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GOP CONGRESSMAN WOES-2SH-TRN-1SH

SO MUCH FOR THE PAUL RYAN MOMENTUM.

TODAY THE G-O-P IS SCRAMBLING TO PUT OUT TWO FIRES THAT IGNITED THIS WEEKEND.

FIRST U-S SENATE CANDIDATE TODD AKIN-- ASSERTED MOST WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF "LEGITIMATE RAPE" WILL NOT GET PREGNANT.

AND KANSAS CONGRESSMAN KEVIN YODER WENT "SKINNY DIPPING" IN THE SEA OF GALILEE--

DURING AN OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL TRIP.

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

GOP CONGRESSMAN WOES-PKG

THE ISSUE OF ABORTION RIGHTS FOR RAPE VICTIMS EXPLODING TODAY. POSES POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ROMNEY RYAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

WITH WOMEN VOTERS,

THEY ALREADY DISPROPORTIONALLY BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHO WEIGHED IN.

sot: Pres. Obama :16 -:20

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:34 -:43 Jaco Report on KTVI Fox 2 News, St. Louis burned in ****

"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:48 -:51

this is jaw-dropping and stunning

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

AND APOLOGIZED ON THE RADIO:

NO SUPER

rape is never legitimate. it's an evil act

MITT ROMNEY CALLED AKIN'S ORIGINAL STATEMENT INEXCUSABLE. HE AND RYAN FAVOR ABORTION RIGHTS FOR RAPE VICTIMS. BUT THE UPROAR IS DOUBLE PROBLEM:

"one, with women voters specifically and secondly with the agenda, putting it back on social issues where republicans don't wanna be this year. they want to be on the economy"

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA CLAIMED OBAMACARE HELPS STOP MALE POLITICIANS MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH

or qualifying forcible rape versus not forcible rape. i think those are broader issues and those are a significant difference of approach between me and the other party

TODD AKIN? HE SAYS HE WON'T QUIT THE MISSOURI SENATE RACE.

TOSS TO CHAD-ONCAM

FROM NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER WE ARE SURE TO SEE MORE UNPREDICTABLE GAFFES.

BUT DO THESE MOMENTS REALLY MATTER FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?

TODAY WE TOOK THAT QUESTION TO THE LEADING POLITICAL EXPERT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

NBC-2 CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER SAT DOWN ONE-ON-ONE WITH DOCTOR SUSAN MACMANUS.

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DOCTOR MACMANUS IS A WOMAN IN DEMAND THESE DAYS.

SHE TEACHES POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN TAMPA.

TODAY SHE WAS AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN FORT MYERS.

DOCTOR MACMANUS WAS SPEAKING TO THE NON-PARTISAN "TIGER BAY CLUB" OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

I BROUGHT UP CONGRESSMAN TODD AKIN'S COMMENTS ABOUT RAPE. AND ANOTHER G-O-P CONGRESSMAN KEVIN YODER ADMITTING TO SKINNY-DIPPING IN ISRAEL.

LEGITIMATE RAPE REAX-SOT

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DOCTOR MACMANUS SAID RECENT COMMENTS MADE BY THE V-P SIDE OF THE TICKET. BIDEN AND RYAN WILL HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT THAN THESE TWO INCIDENTS.

I HAD A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH MACMANUS.

HOW BIG OF AN INFLUENCE WILL FLORIDA HAVE COME NOVEMBER?

WHAT THE KEY ISSUE THAT WILL DECIDE THE RACE?

TORRES MURDER UPDATE-ONCAM

A MURDER VICTIM WAS ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

25-YEAR-OLD ERNIE TORRES WAS SHOT TO DEATH EARLIER THIS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY--

TORRES MURDER UPDATE-PKG

25 YEAR OLD ERNIE TORRES WASSHOT TO DEATH THROUGH THE BEDROOM WINDOW OF HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME.

"Me and his father were in the home and we witnessed what happened to my son.I heard it and ran in there and he was already dead. His face was blown apart."

WE SPOKE TO ERNIE'S MOTHER LINDA LAST MONTH AS SHE PRAYED FOR PEACE AND FOR JUSTICE.

"He was a good kid. I can't see someone taking his life no matter the cause."

NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED-- BUT THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE DOES HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY-- INVESTIGATORS WONT TELL US WHO THAT PERSON IS.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW BEFORE TORRES WAS KILLED-- HE HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN THREATENED BY A NEIGHBOR-- 23 YEAR OLD ABRAHAM ECKMAN.

NBC2 HAS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF ECKMAN BEING QUESTIONED AT THE CRIME SCENE--

ECKMAN TOLD DEPUTIES HE HAD PREVIOUSLY FOUGHT WITH TORRES OVER A RELATIONSHIP TORRES WAS HAVING WITH

CELIA RODRIGUEZ, THE MOTHER OF ECKMANS CHILD.

ECKMAN ADMITTED TO OWNING SEVERAL RIFLES WHICH HE HAD PAWNED RECENTLY, AND A SHOTGUN AT HOME.

HE ALSO SAID HE HAD FIRED THE WEAPONS WITHIN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

TWO DAYS AFTER BEING QUESTIONED-- INVESTIGATORS ISSUED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR ECKMANS HOME AND FOUND A SHOTGUN AND AMMUNITION-- THAT WAS TAKEN INTO EVIDENCE AND ECKMAN WAS ARESSTED FOR POSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A DELINQUINT FELON.-- CHARGES UNRELATED TO THE TORRES CASE

NBC2 HAD THE ONLY CAMERA IN THE COUTROOM WHEN ECKMAN FACED A JUDGE FOR THOSE CHARGES.

INVESTIGATORS WON'T CONFIRM IF THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE MURDER WEAPON-- OR IF ECKMAN IS EVEN LINKED TO THE CRIME.

HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY AS INVESTIGATORS WAIT FOR EVIDENCE TO BE PROCESSED.

SEPT 11 RULING APPEALED-VO

RELATIVES OF VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS ARE APPEALING A RECENT COURT DECISION.

A NEW YORK COURT RULED THAT "UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS" OF GROUND ZERO VICTIMS CAN REMAIN UNDERGROUND NEAR THE 9-11 MUSEUM.

THOSE RELATIVES SAY NO ONE CONSULTED THEM AND they WOULD LIKE THE REMAINS REMOVED.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-VO

WILDFIRE CREWS CAN'T CATCH A BREAK OUT WEST.

ANOTHER FAST-MOVING BLAZE HAS STARTED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IN JUST THREE DAYS--

THE PONDEROSA FIRE NORTH OF SACRAMENTO--

HAS SCORCHED NEARLY 25-SQUARE MILES.

THE FIRE'S DESTROYED AT LEAST 10-HOMES--

BUT THOUSANDS MORE ARE THREATENED.

THAT'S ONE OF DOZENS OF FIRES BURNING OUT WEST.

MOST AREN'T EVEN 50-PERCENT CONTAINED--

NEW EDISON DORMS-ONCAM

HOME SWEET HOME.

HUNDREDS OF EDISON STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW LIVING ON CAMPUS IN LEE COUNTY.

THIS IS THE FIRST SET OF DORMS IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY.

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IT'S THE START OF A NEW CHAPTER FOR EDISON STATE COLLEGE.

They're beautiful. The campus is nice. I like the way they did the dorms, the set up.

THE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER DORMS ARE NOW HOME TO HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ON THE LEE CAMPUS.

It's exciting. I couldn't sleep I was thinking about it like for a good week about moving in.

STUDENTS MOVED IN TODAY.

BRINGING EVERYTHING FROM COOKWARE TO CLOTHES.

AND WITH 325 NEW NEIGHBORS.

SOME BUSINESSES SAY THE AREA MAY SEE A CHANGE.

You know another two hundred three hundred kids zooming around and they'll do the restaurants in the area.

BILL WALLSTEDT OWNS A BIKE SHOP NOT FAR FROM CAMPUS.

HE'S ALREADY SEEN STUDENTS COME IN LOOKING FOR A BIKE TO GET AROUND.

HE HOPES STUDENTS LIVING NEARBY 24-7 WILL TRANSLATE INTO MORE BUSINESS.

OTHER BUSINESSES SEE IT THAT WAY, TOO.

BED BATH AND BEYOND IS OFFERING DISCOUNT COUPONS TO HELP STUDENTS GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO ADJUST.

It's a huge business opportunity for us. I mean yea that's our program that's the type of product we have coming in this time of year so it's definitely a huge business for us.

SHOP MANAGERS SAY THEY WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM.

SINCE SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT BE FAMILAR TO THE AREA. AND WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO SCHOOL.

I'm going to find the closest Starbuck, yea.

PHYLLIS DILLER-ONCAM

PHYLLIS DILLER HAS DIED.

THE HOUSEWIFE TURNED COMEDIAN--

AIMED SOME OF HER SHARPEST BARBS AT HERSELF.

DILLER WAS A STAPLE OF NIGHTCLUBS AND TELEVISION FROM 1950--UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2002.

SHE EVEN MADE A MOVIE IN CAPE CORAL IN THE 60's.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

CELEB PICTURES WITH THEIR NEWBORN BABIES ARE A STAPLE IN HOLLYWOOD MAGAZINES.

THE MOMS LOOK AMAZING--

ALMOST LIKE THEY NEVER HAD A BABY AT ALL!

BUT A NEW MOVEMENT IS UNDERWAY TO *CHANGE* THE WAY NEW MOMS ARE PERCEIVED!

PLUS--

TZ1 A) CELEB MOMS BODIES-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) DAVE ELIAS TEASE-SOTTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

CELEB MOMS BODIES-ONCAM

WHAT'S BETTER THAN PICTURES OF FAMOUS CELEBRITIES AND THEIR CUTE BABIES?

FAMOUS MOMS SHOWING OFF THEIR HARD BODIES AFTER GIVING BIRTH!

THEY LOOK LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.

NOW A FORMER CELEBRITY MAGAZINE EDITOR IS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE HERSELF--

AND SHE'S ASKING EVERYONE TO GIVE ALL MOMS A BREAK.

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CELEB MOMS BODIES-ONCAM

THAT WAS AMY ROBACH.

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

HISTORY AT ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST REVERED GOLF CLUBS.

AND IT ENDS A 10-YEAR CONTROVERSY!

AUGUSTA NATIONAL.THE HOME OF THE MASTERS.HAS FINALLY INVITED WOMEN TO JOIN THE CLUB.

AND SPEAKING OF WOMEN MAKING HISTORY.30-YEARS AFTER SHE FIRST TRIED TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA--

DIANA NYAD IS BACK IN THE WATER!

TZ2 A) AUGUSTA WOMEN-VO-WIPE

TZ2 B) DIANA NYAD SWIM-VOTOPS

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT 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.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN-ONCAM

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER--

AUGUSTA NATIONAL HAS FEMALE MEMBERS.

THE HOME OF THE MASTERS INVITED FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE--

AND SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCIER DARLA MOORE TO BECOME MEMBERS.

BOTH ACCEPTED.

THE INVITATIONS END A 10-YEAR CONTROVERSY.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN-PKG

For the first time in its 80 year history.Augusta National Golf Club will

have female members.when its new season kicks off in October.

The two new invitees are former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and

South Carolina financier Darla Moore.

SOT Voice of MARTHA BURK/ESPN Radio

It is a win. This type of progress always happens slowly. It happens too

slowly in corporate America right now. But this will help.

The home of The Masters golf tournament had always refused to admit women.

The policy had been controversial for years, but gathered new steam this

year after Virginia Rometty was appointed chief executive of IBM, one of the

Masters' corporate sponsors.

Despite intense pressure, Augusta did not make Rometty a member.

SOT BILLY PAYNE/CHAIRMAN AUGUSTA NATIONAL

All issues of membership are now and have been historically the subject of

the private deliberations of the members.

But today the club Chairman called the decision to admit women.

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".a significant and positive time in our club's history and, on behalf of

our membership."

NATS MASTERS TOURNAMENT

Augusta National is so secretive, it won't reveal the names of its members

or even how many of them there are.

Reportedly, there are 300. All by invitation only.

The two new invitees.Rice and Moore.have accepted.and will enter the

club in their green jackets this Fall.

Rice.seen here.teeing off at the PGA Regions Pro-Am this past June.

said, in a statement.

"I have long admired the important role Augusta National has played in the

AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN-ONCAM

THAT WAS JAY GRAY.

WHILE AUGUSTA NATIONAL HAS NEVER HAD FEMALE MEMBERS--

TOSS TO MARK-ONCAM

SPORTS ANCHOR MARK LERICOS HAS ACTUALLY PLAYED AUGUSTA NATIONAL. AND MET SOME OF THE MEMBERS IN PERSON.

LOCAL MASTERS REACTION-PLASMA

LOCAL MASTERS REACTION-SOT

LOCAL MASTERS REACTION-PLASMA

AUGUSTA NATIONAL DIDN'T HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBER UNTIL 1990. IT WILL ADD 2 WOMEN TO THEIR RANKS. WHEN THEY ACCEPT THEIR GREEN JACKETS THIS FALL.

DIANA NYAD SWIM-VO-WIPE

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A YEAR--

62-YEAR OLD DIANA NYAD IS TRYING TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA.

SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY SATURDAY MORNING FROM HAVANA.

THIS IS A GRUELING TEST.

SHE MUST SWIM 103 MILES--

AND THAT'S *IF* SHE STAYS ON COURSE!

AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE WITH JELLY FISH!

THEY ENDED HER LAST TRY.

DIANA NYAD SWIM-SOTVO

Diana stops to eat every hour and a half. and every 45 minutes she'll hit a quick hydration. these are not long stops.

NYAD HAS WANTED TO DO THIS SWIM FOR OVER 30-YEARS!

SHE FIRST TRIED WHEN SHE WAS 28.

THE FURTHEST SHE EVER MADE IT WAS 82-MILES--

AT LAST WORD--

SHE'S ON COURSE--

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

NBC2 DISCOVERS A DUMP SITE OPERATING IN FORT MYERS!

OUR INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS TELLS US, THE COMPANY DOING THE DUMPING, DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ON THE PROPERTY.

THEIR SHOWDOWN IS COMING UP!

AND ALL NEW AT SIX--

"i'd love to have a crystal ball so i can know exactly what's going to happen with fuel prices"

AS RISING GAS PRICES FORCE DRIVERS TO DIG DEEPER INTO THEIR WALLETS--

IT'S ALSO PUTTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN A BIND.

TZ3 A) ILLEGAL DUMPING-VO

AHEAD AT 6-BANNER

A) RISING GAS PRICES AND GOVT-SOTVO

CURIOSITY UPDATE-VOTOPS

THE MARS CURIOSITY ROVER IS USING ITS LASER FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THIS MORNING IT BLASTED A MARTIAN ROCK TO BITS !

NASA SAYS IT WAS TARGET PRACTICE, FOR FUTURE EXPERIMENTS.

CURIOSITY'S "CHEM CAM" RECORDED THE BLAST.

YOU CAN SEE THE IONIZED AND GLOWING GAS.

SCIENTISTS SAY THIS WILL HELP THEM IDENTIFY THE CHEMICALS IN THE ROCK.

TOSS TO DAVE-2SHOT

TONS OF GARBAGE IS BEING DUMPED IN AN EMPTY LOT IN FORT MYERS.

TURNS OUT THAT THE COMPANY DOING THE DUMPING DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE DOING ANYTHING WRONG, UNTIL NBC 2 INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS SHOWED UP.

DAVE JOINS US NOW IN THE STUDIO TO EXPLAIN--

THE INVESTIGATORS OPEN-CLIP

ILLEGAL DUMPING-PLASMA

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'D STUMBLE ACROSS BUT AN NBC 2 VIEWER TIPPED US OFF ABOUT A DUMP SITE OPERATING ALONG CUSTOM DRIVE-- JUST OFF OF U.S. ROUTE 41.

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NEARLY TWO DOZEN DUMPSTERS FILLED WITH DEBRIS.AN ENGINE LEAKING OIL.ALL OF IT INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

THE FOLKS LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DUMP SAY IT'S NOT THE SMELL BUT RATHER THE NOISE

THAT'S AN ISSUE.

WHILE NONE OF THE DEBRIS APPEARS TO BE TOXIC CODE ENFORCEMENT TELLS ME IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THE GARBAGE TO EVEN BE KEPT HERE.

DENISE HOTEL-ING OF MW DUMPSTERS.

REACTS AFTER NBC 2 INVESTIGATORS REVEAL SHE'S USING THIS PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO HER.

DOCUMENTS WITH LEE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOW THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A WEST VIRGINIA COUPLE WHO HAD NO IDEA THIS LOT WAS EVER BEING USED.

ILLEGAL DUMPING-PLASMA

SO HERE'S THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.

THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP BY WEDNESDAY.

BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL ME IT'S POSSIBLE THE PROPERTY COULD BE RE-ZONED

IF THE WEST VIRGINIA COUPLE AGREES TO SELL OR LEASE IT TO THE COMPANY. WE'LL REMAIN ON

SELL THE 6PM-2SHOT

COULD A CHANGE IN THE LAW ALLOW A WOMAN CONVICTED IN ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S MOST HEINOUS CRIMES TO WALK FREE?

HI, EVERYONE, I'M LINDSAY LOGUE JOINING PETER FOR THE NEWS AT SIX --

WE'VE ALSO GOT A REPORTER OUT LIVE ON A BOAT IN MANTANZAS PASS -- WHERE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE A HUGE CHANGE.