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OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WX TOSS-OMNI TOPS

WE START OUT IN THE ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON.

A NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS FORMING AS WE SPEAK.

METEOROLOGIST JASON DUNNING IS TRACKING THE FORECAST - AND THE TROPICS FOR US.

FIRST WEATHER JASON-WX WALL

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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED JENNIFER LIVE-TRX VOTOPS FLY LIV

THANKS JASON.

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT NOON.

LEE COUNTY'S HELICOPTERS THAT RESPOND IN A TRAUMA SITUATION ARE GROUNDED.

THE COUNTY'S EMS DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING MEDSTAR FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE *SUSPENDED.*

NBC2'S JENNIFER TRAMMELL REPORTS WHAT IT MEANS FOR *YOU.

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED JENNIFER LIVE-REM LIVE

AS OF 7 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING -- THE MEDSTAR HELICOPTERS HERE AT PAGE FIELD ARE *GROUNDED.

FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LET GO.

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED JENNIFER LIVE-VO

THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR AND EMS CHIEF TELL ME THEY'RE *SUSPENDING MEDSTAR FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO REVAMP THE PROGRAM -- AND BRING IT UP TO NATIONAL ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A CRITICAL CARE NURSE ON BOARD -- INSTEAD OF JUST A PARAMEDIC.

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED JENNIFER LIVE-SOT

9:32:01 people shouldn't worry though. during this time if they need helicopter service we will rely upon mutual aid from either our neighbors to the south or through the private sector to the north. we're covered anyway. even if our helicopter is down we rely upon these assets anyway 19

AGAIN -- LEE COUNTY'S MEDSTAR HELICOPTER WILL *NOT BE FLYING FOR THE NEXT 6-9 MONTHS.

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED JENNIFER LIVE-REM LIVE

OUR TEAM IS DIGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SUDDEN MOVE.

THE COUNTY'S EMS CHIEF TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE IT INVOLVED LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES.

FM CAR FIRE-TRX VOTOPS WIPE

THANKS JENNIFER.

NEW VIDEO OF A FIRE DESTROYING CARS AT A REPAIR SHOP IN FORT MYERS.

FOUR CARS - REDUCED TO METAL AND ASH THIS AFTERNOON.

TOSS TO JOELLE LIVE-VOTOPS FLY LIVE

NBC2'S JOELLE PARKS IS OUTSIDE THE SHOP ON EDWARDS STREET THIS AFTERNOON.

FM CAR FIRE JOELLE LIVE-REM LIVE

THIS DOSGE DURANGO LOOKS OK FROM THIS SIDE BUT WHEN YOU WALK AROUND BACK- YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE ON THIS SUV AND THESE CARS. THE CULPRIT FOR THE FIRE IS THE MERCEDES BENZ AT THE END.

FM CAR FIRE JOELLE LIVE-VO

TAKE A LOOK ATTHE SURVEILLENCE VIDEO GOT FROM THE AUTO SHOP OWNER.

IN IT YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

THE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE ENGINE OF THE 2005

MERCEDES BENZ YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. WHEN IT IGNITED, THE SPARKS JUMPED TO THE NEXT CAR AND THEN SO ON.

ITS NOW BEEN DEEMED AN ACCIDENT.

FM CAR FIRE JOELLE LIVE-SOT

'my first concern when I got the call was is my building on and is my dog alright. I have a dog that we keep here at night. And he was cowering in the back so she's fine.'

FM CAR FIRE JOELLE LIVE-REM LIVE

RIGHT NOW DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 70-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE CARS. AND ANOTHER 5 THOUSAND FOR THE BUILDING.

CHRISTOPHER DAVIES-SS

THANKS JOELLE.

CHRISTOPHER DAVIES PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

HE'S SITTING IN LEE COUNTY JAIL THIS AFTERNOON.

DAVIES FACES FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE THREAT IF HE IS CONVICTED.

PROSECUTORS SAY HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE JAIL STAFF DETAILING HIS MISSION.

EARLIER THIS MONTH HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGE,

HOMELESS SHELTER MTG-VO

IN BONITA SPRINGS THIS AFTERNOON,

THE CITY WORKS TO CREATE RULES FOR FUTURE HOMELESS SHELTERS.

LAST WEEK, RESIDENTS GOT A FIRST LOOK AT THE CITY'S PROPOSAL,

AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS OF THEIR OWN.

TOPICS INCLUDE CHANGING THE MAXIMUM BED CAPACITY OF A SHELTER, REQUIRING PHOTO I-D'S AND RANDOMLY DRUG-TESTING EVERYONE STAYING AT A FACILITY.

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

NEW CAMPAIGN FIGURES-OC 3 CG HLF SCREEN

NEW CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS SHINE SOME LIGHT ON THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN SPENT ABOUT $59 MILLION DOLLARS IN JULY - MUCH OF IT ON ADVERTISING AND PAID STAFF.

BY CONTRAST ROMNEY'S CAMPAIGN REPORTED SPENDING AROUND 32 MILLION.

RNC STAGE UNVEILED-VO

MEANWHILE WE'RE GETTING A FIRST LOOK AT THE STAGE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

HERE IT IS.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN REINCE PRIEBUS HELPED WITH THE BIG REVEAL.

THE HIGH TECH STAGE HAS 13 L-E-D PANELS WITH VIDEO CAPABILITIES.

REPUBLICANS HOPE IT WILL HELP THEM CONNECT WITH VOTERS.

IT TOOK A WHOPPING 30-THOUSAND HOURS TO DESIGN AND BUILD.

RNC NBC2 COVERAGE-SS CLIP

NBC2 WILL BE IN TAMPA FOR THE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.

COUNT ON US FOR STORIES LEADING UP TO THURSDAY'S OFFICIAL NOMINATION OF MITT ROMNEY.

CHIEF POLITICAL COORESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER AND NBC-2 ANCHOR PETER BUSCH WILL BE THERE.

THEN IN SEPTEMBER NBC2 HEADS TO CHARLOTTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

WE ARE YOUR DECISION 2012 HEADQUARTERS.

AUGUSTA WOMEN-2SHOT

ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY RELAXES ITS RULE FOR WOMEN.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB -- THE HOME OF THE MASTERS -- OPENING ITS DOORS TO WOMEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED 80 YEARS AGO.

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IT'S THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY AND IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING -AUGUSTA NATIONAL,

SET IN ITS WAYS,ALLOWING TWO WOMEN.FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE CONDELEEZA

RICE AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE DARLA MOOREINTO ITS CLUB OF STATESMEN, CEOs AND

GREEN JACKETS. And overnight, some of golf's biggest stars welcomed them in.

Fuzzy Zoeller: Overdue? Personally, I think yes..And I am glad--I mean

this is twenty-twelve, my god, let's get this thing moving forward.

TIGER WOODS WROTE. ""I THINK THE DECISION BY THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL

MEMBERSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO GOLF."

FOR MARTHA BURK AND THE WOMEN'S GROUPS WHO PROTESTED OUTSIDE AUGUSTA

NATIONAL EVERY YEAR, THIS IS A GOOD MORNING.

Martha Burk: "This is a step forward for all women, but particularly women

in the business world because they have now been let into an old boys club

where deals are made money changes hands big things go on and they've been

shut out til now. So it's a crack in that glass ceiling. It's not broken yet

though."

NOT BROKEN THROUGH BECAUSE AUGUSTA NATIONAL IS JUST ONE PRIVATE GOLF CLUB

THAT'S TURNED --

THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DON'T

ALLOW WOMEN TO JOIN, OR IN SOME CASES DON'T ALLOW WOMEN ANYWHERE ON THE

PROPERTY.

IN A STATEMENT, FORMER SECRETARY RICE WROTE THAT "GOLF IS WONDERFUL SOURCE

OF ENJOYMENT FOR ME AND I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

GROW MY LOVE FOR THIS GREAT GAME."

Christine Brennan. "I think this is a huge cultural event. I don't think

this is just about golf and sports, I think this is about the 12 y/o girl

watching last year's Masters on the couch, with her mom and dad and seeing

TEASE ONE-TRX TOPS

nats of opening bell

THE SOUND OF THE OPENING BELL THIS MORNING.

LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD.

RIGHT NOW THE DOW ___.

YOUR MARKET WATCH UPDATE IS IN THREE MINUTES.

IT'S CONSIDERED THE LAST MAJOR TRAVEL HOLIDAY OF THE SUMMER.

AS LABOR DAY ROLLS AROUND, EXPERTS SAY MANY OF US ARE READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT - DESPITE HIGH GAS PRICES.

TZ1 A) MARKET WATCH UPDATE-NATS VOTOPS BIGBOARD

TZ1 B) LABOR DAY TRAVEL-VO

WEATHER-STC TO BREAK WITH MUSIC

PAD NO STORY

MARKET WATCH-PKG

New Row 1 Jason Lewis

DANIEL PROCTOR TRIAL-2 SS

BREAKING NEWS - ON A STORY WE'VE BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING.

AN ALABAMA JURY HAS FOUND DANIEL PROCTOR GUILTY ON BOTH COUNTS - OF AUTO THEFT AND STEALING THE GUN.

PROCTOR IS ALSO THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAPE CORAL TEACHER.

AMY PATTERSON DISAPPEARED IN JULY 2011.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE SHE'S DEAD.

PROCTOR IS HER BOYFRIEND AND EX-HUSBAND.

HE WAS ON TRIAL IN ALABAMA, CHARGED WITH STEALING A CAR AND A GUN.

INVESTIGATORS IN LEE COUNTY BELIEVE HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO PATTERSON.

HOWEVER, HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO HER DISAPPEARANCE.

IT ONLY TOOK THE JURY 30 MINUTES TO REACH A VERDICT.

AIR FARE HIKES-VO

THE RISING COST OF FUEL IS PUSHING AIRLINES TO RAISE FARES.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES RAISED FARES ON SHORT ROUTES BY TEN DOLLARS.

SEVERAL OTHER AIRLINES ARE NOW TRYING TO MATCH THAT HIKE.

SOUTHWEST CARRIES MORE PASSENGERS WITHIN THE U-S THAN ANY OTHER AIRLINE.

AT THE PUMP-CG BNR

NBC2 ON PUMP PATROL THIS AFTERNOON.

UP A PENNY FROM OVERNIGHT.

EXPECT TO PAY 3-65 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-67 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NATIONAL IS 3-72.

AS ALWAYS,

FOR THE BEST PRICES IN YOUR AREA CHECK OUT OUR PUMP PATROL PAGE AT NBC DASH 2 DOT COM.

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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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

LABOR DAY TRAVEL FORECAST-OC

THANKS JASON.

THE LONG LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS COMING UP - AND EVEN WITH RISING GAS PRICES AND A SLUGGISH ECONOMY, A NEW SURVEY FINDS MANY OF US - ARE READY TO PACK UP AND GO ON ONE LAST SUMMER FLING.

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--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THE LAST MAJOR TRAVEL HOLIDAY OF THE SUMMER IS EXPECTED TO BE A BUSY ONE.

ACCORDING TO A NEW FORECAST FROM TRIPLE-A, 33 MILLION AMERICANS WILL ENJOY A LABOR DAY WEEKEND GETAWAY AT LEAST 50 MILES FROM HOME. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF TWO-POINT-NINE PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.

THEY'LL ALSO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THEIR LONG WEEKENDS, 749 DOLLARS ON AVERAGE, UP FROM 702 IN 20-11.

THE AVERAGE TRIP WILL BE ABOUT 626 MILES. BUT ABOUT HALF OF TRAVELERS WILL STAY A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, BETWEEN 100 AND 400 MILES ROUND-TRIP.

2.3 MILLION AMERICANS WILL TRAVEL BY RAIL, BUS AND CRUISE SHIP.

2.5 MILLION WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES, THANKS TO A SLIGHT DIP IN AIRFARES.

AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF TRAVELERS WILL GO BY CAR -- 85 PERCENT OF THEM, OR ABOUT 28-POINT-TWO MILLION.

THAT'S DESPITE THE RECENT UPTICK IN GAS PRICES. GASOLINE IS STILL LOWER THAN AN APRIL PEAK OF 3-94 PER GALLON, BUT HIGHER THAN WHEN TRIPLE-A DID ITS LABOR DAY FORECASTING LAST AUGUST.

OF THOSE LOOKING TO TRIM TRAVEL COSTS MOST WILL SKIP HOTEL ROOMS AND STAY WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS. OTHERS WILL CUT THEIR TRIP A LITTLE SHORTER OR TAKE A LESS EXPENSIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

MIDDLE CLASS DONATIONS-VO

AN INTERESTING STUDY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING CHARITIES,

MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS SHELL OUT MORE THAN THE RICH.

THE STUDY SHOWS HOUSEHOLDS THAT EARNED BETWEEN 50 AND 75-THOUSAND-DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR DONATED MORE THAN SEVEN-PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME TO CHARITY.

PEOPLE WHO MADE 100-THOUSAND-DOLLARS OR MORE GAVE AWAY JUST OVER FOUR-PERCENT.

DOLPHINS FALCONS-SS

LOOKING AHEAD TO SOME WEEKEND FOOTBALL RIGHT HERE ON NBC2.

CATCH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS FRIDAY NIGHT AS THEY HOST THE ATLANTA FALCONS.

THE BROADCAST.AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION.WILL BEGIN AT 7-30.

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

IMAGINE TRYING TO WALK A TIGHTROPE.

NOW - DO IT BETWEEN TWO MOVING SEMI TRUCKS!

IN THREE MINUTES,

IS THIS VIDEO FAKE OR THE REAL DEAL?

ONE WRONG MOVE AND THIS STUNT IS OVER.

LOTS OF REACTION ON THE INTERNET THIS AFTERNOON.

TZ2 A) TUNNEL TIGHTROPE-VO TO BREAK WITH MUSIC

TUNNEL TIGHTROPE-2 SHOT

WELCOME BACK!

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF AN ACTION MOVIE.

BUT ACTUALLY IT'S A REAL-LIFE STUNT - PULLED OFF BY A WOMAN ON A MOVING NYLON ROPE.

TUNNEL TIGHTROPE-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

TWO TRUCKS HURTLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH A WOMAN WALKING A LINE BETWEEN THE TWO, BARRELING TOWARDS A TUNNEL.

WILL SHE GET SPLATTERED IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SCENE RIGHT OUT A MOVIE LIKE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

OR WILL SHE SURVIVE LIKE TOM CRUISE.

AND WHO IS THIS WOMAN?

"Faith is nuts. And only a crazy person would try anything like this."

TAKE IT FROM THE DIRECTOR, HENRY ALEX RUBIN, WHO SHOT THIS LAST YEAR ON A BRAND NEW, HADN'T YET OPENED HIGHWAY IN CROATIA.

"Many countries said no before Croatia."

WHAT FAITH DICKEY IS DOING IS CALLED SLACKLINING.LIKE WALKING A TIGHTROPE ONLY SLACK AND BOUNCY.

"I've high-lined much higher than this before. I've high-lined longer lines in harsher winds but I've never slack-lined moving forward before."

SHE'S THE WOMEN'S WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF SLACKLINING.. WHICH IS WHY THEY GOT HER FOR THIS, WHAT'S CALLED THE BALLERINA STUNT. THE OBJECT WAS TO GET ACROSS THE LINE BEFORE THE TRUCKS GOT TO THE TUNNEL.

SHE FELL ONCE. THEY DID 3 TAKES. FAITH WAS WEARING AN ANKLE SAFETY HARNESS.

"THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THIS AN AD FOR?"

IS IT FOR SHOES? IS IT FOR THE CAMERA ON HER HEAD? NOPE, IT'S FOR TRUCKS.

VOLVO TRUCKS. PRETTY RISKY FOR A BRAND ASSOCIATED WITH SAFETY. AS ONE OF THE PRECISION DRIVERS REMARKS.

"Too far apart, the rope breaks. too near together, she falls off."

THE TRUCKS HEADED FOR THE TUNNEL AT A TOP SPEED OF ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR.

SOME THOUGHT MORE THAN THE ROPE WAS BEING STRETCHED. FAKETASTIC.MEGA FAKE.POSTERS SAID. TO WHICH THE DIRECTOR REPLIED.

"A little Hollywood editing makes everything seem more exciting and obviously we cut 3 takes together."

BUT RUBIN SAYS SHE CAME WITHIN SECONDS OF THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE.

"She did do it. she did that stunt. and it was pretty sick. I mean the crew applauded her afterwards."

YE OF LITTLE FAITH, HAVE FAITH IN FAITH DICKEY. JEANNE MOOS, CNN.

SHARK FEEDING FRENZY-2 SHOT VO

EVER IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN SHARKS GOING ON A FEEDING FRENZY?

A PHOTOGRAPHER GETS IT ALL ON TAPE IN NEW JERSEY.

CHECK THIS OUT.

SHARKS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR BY A SCHOOL OF FISH.

SHARKS ARE MORE COMMON TO SOUTHERN WATERS.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

RIGHT NOW THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI ISN'T SO MIGHTY.

TRAFFIC COMES TO A STANDSTILL ON THE COUNTRY'S MOST-TRAVELED RIVER.

IN TWO MINUTES,

SERIOUS DREDGING AROUND THE CLOCK AS THE RECORD DROUGHT CONTINUES.

PLUS THIS,

ya know, some might think it kinda gives them the heebie-jeebies

IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY AND THE NERVES,

A GANGSTER HOUSE HITS THE MARKET HERE IN FLORIDA.

BUT THE 'MA BARKER' HOUSE ISN'T CHEAP.

TZ3 A) MISSISSIPPI DREDGING-VO

TZ3 B) FL GANGSTER HOUSE UP FOR SALE-SOT VO TO BRE

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MISSISSIPPI DREDGING-2 SHOT

HELLO EVERYONE.

I'M STACEY DEFFENBAUGH.

AND I'M HEATHER TURCO.

RIGHT NOW ABOUT 100-BOATS AND BARGES ARE STUCK ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

DREDGING IS UNDERWAY AS RECORD DROUGHT KEEPS RIVER LEVELS LOW.

MISSISSIPPI DREDGING-TRX PKG

A SHORT RIDE UP RIVER ON A SCOUT BOAT. LEADS STRAIGHT UP TO THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS' DREDGE HURLEY.

ON BOARD.

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THREE GE DIESEL ELECTRIC 16-CYLINDER ENGINES.

A TOTAL OF 10,000 HORSEPOWER.

CHURN 24-7.

"We can move around 5,000 cubic yards an hour."

CAPTAIN FRANK SEGREE IS IN CHARGE.

HIS CREW -- 47 MEN.

LIKE JIMMY WOOD.

WHO CONTROLS THE DREDGE.

FROM HIS PERCH IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

"I'm running what you might call a big vacuum cleaner."

THE VACUUM CLEANER IS DOWN BELOW.

UNDERWATER.

SUCKING UP SAND AND MUD FROM THE RIVER BED.

AND SENDING IT THROUGH A PIPELINE.

BEFORE SPITTING IT ALL OUT THE FAR END.

THE INTENDED GOAL IS TO CARVE AND MAINTAIN A 300-FOOT WIDE CHANNEL AT LEAST 9 FEET DEEP.

WHICH IS MAKING FOR MORE WORK THIS YEAR.

"Last year of course it was almost going over the levee backing up in town. But now look around here and it's nothing but rock and sand."

FIRST MATE ADRIAN PIRANI.

IS TASKED WITH KEEPING DREDGE HURLEY FROM COLLIDING WITH RIVER TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH.

"We gotta stop everything and get out of the way. But of course we're here for them. We can't stop them. You know we gotta work around their schedule."

"We're not here to impede navigation we're here to keep it open."

SHIP AWAITS MS PASSAGE-TRX VOTOPS

NICK KENNEY REPORTING.

HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC JAM ON THE MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.

BOATS ARE LINED UP IN GREENVILLE WAITING TO GO THROUGH A CHANNEL.

NO WORD ON WHEN THE RIVER WILL REOPEN.

NYAD PULLS OUT-VO

LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER DIANA NYAD PULLS OUT.

THE 62-YEAR OLD ABANDONED HER LATEST ATTEMPT TO SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA.

EXTREME EXHAUSTION MOUNTED AS NYAD BATTLED HYPOTHERMIA AND JELLYFISH STINGS.

A STORM SUNDAY SLOWED HER DOWN A BIT.

SHE WAS EXPECTED TO HIT KEY WEST THIS MORNING.

CASEY ANTHONY'S PROBATION-OC

WE'VE LEARNED CASEY ANTHONY'S PROBATION ENDS THIS WEEK.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA WON'T FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE END OF HER SUPERVISION BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS.

ANTHONY'S LAWYERS SAY THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS.

FOR THE PAST YEAR ANTHONY SERVED PROBATION FOR A CHECK FRAUD CONVICTION.

JOSE BAEZ-TRX VOTOPS

MEANWHILE ANTHONY'S FORMER ATTORNEY HAS A NEW JOB.

JOSE BAEZ IS REPRESENTING VICTIMS OF LAST MONTH'S COLORADO MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST THE THEATER.

PG BOMB SCARE-VOWIPE

SEVERAL STORES EVACUATED AS POLICE INVESTIGATED A BOMB SCARE IN PUNTA GORDA.

IT ALL HAPPENED AT THE BAL HARBOR PLAZA IN PUNTA GORDA ISLES THIS MORNING.

A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE PLAZA TELLS NBC2 SOMEONE DROPPED OFF A BOX IN FRONT OF A TRASH CAN AND RAN AWAY.

THE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED USING A ROBOT TO CHECK OUT THE SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE.

AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS AUTHORITIES DETERMINED THERE WAS NO THREAT AND LET CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES BACK INTO THE PLAZA.

PG BOMB SCARE-SOTVO

"it was pretty scary it was something you dont expect to happen. This is a small town you don't expect things like this to happen here, but it better to be safe than sorry."

MUSLIM SITE DESECRATED-VO

IN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON,

A HATE CRIME TAKES PLACE AT A HOLY SITE FOR MUSLIMS.

SOMEONE LEFT RAW BACON ON A FIELD ON STATEN ISLAND WHERE HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS PRAY.

THE STUNT IS CONSIDERED A SACRILEGE TO MUSLIMS, WHO DON'T EAT PORK.

SUNDAY THEY MARKED THE END OF RAMADAN ON THE FIELD.

SLAUGHTER HOUSE VIDEO-VO

A SLAUGHTER HOUSE SHUTS DOWN IN CALIFORNIA AFTER WHAT'S CAUGHT ON TAPE.

DAIRY COWS WERE UNABLE TO WALK AFTER BEING SHOCKED *AND SHOT BEFORE BEING KILLED.

THE FACILITY SLAUGHTERS HUNDREDS OF COWS A DAY AFTER THEY LOSE THEIR VALUE AS MILK PRODUCERS.

ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-VOWIPE

IN LEHIGH ACRES,

AN ELDERLY COUPLE DESCRIBES THE SCARIEST THING THEY'VE EVER GONE THROUGH.

JOAN AND JOHN PANKAVICH SAY THEY WOKE UP TO A ROBBER IN THEIR BEDROOM SUNDAY.

THE 83 YEAR OLDS TELL US THE CROOK HELD THEM AT KNIFE-POINT FOR 4 HOURS.

HE SEARCHED EACH ROOM FOR JEWELRY, CASH AND ELECTRONICS,

ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-SOTVO

40:45 man "we were very calm and cool and we just kept our cool."

THE PANKAVICHES CALLED THE COPS AFTER THE ROBBER GOT OUT OF THE CAR.

FM CURFEW-VOWIPE

FOLLOWING A RECENT CRIME WAVE,

IT'S TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS ON TEENS IN FORT MYERS.

NO MORE STAYING OUT LATE.

COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE FOR A NEW CURFEW TO START IN 30 DAYS.

PEOPLE UNDER 18 WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED OUTSIDE BY THEMSELVES AFTER NINE O'CLOCK ON WEEK NIGHTS -

FM CURFEW-SOTVO

"we're looking to identify two types of kid the first kid right there on the cusp of criminal activity and the kid who's already there and from a prevention standpoint you want to help the kids right there on the cusp"

OPTICOM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS-VO

IN CAPE CORAL,

COUNCIL APPROVES A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO MAKE TRAVEL FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES SAFER.

STARTING IN 2014,

22 FIRE TRUCKS WILL BE OUTFITTED WITH WHAT'S CALLED 'OPTI-COM'.

THE SYSTEM USES G-P-S TO CONTROL TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

IT ALLOWS FIREFIGHTERS TO AVOID STOPPING AT INTERSECTIONS DURING AN EMERGENCY.

EDISON DORM MOVE IN-VO

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL FOR EDISON STATE COLLEGE THIS THURSDAY.

STUDENTS ARE MOVING IN THIS WEEK.

YESTERDAY STUDENTS MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOUSING CALLED LIGHTHOUSE COMMONS.

THE FIRST IN THE SCHOOLS HISTORY.

THIS IS THE LEE COUNTY CAMPUS.

FMPD K9S GET NEW VESTS-VO

THE BRAVEST DOGS IN FORT MYERS WILL NOW BE MORE PROTECTED.

THE "RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA" DONATED FOUR BULLETPROOF VESTS FOR POLICE K-9'S.

FL GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-OC

GET YOUR MONEY READY.

A NOTORIOUS GANGSTER HOUSE IS UP FOR SALE HERE IN FLORIDA.

IT WAS THE SITE OF THE LONGEST GUN BATTLE IN F-B-I HISTORY.

FL GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

"THIS HOUSE WAS THE END OF THE TRAIL FOR A GANGSTER AND HIS MOM ON JANUARY 16, 1935. AND NOW ALMOST 80 YEARS LATER, IT'S UP FOR SALE."

"They wanted to rent a house out here in this area."

"The chair when you turn it around, it still has the bullet holes in the back of the chair."

YOU'RE INSIDE WHAT WAS ONCE A GANGSTER'S "SWANKY HIDEOUT" -- A TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LAKE FRONT HOME WHERE IN 1935, MA BARKER AND HER SON FRED WERE KILLED IN THE LONGEST GUN BATTLE IN F-B-I HISTORY.

"From what we understand, Fred Barker would run from room to room here, and shoot out different windows in an effort to try and confuse the FBI."

OVER 15-HUNDRED ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION POURED INTO THE HOUSE FOR SIX HOURS.

THE BARKER BODIES WERE FOUND HERE.

"Two people were shot to death inside this house-- is that at all a concern of yours, you're trying to sell this house. ya know, some might think it kinda gives them the heebie-jeebies?"

"That's entirely possible and some folks might have difficulty in staying in the house. We're marketing the historical value of the house."

THE BULLET HOLES HAVE BEEN PATCHED UP, BUT EVERY THING HERE HAS BEEN PRESERVED SINCE THE SHOOTOUT.

"Fred has moved on, but they say Ma is still here."

RUMOR HAS IT- THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED.

OTHER'S SAY THE BANK ROBBERS' STOLEN LOOT-- IS STILL HIDDEN IN THE WALLS.

"Been around the house, under the house looking for money, my grandkids digging up holes, thinking they're going to find something."

"haven't found anything yet?"

"No."

FL GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-OC

KRISTIN GIANNAS REPORTING.

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

IT'S A NEW TREATMENT COULD HELP PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER.

WE LOOK AT THE NON-INVASIVE PROCEDURE CALLED 'ACCU BOOST'.

PLUS THIS,

That four-letter word is what got me in trouble, so

NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FOR THIS VALEDICTORIAN.

A LOT OF REACTION THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAID DURING HER GRADUATION SPEECH.

TZ4 A) RADIATION THERAPY-VO

TZ4 B) VALEDICTORIAN DENIED DIPLOMA-SOTVO

PHYLLIS DIES-TRX SOTVO TO BREAK

love to go to the doctor.oh where else would a man look at me and

say take your clothes off!

SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE HOUSEWIFE TURNED HUMORIST.

TODAY PEOPLE MOURN THE LOSS OF COMEDIAN PHYLLIS DILLER.

SHE DIED AT AGE 95 IN LOS ANGELES.

VALEDICTORIAN DENIED DIPLOMA-2SHOT

IN OKLAHOMA,

A VALEDICTORIAN HEADS TO COLLEGE *WITHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

ALL BECAUSE OF A 4-LETTER WORD SHE USED DURING HER GRADUATION SPEECH.

VALEDICTORIAN DENIED DIPLOMA-PKG

WELCOME TO PRAGUE. HOME OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE INFANT JESUS AND OF COURSE, THE KOLACHE FESTIVAL.

BUT ON THIS FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL, THE TOWN IS BECOMING MORE WIDELY KNOWN FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

"That four-letter word is what got me in trouble, so."

AS KAITLIN NOOTBAAR SETTLES IN TO HER FRESHMAN DORM AT SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE'S GETTING CALLS. LITERALLY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SUPPORTING HER QUEST TO GET HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

"I did not think it would get that big at all."

DURING KAITLIN'S GRADUATION SPEECH, SHE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE ASKING HER WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE.

"You know they're going to ask us what we want to be and we're going to say, 'Who the hell knows,' and that's it."

KAITLIN'S WORDS MIRRORED ANOTHER GRADUATION SPEECH FROM ONE OF THE "TWILIGHT" MOVIES.

"Who the hell knows?"

LAST WEEK, KAITLIN'S FATHER DESCRIBED THE REACTION FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

"Went to the office and asked for the diploma and he says, 'Your diploma is right here but you ain't getting it.' Close the door; we have a problem."

THE PRINCIPAL TOLD HER SHE COULD NOT HAVE HER DIPLOMA UNLESS SHE WROTE A LETTER OF APOLOGY FOR USING THE WORD "HELL" IN HER SPEECH.

"I don't want to because I'm not sorry, so writing an apology letter, that's just going to be a lie. Which if they're saying that my cursing is sinning, that would be another sin, so don't want to have two sins on my hands."

KAITLIN'S DILEMMA HAS GONE VIRAL; CNN, THE HUFFINGTON POST, MSNBC AND THE NEW YORK POST ALL PICKING UP THE STORY.

TOWNS PEOPLE ABUZZ ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY. WEIGHING IN ON THE CURSING DEBATE.

"I think that's absurd. A lot of people say 'hell' and I'm sorry but she's graduated. Give her her diploma, let her go on her way."

"There's other things in this world that are more important and she's a valedictorian. She earned her diploma, she should get it, without an apology."

KAITLIN HOPES THE DISTRICT CHANGES ITS MIND.

BUT FOR NOW, WILL FOCUS ON HER MAJOR OF MARINE BIOLOGY.

BUT SAYS THAT COULD CHANGE.

VALEDICTORIAN DENIED DIPLOMA-OC

SARAH STEWART REPORTING.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAINTAINS ITS PROUD OF NOOTBAR'S ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-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.

"Tracking higher rain chances Tuesday"

Today could be an interesting day in our world of weather as we're tracking a few items on the weather map this morning. First, we're monitoring a cluster of storms just south of Florida that's quickly spreading north, and we could very well see some of this hold together and push into southern portions of the viewing area before sunrise. The main impact from these cells will be gusty winds along with some heavy rain.

The next feature we're watching is a front that's stalling out over Central Florida, and while we don't expect the actual front to move into Southwest Florida, chances are high that some of the associated showers and storms will build southward into Southwest Florida by the afternoon. These storms, too, will have the potential to produce gusty winds along with heavy rain and frequent lightning. There's some degree of uncertainty in terms of how the storms to the north will evolve today, but it looks as though these will have at least have a good chance of impacting our northern counties.

With more moisture building in today, our sky will be cloudier than the last two days, and as a result, temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.

TOP PARTY SCHOOLS-CG

THANKS JASON.

ON SALE TODAY,

THE 2013 EDITION OF THE 'BEST 377 COLLEGES'.

WE'VE GOT A PREVIEW OF THE TOP PARTY SCHOOLS.

AND TWO FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES MAKE THE PRINCETON REVIEW.

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS RANKS NUMBER SIX.

FLORIDA STATE IS NUMBER EIGHT.

MICHAEL J FOX BACK-VO

KEEP YOUR T-V TUNED TO NBC2.

MICHAEL J FOX RETURNS TO TELEVISION.

THE 51-YEAR OLD LEFT TO CONCENTRATE ON FIGHTING PARKINSON'S DISEASE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

HIS NEW COMEDY SERIES, LOOSELY BASED ON HIS LIFE, HAS A 22-EPISODE COMMITMENT FROM NBC.

RADIATION THERAPY-CLIP OC

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT THIS AFTERNOON,

THERE'S A NEW RADIATION THERAPY THAT COULD HELP BREAST CANCER PATIENTS.

RADIATION THERAPY-PKG

IT'S CALLED THE ACCUBOOST SYSTEM. IT DELIVERS RADIATION TO TREAT BREAST CANCER.

"We've been using it the past three or four years to deliver the boost portion of whole breast treatment."

NOW IT'S BEING USED IN A NEW WAY.RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TESTING IT TO TREAT ONLY THE PORTION OF THE BREAST WHERE THE CANCER IS FOUND. FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE CANCER. PARTIAL BREAST CANCER RADIATION IS NOT NEW BUT.

"Most of the techniques are invasive. We either have to put multiple needles in to the breast or a catheter in to the lumpectomy cavity and that needs to remain in place for the whole course of treatment which is about a week."

DR. JAROSLAW HEPEL SAYS FOR THE WOMAN, IT CAN BE INCONVENIENT, UNCOMFORTABLE AND THERE'S A RISK OF INFECTION.

"What's nice about the accuboost system is that it's not invasive, there's nothing that's placed inside the breast but we're able to achieve the same level of precision as these invasive approaches."

IT STARTS WITH MAMMOGRAPHY-LIKE IMAGING.

"With this approach we actually immobilize the breast by compressing it gently and image the breast for each and every treatment. That's how we're able to see the lumpectomy cavity and target it very precisely for each treatment."

THAT RADIATION DELIVERED THROUGH CATHETER LIKE WIRES THROUGH THIS DEVICE. PRECISELY TO THE SPOT. THE EXPECTATION THAT WOMEN WILL HAVE FEWER SIDE EFFECTS AND BETTER COSMETIC OUTCOMES. THE HOPE? THIS NON INVASIVE TREATMENT WILL BECOME THE STANDARD OF CARE.

RADIATION THERAPY-OC

BARBARA MORSE REPORTING.

THERE ARE THREE OTHER SITES IN THE U-S FOR THE STUDY.

GOOD TIME TO TRADE IN AN IPHONE-VO

IF YOU WANT THE NEW I-PHONE, IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT SELLING THE ONE YOU HAVE.

PEOPLE IN THE TRADE-IN INDUSTRY SAY THE OLD PHONE'S VALUE WILL DROP AS EVERYONE GETS THE SAME IDEA.

THAT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

BUT APPLE HASN'T SET A RELEASE DATE FOR THE NEW PHONE.

WE EXPECT TO KNOW IN A FEW WEEKS.

STAY WITH US.

RARE CAR SOLD-VO

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR AN ULTRA-RARE COLLECTIBLE CAR.

ONE MERCEDES-BENZ IS WORTH 10 POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY.

HERE IT IS.

A 1936 540 K SPECIAL ROADSTER.

A LUCKY BIDDER IS THE PROUD OWNER THIS AFTERNOON.

LONDON OLY RINGS REMOVED-VO

LONDON STILL RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER THE OLYMPICS THIS AFTERNOON.

HERE'S A LOOK AT TOWER BRIDGE AS THE GIANT RINGS COME DOWN.

THE RINGS MEASURE 82 FEET WIDE AND 37 FEET HIGH - AND WEIGH THREE TONS!

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

OFF THE MARKET.

THE CLARION HOTEL IN FORT MYERS HAS A NEW OWNER TODAY.

NBC 2 GOES TO THE DEVELOPER TO FIND OUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY.

CUT SHORT.

A WOMAN'S DETERMINATION TO SWIM FROM FLORIDA TO CUBA IS PUT ON HOLD.

FIRST AT FOUR - A LOOK AT WHAT STOPPED DIANA NYAD FROM REACHING HER GOAL.

PLUS - A TALKING CAR WAS THE HIT OF AN 80s T-V SHOW.

BUT IF THE GOVERNMENT COMPLETES A SUCCESSFUL STUDY IT COULD BECOME A REALITY.

WE GET A SNEAK PEAK OF THE PROJECT AND HOW IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE ON THE ROAD.

STAY WITH US.

A) clarion hotel sale-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) nyad ends swim-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) crash avoidance-VOTOPS TO BREAK WITH MUSIC

MEDSTAR SUSPENDED-TRXVO TOPS

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS --

LEE COUNTY'S TRAUME HELICOPTERS ARE GROUNDED AND FOUR PILOTS HAVE BEEN LET GO.

THE COUNTY'S E-M-S DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING MEDSTAR FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE *SUSPENDED.*

FM AUTO REPAIR SHOP FIRE-VOTOPS

AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER FOUR CARS

GO UP IN FLAMES.

IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT THE 'PRO TECH' SHOP ON EDWARDS STREET IN FORT MYERS.

RIGHT NOW THE ESTIMATED DAMAGE IS ABOUT 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE ENGINE OF A MERCEDES BENZ.

PROCTOR GULITY-VO-SS-TOPS

SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON,

AN ALABAMA JURY HAS FOUND DANIEL PROCTOR GUILTY ON BOTH COUNTS - OF AUTO THEFT AND STEALING THE GUN.

IN AN UNRELATED CASE -- PROCTOR IS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAPE CORAL TEACHER.

AMY PATTERSON DISAPPEARED IN JULY 2011.

BONITA HOMELESS SHELTER MTG-VOTOPS

BONITA SPRINGS IS CREATING NEW RULES FOR FUTURE HOMELESS SHELTERS.

SOME SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE CHANGING THE MAXIMUM BED CAPACITY OF A SHELTER -- REQUIRING PHOTO I-D'S

AND RANDOMLY DRUG TESTING EVERYONE STAYING AT A FACILITY.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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