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A YOUNG WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING CAR CRASH.

NOW POLICE ARE REVEALING CLUES TO WHAT COULD OF CAUSED THIS HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

PLUS, AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN BRAZIL THIS AFTER NOON AFTER 230 PEOPLE DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE.

NEW INFORMATION STRAIGHT AHEAD ON WHO POLICE ARE TALKING TOO.

I didn't feel like there was any special

attention given to

someone because of race.so I really can't see where this is coming from.

AMERICAN IDOL CONTROVERSY.

HL1) CAR VS TREE-VO

HL2) NIGHT CLUB FIRE-VO

HL3) AMERICAN IDOL-SOTVO

OPEN-CLIP

CAR VS TREE-SOTTOPSVO

"I heard the screech an abrupt stop, and I ran out of my house."

CAR VS TREE-2SHOT VO(ANIMAP)

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M HEATHER TURCO.

AN I'M STACEY DEFFENCAUGH

THIS HAPPENED ALONG MCGREGOR BOULEVARD JUST SOUTH OLMEDA WAY AROUND 3 THIS MORNING.

CAR VS TREE-REMLIVE

SHOW AND TELL

CAR VS TREE-MINI PKG

"It woke me out of a sleep, I mean it was scary. Especially when I came out and saw the car."

A PIERCING IMAGE, AS KEVIN PULLEN RUSHED TO HELP FROM HIS MCGREGOR HOME AS HE CALLED 911.

A CAR WRAPPED AROUND A ROYAL PALM TREE. A TREE SHOWING NO MERCY TO THE LIVES INSIDE.

"It was nauseating, I will say. It made me sick.

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"POLICE SAY THE DRIVER PAUL POMBIER WAS HEADING NORTH ALONG MCGREGOR BOULEVARD. JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO APPROACH OLMEDA WAY HE OVERCORRECTED, LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. TOOK DOWN ONE ROYAL PALM TREE AND WRAPPED AROUND THIS PALM TREE, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SCARS LEFT BEHIND."

SCARS THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF THE PASSENGER TIFFANY THOMAS. SHE WAS JUST 25 YEARS OLD, KILLED ON IMPACT.

.AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAS LOST THEIR LIFE ON THIS DARK ROAD.

ANOTHER CRASH AS A RESULT OF ALCOHOL AND SPEED CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO YOUNG MEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2011.

THEIR CAR ALSO WRAPPED AROUND A ROYAL PALM TREE ALONG MC GREGOR BLVD. IT HAPPENED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TODAY'S CRASH.

CAR VS TREE-REMLIVE

UPDATE ON INFO. WE'RE WORKING TO GET ANSWERS ON.

KAPOK FIRES-TOSS TO CLIFTON

TWO YEARS AFTER A STRING OF ARSON FIRES IN A SOUTH FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD, A PAIR OF BRUSH FIRES IN THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD YESTERDAY HAVE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE.

THOSE FIRES HAPPENED AROUND 7:30LAST NIGHT.

ONE ON KAPOK CIRCLE, THE OTHER AT THE INTERSECTION OF THORNTON AND LIVE OAK.

KAPOK FIRES-REMLIVE

KAPOK FIRES-PKG

KAPOK FIRES-REM LIVE

THE IONA MCGREGOR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE AND THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THIS INVESTIGATION.

GUN VIOLENCE HEARING-VO

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS GUN CONTROL.

SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL ALSO BE JOINING THEM. THE GROUP WILL TALK ABOUT IDEAS THE PRESIDENT PROSPOSED LAST MONTH TO TRY AND REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE U-S.

IMMIGRATION REFORM-TOSS TO NICK

DEVELOPING AT NOON --

WE MAY BE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE SOLUTION TO IMMIGRATION REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY.

A GROUP OF EIGHT SENATORS, 4 REPUBLICANS AND 4 DEMOCRATS, ARE EXPECTED TO REVEAL THEIR "FIX" FOR ONE OF THE MOST HEATED ISSUES FACING THE U-S TODAY.

IMMIGRATION REFORM-PLASMA INTRO

HEATHER --

NOTHING IS SET IN STONE YET.

IMMIGRATION REFORM-PKG

IS THERE FINALLY A KEY TO UNLOCK THE IMMIGRATION PUZZLE IN THE U-S?

LATER TODAY --

A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF 8 SENATORS.

4 REPUBLICANS AND 4 DEMOCRATS -- WILL ANNOUNCE WHAT'S BEEN CALLED A SWEEPING NEW PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM.

super burned in

Illinois:09-:12

"To finally, in this country, have an immigration law we can live with."

THE PLAN REPORTEDLY INCLUDES.

BORDER PATROLS. EMPLOYER VERIFICATION. A GUEST WORKER PROGRAM.

GREEN CARDS FOR MATH AND SCIENCE GRADS

AND A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

super burned in

New Jersey:24-:32

"Americans support it, in poll after poll. Secondly, Latino voters expect it. Thirdly, Democrats want it. And fourth, Republicans need it."

BOTH SIDES NEED TO SCORE IT.

super burned in

"I do think there is room for us to come together and finally get something done."

AND FOR REPUBLICANS -- MAYBE THE KEY TO WINNING THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN 2016.

IN 2012 -- 70% OF HISPANICS WHO VOTED WENT FOR OBAMA.

super burned in

Arizona:51-:58

"We are losing dramatically the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons."

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS COMPLETELY SOLD JUST YET.

super burned in

Wisconsin 1:03-1:08

IMMIGRATION REFORM-PLASMA TAG

AND WE'RE GETTING A SNEAK-PEEK AT WHAT THE SENATORS WILL OUTLINE LATER TODAY.

THERE ARE FOUR KEY POINTS.

FIRST -- CREATE A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE.

THIS ALSO MEANS BETTER TRACKING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ON VISAS.

SECOND -- REFORM THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO THAT IMMIGRANTS WHO GET ADVANCED DEGREES FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES CAN GET GREEN CARDS SOONER.

THIRD -- ESTABLISH A MORE EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM SO THAT EMPLOYERS DO NOT INADVERTAINLY HIRE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.

AND LASTLY -- LET MORE LOW-SKILLED WORKERS AND CREATE AN AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM.

OF COURSE -- COUNT ON NBC-2 FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS AFTERNOON'S ANNOUNCENMENT.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HEADS TO LAS VEGAS TOMORROW WHERE HE IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL HIS OWN PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM.

REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO.

RICK SCOTT STATE COLLEGES-ON CAM

NEW AT NOON - NBC2 GETTING WORD TODAY - MORE STATE COLLEGES HAVE ACCEPTED THE GOVERNOR'S CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP FOUR-YEAR DEGREES COSTING NO MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY AT MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE COLLEGES HAVE BEGUN OFFERING A LIMITED NUMBER OF FOUR-YEAR DEGREES, BUT THE BULK OF THEIR STUDENTS REMAIN IN TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS.

SUMMERLIN BRIDGE TRAFFIC ANIMAP-OC-TRX-VO

AN NBC-2 TRAFFIC ALERT IN LEE COUNTY FOR YOUR WORK WEEK AHEAD.

SUMMERLIN BRIDGE TRAFFIC-VOTOPS

WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY HERE FOR THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

WHEN COMPLETED THE BRIDGE WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE ONE ALREADY BUILT GOING NORTH ON SUMMERLIN ROAD.

BRAZIL NIGHT CLUB FIRE-TOSS TO KRISTA

THE DEATH TOLL IN A HORRIFIC NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN BRAZIL HAS REACHED 233.

MORE THAN A-HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING RIGHT NOW IN THE HOSPITAL.

BRAZIL NIGHT CLUB FIRE-PLASMA INTRO

THAT FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE PACKED CLUB EARLY SUNDAY.

BRAZIL NIGHT CLUB FIRE-VO

A STATE FIRE OFFICIAL SAYS ABOUT TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE IN THE CLUB.DOUBLE IT'S MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

INVESTIGATORS THINK PYROTECHNICS USED BY THE BAND MAY HAVE CAUSED IT.

AUTHORITIES SAY MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND NEAR THE CLUB'S BATHROOMS.

THE ROOF ALSO COLLAPSED TRAPPING MANY.

A LOCAL GYMNASIUM WAS TURNED INTO A MAKESHIFT MORGUE WHILE FAMILIES SCRAMBLED TO LOCATE LOVED ONES.

BRAZIL NIGHT CLUB FIRE-SOTVO

"There are a lot of people scattered around hospital's different departments as well as intensive care units who have not been identified. It is now a big number but the people waiting outside for news are desperate."

FIRE INVESTIGATORS IN BRAZIL ARE QUESTIONING THE CLUB'S OWNER AND WITNESSES.

BRAZIL NIGHT CLUB FIRE-PLASMA TAG

THIS FIRE REMINDS MANY OF A 2003 NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN RHODE ISLAND WHERE A BAND'S PYROTECHNICS IGNITED A BLAZE THAT KILLED 100 PEOPLE.

SURVIVORS SAY THE LESSONS FROM THAT FIRE ARE NOT BEING LEARNED.

MOBIL GAS SHOOTING-TRXTOPS-VO

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT NOON.

A SHOOTING VICTIM IS RECOVERING - AS LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES MAKE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A WEEKEND SHOOTING.

DEPUTIES BELIEVE ANDRE MUSTARRI WAS INVOLVED WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THIS MOBIL GAS STATION ON GLADIOLUS - NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MCGREGOR AND SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPENT HOURS ON SCENE COLLECTING EVIDENCE.

MOBIL GAS SHOOTING-(2) SOTVO

3:35 I heard 6 gun shots in rapid succession. It sounded like a semi automatic

WHITE FLASH

pete LEFAVOUR/ neighbor

3:55 it bother me living in the neighborhood and this community it's a very quiet area. I don't know what happened and still don't know

CAR INTO BARNES AND NOBLE-OC-SS

NBC-2 WORKING TO GET NEW DETAILS ON AN INCIDENT AT COCONUT POINT MALL OVER THE WEEKEND.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

A CAR SLAMMED INTO THE FRONT OF THE BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORE.

AN NBC2 VIEWER SENT US THE PHOTO.

THE STORE'S MANAGER SAYS NO ONE INSIDE WAS HURT.

IMMOKALEE FATAL ANIMAP-OC-VO-WIPE

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW BEING PLANNED AFTER A CRASH IN IMMOKALEE TURNS DEADLY.

IMMOKALEE FATAL SCENE-VOTOPS

IMMOKALEE FATAL SCENE-SOTVO

josie estroade

18:41 the way I saw the vehicle, he didn't stop. He kept going. He was going to hit the car and that's what he did, he hit the car.

PG STABBING-OC-SOTVO-SS

MEANTIME - IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY - NEW DETAILS ON A MAN FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AFTER A STABBING.

the helicopter was flying so low my kids tell me it was blowing leaves on the rooftops."

DEPUTIES SAY 19-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL SEE STABBED A WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES SATURDAY, ON PINEAPPLE ROAD.

AFTER A MANHUNT - DEPUTIES ARRESTED CAUGHT UP WITH SEE.

THE STABBING VICTIM, A 23-YEAR OLD, WAS TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL'S TRAUMA UNIT FOLLOWING SURGERY.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

THE YOUNGER GENERATION SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME FINANCIAL WOES.

A NEW STUDY FINDS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY - HAVE FAR MORE CREDIT CARD DEBT THAN THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AT A SIMILAR AGE.

WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY - AND HAVE ADVICE ON HOW KEEP YOUNG FOLKS ABOVE WATER.

AND IF YOUR HEADING TO THE POST OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON YOUR GOING TO WANT TO BE AWARE OF CERTAIN UPCHARGES.

THAT STORY AND MORE COMING UP.

TZ1A (YOUNG PEOPLE IN DEBT)-VO

TZ1B) POSTAGE INCREASE-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

MARKET WATCH-PKG

CROSSTALK-2 SHOT

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

The warmer weather will really take hold of Southwest Florida over the next few days until the next cold front arrives later this week.

As our wind flow becomes more southerly, the warmth and humidity will continue to build in today through Wednesday; in fact, we'll even come close to hitting some record highs during the next few afternoons.

Today's record of 86° could actually be in jeopardy as temperatures reach the mid 80s under a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky.

Even as we continue to warm up, rain prospects will stay pretty slim with precipitation probabilities generally less than 20%. However, we are expecting a decent rain chance late Wednesday into Thursday morning as the next cold front comes sweeping through Southwest Florida.

The rain should be south of the area by Thursday afternoon, which is when the cool air will start moving in. Daytime highs by the end of the week should only warm into the low to mid 70s, and overnight lows will cool off into the mid 50s.

YOUNG PEOPLE DEBT-ON CAM

A NEW STUDY SAYS YOUNGER PEOPLE BORROW MORE THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.

YOUNG PEOPLE DEBT-PKG

nats of bookstore

WHEN YOU'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT. THERE ARE ALL SORT OF PLACES TO SPEND YOUR MONEY.

"I get credit card offers all the time."

AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAY TO GET INTO DEBT.

"Definitely if you have a credit card or debit card it's easy to spend your money fast."

"So when you have so much credit cards, and you really not making enough money to pay off those credit cards, it's a lot easier for you to get in debt."

A NEW STUDY FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT TODAY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FAR MORE CREDIT CARD DEBT THAN THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AT A SIMILAR AGE. NOT ONLY IS CREDIT EASIER TO GET. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TEMPTATION TO SPEND.

"It's a slippery slope. You start to take out a little bit, you get what you need, then you start getting what you want."

"It kind of all builds up and since you don't have to pay for it now, you just want it, then you just get into all this debt."

AND PAYING OFF THOSE BILLS ISN'T EASY.

"You can't find a job, you can't pay the bills."

SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER? LOU MURILLO SAYS TEENAGERS NEED TO BE TAUGHT FINANCIAL LITERACY BEFORE THEY EVER GET A CREDIT CARD IN THEIR HAND.

"I mean, that's a terrible temptation to have because you can make decisions without giving any thought to the long term implications."

YOUNG PEOPLE DEBT-TAG

THAT WAS BOB HANSEN REPORTING.

POSTAGE INCREASE-VO

If you have mail to send out, get ready to shell out an extra penny.

THE PRICE OF POSTAGE INCREASES BY A CENT.

FIRST CLASS STAMPS WILL NOW COST YOU 46 CENTS, WHILE POSTCARDS PRICES GO UP TO 33 CENTS.

SENDING MAIL OUT OF THE COUNTRY WILL COST YOU EVEN MORE CHANGE.

NO LUGGING YOUR LUGGAGE-VO

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR YOUR BAGS AT BAGGAGE CLAIM?

UNITED AIRLINES ANNOUNCES - YOU CAN NOW HAVE YOUR CHECKED LUGGAGE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP, THROUGH A SERVICE CALLED "BAGS VIP."

BUT IT WILL COST YOU - 29-95 FOR ONE BAG, 39-95 FOR TWO, AND 49-95 FOR THREE TO EIGHT BAGS.

THE DEAL COVERS LOCATIONS WITHIN A 40-MILE RADIUS OF THE AIRPORT.

TEASE TWO-1 SHOT

A NEW TWIST IN THE JONBENÉT RAMSEY CASE.

A GRAND JURY SAID YES, TO INDICTING THE PARENTS, SO WHY DID THE PROSECUTOR NOT FILE CHARGES.

THIS AFTERNOON, WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK BEHIND A FORMER DA WHO REFUSED TO SIGN THE INDICTMENT.

--PLUS

HE'S IN HOT WATER ONCE AGAIN.

HEAR WHAT R AN B ARTIST IS ACCUSED OF THROWING A PUNCH AT ANOTHER MAN IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A PARKING SPACE.

TZ2) A JON BENET-VOTOPS

TZ2B) CHRIS BROWN ASSULT-VOTOPS

JON BENET RAMSEY LATEST-PLASMA

NOW TO A SHOCKING UPDATE IN THE CASE OF JONBENET RAMSEY.

THE CHILD BEAUTY PAGEANT STAR WAS FOUND MURDERED IN HER HOME HOURS AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN 1996.

A NEW REPORT SAYS THE GRAND JURY AT THE TIME WAS READY TO DECIDE THAT BOTH PARENTS SHOULD FACE CHARGES.

JON BENET RAMSEY LATEST-PKG

It is a murder case sixteen years old still unsolved.

At Christmas in 1996 six year old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found

dead in the basement of her family's upscale Boulder Colorado home.

Suspicion fell on her parents John and Patsy but they insisted an INTRUDER

was to blame.

SOT - BARBARA WALTERS: MR. RAMSEY DID YOU KILL JONBENET? JOHN RAMSEY- NO I

DID NOT. BW: MRS. RAMSEY DID YOU KILL YOUR DAUGHTER? PATSY: NO I DID NOT

KILL MY DAUGHTER.

But now. ABC News sources confirm that in 1999 a grand jury after meeting

for over a year believed there was enough evidence to INDICT John and Patsy

Ramsey on charges of child abuse resulting in death. The story first

reported by the Boulder Daily Camera.

SOT - DAN ABRAMS / ABC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST / 1:04:01 THIS GRAND JURY IN

EFFECT CAME UP WITH A COMPROMISE FINDING "NO IT'S NOT MURDER" BUT, "YES WE

THINK THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE" FOR THE DEATH BASED ON ABUSE.

But District Attorney Alex Hunter refused to sign off

SOT - ALEX HUNTER - I AND MY PROSECUTION TASK FORCE BELIEVE WE

DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THE FILING OF CHARGES AGAINST

ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME.

The prosecutor believed a conviction would be impossible.

SOT - DAN ABRAMS / ABC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST / - 1:03:20 I'VE SEEN THE MAJORITY

OF THE CASE FILES AND I THINK ALEX HUNTER MADE THE RIGHT CALL, I THINK

THERE SIMPLY WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD.

Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. John Ramsey remarried. and his attorney

tells ABC News that prosecutor Hunter is "a hero who wisely avoided a

JON BENET RAMSEY LATEST-ON CAM TAG

THAT WAS CLAYTON SANDEL REPORTING.

THE CASE IS STILL OFFICIALLY OPEN BUT AS IN 1996 INVESTIGATORS SEEM NO CLOSER TO SOLVING THE CRIME IN 20-13

CHRIS BROWN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW-VO

SINGER CHRIS BROWN FACES ANOTHER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

WITNESSES SAY BROWN PUNCHED ANOTHER MAN SUNDAY EVENING DURING AN ARGUMENT OVER A PARKING SPACE.

THERE WAS REPORTEDLY A BRIEF FIGHT BETWEEN SIX MEN, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF BROWN'S ENTOURAGE, ON SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD IN WEST HOLLYWOOD.

THE L-A COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING BROWN FOR BATTERY.

JEWLER FIGHTS ROBBER-VO TOPS

CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A JEWELRY STORE OWNER IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS WHEN AN ARMED MAN TRIED TO ROB HIS STORE.

IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE ROBBER POINT A GUN. AND THE STORE OWNER, WALKS RIGHT UP TO HIM.

LUCKY MOTOR CYCLE RIDER-VO

A NEAR ESCAPE FOR A MOTORCYCLE RIDER IN CHINA AFTER A TRUCK COMES TO A CRASHING STOP AT AN INTERSECTION.

TAKE A LOOK - THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER WAS WAITING AT A LIGHT WHEN A TURNING TRUCK, OVERTURNED.

THE RIDER BACKS AWAY QUICKLY AS THE TRUCK CRASHES RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

TEASE THREE-1 SHOT

A ONE ON ONE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON.

STILL TO COME ON THE NEWS AT NOON, HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT RARE INTERVIEW.

TZ3A) CLINTON AND OBAMA-VOTOPS

TZB2) SHOCK JOCK TRIAL-VOTOPS

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS

OPEN-CLIP

TOP STORIES-HLF SCR RVL

HELLO EVERYONE.

I'M STACEY DEFFENBAUGH, HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TOP STORIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR.

POLICE NOW SAY ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN A DEADLY CRASH THIS MORNING ON MCGREGOR BOULEVARD IN FORT MYERS.

IT HAPPENED JUST PAST 3. THE CAR CRASHED INTO A PALM TREE.

THE DRIVER, 50-YEAR-OLD PAUL POMBIER, IN CRITICAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW.

THE PASSENGER, 25-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY THOMAS DIED AT THE SCENE.

CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING TWO FIRES THAT SPARKED LAST NIGHT IN IONA MCGREGOR.

THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THEY DON'T APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS BUT THEY'RE NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT.

THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE SEVERAL ARSONS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED IN THE PAST.

NO ONE WAS EVER CAUGHT FOR THOSE FIRES.

AND RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON -- A BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS ARE WORKING ON A NEW PLAN TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

THIS IS A DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT THE 11-MILLION UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE U-S.

CLINTON AND OBAMA-PLASMA

TO THE WHITE HOUSE NOW -- AND THE FIRST EVER JOINT INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON.

ONCE BITTER RIVALS, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE FOR FOUR YEARS.

THEIR UPCOMING SIT DOWN IS ALREADY SPARKING SOME BUZZ ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT.

CLINTON AND OBAMA-PKG

FROM THE MOMENT THEY SAT DOWN TO TALK WITH CBS NEWS' 60 MINUTES PRESIDENT

OBAMA AND SECRETARY CLINTON LOOKED LIKE THEY'D BEEN THE BEST OF FRIENDS FOR

DECADES

OBAMA SOT: I THINK HILLARY WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE FINEST SECRETARIES OF

STATE WE'VE HAD / I'M GOING TO MISS HER

THE PRESIDENT TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWER HIS OUTGOING SECRETARY OF

STATE WITH PRAISE.

OBAMA SOT: EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HILLARY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

ADVISERS I'VE HAD ON A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES

SO WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THEIR INTENSE RIVALRY, REFLECTED IN THAT HIGHLY

CONTENTIOUS 2008 PRIMARY FIGHT?

ANTS 2008 DEBATE

CROSSTALK BACK AND FORTH

CLINTON SOT: WE'RE JUST GETTING WARMED UP

CLINTON SOT: IT IS ANCIENT HISTORY BECAUSE OF WHO THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE ALL

ARE, BUT ALSO WE'RE PROFESSIONALS

THE INTERVIEW LEFT MANY WONDERING -- WAS THIS A POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF A

2016 PRESIDENTIAL RUN?

CLINTON SOT: I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, EITHER HE NOR I CAN MAKE PREDICTIONS

ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW OR THE NEXT YEAR.

KLIEN SOT: CLEARLY THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR HER; SHE IS LEAVING THE SCENE, SHE

IS NOT LEAVING POLITICS, SHE IS GOING TO LEAVE PUBLIC LIFE IN HER OWN WAY,

AND I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE JUST ENOUGH OF AN OPEN DOOR FOR HER

TO RUSH THROUGH.

AT LEAST CLINTON'S HEALTH WON'T BE A FACTOR, ANNOUNCING THAT SHE EXPECTS TO

MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AFTER SUFFERING A CONCUSSION AND BLOOD CLOT LATE LAST

YEAR

CLINTON SOT: I STILL HAVE SOME LINGERING EFFECTS / BUT THE DOCTORS TELL ME

THAT WILL ALL RECEDE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT? JOE BIDEN IS STILL PLAYING COY ABOUT HIS

2016 PLANS.

BIDEN SOT: I HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION AND I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT

CLINTON AND OBAMA-ON CAM TAG

THAT WAS MARTHA RADDATZ REPORTING.

THOUGH HER LAST DAY IS FRIDAY, SECRETARY CLINTON IS STILL HARD AT WORK -- HOLDING A GLOBAL TOWN HALL, TOMORROW.

CASEY BANKRUPT-VO WIPE

CASEY ANTHONY HAS LESS THAN 11-HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HER NAME.STILL THREE PARTIES PLAN ON GOING AFTER EVERYTHING SHE OWNS, IN SEPARATE

CIVIL SUITS.

SHE IS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY HERE IN FLORIDA.

ZENAIDA GONZALEZ WHO SHE INITIALLY CLAIMED MURDERED HER DAUGHTER IS SUING THE 26 YEAR OLD.

CASEY IS ALSO BEING SUED BY METER READER, ROY KRONK, SHE CLAIMED HE KILLED 2 YEAR OLD CAYLEE.

CASEY BANKRUPT-SOT VO

the bankruptcy proceeding will enlighten everyone and will correct any

inaccurate beliefs that people have regarding book deals. There are no book

deals. There is no money.

I75 CRASH ANNY-VO

TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR, SINCE ONE OF THE WORST TRAFFIC CRASHES IN AMERICAN HISTORY TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA - ALONG I-75.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SCENE.DOZENS OF CARS AND TRUCKS CRASHED NEAR GAINESVILLE.

ELEVEN PEOPLE DIED IN THE DISASTER, BLAMED ON FOGGY AND SMOKY CONDITIONS.

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE STATE HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO PREVENT ANOTHER TRAGEDY - INCLUDING A REVIEW OF ITS POLICIES GOVERNING ROAD CLOSURES.

FL MAN BEATEN TO DEATH-VO

THIS AFTERNOON - A MAN IS BEING HELD IN A DUVAL COUNTY JAIL ON A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD, BEATEN AT A PARTY.

25-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS - RYAN FORD WAS KILLED AFTER HE WAS REPEATEDLY PUNCHED DURING A FIGHT AT A BONFIRE.

A LARGE GROUP OF TEENS WERE IN THE WOODS AROUND THE BONFIRE WHEN SEVERAL FIGHTS BROKE OUT.

THAT'S WHEN FORD WAS PUNCHED NUMEROUS TIMES UNTIL HE PASSED OUT.

FL MAN BEATEN TO DEATH-SOTVO

"They were off to the side and they heard the commotion. They ran over to

start breaking it up. And they noticed another individual laying on the

ground who wasn't breathing. They threw him in the back of the SUV and took

him to the hospital,"

MS RIVER OIL-VO

OIL SPILLS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AFTER TWO BARGES COLLIDED.

IT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND NEAR VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

ONE OF THE BARGES LEAKED OIL INTO THE RIVER.

THE COAST GUARD LATER REPORTED THAT A TEAM HAD STOPPED THE SOURCE OF THE SPILL.

IT'S NOT KNOWN YET HOW MUCH LEAKED OUT OF THE BARGE. BUT THE TANK THAT WAS LEAKING CONTAINED 80-THOUSAND GALLONS OF OIL.

GMA FLIGHT FREIGHT-2SHOT INTRO

NOW TO THAT TERRIFYING SITUATION CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A PLANE CAUGHT FIRE IN MIDFLIGHT WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS ALL CAUSED BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING.

GMA FLIGHT FREIGHT-PKG

SPARKS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE OUT YOUR JETLINER

WINDOW AT 30 THOUSAND FEET. THE MASSIVE FLASHES -- SEEN IN THIS VIDEO THAT

WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK -- WERE ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A LIGHTNING STRIKE FIRE.

. ANOTHER CAMERA CATCHES THE FLAMING PLANE AS IT STREAKS ACROSS THE NIGHT

SKY OVER TURKEY.

BACK ON BOARD. PASSENGERS ARE WARNED OF TURBULENCE.

THEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT.

SOT NAT SOUND

BUT THE TURKISH AIRLINE PILOTS NEVER LOSE CONTROL OF THE FLIGHT AND LAND

SAFELY.

LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ACTUALLY NOT UNCOMMON. THIS EMIRATES AIRBUS A380 WAS

HIT BACK IN MAY OF 2011.

THAT SAME SPRING. A UNITED JET FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO LONDON

PILOT NATS: WE HAD A LIGHTING STRIKE AND WHAT IT DID IT TRIGGERED A BUNCH

OF THE OXYGEN MASKS

THAT PLANE LANDED SAFELY. AS DID A JETBLUE FLIGHT IN 2011 THAT TOOK OFF

FROM TAMPA.

PILOT NATS: WE'VE BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTING TWICE. THREES A SMELL OF SMOKE

IN FACT, AVIATION EXPERTS SAY EVERY AIRLINER IN THE SKY IS HIT ON AVERAGE

ONCE A YEAR. THE CHANCES OF BEING HIT IN THE AIR ARE ACTUALLY 500 TIMES

MORE LIKELY THAN ON THE GROUND

NANCE SOT: JET AIRLINERS ARE DESIGNED TO BE HIT BY LIGHTNING IN THE AIR AND

, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THEY SIMPLY ABSORB IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT

GROUNDED

AVIATION EXPERT JOHN NANCE SAYS THIS ENGINE FIRE. IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE

BEEN CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.

NANCE SOT: THERE'S ALMOST NO LIKELIHOOD THAT A LIGHTNING STRIKE COULD HAVE

CREATED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE DISINTEGRATING IN FLIGHT.

LIGHTNING CAUSED OR NOT. FIRE IN THE AIR. NOT WHAT ANYONE WANTS TO SEE

LIBERTY BELL BOMB THREAT-VO

AN ARIZONA MAN IS CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO BLOW UP THE ICONIC LIBERTY BELL IN PHILADELPHIA.

41-YEAR-OLD CARLOS BALSAS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING TERROR THREATS, BOMB THREATS AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFENSES.

POLICE SAY HE MADE THE THREATS AS HE ENTERED THE HISTORIC SITE OVER THE WEEKEND.

PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON RIVER-VO

TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM THE HUDSON RIVER IN NEW YORK, AFTER THEIR SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THE WATER.

THE PLANE CRASHED JUST BEFORE 5:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR YONKERS. AND QUICKLY SUNK IN THE HUDSON RIVER.

TWO VICTIMS, A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM NEW JERSEY. WERE WEARING LIFE JACKETS WHEN THEY WERE PULLED FROM THE FRIGID WATER BY SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS.

BOTH WERE TAKE TO A HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA.

PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING-OC-VO

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A TURKISH PLANE WAS SUDDENLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND ONE OF THE ENGINES CAUGHT FIRE DURING SEVERE TURBULENCE LAST WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE AIRLINE, NONE OF THE PASSENGERS WERE HURT.

THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THIS AMATEUR VIDEO OF THE ORDEAL.

TEASE FOUR-1 SHOT

THIS AFTERNOON - DRAMA ON 'AMERICAN IDOL' IS EXTENDING PAST THE JUDGES TABLE.

WHY SOME FORMER CONTESTANTS ARE CLAIMING DISCRIMINATION.

AND THE HARDWARE IS HANDED OUT AGAIN IN HOLLYWOOD - FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR IN TELEVISION AND FILM.

HIGHLIGHTS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

TZ4A AMERICAN IDOL DRAMA-VOTOPS

TZ4B) SAG AWARDS-VOTOPS

AMRICAN IDOL DRAMA-2SHOT TRAFFIC

NEW DRAMA SURROUNDING AMERICAN IDOL.

THE POPULAR TALENT SHOW- IS NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY.

THIS AFTERNOON, THERE IS TALK THAT THE SHOW COULD BE SLAPPED WITH A LAWSUIT BY SOME FORMER CONTESTANTS WHO SAY THEY WERE KICKED OFF FOR RACIAL REASONS.

AMRICAN IDOL DRAMA-PKG

SCRIPT:

NATS you did not make the top 24

IT IS THE HIT SHOW WHERE SINGERS CAN GET THE BOOT FOR MISSING A NOTE

BUT CAN CONTESTANTS ALSO GET THE BOOT FROM AMERICAN IDOL SIMPLY

BASED ON THEIR RACE?

MONTAGE OF ALL 9 FACES 9 CONTESTANTS HAVE FILED A LEGAL COMPLAINT

AGAINST THE SHOW, REPORTEDLY CLAIMING THEY WERE KICKED OFF FOR THAT

VERY REASON.

ACCORDING TO TMZ, THE GROUP SAYS THE SHOW TRIED TO HUMILIATE AFRICAN

AMERICAN CONTESTANTS -- MANY WITH ARREST RECORDS-- BY EXPOSING THEIR

PASTS FOR RATINGS

GFX

IDOL PRODUCERS AND THE SHOW'S NETWORK, FOX, AREN'T COMMENTING.

BUT THIS MORNING THEIR LAWYER TELLS ABC NEWS "It is an issue for the Courts.

"

Shirley Halperin/Hollywood Reporter it is kind of interesting to note that

of all the

people who literally were taken off of the program, they have been all

African American.

It is that a coincidence? It's kind of hard to tell.

CONTESTANTS INCLUDING:

NATS Foolish Heart.

FINALIST COREY CLARK -- DISQUALIFIED FROM SEASON TWO AFTER A BATTERY

ARREST AND SEMI-FINALIST JARED ANDREWS -- SENT PACKING OVER AN

ASSAULT CHARGE

NATS I don't need.

PRODUCERS ALSO BOOTED THE BRITTENUM TWINS AFTER IDENTITY THEFT

CHARGES SURFACED

NATS be afraid.

AND SEASON NINE'S CHRIS GOLIGHTLY WAS DISQUALIFIED AFTER QUESTIONS

OVER WHETHER HE WAS STILL TIED TO A BOY BAND.

Melinda Doolittle/Former Contestant I really cannot recall anytime on the

show where I felt discriminated against.

SEASON SIX FINALIST MELINDA DOOLITTLE SAYS THE ONE THING AMERICAN IDOL

ISN'T IS RACIST.

THREE OF THE SHOW'S PAST WINNERS ARE BLACK. OTHER PAST CONTESTANTS

SAY SINGERS ON IDOL ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ARRESTS.

GFX

SEASON FOUR'S Vonzell Solomon TELLS ABC NEWS IN A STATEMENT:

I was clearly informed of all grounds for disqualifications stated in our

contracts.

Idol has changed my life for the better

Melinda Doolittle/Former Contestant I didn't feel like there was any special

attention given to

someone because of race.so I really can't see where this is coming from.

BUT WHERE IT MAY BE HEADED? TO A COURTROOM. THE GROUP REPORTEDLY

PLANS TO SUE

FOR GMA, CV, ABC NEWS, LA

NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL-VO SS

THE FINAL NUMBER IS IN FOR THIS YEAR'S NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL: AND IT'S A DOOZY!

EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WAS RAISED OVER THE WEEKEND!

THAT MONEY WILL GO TO LOCAL CHARITIES.

AN AUCTION TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND TO WRAP UP THE ANNUAL CHARITY FESTIVAL.

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING - THE FASTEST, MOST POWERFUL FERRARI EVER MADE, WENT FOR 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND AN INCREDIBLE 22-DAY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD WENT TO ONE BIDDER FOR 240-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

CROSS TALK-2 SHOT

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

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

The warmer weather will really take hold of Southwest Florida over the next few days until the next cold front arrives later this week.

As our wind flow becomes more southerly, the warmth and humidity will continue to build in today through Wednesday; in fact, we'll even come close to hitting some record highs during the next few afternoons.

Today's record of 86° could actually be in jeopardy as temperatures reach the mid 80s under a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky.

Even as we continue to warm up, rain prospects will stay pretty slim with precipitation probabilities generally less than 20%. However, we are expecting a decent rain chance late Wednesday into Thursday morning as the next cold front comes sweeping through Southwest Florida.

The rain should be south of the area by Thursday afternoon, which is when the cool air will start moving in. Daytime highs by the end of the week should only warm into the low to mid 70s, and overnight lows will cool off into the mid 50s.

FLU AFFECTING MASS-VO

THE FLU IS PROMPTING CHANGES AT SOME CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

MANY OF THEM ARE SUSPENDING SOME SACRED TRADITIONS.

AT SAINT ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CAPE CORAL, THERE IS NO WINE DURING COMMUNION.

THE DIOCESE OF VENICE RECENTLY ASKED CHURCHES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO SUSPEND SOME TRADITIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE FLU.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC, FLU CASES PEAK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

FLU AFFECTING MASS-SOTVO

We don't want to add to the spread of the flu and we want people to take care of themselves physically that's also beside spiritually.

DIOCESE OFFICIALS SAY THIS WILL LAST UNTIL THE FLU OUTBREAK SETTLES DOWN.

MIAMI SCHOOLS TRAIN FOR MENTAL ILLNESS-ON CAM

BRAND NEW AT NOON - TEACHERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS AND JANITORS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON HOW TO IDENTIFY EARLY-WARNING SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

POSSIBLE SIGNS CAN INCLUDE SLEEPING THROUGH CLASS, BIZARRE WRITINGS AND EXTREME RISK-TAKING.

THE PROGRAM IS CALLED "TYPICAL OR TROUBLED?"

BREAST CANCER TREATMENT-VO

INTERESTING RESULTS ON A NEW BREAST CANCER STUDY.

A NEW STUDY FINDS WOMEN WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER WHO UNDERGO A LUMPECTOMY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE THAN THOSE WHO OPT FOR A MASTECTOMY.

RESEARCHERS STUDIED MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE ONE OR STAGE TWO BREAST CANCER.

THEY WERE FOLLOWED FOR NINE YEARS.

AND THE ACTOR GOES TO-2SHOT

NOW TO ANOTHER BIG NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD, AS WE COUNTDOWN TO THE OSCARS.

AND THE ACTOR GOES TO-PKG

sot - SAG Awards telecast

presenter Jude Law announcing winner,

"The cast of ARGO."

_______________________________________________________________

Its SAG Award win for

Best Motion Picture Cast

positioned ARGO as an

Oscar favorite and delighted

its actor-director-producer

Ben Affleck.

______________________________________________

BEN AFFLECK:

"Its cool."

__________________________________________

CHRIS CONNELLY

"How did he remain CALM when he had

so many different roles?"

_______________________________________

ALAN ARKIN, from ARGO cast

"Who said he DID?"

No, he was very much in control.

I hate to say it in front of him, but."

________________________________________

BEN AFFLECK:

"He never said anything nice

in front of me in my life.

That was the first time!"

_______________________________________

Jennifer Lawrence climbed out

of her sickbed to earn a

Female Best Actor Award for

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.

______________________________________

JENNIFER LAWRENCE:

"I'm feeling so good. I finally

found the cure for pneumonia

-THIS guy."

____________________________________

This guy also found its way into

the hands of the MODERN FAMILY cast,

winners of Comedy Series Ensemble

for the THIRD time.

_______________________________________

Sofia Vergara:

"I have a lot of them now. I have a nice

bathroom and I put them there, and I."

____________________________________________

Ed O'Neill:

"Her bathroom is as big as your living room."

______________________________________________

Sofia Vergara:

"I go in there when I'm depressed and

I look at my awards."

_________________________________________

Onstage - winner Anne Hathaway of LES MIZ.

__________________________________________

Anne Hathaway, SAG winner on stage

"I want to thank my mother for voting for me."

_________________________________________

Daniel Day Lewis

won Best Actor for LINCOLN.

And minus Maggie Smith,

DOWNTON ABBEY's cast left

holding best Drama Ensemble awards.

_______________________

PHYLLIS LOGAN, on stage

"Shut the French windows!"

_____________________________________

Chris Connelly:

"You can get in anywhere in town

if you just WAVE those things tonight."

__________________________________

Phyllis Logan,

DOWNTOWN ABBEY actress

"Yeah, YOU try waving that."

_____________________________________

It was a great night to be an actor -

just ask MODERN FAMILY's

Ariel Winter, who turns 15 this

morning.

______________________________

__________________________________________

For Good Morning America,

Chris Connelly, ABC News,

Los Angeles.

POD OF GREAT WHALES NEAR COAST-VO

PASSENGERS ABOARD A WHALE-WATCHING TOUR BOAT HAVE, PARDON THE PUN, ONE WHALE OF A TALE.

A POD OF ABOUT 20 TO 25 GRAY WHALES APPEARED JUST OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

ONE COUPLE TOOK THESE AMAZING PHOTOS.

AQUARIUM DIRECTORS SAY IT'S NORMAL TO SEE A LOT OF WHALES RIGHT NOW.

COMING UP @ 4-traffic mon

NBC-2 IS WATCHING DEVELOPING NEWS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

IN LEE COUNTY TODAY, A MAN WILL ANSWER TO HIS DEADLY CRIME AT AN AREA DAYCARE.

NBC-2 IS IN THE COURTROOM TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT ROBERT DUNN'S PUNISHMENT WILL BE FOR KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, A PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER, 5 YEARS AGO.

PLUS - A DRAMATIC UPDATE IN A 16-YEAR OLD MURDER CASE.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS A GRAND JURY WAS READY TO INDICT BOTH PARENTS OF JONBENET RAMSEY.

FIRST AT FOUR - WHY LAWYERS SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PROSECUTE.

AND - A REMARKABLE RESCUE IN AUSTRALIAN FLOOD WATERS.

A) robert dunn sentencing-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) jonbenet ramsey indictiment-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) baby saved flood waters-VOTOPS

CAR VS TREE-TRXVO TOPS

UPDATING OUR TOP STORIES AT NOON.

ONE PERSON IS DEAD

AND ANOTHER REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION--

AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT ON McGREGOR BOULEVARD.

INVESTIGATORS SAY "SPEED" AND "ALCOHOL" PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CRASH.

THEY SAY THE DRIVER "OVER-REACTED"--

KAPOK FIRES-VOTOPS

TWO YEARS AFTER A STRING OF FIRES IN SOUTH FORT MYERS--

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A NEW PAIR OF BRUSH FIRES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD - BOTH HAPPENED AROUND 7:30 LAST NIGHT.

ONE BROKE OUT ON KAPOK CIRCLE, THE OTHER, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THORNTON AND LIVE OAK.

POLICE ARE NOT SAYING THE LATEST TWO FIRES WERE INTENTIONALLY SET--

IMMIGRATION REFORM-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SLATED TO UNVEIL HIS LATEST STRATEGY TO REFORM IMMIGRATION.

HE'S HEADING TO LAS VEGAS TOMORROW FOR THE SPEECH.

MEANWHILE A BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS HAVE CRAFTED THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE ACTION--

INCLUDING FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO.

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT.

BRAZIL NIGHTCLUB FIRE-VOTOPS

FUNERALS ARE UNDER WAY IN THE BRAZILIAN CITY, WHERE MORE THAN 230 PEOPLE DIED IN A WEEKEND NIGHTCLUB FIRE.

POLICE BELIEVE A BAND'S PYROTECHNIC SHOW IGNITED SOUND INSULATION ON THE CEILING.

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE - AND ARE LOOKING FOR A FOURTH SUSPECT.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

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