ANCHOR SUPERS

HL1) NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-SATLIVE

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT SNOW PILLING UP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST --

AN INTENSE WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THAT REGION RIGHT NOW.

NBC-2 IS TRACKING THE LATEST --

HL3) DANCING DELINQUENTS-TRX-VOTOPS

AND WHY ARE THESE TWO CRIMINALS *SO HAPPY TO BE AT A FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT --

NBC-2 SHOWS YOU THE MUST-SEE VIDEO --

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIP

WENDYS ARREST-TRX-SS-SS-OC

NEW RIGHT NOW --

THIS IS THE SECOND TEEN NOW CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A ROBBERY AT A FORT MYERS SHORES WENDY'S RESTURANT.

16-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ROSS SPAGONE WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT --

WITNESS STATEMENTS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CONFIRMED ROSS WAS WITH --

THIS TEEN, Kristian Foster -- WHEN THE ROBBERY HAPPENED, THURSDAY NIGHT.

WE FOUND OUT THE TWO HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THIS MORNING -- BOTH TEENS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES.

BRIDGE CLOSED-OTS

NEW THIS MORNINING --

THE EDISON BRIDGE IN FORT MYERS IS NOW OPEN AFTER THE FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM A MAN WHO SAID HE WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE.

SHORTLY AFTER POLICE MADE CONTACT WITH HIM HE JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE.

LAST NIGHT RESPONDERS CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE MAN.

TOSS TO JASON-OC

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SATURDAY FORECAST WITH METEOROLIST JASON DUNNING --

6:02 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

DEVELOPING CLIP-TRX

RSW CHECK-MITTO

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW --

A MASSIVE BLIZZARD IS SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST --

AND THE EFFECTS ARE BEING FELT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

HERE'S A LOOK AT FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-OC

FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED HERE --

AND THAT STORM IS BARRELING DOWN THE NORTHEAST -- DUMPING RECORD AMOUNTS OF SNOW, OVERNIGHT.

BOSTON COULD GET AS MUCH AS THREE FEET OF SNOW BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER TODAY.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-PKG

nats wind flag blowing

IT IS A MASSIVE WINTER STORM. DROPPING A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. IN SOME AREAS -INCLUDING BOSTON- ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH THREE FEET OR MORE.

nats wind

SOME OF THAT SNOW PUSHED BY WINDS OF UP TO 75 MILES AN HOUR. A BRUTAL COMBINATION - CREATING DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

THE STORM HAS LITERALLY STOPPED MOST OF NEW ENGLAND IN ITS TRACKS. MORE THAN 1800 CANCELLATIONS AT NEW YORK AREA AIRPORTS. 47-HUNDRED FLIGHTS CANCELED NATIONWIDE.

THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS TODAY ORDERED ALL CARS OFF THE ROADWAYS STARTING AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

A MOVE THAT MADE SENSE AFTER THIS 19 CAR PILE-UP IN MAINE SCATTERED CARS ACROSS THE ROAD AND INTO DITCHES.

Massachusetts:43 -:47

"Please, please, exercise caution and use common sense."

THE HISTORIC STORM IS THE RESULT OF TWO CONVERGING SYSTEMS COLLIDING OVER THE NORTHEAST.

"The conditions are horrible."

HORRIBLE, EVEN FOR VETERAN SNOWPLOW OPERATORS

"Last year we had a very mild winter, and I guess mother nature is making up for last year."

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-OC-CLIP

JAY GRAY REPORTING --

WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THE LATEST.

AND FOR YOUR TRAVELERS --

TUCKER COURT TODAY-SS-VO

THIS MAN -- NATHAN TUCKER -- WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY --

AFTER TRIGGERING A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN AND A MAJOR BACKUP ON I-75 -- RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR, YESTERDAY.

ROCK KATSCHNIG, RESIDENT: we looked up and the helicopter was circling right above our head

OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN WAS WALKING ALONG I-75 AND WHEN A TROOPER FOUND A GUN ON HIM --

HE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT INTO A WOODED AREA.

THE SEARCH LASTED NEARLY THREE HOURS --

THIS IS VIDEO SHOWING UNITS SEARCHING A WOODED AREA WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE SUSPECT COULD BE HIDING.

TUCKER COURT TODAY-SOTVO

:46-:49 PARENT: kind of unnerving when you pull up and don't see the kids outside 6secs PARENT: my immediate concern was somebody in the school but we were reassured that it was only in the area

ONLY OUR CAMERAS CAUGHT THE ARREST -- WHEN A TROOPER SPOTTED THE MAN TRYING TO JUMP A WALL INTO THE PLANTATION GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, NEAR BAVARIA AND TREELINE.

OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY HE RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

CA MANHUNT-TRX-VO-SS

AND HERE'S VIDEO OF THE FORMER L-A-P-D OFFICER -- WHO'S NOW A WANTED FUGITIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

RIGHT NOW -- AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR CHRISTOPHER CORNER -- AROUND THE BEAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT -- JUST EAST OF LOS ANGELES.

THEY SAY HE KILLED THE DAUGHTER OF A RETIRED L-A-P-D CAPTAIN, AND HER FIANCE.

COLLIER ACCIDENT-NAVITOPS

A NAPLES WOMAN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTRY FRIDAY EVENING.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 AT THE INTERSECITON OF US-41 AND FEDERICK STREET.

TROOPERS SAY 51 YEAR OLD ROBIN ORTMAN OF NAPLES FAILED TO YIELD AS SHE TURNED ONTO FREDERICK.

HER CAR STRUCK THE FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR.

ORTMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

FM BANK ROBBERY-SSTOPS-SS-VO

FORT MYERS POLICE RELEASED *THIS PICTURE-- FROM A BANK IN FORT MYERS.

POLICE SAY THIS GUY ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND 5:30, AT THE BRANCH ON LEE BOULEVARD.

WITNESSES SAY THE MAN DEMANDED MONEY, JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER-- AND THEN RAN OUT.

HE THEN GOT ON A BIKE--

RODE TO HIS GETAWAY CAR --

JUMPED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT --

AND GOT AWAY.

SEARCH EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY --

FORMER DEPUTY ARRESTED-SS-VO

A FORMER COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTY IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO A CAPE CORAL JEWELRY STORE AND TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELRY.

POLICE ARRESTED KYLE BEINER RIGHT AFTER THE BURGLARY ALARM WENT OFF--

AT GRECO JEWELERS ON DEL PRADO BOULEVARD SOUTH, EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

LEE CO FIRE-OC-SS-VO

INVESTIGATORS ARE DEALING WITH ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS FIRE, IN THE SAME AREA WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING INTO FIVE ARSONS.

THE LATEST HAPPENED IN A WOODED AREA IN SAN CARLOS PARK, SOUTH OF CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD.

FIGHTER FIGHTERS SPENT THE NIGHT CHECKING IN ON THE AREA MAKING SURE A FIRE DIDN'T SPARK BACK UP.

IT'S STILL SMOKY IN THE AREA AND DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

INVESTIGATORS WILL ALSO BE OUT AGAIN TODAY -- HOPING TO FIND OUT WHO IS STARTING ALL OF THESE FIRES.

LEE COUNTY CITRUS CANKER-VO

LEE COUNTY CITRUS GROWERS CELEBRATE A MAJOR WIN IN COURT -

AFTER THEY SAY THE STATE OF FLORIDA RUINED THEIR TREES.

A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE RULED FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR NOT FULLY COMPENSATING HOMEOWNERS AFTER IT CUT DOWN GROWERS TREES.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS.

THE STATE WAS TRYING TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CANKER - A FRUIT DESTROYING DISEASE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFERED HOMEOWNERS GIFT CARDS TO REPLACE THE TREES.

BUT HOMEOWNERS SAID THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

FORECAST WHAT'S TRENDING-WX GFX

BREAK ONE AT 6:09:30

6:12 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

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

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

SPORTS WRAP-PKG

MR. GREENTHUMB-PKG

TOSS TO BREAK-OC

BREAK TWO AT 6:19:30

6:22 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:22 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

BIZ WEEK REVIEW-OC

NOW TURNING TO THE BUSINESS WORLD --

BIZ WEEK REVIEW-PKG

A MIXED BAG OF CORPORATE EARNINGS.RENEWED CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPE. AND BILLIONS IN FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS SLATED TO GO INTO EFFECT ON MARCH FIRST. HAD STOCKS UP. AND DOWN THIS PAST WEEK. IN THE END. THE MARKETS ENDED UP PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY STARTED. WITH THE DOW NEAR A FIVE AND A HALF YEAR HIGH. AND THE NASDAQ CLOSING IN ON A TWELVE-YEAR HIGH.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST RATINGS AGENCY STANDARD AND POOR'S FOR FRAUD SAYING IT KNOWINGLY GAVE INFLATED RATINGS TO RISKY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES THAT LATER FAILED HELPING TRIGGER THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS. S-&-P SAYS IT DID NOTHING WRONG AND VOWS TO FIGHT THE ALLEGATIONS.

APPLE WAS SUED BY AN ACTIVIST HEDGE FUND MANAGER. WHO'S TRYING TO GET THE COMPANY TO DISTRIBUTE MORE OF ITS 137-BILLION DOLLAR CASH HOARD BACK TO SHAREHOLDERS. APPLE ISSUED A RARE RESPONSE SAYING IT'LL CONSIDER THAT MANAGER'S SUGGESTIONS.

AMERICANS BORROWED THE MOST MONEY EVER IN ONE MONTH IN DECEMBER.$2.78-TRILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S TRILLION WITH A "T." MOST OF THAT WENT TO PAY COLLEGE TUITION LOANS AND TO BUY NEW CARS. CREDIT CARD USE ACTUALLY DECLINED. DESPITE THE BUSY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON.

AND THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE. WHICH LOST NEARLY 16-BILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR. ANNOUNCED THAT STARTING IN AUGUST. IT'LL STOP DELIVERING MOST MAIL ON SATURDAYS. HOPING TO SAVE TWO BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

AIRLINE MERGER-OTS-VO

LOOKING AHEAD, THIS MORNING --

AIRLINE PASSENGERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE RUNNING OUT OF CHOICES.

THERE WILL ONLY BE FOUR CARRIERS -- ONCE THE U-S AIRWAYS AND AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGE IS FINALIZED, LATER THIS MONTH.

IN 2001, THERE WERE 10 MAJOR AIRLINE COMPANIES.

THE FINAL FOUR WILL BE -- UNITED CONTINENTAL, DELTA AIR LINES, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND THE COMBINED AMERICAN AND U-S AIRWAYS.

EDUCATION CREDIT TAXES-VO

LISTEN UP COLLEGE STUDENTS -- AND RECENT GRADS.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO CLAIM AN EDUCATION CREDIT ON YOUR TAXES -- THERE'S A FASTLY APPROACHING DEADLINE.

FEBRUARY 14TH IS THE FIRST DAY THE I-R-S WILL ACCEPT RETURNS WITH FORM 88-63. THE EDUCATION CREDIT FORM.

THE I-R-S HAS BEEN UPDATING THE SYSTEM THAT PROCESSES THOSE FORMS.

VALENTINES SPENDING-VOTOPS

AND SPEAKING OF FEBRUARY 14-TH --

AMERICANS ARE PROJECTED TO SPEND 18-POINT-SIX-BILLION DOLLARS ON VALENTINE'S CANDY, FLOWERS, JEWELRY AND GIFTS THIS YEAR.

THAT EQUALS TO ABOUT 131 DOLLARS A PERSON --

AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL RETAIL FOUNDATION, THAT'S UP FIVE-DOLLARS FROM LAST YEAR.

SMALL CAR SALES-VO

FOR ALL THOSE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW CAR -- NBC-2 HAS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.

A NEW STUDY SHOWS -- IF GAS WERE TO INCREASE BY A DOLLAR A GALLON, SMALL CAR SALES WOULD BEAT OUT HYBRIDS AND ELECTRIC CARS.

THE RESEARCH SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A CORRELATION BETWEEN FLUCTUATIONS IN GAS PRICES AND CHANGES IN MARKET SHARE FOR DIFFERENT MODELS OF CARS.

HYBRIDS ARE CURRENTLY SELLING AT A RATE OF ABOUT 20-THOUSAND TO 40-THOUSAND UNITS PER MONTH -- BUT A GAS HIKE WOULD REDUCE SALES GROWTH.

TOSS TO BREAK-1SHOT

YOU ARE WATCHING NBC TWO NEWS TODAY.

STRAIGHT AHEAD, YOUR TOP STORIES AND BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.

BREAK THREE AT 6:27:15

HL1) CA LAPD MANHUNT-VOTOPS

WANTED AND DANGEROUS --

A FORMER L-A-P-D OFFICER IS THE CENTER OF A MASSIVE MANHUT -- IN CALIFORNIA --

AFTER A SENSELESS MURDER --

AND A THREAT OF WAR AGAINST THE L-A-P-D --

HL2) FORECAST-TRX-WX GFX

HL3) FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGY-TRX-SOTVO

"My behavior was very irrational

SHE APOLOGIED --

BUT HER IRRANTIONAL BEHAVIOR PUT THIS FLORIDA TEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW --

NBC-2 TELLS YOU WHAT SHE DID --

NEWS TODAY OPEN-CLIP

BREAKING

BREAKING RIGHT NOW INTO THE NBC-2 NEWSROOM --

WE HAVE JUST LEARNED A BODY WAS RECOVERED EARLY THIS MORNING BY FORT MYERS POLICE.

THE EDISON BRIDGE JUST REOPENED AFTER THE FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL AROUND 10:30 LAST NIGHT FROM A MAN WHO SAID HE WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE.

SHORTLY AFTER POLICE MADE CONTACT WITH HIM HE JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE.

FOR SEVERAL HOURS, RESPONDERS CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE MAN.

GOOD MORNING-OC-SS

THIS MORNING AUTHORITIES ARE BACK ON THE HUNT FOR A FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICEMAN WHO HAS GONE ON A DEADLY RAMPAGE.

WE'RE LEARNING THE EX-COP IS NOW A THREAT TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

CA LAPD MANHUNT-PKG

POLICE SAY THEY ARE USING ALL AVAILABLE MANPOWER TO HUNT DOWN FORMER POLICEMAN CHRISTOPHER DORNER WHO IS SUSPECTED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING TWO OTHERS.

" Dorner is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous'

A MASSIVE MAN HUNT SPANS ACROSS SEVERAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POLICE JURISDICTIONS.

Nat:

THIS BEGAN WHEN DORNER RECENTLY FILED A MANIFESTO ON FACEBOOK WHERE HE CLAIMED HE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY WHEN HE WAS FIRED FROM THE L-A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2008 FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

SOT/ Chief Sergio Diaz / Riverside. Ca:34 -:50

"He communicated in this manifesto that police were fair game and their families"

SUNDAY THE DAUGHTER OF HIS ATTORNEY IN HIS DISMISSAL WAS MURDERED WITH HER FIANCÉ

DORNER IS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THAT MURDER.

DORNER IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING TO DEATH A CORONA POLICEMAN AROUND ONE THIRTY THURSDAY MORNING.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT POLICE SAY HE AMBUSHED TWO RIVERSIDE OFFICERS AS THEY STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, ONE OFFICER WAS KILLED THE OTHER CRITICALLY INJURED.

S/ Chief Charlie Beck, LAPD

"He knows what he's doing , we trained him and he was also in the armed forces

it is extremely worrisome and scary"

DORNER'S POLICE AND MILITARY TRAINING HAVE POLICE ON HIGH ALERT AND TAKING NO CHANCES.

S/ Chief Sergio Diaz / Riverside. Ca

"we're going to find him , you can't have this many people looking for you and not be found".

6:32 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

6:32 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-WX WALL

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-VOTOPS WIPE

YESTERDAY --

WE WENT TO R-S-W TO SEE HOW THE STORM IS IMPACTING TRAVELERS TRYING TO GET TO THE NORTHEAST.

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED NATIONWIDE -- INCLUDING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HERE.

BLIZZARD IMPACTS RSW-SOTVO

Cindy Homburt/Stranded traveler

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13:12:38 I'm like on my god what am I gonna do and the guy was like it'll be ok just go get another flight. there are no other flights to Pittsburgh. I'm stuck on the sunny beaches of fort myers 48

IT MAY BE TOUGH FOR STRANDED TRAVELERS TO FIND A ROOM AT LOCAL HOTELS.

THIS TIME OF YEAR, MANY ARE ALREADY FULL AND PRICES CAN RUN HIGH AT THOSE THAT AREN'T.

RSW CHECK-MITTO-CLIP

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEIND DELAYING TO AND FROM SOUTH WEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, THIS MORNING.

IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE NORTHEAST, OR EXPECTING SOMEONE TO FLY IN FROM THERE, CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF THE FLIGHT IS ON TIME.

WENDYS ARREST-trx-ss-ss-ss-oc

NEW RIGHT NOW --

THIS IS THE SECOND TEEN NOW CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A ROBBERY AT A FORT MYERS SHORES WENDY'S RESTURANT.

16-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ROSS SPAGONE WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT --

WITNESS STATEMENTS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CONFIRMED ROSS WAS WITH --

THIS TEEN, Kristian Foster -- WHEN THE ROBBERY HAPPENED, THURSDAY.

WE FOUND OUT THE TWO HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S BELIEVE THE TEENS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SIMILAR CRIMES THROUGHOUT THE AREA -- SHOW HERE ON A MAP.

THEY HOPE THIS PUTS A DENT IN THE RECENT VIOLENT CRIMES --

THIS MORNING -- BOTH TEENS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES.

COLLIER ACCIDENT-NAVITOPS

A NAPLES WOMAN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH IN COLLIER COUNTRY FRIDAY EVENING.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 AT THE INTERSECITON OF US-41 AND FEDERICK STREET.

TROOPERS SAY 51 YEAR OLD ROBIN ORTMAN OF NAPLES FAILED TO YIELD AS SHE TURNED ONTO FREDERICK.

HER CAR STRUCK THE FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR.

ORTMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS FACIAL AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

CA BUS CRASH FOLO-OTS-VO

U-S REGULATORS HAVE ORDERED THE IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN OF A TOUR BUS OPERATOR INVOLVEDCRASH THAT KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLIER THIS WEEK.

ONE OF THE COMPANY'S BUSES WAS ON ITS WAY TO TIJUANA, MEXICO WHEN IT SLAMMED INTO A SEDAN, FLIPPED AND THEN SMASHED INTO A PICKUP AND CRASHED ON A ROAD IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.

EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS OTHERS WERE INJURED.

FL COLLEGE SHOOTING-VO

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STILL A LITTLE SHAKEN THIS MORNING AFTER THE SCHOOL WENT ON LOCKDOWN FRIDAY.

POLICE SAY A PERSON WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HOMELESS WAS SHOT BY CAMPUS OFFICERS ON THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE RESEARCH BUILDINGS.

THE UNIVERSITY'S POLICE CHIEF SAYS SHOTS WERE FIRED AFTER THE SUSPECT SHOWED A KNIFE.

HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOPSITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

CAPE TEEN GUN-SS-VO

THIS MORNING - A CAPE CORAL MOM IS RELIEVED HER TEENAGE SON IS LOCKED UP IN JUVENILE DETENTION.

14 YEAR OLD JYMEZ FORTE, A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT GOT ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR BRINGING A GUN AND TASER TO MARINER MIDDLE.

HIS MOTHER, HOPE, SAYS SHE FEARS FOR HER LIFE --

WITH THE NUMBER OF CRIMES HER SON IS COMMITTING ESCALATING.

JYMEZ WAS ARRESTED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

FORTE TELLS US JYMEZ WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER WHEN HE WAS 5

AND WON'T TAKE HIS MEDICATION.

CAPE TEEN GUN-SOTVO

36:30 my wish is to get him in some mental health facility. He needs to be in place where he can get the help he needs.

DOCTORS TELL US GETTING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN FLORIDA IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN NEED IS STAGGERING -

AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PLACES TO GO TO GET HELP IN THE STATE.

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL EVAL-VO

THIS CASE IS JUST PART OF A BIGGER ISSUE.

AS THE NATION DEBATE'S NEW GUN LAWS IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWTOWN SCHOOL SCHOOTING -- MENTAL HEALTH REFORM IS ALSO GETTING TOP BILLING.

ONE OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOL'S BOARD MEMBERS IS CALLING FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS.

CURRENTLY, HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE COUNSELORS.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SHARE THEM.

LEE SCHOOLS MENTAL EVAL-SOTVO

With school safety, it's all about prevention and education. So I think those are some of the things we can look at to enhance our prevention activities. And it's a lot cheaper than intervention.

FISCHER SAYS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS,

LEE MENTAL HEALTH ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ADDICTION SERVICES.

FORECAST WHAT'S TRENDING-WX GFX

BREAK FOUR AT 6:39:30

6:42 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

CROSS TALK-2SHOT

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

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

FL GOLF CART INSURANCE-OC

WE'VE ALL BEEN IN ONE -- A GOLF CART.

BUT THERE'S SOME GOLF CARTS THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLE CARS AND CAN CRUISE ATALM NEARLY 30-MILES-PER-HOUR.

THOSE STREET LEGAL CARTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE INSURED, BY THE OWNER.

AND IT'S CAUSING QUITE AN UPROAR FOR RESIDENTS OF A CENTRAL FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY -- WHO DISAGREE WITH THE LAW.

FL GOLF CART INSURANCE-PKG

THE VILLAGES. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION.

ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE MOST EVERYBODY OWNS

A GOLF CART OR TWO. THEY USE THEM TO SHOP. CRUISE AROUND. USE THEM MORE THAN THEIR CARS

"We love golf carts and like you said it's a way of life down here"

AND JUST AS GOLF CARTS COME IN ALL SORTS OF SHAPES AND SIZES. TO LOOK LIKE CADILLACS. T-BIRDS. HOT RODS AND CHEVYS. THEY IN ESSENCE. COME IN TWO SPEEDS. REGULAR AND FAST.

FAST WHICH WILL TAKE YOU UP TO 27 MILES PER HOUR. IT'S CALLED STREET LEGAL.

IT'S THE DRIVER'S TICKET TO FREEDOM. CAN BE USED TO CROSS BUSY HIGHWAY 441 TO

"We love it other wise we would have to take the car out and do it. This is electric it cost us nothing."

BUT WITH THE FREEDOM COMES A PRICE. FOR STARTERS. THE GOLF CART HAS TO BE SPECIALLY EQUIPPED

"And you can see they got speedometers turn signals wipers dot windshield. solid dot tires and this is a standard golf car but it was made street legal."

AND THE GOLF CART HAS BE INSURED. AS IF IT IS A CAR. WHICH CAN COST UP TO $1000 A YEAR. SOME DON'T LIKE IT.

"It's lighter it doesn't have the speed of an automobile yet the insurance companies are going to charge you like it's a regular automobile and of course they are doing it because they can."

AND OTHERS SAY IT ONLY MAKES SENSE.

FL GOLF CART INSURANCE-OC

MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTING --

ANIMAL CRUELTY-OC-SS-VO

A BIZZARE STORY OUT OF NORTH FORT MYERS, THIS MORNING --

A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS NEIGHBOR'S KITTEN.

THIS IS MORRIS COVEY -- HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER HIS NEIGHBOR CALLED THE COPS SUSPECTING COVEY WAS THE PERSON WHO SHOT AND KILLED HIS PET CAT.

THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE OF DENNIS SMITH'S CAT ALIVE.

THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WITH A PELLET GUN.

SMITH -- A SELF-PROCLAIMED CAT WHISPERER -- TAKES CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAT.

ANIMAL CRUELTY-SOTSS

33:40 "it's awful- it's disgusting that anybody could do that to a creature like that."

COVEY ADMITTED TO SHOOTING THE KITTEN TO DEPUTIES --

THEN BEGAN LAUGHING.

SUE PATERNO SPEAKS-OTS-VO

WE'RE HEARING FRO THE WIFE OF LONG-TIME PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH -- JOE PATERNO.

SHE'S COMING TO HER HUSBAND'S DEFENSE IN A LETTER SENT TO FORMER PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS

IN THAT LETTER -- SUE PATERNO PRAISES THE CHARACTER OF HER LATE HUSBAND AND LEGENDARY PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH.

SHE ALSO RESPONDS TO A SCATHING REPORT FROM LAST JULY -- ACCUSING PATERNO AND OTHERS OF FAILING TO STOP FORMER ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY FROM SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUNG BOYS.

FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGY-NATVO

WAIT FOR HER TO FLICK OFF JUDGE & WALK AWAY

WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS WOMAN, EARLIER THIS WEEK -- AFTER SHE FLIPPED OFF A JUDGE IN MIAMI --

AND YESTERDAY -- SHE DECIDED TO MAKE AN APOLOGIZE FOR HER ACTIONS.

THE 18-YEAR-OLD APPEARED BEFORE THIS JUDGE ON MONDAY -- FOR DRUG CHARGES.

HER DISRESPECT LANDED HER A 30-DAY JAIL SENTENCE.

FINGER FLIPPER APOLOGY-SOTVO

S/PENELOPE SOTO /Defendant:07

"My behavior was very irrational. I apologize not only to the court and to you but to my family."

S/PENELOPE SOTO/Defendant:04

"I normally don't act like that."

THE JUDGE ACCEPTED HER APOLOGY AND DROPPED THE CONTEMPT CHARGES AND 30 DAY SENTENCE.

COLLIER CAR WASH-SOTVO

BACK HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD TO TURN A PARK INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP.

BUT SOME RESIDENTS SAY -- THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

Peg Black/North Naples/8:42 "For me it's air quality because I have asthma."

THE PLAN IS TO TURN KING RICHARD'S AMUSEMENT PARK OFF AIRPORT PULING ROAD,

INTO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND CAR WASH.

SOME RESIDENTS SAY IT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGE.

COLLIER CAR WASH-SOTVO

Peg Black/8:58 "It's not the smelling it, you can't see it, can't smell it, it's the particles in the air."

Joan Ortlepp/North Naples/15:38 "Before the people that wanted to buy it wanted to put a 5 story condo in, I'd much rather have a car dealership."

THE LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY.

COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL SAY MARCH 12.

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6:52 FIRST ALERT FORECAST ON THE 2'S-CLIP

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

We've got a fantastic weekend of weather on the way across Southwest Florida featuring very pleasant temperatures, plentiful sunshine, and comfortable humidity.

We'll get our Saturday started with temperatures a little on the cool side with most locations in the mid to upper 50s around sunrise, but we'll warm up nicely through the day with daytime highs projected to reach the low 80s.

Sunshine will be our main weather player as only a few fair-weather clouds develop through the day. Rain won't really be a factor in our forecast through the weekend either as our rain chance remains below 10% through early next week.

The wind will stay fairly breezy through the weekend as it becomes more easterly today with gusts up to 15-10 mph; by Sunday the wind will become more southeasterly with gusts getting up to 20 mph.

Our overnight temperatures will stay fairly cool for the next couple of mornings. On Sunday morning we'll start with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, and on Monday morning our lows will dip into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As we head into early next week, we'll stay warm and dry with lots of sunshine through Tuesday. Temperatures will stay quite warm as well with daytime highs climbing all the way into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Our forecast could get a little interesting in terms of rain prospects Wednesday as a cool front slides down the Florida peninsula and stalls out over South Florida. If this scenario pans out, the stalled front may bring a few days of rainy weather from Wednesday through Friday.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-VO

MEANWHILE -- NBC-2 CHECKED --

AND THE SALT AND FRESHWATER LEVELS ON SANIBEL ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

HERE'S WHY IT ALL MATTERS.

THE MIX CAN MEAN LIFE OR DEATH FOR SHELLFISH AND SEA GRASS

TOO MUCH SALT CAN MAKE HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS WORSE.

WITH MANY DEMANDS ON LIMITED WATER RESOURCES AROUND THE STATE,

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-SOTVO

32:37 this is a major impact to our environment to our tourism trade, and to our property values 32:43

HAPPENING NEXT WEEK --

COUNTY LEADERS AND SCIENTISTS WILL BRING STATE WATER OFFICIALS HERE --

POLICE STATION DANCERS-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE DANCING LADIES --

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED THE TWO SUSPECTS AT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE

DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE CANADIAN VISITORS WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY INTOXICATION --

THE OTHER -- RESISTING ARREST.

BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE SISTERS FROM SHOWING OFF THEIR DANCE MOVES.

IT GOT PRETTY BAD WHEN OFFICERS SAY ONE OF SISTERS URINATED ON A CHAIR -- RIGHT INFRONT OF OFFICERS.

70 YEAR MARRIAGE-VO

VALENTINE'S DAY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING --

AND FOR ONE COUPLE -- THEY'LL SOON BE CELEBRATING THEIR 70-TH ANNIVERSARY TOGETHER.

WAYNE AND POLLY REEVES GOT MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 19-43.

AND HERE'S A SURPRISE -- THEY DIDN'T LIKE EACHOTHER UPON MEETING.

BUT THEY SOON FELL IN LOVE, AND STARTED A FAMILY -- A BIG ONE!

7 CHILDREN, 17 GRANDCHILDREN, IN FACT, AND 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SUPERDOME BLACKOUT FOLO-VO

THE SUPERBOWL BLACKOUT MYSTER IS SOLVED.

THE UTILITY COMPANY WORKING WITH THE SUPERDOME SAYS -- THE CAUSE OF SUNDAY'S OUTAGE WAS AN ELECTRICAL RELAY DEVICE.

THE C-E-O ANNOUNCED THE FINDINGS TO THE NEW ORLEAN'S CITY COUNCIL DURING AN EMERENCY HEARING.

NAPLES TOWN HALL-SS

AND FINALLY, THIS MORNING --

THE NAPLES TOWN HALL SERIES IS BACK --

AND NBC-2 IS A SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT.

FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- ROBERT GATES WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE EVENT -- TONIGHT, STARTING AT 6 P-M.

IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NOTABLE SPEAKERS -- SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AT THE EVENT.

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