HEADLINE OPEN

HL1) WINTER WX-VOTOPS-TRX

THE SCHEDULE tightening IN WASHINGTON TODAY.

HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE CAPITOL.

HL2) HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH-VOTOPS-TRX

VENEZUELA HAS ANNOUNCED A WEEK OF MOURNING FOR PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ

THE COLORFUL POLITICIAN LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER ON TUESDAY.

HL3) MARTHA IN THE MIDDLE-VOTOPS

MARTHA STEWART IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME CONTROVERSY THIS MORNING.

NEWS AT 11:00am OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-TOSS TO JIM

GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR WATCHING NBC-2

THE NBC-2 METEROLOGISTS TRACKING SOME LIGHT RAIN ON THIS WEDNESDAY.

SOME BRIEF, LIGHT SHOWERS MOVED IN THIS MORNING BUT THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING.

HERE'S JIM REIF WITH YOUR FIRST ALERT WEATHER FORCAST.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

Some brief, light showers will move in this morning as a cool front slides through Southwest Florida, and then by the afternoon, skies will clear from north to south as temperatures become noticeably cooler.

While rain chances won't be very high this morning, here's the best thinking on the timing of when the showers move in: expect some quickly moving, spotty showers to start pushing through Charlotte County first around 7 a.m. Lee County should start to see some isolated shower activity from 7-9 a.m., and finally, if the showers manage to survive the journey south, Collier County will see the best chance for a passing shower from 9-10 a.m. Models are keeping rain totals incredibly low, so the places that manage to get a little shower will likely pick up less than a tenth of an inch.

After hitting our daytime high of 71° early this afternoon, temperatures will start to drop this afternoon as the cool air filters in with a strong northwesterly breeze. By mid to late afternoon, temperatures for most of Southwest Florida will be in the mid 60s even with clear, sunny skies.

Winds will become quite breezy through the day with gusts reaching 25-30 mph.

Look for breezy, chilly weather tonight with temperatures dropping into the mid 40s between the coast and I-75. East of I-75, temperatures may get as cold as the mid to upper 30s in the inland cold spots.

Thursday will be another cool day with highs aimed for the low 70s under full sunshine, and by Thursday night into Friday morning, we'll have another round of temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.

WINTER WEATHER-2SHOT VO

WHAT COULD BE THE CLOSING STORM OF THE WINTER IS ROLLING INTO THE EAST

COAST THIS MORNING -- CLOBBERING STATE AFTER STATE WITH HEAVY WET SNOW.

AS THE MIDWEST DIGS OUT, WINTER WARNINGS ARE POSTED IN 19 STATES.

THE COLOSSAL STORM PUSHED THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT, DUMPING HEAVY

SNOW AROUND WASHINGTON, DC.

FORECASTERS EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 INCHES AND A FOOT.

FORECASTERS EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 INCHES AND A FOOT.

THIS MORNING IN SNOW-RAVAGED CHICAGO, THEY'RE CLEANING UP AFTER 10 INCHES OF

SNOW.

WINTER WEATHER-SOTVO

"bread - check. toilet paper - check. what else? water. junk food - also

important."

AIPORT CANCELLATIONS-TOSS TO DANIELLE

AS THE MONSTER STORM HEADS TO THE EAST COAST TODAY.

TRAVELERS ARE FORCED TO PUT THE BREAKS ON THEIR PLANS.

THAT OF COURSE HAS CAUSED A RIPPLE AFFECT ON AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AIPORT CANCELLATIONS-LIVE U

ALL EYES ARE GLUED TO THIS BOARD.

AIPORT CANCELLATIONS-VO

IM TOLD THAT NUMBER WILL LIKELY INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.

THIS IS A UNIQUE AND DYNAMIC SITUATION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE SOME AIRLINES ARE STILL FLYING INTO AND OUT THE NORTHEAST WHILE OTHERS HAVE CANCELED.

AIPORT CANCELLATIONS-SOT

AIPORT CANCELLATIONS-LIVE U

I REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE AIRLINES THIS MORNING, REPS AT JET BLUE TELL ME FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS THEY ARE ALLOWING TRAVELERS FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO SWITCH THEIR FLIGHT TO A LATER DATE EVEN IF IT'S NOT CANCELLED.

COUNT ON NBC-2 TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON FLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-LIVE

AFTER A RECORD HIGH YESTERDAY.INVESTORS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE MARKET TODAY

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

HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH REAX-TOSS TO NICK

TODAY, A COUNTRY MOURNS. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

HE WAS 58 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS A POLARIZING POLITICAL FIGURE IN LIFE AND THAT CONTINUES IN DEATH.

HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH REAX-PLASMA INTRO

AS WORD OF PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ'S DEATH SPREAD, SOME VENEZEULANS IN SOUTH FLORIDA CELEBRATED HOPE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH REAX-VO

HE WAS ALSO KNOWN TO OPPRESS POLITICANS AND PRIVATE MEDIA WHO OPPOSED HIM.

REGIONAL ALLIES LIKE BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES and ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA EXPRESSED THEIR SOLIDARITY AND CONDOLENCES.

THE LATE VENEZUELAN LEADER WAS A VOCAL CRITIC OF THE UNITED STATES.

ACCUSING THE U-S OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW HIM.

HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH REAX-SOTVO

"I'm not happy because he's dead, because I don't think we should celebrate death, but we should celebrate change."

FOR NOW. VENEZUELA'S VICE-PRESIDENT.NICOLAS MADURO TAKES THE HELM.

HUGO CHAVEZ DEATH REAX-PLASMA TAG

VENEZUELA'S MILITARY IS IN A "PROCESS OF DEPLOYING. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL VENEZUELANS" AND TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION IN THE WAKE OF CHAVEZ'S DEATH

CHAVEZ WILL BE BURIED AFTER A STATE FUNERAL ON FRIDAY.

ACEVEDO FIRST APPEARANCE-TOSS TO CLIFTON

CONFUSION IN THE COURTROOM TODAY AS A CAPE CORAL MAN BEING CHARGE WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF A JUDGE.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE STATE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE VICTIM OF HIS CRIME WAS STILL ALIVE.

JOSE ACEVEDO IS ACCUSED OF RAMING A MINI VAN INTO HIS HOME WHERE HIS WIFE WAS. THEN LATER BEATING HER WITH A BASEBALL BAT INSIDE OF THEIR CAPE CORAL HOME ON SOUTHWEST 16TH TERRACE.

ACEVEDO FIRST APPEARANCE-REMLIVE

SHE IS STILL ALIVE, IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER THAT ATTACK.

ACEVEDO FIRST APPEARANCE-VO

BUT IN COURT TODAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION.

INITIALLY ACEVEDO WAS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. BUT NEW CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER WERE INTRODUCED.

THE PROBLEM?

THE PROSECUTION DIDN'T KNOW IF THE VICTIM OF THIS CRIME WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.

ACEVEDO FIRST APPEARANCE-SOTVO

ACEVEDO FIRST APPEARANCE-REMLIVE

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BECAUSE OF THAT CONFUSION, THIS HEARING WAS PUSHED BACK TO TOMORROW

MORNING.BRBRWHERE HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER

CHARGES, NOT SECOND DEGREE MURDER.BRBRONCE AGAIN, AFTER TALKING TO CAPE

CORAL POLICE WE HAVE CONFIRMED THE VICTIM IS STILL ALIVE.BRBRREPORTING LIVE

PORT CHARLOTTE FIRE-TRX VO

DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.

A PORT CHARLOTTE FAMILY IS OUT OF THEIR HOME RIGHT NOW AFTER A FIRE TORE THROUGH PART OF THEIR HOME.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 2 OCLOCK IN THE MORNING ON HINTON STREET. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VANGUARD TERRACE

THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE INSIDE… ALL WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY.

ACCORDING TO THE HOMEOWNER, THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE AIRCONDITIONING UNIT OUTSIDE THE HOME.

ONE PERSON WOKE UP AFTER SEEING THE FLAMES THROUGH THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

PORT CHARLOTTE FIRE-SOTVO

This whole side was on fire right here. First thing I did was grab a hose to try to get it down. Wife called 9-1-1, they showed up and went on from there

WARRANT FOR PROCTOR-OC VO

DANIEL PROCTOR- THE MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS EX-WIFE TURNED GIRLFRIEND AMY PATTERSON- HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER.

DEPUTIES FOUND AMY'S BODY ON A REMOTE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON PINE ISLAND LAST SUMMER- THEY SAY PROCTOR LED THEM TO HER BODY RIGHT AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON IN ALABAMA FOR STEALING A CAR AND GUN WHILE ON THE RUN FROM COPS FOLLOWING AMY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

AMY- A MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER- VANISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2011.

WARRANT FOR PROCTOR-SOTVO

1:35-1:46 "I've had my days of good days and bad days and it'll probably continue that way until this is finally put to rest and I know that justice has been served for my daughter"

DR BURKE QUESTIONS-TRXTOPS-VO

STILL NO COMMENT FROM THE LEE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

DOCTOR JOSEPH BURKE DIDN'T SHOW UP AT A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY, FOCUSED ON HIM.

BOARD MEMBERS WERE CALLED TO MEET AFTER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SENT THEM A LETTER ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST BURKE.

TWO BOARD MEMBERS CALLED FOR AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION.

THAT DIDN'T PASS.

DR BURKE QUESTIONS-SOTVO

Hiring another investigator, it seems to me redundant. You probably heard me say that four or five times today. We've been there done that got the answers, it's time to move on.

ONCE THE LETTER IS SENT TO THE STATE.

THE BOARD WILL WAIT TO SEE IF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEEDS ANY MORE INFORMATION-

TEXTING BAN-VO

NEW THIS MORNING.

A STATEWIDE TEXTING-WHILE-DRIVING BAN THAT HAS ELUDED PASSAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS IS AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.

THE SENATE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY TO CONSIDER THE BILL

OPPONENTS HAVE LONG LIKENED IT TO NEEDLESS GOVERNMENT INTRUSION, BUT SUPPORTERS SAY THE MEASURE WILL SAVE LIVES.

THE BILL OUTLAWS TEXTING BY DRIVERS BUT EXEMPTS POLICE AND OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

CAPE RENT MONEY ROBBED-TRX-VO

ROBBED OF HIS RENT MONEY.

NOW ONE CAPE CORAL MAN IS LEFT WONDERING WHERE HE'S GOING TO LIVE.

WILLIAM ADAMS SAYS SUNDAY NIGHT HE AND A FRIEND WERE WALKING AWAY FROM A WELLS FARGO ATM NEAR CAPE CORAL PARKWAY AND DEL PRADO.

HE SAYS THAT'S WHEN TWO MEN JUMPED OUT AND ROBBED HIM --

CAPE RENT MONEY ROBBED-SOTVO

WILLIAM ADAMS, ROBBED: they commanded us to get against the wall like this and they pulled our hats like this so we couldn't see nothing and they went through our pockets and they made me pull out my wallet and give them the money

ADAMS SAYS HE CAN'T WORK TO GET THE MONEY BACK BECAUSE HE HAS CANCER AND SUFFERS FROM SEIZURES.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

BRUSH FIRES SPREAD THROUGH PARTS OF FLORIDA.

DAMAGING BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES.

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE CAUSE STRAIGHT AHEAD.

AND A RED SOX PROSPECT IS IN HOT WATER THIS MORNING.

TZ1A) DRAMATIC BRUSH FIRE-VOTOPS-TRX

TZ1B) RED SOX PROSPECT IN TROUBLE-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

DRAMATIC BRUSH FIRE VIDEO-VOTOPS

VIDEO YOU HAVE TO SEE COMING OUT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.

FIRE CREWS ARE BATTLING A 75 ACRE BRUSH FIRE IN OSECOLA COUNTY.

FUELED BY DRY TEMPERATURES AND STEADY WIND, THE BLAZE HAS ALREADY CONSUMED AN R.V. AND AT LEAST FIVE SMALL BUILDINGS.

NEARBY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

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.

Some brief, light showers will move in this morning as a cool front slides through Southwest Florida, and then by the afternoon, skies will clear from north to south as temperatures become noticeably cooler.

While rain chances won't be very high this morning, here's the best thinking on the timing of when the showers move in: expect some quickly moving, spotty showers to start pushing through Charlotte County first around 7 a.m. Lee County should start to see some isolated shower activity from 7-9 a.m., and finally, if the showers manage to survive the journey south, Collier County will see the best chance for a passing shower from 9-10 a.m. Models are keeping rain totals incredibly low, so the places that manage to get a little shower will likely pick up less than a tenth of an inch.

After hitting our daytime high of 71° early this afternoon, temperatures will start to drop this afternoon as the cool air filters in with a strong northwesterly breeze. By mid to late afternoon, temperatures for most of Southwest Florida will be in the mid 60s even with clear, sunny skies.

Winds will become quite breezy through the day with gusts reaching 25-30 mph.

Look for breezy, chilly weather tonight with temperatures dropping into the mid 40s between the coast and I-75. East of I-75, temperatures may get as cold as the mid to upper 30s in the inland cold spots.

Thursday will be another cool day with highs aimed for the low 70s under full sunshine, and by Thursday night into Friday morning, we'll have another round of temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.

COLLIER RED LIGHT CAMERAS-OC-VO

THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE DISAPPEARING IN COLLIER COUNTY.

ALL TEN CAMERAS SHOULD BE DOWN BY TODAY.

NBC-2 FOUND CREWS TAKING DOWN THE CONTROVERSIAL CAMERAS AT PINE RIDGE AND U-S 41.

THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ENDED THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PROOF THEY MAKE ROADS SAFER.

THEY DID MAKE MONEY.

TSA ALLOWS SMALL KNIVES-OC-VO-WIPE

THE T-S-A WILL ALLOW SOME PREVIOUSLY RESTRICTED ITEMS, INCLUDING SMALL KNIVES AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT, BACK ON AIRCRAFT.

THE CHANGE TAKES AFFECT IN APRIL.

POCKET KNIVES, WITH BLADES LESS THAN TWO-AND-A-HALF INCHES LONG WILL BE ALLOWED.

THE T-S-A SAYS THE CHANGES REFLECT ITS OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF RISKS TO TRAVELERS.

FAA TOWERS CLOSING-VOTOPS

ALSO HAPPENING IN APRIL --- THE F-A-A IS CLOSING NEARLY 200 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS.

THE SHUTDOWNS WILL HAPPEN AT SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE AIRPORTS.

THE AGENCY BLAMES BUDGET CUTS.

ANOTHER 16 TOWERS CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER.

THE AIRPORTS CAN STAY OPEN EVEN WHEN THE TOWERS CLOSED--

WOMAN BYPASSES TSA SECURITY-OC-TRX-VO-OC

DEVELOPING TODAY--

HOW DID A WOMAN MAKE IT THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF SECURITY, UNQUESTIONED, AND END UP ON THE TARMAC AT ATLANTA'S AIRPORT?

THAT'S WHAT DELTA AIR LINES, THE T-S-A AND THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

SHANNON REYNOLDS SAYS ON FEBRUARY 23RD, SHE WAS TRYING TO PARK AT AN OFFSITE PARKING LOT IN TIME TO CATCH A FLIGHT.

SHE DIDN'T NOTICE SHE WAS PULLING INTO A DELTA EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT, WHERE SHE SAID SHE WAS WAVED THROUGH TWO SECURITY CHECKPOINTS AND ALLOWED TO PARK.

THEN, SHE GOT ON AN EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE WITHOUT BEING ASKED FOR I-D, AND ENDED UP ON THE TARMAC.

REYNOLDS WAS EVENTUALLY ESCORTED BACK TO HER CAR AND MOVED IT TO A PUBLIC LOT.

BONITA SLOTS-NATSVO

BONITA SPRINGS LEADERS ARE IN TALLAHASSEE LOBBYING FOR SLOT MACHINES AT THE NAPLES FORT MYERS GREYHOUND TRACK.

NAT AS BOARDING BUS

14:19:03-06

ALRIGHT, ARE WE GOING!?

THEY WANT LEGISLATORS TO APPROVE A TWO YEAR TRIAL PERIOD FOR SLOT MACHINES.

LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS VOTED IN FAVOR OF ADDING SLOT MACHINES.

BUT THE STATE STILL HAS TO GIVE THE OK.

NAPLES RITZ CARLTON-VO

ONE OF NAPLES ICONIC RESORTS IS CLOSING IT'S DOORS THIS SUMMER.

THE RITZ-CARLTON BEACH RESORT WILL SHUT DOWN FOR SIXTY-SIX DAYS COME JULY FOR RENOVATIONS.

REMODELING WILL CONSIST OF UPGRADES TO IT'S CURRENT GUEST ROOMS.

THE LAST TIME THE RESORT CLOSED WAS BACK IN 2005 BECAUSE OF HURRICANE WILMA.

RED SOX PROSPECT IN TROUBLE-OC VO SS

A PROSPECT PITCHER FOR THE BOSTON RED SOX IS MAKING HEADLINES FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS-

AFTER DEPUTIES SAY DRAKE BRITTON GOT DRUNK AND WENT ON A HIGH SPEED DRIVE THROUGH LEE COUNTY.

THIS IS VIDEO OF BRITTON AS HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LEE COUNTY JAIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY SPOTTED HIM SPEEDING DOWN ESTERO PARKWAY- SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND TOPPING OUT AT 111 MILES PER HOUR.

HE BARRELED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF BEN HILL GRIFFIN PARKWAY AND SLAMMED INTO A FENCE BEFORE STOPPING.

RED SOX PROSPECT IN TROUBLE-SOTVO

In this case with Drake it is still being addressed. We are still getting information and facts of what transpired.

BRITTON IS CHARGED WITH D-U-I, DAMAGING PROPERTY, AND RECKLESS DRIVING.

TEASE TWO-1shot on cam

FROM BREWING THE BEST CUP OF JOE TO LESSONS ON SPENDING A NIGHT IN JAIL.

FL WEEKLY-3SHOT INTRO

FL WEEKLY-SS

A. The How To edition. Everything from making a cup of coffee to how to spend a night in jail, plus how to motivate people, how to filet a fish and more.

B. Bus Tours give retirees on limited budgets the opportunity to travel at bargain rates. These busses are also keep the tourism industry alive long after season is over.

TEASE THREE-2SHOT

IF YOUR SPRING BREAK PLANS FOR THE WEEK INCLUDE STOPS IN THE MIDWEST

OR EVEN THE EAST COAST, FORGET THE SWIMSUIT AND PACK THE SNOWSUIT.

THE LATEST ON THE WINTER WALLOP THAT'S BEARING DOWN ON PARTS THE MIDWEST AND THATS MOVING EAST,

PLUS--HE SURVIVED TWO NIGHTS IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES BY BUILDING HIMSELF AN IGLOO MADE OF SNOW.

HEAR A YOUNG MAN'S MIRACULOUS STORY.

TZ3A) BLIZZARD-VOTOPS

TZ3B) MISSING SKIER-VOTOPS

NEWS AT 11:30am OPEN-CLIP

TS1) HUGO CHAVEZ-VOTOPS

MANY VENEZUELANS RACED HOME AND STOCKED UP ON FOOD AND WATER AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE DEATH OF THEIR PRESIDENT, HUGO CHAVEZ.

THE 58-YEAR-OLD DIED YESTERDAY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER.

TS2) STATE TEXTING BAN-VOTOPS

A STATEWIDE TEXTING-WHILE-DRIVING BAN THAT HAS ELUDED PASSAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS IS AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.

THE SENATE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY TO CONSIDER THE BILL

THE BILL OUTLAWS TEXTING BY DRIVERS BUT EXEMPTS POLICE AND OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

TS3) PORT CHARLOTTE FIRE-VOTOPS

A PORT CHARLOTTE FAMILY IS OUT OF THEIR HOME TODAY AFTER A FIRE TORE THROUGH PART OF THEIR HOME.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 2:00 IN THE MORNING ON HINTON STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VANGUARD TERRACE

THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE INSIDE… ALL WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY.

ACCORDING TO THE HOMEOWNER, THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE AIRCONDITIONING UNIT OUTSIDE OF THE HOME.

ONE PERSON WOKE UP AFTER SEEING THE FLAMES THROUGH THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-2SHOT INTRO

REMEMBER WHEN PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL PREDICTED AN EARLY SPRING ON GROUNDHOG'S DAY?

RIGHT ABOUT NOW, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WELCOME THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND BUDDING FLOWERS.

INSTEAD, THEY'RE EITHER DIGGING OUT OR BRACING FOR SNOW.

NORTHEAST BLIZZARD-PKG

These main streets look ok, but when you go to the arterial streets, they are really bad.

NOW, WASHINGTON D-C IS BRACING FOR A BLAST THAT COULD DELIVER UP TO 20-INCHES OF SNOW WEST OF THE CITY.

IN ANTICIPATION, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOLS AND FEDERAL OFFICES ARE CLOSED.

ROAD CREWS ARE GEARING UP FOR WHAT COULD BE A VERY LONG, MESSY DAY.

This is going to be a different kind of storm. It's going to start with rain. So no pre-treating because that would simply wash all the salt brine off the pavement.

WITH BUSY INTERSTATE 95 AND OTHER POPULAR EASTERN CORRIDORS IN THE PREDICTED-PATH, DRIVERS ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY HOME OR AT LEAST TAKE IT EASY, TO PREVENT SCENES LIKE THESE FROM PILING UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

It was scary, it just felt like I was on ice, it was just really slippery

THINK AN AIRPLANE IS A BETTER BET?

THINK AGAIN.

SEEMS THE ONLY THING MAKING WAY ON RUNWAYS AT SOME AIRPORTS ARE PLOWS.

THE NATION'S FIVE LARGEST AIRLINES HAVE CANCELED MORE THAN 1000-THOUSAND FLIGHTS LEAVING PASSENGERS STRANDED AND FRUSTRATED

NO MORE WHITE HOUSE TOURS-OC VO

IF YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP TO WASHINGTON D-C,

DON'T EXPECT TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

DUE TO STAFFING CUTS -- ALL WHITE HOUSE TOURS ARE CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR CAPITOL VISITS.

ZIMMERMAN HEARING-VO-WIPE

THERE ARE STUNNING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRAYVON MARTIN MURDER CASE.

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY WAIVED THE DATES SET ASIDE NEXT MONTH FOR A "STAND YOUR GROUND" HEARING FOR HIS CLIENT.

ZIMMERMAN HEARING-SOT-SS

"Certainly, one main focus that we have is to get him to a jury and get acquitted, a second focus is then to maintain his civil immunity whenever that becomes relevant."

ZIMMERMAN IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER--

IN THE DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN.

CARDINALS PRE CONCLAVE-OC VO OC

THE VATICAN HAS SENT THE CLEAREST SIGN YET THAT A PAPAL ELECTION IS NEAR.

WITH THE SISTINE CHAPEL ANNOUNCING IT IS CLOSING TO VISITORS, AS VATICAN WORKERS ARE GETTING IT INTO SHAPE FOR THE CONCLAVE.

ALL THE CARDINALS IN ROME WILL HOLD A PUBLIC PRAYER SERVICE IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA LATER TODAY ---

AND SEND A MESSAGE EXPRESSING THEIR GRATITUDE TO BENEDICT.

DOW HITS RECORD-VO

WATCHING WALL STREET TODAY -- AFTER THE DOW CLOSES AT A NEW HIGH.

THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE HAS REGAINED ALL THE LOSSES IT SUFFERED.

AT THE END OF TRADING TUESDAY THE DOW CLOSED JUST ABOVE 14,253.

THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE WHERE IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.

BEST BUY ENDS WORK FROM HOME PROGRAM-VO

WORKING FROM HOME IN YOUR P-J'S IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE NEW OFFICE FAUX PAS.

JUST A WEEK AFTER C-E-O MARISSA MAYER ENDED A YAHOO! EMPLOYEES TELECOMMUTING PROGRAM.

BEST BUY ANNOUNCED IT TOO IS ENDING ITS FLEXIBLE WORK PROGRAM.

LIKE YAHOO!, BEST BUY HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES -- AND THEY SAY THEY NEED "ALL HANDS ON DECK."

HOWEVER, BEST BUY SAYS SOME OF THE FOUR-THOUSAND NON-STORE WORKERS IN ITS FORMER WORK-FROM-HOME PROGRAM MAY STILL GET TO TELECOMMUTE OR SET FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES.

GMA MISSING SKIER-INTRO

NOW TO THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF THAT 17-YEAR OLD SKIER WHO SURVIVED TWO FREEZING NIGHTS ALONE ON A MOUNTAIN IN MAINE.

THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR REPORTEDLY BUILDING A SNOW CAVE FOR SHELTER AGAINST BLISTERING WINDS.

THIS MORNING, HE SAYS LEARNED HIS SURVIVAL SKILLS BY WATCHING REALITY T-V.

GMA MISSING SKIER-PKG

NICHOLAS JOY'S FAMILY-- UNDERSTANDABLY FILLED WITH JOY THIS MORNING.

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HE JUST SAID I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU. AND I SAID THE SAME THING. I'M SO GLAD

TO SEE YOU.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD -- SEEN HERE EATING A GRANOLA BAR JUST MOMENTS AFTER HE WAS

RESCUED TUESDAY SURVIVED A 2-DAY ORDEAL-- STRANDED IN THE BONE-CHILLING

COLD AND SNOW ON MAINE'S SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN.

I'VE BEEN PRAYING THAT HE COULD PULL HIMSELF DOWN, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD GET

HIM. OH THANK GOD HE'S ALIVE.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN JOY GOT SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER WHILE SKIING / SUNDAY

AFTERNOON. BLINDED BY BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS JOY SAYS HE / KICKED

INTO SURVIVAL MODE BUILDING THIS CAVE IN THE SNOW-AND BLANKETING HIMSELF

WITH TWIGS AND LEAVES. DURING THE DAY-- HE DRANK WATER FROM NEARBY STREAMS

AND FOLLOWED THE FAINT REMNANTS OF SNOWSHOE TRACKS TO THE ROAD WHERE HE WAS

EVENTUALLY FOUND BY THIS MAN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY FOUND HIM

FIREFIGHTER JOEL PAUL HOPPED ON HIS SNOWMOBILE AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE

NEARLY ONE-THOUSAND SEARCHERS LOOKING FOR JOY.

I THOUGHT LIKE MOST EVERYBODY THAT HE WAS HURT. BROKE A LEG OR SOMETHING

LIKE THAT. HE WAS COLD BUT FOR BEING IN THE WOODS FOR 2 DAYS, HE WAS IN

GREAT SHAPE.

AND IF THIS WHOLE SCENARIO SOUNDS LIKE AN EPISODE OF MAN VERSUS WILD.IN A

WAY IT WAS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO DIG A SNOW HOLE

IT TURNS OUT JOY IS A BIG FAN OF THE REALITY SHOW AND REPORTEDLY CHANNELED

HIS INNER BEAR GRYLLS TO SURVIVE HIS ORDEAL.

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GMA MISSING SKIER-ON CAM TAG

THAT WAS JOHN MULLER REPORTING.

SUSPECT HIDES GUN IN BODY-VO

POLICE IN OKLAHOMA SAY THEY MADE A BIZARRE FIND -- *INSIDE* A WOMAN IN THEIR CUSTODY.

THE LOCAL D-A SAYS HE'S BEEN A PROSECUTOR FOR DECADES AND AS FAR AS SOMEONE HIDING CONTRABAND, THIS CASE BEATS THEM ALL.

POLICE TOOK JENNIFER DELANCY AND CHRISTIE DAWN HARRIS INTO CUSTODY.

AND OFFICERS SOON FIND OUT WHY SHE HAD TO GO SO BADLY. DURING BOOK IN, A FEMALE OFFICER NOTICED SOMETHING BIZARRE DURING THE SEARCH.

COURT RECORDS SAY IT WAS A "WOODEN AND METAL ITEM STICKING OUT FROM HARRIS' VAGINA AREA."

SUSPECT HIDES GUN IN BODY-SOTVO

"It would seem to be a very dangerous way to carry a loaded firearm. If it goes off it's only going one place."

BUILDING CRASHES DURING FIRE-VO

TWO FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THE APARTMENTS THEY WERE LIVING IN.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.

CAMERAS CAPTURED THE BUILDING COLLAPSING FROM THE FLAMES MONDAY IN VIENNA, ILLINOIS.

THE GHOLSON INSURANCE BUILDING HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO THREE APARTMENTS BUT ONLY TWO WERE OCCUPIED.

NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME.

CRANE CRASHES INTO WATER-VOTOPSTRX

A CONSTRUCTION CRANE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO ALSEA BAY IN OREGON TUESDAY.

A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE CENTRAL LINCOLN PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT SAYS IT HAPPENED WHILE REPAIR CREWS WERE REPLACING POWER LINE SUPPORT TOWERS THAT SPAN THE BAY.

NO ONE WAS HURT.

TEASE FOUR-1SHOT

ALMOST EIGHT-YEARS TO THE DAY SHE GOT OUT OF PRISON -- MARTHA STEWART RETURNS TO COURT.

TZ4A) MARTHA IN THE MIDDLE-VOWIPE

GMA MARTHA IN THE MIDDLE-PLASMA INTRO

NOW TO MARTHA STEWART.

THE COUNTRY'S PRE-EMINENT DOMESTIC ENTREPRENEUR IS BACK IN A COURTROOM,

THIS TIME FACING A LAWSUIT BY MACY'S WHICH IS TRYING TO BLOCK STEWART AND JC PENNEY FRON SELLING HER HOME PRODUCTS.

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MARTHA STEWART WALKED OUT OF COURT IN NEW YORK CITY. SMILING. AND TAKING

PICTURES.

NATS "You stepped on my foot."

NATS "I could break my ankle!"

SHE WAS AS REGAL AND FUSSY AS EVER. CHIDING THE PHOTOGRAPHERS. GETTING

ANNOYED WHEN HER BODYGUARDS TRIED TO PUT HER IN THE WRONG CAR.

.AND THEN CHIDING THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AGAIN.

NATS "Don't bash and bang my car."

NEARLY A DECADE AFTER SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 5 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO

INVESTIGATORS ABOUT A STOCK TRADE.

SOT MARTHA STEWART: "Today is a shameful day."

SHE WAS BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND TUESDAY. STEWART, WHO'S 71, IS IN THE

MIDDLE OF A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO POWERFUL SUITORS. THE HEADS OF MACY'S AND JC

PENNEY.

ITS GOTTEN EMOTIONAL: MACY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE TERRY LUNDGREN. WHO'S SUING

BOTH STEWART AND JC PENNY. SAYING HE FELT SICK TO HIS STOMACH WHEN STEWART

TOLD HIM SHE WAS DOING A DEAL WITH JC PENNEY. LUNDGREN THOUGH THEY HAD AN

EXCLUSIVE ARRANGEMENT.

NATS Macy's commercial "Looks like we made it."

LUNDGREN SAID MACY'S HAD HELPED STEWART RESUSCITATE HER BRAND AFTER SHE GOT

OUT OF THE CLINK.

*****RE-TRACK #1 FROM DAN AT TSS - 6.5 SECOND DURATION IN AT @ 00:58 IT'S A

GRAPHIC*****

BOTH STEWART AND JC PENNEY INSIST THERE WAS NO BREACH OF CONTRACT. ON THE

STAND, STEWART SAID QUOTE: "It just boggles my mind that we're sitting here

in front of you, judge."

HERE'S THE QUESTION -- COULD FRESH ACCUSATIONS OF BEING A CORPORATE

BACKSTABBER BE YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF AMERICA'S PRE-EMINENT

DOMESTIC DIVA?

SOT DAN HARRIS / ABC NEWS: "She made it through going to prison, can she

make it through being accused of you know having really sharp elbows?"

SOT ADAM HANFT / BRAND STRATEGIST: "I think people used to think that Martha

was nice. And I think they've gotten over that. / she's somebody whose

style authority they trust."

CROSSTALK-3SHOT

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.

Some brief, light showers will move in this morning as a cool front slides through Southwest Florida, and then by the afternoon, skies will clear from north to south as temperatures become noticeably cooler.

While rain chances won't be very high this morning, here's the best thinking on the timing of when the showers move in: expect some quickly moving, spotty showers to start pushing through Charlotte County first around 7 a.m. Lee County should start to see some isolated shower activity from 7-9 a.m., and finally, if the showers manage to survive the journey south, Collier County will see the best chance for a passing shower from 9-10 a.m. Models are keeping rain totals incredibly low, so the places that manage to get a little shower will likely pick up less than a tenth of an inch.

After hitting our daytime high of 71° early this afternoon, temperatures will start to drop this afternoon as the cool air filters in with a strong northwesterly breeze. By mid to late afternoon, temperatures for most of Southwest Florida will be in the mid 60s even with clear, sunny skies.

Winds will become quite breezy through the day with gusts reaching 25-30 mph.

Look for breezy, chilly weather tonight with temperatures dropping into the mid 40s between the coast and I-75. East of I-75, temperatures may get as cold as the mid to upper 30s in the inland cold spots.

Thursday will be another cool day with highs aimed for the low 70s under full sunshine, and by Thursday night into Friday morning, we'll have another round of temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-ON CAM

JON STEWART TAKES A BREAK FROM COMEDY,

AND CARLY RAE JEPSEN CANCELS ON THE BOY SCOUTS.

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE-PKG

JON STEWART IS TAKING THE SUMMER OFF FROM "THE DAILY SHOW."

BUT HE WON'T BE ON VACATION.

STEWART WILL SPEND 12 WEEKS DIRECTING HIS FIRST FILM - "ROSEWATER."

IT'S BASED ON A MEMOIR BY B-B-C JOURNALIST MAZIAR BAHARI.

IT TELLS THE STORY OF HIS ARREST WHILE COVERING PROTESTS IN IRAN IN 2009.

STEWART ALSO WROTE THE SCREENPLAY FOR THE FILM.

"DAILY SHOW" CORRESPONDENT JOHN OLIVER WILL FILL STEWART'S CHAIR FOR EIGHT WEEKS.

CARLY RAE JEPSEN IS TAKING A STAND IN SUPPORT OF GAY RIGHTS.

THE "CALL ME MAYBE" SINGER HAS CANCELED HER PERFORMANCE AT THE BOY SCOUTS' UPCOMING "JAMBOREE" BECAUSE OF THE GROUP'S BAN ON OPENLY GAY MEMBERS.

JEPSEN SAID SHE IS ACTING AS AN ARTIST WHO BELIEVES IN EQUALITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.

LAST WEEK THE GROUP "TRAIN" PULLED OUT OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE SAME REASON.

IN A STATEMENT, THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAYS IT APPRECIATES EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO EXPRESS AN OPINION, AND IT REMAINS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING A GREAT JAMBOREE.

IT SEEMS THE EIGHTH SEASON OF "DEXTER" WILL BE ITS LAST.

WHILE DISCUSSING THE SERIAL KILLER DRAMA AT A CONFERENCE, C-B-S PRESIDENT LES MOONVES SAID ITS LAST SEASON STARTS IN JUNE.

THAT ECHOES WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF SHOWTIME TOLD "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY" BACK IN 2011 - HE SAID EVERYONE WAS WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT SEASONS 7 AND 8 WOULD BE THE END OF "DEXTER."

THE DRAMA RETURNS TO SHOWTIME JUNE 30TH.

VERDICT-BREAKING

VERDICT-CGTOPS

A JURY HAS JUST REACHED A VERDICT FOR THE MAN ON TRIAL FOR KILLING HIS BABY:

RYAN COSTELLO IS GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS -- INCLUDING MANSLAUGHTER AND CHILD NEGLECT.

PROSECUTORS ARGUED HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES THAT KILLED HIS 11 WEEK OLD SON, DARWIN.

BUT COSTELLO TESTIFIED HIS FIANCÉ THREW SOMETHING AT HIM. KNOCKING HIM DOWN WHILE HE HELD THEIR CHILD.

FIRST BLACK BACHELORETTE-VO

A PEDIATRIC DENTIST FROM TENNESSEE HAS LAUNCHED A FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK "BACHELORETTE" ON ABC'S HIT REALITY SHOW.

THE SERIES HAS AIRED ON THE NETWORK SINCE 2003 AND HAS NEVER FEATURED AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BACHELORETTE WHOSE SOLE MISSION ON THE SHOW IS TO FIND A HUSBAND.

SO FAR, MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE 'LIKED' DR. HARRIS' FACEBOOK PAGE.

TEASE FIVE-1SHOT

IF YOU THINK YOUR TOO OLD FOR ACNE THINK AGAIN.

ZITS AND PIMPLES SURE DON'T DISCRIMINATE.

TZ5A) ADULT ACNE-VO

ADULT ACNE-PLASMA VO

MANY PEOPLE GET ACNE AS TEENAGERS BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ADULTS CAN DEVELOP IT AS WELL?

ADULT ACNE-PKG

Narva Norfleet didn't have acne as a teenager, but in her mid 30's she started to break out.

I woke up and had this big bolder, like huge bumps/i would go to the grocery store and do this I would never look direct in your face because it was embarrasing.

ABOUT 10 - 15% OF ADULTS DEVELOP ACNE AT AGE 30 OR OLDER.

Acne does not discriminate. We see it in men and women, we see if in dark and light.

OFTEN THE CAUSE IS SOMETHING WE'VE INHERITED.

More often than not it's just genetics. And i often say talk to your mom, talk to your dad. See if someone in the family didn't start breaking out when you were a little bit older.

FOR WOMEN, ANOTHER FACTORS MIGHT BE A CHANGE IN HORMONES AROUND MENOPAUSE. MOVING TO ANOTHER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION CAN AFFECT SOME MEN AND WOMEN, BUT DOCTORS AREN'T SURE WHY.

Most people with adult acne, we can get clear with topical medications.

THESE HELP WITH INFLAMMATION AND HELP KILL BACTERIA.

BUT SOME LIKE NORFLEET NEED TO ALSO TAKE ORAL MEDICATIONS. ONE THAT WORKED FOR HER BUT SHOULDN'T BE USED IF YOU WANT TO START A FAMILY.

It used to be called accutane and it is a vitamin a derivative that often will give people the closest thing we have to a cure.

NORFLEET'S ACNE IS VIRTUALLY GONE AND SHE SAYS SHE FEELS GREAT AGAIN.

It gave me so much confidence

SHINGLES RISK-VOTOPS

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS ARE UP TO THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET THE SHINGLES VIRUS THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION --

BUT IT'S NOT BEEN CLEAR WHAT TREATMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCREASED RISK.

BUT A STUDY OF 60-THOUSAND R-A PATIENTS FOUND NO DIFFERENCE IN SHINGLES RATES BETWEEN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANTI-INFLAMMATION THERAPIES AND THOSE TAKING DRUGS TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF DISEASE.

AMONG ARTHRITIS PATIENTS, WOMEN WERE AT HIGHER RISK FOR SHINGLES.

STROKE DIOGNOSIS DEVICE-VOTOPSWIPE

A HOME DEVICE THAT MEASURES EYE MOVEMENTS CAN DETERMINE IF A SEVERE DIZZY SPELL IS HARMLESS. OR A STROKE.

RESEARCHERS SAY THE PORTABLE DEVICE -- WHICH USES GOGGLES, A WEBCAM AND AN ACCELEROMETER -- WAS 100-PERCENT ACCURATE IN A STUDY OF 12 PATIENTS WITH STROKE-LIKE SYMPTOMS.

MIGRANE SEX-VOTOPSWIPE

'HONEY, I HAVE A HEADACHE'. MAY NOT BE AN GOOD EXCUSE ANYMORE!

A NEW STUDY FOUND MORE THAN HALF OF MIGRAINE SUFFERERS WHO WERE INTIMATE DURING THEIR PAIN. HAD IMPROVED SYMPTOMS. AND ONE IN FIVE WERE LEFT WITH NO PAIN AT ALL!

RESEARCHERS BELIEVE SEXUAL ACTIVITY MAY TRIGGER THE RELEASE OF ENDORPHINS --

RACE FOR THE CURE-SSTOPS-BNR

SOMETHING FOR YOU TO REMEMBER--

THE SUSAN G KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE IS THIS WEEKEND.

N-B-C TWO IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE EVENT TO HELP FIGHT BREAST CANCER.

THE RACE IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO.

YOU CAN REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL, START A TEAM, OR JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM.

IT'S A GIRL?-2 SHOT VO

IT'S A ROYAL SECRET, BUT THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE MAY HAVE ACCIDENTLY DROPPED A HINT ABOUT THE GENDER OF THE BABY SHE AND PRINCE WILLIAM ARE EXPECTING.

DURING A RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE YESTERDAY, A WELL-WISHER GAVE THE FORMER KATE MIDDLETON A TEDDY BEAR.

A WOMAN IN THE CROWD SAYS SHE HEARD KATE RESPOND -- "THANK YOU, I WILL TAKE THAT FOR MY D."

BUT STOPPED BEFORE FINISHING HER WORDS.

SOMEONE IN THE CROWD THEN ASKED IF SHE WAS ABOUT TO SAY "DAUGHTER" -- BUT KATE DIDN'T RESPOND.

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 - THE WINTER STORM THAT HIT CHICAGO - HEADS EAST.

ALREADY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SHUT ITS OFFICES AND MANY SCHOOLS HAVE CANCELED CLASSES.

THE CONCERN TODAY - POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

NBC2 TRACKS THE STORM - AND AIR TRAVEL.

AND SPEAKING OF FLYING -

its going to create passenger confusion and it's also going to bring a weapon onboard and we're there to protect passengers each and every

day and it doesn't make any sense to allow knives aboard aircraft.:10

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE FURIOUS - because FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11 -- THE T-S-A IS ALLOWING SOME KNIVES ONBOARD.

NEXT AT NOON - WE'LL EXPLAIN THE MOVE.

PLUS -

"we should be filling children's heads with joyful, creative helpful images violent tv causes kids to have thoughts about violence"

NEXT AT NOON - NEW EVIDENCE FINDS CHANGING WHAT YOUR CHILDREN WATCH ON TV CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR.

AFTER A RECORD-SETTING CLOSE YESTERDAY, STOCKS OPEN EVEN HIGHER TODAY.

NBC2 WITH AN UPDATE ON TRADING.

AND FLORIDA IS CONSIDERING A BAN ON TEXTING, BEHIND THE WHEEL.

NOON TZA) SNOWSTORM-VO

NOON TZB) TSA AIR RULES CHANGE-SOTTOPS VO

NOON TZC) TV VIOLENCE-SOTTOPS VO ONCAM

CLOSE-2-SHOT PLASMA