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A) BIGELOW ARREST-VOTOPS-TRX B) PLANE PROBLEMS-VOTOPS
B) STUDENT HIT-TRX SOT TOPS VO NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP
C) LANCE LIES-TRX SOT TOPS VO PLANE PROBLEMS-VO IN PLASMA
NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP PLANE PROBLEMS-PKG
TOSS TO WX-AWS TOPS 1 SHOT PLANE PROBLEMS-ONCAM
WX CTR-WX CTR DEPUTY HIT AND RUN-TRX SS
TOSS TO DANIELLE-1 SHOT SS BOXES SCOTT EARLY VOTING-VO
BIGELOW ARREST-REM LIVE PLANES CLIP-OC 2 SOTS VO WIPE
BIGELOW ARREST-VO 2 SS PLANES CLIP-SOT VO
BIGELOW ARREST-SOT PLANE THREAT-OC SOT VO
BIGELOW ARREST-REM LIVE LOTTERY BODY-VO
BREAKOUT IF YOU NEED IT-ONCAM SARASOTA HOMELESS-VO
TOSS TO CLIFTON-1 SHOT VO NRA POLL-SS
STUDENT HIT-REM LIVE IN POLICE SHOOTING-OC NATS VO
STUDENT HIT-VO THEATER REOPENS-INTRO
STUDENT HIT-SOT THEATER REOPENS-PKG
STUDENT HIT-REM LIVE THEATER REOPENS-ONCAM
FL UNEMPLOYMENT-TRX SS GUN IN SCHOOL ARREST-OC SOT VO WIPE
NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE GUN IN SCHOOL ARREST-SOT VO
DEBT LIMIT SURVEY-SS NEW FLU VACCINE-TRX VO
BARR IN COURT-VO SS DELTA FLYER-VO
TOSS TO NICK-OC TRX BESAT TIMES TO BOOK-VO
ALGERIA LATEST-TRAFFIC TEASE FOUR-------
ALGERIA LATEST-VO A) INAUGURATION PREPS-1 SHOT VO
ALGERIA LATEST-TRAFFIC B) HAMMERED-VO TOPS
TOSS TO ANCHOR-OC TRX INAUGURATION PREPS-ON CAM
LANCE LIES-PLASMA INAUGURATION PREPS-PKG
LANCE LIES-PKG INAUGURATION PREPS-SS TOPS
LANCE LIES-PLASMA WX OPEN-CLIP
PYTHON UPDATE-VO WEATHER-WX WALL
TEASE ONE------- HAMMERED-VO TOPS
A) TRAIN ATTACK-1 SHOT VO SHARK ATTACK-OC SOT VO
B) ESCALATOR CRASH-VOTOPS STUCK IN CAR-VO
FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM
FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG
TRAIN ATTACK-VO IN PLASMA GIANT NUGGET-VO WIPE
TRAIN ATTACK-PKG GIANT NUGGET-SOT VO
TRAIN ATTACK-ONCAM TEASE FIVE------
CELL PHONE ROBBERY-TRX VO TOPS A) NO REMOTE-1 SHOT SOT VO
AUSSIE FIRES-TRX VO TOPS NO REMOTE-VO IN TRAFFIC
ESCALATOR CRASH-TRX VO TOPS NO REMOTE-PKG
TEASE TWO------- TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA
A) 401 K PROBLEM-1 SHOT SOT VO NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK
401K PROBLEM-PLASMA NOON TZA) BIGELOW-SS
401K PROBLEM-PKG NOON TZB) CAPE AUTO PED-VOTOPS
401K PROBLEM-ONCAM CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA
TEASE THREE-------  


A) BIGELOW ARREST-VOTOPS-TRX


HE WAS ONCE one OF LEE COUNTY'S MOST POWERFUL LEADERS.THIS MORNING he's BEHIND BARS.

POLICE NAB FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW FOR DRUG POSESSION.

WE'RE LIVE AS HE JUST FACED A JUDGE. Return to index of stories...


B) STUDENT HIT-TRX SOT TOPS VO


we're all praying he's going to be okay."

A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK JUST MOMENTS AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF IN FRONT OF HIS cape coral SCHOOL.

NEW AT ELEVEN WE talk WITH THE TEEN'S GRANDFATHER. Return to index of stories...


C) LANCE LIES-TRX SOT TOPS VO


I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times.

LYING LANCE.

BUT TODAY A DAY AFTER HIS INTERVIEW AIRED SOME SURPRISING NAMES ARE COMING TO THE FORMER CYCLIST DEFENSE.

THE NEWS AT ELEVEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. Return to index of stories...


NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP


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TOSS TO WX-AWS TOPS 1 SHOT


THERE'S A CHILL IN THE AIR.

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIVE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS OUR FIRST REAL CHILLY DAY OF 2013 HAS HIT US HARD.

BUT WILL THE Cool temps STAY FOR THE WEEKEND?

NBC2 METEOROLOGIST TYLER MAULDIN JOINS US RIGHT NOW WITH THE ANSWERS. Return to index of stories...


WX CTR-WX CTR


"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

Next week, a mainly dry pattern will stay in place with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO DANIELLE-1 SHOT SS BOXES


HE ONCE HELPED RUN LEE COUNTY.but, RIGHT NOW FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW IS ACCUSED OF POSESSESSING DRUGS.

BIGELOW ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN WERE ARRESTED THIS MORNING BY FORT MYERS POLICE.

OFFICERS CLAIM THEY FOUND COCAINE ON BIGELOW.

HE JUST APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NBC2'S DANIELLE KOLINIAK WAS THERE.

SHE JOINS US LIVE AT ELEVEN. Return to index of stories...


BIGELOW ARREST-REM LIVE


7 HOURS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED THE JUDGE SET BIGELOW'S BOND AT 12,000$ Return to index of stories...


BIGELOW ARREST-VO 2 SS


THIS IS VIDEO OF THE FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER APPEARING BEFORE JUDGE HAYES.

HE WAS ARRESTED OVERNIGHT AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND HIM WITH COCAINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH LOITERING.

THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS POLICE WERE PATROLING BROOKSIDE VILLAGE APARTMENTS.

OFFICERS SAW BIGELOW NEAR THE TRUNK OF HIS RENTAL FORD FOCUS.

ACCORDING TO POLICE HE WAS SWEATING, SHAKING AND STUTTERING.

THEY CALLED IN A K-9 UNIT AND THATS WHEN THEY SAY THEY FOUND COCAINE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT.

OFFICERS THEN FOUND 10 SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING 2.1 GRAMS OF POWDER COCAINE, A CUT GREEN STRAW WITH WHITE POWDER RESIDUE ON BIGELOW.

POLICE SAY IN THE PACK OF NEWPORT CIGARETTES BIGELOW WAS HOLDING WAS A GREEN ZIPLOCK STYLE BAGGIE WITH PLAYBOY BUNNIES CONTAINING POWDER COCAINE.

HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LEE COUNTY.

SO WAS THIS MAN - 22 YEAR OLD MARKIS AVILA. POLICE SAY THEY SAW AVILA IN THE FRONT SEAT OF BIGELOW'S RENTAL CAR. HE ALSO FACES COCAINE AND LOITERING CHARGES. Return to index of stories...


BIGELOW ARREST-SOT


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BIGELOW ARREST-REM LIVE


AS FOR BIGELOW - HIS BOND IS SET AT $12,000.

THE JUDGE STATING HE QUALIFIES FOR PRETRIAL SUPERVISION WITH WEEKLY ALCOHOL AND DRUG SCREENINGS.

BIGELOW IS DUE BACK IN COURT ON FEBUARY 15.

LIVE IN FORT MYERS DANIELLE KOLENIAK NBC2. Return to index of stories...


BREAKOUT IF YOU NEED IT-ONCAM


THIS ISN'T BRIAN BIGELOW'S FIRST RUN-IN WITH THE LAW.

DEPUTIES PULLED OVER BIGELOW'S CAR BACK IN NOVEMBER AND ARRESTED A TEENAGER who WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

DEPUTIES CITED BIGELOW FOR LETTING AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON DRIVE HIS rental CAR.

HE'S DUE IN COURT NEXT FRIDAY FOR THAT CASE.

BIGELOW RESIGNED AS LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN NOVEMBER AFTER MAKING A RUN FOR THE LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS POSITION.

HE LOST THAT ELECTION IN AUGUST. Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO CLIFTON-1 SHOT VO


BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN.

WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS HIT IN FRONT OF HIS SCHOOL.

FAMILY MEMBERS TELL US THE TEEN WAS HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK JUST MOMENTS AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF.

ALL THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN FRONT OF ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOL IN CAPE CORAL.

NBC2'S CLIFTON FRENCH JUST TALKED WITH THE BOY'S GRANDFATHER AND JOINS US LIVE AT ELEVEN. Return to index of stories...


STUDENT HIT-REM LIVE


WE'RE BEING TOLD BY HIS GRANDFATHER THAT JONATHAN HAS SWELLING ON HIS BRAIN AND A BROKEN HIP.

HE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH EMERGENCY SURGERY.

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AROUND 6:50 THIS MORNING. Return to index of stories...


STUDENT HIT-VO


THIS IS VIDEO OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THIS MORNING.

YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THIS TRUCK SMASHED IN FROM THE IMPACT.

WE SAW INVESTIGATORS PICKING UP JONATHAN'S SHOES AND BOOKBAG.

HIS GRANDFATHER SAYS HE WAS BEING DROPPED OFF AT SCHOOL, HE WAS CROSSING THE STREET WHEN HE GOT HIT. Return to index of stories...


STUDENT HIT-SOT


SOT: DANIEL ANDERSON, GRANDFATHER "My grandson is 16 years old, a very athletic young man and we all love him. This is his little brother right here, they're all into sports and we're all praying he's going to be okay." Return to index of stories...


STUDENT HIT-REM LIVE


WE KNOW JONATHAN WAS BREATHING WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE'VE TRIED CONTACTING THE SCHOOL TO SEE HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THIS INCIDENT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM LSCO TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

WE'RE LIVE IN CC, CF NBC2. Return to index of stories...


FL UNEMPLOYMENT-TRX SS


BRAND NEW UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE OUT FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND for our part of the state.

STATEWIDE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPPED TO 8 PERCENT IN DECEMBER, AN IMPROVEMENT OF ONE-TENTH OF A PERCENTAGE POINT FROM NOVEMBER.

CHARLOTTE, COLLIER, AND LEE ALL SAW AN IMPROVMEMENT IN UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER. Return to index of stories...


NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE


U.S. stocks opened little changed this morning as investors digested a mixed bag of corporate earnings.

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

AT THIS HOUR THE DOW IS ___________. Return to index of stories...


DEBT LIMIT SURVEY-SS


MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WILL ERUPT IF LAWMAKERS FAIL TO INCREASE THE DEBT LIMIT CEILING.

IN A BRAND NEW SURVEY, 53 PERCENT SAY IF THE DEBT LIMIT IS NOT EXTENDED THE COUNTRY WILL FACE A MAJOR ECONOMIC CRISIS.

AN ADDITIONAL 27 PERCENT SAY SUCH A CRISIS WOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIKELY, WHILE JUST 17 PERCENT SAY THERE WILL NOT BE A CRISIS.

21 PERCENT OPPOSE BOOSTING THE DEBT CEILING AT ALL. Return to index of stories...


BARR IN COURT-VO SS


BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN.

PROSECUTORS ARE NOT SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE SECOND MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A PUNTA GORDA TEENAGER 12 YEARS AGO.

PHILLIP BARR APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING.

HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

COLD CASE DETECTIVES SAY BARR AND ANOTHER MAN KILLED TARA SIDAROVICH IN OCTOBER 2001.

THE CO-DEFENDANT, DAVID MCMANNIS, PLEADED NOT GUILTY LAST YEAR.

NEITHER ONE OF THE MEN WILL FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED. Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO NICK-OC TRX


DEVELOPING AT 11 --

A NEWS SERVICE IN ALGERIA IS NOW REPORTING DOZENS OF FOREIGN HOSTAGES ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR THIS MORNING.

THE HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD AT A GAS PLANT IN ALGERIA THIS MORNING.

LET'S SEND IT OVER TO NBC-2'S NICK CILETTI WHO HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS SITUATION ALL MORNING LONG AND IS BREAKING NEW DETAILS FOR US.

NICK --- Return to index of stories...


ALGERIA LATEST-TRAFFIC


KRISTA.

THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW INFORMATION I'M GETTING FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

A STATE NEWS SERVICE IN ALGERIA IS NOW REPORTING

100 OF THE REMAINING 132 HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN FREED -- LEAVING 32 STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. Return to index of stories...


ALGERIA LATEST-VO


SOME OF THESE HOSTAGES ARE BELIEVED TO BE AMERICANS.

WE'RE ALSO GETTING REPORTS THAT SPECIAL FORCES ARE CONTINUINING TO NEGOIATE WITH THE CAPTORS -- A GROUP BELIEVED TO HAVE TIES WITH AL-QAEDA.

ONE REPORT SHOWED THE HOSTAGE-TAKERS OFFERED TO TWO TRADE TWO CAPTIVE AMERICANS FOR TWO TERRORISTS -- ALREADY IN JAIL IN THE U-S.

ONE OF THOSE IS SAID TO BE OMAR ABDEL RAHMAN -- ONE OF THE MASTERMINDS OF THE 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING. Return to index of stories...


ALGERIA LATEST-TRAFFIC


AT ONE POINT -- THERE WERE AS MANY AS 650 HOSTAGES.

BP IS THE OPERATOR OF THE GAS PLANT.

THE COMPANY SAYS THIS REMAINS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND THAT THE CURRENT LOCATION AND SITUATION OF A SMALL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK ANY DEVELOPMENTS.

LIVE IN THE STUDIO -- NICK CILETTI -- NBC -2 Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO ANCHOR-OC TRX


LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS SPOKEN.BUT IS HE ABLE TO PEDAL HIS WAY OUT OF THE DOG HOUSE?

NEW REACTION IS COMING IN FROM HIS INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY.

NBC2'S STACEY DEFFENBAUGH HAS BEEN COVERING THIS STORY FOR US AND JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO. Return to index of stories...


LANCE LIES-PLASMA


LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN PRAISED AND CRITICIZED AFTER HIS ADMISSION TO USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION RELEASED A STATEMENT WELCOMING ARMSTRONG'S DECISION TO TALK ABOUT HIS PAST AND CALLED IT AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN THE SPORT OF CYCLING. Return to index of stories...


LANCE LIES-PKG


CALLING HIMSELF AN "ARROGANT BULLY" - LANCE ARMSTRONG HAD NO GOOD ANSWER TO

EXPLAIN AWAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIES IN ALL OF SPORT.

SOT Oprah INTV

21:03:48

ARMSTRONG: I'll start my answer by saying this is too late. / I view this

situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times.

.

THE MAN WHO WON THE TOUR DE FRANCE SEVEN TIMES UNTIL HIS TITLES STRIPPED

AWAY ADMITTED TO USING A SLEW PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN SUCH A MATTER

OF FACT WAY, YOU'D NEVER GUESS HE'D DONE EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PROTECT

THIS VERY SECRET.

SOT Oprah INTV

21:02:03

OPRAH - Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling

performance?

ARMSTRONG -- YES

OPRAH: Did you ever blood dope, or use blood transfusion to enhance your

cycling performance?

ARMSTRONG -- YES.

HE SEEMED TO BLAME THE MOMENTUM OF HIS OWN STORY-SURVING CANCER, THEN MAKING

A COMEBACK -FOR GETTING CARRIED AWAY.

SOT Oprah INTV

ARMSTRONG: You overcome the disease, you won the Tour, you have a perfect

marriage, kidsIt's just this mythic perfect story and it wasn't true.

FOR YEARS HE SAID HE WASN'T AFRAID OF GETTING CAUGHT.

SOT Oprah INTV

21:46:20

OPRAH: was it a big deal to you? did it feel wrong?

21:46:26

ARMSTRONG: At the time? It did not even feel wrong. No, it's scary

21:46:37

OPRAH: Did you feel bad about it?

21:46:42

ARMSTRONG:No, even scarier.

21:46:46

OPRAH: Did you feel that you were cheating?

21:46:49

ARMSTRONG:No, the scariest.

BUT HE SAID THIS INTERVIEW.HIS FORMER

TEAMMATE FLOYD LANDIS, COMING FORWARD AND TELLING ALL IN AN ABC

NEWSEXCLUSIVE -WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

SOT Oprah INTV

OPRAH: Many people think the real tipping point was Floyd Landis, and his

decision to come forward and confess.

ARMSTRONG: Yeah, I agree with that.

OPRAH: Yeah, that was the tipping point.

WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW HIM SAY WAS MISSING, IN THE WORDS, THE BODY LANGUAGE,

ALL OF IT - WAS ANY REAL SIGN OF FEELING, OF CONTRITION.

SOT Oprah INTV

21:25:23

OPRAH: Were you a bully?

ARMSTRONG: Umm, yeah i was a bully. I was a bully in the sense in that i

tried to control the narrative, and if i didn't like what someone said, I

viewed that as somebody being disloyal, a friend turning on you, i tried to

control that, that's a lie, they're liars.

IF THE GOAL OF THE INTERVIEW WAS TO FIND SYMPATHY FOR HIS DISGRACE, THIS

MORNING MANY SAY HIS PERFORMANCE THIS TIME, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GOOD ENOUGH. Return to index of stories...


LANCE LIES-PLASMA


HOWEVER, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS ARMSTRONG'S DOPING CONFESSION IS "TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE" AND FAILS TO PROVIDE ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP CLEAN UP THE SPORT HE TARNISHED THROUGH YEARS OF CHEATING.

HE HAS ALSO BEEN STRIPPED OF A BRONZE MEDAL HE WON DURING THE 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS.

LIVE IN THE STUDIO STACEY DEFFENBAUGH NBC2. Return to index of stories...


PYTHON UPDATE-VO


BRAND NEW AT ELEVEN.

21 BURMESE PYTHONS HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR IN A PUBLIC HUNT FOR THE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE EVERGLADES.

THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION SAYS MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THE STATE'S MONTHLONG "PYTHON CHALLENGE."

THE SNAKES KILLED SINCE THE CONTEST BEGAN SATURDAY WILL BE PROCESSED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

Cash prizes are awarded for longest and most bag by one catcher. THE CONTEST ENDS NEXT MONTH. Return to index of stories...


TEASE ONE-------


ITS VIDEO THAT WILL MAKE YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT WAITING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

ITS HAPPENED AGAIN.THIS TIME A WOMAN IS BEATEN AND DRAGGED ONTO THE TRACKS OF A SUBWAY.

BUT NOW POLICE HAVE NEW ANSWERS INTO THIS TERRIFYING SCENE.

PLUS.THEY WERE GOING NOWHERE FAST.AND NOW YOU CAN BLAME THIS WILD SCENE OF PEOPLE GOING DOWN AN ESCALATOR BACKWARDS ON MOTHER NATURE. Return to index of stories...


A) TRAIN ATTACK-1 SHOT VO


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B) ESCALATOR CRASH-VOTOPS


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FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP


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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.

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

Next week, a mainly dry pattern will stay in place with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Return to index of stories...


TRAIN ATTACK-VO IN PLASMA


A HORRIFIC ACT CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

TAKE A LOOK.A HOMELESS MAN ATTACKed A SUBWAY RIDER IN PHILADELPHIA AND THEN THRew HER ONTO THE TRACKS.

A 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAITING FOR THE TRAIN waS BEATEN IN THE HEAD BY A "HOMELESS MAN."

JOHN MULLER BRINGS US MORE. Return to index of stories...


TRAIN ATTACK-PKG


THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEOTAKEN.INSIDE PHILADELPHIA'S SUBWAY SYSTEM

IS STUNNING AND HARD TO WATCH.

A BRUTAL ATTACK ON AN UNSUSPECTING VICTIM THROWN SCREAMING ONTO THE

TRACKS OF A TRAIN.

IT BEGINS INNOCENTLY ENOUGH A MAN AND A WOMAN - APPARENTLY STRANGERS -

WAIT FOR THE SUBWAY SHORTLY AFTER THREE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THEN THE MAN APPROACHES AND ASKS THE WOMAN TO BORROW A LIGHTER.

BUT AFTER RETURNING IT HE SUDDENLY LUNGES CHOKING HERAND

ATTACKING HER WITH A FLURRY OF PUNCHES.

THEN THE UNTHINKABLE.

THE SUSPECT GRABS HER ANKLESDRAGGING HER ACROSS THE PLATFORM

AND TOSSING HER ONTO THE TRACKS. BEFORE CASUALLY REACHING INTO HER PURSE.

POLICE CHIEF THOMAS NESTEL-- picked up her cell phone and strolled out of

the station.

he didn't even run.

OVERNIGHT AFTER A CITYWIDE MANHUNT --- PHILADELPHIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED

36 YEAR OLD WILLIAM CLARK AND PLAN TO CHARGE HIM WITH AGGRAVATED

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

POLICE CHIEF THOMAS NESTELhe was apprehended still in possession of the

victim's phone

MIRACULOUSLY, POLICE SAY, THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS ABLE TO CLIMB TO SAFETY BEFORE

A TRAIN REACHED HER SUFFERING ONLY MINOR INJURIES

WHAT POLICE DON'T KNOW THIS MORNING IS WHY AN INNOCENT MOMENT WAITING

FOR A TRAIN BECAMESUCH A NIGHTMARE. Return to index of stories...


TRAIN ATTACK-ONCAM


JOHN MULLER REPORTING.

THE WOMAN MANAGED TO PULL HERSELF TO SAFETY AND SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

POLICE SAY THEY AREN'T SURE OF THE MOTIVE, BUT BELIEVE THE MAN MAY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. Return to index of stories...


CELL PHONE ROBBERY-TRX VO TOPS


MORE SHOCKING VIDEO AT ELEVEN.

POLICE IN KANSAS CITY, ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A CELL PHONE STORE.

YOU CAN SEE THE MAN PULLING A GUN ON A FEMALE EMPLOYEE AND DEMANDING MONEY.

THEN HE EVEN TIES HER UP WITH A PHONE CORD.

POLICE SAY THE MAN TOOK HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MONEY FROM HER PURSE.

SHE WAS NOT HURT. Return to index of stories...


AUSSIE FIRES-TRX VO TOPS


NBC2 IS TAKING YOU INSIDE A RAGING INFERNO.

THIS IS THE TERROR THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE FACING IN AUSTRALIA.

YOU CAN SEE THE INTENSE FLAMES TURNING THE SKY ORANGE.

THE WILDFIRES HAVE GROWN TO ATLEAST 60 THOUSAND ACRES IN SIZE.

ATLEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN THE RAGING INFERNO. Return to index of stories...


ESCALATOR CRASH-TRX VO TOPS


WE NOW HAVE NEW ANSWERS INTO THIS WILD SCENE IN NEW JERSEY.

TURNS OUT YOU CAN BLAME THIS ESCALATOR MALFUNCTION ON HURRICANE SANDY.

PORT AUTHORITY OFFICIALS NOW SAY MASSIVE SALTWATER FLOODING FROM SANDY CAUSED THE MACHINERY TO BREAK DOWN BACK ON JANUARY SEVENTH.

THE STATION WAS FILLED WITH MORE THAN 12-FEET OF SALTWATER DURING THE STORM.

THAT ESCALATOR WAS REPAIRED AND REOPENED THE VERY NEXT DAY. Return to index of stories...


TEASE TWO-------


ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT DIPPING INTO YOUR 4-0-1 K?

EXPERTS HAVE A STERN NEW WARNING.

"They are basically robbing the future. Robbing the retirement years to get through to pay their bills today."

NEW AT ELEVEN WE'LL BRING YOU THE OTHER OPTIONS TO SHORE UP YOUR FINANCES IN THIS ECONOMY. Return to index of stories...


A) 401 K PROBLEM-1 SHOT SOT VO


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401K PROBLEM-PLASMA


WITH MANY AMERICANS STRUGGLING TO PAY THE BILLS EACH MONTH, FINANCIAL PLANNERS SAY MORE PEOPLE ARE DIPPING INTO THEIR 401 PLANS.

THEY SAY IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA AND THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.

KATIE SIMPSON REPORTS. Return to index of stories...


401K PROBLEM-PKG


WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, TURNING TO YOUR 401K FUNDS CAN BE TEMPTING, BUT THE EXPERTS SAY DON'T DO IT.

"They are basically robbing the future. Robbing the retirement years to get through to pay their bills today."

STUDIES SHOW MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS ARE RAIDING THEIR 401KS TO PAY FOR MONTHLY BILLS LIKE CREDIT CARDS AND COLLEGE TUITION.

"You see more people that have lost their jobs, maybe have decided to stay home because of what's going on in the economy. And it definitely is on the up-rise."

BUT THE QUICK CASH COMES WITH A PRICE.

"There are tax implications. They not only have to pay taxes on it but if you're not 59 1/2 you do have a premature distribution penalty."

"So if you pull out $10,000, you may end up with $5,000 by the time you pay federal tax, state tax and penalties."

FINANCIAL ADVISER JAMMIE SERRANO SAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED A STEADY MONTHLY INCOME, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

"A lot of times it's just a matter of people can go get new quotes on their car insurance and realize that they can get some savings that way. Or, even refinancing their house can lower their monthly payments."

SHE ADVISES SETTING UP A FUND NOW BEFORE YOU NEED THE CASH LATER.

"So if emergencies do arise, they have 3-6 months of their expenses already sitting in an account. So they don't have to go to their 401ks."

IN SOME SERIOUS CASES, EXPERTS SAY TAKING FROM YOUR 401 MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY OPTION. THEY ENCOURAGE MEETING WITH A FINANCIAL PLANNER FIRST BEFORE DIGGING INTO YOUR FUTURE. Return to index of stories...


401K PROBLEM-ONCAM


A STUDY FROM FINANCIAL ADVISORY FIRM HELLOWALLET SAYS PEOPLE IN THEIR 40S ARE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE FROM THEIR 401 PLANS. Return to index of stories...


TEASE THREE-------


LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR NEXT TRIP?

EXPERTS SAY TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND THAT TIMING IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT.

WE'LL BRING YOU HOW TO BOOK THE CHEAPEST FLIGHTS.

PLUS WE'RE GETTING A BRAND NEW UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE PROBLEM that's GROUNDING BRAND NEW PLANES AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT ARE EXPERTS ANY CLOSER TO FINDING OUT WHAT'S CAUSING BATTERIES TO MELT? Return to index of stories...


B) PLANE PROBLEMS-VOTOPS


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NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP


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PLANE PROBLEMS-VO IN PLASMA


FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE CHARRED BATTERIES NOW THE FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S GROUNDING THE BOEING 7-87 WORLDWIDE.

THE CANCELLED DREAMLINER FLIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE DISRUPTED TRAVEL PLANS FOR THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS.

BUT, THE FAA SAYS THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE TOO GREAT.

SANDRA ENDO GIVES US A CLOSER LOOK. Return to index of stories...


PLANE PROBLEMS-PKG


GROUNDED INDEFINITELY.

ALL 50 BOEING DREAMLINERS WORLDWIDE WERE PARKED ON TARMACS THURSDAY. THIS AFTER THE FAA ORDERED U-S 787s TO STOP FLYING UNTIL THERE'S PROOF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ARE SAFE.

In terms of historical context though, this doesn't that happen that often.

"No it doesn't happen that often at all. the last one was about 34 years ago with the DC 10 accident in Chicago."

IT'S A MAJOR BLACK EYE FOR BOEING'S MARQUEE PLANE WHICH DEBUTED IN 2011 AFTER YEARS OF DELAY. THE COMPANY IS DEFENDING ITS AIRCRAFT SAYING: "WE ARE CONFIDENT THE 787 IS SAFE AND WE STAND BEHIND ITS OVERALL INTEGRITY."

BUT TWO INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE PLANE'S BATTERIES IN 10 DAYS HAVE LEFT THE F-A-A WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO GROUND THE DREAMLINER WHILE THE NTSB ANALYZES THE CHARRED EVIDENCE FROM LAST WEEK'S 787 FIRE.

LITHIUM BATTERIES ARE SMALLER AND MORE POWERFUL BUT CAN OVERHEAT.

"When they're used normally and the energy is released slowly, as it's supposed to, batteries have a very good safety record. But if that same energy is released very rapidly, the battery's cells will vent, release their contents, and have the potential both for fire and explosion."

BOEING NEEDED SPECIAL F-A-A APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE DREAMLINER TO USE LITHIUM BATTERIES FOR KEY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

"They have narrowed it down to the battery system on this aircraft, we've had 2 events, so therefore they are now going to be able to look at it in detail and see what is going on."

BOEING'S EUROPEAN ARCH RIVAL, THE AIRBUS A-380 USES LITHIUM BATTERIES ONLY FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING. BUT AIRBUS'S PLANE OF THE FUTURE -- THE A-350 - DUE OUT BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR - RELIES ON THEM MORE HEAVILY.

THE COMPANY SAYS THERE ARE NO PLANS TO CHANGE ITS ELECTRICAL DESIGN.

"We are confident that this design is robust both regarding the batteries, its architecture, the safety means." Return to index of stories...


PLANE PROBLEMS-ONCAM


SANDRA ENDO REPORTING.

THERE ARE STILL 800 DREAMLINERS ON ORDER, AND AT THIS POINT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE SAFETY CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE BATTERIES WILL AFFECT THE PURCHASES.

EACH AIRCRAFT COSTS 200 MILLION DOLLARS. Return to index of stories...


DEPUTY HIT AND RUN-TRX SS


CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN WHO RAN OVER A DEPUTY IN A PICKUP TRUCK.

TWO DEPUTIES WERE TRYING TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR JEFFREY MAY, AT HIS HOUSE ON BURNT STORE ROAD.

INVESTIGATORS SAY MAY WAS IN A TRUCK, AND HUNTER MORRISON WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

INVESTIGATORS SAY MORRISON SPED AWAY, HIT A DEPUTY IN THE LEG, HEADED TOWARD CAPE CORAL.

THE DEPUTY WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A HOSPITAL. Return to index of stories...


SCOTT EARLY VOTING-VO


GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS CALLING FOR MORE EARLY VOTING DAYS TO ALLEVIATE THE LONG LINES AND DELAYS.

HE'S ALSO CALLING FOR A SHORTER BALLOT, MORE EARLY VOTING SITES AND THE OPTION TO HOLD EARLY VOTING ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.

ALL THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO VERY LONG LINES BACK IN DECEMBER ACROSS THE STATE IN PARTICULAR LEE COUNTY.

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SHARON HARRINGTON BLAMED THE WAIT TIME.UP TO SIX HOURS ON A FOUR PAGE BALLOT AMONG OTHER PROBLEMS. Return to index of stories...


PLANES CLIP-OC 2 SOTS VO WIPE


FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO HOW TWO PLANES MANAGED TO CLIP EACH OTHER AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

says, "I was thinking it was an explosion!"

Joras Lopez says, "Then the captain say that we were hitten by another plane

WE'RE TOLD AN AIR FRANCE PLANE WAS ON THE GROUND. AT THE GATE GETTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ABOARD WHEN SUDDENLY PASSENGERS FELT A BANG.

A FLIGHT FROM AEROLNEAS ARGENTINAS HAD JUST LANDED. AND SOMEHOW CLIPPED THE BACK OF AIR FRANCE. WITH IT'S WING. Return to index of stories...


PLANES CLIP-SOT VO


"Never felt a shuddering like that."

says, "I didn't know what happened."

IT TOOK HOURS TO GET THE 240 ARGENTINIAN PASSENGERS OFF.

NOBODY WAS HURT. Return to index of stories...


PLANE THREAT-OC SOT VO


THE FBI SAYS IT WON'T BE ARRESTING A MAN WHO WAS REMOVED FROM AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT AFTER A CALLER REPORTED A POSSIBLE HIJACKER ABOARD.

MILITARY JETS ESCORTED THE PLANE INTO SEATTLE LAST NIGHT AND THE MAN WAS QUESTIONED.

The only thing I saw was when the police was on the airplane and asked the lady next to him to get up, and they took him outside. that's all I saw.

Reporter: Did you see anything?

No there really wasn't a whole lot that happened, it was really quick.

Reporter: Were you aware that there were any other planes that flying with you guys?

No. Noo.

AN FBI SPOKESMAN SAYS THE PHONE CALL THAT CAME INTO THE F-B-I'S HONOLULU OFFICE MAY BE INVESTIGATED AS A HOAX. Return to index of stories...


LOTTERY BODY-VO


THE BODY OF AN ILLINOIS LOTTERY WINNER WHO DIED FROM CYANIDE POISONING IS BEING EXHUMED TODAY.

UROOJ KHAN DIED IN JULY, A DAY AFTER COLLECTING 425-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LOTTERY WINNINGS.

ORIGINALLY, HIS DEATH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO NATURAL CAUSES.

AFTER A SECOND LOOK, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND LETHAL LEVELS OF CYANIDE.

NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE CASE. Return to index of stories...


SARASOTA HOMELESS-VO


ARE POLICE IN SARASOTA TARGETING THE HOMELESS IN ORDER TO DRIVE THEM OUT?

THAT'S THE ACCUSATION BEING MADE BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

RECENTLY, THE A-C-LU HAS UNCOVERED A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING AN OFFICER THROWING A HOMELESS MAN AGAINST A METAL GRATE AND RECEIVED PUBLIC RECORDS THAT SHOW POLICE SENT MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER ABOUT "BUM HUNTING."

THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. Return to index of stories...


NRA POLL-SS


A NEW POLL FINDS THAT THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS MORE POPULAR THAN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

ACCORDING TO THE NBC NEWS POLL, 41 PERCENT OF ADULTS VIEW THE N-R-A FAVORABLY.WHILE 34 PERCENT VIEW IT IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENTRAINMENT INDUSTRY, 24 PERCENT HAVE POSITIVE FEELINGS TOWARD IT AND 39 PERCENT HAVE NEGATIVE ONES. Return to index of stories...


IN POLICE SHOOTING-OC NATS VO


POLICE IN INDIANA ARE RELEASING BRAND NEW STUNNING DASH CAM VIDEO OF A SHOOTING.

nats of screaming.gunshots.we have shots fired shots fired

LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO FIRED AT POLICE KILLED HIMSELF MOMENTS LATER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN MURDERED ANOTHER MAN AT A RESTAURANT AND A CHASE BEGAN.

NO POLICE OFFICERS WERE HURT IN THE SHOOTOUT. Return to index of stories...


THEATER REOPENS-INTRO


THE AURORA, COLORADO THEATER WHERE A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A GUNMAN

HAS REOPENED.

THE CITY GAVE OUT ABOUT 16-HUNDRED TICKETS FOR VICTIMS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO COME BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY

CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER.

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THEATER REOPENS-PKG


I don't really know what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting to go

into there and burst into tears.

FOR JANSEN YOUNG, GOING BACK INTO THE AURORA THEATER

WHERE HER BOYFRIEND LOST HIS LIFE WHILE SHIELDING HER

WAS HARDER THAN SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

"Everything in the movie theater is so different. Every single thing.

Except for I can still visualize Jon on the floor right next to me I can

still see him there. That's not very easy either."

NOT EASYBUT FOR MANY SURVIVORS NECESSARY.

MARCUS WEAVER WAS SHOT IN THE ARM THAT NIGHT.

I sat in the same seat I sat in on purpose. And. I looked at that

screen, I looked around. It was the same seat, same theater but it was

different, different effect and I'm different.

IN THE REMEMBRANCE CEREMONYCINEMARK'S CEO SPEAKS TO VICTIMS FOR THE FIRST

TIMECALLING THE SHOOTING RANDOM AND UNPREDICTABLE.

Recovery is an ongoing process and we're glad to be with you tonight

to acknowledge how far we've come and how far we have yet to go.

IN A WAY JUST BEING HERE IS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE

FOR SOME, A WAY TO HEALAND A WAY TO HOPE.

I'm facing my fears and I'm not going to let that guy win.

I'm always going to be connected to the other victims, but we're going

to move forward. This was just part of the process.

CINEMARK DID A ONE MILLION DOLLAR REMODEL AND SURVIVORS I TALKED TO SAY IT

FEELS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INSIDE THE VICTIMS I TALKED TO WANT THE THEATER

TO RE-OPEN - BUT TELL ME AFTER THEY SHOW THEIR SUPPORT TONIGHT -- THEY

PROBABLY WON'T COME BACK HERE TO WATCH A MOVIE. IT'S STILL JUST TOO PAINFUL. Return to index of stories...


THEATER REOPENS-ONCAM


JACLYN ALLEN REPORTING.

JAMES HOLMES IS ACCUSED OF STAGING THE MASSACRE ON JULY 20TH.

HE REMAINS IN JAIL AWAITING TRIAL. Return to index of stories...


GUN IN SCHOOL ARREST-OC SOT VO WIPE


THE MOTHER OF A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER NEW YORK CITY POLICE SAY HER SON SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL WITH A LOADED GUN IN HIS BACKPACK.

"He tapped me and I said 'what,' and he said look."

"Because he was showing everybody."

THIS IS THE.22 CALIBER HANDGUN -- LOADED WITH AMMUNITION-- THAT POLICE SAY A 7-YEAR OLD BROUGHT INSIDE.

CLASSMATES ALSO SAY THE BOY HAD AN ORANGE FLARE GUN.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BOY'S MOTHER,LEARNED HER SON HAD A GUN IN HIS BAG AND TRIED TO COVER IT UP.

SHE WENT TO THE SCHOOL-- AND CLAIMED SHE NEEDED TO TAKE HER SON OUT OF CLASS BECAUSE HE HAD A DENTIST APPOINTMENT.

OTHER PARENTS WERE IN DISBELIEF. Return to index of stories...


GUN IN SCHOOL ARREST-SOT VO


"This is crazy- I want to cry but I can't even cry."

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

NOBODY WAS HURT. Return to index of stories...


NEW FLU VACCINE-TRX VO


THE F-D-A SAYS IT'S APPROVED A NEW FLU VACCINE THAT'S MADE WITHOUT EGGS OR THE INFLUENZA VIRUS.

THE VACCINE CALLED "FLUBLOK" IS PERMITTED FOR USE IN PEOPLE 18 TO 49 YEARS OLD TO PREVENT SEASONAL FLU.

THE AGENCY SAYS THE VACCINE WAS CREATED USING DNA TECHNOLOGY AND AN INSECT VIRUS.

THE FDA SAYS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OFFERS THE POTENTIAL FOR FASTER START-UP OF THE VACCINE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IN THE EVENT OF A PANDEMIC.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE HEADACHE, FATIGUE AND MUSCLE ACHES. Return to index of stories...


DELTA FLYER-VO


DELTA IS ANNOUNCING IT'S CHANGING ITS FREQUENT FLIER RULES BY ADDING A SPENDING REQUIREMENT.

THE BOTTOM RUNG OF ITS SKYMILES MEDALLION PROGRAM WILL REQUIRE A FLIER TO SPEND AT LEAST 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON TICKETS.

THE NEXT LEVEL REQUIRES FIVE-THOUSAND IN TICKET PURCHASES, FOLLOWED BY 75-HUNDRED DOLLARS.

TOP RUNG BENEFITS WILL REQUIRE 12-THOUSAND-500 DOLLARS IN TICKET SPENDING.

THE NEW REQUIREMENTS MEAN SOME FLIERS MAY GET BUMPED DOWN TO A LOWER RUNG -- OR EVEN OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

THE CHANGE STARTS ON JANUARY 1ST, 20-14. Return to index of stories...


BESAT TIMES TO BOOK-VO


IF YOU'RE PLANNING A VACATION YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT TRAVELING BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY.

EXPERTS SAY JANUARY IS ONE OF THE BEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO FIND TRAVEL DEALS.ESPECIALLY CRUISES.

FORECASTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR SUGGEST TRAVELERS WILL BE PAYING MORE FOR AIRFARE AND HOTELS.

PART OF THE INCREASE STEMS FROM THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITH HIGHER AIRFARES ON THE INCREASE DUE TO CUTBACKS IN FLIGHT SCHEDULES. Return to index of stories...


TEASE FOUR-------


BIG CHANGES BUT ARE BIG CROWDS EXPECTED FOUR YEARS LATER?

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE A SECOND TERM.

BUT THERE ARE SOME BIG CHANGES FOR HIS INAUGURATION.

WE'LL RUN DOWN SOME YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

PLUS A BRUTAL ATTACK IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.A MAN IS BEATEN WITH HAMMER.

NBC2 BRINGS YOU THE EVEN MORE SHOCKING STORY BEHIND THIS SCENE. Return to index of stories...


A) INAUGURATION PREPS-1 SHOT VO


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B) HAMMERED-VO TOPS


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INAUGURATION PREPS-ON CAM


PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION IS DAYS AWAY, BUT DON'T EXPECT THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY YOU SAW THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

BRIAN TODD SHOWS US WHAT ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT ARE DOING TO GET READY. Return to index of stories...


INAUGURATION PREPS-PKG


b--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS/b--/ppTHIS YEAR IT'LL BE SCALED DOWN…/ppIF YOU CALL ABOUT NINE-HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE 'SCALED DOWN'./ppOFFICIALS SAY-FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION, WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL MALL WILL HAVE ABOUT HALF AS MANY PEOPLE AS IT DID IN 2009./ppBUT IT'S STILL A HUGE UNDERTAKING. MILLIONS WATCHING ON T-V, WASHINGTON A-BUZZ WITH CEREMONY. SYMBOLISM. THAT BIG-EVENT FEELING./ppWHAT'S CRUCIAL TO KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING?/pp"If you're bringing kids, take their picture on your cell phone. Put their- put your phone number, pin it to their coat. That's one of the big things- you know we want to make sure that the kids who come here are safe, that they have a good time-/pp"How much of a problem has that been? A lot of kids get lost?"/pp"No I wouldn't say a lot of kids get lost. But we want to absolutely avoid that."/ppABOUT 250-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE COVETED TICKETS- FOR AREAS CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM./ppFOUR-YEARS AGO, MANY WHO HAD THOSE TICKETS WALKED AWAY ANGRY. THOUSANDS NEVER GOT PAST THE SECURITY ENTRANCES ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE MALL./pp"One of the main reasons there were such holdups four-years ago- the number-one reason was the huge amount of people, a record. But the number-two reason was that people went to the wrong gates. They had to wait on-line forever, and then be told you gotta go somewhere else."/ppHUNDREDS OF CONFUSED TICKET-HOLDERS GOT STUCK IN WASHINGTON'S THIRD-STREET TUNNEL- AND NEVER SAW THE INAUGURATION./ppS/U: "But this year the 3rd Street Tunnel is going to be closed for the Inauguration. And organizers have come up with a special app for ticket-holders. The app has a map showing your current location. Then you just touch the color of your ticket, and it'll show you where the closest entrances are- corresponding to the color of your ticket."/ppAS ALWAYS- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM THE SECRET SERVICE TO THE D-C POLICE, PARK AND CAPITOL POLICE WILL HANDLE SECURITY. /ppTHEY'LL CLOSE STREETS. /ppCOAST GUARD PATROLS ON POTOMAC/ppAIR AND WATER TRAFFIC WILL BE RESTRICTED./ppTHIS YEAR'S PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN REPLETE WITH REHEARSALS- WITH STAND-INS PLAYING THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF JUSTICE./ppTHE REAL PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TWO SWEARING-INS: A PUBLIC CEREMONY ON MONDAY, A PRIVATE ONE THE DAY BEFORE./ppHE'LL USE TWO BIBLES: ONE OWNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE OTHER BY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR./ppSOME ADVICE FOR THOSE ATTENDING: SOAK IT ALL IN./pp"Use the opportunity to see our monuments and memorials. I mean this is part of the American story."/pp Return to index of stories...


INAUGURATION PREPS-SS TOPS


NBC2 NEWS AT ELEVEN WON'T BE SEEN MONDAY.

INSTEAD WE'RE BRINGING YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION.

COVERS STARTS AT TEN THIRTY IN THE MORNING. Return to index of stories...


WX OPEN-CLIP


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WEATHER-WX WALL


THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"A cooler and less humid day"

Our streak of 80 degree weather has finally come to an end as a cold front will bring cooler and drier conditions starting today. The change in our weather will be quite noticeable when you step outside this morning with temperatures 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday morning.

Expect readings near 50 degrees here in town, while inland and northern cool spots will be waking up in the middle to upper 40s. Through the day we'll see a good mix of sun and clouds with afternoon highs in the lower 70s, but with a cool breeze out of the northeast between 10-15 mph, it will feel even cooler.

This evening, skies will stay partly cloudy while overnight lows settle into the middle 50s here in town, while our inland communities drop into the upper 40s.

Through the weekend high pressure to our north will keep our weather dry and temperatures will begin to moderate fairly quickly into the upper 70s. As this front gets hung up across the Florida Straits, more clouds than sun will remain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday as an easterly wind sweeps a bit of moisture off the Atlantic and across the peninsula.

Next week, a mainly dry pattern will stay in place with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Return to index of stories...


HAMMERED-VO TOPS


POLICE IN DALLAS ARE LOOKING FOR A CROOK RESPONSIBLE FOR A VERY BRUTAL, SENSELESS ROBBERY.

THIS SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A SMALL GROCERY STORE SHOWS THE ROBBER SAVAGELY BEATING A STORE CLERK. NEARLY TO DEATH.

FOR SOME REASON, THE CLERK CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE PROTECTIVE GLASS, AND THE ROBBER SLASHED HIS THROAT.

HE THEN DRAGGED THE CLERK DOWN AN AISLE, STOCKED WITH HARDWARE, AND PROCEEDED TO BEAT THE CLERK WITH SEVERAL HAMMERS.

THE VICTIM'S INJURIES ARE SO BAD, HE ISN'T ABLE TO TALK.

THE CLERK IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Return to index of stories...


SHARK ATTACK-OC SOT VO


A SURFER IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A SHARK.

IT HAPPENED IN HAWAII.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A 15-FOOT TIGER SHARK CHOMPED ON THE MAN'S RIGHT FOREARM.

We came to his aid, we brought towels. Laid him out on a bench in front of the Bali house and basically wrapped him up, turnakited the arm with a surf leash so that he would not bleed out. Because obviously his hand was not attached, it was attached by about one tendon that's about it.

THE VICTIM ALSO SUSTAINED A KNEE INJURY.

APPARENTLY THE 43-YEAR-OLD SURFER PUNCHED THE SHARK REPEATEDLY UNTIL IT LET HIM GO. Return to index of stories...


STUCK IN CAR-VO


FIREFIGHTERS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE RESCUED A MAN WHO WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE RAILCAR OF A TRAIN FOR NINE DAYS.

UNION PACIFIC CREWS WERE TESTING THE TRAIN'S AIR LINES, WHEN THEY HEARD TAPPING INSIDE ONE OF THE RAIL CARS.

THE MAN WAS DISCOVERED THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THE TRAIN HAD ARRIVED WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM STOCKTON. ALMOST THREE HUNDRED MILES AWAY.

HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL TO BE TREATED. Return to index of stories...


HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM


JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HAS BEEN VERY BUSY THIS WEEK.

AFTER RELEASING HIS FIRST SINGLE IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS, THE TRIPLE-THREAT HAS REVIVED ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

MARTHA SHADE HAS THE HEADLINES IN TODAY'S HOLLYWOOD MINUTE. Return to index of stories...


HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG


FIRST HE STARRED IN "THE SOCIAL NETWORK," AND NOW HE'S BRINGING ONE BACK.

SINGER, ACTOR, AND NOW SOCIAL MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, HAS RE-LAUNCHED MYSPACE.

ACCORDING TO ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, THE REVAMPED SITE BOASTS ITSELF AS "THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIBRARY OF DIGITAL MUSIC."

ONE FEATURE THAT REMAINS THE SAME.

A USER'S TOP EIGHT FRIENDS.

AS OF NOW, TIMBERLAKE'S TOP EIGHT DOES NOT INCLUDE TOM, MYSPACE'S CO-FOUNDER AND ORIGINAL DEFAULT FRIEND.

CONRAD BAIN, THE LOVEABLE MR. DRUMMOND ON THE SITCOM "DIFF'RENT STROKES," HAS DIED.

BAIN'S DAUGHTER CONFIRMS TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE THAT THE ACTOR DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES ON MONDAY.

BESIDES HIS ICONIC ROLE AS THE PARK AVENUE ADOPTIVE DAD TO TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN SONS, HE ALSO APPEARED ON THE HIT, 70's SHOW, "MAUDE."

HIS DAUGHTER TELLS PEOPLE THAT HER DAD WAS A LOT LIKE HIS "DIFF'RENT STROKES" CHARACTER, AND WAS AN "OPEN-HEARTED" MAN.

BAIN WAS 89 YEARS OLD.

AWARDS SEASON IS IN FULL-SWING.

AND THE GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION IS RECOGNIZING "OUTSTANDING IMAGES OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY" IN THEIR 24th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS NOMINATIONS.

AMONG THE FILM CONTENDERS IS OSCAR-NOMINATED "PARA-NORMAN," WHICH IS THE FIRST P-G ANIMATED FILM TO RECEIVE A NOD FROM THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS.

OTHER NOMINEES IN THE WIDE RELEASE FILM CATEGORY INCLUDE "CLOUD ATLAS," "THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER," AND "THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL."

FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M MARTHA SHADE. Return to index of stories...


GIANT NUGGET-VO WIPE


AN AMATEUR PROSPECTOR IN AUSTRALIA HAS STRUCK IT RICH DISCOVERING A GOLD NUGGET ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH WELL OVER 300-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE MASSIVE PIECE OF GOLD WEIGHING 177 OUNCES, WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE HELP OF A METAL DETECTOR.

EXPERTS SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FINDS IN YEARS.

A SHOP OWNER, WHO TOLD REPORTERS SAYS HE IS SELLING THE PRECIOUS FIND ON BEHALF OF THE PROSPECTOR, SAYS THE NUGGET IS WORTH MORE THAN ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. Return to index of stories...


GIANT NUGGET-SOT VO


"It will sell for more than gold price because it is a unique collector's specimen."

THE PRICE OF GOLD IS NEARLY 17-HUNDRED DOLLARS PER OUNCE. Return to index of stories...


TEASE FIVE------


TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP US AVOID ONE OF LIFE'S LITTLE ANNOYANCES.

You can just use your hand to control your TV, laptop, tablet. Any device that has a camera.

that's RIGHT.WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO THROW AWAY THAT REMOTE CONTROL WHEN YOU VEG OUT ON THE COUCH. Return to index of stories...


A) NO REMOTE-1 SHOT SOT VO


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NO REMOTE-VO IN TRAFFIC


FOR ANYONE WHO'S EVER LOST A REMOTE CONTROL, A NEW MOVEMENT IN SOFTWARE COULD BE RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY.

KARIN CAIFA TAKES A LOOK AT GESTURE RECOGNITION, AND HOW YOUR DEVICES COULD SOON BE CONTROLLED WITH A WAVE OF YOUR HAND. Return to index of stories...


NO REMOTE-PKG


THE NEXT WAVE OF INTERACTING WITH YOUR T-V, YOUR P-C, OR YOUR TABLET MAY ELIMINATE CLICKING A MOUSE, PUSHING A BUTTON, OR SWIPING A SCREEN.

INSTEAD --

You can just use your hand to control your TV, laptop, tablet. Any device that has a camera.

SOFTWARE COMPANIES ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH GESTURE-CONTROL FOR HOME ELECTRONICS, GAMING, LAPTOPS, EVEN CARS. ONE COMPANY HOPING TO GET A PIECE OF THE MARKET IS ISRAELI-BASED POINTGRAB.

Think about the time you spend to look for a remote control. Instead of that, you have your hands with you all the time. You can just raise it and control the volume or browse different channels.

IN THIS DEMONSTRATION WITH A LAPTOP, A CAMERA READS THE USER'S MOTIONS. A WAVE BROWSES CHANNELS. SLIDING A HAND UP AND DOWN CONTROLS VOLUME.

T-V'S ARE A TARGET DEVICE, BECAUSE OF THEIR STATIONARY POSITION IN A ROOM AND CONSUMERS' GENERALLY STATIONARY VIEWING HABITS. BUT INSTEAD OF LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE A CLUNKY REMOTE CONTROL, THE T-V HAS TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER.

We don't need to learn to interact with the device. Instead our technology helps the device better understand you and read your body language.

ONE CHALLENGE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE TECHNOLOGY: DIFFERENT GESTURES ACROSS DIFFERENT DEVICES FOR THE SAME ACTION, MEANING MANUFACTURERS MAY HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME STANDARDS, DOWN THE LINE.

I'M KARIN CAIFA, AND YOU'RE NOW CLICKED IN. Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA


NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

STACEY DEFFENBAUGH IS HERE WITH A PREVIEW. Return to index of stories...


NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK


NEXT AT NOON - NBC2 IS FOLLOWING A DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF LEE COUNTY -

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW - JAILED FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE.

NBC2 WAS THERE AS HE FACED A JUDGE TODAY.

WE'LL HAVE A LIVE UPDATE.

AND IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US - WE'RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION INTO THE CASE OF A LOCAL STUDENT HIT THIS MORNING BY A PICK-UP CAR, IN FRONT OF ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOL IN CAPE CORAL.

THE STUDENT - RIGHT NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

ALSO TODAY - WE'RE GETTING WORD TODAY - THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION SAYS LANCE ARMSTRONG'S CONFESSION OF DOPING IS "AN IMPORTANT STEP" TOWARD REPAIRING THE DAMAGE HE DID TO CYCLING.

NBC2 WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FALLOUT - FOLLOWING THIS WEEK'S TAPED ADMISSION.

AND RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS - AND YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHAS REWARD.

THE LAST LINE-UP FOR FUGITIVE FRIDAY.

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT YESTERDAY - OUR OWN STACEY DEFFENBAUGH JUST GOT ENGAGED.

BUT STACEY MAY NOT WANT TO WATCH THIS STORY, COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR - WEDDING NIGHTMARES!

SEVERAL BRIDES SHARE THEIR STORIES -

WEATHER, OF COURSE, ALWAYS A FACTOR IN A WEDDING - ALSO FOR THE WEEKEND!

YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST, NEXT AT NOON! Return to index of stories...


NOON TZA) BIGELOW-SS


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NOON TZB) CAPE AUTO PED-VOTOPS


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CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA


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