BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

TOSS TO WX-OMNI TOPS TRX

BREAKING NEWS.THE ELEVEN A-M ADVISORY IS JUST RELEASED FOR TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

ITS THE STORM THAT CONTINUES TO POSE A BIG THREAT TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ISAAC UPDATE-WX WALL

After a few showers overnight, things have begun to dry out just a bit across Southwest Florida.

A few patchy clouds will start our Thursday morning with mainly dry weather on tap, although it will be on the warm side with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. Through the afternoon, we're in store for a nice mix of sun and clouds as daytime highs climb into the lower to middle 90s with heat index values near 100°.

After being in a moist southwest flow over the last several days, steering winds will begin to shift more to the east and southeast. This will keep about a 30% chance for showers and storms a bit closer to home during the peak heating of the day as the sea breeze begins to make it's way inland.

FMB PASSES-VO SS

IF YOU LIVE, OR OWN PROPERTY ON FORT MYERS BEACH TODAY LISTEN UP.TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY YOU CAN PICK UP A HURRICANE RE-ENTRY PASS TO GET BACK ON THE ISLAND AFTER A STORM.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.

NBC2 CAUGHT PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE TO GET THE PASSES.

ON YOUR SCREEN WE HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO GET A RE-ENTRY PASS.

YOU MUST HAVE ONE TO GET BACK ONTO THE ISLAND IN THE EVENT OF AN EVACUATION.

GOV SCOTT INTERVIEW-OC SOT OC SS

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS ADDRESSING FLORIDIANS CONCERNS ABOUT ISAAC.

every family needs to have a plan and make sure you have enough food and supplies for 72 hours."

this morning he held his first briefing on the storm.

SOME OF THE KEY POINTS FROM TODAY'S BRIEFING FROM TALLAHASEE.HE ORDERED STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER TO BE OPENED TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC-2 SHOT TRX

MANY ARE WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS STARTING TODAY CONVENTION LEADERS WILL MEET WITH STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND THE SECRET SERVICE 2 TIMES A DAY.

BUT SCOTT SAYS ITS ULTIMATELY UP TO THE R-N-C TO DETERMINE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONVENTION IN TAMPA.

BUT LEADERS HERE IN FLORIDA ARE NOW TELLING PEOPLE TO PREPARE.

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC-PKG

Tropical Storm Isaac -- already the size of Texas -- is quickly moving west.

The system is expected to make landfall on the Caribbean island of

Hispaniola as a Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 75 mph.

The storm is dangerously close to the Florida Coast, making officials there

nervous.

SOT Daniel Noah, National Weather Service Meteorologist

"WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE A LOT / TALKING TO FEMA, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

."

Forecasters predict Isaac will move on to Cuba and then reach Florida.

SOT Eric Salna, Florida International University

"THE WIND CAN DO DESTRUCTION, BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT YOU PUT IN THE WIND -

FLYING DEBRIS, ANYTHING COMING INTO THIS STRUCTURE CAN CERTIANLY DAMAGE IT."

In Tampa, preparations continue for next week's Republican National

Convention, but there's fear about Isaac.

SOT Gov. Scott, Florida

"WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO IS START TRACKING THIS, START WATCHING IT.

WATCH THE WEATHER. HEED ANY WARNINGS, GET READY, GET 72 HOURS WORTH OF

SUPPLIES. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WATER, YOU KNOW, FOOD."

The city's mayor says he'll cancel the convention if the weather poses a

threat.

Authorities are worried about complacency. After all, there've been seven

years of near misses for the southern cost.

U.S. military personnel in Cuba are not taking any chances.

Pretrial hearings at Guantanamo Bay for five prisoners accused of launching

the 9/11 attacks were postponed, as authorities plan to evacuate 200 people.

SOT Capt. John Nettleton, Commanding Officer at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station

"WE'RE MUSTERING ALL OUR PEOPLE AND WE'RE PERPARING. / MY BIGGEST CONCERN

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC-ONCAM

TAHMAN BRADLEY.

REPUBLICAN OFFCIALS SAY THEY HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE IF THIS STORM THREATENS NEXT WEEK'S CONVENTION.

CAPE SHUTTERS-SS TOPS

REPORTABLE -ONCAM

AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS HAITI AND CUBA -

LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE STARTING TO PREPARE IN CASE THE STORM HITS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS BRIEFING COUNTY STAFF WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE STORM -

EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.

ISAAC PREPS-VO BNR

NOW THAT ISSAC CONTINUES TO POSE A THREAT FOR FLORIDA.IT'S TIME TO PREPARE.

EXPERTS SAY GET YOUR SUPPLIES TOGETHER SUCH AS BATTERIES, FLASH LIGHTS, BOTTLED WATER, AND GASOLINE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST 72 HOURS AT LEAST.

TOSS TO LEIGH-2 SHOT SS VO

AN ARMED AND DANGEROUS MURDER SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE ON THE LOOSE IN CAPE CORAL THIS AFTERNOON.

RIGHT NOW - POLICE BELIEVE FELIPE TORREALBA FROM BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTIES MAY BE IN THE AREA OF SOUTHWEST CAPE.

POLICE HAVE BEEN BEEFING UP PATROLS ALL MORNING LONG FROM PINE ISLAND ROAD TO CHIQUITA, TAFAGLAR PARKWAY AND SW 20TH AVENUE.

NBC-2'S LEIGH DANA IS LIVE IN CAPE CORAL THIS MORNING ALONG SW 20TH AVENUE -

CAPE SUSPECT SEARCH-REM LIVE

Neighbors tells me this area was flooded with police last night-

One was even briefly mistaken for the fugitive.

Police are urging folks in this area to not approach the suspect if you see him.

Keep an eye out for any unusual activity

CAPE SUSPECT SEARCH-SS VO

Get another good look at who we are talking about.

Felipe Torrealba is his name.

Cape police , Lcso and us marshals scoured sw cape coral for 6 hours last night looking for him.

Marshals got a tip that Torrealba was in a home yesterday

Then spotted running away.

Police set up a perimeter to try and track him -

But were unsuccessful.

CAPE SUSPECT SEARCH-SOTVO

Sound- Maison Rosanti

There's usually nothing bad around this neighborhood so that's a shocker for me. I didn't sleep at all. Still wide awake. I'm still like woah!"

now if the murder suspect's name sounds familiar to you,

CAPE SUSPECT SEARCH-REM LIVE

police will continue monitoring the area throughout the day.

PLANE LANDS ON 75-TRX VO TOPS

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.A PLANE CRASH LANDS ON INTERSTATE 75.

THIS IS BRAND NEW VIDEO FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEAR TAMPA.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PLANE LANDED NORTH OF GIBSONTON DRIVE AFTER THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A NEARBY AIRPORT.

HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE MEDIAN.

A POLL SWING STATES-TRX 3 SS

BRAND NEW NUMBERS AT ELEVEN SUGGEST FLORIDA IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL HERE IN FLORIDA FOR THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

A QUINIPIAC POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA LEADS MITT ROMNEY 49 PERCENT TO 46 PERCENT.

THAT'S DOWN FROM A SIX POINT LEAD JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

IN OHIO THE PRESIDENT LEADS BY SIX PERCENT.UNCHANGED FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO.

NEW PRES POLL-2 SS

NATIONWIDE, THE POLLS ARE A LITTLE CLOSER FOR THE CANDIDATES.

A BRAND NEW GALLUP POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA TRAILING MITT ROMNEY SLIGHTLY 45 PERCENT TO 47 PERCENT AMONG LIKELY VOTERS NATIONWIDE.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

U.S. stocks were headed for a modestly lower open TODay, as concerns over global growth spookED investors.

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

MCDONALDS HIRING DAY-TRX-CG

MCDONALDS WANTS TO HIRE HUNDREDS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE RESTAURANTS ARE LOOKING FOR 300 MANAGERS AND CREW.

THEY'RE HOSTING A "HIRING DAY" NEXT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH.

TEASE ONE--------

A SKY HIGH TURTLE.AND INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT LAUGHING.

ITS A SHOCKING CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AS A TURTLE IS ATTACHED TO A BALLOON AND SENT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE DRAMATIC RESCUE.

NBC2 IS FOLLOWING THE PATH OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

A NEW ADVISORY IS ISSUED.

A) TURTLE ABUSE-2 SHOT VO

B) ISAAC TEASE-OMNI

VEGAS FLOOD RAFTING-VOTOPS

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS APPARENTLY CAN BE ODD WHEN IT RAINS.

A FEW YOUNG MEN DECIDED TO RAFT A FLOOD CHANNEL AS THE WATER ROSE IN THE CITY.

BUT TAKE A LOOK THEY WERE ON AN AIR MATTRESS RAFTING THROUGH THE NORMALLY DRY CHANNEL.

A POLICE HELICOPTER EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE BOYS AND AN OFFICER ORDERED

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.

After a few showers overnight, things have begun to dry out just a bit across Southwest Florida.

A few patchy clouds will start our Thursday morning with mainly dry weather on tap, although it will be on the warm side with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. Through the afternoon, we're in store for a nice mix of sun and clouds as daytime highs climb into the lower to middle 90s with heat index values near 100°.

After being in a moist southwest flow over the last several days, steering winds will begin to shift more to the east and southeast. This will keep about a 30% chance for showers and storms a bit closer to home during the peak heating of the day as the sea breeze begins to make it's way inland.

TURTLE ABUSE-VO IN PLASMA

A SHOCKING CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

TAKE A LOOK,SOMEONE TAPED A BOX TURTLE TO A BUNCH OF BALLOONS -- AND IT GOT STUCK IN A TREE.

NEIGHBORS IN CALIFORNIA CAPTURED THE TURTLE AS IT DANGLED FROM A TREE.

TURTLE ABUSE-PKG

We look up and there's red and green balloons up there."

AND HANGING FROM THOSE BALLOONS WAS THIS LITTLE BOX TURTLE.

CHANELLE WRIGHT KNEW SHE HAD TO GET THE TURTLE DOWN FROM THERE.

"He was just swinging his arms trying to get out of it. Somebody had taped him to the balloons."

THEN, WRIGHT GOT ON HER CELL PHONE.

"I called the Humane Society to try to get the fire department out here, but it took about an hour for everybody to actually show up."

IN THE MEANTIME, THE TURTLE HUNG DANGLING IN THE WIND.

THAT'S WHEN JOEL RABAGOS' MOTHER GOT OUT HER CAMERA AND STARTED TAKING VIDEO OF THE TURTLE.

"When something like this happens, she always takes the video camera no matter what it is."

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVENTUALLY ROLLED UP WITH A BIG LADDER TRUCK, BUT AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO RESCUE THE TURTLE, A GUST OF WIND BLEW HIM DOWN TO EARTH.

YOU CAN SEE HERE AS A HUMANE SOCIETY EMPLOYEE CUT THE TURTLE FREE FROM THE BALLOONS.

FORTUNATELY, THE TURTLE WASN'T PHYSICALLY HURT.

BUT BOTH CHANELLE WRIGHT AND JOEL RABAGOS ARE OUTRAGED THAT ANYONE COULD TREAT AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS.

"What were you thinking? I mean, a turtle is still like life. There's no reason to be putting him up in a balloon and sending him off

"It's animal abuse. If you didn't want the turtle, give it away, take it to a pet store."

THIS PICTURE IS OF THE TURTLE NOW BEING HELD AT THE OCEANSIDE HUMANE SOCIETY WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CONDUCTED.

BUT, IF NO ONE CLAIMS IT, CHANELLE WRIGHT SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE READY TO GIVE IT A NEW, LOVING HOME.

"I am going to call and see if the turtle's there so, I'm gonna get my turtle."

CA FIRE-TRX VO TOPS

NEW AMAZING VIDEO FROM A RAGING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE.

HELICOPTERS AND GROUND CREWS RUSHED TO TRY TO REGAIN CONTROL AFTER WINDS CAUSED THE FIVE-DAY OLD FIRE TO JUMP A CONTAINMENT LINE.

FIFTY BUILDINGS HAVE BURNED SINCE THIS FIRE STARTED ON SATURDAY.

CAR VS TRAIN-TRX NATS TOPS VO

NEW DRAMATIC VIDEO IS RELEASED FROM A DEADLY CRASH INVOLVING A TRAIN.

IT SHOWS THE DRIVER OF A CAR GOING AROUND A CROSSING ARM AS THE LIGHT RAIL TRAIN SLAMS INTO IT.

IT HAPPENED IN UTAH.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CROSSING WAS WORKING PROPERLY BUT THE DRIVER, A 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN CHOSE TO IGNORE THE GATES AND LIGHTS.

THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND WAS ALSO IN THAT CAR.

GIRL ESCAPES BEING CUSHED-TRX VO TOPS

CHECK THIS OUT.A GIRL NARROWLY ESCAPED FROM UNDER THE WHEELS OF A CAR IN CHINA.

TRAFFIC POLICE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE INCIDENT WHEN THE GIRL FALLS FROM A MOTORCYCLE AND NARROWLY MISSES A CAR'S WHEEL.

STADIUM DEMO-TRX NATS TOPS VO

nats of implosion

A PIECE OF BASEBALL HISTORY IS NOW.JUST THAT.

ONE OF THE LAST STANDING STRUCTURES AT ROSENBLATT STADIUM CAME CRASHING DOWN IN AN IMPLOSION.

THE STADIUM IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA WAS THE FORMER HOME OF THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR SIX DECADES.

TEASE TWO------

A DEADLY WAVE OF MOSQUITOS SEEMS TO BE SPREADING.

AND NOW EXPERTS SAY THE SPREAD OF WEST NILE COULD BE THE DEADLIEST IN U-S HISTORY.

A) WEST NILE ON THE RISE-2 SHOT

WEST NILE ON THE RISE-2 SHOT

THERE ARE BRAND NEW CONCNERS IN THE NATIONWIDE OUTBREAK OF WEST NILE VIRUS.

ITS NOW ON TRACK TO BE THE WORST IN U-S HISTORY.

SO FAR IT'S HIT 38 STATES LEAVING 41 DEAD

WEST NILE ON THE RISE-PKG

Overnight an aerial attack.pesticide-packing planes

POUNDING THE CENTRAL BATTLEFIELD IN WHAT IS QUICKLY BECOMING AN ALL-OUT WAR

AGAINST THE DEADLY WEST NILE VIRUS

THIS MORNING THE C-D-C SAYS THERE IS A GOOD REASON FOR THIS FIGHT THE

DISEASE IS SPREADING FARTHER FASTER AND EARLIER IN THE SEASON THAN IT EVER

HAS

IN FACT. CASES OF THE DISEASE ARE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. Just one

month ago only 29 REPORTED. Now over 11-hundred in FORTY

SEVEN states.

Forty one people have died many more developing severe fever convulsions

even paralysis.

/

mosquitoes WHICH transmit THE DISEASE - are THRIVING in hot summer weather

With nearly 600 cases nowhere is getting hit harder than Texas AND NOWHERE

IS STRIKING BACK HARDER EITHER

Pilots in Dallas and Houston are taking to the air. 63-thousand acres here

overnight DOUSED FROM ABOVE. DESPITE OBJECTIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

JENNIFER SASS / SENIOR SCIENTIST / NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL THESE

KINDS OF CHEMICALS ARE MOST TOXIC TO YOUNG CHILDREN, INFANTS, BABIES.

BUT THE C-D-C AND HEALTH OFFICIALS IN TEXAS insist WORRIES ABOUT THE SPRAY

are overblown. AND PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE DISEASE.

Malcolm Williams/Pilot Its should not be harmful to pets or birds or

anything else. Ive put this pesticide out for 18 years and weve never had

WEST NILE ON THE RISE-ONCAM

CLAYTON SANDELL REPORTING.

TEASE THREE------

NBC2 CONTINUING TO FOLLOW TROPICAL STORM ISSAC.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE UPDATED TRACK AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PLUS IMAGINE EXPERIENCING THIS ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT.

I'm sorry you have the wrong number.

I'm sorry you have the wrong number.

B) WRONG NUMBER-2 SHOT SOT VO

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO WX-2 SHOT TRX

NBC2 CONTINUING TO TRACK TROPICAL STORM ISAAC AS IT CHURNS THROUGH THE ATLANTIC.

THE ELEVEN A-M ADVISORY IS OUT.

ISSAC FORECAST-WX WAL

After a few showers overnight, things have begun to dry out just a bit across Southwest Florida.

A few patchy clouds will start our Thursday morning with mainly dry weather on tap, although it will be on the warm side with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. Through the afternoon, we're in store for a nice mix of sun and clouds as daytime highs climb into the lower to middle 90s with heat index values near 100°.

After being in a moist southwest flow over the last several days, steering winds will begin to shift more to the east and southeast. This will keep about a 30% chance for showers and storms a bit closer to home during the peak heating of the day as the sea breeze begins to make it's way inland.

BOOTH ALERT - AMY PATTERSON

PENN STATE INTERVIEW-2 SHOT

NEW AT ELEVEN.OUSTED FORMER PENN STATE PRESIDENT GRAHAM SPANIER IS FIRING BACK AFTER THE SCATHING REPORT ACCUSING HIM OF COVERING UP THE JERRY SANDUSKY SCANDAL.

SPANIER IS CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE.

PENN STATE INTERVIEW-PKG

GS -- 16:10:17 / THE CONCLUSIONS IN THAT REPORT, THAT IN EFFECT WE

CONSPIRED TO CONCEAL A KNOWN CHILD PREDATOR ARE JUST INCORRECT.

GRAHAM SPANIER wants his reputation back. breaking his silence he's now

blasting former f-b-i director louis freeh calling his report into the jerry

sandusky sex abuse scandal a myth.

16:41:04 -- I don't feel I need exoneration, because I know what I know. I

know what I did.

SPANIER SAYS HE DID NOT COVER UP YEARS OF ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SANDUSKY IN

FACT, HE SAYS, HE COULDN'T HAVE because HE WAS ONCE ALSO A VICTIM OF ABUSE

AT THE HANDS OF HIS FATHER.

HE WAS VERY ABUSIVE TOWARD ME /. /15:28:07 GS: I'VE HAD FOR EXAMPLE FOUR

OPERATIONS AS AN ADULT TO CORRECT INJURIES INFLICTED FROM MY FATHER / I'

VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO'S HAD A HIGHER LEVEL OF AWARENESS ABOUT SUCH ISSUES

THAN I HAVE HAD.

15:25:20:00 - JE: Shouldn't that then also hold you to a higher standard?

15:25:22:00 - GS: Absolutely.

BUT FREEH'S REPORT SAYS SPANIER DIDN'T HOLD HIMSELF TO THAT HIGHER STANDARD

CITING A SERIES OF IGNORED EMAILS AND MISSED RED FLAGS

SOT --15:07:16 never did i ever ever receive a report from anyone that JS

was involved in any child abuse, a sexual act

CRITICS DISAGREE THEY SAY IN 2001 SPANIER SHOULD HAVE GONE TO POLICE AFTER

LEARNING SANDUSKY HAD BEEN SPOTTED SHOWERING WITH A BOY IN A FOOTBALL LOCKER

ROOM.

INSTEAD SPANIER AGREED TO LET PENN STATE'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TELL SANDUSKY,

IN SPANIER'S WORDS, TO "KNOCK IT OFF."

BUT SPANIER SAYS HE WAS ONLY TOLD the incident INVOLVED. HORSEPLAY.

I guess I was thinking back to my own childhood where horseplay involved

throwing water around, snapping towels. I didn't ask about it, but that's

what I was conjuring up.

155623/ JE: DIDN'T YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO FIND OUT WHO THAT CHILD

WAS AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED?

155658 GS: AT THE TIME WHEN I HEARD THE TERM HORSEPLAY AND ASKED IF THERE

WAS ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, / I DIDN'T THINK OF

ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.

UNLIKE THE TWO DEPUTIES WHO REPORTED THAT INCIDENT TO HIM SPANIER IS NOT

CHARGED WITH A CRIME. STILL HE FEELS HE'S BEEN UNFAIRLY INDICTED BY THE

MEDIA AND BY THAT INDEPENDENT REPORT WHICH SAYS HE FAILED TO STOP A PREDATOR

.

15:26:59:00 I didn't know Jerry Sandusky. I've only had one conversation

with him in my life /

15:26:59:00 / he was a child predator who fooled a lot of people.

16:41:04 people have to know me and what I stand for, That's what I hope

PENN STATE INTERVIEW-ONCAM

JOSH ELLIOTT REPORTING.

SPANIER SAID HE AND PATERNO HAD SECRETLY SIGNED AGREEMENT THAT THE COACH WOULD RETIRE AT THE END OF 2012.

IN JULY, SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED ON 45 COUNTS OF ABUSE AGAINST 10 BOYS.

CASEY ANTHONY TODAY-VO

COME MIDNIGHT CASEY ANTHONY IS FREE TO DO PRETTY MUCH AS SHE PLEASES.

TODAY IS CASEY ANTHONY'S LAST DAY OF PROBATION.

ANTHONY WAS ACQUITTED LAST JULY OF MURDER, IN THE DEATH OF HER TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, CAYLEE.

SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF A LESSER CHARGE OF LYING TO INVESTIGATORS.

HOLMES HEARING TODAY-VO

HAPPENING TODAY.A JUDGE IS DETERMINING WHETHER TO ALLOW UNIVERSITY RECORDS TO BE USED AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE DEADLY MASSACRE INSIDE A COLORADO MOVIE THEATER.

THE PROSECUTION EVENTUALLY WANTS A NOTEBOOK JAMES HOLMES SENT TO A UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PSYCHIATRIST TO BE ALLOWED INTO EVIDENCE.

IT REPORTEDLY CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF A VIOLENT ATTACK.

LOCKED IN COCKPIT-VO

A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STORMED A JETWAY LOCKING HIMSELF IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE JET.

INVESTIGATORS IN LOUISIANA SAY 37-YEAR-OLD ANDREW ALEFFI WAS A TICKETED PASSENGER FOR THE AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT TO DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

BUT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE FLIGHT TO BOARD, HE PUSHED PAST A GATE AGENT, RAN DOWN THE JETWAY AND LOCKED HIMSELF IN THE COCKPIT.

APPARENTLY, ALEFFI TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TOWER, THOUGH HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THE RADIO OR FLY THE PLANE.

SHOCKING CRASH-TRX VO TOPS

A TRAGIC SCENE AS TWO GOOD SMARAITANS TRYING TO HELP THE DRIVER WHO HIT THIS FIRE HYDRANT ARE KILLED.

TAKE A LOOK.SIX PEOPLE WERE INSIDE A S-U-V WHEN IT HIT A HYDRANT AND POWER LINES IN LOS ANGELES.

THE LIVE WIRES CAME DOWN ONTO THE WATER.

WE'RE TOLD TWO WOMEN TRIED TO RESCUE SIX PEOPLE INSIDE BUT WERE ELECTROCUTED.

NAVY SEAL BOOK-VO

A NAVY SEAL HAS WRITTEN A BOOK GIVING A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE RAID THAT KILLED AL QAEDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN.

IT WILL BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 11-TH, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHING COMPANY.

"NO EASY DAY: THE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE MISSION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN" WAS WRITTEN BY A SEAL USING A PEN NAME.

THAT SEAL IS NO LONGER ON DUTY.

ANARCHISTS TARGET-VO

THE F-B-I IS WARNING OF POTENTIAL ATTACKS AND CHAOS AT THIS YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS FROM A SPECIFIC GROUP: ANARCHISTS.

THIS VIDEO SHOWS SELF-DECLARED ANARCHISTS CLASHING WITH PORTLAND, OREGON POLICE TWO YEARS AGO.

AN F-B-I AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN SAYS ANARCHY GROUPS COULD USE TRY AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TO TARGET THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN TAMPA NEXT WEEK.

FAMILY COUNCIL SHOOTING-VO

A GRAND JURY HAS FORMALLY INDICTED THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A SECURITY GUARD AT THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON.

PROSECUTORS SAY FLOYD LEE CORKINS OPENED FIRE INSIDE THE OFFICE LAST WEEK.

THIS IS HIS NEW MUGSHOT.

THE SECURITY GUARD WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING HELPED CAPTURE CORKINS.

QUAKE ANNY-VO

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY A FIVE-POINT-EIGHT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ROCKED THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THESE DRAMATIC IMAGES THE UNEXPECTED JOLT ROCKING AND CRACKING THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

THE QUAKE EVEN DAMAGED SOME OF THE ORNATE STONE WORK ON TOP OF THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL.

RADIOACTIVE FISH-VO

FISH WITH EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR JAPAN'S TROUBLED FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

THE ELECTRIC COMPANY CLAIMS THE FISH WERE FOUND SOME 12 MILES OFF THE COAST OF THE PLANT AND HAD 258 TIMES THE COUNTRY'S LEGAL RADIATION LIMIT.

ROBOT PITCH-VO

ARE ROBOTS ABOUT TO TAKE THE PLACE OF PITCHERS IN BASEBALL GAMES?

A STUDENT BUILT ROBOT THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT A BASEBALL GAME LAST NIGHT BETWEEN THE DETROIT TIGERS AND THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS.

20 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BUILT THE MACHINE THAT CAN HURL A FASTBALL UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR.

WRONG NUMBER-OC SOT VO WIPE

A WOMAN IN CONNECTICUT SAYS SHE HAS BEEN RECIEVING DOZENS OF "WRONG NUMBER" PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY.

I'm sorry you have the wrong number.

I'm sorry you have the wrong number.

No it's not infinity hall

How often does that happen?

About 25 times a day.

Really?

Yes, I have to leave the house sometimes.

THE FAMILY HAS THE SAME PHONE NUMBER AS A MUSIC HALL BUT THEIR PREFIX IS 860 AND THE FAMILY'S IS 866 HENCE THE CONFUSION.

WRONG NUMBER-SOT VO

We're not able to reach them by the phone, so we've been contacting them through Emil asking them to update and correct our listing.

Does it surprise you that its been this difficult?

Yes, it seems so simple.

TEASE FOUR---

AN INTERNET UPROAR AS A NEW MOM SAYS GOODBYE TO HER BABY AND HELLO TO A VACATION.

I think a happy mom makes a

happy child and you know your child better than anyone else"

A) BABY LEFT-2 SHOT SOT VO

BABY LEFT-ON CAM

A MOMMY BLOGGER IS BOASTING ABOUT DITCHING HER 10 WEEK OLD BABY TO GO ON VACATION.

SO HOW SOON IS TOO SOON TO LEAVE YOUR BABY IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE ELSE?

ONE THING'S FOR SURE -- HER WRITING HAS SPARKED A FIERCE DEBATE.

BABY LEFT-PKG

Rebecca Eckler never thought taking a vacation would be this controversial.

SOT Rebecca Eckler/ Mommyish dot com :19:38:56 "I think a happy mom makes a

happy child and you know your child better than anyone else"

TRK 2: 07

But when she posted this article called " I'm leaving my 10 week old to go

on vacation" online she started a firestorm

Rebecca Eckler/ Mommyish dot com 19:42:07: "Everybody's gonna have an

opinion about something including this

TRK 3: 13

GFX- In her blog about her 6 day vacation to Mexico, Eckler

unapologetically admits: "it is a vacation for me since I can't read the

mind of a two-month-old baby, I'm not sure he's really going to miss me. "

TRK 4: 08

GFX- Eckler explains: Yes, I'm ditching my babyI think that, even from his

early age, I'm teaching him a sense of independence

MOS2: It's not appropriate I wouldn't do it

MOS 3: personally I don't see a problem with her leaving her child

TRK 5: 04

Fellow mommy blogger Linsday Cross has a very different opinion

Sot Lindsay Cross/ MOMMYISH DOT COM: "when my daughter was young spending

a night away would have been more stressful than relaxing "

TRK 6: 09

GFX- some mommy readers think she's: "self-indulgent" saying that "If you

need a weekend away after only 10 weeks, you weren't ready to become parents

"

SOT Rebecca Eckler/ Mommyish dot com- 19:40:05: 9 months of pregnancy is a

very long time and is very hard on a woman's body / 19:41:06 pretty much

HALEY CLIP-CLIP

WEATHER-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.

After a few showers overnight, things have begun to dry out just a bit across Southwest Florida.

A few patchy clouds will start our Thursday morning with mainly dry weather on tap, although it will be on the warm side with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. Through the afternoon, we're in store for a nice mix of sun and clouds as daytime highs climb into the lower to middle 90s with heat index values near 100°.

After being in a moist southwest flow over the last several days, steering winds will begin to shift more to the east and southeast. This will keep about a 30% chance for showers and storms a bit closer to home during the peak heating of the day as the sea breeze begins to make it's way inland.

TX FIERY CRASH-VO

A DRAMATIC TRAIN CRASH OUTSIDE DALLAS, TEXAS.

CHECK THIS OUT.POLICE SAY A TRAIN HIT A FUEL TANKER EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE TANKER GOT STUCK ON THE TRACKS AS A TRAIN APPROACHED.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE BEFORE IMPACT.

BUT AS YOU SEE, THE TANKER BURST INTO FLAMES.

BEES SEIZED-VO

THREE MILLION BEES ARE SEIZED FROM ONE HOME IN NEW YORK CITY.

A BEE KEEPER ADMITS TO KEEPING THE INSECTS TWO YEARS AGO WITH ONE HIVE BUT THEN IT JUST GOT OUT OF CONTROL.

THAT'S WHEN CITY WORKERS STORMED THE QUEENS HOME TO REMOVE THE BEES.

THE CITY LEGALIZED BEEKEEPING IN MARCH 2010.

CHICAGO RATS-VO WIPE

CHICAGO MAY HAVE TO SOON CHANGE ITS NICKNAME FROM THE WINDY CITY TO THE RAT CITY.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT RATS THIS YEAR, ARE UP 28 PERCENT CITY-WIDE.

ONE WARD IN THE CITY HAS ALMOST TWICE AS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RODENTS THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

SO WHY THE JUMP? SOME SAY THE MILD WINTER ALLOWED MORE RATS TO SURVIVE.

CHICAGO RATS-SOT VO

"Rats use the sewers as a super highway, traveling. And these sewers are now over 100 years old."

MARS ROVER-VO

ONE SMALL DRIVE FOR MAN KIND.

THE SIX-WHEEL NASA ROVER CURIOSITY HAS TAKEN A TEST DRIVE ON MARTIAN TERRAIN.

THIS IS SOME BLACK AND WHITE VIDEO FROM MARS AS IT WAS ROLLED FORWARD ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE SPOT WHERE IT LANDED MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

ROMNEY TODAY-ONCAM

REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY.

OBAMA OHIO FLAP-SS

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS PROMOTING PRESIDENT OBAMA IN A NEW PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AD, THE FIRST TO FEATURE THE TWO-TERM DEMOCRAT.

BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS CAUGHT IN A BIT OF A GAFF THATS MAKING ITS ROUNDS ON THE INTERNET.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PICTURES TWEETED FROM THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE.THE PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO SPELL OUT O-H-I-O A FAMOUS CHEER CONDUCTED BY STUDENTS.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS THE "H" WAS IN THE WRONG SPOT.

BIG MARLIN-SS

A WOMAN FROM HAWAII MANAGES TO CATCH WHAT MAY BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FISH.ONLY TO MISS OUT ON A BIG PAY DAY.

28-YEAR-OLD MOLLY PALMER WAS PARTICIPATING IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT WITH MEMBERS OF HER TEAM WHEN SHE SNAGGED A ONE THOUSAND POUND MARLIN.

THAT BEATS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 950 POUNDS.

TEASE FIVE-----

FIRED UP OVER FIRE POWER.

nats of shooting

A SHOOTING RANGE IS NOW A TARGET.THIS TIME ONE MAN SAYS ITS UN-FAIR THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING TO SHOOT FOR FREE.

A) GUN PROMOTION-2 SHOT NATS VO

84 INCH TV-VO TOPS

JUST IN TIME FOR FOOTBALL SEASON, LG IS SUPER-SIZING ITS TECHNOLOGY, THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TELEVISION. 84-INCHES.

THE ULTRA-DEFINITION 3D T-V.IS EXPECTED TO ROLL OUT IN THE U-S IN SEPTEMBER.

THIS MONSTROSITY ALSO COMES WITH HEAVY DUTY SPEAKERS.

GUN PROMOTION-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

A MARYLAND GUN RANGE IS BEING SUED FOR OFFERING WOMEN FREE ADMISSION ON MONDAYS.

THE MAN WHO IS SUING SAYS -- IT ISN'T FAIR TO MEN.

GUN PROMOTION-PKG

THE MARYLAND SMALL ARMS RANGE IN UPPER MARLBORO IS POPULAR WITH LOTS OF FOLKS. WE EVEN FOUND LT. GOVERNOR ANTHONY BROWN THERE WITH HIS SON.

MONDAY HAS LONG BEEN LADIES DAY HERE. BUT NOW THE RANGE IS BEING SUED OVER IT.

THE ISSUE IS, IS IT WRONG IF HE HAD TO PAY MORE TO BE HERE TODAY THAN SHE DID?

Just because I'm a man doesn't mean I should have to pay more.

DERRICK HUNTER FILED A LAWSUIT FOR 200 GRAND WITH HIS ATTORNEY JIMMY BELL. HUNTER IS A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER AND LAST OCTOBER CAME TO THE RANGE ON LADIES DAY TO PRACTICE SHOOTING.

They told him he had to pay 15 dollars, he said, fine, he paid the money.

Two ladies came up behind me. He told them they were free. So I asked him, I said why did I have to pay to use the range and they didn't.

He said, because they're women, and you don't fit the criteria.

HUNTER COMPLAINED TO THE PRINCE GEORGE'S HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, WHO AGREED THE RANGE WAS BREAKING THE LAW.

He's opened up a bag of worms with this decision.

GUN RANGE PRESIDENT CARL ROY SAYS IF WHAT HE'S DOING IS ILLEGAL, THEN SO ARE DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS, CHILDREN, AND THE MILITARY.

I don't see anything discriminatory about it. It's a promotion that we run, just as any other business is entitled to run a promotion.

FIRST TIME RANGE USER NAUTICAL BROWN SAYS LADIES DAY MAKES HER MORE LIKELY TO COME BACK.

Especially if I can get in for free, of course yeah.

SOME GUYS ARE FINE WITH THAT.

Guys are going to pay to go where the ladies are, so if they get in for free, that's going to influence us to come out.

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NEXT AT NOON -

FLORIDA GEARS UP TO HOST THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION *AND THE POTENTIAL LANDFALL OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

NBC2 TELLS YOU WHAT STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE DOING TO GET READY, FOR WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE, A VERY BIG WEEK FOR OUR STATE - PLUS THE LATEST ON THE PATH OF THE STORM.

ALSO AT NOON - WITH FOOD PRICES GOING UP - SO DOES THE COST OF KEEPING YOUR LOCAL GROCERY STORE RUNNING.

HOW OWNERS ARE GOING GREEN - TO SAVE YOU MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

CALLING ALL CRUISERS, WHO LIKE TO ENJOY A COCKTAIL.

2 POPULAR CRUISE LINERS ARE TESTING OUT A NEW DRINK OPTION FOR YOU.

AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE COVERED - EVEN WHEN YOU RENT.

MORE PEOPLE *ARE RENTING THESE DAYS - NEW AT NOON - HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE BELONGINGS ARE PROTECTED - IN CASE OF A STORM OR DISASTER.

AND ONE STORY YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE - ADS ON TOILET PAPER!

NOON TZA) ISAAC-OC

NOON TZB) GREENER GROCER-VO

NOON TZC) CARNIVAL-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA