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HL1) SUBWAY DEATH-TRX-VO

RIGHT NOW ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY-- SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.

NEW YORK CITY POLICE HAVE THE MAN THEY BELIEVE PUSHED A SUBWAY RIDER INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAIN.

THIS MORNING, THE VIDEO POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE LED THEM TO THEIR GUY

HL2) WX HEADLINE-TRX-OMNI

HL3) KATE MIDDLETON UPDATE-TRX-VO

THE ROYAL PREGNANCY.

THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS RECOVERING IN A LONDON HOSPITAL THIS MORNING.

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING!

THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

SUBWAY DEATH-2 SHOT, VO

NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.

CHARGES COULD BE FILED TODAY IN A CASE OF A MAN KILLED AFTER HE WAS REPORTEDLY SHOVED ONTO THE TRACKS IN A NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY STATION AND hit BY A TRAIN.

POLICE SAY THESE ARE THE SURVIELLANCE PICTURES HELPING THEM CLOSE IN ON A SUSPECT THIS.

SUBWAY DEATH-PKG

POLICE WERE QUESTIONING A MAN THEY SAY IMPLICATED HIMSELF IN THE DEATH OF A NEW YORK SUBWAY PASSENGER.

58-YEAR-OLD KI-SUCK HAN WAS PUSHED FROM A SUBWAY PLATFORM NEAR TIMES SQUARE MONDAY AFTERNOON -- AND KILLED BY AN ONCOMING TRAIN.

NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSIONER RAY KELLY SAYS THEY ARE GETTING INPUT FROM RIDERS WHO WERE IN THE STATION AT THE TIME.

We have a witness that says there was a shoving or a push, depending on how you characterize it.

IT ALL APPARENTLY STARTED WITH AN ARGUMENT. NEW YORK POLICE OBTAINED THIS VIDEO WHICH SHOWS THE VICTIM, WHOSE FACE IS OBSCURED HERE, RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS SHOVED ONTO THE TRACK. MTA WORKER NIGEL GRANT SAYS SOME RIDERS TRIED TO GET THE CONDUCTER'S ATTENTION AS THE TRAIN CAME INTO THE STATION.

And I see people trying to flag the train down before the train get to him.

THE TRAIN FINALLY CAME TO A STOP ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY INTO THE STATION. PATRICK GOMEZ SAYS EVERYONE WAS STUNNED.

People are just standing in fear and shock not knowing what's really going on. Some people started running out of the platform, you know, other people just stood there, really didn't know what was going on.

WITNESSES SAY HAN FRANTICALLY TRIED TO CLIMB BACK ONTO THE PLATFORM AS THE TRAIN BARRELED INTO THE STATION.

HIS EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN.

HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE TRAIN.

5:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Today's Weather Story

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

FISCAL CLIFF-SSTOPS, 2 SHOT VOWIPE

NOW TO THE LATEST ON THAT SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF" LOOMING IN WASHINGTON.

JUST 27 DAYS TO GO FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS TO MAKE A DEAL,

OR YOUR TAXES WILL GO UP!

SO FAR, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH PROGRESS.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS' "FISCAL CLIFF" COUNTER-OFFER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA HINTS AT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MILITARY CUTS, ON TOP OF THE NEARLY 500-BILLION DOLLARS THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS BACKED LAST YEAR.

THE GOP PROPOSAL CALLS FOR 300 BILLION DOLLARS IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CUTS TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS OF TWO-POINT-TWO TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS.

KATE MIDDLETON CONDITION UPDATE-2 SHOT VO

THIS MORNING THE FUTURE QUEEN KATE MIDDLETON REMAINS IN A LONDON HOSPITAL -- RECOVERING FROM SEVERE MORNING SICKNESS.

BUT IT APPEARS HER CONDITION IS IMPROVING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON PRINCE WILLIAM'S FACE AS HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT --

SENATE DISABILITIES-VO

A TREATY INTENDED TO BENEFIT DISABLED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WAS DEFEATED IN THE SENATE.

FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOB DOLE WAS PRESENT IN A WHEELCHAIR AS VOTING TOOK PLACE.

HE APPEARED ON THE SENATE FLOOR JUST DAYS AFTER BEING HOSPITALIZED. IN SUPPORT OF THE TREATY.

38 REPUBLICANS VOTED NO.

DALLAS STANDOFF-trx VO

NEW THIS MORNING:

A CAPITAL MURDER SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN DALLAS THIS MORNING AFTER A NEARLY TWO-HOUR LONG STANDOFF WITH POLICE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE.

A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A TEEN SET TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM,

ESCAPED FROM CUSTODY DURING A VISIT TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL.

A SWAT TEAM RESPONDED AFTER POLICE SAID FRANKLIN B. DAVIS BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A VAN.

HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE ARMED WITH A DEPUTY'S SERVICE WEAPON.

DAVIS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

NO WORD YET IF HE WAS HURT.

CAR FIRE INVESTIGATION-VO

ALSO NEW RIGHT NOW:

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY ON FORT MYERS BEACH TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED A CAR TO GO UP IN FLAMES.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND TO THIS RED MUSTANG.

NBC-2 WAS THERE AS FIRE CREWS INVESTIGATED.

FORT MYERS BEACH FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON ESTERO BOULEVARD AT THE LANAI KAI BAYSIDE MOTEL.

DUNN PENALTY PHASE-trx VO

IT STILL COULD BE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO BEFORE WE FIND OUT WHAT A LEE COUNTY CONVICTED MURDERER'S SENTENCE WILL BE.

ROBERT DUNN WAS CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE INSIDE A CAPE CORAL DAYCARE.

WE WERE IN COURT YESTERDAY AS ROBERT DUNN'S FAMILY GAVE THE CLEAREST VIEW INSIDE DUNN'S DISTURBED MIND-- SAYING HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR STEMS BACK TO WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.

DUNN FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

LEHIGH PEDESTRIAN HIT-VO

PEOPLE IN LEHIGH ACRES SAY A STREET WHERE A MAN WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR, WAS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHILE 86 YEAR OLD BELEN SEGARRA WAS TRYING TO CROSS SUNSHINE BOULEVARD NEAR SIXTH STREET.

STATE TROOPERS SAY HE WALKED INTO THE PATH OF AN S-U-V AND DIED BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

NEIGHBORS SAY THERE AREN'T ENOUGH STREET LIGHTS IN THE AREA.

STRING OF BREAKINS SOUTH FM-VO

DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A STRING OF BREAK-INS IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

RESIDENTS IN THE GATED COMMUNITY OF GLADILOUS PRESERVE CAME HOME TO THIS --

SLASHED SCREENS, AND UNLOCKED DOORS.

THERE WERE FOUR BREAK-INS IN ONE DAY.

THREE HOMEOWNERS FILED POLICE REPORTS.

IN EACH BREAK-IN-- THE PERSON SLICED THROUGH THE HOMES SCREEN LANAI'S.

VR LABS LEGAL BATTLE-VO-WIPE

NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIS MORNING IN THE SAGA BETWEEN V-R LABS AND LEE COUNTY.

V-R LABS HAS ASKED FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.

THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WAS SUPPOSED TO CREATE 40 JOBS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO FAR THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS HIRED EIGHT PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HIRE MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE BY 2016.NOW IT'S ASKING FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

GROW HOUSE FIRE-VO

WE HAVE AN UPDATE THIS MORNING TO A STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU AS IT WAS BREAKING ON TUESDAY.

THIS FIRE IN LEHIGH ACRES LED FIREFIGHTERS TO A GROWHOUSE.

THE FIRE HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING ON 13TH STREET AND WE'RE TOLD INSIDE THE HOME CREWS FOUND MARIJUANA PLANTS.

THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT SPARKED THE BLAZE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

VR LABS LEGAL BATTLE-VO

NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIS MORNING IN THE SAGA BETWEEN V-R LABS AND LEE COUNTY.

V-R LABS HAS ASKED FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.

THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WAS SUPPOSED TO CREATE 40 JOBS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO FAR THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS HIRED EIGHT PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HIRE MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE BY 2016.NOW IT'S ASKING FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

LEE SCHOOLS BUDGET-VOWIPE

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE FIGURING OUT WHERE TO MAKE CUTS TO THE DISTRICTS BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

THE DISTRICT DOESN'T KNOW YET WHAT ITS BUDGET WILL BE, SO IT'S PLANNING ON A GAP SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR AT 25 MILLION.

SOME OF THE IDEAS DEAL WITH CUTTING OVERTIME, OFFERING EARLY RETIREMENTS, AND FURLOUGHS.

ANOTHER PROPOSAL IS COMBINING SCHOOLS.

IT COULD SAVE THE DISTRICT A MILLION DOLLARS.

LEE SCHOOLS BUDGET-SOTVO

We're a natural for it since we share a common campus and I'll be retiring at the end of this year so it's perfect time for the district to do that.

What's the criteria you would be looking at to decide whether we're going to be closing schools or not closing them.

OTHER IDEAS INCLUDE OUTSOURCING ABOUT 700 CUSTODIAL JOBS.

QUARTER HOUR PUSH driving simulation-2SHOT VO

KRISTA, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON FACEBOOK EACH DAY?

TOO MUCH TO ADMIT!

WELL, A NEW REPORT THIS MORNING DELIVERS SOME SHOCKING NUMBERS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY'S USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

PLUS -- CHECK IT OUT.

FORECAST TEASE-OMNI

BREAK FOUR 5:09:43

HIT TIME 5:09:43

5:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Full Forecast

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

DRIVING SIMULATION-VO IN PLASMA

DECEMBER IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MONTHS TO BE ON THE ROAD.

NBC-2 WAS THERE AS LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS UNVEILED A NEW VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE THEY HOPE WILL HELP YOU MAKE BETTER DECISION IN THE REAL WORLD.

DRIVING SIMULATION-PKG

SYNDI BALTUM: slow down, take a minute, watch what's on the roadway

IT'S A SIMPLE MESSAGE.

NATS

AND IT'S THE *METHOD THIS GROUP HOPES WILL MAKE IT STICK.

SYNDI BALTUM: this is not just a teen problem it's an everybody problem as far as distracted driving

LEE COUNTY INJURY PREVENTION COALITION MEMBERS JOINED CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TO UNVEIL.

ONE SIMPLE DECISION-- AN IMPAIRED AND DISTRACTED DRIVING SIMULATOR.

SYNDI BALTUM: they really feel like it's realistic like they're driving down somewhere and they do end up having a crash

DEPUTIES, COPS, AND YES EVEN THIS REPORTER ALL CHALLENGED OUR DRIVING ABILITIES WITH CELL PHONES IN HAND.

-NATS-

AND ALL FAILED.MISERABLY.

SYNDI BALTUM: there's deer that come out or people that could cross the street

-NATS-

LEE MEMEORIAL TRAUMA OFFICIALS WARN DECEMBER IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MONTHS TO BE ON THE ROAD.

IT'S DEEMED "FOUR-D" MONTH.FOR DRUNK, DRUGGED, DROWSY AND DISTRACTED DRIVING.

NELAYDA FONTE, LEE TRAUMA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: remember you'll be seeing me in the emergency room crying in pain and having a really hard time getting comfortable with it

LAST HOLIDAY SEASON LEE MEMORIAL TREATED 200 CRASH PATIENTS.

SIX DIED.

THEY SAY MANY OF THOSE CRASHES WERE CAUSED BY ONE OF THE "FOUR-D'S"

AND DOCTORS SAY A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE NOW HITTING THE ROAD AFTER TAKING PRESCRIPTION PILLS.

NELAYDA FONTE, LEE TRAUMA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: driving even under the influence of a prescription drug is a distraction is an impairment and often times leads to injuries

DRIVING SIMULATION-ON CAM

COST OF SOCIAL MEDIA-VO

121 BILLION MINUTES.

THAT'S HOW LONG A NEW REPORT SAYS AMERICANS SPENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN ONE MONTH ALONE!

THAT'S ACCORDING TO NIELSEN'S ANNUAL SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY.

THAT MEANS WE SPENT MORE THAN 230-THOUSAND YEARS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN JUST ONE MONTH STARING AT A GLARING SCREEN OF SHARING, RATHER THAN ENJOYING A SUMMER ACTIVITY OUTSIDE IN JULY.

VACATION DEPRIVATION-VO

A NEW SURVEY FINDS VACATIONS ARE BECOMING HARD TO FIND FOR SOME AMERICAN WORKERS.

ACCORDING TO A NEW EXPEDIA SURVEY,

AMERICANS ARE USING TWO FEWER VACATION DAYS THAN LAST YEAR,

AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE TWO FEWER DAYS TO USE -- DOWN FROM 14 TO TWELVE.

new story: amazon kids-on cam

ALL NEW THIS MORNING -- AMAZON TAKES AIM AT KIDS.

THE ONLINE RETAIL GIANT IS STARTING A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR CHILDREN'S GAMES, VIDEOS AND BOOKS. IT'S AN EFFORT AT GETTING MORE CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 8 TO USE ITS KINDLE FIRE TABLET.

CPSC HOLIDAY SAFETY-VO

HOLIDAY TIME MEANS HOLIDAY TIPS FOR DECORATING SAFELY.

THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT ITS ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION TODAY TO REMIND CONSUMERS OF THE SAFE WAY TO DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

LIGHTS CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD WHETHER FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE.

THE C-P-S-C RECOMMENDS YOU USE ONLY LIGHTS THAT HAVE A LABEL FROM AN INDEPENDENT TESTING LABORATORY.

AND BOTH ARTIFICIAL AND LIVE CHRISTMAS TREES CAN BE A FIRE HAZARD.

CANCER BREATH TEST-trx VO

A SIMPLE BREATH TEST COULD ONE DAY DIAGNOSE CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER.

A COLONOSCOPY IS CURRENTLY USED TO SCREEN FOR COLON CANCER,

BUT IT'S AN INVASIVE PROCEDURE.

A NEW STUDY FINDS A BREATH TEST WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER WITH ABOUT 75-PERCENT ACCURACY.

IT WORKS BY DETECTING COMPOUNDS IN THE BREATH PRODUCED BY CANCER TISSUE,

WHICH METABOLIZES DIFFERENTLY THAN HEALTHY CELLS.

BREATH SAMPLING IS STILL IN THE EARLY PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT,

SNORING BAD FOR HEART-VO

SNORING COULD BE MORE DANGEROUR THAN YOU THINK.

IT COULD BE A SIGN OF EARLY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.

A NEW STUDY FINDS PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA HAVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF EARLY HEART DAMAGE AS DIABETICS --

LIKE STIFFENING OF THE ARTERIES AND DECREASED BLOOD FLOW.

SMOKING WORSENS HANGOVER-VOTOPS

SMOKING MAY RAISE THE RISK OF A NASTY HANGOVER AFTER HEAVY DRINKING.

A NEW STUDY FOUND COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO REPORT HANGOVER SYMPTOMS IF THEY SMOKED A LOT OF CIGARETTES ON THE DAY THEY DRANK.

THEIR HANGOVERS WERE ALSO MORE INTENSE.

ISS BRIEFING-VO

HAPPENING TODAY:

WE EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT NASA HAS IN STORE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

NASA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY WILL HOLD TWO BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW THE UPCOMING YEARLONG EXPEDITION BY TWO CREW MEMBERS ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

SCOTT KELLY OF NASA AND A RUSSIAN ASTRONAUT ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH IN THE SPRING OF 20-15 FOR A ONE-YEAR STAY ABOARD THE I-S-S.

CAPITOL HILL CHRISTMAS TREE-NATVO

A HOLIDAY TRADITION IS BROUGHT TO LIFE ON CAPITOL HILL.

3, 2, 1 CHEERING

HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FLIPPED THE SWITCH ON THE CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE LAST NIGHT, WITH HELP FROM 17-YEAR-OLD RYAN SHUSTER, AN EAGLE SCOUT FROM COLORADO.

THE SO-CALLED "PEOPLE'S TREE" COMES FROM THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST NEAR MEEKER, COLORADO,

WHAT'S TRENDING 2DAY highest paid actors-SS-VIDBX

TIME NOW TO LOOK AT WHAT'S TRENDING TODAY-- THE STORIES, VIDEOS AND PICTURES GETTING THE MOST CLICKS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

FORBES JUST RELEASED ITS LIST OF TOP OVER-PAID ACTORS!

NUMBER ONE: EDDIE MURPHY.

WEIGHING BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS AGAINST PAYCHECKS, FORBES CALCULATED THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR EDDIE MURPHY WAS PAID FOR HIS LAST THREE FILMS, THEY RETURNED AN AVERAGE OF JUST TWO-DOLLARS AND 30 CENTS AT THE BOX OFFICE.

HIS MOST RECENT FILMS: "A THOUSAND WORDS", "MEET DAVE" AND TOWER "HEIST".

NEXT ON THE LIST. KATHERINE HEIGL.

HER RECENT FLICKS ONLY GENERATED AN AVERAGE OF THREE DOLLARS AND 40 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR SHE WAS PAID.

4SHOT CROSSTALK-4SHOT

THIS NEEDS TO BE PLANNED OUT -- A MOMENT FOR THE 4 ANCHORS

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

BREAK FIVE 5:19:15

HIT TIME 5:19:15 AM

BEST WX VIDEO warm winter weather-VOTOPS

HERE IN FLORIDA WE MAY NOT NOTICE IT AS MUCH,

BUT IT HAS BEEN AN UNUSUALLY WARM AND DRY START TO DECEMBER FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY.

WHICH IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT!

SUNSHINE, AND SHORT SLEEVES. BLUE SKIES. AND TEMPERATURES MORE SUITED FOR SPRING.

OFFICIALS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA HAVE HAD TO CANCEL ITS ANNUAL WINTERFEST.

5:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Day Planner

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

TRAFFIC-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CHAR CO ENFORCEMENT

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIPTOPS

TOSS TO BUSINESS PACKAGE-ONCAM

THIS MORNING VERIZON WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU REALLY DO IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.

BLOOMBERG-PKG TO BREAK

GOOD MORNING,

THAT STRIKE AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, MAY BE ENDING!

JUST HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF FEDERAL MEDIATORS --

NEGOTIATORS HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL TO END AN 8-DAY STRIKE THAT HAD SHUT DOWN THE NATION'S LARGEST PORT COMPLEX AND HELD UP LAST-MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFTS.

*****

MEANTIME -- WATCH FOR CHANGES IN JOB BENEFITS!

COMPANIES, CONSIDERING DROPPING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR MILLIONS OF WORKERS --

BECAUSE BY 2014 IT MAY BE CHEAPER TO PAY NEW GOVERNMENT FINES INSTEAD.

BUT STUDIES BY MERCER AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE INDICATE THE MAJORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO LURE AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

*****

AND -- BAD NEWS FOR MEAT LOVERS.

STEAK PRICES MAY GO EVEN HIGHER.

INDUSTRY OFFICIALS SAY CATTLE PRICES MAY SOAR 20-PERCENT NEXT YEAR TO A RECORD HIGH --

AS RANCHERS MOVE TO REBUILD HERDS AFTER THINNING THEM OUT DURING THIS YEAR'S DROUGHT.

*****

AND -- VERIZON WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIF.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY, AFTER THIS:

OC:

AS FOR TRADING --

STOCKS FALLING YESTERDAY -- AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID IN AN INTERVIEW ON BLOOMBERG T-V --

THAT WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE OFFERING IN FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.

*****

BUT -- ONE THING THAT MAY GO A LITTLE *TOO* FAR --

VERIZON'S PATENT REQUEST FOR A D-V-R THAT CAN HEAR AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE UP TO AT HOME.

"ARS- TECHNICA DOT COM" SAYS --

THE SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW VERIZON TO SEND *ADS* TAILORED TO TO CUSTOMERS INTERESTS.

LIKE ADS FOR MARRIAGE COUNSELING IF YOUR ARGUING --

AND ADS FOR CONTRACEPTIVES WHEN YOU'RE SNUGGLING.

RIVAL COMCAST BY THE WAY, IS UP TO SOMETHING SIMILAR.

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BREAK SIX 5:27:01 AM

HIT TIME 5:27:01 AM

HL1) SUBWAY DEATH-TRX-VO

A MAN IS KILLED AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS PUSHED ONTO SUBWAY TRACKS.

HL2) WX HEADLINE-TRX-OMNI

HL3) FISCAL CLIFF-TRX-VO

IF NO DEAL IS MADE BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS IN THE NEXT 27 DAYS --

YOUR TAXES WILL GO UP.

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIPTOPS

GOOD MORNING-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING!

THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US HERE ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M CLAY MILLER.

FISCAL CLIFF-SSTOPS, 2 SHOT

THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK STANDS AT 27 DAYS IN THE BATTLE OVER HOW TO KEEP THE

NATION FROM GOING OVER THAT SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF."

NBC-2 ANCHOR STACEY DEFFENBAUGH IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO RIGHT NOW WITH THE LATEST ON CAPITOL HILL.

FISCAL CLIFF-PLASMA

ANOTHER DAY AND STILL NO DEAL.

FISCAL CLIFF-PKG

Sen. Marco Rubio

Florida

Sen. Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader

PKG SCRIPT:

Democrats and Republicans remain light years apart.

Here's President Obama, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, describing House

Speaker John Boehner's plan to avoid the fiscal cliff.

SOT Obama

"UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPEAKER'S PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS STILL OUT OF BALANCE."

The Speaker's plan would raise 800-billion dollars in tax revenue, but does

so without raising tax rates for top income earners.

The President says that's unacceptable.

SOT Obama

"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THE RATES ON THE TOP TWO-PERCENT GO UP. AND WE'

RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A DEAL WITHOUT IT."

Republicans, like rising star Senator Marco Rubio, say raising taxes on the

wealthy is the wrong approach.

SOT Marco Rubio

"TAX INCREASES HE WANTS WOULD FAIL TO MAKE EVEN A SMALL DENT IN THE DEBT,

BUT WOULD HURT MIDDLE CLASS BUSINESSES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THEM."

So that's the major hold up - taxes.

Republicans and Democrats - deeply divided.

SOT Sen. Mitch McConnell

"THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON PRIVATELY, THAT'S NOT GOING ON PUBLICLY."

Amidst the political posturing, there may actually be a chance for

compromise on Medicare.

President Obama says he's open to raising the age when seniors can

start receiving benefits from 65 to 67.

According to one study, that would help save almost six-billion-

FISCAL CLIFF-PLASMA

PRESIDENT OBAMA TRAVELS TO A BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE TODAY,

WHERE HE'LL ADDRESS C-E-O'S OF LEADING COMPANIES.

LIVE IN THE STUDIO,

5:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Today's Weather Story

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

TRAFFIC-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, LEE CO ENFORCEMENT

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

SUBWAY DEATH-trx VO

NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.

CHARGES COULD BE FILED TODAY IN A CASE OF A MAN KILLED AFTER HE WAS REPORTEDLY SHOVED ONTO THE TRACKS IN A NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY STATION.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.

YOU CAN SEE TWO MEN WHO APPEAR TO BE ARGUING.

THE SUBWAY RIDER, A MAN FROM QUEENS, WAS KILLED AFTER BEING HIT BY THE TRAIN ON MONDAY AT TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION.

A SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY.

POLICE SAY THEYR'E QUESTIONING THE MAN THEY BELIEVE WAS SEEN IN THE VIDEO PUSHING THE VICTIM.

MCAFEE POLITICAL ASYLUM-VO

THIS MORNING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE PIONEER JOHN MCAFEE IS NOW IN GUATEMALA TRYING TO SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM.

MCAFEE HAS BEEN IN HIDING FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS.

POLICE IN BELIZE WANT TO QUESTION HIM AS A "PERSON OF INTEREST" ABOUT THE MURDER OF FELLOW AMERICAN GREGORY FAULL, WITH WHOM MCAFEE HAD A HISTORY OF ANIMOSITY.

MCAFEE POLITICAL ASYLUM-SOTVO

I have documentation that proves the intense corruption at all levels of the police and government. Now that I'm in a safe place I can speak freely"

WE'RE TOLD MCAFEE SMUGGLED HIMSELF AND HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER THE BORDER AND INTO GUATEMALA.

KATE MIDDLETON DOING BETTER-2 SHOT VOWIPE

IT'S THE STORY EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT!

THE ROYAL COUPLE IS EXPECTING!

THIS MORNING THE DUTCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. WITH SEVERE MORNING SICKNESS.

THIS JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT SHE WAS PREGNANT.

BUT IT APPEARS HER CONDITION IS IMPROVING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON PRINCE WILLIAM'S FACE AS HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT --

LEE ELECTION HEARING-VO WIPE

"TIME MAGAZINE" JUST NAMED FLORIDA'S VOTING FIASCO THE TENTH MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF 2012.

PART OF THE REASON IS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS ALREADY DECIDED BY THE TIME FLORIDA'S VOTES WERE ALL COUNTED, SO OUR RESULTS DIDN'T MATTER, NATIONALLY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS VIDEO--

THE LONG LINES DURING EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY *DID MATTER TO PEOPLE WHO HAD TO STAND IN THEM.

LEE ELECTION HEARING-SOTVO-OC

"The long ballot was a major, the number one factor, I think overall. because we saw good performance from almost all the counties in the other elections so you have to look at that one issue."

SECRETARY OF STATE DETZNER CALLED THE LONG LINES UNACCEPTABLE AND LEE COUNTY UNDERPERFORMED.

LEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SHARON HARRINGTON DISAGREED AND SAID THAT'S A QUOTE INSULT AND THEY WERE WORKING VERY HARD TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE.

DUNN PENALTY PHASE-VO WIPE

IT STILL COULD BE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO BEFORE WE FIND OUT WHAT A LEE COUNTY CONVICTED MURDERER'S SENTENCE WILL BE.

ROBERT DUNNS WAS CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE INSIDE A CAPE CORAL DAYCARE.

WE WERE IN COURT YESTERDAY AS ROBERT DUNN'S FAMILY GAVE THE CLEAREST VIEW INSIDE DUNN'S DISTURBED MIND-- SAYING HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR STEMS BACK TO WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.

DUNN FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

DUNN'S SISTER TALKED ABOUT WHEN HE WENT AWOL FROM THE NAVY.

DUNN PENALTY PHASE-SOTVO

1:13:18 found him in the area, living in our house unbeknownst to the family, sleeping under bed

IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE JANUARY 2008 SHOOTING -- BARDEL SAYS HER BROTHER THOUGHT HE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY HIS WIFE'S FAMILY WHILE THE COUPLE DIVORCED.

NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL BURGLARY-VO

MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EQUIPMENT IS MISSING FROM A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM --

AND DETECTIVES NEED YOUR HELP IN FINDING THE THIEVES.

CAMERAS CAUGHT THE BASEBALL BANDITS --

TWO BOYS LEFT THE NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD CARRYING LARGE EQUIPTMENT BAGS AND SEVERAL BASEBALL BATS.

THEY GOT AWAY IN A SILVER SUV.

BACK IN NOVEMBER,

COACH ROB ROWE TOLD POLICE HE FOUND A STORAGE DOOR UNLOCKED AND EQUIPTMENT MISSING --

ALSO INSIDE WERE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN PLAYERS' PERSONAL EQUIPTMENT.

LEHIGH PEDESTRIAN KILLED-VOWIPE

PEOPLE IN LEHIGH ACRES SAY A STREET WHERE A MAN WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR, WAS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN.

LEHIGH PEDESTRIAN KILLED-VOTOPS

STATE TROOPERS SAY HE WALKED INTO THE PATH OF AN S-U-V AND DIED BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

LEHIGH PEDESTRIAN KILLED-SOTVO

Sot Maria Gutierrez, Witness

"Here it is very dangerous because here it is too dark, you ain't able to see the people who walk, even cross, you don't see nothing

added story: cool lava video-votops

SPECTACULAR NEW VIDEO TO SHOW YOU FROM HAWAII THIS MORNING.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A YEAR, LAVA IS FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO ON HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND.

KILAUEA HAS BEEN ERUPTING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1983 BUT HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE AND ACTIVITY RECENTLY.

QUARTER HOUR PUSH-2SHOT VO

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW --

NEXT ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY --

IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON,

EXPERTS SAY YOU BETTER HURRY UP AND BOOK YOUR FLIGHT.

WHY FLORIDA IS THE TARGET FOR HIGHER AIRFAIRE THIS SEASON.

PLUS -- RECEIPTS COULD SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST.

BREAK SEVEN 5:39:23 AM

HIT TIME 5:39:23 AM

5:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Weather Trends

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT?

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

DIGITIAL RECIEPTS-ON CAM

THE QUESTION AT THE CASH REGISTER USED TO BE "PAPER OR PLASTIC",

BUT NOW IT'S CHANGING.

IF YOU HAVE HOLIDAY SHOPPING TO DO. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE CLERK ASKS IF YOU WANT A PAPER RECEIPT OR ELECTRONIC.

DIGITIAL RECIEPTS-PKG

S/ SARINA DAHUKEY, GAP INTELLIGENCE SENIOR ANALYST:27-:33

S/ STEVEN OSINSKI, MARKETING PROFESSOR:59-1:05

S/ BOB HANSEN, REPORTING1:11-1:19

WE MAY NOT BE CARRYING FEWER PACKAGES THIS YEAR, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY'LL BE CARRYING FEWER RECEIPTS.

"I choose the electronic. because I don't want anymore paper."

"I choose the electronic receipt to save paper."

"It will probably save it from getting lost."

FROM MACYS TO NORDSTROM, MORE AND MORE RETAIL STORES ARE OFFERING SHOPPERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE UP ON PAPER AND GET A DIGITAL RECEIPT IN THEIR EMAIL.

"I think it's kind of a natural progression for another paper intensive area of life to get digitized."

APPLE COMPUTER HAS BEEN OFFERING DIGITAL RECEIPTS FOR SOME TIME. BUT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON MORE STORES THAN EVER BEFORE ARE OFFERING ONLINE RECEIPTS.

"I don't think printed receipts will go away totally but I think more and more, we'll see retailers offering an option for digital."

BEYOND MEETING THE DEMAND FROM HIGH TECH CONSUMERS. WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE FOR RETAIL STORES?

"It's faster, less paper, less expensive and get out out of the way, plus the store gets it's data file on the new consumer."

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND ADS AND PROMOTIONS TO THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS THEIR SENDING THE RECEIPT.

"It's clear more and more retailers will start offering these electronic receipts. Before you get one, there are a few questions you ought to ask."

"What specifically are you going to use my email address for?"

CLEARLY SOME PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SKEPTICAL OF GOING WITH ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS, AND WOULD RATHER SEE A FAMILIAR PAPER RECEIPT IN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR SHOPPING BAG.

"I rather get it in paper."

"WHY'S THAT?"

"That way I have it in my hands and I know where it's at."

PEOPLE WHO LIKE PAPER RECEIPTS SAY THEY WANT SOMETHING THEY CAN HOLD IN THEIR HAND WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RETURN AN ITEM.

PEOPLE WHO LIKE DIGITAL SAY THEY OFTEN LOSE THEIR PAPER RECEIPTS AND KNOW THEY CAN FIND THEIR RECEIPT IN THEIR EMAIL.

AIR FARES TO FLORIDA UP-2 SHOT VOWIPE

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE AND THAT

BUT IF YOU'RE FLYING IN AND OUT OF FLORIDA, YOU BETTER BOOK YOUR FLIGHT SOON!

SEVERAL MAJOR AIRLINES ARE RAISING TICKET PRICES, BUT THE HIKES ONLY IMPACT FLIGHTS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

AIR FARES TO FLORIDA UP-SOTVO

Take SOT: Ann Sylvester/Business Traveller/

SOT IN: 02:59:20 Now they're going to even add more money onto my prices. It just makes it more difficult for a business traveller such as myself to get home and pay for all of these flights and so forth. 02:59:33

WE ASKED SOUTHWEST AND AMERICAN ABOUT THE HIKES.

THEY SAID THEY'RE JUST MATCHING THEIR COMPETITORS PRICES.

MEASURING COLLIER AIRPORT NOISE-VO

PLANS FOR JETBLUE TO MOVE INTO THE NAPLES AIRPORT FELL THROUGH,

PARTLY BECAUSE OF NOISE CONCERNS.

NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP MEASURE JUST HOW LOUD IT IS THERE.

A FORMER NAPLES AIRPORT COMMISSIONER IS ASKING OFFICIALS TO GET ON BOARD WITH HIS NEW MICROPHONE SYSTEM.

MICROPHONES WOULD GO IN AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS COMMONLY COMPLAIN ABOUT NOISE.

mc rib returns-on cam

PREPARE YOURSELVES!

A FAVORITE RETURNS TO McDONALD'S THIS MONTH -- THE McRIB PORK SANDWICH.

ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL LAUNCH IS THE 17TH, WE'RE TOLD IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE IN SOME AREAS.

LEE CO. AEROMED AGREEMENT-VO

THIS MORNING, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH LEE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

YESTERDAY, COUNTY WORKERS MET WITH "AEROMED" REPS,

BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER, COUNTY MANAGER, HOLLY SCHWARTZ, CLAIMS THERE WILL BE A REPLACEMENT HELICOPTER BEFORE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

MARCO POLICE INCIDENT-OC-SOT-OC

MARCO ISLAND POLICE CALLS THE ACTIONS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN A 'BLACK EYE' FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

FORMER LEIUTENANT PETE BEUCLER RESIGNED AFTER WORD CAME OUT THAT HE SENT TWO PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES TO A FEMALE CO-WORKER.

"To say that were disappointed, to say the comm is disappointed would be a gross understatement 49 this is exactly the opposite type of professional conduct that we and the community expect out of the police officers on marco island."

BEUCLER WAS LATER RE-HIRED BY THE CITY AS A CIVILIAN MEMBER.

THE RE-HIRING TRIGGERED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION THAT FOUND THE ALLEGATIONS WERE TRUE.

SANIBEL PLAN WORDING-VO

THERE IS A WAR OVER WORDING ON SANIBEL ISLAND THIS MORNING.

SOME WANT A NEW PLAN TO PROTECT BEACHES FOR WILDLIFE-- BY STATING:

"REDEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

*SHALL NOT DEGRADE* BEACHES".

OTHERS SAY THAT PHRASE IS TOO BROAD AND THEY WANT SPECIFIC GUIDELINES.

DUNBAR EXPANSION PLAN-VO

DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT MYERS COULD GET A 34-MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION.

ADMINISTRATORS WANT TO PUT UP A NEW BUILDING AND ADD 600 STUDENTS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING NEW PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT STUDENTS, LIKE AN I-B PROGRAM WITH ADVANCED COURSEWORK AND A STEM PROGRAM -- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.

THEY ARGUE ADDING AN I-B PROGRAM REVITALIZED FORT MYERS HIGH, RIVERDALE, AND CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL.AND THIS COULD PROVIDE RELIEF FOR HIGH-DEMAND I-B SEATS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS.

BURNT STORE WIDENING-SS-VO

LEE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS APPROVED A LAND PURCHASE FOR A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR ROAD PROJECT -- AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST.

MUCH MORE LAND IS NEEDED BEFORE THE PLAN TO WIDEN BURNT STORE ROAD IN NORTHWEST CAPE CORAL CAN HAPPEN.

LAND OWNERS WON'T SELL UNLESS THE COUNTY WILL PAY THEM WHAT THE LAND IS WORTH WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT.

KATE MIDDLETON PREGNANT FIGURINES-2 SHOT VO

YOU COULD SEE THIS COMING. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE PEOPLE STARTED MARKETING THE POTENTIAL BABY BUMP OF DUCHESSES KATE.

JUST A DAY AFTER THE PALACE ANNOUNCED THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS EXPECTING, A WIDE RANGE OF PREGNANT KATE FIGURES ARE ON SALE IN NAPLES ITALY.

IT'S SOMETHING OF A TRADITION IN ITALY TO USE NATIVITY FIGURES OF CELEBRITIES AND POLITICIANS WHO HAVE MADE NEWS THAT YEAR.

WAVV 101.1 TEASE-SSTOPS

IF YOU NEED TO WALK OUT THE DOOR - WE CAN STILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE KNOW TODAY -

FORECAST TEASE-OMNI

BREAK EIGHT 5:49:40 AM

HIT TIME 5:49:40 AM

5:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

5:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Full Forecast

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.

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-NAVI

CHECKING THE ROADS RIGHT NOW--

ALL CLEAR, COLLIER CO ENFORCEMENT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

NBC2 GIVING TREE-VOTOPS FSS

NBC2 NEEDS YOUR HELP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

NEARLY SIX THOUSAND GIFT TAGS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PERKINS LOCATIONS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WAREHOUSE WHERE THE GIFTS ARE SORTED IS NOT AS FULL AS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE.

CAPE MAKE A WISH-2 SHOT VOWIPE

A DREAM COME TRUE FOR A CAPE CORAL MAN.

AN 88 YEAR OLD FIREFIGHTER JOINED THE CAPE CORAL RANKS FOR AT LEAST ONE RIDE.

FORMER 20 YEAR VETERAN TOM EGAN OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED ONE WISH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON -- TO RIDE IN A NEW ENGINE.

FIREFIGHTERS MADE THAT HAPPEN -- EVEN LIFTING EGAN INTO THE TRUCK.

THE CLARE BRIDGE SENIOR CARE RESIDENT WAVED TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AFTER GETTING STRAPPED IN.

CAPE MAKE A WISH-SOTVO

Jimmy Egan, Son 2852/ "He's loving this. He is loving this. It's bringing back a lot of memories. This is just one of his best days."

STAFF AT THE ASSISTED LIVING CENTER ARE WORKING TO MAKE EVERY MEMBER'S LAST WISH, COME TRUE.

BAD GIFTS-2 SHOT VO

MAYBE SOME OF YOU CAN RELATE,

IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND NOT *EVERY GIFT YOU GET IS GOING TO BE *EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED.

COUPON-CABIN-DOT-COM DID A RANDOM SAMPLING OF AMERICAN ADULTS AND PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST AWKWARD GIFTING MOMENTS.

HOW ABOUT A BAG OF DOG FOOD, WHEN YOU HAVE A CAT? THAT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE.

OR HOW ABOUT A BELT BUCKLE WITHOUT A BELT. OR THREE EXPIRED BOTTLES OF BARBECUE SAUCE?

SOMEONE ACTUALLY GAVE SOMEONE THAT.

WHAT'S COMING UP AT 6-CLIPTOPS

1) NEW BREAST CANCER TREATMENT-ONCAM

MILLIONS OF WOMEN TAKE THE DRUG TAMOXIFEN AFTER BREAST CANCER TREATMENT,

IN ORDER TO CUT THEIR CHANCES OF THE CANCER RECURRING.

2) SCHOOLS THAT RULE-VOTOPS

PLUS,

SCHOOLS THAT RULE!

WE TAKE YOU INSIDE AN AVIATION CLASS, WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THE BASICS OF FLYING, USING ADVANCED TECHNOLGY.

3) STARBUCKS GIFT CARD-ONCAM

AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS,

STARBUCKS INTRODUCES A NEW SUPER PREMIUM GIFT CARD.

AND ISN'T MADE OF PLASTIC, IT'S MADE OUT OF STEEL.

END OF SHOW-LIVE ELEMENT AVAILABLE?

DAYPLANNER FORECAST REMAINS UP UNTIL COMMMERICAL BREAK - WITH TALENT TALKING UNDER WITH COVERAGE PROMISE

Clouds will mix in with sunshine through our Wednesday, providing for a partly sunny sky, and at times, more clouds than sunshine.

Like yesterday, a few stray showers may develop during the afternoon, but the chance of getting hit by one of these showers still looks pretty slim.

With the extra cloud clover around today, temperatures should be a touch lower compared to previous days, but it's still going to be fairly warm for December standards. Most places should see daytime highs close to 80, most likely between 77-79°.

You'll also notice winds will continue to slacken today with wind speeds mostly between 5-10 mph out of the east.

Now, let's address the uptick in rain prospects coming our way. We all know rain has been pretty hard to come by lately across Southwest Florida , but the chance for at least a few isolated showers looks a little more promising than initially forecast earlier in the week.

The highest rain chances this week will likely come Thursday and Saturday. With that said, don't get too excited about the prospect of rain because rain probabilities will still be less than 50/50. We're talking about a jump from 10% rain chances to 30% rain chances, but hey, at least it's something.

By Thursday morning, a weak disturbance will swing across Southwest Florida, which should stir up the atmosphere enough to produce a few widely scattered showers. This means the showers will be hit-or-miss in nature, and not everyone gets wet. In fact, most of us should stay dry.

Once this system exits the area late Thursday, we'll dry out a little more Friday, and then it looks like a little more moisture from the Caribbean will build in Saturday, which should generate some more spotty showers Saturday afternoon.

END OF SHOW CLIP-CLIP