A) FM MURDER-VO TOPS

THE DEADLY YEAR OF 2012 CONTINUES FOR FORT MYERS AS A MAN IS SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE A HOME.

B) NFM FIRE-VOTOPS-TRX

A NORTH FORT MYERS FAMILY MANAGES TO FLEE A BURNING HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

C) SUBWAY PUSH-TRX SOT VO

have no words for this. These days there are so many people that's crazy.

ITS HAPPENED AGAIN.

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH A MAN IS PUSHED ONTO THE SUBWAY TRACKS AND GETS RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN.

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

3 COPS SHOT IN NJ-2 SHOT VO

BREAKING NEWS AT ELEVEN.THREE POLICE OFFICERS ARE SHOT INSIDE THEIR OWN STATION.

NOW WE LEARN THE GUNMAN IS DEAD.

ALL THIS UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY WHICH IS ACROSS THE DELAWARE RIVER FROM PHILADELPHIA.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A DOMESTIC INCIDENT WHEN HE GOT INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH OFFICERS.

WE'RE TOLD THE SUSPECT THEN GRABBED A GUN AND OPENED FIRE.

ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS SHOT BELOW HIS BULLETPROOF VEST.

THAT OFFICER IS UNDERGOING SURGERY.

THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS, A MALE AND FEMALE, ARE BEING TREATED FOR GRAZE WOUNDS.

TOSS TO DANIELLE-2 SHOT BOXES

ITS NOW BEING CALLED THE 23rd HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR IN FORT MYERS AND NOW POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN INSIDE A HOME.

THE LATEST HAPPENING THIS MORNING IN EAST FORT MYERS.

FM MURDER-REM LIVE

FM MURDER-PKG

CRIME SCENE TAPE STRETCHED FOR TWO BLOCKS--

EARLY MORNING GUNSHOTS THAT RESULTED IN HOMICIDE.

IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE THIS HOME ON BURT STREET IN FORT MYERS JUST BEFORE 5 THIS MORNING.

THE GUNMAN-- STILL ON THE LOOSE, BUT POLICE BELIEVE THE INCIDENT IS ISOLATED AND NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T BE CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY.

SAMUAL NAGION LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET. HE HEARD THE GUNSHOTS HIMSELF THIS MORNING. HE SAYS HE TIRED OF THE CRIME IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

16:50:55-58

"I'm honestly sick and tired of it."

16:50:13-20

FM MURDER-REM LIVE

POLICE HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM.

NFM FIRE-VO WIPE

A FAMILY MANAGES TO ESCAPE A BURNING HOME IN NORTH FORT MYERS AND NOW THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS HELPING OUT

THIS WAS THE SCENE EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN FLAMES TORE THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME ALONG MARX DRIVE.

NFM FIRE-SOTVO

CAPE CORAL FIRE-VO

NEW AT ELEVEN.

A CAPE CORAL HOME CATCHES FIRE.NOW INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHY.

THE FIRE ERUPTED THIS MORNING AT THIS HOME ON NORTHWEST 43RD AVENUE AROUND 4 O'CLOCK.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT BELIEVES IT STARTED IN THE FRONT ENTRY ROOM.

MATLACHA BRIDGE-VO

NEW AT ELEVEN.A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BRIDGE IS ON THE MOVE.

THE FIRST BARGE CARRYING THE REMNANTS OF THE OLD MATLACHA BRIDGE LEFT THIS MORNING.

THE REMAINS OF THE BRIDGE -- WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR -- WILL BE TAKEN TO THE NOVAK REEF -- THREE MILES OFF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COAST.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

U.S. stocks opened lower Friday, as lawmakers fumble to find a solution to the fast-approaching fiscal cliff

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

TOSS TO STACEY-TRX VO

ITS HAPPENED AGAIN.

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH A MAN IS PUSHED IN FRONT OF A SUBWAY TRAIN IN NEW YORK CITY AND KILLED.

BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN --

WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE SUSPECT.SURVEILLANCE VIDEO JUST RELEASED SHOWS HER RUNNING FROM THE SCENE.

SUBWAY PUSH-PLASMA VO

WITNESSES SAY THE WOMAN WAS PACING ON THE TRAIN PLATFORM IN QUEENS, TALKING TO HERSELF, AND WHEN THE TRAIN PULLED INTO THE STATION, SHE GOT UP AND PUSHED THE MAN ONTO THE TRACKS

HERE IS JUST RELEASED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE WOMAN THEY BELIEVE IS THE SUSPECT.

WITNESSES TELL AUTHORITIES SHE RAN AWAY.

POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS STRUCK BY THE FIRST CAR AND PINNED BY THE SECOND, AS THE TRAIN OF 11 CARS CAME TO A HALT.

SUBWAY PUSH-PLASMA SOT

what needs to be done, this has happened twice this month, they need to slow the trains down to about 15 miles an hour when they are coming into the station, so if something like that does happen, they have time to stop the train. When I heard it, I couldn't believe it."

SUBWAY PUSH-PLASMA VO

YOU MAY REMEMBER EARLIER THIS MONTH A similar CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY.

AN ARGUMENT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO BETWEEN TWO MEN.

THE MAN ARRESTED IN THIS INCIDENT SAYS HE WAS HEARING VOICES IN HIS HEAD.

POLICE ARRESTED 30-YEAR-OLD NAEEM DAVIS.

HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WAS HIGH ON DRUGS, AND A VOICE IN HIS HEAD TOLD HIM TO SHOVE THE VICTIM ONTO THE TRACKS.

SO FAR NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS MOST RECENT CASE AND POLICE SAY THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.

ENGLEWOOD DEAD FISH-VO WIPE

DEAD FISH ARE CAUSING A STINK AND RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AT BLIND PASS IN ENGLEWOOD.

TAKE A LOOK.THOUSANDS OF DEAD MULLET LINE THE BEACH, APPARENTLY VICTIMS OF RED TIDE.

CREWS ARE WORKING QUICKLY TO PICK THEM ALL UP.

ENGLEWOOD DEAD FISH-SOT VO

it appears that a high concentration that is different from our red tide we see several species of fish today we see one

MAN SET ON FIRE-VO WIPE

POLICE IN THE MIAMI-AREA ARE LOOKING FOR THE MEN WHO APPARENTLY DOUSED A MAN WITH GASOLINE AND SET HIM ON FIRE.

IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN THE BURN VICTIM WENT TO A GAS STATION AFTER HIS VAN RAN OUT OF GAS.

DARRELL BRACKETT, IS BURNED FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS THIGHS.

HE IS CLINGING TO LIFE AT A HOSPITAL WITH BURNS ON 75 PERCENT OF HIS BODY.

MAN SET ON FIRE-SOT VO

If there's somebody out there who knows something, there's someone who knows what really happened, the only thing I'm asking is for somebody to just have a little heart. Take a little time, let your conscience be your guide. Come forward, you know.

GEORGE BUSH UPDATE-VO

A NEW UPDATE ON FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH'S CONDITION.

HIS CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE IS UNLIKELY TO LEAVE THE HOUSTON HOSPITAL ANYTIME SOON.

WE'RE TOLD THE 88-YEAR-OLD, IS RECEIVING EXCELLENT CARE AFTER A "TERRIBLE CASE OF BRONCHITIS WHICH THEN TRIGGERED A SERIES OF COMPLICATIONS."

BUSH HAS BEEN IN INTENSIVE CARE SINCE SUNDAY.

RUSSIAN ADOPTION BAN-VO

NEW AT ELEVEN.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SIGNED A BILL BANNING AMERICANS FROM ADOPTING RUSSIAN CHILDREN.

THE LAW ALSO BLOCKS DOZENS OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN NOW IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADOPTED BY AMERICAN FAMILIES FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY.

IT IS RETALIATION FOR AN AMERICAN LAW THAT CALLS FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN OFFICIALS DEEMED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS.

RESCUE ME SINGER DIES-OC NATS VO

THE SINGER WHO PERFORMED ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE SONGS HAS DIED.

nats of rescue me

FONTELLA BASS DIED THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A HEART ATTACK.

SHE WAS 72.

HER FIRST HIT WAS IN THE MID-60S. A DUET WITH BOBBY MCCLURE CALLED, "DON'T MESS UP A GOOD THING."

HER BIGGEST SONG, "RESCUE ME," HIT THE TOP FIVE ON THE POP CHART IN 19-65.

TEASE ONE----

A KILLER BEAST RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.

ONE OF THE LARGEST PYTHONS EVER IS CAUGHT CLOSE TO OUR AREA.

A) BIG PYTHON-2 SHOT VO

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.

Increasing clouds, a warmer finish"

After a cold start to the day, our cool snap will quickly come to an end as our warming trend has begun.

Sunshine with a few patchy clouds will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle 70s later in the day.

The cool dome of high pressure that brought us a quick dose of cool and dry air will shift to the east with more clouds filtering in from the south across our part of the state. Forecast models suggest a stray shower during the afternoon hours, however it looks like the vast majority of us will stay dry with increasing rain prospects by the first half of the weekend.

We will be watching a cold front approach the Florida peninsula throughout the day on Saturday. As a result, our skies will cloud up with a band of showers moving across Southwest Florida during the afternoon hours and quickly exiting to our south and east by the evening. Clouds will clear from north to south and a cooler and drier airmass will settle in across the state.

SOCAL CHASE-TRX VO TOPS

NEW DRAMATIC VIDEO AT ELEVEN.

POLICE USED FORCE TO END A CHASE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAST NIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK -- POLICE USED ONE OF THEIR CRUISERS TO STOP A STOLEN VEHICLE.

TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

SEVERAL OFFICERS WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN ALSO SEARCHED THROUGH STREETS AND ALLEYS FOR A THIRD MAN WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND TOOK OFF.

BIG PYTHON-TRX VO TOPS

THIS VIDEO IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID OF SNAKES AND GET THIS IT WAS CAUGHT NEAR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A FAMILY WAS VISITING THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK FROM ARKANSAS AND CAPTURED THIS SNAKE ON CAMERA.

THIS 17-FOOT BURMESE PYTHON WAS KILLED BY A PARK RANGER.

TEASE TWO------

ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY LEADERS OF OUR TIME IS BEING REMEMBERED.

A) NORMAN OBIT-2 SHOT VO

TOSS TO SAT LIVE-2 SHOT

NEXT WEEK WHEN WE RING IN THE NEW YEAR EVERYONE WILL BE WONDERING WHAT 2013 WILL BRING US?

SOME ARE CURIOUS ABOUT NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

FUN BOOKS-SAT LIVE

What makes a "trend" when it comes to kids books?

- What are some of the Top Trends for kids to "read" in 2013?

- Bullying? Tough Girls? What makes these new trends?

- Interesting that Non-Fiction is a trend? Do kids really want to read these?

- Do you see certain trends being more popular with certain age groups?

- Are there certain trends that resonate with boys more vs. girls?

NORMAN OBIT-INTRO

AMERICA IS REMEMBERING A WAR HERO AND AN ICON.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS CALLING ARMY GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOP 'AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL.'

HE WAS A FOUR- STAR GENERAL. BUT MOST AMERICANS SIMPLY KNEW HIM AS 'STORMIN NORMAN.'

NORMAN OBIT-PKG

nats Norman Schwarzkopf - How ya doing?

IN 1990, NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF WAS A LITTLE-KNOWN U-S ARMY GENERAL LOOKING

TOWARDS RETIREMENT. A WEST POINT GRADUATE AND DECORATED OFFICER FOR HIS

SERVICE IN VIETNAM, HE'D SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN THE ARMY.

BUT WHEN IRAQ'S DICTATOR, SADAAM HUSSEIN, INVADED NEIGHBORING KUWAIT IN 1990

"STORMIN NORMAN" BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME.

SOT Schwarzkopf - Let me put it this way it'll take as long as it takes for

the Iraqis to get out of Kuwait and the UN resolution to be enforced.

AS THE LEADER OF THE US LED INTERNATIONAL COALITION THAT QUICKLY DROVE IRAQI

FORCES OUT OF KUWAIT, SCHWARZKOPF ACHIEVED ROCKSTAR STATUS. HE RETURNED

FROM THE PERSIAN GULF A NATIONAL HERO AND WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM

FOR SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.

AFTER RETIREMENT HE DECLINED OFFERS BY BOTH PARTIES TO RUN FOR POLITICAL

OFFICE.

PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH ISSUED A STATEMENT TONIGHT SAYING "Gen. Norm

Schwarzkopf epitomized the `duty, service, country' creed that has defended

our freedom and seen this great nation through our most trying international

crises. Barbara and I mourn the loss of a true American patriot and one of

the great military leaders of his generation.

LOCAL NORMAN REAX-OC SOT VO WIPE

WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM TWO MEN RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WHO KNEW THE GENERAL.

JAMES DOZIER, MILITARY GENERAL: He's a leader, he's a motivator, and he just got a lot of things done

RETIRED TWO STAR GENERAL JAMES DOZIER GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT IN 1956 IN THE SAME CLASS WITH SCHWARZKOPF.

LOCAL NORMAN REAX-SOT VO

GARY BRYANT, LTC: one day he's trying to kill as many of them as he can and the next day he's trying to care for them and treated humanely that's just how he was

TEASE THREE-----

ARE YOU GETTING TIRED OF YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR IPAD?

APPLE MAY BE DEVELOPING AN ALL NEW GADGET BUT YOU MAY NEED TO DITCH THAT OLD WRIST WATCH FIRST.

PLUS --

THE FISCAL CLIFF CONTINUES TO LOOM LARGE AS DOES THE FINGER POINTING.

We are here in Washington working while the members of the House of Representatives are out watching movies and watching the kids play soccer and basketbalL

BUT WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE FOR YOU IF WASHINGTON CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT?

B) FISCAL CLIFF-SOT VO

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

FISCAL CLIFF-2 SHOT

A HIGH STAKES MEETING WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NATION EDGES CLOSER TO THE FISCAL CLIFF.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND TOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WILL LOOK FOR COMMON GROUND TO KEEP AUTOMATIC TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS FROM KICKING IN.

FISCAL CLIFF-PKG

IN WHAT IS SEEN AS A LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO REACH A DEAL, PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI, SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL AND HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER.

THEY HAVE ONLY FOUR DAYS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. OR THE U-S ECONOMY WILL GO OVER THE SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF." THAT'S WHEN AUTOMATIC TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS WOULD TAKE EFFECT.

REACHING A DEAL BEFORE THEN WON'T BE EASY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, BOTH SIDES ARE INVOLVED IN A HIGH-STAKES POLITICAL BLAME GAME.

We are here in Washington working while the members of the House of Representatives are out watching movies and watching the kids play soccer and basketball and doing all kinds of things. They should be here.

I told the President I'd be happy to look at whatever he proposes but the truth is we're coming up against a hard deadline here and as I said this is a conversation we should have had months ago.

DEMOCRATS WANT TO EXTEND THE BUSH-ERA TAX CUTS TO EVERYONE EXCEPT THOSE AMERICANS MAKING 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE A YEAR.

MANY REPUBLICANS REMAIN AGAINST ANY TAX INCREASES.

MOST AMERICANS JUST WANT SOMETHING TO BE DONE.

People are just tired of partisianship and they want everyone to come together.

IF LAWMAKERS DON'T REACH A DEAL BY JANUARY 1ST, MANY ECONONMISTS ARE CONCERNED IT COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO ANOTHER RECESSION.

HOW MUCH LESS YOU'LL HAVE-SS

WE'VE ALL HEARD THE TERM FISCAL CLIFF.BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU?

IF A DEAL IS NOT REACHED YOU COULD LOSE TWO PERCENT OF YOUR TAKE HOME PAY BECAUSE PAYROLL TAXES WOULD INCREASE.

SO IF YOU EARN $25-THOUSAND A YEAR, YOU WILL LOSE AROUND 42 DOLLARS A MONTH.

THOSE EARNING $45-THOUSAND A YEAR WILL HAVE $75-DOLLARS LESS A MONTH.

FISCAL CLIFF LOCAL-OC SOT VO WIPE

WITH THOSE NUMBERS PEOPLE AND BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE WORRIED WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

allie spingler/ alva

15:02 it's not a matter of am I going to pay my light bill or not. It's a mater of it's going to deplete my savings.

AT CHARME IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS, BUSINESS IS UP 25 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.

OWNER, GARY SIMMONS, WORRIES MORE TAX BURDENS ON HIS CUSTOMERS

FISCAL CLIFF LOCAL-SOT VO

gary

11:40 it could directly impact our business if people don't have the extra dollars to come shopping. That hurts business

WEBSTER WAKES-VO

TODAY PEOPLE IN WEBSTER, NEW YORK ARE SAYING THEIR FINAL GOODBYES TO THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE KILLED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

WAKES WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AND ON SATURDAY FOR MIKE CHIAPPERINI AND TOMASZ KACZOWKA.

THE TWO WERE SHOT TO DEATH BY 62-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM SPENGLER AS THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE, WHICH SPENGLER HAD SET.

TWO OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WERE WOUNDED.

US CLOSES EMBASSY-VO

NEW AT ELEVEN.

THE U-S GOVERNMENT IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS EMBASSY IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND HAVE ORDERED DIPLOMATS TO LEAVE.

THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND ABOUT 40 OTHERS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF AMERICANS, WERE FLOWN OUT ON A U.S. AIR FORCE C-40 HEADED TO KENYA.

NEWTOWN SHOOTER DNA-VO

SCIENTISTS HAVE JOINED THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSACRE.

THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER WAS ASKED TO DO A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF SHOOTER ADAM LANZA'S D-N-A -- BUT THEY AREN'T LOOKING FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

RESEARCHERS SAY THERE ARE GENETIC COMPONENTS TO MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT THERE ARE MANY GENES INVOLVED.

AUSTIN COP DIES-VO

HOUSTON MCCOY, THE TEXAS POLICE OFFICER THAT HELP KILL CHARLES WHITMAN AND END WHAT AT THE TIME WAS THE NATION'S LARGEST MASS MURDER HAS DIED.

WHITMAN, A FORMER MARINE, POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE OBSERVATION DECK OF THE ICONIC UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TOWER ON AUGUST 1ST, 1966, AND BEGAN FIRING.

CLINTON GOING BACK TO WORK-VO

SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IS HEADING BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO HER SPOKESMAN.

CLINTON SAYS SHE'S BEEN RECOVERING FROM A CONCUSSION SHE SUFFERED AFTER FAINTING WHILE FIGHTING A STOMACH VIRUS.

BABY RECLINER RECALL-TRX VO

MAJOR U-S STORES ARE RECALLING A POPULAR BABY RECLINER AFTER REPORTS OF FIVE DEATHS LINKED TO THE DEVICE.

AMAZON-DOT-COM, BUY BUY BABY AND TOYS R US ARE RECALLING 150-THOUSAND NAP NANNY RECLINERS.

THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION SAYS DEFECTS IN THE DESIGN "POSE A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF INJURY AND DEATH TO INFANTS."

HOBBY LOBBY FINES-INTRO

IT COULD BE A RETAIL SHOWDOWN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

HOBBY LOBBY IS FACING HEFTY FINES STARTING NEXT WEEK IF IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH PORTIONS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTHCARE OVERHAUL.

HOBBY LOBBY FINES-PKG

HOBBY LOBBY IS A CHAIN OF CRAFT STORES THAT STARTED AS A MOM AND POP SHOP IN OKLAHOMA CITY. IT HAS GROWN TO A 2 BILLION DOLLAR OPERATION WITH 525 OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT IT IS STILL PRIVATELY HELD WITH A CORPORATE CULTURE ROOTED IN THE FAMILY'S CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE STORES ALL ARE CLOSED ON SUNDAY. NOW THE OWNERS ARE IN COURT OVER THEIR BELIEFS. THEY'RE FIGHTING THE NEW FEDERAL HEALTH CARE MANDATE. STAUNCHLY OPPOSED TO PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEE USE OF THE MORNING AFTER PILL -WHICH THEY SAY IS TANTAMOUNT TO ABORTION.

Our basic point is the government can't put a company in a position of choosing between its faith and following the law.

THE CASE MAY SOUND FAMILIAR: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS ASKED FOR A SIMILAR EXEMPTION FROM PROVIDING CONTRACEPTION TO ITS WORKERS.

During the health care legislation fight, there was a big division over who should get exempted. Churches have always been exempted from this, but other religious organizations have not. Early on the fight went back and forth and the administration finally said that religious colleges, universities, hospitals would be included in exemption for religious groups to not have to provide contraceptives as part of the new health care law.

BUT FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES - EVEN THOSE WITH STRONG RELIGIOUS TIES- HAVE NOT BEEN EXEMPTED BY THE MANDATE. HOBBY LOBBY'S CASE IS PENDING BEFORE THE US 10TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. BUT THE COMPANY IS UP AGAINST A DEADLINE OF JANUARY FIRST WHEN ITS HEALTH CARE PLAN KICKS IN FOR THE NEW YEAR. IN LESS THAN A WEEK HOBBY LOBBY IS FACING INCREDIBLY STIFF FINES.

The government is about to start imposing fines of 1.3 million dollars a day, I'm just going to repeat that 1.3 million dollars a day are the fines that Hobby Lobby is facing from the government.

HOBBY LOBBY FINES-ONCAM

LISA SYLVESTER REPORTING.

AFTER FAILING TO RECEIVE TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE FINES --

HOBBY LOBBY ANNOUNCED THAT IT QUOTE "WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE TO ALL QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES.

AUSSIE SHARK ATTACK-VO

A SIX AND A HALF FOOT SHARK OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA RIPPED PART OF SURFER'S HAND OFF.

THE 29-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SURFING WHEN THE SHARK ATTACKED HIM, BITING HIS LEG AND CHEWING OFF TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

THE SURFER'S FRIENDS USED THEIR SURFBOARD ROPES AS A TOURNIQUET TO STOP THE BLEEDING.

THE MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS SAID TO BE DOING O-K.

ROCKET LAUNCHER DONATED-VO WIPE

THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HELD A GUN "BUY BACK" PROGRAM -- BUT ONE WEAPON THAT WAS TURNED-IN HAD THE OFFICERS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.

SOMEONE HANDED IN A GRENADE LAUNCHER TO POLICE.

THE CITY ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO TRADE IN THEIR GUNS FOR GIFT CARDS.

ROCKET LAUNCHER DONATED-SOT VO

"Sheriff, when you look at these guns it looks more like armaments for a rebel army…"

"Indeed, we look like we're in a third world nation when we seize all these weapons from individuals, and the question you have to ask is 'Why?'"

APPLE WRIST-ONCAM

MOVE OVER I-PAD, AND I-PHONE APPLE'S NEWEST DEVICE MAY BE WRAPPED AROUND YOUR WRIST.

THERE ARE NEW REPORTS OUT OF CHINA CLAIMING THE COMPANY IS SECRETLY DEVELOPING A 'SMART WATCH' WITH A TOUCHSCREEN.

TEASE FOUR-----

TEACHERS PACKING HEAT?

ITS BEEN DISCUSSED NOW SOME ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

We're not going to get the guns out of the criminal's hands, so let's put some guns in the good guys hands.

WHERE TEACHERS ARE NOW BEING TAUGHT HOW TO TAKE OUT WOULD BE THREATS.

PLUS.MAKING MONEY OFF THE SANDY HOOK MASSCARE.

A) TEACHER GUNS-2 SHOT SOT VO

B) SANDY HOOK SCAM-VO TOPS

TEACHER GUNS-ON CAM

IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING, MANY HAVE WONDERED HOW THE TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

AMONG THE MANY SUGGESTIONS: ARMING MORE PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS.

A GROUP IN UTAH IS TAKING THAT SUGGESTION ONE STEP FURTHER, AND IS OFFERING A CLASS TO UTAH'S TEACHERS THAT INCLUDES HANDLING FIREARMS.

TEACHER GUNS-PKG

STEPHEN PRATT HAS NEVER HAD A GUN PERMIT. LATELY, THOUGH HE'S WANTED ONE.

With the recent tragedy in Connecticut I realized it's probably a good time for me to act on it.

PRATT IS A 3RD GRADE TEACHER AT WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY IN ALPINE. HIS STUDENTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS THOSE WHO DIED IN CONNECTICUT.

I just worry a little bit, what would I do as a teacher? How would you protect yourself if you're being fired upon?

HE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE ASKING HIMSELF THOSE QUESTIONS. HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, JANITORS ANYONE INVOLVED IN A SCHOOL CAME TO THE MAVERIK CENTER IN WEST VALLEY. THIS CLASS CALLED THE MASS VIOLENCE RESPONSE TRAINING CLASS WAS DESIGNED TO TEACH THEM. HOW TO FIGHT BACK.

I think it's important to have protection because if you don't have it, I feel like we're sitting ducks.

THE CLASS WASN'T JUST ABOUT GUNS AND PROTECTING YOURSELF WITH A GUN BUT GUNS WERE A BIG PART OF IT.

People are tired of being victims.

CLARK APOSHIAN IS A WELL KNOWN SHOOTING INSTRUCTOR IN UTAH. HE HELPED TEACH THE CLASS PROVIDING THE BASICS FOR TEACHERS ON WHAT TO DO, AND HOW TO DO IT.

We're not going to get the guns out of the criminal's hands, so let's put some guns in the good guys hands.

APOSHIAN ALSO SAYS THE CONNECTICUT SHOOTINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT OF PERCEPTIONS.

It's kind of being that agreement that you know what criminals are supposed to have hands off the schools. Everywhere else it's been kind of a free-for-all, but my gosh you mess with the schools and our kids, that's a whole other thing.

DAVID BURNELL, THE CEO OF OPSGEAR, A TACTICAL COMPANY THAT TRAINS POLICE OFFICERS SAYS GUNS MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYONE AND HE DOESN'T EXPECT EVERY TEACHER HERE TO GET A PERMIT. HE SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY.

We're gonna tell these people and help them understand where their moral code and where their value system really is. And until they discover that they're not prepared to carry a firearm.

TEACHER GUNS-ONCAM

ALEX CABRERO REPORTING.

KANSAS AND UTAH ALLOW GUNS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

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.

Increasing clouds, a warmer finish"

After a cold start to the day, our cool snap will quickly come to an end as our warming trend has begun.

Sunshine with a few patchy clouds will prevail through the mid day hours as temperatures gradually work their way into the middle 70s later in the day.

The cool dome of high pressure that brought us a quick dose of cool and dry air will shift to the east with more clouds filtering in from the south across our part of the state. Forecast models suggest a stray shower during the afternoon hours, however it looks like the vast majority of us will stay dry with increasing rain prospects by the first half of the weekend.

We will be watching a cold front approach the Florida peninsula throughout the day on Saturday. As a result, our skies will cloud up with a band of showers moving across Southwest Florida during the afternoon hours and quickly exiting to our south and east by the evening. Clouds will clear from north to south and a cooler and drier airmass will settle in across the state.

SANDY HOOK SCAM-OC SOT VO WIPE

A NEW YORK WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST ACCUSED OF PRETENDING TO BE A RELATIVE OF A VICTIM FROM SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ORDER TO COLLECT CASH.

"Oh hi, are you Miss Alba? You've set up, you say donations on behalf of one of the victims of the Newtown tragedy?"

Alba: "No."

"No? Your name and address is on the email. Can we come in with a camera crew?"

Alba: "No."

"No? This says, this has your email on it right there, this is about Noah Pozner's funeral."

THE F-B-I SAYS 37 YEAR OLD NOUEL ALBA SET UP AN INTERNET MONEY-GRABBING SCAM JUST HOURS AFTER THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING RAMPAGE.

THE FBI SAYS ALBA POSED AS THE AUNT OF LITTLE 6-YEAR-OLD NOAH POZNER. SAYING ON FACEBOOK QUOTE: WE'VE SET UP A FUNERAL FUND FOR MY BROTHER AND FAMILIES.WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO NOT JUST PRAY FOR US BUT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR KID.

SANDY HOOK SCAM-SOT VO

"I look at my nieces and I think of these scammers and their stealing from them. They're survivors of this tragedy."

ALBA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING TO FEDERAL AGENTS AND WAS RELEASED ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.

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A MOTHER AND YOUNG CHILD ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER THEIR CAR PLUNGED INTO AN ICY LAKE IN INDIANA.

THE WOMAN SAYS SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER S-U-V SENDING HER AND HER FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PLUNGING INTO A NEARBY LAKE.

MOM AND DAUGHTER RESCUE-SOT VO

The mom gets out of the car turns around and pulls her

daughter out of the back seat driver side window."

WITNESSES WHO JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO RESCUE THE TWO SAY THEY SWAM TO

GAS PRICES-CG

ITS NOT JUST YOUR IMAGINATION.GAS PRICES ARE ON THE RISE.BUT JUST SLIGHTLY.

NEW NUMBERS FROM TRIPLE A SHOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR UNLEADED IS AT $3.28.

THATS UP TWO CENTS FROM YESTERDAY.

ACROSS FLORIDA DRIVERS ARE PAYING $3.34.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WE'RE PAYING ON AVERAGE $3.33.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

IS PATRICK DEMPSEY TRADING IN HIS SCALPEL FOR A COFFEE APRON?

ALSO, A TRUE ROCK'NROLL WEDDING THAT WENT DOWN IN SECRET, AND AN R&B STAR IS ENGAGED.

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IS McDREAMY QUITTING SURGERY TO BECOME A BARISTA?

NOT QUITE.

BUT PATRICK DEMPSEY MAY BE GOING INTO THE COFFEE BUSINESS, AFTER ALL.

THE "GREY'S ANATOMY" STAR IS LEADING A GROUP THAT WANTS TO BAIL OUT TULLY'S COFFEE.

THE SEATTLE-BASED CHAIN FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN OCTOBER, AND ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE, IS CLOSING A NUMBER OF UNDERPERFORMING LOCATIONS.

A JUDGE MUST FIRST APPROVE THE SALE OF TULLY'S, BUT DEMPSEY SAYS HE'S "EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS, GIVE BACK TO SEATTLE AND BECOME A LARGER PART OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY."

COULD HE BE ANY McDREAMIER?

KATE WINSLET IS OFF THE MARKET.

THE OSCAR-WINNER MARRIED NED ROCK-N-ROLL, NEPHEW OF VIRGIN TYCOON, RICHARD BRANSON.

HER REP CONFIRMS, MR. AND MISSUS ROCK-N-ROLL WED IN NEW YORK EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HER TWO CHILDREN AND ONLY A FEW FRIENDS AND FAMILY ATTENDED THE PRIVATE CEREMONY.

THIS IS THE STARLET'S THIRD MARRIAGE.

BRANDY CAN DEFINITELY SAY, "THE BOY IS MINE."

A SPOKESMAN FOR NORWOOD SAYS THE R AND B SINGER IS ENGAGED TO MUSIC EXEC, RYAN PRESS.

NO WORD YET IF THE FORMER "DANCING WITH THE STARS" CONTESTANT WILL WORK A BALLROOM NUMBER INTO THEIR FIRST DANCE AS HUSBAND AND WIFE.

TEASE FIVE-----

A TRUE BEST FRIEND SAVES ANOTHER.

"I just wasn't thinking. I just wanted to try to rescue a friend of the family,"

A) DOG RESCUE-2 SHOT VO

DOG RESCUE-2 SHOT VO IN TRAFFIC

IT'S A NEW MUST SEE STORY AT ELEVEN IF YOU'RE A DOG LOVER.

A MAN IN MICHIGAN JUMPED INTO A FREEZING LAKE ERIE TO RESCUE A DOG.

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HE'S AN 11-YEAR-OLD WALKER HOUND NAMED BART, AND IF DOGS COULD TALK HE WOULD HAVE QUITE THE STORY TO TELL.

"I kept my eyes off of him just for a second."

DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK WITH HIS OWNER, HIS HUNTING DOG WANDERED AWAY AND FELL THROUGH THE ICE ON LAKE ERIE. HIS TWO FRONT PAWS KEPT HIM FROM SINKING IN.

"I tried to walk around to him and just too deep, and I just couldn't get to him."

WAIST-DEEP IN THE FREEZING WATER, JIM SWAYZE CALLED 911 AND THEN HE CALLED HIS COUSIN, LANCE WHO ARRIVED FIRST.

"I just wasn't thinking. I just wanted to try to rescue a friend of the family,"

WITH HIS WADERS ON, LANCE VENTURED OUT, TAKING A CHANCE ON EVERY STEP.

"It broke and I fell in, and I was probably about 3 and half foot deep."

HE FINALLY REACHED BART WHO SPENT AN HOUR AND HALF IN THE FRIGID WATER. LANCE HELD HIM CLOSE BEFORE THEY WERE RESCUED.

"I was talking to him, I was trying to keep him warm. I was trying to rub him and get trying to get some blood flowing through his body."

This dog's tale comes with a happy ending.

DOG RESCUE-2 SHOT TRAFFIC

BISI ONILE-ERE REPORTING.

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

HELLO EVERYONE!

FORT MYERS SEES ANOTHER HOMICIDE THIS YEAR.

POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN INSIDE A HOME.

WE'RE LIVE WITH A FULL REPORT IN THREE MINUTES.

DID YOU GET A GIFT CARD FOR CHRISTMAS?

WE'VE GOT A STORY FOR YOU BEFORE YOU HIT THE MALL TODAY.

TIPS TO GET THE MOST OF THAT CARD.

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TODAY,

DOCTORS TURN TO MUSHROOMS TO TREAT BREAST CANCER.

THAT'S RIGHT. MUSHROOMS.

AND NO WORRIES IF YOUR EYEBROWS DON'T GROW.

JUST GET A HAIR TRANSPLANT.

WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

NOON TZA) FM SHOOTING-VO

NOON TZB) GIFT CARDS-VO

NOON TZC) MUSHROOMS BREAST CANCER-VO

NOON TZD) EYEBROW TRANSPLANTS-VO

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA