ANCHOR SUPERS

KOMEN RACE-REM LIVE

THIS MORNING NBC-2 TAKES YOU LIVE TO THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

WX HEADLINE-WX CENTER

GOOD MORNING-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL

AND I'M JOE ROETZ

OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO N-B-C 2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL

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WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT FIRST HERE IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO --

THE RUNNERS TOOK OFF AT 8:15 AND WE COULD SEE SOME OF THEM CROSSING THE FINISH LINE TO THE 5-K VERY SHORTLY.

THE WALKERS WILL BE TAKING OFF AT 8:30, SO YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL CROWDED AT THE STARTING LINE.

WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ALL MORNING LONG OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY.

BUT BEFORE YOU PLAN TO HEAD OUT THIS MORNING YOUR GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE.

TODAY'S WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

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.

TOSS TO STARTING LINE-2SHOT

THIS MORNING WE ARE GEARING UP FOR ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S BIGGEST ANNUAL EVENTS.

THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

IT'S TAKING PLACE AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO THIS MORNING.

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TOSS TO PETER IN LINE-2 SHOT

A NEW PERSPECTIVE THIS YEAR OF THE RACE -- NBC2 IS TAKING YOU LIVE ALONG THE ROUTE AS THE WALKERS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE FINISH LINE THIS MORNING.

PETER WITH WALKERS-CELL REM

TOSS TO FINISH LINE-2 SHOT

IT WILL TAKE THE WALKERS A WHILE TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE -- BUT THE RUNNERS SHOULD BE STARTING TO ARRIVE ANY MOMENT --

FINISH LINE SURVIVOR INTERVIEW-REM 7

SHRIMP FESTIVAL-TOSS TO LEIGH

THANKS, LINDSAY -- WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE 6TH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR A CURE -- LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

ANOTHER BIG EVENT DRAWING PEOPLE OUT EARLY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY -- THE 55TH ANNUAL SHRIMP FESTIVAL ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

A BIG CROWD IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE NICE WEATHER.

SHRIMP FESTIVAL-REM 2

SHRIMP FESTIVAL-REM 2

CAR ACCIDENT-OC

NEW RIGHT NOW--

THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH.

IT ALL HAPPENED, IN HENDRY COUNTY, WHEN A DRIVER, TRAVELING ON COUNTY ROAD 78, SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL ON A WINDING ROAD.

THE VEHICLE SLID INTO A PATCH OF GRASS AND STRUCK A "NO-PASSING SIGN."

REVENGE PORN LAW-VO

IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT SCANDALOUS PICTURE OR VIDEO PUT UP ON THE INTERNET, DON'T KNOWINGLY POSE FOR THE SHOT.

THAT'S WHAT CURRENT FLORIDA LAW PROTECTS, BUT A BILL INTRODUCED TO FLORIDA LAWMAKERS WOULD MAKE PUBLISHING "REVENGE PORN" A FELONY.

LAWMAKER TOM GOODSEN, WHO'S WORKING ON THE LAW, SAYS HE'S ONLY TARGETING THOSE WHO USE REVENGE PORN TO INTENTIONALLY TRY TO HURT SOMEONE.

THE PROPOSED LAW SAYS **WRITTEN CONSENT IS FIRST NEEDED BEFORE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL CAN BE POSTED WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

EXPERTS SAY VAGUE LANGUAGE IN DEFINING PORNOGRAPHY MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR VICTIMS TO WIN A "REVENGE PORN" CASE.

REVENGE PORN LAW-SOTVO

you are opening up their entire life to cross examination by attorneys such as myself because now their not only putting their sexual life and their history at issue but their entire life what their motivations are

NEW JERSEY IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION THAT CURRENTLY HAS A LAW LIKE THIS ON THE BOOKS.

FM DRUG BUST-TRX SS VO

A POLICE RAID IN FORT MYERS TURNS UP COCAINE AND MARIJUANA.

F-M-P-D SAYS THEY ALSO DISCOVERED COOKING UTENSILS TO MAKE CRACK AND GUNS ON FRIDAY.

THEY SERVED A WARRANT AT A HOME ON HIGH STREET, NEAR M-L-K THIS AFTERNOON.

GOLDEN GATE ESTATES GROWHOUSE-SS VO

AND COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES MADE AN EVEN BIGGER DRUG BUST.

THEY SEIZED 144 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MARIJUANA---

AT A GROW HOUSE ON RANDALL BOULEVARD, IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES.

THEY SAY THEY FOUND 36 PLANTS IN THE GARAGE AND 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GROW EQUIPMENT AND SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF HIGH-GRADE FERTILIZER.

LEHIGH VEH VS PED-VO

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES OF A ACCIDENT IN LEHIGH ACRES.

WITNESSES TELL NBC2 A WOMAN AND A CHILD WERE WALKING ACROSS 4TH STREET SOUTHWEST---

A CAR WAS HEADED TOWARD THEM.

THE LEHIGH ACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS US THE WOMAN PUSHED THE CHILD OUT OF THE WAY--

HER FOOT WAS RUN OVER.

SHE AND THE CHILD WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

BODY FOUND IN CANAL-SS VO

NEW THIS MORNING--

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUST RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN WHO WAS FOUND IN A CANAL FRIDAY MORNING.

DETECTIVES SAY 50 YEAR OLD MICHAEL BRENNER OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS DISCOVERED FLOATING IN THE "NEW YORK AREA" BEHIND A HOME ON THE 31-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAINT JAMES STREET.

SOMEONE WHO KNOWS BRENNER TELLS NBC2 THAT HE DROWNED --

BUT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER STILL NEEDS TO CONFIRM THE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH.

SR 82 CRASH-SS VO WIPE

NOW TO AN UPDATE ON A DEADLY CRASH IN LEHIGH ACRES --

IT HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 82 AT HOMESTEAD ROAD SOUTH JUST BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING.

STATE TROOPERS SAY JOSEPH GULLUSCIO JUNIOR DIED IN THE CRASH THAT *HE CAUSED.

HE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON STATE ROAD 82--

HE WAS BEHIND ANOTHER CAR.

GULLUSCIO TRIED TO ILLEGALLY PASS THE OTHER CAR. JUST AS THAT DRIVER WAS TRYING TO TURN OFF THE ROAD.

THE CARS COLLIDED.

SR 82 CRASH-SOTVO

Jeff Lockhart, Lehigh Acres resident

"People drive crazy, they pass when they shouldn't be, cars are coming at you and they pass and then cut you off tring to get back over."

RIGHT NOW- TRAFFIC FLOW DOESN'T INDICATE A NEED FOR CHANGE ON THE ROADWAY.

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY REPORT-VO

WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THOSE CRACKS DISCOVERED IN THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.

INSPECTORS CLAIM THE BRIDGE SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, NBC 2 REPORTED ABOUT PRELIMINARY INSPECTIONS THAT UNCOVERED SMALL CRACKS IN SOME OF THE CONCRETE BEAMS UNDER THE BRIDGE DECKS.

PINE ISLAND CAR BURGLARY-VO

ONLY HOURS AFTER GETTING OUT OF JAIL-

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A PINE ISLAND TEENAGER WAS UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS.

DETECTIVES ARRESTED COVA MANROSS AFTER THEY SAY HE BROKE INTO HIS NEIGHBORS' CARS ON CURLEW DRIVE IN SAINT JAMES CITY.

THAT WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DEPUTIES SAY HE BROKE INTO AT LEAST 7 UNLOCKED CARS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL FOR NOT SHOWING UP IN COURT ON PREVIOUS CAR BURGLARY CHARGES.

PINE ISLAND CAR BURGLARY-SOTVO

53:21 "he got my wallet and my pocket knife and a little tablet- enough to make a mess. we lost everything."

MANROSS IS FACING MORE THAN A DOZEN CHARGES FOR THE LATEST SPREE.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST FUNDRAISERS OF THE YEAR IS UNDERWAY.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM THE COCONUT POINT MALL IN LEE COUNTY, WHERE EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO HELP FIGHT BREAST CANCER.

THIS IS THE 6TH YEAR FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S VERSION OF THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

HAVE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW EXPERIANCED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

TZ1 A KOMEN LIVE PIC-REM 7

TZ1A) HEALTH BEAT-VOTOPS

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

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.

TOSS TO PETER-2SHOT INTRO

THIS MORNING NBC2 IS TAKING YOU LIVE ALONG THE ROUTE AS THE WALKERS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE FINISH LINE THIS MORNING.

PETER IN WALKING LINE-CELL REM

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PLASMA

PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME OF US MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.

HEALTH BEAT PKG-PKG

HERBERT TANNER IS A MAN IN MOTION.

HERBERT TANNER/HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE

RUNS:

:51:I come down here and play pool here every day.

HE'S ALWAYS MOVING, WHETHER HE CHOOSES TO OR NOT.

HERBERT TANNER/HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE

RUNS:

1:22 Well if I don't use it I go into shaking in my right arm, real bad. And I can't do anything with it. I can't stop it.

HIS TREMORS ARE A SYMPTOM OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. NOT TO BE MISTAKEN FOR A MORE COMMON DISORDER CALLED ESSENTIAL TREMOR.

DR. AMANDA AVILA/NEUROLOGIST

RUNS:

1:30 Essential tremor is a disorder of the brain. There are some abnormal signals in the brain that miscommunicates with the hands and the muscles and specifically muscles in the hands. People's muscles are totally normal.

ESSENTIAL TREMORS ARE RHYTHMIC SHAKES, MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO USE THEIR FINE MOTOR SKILLS.

DR. AMANDA AVILA/NEUROLOGIST

RUNS:

2:00 Tremors can interfere with the ability for people to write legibility. Other things are getting dressed in the morning, specifically buttoning or zipping or putting on make up or fastening jewelry. People also have trouble with eating.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PARKINSON'S PATIENTS LIKE HERBERT, HAVE RESTING TREMORS. WHICH COME ON WHEN THEY AREN'T DOING ANYTHING.

HERBERT TANNER/HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE

RUNS:

1:22 I used to try to stop it, I'd put it in my pocket. It doesn't go away.

AMY OSHIER/REPORTING

RUNS:

While tremors link the two conditions, there are several things that set them apart. Parkinson's patients also have rigid muscles, weakness in the face and throat that cause lack of expression and along with slow, soft speech. And trouble with walking and balance.

PARKINSON'S STEMS FROM A DEFICIENCY OF DOPAMINE IN THE BRAIN. ESSENTIAL TREMOR IS THOUGHT TO RESULT FROM FAULTY NEUROLOGICAL IMPULSES. A VARIETY OF TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALLEVIATE ESSENTIAL TREMORS.

DR. AMANDA AVILA/NEUROLOGIST

RUNS:

03:32 If the tremor is very mild we usually just prescribe or suggest occupational therapy. If the tremor is a little more bothersome, there are variety of medications and some of them work very well.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

WE WANT TO TAKE YOU OUT LIVE TO ONE OF THE GREAT ANNUAL EVENTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA-- THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

THIS IS THE SCENE RIGHT NOW AT THE COCONUT POINT MALL IN LEE COUNTY, WHERE FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE JOINED TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

AND AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HIT CANCER HEAD-ON TODAY DURING THE RACE FOR THE CURE.

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TZ2B) WHERE KOMEN MONEY GOES-VOTOPS

WHERE KOMEN MONEY GOES-TRAFFIC MON

THOUSANDS SUPPORTING A CURE FOR CANCER WILL JOIN TOGETHER TODAY FOR THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE, HOPING TO RAISE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

WE WANTED TO FIND OUT, WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

LAST YEAR, THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA KOMEN CHAPTER RAISED MORE THAN 800- THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHERE KOMEN MONEY GOES-PKG

"It's a matter of trying to feed your family in that neighborhood."

VONCILE WHITAKER KNOWS FIRST-HAND HOW TOUGH LIFE ON THESE STREETS CAN BE.

IF YOU LOOKED AT A MAP -- YOU'D SEE THE 34102 ZIP CODE ENCOMPASSES UPSCALE AREAS OF NAPLES LIKE PORT ROYAL -- BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RIVER PARK COMMUNITY.

IT'S A MOSTLY LOW INCOME.MOSTLY MINORITY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ALSO AN AREA THAT KOMEN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SAYS HAS A HIGH DEATH RATE FROM BREAST CANCER.

WHITAKER'S.WHO GREW UP HERE.BLAMES ONE THING.

money. Money. That's the biggest issue. People would rather use money for food and bills

IT AFFECTS VONCILE PERSONALLY.

HER MOM.WHO LIVES IN THE 34102 ZIP CODE.WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN EARLY STAGE OF BREAST CANCER.

IN 2011.KOMEN PAID FOR A STUDY OF ZIP CODES THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ONE OF THEM WAS 34102 - WHERE KOMEN REALIZED MANY WOMEN WERE DIAGNOSED WITH LATE STAGE BREAST CANCER.

THE GROUP NEEDED NEW WAYS TO REACH OUT THIS COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW SERVICES LIKE FREE MAMMOGRAMS WERE AVAILABLE.

glad to see someone is interested in our neighborhood

THE KOMEN FUNDING DOESN'T STOP THERE.

AT THIS COALITION MEETING, REPRESENTATIVES FROM GROUPS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC DISCUSS HOW THEY'RE CHANGING LIVES WITH KOMEN GRANTS.

AT THE CLINIC - LOW INCOME WOMEN CAN GET FREE MAMMOGRAMS…ULTRASOUNDS…AND EVEN BIOPSIES…

"We want to empower our patients as well as educate them to be partners in their own healthcare."

NINA GRAY WORKS AS CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE CLINIC

"Lives are being saved here thanks to the funding and ironically, many of the women with advanced breast cancer were in the 30-40 age group, which is highly unusual. If it were not for the Komen funding and our breast health education funding, these women would not have been detected early and seen for treatment and their lives would not have been saved."

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

THERE ARE SIGNS THIS MORNING THAT THE U.S. ECONOMY MAY BE STARTING TO TURN A CORNER.

WITH MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND PEOPLE GOING BACK TO WORK LAST MONTH.

WE DIG THROUGH THE LATEST JOBS REPORT AND SHOW YOU WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY.

AND--OSAMA BIN LADENS SON IN LAW WAS A IN A UNITED STATES COURTROOM.

TZ3A) JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT-VO

TZB) BIN LADEN SON IN LAW IN COURT-VOTOPS

KOMEN LIVE PIC-REM ?

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM THE COCONUT POINT MALL IN LEE COUNTY, WHERE ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST FUNDRAISERS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

MAIN OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 2-2 SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO N-B-C 2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL

TODAY IS SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH 20-13

WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT FIRST METEOROLOGIST TYLER MAULDIN JOINS US WITH YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

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.

TOSS TO FINISH LINE-2SHOT INTRO

IT'S BEEN ABOUT 45 MINUTES SINCE THE RUNNERS IN THE 6TH ANNUAL SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE AT COCONUT POINT MALL TOOK OFF, AND MANY HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE.

FINISH LINE-REM 7

TOSS TO PETER-2 SHOT

NBC-2 ANCHOR PETER BUSH HAS BEEN OUT WITH SOME BREAST CANCER WALKERS ALL MORNING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HE'S BEEN RIGHT THERE THE WHOLE WAY AS THEY HEAD FOR THE FINISH LINE.

LIVE IN WALKING LINE-CELL REM

JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT-2SHOT INTRO

PETER WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN A FEW MOMENTS --

RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS IS ON JOBS:

THIS MORNING THE SURGE OF HIRING LAST MONTH HAS EXPERTS USING WORDS LIKE "TURNING POINT"

236 THOUSAND JOBS ADDED IN FEBRUARY --

UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPING TO 7 POINT 7 PERCENT --

THE LOWEST IN 4 YEARS.

WALL STREET ALSO SOARED TO ANOTHER NEW HIGH --

SKIMMING THE 14 THOUSAND 400 MARK --

JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT-PKG

It is a welcome-and unexpected headline tonight

Unemployment - now at its lowest point in four years.

Factories adding 14,000 workers.

Retailers 23,700 workers.

But Construction leading the way Builders adding 48,000 jobs.

Like Doug Smith - from Virginia -

Who told World News just weeks ago

SOT:

"The best of January for us since 2005."

The best January.

And tonight, telling us they're hiring. an even better February.

Another 50 homes sold.

Seven new workers hired in the just last month alone.

So the big builders benefitting.

But we wondered - what about the little guy.

Making those American made nails to build those homes.

That company we took you to in Peru, Illinois.

LOVELAND SOT:

"We're very, very proud to be one of that last makers of nails in this

country."

Tonight proud to deliver a new message.

"David, if you hear the hum in the background, that's good news for America!

That's the sound of nails being cranked out from our little plant."

So many nails sold

Now new jobs.

"We've hired 3 new factory associates since we last talked."

And what does one nail company say about the larger economy?

They're not just guessing things are going to get better tomorrow, they

actually seeing the orders.

Muir: People are buying are more nails.

Santoli: Nobody buys more nails because they want to stockpile them. or

they just want more nails. they need them."

And it's not just construction

It's Healthcare,

Technology too.

At 67, baby boomer Jane Genova- has been working part-time the whole

recession.

She interviewed for a full time job in e-commerce just this week.

The room of applicants was packed.

SOT:

"In their late 20s and early 30s looking very professional and I realized

they were competing with me/Then we were all taken into a room to take a

test and I thought they were so young they were smarter than I was. But I

didn't walk out.:

And the next day: she got the call.

NATS:

"Finally right "

KABUL EXPLOSION-OC-TRX-VO

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS---

OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS A HUGE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE AFGHAHN DEFENSE MINISTRY IN KABUL.

AN AFGHAN POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS AN APPARENT SUICIDE ATTACKER ON A BICYCLE HIT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AROUND NINE A-M LOCAL TIME.

NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE BLAST.

THIS ALL HAPPENING AS DEFENSE SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL WAS MEETING AT A COALITION FACILITY IN KABUL.

CHUCK HAGEL AFGAN ARRIVAL-TRX-VOTOPS

THIS IS DEFENSE SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL'S FIRST VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN AS PENTAGON CHIEF.

HAGEL ARRIVED ON HIS UNNANOUNCED VISIT TO KABUL FRIDAY.

HE'S EXPECTED TO MEET WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI ALONG WITH U-S COMMANDERS AND OTHER AFGHAN LEADERS TO MAKE A DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF THE WAR THERE.

BIN LADEN SON & LAW COURT-VO

OSAMA BIN LADEN'S SONI-IN-LAW AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR AL QAEDA PLEADED NOT GUILT TO CONSPIRING TO KILL AMERICANS.

SULAIMAN ABU GHAITH ENTERED THE PLEA IN A NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY.

FEDERAL AGENTS TOOK ABU GHAITH INTO CUSTODY IN JORDAN IN THE PAST WEEK.

NO BAIL WAS SET.

MADURO SWORN IN-VO

THERE'S CONTROVERSY IN VENEZUELA JUST DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF HUGO CHAVEZ.

NICOLAS MADURO WAS SWORN IN AS VENEZUELA'S ACTING PRESIDENT.

HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT UNDER CHAVEZ.

POPE SEARCH UPDATE-VO

THE PAPAL ELECTION WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

THIS NEWS COMING OUT OF THE VATICAN --

WHERE 115 CARDINALS MET TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING THE NEXT POPE.

VOTING WILL BEGIN TUESDAY--

AND CONTINUE UNTIL ONE MAN RECEIVES A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. OR 77 VOTES.

RIGHT NOW --

SICK BISHOP-VO WIPE

AS CATHOLICS AWAIT A NEW POPE --

THEIR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SPIRITUAL LEADER CONTINUES TO BATTLE A STAPH INFECTION.

THE ILLNESS LEAVES BISHOP FRANK DEWANE OFF THE PUPLIT DURING THE CHURCH TRANSITION.

HIS OFFICE TELLS US HE'S COMMUNICATING WITH THE FAITHFUL VIA LETTERS PRINTED IN PARISH BULLETINS.

DEWANE HAS PASSIONATELY SERVED THE AREA FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

LAST YEAR -- DEWANE RALLIED ALONGSIDE "PRO-LIFE" SUPPORTERS IN PORT CHARLOTTE.

SICK BISHOP-SOTVO

2708 "bishop was hospitalized about a month ago with a staph infection. They have him on antibiotics. So when doctors feel it's the right time they'll give him a new hip."

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

WELL IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO SAVE LIVES.

A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO --

WHERE THIS MORNING THOUSANDS WILL BE LACING UP THEIR SHOES TO BE PART OF THE CURE!

LIVE COVERAGE ALL MORNING LONG ON NBC TWO NEWS TODAY.

PLUS --

THE PERSON RUNNING OUT OF THIS TARGET STOLE WOMEN'S SHOES!

THE CATCH?

IT'S A MAN!

TZ4 A KOME LIVE PIC-REM LIVE

TZ4B) DRAG QUEEN BURGLAR-VOTOPS

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

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.

TOSS TO LINDSAY-2SHOT INTRO

BACK OUT LIVE TO COCONUT POINT MALL THIS MORNING WHERE THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE BEGAN ONE HOUR AGO --

FINISH LINE-REM 7

NORTHEAST SNOW-OC VO

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WINTER MESS IN CONNECTICUT.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TODAY IN CLINTON.

MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW FELL IN THE AREA.

THE SNOW, AND STRONG WINDS, PULLED DOWN POWER LINES AND TREES.

SICK CRUISE SHIP-VO

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE SICK AFTER A CRUISE SHIP VACATION THAT LEFT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE.

ROYAL CARIBBEAN'S "VISION OF THE SEAS" CAME BACK TO PORT EVERGLADES YESTERDAY AFTER PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS STARTED FEELING HORRIBLE.

THEY THINK THEY HAVE "NOROVIRUS," A NASTY STOMACH BUG.

SPRINGING FORWARD-INTRO

TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE THIS WEEKEND.

WHEN CLOCKS SPRING FORWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, YOU'LL LOSE ONE HOUR.

KARIN CAIFA LOOKS AT WHY WE SPRING FORWARD ANYWAY,

SPRINGING FORWARD-PKG

SOME WEEKENDS FLY BY MORE QUICKLY THAN OTHERS. THIS WEEKEND, IT'S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION. MOST OF THE COUNTRY LOSES ONE HOUR -- 'SPRINGING AHEAD."

THE CONCEPT OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CAN BE TRACED BACK TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BUT GEOFF CHESTER OF THE U-S NAVAL OBSERVATORY - THE NATION'S AUTHORITY ON TIMEKEEPING - SAYS IT REALLY GREW ALONG WITH VICTORY GARDENS DURING WORLD WAR ONE.

The idea of having an extra hour of daylight after work meant that workers could go home from the factory and have an extra hour to tend their victory gardens

DECADES LATER, IT'S STILL AROUND. BUT SOME STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED BUMPS IN HEART ATTACKS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING THE "SPRING AHEAD." NOT TO MENTION GRUMPY WORKERS ON MONDAY MORNING, WHEN THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION SAYS YOU'LL FEEL IT MOST. SO RATHER THAN TRY TO STEAL THAT HOUR BACK BY SLEEPING IN --

Get up, take some exercise, get out and get some light, which will help set the morning alarm clock in your brain so that it's not so difficult to wake up on Monday morning.

THEY ALSO SUGGEST USING THE OCCASION TO TAKE STOCK OF SLEEPING HABITS, LIKE KICKING CERTAIN ITEMS OUT OF THE BEDROOM.

Put aside the cell phone, the iPads and other electronic devices that keep us connected so that you're no disturbed by them in the middle of the night.

AND LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE.THE TIME CHANGE MEANS WARMER DAYS OF SPRING AND SUMMER, ARE ON THE WAY.

SPRING BREAK COURT-VO WIPE

MOST KIDS DON'T *PLAN ON GETTING IN TROUBLE ON SPRING BREAK, BUT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS.

KNOWING THIS, OFFICIALS IN PANAMA CITY SET UP "SPRING BREAK COURT."

VISITORS CAN HANDLE THEIR CHARGES WHILE THEY'RE IN TOWN, AND GO HOME WITH A CLEAN RECORD.

SPRING BREAK COURT-SOTVO

"I don't want to come back next week and have to drive all the way back down again from St. Louis, and then have to appear in court down here in Florida again, it'd be too much extra money. just get it done and over with now."

THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE 200-DOLLAR FEE CAN CHOOSE AN ADDITIONAL 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

GOD IS LOVE SIGN-VO

AN ICONIC SIGN IN FORT MYERS IS BACK AND BRIGHTER THAN EVER.

CREWS REINSTALLED THE GOD IS LOVE SIGN ON MCGREGOR BLVD.

THE 70 YEAR OLD SIGN GOT A COAT OF FRESH PAINT AND NEW NEON LIGHT.

AIRLINE WAITS FOR PASSENGER-INTRO

A CALIFORNIA MAN GOT TO SEE HIS DYING MOTHER FOR THE LAST TIME AFTER UNITED AIRLINES HELD HIS CONNECTING FLIGHT SO

THAT HE COULD MAKE IT BACK HOME TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS JUST IN TIME TO JOIN HIS FAMILY AT HIS MOTHER'S BEDSIDE.

AIRLINE WAITS FOR PASSENGER-PKG

VO/STILL OF MRS. DRAKE

"She's been sick a long time and finally her body wore out. We knew she was slipping"

MARRIED FOR 58-YEARS. JIMMY DRAKE KNEW HE WOULD SOON HAVE TO LET HIS WIFE DOLORES GO.

S/ Jimmy Drake/ Husband:14 -:21

"It got critical for the last four months. and finally just couldn't fight it anymore"

THEIR CHILDREN MARTY AND KAREN WERE ALREADY HERE TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES. BUT THEIR OTHER SON KERRY WAS MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES

AWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

S/ Marty Drake/ Son:36 -:39

nats of phone "I called my brother and told him the 24th of january and told him mom was in bad shape, and she probably wont make it another day."

FRANTICALLY KERRY SCRAMBLED TO FIND FLIGHTS AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND FOUND A UNITED AIRLINE TICKET TO HOUSTON AND THEN A CONNECTING FLIGHT TO LUBBOCK.

S/ Marty Drake, Son

"The flight from San Francisco delayed 30 minutes and only had a 40 minute layover in houston. he was pretty sure he was not going to make his connecting flight"

BUT THEN SOMETHING AMAZING.SOMETHING KERRY AND HIS FAMILY COULD NOT EVEN IMAGINE. BEGAN TO TAKE FLIGHT.

VOICE OVER S/ Marty Drake/ Son 1:06-1:14

"flight attendant got a hold of the captain and he asked which flight his connecting flight was going to be and i guess he radioed ahead to houston."

THINKING HE HAD ALREADY MISSED HIS CHANCE TO TELL HIS MOTHER GOODBYE. KERRY RAN AS FAST AS HE COULD. AND FROM UP ABOVE HE HEARD

HIS NAME. "mr. drake, we've been expecting you.".

THE GATE KEEPER CALLED OUT. AS THE AIRLINE WAITED UNTIL HE BOARDED. IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT HIS

MOTHER'S LUBBOCK HOSPITAL BED.

S/ Jimmy Drake/ Husband 1:38-1:41

"I think she realized he was there."

WITH HER FAMILY AROUND. ON JANUARY 25TH DOLORES DRAKE SAID GOODBYE. A MOMENT MADE POSSIBLE BY A CREW THAT TOOK KINDNESS TO NEW HEIGHTS.

S/ Jimmy Drake/ Husband 1:55-2:03

LOTTO SCAM-SS VO WIPE

THERE'S A LOTTERY SCAM YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MORNING.

THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTS TO TALK WITH *THESE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OF THE SCAMS.

THREE HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR.

DEPUTIES TELL US THE SCAMMERS ARE TARGETING HISPANIC PEOPLE.

THEY START BY TELLING SOMEONE THEY WON THE LOTTERY--

BUT THEY CAN'T CLAIM THE CASH BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

LOTTO SCAM-SOTVO

chad Parker/ lieutenant CCSO

:54 the end game is the ticket is a forgery and they'll convince the target to step out of the vehicle to buy stamps or some other means and when they do that, the suspects flea in their vehicle and the victim is out of thousands of dollars.

DRAG QUEEN BURGLAR-OC-SOT-VO

INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT RED HANDED--

POLICE GOT QUITE A SURPRISE WHEN THEY BUSTED A THIEF "RED-FOOTED."

"I just think it's weird. Especially a guy walking out with high heels on."

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO INSIDE AN OKLAHOMA TARGET CAUGHT A MAN WALKING OUT WEARING HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE CAME INTO THE STORE BAREFOOT, WENT TO THE WOMEN'S SECTION, AND PICKED OUT A PAIR OF RED HEELS.

OFFICERS SAY THE MAN TOLD THEM HE WAS STEALING THE SHOES BECAUSE

DOG SURVIVES 300 FOOT FALL-VOWIPE

IF YOU THOUGHT CATS WERE THE ONLY ANIMALS WITH NINE LIVES --

THINK AGAIN.

THIS GOLDEN-DOODLE NAMED JASPER WAS ENJOYING THE RIVERSIDE STATE PARK --

WHEN HE GOT A LITTLE TOO EXCITED.

WHILE CHECKING OUT THE SPOKANE RIVER FROM A CLIFF --

JASPER JUMPED OFF.

HE FELL A FRIGHTENING 300 FEET DOWN.

BUT HE SURVIVED.

IN FACT,

JASPER SWAM TO SHORE ON HIS OWN.

DOG SURVIVES 300 FOOT FALL-SOTVO

"For him to walk away from this with nothing more than a scratch and something that was easily resolved in his chest is really pretty amazing."

MORE AMAZING --

TEASE FIVE-2 SHOT

CAN YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND POST A PICTURE OF YOU TOPLESS ONLINE?

CAN YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND SHARE A PICTURE OF YOU NAKED ON FACEBOOK?

YES, THEY CAN.

BUT FOR HOW LONG?

FLORIDA'S NEW PLAN --

TO STOP REVENGE PORN.

PLUS-- AT OUR AIRPORTS.

HOW AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR SNUCK A BOMB PAST SECURITY.

TZ5A) REVENGE PORN-VO

TZ5B) AIRPORT SECURITY BREAKDOWN-VOTOPS

KOMEN LIVE PIC-LIVE LOOK

HERE IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO --

ALL MORNING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE TO BE A PART OF THE CURE!

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

GOOD MORNING 3-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK TO THE FINAL HALF HOUR OF NBC-2 NEWS TODAY.

I'M JOE ROETZ

AND I'M KELLY CRESWELL

WE'LL HAVE YOUR TOP STORIES OF THE DAY IN JUST ONE MINUTE.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CENTER

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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

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.

TOSS TO FINISH LINE-2 SHOT

MANY RUNNERS HAVE ALREADY CROSSED THE FINISH LINE, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY MORE MAKING THEIR WAY WITH THE CROWD CHEERING THEM ON.

LINDSAY ROBERT-REM 7

TOSS TO PETER-2 SHOT

WE GO BACK NOW ALONG THE ROUTE AS THE WALKERS FINISH UP THE 5-K.

NBC2 ANCHOR PETER BUSCH HAS BEEN THERE WITH THEM ALL MORNING.

PETER LIVE-CELL REM

REVENGE PORN LAW-VO

IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT SCANDALOUS PICTURE OR VIDEO PUT UP ON THE INTERNET, DON'T KNOWINGLY POSE FOR THE SHOT.

THAT'S WHAT CURRENT FLORIDA LAW PROTECTS, BUT A BILL INTRODUCED TO FLORIDA LAWMAKERS FRIDAY WOULD MAKE PUBLISHING "REVENGE PORN" A FELONY.

LAWMAKER TOM GOODSEN, WHO'S WORKING ON THE LAW, SAYS HE'S ONLY TARGETING THOSE WHO USE REVENGE PORN TO INTENTIONALLY TRY TO HURT SOMEONE.

THE PROPOSED LAW SAYS **WRITTEN CONSENT IS FIRST NEEDED BEFORE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL CAN BE POSTED WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

NAPLES AIRPORT TOWER CUTS-OC VO BNR

OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE F-A-A THAT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AT THE NAPLES AIRPORT.COULD CLOSE DUE TO BUDGET CUTS.

THE F-A-A IS REVIEWING ALL TOWERS ON A LIST THAT FALL BELOW CRITERIA FOR TRAFFIC COUNT.

THAT INCLUDE NAPLES --PAGE FIELD AND PUNTA GORDA.

WE'VE POSTED THE LETTER ON OUR WEBSITE N-B-C DASH TWO DOT COM --

COLLIER DOCTOR ARRESTED-SS

A WELL KNOWN DOCTOR IN NAPLES AND HIS WIFE ARE UNDER ARREST --

ACCUSED OF WRITING FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THOUSANDS OF PILLS.

POLICE SAY ADOLFO SOTO WROTE THE PRESCRIPTION FOR ADDERALL UNDER A FAKE NAME --

A PHARMACIST KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T WRIGHT AND CALLED POLICE.

WE WENT BY THE SOTO'S HOUSE --

FORMER BANK TELLER ARRESTED-trx-SS

AND A FORMER BANK TELLER WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO STEALING MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LEARNED HER SENTENCE FRIDAY.

SARAH STONE WILL SPEND 90 DAYS IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL --

FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARS OF HOUSE ARREST --

AND THEN A YEAR OF PROBATION.

STONE MUST ALSO PAY BACK THE 106 THOUSAND DOLLARS SHE TOOK.

SR 82 CRASH-SS VO WIPE

AN UPDATE ON A DEADLY CRASH IN LEHIGH ACRES --

IT HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 82 AT HOMESTEAD ROAD SOUTH JUST BEFORE 2 AM YESTERDAY.

STATE TROOPERS SAY JOSEPH GULLUSCIO JUNIOR DIED IN THE CRASH THAT *HE CAUSED.

HE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON STATE ROAD 82--

HE WAS BEHIND ANOTHER CAR.

GULLUSCIO TRIED TO ILLEGALLY PASS THE OTHER CAR. JUST AS THAT DRIVER WAS TRYING TO TURN OFF THE ROAD.

THE CARS COLLIDED.

AIRPORT SECURITY BREAKDOWN-VOWIPE

IT'S STUNNING BREACH OF AIRPORT SECURITY.

AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR SNUCK PAST THE T-S-A. WITH A FAKE BOMB.

AND NO ONE NOTICED.

THE T-S-A TELLS A-B-C NEWS THE INVESTIGATOR WENT THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR.

AGENTS PULLED HIM ASIDE FOR A PATDOWN.

AIRPORT SECURITY BREAKDOWN-SOTVO

Frank Cilluffo/Homeland Security Policy Instit.

It's sort of like a red teaming scenario / you intentionally look for where

the weak point is in the system. / I think it clearly identified a

vulnerability.

THIS IS PART OF THE REASON THE T-S-A SAID THEY'LL ALLOW SMALL POCKET KNIVES ON PLANES.

THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON BOMBS AND LIQUID EXPLOSIVE.

BUT THAT PLAN IS STILL DRAWING BACKLASH.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME-VO WIPE

THIS WEEKEND WE "SPRING FORWARD" ONE HOUR.

SO WE LOSE AN HOUR OF SLEEP.

BUT MEDICAL EXPERTS WHO STUDY THIS SORT OF THING.SAY THERE IS A BRIGHT SIDE TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

IT SIGNALS THE BEGINNING OF LONGER DAYS--

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME-SOT SS

"Seasonal Affective Disorder, the depression that comes to many people in winter, starts to fade this time of year as sunlight comes out."

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS SUNDAY MORNING AT TWO.

REMEMBER SPRING FORWARD--

TEASE SIX-ON CAM

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SKIPPING YOUR YEARLY MAMMOGRAM TEST THINK AGAIN.

NBC-2 FOLLOWS ONE LOCAL MOTHER WHO ALMOST SKIPPED HERS.

TZ 6 A (MAMOGRAM IMPORTANCE)-VO

MR. GREENTHUMB-PKG

FORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

FORECAST-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.

FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND

The sunshine state will live up to its name this weekend as high pressure prevails. This is going to provide us with a fantastic weekend full of sunny skies and warmer temperatures.

After starting off in the upper 40s to low 50s I do expect the temperatures to creep up to near 80 during primetime heating hours today. No rainfall expected - so get out and enjoy this fabulous weather.

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 mostly sunny skies. 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.

LIVE KOMEN PIC-REMTOPS

WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR COVERAGE AT THE SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER RUN.

NBC-2 HAS BEEN LIVE COVERING THE EVENT ALL MORNING.

MAMMOGRAM IMPORTANCE-2 SHOT

ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN FACE A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

THIS MORNING NBC-2 IS TAKING A SPECIAL LOOK AT ONE SURVIVOR.

A BUSY MOM WITH THREE KIDS.WHO ALMOST SKIPPED WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A LIFE-SAVING MAMMOGRAM.

MAMMOGRAM IMPORTANCE-PKG

NATS.

CONNIE HODAS EAGERLY SHOWS OFF HER NEW SHIRT FOR SATURDAY'S SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE.

IN THE EARLY YEARS.

SHE RACED FOR FRIENDS.

BUT NOW.THE STAKES ARE A LOT MORE PERSONAL.

this little voice just said, 'you should go'

CONNIE HAD GONE FOR HER ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND EACH TIME.SHE GOT A CLEAR REPORT.

AT THIS POINT -- SHE THOUGHT SHE'D BE OK IF SHE SKIPPED IT.

BUT HER GUT CONVINCED HER TO GO.

so I went and unfortunately, they found something and that's the day my life changed

IT WAS STAGE ONE BREAST CANCER.

I felt like I had gotten punched in the stomach. The wind.I couldn't breath. The wind was knocked out of me. I was terrified.

AFTER A LUMPECTOMY.RADIATION.AND MEDICATION.CONNIE IS STILL CANCER-FREE FIVE YEARS LATER.

EXPERTS SAY EARLY DETECTION IS THE KEY IN THIS CASE AND SO MANY OTHERS.

if you catch it at an early stage, which is Stage I or II, the outcomes are much better.

ACCORDING TO KOMEN.

IF BREAST CANCER IS DETECTED EARLY AND STAYS WITHIN THE BREAST.THE 5-YEAR SURVIVOR RATE IS 99%.

SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS INCLUDE:

AGE.

BEING A WOMAN.

HAVING A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER.

AND MUTATIONS IN THE BRCA1 OR BRCA2 GENES.

NATS.

TODAY -- THIS BUSY MOTHER OF THREE IS LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

AND MOST OF ALL.

CONNIE'S THANKFUL FOR THAT LITTLE VOICE INSIDE HER HEAD THAT CONVINCED HER NOT TO SKIP HER MAMMOGRAM.LIKE SO MANY WOMEN DO.

because if I didn't go get that mammogram when I did, it could have been a lot worse and I might not be here to talk about it

IN LEE COUNTY.

SENIOR CAREGIVER JOBS-VO

AN AGING POPULATION BRINGS AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR JOB OPPORTUNITY: CAREGIVERS FOR SENIORS.

AS SENIORS START NEEDING HELP AROUND THE HOUSE OR HELP JUST GETTING AROUND WITH SHOPPING AND DAILY ACTIVITIES.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE STARTING CAREERS IN CARING FOR SENIORS.

EVERY WEEK, ANOTHER FOUR PEOPLE START JOBS TO HELP THE ELDERLY DEAL WITH AGE-RELATED ILLNESSES.

THOSE JOBS INCLUDE LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS AND CERTIFIED NURSING AIDES.

TEASE SEVEN-2 SHOT

BE SURE TO STAY WITH NBC-2

WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR FINAL WEATHER AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.

TRASH OR TREASURE-SOTTOPS

TRASH OR TREASURE-PKG

TOSS TO KOMEN-2 SHOT

GOOD BYE FROM RACE-REM ?

COLLIER HOTEL DAMAGED-SS VO WIPE

THERE'S A MESS IN A HOTEL IN COLLIER COUNTY.

DEPUTIES TELL US THOMAS FLIPSE FLOODED 22 OF THE HOTELS ROOMS ON THREE DIFFERENT FLOORS.

IT HAPPENED AT THE HAMPTON INN NEAR IMMOKALEE ROAD.

DEPUTIES SAY FLIPSE LOCKED HIMSELF IN A BATHROOM AND CAUSED ENOUGH DAMAGE TO CAUSE A PIPE TO BREAK THAT LED TO THE FLOODING.

WE WENT THERE TONIGHT.

COLLIER HOTEL DAMAGED-SOT SS

It sort of did I didn't think that it would be full by looking here.but they told us that they were full and that they didn't have vacancies.

DEPUTIES SAY FLIPSE WAS AGGRESSIVE AND UNCOOPERATIVE WHEN THEY TRIED TO TALK TO HIM.

FINAL WEATHER-3-SHOT

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

CLOSE-3-SHOT

CREDITS-REM LIVE