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NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

HL1) COLORADO SHOOTING LATEST-VOTOPS-WIPE

PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO AURORA COLORADO THIS MORNING

TO SPEAK TO FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS FROM FRIDAY'S TRAGEDY

12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD -- DOZENS STILL RECOVERING AFTER A MAN OPENED FIRE

HL2) BABY DRUG DEATH ARREST-VOTOPS-WIPE

8 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR BABY BOY

A COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER

HL3) KATHERINE JACKSON MISSING-VOTOPS

BREAKING THIS MORNING -- THE MOTHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON IS REPORTED MISSING

HELLO-1SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY JULY 22ND

I'M JOE ROETZ

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

COLORADO SHOOTING LATEST-OC AT TC MON

WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO-

THIS MORNING, POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION IN AURORA.

AND PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TRAVELING TO COLORADO TODAY TO VISIT WITH FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.

PLUS, WE ARE STARTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS FROM THE KILLING SPREE.

COLORADO SHOOTING LATEST-PKG

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL TRAVEL TO COLORADO LATER TODAY. TO VISIT WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRE.

AND THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE A CITY WIDE MEMORIAL SERVICE.

AS THE STACK OF FLOWERS. AND CANDLES OUTSIDE THE THEATER CONTINUES TO GROW.

HONORING THE INJURED. AND THE FALLEN.

ALEX SULLIVAN WAS CELEBRATING HIS 27TH BIRTHDAY AT THE MOVIE. TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

JESSICA GHAWI WAS A BUDDING SPORTSCASTER.

A-J BOIK JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

MAKIYLA MEDEK WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT.

AND ALEX TEVES WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL.

TWO SERVICE MEN WERE KILLED AIR FORCE STAFF SGT. JESSE CHILDRESS. AND NAVY PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS JOHN LARIMER.

"He was an outstanding shipmate, a valued member of our navy team and an extremely dedicated sailor."

FIFTY-ONE YEAR OLD GORDON COWDEN WAS THE OLDEST VICTIM.

6-YR-OLD VERONICA MOSIER THE YOUNGEST.

HER MOM STILL UNAWARE - PARALYZED WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE NECK AND ABDOMEN.

26 VICTIMS ARE STILL IN HOSPITALS THIS MORNING. 9 IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

DEALING WITH THE PAIN OF THEIR WOUNDS. AND THE EMOTIONAL SCARS WHICH MAY TAKE EVEN LONGER TO HEAL.

"I just.I don't understand it"

POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT THE KILLING SPREE.

OBAMA IN COLORADO-OC AT TC MON

JAY GRAY REPORTING

DURING OBAMA'S TRIP --

GUARDING HOLMES PARENTS-VOTOPS

THIS MORNING, SAN DIEGO POLICE CONTINUE TO GUARD THE HOME OF JAMES HOLMES' PARENTS.

POLICE SAY THEY WILL BE AT THE HOUSE UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW.

LOCAL GUN FOCUS-VOTOPS-WIPE

THIS MORNING WE'RE FINDING OUT THE 4 WEAPONS RECOVERED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING --

ARE POPULAR PURCHASES HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

A LOCAL GUN EXPERT TELLS ABC-7 THESE WEAPONS ARE EASY TO BUY.

AS LONG AS YOU PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK

AND DON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY.

LOCAL GUN FOCUS-SOT VO

17:59/ JOSH HACKMAN/ FOWLER FIREARMS

"you could technically buy all 4 of these in the same day with a permit and leave with them all."

FOWLER FIREARMS IN FORT MYERS SAYS IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SELL TO EVERY CUSTOMER WHO PASSES THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

IF THEIR BEHAVIOR IS OFF OR THEY MAKE SUSPISCOUS COMMENTS.

BREAKING CLIP-CLIP

MISSING EVERGLADES BOATER-OC

BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING

A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR A BOATER GONE MISSING AT EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

THE U-S COAST GUARD IS LOOKING FOR A 67-YEAR OLD PALM BEACH GARDENS MAN SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON

OUR PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS REPORTS HE JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO RETREIVE A FLATS BOAT BUT NEVER RESURFACED

THIS WAS NEAR SHARK RIVER AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE PARK

COASTLAND MALL GAS-VO

A TYPE OF GAS FORCES SHOPPERS FROM COASTLAND CENTER IN NAPLES

WITNESSES SAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, PEOPLE LEFT THE MALL COVERING THEIR FACES AND COUGHING.

FIRE CREWS ENTERED THE MALL WITH MASKS ON.

NAPLES POLICE TELL ABC-7 THE CREWS SECTIONED OFF PART OF THE MALL

AND REMOVED THE GARBAGE CANS FROM THE AREA.

THAT SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

BABY DRUG DEATH ARRESTS-OC-SS-OC

IT TOOK EIGHT MONTHS BUT CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES CHARGED A PORT CHARLOTTE MOTHER AND FATHER. IN THE DEATH OF THEIR BABY BOY.

DEPUTIES SAY AMBER AND SCOTT LANDRY'S 17-MONTH-OLD DIED IN NOVEMBER.

A TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWS OXYCODON IN HIS SYSTEM.

ANOTHER OF THEIR THREE CHILDREN - A TWO-YEAR-OLD - ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS.

BABY DRUG DEATH ARRESTS-PKG

SOME MEMORIES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO ERASE.

01:18:05

"We were there when they carried the baby's body out, it was quite sad."

MARYANN LIDDICK AND HER NEIGHBORS ON CHILE DRIVE IN DEEP CREEK STILL REMEMBER THE BAD FEELING THEY GOT ON NOVEMBER 17TH WATCHING CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES PULL UP TO SCOTT AND AMBER LANDRY'S HOME.

THE YOUNGEST OF THREE LANDRY CHILDREN - A 17-MONTH OLD BOY- WAS IN CARDIAC ARREST.

HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL - TESTING POSITIVE FOR OXYCODONE.

"But neighbors say this wasn't the first time deputies had been out to the Landry home."

01:13:23

"As a neighborhood we are not surprised it happened, devastated, but not surprised."

JEFF DELHONEY SAYS THE KIDS ACROSS THE STREET WERE OFTEN LEFT UNATTENDED - AN ISSUE HE AND NEIGHBORS FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT TO CALL 9-1-1.

THE LANDRY'S OTHER 2 CHILDREN WERE REMOVED FROM THE HOME AFTER THE INCIDENT WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED.

CHARGES JUST CAME FRIDAY- 8 MONTHS AFTER THE LITTLE BOY'S DEATH,

AFTER A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER CONCLUDED THE BABY DIED FROM HEART PROBLEMS RELATED TO OXYCODONE.

01:12:20

"I had to cry it out a bit, because there were just so many problems in that house."

THE COUPLE ORIGINALLY SAID THEY LOCKED UP ALL THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AWAY FROM THE KIDS.

BUT INVESTIGATORS NOW KNOW THE PARENTS HAD BEEN SNORTING THE DRUG THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR BABY DIED.

A CHOICE DETECTIVES SAY MADE THE COUPLE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN PROPERLY.

01:14:17

"They have hope now, because there was no hope in that house."

MILITARY SEX SCANDAL SENTENCING-VO

AN AIR FORCE INSTRUCTOR IN TEXAS IS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

STAFF SERGEANT LUIS WALKER CRIED DURING HIS SENTENCING SATURDAY.

A MILITARY JURY AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO FOUND HIM GUILTY OF RAPE, AND MULTIPLE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.

UNIFORMED GAY PRIDE MARCH-VO

THOUSANDS COME OUT FOR A GAY PRIDE PARADE IN SAN DIEGO --

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME - YOU COULD SPOT A FEW NEW FACES IN THE CROWD.

ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE AMONG THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVITIES SATURDAY MORNING

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT GAVE THEM THE GO-AHEAD TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS TO MARCH IN THE PARADE.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE U-S --

UNIFORMED GAY PRIDE MARCH-SOTVO

"It's a really great day knowing that just a couple of years ago, I was being discharged just for the simple fact of being gay."

I made a promise when I came into the Navy 11 years ago to a family friend named Chris, that I would always support gay and lesbian service members and I'm out here doing that today

KATHERINE JACKSON MISSING-VOTOPS

WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF IN LOS ANGELES-

ROBBERY AND HOMICIDE DETECTIVES HAVE JOINED IN ON THE SEARCH FOR KATHERINE JACKSON.

SHE'S THE MOTHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON.

JACKSON'S GRANDCHILDREN FILED A MISSING PERSONS REPORT AFTER THEY COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HER FOR A WEEK.

SHE'S BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER OLDEST DAUGHTER, REBBIE, HOWEVER, WHEN HER GRANDCHILDREN CALLED TO SPEAK WITH HER, THEY WERE TOLD SHE WAS UNABLE TO COME TO THE PHONE.

MISSING IOWA COUSINS-VO

POLICE BELIEVE TWO MISSING COUSINS FROM IOWA ARE STILL ALIVE.

8-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH COLLINS AND 10-YEAR-OLD LYRIC COOK DISAPPEARED LAST FRIDAY.

POLICE SAY NEW EVIDENCE HAS LED THEM TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE GIRLS ARE ALIVE.

MISSING IOWA COUSINS-SOTVO

Cooperation with law enforcement is the key factor in discovering the whereabouts of Lyric and Elizabeth. Unfortunately in this case law enforcement has not received total cooperation from all family and close friends

POLICE DID NOT REVEAL ANYTHING ABOUT THE NEW EVIDENCE OR WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE REFUSING TO COOPERATE.

TEASE ONE-OC

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SPEND YOUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON?

WE'LL RUNDOWN THINGS TO DO IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NEXT

PLUS. ABC-7 IS COMMITTED TO HELPING FOSTER CHILDREN CONNECT WITH FAMILIES

TZ1 A) FOREVER FAMILY-VO

WEATHER TEASE-WX CTR

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

STORMWARN CLIP-CLIPTOPS

WEATHER

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

PENN STATE STATUE-CLIP OC

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING.

PENN STATE OFFICIALS TELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STATUE OF FAMED COACH JOE PATERNO IS COMING DOWN FROM OUTSIDE STADIUM.

PATERNO- WHO PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY - CAME UNDER FIRE IN RECENT WEEKS AFTER A RECENTLY RELEASED INDEPENDENT REPORT.

THE FREEH REPORT REVEALED PATERNO'S apparent INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVERUP OF ASSISTANT COCH JERRY SANDUCKY'S MOLESTATION OF YOUNG BOYS.

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

THINGS TO DO-CGTOPS-OC-BNR

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME THINGS TO DO IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WE HAVE YOU COVERED-

IF YOU LIKE BULL RIDING, THE PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS TOURING PRO DIVISION IS IN FORT MYERS THIS WEEKEND.

IT CONTINUES TODAY AT GERMAIN ARENA AT 8.

TICKETS ARE JUST 10 DOLLARS AND IT'S FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

AND THE NAPLES PLAYERS PUT ON A ROCKIN ELVIS PRESELY MUSICAL "ALL SHOOK UP"

YOU CAN SEE IT ATH THE SUGDEN COMMUNITY THEATER IN NAPLES.

THE PERFORMANCE STARTS TONIGHT AT 8 AND RUNS UNTIL 10

COST IS TEN DOLLARS FOR STUDENTS -- THIRTY FIVE FOR EVERYONE ELSE

TO BUY TICKETS YOU CAN CALL THE TICKET OFFICE OR VISIT THE NAPLES PLAYERS WEBSITE.

SCHOOL GRADES-VIDBOX

THE COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS A BOOST ON ITS REPORT CARD,

AFTER THE REVIEW PROCESS REVEALS A MISTAKE IN CALCULATING STUDENT LEARNING GAINS.

COLLIER COUNTY IS AMONG MORE THAN 100 DISTRICTS THAT JUMPED

FROM A 'B' GRADE TO AN 'A.'

TEASE TWO-VOTOPS

ABC-7 AIMS TO HELP FOSTER CHILDREN CONNECT WITH FAMILIES

TYPICALLY WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A CHILD LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME

TZ2 A) FOREVER FAMILY

FOREVER FAMILY-ON CAM

EACH WEEK OUR FOREVER FAMILY SEGMENT SHINES LIGHT ON ONE OF THE MANY CHILDREN WHO SADLY CALL FOSTER CARE HOME.

THIS WEEK, WE SHOW YOU HOW A GROWING NUMBER OF FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING THEIR PARTS AND HOW YOU CAN JOIN THEIR CALL.

FOREVER FAMILY-PKG

Gia, Forever Family - With thousand of Florida children in Foster Care small faith based agencies like this one 4Kids are giving hope to these children every day

Tom, 4Kids Executive Director: We started very small with just one lady and one church in 1997 fifteen years later we have been able to shelter over 16,000 children. This house where we are now is a home that a donor gave to us when he saw the need for siblings when they come into foster care they usually get split-up because very few people have enough room to take two or three or four kids in one home. And that is what 4Kids is about coordinating collaborating bringing the faith community together to be there to help that group of people.

Gia - So what is faith based foster care?

Tom: It is just the church being the church. Being there to help out a family a child. So they need to know somebody cares and when that one person shows true care true compassion true love for them and they know it is real, that gives them the hope they need to carry on day after day until they get through this.

FOREVER FAMILY-OC

FOSTER PARENTS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT OR

TEASE THREE-ON CAM

FRIDAY'S MASS SHOOTING HAS SOME LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR STRICTER GUN LAWS

BUT IT'S A MOVE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN AFTER DRASTIC INCIDENTS

WHY DEFENDERS OF GUN RIGHTS SAY -- THE LAWS AREN'T THE ISSUE.

FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH DIRE CROP CONDITIONS

WATER RESERVES RUNNING LOW

A DROUGHT HAS THEM SAVING SOME PLANTS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS

TZ3 A) GUN LAWS-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B) DROUGHT-VOTOPS

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

TS 1) OBAMA IN COLORADO-VOTOPS

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PAYS A VISIT TO COLORADO TODAY

HE'LL SPEAK WITH FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF THE MOVIE THEATRE SHOOTING.

TS 2) KATHERINE JACKSON-VOTOPS

MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOTHER - KATHERINE IS REPORTED MISSING

HER GRANDCHILDREDN FILED A MISSING PERSON'S REPORT AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER FOR A WEEK.

SHE'S BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER OLDEST DAUGHTER REBBIE.

TS 3) PENN STATE-VOTOPS

NEWS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING.

PENN STATE OFFICIALS TELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STATUE OF FAMED COACH JOE PATERNO IS COMING DOWN FROM OUTSIDE STADIUM.

PATERNO- WHO PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY - CAME UNDER FIRE IN RECENT WEEKS AFTER A RECENTLY RELEASED INDEPENDENT REPORT.

THE FREEH REPORT REVEALED PATERNO'S APPARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVERUP OF ASSISTANT COCH JERRY SANDUCKY'S MOLESTATION OF 10 YOUNG BOYS.

WX TOSS-CAM 9

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY JULY 22ND

I'M JOE ROETZ

WEATHER-WX CTR

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL-NATVOTOPS

singing "i once was lost, but now."

THIS WAS THE SCENE SATURDAY NIGHT.

JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AURORA COLORADO MOVIE THEATRE WHERE THE MASS SHOOTING HAPPENED.

PEOPLE LEFT PICTURES, BALLOONS, STUFFED ANIMALS,

YOUNGEST VICTIM-VOTOPS

THE YOUNGEST VICTIM WAS JUST SIX YEARS OLD.

VERONICA MOSER SULLIVAN WAS AT THE THEATER WITH HER MOTHER TO SEE THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES".

VERONICA'S MOTHER REMAINS IN THE I-C-U TODAY WITH A BULLET LODGED IN HER THROAT AND A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HER ABDOMEN.

TACTICAL GEAR-VOTOPS

A SALES RECEIPT SHOWS THE ACCUSED GUNMAN BOUGHT SOME TACTICAL GEAR ONLINE

THE COMPANY SELLS KNIVES, VESTS, HOLSTERS, POUCHES AND OTHER ACCESSORIES.

TACTICAL GEAR-SOTVO

We were all shocked and appalled that he would have used our gear for those purposes. It was a startling discovery, to say the least, especially given the recency.

THE COMPANY'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SAYS THEY PROCESS THOUSANDS OF ORDERS A DAY.

NO BOX OFFICE NUMBERS -ONCAM

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS ALIGN IN A RARE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY

FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY IN COLORADO.

SONY, FOX, DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL ARE JOINING WARNER BROTHERS IN

WITHHOLDING THEIR BOX-OFFICE NUMBERS FOR THE WEEKEND OUT

OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILIES.

BOX-OFFICE ESTIMATES ARE ROUTINELY RELEASED EVERY SUNDAY

GUN LAWS-OC

AS HAS HAPPENED AFTER OTHER MASS SHOOTINGS.

THIS TRAGEDY HAS PROMPTED SOME LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CALL FOR STRICTER GUN LAWS.

DEFENDERS OF GUN RIGHTS SAY -- THE LAWS AREN'T THE ISSUE.

GUN LAWS-PKG

Aurora, Colorado is painfully aware of the devastation of a shooting rampage. In 1993, a former employee of a family restaurant shot and killed four people who worked there and wounded a fifth.

Police said Nathan Dunlap was upset over being fired. He was convicted and is on Colorado's death row.

The shootings at Columbine High School in 1999 further traumatized the state, prompting it to make a change in its laws a year later.

. closing what some call the gun show loophole, that previously allowed purchases at gun shows without a federal background check.

But the kind of weapons used at Friday's shooting are commonly for sale nationwide, with only a few exceptions.

The handguns are legal to buy across the country, and the shotgun is one of the most popular long guns in the nation, widely used by hunters.

Only the semi-automatic rifle, able to accommodate a high-capacity ammunition clip, is restricted.

Five states ban its sale, four in the northeast -- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. California is the fifth.

Both the rifle and the 100-round magazine found at the shooting scene would have been illegal under the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004

Some say the shooting is a vivid reminder of the need to make that kind of weapon harder to get:

LEGISLATORS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF THE NRA AND THE GUN MANUFACTURERS. AND SHOULD BE STANDING UP TO SAY "WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING.' YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN A GUN, BUT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE.

But defenders of gun rights say restricting sales will not end mass shootings:

16:13:34

PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE LAW ABIDING DOES NOT REALLY SEEM TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT, WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH IMPACT, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT IN THIS CASE.

GUN LAWS-OC

PETE WILLIAMS REPORTING

AS FOR TIGHTENING GUN LAWS, EVEN THE RUMOR OF POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS CAUSED A SURGE ON AMMUNITION PURCHASES THREE YEARS AGO,

RUPERT MURDOCH RESIGNS POSITIONS-VO

JUST AHEAD OF NEWS CORP'S SPLIT INTO TWO COMPANIES

RUPERT MURDOCH QUITS SEVERAL COMPANY BOARDS

A SPOKESMAN SAYS HE RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD OF NEWS INTERNATIONAL

AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS

NEWS CORP WILL SPLIT INTO AN ENTERTAINIMENT DIVISION AND A PUBLISHING ASSETS DIVISION

ABANDONED KITTENS-VO WIPE

DUMPED AND LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

FOUR KITTENS ARE FOUND ABANDONED ALONG OLD BAYSHORE ROAD IN NORTH FORT MYERS.

NOW, NEIGHBOR JENNY SCHROECK IS TAKING CARE OF THEM.

THE KITTENS WERE FOUND IN THIS CRATE LABELED, 'SASSY'S CRIB.'

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST SCHROECK SAYS ITS HAPPENED ON THIS ROAD.

ABANDONED KITTENS-SOTVO

I've taken in so many animals, trust me I eat a lot more hot dogs than I do steaks, but that's my choice.

ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER, KNOWN AS 'ARC' IS ALSO ON OLD BAYSHORE.

THE SHELTER'S DIRECTOR SAYS THEY'RE OVER CAPACITY AND TURNING ANIMALS AWAY.

SHE'S HEARD SOME PEOPLE WILL DUMP THEM ALONG THE ROAD.

DROUGHT WORSENS FOR FARMERS-ONCAM

ONE FARMER IN MARYLAND IS FORCED TO SACRIFICE ONE CROP TO SAVE ANOTHER,

THANKS TO A RECORD-SETTING DROUGHT.

HIS STORY IS SIMILAR TO OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

DROUGHT WORSENS FOR FARMERS-PKG

HOMESTEAD FARMS IN POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND.

"Funny thing in farming. It either rains a lot or not at all. It's the darndest thing."

BEN ALLNUT IS A THIRD GENERATION FARMER

"The soil is fairly dry. I don't really have anything to dig with."

TAKE ONE LOOK AT HIS WATER RESERVES AND YOU CAN TELL WHY:

"Water is supposed to be about here. I should have my foot in the water right now."

TO SAVE WATER HE'LL HAVE TURN OFF THE IRRIGATION PUMPS TO HIS CHRISTMAS TREES THAT ARE JUST COMING UP. TO KEEP WATER FLOWING TO HIS MONEY CROP - THE PEACHES.

"THESE PEACHES ARE GROWING WELL NOW, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY YEAR, ASIDE FROM THE DROUGHT AND THE HOT CONDITIONS THERE WAS ALSO AN EARLY SPRING."

"There are some farmers in the drought belt that are singing the blues and reevaluating their risks and extended risks."

ALLNUT SAYS THE FARMERS IN THE MIDWEST AND THE CORN BELT ARE REALLY GETTING SOCKED-- IN THIS, BY ONE KEY MEASURE, THE WORST DROUGHT SINCE 1956.

FOR CONSUMERS - IT'LL LIKELY MEAN HIGHER PRICES.

FOR FARMERS IT COULD MEAN THE END OF THEIR LIVELIHOODS.

"They can't control mother nature. They can get the corn in the ground at the right time and they can forward market it to get the best price, but they better be darn sure make sure that they have the corn to deliver or they are coming up short."

"It's a real tight business and this weather is the only monkey wrench in it."

ALLNUT SUMS IT UP: THE WEATHER IS MADDENING- THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS.

TEASE FOUR-OC

AN ADORABLE BABY BEAR- TAKES A WALK THROUGH A DEPARTMENT STORE

YOU SEE HIM HERE

HE WALKS INTO A SEARS STORE - RIGHT THROUGH THE ENTRANCE

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THEY MANAGED TO GET HIM OUT

TZ4 A) BEAR IN SEARS-VO-WIPE

WEATHER TEASE-WX CTR

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

LOTTERY NUMBERS-CG

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIPTOPS

MAIN WEATHER-2SHOT AT DESK

MAIN WEATHER-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

PLANE WRONG AIRPORT-VO

OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A HUGE CARGO PLANE LANDED AT A SMALL AIRPORT IN TAMPA

AN AIR FORCE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE C-17 GLOBEMASTER III LANDED AT PETER O. KNIGHT AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER NOON YESTERDAY

THE LANDING SURPRISED PEOPLE WHO WORK IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA OFFICE TOWERS.

WITNESSES SAY WHEN THEY SAW THE GIANT PLANE APPROACHING THEY KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

CHINA TRUCK HANGS FROM BRIDGE-VOTOPS

IN CHINA.

A TRUCK DRIVER IS THROWN OUT OF CABIN

THEN DANGLED UPSIDE DOWN ON A BRIDGE

WHEN THE 30-TON RUNNING VEHICLE TURNED OVER ON ONE SIDE

THE TRUCK WAS TRANSPORTING 30 TONS OF COAL WHEN IT ROLLED OVER AT A TURNING OF A BRIDGE

IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO RESCUE THE THE MAN

BEAR STUCK IN SEARS-VOTOPS

A 200 POUND BABY BEAR DECIDES TO GO TO THE MALL NEAR PITTSBURGH YESTERDAY

MALL OFFICIALS SAY THE BABY BEAR CAME THROUGH THE ENTRANCE JUST BEFORE THE MALL CLOSED.

STORES WERE EVACUATED WHILE THE CUB DID SOME LOOKING AROUND.

THE BEAT MANAGED TO GET INTO A DOUBLE DOOR AREA.

USHER'S STEPSON DIES-VO

SOURCES CLOSE TO THE FAMILY OF SINGER USHER RAYMOND SAY HIS FORMER STEPSON HAS PASSED AWAY

11-YEAR-OLD KILE GLOVER WAS RIDING IN AN INNER TUBE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A JET SKI EARLIER THIS MONTH

HE WAS FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY.

HE DIED YESTERDAY FROM HEART FAILURE.

PERSONALIZED CANCER RESEARCH-VO

INSTEAD OF USING TOXIC DRUGS TO FIGHT OFF CANCER.

CANADIAN RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON A VACCINE TO HELP THE BODY HEAL ITSELF.

SCIENTISTS ARE CREATING A PERSONALIZED VACCINE THAT USES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT CANCER.

IT WOULD MIX A PATIENT'S TUMOR WITH A VIRUS THAT TARGETS AND KILLS CANCER CELLS.

SO FAR IT'S WORKED IN MICE.

PERSONALIZED CANCER RESEARCH-SOTVO

The immune system really wakes up and says hey wait a second this is something we want to attack and it attacks not only the virus but the cancer cells

THE CANADIAN RESEARCHERS SAY A SIMILAR VACCINE TO THEIRS COULD BE TESTED IN CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE NEXT YEAR.

TEASE 5-VO

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW -

TZ5 A) BATTLE OVER ARCTIC OIL-VO

BATTLE OVER ARCTIC OIL-OC

SHELL OIL COMPANY IS TRYING TO DRILL WHERE NO MAN'S DRILLED BEFORE.

BUT WITH HIGH REWARD COMES HIGH RISK.

BATTLE OVER ARCTIC OIL-PKG

"We've been hunting whale for thousands of years"

STEVE OOMITTUK IS MAYOR HERE. HE AND HIS TOWN ARE HOLDING OUT AGAINST SEEMINGLY THE INEVITABLE OIL EXPLORATION OFF THEIR SHORES, THEIR GARDEN AS HE CALLS IT.

65% OF THEIR DIET COMES FROM WHAT THEY CAN HUNT AND GATHER. THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF LIFE… WHALES.

"It feeds us, it clothes us. It shelters us. It's our spirituality. It gives us identity of who we are as a people."

HIS PEOPLE INUPIAT ESKIMOS THEY'VE HUNTED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING AT SEA AND ON LAND SCRATCHING OUT AN EXISTENCE HERE FOR 2000 YEARS.

"BUT IT'S NOT JUST WALRUSES, SEALS AND WHALES THAT THE PEOPLE OF POINT HOPE RELY ON FOR FOOD. IT'S THESE BIRDS OOGHBAA OR MURR THAT COME HERE BY THE 100S OF THOUSANDS. THEY LAY THESE INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE EGGS. EACH ONE LOOKS LIKE AN EASTER EGG."

THE EGGS… A YEARLY FAVORITE… THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT WEEK TO COLLECT THEM BEFORE THE CHICKS INSIDE MATURE. TO COLLECT THEM, MEN BRAVE STEEP CLIFFS AND FLIMSY ROPES.

IT'S A DELICATE AND TENUOUS CYCLE.

"We live a cycle of life where we hunt different animals at different times. We know where they are going to be."

THIS IS THE FEAR… IF OIL SPILLS - EVEN FAR OFFSHORE - THE CURRENTS WILL BRING IT HOME, POSSIBLY TAKING OUT ONE LINK OF THE CHAIN… UPTURNING… EVERYTHING.

"Look at Exxon Valdez, Look at the Gulf of Mexico. They said nothing would happen… anything can happen."

FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THERE IS LITTLE TRUST. IN THE 1800S INTERNATIONAL WHALERS HUNTED THE ANIMALS TO NEAR EXTINCTION. IN THE 1950S OPERATION CHARIOT WAS A PLAN TO MAKE A DEEPWATER PORT HERE BY EXPLODING 6 NUCLEAR BOMBS. AS PART OF IT LOCALS WERE FED RADIOACTIVE IODINE TO STUDY ITS EFFECTS. THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS MEDICINE. DISTRUST HERE MEASURED IN CENTURIES.

"We could go 300 miles that way."

OOMITTUK - SITTING AT A NOW ABANDONED TRADITIONAL HOME MADE OF WHALE BONES - SAYS SHELL IS MOVING TOO FAST, HE WANTS MORE STUDY.

"It does look like this is gonna happen.

"Yeah I can feel it. It's kinda scary to see what's gonna happen this summer."

BATTLE OVER ARCTIC OIL-OC

MIGUEL MARQUEZ REPORTING

TOP STORIES-CLIPTOPS

TS1) OBAMA IN COLORADO-OC

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL SPEND THE DAY IN AURORA, COLORADO.

HE'LL TALK WITH FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF THE MOVIE THEATRE SHOOTING.

THE DEATH TOLL STILL STANDS AT 12 DEAD - NEARLY 60 OTHERS ARE RECOVERING FROM THEMASS SHOOTING.

TS2) NO BOX OFFICE NUMBERS-OC

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS ARE ALIGNING IN A RARE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY

FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY IN COLORADO.

SONY, FOX, DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL JOIN WARNER BROTHERS IN

WITHHOLDING THEIR BOX-OFFICE NUMBERS FOR THE WEEKEND OUT

OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILIES.

TS3)KATHERINE JACKSON-VOTOPS

MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOTHER - KATHERINE IS REPORTED MISSING

HER GRANDCHILDREDN FILED A MISSING PERSON'S REPORT AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER FOR A WEEK

SHE'S BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER OLDEST DAUGHTER REBBIE

TS4)PENN STATE-VOTOPS

NEWS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING.

PENN STATE OFFICIALS TELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STATUE OF FAMED COACH JOE PATERNO IS COMING DOWN FROM OUTSIDE STADIUM.

PATERNO- WHO PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY - CAME UNDER FIRE IN RECENT WEEKS AFTER A RECENTLY RELEASED INDEPENDENT REPORT.

THE FREEH REPORT REVEALED PATERNO'S apparent INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVERUP OF ASSISTANT COCH JERRY SANDUCKY'S MOLESTATION OF 10 YOUNG BOYS.

TS5) UNIFORMED GAY PRIDE-VOTOPS

THOUSANDS SHOW UP FOR A GAY PRIDE PARADE IN SAN DIEGO.

ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE AMONG THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVITIES SATURDAY MORNING

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT GAVE THEM THE GO-AHEAD TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS TO MARCH IN THE PARADE.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME SUCH APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE U-S --

FINAL WEATHER-WXCOMP

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

Today will mark another uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as tropical moisture continues to settle across Southwest Florida.

This morning most locations will start off with plentiful sunshine and temperatures near 80°. A few more clouds will linger across southern Collier county as showers have persisted over the inland areas and continue to weaken.

Clouds will be on the increase through the day with scattered showers and storms getting a little bit of a kick start just after the lunchtime hour. Due to the clouds and the onset of the rain, temperatures will also be held down a bit into the lower 90s.

Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy with a few lingering showers/storms with lows in the mid and upper 70s.

CLOSE-OC-WEB ANI

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