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NAPLES PIER-VOTOPS

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DODGED A DIRECT HIT FROM TROPICAL STROM ISAAC --

BUT THE EFFECTS ARE BEING FELT TODAY -- TAKE A LOOK AT THE NAPLES PIER THIS MORNING AS

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-VOTOPS-SS

WAVES CAME CRASHING UP THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY, TOO --

COMING DANGEOUSLY CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY.

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS -- THE FLOODING IN COLLER COUNTY IS CAUSING SEA CREATURES TO POP UP IN SOME VERY UNUSUAL PLACES --

GULF PREPARES FOR ISAAC-VOTOPS

NOW ALL EYES ARE ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST - JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM THE SEVEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA --

ISAAC IS PROJECTED TO COME ON SHORE SOMEWHERE ON THE ALABAMA OR LOUISIANA COASTLINE --

HURRICANE EXPERT JIM REIF IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE STORM'S PATH

ISAAC OPEN-CLIP

TRACKING ISAAC-WXWALL

- Isaac could pack a watery double punch for the Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service warns if it hits during high tide, Isaac could push floodwaters as deep as 12 feet onto shore in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and up to 6 feet in the Florida Panhandle. Isaac could dump up to 18 inches of rain over the region.

TOSS TO SAUNDRA-OC-DBLBX

DRIVERS IN COLLIER COUNTY HAVE BEEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAKING IT THROUGH FLOODED ROADS -- THANKS TO THE RAINS FROM ISAAC.

NBC 2'S SAUNDRA WEATHERS JOINS US LIVE FROM GOODLAND --

WHERE DRIVERS HAVE BEEN FORCED OFF THE ROADS.

GOODLAND FLOODING-REM LIVE

The tide is slowly receding but puddles are still covering parts of the road forcing some drivers to turn around.

GOODLAND FLOODING-VO

Take a look at this video we shot in Goodland a few moments ago.

The water is extremely high in some parts. But people who we spoke with

Tell us it was even higher this morning. At least a couple of feet deep.

GOODLAND FLOODING-(2)SOTVO

Sot-33:22 Russ McDonough-Goodland

The crest on the waves were just huge and they were just spilling all over.

36:16 Kyle Gibbs-16 year old

When you live on the water there's a chance that you could flood and you could get ran out of your home.

GOODLAND FLOODING-REM LIVE

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-VO

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON RISING CANAL LEVELS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAVES POUNDING THE SHORELINE AT THE CAPE CORAL YACHT CLUB.

WATERFRONT HOMES LOCATED CLOSEST TO THE RIVER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-SOTVO

-"I had two people over there, two people over on this side. I get all my neighbors and we put the boat out and I say tighten this, loosen that."

RICHARD SAID HE SPENT THREE HOURS SECURING HIS BOAT.

RNC BACKUP-VO

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFICIALLY OPENS THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR BUSINESS.

TOSS TO MEAGHAN-TRX-SS

A DEATH INVESTIGAIOTN IS UNDERWAY IN LEHIGH ACRES AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST 18TH STREET AND EDISON AVENUE.

NBC 2'S MEAGHAN SMITH HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE --

LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-REMLIVE

LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-MINIPKG

*take pkg*

details on the person found dead are about as scarce as the area where he was found.

Nat

the man-

was discovered dead on the side of west 18th street in a remote section of lehigh acres.

14:35 "it appears suspiscious."

lee county deputies tell us they suspect foul play, but won't say how the man died.

detectives report that someone driving in the area spotted him in the grass

14:14 "a passerby that saw a body on the side of the road."

the driver called the sheriff's office and deputies taped off the area as a crime scene.

k9 units searched the scene for clues.

Nat

the medical examiner took the body away around noon-

the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-REMLIVE

TOSS TO STEVE-OC-DBLBX

A SHOOTING AND POLICE CHASE COMES TO A DRAMATIC END

ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS --

JUST FEET AWAY FROM BYSTANDERS!

NBC 2'S STEVE CAMPION JOINS US SPOKE TO WITNESSES

FM SWAT SITUATION-REMLIVE

The intense police chase ended here at this house on euclid avenue.

FM SWAT SITUATION-MINIPKG

Take pkg

Don small 3752 "I thought I heard 2, 3 pops and was like what the hell is that?"

Passerbys describe the fear and anxiety felt on the streets of downtown Fort Myers -- moments after an argument turns into gunfire.

Small 3857 "We're like trying to hide behind trees and sill see what's going on and not catch a stray bullet."

Shortly before 1pm --Fort Myers police officers tell us a man during a heated argument -- shot another close to the corner of Victoria avenue and Euclid avenue.

Paramedics rushed the one injured to the hospital -- as a manhunt for the gunman unfolded.

Small 3816 "there like get in your house. Get in your house."

Investigators explain the gunman -- took off on foot before they nabbed him -- all while people looked on.

FM SWAT SITUATION-REMLIVE

Neighbors tell us -- they've seen the two men arguing earlier in the day.

Police are now waiting for a search warrant -- to enter this home.

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

NOT ONLY ARE AIRLINES HIKING FEES--

THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON YOUR COMFORT.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE LABOR DAY TRAVEL RUSH --

HOW TO GET THE BEST SEATS ON YOUR NEXT FLIGHT.

AFTERSHOCKS ARE STILL SHAKING CALIFORNIA A DAY

AFTER EARTHQUAKES RATTLED THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

A) airline seats-VO

B) cali quakes-VO

GAS PRICES-VIDBOX

GAS PRICES HAVE JUMPED AGAIN --

RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS $3.76 -- UP NEARLY 7 CENTS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF 3-75.

GOING INTO LABOR DAY WEEKEND - PRICES, HISTORICALLY, HAVEN FALLEN.

BEST AIRLINE SEATS-VO

AIRLINES ARE GOING IN FOR THE SQUEEZE ON YOUR WALLET AND COMFORT.

MANY ARE ADJUSTING CABIN CONFIGURATIONS -- ADDING SEATS AND LOSING INCHES.

SO HOW CAN YOU GET THE BEST SEATS?

TRAVEL AGENTS SUGGEST TO SIT UP FRONT -- OR AT LEAST AVOID THE VERY BACK.

SEATS GET NARROWER CLOSER TO THE TAIL.

CALI EARTHQAUKES-VO

AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE TO SHAKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY --

AND SCIENTISTS SAY THEY COULD LAST FOR DAYS.

SUNDAY'S MAGNITUDE FIVE POINT FIVE QUAKE SPARKED DOZENS OF AFTERSHOCKS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, WHICH BORDERS ARIZONA AND MEXICO.

20 MOBILE HOMES WERE KNOCKED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND SEVERAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED.

TEASE TWO-ONCAM

HONORING THE FIRST MAN TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

THE MEMORIAL PLANS IN THE WORKS FOR NEIL ARMSTRONG.

AND FALLOUT FROM THE ROYAL PHOTO SCANDAL --

HOW PRINCE HARRY COULD BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT

A) prince harry-VO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

We're going to see a return of sunshine, isolated storms, and highs in the 90s.

Our surf conditions will also settle down.

Isaac is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday August 29th in Louisiana as a CAT 1 hurricane. For those that don't know… That's the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Our eyes now move to an area of low pressure off the coast of Africa. As of now there is now threat to Florida.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

KEY WEST-VOTOPS

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LEFT LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS - AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

CANCELLED FLIGHTS-SS

AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL TODAY -- BUT NOW AIRLINES ARE WARNING OF CANCELLATIONS IN AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS, AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES CLOSER.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CANCELLATIONS AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME OF THE DEPARTURES THAT WERE GROUNDED MOSTLY INCLUDE AIR TRAN FLIGHTS TO MILWAUKEE, ATLANTA, AND WASHINGTON D-C.

EARLIER TODAY - AMERICAN AIRLINES HAD NEARLY 150 CANCELLATIONS.

RENO AIR SHOW CRASH-VO

A VINTAGE PLANE PUSHED BEYOND ITS LIMITS -- THAT'S THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF LAST YEAR'S AIR CRASH IN RENO, NEVADA, THAT KILLED 11 PEOPLE.

THE INVESTIGATION WAS RELEASED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.

THE OLD PLANE CRASHED GOING 530 MILES PER HOUR INTO A VIEWING AREA DURING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES.

THE PILOT AND 10 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND DIED.

MORE THAN 60 OTHERS WERE INJURED.

CRUISE SHIP FREED-VO

THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAYS A CRUISE SHIP CARRYING 120 PEOPLE HAS BEEN FREED AFTER RUNNING AGROUND AND BECOMING STRANDED IN THE DETROIT RIVER.

THE 216-FOOT YORKTOWN GOT STUCK SOUTH OF DETROIT SUNDAY NIGHT.

IT TOOK A TUG BOAT TO FREE THE SHIP.

THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

NEIL ARMSTRONG SERVICE-VO

A PRIVATE SERVICE IS PLANNED FOR FRIDAY IN CINCINNATI FOR ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG.

OHIO SENATOR ROB PORTMAN PLANS TO SPEAK AT FRIDAY'S SERVICE-- CALLING ARMSTRONG A "GOOD FRIEND AND ADVISER."

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY SAID A PUBLIC, NATIONAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ANOTHER TIME IS A POSSIBILITY.

ARMSTRONG COMMANDED THE APOLLO 11 MISSION IN JULY OF 1969-- AND WAS THE FIRST MAN TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

HE DIED SATURDAY.

PRINCE HARRY-VO WIPE

PRINCE HARRY IS BACK WITH THE BRITISH MILITARY FOLLOWING HIS NAKED ROMP IN A LAS VEGAS HOTEL ROOM, BUT HIS PROBLEMS AREN'T OVER.

A REPORT IN A BRITISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENSE STAFF IS DECIDING HOW TO DEAL WITH THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THE ARMY'S HIGHEST-PROFILE OFFICER.

ONE PUNISHMENT WOULD BE TO MAKE THE PRINCE DONATE TWO WEEKS' SALARY TO A CHARITY OF HIS CHOICE.

PRINCE HARRY-SOT VO

she's only 23, and I don't think she really needs this.BUTT TO. Um, you

know plastered naked across the internet and ogling other women.

TEASE THREE-OC

REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF HER WEIGHT!

I've never heard anything like that, I thought doctors were there to help you."

A) too heavy for med treatment-SOTVO

TOO HEAVY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT-ONCAM

A WOMAN IN MASSACHUSETTS SAYS SHE NEEDS A NEW DOCTOR BECAUSE HERS TOLD HER, SHE'S TOO FAT TO TREAT.

THE DOCTOR HAS A POLICY OF NOT SEEING PATIENTS WHO WEIGH MORE THAN 200 POUNDS. BECAUSE THEY ARE A DANGER TO THE STAFF.

TOO HEAVY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

IDA DAVIDSON LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF AMERICANS - SHE ADMITS IT - A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT.

DAVIDSON SAYS SHE WAS STUNNED WHEN ON A SECOND VISIT TO A NEW PRIMARY DOCTOR, SHE WAS INFORMED THEY DIDN'T WANT HER AS A PATIENT -- BECAUSE OF HER WEIGHT.

"She was telling me that she couldn't care for me because I was over 200 pounds, I mean, I've never heard anything like that, I thought doctors were there to help you."

SHE'S RIGHT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN MUCH, THOUGH IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. AND, THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR PHYSICIAN GROUP SAYS IT'S ETHICAL AS WELL.

THE AMA SAYS PATIENTS AND DOCTORS CAN "EXERCISE FREEDOM IN CHOOSING WITH WHOM TO ENTER INTO A PATIENT PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP."

"For people who are established patients they're grandfathered in so it doesn't apply to them, but I've had at least 2 people be very motivated."

THEY'VE LOST WEIGHT.

DOCTOR CARTER SAYS SHE BEGAN SCREENING OUT THE OVERWEIGHT IN THE SPRING AFTER SEVERAL OF HER STAFF WERE INJURED.

SHE SPENDS TIME EDUCATING PATIENTS ABOUT OBESITY WHICH SHE SAYS IS BEST TREATED ELSEWHERE.

"There are alternatives there's an obesity center at UMASS better staffed and has more resources than I do."

THE CDC SAYS A THIRD OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS ARE OBESE.

BUT IDA DAVIDSON SAYS IT'S NOT JUST WEIGHT.

TEASE FOUR-ONCAM

SEVEN YEARS TO THE WEEK SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA --

NEW ORLEANS NOW FINDS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR ANOTHER POWERFUL HURRICANE.

HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST

A) tracking issac-VO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-WXWALL

- Isaac could pack a watery double punch for the Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service warns if it hits during high tide, Isaac could push floodwaters as deep as 12 feet onto shore in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and up to 6 feet in the Florida Panhandle. Isaac could dump up to 18 inches of rain over the region.

TRACKING ISAAC-PLASMA

HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES ITS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MARCH INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

ISAAC POSES A POTENTIAL SERIOUS THREAT TO PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS.

TRACKING ISAAC-CLIP

TRACKING ISAAC-PKG

RESIDENTS IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI ARE BOARDING UP HOMES, SECURING THEIR BOATS AND FILLING THEIR VEHICLES WITH GAS AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC HEADS TOWARDS THE GULF COAST.

WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA JUST A DAY AWAY, MANY RESIDENTS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES AS ISAAC SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.

AS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON, ISAAC WAS STILL A TROPICAL STORM, BUT FORECASTERS EXPECT IT TO STRENGTHEN TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE MONDAY NIGHT, BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL LATE TUESDAY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LOUISIANA OR MISSISSIPPI COAST. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO FEEL THE IMPACTS OF ISAAC AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY NIGHT, SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MILES-PER-HOUR WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR, ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL STORM SURGE OF 6 TO 12 FEET ALONG THE COAST.

ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS OF THIS STORM WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING, WITH FORECAST STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA, AND SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.

S/ Barbara Higgins/Resident :20

"I'm gonna find me a shelter because I'm in a mobile home. I'm getting just a little bit of gas 'cause I'm headed to Ocean Springs and do my business there and come back and try to get ready for it. If it got as bad as Katrina, in some kind of way I'd have to make it out of here."

Reporter: "Are you scared of this storm?"

"Yeah, I fear all storms, 'cause you never know what you're gonna get."

S/ Rodney Hoke/Resident :13

"Already boarded up.gettin' gas.gettin' all ready."

Reporter: "Are you scared of this one or not?"

"Not really. I've been through quite a few and it don't bother me too much."

S/ Tom Andrews/Resident :12

"Well, like he said the harbor ordered all the boats out by noon today, so I had to come over and get mine out. Gettin' it rigged down so I can take it home. Hopefully a tree won't fall on it at home."

S/ Robert Smith/Resident :07

"I don't mind the boards as long as it just goes somewhere else. And it's not a Katrina anymore."

S/ Chase Moseley/Resident :12

RNC DELAY-OC-LIVE

MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION HAS BEEN DELAYED AND COMPRESSED

BY ONE DAY BECAUSE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC --

BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ACTIVITY IN TAMPA.

TODAY -- A VERY ABBREVIATED SESSION OFFICIALLY OPENED THE CONVENTION.

RNC DELAY-PKG

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFICIALLY OPENS THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR BUSINESS.

WITH A SWING OF THE GAVEL, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, REINCE PRIEBUS CALLED

THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION TO ORDER IN FRONT OF A SMALL GROUP OF CONVENTION DELEGATES.

RNC DELAY-VO WIPE

THE STORM THREAT TO TAMPA IS OVER, THE DELEGATES HAVE ARRIVED, AND THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IS UNDERWAY.

REPUBLICANS ARE REGROUPING FOR A SHORTER, THREE-DAY CONVENTION.

MORE ACTION IS EXPECTED TOMORROW, INCLUDING ANN ROMENY'S SPEECH--

WHILE FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT AND DONALD TRUMP WERE DUMPED FROM THE SCHEDULE.

RNC DELAY-SOT VO

"We have to tell the mitt romney story, we have to prosecute the president on what he promised and what he delivered."

ROMNEY IS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE REHEARSING HIS SPEECH.

CRIST TO SPEAK AT DNC-VO

FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST WILL SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

JUST YESTERDAY-- CRIST ENDORSED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA-- REFERENCING HIS LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND HIS HEALTHCARE PLAN AS REASONS.

SANFORD ENGAGED-VO

FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR MARK SANFORD IS ENGAGED

TO THE WOMAN FROM ARGENTINA WITH WHOM HE HAD AN AFFAIR.

AT ONE TIME SANFORD WAS A RISING STAR IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, ALONG WITH SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT WITH HIS WIFE JENNY.

BUT BACK IN 2009, SANFORD LEFT THE STATE FOR FIVE DAYS TO VISIT HIS MISTRESS.

HE TOLD PEOPLE HE'D BEEN HIKING BUT LATER ADMITTED HE VISITED, MARIA BELEN CHAPUR, WHO HE CALLED HIS SOUL MATE.

BALTIMORE SCHOOL SHOOTING-VO

ONE STUDENT IS CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER BEING SHOT AT A MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING.

TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT PERRY HALL HIGH SCHOOL - THE LARGEST HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE.

THE WOUNDED 17-YEAR-OLD WAS FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT, A FELLOW STUDENT IS IN CUSTODY.

BOTH STUDENTS INVOLVED WERE BOYS.

THE SHOOTER 2 SHOTS OFF - NO WORD ON A MOTIVE.

THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO BE RANDOM.

DEADLY BEAR ATTACK-VO WIPE

PARK OFFICIALS CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY BEAR ATTACK IN ALASKA.

HIKERS IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK REPORTED THE ATTACK ON FRIDAY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 49-YEAR OLD VICTIM HAD BEEN TAKING PICTURES OF A 600-POUND GRIZZLY BEAR BEFORE IT ATTACKED.

DEADLY BEAR ATTACK-SOTVO

Sot: "i wouldn't be real brave and try and get up and take pictures or anything like that of a bear. i'd just give them their room. we're in their backyard."

THE HIKERS REPORTED FINDING BLOODY CLOTHING AND A BACKPACK IN A SECTION OF THE PARK.

RANGERS HAD TO SHOOT AND KILL THE BEAR TO RETRIEVE THE MAN'S BODY.

PENN ST PROTEST PUNISHMENTS-NATS-VO

DOZENS OF STUDENTS AT PENN STATE HAVE BEEN PUNISHED. INVOLVED IN A PROTEST OVER THE FIRING OF FOOTBALL COACH JOE PATERNO.

THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A PROTEST OVER THE FIRING OF FOOTBALL COACH JOE PATERNO.

THE GROUP WAS AMONG SOME 5,000 PEOPLE WHO POURED INTO DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE AFTER PATERNO WAS UNEXPECTEDLY FIRED LAST NOVEMBER.

THE SCHOOL SANCTIONED 32 STUDENTS FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT.

HEALTHCAST OPEN-CLIP

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

AS OBESITY RATES IN CHILDREN HAVE CLIMBED, SO HAS THE INCIDENCE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES--

AND A NEW STUDY ADDS ANOTHER WORRY.

THE DISEASE PROGRESSES MORE RAPIDLY IN CHILDREN THAN IN ADULTS AND IT'S HARDER TO TREAT.

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

PKG:

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS TO OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED. OBESITY AND THE FORM OF DIABETES LINKED TO IT, ARE SETTING KIDS UP FOR RUNAWAY MEDICAL PROBLEMS.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

2:22 An obese child is potentially more at risk for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, Type 2 diabetes, joint related problems, liver disease, gall bladder disease. That's a big list.

WITH UPWARDS OF 30-PERCENT OF FLORIDA'S KIDS WEIGHING IN AS OBESE, PEDIATRICIANS ARE INTERVENING.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

5:25 The first thing we would do is look at where the child is on a growth chart, take a good family history and found if there's some of the things like the diabetes, high blood pressure already present in the family which would put the child at increase risk.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

New studies suggest diabetes in children is harder to treat and it progresses more quickly. Meaning they get sicker quicker.

DR. ASJAD KHAN/PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGIST

RUNS:

3:53 Adults who are overweight may take 15 years before they develop diabetes. And in children that can be as short as a couple of years.

DOCTORS BELIEVE THE SPEED AND SEVERITY MAY BE LINKED TO HORMONES.

DR. ASJAD KHAN/PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGIST

RUNS:

3:53 Such as growth hormone and testosterone, estrogen. They are much higher in children in puberty. So these excess hormones, plus the overweight together, cause even more insulin resistance.

in theory, people who develop diabetes as children may suffer complications much earlier in life than previous generations who became diabetic as adults. TYPE 2 DIABETES IS TYPICALLY AVOIDABLE BY IMPROVING DIET AND EXERCISE.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

3:20 It's all about choices and making the appropriate choices

THE BEST ADVICE: ELIMINATE THE RISK BY PREVENTING THE PROBLEM.

EXERCISE LIFESPAN-VO

SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE - BUT RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND STAYING PHYSICALLY FIT DURING MIDDLE AGE HELPS EXTEND YOUR LIFESPAN, WITH LESS RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE.

TEASE FIVE-2SHOT

120 MILES PER HOUR -- AND NO WAY TO STOP!

oh my god I have two semis"

6:40 "I'm going 108 mph"

"she's going 108 mph"

HEAR ONE WOMAN'S FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE

AFTER HER GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK ON THE INTERSTATE.

AND HERE'S A SIGHT YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY!

A) stuck gas pedal-SOTVO

B) bull on the loose-VO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CAUSED A STRONG STORM SURGE ON THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST.

NOW THAT THE WATER IS STARTING TO RECEED --

N-B-C TWO HAS TEAM COVERAGE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.

PLUS --

A)-NWSRM

B) ALEX STANDUP TEASE-SOTTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

Tropical Storm Isaac now has southwest Florida in its rearview mirror, but we are still feeling its impact.

The skies have been quite cloudy today, and at times you had to throw on the rain jacket.

While we saw scattered showers, the east coast of Florida saw a deluge. They've seen an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain just today alone. We've been stuck in the middle of Isaac and that spiraling rain band today. When you are caught in that area the air sinks, and when it sinks it limits your rain coverage.

We have a chance to see very heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as Isaac moves further away and that associated band of rain moves with it. We will not pick up as much rain as the east coast, but a few more inches are definitely possible.

With Isaac to our west that keeps our winds from the south which pulls up a lot of moisture. That moisture is seen as clouds and is felt as rain.

Good news - conditions will improve come Thursday when Isaac is well away from us.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

STUCK GAS PEDAL-VO IN PLASMA

INCREDIBLY SCARY MOMENTS FOR THE DRIVER OF THIS SUV --

SHE'S FLYING DOWN THE HIGHWAY -- HITTING SPEEDS OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.

ON THE PHONE WITH 9-1-1 OPERATORS, SHE SAYS HER GAS PEDAL IS STUCK AND THE BRAKES DON'T WORK.

STUCK GAS PEDAL-PKG

SCRIPT:

CALL NAT: 06: 26 i'm scard to death!

AS LAURI UVELSTAD BEGINS LOSING CONTROL OF HER S-U-V ON THIS MISSOURI

HIGHWAY. SHE REACHES FOR A LIFELINE: HER CELL PHONE

911 CALL NAT: "I'M COMING UP ON A BUNCH OF CARS. I'M SO SCARED."

UVELSTAD WAS HEADING HOME ON INTERSTATE-35 AUGUST 19TH -- WHEN HER

ACCELERATOR GOT *STUCK* / HER CAR, RAPIDLY INCREASING IN SPEED.

--Alright I know you're scared, just calm down.

--Have you put your car in neutral?

I can't get it to move.

--Are you able to hit your brakes at all?

I'm trying everything.

POLICE BEGIN FOLLOWING HER THIS NEWLY RELEASED DASH CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURING

THE NEARLY 45 MINUTE LONG *NIGHTMARE* ON TAPE AT TIMES ULVESTAD'S BLACK

SUV / SPEEDING AS FAST AS 115 MPH.

SWERVING TO DODGE CARS. GOING OVER THE MEDIAN.

NOT ONCE.

NOT TWICE.

BUT THREE TIMES.

WITH ONE HAND TIGHT ON THE WHEEL -- ULVESTAD DESPERATELY NARRATES HER

TERRIFYING RIDE TO A 911 OPERATOR /

oh my god I have two semis"

6:40

"I'm going 108 mph"

"she's going 108 mph"

UNTIL FINALLY THAT DISPATCHER TELLS UVELSTAD TO LIFT UP ON THE STUCK

ACCELERATOR WHILE ALSO PUSHING DOWN ON HER BRAKE IT WORKS.

WHEN THE CAR FINALLY STOPS ULVESTAD IS SHAKEN. BUT SHE'S MANAGED TO AVOID

HITTING ANY OTHER CARS SOMETHING SHE CREDITS TO THAT VOICE ON THE OTHER END

OF THE PHONE 9-1-1 DISPATCHER, KELLY BRIEG

/

GMA WAS THERE EXCLUSIVELY SUNDAY WHEN THESE TWO STRANGERS MET FOR THE FIRST TIME /

NATS REUNION

SOT LAURI: "IF IT WASN'T FOR HER I WOULDN'T BE HERE."

A FRIENDSHIP FORGED FROM THE MOST UNLIKELY OF SITUATIONS.

SOT KELLY:

STUCK GAS PEDAL-ONCAM

JOHN SCHRIFFEN REPORTING.

BULL ON THE LOOSE AT FAIR-VO WIPE

A BULL MAKES A BREAK FOR IT AT A FAIR IN PENNSYLVANIA -- INJURING SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS.

THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO TAKEN AS THE BULL RAN RAMPANT THROUGH THE FAIR GROUNDS!

FOUR BULLS GOT LOOSE AS THEY WERE BEING LOADED ONTO A TRAILER AFTER A RODEO FRIDAY NIGHT.

3 WERE CAUGHT RIGHT AWAY - BUT THE FOURTH TOOK OFF.

BULL ON THE LOOSE AT FAIR-SOT VO

'people were sweating, they were running everyplace and

then the bull would just, he would go in one direction and then he would turn around and then he would switch and go in another direction and personally I`ve never experienced anything like that before in my life' 10

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

ROBIN ROBERTS MEDICAL LEAVE-VO

IT'S "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" CO-ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS'S LAST WEEK ON THE A-B-C MORNING SHOW FOR A WHILE.

THIS FRIDAY IS HER LAST DAY BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR TREATMENT.

SHE'S TAKING A MEDICAL LEAVE FOR A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT.

ROBERTS SAYS SHE'S CHECKING INTO THE HOSPITAL NEXT WEEK TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.

SNOOKI BABY BOY-VO

IT MAY TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO -- BUT "JERSEY SHORE'S" SNOOKI IS A MOMMY.

THE REALITY TV STAR GAVE BIRTH TO 6-POUND, 5-OUNCE BOY NAMED

LORENZO DOMINIC LAVALLE YESTERDAY.

A REP FOR SNOOKI'S FIANCE TOLD M-T-V -- QUOTE -- "THE WORLD JUST GOT ANOTHER GUIDO!!!"

MEANTIME -- M-T-V HAS SAID IT'S BRINGING "JERSEY SHORE"

BACK FOR A SIXTH SEASON.

WOMAN DEFENDS BOTCHED PAINTING-VO

TOUCHING UP THE TOUCH UP.

PROFESSIONAL ART RESTORERS ARE IN SPAIN TODAY --

ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF SOME RECENT 'TOUCH-UP' WORK ON A 19TH CENTURY PAINTING OF JESUS.

SOME SAY THE 19TH CENTURY FRESCO WAS DAMAGED BY CECELIA GIMINEZ-- WHO WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RESTORE THE PAINTING.

SHE'S DEFENDING HER WORK-- BUT PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS SAY IT WAS A BOTCHED JOB.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

LOVE TO PIN?

MANY PEOPLE DO.

it excited people because of its simplicity, ease of use and its entertainment value.

NEW AT FOUR - WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT PINTEREST - FIND OUT WHY SO MANY PINNERS, ARE ADDICTED TO THE SITE.

A) pintrest addiction-SOTVO

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

PINTREST ADDICTION-TFC CTR

MOVE OVER FACEBOOK --

THE SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITE PINTEREST HAS BEEN SKYROCKETING IN POPULARITY THIS YEAR.

AND ITS NOT JUST TECH SAVVY TEENS FUELING ITS ROARING WEB SUCCESS.

PINTREST ADDICTION-PKG

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00:01.5/2.5

IT'S GOT THE STYLINGS OF MARTHA STEWART

00:04/2.0

TORY SPELLINGS PREFERRED DWELLINGS

00:07/2

THE CURIOSITIES OF OUR OWN KATIE COURIC

00:9/3.5

AND RECENTLY REESE WITHERSPOON JUST COULD NOT STOP GUSHING ABOUT IT

Reese: it's just this incredible place with the most

incredible crafty images ever

00:18/5.5

IT IS THE WEB START-UP PINTERESTAND SIMPLY PUTTHERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF

INTEREST IN PINTEREST

Lance Ulanoff, Editor-in-Chief Mashable: it excited people because of its

simplicity, ease of use and its entertainment value.

00:30/1

SO JUST WHAT IS IT?

NAT: pin sfx

00:32/16

PINTEREST IS A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO COLLECT AND SHARE

IMAGESJUST REQUEST MEMEBERSHIPADD A PIN TO YOUR FAVORITES TABAND LET THE

PINNING BEGIN.RECIPESHOME DCORTRAVEL INSPIRATION.ITS YOUR TICKET TO ENDLESS

ORGANIZED EYE CANDY

CHRISTINE Martinez, Pinterest Pinner: I'm definitely addicted to the site

Maia MacDonald Pineterest Pinner: as soon as I started to use it, I wanted

to do it all the time

00:54/6

CHRISTINE MARTINEZ AND MAIA MCDONALD ARE TWO POWERHOUSE PINNERSTHEY EACH

HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IMAGES PINNED

CHRISTINE: 1:03 / I was definitely that person that would secretly tear

something out of a magazine when no one was looking and stick it in my purse

.and now its really fantastic that I don't have to do that anymore.

CHRISTINE HAS AMASSED A FOLLOWING IN THE MILLIONS AND USES PINTEREST FOR

EVERYTHING FROM CURATING HIGH FASHION TO SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT SHE WANTS FOR

HER BIRTHDAY

CHRISTINE: /when people say what do you like I just say well here's a link

01:25/3

SHE EVEN CREATED A WEDDING BOARD TO HELP PLAN HER BIG DAY

Christine: 50:27 it was really overwhelming to start planning my wedding/so

after I'd say a couple of months of developing this board I got a really

good sense of what I wanted and what I wanted that day to look like

Christine 1:27:25 these are my shoes I found them on pinterest

01:48/6

GRAPHIC DESIGNER MAIA HAS 1.8 MILLION FOLLOWERS AND FOUND PINTEREST TO BE A

PERFECT PLATFORM FOR GETTING HERSELF OUT THERE

MAIA: 1:52:57 as a freelance graphic designer it has helped me to get

clients or I got my clients through pinterest who were looking for a new

graphic designer and happened to see me and find me that way.

2:02/8

AND SHES NOT THE ONLY ONELOTS OF CELEBRITIES AND EVEN MICHELLE OBAMA AND ANNE ROMNEYARE ALL

PINTREST ADDICTION-CGRVL

THAT WAS LARA SPENCER REPORTING.

AS FASCINATION IS GROWING WITH PINNING --

HERE ARE SOME SIGNS TO TELL IF YOU HAVE A PINTEREST ADDICTION.

YOU HAVE SPENT MORE THAN THREE HOURS IN ONE SITTING PINNING SESSION.

YOUR GROCERY LIST IS CREATED FROM RECIPES YOU HAVE PINNED ON PINTEREST.

GOODBYE-2SHOT TFC CTR

THAT'LL DO IT FOR THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR--

TEASE TO 5

NEXT AT FIVE -- A BRAND-NEW TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC NOW HEADING TOWARD THE NEW ORLEANS AREA -- ROBERT'S UP FIRST WITH THAT.

AND A MAN FOUND DEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN LEHIGH ACRES -- OUR REPORTER IS LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH NEW DETAILS.

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