NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

SANDY LOOK-OMNI TOPS

THE HALLOWEEN TERROR THAT IS HURRICANE SANDY IS ALIVE AND THREATENING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

LIVE SANDY LOOK-SAT LIVE 2 SHOT TRX

ALREADY THE STORM IS BRINGING PUNISHING WINDS AND BIG WAVES TO THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.

AND RIGHT NOW SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS PREPARING FOR A LITTLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF AN IMPACT.

HURRICANE EXPERT JIM REIF IS FOLLOWING EVERY MOVE OF THE STORM. I'm clay

and i'm krista jim's ALSO TRACKING THE RAIN that's MOVING ACROSS THE STATE.

SANDY FORECAST-WX CTR

"HURRICANE SANDY KICKS UP OUR WINDS"

Our skies will stay mostly cloudy and will give way to a few passing showers from time to time. While most of the wet weather will be along the east coast of Florida, showers associated with Sandy could pinwheel across Southwest Florida at almost anytime of the day.

Tonight, breezy winds will continue under mostly cloudy skies with a few showers. Lows tonight will settle into the lower half of the 70s.

By Saturday, Hurricane Sandy will begin to pull away from the peninsula with it's eyes set on the eastern seaboard anywhere from the mid Atlantic to New England. Our weather will remain a bit on the breezy side, however the threat for any rain will diminish and the clouds will begin to thin out. Daytime highs over the weekend will be several degrees below normal as most locations will warm into the lower 80s.

SANDY DAMAGE-VO TOPS

THIS IS WHAT SOME DRIVERS FACED ALONG THE BEACH IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

WAVES CRASHED ONTO THE ROADWAY THANKS TO THE POWERFUL SURGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE SANDY.

YOU CAN SEE DRIVERS WERE FORCED TO NAVIGATE THE FLOODED STREETS.

NAPLES HS GAME CANCELLED-ONCAM

NEW AT ELEVEN.HURRICANE SANDY IS CAUSING THE NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HOME GAME TO BE CANCELLED.

THE TEAM WAS SET TO PLAY NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN MIAMI BEACH TONIGHT.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

Stocks edged higher in today's early going, before fading, after the government reported a slight pickup in U.S. economic growth.

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

TOSS TO CLIFTON-2 SHOT BOXES

the presidential CANDIDATES are Running out of time TO PERSUADE UNDECIDED VOTERS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS TOMORROW AND ELECTION WORKERS ARE EXPECTING A HUGE TURNOUT.

EARLY VOTING-REM LIVE

STARTING TOMORROW THERE ARE FIVE LOCATIONS WHERE LEE COUNTY VOTERS CAN GO AND CAST THEIR BALLOT EARLY.

ONE OF THEM, RIGHT HERE AT THE MAIN ELECTIONS OFFICE AT THE LEE COUNTY CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLEX.

NOW I HAVE A BALLOT WITH ME HERE--- THIS YEAR, IT'S FAIRLY LONG.

THE REASON-- WE HAVE 11 AMENDMENTS AND A REFERENDUM TO VOTE ON.

EARLY VOTING-SS

SO IF YOUR PLANNING TO VOTE EARLY, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

EARLY VOTING WILL LAST ONE WEEK, STARTING TOMORROW GOING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 3RD.

THERE ARE ALSO MANY LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN CAST YOUR BALLOT, YOU ARE NOT ASSIGNED A POLLING LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING.

WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE NBC DASH TWO DOT COM JUST CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.

EARLY VOTING-REM LIVE

RASMUSSEN POLL-SS

BRAND NEW NUMBERS OUT.SHOW MITT ROMNEY HAS A THREE POINT EDGE OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NEW NUMBERS FROM RASMUSSEN SHOW ROMNEY WITH 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, WITH OBAMA HAVING 47 PERCENT.

CAMPAIGN TODAY-2 SHOT

DID PRESIDENT OBAMA CROSS THE LINE WHEN HE USED A PROFANE TERM IN REFERENCE TO MITT ROMNEY?

A QUOTE IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE IS OPENING SOME EYES.

THIS AS A ROMNEY SUPPORTER CLAIMS COLIN POWELL'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT IS BASED ON RACE.

CAMPAIGN TODAY-PKG

NATS - RALLY MUSIC / CHEERS

OVERNIGHT, AIR FORCE ONE WITH A DRAMATIC ARRIVAL IN OHIO -

AFTER 37 HOURS, 6500 MILES, AND 8 STATES.

THE BATTLEGROUND BLITZ COMING TO A HALT OVERLOOKING LAKE ERIE.

OBAMA SOT: "I'VE COME TO OHIO TODAY TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE/ I NEED YOU

TO VOTE NOW AND I NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP MOVING AMERICA FORWARD."

WITH THE RACE SO CLOSE, PRESIDENT OBAMA TRYING TO BREAK THE TIE - WITH

WOMEN - WITH YOUNGER VOTERS.

AND THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF RAISING EYEBROWS - OVER AN INTERVIEW

WITH ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE. DURING WHICH HE JOKED ABOUT LOWERING THE

VOTING AGE, SO CHILDREN CAN VOTE. SAYING " KIDS HAVE GOOD INSTINCTS. THEY

LOOK AT THE OTHER GUY AND SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S A BULL----ER , I CAN TELL."

A ROMNEY SPOKESMAN RESPONDING-- TELLING ABC NEWS THE PRESIDENT IS 'RATTLED

AND ON THE DEFENSIVE.'

NATS FIREWORKS

MITT ROMNEY OVERNIGHT IN DEFIANCE, OHIO

NATS - MEATLOAF "OH FROM SEA"

ENDORSED BY MEATLOAF. SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER:

NATS - MEATLOAF "FROM SHINING SEA"

ROMNEY TELLING THOUSANDS THIS TIME, HE IS THE CANDIDATE OF CHANGE.

ROMNEY SOT: WE'RE GOING TO ELECT A PRESIDENT TO MAKE BIG CHANGES AND I WILL

. WE CAN GET THIS COUNTRY GROWING AGAIN WITH YOUR HELP

MEANTIME OVERNIGHT, A CONTROVERSIAL ANSWER FROM TOP ROMNEY SURROGATE,

CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR FORMER GOV. JOHN H. SUNUNU OF NEW HAMPSHIRE--- WHO

INJECTED RACE IN THESE FINAL DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT GENERAL COLIN POWELL ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA ---

POWELL CITING RONNEY'S FOREIGN POLICY AMONG THE REASONS WHY---

SUNUNU SUGGESTED IT WAS THEIR SHARED HERITAGE INSTEAD.

SUNUNU SOT: "WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT COLIN POWELL, YOU HAVE TO WONDER

WHETHER THAT'S AN ENDORSEMENT BASED ON ISSUES OR WHETHER HE'S GOT A SLIGHTLY

DIFFERENT REASON FOR PREFERRING PRESIDENT OBAMA.

MORGAN SOT: WHAT REASON?

SUNUNU SOT: "WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OF YOUR OWN RACE THAT YOU'

RE PROUD OF BEING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I APPLAUD COLIN FOR

BALLOT POSTAGE-OC SOT VO WIPE

ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE STARTING TO FLOODING ELECTION OFFICES.

MORE THAN ONE MILLION HAVE BEEN COUNTED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

BUT SOME VOTERS ARE CONCERNED--DID THEY GET THE POSTAGE RIGHT?

32:07 its a two page ballot this year so i was concerned the postage wouldn't be enough to send it 32:15\

HIS BALLOT FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY--BIGGER THAN A NORMAL ENVELOPE.

SO HE NEEDS 65 CENTS.

EVEN WITH INCORRECT POSTAGE --YOUR BALLOT *WILL BE MAILED AND COUNTED.

THE COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICES PAY THE DIFFERENCE.

BALLOT POSTAGE-SOT VO

34:34 its good to know that but i think they should have been honest with people and say additional postage is required 34:39

WE REACHED OUT TO LEE, CHARLOTTE AND COLLIER ELECTIONS OFFICES.

COLLIER COUNTY SAYS ABOUT 13-PERCENT OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS ITS RECEIVED--HAVE INCORRECT POSTAGE.

FORT MYERS TRAILER FIRE-OC SOT VO

A LEE COUNTY MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS SHE KNOWS WHY.

linda o'neal, property owner My understanding. He felll asleep with the cigarette.thanks to the fire department.we still have a house.

FLAMES DESTROYED THE TRAILER ON FLAMINGO CIRCLE, OFF PALM BEACH BOULEVARD EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS SHE LET A FRIEND STAY IN THE TRAILER AND HE FELL ASLEEP WITH A CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH.

FELON SWEEP-TRX VO WIPE

12 THOUSAND FELONS ARE OFF THE STREETS AFTER A STATE-WIDE CRACKDOWN AND NEARLY A THOUSAND OF THEM WERE TAKEN DOWN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THEIR CHARGES RANGE FROM ROBBERY, TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, TO BURGLARY- EVEN HOMICIDE.

THE ROUND-UP LASTED 25 DAYS.

THE BIG BUST IS BEING CALLED "OPERATION FELON SWEEP."

FELON SWEEP-SOTVO

4:10 "these people are typically committing other crimes. once they know they're wanted, they're on the run. a lot of times, they can't conduct their life in a normal fashion because of who they are- they're still committing crimes."

ALL THOSE ARRESTS ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 2-THOUSAND FELONY CHARGES JUST HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NANNY MURDER LATEST-SS VO WIPE

A TRAGIC STORY OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.

AN UNSUSPECTING MOTHER RETURNED TO HER HOME TO FIND TWO OF HER YOUNG CHILDREN DEAD, APPARENTLY MURDERED BY THEIR NANNY.

THE NANNY LEFT ON A STRETCHER LAST NIGHT AND POLICE BELIEVE SHE TOOK A KITCHEN KNIFE AND STABBED TO DEATH TWO OF THE KIDS SHE LOOKED AFTER.

NANNY MURDER LATEST-SOT SS

She is assuming that the nanny may have gone out with the children. She goes down to the lobby and asks the doorman if in fact they have gone out. He said no, She goes back up. The apartment is dark and she goes into the bathroom and that's when she discovers the bodies.

POLICE SAY THE NANNY THEN SLIT HER THROAT.SHE REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

WINDOWS 8 RELEASE-TRX VO

ARE YOU READY TO UPGRADE?

MICROSOFT RELEASED ITS LATEST OPERATING SYSTEM TODAY.WINDOWS 8.

IT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS WORK MORE LIKE TABLETS.

TABLETS RELEASE-VO

MORE TECH NEWS TODAY.

APPLE IS NOW TAKING PRE-ORDERS TODAY FOR ITS NEW I-PAD MINI.

APPLE'S LATEST GADGET HAS AN EIGHT-INCH SCREEN AND IS EXPECTED TO COMPETE WITH AMAZON-DOT-COM'S KINDLE AND OTHER SMALL TABLETS.

BUT ITS 329-DOLLAR STARTING PRICE TAG COULD CURB APPEAL.

THE I-PAD MINI WILL HIT STORES SHELVES ON NOVEMBER SECOND.

TEASE ONE------

A HIGH SPEED AND DANGEROUS RIDE.FEATURING KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ARE PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL AND BLOWING THROUGH RED LIGHTS.

SOME CAUGHT SEVERAL TIMES.NEW AT ELEVEN WHY THEY'RE STILL ON THE ROAD.

PLUS.

It's raining bird crap, if I may say that."

A) SPEEDING BUSES-2 SHOT VO

B) BIRD VS ANCHOR-SOT VO

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.

"HURRICANE SANDY KICKS UP OUR WINDS"

Our skies will stay mostly cloudy and will give way to a few passing showers from time to time. While most of the wet weather will be along the east coast of Florida, showers associated with Sandy could pinwheel across Southwest Florida at almost anytime of the day.

Tonight, breezy winds will continue under mostly cloudy skies with a few showers. Lows tonight will settle into the lower half of the 70s.

By Saturday, Hurricane Sandy will begin to pull away from the peninsula with it's eyes set on the eastern seaboard anywhere from the mid Atlantic to New England. Our weather will remain a bit on the breezy side, however the threat for any rain will diminish and the clouds will begin to thin out. Daytime highs over the weekend will be several degrees below normal as most locations will warm into the lower 80s.

SPEEDING BUSES-VO IN PLASMA

SOME WILD RIDES CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

SCHOOL BUSES ARE CAUGHT TEARING DOWN STREETS AT HIGH SPEEDS.BLOWING THROUGH RED LIGHTS.

DRIVERS ARE RACKING UP HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF FINES ALL WHILE STUDENTS ARE HOLDING ON FOR THEIR LIVES.

SPEEDING BUSES-PKG

THIS SCHOOL BUS IS ABOUT TO BLOW THE RED LIGHT. ONE OF HUNDREDS CAUGHT ON

TAPE IN BALTIMORE BY STOPLIGHT AND SPEED CAMERAS. HIGH RISK MOVES, WITH

YOUNG LIVES ON BOARD.

MOM SOT: YOU'VE GOT - POTENTIALLY ON OUR BUS - 50 LIVES THAT YOU'VE JUST

PUT IN DANGER."

THIS IS BALTIMORE. WHERE OUR AFFILIATE WMAR ABC-2 REVEALED THE RECKLESS

BEHAVIOR OF DRIVERS OVER THE LIMIT BY AS MUCH AS 20 MILES PER HOUR. OTHERS

BOLDLY CROSSING INTERSECTIONS AGAINST THE LIGHT, WITH KIDS ON BOARD. NOT

WHAT PARENTS WANTED TO HEAR.

REPORTER SOT: THEY WERE STUNNED. THEY WERE ALARMED. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE

THAT ONCE THEY PUT THEIR KIDS ON THE BUS THAT THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN

IN CINCINNATI, ANOTHER ABC AFFILIATE. USED ITS OWN RADAR GUN TO DOCUMENT

WIDESPREAD SPEEDING THERE. NABBING SCHOOL BUSES AT SPEEDS 21 MPH OVER THE

LIMIT.

PITT SAFETY VIDEO SOT: IF YOU'RE CHOOSING TO DRIVE A SCHOOLBUS REMEMBER YOU

ARE CARRYING OUR MOST PRECIOUS CARGO

SURPRISINGLY, DESPITE THE VIDEOS. EACH YEAR. ONLY 5 STUDENTS A YEAR ARE

KILLED ON THE BUS. MOST ARE ACTUALLY KILLED AT THE BUS STOP.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO KIM PITT'S 6 YEAR-OLD SON HUNTER.

MYERS SOT: THE BUS DRIVER STOPPED FOR 4 SECONDS, WHICH GAVE HUNTER JUST

ENOUGH TIME TO GET RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUS BEFORE THE BUS DRIVE TOOK OFF

FORWARD AGAIN. AND UNFORTUNATELY JUST RAN RIGHT OVER HIM.

PITT SAYS WHEN SHE HEARS OF DRIVERS RUNNING LIGHTS, AND SPEEDING. SHE JUST

CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

PITT SOT: IT HORRIFIES ME. IT REALLY DOES. THAT PEOPLE CAN BE SO CARELESS

SPEEDING BUSES-ONCAM

JIM AVILA REPORTING.

MANY CITATIONS FOR DRIVERS WHO HAD REPEATED VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

MYSTERY MOVING-TRX VO TOPS

CHECK THIS OUT.A CASE OF A MYSTERY MOVER IN NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN SOLVED.

OR AT LEAST WE KNOW NOW HOW PATIO FURNITURE MYSTERIOUSLY MOVED.

QUESTIONS STARTED LAST WEEK WHEN AN ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY WOKE TO FIND THEIR OUTDOOR FURNITURE REARRANGED.

THE FAMILY LOOKED THIS SECURITY VIDEO.

THEY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT EVEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND IN PLAIN SIGHT, A MYSTERY WOMAN WAS WALKING BY AND MOVING THE THE FURNITURE.

BIRD VS ANCHOR-OC SOT

LIVE NEWS DOESN'T ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.

ESPECIALLY WHEN A BIRD SHOWS UP DURING A LIVE REPORT.

SAN FRANCISCO NEWS ANCHOR PAUL ROBINS, HAD A VERY UN SCRIPTED MOMENT WHILE REPORTING OUTSIDE THE WORLD SERIES.

"In 1989, the Giants were in the World Series versus the Oakland A's."

"OH MY GOSH!"

"Hang on, hang on. You know, I have to tell you, one of my goals in life, Bethany, one of my goals in life is to make it on YouTube, and I think I just did. I'm on YouTube. Hello to my YouTube friends! How are you?"

"What, am I supposed to go on from here? Hey, Darren, it's raining in San Francisco! It's raining bird crap, if I may say that."

TEASE TWO-----

HE LIVED THE LIFE OF LUXURY FOR TWENTY YEARS STAYING AT SOME OF THE NICEST HOTELS IN AMERICA.

BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM POLICE SAY HE'S JOBLESS AND HOMELESS.

A) HOMELESS SCAMMER-2 SHOT VO

HOMELESS SCAMMER ARREST-ON CAM

HE'S HOMELESS AND JOBLESS BUT INVESTIGATORS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA SAY HE SCAMMED HIS WAY INTO SOME OF THE NICEST HOTELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR YEARS.

WHAT'S WORSE HE DID IT ALL WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

HOMELESS SCAMMER ARREST-PKG

A jobless, homeless man said he traveled the United States and stayed in

some of the best hotels for two decades and he did it all with other people'

s money.

"I can't believe he traveled around for that long and nobody caught him,"

said Orlando resident Julie Delph.

Jeffrey Hawkins' catch-me-if-you-can story ended at the Disney's Coronado

Springs Resort.

Deputies were called to kick Hawkins out of his room because he had been

previously trespassed at the resort.

That's where, investigators said, Hawkins gave a sudden confession to years

of crime, saying he was sick of running.

"They do it for long periods of time they know eventually they're going to

get caught," said Orlando resident Michael Lampert.

Investigators said Hawkins confessed to his travels around the nation, which

included staying at different Disney resorts 26 times.

When investigators opened Hawkins' bag they said they found stolen credit

card numbers, receipts from other hotels, business cards from where he

traveled, room keys, and three phones.

"Obviously he's a pretty smart guy. He should have found something legal to

do," said Lampert.

According to investigators, Hawkins said he got the credit card information

simply by memorizing the numbers after seeing or hearing them during his

travels.

The 20-year trip around the nation leaves some a little jealous, but not

when the end result is jail.

"I plan on doing that one day, but probably not that way, not that way. The

right way," said Delph.

Hawkins, whose last home address is listed as Baton Rouge, has been traced

to several hotels up and down the Florida coast and has warrants in Virginia

as well.

TEASE THREE-----

EVER WORRY THAT THE PASSWORDS YOU PICK TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION CAN GET INTO THE HANDS OF THIEVES?

HACKERS RELEASED THEIR LIST OF THE EASIEST PASSWORDS TO CRACK.

WE'LL RUN DOWN THE WORST AND BEST WAYS TO KEEP YOUR INFO SAFE.

HURRICANE SANDY LOOMING LARGE AS IT PREPARES TO TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHEAST.

B) SANDY PREPS-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO REIF-2 SHOT TRX

FIERCE WINDS AND STRONG WAVES.AND TODAY SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS GETTING IN ON A SMALL PART OF THAT ACTION.

HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO ROAR IN THE ATLANTIC JUST OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.

SANDY FORECAST-WX CTR

"HURRICANE SANDY KICKS UP OUR WINDS"

Our skies will stay mostly cloudy and will give way to a few passing showers from time to time. While most of the wet weather will be along the east coast of Florida, showers associated with Sandy could pinwheel across Southwest Florida at almost anytime of the day.

Tonight, breezy winds will continue under mostly cloudy skies with a few showers. Lows tonight will settle into the lower half of the 70s.

By Saturday, Hurricane Sandy will begin to pull away from the peninsula with it's eyes set on the eastern seaboard anywhere from the mid Atlantic to New England. Our weather will remain a bit on the breezy side, however the threat for any rain will diminish and the clouds will begin to thin out. Daytime highs over the weekend will be several degrees below normal as most locations will warm into the lower 80s.

SANDY PREPS-SAT LIVE

ITS BEING DUBBED FRANKENSTORM.AND NOW MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE BRACING FOR HURRICANE SANDY'S IMPACT ON HALLOWEEN.

THE STORM IS HEADED NORTH AFTER SLAMMING INTO CUBA AND KILLING AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE.

SANDY PREPS-PKG

SURF'S UP ON FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH WHERE HURRICANE SANDY IS MAKING AN IMPACT EVEN THOUGH THE STORM IS WELL OFF SHORE.

FORECASTERS EXPECT SANDY TO HUG THE EASTERN COASTLINE AS IT HEADS NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. BENNS BALABAT OF VIRGINIA BEACH KNOWS WHAT TO DO.

I tie my trash cans together and make sure there's nothing loose in the yard that's gonna float away and other than that that's about all we can do, you know. Secure the windows and storm doors, and things like that.

SAND BAGS ARE BEING FILLED IN NEW JERSEY. MARGATE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FRANK RICCIOTTI SAYS THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE WATER FROM REACHING HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

We will be pilling up as much sand as possible along the beachfront. I think water damage is worse than another other type of damage and the hardest thing is to stop water once it starts coming up.

AND HE IS WARNING RESIDENTS TO STOCK UP AND BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST.

If the electric goes out, I think you should have food on hand. I think you should have plenty of water to drink and when I say plenty, I mean at least for a few days. You should have batteries, you should have a transistor radio just so you know what's going on around you.

HURRICANE SANDY HAS BEEN NICKNAMED "FRANKENSTORM" BECAUSE FORECASTERS SAY IT COULD MAKE LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY THE DAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN -- AND RUN SMACK INTO A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST.

SANDY PREPS-ONCAM

SOME FORECASTERS SAY HURRICANE SANDY COULD BE LIKE THE "PERFECT STORM" THAT HIT 21 YEARS AGO.

TED TURNER COMMENTS-OC SOT OC

C-N-N FOUNDER TED TURNER IS FEELING SOME HEAT ONLINE FROM A COMMENT IN WHICH HE said THE rise in military suicides in relation to combat deaths is "good".

You made the point to me in the break there, more American servicemen have --

TURNER: -- are dying now from suicide over there than are dying in combat.

MORGAN: That's shocking, isn't it?

TURNER: Well, what -- no, I think it's -- I think it's good, because it's so clear that we're programmed and we're born to love and help each other, not to kill each other, to destroy each other. That's an aberration. That's left over from hundreds of years ago. It's time for to us start acting enlightened.

TURNER MADE THE COMMENTS IN AN APPEARANCE ON CNN'S "PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT."

THE INTERVIEW AIRED LAST WEEK BUT BLOGGERS ARE NOW POSTING THE VIDEO ONLINE.

THIS WEEK THE TALIBAN IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN INSIDER ATTACK THAT KILLED TWO AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE TERROR GROUP CLAIMS AN AFGHAN SOLDIER SHOT THE MEN AND ESCAPED.

SHOPLIFTING SHOOTING-VO

A POLICE OFFICER IN TEXAS SHOT AN UNARMED SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTER AFTER HE REPORTEDLY RESISTED ARREST.

THE SUSPECT WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL THURSDAY.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN TRIED TO STEAL ITEMS FROM A KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORE AND WAS DETAINED BY AN EMPLOYEE.

WHEN AN OFFICER ARRIVED AND TRIED TO ARREST HIM, THE SUSPECT REPORTEDLY BEGAN FIGHTING WITH THE OFFICER AND TRIED TO GRAB HIS WEAPON.

THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICER FIRED MULTIPLE TIMES.

FAT INMATE-VO SS

AN OHIO PRISON WARDEN HOLDS AN UNIQUE EXPERIMENT TO PROVE THAT A DEATH ROW INMATE IS NOT TOO OVERWEIGHT TO DIE.

HE RELEASED THESE PHOTOS SHOWING HOW HE TESTED THE TABLE.

HE PUT 540 POUNDS WORTH OF WEIGHTS ON IT FOR TWO HOURS, AND THE TABLE STOOD.

53-YEAR-OLD RONALD POST HAD ARGUED HIS WEIGHT COULD CAUSE THE STATE'S EXECUTION TABLE TO COLLAPSE DURING LETHAL INJECTION.

THE STATE CLAIMS POST WEIGHS 396 POUNDS.

HIS ATTORNEYS CLAIM HE WEIGHS 480 POUNDS.

STEP STOOL RECALL-TRX VO

A CONSUMER ALERT AT ELEVEN.

A NEW RECALL TO ANNOUNCE.

TRICAM IS RECALLING 84-THOUSAND OF THESE 'EASY REACH BY GORILLA LADDERS 3-STEP PRO SERIES' STEP STOOLS.

THE TOP STEP OR STANDING PLATFORM CAN BREAK, POSING A FALL HAZARD.

TRICAM HAS RECEIVED FIVE REPORTS OF SUCH INCIDENTS.

BLACK FRIDAY FADING-OC SOT VO WIPE

FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY IS BLACK FRIDAY.

BUT THIS YEAR, MANY ARE WONDERING WHETHER THE FAD OF BLACK FRIDAY IS FADING.

"I think a lot of consumers have realized that you don't necessarily get the best deal on Black Friday"

A NEW POLL, CONDUCTED FOUND THAT 40-PERCENT OF SHOPPERS STARTED THEIR HOLIDAY SHOPPING WEEKS AGO..WHILE ONLY 12-PERCENT WILL WAIT UNTIL BLACK FRIDAY TO BEGIN.

GIVEN THE ECONOMY. BLACK FRIDAY'S FADE DOESN'T SURPRISE THE EXPERTS.

BLACK FRIDAY FADING-SOT VO

Retailers are going to be clamoring to get a piece of that pie and therefore offering great deals to consumers much earlier than they usually do"

EARLY CHRISTMAS-VO

IS IT TOO EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS?

THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THINKS SO AND SHE'S USING SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.

SHE TWEETED SAYING.ARGH! JUST PASSED SECOND SHOPPING AREA ALREADY DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS! IT'S

NOT EVEN HALLOWEEN YET! IT'S STUPID AND IRRITATING!

MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY SEEM TO AGREE WITH HER.

WORST PASSWORDS-VO

IS YOUR PASSWORD FOR EVERYTHING "PASSWORD?"

IF SO, IT'S TIME TO GET A NEW ONE.

THE LIST OF THE MOST HACKED PASSWORDS IS OUT.

THE TOP THREE SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. "PASSWORD""1-2-3-4-5-6" AND "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8" ALL SECURED THE SAME SPOTS ON LAST YEAR'S LIST, ACCORDING TO SPLASH-DATA

OTHERS LACKED JUST AS MUCH CREATIVITY -- SUCH AS "A-B-C-1-2-3" AND "LET-ME-IN".

BUT THERE WERE SOME ODD ONES -- LIKE "MONKEY" AND "BASEBALL".. AND "WELCOME" MADE THE LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD SAFE EXPERTS SAY CREATE PASSWORDS OF EIGHT OR MORE MIXED CHARACTERS.

SMELLY CABBIES-VO WIPE

SHOULD CAB DRIVERS BE FORCED TO LOOK AND SMELL NICE?

THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS CONSIDERING ELIMINATING THE REGULATION THAT REQUIRES TAXI CAB DRIVERS TO WEAR NEAT AND CLEAN CLOTHES AND TO BE WELL-GROOMED AND

WITHOUT OFFENSIVE BODY ODOR.

TAXI DRIVERS CLAIM THE CITY DOESN'T SET GROOMING AND HYGIENE STANDARDS

FOR OTHER WORKERS AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE SINGLED OUT.

SMELLY CABBIES-SOT VO

think it sends a horrible message to hospitality, to visitors, and

the hospitality industry is already complaining to the city.

OCTOBERFEST-SS

GET READY FOR BEERS AND BRATWURST PART TWO.

IF YOU MISSED LAST WEEKEND, YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO CELEBRATE OKTOBERFEST IN CAPE CORAL.

IT STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND RUNS THRU SUNDAY.

"OKTOBERFEST" IS IN ITS 27TH YEAR.

IT IS HELD AT THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.

TICKETS ARE SIX DOLLARS AT THE GATE.

TEASE FOUR-----

MCDONALDS COFFEE LOVERS.LISTEN UP.THE COMPANY IS MAKING A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COULD HAVE YOU DRINKING SOME SERIOUS AMOUNTS OF JAVA AT HOME.

BUT LIKE ANY GOOD TEASE.THERE'S A HITCH.

PLUS.HE WAS SWORN TO PROTECT.BUT DID HE WANT TO EAT PEOPLE INSTEAD?

B) CANIBAL COP-SOT VO

CANNIBAL COP-OC SS OC

POLICE IN NEW YORK SAY ONE OF THEIR OWN HE PLOTTED TO KIDNAP, KILL, COOK AND EAT WOMEN.

A JUDGE IS CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST 28-YEAR-OLD GILBERTO VALLE "EXTREMELY DISTURBING."

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THE FATHER OF THE POLICE OFFICER, WHO HAS THE SAME NAME SAID HE JUST LEARNED THE NEWS WHEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

"Just saw on TV. I'm going to precinct now. "

"I don't think so."

"Nope."

"Never."

THE POLICE OFFICER LIVES IN THIS BUILDING IN FOREST HILLS. NEIGHBORS SAY HE HAS A YOUNG DAUGHTER, BUT MAY BE ESTRANGED FROM HIS WIFE. AT HIS APARTMENT, THERE WAS NO ANSWER. NEIGHBORS HAD TROUBLE BELIEVING THE BIZARRE CHARGES.

"It sounds like a movie. Not anything real."

"It's the kind of thing you only see on TV really. And the fact he's in the building makes it extra."

"It's even worse."

THIS IS THE BUILDING'S HANDYMAN.

"I'm surprised with this guy, you know."

"He doesn't look like that."

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JOHN SLATTERY REPORTING.

VALLE'S DEFENSE LAWYER CALLED THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HER CLIENT "EXAGGERATED," SAYING HE PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THOUSANDS OF FETISH CHAT ROOMS ONLINE IN WHICH PEOPLE "TALK ABOUT UNREAL THINGS" AND THAT NO ONE WAS PHYSICALLY HARMED.

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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.

"HURRICANE SANDY KICKS UP OUR WINDS"

Our skies will stay mostly cloudy and will give way to a few passing showers from time to time. While most of the wet weather will be along the east coast of Florida, showers associated with Sandy could pinwheel across Southwest Florida at almost anytime of the day.

Tonight, breezy winds will continue under mostly cloudy skies with a few showers. Lows tonight will settle into the lower half of the 70s.

By Saturday, Hurricane Sandy will begin to pull away from the peninsula with it's eyes set on the eastern seaboard anywhere from the mid Atlantic to New England. Our weather will remain a bit on the breezy side, however the threat for any rain will diminish and the clouds will begin to thin out. Daytime highs over the weekend will be several degrees below normal as most locations will warm into the lower 80s.

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TEXT MESSAGES MAY SOON BE REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

ACCORDING TO NEW REPORTS THE F-C-C IS CONSIDERING REGULATIONS ON UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGES FROM BUSINESSES.

THE AGENCY IS NOW ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON A PETITION FILED BY A CONSUMER RIGHTS GROUP THAT SEEKS TO HAVE INTERNET-TO-PHONE TEXT MESSAGES DECLARED A TYPE OF AUTO-DIALING.

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BOTH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY WILL SAY EVERY VOTE COUNTS.NOW WE KNOW JUST HOW MUCH.

ACCORDING TO DATA PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY ARE SPENDING MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY THIS ELECTION SEASON.

TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE THE CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL TEAM WAS JUST SOLD FOR ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

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TAYLOR SWIFT IS BREAKING MORE HEARTS, THE KING OF POP IS DE-THRONED, AND WHAT MAKES JAMES BOND CRY?

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THERE IS SURE TO BE A NEW HIT BREAKUP SONG ON THE WAY. TAYLOR SWIFT AND BOYFRIEND CONOR KENNEDY ARE CALLING IT QUITS AFTER JUST A COUPLE MONTHS OF DATING. ACCORDING TO US WEEKLY MAGAZINE THE COUPLE BLAMES LONG DISTANCE FOR THE SPLIT. SWIFT IS PROMOTING HER NEW ALBUM "RED" AND HASNT SEEN 18 YEAR OLD CONOR IN OVER A MONTH. THE 22 YEAR OLD SINGER IS KNOWN FOR PENNING LYRICS ABOUT HER FLEETING ROMANCES WITH CELEBRITIES.

THE KING OF POP HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THE TOP EARNERS LIST.FOR CELEBS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US. ELIZABETH TAYLOR HAS SURPASSED MICHAEL JACKSON THIS YEAR ON FORBES MAGAZINE'S RANKING OF HIGHEST EARNING DEAD CELEBRITIES. THE ICONIC ACTRESS RAKED IN 210 MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO MICHAEL'S 145 MILLION. JACKSON WILL LIKELY REGAIN THE TOP SPOT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. MOST OF TAYLOR'S MONEY CAME FROM HER RECORD BREAKING ESTATE AUCTION WHICH SOLD OFF JELEWRY, COSTUMES AND ART.

IF ADELE'S SOULFUL SONGS MAKE YOU CRY YOU'RE NOT ALONE. HER MUSIC EVEN GOT TO JAMES BOND. ACCORDING TO YAHOO, DANIEL CRAIG WAS REDUCED TO TEARS AFTER HEARING ADELE'S THEMESONG TO THE NEW 00-7 MOVIE "SKYFALL." CRAIG SAYS HE KNEW FROM THE OPENING BARS IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE'D IMAGINED FOR THE MOVIE.

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FAST-FOOD GIANT MCDONALD'S WILL START SELLING BAGS OF GROUND COFFEE AT SOME OF IT'S CANADIAN RESTAURANTS NEXT MONTH.

THE PACKAGES WILL COST ABOUT 7-DOLLARS FOR A 12 OUNCE BAG.

THE COMPANY WON'T SAY IF OR WHEN BAGGED COFFEE WOULD COME TO MCDONALDS HERE IN THE U.S. BUT THE COMPANY FILED A TRADEMARK FOR "MCCAFE" GROUND AND WHOLE BEAN COFFEE LAST MONTH.

TEASE FIVE-----

A BIG CHANGE FOR A BIG MAN.

"I'm now 474 pounds, 330 pounds gone."

DO THE MATH.HE USED TO WEIGH MORE THAN 700 POUNDS.

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nats "Herman, what happened to your heart? I loved too hard."

TONIGHT, WITH HALLOWEEN AROUND THE CORNER, NBC IS ROLLING OUT A SPECIAL PROGRAM CALLED"MOCKINGBIRD LANE".

ITS A REMAKE OF A SITCOM CLASSIC FROM THE 60'S."THE MUNSTERS".

THIS TIME AROUND, THERE'S NO LAUGH TRACK.LOTS OF SPECIAL EFFECTS.

"MOCKINGBIRD LANE" IS AIRING TONIGHT AT EIGHT AS A ONE TIME SPECIAL NIGHT.

BUT NBC SAYS IF IT 'SCARES' UP ENOUGH OF AN AUDIENCE.THE SHOW COULD BECOME A WEEKLY SERIES

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ITS AN AMAZING STORY OF WEIGHT LOSS.

A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN TOOK ON THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WON BY DROPPING 330 POUNDS IN ONE YEAR.

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A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR BUT RARELY CAN A PERSON CLAIM THIS.

"I'm now 474 pounds, 330 pounds gone."

BUT DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN EASY. SINCE WE LAST SAW GREGG IN EARLY SUMMER, HE'S HAD BACK-TO-BACK INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT KEPT HIM WEAK AND SICK FOR MONTHS.

"What happened was I wasn't getting that fuel my body needed. I was just. I was lethargic and didn't feel like working out."

WHEN GREGG COULD HAVE GIVEN UP HE FOUGHT HARDER. ONE BIG STEP AFTER ANOTHER UNTIL GREGG FINALLY WORKED UP THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO TAKE A STROLL DOWN THE STREET.

GREGG HAS DONE THE WORK BUT NOTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIS BIGGEST CHEERLEADER, HIS WIFE, ANN AND TOUGH LOVE FROM HIS TRAINER, MARY WISEMAN, WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED HER TIME AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT SHE COULD HELP CHANGE GREGG'S LIFE. DESPITE A FEW SETBACKS ALONG THE WAY, MARY'S SUPPORT HAS NEVER WAVERED.

"We had to get him to take that first step again and once he did he was on a roll, we're down the steps and 'let's go for a walk.'"

MUCH OF GREGG'S TRANSFORMATION REQUIRES THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO HANDLE STAGGERING CHANGE BY NOT FOCUSSING ON WHO HE USED TO BE. AND THAT INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE REFER TO HIM FROM NOW ON WE SIMPLY CALL HIM GREGG.

"I used to be the 804-pound man, I'm never going to be that way again so I don't want to be referred to like that. That was the old me."

GREGG'S SHORT-TERM GOALS ARE EXCITING AND LOFTY. HE WANTS TO NOT ONLY GET INTO A CAR BUT TO VISIT MARY'S MANCHESTER GYM. THEY BOTH HAVE A SENSE OF COMING FULL CIRCLE. A NEWFOUND UNDERSTANDING PERSONAL STRUGGLES AND A UNIQUE JOURNEY SHARED TOGETHER ON CAMERA.

"It's not just about being addicted to chocolate or food or wanting sweet things. It's about what's inside your head, how you're thinking, where you come from, what got you to this place in the first place."

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NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NEXT AT NOON - A METEOROLOGICAL MESS - THAT WHAT SOME ARE CALLING NEXT WEEK'S PREDICTED MEETING OF FRIGID AIR COMING FROM CANADA AND HURRICANE SANDY.

WINDY CONDITIONS FOR US - BUT ALONG THE OTHER COAST THE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WORST.

COMING UP - A LIVE REPORT FROM OUR OWN JOELLE PARKS - WITH AN UPDATE.

PLUS HURRICANE EXPERT JIM REIF WILL ALSO BE WEIGHING IN WHERE THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO GO.

AND GEARING UP TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.

NEXT AT NOON - EARLY VOTING BEGINS TOMORROW.

IF YOU'VE MADE UP YOUR MIND - A LIVE REPORT ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE.

PLUS - WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON A THE DOG FIGHT OVER THE OVERWEIGHT PUP, NAMED Obie.

THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE DOG'S OWNER, THE WOMAN, WORKING TO GET HIM HEALTHY.

PLUS -

"Halloween is an exciting time. We can also make it a safe time."

THE CANDY, THE COSTUMES - NOW IT'S TIME TO PLAN FOR A SPOOKY, BUT SAFE HALLOWEEN.

NEXT AT NOON - EXPERT ADVICE.

AND YOU EITHER LOVE OR LOATHE BLACK FRIDAY - THAT CRAZY SHOPPING DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

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