEMALE GOLF PRO AT FORT MYERS COUNTRY CLUB.

LOCAL AUGUSTA-SOTVO

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

ONE STROKE AT A TIME.

RIGHT NOW, A WOMAN IS BRAVING THE WATERS BETWEEN CUBA AND FLORIDA.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE SETBACKS SHE'S ALREADY FACED NEAR THE COAST OF CUBA.

THE CONTROVERSIAL REALITY SHOW TODDLERS AND TIARAS IS KNOWN FOR IT'S RACY OUTFITS.

A) nyad swimming-VO

B) kids racy outfit-VO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

WE TALKED TO AN ELDERLY COUPLE THAT JUST SUFFERED THROUGH QUITE THE TRAMATIC NIGHT.AS THEY WERE HELD HOSTAGE FOR HOURS.

TONIGHT AT FIVE --

THEY TELL N-B-C TWO HOW THEY WERE HELD AT KNIFE POINT THEN FORCED TO DRIVE THE CROOK ALL OVER LEE COUNTY.

AND IT'S GAME OVER BEFORE IT EVEN GOT STARTED.

PLANS TO BUILD A VOLLEYBALL COURT IN THE DOWNTOWN CAPE HAVE BEEN SIDELINED.

A) FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-NWSRM-VO

B) LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-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.

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

This is a long way out and things can change. Don't get worked up about it, but please, do be aware of the POSSIBLE scenario coming our way by Monday.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

KID RACY OUTFIT-OC

THERE A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILY DRAMA ON THE SET OF TODDLERS AND TIARA'S.

THE MOTHER OF A SIX-YEAR OLD PAGEANT CONTESTANT IS LOCKED IN A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE GIRL'S FATHER.

HE SAYS HIS ESTRANGED WIFE IS EXPLOITING THE GIRL WITH RACY OUTFITS THAT CROSS THE LINE.

KID RACY OUTFIT-PKG

LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITIES

nats

MASSIVE MELTDOWNS

AND THE PRECOCIOUS POUTS OF LITTLE GIRLS AND THEIR STAGE MOMS TLC'S

TODDLERS AND TIARA'S PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE OVER-THE-TOP WORLD OF CHILD

BEAUTY PAGEANTS.

BUT NOW THE CONTROVERSIAL SHOW IS AT THE CENTER OF A HEATED CUSTODY BATTLE

PITTING TWO PARENTS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND PUTTING THIS 6-YEAR-OLD IN THE

SPOTLIGHT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

MADDY VERST WAS JUST 4-YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS FEATURED ON THE SHOW LAST YEAR

.ALL DOLLED UP BY HER MOM, LINDSAY JACKSON, TO LOOK LIKE DOLLY PARTON

HERSELF

SOT/Lindsay Jackson on show - when she wears the fake boobs and the fake

butt it's just like an added extra bonus

BUT MADDY'S FATHER - BILL VERST-SAYS HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WAS SEXUALLY

EXPLOITING THE LITTLE GIRL BY ALLOWING HER TO DRESS SO PROVACIVETLY. NOW,

HE'S FIGHTING FOR SOLE CUSTODY.

A COURT APPOINTED PSYCHOLOGIST AGREED WITH VERST, RECOMMENDING A JUDGE MAKE

HER FATHER THE PRIMARY residential CUSTODIAL PARENT.

SOT/Neal Hersh, family law attorney - 20:02:41- I do think though that this

case was really extreme and the mom really might have gone over the edge a

little bit in choosing the costume and the seductive choices that she made.

BEFORE A JUDGE ISSUED A GAG ORDER LINDSAY JACKSON TOLD FOX NEWS THE COSTUME

WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SEXUALIZED SAYING SHE'S A GOOD MOTHER.

"IF THAT MADDY NEEDS TO LIVE WITH HER DAD BECAUSE SHE

DOES PAGEANTS WITH ME, THEN THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR ANY PARENT TO CHALLENGE

ANYBODY ON ANY ACTIVITY THAT A KID DOES, PERIOD."

IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME A PAGEANT MOM ON THE SHOW HAS COME UNDER FIRE -

WENDY DICKEY WAS CONDEMNED FOR DRESSING HER 3-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PAISLEY AS

JULIA ROBERTS' PROSTITUTE CHARACTER FROM PRETTY WOMAN

SOT/Dr. Wendy Walsh GMEM091711_007 - /I think it's absolute emotional

child abuse, to sexualize a young girl, as young as four, five, six or seven

,

before she has the psychological ability or the developmental ability to

KID RACY OUTFIT-OC

WILLIE NELSON HOSPITAL-VO

COUNTRY MUSIC ICON - WILLIE NELSON HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS.

NELSON WAS SLATED TO PERFORM AT A FUNDRAISING CONCERT IN DENVER BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD ON HIS CONDITION.

PRINCE PHILIP OUT OF HOSPITAL-VO

PRINCE PHILIP IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HUSBAND SPENT FIVE NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT FOR A BLADDER INFECTION.

TONY SCOTT DEAD-VO

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'VE FOUND A SUICIDE NOTE IN THE OFFICE OF HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR FOLLOWING HIS DEATH THIS WEEKEND.

TONY SCOTT JUMPED FROM A BRIDGE YESTERDAY IN LOS ANGELES HARBOR.

HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR DIRECTING "TOP GUN" AND "BEVERLY HILLS COP TWO".

HE IS THE BROTHER OF ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT.

KELLY RIPA COHOST-OC

KELLY RIPA IS GETTING A PERMANENT CO-HOST.

AFTER MONTHS OF FILL-INS, FROM NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TO HUBBY MARK CONSUELOS, THE PRODUCERS OF LIVE WITH KELLY SAY HER NEW CO-HOST WILL BE NAMED SEPTEMBER FOURTH.

WHILE HIS OR HER NAME IS BEING KEPT A SECRET -- WE *DO KNOW THAT THE CHOSEN HOST IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S FILLED IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

BACK ON TRACK.

STORMS OFF THE COAST OF CUBA -

INTERRUPTED A 62 YEAR OLD'S RACE TO THE RECORD BOOKS.

FIRST AT FOUR - HOW CLOSE DIANA NYAD IS TO MAKING HER GOAL OF REACHING THE FLORIDA COAST.

A) nyad swimming-VO

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. Armed man reported acting 'strange' at Bell Tower theater

2. Naked man: Take the computer, leave the burger

3. Different people, different crimes, same car

NYAD SWIMMING-TFC CTR

DIANA NYAD IS CONVINCED THAT THREE TIMES IS THE CHARM--FOR THAT RECORD-SETTING

ATTEMPT TO CONQUER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA--IN A CUBA TO FLORIDA SWIM.

AS TJ WINICK REPORTS THAT AFTER A NIGHT OF STORMS AND JELLYFISH

NYAD SWIMMING-PKG

NATS: Nyad jumping into water

For the third time in a year sixty two year old Diana Nyad dove into the

waters off Cuba Saturday hoping to swim all the way to Florida.

SOT DIANA NYAD

I think the team is 100 percent prepared.

Her route from Havana Cuba to the Florida Keys, in open waterwould be a

grueling, record-breaking *103 miles*.

At a pace of 50 strokes a minute.that's a 60 hour journey.

The challenges include: muscle fatigue.a powerful ocean current sharks.

without the protection of a shark cage.and, perhaps most dangerous of all:

the relentless threat of jellyfish and their excruciating stings.

Her operations chief explained part of Nyad's routine.

AUDIO OVER STILL/OPERATIONS CHIEF

Diana stops to eat every hour and a half. and every 45 minutes she'll hit a

quick hydration. these are not long stops.

It's a mission Nyad has tried unsuccessfully to accomplish for over three

decades - making her first attempt at age 28.

Last September, she made it 82 miles - swimming more than 40 hours, before

jellyfish stings forced her to abandon her journey

SOT DIANA NYAD

I knew I could do it - everybody helped me and I just couldn't get there.

But todayeven though she has a more protective swimming suit, she's already

had four painful encounters with jellyfish. Despite that, Diana Nyad is

still on courseand still singing.

Nat Diana singing

and prepared she insists.to swim through any challenges.

SOT DIANA NYAD

There's a reason no one's ever done it. / I may suffer some. I'm prepared

for that, too.

If she makes to it Key West, she'll get there right before her 63rd birthday

NYAD SWIMMING-MITTO FULL

A WEBSITE IS TRACKING DIANA'S PROGRESS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE HER PATH CURVES - WHEN SHE WAS BLOWN OFF COURSE FROM THE STORMS LAST NIGHT

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING HER SWIM, WE'VE PUT THE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

LOOK UNDER NEWSLINKS.

THAT WRAPS UP THE 4.

GOODBYE-2 SHOT

NEXT AT FIVE -- NBC2 TALKS WITH AN ELDERLY COUPLE HELD IN THEIR OWN HOME AT KNIFEPOINT FOR FOUR HOURS!

WE'RE ALSO SHOWING YOU THE INCREDIBLE SECURITY IN PLACE FOR NEXT WEEK'S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION --

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