A) TWO FIRES-VO TOPS

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.FLAMES TEAR APART A HOME AND A BUSINESS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ONE CAUSED BY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THE OTHER MORE SINISTER.

B) MIDWEST STORM-NATS TOPS VO

nats of thunder snow

THUNDER STRUCK.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE MIDWEST FACING A WINTER TERROR AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS GRINDS PEOPLE AND TRAVEL TO A HALT.

C) AUSSIE ROAD RAGE-VOTOPS

TURNING A STREET INTO A DEMOLITION DERBY.

NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO CLIFTON-2 SHOT VO

ITS NO ACCIDENT.A DUPLEX GOES UP IN FLAMES AND NOW INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WAS INTENTIONALLY SET.

RIGHT NOW ARSON INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHO IS REPONSIBLE.

THE HOME ERUPTED IN FLAMES AND SHOOK THE LEHIGH ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR 28TH STREET SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING.

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-REM LIVE

YOU CAN SEE HOW DEVASTATING THIS FIRE WAS TO THIS DUPLEX.

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-VO

INVESTIGATORS BELIVE THE FIRE STARTED SOMETIME AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING.

THEY ARRIVED ABOUT 1:30, WHEN THE FLAMES HAD ENGULFED HALF OF THE HOME.

BOTH SIDES OF THE DUPLEX HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WERE ALL BOARDED UP.

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-SOT

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-REM LIVE

IT'S UNCLEAR WHO STARTED THE FIRE.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL WAS HERE EARLIER, HE TOOK SAMPLES WITH HIM TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS USED TO START IT.

IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THOSE RESULTS BACK FROM THE LAB.

TOSS TO DANIELLE-VO IN PLASMA

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS PLUGGED INTO A POWER STRIP ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THIS FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH A CAPE CORAL BUSINESS.

TAKE A LOOK.FLAMES CAUSEd HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AT A BUSINESS THAT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR.

CAPE BUSINESS FIRE-REM LIVE

FIRE MARSHAL WITH CAPE FORAL FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE CAUSE LATE THIS MORNING.

HE TOLD ME HE HAS DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL AND ELECTRICAL-- CAUSED BY A POWER STRIP USED FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

CAPE BUSINESS FIRE-VO

THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND TWO THIS MORNING.

A PERSON DRIVING BY SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND FLAMES OUT THE ROOF.

IT ONLY TOOK CREWS A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO CONTAIN THE FIRE COMING FROM THE A-C UNIT, BUT THE SMOKE WAS SO THICK IT DESTROYED THE INSIDE OF THE BUSINESS.

THIS BUILDING STRUCTURE ITSELF IS OK BUT MOST OF THE INSIDE IS DISTROYED. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY GUTTED OUT.

I SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO'S SISTER OWNS THE BUILDING-- SHE ALSO WORKS IN THE COUNTRY SHOP.

CAPE BUSINESS FIRE-SOT

CAPE BUSINESS FIRE-REM LIVE

I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF TEA ON THE PORCH, TOO UPSET TO TALK ON-CAMERA, SHE SAID SHE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE COUNTRY SHOP AND OPENED THE TEA ON THE PORCH.

SHE TELLS ME THEY WERE ONE MONTH SHORT OF CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN BUSINESS.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

Stock indexes are holding near the break-even level in early trading even after the government raised its estimate for third-quarter U.S. economic growth. Investors remain focused on budget talks in Washington.

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

FISCAL CLIFF-OC SOT VO WIPE

HAPPENING TODAY.ITS A VOTE TO AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF THAT. IN ALL LIKELY HOOD won't MEAN A THING.

REPUBLICANS HARE VOTING TO KEEP TAX RATES LOW - EVEN IF YOU MAKE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA ALREADY SAID -- THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC VETO.

"He can call on Senate Democrats to pass that bill, or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in history."

FISCAL CLIFF-SOT VO

"That defies logic - there's no explanation for that."

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS URGING REPUBLICANS TO ACCEPT HIS OFFER: NEARLY A TRILLION IN SPENDING CUTS AND LOW TAXES FOR INCOMES UNDER 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

CAR INTO HOUSE-VO

A CAR CRASHES INTO A FORT MYERS HOME AND NOW POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING ON BROOKHILL DRIVE OFF VERONICA SHOEMAKER BOULEVARD.

POLICE SAY THE DRIVER TOOK OFF FROM THE SCENE.

MIDWEST SNOW-TRX NATS TOPS VO

"nats thunder.yeah!"

LIGHTING UP THE SKY AND BRINGING TRAVEL HEADACHES FOR MILLIONS.

A BLIZZARD IS TAKING AIM ON THE MIDWEST.

KS SNOW-VO TOPS

NOW WE'RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS TRAVELERS ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE WINTER NIGHTMARE.

NE SNOW-VO TOPS

THE TRECHEROUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING FOR PEOPLE ACROSS NEBRASKA.

WI SNOW-VO TOPS

TOSS TO STACEY-2 SHOT TRX

WHILE WE CONTINUE TO BASK IN THE SUNSHINE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY HEADED DOWN HERE COULD BE STUCK IN THEIR TRACKS.

MIDWEST STORM-TRAFFIC VO IN TRAFFIC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SEVERAL STATES.

SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALREADY HIT STATES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BRAND NEW PHOTOS OF DAMAGE THIS MORNING FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA.

YOU CAN SEE STORES DESTROYED FROM WHAT MAY BE A TORNADO.

MIDWEST STORM-PKG

JUST AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL START OF WINTER ON FRIDAY.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY POUNDING PARTS OF THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST.

THE FIRST MAJOR SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON DUMPED SEVERAL INCHES IN COLORADO WHERE DRIVERS ARE MANEUVERING SOME DICEY CONDITIONS.

A 156-MILE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE 70 EAST OF DENVER WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME ON WEDNESDAY.

"I think the first thing you should thing about is changing your plans for Thursday."

FORECASTERS SAY WISCONSIN COULD BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE BAD WEATHER.

THEY COULD GET A FOOT OF SNOW AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR IN SOME PARTS.

WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AHEAD OF THE STORM.

"We did this well in February 2011 learning from mistakes made in the past where they didn't have enough people positioned so from storm crews out there on county truck roads, DOT staff out, wards in the DNR on snowmobiles and others we're going to be fully prepared."

ALL THIS MEANS SOME MAJOR DELAYS FOR EARLY CHRISTMAS TRAVELERS.

MIDWEST STORM-TRAFFIC MITTO

SANDY HOOK FUNERALS-OC SOT VO

THIS MORNING WE ARE GETTING A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE MASSACRE AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY LAST WEEK.

FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ARE HEARING FROM THE FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO RUSHED TO THE SCHOOL WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

WE'RE NOW HEARING POLICE RADIO TRAFFIC FROM LAST FRIDAY.

MANY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO RUSHED IN - AS THE SHOTS RANG OUT. WERE VOLUNTEERS.

SANDY HOOK FUNERALS-SOT VO

The Sandy Hook teachers are really struggling trying to get to as many as possible.

WEDNESDAY NEWTOWN BID FAREWELL TO 27-YEAR-OLD TEACHER VICTORIA SOTO.

GAY MARRIAGE AND MARIJUANA-SS

NEW AT ELEVEN.

FLORIDIANS ARE SPLIT ON GAY MARRIAGE, BUT THEY OPPOSE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.

A SURVEY DONE BY QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY FOUND THAT 45 PERCENT OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE, WHILE 43 PERCENT SUPPORT IT.

THAT'S A CHANGE FROM LAST MAY WHEN 50 PERCENT OPPOSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

FIFTY-TWO PERCENT ARE OPPOSED TO MAKING MARIJUANA LEGAL WHILE 42 PERCENT SAY THE DRUG SHOULD BE MADE LEGAL.

HYUNDAI RECALL-TRX VO

A CONSUMER ALERT AT ELEVEN.

SHATTERING SUNROOFS IS PROMPTING HYUNDAI TO ISSUE A RECALL.

THE AUTO MAKER IS RECALLING 13-THOUSAND- VELOSTER COUPES BECAUSE THEIR PANORAMIC SUNROOFS CAN SHATTER AND RAIN GLASS ONTO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS.

THE RECALL INVOLVES THE 2012 MODEL YEAR.

HYUNDAI SAYS THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SUNROOF MAY HAVE BEEN WEAKENED DURING INSTALLATION.

GM RECALL-SS

NEW AT ELEVEN.

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING NEARLY 119 THOUSAND PICKUP TRUCKS BECAUSE THE HOODS CAN FLY OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY.

THE RECALL AFFECTS CHEVROLET COLORADO AND GMC CANYON MIDSIZE TRUCKS FROM THE 2010 THROUGH 2012 MODEL YEARS.

THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAYS SOME OF THE TRUCKS MAY NOT HAVE A SECONDARY HOOD LATCH.

TEASE ONE------

THEY SPEND HOURS, EVEN DAYS.AND HARD EARNED MONEY.

AND FOR SOME PEOPLE ALL THIS MEANS THEY GOT TO SEE THEIR EXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS WALK AWAY.

NEW AT ELEVEN WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE MOST DISTURBING HEISTS.

PLAYING BUMPER CARS WHILE LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

A) GRINCHES CAUGHT-VOTOPS-TRX

B) AUSSIE ROAD RAGE-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

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.

"TRACKING OUR NEXT COLD FRONT"

After a picture perfect Wednesday, we'll start to notice some subtle changes to our forecast for Thursday as we wait for the arrival of a strong cold front on Friday. This front will user in some of the coldest air of the season thus far.

Overnight, skies have stayed clear and winds have taken more of southeasterly turn. With increasing moisture and humidity early this morning, we're looking at the potential for some patchy fog around sunrise, especially across our inland communities.

The rest of our Thursday afternoon will be another dry one with a few more clouds mixing in with our sunshine. With a southerly flow across the peninsula, a more humid airmass will be in place with daytime highs reaching the lower 80s. We will more than likely see an increase in the cloud cover late Thursday and into early Friday with the approach of our second cold front for the week.

This front will bring us a band of a few scattered showers during the early morning hours on Friday, with a more significant push of colder air arriving during the day. Skies will clear from north to south, but despite the afternoon breezy sunshine daytime highs will struggle to reach 70° in many locations. Friday night looks to be the coldest as overnight lows will drop into the lower to middle 40s by Saturday morning. Afternoon highs will remain quite cool as they work their way into the middle to upper 60s with lots of sunshine.

GRINCHES CAUGHT-VO IN PLASMA

TIS THE SEASON FOR THIEVERY.

THANKS TO DESPERATION AND CAMERAS.WE'RE GETTING A NEW LOOK ON AN AGE OLD CRIME.PEOPLE STEALING CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS.

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIEVES ARE SWIPING PEOPLE'S HARD EARNED LAWN ART.

GRINCHES CAUGHT-PKG

UPSOUND JINGLE BELLS

sot SANTA CLAUSE: "ITS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR"

Yup, 'tis the season for a fat man to wriggle down chimneys and leave gifts.

.

'Tis also the season for a skinny dude in Texas to steal inflatable snowmen

off of lawns. O. My. Word.

His victim did not want to be identified.

SOT: Victim

He ran across the street to the other neighbor, taking their inflatable.

Maybe his heart's just two sizes too small. a real life Grinch.

UPSOUND: how The Grinch Stole Christmas clip

Midnight in Maine. This grinch pulls up to a store. Steals the giving

tree. Are these people just real hard up?

SOT: Oscar Sosa

wow, people are really just literally like blatantly trying to pick up

anything they can find.

The Sosa family from Florida reports gifts stolen from their front porch by

what looks like a pregnant woman.

SOT: Oscar Sosa

The holidays people tend to be more giving, but instead there's people

taking advantage of situations

3 am Aledo Texas, this Christmas killjoy walks up to a front door. Steals

the wreath! Then unplugs and loots the lights.

SOT: Victim

I think its really weird that a grown woman has to do something like this.

Thanks to this security footage, and some anonymous tips, this Mrs Grinch is

AUSSIE ROAD RAGE-TRX VO TOPS

NEW SHOCKING VIDEO AT ELEVEN.

TAKE A LOOK, ROAD RAGE AT ITS WORST IS CAUGHT ON DASH CAMERA IN AUSTRALIA.

YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVER TRIES TO FORCE ANOTHER CAR OFF THE ROAD.

THIS GOES ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH EACH DRIVER CHASING EACH OTHER FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

THEN THE OTHER DRIVER GETS OUT MAD AND JUMPS ONTO THE HOOD AND SMASHES THE WINDSHIELD.

TEASE TWO-----

GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR?

nats of crashing

WE'RE SMASHING CARS. SO THAT MUST MEAN CRASH TEST SAFETY RATINGS ARE OUT.

A) CRASH VIDEO-2 SHOT NATS VO

CRASH VIDEO-NATS TOPS VO IN PLASMA

nats of car crash compilation

A NOT SO SMASHING SUCCESS.

A HIGHWAY SAFETY GROUP HAS UPPED THE STAKES IN CRASH TESTS FOR NEXT YEAR'S MODELS. AND, TURNS OUT, SOME OF THE MORE AFFORDABLE FAMILY CARS DID BETTER THAN THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES.

CRASH TESTS-PKG

A NEW ROUND OF CRASH TESTS FROM THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY FOUND MODERATELY-PRICED VEHICLES OUTPERFORMING SOME LUXURY MODELS IN A KEY SAFETY TEST.

I-I-H-S PUT 18 MID-SIZED FAMILY CARS THROUGH ITS NEW SMALL OVERLAP TEST, REPLICATING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FRONT CORNER OF A VEHICLE HITS SOMETHING LIKE ANOTHER CAR, A TREE OR A UTILITY POLE.

In this kind of crash, the vehicle rotates, and the driver tends to keep going towards the windshield pillar, so you want the airbag -- the frontal airbag and the side airbag to make sure you can't get there.

WHEN TESTED IN AUGUST ONLY 3 OF ELEVEN LUXURY AND NEAR-LUXURY MODELS EARNED A GOOD OR ACCEPTABLE RATING.

AMONG THE FAMILY CARS, 13 EARNED THE I-I-H-S DISTINCTION OF TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS, WHICH NOW INCLUDES THE SMALL OVERLAP TEST.

THEY INCLUDE.

-- THE CHRYSLER 200 4-DOOR,

-- DODGE AVENGER,

-- FORD FUSION,

-- THE HONDA ACCORD 2-DOOR AND 4-DOOR,

-- THE KIA OPTIMA,

-- NISSAN ALTIMA,

-- SUBARU'S LEGACY AND OUTBACK,

-- THE SUZUKI KIZASHI,

-- AND THE VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT.

I-I-H-S SAYS THAT MANY AUTOMAKERS HAVE RESPONDED TO THE NEW TEST, TO MAKE FUTURE MODELS, SAFER.

When we looked at modern vehicles and why people were dying, we found that about a quarter of those deaths in frontal crashes occur in a small overlap crash. So we think that this is the next big piece of safety that we can design into the vehicle for people.

TEASE THREE------

THANKS TO CONGRESS WE ARE STILL HURDLING TOWARD THE FISCAL CLIFF.

BUT INSTEAD OF TACKLING THE CRISIS.THEY WATCHED A MOVIE INSTEAD.

PLUS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOLLYWOOD'S PORTRAYAL OF THE MISSION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN.

B) ZERO HOUR-VO TOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

SFM BANK ROBBERY-2 SHOT

BREAKING NEWS AT 11.

A ROBBER IS ON THE LOOSE IN LEE COUNTY.

DEPUTIES SAY SOMEONE ROBBED THE SUNTRUST BANK NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMERLIN AND SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD.

WE'RE TOLD NO ONE WAS HURT --

BUT DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING THE AREA FOR A SUSPECT.

CT SHOOTING AND GUN CONTROL-2 SHOT

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MEETING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TODAY IN THE FIRST STEP IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PUSH FOR A SWEEPING NEW PLAN TO PUT AN END TO GUN VIOLENCE.

BUT THE N-R-A IS SET TO SPEAK OUT TOMORROW.

CT SHOOTING AND GUN CONTROL-PKG

PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISED THE CITIZENS OF NEWTOWN "MEANINGFUL ACTION" -- AND

IN A MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE HE EXPLAINED WHAT THAT MEANT -- AN

ADMINISTRATION FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, CULTURE, EDUCATION AND GUN CONTROL.

OBAMA SOT: THE FACT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMPLEX CAN NO LONGER BE AN EXCUSE

FOR DOING NOTHING. THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T PREVENT EVER ACT OF VIOLENCE

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T STEADILY REDUCE THE VIOLENCE AND PREVENT THE VERY

WORST VIOLENCE.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HEAD THE INITIAL EFFORT, WITH A JANUARY DEADLINE

FOR SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

OBAMA SOT: THIS IS NOT SOME WASHINGTON COMMISSION. / THIS IS A TEAM THAT

HAS A VERY SPECIFIC TASK TO PULL TOGETHER REAL REFORMS RIGHT NOW.

THE PRESIDENT ALREADY MADE SOME DEMANDS -- CALLING ON CONGRESS TO

- BAN THE SALE OF HIGH-CAPACITY AMMUNITION CLIPS AND WHAT HE CALLED

MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS

- AND CLOSE THE SO-CALLED GUN-SHOW LOOPHOLE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE BACKGROUND

CHECKS IN MANY PRIVATE SALES

THE TRAGEDY AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY APPEARS RIGHT NOW TO HAVE BEEN A

TIPPING POINT FOR A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE ONE WE HAVE NOT

SEEN IN A LONG TIME

MORGAN SOT: THEY CAN FIRE 100 BULLETS IN A MINUTE, IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY

ARE DOING WITH THEM.

EVEN SOME GUN RIGHTS DEMOCRATS SUGGEST SOMETHING HAS CHANGED

MANCHIN SOT: I WILL DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT UNTIL MY LAST DYING BREATH.

AND I AM A LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE NRA WITH STRAIGHT A RATINGS, I HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN AND I HOPE I ALWAYS WILL BE. BUT I ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

CT SHOOTING AND GUN CONTROL-ONCAM

JAKE TAPER REPORTING.

GUN PRICES-ONCAM

WALMART APPEARS TO BE SELLING OUT OF ASSAULT RIFLES.

ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG NEWS THE RETAILER IS SEEING STORE OUTAGES IN SEVERAL STATES.

WALMART SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO SELL THE WEAPONS AT STORES DESPITE THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SHOOTING.

TN MARINE GUARDS-OC SOT VO

A FORMER MARINE AND FATHER IN TENNESSEE IS STANDING GUARD AT HIS CHILDREN'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- WITH THE SCHOOL'S PERMISSION.

I'm doing this because we need hope man. We need hope."

THIS WEEK JORDAN PRITCHARD FOUND HIS OLD U-S MARINE CORPS UNIFORM IN THE ATTIC.

HE'S NOT GETTING PAID AND HE'S NOT ARMED.

PIZZA SHOOTING-SS

A FLORIDA MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF PULLING A GUN ON A CUSTOMER FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT SERVICE IS CLAIMING HIS INNOCENT BECAUSE OF OUR STAND YOUR GROUND LAW.

SAINT PETERSBURG POLICE SAY -YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JOCK WAS WAITING IN LINE AT A LITTLE CAESARS WHEN ANOTHER CUSTOMER BEGAN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SLOW SERVICE.

THE MEN EXCHANGED WORDS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY JOCK PULLED A REVOLVER AND SHOT THE VICTIM TWICE.

THE MAN IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

BENGAZZI HEARING-VO

HAPPENING TODAY.THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE HOLDING HEARINGS ON THE BENGHAZI ATTACKS THAT KILLED A U-S AMBASSADOR AND THREE OTHER AMERICANS.

AN INDEPENDENT REPORT SHOWS THE DEADLY ATTACK ON THE U-S CONSULATE IN LIBYA WAS THE RESULT OF SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT FAILURES.

THE PANEL'S REPORT MADE 29 RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE EMBASSY SECURITY. AND SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAYS SHE ACCEPTS ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

LINCOLN IN SENATE-VO WIPE

AT A TIME THAT THE NATION FACES A LOOMING FISCAL CLIFF SENATORS WERE TREATED TO A SPECIAL SHOWING OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "LINCOLN" ON CAPITOL HILL.

THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF WAS ON HAND FOR THE SCREENING -- AS WAS STAR DANIEL DAY-LEWIS.

LINCOLN IN SENATE-SOT VO

"It's a great honor to be invited here by Senator Reid, and to be ready to run the film and see both sides sitting in the same room watching a president who put the people out in front of the abyss. And I'm very, very proud that we get to have this moment."

ZERO DARK HOUR CONTRO-VO

THREE U-S SENATORS SAY A NEW MOVIE ABOUT THE OSAMA BIN LADEN RAID IS "GROSSLY INACCURATE AND MISLEADING."

DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DIANNE FEINSTEIN AND CARL LEVIN. AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. SAID THEY WERE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED IN ZERO DARK THIRTY.

THEY APPARENTLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW IT DEPICTS C-I-A INTERROGATIONS AS TORTURE.

FISCAL CLIFF AND IRS-ONCAM

THE LOOMING FISCAL CLIFF COULD AFFECT YOUR INCOME TAX RETURNS.

IF CONGRESS FAILS TO REACH A DEAL AS MANY AS 100-MILLION PEOPLE COULD SEE DELAYS IN THEIR TAX REFUNDS.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE INCOME EXEMPTION LEVELS UNDER THE "WEALTH TAX" OR ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX WERE NEVER ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION SINCE IT WAS ENACTED DECADES AGO.

SAM DONALDSON ARRESTED-VO

ABC NEWS VETERAN AND FORMER CORRESPONDENT SAM DONALDSON IS FACING A DRUNKEN DRIVING CHARGE IN DELAWARE.

POLICE SAY THE 78-YEAR-OLD DONALDSON WAS STOPPED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

POLICE SAY THE OFFICER DETERMINED DONALDSON HAD BEEN DRINKING AND GAVE HIM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS.

TEBOW WANTS OUT-VO

FORMER FLORIDA GATORS QUARTERBACK TIM TEBOW SAYS HE WANTS OUT OF NEW YORK.

THE BACKUP JETS QUARTERBACK WAS ONCE AGAIN PASSED OVER FOR THE STARTING JOB WHEN HEAD AOCH REX RYAN NAMED GREG MCELROY TO REPLACE THE STRUGGLING MARK SANCHEZ.

UPS DELIVERY-VO

IT'S SHOWTIME FOR U-P-S!

THE CARRIER SAYS TODAY'S PEAK SHIPPING DAY WILL BE THE BUSIEST IN ITS HISTORY.

THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BROWN WILL DELIVER 28 MILLION PACKAGES IN THE U-S.

THAT'S ABOUT 300 PARCELS EVERY SECOND!

MISS USA WINS-OC NATS VO

A NEW QUEEN REIGNS OVER THE UNIVERSE.

nats of miss usa announcement

20-YEAR-OLD MISS U-S-A OLIVIA CULPO, OF RHODE ISLAND, WAS CROWNED THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE ON WEDNESDAY.

SHE BEAT OUT 88 OTHER WOMEN DURING A TELEVISED COMPETITION AT THE PLANET HOLLYWOOD CASINO ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.

MISS PHILIPPINES, JANINE TUGONON, CAME IN SECOND.

CULPO ENDED A LONG LOSING SPELL FOR THE U.S. IN THE COMPETITION.

TEASE FOUR------

BEARING ARMS IN THE CLASSROOM?

SOME SAY TEACHERS THAT PACK HEAT COULD MAKE OUR KIDS SAFER.

BUT WHAT DO PEOPLE IN THE EDUCATION FIELD HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THINK?

FLYING HIGH WITH SPUDS.

POTATOES TAKE FLIGHT INSIDE AN AIRPLANE.

A) ARMING TEACHERS-2 SHOT VO

B) BOEING POTATOS-VOWIPE

ARMING TEACHERS-ON CAM

THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING IS REVIVING A DEBATE OVER WHETHER TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ARMED.

ADVOCATES SAY THE IDEA IS SIMILAR TO THE WAY PILOTS AND AIR MARSHALS HAVE WEAPONS ON BOARD A PLANE.

ARMING TEACHERS-PKG

EARL CURTIS TAKES AIM WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE. HE'S THE OWNER OF THE BLUE RIDGE GUN STORE IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA. CURTIS SAYS SINCE THE NEWTOWN SHOOTINGS, GUN OWNERS HAVE BEEN GETTING A BAD RAP.

"When the gun ban happened that didn't curb crime either. So like I said whether you cut it down to 5, one, it still does the same damage, which is bad. What we need to be doing is teaching gun safety and education, also take care of mental health issues."

THERE ARE NEW CALLS IN WASHINGTON TO BRING BACK THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND OTHER GUN CONTROL MEASURES. THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT HERE.

"ONE OF THINGS WE'RE SEEING IS A RUN ON SOME GUN SUPPLIES. THIS RACK HERE USED TO BE FILLED WITH MAGAZINES LIKE THIS. BUT BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OF NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS.YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE ALL GONE."

SUPPORTERS OF GUN RIGHTS SAY THE ANSWER ISN'T MAKING IT HARDER TO GET A HOLD OF A WEAPON.BUT LOOKING AT BEEFING UP SCHOOL SECURITY. VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR TELLING WTOP RADIO ARMING TEACHERS IS ONE OPTION THAT SHOULD AT LEAST BE CONSIDERED.

"I know there has been a knee jerk reaction against that. I think there should at least be a discussion of that. If people were armed, not just the police officer but other school officials that were trained and chose to have a weapon, certainly there would have been an opportunity to stop aggressors coming into the schools."

TENNESSEE STATE SENATOR FRANK NICELY WANTS MORE ARMED POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND IF THAT'S NOT AN OPTION, THEN HE TOO SAYS ARM THE TEACHERS.

"The goal is to have some kind of security in all the schools. The ones that can't afford a resource officer that would be a first step and would have other options for other volunteers or trained staff."

BUT TALK OF PUTTING MORE GUNS IN SCHOOLS -- THAT HAS BEEN ROUNDLY CRITICIZED. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRADY CAMPAIGN FOR GUN VIOLENCE SAYING IT'S INSANE AND WILL LEAD TO MORE VIOLENT ACTS. AND SCHOOL SECURITY EXPERT GREG CRANE ADDING THERE'S A HIGH RISK INNOCENT BYSTANDERS COULD BE HURT.

LEE CO TEACHERS AND GUNS-OC SOT VO

LISA SYLVESTER REPORTING.

THE LEE COUNTY TEACHERS' UNION PRESIDENT CALLS THIS A KNEE JERK REACTION TO THE SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND DEEPLY CRITICIZED THE IDEA.

19:19:05 i dont just think its a bad idea i think its a terrible idea the wrong message we need to be sending that more guns is the solution 19:17 mark castellano/president of lee county teachers assoc.

REIF OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"TRACKING OUR NEXT COLD FRONT"

After a picture perfect Wednesday, we'll start to notice some subtle changes to our forecast for Thursday as we wait for the arrival of a strong cold front on Friday. This front will user in some of the coldest air of the season thus far.

Overnight, skies have stayed clear and winds have taken more of southeasterly turn. With increasing moisture and humidity early this morning, we're looking at the potential for some patchy fog around sunrise, especially across our inland communities.

The rest of our Thursday afternoon will be another dry one with a few more clouds mixing in with our sunshine. With a southerly flow across the peninsula, a more humid airmass will be in place with daytime highs reaching the lower 80s. We will more than likely see an increase in the cloud cover late Thursday and into early Friday with the approach of our second cold front for the week.

This front will bring us a band of a few scattered showers during the early morning hours on Friday, with a more significant push of colder air arriving during the day. Skies will clear from north to south, but despite the afternoon breezy sunshine daytime highs will struggle to reach 70° in many locations. Friday night looks to be the coldest as overnight lows will drop into the lower to middle 40s by Saturday morning. Afternoon highs will remain quite cool as they work their way into the middle to upper 60s with lots of sunshine.

CENSUS STORY-SS

NEW AT ELEVEN.

THE FASTEST GROWING STATE IN THE NATION IS NORTH DAKOTA.

NEW NUMBERS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU CLAIMS NORTH DAKOTA'S TOTAL POPULATION CLIMBED BY TWO PERCENT SINCE 2011.

BUT FLORIDA CONTINUES TO BE IN THE TOP TEN IN POPULATION GAINS.

GIFT CARD FEES-VO

HOLIDAY SHOPPERS BEWARE: NOT ALL GIFT CARDS ARE CREATED EQUAL.

SOME SHOPPERS REPORT PAYING 25 DOLLARS OR MORE IN PURCHASE AND SHIPPING FEES -- AND THAT'S BEFORE THE MAINTENANCE FEES KICK IN.

BANK-ISSUED CARDS TEND TO BE THE BIGGEST CULPRITS, ACCORDING TO A NOVEMBER SURVEY CONDUCTED BY BANKRATE.

THE COMPANY SAYS ALL EIGHT OF THE POPULAR GENERAL-PURPOSE GIFT CARDS OFFERED BY BANKS AND CREDIT CARD COMPANIES CHARGED PURCHASE FEES.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

ANGELINA JOLIE LOOKS TO DIRECT. AND THREE-TIMES A CHARM FOR ACTOR JAMES MARSDEN.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

RADIO STATIONS PULLED KESHA'S POP HIT "DIE YOUNG". IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEK'S DEADLY SHOOTING AT A CONNECTICUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO BILLBOARD MAGAZINE.

THE POP STAR, SUPPORTS THE DECISION TO PULL HER SONG.

KESHA TWEETED SHE QUESTIONED THE SONG'S LYRICS FROM THE BEGINNING.

SHE REMOVED THE TWEET AND LATER POSTED QUOTE.

"I'M SO SO SO SORRY FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN EFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY AND I UNDERSTAND WHY MY SONG IS NOW INAPPROPRIATE. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS."

"DIE YOUNG" IS CURRENTLY NUMBER THREE ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100.

ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE IS IN TALKS TO DIRECT "UNBROKEN" AN ADAPTATION OF LAUREN HILLENBRAND'S BEST-SELLING BOOK.

THE STORY CENTERS AROUND THE HEROISM AND RESILIENCE OF AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE AND WORLD-WAR II P-O-W.

JOLIE SAID SHE WAS MOVED BY THE STORY. AND HAS BEEN FIGHTING TO MAKE THE FILM.

ACTOR JAMES MARSDEN HAS A NEW-BORN BABY, ACCORDING TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE.

THE 30-ROCK STAR AND EX-GIRLFRIEND ROSE COSTA DELIVERED A BABY BOY IN LOS ANGELES, LATE LAST WEEK.

THIS IS MARSDEN'S THIRD CHILD. THE 39-YEAR-OLD ACTOR HAS TWO CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP.

WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS-VO

WANT TO KNOW HOW THE CURRENT AND PAST FIRST FAMILIES SPEND CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE?

TONIGHT, MEREDITH VIEIRA HOSTS A SPECIAL LOOK AT CHRISTMASES PAST AND PRESENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, GOING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF.

WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS: FIRST FAMILIES REMEMBER" WILL ALSO FEATURE FORMER FIRST LADIES LAURA BUSH, HILLARY CLINTON, BARBARA BUSH, ROSALYNN CARTER AND THEIR CHILDREN.

BOEING POTATOS-VO

BOEING SAYS IT'S REACHED A BREAKTHROUGH IN ALLOWING COMMERCIAL FLIGHT PASSENGERS TO USE WIRELESS DEVICES IN-FLIGHT.

AND THEY DID IT -- BY USING POTATOES.

BOEING USED 20-THOUSAND POUNDS OF 'TATERS' TO FILL THE SEATS OF A TEST AIRCRAFT.

THE SPUDS SIMULATE THE WAY HUMAN PASSENGERS WOULD RESPOND TO ELECTRONIC SIGNALS FOR THINGS LIKE WI-FI AND MOBILE PHONES.

PLANE CRASHES IN GULF-TRX VO TOPS

A PILOT IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER HIS SMALL PLANE CRASHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

HE CLAIMS HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS JUST OFF THE COAST OF SARASOTA AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE VENICE AIRPORT.

PLANE CRASHES IN GULF-2 SOTS VO

I told my lifeguard, I said man, look at that plane and within

five seconds he kept coming down and coming down."

"A little odd but it is the second we've seen."

TEASE FIVE------

IT WAS THE VIDEO THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD FOR A DAY.

nats of eagle picking up kid

THAT IS UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT ITS FAKE.

A) EAGLE HOAX-2 SHOT NATS VO

END OF THE WORLD-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

IT COULD BE THE LAST BREAKING NEWS STORY WE DO.

TOMORROW WILL THE WORLD END?

THE ANCIENT MAYANS BELIEVE THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END FRIDAY -- ON 12/21/12.

POLICE CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM A MOUNTAIN IN THE FRENCH PYRENEES BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY SAFE PLACE OF REFUGE WHEN THE WORLD ENDS.

ACCORDING TO A 2010 ONLINE RUMOR, THE MOUNTAIN IS THE HIDING PLACE OF AN ALIEN SPACESHIP WHERE IT WILL TAKE PEOPLE TO SAFETY.

EAGLE HOAX-2 SHOT VO IN TRAFFIC

ITS ASTONISHING VIDEO SHOWING AN EAGLE SWOOPING DOWN AND GRABBING A BABY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS.ITS FAKE.

WE NOW KNOW THE INTERNET SENSATION WAS MADE BY SOME COMPUTER ANIMATION STUDENTS.

EAGLE HOAX-PKG

MILLIONS HAVE SEEN IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECK IT OUT.

nats

A EAGLE SWOOPS IN AND SNATCHES A TODDLER AT A PARK. WHOA! REAL OR FAKE?

Nats

THE ANSWER FAKE THE CLEVER WORK OF SOME ANIMATION STUDENTS IN MONTREAL.

SOT NORMAND ARCHAMBAULT/STUDENT

17:16:45- I am shocked. I had no idea it went viral that quick. I knew it

had potential but I did not think it would spread around the globe

2 MILLION VIEWS IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS!

JOINING THE RANKS OF OTHER DO-ZEE HOAXES TO COME OUT OF THE SAME SCHOOL.

LIKE THIS MEMORABLE ESCAPED PENGUIN.

AND THESE MINIATURE FLYING CARS.

SO HOW *DO* THEY DO IT.

NAT JOEL PAYNE

00:40:56

clearly this is fake they have shot some video footage here and used over

the counter software to make a 3d bird and a 3d baby there is a real baby at

the end which allows them to pull off their tricks

JOEL PAYNE'S BEEN A 3D ANIMATOR FOR TWO DECADES WORKING W SPIELBERG AND

DISNEY TO NAME A FEW.

SOT JOEL PAYNE / CEO digitalbacklot.com / CG art

director

00:46:59

They shot this in a very clever way what they did is they shot the video and

they panned the camera as if they were following a bird but the bird want

really there they had to add that in as a 3d element /00:47:28 they also

modeled a digital double of the kid

WE MIGHT GIVE THEM AN "A" BUT THIS EAGLE WASN'T PICTURE PERFECT.

FIRST WATCH THE EAGLES WINGS ALL OF THE SUDDEN THEY DISAPPEAR MID FLIGHT.

ONE MORE TIME WINGS THEN NO WINGS.

NOW TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE EAGLES SHADOW. IT APPEARS, THEN DISAPPEARS,

THEN REAPEARS.

FELIX MARQUIS-POULIN/ STUDENT

"it's about making the false look true to everybody"

THE *LATEST* BUT BY NO MEANS THE *LAST* VIRAL VIDEO HOAX TO CAPTIVATE US

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NBC2 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS - 2 SEPARATE FIRES IN LEE COUNTY.

WE'LL TAKE YOU LIVE TO BOTH SCENES FOR UPDATES ON WHAT CAUSED THEM.

MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT WAYS TO PREVENT DEADLY SHOOTINGS LIKE THE TRAGEDY IN CONNECTICUT.

SOME FOLKS ARE CONVINCED - THE BEST WAY TO STOP THE VIOLENCE IS TO HAVE *MORE GUNS IN THE RIGHT HANDS.

NEXT AT NOON - BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT.

NBC2 CONSUMER ALERT - IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW CAR - A NEW CRASH TEST RANKS THE SAFEST CARS IN the NATION.

AND ON THE MEDICAL FRONT - WE'LL CHECK OUT A BIONIC SUIT - USED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH SEVERE SPINAL CORD INJURIES.

ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL DAY - WITH BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY!

JIM HAS OUR FORECAST!

NOON TZA) GUNS IN SCHOOLS-VO

NOON TZB) NEW CRASH TEST-VO

NOON TZC) BIONIC SUIT-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA