NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

DNC TODAY-2 SHOT TRX

DEMOCRATS ARE GATHERING IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING FOR TODAY'S KICKOFF TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE HIGHLIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE TONIGHT'S PRIME TIME SPEECH BY FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM INSIDE THE ARENA IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

DNC TODAY-PKG

NATS - Michelle checks out stage/podium at DNC

THE FIRST DAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL SPOTLIGHT FIRST

LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.

SOT - Michelle Obama

"I'll admit, I'm a little biased because I think our President is awesome!"

THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAS LONG REFERRED TO MRS OBAMA AS "THE CLOSER."

SHE RAN THROUGH HER CONVENTION SPEECH MONDAY AND MUST CONVICE AMERICA

TONIGHT HER HUSBAND IS TAKING THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

NATS -- ANN ROMNEY walks onto stage at RNC

IT'S A SIMILAR OPENING NIGHT TO LAST WEEK'S REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, WHEN ANN

ROMNEY PAINTED HER HUSBAND AS A LIKEABLE GUY.

SOT - ANN ROMNEY at RNC

"I CAN TELL YOU THAT MITT ROMNEY WAS NOT HANDED SUCCESS. HE BUILT IT."

WHEN THE GAVEL STRIKES ON THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION STAGE THE PRESIDENT WILL

BE IN MIDST OF HIS "ROAD TO CHARLOTTE CAMPAIGN TOUR" TOUTING HIS EFFORTS TO

BRING THE ECONOMY BACK.

SOT - President Obama in Toledo, Ohio on Monday

"I stood with American workers. I stood with American manufacturing. I

believed in you."

OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT WILL DO THE SAME -- INCLUDE CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM

EMANUEL AND THE *KEY NOTE* SPEAKER, SAN ANTONIO MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO.

SOT Julian Castro after touring DNC stage

"The most challenging part of the speech is not even the words themselves,

it's just having command of the actual arena."

THE 37-YEAR-OLD IS AN UP AND COMER WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND IS TAKING

THE SAME PRIME-TIME SLOT THAT SHOT ANOTHER YOUNG DEMOCRAT INTO POLITICAL

STARDUM IN 2004.

NATS - Dick Durbin introduces Obama - 2004 DNC

"The next senator from the state of Illinois, Barack Obama."

DNC TODAY-SS

BRANDI HITT REPORTING.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ARRIVES IN CHARLOTTE TODAY.

HE WILL DELIVER HIS SPEECH THURSDAY NIGHT, RIGHT BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

NBC2'S CHAD OLIVER IS IN CHARLOTTE COVERING THE CONVENTION FOR US.

DEM APOLOGY-SS OC

ONE PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IS APOLOGIZING FOR COMPARING REPUBLICAN TACTICS TO THOSE EMPLOYED BY NAZI PROPAGANDISTS.

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CHIEF JOHN BURTON MADE THE REMARKS MONDAY IN AN INTERVIEW WHILE IN CHARLOTTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

BURTON SAID THE REPUBLICANS LIE AND DON'T CARE WHETHER PEOPLE KNOW THEY LIE AND THAT, QUOTE, "AS LONG AS YOU LIE, JOSEPH GOEBBELS , THE BIG LIE, YOU KEEP REPEATING IT."

GOEBBELS WAS THE CHIEF OF NAZI PROPAGANDA. NAZI LEADER ADOLF HITLER BELIEVED THE "BIG LIE" HAD A GREATER CHANCE OF BEING BELIEVED.

BIDEN UHAUL-VO

POLICE IN DETROIT ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON WHO STOLE A UHAUL TRUCK. CARRYING CAMPAIGN EQUIPMENT FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN. WHO WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHORTLY BEFORE THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE A DETROIT HOTEL.

THE TRUCK WAS RECOVERED NEAR A HOSPITAL.

SOME OF THE CONTENTS WERE FOUND EARLIER AT AN ABANDONED HOUSE.

LEHIGH HIT & RUN-TRX VO

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A DRIVER THAT CRASHED INTO SIX PEOPLE IN LEHIGH ACRES AND TOOK OFF.

IT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING ON ROMA AVENUE.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM ARE TEENAGERS WERE TO THEIR CARS, WHEN THEY WERE HIT BY 28 YEAR OLD JUAN AGUIAR.

TROOPERS SAY HE WAS DRUNK WHEN HE DITCHED THE CAR AND RAN OFF ON FOOT.

TWO OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

FMB BOOZE AGAIN-VO

YOU HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO TELL FORT MYERS BEACH LEADERS WHAT YOU THINK, BEFORE THEY VOTE ON A PROPOSED LAW THAT COULD EXPAND DRINKING ON THE BEACHES.

TONIGHT, TOWN COUNCIL IS SET TO HOLD THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES.

THAT'S THE PROPOSED RULE THAT WOULD GOVERN WHERE BEACHFRONT BARS AND RESTAURANTS COULD SERVE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN THE SAND.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street amid uncertainty over what authorities in the U.S., China and Europe might do to help the slowing world economy.

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

DEBBY PROBLEMS-VO

THE DEADLINE IS TODAY FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS WITHOUT FLOOD INSURANCE TO FILE CLAIMS WITH FEMA FOLLOWING TROPICAL STROM DEBBY.

DEBBY CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING, SEVERAL TORNADOES AND HIGH WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE IN JUNE.

RESIDENTS IN LAKE CITY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER.

VULTURE ATTACK-OC SOT VO WIPE

A GROUP OF VULTURES IS HOLDING A NORTH FORT MYERS COUPLE HOSTAGE IN THEIR OWN HOME.

It just seems since these folks went away and they knew no one was home. they decided to roost there.

DAVE DENMAN HAS BEEN KEEPING HIS EYE TO THE SKY AND TO HIS NEIGHBORS HOME WHILE THEY'RE AWAY.

VULTURE ATTACK-SOT VO

We were told that these birds hung around the houses not occupied and they would leave after we moved in.well they didn't leave.

SO FAR, THE HOMEOWNER SAYS HE'S SPENT ABOUT FOUR-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ANTI-VULTURE ACCESSORIES.

SHARK BITES-VO

BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN

THREE SHARK BITES IN TWO DAYS ALONG FLORIDA'S EAST COAST.

THE LATEST HAPPENING THIS MORNING.

A SURFER IS RECOVERING FROM A BITE TO THE HAND BY A SHARK.

THE 32 YEAR OLD WAS BUT AT MELBOURNE BEACH WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND IN THE WATER AND FELT A BITE.

MONDAY TWO PEOPLE WERE ATTACKED AT NEW SMYRNA BEACH ALONG CENTRAL FLORIDA'S ATLANTIC COAST.

A 58-YEAR-OLD ORLANDO WOMAN IN 3 FEET OF WATER SUFFERED A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HER LEFT ANKLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TWO HOURS LATER AN 8-YEAR-OLD DELTONA GIRL WAS BITTEN WHILE SHE WAS BOOGIE-BOARDING IN SHALLOW WATER.

THE GIRL SUFFERED MINOR PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO HER CALF AND HAND.

DREW PETERSON TODAY-VO

CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGIN TODAY IN DREW PETERSON'S MURDER TRIAL.

HE'S THE FORMER CHICAGO-AREA POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS THIRD WIFE, KATHLEEN SAVIO.

SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER CLEAN, DRY BATHTUB IN 2004.

HER DEATH WAS INITIALLY RULED A DROWNING.

POLICE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT HER CASE AFTER PETERSON'S FOURTH WIFE, STACEY, WENT MISSING.

SHE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.

WEST INDAIN PARADE-VO

DEADLY VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN A NEW YORK CITY PARADE.

TWO MEN WERE STABBED TO DEATH AND TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS.

THE AREA OF BROOKLYN WAS STILL CROWDED WITH REVELERS FROM THE WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE WHEN THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED.

OFFICERS WERE CALLED IN AS PANICKED CROWDS FLED FROM GUNSHOTS.

SHUTTLE TREES-VO

THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR IS HEADING TO LOS ANGELES.WHERE IT WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER.

BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM:

A TWO-DAY PARADE IS PLANNED--IN OCTOBER--AND FOR THE SHUTTLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH.SOME TREES HAVE TO GO.

ABOUT 400 TREES, ACTUALLY.

AND THAT'S GOT SOME PEOPLE UPSET.

THE SCIENCE CENTER SAYS IT WILL PLANT 800 NEW TREES TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

CA FIRES-VO WIPE

FIREFIGHTERS NEAR LOS ANGELES ARE TRYING TO CONTROL A DANGEROUS WILDFIRE.

THE FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE IS TEARING THROUGH THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST.

THE FLAMES SENDING THOUSANDS OF CAMPERS FLEEING.

THE FIRE HAS ALREADY SCORCHED SIX SQUARE MILES. AND FOR NOW. AN AERIAL

CA FIRES-SOT VO

Angeles National Forest: its running uphill, its in a steep

rugged terrain. We're trying to get aircraft on this fire to slow its

progress

ISAAC OIL-VO

THE NATION'S OIL AND GAS HUB ALONG THE GULF COAST IS SLOWLY COMING BACK TO LIFE IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE ISAAC.

800 THOUSAND BARRELS PER DAY OF OIL PRODUCTION REMAINS OFFLINE.

THAT'S ABOUT 58 PERCENT OF GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCTION.

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ONE POINT THREE MILLION BARRELS PER DAY OF OIL PRODUCTION WAS SUSPENDED.

GAS PRICES-CG

DRIVERS ARE HOPING FOR EASING AT THE PUMP AS SKY HIGH GAS PRICES GREETED MILLIONS OVER THE WEEKEND.

DRIVERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE PAYING $3.81.

That’s A HIKE OF FIVE CENTS IN A WEEK.

DRIVERS ACROSS FLORIDA ARE PAYING ON AVERAGE $3.78.

DUNCAN DIES-VO

HOLLYWOOD IS REMEMBERING ACTOR MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN TODAY.

THE 6-FOOT-5, 300 POUND DUNCAN APPEARED IN DOZENS OF FILMS, INCLUDING BOX OFFICE HITS LIKE "ARMAGEDDON," ''PLANET OF THE APES" AND "KUNG FU PANDA,"

HIS BREAK OUT ROLE WAS "THE GREEN MILE" THAT EARNED HIM AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

CO STAR TOM HANKS DESCRIBES DUNCAN AS "A BIG LOVE" OF A MAN, ADDING "HIS PASSING LEAVES US STUNNED."

DUNCAN DIED IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR A HEART ATTACK.

CROWE SAVED-VO WIPE

FOR THE FIRST TIME -- WE ARE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE COAST GUARD OFFICERS WHO HELPED ACTOR RUSSELL CROWE.

THE ACTOR WAS KAYAKING OFF THE COAST OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK WITH A FRIEND WHEN IT GOT DARK -- AND THEY REALIZED THEY NEEDED HELP.

THE COAST GUARD SAYS THEY HEARD THE MEN SCREAMING FOR HELP AND WAVING THEIR ARMS.

CROWE SAVED-2 SOTS VO

are we calling this a rescue or just a guy who needed a lift? ahhhh, a

little bit of both

.i think it's exciting to hear russell crowe was here, yes.

TEASE ONE-------

OUT OF CONTROL AND CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A MONSTER TRUCK BARRELS TOWARD FANS WHO ARE FORCED TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

NOW WE LEARN WHAT CAUSED THIS NEAR TRAGEDY.

GONE BUT DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN.

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS CREATING A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM HERE IN FLORIDA.FISH IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.

A) MONSTER TRUCK CRASH-2 SHOT VO

B) ISAAC FISH-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

ISAAC FISH-VOTOPS

SOME FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH FROM ISAAC SAY IT STINKS!

FLOODING WATERS HAVE RECEDED, LEAVING BEHIND DEAD AND ROTTING FISH IN PARTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DYING AND DEAD FISH LITTERING THE ROADSIDE.

THE COUNTY HIRED A CONTRACTOR to COLLECT THE DEAD FISH ALONG CANALS.

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.

"Some tweaks to Tuesday's weather"

After a pretty quiet and sunny Labor Day weekend, we'll get your Tuesday going with more sunshine along with warm and humid conditions. We do expect a couple subtle changes in today's weather compared to what we had over the last few days.

First, rain chances get a little nudge from a disturbance over Southeast Florida that will usher in some additional moisture and make the atmosphere slightly more unstable. This should only translate into a few more afternoon and evening storms for us, most of which will develop inland. However, it's possible we could see some of this activity drift back toward the coast this evening or tonight, but coverage will stay pretty isolated.

The other change we'll observe today is a shift in wind direction, signaling a weather pattern change that will remain locked in place through the remainder of the week.

Instead of our wind flowing out of the northeast for most of the day, an onshore flow will set up this afternoon, and this will become even more pronounced Wednesday. The southwesterly flow will introduce the possibility of a few morning showers near the coast tomorrow morning, and the door will stay open for some spotty morning rain over the next several days. The chance for a few isolated storms will then continue for the urban corridor through the early afternoon before most of the rain gets carried inland later in the day.

Another change we'll start to notice with the gulf breeze developing is temperatures won't be quite as warm for the second half of the week, so look for highs in the upper 80s to low 90s starting Wednesday, and this trend should continue through the upcoming weekend as well.

Also coming this weekend is another little boost in our rain chances as more moisture builds in from the northwest. This, combined with the onshore flow, will keep the morning and afternoon shower threat going with the rain covering a littler more ground.

CAPE CORAL CRASH

BREAKING NEWS AT ELEVEN.A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IS CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT A BUSY CAPE CORAL INTERSECTION.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

MONSTER TRUCK CRASH-VO IN PLASMA

A SCARY MOMENT FOR SOME MONSTER TRUCK FANS WHEN A DRIVER LOSES CONTROL AND CRASHES INTO A CROWD.

TAKE A LOOK A TRUCK VEERS OUT OF CONTROL AND HEADS STRAIGHT FOR FANS WHO ARE FORCED TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

MONSTER TRUCK CRASH-PKG

IT WAS A VERY SCARY ACCIDENT.

"His hydraulic steering broke and the truck veered right, hard right, and he had no control at that point."

BUT EVENT DIRECTOR DANIEL MILLS SAYS, LUCKILY, IT DIDN'T TURN OUT NEARLY AS BAD AS SOME PEOPLE FEARED.

"At ground level, that would have been a much worse situation. The berm being raised like that is a barrier, there's a mud bog strip at the base of that was supposed to act as a barrier also, but he just clipped the edge of that."

MILLS SAYS THE BERM, THIS RAISED DIRT BARRIER, IS TALLER THAN MOST BERMS, BUT EVEN THOUGH ORGANIZERS THOUGHT THEY HAD TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT SPECTATORS, MILLS AND HIS STAFF ARE LEARNING FROM SATURDAY'S INCIDENT.

"We did everything we could, that we thought was possible, to keep everybody safe here and we're not going to stop. So, we're going to keep adding to it, and we learned something. Sometimes you only learn when you see it happen."

AND EVEN THOUGH FANS SAW IT HAPPEN.

MANY STILL DECIDED TO COME OUT TO THE EVENT THE NEXT DAY.

THEY JUST MIGHT RETHINK WHERE THEY WATCH FROM.

"I was excited either way. I just decided that I'd probably sit a little bit further away and still enjoy it."

MONSTER TRUCK CRASH-ONCAM

LAUREN MICKLER REPORTING.

THREE PEOPLE WERE HURT IN SATURDAY'S ACCIDENT.

AIR SHOW CRASH-VO TOPS

DRAMATIC NEW VIDEO OF A DEADLY AIR SHOW CRASH THIS WEEKEND IN IOWA.

A SOVIET-ERA JET WAS FLYING IN FORMATION WITH OTHERs WHEN IT FAILED TO PULL OUT OF A 45-DEGREE BANK WHEN IT CRASHED IN A FIELD.

YOU CAN SEE THE BALL OF FIRE ERUPT WHEN THE PLANE SLAMS INTO THE GROUND.

GLEN SMITH A PILOT FROM TEXAS WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH.

NO AIR SHOW SPECTATORS WERE INJURED.

ROBBERY ON TAPE-TRX VO TOPS WIPE

NEW SHOCKING VIDEO IS RELEASED SHOWING A CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK BEING ROBBED AT GUNPOINT.

SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS THE TERRIFYING SCENE UNFOLD ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

THE CLERK SAYS HE SAW THE MAN COMING IN AND STARTED TO RUN.

ROBBERY ON TAPE-SOT VO

He points the gun at me, probably about 5 inches from my head, and he tells me to open the till, give me the money. It's the most scariest thing I've ever been through."

THE ROBBER GRABBED THE CASH AND DASHED OUT OF THE STORE.

TEASE TWO-------

ARE SCIENTOLOGISTS FORCED TO FIND LOVE FOR TOM CRUISE?

We assumed that this was going to be for Mission Impossible 3, and then I later found out that it was just an

audition process to try and find a girlfriend for Tom Cruise."

A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CHURCH IS SPEAKING OUT.

A) SCIENTOLOGY-2 SHOT SOT VO

SCIENTOLOGY-PLASMA

THERE IS A SHOCKING REPORT ALLEGING THAT THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TOM CRUISE'S ROMANTIC LIFE.

THE STORY IN VANITY FAIR CLAIMS THERE WAS A TOP-SECRET AUDITIONING PROCESS TO

FIND A GIRLFRIEND FOR CRUISE, BEFORE HE STARTED DATING KATIE HOLMES.

SCIENTOLOGY-PKG

VANITY FAIR'S OCTOBER COVER STORY IS A TALE OF FAITH, LOVE AND SECRECY.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MAUREEN ORTH INVESTIGATES CLAIMS OF WHAT SHE CALLS "A

TOP-SECRET PROCESS" OF "FINDING A GIRLFRIEND FOR TOM CRUISE", A HIGH-STAKES

MATCHMAKING GAME HEADED BY THE WIFE OF SCIENTOLOGY CHIEF DAVID MISCAVIAGE.

ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE ORGANIZATION SOLICITED AND AUDITIONED

SCIENTOLOGIST ACTRESSES WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY TOLD THEY WERE AUDITIONING FOR

A FILM, AND THEN ASKED QUESTIONS LIKE "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TOM CRUISE?"

MARC HEADLEY- A FORMER SCIENTOLOGIST- TOLD VANITY FAIR HE SAW THOSE AUDITION

TAPES WHEN HE WAS HEAD OF THE CHURCH'S IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION STUDIO. IN AN

INTERVIEW THIS JULY, HE TOLD ABC NEWS ABOUT THOSE SAME TAPES.

SOT MARC HEADLEY / FORMER SCIENTOLOGIST: "We assumed that this was going to

be for Mission Impossible 3, and then I later found out that it was just an

audition process to try and find a girlfriend for Tom Cruise."

BUT THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY SAYS HEADLEY IS SIMPLY A DISGRUNTLED FORMER

MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WHO THEY ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT. HE DENIED THE

ALLEGATIONS AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED.

STILL, VANITY FAIR MAINTAINS THE AUDITION TAPES NOT ONLY EXISTED.BUT WERE

ACTUALLY USED TO SELECT A MATCH FOR CRUISE.

NATS Cruise red carpet with Katie Holmes

MONTHS BEFORE FALLING HEAD OVER HEELS FOR KATIE HOLMES -- VANITY FAIR CLAIMS

THIS IS THE WOMAN THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY CAST TO BE CRUISE'S GIRLFRIEND.

NAZANIN BONIADI AN IRANIAN-BORN, LONDON RAISED ACTRESS WHO'S APPEARED IN

IRON MAN, GENERAL HOSPITAL AND HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.

NATS How I Met Your Mother: "Oh, you're a gooey romantic too?"

THE ARTICLE SAYS, "IN A MONTH LONG PREPARATION" SHE WAS "TOLD TO LOSE

HER BRACES, HER RED HIGHLIGHTS, AND HER BOYFRIEND" AND EVEN SIGNED A

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT. ACCORDING TO VANITY FAIR, CRUISE TOLD BONIADI "I'

VE NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE."

IT SAYS BONIADI MOVED INTO CRUISE'S HOME - EVEN SHARED A BEDROOM WITH HIM

UNTIL THE RELATIONSHIP ENDED IN JANUARY 2005 -- JUST THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE

STAR PUBLICLY DATED KATIE HOLMES.

ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE BONIADI WAS THEN SENT TO A SCIENTOLOGY CENTER.

WHERE SHE ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED HER CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT BY TALKING ABOUT

SCIENTOLOGY-ONCAM

LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING.

THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY DENIES ALL OF THIS.

IN A STATEMENT IT CLAIMS THE ENTIRE STORY IS HOGWASH. THERE WAS NO PROJECT, SECRET OR OTHERWISE, EVER

TEASE THREE-----

BULLETS TO FEND OFF GRANDMA AND GRANDPA?

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FINALLY COMES CLEAN ABOUT BUYING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF HIGH POWERED AMUNITION.

WHY WORKERS SAY THEY NEED THE FIRE POWER.

PLUS A WORLD WAR TWO VET TAKES UP ARMS TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

he kicked the door open and as I said it was all over."

B) VET KILLS INTRUDER-SOT VO

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO STEVE-2 SHOT SS

BREAKING NEWS AT ELEVEN.A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IS CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT A BUSY CAPE CORAL INTERSECTION.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

EMERGENCY WORKERS ARE ON SCENE AT SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD AND VETERANS PARKWAY.

MOTORCYCLE CRASH-VO 2 SS

THESE ARE SOME BRAND NEW PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE.

YOU CAN SEE THE MOTORCYCLE IS IN PIECES.

MOTORCYCLE CRASH-SOT

BIN LADEN BOOK-2 SHOT

IT'S A BOOK THAT PROMISES AN INSIDER'S ACCOUNT OF THE DRAMATIC RAID THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF THE WORLD'S MOST-WANTED TERRORIST.

"NO EASY DAY," THE MEMOIR OF A FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO HELPED KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN, HITS BOOKSHELVES TODAY.

LAST WEEK, IT WAS ALREADY NUMBER ONE ON AMAZON'S BEST-SELLER LIST AMID WAVES OF CONTROVERSY AND BUZZ.

BIN LADEN BOOK-PKG

THE FORMER "SEAL TEAM SIX" MEMBER SPOKE WITH CBS'S "60 MINUTES."

IN THE INTERVIEW, HE WENT BY THE PEN NAME OF MARK OWEN. HIS FACE AND VOICE CHANGED TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY.

BUT HIS COVER HAS SINCE BEEN BLOWN.

MATT BISSONNETTE SAID HIS BOOK -- ORIGINALLY SET FOR A SEPTEMBER 11TH RELEASE -- IS NOT AIMED AT INFLUENCING THE ELECTION.

My worry from the beginning is that it's a political season. This book is not political whatsoever. It doesn't badmouth either party and we specifically chose September 11 to keep it out of the politics.

BISSONNETT'S ACCOUNT OFFERS NEW DETAILS OF LAST YEAR'S RAID.

HE SAYS AS THE TEAM WENT UP THE STAIRS AT BIN LADEN'S COMPOUND IN PAKISTAN, THE AL QAEDA LEADER POKED HIS HEAD OUT.

TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED.

BY THE TIME HE GOT INSIDE, BIN LADEN WAS ON THE FLOOR -- NOT STANDING UP, AS WAS FIRST REPORTED.

HE AND ANOTHER SEAL THEN FIRED INTO BIN LADEN'S CHEST TO MAKE SURE HE WAS DEAD.

THE MILITARY'S TOP LAWYER WARNED THE AUTHOR LAST WEEK THAT HE HAD VIOLATED SECRECY AGREEMENTS AND BROKE THE LAW WITH THE BOOK.

HE SAID THE MILITARY WAS CONSIDERING PURSUING ALL AVAILABLE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST HIM AND HIS PUBLISHER, PENGUIN PUTNAM.

BISSONNETTE'S LAWYER SAYS HE DID NOT VIOLATE MILITARY SECRECY AGREEMENTS OR BREAK THE LAW, AND SAID BISSONNETTE IS CONFIDENT HE DID NOT DISCLOSE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

BIN LADEN BOOK-ONCAM

THE U-S MILITARY SAYS THE REAL IMPACT OF THE BOOK INSIDE THE RANKS IS THAT BISSONNETTE HAS BROKEN THE CODE OF SILENCE AMONG COVERT MILITARY OPERATIVES.

VET KILLS INTRUDER-OC 2 SOTS VO WIPE

A GROUP OF ROBBERS PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO BREAK INTO.

THE 92 YEAR OLD HOMEOWNER FOUGHT BACK -- WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

"I said somebody's down there so I got my gun. I was sitting right here and I heard him on the steps."

"He kicked the door and as soon as he got inside it was all over."

THE HOME BELONGING TO THE 92 YEAR OLD AIR FORCE VETERAN WAS TARGETED AT LEAST THREE TIMES RECENTLY. CROOKS STEALING GUNS, MONEY EVEN CATTLE.

THIS TIME HE WOKE UP WHEN HE HEARD INTRUDERS IN THE CELLAR.

VET KILLS INTRUDER-SOT VO

"I saw this kid in the yard here and my neighbor was checking on the other kid in the car that I guess got shot. He took his pulse and said he's dead."

A 24 YEAR OLD MAN DIED.

RED BULL HEIR-VO

A GRANDSON OF THE BILLIONAIRE CREATOR OF THE RED BULL ENERGY DRINK HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRIVING AND HITTING AND KILLING A POLICE OFFICER WITH HIS CAR.

POLICE TOOK VORAYUT YOOVIDHYA FOR QUESTIONING AFTER TRACING OIL STREAKS FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS TO HIS FAMILY'S GATED ESTATE IN THE THAI CAPITAL.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HIT THE OFFICER WITH HIS FERRARI AND DRAGGED HIS BODY FOR SEVERAL FEET BEFORE DRIVING AWAY.

STUCK IN TUNNEL-OC SOT VO WIPE

STUCK IN A TUNNEL.FOR DAYS.

NO FOOD. NO WATER.AND A BROKEN LEG.

NO CELL PHONE EITHER.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

ONE MAN MANAGES TO SURVIVED THIS SCARY SCENARIO.

"I went down at an incline like this, just at full speed, and I hit the bottom of that and I heard the crack with my right leg and I put my hand down there to grab it, to feel what was wrong and could literally feel the bone protruding out of my leg."

THE 33-YEAR-OLD SPENT THREE NIGHTS ALONE, TRAPPED IN A TUNNEL IN THE FOOTHILLS EAST OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

HIS LEG BROKE IN THE FALL.

STUCK IN TUNNEL-SOT VO

"I found a piece of wood I thought I could use as a splint and I tied it to my leg and decided that the only way I was going to survive was to get myself out of there."

EVENTUALLY HE WAS ABLE TO CRAWL FOR TWO HOURS AND REACH A HIGHWAY WHERE A MAN FOUND HIM.

MUSLIM COMIC BOOK-SS

THIS WEEK D-C COMICS IS UNVEILING ITS NEWEST CHARACTER.A MUSLIM SUPER HERO.

THE CHARACTER NAMED SIMON BAZ IS BEING INTRODUCED TO THE "GREEN LANTERN" SERIES WITH A STAND-ALONE ISSUE AVAILABLE FOR SALE WEDNESDAY.

LATER, THE CHARACTER WILL BECOME A PART OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SERIES.

DENTAL DANGER-VO WIPE

A WOMAN IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS ACCUSED OF PRETENDING TO BE A DENTIST --POSSIBLY DOING PERMANENT DAMAGE TO DOZENS OF PATIENTS.

ELIZABETH HINOSA IS BEING DUBBED DENTIST THE MENACE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE WORKED AT TWO DIFFERENT OFFICES.

THIS IS SOME OF THE SHODDY WORK VICTIMS SAY SHE PERFORMED.

THIS ROOT CANAL WAS FILLED WITH COTTON.

DENTAL DANGER-SOT VO

We are very concerned about some of the victims. The ones that we have interviewed -- out of all the victims we interviewed, at least half of them had some sort of infection or problem related to their dental procedure that was done by her."

POLICE SAY SHE DISAPPEARED AS THEY MOVED IN AND TOOK PATIENTS' FILES WITH HER.

SOCIAL SECURITY BULLETS-ONCAM

AFTER WEEKS OF ONLINE RUMORS AND SPECULATION THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FINALLY OPENS UP ABOUT WHY THE AGENCY BOUGHT 174 THOUSAND HOLLOW-POINT BULLETS.

ONE WEBSITE SUGGESTED THE AGENCY WAS PREPARING FOR CIVIL UNREST.

AND COMEDIAN JAY LENO WONDERED JUST WHICH SENIOR CITIZENS THE AGENCY BELIEVES ARE ABOUT TO STORM ITS OFFICES.

ORGANIC VS NORMAL-INTRO

TODAY NEARLY ONE QUARTER OF AMERICANS BUY ORGANIC FOOD EVERY WEEK.

IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING PART OF THE FOOD MARKET -- EVEN THOUGH THEY COST MORE THAN

REGULAR FOODS DO.

BUT NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THOSE HIGHER PRICES AREN'T BUYING YOU A HEALTHIER PRODUCT.

ORGANIC VS NORMAL-PKG

You don't need to go to a specialty supermarket to find organic.it now

filsl the shelves of the biggest grocery stores in the country. And fill

our shopping carts too.

STAND UP Sharyn Alfonsi: But with the cost of organic upwards often 50

percent more than conventional foods. You have to wonder, if it's worth it?

Well a new study finds that purely from a NUTRITIONALY stand point.it it

might not be.

A Stanford study published today sifted more than 200 previously published

to answer this question.

Are organic produce and vegetables more nutritious? The answer: No. The

study found organics actually scored equally on vitamin and mineral

content as conventional produce.

SOT CRYSTAL SMITH-SPANGLER: Just looking at the foods we can't really

conclude that organic food is consistently more nutritious than conventional

alternatives. ***

Zaid Kurdeih is an organic farmer.

SOT ZAID KURDEIH: Organic does not guarantee that the nutritional value is

going to be any higher*** it is how you grow it/ Were they studying produce

from the grocery store, or farmers market, how old was it?/ I don't buy it,

bc I eat the stuff, and I know bc I can taste it.

And you can taste the nutrients?

I can taste the nutrients

But is organic food safer? Yes. The study found organic produce is 30

percent less likely to have pesticide residue on it. Although, some of the

organic produce did have pesticide residue on it. Still the authors say

all the produce. the organic and conventional. had levels of pesticide

residue that were well within what's consider safe.

CHRISTINE BUSHWAY SOT

The organic consumer has a different view point on whats safe and wants to

TURTLE RESCUE-VO WIPE

AN INJURED ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE HAS LAID SIX EGGS AFTER BEING BROUGHT A TURTLE HOSPITAL IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.

STAFF WAS ABLE TO HARVEST THE EGGS AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN AN INCUBATOR WITH SAND FROM THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

THAT WAY IF THE EGGS HATCH, THE HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR NATIVE SAND.

ANY HATCHLINGS WILL BE TAKEN TO THE SAME ST. CROIX BEACH WHERE THE MOTHER WAS FOUND NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO.

TURTLE RESCUE-SOT VO

She's in pretty rough shapeShe's got some pretty severe

injuries. She's got some drowning injuries and fluid in her lungs.

TEASE FOUR--------

NEW REPORTS CLAIM A DIE HARD ACTOR CARES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS I-TUNES SONGS WHEN HE DIES.

AND NOW SOME SAY BRUCE WILLIS IS WILLING TO FIGHT APPLE TO KEEP HIS DOWNLOADS IN HIS FAMILY.

WE'LL EXPLAIN.

nats of race cars

CAMPAIGNING IN HIGH GEAR?

ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS IN THIS COUNTRY MAY BE PLAYING A HUGE ROLE IN SELECTING THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

B) NASCAR POLITICS-NATS TOPS VO

NASCAR POLITICS-OC TRX

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GEARING UP FOR ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE.

BUT IN NORTH CAROLINA IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT POLITICS IT'S NASCAR-COUNTRY. AND WHEN IT COMES TO VOTERS, THAT COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA COME NOVEMBER.

NASCAR POLITICS-PKG

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. HOME TO THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME, THIS IS THE EPICENTER FOR THE HARD-DRIVING, ENGINE-REVVING SPORT.

WHILE NASCAR CONSISTS OF A WHOLE LOT OF LEFT TURNS THE TYPICAL NASCAR VOTER STEERS TO THE RIGHT. WINSTON KELLEY IS THE HEAD OF THE HALL OF FAME AND A NASCAR RADIO COMMENTATOR.

Well, NASCAR has traditionally, as you have said, been little bit more Republican but North Carolina is very much a swing state.

Probably Dale Junior.

STEPHEN ELLIOTT JUST HAPPENS TO BE VISITING FROM ATLANTA DURING CONVENTION WEEK.

I am kind of little disappointed. He came in with the big fanfare and a lot of hope and promises. I don't think he fulfilled a lot of those hopes and dreams that he was talking about. I think he let a lot of people down.

BUT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN ISN'T BANKING ON VOTERS LIKE ELLIOTT. THEY'VE LONG BEEN CONSIDERED OUT OF REACH FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. HE'S LOST EVEN MORE GROUND.

The president is facing significant decline, especially with those blue collar white men. They have been the toughest audience for him right from the outset. But the numbers are getting really bad, possibly the lowest we've seen for any Democratic nominee in possibly 40 years.

EXIT POLLS FROM 2008 SHOW 57% OF WHITE MALES VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN. 41% PERCENT FOR OBAMA. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THIS SUMMER SHOW THE PRESIDENT HAS SLIPPED EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS MORE WITH THIS GROUP. AND THAT MEANS PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TO INCREASINGLY RELY ON VOTERS WHO TEND TO BE IN HIS CORNER HISPANIC, BLACK. AND YOUNG VOTERS. AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

It was almost impossible for him to make a change in four years so I think the next four years why not give him another chance see what he can do for the middle class?

I voted for President Obama and I'll vote for him again. Because I don't think that he's had enough time to correct the damage done by the Republican Party. I just feel that he needs the time.

THIS COALITION OF VOTERS HOLDS THE KEY TO VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA IF HE CAN PERSUADE THEM TO TURN OUT IN BIG NUMBERS AND HE SURE IS TRYING.

I'm counting on you, I'm counting on you. I'm counting on you. If you are not registered to vote, then you've gotta go to gotta-register-dot-com.

THAT IS THE BIG CHALLENGE. EVEN WITH NASCAR VOTERS WHO WILL OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT MITT ROMNEY.

REIF OPEN-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.

"Some tweaks to Tuesday's weather"

After a pretty quiet and sunny Labor Day weekend, we'll get your Tuesday going with more sunshine along with warm and humid conditions. We do expect a couple subtle changes in today's weather compared to what we had over the last few days.

First, rain chances get a little nudge from a disturbance over Southeast Florida that will usher in some additional moisture and make the atmosphere slightly more unstable. This should only translate into a few more afternoon and evening storms for us, most of which will develop inland. However, it's possible we could see some of this activity drift back toward the coast this evening or tonight, but coverage will stay pretty isolated.

The other change we'll observe today is a shift in wind direction, signaling a weather pattern change that will remain locked in place through the remainder of the week.

Instead of our wind flowing out of the northeast for most of the day, an onshore flow will set up this afternoon, and this will become even more pronounced Wednesday. The southwesterly flow will introduce the possibility of a few morning showers near the coast tomorrow morning, and the door will stay open for some spotty morning rain over the next several days. The chance for a few isolated storms will then continue for the urban corridor through the early afternoon before most of the rain gets carried inland later in the day.

Another change we'll start to notice with the gulf breeze developing is temperatures won't be quite as warm for the second half of the week, so look for highs in the upper 80s to low 90s starting Wednesday, and this trend should continue through the upcoming weekend as well.

Also coming this weekend is another little boost in our rain chances as more moisture builds in from the northwest. This, combined with the onshore flow, will keep the morning and afternoon shower threat going with the rain covering a littler more ground.

TOOTH FAIRY-VO

THE TOOTH FAIRY IS APPARENTLY NOT FEELING THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OUT TUESDAY.

THE VISA SURVEY FINDS THAT KIDS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF THREE DOLLARS PER TOOTH UNDER THEIR PILLOWS THIS YEAR, UP 15 PERCENT FROM 2011.

SOME RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 20 DOLLARS A POP, MAKING IT A GOOD TIME TO BE LOSING BABY TEETH.

BRUCE WILLIS VS APPLE-VO

RUMORS ARE FLYING THAT HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BRUCE WILLIS IS CONSIDERING SUING TECHNOLOGY GIANT, APPLE.

ACCORDING TO BRITISH TABLOID 'THE DAILY MAIL', HE'S DOING IT OVER THE RIGHTS TO HIS PRIVATE ITUNES ACCOUNT.

HE REPORTEDLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS ONLINE MUSIC COLLECTION GOES TO HIS DAUGHTERS, WHEN HE DIES.

UNDER ITUNES' CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHEN USERS PAY FOR SONGS AND ALBUMS, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ONLY 'BORROWING' THEM.

GREEN DAY PROBLEM-VO

MEMBERS OF THE ROCK BAND "GREEN DAY" SAY THEY ARE FORCED TO CANCEL A CONCERT BECAUSE LEAD SINGER BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG WAS HOSPITALIZED.

THE BAND POSTED AN APOLOGY ON ITS WEBSITE, SAYING ARMSTRONG WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL IN ITALY, AND THAT DOCTORS SAID HE SHOULD NOT PERFORM.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

HOLLYWOOD IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A BELOVED STAR.

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN DIED MONDAY AFTER A PROLONGED HEALTH BATTLE.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

ACTOR MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN IS DEAD.

THE STAR OF "THE GREEN MILE" HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK IN JULY.

ACCORDING TO HIS FIANCEE, HE NEVER FULLY RECOVERED.

DUNCAN WAS 54-YEARS OLD.

RUSSELL CROWE NEEDED A LITTLE HELP FROM THE COAST GUARD DURING A HOLIDAY WEEKEND KAYAKING TRIP.

THE ACTOR AND A FRIEND WERE OFF THE COAST OF LONG ISLAND. WHEN DAYLIGHT FADED THEY WERE STILL A WAYS FROM HOME.

A COAST GUARD CREW ON PATROL HEARD THEIR CRIES FOR HELP AND BROUGHT THE PAIR BACK TO LAND.

SEAL NOW SAYS HE DID NOT MEAN TO IMPLY THAT EX, HEIDI KLUM, CHEATED ON HIM DURING THEIR 7-YEAR MARRIAGE.

IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT KLUM IS DATING HER BODYGUARD, SEAL TOLD TMZ

HE THOUGHT SHE -QUOTE- "WOULD'VE SHOWN A BIT MORE CLASS AND AT LEAST WAITED UNTIL WE SEPARATED FIRST."

SEAL'S REP NOW SAYS HIS WORDS WERE MISCONSTRUED AND THAT HE MERELY MEANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE COUPLE WAS STILL LEGALLY MARRIED WHEN KLUM'S NEW RELATIONSHIP BEGAN.

THE SUPERMODEL DENIES CHEATING.

IN A STATEMENT KLUM SAID WHILE SHE CHERISHES THE MEMORIES OF HER TIME WITH SEAL, SHE'S MOVED ON.

THE COUPLE SEPARATED IN JANUARY AND KLUM FILED FOR DIVORCE IN APRIL.

GOOGLE BUSINESS-VO

YOU'VE PROBABLY USED GOOGLE MAPS TO LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS.

NOW STREET MAPS ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LOOK INSIDE SOME RESTARANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU CAN VIEW A 360 DEGREE IMAGE FROM INSIDE CERTAIN BUSINESSES.

OWNERS SAY IT HELPS POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO KNOW WHAT TO WEAR, OR WHAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE BEFORE YOU

STEP INSIDE.

TEASE FIVE------

ON THE PROWL AND IN YOUR HOME?

there's a bear in my house! there's a bear in my

house! dispatcher: in your house? woman: yes!

MORE BEARS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO BACK YARDS OF HOMES HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

A) MORE BEARS-2 SHOT SOT VO

DEER IN POOL-VO TOPS

A HOMEOWNER IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING TO AN UNINVITED GUEST IN HIS SWIMMING POOL.

CHECK OUT THIS DEER TRAPPED IN THE POOL.

THE HOMEOWNER GRABBED HIS CAMERA AND CALLED 9-1-1.

BUT WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY COULDN'T GET THE ANIMAL OUT, EITHER.

THEY CALLED A HEAVY FIRE RESCUE CREW FOR ASSISTANCE.

FIREFIGHTERS BUILT A RAMP TO LURE THE DEER OUT.

MORE BEARS-VO IN TRAFFIC 2 SHOT

SCENES LIKE THESE ARE ON THE RISE.AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON.

THE DROUGHT THAT HAS DRIED UP NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY HAS INVITED A

NEW KIND OF EPIDEMIC -- BEARS.

THESE BEARS ARE HUNGRY -- DENIED THE FOOD THEY WOULD NORMALLY EAT, NOW THEY'RE COMING FOR OURS.

MORE BEARS-PKG

CLIP FROM THE MOVIE: GREAT OUTDOORS

It's not just the stuff of movies anymore. Vail Colorado is now in the grip

of a bear EPIDEMIC. More than fifty calls about bears in the past month

alone.

NATS 9-1-1 CALL: WOMAN: THERE'S A BEAR IN MY HOUSE! THERE'S A BEAR IN MY

HOUSE! DISPATCHER: IN YOUR HOUSE? WOMAN: YES!

Just down the road Melissa Carroll has come face to face with BEARS in her

home

SOT MELISSA CARROLL --- SEEING ONE RIGHT LIKE THAT IS, JUST, IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO CALM DOWN.

Not just once this year but FIVE DIFFERENT times.

NATS

CLAYTON SANDELL: THESE ARE HIS CLAW MARKS.

MELISSA CARROLL SOT: YEAH THEY ARE.

This bear family was caught snooping around a neighborhood near Denver. And

with Fall coming it's about to get WORSE. Bears are starting to bulk up for

a long winter hibernation. Appetites are in OVERDRIVE.

SOT RANDY HAMPTON --- COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE - THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRYING

CONSUME TWENTY-THOUSAND CALORIES A DAY. THEY WILL SPEND TWENTY OF TWENTY

FOUR HOURS A DAY LOOKING FOR FOOD.

The wave of bruin break-ins can partly be blamed on severe drought. Without

rainnatural foods are scarce. and the craving for calories sends bears

hunting for people food everything from peanut butter to pizza. This one

pried open a Colorado candy store. In New Mexico this uninvited guest

crashed a resort hotel.

SOT RANDY HAMPTON ---- GENERALLY THE BEAR HAS TO BE PUT DOWN ONCE IT BECOMES

AGGRESSIVE.

To scare away problem bears Vail police Sergeant Justin Dill arms himself

with this gun filled with pepper spray.

NATS - BANG / DILL DEMONSTRATES FIRING THE GUN.

But on this night the bear that tore into this dumpster escapes into the

dark

NATS - SGT. DILL / IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S STILL IN THE AREA.

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 - A WEEK AFTER HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA - DAMAGE COULD TOP 2 BILLION DOLLARS - AND LIVES ARE RIPPED APART.

"I just couldn't believe it was happening. Cuz we're friends with all these people. And it just-- it just breaks your heart."

HOW FOLKS ARE CLEANING UP AND WORKING TO HEAL.

PLUS THE DEMS GET GOING WITH THEIR CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE.

FIRST UP - THE FIRST LADY - ON WHY HER HUSBAND SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED.

ALSO - ELECTION SCAMS - AFTER THE DNC THIS WEEK - FUND-RAISING AND POLLING WILL BE IN FULL SWING.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF - FROM SCAMMERS, AND FAKE FUND-RAISING CALLS, LOOKING FOR YOUR DOLLARS.

AND - FOR THE LOVE OF LOVE!

NEXT AT NOON - ONE MAN'S DESPERATE SEARCH FOR A KIDNEY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS WIFE.

AND HOW EARLY IS TOO EARLY FOR A FLU SHOT?

WE'LL GET YOU READY FOR FLU SEASON - WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, HEALTHY.

NOON TZA) LIFE AFTER ISAAC-SOTVO

NOON TZB) DNC-VO

NOON TZC) ELECTION SCAMS-VO

NOON TZD) SEARCH FOR KIDNEY-VO

NOON TZE) FLU SHOTS-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA