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DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW

Lance Saga: Part 2

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW

Deputy-Involved Hit & Run

NEW RIGHT NOW

Fighter Jets Escort Plane

O: Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? A: "Yes"

COMING CLEAN. AFTER YEARS OF DENIALS DISGRACED CYCLER LANCE ARMSTRONG TELLS OPRAH HE USED MULTIPLE PED'S

THIS MORNING. DOES THE CONFESSION OPEN UP LEGAL ACTION.

PLUS, GET A GOOD LOOK. THESE TWO MEN ON THE RUN AFTER A HIT AND RUN THAT SENT A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND SCARE IN THE AIR.

as we got off I noticed TSA and a police man was at the gate

ALL NEW OVERNIGHT ---

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2-SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA,

THE WEEKEND IS IN SIGHT!

I'M CLAY MILLER.

AND I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

YOU'RE WAKING UP TO A BRISK FRIDAY MORNING ---

6:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-OBXTOPS

6:02 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX CENTER

Today's Weather Story

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"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.

TRAFFIC ALERT-CLIP

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, LEE CO ENFORCEMENT

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS DOPING-2SH-TRX

TONIGHT WILL BE PART TWO OF OPRAH'S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG.

AND THIS MORNING NBC-2 IS BRINGING YOU SOME OF THE BEST COMMENTS FROM PART ONE THAT AIRED LAST NIGHT --

LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS DOPING-VO IN PLASMA

GOOD MORNING.

LANCE ARMSTRONG FINALLY ADMITS TO OPRAH THAT HE USED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS.

AND PART TWO OF HIS INTERVIEW, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT ON THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED BY LAWYERS.

HIS LIES UNDER OATH HAVE OUTLASTED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CRIMINAL PERJURY.

LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS DOPING-(2) SOT

Oprah-Armstrong interview:

SOT Oprah: "IN ALL SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORIES, DID YOU EVER TAKE BANNED

SUBSTANCES OR BLOOD DOPE?"

SOT Armstrong: "YES."

sot armstrong

"my cocktail, so to speak, was only e-p-o, not a lot, transfusions and

LANCE ARMSTRONG ADMITS DOPING-VO IN PLASMA

THE U-S ANTI DOPING AGENCY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING ARMSTRONG'S ADMISSION IS -QUOTE- "A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION."

DEPUTY HIT AND RUN-TRXTOPS-OC-SS

DEVELOPING NEWS FROM CHARLOTTE COUNTY THIS MORNING.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS NBC 2 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN WHO SPED AWAY FROM DEPUTIES, AND CLIPPED ONE OF THEM WITH A CAR.

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

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.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NAPLES-OC-SS-VO-OC

THIS MORNING A NAPLES MAN, ARRESTED IN A WIDESPREAD SEX TRAFFICKING RING, WILL NOW HAVE TO FACE CHARGES.

ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING A BROTHEL IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

IT'S PART OF A TWO YEAR OPERATION SPANNING SEVERAL STATES.

THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF BRINGING WOMEN IN FROM MEXICO, AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, BY PROMISING THEM THE AMERICAN DREAM.

ONCE INSIDE THE U-S.THE WOMEN WERE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED AND FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION.

PHARMACY RAID-OC-TRX-VO

THIS MORNING NBC-2 WORKING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON A PHARMACY RAID IN COLLIER COUNTY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --- YESTERDAY AUTHORITIES TOOK BOXES AND BOXES OUT OF THE SUNSHINE PHARMACY ON RATTLESNAKE HAMMOCK ROAD.

D-E-A AGENTS ALONG WITH THE COLLIER SHERIFFS NARCOTICS TEAM RAIDED THE PLACE, EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT.

AGENTS TELL NBC 2 ONCE AN ARREST IS MADE- THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SEARCH WARRANT.

WELLS FARGO BANK ROBBERY-OC-TRX-SS-VO

POLICE HAVE NOW RELEASED A SURVIELLANCE PICTURE FROM A BANK ROBBERY IN FORT MYERS.

TAKE A LOOK.

OFFICERS SAY THIS GUY WALKED INTO THE WELLS FARGO, NEAR LEE BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD 82, AROUND 4-30 YESTERDAY.

WITNESSES TELL POLICE HE JUMPED THE COUNTER. TOOK SOME CASH AND TOOK OFF.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS THIS BANK HAS BEEN ROBBED.

AIRPLANE THREAT CALL-OC-TRX-VO

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING ---

FIGHTER JETS WERE CALLED UP OVERNIGHT TO ESCORT A FLIGHT AFTER A REPORTED HIJACK THREAT.

NORAD SCRAMBLED THE JETS FROM THE PORTLAND, OREGON AIR BASE. THEY FLEW ALONGSIDE THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT LANDED IN SEATTLE LATE LAST NIGHT.

ALASKA AIR FLIGHT 819 TOOK OFF FROM HAWAII YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN THE F-B-I RECEIVED A TIP OF A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE PLANE PLANNING TO HIJACK IT.

AIRPLANE THREAT CALL-SOTVO

"The only thing I saw was when the police came on the airplane and asked the lady next to him to get up and they took him outside."

ALGERIA HOSTAGE CRISIS-OC-TRX-VO

NOW THE LATEST ON THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN ALGERIA. WHERE OFFICIALS SAY IT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS, FIVE AMERICANS ARE NOW SAFE AND BELIEVED TO HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY.

BUT THE FATE OF MANY CAPTIVES HELD BY ISLAMIST MILITANTS, IS UNCERTAIN. AFTER MILITARY FORCES ATTEMPTED A RESCUE.

AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE, AND PERHAPS MANY MORE, WERE KILLED, INCLUDING BRITONS AND FILIPINOS.

PG CAR IN CANAL-OC-TRX-VO

NBC-2 IS AWAITING OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION ON THE I-D OF A BODY FOUND IN A CANAL.

WE EXPECT RESULTS IN A WEEK OR SO.

BUT PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY THEY ARE 99 PERCENT SURE THEY FOUND THE CAR OF A WOMAN WHO VANISHED TWENTY YEARS AGO.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO FRANCES HENDRICKSON.

YESTERDAY, AUTHORITIES FOUND SKELETAL REMAINS IN THE CAR.

STATE PENSION RULING-OC-VO

A MAJOR *LEGAL* VICTORY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED THE STATE CAN TAKE OUT 3 PERCENT FROM PUBLIC WORKERS' SALARIES, TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR PENSIONS.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SIGNED THE LAW IN 2011.

JOBLESS NUMBERS-TRXTOPS-OC

NEW RIGHT NOW ---

NBC-2 IS WAITING ON NEW JOBLESS NUMBERS THIS MORNING. THEY COME OUT AT 10AM.

STATE LABOR OFFICIALS ARE HOPING DECEMBER'S UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES WILL REFLECT SOME SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT.

QUARTER HOUR PUSH-2SHOT-VO

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW --

NEXT ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY ---

WE ARE UPDATING THE FLU EPIDEMIC NUMBERS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.

FORECAST TEASE-OMNI

BREAK ONE 6:09:48

HIT TIME 6:09:48

6:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:12 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Full Forecast

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"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.

TRAFFIC ALERT BILLBOARD-CLIP

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION?

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

BIGELOW BREAKING-TRXTOPS-SS

BREAKING NEWS INTO THE NBC2/ABC7 NEWSROOM--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER was ARRESTED OVERNIGHT ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET DETAILS OF BRIAN BIGELOW'S ARREST.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT BIGELOW HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE LAW LAST NOVEMBER.

DEPUTIES PULLED OVER BIGELOW'S CAR AND ARRESTED A TEENAGER THAT WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR COCAINE POSSESSION.

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

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

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

FLU UPDATE-TRXTOPS-VO-HALFSCRN

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW ---

LATER TODAY, WE'LL GET AN UPDATED LOOK AT THE FLU EPIDEMIC SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION WILL RELEASE THE LATEST

FLU NUMBERS.

LAST WEEK, 47 STATES HAD WIDESPREAD FLU ACTIVITY.

THERE WAS ALSO AN INDICATION THE FLU SEASON MAY HAVE PEAKED IN THE SOUTHEAST.

PUSHED ON TRACKS-OC-VO-BNR

THIS NEXT STORY IS UNREAL.

AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU THE VIDEO IS DISTURBING.

A SUBWAY ATTACK, ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE ---

A MAN FACES ASSAULT AND ROBBERY CHARGES AFTER DOING THIS --- THAT'S A WOMAN HE'S BEATING UP ON AND DRAGGING ONTO THE SUBWAY TRACKS.

POLICE SAY THE GUY ASKED HER FOR A LIGHT FOR HIS CIGARETTE -- AND THEN JUST ATTACKED HER!

THEN HE STOLE HER JACKET AND CELLPHONE.

THANKFULLY POLICE FOUND THE GUY -- AND HE WAS ACTUALLY WEARING THE COAT HE STOLE.

FORT MYERS MOTORCYCLE CRASH FOLO-OC-VO

NOW AN UPDATE TO BREAKING NEWS WE FOLLOWED FOR YOU YESTERDAY.

. THAT DEADLY MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN FORT MYERS.

WE NOW KNOW THE VICTIMS' NAMES.

POLICE SAY ERIC SANTIAGO DIED AFTER HE AND HIS COUSIN CRASHED INTO EACHOTHER GOING MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR ON COLONIAL BOULEVARD.

LUIS SANTIAGO HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

KAYAK COAST GUARD TRAINING-OC-VO

FROM CANOES TO KAYAKS TO PADDLEBOARDS,

GETTING OUT ON THE WATER HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER!

ALMOST ANYONE CAN RENT WITHOUT ANY EXPERIENCE OR SAFETY CLASS.

BUT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE-

THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY IS SETTING UP A CLASS TO TEACH THE DOS AND DONTS OF PADDLE SPORTS.

KAYAK COAST GUARD TRAINING-SOTVO-BNR

Sot Jim Mayer, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Commander

2:4:48-54

We can prevent accidents and keep more people alive."

FACEBOOK FRIEND OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

TIME NOW TO SAY HELLO AND GOOD MORNING TO OUR NBC2 FACEBOOK FRIEND OF THE DAY.

THIS IS PATTY WILLIAMS TOMPKINS OF FORT MYERS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU - THANKS FOR WATCHING AND CONNECTING WITH US ON OUR NBC2 NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LIKE US - AND YOU COULD BE NEXT!

BIRTHDAY BANGS-TRXTOPS-VO

TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY WITH A BANG!

WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S BIRTHDAY.

SHE TURNED 49 --- AND DEBUTED A NEW LOOK.

SHE POSTED THIS PHOTO ON HER NEW TWITTER ACCOUNT.

TEASE TOSS TO BREAK-2SHOT-REMLIVE

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW --

NEXT ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY ---

WE HEAD OUT LIVE TO THE AMERICAN HEROES AIR SHOW!

BREAK TWO 6:18:05

HIT TIME 6:18:05AM

6:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:22 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-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.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION?

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

EYE 75 AND U-S 41 ALL CLEAR.

AIR SHOW PREVIEW-2SH-OBX

COURAGE -- AT THE SPEED OF FLIGHT.

THE AMERICAN HEROES AIR SHOW IS LANDING IN FORT MYERS.

AND THERE'S A LOT TO SEE AND DO THIS WEEKEND --

AIR SHOW PREVIEW-REMLIVE

AIR SHOW PREVIEW-VO-SS

SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 4PM.

AIR SHOW PREVIEW-REMLIVE

CROSS TALK 4 SHOT-4-SHOT

BREAK THREE 6:27:03 AM

HIT TIME 6:27:03

HL1) LANCE ARMSTRONG PART 2-TRX-SOTVO

ARMSTRONG: all the fault and all the blame here falls on me

RIGHT NOW ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY ---

GET READY FOR PART TWO OF THE LANCE ARMSTRONG SAGA TONIGHT.

HL2) WX HEADLINE-TRX-OMNI

HL3) GRIZZLY BEAR SEARCH-TRX-VO

AND THE HUNT FOR BOO BOO.

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIPTOPS

GOOD MORNING-2SHOT PUSH

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH NBC-2 NEWS TODAY,

I'M KRISTA FOGELSONG.

AND I'M CLAY MILLER.

6:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-OBXTOPS

6:32 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX CENTER

Today's Weather Story

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"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.

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, LEE CO ENFORCEMENT

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

ROADS ARE ALL CLEAR - NO ACCIDENTS OR ROAD BLOCKS TO REPORT.

BIGELOW BREAKING-TRXTOPS-2SH-SS

BREAKING NEWS INTO THE NBC2 NEWSROOM--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER was ARRESTED OVERNIGHT ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET DETAILS OF BRIAN BIGELOW'S ARREST.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BIGELOW HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE LAW LAST NOVEMBER.

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

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

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

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

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-2SH-TRX

LANCE ARMSTRONG FINALLY ADMITS TO DOPING -- AND TONIGHT WILL BE PART TWO OF THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH.

SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID ARE DRAWING MIXED REACTION FROM THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING ---

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-VO IN PLASMA

GOOD MORNING.

LANCE ARMSTRONG SAYS REMOVING HIS OWN BLOOD AND RE-INJECTING IT INTO HIS SYSTEM WEEKS LATER,

WAS DESIGNED TO BUILD STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE.

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-(3) SOT

"In all 7 tour titles, did you take banned drugs or dope?" "yes"

LANCE ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW-VO IN PLASMA

PART TWO OF HIS INTERVIEW, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT ON THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED BY LAWYERS.

HIS LIES UNDER OATH HAVE OUTLASTED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CRIMINAL PERJURY.

BUT HE COULD FACE SEVERAL CIVIL LAWSUITS.

INAUGURATION PREPS-OC-VO

INAUGURAL PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL THIS MORNING,

AND THE FESTIVITIES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, AS PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY DESCEND UPON WASHINGTON, D.C.

MIAMI PLANES CLIP-OC-VO-BNR

TWO PLANES CLIPPED WINGS AT MIAMI'S AIRPORT. AND THIS MORNING THE FAA AND NTSB ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR MIAMI DADE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAYS A FLIGHT FROM ARGENTINA CLIPPED AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT. WHICH WAS PARKED AT A GATE.

THE PASSENGERS HAD JUST ARRIVED FROM BUENOS AIRES AND WERE ABLE TO DISEMBARK WITHOUT INJURIES.

BUCKET THROUGH ROOF-OC-VO-BNR

IT'S A BIRD. IT'S A PLANE. WELL, IT'S A BUCKET ACTUALLY.

NEW VIDEO OUT OF SAN DIEGO THIS MORNING., A BUCKET FELL MIDAIR FROM A MILITARY AIRCRAFT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DAMAGING VEHICLES IN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP.

MAATSCH UPGRADED CHARGES-OC-SS-VO

IT'S A CASE THAT REALLY GRABBED THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION HERE IN LEE COUNTY.

PROSECUTORS HAVE FILED MORE SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A FORT MYERS MAN ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO HIS NEIGHBORS HOME AND STABBING HER WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP.

JOHN MAATSCH NOW FACES ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER, WHICH CARRIES A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE.

LAST MONTH--

INVESTIGATORS SAY MAATSCH BUSTED INTO TRACEY MARAZZI'S HOME. INSIDE THE PASEO GATED COMMUNITY-- AND STABBED HER.

SHE TESTIFIED IN COURT SHE CONTINUALLY FEARS FOR HER LIFE.

COLLIER RED TIDE-OC-TRX-VO

RED TIDE IS BEING REPORTED OFF COLLIER COUNTY BEACHES THIS MORNING.

ACCORDING TO OUR NEWS PARTNER, THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS--

DEAD FISH HAVE WASHED ASHORE ON NORTH NAPLES BEACHES, AS RED TIDE LINGERS OFFSHORE.

WATER SAMPLES COLLECTED EARLIER THIS WEEK SHOWED RED TIDE AT VERY LOW LEVELS AT VANDERBILT BEACH AND SEAGATE--

AND AT LOW LEVELS AT THE NAPLES PIER AND SOUTH MARCO BEACH.

RED TIDE IS AN ALGAE BLOOM THAT CAN KILL MARINE LIFE AND CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE.

GRIZZLY BEAR SEARCH DAY 4-2SH-SS-VO

IT IS NOW DAY FOUR IN THE SEARCH FOR A GRIZZLY BEAR CUB.

BOO BOO THE BEAR CUB IS NOW MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES THIS MORNING

AND HE'S A SMART LITTLE GUY ---

GRIZZLY BEAR SEARCH DAY 4-VO-SS

OVERNIGHT NBC-2 DID SOME CHECKING WITH FLORIDA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS AND WE LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGHTINGS ON THEIR CAMERAS OR FROM PEOPLE--

RIGHT NOW AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING A SIT AND WAIT APPROACH HOPING FOOD WILL LURE IN THE 125 POUND CUB BACK TO THE PROPERTY WHERE HE WAS HELD.

QUARTER HOUR PUSH-2SHOT-SS

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW ---

NEXT ON NBC-2 NEWS TODAY ---

FIRST ALERT DOPPLER TEASE-OMNI

BREAK FOUR 6:38:53 AM

HIT TIME 6:38:53

ESCALATOR MISHAP CAUSE-OC-VO

NEW THIS MORNING -- WE NOW KNOW WHAT CAUSED AN ESCALATOR TO MALFUNCTION EARLIER THIS MONTH AT A NEW JERSEY TRAIN STATION. TURNS OUT IT WAS IN FACT BECAUSE OF SUPERSTORM 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.

6:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:42 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Weather Trends

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"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.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TRAFFIC ALERT-TRX

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, CONSTRUCTION OR CHAR CO ENFORCEMENT

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

ROADS ARE ALL CLEAR - NO ACCIDENTS OR ROAD BLOCKS TO REPORT.

BIGELOW BREAKING-TRXTOPS-2SH-SS

BREAKING NEWS INTO THE NBC2 NEWSROOM--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER was ARRESTED OVERNIGHT ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET DETAILS OF BRIAN BIGELOW'S ARREST.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BIGELOW HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE LAW LAST NOVEMBER.

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

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

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

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

SWEETBAY CLOSURES-OC-TRX-SS-VO

4 SWEETBAYS STORES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE SET TO CLOSE IN ABOUT A MONTH.

IN ALL THE COMPANY IS CLOSING 33 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.

THREE NAPLES STORES WILL CLOSE, ANOTHER IN PUNTA GORDA.

THE PHARMACY IN THE BONITA SPRINGS STORE IS ALSO ON THE LIST.

SWEETBAY CLOSURES-SOTVO

Patricia rogers, sweetbay customer

59:44 things that they have that are better than the other stores. Their rice cakes. 14:00:28 and the chocolate syrup."

FEWER DYING FROM CANCER-TRXTOPS-OC

IN THIS MORNING'S HEALTHCAST ---

THE DEATH RATE FROM CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

20 PERCENT, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

KOMEN RALLY AT GALLOWAY-VOTOPS

AND LOOKING AHEAD -- THE RACE FOR THE CURE IS MARCH 9TH AT COCONUT POINT MALL.

A TIME TO PARTY IN PINK.

AND NBC2 IS A SPONSOR.

LAT NIGHT WAS THE FIRST OF SIX EVENTS ACROSS FORT MYERS.

AT THE PINK PARTIES YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE RACE AND HELP RAISE MONEY.

SUBWAY FOOTLONGS COME UP SHORT-2SH-SS

FALLING SHORT.

THIS MORNING SUBWAY'S FOOTLONG SANDWICHES ARE GETTING CRITISIZED.

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS?

A GUY FROM AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY WHIPPED OUT A MEASURING TAPE, AND HIS SAMMY CAME UP SHORT. BY AN INCH.

HE POSTED IT ONLINE AND IT'S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS ENDO?-OC-TRX-MITTO-BNR

THIS MORNING NBC-2 IS TRACKING A CAPE CORAL DOG -- GONE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS -- AND NOW HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK HOME.

THIS IS ENDO AND HIS STORY HAS GENERATED SO MUCH ATTENTION, HE EVEN HAS HIS OWN FACEBOOK PAGE.

IT SAYS HE WILL BE IN GAINESVILLE THIS MORNING.

HE WAS FOUND ALL THE WAY IN MINNESOTA.

EVENTUALLY HIS MICROCHIP WAS USED TO TRACK HIM TO HIS ORIGINAL OWNERS.

YOU CAN TRACK ENDO'S JOURNEY YOURSELF AT NBC DASH TWO DOT COM JUST CLICK ON NEWSLINKS.

CROSY STILLS AND NASH TIX TODAY-OC-CG

TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS MORNING, FOR THE CLASSIC ROCK GROUP "CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH."

THEY'RE COMING TO THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL IN SOUTH FORT MYERS MAY 14TH, AT 7-30.

WHAT'S TRENDING 2DAY-SS-SOTVO

TIME NOW TO SEE WHAT'S TRENDING TODAY ---

AND IT'S A 21 YEAR OLD GUY FROM NAPLES WHO STEALS THE SHOW ON AMERICAN IDOL.

THAT WAS LAZARO ARBOS.

A 21-YEAR-OLD ICE CREAM SCOOPER FROM NAPLES.

COVERAGE PROMISE-2SHOT

TIME NOW IS--

JUST AHEAD-- NBC-2 RUNS DOWN YOUR MORNING TOP STORIES.

BREAK FIVE 6:49:12 AM

HIT TIME 6:49:12 AM

6:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:52 FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

Full Forecast

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

"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.

TRAFFIC BILLBOARD-CLIP

TRAFFIC ALERT-LIVE CAM, NAVI

ALL CLEAR, COLLIER CO ENFORCEMENT

TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ROADS RIGHT NOW.

ROADS ARE ALL CLEAR - NO ACCIDENTS OR ROAD BLOCKS TO REPORT.

TODAY SHOW TEASE-BNR SOTTOPS

BREAKING-CLIP

BIGELOW-SSTOPS

WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT--

A FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF COCAINE POSSESSION.

ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEBSITE, BRIAN BIGELOW WAS BOOKED INTO THE LEE COUNTY JAIL AROUND 3 THIS MORNING.

THE WEBSITE LISTS SEVERAL CHARGES-- INCLUDING POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND LOITERING.

TS LANCE SAGA PART DEUX-TRXTOPS-SOTVO

ALSO TOPPING THE NEWS RIGHT NOW ---

TONIGHT WILL BE PART TWO OF LANCE ARMSTRONG'S CONFESSIONAL.

O: Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? A: "yes"

PART TWO OF HIS INTERVIEW, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT ON THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED BY LAWYERS.

HIS LIES UNDER OATH HAVE OUTLASTED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CRIMINAL PERJURY.

TS DEPUTY HIT & RUN-SSTOPS

IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY THIS MORNING.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS NBC 2 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN WHO SPED AWAY FROM DEPUTIES, AND CLIPPED ONE OF THEM WITH A CAR.

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

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.

TS HUMAN TRAFFICKING-SSTOPS-VO

THIS NAPLES MAN, ARRESTED IN A WIDESPREAD SEX TRAFFICKING RING, WILL NOW HAVE TO FACE CHARGES.

ANTONIO MENDEZ-LOPEZ IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING A BROTHEL IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

IT'S PART OF A TWO YEAR OPERATION SPANNING SEVERAL STATES.

THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF BRINGING WOMEN IN FROM MEXICO, AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, BY PROMISING THEM THE AMERICAN DREAM.

TS PHARMACY RAID-VOTOPS

THIS MORNING NBC-2 WORKING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON A PHARMACY RAID IN COLLIER COUNTY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --- YESTERDAY AUTHORITIES TOOK A LOT OF BOXES OUT OF THE SUNSHINE PHARMACY ON RATTLESNAKE HAMMOCK ROAD.

D-E-A AGENTS ALONG WITH THE COLLIER SHERIFFS NARCOTICS TEAM RAIDED THE PLACE.

TS JOBLESS NUMBERS-ONCAM

NEW RIGHT NOW ---

NBC-2 IS WAITING ON NEW JOBLESS NUMBERS THIS MORNING. THEY COME OUT AT 10AM.

STATE LABOR OFFICIALS ARE HOPING DECEMBER'S UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES WILL REFLECT SOME SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT.

TS ALGERIA HOSTAGES-VOTOPS

NBC-2 BRINGING YOU THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS NOW IN THE ONGOING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN ALGERIA.

WE KNOW 5 AMERICANS HAVE ESCAPED.

BUT BRITAIN'S FOREIGN OFFICE SAYS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD PREPARE FOR -QUOTE- "BAD NEWS."

TS FIGHTER JETS ESCORT PLANE-VOTOPS

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING ---

FIGHTER JETS WERE CALLED UP TO ESCORT A FLIGHT AFTER A REPORTED HIJACK THREAT.

NORAD SCRAMBLED THE JETS FROM THE PORTLAND, OREGON AIR BASE. THEY FLEW ALONGSIDE THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT LANDED IN SEATTLE LATE LAST NIGHT.

TS WELLS FARGO BANK ROBBERY-SSTOPS-VO

POLICE HAVE NOW RELEASED A SURVIELLANCE PICTURE FROM A BANK ROBBERY IN FORT MYERS.

TAKE A LOOK.

OFFICERS SAY THIS GUY WALKED INTO THE WELLS FARGO, NEAR LEE BOULEVARD AND STATE ROAD 82, AROUND 4-30 YESTERDAY.

WITNESSES TELL POLICE HE JUMPED THE COUNTER. TOOK SOME CASH AND TOOK OFF.

TS FLU UPDATE-VOTOPS

THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT UPDATE LATER TODAY ---

THE C-D-C WILL RELEASE NEW NUMBERS ON THE FLU EPIDEMIC SWEEPING THE NATION.

TS AIR SHOW PREVIEW-VOTOPS-SS

THE AMERICAN HEROES AIR SHOW IS LANDING IN FORT MYERS.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT.

IT'S TOMORROW. SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 4PM.

DAYPLANNER FORECAST-OMNI

FINAL TRAFFIC-TRAFFICCAM

TS GRIZZLY BEAR SEARCH-SSTOPS-VO

IT IS NOW DAY FOUR IN THE SEARCH FOR A GRIZZLY BEAR CUB.

BOO BOO THE BEAR CUB IS NOW MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES THIS MORNING

AND HE'S A SMART LITTLE GUY ---

ELUDING CAPTURE ALL WEEK AFTER ESCAPING FROM A HOME IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

AND F-W-C SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGHTINGS ON THEIR CAMERAS OR FROM PEOPLE--

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