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HEADLINES

BREAKING NEWS, FIRST AT FOUR.

YOUR STOCK INVESTMENTS ARE OFF TO GREAT START THIS NEW YEAR.

BUT ECONOMISTS SAY IT COULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

PLUS - WHAT IS METHAMPHETAMINE DOING INSIDE THIS BABY GIRL'S SHOE.

FIRST AT FOUR - HOW CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES DISCOVED THE DRUG.

SOT Sharyn: "I hope, I hope and pray that doesn't happen to anyone else."

A VALET TICKET STIRS UP CONTROVERSY IN BOCA RATON.

WHY THE PARKING GARAGE OPERATORS ARE ASKING FOR THIS WOMAN'S FORGIVENESS.

1 wall street-trxVOTOPS

2 meth in baby shoe-trxSSTOPS

3 fl valet incident-trxSOTVO

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BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

BIG BOARD-SAT-LIVE-TOPS

WALL STREET LOVES THE FISCAL CLIFF DEAL.

STOCKS SOARED ON THE FIRST DAY OF TRADING THIS YEAR.

AS SOON AS TRADING OPENED AT 9-30 THIS MORNING, THE DOW SURGED 200 POINTS.

FISCAL CLIFF DEAL-2SHOT

TODAY'S RALLY ON WALL STREET COULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

FISCAL CLIFF DEAL-PKG

PRESIDENT OBAMA CELEBRATED HIS WIN ON TAX HIKES FOR THE WEALTHY BY GOING BACK TO HAWAII TO FINISH HIS VACATION.

nats/ nyse

WALL STREET CELEBRATED THE FISCAL CLIFF FIX WITH A STOCK RALLY.

98 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE RELIEVED. NO TAX HIKE.

BUT, BACK ON CAPITOL HILL.

sot: Rep. Michael Grimm / New York

"right now everything is not okay! "

MORE DIVISION AND ANGER. SOME REPUBLICANS.ALONG WITH DEMOCRATS.

ANGRY AT SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER FOR DELAYING A VOTE ON AID TO THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY BECAUSE OF THE COST. BOEHNER SIGNALING HE'S BACK TO A HARDLINE IN THE BUDGET FIGHTS AHEAD.

SO ARE SENATE REPUBLICANS:

Wyoming

so we're going to focus on spending and the tidal waves coming at us are medicare and are social security.

carrier takeoff

WAVE NUMBER ONE IS THE FIGHT OVER DEFENSE CUTS

AND SOCIAL SERVICES SPENDING. POSTPONED 2 MONTHS

BY YESTERDAY'S FISCAL CLIFF DEAL.

WAVE NUMBER TWO IS WORSE. ANOTHER DEBT CEILING FIGHT. LIKE THE ONE LAST YEAR THAT DAMAGED THE U-S CREDIT RATING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA VOWS NO REPEAT.

Oklahoma

"if the president thinks that he's not going to negotiate he'd better think again. he's president of the united states. he's not emperor of the planet."

THIS COULD GET SCARIER THAN THE CLIFF.

TAX BREAKDOWN-(3)CG

EVEN THOUGH YOUR TAXES WILL NOT GO UP, YOU WILL STILL SEE A SMALLER PAYCHECK.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY EXPIRED ON JANUARY FIRST.

EVERY AMERICAN WILL PAY 2 PERCENT MORE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.

HERE'S WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU.

IF YOU MAKE 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, YOU'LL PAY ABOUT 50 DOLLARS MORE EACH MONTH.

A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR INCOME MEANS 83 DOLLARS MORE.

CHARCO METH IN BABY SHOE-(2)SS

A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF STASHING METH INSIDE HER ONE-YEAR OLD'S SHOE.

HERE IS A PICTURE.

IN THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THE DRUG.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND THE DRUGS AFTER PULLING DODIE ALBRITTON OVER FOR WEAVING ACROSS TRAFFIC IN PORT CHARLOTTE MONDAY NIGHT.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY ALSO FOUND METH ON MANUEL ROLON AND ALEXANDER RULE.

ALL THREE WERE ARRESTED.

PASEO ATTACK UPDATE-SS-VO

WE'RE LEARNING SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT A BRUTAL HOME INVASION AT A FORT MYERS GATED- COMMUNITY.

JOHN MAATSCH IS BEING HELD ON NO BOND.

HE LIVES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE VICTIM TRACEY MARAZZI.

MARAZZI SAYS SHE WOKE UP TO THE MAN ON TOP OF HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -- HE STABBED HER THREE TIMES IN HER CHEST -- AND WHEN HER SON CAME INTO THE ROOM, SHE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT HIM OFF.

ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT WE JUST OBTAINED, MAATSCH SHOWED UP AT THE CRIME SCENE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, DRESSED IN A BLOUSE, JEANS AND BOOTS -- AND TOLD POLICE HE'D SEEN THE SUSPECT.

POLICE THOUGHT HIS STORY WAS SUSPICIOUS -- AND SAY THEY LATER FOUND A SHIRT, SHOE AND PANTS WITH MARAZZI'S BLOOD IN MAATSCH'S HOME.

TOSS TO STEVE-OC-VO-DBX

A FIRST IN YEARS FOR CAPE CORAL -- FIREFIGHTERS PREPARE TO PUT A NEW TRUCK IN SERVICE.

THE HUGE PURCHASE FOLLOWS YEARS OF DELAY AND MOUNTING MAINTENANCE ISSUES PLAGUING THE CASH STRAPPED CITY.

NBC2'S STEVE CAMPION TRACKED DOWN THE NEW TRUCK FOR A FIRST HAND LOOK -- YOU'LL SEE ONLY HERE.

HE JOINS US LIVE FROM FIRE STATION NUMBER EIGHT.

NEW CAPE CORAL FIRE TRUCK-REM-LIVE

FOR SURE -- THE SHINY NEW ENGINE INSIDE THIS STATION MARKS A TURNING POINT FOR CAPE CORAL.

NEW CAPE CORAL FIRE TRUCK-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE START OF 2013 -- LOOKS TO CHANGE THAT ATTITUDE.

CITY LEADERS TELL US -- THEY'RE ABOUT TO REACH CRITICAL MASS WITH SOME EQUIPMENT -- WHERE THE COSTS OF REPAIR EXCEED REPLACEMENT.

AT THIS POINT -- FIREFIGHTERS HERE COVERING A LARGE DISTRICT IN THE NORTH CAPE RELY ON ONE ENGINE WHICH IN THE PAST PROVED TO BE PROBLEMATIC.

THIS 453-THOUSAND DOLLAR PURCHASE GIVES THEM A RELIABLE TOOL WITH MORE SPACE.

NEW CAPE CORAL FIRE TRUCK-SOTVO

TAKE SOT

Brendan Fonock, Fire Union President -- 00-07

0354 "now we're in a situation where things have gotten a little better. We're on the up, not the down but we need to play catch up.

Rana Erbick, Cape Coral Council member 07-12

"there's a lot on the plate best thing to do is deal with it one piece at a time.

THIS AFTERNOON -- WE LEARNED THE CITY MANAGER WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS COMING MONTH FOR ANOTHER NEW FIRETRUCK.

NEW CAPE CORAL FIRE TRUCK-REM-LIVE

FIREFIGHTERS HERE HOPE TO HAVE THE NEW TRUCK ON THE ROAD SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.

FM DEAD MANATEE-VO

FIRST AT FOUR - A DEAD MANATEE WASHEd UP ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S SHORe today.

THE animal WAS FOUND ON THE BEACH AT GULF HARBOUR GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB THIS MORNING.

SANDY HOOK OPEN HOUSE-VO

NEW TODAY, SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GOT A LOOK AT THEIR NEW CLASSROOMS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTINGS AT THEIR OLD SCHOOL.

AN OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD AT ANOTHER SCHOOL IN A TOWN CLOSE TO NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

LAST MONTH, ADAM LANZA KILLED 20 FIRST-GRADERS AND SIX ADULTS AT THE SCHOOL.

SANDY HOOK IS STILL CONSIDERED A CRIME SCENE.SO THE STUDENTS HAD TO FIND ANOTHER SCHOOL TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES.

PSU SANCTIONS LAWSUIT-trxOC-VO-DISS-VIDBX

DEVELOPING TODAY, THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TAKES-ON THE N-C DOUBLE-A.

GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT IS ASKING A FEDERAL COURT TO THROW OUT PENALTIES AGAINST PENN STATE.

THE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED UNPRECEDENTED PUNISHMENT FOR MIS-HANDLING A CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.

PENN STATE HAD TO PAY A 60 MILLION DOLLAR FINE.

CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN BOWL GAMES FOR 4 YEARS.

PSU SANCTIONS LAWSUIT-SOTVO

S/Gov. Tom Corbett/Pennsylvania:12

"The only logical conclusion is that the NCAA did it because they benefited from the penalties and because the leadership of the NCAA believed that it could."

SUPERSTORM SANDY AID-OC-SOTVO

ON CAPITOL HILL, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CALLED-OUT FELLOW LAWMAKERS FOR REFUSING TO VOTE ON DISASTER RELIEF AID FOR HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS.

Mr. Speaker this kind of petty, partisan posturing is absolutely disgraceful. It's an act of spiteful indifference that will go down in history as a low point in a low era. Shame on this House.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STORM-RAVAGED NORTHEAST SAID REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TURNED THEIR BACK ON PEOPLE IN DESPERATE NEED.

SUPERSTORM SANDY AID-PKG

THE PLIGHT OF VICTIMS OF SUPERSTORM SANDY SUFFERED ANOTHER SETBACK WHEN GOP HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER POSTPONED A VOTE ON FEDERAL AID.

.SETTING OFF BLISTERING CRITICISM OF HIM.MOST NOTABLY FROM FELLOW REPUBLICANS.

New York : - :

"Because there was a betrayal"

New York : - :

"We cannot believe this cruel knife in the back was delivered to our region"

NOT ONE MEMBER TOOK TO THE FLOOR WEDNESDAY TO DEFEND BOEHNER.

.CERTAINLY NOT THE ONES FROM NEW YORK OR NEW JERSEY.

New York : - :

"How can we treat an entire region of the country this way. It's the most disgraceful act that I've seen in this House"

EVEN OTHERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THOUGH. COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DOUBLE STANDARD FOR SANDY VICTIMS.

.ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO VICTIMS OF KATRINA. WHO RECEIVED AID WITHIN TWO WEEKS. WHILE IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS AND STILL COUNTING SINCE SANDY.

New Jersey : - : 110001

"Absurd! Absolutely absurd.we demand nothing less than we have given the rest of the country"

THE BLASTING OF BOEHNER WENT BEYOND THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.

News Jersey : - :

GOVERNORS CHRISTIE AND CUOMO OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CALLED POSTPONEMENT OF THE VOTE ON THE AID PACKAGE."a dereliction of duty."

OTHERS IN SANDY'S PATH ALSO WEIGHED IN WEDNESDAY.

"It's a shame and a tragedy, because they're putting politics before people"

"We're just disappointed that they couldn't come to a conclusion and pass the bill"

IN A STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT OBAMA URGED BOEHNER TO CHANGE HIS MIND.

.BUT THE SPEAKER STOOD FIRM AND REPORTEDLY PROMISED TO MAKE SANDY RELIEF A PRIORITY BY THE END OF THE MONTH. WITH THE NEW CONGRESS THAT STARTS WORK THURSDAY AT NOON.

SUPERSTORM SANDY AID-OC

WITHIN THE PAST HOUR, WE'VE LEARNED HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER HAS NAMED A SPECIFIC DEADLINE FOR THE VOTE.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST STARS ARE TURNING TO A NEW TREATMENT TO BOOST THEIR ENERGY.

COMING UP, WHY YOU MAY WANT TO TRADE-IN THOSE VITAMIN PILLS FOR AN I-V DRIP.

AND, STRAIGHT AHEAD, WE'VE GOT EXCITING NEWS ABOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S MOST-WATCHED COUPLE.

A) vitamin infusion-VO-WIPE

B) eagle cam-MITTO

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

EAGLE CAM-MITTO-VO

IT'S GETTING CROWDED IN A NORTH FORT MYERS EAGLE NEST.

LAST NIGHT, ONE OF TWO EAGLETS HATCHED.

MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE NOW WATCHED THIS LIVE STREAM FROM DICK PRITCHETT REAL ESTATE.

THE WEBSITE QUICKLY WENT VIRAL AFTER WE STARTED PROMOTING IT IN MID-OCTOBER.

LOOK AT WHAT WE SPOTTED EARLIER TODAY.

ONE OF THE PARENTS WAS FEEDING THE NEWLY HATCHED CHICK.

THERE IS ANOTHER EGG IN THE NEST.

PAGE FIELD TRAFFIC-VO

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY PAGE FIELD IN FORT MYERS,

YOU'VE LIKELY NOTICED MORE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAYS.

THOSE PLANES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AN ECONOMIC BOOST,

THAT'S SPREADING FROM THE AIRFIELD TO THE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL OPERATIONS ARE UP ALMOST 10 PERCENT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005, PAGE FIELD HAD CLOSE TO 80-THOUSAND AIRPLANES USE THEIR FACILITIES IN 2012.

THE 1 YEAR OLD BASE OPS BUILDING AND ITS AMENITIES ARE GIVEN PARTIAL CREDIT FOR THE BOOST.

CLAM PASS DREDGE-VO

PEOPLE IN COLLIER COUNTY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DREDGE A POPULAR CANAL.

DOZENS OF RESIDENTS AND HAVE BEEN DIGGING CLAM PASS TO TRY AND OPEN THE CHANNEL.

SAND CLOGGED THE CHANNEL AFTER TROPICAL STORMS ISAAC AND DEBBY.

WITHOUT THE FLOW OF WATER IN AND OUT OF THE GULF-- THE MANGROVES AND WILDLIFE COULD DIE-OFF.

A PART-TIME RESIDENT OF PELICAN BAY SAYS IT'S TAKING TOO LONG FOR THE COUNTY TO GET AN EMERGENCY DREDGING PERMIT--

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

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.

Highs will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s across the area. There will again be patchy fog forming tonight into tomorrow morning with lower near the 60 degree mark.

Through the day Thursday, cloud cover will be increasing ahead of a cold front. Then on Friday we can expect a few scattered showers as the front moves into our area. This front will be different from the past couple of fronts.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TEASE TWO---------

STILL TO COME, FIRST AT FOUR.

DESIGNERS IN SPAIN SAY THEY'VE DESIGNED THE PERFECT PILLOW FOR NAPS AT THE OFFICE.

A) power nap pillow-VOTOPS

POWER NAP PILLOW-VO

IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO CATCH SOME Z's AT WORK, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP YOU NAP.

A MADRID-BASED COMPANY CREATED THIS PILLOW - CALLED THE OSTRICH PILLOW.

THE DESIGN OF THE PILLOW INSPIRED THE NAME.

IT GOES AROUND YOUR HEAD, LIKE AN OSTRICH STICKING IT'S HEAD IN THE SAND.

THERE ARE HOLES FOR YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE AND EARS.

VITAMIN INFUSION-ONCAM

HERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO BOOST YOUR ENERGY.

STARS LIKE MADONNA AND CINDY CRAWFORD ARE BIG FANS.

BUT IS IT REALLY GOOD FOR YOU AND IS IT SAFE?

VITAMIN INFUSION-PKG

YOU POP THEM FOR A HEALTHY BOOST….

…BUT WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR DOSE OF VITAMINS LIKE THIS?

"I haven't had a cold. I haven't had strep. I haven't had anything wrong with me."

BETH DAIL STARTED I-V VITAMIN INFUSIONS TO COMBAT THE FATIGUE OF LYME'S DISEASE. NOW, SHE'S HOOKED.

"I think it's beneficial for everybody."

CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR CRAIG JOHN SAYS YOU ONLY ABSORB 15 TO 20-PERCENT OF ORAL VITAMINS. BUT WITH INFUSIONS…

…"When they're going straight IV, intravenously, you get 100% absorption."

HE SAYS THE INFUSIONS CAN BOOST ENERGY, STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, PROTECT AGAINST DISEASE, AND SPEED UP MUSCLE REPAIR. EACH VITAMIN COCKTAIL IS PERSONALIZED FOR THE PATIENT AND RUNS ABOUT 150 DOLLARS. MOST ARE MADE UP OF VITAMIN C, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM AND OTHER TRACE MINERALS. BUT SOME LIKE DOCTOR DAVID RISEBERG SAY THE INFUSIONS ARE UNNECESSARY.

"I think that if you eat a healthy diet, you can get all the vitamins you need. Intravenous vitamins for a healthy person to me, seems like a waste of money."

THERE ARE ALSO RISKS. WITH ANY I-V TREATMENT, BRUISING, INFECTION AND VEIN INFLAMMATION CAN OCCUR; AND THERE'S A CHANCE THE WRONG DOSE OF NUTRIENT COULD BE INFUSED.

STILL, BETH SAYS THE INFUSIONS HAVE GIVEN HER ENERGY SHE DIDN'T HAVE.

"Friends and family have just been like what are you doing, you look better."

TEASE THREE

A WATCHFUL HOMEOWNER CAPTURED POISONOUS SNAKE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NOW, WE'RE LEARNING A COMPANY HAS IT'S EYE ON THE DANGEROUS VENOM.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW IT WILL BE USED TO SAVE LIVES.

LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH THE EAGLE'S NEST IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

OVERNIGHT, THE NEST BECAME A LITTLE MORE CROWDED.

ONE OF TWO EGGS HATCHED.

THE CAMERA IS PROVIDED BY A LOCAL REAL ESTATE COMPANY.

THEY TELL US THE FEED WENT VIRAL AFTER IT WENT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

A) poisonouse snake-VO-WIPE

6 YR OLD SUSPENDED-ONCAM

A 6 YEAR OLD MARYLAND BOY HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL AFTER MAKING A GUN GESTURE WITH HIS HAND AND PRETENDING TO SHOOT A CLASSMATE.

THE BOY'S FAMILY HAS HIRED A LAWYER.

ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY, THE BOY MADE THE GESTURE, POINTED AT A STUDENT AND SAID POW.

THIS HAPPENED A WEEK AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

POISONOUS SNAKE FOUND LABELLE-OC-VO

A venenomous SNAKE was CAPTURED IN LABELLE.

And THE VENOM FROM THE CORAL SNAKE WILL BE USED TO HELP SAVE LIVES.

LAST YEAR, A 6 YEAR OLD BOY FROM NAPLES WAS SAVED BY ANTI-VENOM TREATMENTS AFTER HE WAS BITTEN BY A CORAL SNAKE.

POISONOUS SNAKE FOUND LABELLE-LL-PKG

IN ORDER TO MAKE ANIT-VENOM, YOU NEED TO GET THE REAL STUFF DIRECTLY FROM THE POISONOUS SNAKE.

HERE IT IS.

IT'S ABOUT 2-FEET LONG.

TOMORROW MORNING, A MAN FROM ORLANDO WILL BE COMING DOWN TO GET THE SNAKE AND START EXTRACTING THE VENOM.

IT WAS YESTERDAY WHEN KEVIN HOLLAND WAS DOING SOME WORK ON HIS FAMILY'S LAND. WHEN HE WALKED INTO THIS SHED AND SAW A BRIGHTLY COLORED SNAKE.

SOT: "I just jumped like anyone would when they see a snake."

HE KNEW IT COULD BE A POISONOUS CORAL SNAKE. SO INSTEAD OF KILLING IT, KEVIN DECIDED TO CATCH HIM.

SOT: "Most people don't see those much and I decided to bring him home. I thought maybe somebody could use it."

AND KEVIN WAS RIGHT, TOMORROW, THIS SNAKE WILL START TO BE USED TO SAVE LIVES. AN EXPERT WILL DRIVE FROM ORLANDO TO EXTRACT ITS DEADLY VENOM, TO PRODUCE A LIFE SAVING ANTI-VENOM. SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF PRODUCTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IS IN DESPERATE NEED.

SOT: "They ceased production probably in 2006."

CAPTAIN JEFF FOBB WORKS WITH THE VENOM TEAM AT MIAMI-DADE FIRE AND RESCUE.

IT HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST STORES OF ANIT-VENOM IN THE COUNTRY.

HE SAYS THE CORAL SNAKE TREATMENT HASN'T BEEN MADE IN SEVERAL YEARS. AND SUPPLY IS DWINDLING.

SOT: "These snake bites are serious medical emergencies and can lead to prolonged hospital stays and without treatment, people can die."

AND THAT'S WHY THIS MAN FROM LABELLE HOPES HIS FIND, CAN HELP SAVE SOME LIVES.

SOT: "I hope so, one day it will help somebody, I'm sure."

PFISER PHARMACEUTICALS IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON MAKING A NEW BATCH OF ANTI-VENOM THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED THIS YEAR.

THERE IS CURRENTLY A STASH OF THE ANTI-VENOM THAT IS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO START MAKING MORE.

TEASE FOUR-2SHOT

A WEEK AGO, A CHRISTMAS EVE FIRE MADE SEVERAL FORT MYERS BEACH RESIDENTS HOMELESS.

TODAY, NBC-2 WAS THERE AS THEY GET A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.

PLUS - A BIG STEP FOR STUDENTS FROM SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY.

A) fmb residents back-VO-WIPE

B) sandy hook open house-VOTOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

SANDY HOOK OPEN HOUSE-2SH-VO

TOMORROW, CONNECTICUT STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED A MASS SHOOTING AT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GO BACK TO CLASS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TODAY, THE CHILDREN GOT TO LOOK AT THE NEW BUILDING WHERE THEY WILL START THEIR LESSONS IN THE NEW YEAR.

SANDY HOOK OPEN HOUSE-PKG

THE ROAD TO SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY IS STILL CLOSED.

A SIGN THAT USED TO MARK THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN PULLED FROM IT'S HINGES - JUST LIKE SO MANY LIVES IN THIS SMALL TOWN.

"Getting back to the sense of figuring out what the new normal will look like I think is important, and I think everybody is just waiting for that to happen."

THAT WAITING ENDS TOMORROW FOR STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED THE ATTACK.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY WILL BE BACK TOGETHER. AND BACK IN CLASS.

THEIR NEW SCHOOL IS ABOUT SEVEN MILES AWAY IN THE TOWN OF MONROE.

"If you notice the sign it has been renamed Sandy Hook school so we can continue on our traditions."

FURNITURE HAS BEEN MOVED IN FROM THEIR OLD SCHOOL.

BOOK BAGS AND JACKETS PUT IN THE SAME PLACES THEY WERE THAT FRIDAY.

"That's really a big thing for the kids that their class looks exactly the same.that they're sitting next to same people that they have the same friends in the same places.and everything on the walls looks like the same."

THERE WILL BE ONE NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE. A HEAVY AND VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE.

"Right now it has to be the safest school in America.

GREEN RIBBONS WILL WELCOME THE STUDENTS BACK.

WHAT THEY WON'T SEE, ARE THE MOUNTAINS OF STUFFED ANIMALS. FLOWERS. AND SIGNS THAT SPREAD ACROSS THIS TOWN IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING.

"Crowds of mourners, the memorials - are all gone now. Newtown is quiet again. But the pain and loss in this community still lingers."

ALONG WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IT HAPPENED. AND HOW TO MOVE-ON.

QUESTIONS THAT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO ASK. AND THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED IN ANY CLASSROOM.

CO THEATER SHOOTING MEETING-VO

THE COURT CASE IS MOVING FORWARD AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE COLORADO MOVE THEATHER SHOOTING.

A HEARING FOR JAMES HOLMES WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

A STATE DISTRICT JUDGE WILL THEN DECIDE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PUT HOLMES ON TRIAL.

FISCAL CLIFF-VIDBX RVL

WHILE THE NEW DEAL PASSED BY THE HOUSE ON THE FISCAL CLIFF PROTECTS YOUR TAX RATES.

IT DOESN'T ADDRESS PAYROLL TAXES.

AND THAT MEANS YOUR PAYCHECK IS ABOUT TO SHRINK.

IF YOU'RE MAKING 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, YOU'LL PAY ABOUT 50-DOLLARS MORE A MONTH IN TAXES.

IF YOU'RE EARNING 50-THOUSAND A YEAR, YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 83-DOLLARS MORE A MONTH.

AND IF YOU MAKE 114-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, YOU'LL PAY AN EXTRA 190 A MONTH IN TAXES.

THE PAYROLL TAX FUNDS SOCIAL SECURITY.

STOCKS TODAY-CG

A FISCAL CLIFF DEAL SENT STOCKS SOARING TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLOSING NUMBERS.

TRADING STOPPED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO.

A BIG DAY FOR THE DOW, UP 308 POINTS, CLOSING AT 13-THOUSAND 4-HUNDRED.

BOTH THE NASDAQ AND S AND P GAINED TODAY.

INVESTORS SAY THE RALLY COULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

GOV. SCOTT ARCADIA-VO-WIPE

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES AND TALKED ONE ON ONE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ARCADIA TODAY.

SCOTT TOOK QUESTIONS AND GAVE ADVICE AT THE DESOTO COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS MORNING.

MANY PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT JOBS, EDUCATION, AND THE COST OF LIVING.

GOV. SCOTT ARCADIA-SOTVO

22.43.13 But we still have over 700,000 people out of work in our state, so we still have a lot of work to do and it's all tied to making sure this is the best place to do business.

GOVERNOR SCOTT ALSO SAID THE KEY TO GETTING MORE JOBS IS A GOOD EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

FL ECONOMIC RECOVERY-ONCAM

GOOD NEWS FOR FLORIDA--

A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE STATE'S ECONOMY ENJOYING THE BIGGEST BOOST IN SEVEN YEARS.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE INDEX TRACKS OVERALL JOB GROWTH, UNEMPLOYMENT, WAGES AND MANUFACTURING DATA.

FLORIDA'S SCORE IN OCTOBER SHOWS THE STATE'S ECONOMY GROWING AT A YEARLY RATE OF THREE-POINT-FIVE PERCENT.

SUPERSTORM AID-VO-WIPE

IN WASHINGTON THERE WAS HEATED DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY.

IT WAS OVER AID FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY.

ON FRIDAY, THE SENATE APPROVED 60 BILLION DOLLARS TO HELP WITH RECOVERY FROM THE OCTOBER STORM.

THE HOUSE DECIDED IT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY AND CUT DOWN THE AID TO 27 BILLION DOLLARS.

TODAY, THE HOUSE REFUSED TO SCHEDULE A VOTE ON THE BILL.

SUPERSTORM AID-SOTVO

S/ Rep. Peter King / :10

"These people have no problem finding New York when it comes to raising money. It's only when it comes to allocating money that they can't find the ability to do it."

S/ Rep. Steny Hoyer / Maryland:19

"We cannot and we should not wait. We must not walk away Mr Speaker. I urge the Speaker of this House to reconsider and act immediately."

FMB RESIDENTS BACK IN CONDO-VO-WIPE

PEOPLE NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH ARE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES ONE WEEK AFTER A DEVESTATING FIRE.

FLAMES DAMAGED SEVERAL CONDOS AT THE SPORTSMAN COVE COMMUNITY ON CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING.

NOW A GENERATOR RUNS AROUND THE CLOCK TO HELP CLEAN-UP.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED FROM A BATHROOM VENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

ONE WOMAN WE SPOKE TO HAD TO EVACUATE FROM HER HOME BECAUSE OF SMOKE DAMAGE.

FMB RESIDENTS BACK IN CONDO-SOTVO

ARLENE tucker

CONDO RESIDENT.

:16

"I saw her brother in law and he said they just remodeled the kitchen he says Cathy will cry."

AK SHIP AGROUND-VO

HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAVE PREVENTED CREWS FROM CHECKING A GROUNDED OIL DRILLING SHIP.

NEARLY 500 MEMBERS OF THE UNIFIED COMMAND ARE IN KODIAK TO HELP DISLODGE AND SALVAGE THE SHIP, WHICH RAN AGROUND MONDAY EVENING.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL SALVAGING IS DONE.

NEARLY 150-THOUSAND GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL IS ONBOARD, ALONG WITH 12-THOUSAND GALLONS OF HYDRAULIC LUBRICANTS.

YELLOWSTONE OIL SPILL-ONCAM

ALL NEW, FIRST AT FOUR.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY AN OIL SPILL UNDERNEATH MONATANA'S YELLOWSTONE RIVER WAS A LOT WORSE THAN IT HAD TO BE.

OFFICIALS SAY EXXON MOBIL WAITED 45 MINUTES TO SHUT OFF A VALVE AFTER THEY DISCOVERED PROBLEMS.

THIS WAS BACK IN JULY OF 2011.

THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION SAYS TWO-THIRDS OF THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY SHUTTING OFF THAT VALVE IMMEDIATELY.

IN ALL 15-HUNDRED BARRELS OF OIL LEAKED INTO THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER.

DC EXPLOSIVE DEVICE-VO

A REPORT OF AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE PUT AUTHORITES IN VIRGINIA ON HIGH ALERT.

IT WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT OF A TIRE STORE IN THE TOWN OF VIENNA.

POLICE BROUGHT IN A ROBOT TO EXAIME THE DEVICE.

COUPLE ARRESTED IN TERROR PLOT-VO-WIPE

A TIP LED POLICE IN NEW YORK TO A STUNNING STASH OF GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES.

THEY FOUND THE WEAPONS IN A GREENWICH VILLAGE APPARTMENT.

THE COUPLE WHO LIVES THERE HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD.

COUPLE ARRESTED IN TERROR PLOT-SOTVO

14:25:23 they had um, a terrorist encyclopedia, they had improvised and modified firearms, deadly homemade weapons, a do it yourself machine gun, how to make it, they had a street sweeper a home workshop shotgun

POLICE EVACUATED THE APPARTMENT BUILDING AFTER FINDING A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE USED IN BOMB MAKING.

IVORY COAST MOURNING-VO

TODAY BEGINS THREE DAYS OF MOURNING IN THE IVORY COAST FOR THE 61 PEOPLE WHO WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH IN A STAMPEDE.

IT HAPPENED AFTER A NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

WITNESSES SAY POLICE TRIED TO CONTROL CROWDS AROUND THE STADIUM HOSTING THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY, BUT THE SITUATION QUICKLY GOT OUT OF HAND LEADING MANY TO PANIC.

HEALTH CLIP-CLIP

SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME-VO

AN INDIANA TEEN'S INJURIES HAVE RESEACHERS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT SOMETHING CALLED SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME.

IT HAPPENS WHEN ATHLETES RETURN TO SPORTS TOO SOON AFTER SUFFERING A HEAD INJURY.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES AND DIZZINESS AFTER A HIT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

A C-T SCAN FAILED TO DETECT THAT HIS BRAIN HAD FILLED WITH BLOOD AND HE WAS CLEARED TO PLAY.

LEE COUNTY FLU SHOTS-VO

IN OUR HEALTH CAST TODAY, A HEAD'S UP FOR PARENTS OF LEE COUNTY STUDENTS.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO GET A FLU SHOT BEFORE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE ARE AT THE HEIGHT OF FLU SEASON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE VIRUS.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GET THE VACCINE. A TRADITIONAL SHOT AND IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF NEEDLES, THERE IS A MIST FORM.

BOTH ARE AVAILABLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

HEALTH MATTERS-ONCAM

WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS A FEVER.PARENTS OFTEN START TO WORRY.

BUT SHOULD THEY?

HEALTH MATTERS-PKG

WHEN LITTLE ROSE MARIE STRIKES A FEVER, HER MOM TRIES TO KEEP A COOL HEAD.

CAITLIN SCHULTHEIS/MOTHER

RUNS:

:22 I think the natural inclination is to be nervous and you want to figure out what the cause is and figure out what you need to do to get it better as fast as possible.

IT MAY BE A MAJOR WORRY, BUT MOST KID'S FEVERS ARE NO PROBLEM SAYS PEDIATRICIAN NANCY WITHAM.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

PT 2

:05: The fever is helping our body kill the infection that's making us sick and that fever is a symptom, it's not the illness itself.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

Most frantic phone calls come from parents who want to know if a fever is too high. Truth is doctors don't even consider a temperature a fever until it tops 100.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

8:16 Fevers in 102 range seem to be most of our winter colds or flu virus fevers. If your child is a 4 or 5 year, old the fever itself is nothing to be alarmed about.

SO WHEN DO YOU CALL OR VISIT THE DOCTOR?

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS

2:24 Anything above the 103.5 - 104 range can be associated with significant infections, although it doesn't have to be. So we want to know about fevers that high.

WHEN THE MERCURY RISES, MOST MOMS REACH FOR REINFORCEMENTS.

CAITLIN SCHULTHEIS/MOTHER

RUNS:

:36 We try to treat the fever as quickly as possible using Tylenol as our first line medication and then we pay attention to other symptoms that she's having.

DR. NANCY WITHAM/PEDIATRICIAN

RUNS:

4:32 It's actually surprisingly better to just let that fever be. There's good data that suggests that the fever actually helps our immune system fight off that infection.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

PRINCE WILLIAM STARTED HIS NEW YEAR WITH A DARING RESCUE OPERATION.

FIRST AT FOUR - THE JOB THAT CALLED HIM AWAY FROM HIS PREGNANT WIFE.

SPEAKING OF EXPECTING, A PAIR OF EAGLES ARE NEW PARENTS TODAY.

OZZIE AND HARRIET WELCOMED A NEW EAGLET OVERNIGHT.

THEIR NEST IS ON BAYSHORE ROAD IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

A) prince william search-VO-WIPE

C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ALL NEW AHEAD AT 5:00-CLIP

PAUSE FOR AHEAD AT 5:00 CLIP

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY FIRED SHOTS DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST MONTH -- KILLING ONE MAN.

0:05 We've got shots fired and my house has been hit with bullets.

NEW AT FIVE --

FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR THE 9-1-1 CALLS FROM THAT NIGHT.

--PLUS THIS--

A) LOVE BOAT POLICE SHOOTING 911CALL-SOTVO

B) MEGHAN STANDUP TZ-SOTTOPS

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

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.

Highs will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s across the area. There will again be patchy fog forming tonight into tomorrow morning with lower near the 60 degree mark.

Through the day Thursday, cloud cover will be increasing ahead of a cold front. Then on Friday we can expect a few scattered showers as the front moves into our area. This front will be different from the past couple of fronts.

TRAFFIC-trxTFC FDOT

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

PRINCE WILLIAM PILOT RESCUE-ONCAM

PRINCE WILLIAM WAS FORCED TO CUT HIS NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION SHORT.

THE TRAINED RESCUE PILOT WAS CALLED-IN FOR A DARING RESCUE JUST 15 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PRINCE WILLIAM PILOT RESCUE-PKG

Vo-William

WHILE THE REST OF US WERE REJOICING. THE HEIR TO THE THRONE WAS RESCUING.

THE 30-YEAR-OLD HELICOPTER PILOT HAS SPENT YEARS TRAIING FOR JUST THIS

MOMENT.

Vo-effected stills

IT WAS JUST 15 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CALL COMES IN - A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN

WALKING HIS DOG ON THIS PIER WAS SUDDENLY SWEPT INTO THE SEA. WILLS IS IN

THE AIR WITHIN A MINUTE. BRAVING 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. AS THEY

FRANTICALLY HUNT THROUGH THE NIGHT.

Vo-training, Kate

THE FUTURE KING HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO GIVE UP PERSONAL TIME WITH HIS

PREGNANT WIFE - WHO WAS, AT THAT VERY MOMENT, CELEBRATING NEW YEARS WITH HER

FAMILY - FOR A JOB THAT'S ESSENTIAL.

WILLIAM FILE SOT

It's great because you get to go out and save someone's life - hopefully, or

at least make a difference to someone when you know they're in trouble -

you do everything you can to try and get there

Vo-good file video of old rescue

13 MONTHS AGO WE SAW THE FUTURE KING IN A DARING, 2 AM RESCUE. A CARGO SHIP

SHATTERED AND NEARLY SUNK. HIGH WINDS. WILLIAM AND CREW HOVER ABOVE THE

ROUGH SEAS AND WINCH A RESCUER DOWN TO BRING TWO SAILORS TO SAFETY.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THIS. BUT HE DOES, WITH RELISH. HE SHOWED HIS

GRANDMOTHER AROUND ONCE. AND HE BROUGHT KATE TO NAME A NEW LIFEBOAT.

WILLIAM FILE SOT

It's rewarding because everyday you come into work and you don't know what's

going to happen, it's quite exciting, it's unpredictable

SADLY, THIS RESCUE EFFORT FAILED, AND THE COAST GUARD HAS NOW CALLED OFF ITS

SEARCH. WILLIAM IS BACK WITH HIS FAMILY, BACK TO HIS DAY JOB. BUT HIS

PRINCE WILLIAM PILOT RESCUE-ONCAM

NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTING.

PAPARAZZO KILLED BIEBER-VO

A CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR ON A BUSY LOS ANGELES STREET.

POLICE SAY THE PAPARAZZO WAS HIT AFTER TAKING PICTURES OF JUSTIN BIEBER'S FERRARI.

THE SPORTS CAR HAD BEEN PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, BUT BIEBER WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME.

SWAROVSKI MIROMAR-ONCAM

SWAROVSKI HAS A NEW STORE AT THE MIROMAR OUTLETS IN ESTERO.

SERENA WILLIAMS NO PARTYING-VO

TENNIS SUPERSTAR, SERENA WILLIAMS COULD BECOME THE SPORT'S OLDEST NUMBER ONE PLAYER.

SHE CREDITS HER LAID-BACK LIFESTYLE FOR KEEPING HER A COMPETITOR.

THE 31 YEAR OLD IS RANKED NUMBER 3 RIGHT NOW.

LAST YEAR, WILLIAMS WON WIMBLEDON, THE U-S OPEN AND AN OLYMPIC GOLD.

TWIN SISTERS GIVE BIRTH-VO

TWINS TRADITIONALLY HAVE A CLOSE BOND, BUT A PAIR OF SISTERS IN OHIO TAKE THAT BOND TO A NEW LEVEL.

BOTH WOMEN GAVE BIRTH ON THE SAME DAY, WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER.

THE NEW MOMS, AIMEE AND ASHLEE SAY THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS.

TEASE SIX-2SHOT

STILL TO COME, FIRST AT FOUR.

A FLORIDA WOMAN FIGHTS BACK AFTER A TRIP TO A PARKING GARAGE.

WHY THE PARKING COMPANY IS APOLOGIZING FOR A VALET TICKET.

A) fl valet incident-vo-DISS

FOUR AT FOUR-CGTOPS

1. Eaglet emerges in Eagle Cam nest

2. Meth found in baby's shoe during traffic stop

3. Paranoid "Jesus" bites Charlotte County deputy

FL VALET INCIDENT-TFC CTR

A FLORIDA WOMAN WINS A FIGHT AGAINST A PARKING GARAGE.

THE BOCA RATON WOMAN LEFT HER CAR AND HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH THE VALET TICKET LEFT IN HER VEHICLE.

FL VALET INCIDENT-PKG

Actress Sharyn Peoples was headed to work last month and valeted her car near the local theatre where she was performing, but the next day the valet parking ticket she found in her car made her angry. Right there: four descriptive words scrawled on the ticket. she assumes written by the valet.

SOT Sharyn Peoples/Actress: "In handwriting it said, 'Play, Red Dress and fat,' on it."

SOT Sharyn: "I was mortified, embarrassed in front of my boyfriend especially."

Sharyn called the parking company looking to find out who was responsible.

SOT Sharyn: "I wanted them to be reprimanded appropriately and I wanted it to be handled in a manner where this would never ever happen to anyone again."

After complaining, she received this email from Dan Silva at LAZ Parking.

"Please accept our sincerest apologies," the message says. Moving forward, "physical appearance will not be written on tickets," and, "this type of situation will never occur again." Silva also offered Sharyn free valet parking and a restaurant gift card. In a statement to NBC News, the CEO of the company says he spoke to Sharyn to apologize and the employee who wrote that description on the ticket has been disciplined.

SOT Sharyn: "I hope, I hope and pray that doesn't happen to anyone else."

But apparently, it does happen elsewhere. Across the internet, people have posted their own versions of Sharyn's parking stub.

This receipt, allegedly from a chain restaurant, notes the to-go order is for, "nerds". And another receipt.order number 3-15 is apparently for an "Asian" customer. And at this chicken restaurant, two drumsticks and 6 wings appear to be for, "guy no hair."

SOT Bruce Weinstein/The Ethics Guy 1:37 - 1:47

"If there's any possibility that something you might say or do could hurt a customer, could hurt your business, could hurt your relationship with your employer, it's best not to do it."

As for Sharyn, the actress, she says she hopes people learn: Words hurt.

FL VALET INCIDENT-TFC

SHARYN SAYS SHE MET THE VALET PARKING MANAGER IN PERSON.

SHE ACCEPTED THE COMPANY'S APOLOGY AND WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE.

THAT WRAPS UP THE NEWS FIRST AT FOUR.

GOODBYE-2SHOT

AT FIVE -- THE STRANGE ACCOUNT OF HOW THE MAN ACCUSED OF SLIPPING INTO A WOMAN'S HOME AND STABBING HER REPETEDLY WAS ARRESTED --

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