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19:09 I just am taking the opportunity to listen to my fellow Floridians and give it serious thought

A POSSIBLE BLAST FROM THE POLICTICAL PAST!

WILLL CHARLIE CRIST MAKE ANOTHER RUN FOR GOVERNOR?

NBC-2 PUSHES FOR ANSWERS.

41:25 everyone here that's here on this day is for them, we're all here pulling for them 41:31

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PULLS TOGETHER TO HELP BEAT BREAST CANCER

AND HONOR SURVIVORS

--PLUS--

a surprise concert announcement in southwest florida.

i'm nbc2's george solis.

HL1) CRIST DEMOCRACTIC MEETING-SOTVO-TRX

HL2) KOMEN RACE-SOTVO-TRX

HL3) BLAKE SHELTON-SOTTOPS

6 PM OPEN-CLIP

FGCU TO NCAA TOURNEY-NATS-VO

of Florida Gulf Coast

A HISTORIC WIN FOR THE FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL TEAM!

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER--

TOSS TO RISHI-2SHOT-TRAFFIC

THE F-G-C-U MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. MAKING HISTORY TODAY IN GEORGIA.

NBC 2 SPORTS ANCHOR RISHI BARRAN JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS.

JEN. THIS YEAR'S NCAA TOURNAMENT WILL INCLUDE FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

THIS ISN'T JUST THE BIGGEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE F-G-C-U ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

FGCU TO NCAA TOURNEY-VO

THE EAGLES PLAYED FOR THE ATLANTIC SUN TITLE THIS AFTERNOON. AND THE CONFERENCE'S AUTOMATIC BID INTO THE BIG DANCE.

F-G-C-U STARTED SLOW. BUT BROKE OPEN A TIGHT GAME IN THE SECOND HALF. CHASE FIELER WITH THE BIG-TIME DUNK TO GIVE THE EAGLES A 13-POINT LEAD.

THEY'D HOLD A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD TO THE FINISH. AND THEN IT WAS ALL CELEBRATION AS TIME EXPIRED.

FGCU TO NCAA TOURNEY-SOTVO

THE EAGLES ARE IN. LIKELY TO DRAW ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE NATION IN THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME.

CRIST DEMOCRATIC MEETING-OC

WE'RE STILL MORE THAN A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AWAY FROM SELECTING FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR --

BUT VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON ONE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE -- CHARLIE CRIST.

CRIST HELD THE OFFICE BEFORE.WINNING ELECTION AS A REPUBLICAN IN 2006.

BUT THIS TIME -- HE COULD RUN AS A DEMOCRAT.

CRIST DEMOCRATIC MEETING-TRX-PKG

A HUG THAT MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES IN 2009.

IS STILL THE TALK TODAY.

REPUBLICAN CHARLIE CRIST'S EMBRACE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER

WAS THE FIRST THING THE FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT IN A ROOM OF 75 PEOPLE SATURDAY.

charlie crist/ frm. Florida governor

25:30 I call it the hug that changed my life. It saved me

THE LEE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB INVITED THE NEWLY TURNED DEMOCRAT TO THEIR MONTHLY MEETING AT THE FORT MYERS HILTON GARDEN INN.

56:44 the elephant in the room, I don't know

WITH 20 MONTHS TO GO BEFORE FLORIDA'S GUBERNATORIAL RACE -

MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS WAITING TO SEE IF CRIST WOULD ANNOUNCE A RUN.

19:09 i'm thinking about it. there's no question about that. I haven't reached any conclusions. I just am taking the opportunity to listen to my fellow Floridians and give it serious thought

SOME OF THE TOPICS CRIST ADDRESSED -

EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND ETHICS.

lydia lewell-sherman/ president, democratic women's club

10:16 he's very personable and a lot of people respect him in the state of florida. I see no reason why he wouldn't be a good viable candidate.

vince cummings/republican

22:47 as a republican, I would support a republican candidate. But at the same time I am open minded about what everybody has to say

A RECENT POLITICO POLL SHOWS CRIST'S FAVORABILITY TIED WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT AT 41 PERECENT

CRIST TELLS US -

HIS DECISION ON WHETHER TO RUN WILL BE BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS.

19:43 the mood of the people and how they feel. And I've enjoyed being the private sector working with Morgan & Morgan. So time will tell. We'll see

CRIST DEMOCRATIC MEETING-OC

ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

FARMER JACKS ROBBERY-TRX(4)SS-TOPS

NEW AT 6 --

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS BEHIND A DRAMATIC ARMED ROBBERY.

THESE SURVEILLENCE PICTURES ARE FROM INSIDE "FARMER JACKS MARKET" ON LAUREL LANE IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO MEN WEARING SHIRTS OVER THEIR FACES ARMED WITH GUNS GOT AWAY WITH CASH.

PUBLIX ROBBERY-VOTOPS

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS ALSO NEED YOUR HELP WITH THIS ONE --

TAKE A LOOK, OFFICERS SAY THIS MAN ROBBED A CAPE CORAL PUBLIX STORE LAST WEEKEND.AND THREATENED TO SHOOT EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS IF HE DIDN'T GET HIS WAY.

IT HAPPENED LAST SUNDAY.AT A PUBLIX ON DEL PRADO BOULEVARD.

THE MAN GOT AWAY WITH CASH.

HE'S ABOUT SIX-FOOT-FOUR.AND WELL OVER 300 POUNDS.

TOSS TO GEORGE-ONCAM-BOX

A SURPRISE TREAT FOR MUSIC FANS TONIGHT IN CAPE CORAL.

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR BLAKE SHELTON -- ONE OF THE HOSTS OF NBC'S HIT SHOW THE VOICE --

MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT HE'S HOLDING A FREE CONCERT AT DIXIE ROADHOUSE.

THAT'S WHERE NBC 2'S GEORGE SOLIS JOINS US --

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LINING UP SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

BLAKE SHELTON CONCERT-REM LIVE

BLAKE SHELTON CONCERT-VO

THE OWNER TELLS ME SHE GOT THE CALL YESTERDAY MORNING.

FROM THERE IT HAS TURNED INTO WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING AS EARLY AS 10 THIS MORNING.

BLAKE SHELTON CONCERT-SOTVO

LYNN PIPPENGER,

"This was a no brainer, Blake's people call and ask you to put on a show you say yes"

DIXIE'S CAPACITY IS 1090.ONCE THE SHOW STARTS IT WILL BE ONE IN FOR EVERY ONE OUT.

BLAKE SHELTON CONCERT-CG -REM LIVE

SHOW WILL START AT 8.

FMB SHRIMP FEST-VO

ONE OF THE LARGEST SEAFOOD FESTIVALS IS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND.

FMB SHRIMP FEST-SOTVO

Darby Doerzbacher/ Lions Club

4:28 we dig a hole to put our burners in and we have great stainless steal cooking pots and baskets so we can cook lots of shrimp at one time

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS-OC-SS

IT'S TIME TO SPRING FORWARD!

AT 2 A.M. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ARRIVES WITH AN EXTRA HOUR OF EVENING SUNLIGHT --

WHICH MEANS YOU'LL ALSO LOSE AN HOUR OF SLEEP.

IT'S ALSO A GOOD REMINDER TO PUT NEW BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS.

ALL NEW AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

AFTER A SIKNKHOLE SWALLOWED A MAN AS HE SLEPT --

ANOTHER FLORIDA FAMILY IS FIGHTING TO HAVE THE SINKHOLE UNDER THEIR HOME FIXED.

TONIGHT NBC2 ASKS -- WHAT'S THE HOLD UP??

AD LIB WEATHER TEASE

AND -- WATERMAN BROADCASTING IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF TODAY'S SUSAN G KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE ACTION THIS MORNING AT COCONUT POINT.

AD LIB

TZ) SINKHOLE LAWSUIT-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

TZ) KOMEN RACE-VOTOPS

SINKHOLE LAWSUIT-VO

THEY BUILT THEIR FLORIDA DREAM HOME --

BUT A SINK HOLE HAS TURNED THE DREAM INTO A NIGHTMARE.

JOHN AND TINA FURLOW ARE BATTLING WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY OVER A SINKHOLE THAT OPENED BENEATH THEIR HOME TWO YEARS AGO.

SINKHOLE LAWSUIT-SOTVO

S/ Tina Furlow / Homeowner

"Every day you lay down in our bedroom and you look up and there is more and more cracks and we're just like, hey, look there's another one."

THE FURLOUGHS ARE WORRIED BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WHEN A SINKKOLE

SWALLOWED A MAN INSIDE HIS HOUSE.

THEY'VE HIRED AN ATTORNEY --

NO MORE WHITE HOUSE TOURS-VOTOPS

STARTING TODAY.NO MORE WHITE HOUSE TOURS.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER SIGN OF THE FORCED BUDGET CUTS.AFTER CONGRESS COULDN'T REACH A DEAL ON THE SEQUESTER.

CUTTING TOURS SAVES ROUGHLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

PICKING THE NEXT POPE-VO

AS THE WORLD'S CARDINALS GET READY TO PICK THE NEXT POPE --

WORKERS ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS AT THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

THIS MORNING.THEY FINISHED INSTALLING A CHIMNEY ON TOP OF THE CHAPEL.

THAT CHIMNEY WILL FUNNEL OUT WHITE SMOKE SIGNALING WHEN THE CARDINALS CHOOSE A NEW POPE.

NEW AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

OLD MAN WINTER IS STILL BEATING UP THE NORTHEAST -- THIS TIME FORCING CREWS TO TEAR DOWN HOMES.

NBC2 HAS A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.

TZ) WINTER STORM FLOODING-VOTOPS

TZ) KOMEN RACE-VOTOPS

WINTER STORM FLOODING-VO

A LATE WINTER STORM THAT POUNDED THE NORTHEAST IS NOW CAUSING DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING

ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.

AFTER DUMPING NEAR-RECORD AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN NEW ENGLAND--

HIGH TIDE BROUGHT EXTREMELY HIGH WAVES TO THE COASTLINE.CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

LOOK AT THIS --

A HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION ON MASSACHUSETTS' PLUM ISLAND.

TWO HOMES WERE DESTROYED.

DEMOLITION CREWS STARTED TEARING DOWN TWO HOMES TODAY.

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-WXWALL

WX RUNDOWN:

High pressure is beginning to prevail in our local weather. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of warmer temperatures and a few rays of sunshine.

Tonight, partly cloudy skies will dominate. Temperatures will drop off quickly just after sunset, but it won't be quite as chilly. Lower to mid 50s will be the numbers.

After the cool start in the 50s, afternoon highs will recover into the lower 80s under partly sunny skies on Sunday. Due to a freshly chilled Gulf of Mexico, beaches and coastal locations will more than likely hold in the mid and upper 70s during the day.

I mentioned that Sunday will be partly sunny, but the sky cover is a tricky forecast in this scenario. Will we see sunshine? Yes. Will we see cloud cover? Yes. We will end up seeing a day very similar to Saturday with a low deck of cloud cover moving in mixed with the sun. Thus, intervals of sun and clouds.

This feeble weather pattern continues into Monday, but it breaks down on Tuesday. Tuesday is the day a weak cold front will spark a few showers for us. It quickly moves out, and we are left with perfect beach weather for the rest of the week.

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE-PLASMA-VO

A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS CAN END LIVES.

ANY SURVIVOR WILL TELL YOU, IT'S ONE IF THEIR WORST DAYS.

BUT THOUSANDS GATHERED AT COCONUT POINT MALL TODAY TO RAISE MONEY --

THE GOAL TO FIND A CURE AND PUT AN END TO A DISEASE THAT HAS TAKEN TOO MANY.

KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE-PKG

Nats-

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44:35- my diagnosis, it was just so hard to believe and difficult to accept 44:41

BREAST CANCER CAN AND DOES TAKE INNOCENT LIVES. BUT SURVIVORS SAY A DIAGNOSIS IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE.

- Ann Simon - Breast Cancer Survivor

47:15- both my mother and father had breast cancer and my mother had it twice over 20 years they understood that i expected to get it possibly at one point 47:24

MORE THAN 800 SURVIVORS GATHERED SATURDAY FOR THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

- Denise Wilson - Organizer

41:25 everyone here that's here on this day is for them, we're all here pulling for them 41:31

AFTER ONE COUPLE RENEWED THEIR WEDDING VOWS.

Nats-

THE RACE FOR THE CURE-- Nats

BEGAN.

Nats-

EVERY STORY HAS ITS OWN HURDLES.

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43:20 keep the faith and hope and you will do well 43:23

BUT EACH JOURNEY TO THE FINISH LINE -- IS UNIQUE.

44:59all of a sudden all if these people who are cancer survivors come out of the woodwork and you find that you really do have a wonderful support system 45:09

KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE-ONCAM

EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY MORE THAN 65-HUNDRED RUNNERS AND 365 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S RACE.

ACCORDING TO KOMEN'S SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WEBSITE. NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF THE $850-THOUSAND DOLLAR GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED.

SPORTS NEXT-2-SHOT VO

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FGCU MEN ASUN FINAL-ONCAM

WHEN YOU FILL OUT YOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETS IN ABOUT A WEEK. YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ADVANCING MANY OF THE USUAL BIG NAMES.

NAMES LIKE INDIANA. KANSAS. SYRACUSE. AND FLORIDA.

BUT THERE WILL BE FOUR NEW BIG LETTERS IN THE TOURNEY THIS YEAR.

FGCU MERCER ASUN FINAL-VOTOPS

TO PUNCH THEIR TICKETS TO THE BIG DANCE. THE EAGLES HAD TO WIN THE ATLANTIC SUN TITLE OVER MERCER. AT MERCER.

EAGLES POST-SOTTOPS

FGCU WOMEN ASUN FINAL-ONCAM

THE F-G-C-U WOMEN COULD BE DANCING, TOO.

FOR THE LADIES. IT WOULD BE THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

F-G-C-U ??? STETSON AT HALFTIME OF THE WOMEN'S A-SUN TITLE GAME.

FLORIDA KENTUCKY-VOTOPS

ELEVENTH-RANKED FLORIDA WITH A CHANCE TO DO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO KENTUCKY'S NCAA TOURNEY HOPES.

BUT THE CATS CLAWED LIKE A TEAM THAT NEEDED A WIN. ARCHIE GOODWIN TOOK OVER DOWN THE STRETCH.

CLEMSON MIAMI-VOTOPS

MIAMI TRYING TO FINALLY CLOSE OUT AN A-C-C REGULAR SEASON TITLE WITH A WIN OVER CLEMSON.

THEIR THIRD TIME GOING FOR IT WAS THE CHARM. KENNY KADJI DOING IT ALL. HE HAD 23 POINTS.

NC STATE FSU-VOTOPS

F-S-U WITH A SHOT TO EVEN ITS A-C-C RECORD AT NINE-AND-NINE WITH A WIN OVER N-C STATE.

RED SOX TONIGHT-ONCAM

THE RED SOX PLAY THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT GAME AT JET BLUE PARK TONIGHT. HOSTING THE PIRATES JUST AFTER SEVEN P-M.

THAT'S JUST FINE WITH JOHN FARRELL.

JET BLUE PARK WASN'T BUILT YET WHEN HE WAS BOSTON'S PITCHING COACH.

FARRELL REAX-SOTTOPS

SPRING TRAINING SCORES-CGTOPS

THE TWINS BEAT THE PIRATES THIS AFTERNOON, 5-4.

FGCU BASEBALL WMICHIGAN-VOTOPS

THE F-G-C-U BASEBALL TEAM. OUT FOR ITS SECOND STRAIGHT WIN OVER WESTERN MICHIGAN.

SCORELESS IN THE 6TH. EAGLES TRYING TO GET A RUN. NICK RIVERA RIPS ONE DOWN THE LINE. INTO THE CORNER. MICHAEL SUCHY MOTORING AROUND FROM FIRST. PLAY AT THE PLATE. AND HE'S GUNNED DOWN.

GEORGE MCNEILL-ONCAM

AFTER WINNING THE P-G-A TOUR'S PUERTO RICO OPEN LAST YEAR. GEORGE MCNEILL SAID HE LIKED PLAYING THERE BECAUSE THE GREENS REMINDED HIM OF THE ONES IN FLORIDA.

THE NORTH FORT MYERS GRAD. ENJOYING HIS TIME THERE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

TIGER AT DORAL RD 3-VOTOPS

THE OTHER P-G-A TOUR EVENT THIS WEEKEND. AT THE BLUE MONSTER AT DORAL IN MIAMI.

TIGER WOODS. RUNNING THE SHOW.

SPORTS CLOSE-ONCAM

TIM TEBOW AND HIS FORMER COLLEGE COACH URBAN MEYER ARE BOTH IN NAPLES TONIGHT. SPEAKING AT DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENTS.

MARIANO RIVERA HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S RETIRING AFTER THIS SEASON.

COMET NEAR EARTH-VOTOPS

ANOTHER COMET IS ZIPPING BY EARTH--

AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ONE WITH THE NAKED EYE.

THESE AMAZING IMAGES OF THE COMET WERE CAPTURED FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

STAR-GAZERS IN THE U.S. MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THE CLEAR SUNSET SKY ON THE WESTERN HORIZON.

CLOSE-4SHOT