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BREAKING OPEN-TRX

LIGHTNING KID CLIFTON LIVE-2 SHOT MAPFLY

NEW DETAILS JUST RELEASED ABOUT THE 11-YEAR-OLD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE.

JESSE WATLINGTON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

LIGHTNING KID CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

THEY FLEW HIM THERE IN A HELICOPTER FOR TREATMENT.

BUT HIS CONDITION REMAINS THE SAME.

LIGHTNING KID CLIFTON LIVE-PKG

A DAY AFTER TRAGEDY HERE AT THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. EDUCATION CONTINUES.

BUT TODAY, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO COPE WHILE THE LIFE OF A CLASSMATE AND FRIEND TEETERS ON UNCERTAINTY.

SOT: RICHARD POWELL, PASTOR OF MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH "This is a classmate, a friend and for kids it's a very difficult thing for any of us, but for kids you have to pray and surround them with love and support and just be there for them every way that you can."

IT WAS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN POLICE SAY JESSE WATLINGTON AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM WAS BEING ESCORTED BY THEIR COACH TO FOOTBALL FIELD FOR PRACTICE.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE SKY WAS BLUE. THE WEATHER WASN'T AN ISSUE.

BUT A LIGHTNING STRIKE HIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STUDENTS.

POLICE SAY WATLINGTON, TOOK A DIRECT HIT.

ON THE SCENE, HE WASN'T BREATHING AND DIDN'T HAVE A PULSE.

AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE PERFORMED CPR, HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

SOT: PASTOR "LETTING THIS BE A TIME WHERE WE TRUST IN THE LORD AND ASK GOD FOR A REAL STRONG MIRACLE OF THE LIFE OF A PRECIOUS YOUNG MAN."

TODAY, THE SCHOOL IS GATHERING IN PRAYER FOR JESSE. AND IN SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER IN A TIME OF GREAT NEED.

LIGHTNING KID CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

THERE ARE MANY PRAYERS GOING OUT TO JESSE TODAY.

YESTERDAY WE WERE TOLD THE BOY WAS ON LIFE-SUPPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PASTOR HERE, HIS CONDITION REMAINS THE SAME.

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-SS TOPS OC

TALKING POLITICS TODAY.

34 DAYS UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

FRESH OUT OF LAST NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE,

BOTH CANDIDATES ARE BACK OUT ON THE TRAIL HOPING TO CASH IN ON THE POST-DEBATE BUZZ.

POLITICS TODAY-PKG

REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY MAY HAVE SECURED EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED OUT OF THIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. A FRESH LOOK FOR UNDECIDED VOTERS.

"He laid out a very clear choice -- and a big choice. And that's what this election is about."

THE CANDIDATES SPARRED ON KEY ISSUES THIS ELECTION: TAXES, JOB GROWTH AND MEDICARE.

Presidential candidate :xx-:xx

"I'd rather have private plan. I'd just as soon not have the government telling

me what kind of health care i get. I'd rather be able to have an insurance company -

if i dont like them - I can get rid of them and find a different insurance company."

"Every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative costs then private

insurance does. Which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it.

And private insurers have to make a profit."

EVEN ADVISORS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ADMIT ROMNEY DID WELL.

"I give him credit for a strong performance."

THE DEBATE WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE IN RECENT HISTORY.

NOW DEMOCRATS HOPE TO SEIZE ON THE DETAILS TO ATTACK ROMNEY MOVING FORWARD.

"Are we going to hold the government accountable for his fraudulent positions?

Yes we are going to do that."

OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN IS CONTINUING AN ARGUMENT THAT ROMNEY WILL INITIATE 5 TRILLION DOLLARS IN TAX CUTS FAVORING THE WEALTHY.

"Governor Romney's proposal - that he's been promoting for 18 months - is for a 5 trillion dollar cut."

Presidential Nominee :xx-:xx

"Virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is INaccurate."

MEANWHILE. ROMNEY'S CAMPAIGN IS PLEASED.

"Governor Romney was clearly very much in command of the facts last night and had solutions."

HOPING TO BUILD ON THAT CALM COOL CONFIDENCE. THAT CAME OUT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE.

DEBATE POLL-TRX SS TOPS

MITT ROMNEY WAS THE CLEAR WINNER OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

LOOKING AT THE LATEST C-N-N/O-R-C INTERNATIONAL POLL.

67 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS WHO WATCHED THE DEBATE SAY ROMNEY WON.

VOTER FRAUD-TRX DBX

MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON.

THE NBC-2 INVESTIGATORS HAVE JUST CONFIRMED THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS OPENED A CRIMINAL PROBE INTO THE VOTER REGISTRATION FIRM THAT REGISTERED VOTERS HERE IN FLORIDA.

NBC-2 INVESTIGATOR DAVE ELIAS IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS ON WHAT HE'S DISCOVERED.

VOTER FRAUD-NEWSROOM CG

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TELLS ME THAT THE STATE ELECTIONS DIVISION FORWARDED A COMPLAIN

TO THEM AFTER REPORTS OF HUNDREDS OF SUSPICIOUS VOTER FORMS SURFACED AROUND THE STATE AND RIGHT HERE IN

LEE COUNTY.

FDLE SPOKESMAN KEITH KAMEG SAID IN THIS RELEASE TO NBC 2 THAT AFTER REVIEWING THIS COMPLAINT FDLE HAS DECIDED THAT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE ALLEGATIONS IS WARRANTED.

THE COMPANY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING STRATEGIC ALLIED CONSULTING, A VIRGINIA BASED COMPANY. LEE COUNTY ELECTION SUPERVISOR SHARON HARRINGTON CONFIRMS THAT 11 SUSPICIOUS FORMS WERE DISCOVERED LOCALLY. SO FAR THERE ARE NOW 10 COUNTIES THAT ARE REPORTING FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.

UNEMPLOYMENT-VO

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS NUMBERS JUMP TO 367 THOUSAND.

THAT'S A LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH ONLY MODEST HIRING.

THE NUMBER IS UP 4 THOUSAND FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

THE GOVERNMENT REPORTS TOMORROW ON SEPTEMBER HIRING AND UNEMPLOYMENT.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO JOBS REPORTS LEFT BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED-2 SS VO

IN CAPE CORAL,

A MAN IS IN JAIL ACCUSED OF KILLING A POLICE OFFICER.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE 36-YEAR OLD SCOTT SICA SHOT AND KILLED

SERGEANT GREGORY MARTIN, IN JONESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1996.

THE SWAT TEAM HELPED LEE DEPUTIES ARREST SICA LAST NIGHT.

HE WAS AT HIS HOME ON OTTERSREST LANE.

KLEIN ANTI BULLYING-OC

FOLLOWING UP ON A STORY FROM JUNE,

REMEMBER KAREN KLEIN THE BUS MONITOR IN NEW YORK BULLIED BY STUDENTS.

NOW SHE'S USING THE INCIDENT TO BRING AN END TO VIOLENCE.

KLEIN ANTI BULLYING-PKG

Student: Your reflexes are so slow, you freaking fat.

Student: You have reflexes like an elephant.

THIS PROFANITY-LACED VIDEO OF KAREN KLEIN, A 68 YEAR OLD BUS MONITOR FROM GREECE, NEW YORK, BEING RIDICULED MERCILESSLY BY A GROUP OF SEVENTH GRADERS SHOCKED US ALL.

Student: Oh, my God. You are such a.troll!

DURING THE TEN MINUTE LONG ATTACK, INSULTS HURLED WERE NON-STOP.

Student: You don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near you.

THE VIDEO, FILMED BY ONE STUDENT ON HIS CELL PHONE, SHOWS THE AGGRESSION ESCALATE AS THEY BEGIN TO PHYSICALLY POKE HER.AND EVEN MAKE THREATS.

Student: If I stabbed you in the stomach and.my knife would go through you like butter because it's all.lard./

Student: Are you sweating?

KLEIN: I'm crying.

KLEIN:

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED/NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT/

KLEIN SAYS THE MEANNESS STOPPED ONLY WHEN THE KIDS GOT OFF THE BUS. SHE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

KLEIN

I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY I DID WHAT I DID, OR WHY I DIDN'T DO WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.

IN FACT, SHE LEARNED THAT THE VIDEO.NOW SEEN MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION TIMES.HAD BEEN POSTED WHEN SHE WAS CALLED IN BY THE SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.

DR. JENNIFER HARTSTEIN/PSYCHOLOGIST

WE EXPECT VICTIMS TO REPORT ALL THE TIME, BUT THE FACT IS SO OFTEN THEY DON'T.BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID/ SHE'S THE ADULT IN THIS SITUATION.ARE PEOPLE GONNA BELIEVE HER? / OR THEY MIGHT REALLY BLAME HER FOR NOT TAKING IT INTO HER OWN HANDS AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

DEBORAH HOEFT/ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

We can say that students found to be involved would face--will face strong disciplinary action.

DISCIPLINE CAME IN THE FORM OF A YEAR-LONG SUSPENSION.

EITHER THE BOYS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, HAVE SINCE SENT KLEIN LETTERS OF APOLOGY.

nat klein reads a letter

I cannot believe I did that. I'm so sorry for being so mean and I will never treat anyone this way again.

THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE RALLIED BEHIND THE GRANDMOTHER OF EIGHT. A DONATION FUND SET UP ON THE WEB SITE INDIEGOGO RAISED OVER $700,000.

NOW KAREN WILL PAY IT FORWARD, using some of that money to launch an ANTI-BULLYING FOUNDATION.

KLEIN

FMB BOIL WATER NOTICE-MAP

TAMRON HALL REPORTING.

A REMINDER ABOUT A BOIL WATER NOTICE ON FORT MYERS BEACH THIS AFTERNOON.

HERE'S A MAP.

OVERNIGHT CREWS COMPLETED SCHEDULED WORK ON A VALVE REPLACEMENT.

RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED ARE FROM 5901 ESTERO BOULEVARD TO ISLAND PINES WAY --

JUST ON THE BAY SIDE OF THE STREET.

TEASE ONE-TRX TOPS

nats of opening bell

STOCKS OPEN HIGHER FOLLOWING BETTER SALES FROM RETAIL CHAINS.

LOOKING LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD.

RIGHT NOW THE DOW ___.

YOUR MARKET WATCH UPDATE IS IN THREE MINUTES.

PLUS THIS,

You never know what you're gonna find when you come to these places here

BICYCLES, CLOTHING AND MUCH MORE!

WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT UNCLAIMED STUFF AT AIRPORTS?

THE FOLKS AT JFK HOLD AN AUCTION, AND YOU'RE INVITED.

TZ1 A) MARKET WATCH UPDATE-NATS VOTOPS BIGBOARD

TZ1 B) JFK WAREHOUSE AUCTION-SOTVO

WEATHER-STC TO BREAK

MARKET WATCH-PKG

FACEBOOK PROMOTE FEATURE-VO

A NEW FEATURE ON FACEBOOK GUARANTEES YOUR LATEST STATUS IS SEEN.

FOR A SMALL FEE YOU CAN USE THE NEW "PROMOTE" FEATURE.

IT COSTS SEVEN-DOLLARS TO BUMP POSTS TO THE TOP OF NEWSFEEDS.

RIGHT NOW ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF FACEBOOK'S 166-MILLION U-S USERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE TRIAL RUN.

AT THE PUMP-CG BNR

NBC2 ON PUMP PATROL THIS AFTERNOON.

DOWN A PENNY FROM OVERNIGHT.

EXPECT TO PAY 3-72 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-69 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NATIONAL IS 3-78.

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.

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

JFK WAREHOUSE AUCTION-VO IN PLASMA

GET YOUR MONEY READY.

WE'RE GOING TO AUCTION ONCE AGAIN.

THIS TIME, WE'RE BIDDING ON HUNDREDS OF UNCLAIMED ITEMS AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

JFK WAREHOUSE AUCTION-PKG

S/ Marc Santia, Reporting

"This may look like any old warehouse in any old part of New York but this warehouse is different. This warehouse is full of forgotten treasure."

NATS MONTAGE

CRATES, CASES, BOXES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.

NATS

THE ITEMS INSIDE NOW UP FOR BID AFTER A LAY OVER AT JFK AIRPORT.

S/ Deputy Chief Almeida/ Customs and Border Protection

"They're abandoned. The importer for whatever reason chose not to claim them. Was not able to get paper work necessary or just decided I'm not picking them up."

DEPUTY CHIEF ALMEIDAWITH CBP, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SAYS NONE OF THIS MERCHANDISE HAS EVER BEEN SEIZED BY OFFICERS OR HELD AS EVIDENCE IT WAS SIMPLY NEVER PICKED UP.

NATS

ARRIVING IN NEW YORK FROM COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE, ALL OF THESE ITEMS HAVE SAT UNCLAIMED FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AND ITS ALL BEEN THOROUGHLY INSPECTED BY CBP.

S/ Deputy Chief Almeida/ Customs and Border Protection

"Everything has been reviewed by CBP to ensure that it poses no health or safety risk to the consumer."

S/ Marc Santia, Reporting

"So just what's on the auction block? Everything from guitars.

To a chess set from Nepal.

Bicycle

Paper mâché geckos.

Sweater

Iguana belt. Iguana belt."

S/ Eddie Topak/ Treasure Hunter

"You never know what you're gonna find when you come to these places here. It's like pot luck most of the time."

ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES, EDDIE TOPAK AND OTHER TREASURE HUNTERS GOT TO WORK AT THE PUBLIC PREVIEW JUST HOURS BEFORE THE CBP AUCTION.

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S/ Eddie Topak/ Treasure Hunter

"If you play your cards right and do your homework. There's ways to make a lot of money."

WHILE THIS IS JUST A HOBBY FOR EDDIE, HE KNOWS ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE AND THE CBP AUCTION IS A CHANCE TO CASH IN.

S/ Eddie Topak/ Treasure Hunter

HERSHEY CERTIFIED COCOA-VO

MARC SANTIA REPORTING.

HERSHEY MAKES A MOVE AND GOES 100-PERCENT CERTIFIED COCOA.

IT'S TO HELP ELIMINATE CHILD LABOR IN REGIONS OF WEST AFRICA.

CERTIFIED COCOA IS GROWN USING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS FOR LABOR.

IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT BETTER FARMING PRACTICES.

TOY R US STREAMING-VO

TOYS-R-US ALSO MAKES A MOVE LAUNCHING A VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE FOR KIDS.

IT'S CALLED TOYS-R-US-MOVIES-DOT-COM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION.

INSTEAD YOU PAY PER RENTAL OR DOWNLOAD.

YOU'LL PAY TWO-99 FOR A 24-HOUR MOVIE RENTAL AND ONE-99 FOR A T-V SHOW RENTAL.

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

YOUR TIME NOW __.

AN OLD SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

"I am the son of a black man."

"Where's your dollar?"

"I can no more disown him."

"You got some better speakers."

IN THREE MINUTES,

ONE MAN - TWO DIFFERENT ACCENTS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ISN'T THE FIRST POLITICIAN TO DO IT.

TZ2 A) DIFFERENT AUDIENCE DIFFERENT ACCENT-SOTVO T

DIFFERENT AUDIENCE DIFFERENT ACCENT-2 SHOT

WELCOME BACK!

AN OLD SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR WHAT HE SAID - AND HOW HE SAID IT.

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--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

SAME PRESIDENT,

"The Obama presidency."

TWO DIFFERENT ACCENTS.

"I am the son of a black man."

"Where's your dollar?"

"I can no more disown him."

"You got some better speakers."

"That made me cringe."

"In this country."

"That may seem jarring to the untrained ear."

WHAT SEEMS ESPECIALLY JARRING TO SOME CONSERVATIVE EARS IS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH CHANGES WHEN HE ADDRESSES AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCE.

"The falseness here is overwhelming."

"BUT SOME LINGUISTS SAY THE FALSENESS WOULD BE IF THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T CHANGE HIS SPEECH."

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HE'S AFRICAN AMERICAN.

"And that audience would say, 'Huh? What makes him such a stuffed shirt?'"

BUT CONSERVATIVE CRITICS LIKE SEAN HANNITY ARE ATTACKING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DELIVERY.

"He went into Al Gore preacher mode, 'And Republicans have the wrong agenda.'"

FOR INSTANCE WHEN AL GORE ADDRESSED THE NAACP.

"The taproot of racism is hundreds of years long."

"WHAT CRITICS CALL PANDERING."

"We got too many daddies, not acting like daddies."

"LINGUISTS CALL ACCOMMODATING."

"As linguists we find this kind of switching back and forth to be pretty natural, pretty automatic and very often outside the conscious control of the speaker."

BUT ACCOMMODATING IS HARDER TO PULL OFF WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR NATURAL DIALECT.

"Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?"

MITT ROMNEY SEEMED TO REALIZE THAT WHEN HE POKED FUN AT HIMSELF TALKING "SOUTHERN".

"Morning, y'all. Good to be with you."

HILLARY CLINTON WAS MOCKED AS "KENTUCKY FRIED HILLARY" WHEN SHE WENT OVER THE TOP AT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH.

"I come too far from where I started from."

THOUGH IN THIS CASE.

"I come too far."

HILLARY WAS ACTUALLY PERFORMING LINES FROM A GOSPEL HYMN MADE FAMOUS BY REVEREND JAMES CLEVELAND.

WHAT THE POLITICIANS DO IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH AN ACTUAL MEDICAL CONDITION CALLED FOREIGN ACCENT SYNDROME. IT CHANGED THIS FLORIDA WOMAN'S ACCENT FOLLOWING A STROKE FROM THIS.

"We've got fabulous things."

TO THIS.

"I thought I was going bloody crazy."

FOR POLITICIANS.ACQUIRING AN ACCENT.

"The miracle of that baby."

SOMETIMES CAN'T BE OVERCOME.

"We shall overcome."

JEANNE MOOS, CNN.

"The crooked places shall be made straight."

NEW YORK.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

DEADLY MENINGITIS IS RUNNING THROUGH THE U-S THIS AFTERNOON.

And of course the more I researched the more worried i get

AT LEAST 30 REPORTED CASES INCLUDING HERE IN FLORIDA.

EXPERTS SAY IT COULD GET WORSE.

DID TEENS BREAK INTO A MAN'S HOME TO PARTY?

THAT'S WHAT THE HOMEOWNER BELIEVES BASED ON FACEBOOK PHOTOS.

WE'LL TAKE A TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA.

AND A GROUP OF MILITARY WIVES GO BARE FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

TZ3 A) MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-SOTVO

TZ3 B) TEENS INVADE HOME TO PARTY-VO

TZ3 C) BARE PTSD CAMPAIGN-VO

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS TO BREAK

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BONITA BARRICADE-MAP TOPS SS

BREAKING NEWS AT 12-30.

SUNSHINE ROAD IN BONITA SPRINGS IN BLOCKED BECAUSE OF A BARRICADE SITUATION.

THIS IS AT WEST TERRY STREET AND PINE AVENUE.

NBC2'S JOE ROETZ IS ON THE SCENE NOW GETTING NEW INFORMATION.

BONITA BARRICADE-REM LIVE VO

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-2 SHOT

FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND AT LEAST 26 OTHERS ARE SICK AFTER A MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

THAT INCLUDES FLORIDA.

THIS AFTERNOON FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THE NUMBER OF CASES WILL INCREASE.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

ALL OF THOSE INFECTED WITH THE STRAIN OF MENINGITIS RECEIVED STEROID INJECTIONS FOR BACK PAIN. THREE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN VIRGINIA, TWO EACH IN FLORIDA AND MARYLAND AND ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

AT LEAST 18 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN TENNESSEE.

SUE MANOR IS WAITING TO FIND OUT IF SHE TOO IS INFECTED. SHE'S ONE OF HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED INJECTIONS AT THE SAINT THOMAS OUTPATIENT NEUROSURGERY CENTER IN NASHVILLE.

I didn't really get into any state of fear or anything I just thought ok we're going to research this. And of course the more I researched the more worried i get.

THE NASHVILLE FACILITY CONTACTED MORE THAN 700 PATIENTS WHO HAD SPINAL STEROID INJECTIONS BETWEEN JULY 30-TH AND SEPTEMBER 20-TH.

MANOR SAYS WORRYING AND WAITING FOR ANSWERS IS THE HARDEST PART.

I do wish that maybe they could bring patients together, we can have a physician perhaps who can answer these questions and put our minds at rest.

THE MAIN SUSPECT IN THE OUTBREAK -- THE STEROID PRODUCT USED IN THE INJECTIONS.

FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE ISSUED A RECALL. BUT MORE CASES ARE EXPECTED BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE UP TO 28 DAYS FOR THE INFECTION TO DEVELOP.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-CG HLF SCREEN

ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C,

TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN TENNESSEE, ONE IN VIRGINIA AND ONE IN MARYLAND.

DEATH INVESTIGATION-VO

RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH FORT MYERS, WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE IDENTITY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD IN A POND.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THE RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY OFF PALOMINO LANE.

A SECURITY GUARD SPOTTED THE BODY FLOATING IN THIS RETENTION POND.

BONITA SLOTS-VO

IN BONITA SPRINGS,

IT'S UP TO VOTERS NOW WHETHER THEY WANT SLOT MACHINES AT THE NAPLES-FORT MYERS DOG TRACK.

LEE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK LAST NIGHT.

DUMPED GATOR-VOWIPE

FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS WANT TO KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME FOR A CASE OF ALLIGATOR ABUSE.

THEY SAY PEOPLE CUT THE HEADS AND TAILS OFF SOME GATORS - TOSSING THEIR CARCASSES IN CAPE CORAL.

A STUDENT WALKING HOME NOTICED THE SMELL YESTERDAY.

DUMPED GATOR-SOTVO

we are contracted to remove all dead animals from the roadway and on the curb. We do that, but from in the middle of a canal, we usually don't do that. But this time, we took care of the Cape Coral residents.

PEOPLE WHO ILLEGALLY HUNT GATORS CAN FACE A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR OR THIRD DEGREE FELONY.

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IT'S A DISTURBING FIND FOR A FAMILY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

PICTURES ON FACEBOOK OF PEOPLE PARTYING IN THEIR HOME, WHILE THEY WERE ON VACATION!

TEENS INVADE HOME TO PARTY-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THEY NEVER SUSPECTED A THING UNTIL PICTURES STARTED POPPING UP ONLINE.

One of them was dancing around with a funnel in his hand. The other one was throwing up in the sink.

AND THE SETTING WAS ALL TOO FAMILIAR TO THIS TEGA CAY FATHER.

I'm looking at this saying this is inside my house. There's someone in my son's room sleeping. Other people walking walking around doing lewd acts

THE 39-YEAR-OLD ASKED US TO DISGUISE HIS IDENTITY FOR HIS CHILDREN'S SAKE, WHO WEREN'T INVITED TO OR EVEN IN TOWN FOR, THE PARTY BEING THROWN AT THEIR OWN HOUSE. IT TOOK THREE MONTHS, BUT DETAILS STARTED LEAKING OUT ON FACEBOOK.

Saying while you guys were in New York in July, these guys had broke into the house for a place to crash, so to speak, and threw a little party.

HE SAYS THE PARTYGOERS TOLD HIS CHILDREN THEY BROKE INTO THE HOUSE BY RIPPING OUT THE SCREEN TO AN UNLOCKED WINDOW.

It's right there.

WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNED, THE FATHER SAYS HE NOTICED THE SCREEN, BUT THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS OK INSIDE THE HOUSE.

Then they came back the next day we come to find out and cleaned everything up before we came home, put everything back., even did the dishes. And if the kids weren't bragging about it or showing off via Facebook, nothing would have come about of it. They would have got completely away with it.

AFTER VERIFYING THIS WAS INDEED HIS HOME.

I mean it's pretty obvious when I see my kids on the fridge and they're standing in front of them.

HE CONTACTED TEGA CAY POLICE.

You know you're sitting here just feeling completely violated cause how do you know when I'm not around, if the little kids are home, when they could come do this too or someone could come into your house. It's makes you feel pretty vulnerable then.

TEENS INVADE HOME TO PARTY-OC

DIANNE GALLAGHER REPORTING.

THE MAN SAYS TEENAGERS IN THE PHOTOS ARE HIS CHILDREN'S CLASSMATES.

WA STATE WILDFIRE-VO

A RAGING WILDFIRE IS ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED IN WASHINGTON STATE.

STRONG WINDS ARE FUELING THE 55-HUNDRED ACRE FIRE.

AT LEAST TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.

LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE-VO

IN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON,

A MILLION-DOLLAR 0HOME DESIGNED AND BUILT BY FAMED ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IS IN JEOPARDY.

FOR NOW, IT'S GOTTEN A REPRIEVE FROM THE WRECKING BALL.

IT WAS SET TO BE TORN DOWN TODAY FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

A LAST-MINUTE DEAL WITH THE CITY BOUGHT THE 1952 HOUSE SOME TIME.

BARE PTSD CAMPAIGN-OC

MILITARY WIVES TAKE A HEAD-TURNING APPROACH TO SOLVE A CRISIS.

THEY'RE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

BARE PTSD CAMPAIGN-PKG

ASHLEY WISE USES THIS EYELINER TO BRING ATTENTION TO MORE THAN JUST HER EYES. SHE PEN'S THE BATTLING BARE PLEDGE ON THE BACK OF ARMY WIFE JENNIFER BROWN--FOR A PHOTO TO ADD TO THE GROUP'S FACEBOOK PAGE.

This pledge that you're making for your spouse that in my opinion it's just as important as marriage vows.

WISE SAYS SHE CAME UP WITH THIS PLEDGE AND BATTLING BARE OUT OF DESPERATION WHICH SHE SAYS GREW AS SHE TRIED TO GET HELP at fort campbell FOR HUSBAND WITH P-T-S-D.

I felt like streaking the general's lawn, because then maybe a naked woman would get attention and they wouldn't sweep me underneath the rug. decided to instead do a photo campaign and it's what i call a god moment. pledge, picture, and ten minutes later it was on facebook.

THIS IS THE PICTURE WISE TOOK --WEARING HER HUSBAND'S HAT AND HOLDING HIS GUN.BUT WISE SAYS HER HUSBAND WAS NOT HER ONLY INSPIRATION.

These are my husband's dog tags. they were found in his car, when the retrieved his car, and brought it back to me after they found my husband's body.

ALICIA MCCOY'S HUSBAND SERGEANT BRANDON MCCOY COMMITTED SUICIDE IN MARCH. SHE SAYS HER HUSBAND SOUGHT HELP FOR P-T-S-D, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

"Our soldiers have a lot to say. they have a lot bottled up inside of them and no one is listening. I feel like they are afraid to be able to say what they need to say because it will hurt their record."

IT'S A SILENCE WISE AND THESE OTHER WOMEN HOPE TO SLOWLY BREAK -- WITH BATTLING BARE'S MISSION.

Ensuring that the sigma of ptsd goes away and people talk about it. and that's really the biggest thing and in talking there's healing and not ignoring, because people are dying.

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

JULIA BRUCK REPORTING.

YOUR TIME NOW __.

PICKING A PUMPKIN FOR A CAUSE.

WHO SAYS IT HAS TO BE ORANGE?

October being Breast Cancer Awareness month and well, lets face it, it's the right thing to do

MEET THE FARMER WHO GROWS A DIFFERENT SHADE OF PUMPKIN.

AND WHERE YOU CAN GET YOURS.

BUT FIRST,

NOT YOUR TYPICAL TRAFFIC STANDSTILL.

WATCH OUT FOR THE GIANT BIRD!

WE'LL TAKE A TRIP TO BROWARD COUNTY.

TZ4 A) PINK PUMPKINS-SOTVO

TZ4 B) FL EMU ON THE LOOSE-VO

FL EMU ON THE LOOSE-2 SHOT

RUSH-HOUR GOT A LITTLE HAIRY FOR DRIVERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

TRAFFIC COMES TO A STOP BECAUSE OF A GIANT EMU.

TURNS OUT THE BIRD WAS SEARCHING FOR A MATE.

FL EMU ON THE LOOSE-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

TACO IS A FOUR YEAR OLD EMU. A FIVE FOOT TALL, FLIGHTLESS, AUSTRALIAN BIRD WHO WAS OUT LOOKING FOR A MATE, ACCORDING TO HIS OWNER. NOW, NOTHING ON A1A RESEMBLES A FEMALE EMU, BUT TACO ISN'T ONE TO BE PARTICULAR. MOTORCYCLES SEEMED TO DRAW HIS INTEREST. IMAGINE BEING THIS GUY, PULLED OVER ON THE WAY TO WORK BY A GIANT BIRD. MAYBE HE'LL WEAR HIS HELMET FROM NOW ON.

"It's odd. It's not something we see every day. I think our guys did a really good job trying to contain the bird."

TACO WAS INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE. AND DEPUTIES AT FIRST HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. THEY SORT OF TRIED TO HERD HIM OFF THE ROAD USING PATROL CARS. NOT A CHANCE. ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE ARRIVED. THAT TOO WAS A MISTAKE. TACO WANTED A KISS. AND, HIGH-STEPPING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, HE SEEMED AS FREE AS, WELL, AS A BIRD.

"It's a very large bird. At the time of the incident, folks were trying to get to work. We have school buses going around. So it became a traffic hazard."

TACO IT TURNS OUT LIVES IN A SUBURBAN BACKYARD ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY, WHERE THE UNIQUENESS DOESN'T STOP WITH THE MENAGERIE.

FL EMU ON THE LOOSE-2 SHOT

DAN BILLOW REPORTING.

ND OCTOBER SNOW-2SHOT VO

FOLKS UP NORTH ARE EXPERIENCING FALL MORE THAN WE ARE.

CHECK IT OUT.

SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON.

AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE AND IN MONTANA AND MINNESOTA.

IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE EARLY,

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.

"A bit more sun, with afternoon downpours"

The plume of deep tropical moisture that sat across Southwest Florida over the last couple of days, continues to push away from the peninsula giving a slight improvement to our weather.

The airmass across the area remains warm and humid, therefore it will be a muggy to start to our Thursday morning. Our skies will be a bit sunnier along with mainly dry conditions and that will keep temperatures on warming trend into the upper 80s to low 90s during the afternoon.

Expect a mix of sun and clouds today, along with a scattering of downpours during the late afternoon and lingering into the evening hours. With our steering winds taking more of an easterly turn, the seabreeze will stay pinned closer to home with showers and storms more than likely favoring the urban corridor. The rain activity will not be as widespread as the last few days, in fact rain prospects will be down to about 50%.

A few showers will linger across Southwest Florida through the evening, before skies partially clear and lows settle back into the middle and upper 70s.

High pressure will dominate our weather pattern Friday and into the weekend, bringing more sunshine with our typical pattern of hit or miss afternoon thunderstorms. An uptick in the moisture Sunday will allow for more clouds and scattered rain ahead of an approaching cool front. This may bring the first hint of fall like weather by mid week with lower humidity in the forecast along with cooler nights.

PINK PUMPKINS FIGHT BREAST CANCER-VO IN PLASMA

WE SEE A LOT OF PINK IN OCTOBER FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

NOW A FARM IN WISCONSIN IS GETTING IN ON THE ACTION.

RAISING PINK PUMPKINS!

PINK PUMPKINS FIGHT BREAST CANCER-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

"They look a lot different out here compared to the orange ones obviously."

THAT'S BECAUSE THESE PUMPKINS ARE PINK.

"They are a little different, but very unique."

BUT THE COLOR ISN'T A MISTAKE OR A RESULT OF THE DROUGHT, THESE PINK PUMPKINS ARE BEING GROWN TO RAISE MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.

"It sounded like a really good idea, it comes right at the time of the year, October being Breast Cancer Awareness month and well, lets face it, it's the right thing to do."

THE WALDVOGELS HAD TO BUY A SPECIAL SEED FROM THE PINK PUMPKIN PATCH FOUNDATION WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNDRAISER TO PRODUCE THE UNIQUE COLOR.

"THE PINK PUMPKINS ARE ACTUALLY A CROSSBREED BETWEEN SQUASH AND PUMPKIN. THE LONGER THEY STAY ON THE VINE, THE MORE PINK THEY'LL GET."

A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. IT'S A CAUSE THE WALDVOGELS COULDN'T OVERLOOK, EVEN WITH NO FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE.

PINK PUMPKINS FIGHT BREAST CANCER-OC

JESSE RITKA REPORTING.

RETAILERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SELLING PINK PUMPKINS THIS SEASON.

MOBILE MAMMO-2 SHOT SS BNR

TODAY THERE'S AN EASY WAY TO GET A MAMMOGRAM CHECKUP.

RADIOLOGY REGIONAL CENTER BRINGS ITS MOBILE CENTER TO BONITA SPRINGS.

STARTING AT 2 PM,

IT WILL BE AT THE POST OFFICE LOCATED ON OLD 41 UNTIL 6 PM.

WALK-IN SERVICE IS AVAILABLE BUT APPOINTMENTS ARE PREFERRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING OTHER DATES AND LOCATIONS,

TASTE OF COCONUT POINT-VOWIPE

GET YOUR TASTE BUDS READY!

TASTE OF COCONUT IS JUST DAYS AWAY!

WE GOT A FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE FOODS YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR.

MINI PRIME BURGERS, KEY LIME PIE AND RICE BALLS!

TASTE OF COCONUT POINT-SOTCG

"There will be a lot of children's activities. We'll have bounce houses and a train for them and of course adult beverages, 19 different restaurants from coconut point will be there as well as our presenting sponsors, Seminole Casino- they'll have two restaurants there as well."

TASTE OF COCONUT STARTS AT 11-30 THIS SUNDAY AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO.

ADMISSION IS 3 DOLLARS AND IT'S ONE DOLLAR PER TICKET.

TRIPLE CROWN-VOWIPE

DETROIT TIGERS' MIGUEL CABRERA JOINS AN ELITE BASEBALL CLUB.

HE'S THE FIRST TRIPLE CROWN WINNER IN 45 YEARS!

CABRERA BECAME THE 15TH PLAYER TO WIN THE CROWN LAST NIGHT.

TRIPLE CROWN-SOTVO

its an amazing feeling right now-- are you hoping its another 40 years before someone else does it yeah why not

LET TEDDY WIN!-TRX NATS VOTOPS

nats of teddy winning

TEDDY ROOSEVELT FINALLY WINS THE PRESIDENTS RACE.

AROUND THE BALLPARK - THAT IS.

LOOKING AT THE NATIONALS BALLPARK IN WASHINGTON.

SINCE 2006, THE FOAM-HEADED VERSION OF THE 26-TH PRESIDENT HASN'T WON THE RACE.

THE NATIONALS' MASCOT TRIPPED THE OTHER THREE PRESIDENTS, SENDING MISTER ROOSEVELT HOME!

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

ALLERGY SUFFERERS WILL TRY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET RELIEF.

FIRST AT FOUR - WE'RE TESTING MYTHS TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST REMEDY.

AND - GLUTEN-FREE IS BECOMING A HOT FOOD TREND.

WHAT HAS CELEBRITIES AND ATHLETES SWEARING BY THE LATEST FOOD-FAD.

PLUS - AMAZING VIDEO SHOWS A NEW JERSEY FAMILY JUMPING OUT OF A BURNING BUILDING.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE GOOD SAMARITANS THAT HELPED WITH THE RESCUE.

KEEP IT RIGHT HERE.

A) busting allergy myths-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) gluten free menus-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) family jumps out of building-VOTOPS TO BREAK

ts1) lightning strikes student-TRXVO TOPS

AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS LISTEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL -- AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING YESTERDAY.

IT HAPPENED AT THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OFF OF COLONIAL.

POLICE SAY JESSE WATLINGTON AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM WERE BEING ESCORTED BY THEIR COACH TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR PRACTICE -- THAT'S WHEN LIGHNTING STRUCK HIM.

STAFF DID C-P-R UNTIL MEDICS ARRIVED -- JESSE WAS IMMEDIATELY FLOWN TO TAMPA WHERE HE REMAINS ON LIFE SUPPORT.

TS2) cape murder arrest-sstops vo

IN CAPE CORAL,

A MAN IS IN JAIL ACCUSED OF KILLING A POLICE OFFICER.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE 36-YEAR OLD SCOTT SICA SHOT AND KILLED

SERGEANT GREGORY MARTIN, IN JONESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1996.

THE SWAT TEAM HELPED LEE DEPUTIES ARREST SICA LAST NIGHT.

HE WAS AT HIS HOME ON OTTERSREST LANE.

ts3) debate poll-sstops

MITT ROMNEY WAS THE CLEAR WINNER OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

LOOKING AT THE LATEST C-N-N/O-R-C INTERNATIONAL POLL.

67 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS WHO WATCHED THE DEBATE SAY ROMNEY WON.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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