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A) FM BAR SHOOTING-VOTOPS-TRX OBAMA GUN PHOTO-VO TOPS
B) STUDENT HIT BY CAR-TRX VO TOPS OBAMA GUN CONTROL-2 SHOT
C) SUPER WRAP-TRX 2 NATS VO OBAMA GUN CONTROL-PKG
NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP OBAMA GUN CONTROL-ONCAM
TOSS TO CLIFTON-2 SHOT VO OBAMA SB INTERVIEW-OC SOT OC
FM BAR SHOOTING-REM LIVE OBAMA SB INTERVIEW-OC SOT OC
FM BAR SHOOTING-VO CA TOUR BUS-VO WIPE
FM BAR SHOOTING-SOT CA TOUR BUS-SOT VO
FM BAR SHOOTING-REM LIVE MA TOUR BUS-VO TOPS
JOHN MAATSCH ARRAIGNMENT-SS VO ROMNEY FOR SENATE-VO SS
SEX OFFENDER VOTE-VO ALI NOT DEAD-VO OC
STUDENT HIT BY CAR-VO WEIGHT STUDY-TRX OC SOT VO
CAPE RENOVATIONS REPORTABLE-ONCAM WEIGHT STUDY-SOT VO
CAPE RV LATEST-VO SANDY MOLD-VO
NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE KING RICHARD FOUND-VO OC
CHRISTMAS TIME HOME IN VASION ARREST-OC-SS-VO GENDER NEUTRAL WORDS-SS
SNIPER KILLED-INTRO TEASE FOUR------
SNIPER KILLED-PKG A ) 6YR OLD JOYRIDE-2 SHOT SOT VO
SNIPER KILLED-ONCAM B) WINNING SHOT-NATS VO
TOSS TO NICK-OC TRX PTSD-PLASMA
SUPER WRAP-PLASMA PTSD-PKG
SUPER WRAP-PKG REIF OPEN-CLIP
SUPER WRAP-PLASMA SS WEATHER-WX WALL
PREPAID COLLEGE-ONCAM S KOREA ROCKET-VO TOPS
NAPLES BIKE PATH-VO 6YR OLD JOYRIDE-VO WIPE
GAS PRICES-CG 6YR OLD JOYRIDE-SOT VO
TEASE ONE------- PS 4-VO
A) PALACE SCARE-2 SHOT VO HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM
B) MN FIRE-VOTOPS HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG
WEATHER-STC NY WINNING SHOT-NATS TOPS VO
FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP NY WINNING SHOT-SOT VO
FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL TEASE FIVE-----
ATTORNEY ATTACKED-VO TOPS A) TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT SOT VO
PALACE SCARE-SS VO IN PLASMA CAPSULE HOTEL-VO TOPS
PALACE SCARE-PKG TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT VO IN TRAFFIC
PALACE SCARE-ONCAM TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-PKG
MN FIRE-TRX VO TOPS TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT TRAFFIC
JAPAN QUAKE-TRX VO TOPS TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA
TEASE TWO---- NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK
A) SUPER ADS-2 SHOT NATS VO NOON TZA) obama on guns-VO
DODGE RAM AD-NATS TOPS VO NOON TZB) bar shooting-VOTOPS
SUPER ADS-2 SHOT NOON TZC) stabbing plea-VOTOPS
SUPER ADS-PKG BUS CRASH-VOTOPS
TEASE THREE------- STANDOFF-VOTOPS
B) ALI NOT DEAD-VOTOPS RESOLUTIONS-SOTTOPS VO
NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA


A) FM BAR SHOOTING-VOTOPS-TRX


A SUPER BOWL GATHERING TURNS INTO A SHOOTING GALLERY.

MEN AND WOMEN ROBBED INSIDE A LOCAL BAR AT GUNPOINT AS AN ARMED MAN FIRES BULLETS INSIDE.

NBC2 IS LIVE AS THE BUSINESS HOPES TO RE-OPEN. Return to index of stories...


B) STUDENT HIT BY CAR-TRX VO TOPS


ITS HAPPENED AGAIN.A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. HIT BY A CAR SHORTLY BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN.

NOW LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE POINTING THE FINGER OF BLAME. Return to index of stories...


C) SUPER WRAP-TRX 2 NATS VO


THE SUPERBOWL BELONGS TO BALTIMORE."

Jennifer Hudson & childrens choir sing America the Beautiful

FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH.

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHTING UP A COMEBACK.

NBC2 SHOWS YOU THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE SUPER BOWL MANY OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN UNTIL NOW.

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


NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP


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TOSS TO CLIFTON-2 SHOT VO


JUST HOURS AFTER SEVERAL CUSTOMERS ARE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT.ONE MAN IS EVEN SHOT.A FORT MYERS BAR IS PLANNING TO OPEN.

PEOPLE GATHERING TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL INSTEAD ENDED THEIR NIGHT STARING AT THE BARREL OF A GUN AS BULLETS FLEW INSIDE.

ALL THIS HAPPENING INSIDE A BAR ALONG METRO PARKWAY.

NBC2'S CLIFTON FRENCH JOINS US LIVE WHERE BRAND NEW DETAILS HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED. Return to index of stories...


FM BAR SHOOTING-REM LIVE


I HAVE SPOKE TO SEVERAL WITNESSES AND VICTIMS OVER THE PHONE, NONE OF THEM WANTED TO GO ON CAMERA BUT THEY DID TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED IN HERE LAST NIGHT. Return to index of stories...


FM BAR SHOOTING-VO


THESE WITNESSES SAY A MAN WITH A HOODIE AND MASK RAN INTO THIS BAR AROUND 1:20 LAST NIGHT AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHOOTING INTO THE CEILING.

HE THEN STARTED GRABBING MONEY, WALLETS AND PURSES FROM CUSTOMERS INSIDE.

AT SOME POINT HE STARTED SHOOTING IN THE DIRECTION OF PEOPLE. TELLING THEM TO GET BACK. THAT'S WHEN HE SHOT A MAN IN THE ARM.

I WAS TOLD A FEW CUSTOMERS THEN CHASED AFTER THIS CRIMINAL. WHO RAN INTO THE WESTCHASE APARTMENT COMPLEX BEHIND THE BAR WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY. Return to index of stories...


FM BAR SHOOTING-SOT


Bill Luft, Owner Bill Luft, Owner "I have no idea what anybody would think to do something like that, I'm at a loss for words like anyone else. What possess anyone to do such a thing, to harm people for money."" Return to index of stories...


FM BAR SHOOTING-REM LIVE


POLICE TRIED TO FIND THE MAN WITH A K-9 UNIT LAST NIGHT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME MONEY AND WALLETS, BUT THE CRIMINAL, IS STILL ON THE LOOSE AT THIS HOUR.

LIVE IN FORT MYERS, CLIFTON FRENCH, NBC2. Return to index of stories...


JOHN MAATSCH ARRAIGNMENT-SS VO


NEW AT ELEVEN.

NOT GUILTY.

THAT'S THE PLEA BY THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS NEIGHBOR IN THE CHEST.

JOHN MAATSCH IS NOW CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STABBED THIS WOMAN TRACEY MARAZZI --- THREE TIMES IN THE CHEST WHILE SHE SLEPT IN HER PASEO GATED COMMUNITY HOME. Return to index of stories...


SEX OFFENDER VOTE-VO


HAPPENING TODAY FORT MYERS CITY LEADERS ARE CONSIDERING TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN THE CITY.

CURRENTLY, THE STATE RESTRICTS SEX OFFENDERS FROM LIVING WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES MEANT FOR CHILDREN.

THIS ORDINANCE WOULD EXPAND THAT BY CREATING "CHILD SAFETY ZONES," KEEPING SEX OFFENDERS BACK 300 FEET AT ALL TIMES FROM SCHOOLS, PARKS, ZOOS AND DAYCARES.

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION IS AGAINST THE PLAN.

THE PROPOSAL GOES UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLY A VOTE TODAY. Return to index of stories...


STUDENT HIT BY CAR-VO


A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS RECOVERING AT HEALTH PARK HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR THIS MORNING.

TROOPERS TELL US THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS GLADIOLUS DRIVE AT THE CROSSWALK NEAR STRAIGHT STREET IN LEE COUNTY.

THAT'S WHEN TROOPERS SAY A DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN HIT THE GIRL.

SHE WAS TAKEN TO HEALTH PARK WITH INJURIES TO HER LEG.

TROOPERS SAY THEY PLAN ON CITING THE DRIVER BECAUSE THE GIRL WAS AT A CROSSWALK. Return to index of stories...


CAPE RENOVATIONS REPORTABLE-ONCAM


NEW AT ELEVEN.

CONTRACTORS NEED MORE MONEY TO COMPLETE A NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION TO CAPE CORAL'S OLD CITY HALL.

TONIGHT CITY LEADERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE CITY ENGINEERS ABOUT 113 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FINISH THE PROJECT.

ENGINEERS SAY THEY NEED IT BECAUSE SOME UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS AROSE.

ASBESTOS WAS FOUND INSIDE AND THE INTERIOR DEMOLITION ENDED UP COSTING MORE.

THE MONEY WILL LIKELY COME FROM THE WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS FUND. Return to index of stories...


CAPE RV LATEST-VO


CAPE CORAL LEADERS PUSH FORWARD WITH PLANS TO BRING A LUXURY R-V PARK TO NORTHWEST CAPE CORAL.

TONIGHT, THEY'LL DECIDE WHETHER TO REZONE THE PROPOSED PROPERTY OFF BURNT STORE ROAD FROM MULTI-FAMILY TO COMMERICIAL USE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS TELL NBC2 THE PARK PROMISES TO BRING IN AN AFFLUENT CROWD TO THE UNDER-DEVELOPED AREA.

SOME PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE SITE FEAR THE RESORT THREATENS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

DEVELOPERS WANT TO BREAK GROUND IN LATE 20-13. Return to index of stories...


NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE


AFTER CLOSING ABOVE THE 14 THOUSAND MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS FRIDAY, Stocks are falling in early trading pulling the Dow below the mark. The stock market has been rallying for five weeks, and the Dow is still up more than 6 percent for the year.

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...


CHRISTMAS TIME HOME IN VASION ARREST-OC-SS-VO


A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN A CHRISTMAS-TIME SHOOTING AND WILL NOW FACE CHARGES.

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY CARLOS WALKER IS ONE OF FOUR SUSPECTS IN A HEINOUS ROBBERY JUST 3 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY WALKER ATTACKED AND HELPED TIE UP THREE VICTIMS IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, BEFORE STEALING THEIR MONEY, JEWELRY, ELECTRONICS AND I-D'S.

DEPUTIES RECOVERED WALKER'S CELL PHONE AT THE SCENE AND USED IT TO TRACK HIM DOWN. Return to index of stories...


SNIPER KILLED-INTRO


A FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO SURVIVED FOUR COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ, AND ALONG THE WAY BECAME THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY HAS BEEN MURDERED IN TEXAS.

AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED ANOTHER FORMER IRAQ WAR VETERAN WITH KILLING CHRIS KYLE AND HIS FRIEND.

NOW AUTHORITIES ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

ANDREW SPENCER HAS THE STORY. Return to index of stories...


SNIPER KILLED-PKG


FORMER NAVY SEAL CHRIS KYLE KNOWN FOR HIS RECORD NUMBER OF KILLS AS A SNIPER. AND FELLOW VETERAN CHAD LITTLEFIELD WERE SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY AT A GUN RANGE ON THE ROUGH CREEK LODGE AND RESORT IN GLEN ROSE, TEXAS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A HUNTING GUIDE FOUND THEIR BODIES.

POLICE SAY THIS MAN. EDDIE RAY ROUTH. TOOK KYLE'S PICKUP TRUCK AND DROVE TO HIS SISTER'S HOUSE.

IT WAS THERE, THEY SAY, ROUTH ADMITTED TO HIS SISTER THAT HE SHOT KYLE AND LITTLEFIELD.

ROUTH'S SISTER CALLED POLICE.

A NEIGHBOR DESCRIBES THE SCENE.

They had like four shotguns on him, I believe. It's dark out here so I did the best counting I could. Next thing I know, time passes. He starts up the truck. Then all of a sudden he rushes down the road and they all take off after him.

AFTER A SHORT CHASE POLICE ARRESTED ROUTH.

HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND IS BEING HELD ON THREE MILLION DOLLAR BOND.

ROUTH SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE MARINES AND WAS UNEMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

THERE IS NO WORD ON A MOTIVE.

SHERIFF TOMMY BRYANT SAYS KYLE, WHO STARTED A NON-PROFIT TO HELP VETERANS WITH P-T-S-D, MAY HAVE BEEN HELPING ROUTH WHEN HE WAS KILLED.

There has been some mention of the suspects mother was a school teacher for a long time she may have reached out to Mr. Kyle to try and help her son.

THIS IS HOW FRIEND AND FELLOW VETERAN TRAVIS COX REMEMBERS CHRIS KYLE.

The man he was when he came home if I can describe it any way was a servant leader he served others, he was a humble, humble man.

I'M ANDREW SPENCER REPORTING. Return to index of stories...


SNIPER KILLED-ONCAM


CHRIS KYLE HAD RECENTLY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST CALLS FOR BROADER GUN CONTROL, ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF BEING AGAINST THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

KYLE SAID HE WAS RAISED TO BE PATRIOTIC.

HIS CO-AUTHOR JIM DEFELICE SAYS "CHRIS STRUGGLED TO DETERMINE HOW HIS LIFE SHOULD BE ORDERED: GOD, COUNTRY FAMILY, OR GOD, FAMILY COUNTRY. Return to index of stories...


TOSS TO NICK-OC TRX


FOOTBALL FRENZY!

SUPER BOWL 47 IS NOW IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS THE BALTIMORE RAVENS TAKE HOME THE BIG WIN IN SUNDAY NIGHT'S GAME --

BUT IT'S SOME MOMENTS ON AND OFF THE GRIDIRON THAT ARE STILL MAKING HEADLINES THIS MORNING.

NBC-2'S NICK CILETTI IS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH A WRAP-UP AND ALSO SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THAT BLACKOUT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. Return to index of stories...


SUPER WRAP-PLASMA


A BLACKOUT?

TWO BROTHERS?

AND OF COURSE -- BEYONCE!

PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP SUPER BOWL 47!

THERE CERTAINLY WERE A LOT OF MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN THIS YEAR'S BIG GAME -- BUT NOW -- SOME ARE WONDERING IF THE BIG OUTAGE COULD HAVE A LASTING NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR THE BIG EASY -- Return to index of stories...


SUPER WRAP-PKG


NATS - J.HUD

IT WAS THIS TOUCHING RENEDITION OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" PERFORMED BY JENNIFER HUDSON AND A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SANDY HOOK ELEMTNARY THAT KICKED OFF SUPER BOWL 47.

NATS - COIN TOSS

FROM THERE -- IT WAS THE BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS --

GIVING NEW MEANING TO "SIBLING RIVARLY" FOR HEAD COACHES JIM AND JOHN HARBAUGH AS THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND BALTIMORE RAVENS MET HEAD TO HEAD.

BY THE END OF THE HALF -- THE RAVENS HELD A CONVINCING 28-6 LEAD

NATS -- BEYONCE

BUT IT WAS BEYONCE WHO REALLY "SCORED" DURING HALF-TIME!

FROM HER HITS.TO HER HAIR.TO HER HIPS.

NATS -- BEYONCE

AND LATER -- A SURPRISE!

NATS -- DESTINY'S CHILD

HER FORMER DESTINY'S CHILD TEAMMATES JOINED BEY ON STAAGE - AHEAD OF THEIR UPCOMING REUNION

NATS -- BLACKOUT

AND THEN -- IT WAS LIGHTS OUT!

EARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER -- FOR NO APPARENT REASON -- POWER WENT OUT TO MANY PARTS OF THE SUPER-DOME.

FOR 34 MINUTES --

PLAYERS DID THEIR BEST TO STAY LOOSENED UP AS CREWS WORKED TO GET THE POWER BACK ON -- WITH NO REAL EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. Return to index of stories...


SUPER WRAP-PLASMA SS


OF COURSE THE RAVENS WENT ON TO WIN 34-31.

BUT THE 49ERS MADE AN IMPRESSIVE COME BACK IN THE SECOND HALF.

SOME ARE SAYING THE POWER OUTAGE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE ENTIRE MESS.

HE SAID IT WAS AN "UNFORTUNATE MOMENT IN WHAT HAS BEEN AN OTHERWISE SHINING SUPER BOWL WEEK FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS."

HE'S EXPECTING TO GET A FULL REPORT ON SITUATION IN THE COMING DAYS.

ALSO -- ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS AND SMG, WHICH OPERATES THE SUPERDOME.RELEASED THIS JOINT STATEMENT.SAYING QUOTE

"A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO MONITOR ELECTRICAL LOAD SENSED AN ABORMALITY IN THE SYSTEM. ONCE THE ISSUE WAS DETECTED, THE SENSING EQUIPMENT OPERATED AS DESIGNED AND OPENED A BREAKER, CAUSING POWER TO BE PARTIALLY CUT TO THE SUPERDOME."

THE COMPANIES WENT ON TO SAY THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TRIGGERED THE OUTAGE.

REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO.

NICK CILETTI.

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PREPAID COLLEGE-ONCAM


NEW AT ELEVEN.

FLORIDA PREPAID HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE, FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS.

THE PROGRAM ALLOWS FAMILIES TO PURCHASE A FLORIDA PREPAID COLLEGE PLAN.

THE NEW DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 28TH AND YOU CAN DO SO BY VISITING THE FLORIDA PREPAID WEBSITE. Return to index of stories...


NAPLES BIKE PATH-VO


THERE MAY BE A NEW WAY TO GET FROM NAPLES TO MIAMI.

THE NAPLES PATHWAYS COALITION IS PROPOSING A 75 MILE OFF-ROAD BIKE PATH ALONG U-S 41 TRAVELING THROUGH THE EVERGLADES TO MIAMI.

THE COALITION BELIEVES IT WOULD BECOME A WORLD WIDE DESTINATION.

THE GROUP DOESN'T HAVE ANY HARD NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST OR KNOW WHO WOULD BUILD IT.

BUT IT'S CREATING A MASTER PLAN TO FIGURE OUT THOSE DETAILS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A PATH FROM NAPLES TO MIAMI, HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE, NBC DASH TWO DOT COM AND CLICK ON NEWSLINKS. Return to index of stories...


GAS PRICES-CG


ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER JUMP IN GAS PRICES.

TRIPLE A REPORTS THE NEW NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR UNLEADED IS NOW AT $3.52.

THAT'S A JUMP OF A PENNY SINCE YESTERDAY.

ACROSS FLORIDA DRIVERS ARE PAYING ON AVERAGE $3.57.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WE'RE SHELLING OUT, $3.59.

THATS UP A PENNY FROM YESTERDAY AND 15 CENTS HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST WEEK. Return to index of stories...


TEASE ONE-------


A ROYAL SCARE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A MAN HOLDING SEVERAL KNIVES IS SEEN JUST STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY LIVES.

WHAT POLICE DID NEXT.

PLUS.MORE GREAT VIDEO IN OUR B BLOCK AS GRANDSTANDS ERUPT IN FLAMES AND THAT HAS FIREFIGHTERS HAPPY. Return to index of stories...


A) PALACE SCARE-2 SHOT VO


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B) MN FIRE-VOTOPS


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WEATHER-STC


WEATHER IS COMING UP. Return to index of stories...


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.

We've got another delightful day on the way across Southwest Florida to kick off this first full week of February. Today's forecast will feature more of the gorgeous weather that we sunshine, pleasant temperatures, and comfortable humidity.

After starting with a little morning fog and temperatures as cool as the low to mid 40s, we're set to see an abundance of sunshine along with daytime highs in the low to mid 70s. Winds will become a little lighter today as our flow comes in from the east at 5-10 mph.

Tonight won't be quite as cool as temperatures across the urban corridor dip into the low 50s, but we could see some mid to upper 40s in some of the inland cold spots.

Temperatures will quickly warm as we head through the remainder of the week, and humidity levels will be on the rise as well. By Tuesday afternoon, daytime highs will reach the upper 70s, and by Wednesday afternoon most of SWFL will reach the low 80s during the afternoon.

As a result of the increasing humidity, more clouds will begin developing during the day through the second half of the week, but should still be in line for a nice supply of sunshine.

Rain prospects will remain fairly low this week, but there's a chance for a few showers by Friday as a disturbances passes over the Florida peninsula. Return to index of stories...


ATTORNEY ATTACKED-VO TOPS


ITS MUST SEE SHOCKING VIDEO AT ELEVEN.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS COURTROOM SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OUT OF OKLAHOMA.

A SUSPECT APPARENTLY FLIPPED OUT AND ATTACKED HIS ATTORNEY.

AN OFFICER OF THE COURT MANAGED TO TAKE THE MAN DOWN BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO DO A LOT OF HARM.

THE MAN WAS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES FROM AN INCIDENT LAST MAY.

NOW, HE FACES ADDITIONAL ASSAULT CHARGES FOR THIS UNEXPLAINED COURTROOM OUTBURST. Return to index of stories...


PALACE SCARE-SS VO IN PLASMA


WE HAVE MUCH MORE SHOCKING AND MUST SEE VIDEOS HERE IN TODAY'S B BLOCK.

A MAJOR SCARE OVER THE WEEKEND OUTSIDE LONDON'S BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

A MAN HOLDING KNIVES IS SEEN SCARING TOURISTS AS THEY WATCH THE CHANGING OF THE GUARDS CEREMONY.

KIRIT RADIA REPORTS. Return to index of stories...


PALACE SCARE-PKG


FROM THE YOUTUBE VIDEO: "ladies and gents move back now! Move! Move!"

Chaos erupted as crowds were watching the famous changing of the guard at

Buckingham Palace.

A man burst forward. brandishing knives. holding one to his neck.

When he refused to put the weapons down, police moved in. taking him down

with a taser

NATS POP. LET IT PLAY OUT FOR A BIT

Bystanders were stunned by how quickly it unfolded

BBC WITNESS SOT: "the police was, right, right on the scene within seconds"

Tourists captured the drama on their cameras and phones. posting the

videos on YouTube

Police say the man is believed to be in his 50s. so far they haven't

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PALACE SCARE-ONCAM


KIRIT RADIA REPORTING.

WE'RE TOLD THE QUEEN WASN'T HOME AT THE TIME. AND WITNESSES SAY THE GUARD'S BAND PLAYED ON AS THE CHAOS UNFOLDED. BUT IN THE END. NOBODY WAS

SERIOUSLY INJURED. Return to index of stories...


MN FIRE-TRX VO TOPS


MORE MUST SEE VIDEO IN TODAY'S B BLOCK.

PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, MINNESOTA WERE FEELING THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND.

IT WAS OUT WITH THE OLD, FOR SOME CONDEMNED GRANDSTANDS.

THE FIRE WAS USED AS A TRAINING SESSION FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS.

THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS BURNING DOWN THE GRANDSTANDS WILL SAVE THE CITY MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REMOVAL.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE THEM IN THE FUTURE. Return to index of stories...


JAPAN QUAKE-TRX VO TOPS


AND IT WAS LIGHTS OUT IN JAPAN AS A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA BOUNCING AND THEN THE CITY LIGHTS SWITCH OFF.

A CAMERA ONTOP OF A BUILDING CAPTURED THE WEEKEND TREMOR MEASURING AT MAGNITUDE SIX-POINT-NINE.

21 BUILDINGS WERE REPORTED DAMAGED.

SO FAR NO DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. Return to index of stories...


TEASE TWO----


DOES SEX REALLY SELL?

nats of music and girl blowing bubbly foam from her hand

SUGGESTIVE ADS FILLED THE SUPERBOWL.

BUT ARE PEOPLE THIS MORNING REALLY TALKING ABOUT THOSE SCANTILY CLAD MEN AND WOMEN?

WHY SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR MAY BE THE MORE SUBTLE. Return to index of stories...


A) SUPER ADS-2 SHOT NATS VO


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DODGE RAM AD-NATS TOPS VO


god looked down on his planned paradise and said I need a farmer.

IT WASN'T AS SEXY AS THE OTHER SUPER BOWL ADS BUT THIS ONE THAT FEATURED THE LATE RADIO BROADCASTER PAUL HARVEY'S TRIBUTE TO U.S. FARMERS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING TODAY.

THE TWO-MINUTE SPOT FEATURED A SERIES OF STARK PHOTOS OF FARMERS AT WORK.

THE DODGE RAM COMMERCIAL FEATURES HARVEY'S "SO GOD MADE A FARMER" SPEECH, WHICH HE GAVE IN 1978 AT THE NATIONAL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA CONVENTION.

HE DIED IN 2009 AT AGE 90.

RAM COMMISSIONED 10 NOTED PHOTOGRAPHERS TO DOCUMENT U.S. FARM LIFE. Return to index of stories...


SUPER ADS-2 SHOT


FIFTY NEW COMMERCIALS RAN DURING THE GAME -- AT ALMOST 4 MILLION DOLLARS A POP.

BIANNA GOLODRYGA IS DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS -- LOOKING AT WHICH ONES SCORED AND WHICH ONES DIDN'T. Return to index of stories...


SUPER ADS-PKG


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NATS

THEY MAY HAVE COST ADVERTISERS MILLIONS

BUT THE BIGGEST WINNERS IN THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL OF COMMERICAL-ISM

WERE A PAIR OF LOW-BUDGET ADS MADE AND CHOSEN BY DORITOS FANS

INCLUDING THIS CHIP-CHEWING GOAT

AND THESE MANLY MEN PLAYING DRESS-UP IN ORDER TO CHOW DOWN.

TACO BELL RAN FOR THE BORDER WITH SOME HARD PARTYING RETIREES

AND BUDWEISER POURED ON THE TEARS WITH A HEART-WARMING REUNION BETWEEN A

HORSE AND ITS TRAINER

AND WHILE CALVIN KLEIN MADE A BRIEFBUT EXTREMELY POPULAR APPEARANCE -

SHOWING OFF SOME ABS IN ITS FIRST BOWL AD

OTHER ATTEMPTS AT OVERSELLING SEX. APPEARED TO FALL SHORT

BAR RAFAELLI'S UNCOMFORTABLE GO-DADDY LIP LOCK , JUST SEEMED SO WRONG.

STILL IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE THIRTY FOUR MINUTE STADIUM POWER-OUTAGE THAT

GENERATED THE BEST ADVERTISING SCORES OF THE GAME WITH OREOS TWEETING THIS

REMINDER THAT YOU CAN "STILL DUNK IN THE DARK" TIDE SUGGESTING IT CAN'T GET

YOUR #BLACKOUT BUT IT CAN GET STAINS OUT

AND AUDI OFFERING ITS L.E.D. LIGHTS TO THE STADIUM. Return to index of stories...


TEASE THREE-------


WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TERMS POLICE MEN, AND FIREMEN?

SHOULD WE USE TAX PAYER MONEY TO GET RID OF THEM?

WHY that's EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

PLUS A BOXING LEGEND IS WATCHING THE SUPERBOWL AND HIS WIFE TAKES PHOTOS TO PROVE HE'S NOT DEAD.

WE'LL EXPLAIN. Return to index of stories...


B) ALI NOT DEAD-VOTOPS


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NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP


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OBAMA GUN PHOTO-VO TOPS


FIRED UP ABOUT NEW GUN REGULATION?

THERE IS MORE REACTION TO THIS WHITE HOUSE PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT SKEET SHOOTING AT CAMP DAVID.

CRITICS SAY HE'S PANDERING TO SECOND AMENDMENT CONSERVATIVES. WHILE PUSHING FOR A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AUGUST FOURTH -- ON THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. Return to index of stories...


OBAMA GUN CONTROL-2 SHOT


TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA IS PITCHING HIS PLAN FOR NEW GUN LAWS AT A STOP IN MINNESOTA. Good morning

ATHENA JONES HAS A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT. Return to index of stories...


OBAMA GUN CONTROL-PKG


PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO MINNESOTA MONDAY -- HIS FIRST STOP IN A CAMPAIGN TO WIN SUPPORT FOR HIS GUN POLICY PROPOSALS

AN EFFORT HE PROMISED IN NEWTOWN.

" In the coming weeks, I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens.

HE'LL MEET WITH RESIDENTS AND POLICE IN MINNEAPOLIS -- A CITY THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HAS TAKEN IMPORTANT STEPS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.

OVER THE WEEKEND -- THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED THIS PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT SKEET SHOOTING AT CAMP DAVID LAST AUGUST -- A NOD TO GUN SPORTS AIMED AT SIGNALING LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.

MONDAY'S TRIP FOLLOWS DRAMATIC TESTIMONY ON CAPITOL HILL

"It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act."

FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS -- SHOT IN THE HEAD TWO YEARS AGO -- URGED CONGRESS TO BE COURAGEOUS - AND SUPPORT MEASURES LIKE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND LIMITING THE SIZE OF GUN MAGAZINES -

STEPS THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION REJECTED.

Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.

ANALYSTS ARE DIVIDED OVER HOW EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN-STYLE EFFORT WILL BE.

He needs to motivate a grass roots effort in order to combat what will be a very effective interest group effort in opposition to his goals.

President Obama has not done a very good job building relationships with Congress. He needs to do that before he starts putting external pressure on them.

THE DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO MINNESOTA, A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF HOUSE MEMBERS PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO MAKE FIREARMS TRAFFICKING A FEDERAL CRIME AND BEEF UP PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO BUY GUNS FOR THOSE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM. Return to index of stories...


OBAMA GUN CONTROL-ONCAM


ATHENA JONES REPORTING.

NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG EVEN PAID FOR A SUPERBOWL AD ACCUSING THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF FLIP FLOPPING ON BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN OWNERS.

HIS GROUP "MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS" INCLUDES FOUR MAYORS FROM MINNESOTA, WHERE THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS TODAY. Return to index of stories...


OBAMA SB INTERVIEW-OC SOT OC


PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS INTERVIEWED LIVE BY C-B-S NEWS DURING C-B-S SPORTS PREGAME COVERAGE OF THE SUPER BOWL.

THE PRESIDENT EXPANDED ON REMARKS HE MADE EARLIER THIS WEEK REGARDING HIS CONCERNS ABOUT PLAYER SAFETY.

I feel differently about the NFL. These are grown men. They're well compensated. They know the risks that are involved. But as we start thinking about the pipeline- Pop Warner, high school, college- I want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make the sport safer. And that means that the game's probably going to evolve a little bit."

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OBAMA SB INTERVIEW-OC SOT OC


don't think the issue right now is raising rates. The question is, if we're gonna be serious about reducing our deficit, can we combine some smart spending cuts- because there's still some waste in government. Can we reform our health care programs in particular, because we spend a lot more on health care than every other country does, and we don't get better outcomes. So there's a lot of waste in the system, and there are things we can do to reduce health care costs."

ITS BECOME RECENT TRADITION THAT THE PRESIDENT GIVE AN INTERVIEW TO THE NETWORK that’s AIRING THE SUPERBOWL. Return to index of stories...


CA TOUR BUS-VO WIPE


AS MANY AS TEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A TOUR BUS CRASH IN CALIFORNIA NOW INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE DISASTER.

38 OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A TOUR BUS APPARENTLY HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD ABOUT 80 MILES EAST OF LOS ANGELES.

THE BUS WAS FROM TIJUANA, MEXICO. AND WAS HEADED BACK FROM THE BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN RESORT AREA.

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CA TOUR BUS-SOT VO


How does your head feel?"

"It's okay, at first it hurts a little bit, but right now I'm okay."

"It's the most horrible thing that I have lived in all my entire life."

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BUS REAR ENDED A SEDAN, THEN FLIPPED OVER AND HIT A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS PULLING A TRAILER. Return to index of stories...


MA TOUR BUS-VO TOPS


INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW A CHARTER BUS SLAMMED INTO AN OVERPASS ON A BUSY BOSTON ROAD.INJURING MOST OF THE YOUNG PASSENGERS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF ON THE VEHICLE IS MOSTLY GONE, PEELED BACK WHEN THE BUS HIT THE BRIDGE.

IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE CHARTER WAS RETURNING TO PENNSYLVANIA FROM A HARVARD UNIVERSITY TOUR.

ITS BELIEVED THE DRIVER WAS FOLLOWING THE G-P-S AND IT DIDN'T ALERT THEM OF THE LOW CLEARANCE UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, THREE OF THEM CRITICALLY. Return to index of stories...


ROMNEY FOR SENATE-VO SS


COULD WE SEE ANOTHER ROMNEY RUNNING FOR OFFICE?

A MASSACHUSETTS NEWSPAPER CLAIMS AIDES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MITT ROMNEY SAY THEY'RE GETTING CALLS FROM REPUBLICANS URGING ANN ROMNEY TO RUN FOR SENATE.

ANN ROMNEY HAS NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE BUT WAS VISIBLE ON LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN INCLUDING STOPS RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE TO RUN IN THE JUNE SPECIAL ELECTION SINCE JOHN KERRY IS LEAVING THE SENATE TO BECOME SECRETARY OF STATE. Return to index of stories...


ALI NOT DEAD-VO OC


THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD ALI IS KNOCKING DOWN RUMORS HE'S NEAR DEATH.

ALI'S WIFE RELEASED THESE PHOTOS OF HER HUSBAND IN HIS RAVENS GEAR. ONE FROM DURING THE DAY AND ONE OF HIM LATER IN HIS RAY LEWIS SHIRT.

RUMORS OF HIS HEALTH WERE STARTED BY A REPORT IN A BRITISH TABLOID QUOTING ALI'S BOTHER AS SAYING THE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WAS NEAR DEATH.

ALI JUST CELEBRATED HIS 71st BIRTHDAY LAST MONTH. Return to index of stories...


WEIGHT STUDY-TRX OC SOT VO


MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TUNED IN TO THE SUPER BOWL YESTERDAY. AND THE STANDARD GAME DAY CUISINE ISN'T EXACTLY HEALTHY.

BUT NEW RESEARCH FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY SHOWS THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIT IN YOUR SKINNY JEANS. *WHEN* YOU EAT MAY NOT BE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS *WHAT* YOU EAT.

"If you change the time of day in which you eat your calories as long as your calories are constant it would make no difference."

THE STUDY LOOKED AT EUROPEANS WHOSE BIG MEAL OF THE DAY IS LUNCH.

THOSE WHO DINED BEFORE 3 PM NOT ONLY DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WEIGHT, THEY WERE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP DIABETES.

IN THE STUDY THE LATE EATERS SKIPPED BREAKFAST, DOCTOR FOSTER SAYS THAT'S LIKELY WHY THEY PACKED ON THE POUNDS. Return to index of stories...


WEIGHT STUDY-SOT VO


It's not that there is something magical about breakfast, it's just that it sets you up to be more hungry when you do get to that lunch meal. It's not about a timing effect, it's that if you food deprive yourself for 5, 6, 7 hours lets say eat lunch at 3 instead of 1 you're gonna be a lot hungrier at 3 o'clock, so much more likely to overeat."

HE SAYS IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH AND MOVE TOO LITTLE, YOU'LL GAIN -NO MATTER WHAT. Return to index of stories...


SANDY MOLD-VO


MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE SANDY DEVASTATED THE NORTHEAST, MOLD IS A GROWING PROBLEM.

DAMP CONDITIONS ALLOWED THE MOLD FUNGUS TO GROW AND PERMEATE WALLS, DOORS AND FOUNDATIONS.

GETTING RID OF MOLD CAN COST AS MUCH AS 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FEDERAL AID DOESN'T COVER MOLD REMOVAL.

MOLD CAN CAUSE COUGHING, WHEEZING AND OTHER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES. Return to index of stories...


KING RICHARD FOUND-VO OC


AN INCREDIBLE HISTORIC DISCOVERY IN ENGLAND IS CONFIRMED -- REMAINS FOUND UNDER A PARKING LOT BELONG TO A NOTORIOUS ENGLISH KING!

BRITISH SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED TODAY THIS SKULL FOUND IN CENTRAL ENGLAND IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THAT OF RICHARD THE THIRD.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND THE BODY OF A MAN BURIED BENEATH A PARKING LOT LAST YEAR.

THE SCIENTISTS SAY D-N-A TESTS CONFIRM "BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT" THE BONES BELONG TO THE LONG-LOST KING.

THEY MADE THE LINK USING THE D-N-A OF A RELATIVE OF THE FORMER KING.

IT'S SAID THE KING DIED IN BATTLE IN 14-85. Return to index of stories...


GENDER NEUTRAL WORDS-SS


IN WASHINGTON STATE, DAIRYMEN, FRESHMEN AND EVEN PENMANSHIP COULD SOON BE THINGS OF THE PAST.

LAWMAKERS ARE MULLING ADDING THESE WORDS TO ITS GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE LAWS.

THE STATE HAS ALREADY WELCOMED "FIREFIGHTERS," ''CLERGY" AND "POLICE OFFICERS" INTO ITS LEXICON, "OMBUDS", IN PLACE OF OMBUDSMAN, AND "SECURITY GUARDS" WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY "WATCHMEN.

ONE GROUP CLAIMS ABOUT HALF OF ALL U.S. STATES HAVE MOVED TOWARD SUCH GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE AT VARYING LEVEL.

SOME LAWMAKERS CALL IT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. Return to index of stories...


TEASE FOUR------


A BAD DRIVER TAKES OUT CARS AND NEARLY PEOPLE.

It kept going. I thought she was going to hit me

BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME HER BECAUSE SHE IS SIX YEARS OLD.

WHY POLICE SAY THE LITTLE GIRL WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL IN THE FIRST PLACE.

nats of basketbALL SHOT

CAN YOU MAKE A BASKET FROM YOUR KNEES?

WE HAVE THE MUST SEE VIDEO OF ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYS IN BASKETBALL HISTORY AND HOW ITS HELPING TO CHANGE ONE YOUNG MAN'S LIFE. Return to index of stories...


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THE PROBLEMS FACING OUR WARRIORS RETURNING HOME ARE BECOMING MORE CLEAR.

NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF RETURNING MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS REPORT SYMPTOMS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.

MARTHA RADDATZ GIVES US A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES THESE MEN AND WOMEN FACE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO EASE THEIR TRANSITION. Return to index of stories...


PTSD-PKG


For our veterans, for anyone suffering post traumatic stress, it is a

feeling of powerlessness, numbness, your mind frozen in battles long ago.

SOT: I couldn't stop thinking about Iraq/I really didn'

t care anymore/I just felt empty/I was just a shell walking.

Former Marine Brendan Shnitzel is one of some 70,000 service members in the

last decade who have been diagnosed with Post traumatic stress disorder. 70,

000.And with it can come depression, substance abuse, anger management,

suicide.

SOT: Derek Coy I was constantly feeling anxious, /I constantly felt like

something bad was going to happen.:11.

It is too early to tell whether PTSD or mental health issues contributed to

today's horrific murders. But it has happened before.

In 2007, a mentally unstable Army Sgt. went on a killing rampage in a combat

stress facility at his base in Iraq,

Retired Staff Sgt. Robert Miltenberger, who received a silver star for

saving countless lives in a hellish 2004 battle in Iraq , was later

diagnosed with PTSD. He says he now avoids firearms, fearing he will hurt

someone.

,why are you tearing up now?

Robert: I don't know.

Martha: What are you thinking about.

Robert: 1:25:30 People getting shot. /

If I had a gun and some random person was threatening me I could picture me

shooting him and I can see the bullets going in and the blood coming out

and all that.

PTSD is not new. With tens of thousands now coming home, the fear is that we

still don't know enough about it.

SOT;. We are in the dark in our ability to treat

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REIF 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.

We've got another delightful day on the way across Southwest Florida to kick off this first full week of February. Today's forecast will feature more of the gorgeous weather that we sunshine, pleasant temperatures, and comfortable humidity.

After starting with a little morning fog and temperatures as cool as the low to mid 40s, we're set to see an abundance of sunshine along with daytime highs in the low to mid 70s. Winds will become a little lighter today as our flow comes in from the east at 5-10 mph.

Tonight won't be quite as cool as temperatures across the urban corridor dip into the low 50s, but we could see some mid to upper 40s in some of the inland cold spots.

Temperatures will quickly warm as we head through the remainder of the week, and humidity levels will be on the rise as well. By Tuesday afternoon, daytime highs will reach the upper 70s, and by Wednesday afternoon most of SWFL will reach the low 80s during the afternoon.

As a result of the increasing humidity, more clouds will begin developing during the day through the second half of the week, but should still be in line for a nice supply of sunshine.

Rain prospects will remain fairly low this week, but there's a chance for a few showers by Friday as a disturbances passes over the Florida peninsula. Return to index of stories...


S KOREA ROCKET-VO TOPS


BRAND NEW AMAZING VIDEO IS RELEASED SHOWING A CAMERA MOUNTED ON A SOUTH KOREA ROCKET AS IT BLASTS INTO SPACE.

A SATELLITE WAS RELEASED ON MONDAY DURING THE MISSION.

THE LAUNCH IS A CULMINATION OF YEARS OF EFFORTS BY SOUTH KOREA TO ADVANCE ITS SPACE PROGRAMME AND CEMENT ITS STANDING AS A TECHNOLOGY POWERHOUSE WHOSE SEMICONDUCTORS, SMARTPHONES AND

AUTOMOBILES COMMAND GLOBAL DEMAND. Return to index of stories...


6YR OLD JOYRIDE-VO WIPE


A SIX YEAR OLD WITH A NEED FOR SPEED TAKES HER MOM'S CAR FOR A JOY RIDE.

THE LITTLE GIRL TOOK THE CAR FOR HALF-MILE RIDE BEFORE CRASHING INTO SOME PARKED VEHICLES, AND A UTILITY POLE.

POLICE IN PITTSBURGH SAY THE LITTLE GIRL'S MOM WAS ASLEEP IN THEIR HOME AT THE TIME. AND THAT THE SIX YEAR OLD WAS TAKING THE CAR FOR A SPIN, TO GO SEE HER DAD. Return to index of stories...


6YR OLD JOYRIDE-SOT VO


"I was like, 'Stop, stop, stop.' She looked at me, and she took back off and she stopped again, so I started running up the hill, telling her to stop, and she was going and stopping, going and stopping,"

NO ONE WAS HURT. AND NO CHARGES FILED YET. BUT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. Return to index of stories...


PS 4-VO


SONY APPEARS POISED TO UNVEIL A NEW PLAYSTATION.

JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO A PRESS EVENT FEBRUARY 20TH.

SONY'S LIPS ARE SEALED, BUT ANALYSTS SAY ALL SIGNS POINT TO A PLAYSTATION 4.

AND THEY SAY SONY'S NOT PLAYING AROUND WITH THE ANTICIPATED LAUNCH.

CALLING IT A "SUPER-SMART" MOVE TO PRE-EMPT MICROSOFT'S NEW "X-BOX" CONSOLE. WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DEBUT IN JUNE. Return to index of stories...


HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM


LOVE IN A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE CAN BE A CHALLENGE!

THAT WAS THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE TOP EARNER AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

SHELBY LIN HAS THAT AND MORE IN HOLLYWOOD MINUTE. Return to index of stories...


HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG


--NAT SOT--

Why can't I connect with people?

Oh right - it's because i'm dead

ROMANTIC COMEDY AND ZOMBIES - AN UNUSUAL DUO - BUT ONE THAT MADE FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS WEEKEND.

"WARM BODIES" - A SPOOF ON THE UNDEAD GENRE - PULLED IN TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN TICKET SALES.

THE FILM STARS NICHOLAS HOULT AND TERESA PALMER AS A COUPLE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WORK - EVEN THOUGH HE'S A ZOMBIE.

"HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS" - SLIPPED FROM ITS NUMBER ONE SPOT THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

THE FANTASY ADVENTURE MADE JUST OVER NINE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS - A SIGNIFICANT DROP FROM THE 19 MILLION THE JEREMY RENNER FILM MADE THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND.

AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP THREE - OSCAR NOMINEE "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK" - WITH MORE THAN EIGHT POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

JOHNNY DEPP WILL STAR IN AN UPCOMING CRIME DRAMA - A FAMILIAR GENRE FOR THE DECORATED ACTOR.

NUMEROUS SOURCES HAVE DEPP STARRING IN BARRY LEVINSON'S "BLACK MASS" - WHERE HE'LL PLAY NOTORIOUS BOSTON MOBSTER JAMES "WHITEY" BULGER.

THE ONCE FEARED BULGER WAS ARRESTED IN 2011 AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE AND A HALF ON THE RUN.

DEPP HAS PLAYED CRIMINAL FIGURES BEFORE - SUCH AS JOHN DILLINGER IN 2009'S "PUBLIC ENEMIES."

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NY WINNING SHOT-NATS TOPS VO


nats of kid falling on floor shoots and crowd cheers

A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAME CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL SECOND -- AND ONE PLAYER'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE BUZZER PAID OFF!

A NEW YORK STATE PLAYER WITH THE BALL FALLS DOWN JUST BEFORE TIME EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE GAME -- TOSSES THE BALL UP -- AND IT'S GOOD!

HIS TEAM'S GAME AGAINST GREECE ATHENA HIGH WAS TIED AT 54 WHEN HE CHUCKED THE BALL WHILE LOSING HIS BALANCE.

SOMEHOW, IT WENT THROUGH THE HOOP. Return to index of stories...


NY WINNING SHOT-SOT VO


"I know that the clock was running down, so I wanted to be the one with the ball and as I fell, I knew to keep my dribble so I can get back up, and I got back up; I was ready to shoot the ball."

THE HIGHLIGHT HAS EVEN BEEN SHOWCASED ON E-S-P-N'S SPORTS CENTER. Return to index of stories...


TEASE FIVE-----


SOME SERIOUS FIREPOWER GETS HANDED IN HERE IN FLORIDA.

We never imagined we'd get two rocket launchers.

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO A GUN BUY BACK PROGRAM WHERE WHAT WAS TURNED IN IS SURPRISING EVEN SEASONED OFFICERS. Return to index of stories...


A) TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT SOT VO


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CAPSULE HOTEL-VO TOPS


RUSSIA'S FIRST CAPSULE HOTEL IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN THE HEART OF MOSCOW.

FOR THE ADVENTUROUS AND UN-CLAUSTROPHOBIC YOU CAN RENT A SLEEPBOX FOR UNDER 100 DOLLARS A NIGHT.

MODESTLY FURNISHED, SLEEPBOXES ONLY HAVE THE BASIC AMENITIES. A BED, A LAMP, A SMALL CLOSET, A FOLDING TABLE AND WI-FI. BUT NO BATHROOMS.

YOU HAVE TO SHARE ONE WITH OTHER GUESTS AT THE END OF THE HALL.

THE SLEEPBOX HOTEL OFFERS STANDARD ROOMS WITH DOUBLE BEDS FOR ABOUT 85 DOLLARS PER NIGHT. Return to index of stories...


TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT VO IN TRAFFIC


HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNED IN WEAPONS DURING A GUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM IN TAMPA -- AND SOME OF THE WEAPONS WERE REALLY UNEXPECTED.

MELISSA BECKMAN REPORTS EVEN VETERAN DEPUTIES WERE SURPRISED BY WHAT THEY SAW! Return to index of stories...


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IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE.

INSTEAD OF PLAYING MUSIC, THIS FLUTE FIRES.

SOMEONE TURNED IT INTO DEPUTIES ALONG WITH THIS ROCKET LAUNCHER.

We knew we'd get our run of the mill handguns, revolvers, shotguns, rifles.

We never imagined we'd get two rocket launchers.

THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SET UP FIVE LOCATIONS SATURDAY, WHERE PEOPLE COULD UNLOAD THEIR UNWANTED WEAPONS.

I'm not a sportsman.

I'm not out here shooting every day and all that so it was just for protection 20 years ago.

It hurts me to see kids getting killed, needlessly, you know.

And so, that's why I turned the weapon in.

THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT EACH LOCATION.

We knew in light of the recent tragedy in Newtown that it would be popular.

We never even imagined that it would be as overwhelmingly successful as it was.

IN EXCHANGE FOR EACH GUN HANDED OVER, DEPUTIES GAVE OUT 75-DOLLARS AND FREE TICKETS TO A RAYS OR LIGHTNING GAME.

BY NOON-- THEY RAN OUT.

They're out of money and everything, so I go home with this, which is fine.

DEPUTIES HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED ELEVEN OF THE GUNS TURNED IN WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STOLEN.

WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE DAY OF AMNESTY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BUT THEY DO KNOW THEY'LL NEVER BE BACK ON THE STREETS AGAIN. Return to index of stories...


TAMPA GUN BUYBACK-2 SHOT TRAFFIC


OFFICIALS ALSO COLLECTED TWO ROCKET LAUNCHERS DURING OPERATION GUN SWAP SATURDAY.

BOMB TECHNICIANS INSPECTED BOTH AND FOUND THEY WEREN'T LOADED. 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 - PRESIDENT OBAMA MAKES A BIG MOVE TO PUSH GUN LAWS.

HOWEVER IT'S A PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND - THAT HAS PEOPLE TALKING TODAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO CAPITOL HILL.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LIVE REPORT - WITH NEW DETAILS ON AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN FORT MYERS.

WE'RE ON SCENE FOR THE UPDATE.

NBC2 HAS LEARNED A LEE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS NEIGHBOR, NOW FACES NEW CHARGES.

JUST A TERRIBLE SCENE HERE - A DEADLY BUS CRASH IN CALIFORNIA.

NEXT AT NOON - THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION IN WHAT HAPPENED.

WE'LL ALSO HEAD TO ALABAMA - DAY 7 - IN THE TERRIFYING HOSTAGE STANDOFF, WHERE A 5-YEAR OLD BOY IS BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN A BUNKER.

PLUS -

".From younger to older, people are really interested in pursuing their weight loss goals, either on line or via app."

WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP ON THEIR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS - OTHERS ARE JUST NOW MAKING THEM!

NEW AT NOON - THE RESULTS OF A NEW SURVEY.

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NOON TZA) obama on guns-VO


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NOON TZB) bar shooting-VOTOPS


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NOON TZC) stabbing plea-VOTOPS


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BUS CRASH-VOTOPS


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STANDOFF-VOTOPS


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RESOLUTIONS-SOTTOPS VO


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CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA


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