NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

RADAR LOOK-RADAR

RAIN IS ON THE RADAR AND YOU MAY NOTICE CLOUDS ARE DARKENING THE SKY OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

A LIVE LOOK AT NBC2 DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS ACTIVITY.BUT WILL IT LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY?

FIRST WX-WX CTR

After a cloudy and showery Wednesday, all signs point to a bit more sunshine for Thursday afternoon while we start to shave a few degrees off our afternoon highs each and every day.

Mostly cloudy skies will give way to a bit more sunshine through the afternoon as that stalled frontal boundary gets a push to the south taking the clouds and moisture with it. A northwesterly breeze around 5-15 mph will also dry our atmosphere out just a bit keeping our humidity levels rather pleasant.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will remain overhead and overnight temperatures will settle into the lower half of the 50s along the urban corridor with upper 40s mainly east of I-75.

As moisture begins to increase across Southwest Florida on Friday expect our skies to stay mostly cloudy. This will be the start of an unsettled weather pattern featuring more clouds and the threat for some wet weather as a strong disturbance dives southward toward the Gulf of Mexico.

After lows in the 40s to start on Saturday daytime highs will be rather cool in the middle 60s. Showers will begin to develop during the afternoon and carry over into Sunday. This will make for a chilly and blustery end to the weekend with afternoon temperatures in the low to middle 60s.

POPE LIVE LOOK-SAT LIVE

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.POPE BENEDICT IS IN THE FINAL HOURS OF HIS PAPACY.

YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT VATICAN CITY WHERE POPE BENEDICT IS LEAVING THE PALACE FOR THE FINAL TIME TO FLY BY HELICOPTER TO THE PAPAL RETREAT.

IN JUST THREE HOURS BENEDICT WILL BE THE FIRST PONTIFF TO RESIGN IN 600 YEARS.

IN AN UNEXPECTED SPEECH TO CARDINALS TODAY -- THE POPE PROMISED "UNCONDITIONAL REVERENCE AND OBEDIENCE" TO HIS SUCCESSOR.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-TRX SAT LIVE

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

TOSS TO ANCHOR-2 SHOT TRX

TOMORROW'S THE DAY WHEN 85 BILLION DOLLARS IN BUDGET CUTS GO INTO EFFECT.

THAT WILL IMPACT EVERYTHING FROM MEALS ON WHEELS TO BORDER SECURITY.

WITH NO EFFORT TO STOP IT, LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO HOW THE NATION WILL DEAL WITH IT.

SPENDING CUTS-PLASMA

WE ARE HOURS AWAY FROM FORCED SPENDING CUTS THAT COULD HAVE WIDE-RANGING IMPACT ON SERVICES THAT MILLIONS OF US USE.BUT LAWMAKERS HAVE YET TO ACT.

SPENDING CUTS-PKG

THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY, TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.WON'T HAVE THE FUNDING THEY NEED TO DO IT.

ACCORDING TO THE HUD SECRETARY. ABOUT THREE BILLION HAS BEEN CUT FROM A SUPPLEMENTAL BILL FOR REPAIR AND RECOVERY.

IF THE SPENDING CUTS GO INTO EFFECT - SOME PRESCHOOLERS MAY HAVE TO STAY HOME.

400 MILLION IN PROPOSED CUTS.MEANS NEARLY 70 THOUSAND CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WON'T BE ABLE TO ENROLL IN PRE-SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE CENTERS RUN BY HEAD START.

AND YOUR VISIT TO SOME OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE AFFECTED.

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COULD LOSE 110 MILLION DOLLARS FROM IT'S BUDGET.

THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK PLANS TO CLOSE FIVE OF IT'S CAMPGROUNDS AND PICNIC AREAS.

CONGRESS STILL HAS TIME TO KEEP THESE CUTS FROM HAPPENING.

REPUBLICANS SAY DEMOCRATS AREN'T COMING TO THE TABLE.

"We are still ready to work with them to get something responsible passed but we can't do it alone."

WHILE DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS MUST DO THEIR PART.

"Compromise is never easy, but surely it is better than doing nothing at all."

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HOPING THE PUBLIC WILL PUT PRESSURE ON LAWMAKERS.

SPENDING CUTS-PLASMA SS

STILL NO DEAL IS REACHED.SO WHO IS TO BLAME?

45 PERCENT OF THOSE QUESTIONED IN A PEW RESEARCH CENTER SURVEY SAY REPUBLICANS SHOULD TAKE MORE BLAME IF THE SPENDING CUTS TAKE EFFECT.

32 PERCENT SAY THEY'D PLACE BLAME ON THE PRESIDENT.

13 PERCENT SAY BOTH SIDES SHOULD GET EQUAL BLAME.

COLLIER HIT AND RUN-VO

A NAPLES MAN IS KNOCKED OFF A SCOOTER BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.NOW AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON.

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US THE HIT AND RUN CRASH HAPPENED ALONG GOLDEN GATE PARKWAY NEAR INTERSTATE 75 EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE 47 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS THROWN FROM THE SCOOTER AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

LEHIGH CRASH-VO

NEW DETAILS AT ELEVEN ON A SERIOUS HEAD ON CRASH IN LEHIGH ACRES.

TROOPERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE CRITICALLY INJURED THIS MORNING.

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 35-YEAR-OLD JOSE DE GUZMAN FROM LEHIGH WAS DRIVING HIS HONDA AND CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE.SLAMMING HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER CAR.

ALL THIS HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG GUNNERY ROAD NEAR FIRST STREET SOUTHWEST.

9 YEAR OLD DIES AFTER CRASH-VO

A NINE YEAR OLD COLLIER COUNTY GIRL INVOLVED IN A CRASH MONDAY HAS DIED.

ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS,

EMMA BLACKWOOD WAS RIDING IN A CAR THAT REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD.

IT HAPPENED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF RADIO ROAD

INITIAL REPORTS SHOW EMMA WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.

COLLIER RED LIGHT CAMERAS-VO

STARTING TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN COLLIER COUNTY WILL NO LONGER TRACK DRIVERS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECIDED TO *NOT EXTEND THE CONTRACT --- WITH AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.

THEY ARGUED THERE ISN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE --- TO PROVE CAMERAS ACTUALLY MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.

DRUGS IN LEG-SS

NEW AT ELEVEN.

A MAN IS ACCUSED OH HIDING COCAINE INSIDE HIS PROSTHETIC LEG.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED THESE FOUR DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON BRADFORD AVENUE IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY 23 YEAR OLD BRADLEY GREUS ADMITTED TO HIDING A BAG OF COCAINE INSIDE HIS LEG AND THEN HANDED IT TO A DEPUTY.

TOSS TO DANIELLE-2 SHOT VO

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

A BRAND NEW NEARLY SIX MILLION DOLLAR COMMUNITY CENTER IS OPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY JUST WRAPPED UP IN LEE COUNTY.

THE HOPE IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN AND AROUND THE HARLEM HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.

HARLEM HEIGHTS OPENING-REM LIVE

HARLEM HEIGHTS OPENING-VO

RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE INCOME FOR THE HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IS 40 PERCENT BELOW THE COUNTY AVERAGE- MANY UNEMPLOYED AND LACKING JOB SKILLS AND EDUCATION.

THE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION BUILT THIS CENTER TO GIVE THE PEOPLE JUST THAT. AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THE CENTER WILL OFFER CLASSES FOR ADULTS TO RECEIVE A GED, LITERACY CLASSES TO BETTER LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. EVEN A DAYCARE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEY ARE AT WORK.

HARLEM HEIGHTS OPENING-SOT

HARLEM HEIGHTS OPENING-REM LIVE

THIS IS 5.8 MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING IS OPENING DEBT-FREE TODAY TOO. ALL PAID FOR BY GRANTS, LOCAL DONARS AND NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS.

TIRES DUMPED IN CHARCO-VO-WIPE

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAN IS FACING THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW AS DEPUTIES SAY HE HAD ONE HUNDRED TIRES IN HIS FRONT YARD.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PILES OF TIRES ON 57 YEAR OLD ROBERT CLAWSON'S PROPERTY.

THE PERSON WHO DUMPED THEM THERE WON'T FACE ANY CHARGES,

BUT CLAWSON NOW FACES FELONY LITTERING CHARGES.

TIRES DUMPED IN CHARCO-SOTVO

you find them in ditches you find them on the side of the road you find them everywhere except the landfill I was trying to create something with them

CLAWSON SAYS HE WANTED TO USE THE TIRES TO MAKE A FENCE AND EVENTUALLY WHAT HE CALLS AN "EARTH HOUSE."

BUT NOW HE'S CLEANING IT ALL UP.

STORMING NORMAN BURIAL-VO

THE MAN WHO HELPED DRIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TROOPS OUT OF KUWAIT IS BEING LAID TO REST TODAY.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF IS TAKING PLACE AT WEST POINT.

HIS REMAINS WILL BE BURIED AFTERWARD AT WEST POINT'S CEMETERY.

SCHWARZKOPF COMMANDED THE U.S.-LED INTERNATIONAL COALITION THAT DROVE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S FORCES OUT OF KUWAIT IN 1991.

HE WAS 78 WHEN HE DIED IN TAMPA IN DECEMBER OF COMPLICATIONS FROM PNEUMONIA.

MANNING LATEST-SS

TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING. BRADLEY MANNING IS GOING BEFORE A JUDGE TO DETERMINE IF HE CAN PLEAD GUILTY.

THE ARMY PRIVATE IS ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT THE BIGGEST LEAK OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL IN U.S. HISTORY.

A MILITARY JUDGE IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO ACCEPT HIS OFFER TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SOME CHARGES IN THE WIKILEAKS CASE.

FT HOOD SHOOTING-SS

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

THE FORMER SOLDIER ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE INSIDE FORT HOOD IS TRYING TO GET HIS TRIAL MOVED.

THE ATTORNEYS FOR NIDAL HASAN WANT THE TRAIL TRANSFERED AWAY FROM THE TEXAS BASE.

HASAN ALSO WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES.

HOWEVER -- ARMY RULES PROHIBIT JUDGES FROM ACCEPTING GUILTY PLEAS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES.

WHEEL CHAIR ROBBERY-OC SOT VO WIPE

A CENTRAL FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR BOUND MAN SUFFERING FROM MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER FALLING VICTIM TO A CRUEL ROBBERY.

THE ROBBER PUSHED THE HELPLESS MAN INTO A LINE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND GRABBED HIS WALLET WHEN HE FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR.

"the cars didn't want to stop they just continued going."

THE VICTIM WENT TO A GAS STATION TO USE THE A-T-M.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT HANGING OUT AT THAT GAS STATION.

WHEN THE VICTIM WENT ON HIS WAY, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT WENT AFTER HIM.

WHEEL CHAIR ROBBERY-SOT VO

the dog tried to defend me and the bad guy went ahead and kicked me dog."

DETECTIVES SAY THE MOTORIZED SCOOTER FELL ON THE DOG BREAKING HIS LEG.

LITTLE LOLA IS IN A CAST.

THE SUSPECT, SONNY ABREU WAS LATER ARRESTED.

RODMAN AND KIM-VO

YOU HAVE A FRIEND FOR LIFE.

THAT'S THE NEW MESSAGE THIS MORNING FROM A FORMER N-B-A STAR TO NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JONG UN.

THE BASKETBALL STAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?

NONE OTHER THAN DENNIS RODMAN.

THE TWO WATCHED AN EXHIBITION BASKETBALL GAME IN THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL TODAY.

SPRING TRAINING TODAY-SS

TWO OF OUR THREE SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL TEAMS ARE PLAYING HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY.

THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE AT HOME AGAINST THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

FIRST PITCH IS AT 1:05.

THE BOSTON RED SOX TRAVEL NORTH TO BRADENTON TO TAKE ON THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES TODAY.

TEASE ONE-----

A WILD RIDE OUT OF CONTROL

911 operator: If you can just try neutral and make sure you are near a place where you can pull over.

Driver: Yeah, I tried it won't go.

A TEENAGER FACES THE ULTIMATE TASK HOW TO STOP A RUNAWAY CAR AT 100 MILES PER HOUR.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE DRAMATIC ENDING SEEN FROM A POLICE DASH CAMERA.

A) STUCK GAS-2 SHOT NATS VO

B) AZ HIGH SPEED CHASE-VO TOPS

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.

After a cloudy and showery Wednesday, all signs point to a bit more sunshine for Thursday afternoon while we start to shave a few degrees off our afternoon highs each and every day.

Mostly cloudy skies will give way to a bit more sunshine through the afternoon as that stalled frontal boundary gets a push to the south taking the clouds and moisture with it. A northwesterly breeze around 5-15 mph will also dry our atmosphere out just a bit keeping our humidity levels rather pleasant.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will remain overhead and overnight temperatures will settle into the lower half of the 50s along the urban corridor with upper 40s mainly east of I-75.

As moisture begins to increase across Southwest Florida on Friday expect our skies to stay mostly cloudy. This will be the start of an unsettled weather pattern featuring more clouds and the threat for some wet weather as a strong disturbance dives southward toward the Gulf of Mexico.

After lows in the 40s to start on Saturday daytime highs will be rather cool in the middle 60s. Showers will begin to develop during the afternoon and carry over into Sunday. This will make for a chilly and blustery end to the weekend with afternoon temperatures in the low to middle 60s.

ROBBER AND CHILD-VO TOPS

TERRIFYING NEW VIDEO IS BEING RELEASED SHOWING A ROBBER POINTING A GUN AT A HOTEL EMPLOYEE AND HER YOUNG SON IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

TAKE A CLOSE LOOK.

YOU CAN SEE THE HOTEL CLERK AND HER SON LOCK THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOTEL IN SANFORD.

THEN A MAN SMASHES THROUGH THE GLASS, POINTING A GUN AT THE WOMAN AND CHILD.

POLICE SAY SHE FOLLOWED THE MAN'S DEMANDS AND GAVE HIM THE CASH IN THE REGISTER ALL WHILE THE BOY WATCHED.

THEY SAY THE MAN EVEN STEPPED ON A SCHOOL PROJECT THE CHILD WAS WORKING ON.

STUCK GAS-SS VO IN PLASMA

WE HAVE MORE MUST SEE VIDEOS IN OUR B BLOCK TODAY.

UP NEXT.IT MAY BE EVERY DRIVER'S WORST NIGHTMARE.

A FRIGHTENING SITUATION FOR A TEXAS TEENAGER AS HIS CAR RACES DOWN THE HIGHWAY OUT OF CONTROL FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES.

STUCK GAS-PKG

FLYING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

AT 120 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DRIVER DODGING CARS AND DEPUTIES.

THE TEEN BEHIND THE WHEEL ISN'T RUNNING FROM THE LAW.

HE CALLED THEM FOR HELP.

911 operator: If you can just try neutral and make sure you are near a place where you can pull over.

Driver: Yeah, I tried it won't go.

16 YEAR OLD, EL-EZ LUSHAJ CALLED 911 LAST DECEMBER, CLAIMING THE GAS PEDAL INSIDE HIS 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GOT STUCK.

FOR NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF, DISPATCHERS SCRAMBLED FOR SOLUTIONS.

911 operator: It won't go into neutral. He can't turn it off. The brake pedal won't work.

My dispatch was on the phone with him and giving him instructions on how to shut the car down, over power it, as far as I know none of that was working.

DEPUTIES FOLLOWED CLOSE BEHIND.

I probably got above 130 to catch him.

HE SAYS THE TEEN KEPT CALM AND HIS EYES ON THE ROAD.

When I passed him, he was just kind of sitting there holding the hands, the steering wheel with both hands, not looking left, not looking right. He was not doing any evasive maneuvers.

NEWS 8 CONTACTED HYUNDAI ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.

IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID. "WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING ON THIS WHICH IS EXTREMELY ODD FOR A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT."

BUT, IT'S INTERESTED IN SEEING THE CAR. SAYING, "IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY FOR SIMULTANEOUS AND SPONTANEOUS TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURES FOR THE BRAKES, ACCELERATOR AND TRANSMISSION TO OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME."

AFTER 113 MILES, LUSHAJ LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR.

IT FLIPPED NEARLY FIVE TIMES.

DEPUTY WILLIAMSON PULLED UP TO CRUSHED METAL.

BUT, THE TEEN WAS STILL ALIVE.

Glad, we were able to help him out though -- it could have been a lot worse if we didn't stay with him as long as we did.

AZ HIGH SPEED CHASE-TRX VO TOPS

MORE MUST SEE VIDEO.

CHECK THIS OUT. CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS A DRIVER LED AUTHORITIES ON A 45 MINUTE HIGH SPEED CHASE IN PHOENIX.

POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WHEN AN OFFICER NOTICED THE STOLEN VEHICLE.

THE CAR TOOK OFF WITH A POLICE HELICOPTER AND CRUISERS HOT ON THE TRAIL.

THE YELLOW HONDA CIVIC EVENTUALLY OVER-CORRECTED. SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ON A DIRT ROAD. AND LANDED ON A HILLSIDE.

AZ BAR BRAWL-TRX VO TOPS

AND MORE OUT OF ARIZONA --

THIS BAR BRAWL IN TUCSON -- CAUGHT ON TAPE!

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ME-LEE.

A MOTHER. HER 21 YEAR OLD SON. AND A FRIEND WERE ATTACKED BY SIX PEOPLE.

POLICE SAY THE AGGRESSORS MADE ANTAGONIZING COMMENTS TOWARD THE 21 YEAR OLD. AND THE TAUNTING THEN ESCALATED AND BECAME PHYSICAL.

TEASE TWO------

A CEREMONY MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

"Welcome home, Roosevelt, welcome home."

A KOREAN WAR VET FINALLY GETS A PROPER MILITARY WELCOMING.

A) VET RETURNED HOME-2 SHOT SOT VO

VET RETURNED HOME-PLASMA

COMING HOME.

62 YEARS AGO. ROOSEVELT CLARK WENT MISSING IN ACTION DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

BUT DECADES LATER -- THE SOLDIER'S REMAINS ARE BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL.

HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

VET RETURNED HOME-PKG

"They kept telling us what was going to happen and then hey here it is."

THE DELTA PLANE ARRIVED AT L-A-X, JUST BEFORE DAWN -

CARRYING SPECIAL CARGO ROOSEVELT CLARK'S FAMILY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

"I feel happy and at the same time we've had a loss."

DRAPED IN THE AMERICAN FLAG, A SOLIDER UNLOADED THE CASKET FROM THE PLANE.

CARRIED BY HONOR GUARD, VETERANS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GAVE THE KOREAN WAR VETERAN A SALUTE.

THE REMAINS WERE PLACED BEFORE HIS COUSINS, WHO TOOK A MOMENT TO TAKE IT ALL IN.

"Welcome home, Roosevelt, welcome home."

A SENTIMENT FELT NOT JUST BY CLARK'S FAMILY, BUT ALL THE AIRPORT STAFF GATHERED TO WELCOME HIM HOME.

"It's good to know that he's finally coming home to rest in peace."

"It was really touching that there's finally finality."

nats

"When they called us and told us that they have his remains, it was real erie."

REMAINS THAT NOW SIT IN THIS CASKET.

nats

WITH FAMILY NEARBY, THE PATRIOT GUARD ESCORTED CLARK FROM LOS ANGELES TO FRAZIER PARK.

PICKING UP MORE RIDERS, THEY CONTINUED ON TO BAKERSFIELD -- 131 MILES, ALL THE WAY TO HILLCREST MEMORIAL CEMETERY, WHERE DOZENS OF STRANGERS SHOWED THEIR PATRIOT PRIDE.

"This is why I love the United States, is because everyone cares, we care, when something happens, we care about one another."

A HONOR GUARD REMOVED THE CASKET FROM THE HEARSE.

"The family is blessed that he is back home where he should be and that's with his family."

FAMILY THAT'S WAITED FOR DECADES.

"62 Years is a long time to be missing."

BUT HE'S MISSING IN ACTION NO LONGER, FINDING A FINAL RESTING PLACE IN THE HOME HE LEFT SO LONG AGO.

VET RETURNED HOME-ONCAM

KATEY RUSCH REPORTING.

TEASE THREE-----

DID THE JOURNALIST WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON WATERGATE GET THREATENED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION?

It was said very clearly, you will regret doing this.

WHAT BOB WOODWARD SAID THAT HAS THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE OFFENSIVE.

IN JUST HOURS POPE BENEDICT WILL LEAVE THE VATICAN TO TRANSITION INTO RETIREMENT.

A) WOODWARD THREAT-2 SHOT VO

B) POPE TEMP HOME-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

POPE TEMP HOME-SAT LIVE

THE REIGN OF POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END.

HE HAS JUST HOURS LEFT AS THE HEAD OF STATE AND LEADER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

BY TONIGHT -- HE'LL SIMPLY BE KNOWN AS "POPE EMERITUS".

BENEDICT WILL SPEND THE MORNING GREETING ALL OF THE CARDINALS INDIVIDUALLY AS HE DID EARLIER THIS MONTH.

LATER - HE WILL STAY AT THE POPE'S SUMMER RESIDENCE UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS NAMED.

POPE TEMP HOME-PKG

THE MASSIVE DOORS OF CASTEL GANDOLFO HAVE OPENED FOR POPES SINCE 1626…

POPE BENEDICT ONCE WROTE ONLY HERE COULD HE ESCAPE THE PRESSURES OF THE JOB…THAT WAS POPE BENEDICT THE FOURTEENTH BACK IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDREDS.

BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH-AS POPE EMERITUS-WILL SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS IN THIS TRADITIONAL SUMMER RESIDENCE OF POPES…BEFORE RETURNING TO THE VATICAN TO A LIVE IN A CONVENT BEING SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR HIS RETIREMENT.

Going back to Roman times these hills south of the city have been popular with the rich and powerful. It's a good place to go to escape the heat and humidity of the roman summer.

IT'S COMPRISED OF FIFTY-FIVE HECTARES-ALMOST A HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX ACRES-OF MANICURED GARDENS, OLIVE GROVES, ORCHARDS AND PASTURES, IN THE ALBAN HILLS…HOME TO FRASCATI WINE.

HISTORY RUNS DEEP HERE.THIS ANCIENT TUNNEL DATES BACK TO ROMAN TIMES.

.FROM MORE RECENT TIMES, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DAMAGE FROM ALLIED BOMBING DURING WORLD WAR TWO…THE STAFF HERE RECOUNT THAT THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TOOK REFUGE IN CASTEL GANDOLFO DURING THE WAR, AND THE PAPAL BEDROOM WAS CONVERTED INTO A DELIVERY ROOM, WHERE AS MANY AS FIFTY BABIES WERE BORN.

DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL VILLAS SAVERIO PETRILLO SAYS HE DOESN'T EXPECT THE EIGHTY-FIVE YEAR OLD FORMER PONTIFF TO SPEND MUCH TIME OUTSIDE.

THE HOLY FATHER TAKES SHORT STROLLS, he says. HE ISN'T ONE TO GO ON LONG WALKS LIKE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND. HE IS BY NATURE A RESERVED MAN, A MAN OF STUDY, HE DOESN'T LIKE TO STAY OUT IN THE OPEN.

HE'S MORE LIKELY TO PASS HIS DAYS IN HIS PRIVATE APARTMENTS-NOT SHOWN TO VISITING JOURNALISTS-OR IN THE RECEPTION AREA, A RELATIVELY SPARTAN SET OF ROOMS WITH LITTLE DECORATION BUT FOR A FAIRLY VIVID PAINTING DEPICTING THE MARTYRDOM OF VIETNAMESE CHRISTIANS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

THE VIEW, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS STUNNING. A RESIDENCE--ALBEIT TEMPORARY--FIT FOR A NEWLY RETIRED POPE.

NURSING HOME CARE-SS

MEDICARE PAID BILLIONS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO NURSING HOMES NATIONWIDE THAT WERE NOT MEETING BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE REPORT SAYS MEDICARE PAID ABOUT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS FOR PATIENTS TO STAY IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES THAT FAILED TO MEET FEDERAL QUALITY OF CARE RULES IN 2009.

IN SOME CASES PATIENTS WERE PLACED IN DANGEROUS AND NEGLECTFUL CONDITIONS.

FL KID DRAINKS DRANO-VO

INVESTIGATORS IN THE PANHANDLE SAY A TODDLER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HE DRANK DRANO INSIDE A METH LAB.

DEPUTIES IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY CLAIM A SIPPY CUP WAS FILLED WITH DRANO -- AN INGREDIANT USED FOR MAKING THE ILLEGAL DRUG.

DEPUTIES SAY THE CHILD'S MOTHER AND FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE MAKING METH INSIDE A HOME DURING THE INCIDENT.

WOODWARD THREAT-OC SOT OC

VETERAN JOURNALIST BOB WOODWARD SAYS HE WAS THREATENED BY A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL FOLLOWING HIS RECENT ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST.

THE OP-ED PIECE WAS ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE'S HANDLING OF THE FORCED FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS SET TO TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW.

They're not happy at all and some people kind of said look we don't see eye to eye on this. They never really said afterwards they said this is factually wrong and it was said to me in an email by a top.

Wolf: What was said?

It was said very clearly, you will regret doing this.

Wolf: Who sent that email?

Well, I'm not going to say. A very senior person. And it makes me very uncomfortable to have the White House telling reporters you're going to regret doing something that you believe in.

THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED A STATEMENT AFTER WOODWARD'S APPEARANCE ON C-N-N SAYING THAT NO THREAT WAS INTENDED.

BOEING FIX-OC SOT OC

BOEING SAYS IT HAS A FIX TO GET ITS TROUBLED 787 DREAMLINER BACK IN THE SKY.

THE COMPANY CLAIMS IT IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION, NOT AN INTERIM ONE.

This solution takes into account any possible event that could occur, any causal factor that could cause an event, and we are very confident that we have this fix that will be permanent and will allow us to continue with the technology."

SANDY INSURANCE-VO

NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYS THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IS TAKING TOO LONG TO PROCESS CLAIMS BY HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS.

HE SAYS IT'S -QUOTE- "UNACCEPTABLE" AND "A DISGRACE."

CHRISTIE SAYS JUST 30 PERCENT OF FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

HE ALSO ANNOUNCED NEW JERSEY IS CUTTING THE TIME PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES GET TO RESPOND TO INQUIRIES FROM HOMEOWNERS.

STORAGE LOCKER BUSINESS-VO WIPE

THANKS TO THE ECONOMY.SOME BUSINESSES ARE CHOOSING TO MOVE INTO STORAGE LOCKERS.

BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MOVING SOME ITEMS INTO A LOCKER.INSTEAD BUSINESSES ARE MOVING THEIR OFFICES INTO STORAGE FACILITIES.

SEVERAL COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA LIKE THIS DRYWALL SUPPLY BUSINESS IS MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS BEHIND THESE GARAGE DOORS.

STORAGE LOCKER BUSINESS-SOT VO

I downsized from

about 2500 square feet on West Shaw and about a $5,000 overhead.

WOMAN NEARLY IMPALED-VO WIPE

A WASHINGTON STATE WOMAN SOMEHOW SURVIVES WHEN A MASSIVE TREE ENDS UP INSIDE HER CAR.

TAKE A LOOK. THE WOMAN WAS NEARLY KILLED AFTER DRIVING OFF A ROAD EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND WAS NEARLY IMPALED BY A TREE.

POLICE BELIEVE THE VICTIM'S SEATBELT WAS CHOKING HER AFTER THE CRASH.

WOMAN NEARLY IMPALED-2 SOTS VO

this is the guardian angel the lord sent"

"everything's meant to happen for a reason and I think the reason was to save my life!"

COACH TRIPS PLAYER-TRX NATS TOPS VO

nats of coach tripping player

THIS POOR DISPLAY OF SPORTSMANSHIP MAY LAND THIS HOCKEY COACH IN MORE TROUBLE THAN JUST A TRIP TO THE PENALTY BOX.

48-YEAR-OLD MARTIN TREMBLAY OF CANADA IS NOW FACING 15 DAYS BEHIND BARS.

YOU CAN SEE HIM VICIOUSLY TRIP A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY DURING THE POST GAME HANDSHAKE.

COACH TRIPS PLAYER-2 SOTS VO

it certainly sends a message. to succeed in sports you often need to have

passion but you have to have control.

he put in years and years coaching hockey and that's all over so he's paid a

heavy price.

ANCHOR GOES WILD-OC NATS VO

A BASKETBALL PLAY BY PLAY ANNOUNCER MAYBE SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THE GAME A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.

a rise.baseline.good wizards complete with a baseline for three and the wizards make a miraculous comeback

A GREAT CALL.TOO BAD IT NEVER HAPPENED.

STEVE BUCKHANTZ THOUGHT THE SHOT BY A WASHINGTON WIZARDS PLAYER WENT IN.BUT IT DIDN'T.

THEY WERE TRAILING THE DETROIT PISTONS BY ONE AT THE END OF THE GAME.

YOU CAN SEE THE NET MOVE BUT THE BALL NEVER WENT THROUGH THE HOOP.

TEASE FOUR------

POPE BENEDICT IS ON HIS WAY OUT.SO THE BIG QUESTION IS NEXT TO LEAD THE VATICAN?

IN THE COMING DAYS CATHOLICS WILL WORK TO DECIDE THE NEXT PONTIFF.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE STEPS INVOLVED IN SELECTING THE NEXT LEADER.

ITS VIDEO YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS.

AN 81 YEAR OLD MAN DECIDES TO GO TOE TO TOE WITH THIEVES WIELDING HAMMERS.

A) PAPAL CONCLAVE-2 SHOT VO

B) MAN VS ROBBERS-VO TOPS

PAPAL CONCLAVE-PLASMA

SO NOW THAT POPE BENEDICT IS JUST HOURS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT.THE TRANSITION TO A NEW CATHOLIC LEADER IS UNDERWAY.

POPE BENEDICT'S SUCESSOR WILL BE CHOSEN IN A PAPAL CONCLAVE.

PAPAL CONCLAVE-PKG

STANDUP: THIS IS ST PETERS SQUARE IN THE STATE OF VATICAN CITY THE SPIRITUAL AND GOVERNING SEAT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND ITS HERE THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS GATHER TO AWAIT THE ELECTION OF A NEW POPE. AND IT'S HERE BEHIND ME JUST IN THE CORNER IN THE VATICAN'S SISTINE CHAPEL THAT THE NEW PONTIFF IS CHOSEN.

WELL, THE SISTINE CHAPEL WAS DESIGNED TO BE THE PAPAL CHAPEL.

IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GALLERIES OF BIBLICAL ART - ITS CEILING PAINTED BY MICHAELANGELO.

AND IT'S HERE THAT THE CONCLAVE OF CARDINALS IS HELD.

STANDUP: 115 CARDINALS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TO INVOKE THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR ASSISTANCE BEFORE ELECTING A POPE BY SECRET BALLOT. THE CARDINALS, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, CUT OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WILL CHOOSE A LEADER.

STANDUP: DURING THE PERIOD OF CONCLAVE, THE CARDINALS WILL BE STAYING IN ACCOMMODATION JUST OVER THERE.

THEY'LL BE BUSSED IN.AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF CONCLAVE, ELIGIBLE CARDINALS MAY HOLD A VOTE. IF THERE IS NO RESULT, ON SUBSEQUENT DAYS, THEY'LL VOTE TWICE IN THE MORNING AND TWICE IN THE AFTERNOON UNTIL SOMEONE RECEIVES A VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS PLUS ONE.

SINCE THE CARDINALS MEET IN ISOLATION, THE ONLY WAY THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT PROCEEDINGS IS A ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TRADITIONS OF THE PAPAL SUCCESSION RITUAL.

REIF OPEN-CLIP

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.

After a cloudy and showery Wednesday, all signs point to a bit more sunshine for Thursday afternoon while we start to shave a few degrees off our afternoon highs each and every day.

Mostly cloudy skies will give way to a bit more sunshine through the afternoon as that stalled frontal boundary gets a push to the south taking the clouds and moisture with it. A northwesterly breeze around 5-15 mph will also dry our atmosphere out just a bit keeping our humidity levels rather pleasant.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will remain overhead and overnight temperatures will settle into the lower half of the 50s along the urban corridor with upper 40s mainly east of I-75.

As moisture begins to increase across Southwest Florida on Friday expect our skies to stay mostly cloudy. This will be the start of an unsettled weather pattern featuring more clouds and the threat for some wet weather as a strong disturbance dives southward toward the Gulf of Mexico.

After lows in the 40s to start on Saturday daytime highs will be rather cool in the middle 60s. Showers will begin to develop during the afternoon and carry over into Sunday. This will make for a chilly and blustery end to the weekend with afternoon temperatures in the low to middle 60s.

MI HOME EXPLOSION-VOTOPS

ATLEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD IN THE EXPLOSION THAT ROCKED A MICHIGAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE FLAMES ERUPTING FROM A HOUSE.

FIREFIGHTERS IN ROYAL OAK SAY THE MAN WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE THAT EXPLODED WAS KILLED.

NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HAVE SMELLED GAS FOR DAYS.

MAN VS ROBBERS-TRX VO TOPS

NEW MUST SEE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF AN 81 YEAR OLD STORE OWNER REFUSING TO BECOME A VICTIM TO THIEVES.

THE CALIFORNIA JEWELRY SHOP OWNER CAME FACE TO FACE WITH TWO HAMMER-WIELDING ROBBERS.

AS THE TWO CROOKS SMASHED IN TWO GLASS CASES, SCOOPING UP WATCHES, HE SPRUNG INTO ACTION.

MAN VS ROBBERS-2 SOTS VO

Fear didn't even come into me. It just. it just happened

I was just trying to protect what belongs to me

HE BELIEVES HIS ACTIONS STOPPED THEM FROM GETTING MORE THAN WHAT THEY COULD JUST GRAB WITH THEIR HANDS.

PESISMISTS-TRX OC

ON THE HEALTHCAST AT ELEVEN.IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER YOU MAY WANT TO BECOME MORE PESSIMISTIC.

A NEW STUDY FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CLAIMS PEOPLE WITH LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR A SATISFYING FUTURE LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES.

C SECTION KIDS-ONCAM

BABIES BORN THROUGH A C-SECTION ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALLERGIES THAN THOSE BORN NATURALLY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM THE HENRY FORD HOSPITAL.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS FIRE THEIR FRONTMAN, WHILE BOBBY BROWN IS SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

BOBBY BROWN IS HEADED TO JAIL.

THE SINGER WAS SENTENCED TO 55-DAYS BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO CHARGES OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND VIOLATING HIS PROBATION.

THIS IS BROWN'S SECOND DRUNKEN DRIVING CONVICTION IN A YEAR.

A JUDGE ORDERED THE 44-YEAR OLD TO ATTEND 3 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS A WEEK UNTIL HE REPORTS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL ON MARCH 20TH.

"STONE TEMPLE PILOTS" AND FRONTMAN, SCOTT WEILAND ARE PARTING WAYS.

THE BAND SAYS HE WAS FIRED BUT WEILAND ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, "NOT SURE HOW I CAN BE 'TERMINATED' FROM A BAND THAT I FOUNDED, FRONTED, AND CO-WROTE MANY OF ITS BIGGEST HITS."

WEILAND SAYS HE'LL BE GOING FORWARD WITH A NATIONAL SOLO TOUR AND WILL BE PERFORMING "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS" SONGS.

THE TOUR STARTS FRIDAY.

GREEN DAY ROCKER BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG IS OUT OF REHAB AND OPENING UP.

HE SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER THE ON-STAGE MELTDOWN LAST SEPTEMBER THAT PROMPTED HIS RECENT STINT IN A TREATMENT PROGRAM.

ARMSTRONG'S REHAB STAY FORCED GREEN DAY TO CANCEL A PORTION OF ITS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR.

ROLLING STONE CHRONICLES THE ROCKER'S BATTLES WITH ALCOHOL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN ITS NEW ISSUE.

TEASE FIVE----

A SMASHING SUCCESS STORY?

nats of car crash

AUTO MAKERS SAY THESE TESTS PROVE CARS ARE THE SAFEST THEY HAVE BEEN IN HISTORY.

SO WHY ARE MORE PEOPLE DYING IN CRASHES?

A) SAFE CARS-2 SHOT NATS VO

GALLON SMASH-NATS TOPS VO

nats of people dropping gallons of milk

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

IT'S THE LATEST INTERNET PRANK.

ITS CALLED THE GALLON SMASH.

SOME KIDS IN VIRGINIA DECIDED IT WOULD BE COOL TO FILM THEMSELVES SMASHING GALLON JUGS OF MILK IN A SUPERMARKET.

THE FAKE DRAMATIC FALLS AND SPILLS ARE ONLY HALF OF IT.

THAT'S WHEN DUPED SUPERMARKET WORKERS AND SHOPPERS ARE SEEN STRUGGLING TO HELP THE SEEMINGLY INJURED BOYS.

BUT NOW EXPERTS QUESTION WHETHER THIS "GALLON SPLASHING" COULD CROSS THE LINE FROM PRANK TO POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

SAFE CARS-VO IN TRAFFIC 2 SHOT

AUTOMAKERS CLAIM THEY'RE PRODUCING SAFER VEHICLES SO WHY ARE DEADLY CRASHES ON THE RISE IN THIS COUNTRY?

THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS THE INCREASE WAS 5 PERCENT LAST YEAR.

SAFE CARS-PKG

WE HAVE PUT CARS.

NATS:

.THROUGH A BATTERY OF CRASH TESTS.

MANY STATES HAVE BANNED TEXTING AND DRIVING.

BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 7 YEARS. HIGHWAY DEATH ARE RISING. WHY?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT. IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE DRIVING MORE. INCREASING OUR

RISK.IT'S BETTER WEATHER. AND A BETTER ECONOMY WHICH MEANS MORE MONEY

FOR GAS.BUT BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE KEPT OUR OLD CARS. AVERAGE AGE ON

THE ROAD IS 11 YEARS. THERE ARE A LOT OF VEHICLES OUT THERE WITHOUT THE

LATEST SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.

JONATHAN LINKOV/CONSUMER REPORTS SOT - Certainly, a base model today is

probably much more safe, or safer than a mid-level vehicle five years ago.

WE TRAVELED TO THE CONSUMER REPORTS TEST TRACK.TO SEE SOME OF THE LATEST

SAFETY FEATURES. DESIGNED TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. LIKE THIS MERCEDES BENZ.

.

KERLEY NATS - So it can tell when I'm falling asleep?

LINKOV SOT - It does. It reads how you're driving.

IF YOU SWERVE.OR MAKE MOVES TO STAY AWAKE. THE CAR KNOWS.AND ALERTS

YOU.EVEN TELLING YOU WHERE THE CLOSEST COFFEE SHOP IS.

KERLEY NATS - "So replace the passenger saying "wake up"it's just going to

say, "hey, you need to pull over and get a cup of coffee."

LINKOV SOT - Without the passenger holding on to the armrest saying, "Please

stop!"

FOR FAMILIES.FORD IS INSTALLING INFLATABLE SEATBELTS IN THE BACK SEAT.

THINK OF IT AS AN AIRBAG FOR YOUR KIDS IN BOOSTER SEATS.

IN AN ACCIDENT IT DISPERSES CRASH ENERGY ACROSS THE CHEST.

ONE OF THE SIMPLEST CONTRIBUTORS TO ACCIDENTS THAT YOU CAN FIX. PROPER

TIRE INFLATION.

A NEW SYSTEM FROM NISSAN.TELLS YOU WHEN YOU'VE PUT ENOUGH AIR IN THE TIRE.

.WITH THREE QUICK BEEPS.TECHNOLOGY. TO KEEP US SAFE. WHICH CONSUMER

REPORTS HOPES BECOMES STANDARD.

TOSS TO NOON TEASE-2-SHOT PLASMA

NBC 2 NEWS AT NOON IS NEXT!

NEW AT NOON TEASE-ON CAM AT DESK

NEXT AT NOON - POPE BENEDICT LEAVES THE VATICAN FOR THE VERY LAST TIME AS POPE.

IN THE LAST HOUR - HE FLEW TO THE VATICAN'S VACATION RETREAT, HOURS BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST PONTIFF TO RESIGN IN 600 YEARS.

NBC2 WITH WHAT'S NEXT - TO CHOOSE A NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

PLUS -

"We're getting to the point where we've exhausted every possibility."

THE VOTE'S A GO - HOWEVER BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE DON'T EXPECT THEIR DUELING BUDGET PROPOSALS TO GET VERY FAR.

NBC2 WITH THE LATEST ON TODAY'S VOTE - AND WHAT'S A STAKE.

AN NBC2 UPDATE - AS TROOPERS SEARCH FOR THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EARLY MORNING HIT-AND-RUN IN NAPLES.

THE LATEST ON THE VICTIM.

ALSO REMEMBER THE CALIFORNIA COUPLE WHO VANISHED, WHILE VACATIONING IN PERU?

NEW AT NOON - AN UPDATE ON THE MYSTERY.

AND -

"I think the parents should be punished severely."

OREGON POLICE STUMBLE UPON A SEVERE CASE OF CHILD ABUSE.

THE LITTLE BOY IS SAFE - BUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE PARENTS ARE ACCUSED OF DOING.

MANY OF US ARE LOOKING AT CLOUDY SKIES OVERHEAD.

NEXT AT NOON - JIM GETS US READY FOR MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

NOON TZA) POPE RESIGNS-VO

NOON TZB) BUDGET D.C-SOTTOPS VO

NOON TZC) NAPLES HIT AND RUN-VOTOPS

CALI COUPLE FOUND-VOTOPS

OREGON CHILD ABUSE MAKEUP-SOTTOPS VO ONCAM

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA