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NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

HL1) GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE-VOTOPS-WIPE

POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A KILLER THIS MORNING

HL2) STEPHANIE BRYANT-VOTOPS-WIPE

FRIENDS AND FAMILY CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF NAPLES WOMAN.

WHO IN A RARE INSTANCE -- FALLS VICTIM TO MAD COW DISEASE.

HL3) RACE TO SPACE-VOTOPS

AND IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

NASA HOPES FOR A SAFE LANDING.

HELLO-2SHOT PUSH

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BIG STORIES OF THE DAY -

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.

A trough of low pressure continues to make it's way across the Florida peninsula today and will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled over the next couple of days.

Our Sunday morning will start off mostly to partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Most of Southwest Florida will be fairly dry to start, with the possibility of a couple of showers near the coast during the morning hours.

As this system pulls off to our north and west, tropical moisture will continue to surge into the area, and as a result, we'll see an increase in the cloud cover throughout the day with scattered showers and storms firing up along the sea breeze, especially during the peak heating hours of the afternoon.

Highs today will climb into the lower to middle 90s with plenty of humidity.

Showers and storms will be a good bet as we head into early next week, with a drying and warming trend by mid week.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE-SS-VO WIPE

DEVELOPING THIS MORNING

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A KILLER.

25 YEAR OLD ERNEST TORRES WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED IN THE 22 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 54TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

DEPUTIES GOT TO THERE JUST BEFORE 5 A-M.

NEIGHBORS WOKE UP TO DETECTIVES COMBING THE BLOCK FOR EVIDENCE

GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE-SOT VO

"I came out to investigate and saw my neighbor. she just yelled to me, Dalton they killed my son. They put the gun through the window and shot him."

DEPUTIES HAVE NOT SAID WHAT MAY HAVE LED UP TO THE SHOOTING.

STEPHANIE BRYANT MEMORIAL-ONCAM

THE HUMAN FORM OF MAD COW DISEASE IMPACTS ONE IN A MILLION --

BUT IT TOOK THE LIFE OF A NAPLES WOMAN.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED TO HONOR STEPHANIE BRYANT LAST NIGHT.

AND THEY DID IT IN A UNIQUE WAY.

STEPHANIE BRYANT MEMORIAL-PKG

Nats - t-shirts

NO TWO TIE-DYE SHIRTS LOOK EXACTLY ALIKE.

00:30:28 3 BROLL OVER SOT

"Theres nothing our family didn't do that wasn't over the top"

MUCH LIKE THE WOMAN THEY ARE MEANT TO HONOR - THEY ARE UNIQUE.

00:32:12 3

"She was the most incredible woman in the world."

EVERYONE WHO KNEW STEPHANIE BRYANT SAW HER IN ONE OF THESE - HER FAVORITE PRINT

SHOWING OFF HER CARE-FREE SPIRIT

NATS - She was a hippie

SHE NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO BE SAD.

STILL TONIGHT - AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHER ON LOWDERMILK BEACH IN NAPLES TO REMEMBER HER- THEY CAN'T HELP BUT CRY.

00:32:17 12

"People don't understand being the son of that woman was so awesome."

CHARLIE BRYANT LOST HIS MOM STEPHANIE TO A DISEASE THAT ONLY IMPACTS ONE IN A MILLION.

IT'S THE HUMAN FORM OF MAD COW DISEASE - CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

IT COMES FROM CONTAMINATED MEATS AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES - AND IT'S NOT HEREDITARY.

IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS - THE DISEASE TURNED A VIBRANT WOMAN INTO SOMEONE UNRECOGNIZABLE.

00:32:57 3

"Sickest meanest disease."

ONE THAT CAUSED STEPHANIE TO SUFFER MEMORY LOSS, CONSTANT TREMORS AND LOSE HER SPEECH.

NATS - Crying

BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY CHARLIE CHOOSES TO REMEMBER HIS MOM.

00:30:39 7

"We're going to power through it

PART OF CHARLIE'S HEALING PROCESS - DYING DOZENS OF THESE SHIRTS HIS MOM LOVED.

HE PLANS TO SELL THEM TO HELP START AN ORGANIZATION FOR FAMILIES OF LOVED ONES WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS.

00:35:08 6

"Whatever they want us to do raise, we will raise funds for them."

NATS - on beach

TONIGHT - FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF STEPHANIE BRYANT LET OUT THEIR TEARS.

BUT WHEN THE SUN SETS CHARLIE SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND HELP OTHERS.

SOLDIER KILLED-ONCAM

A TAMPA-BAY AREA SOLDIER HAS BEEN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.

ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY.26-YEAR-OLD STAFF SERGEANT MATTHEW STEVEN SITTON DIED AFTER STEPPING ON AN I-E-D.

THIS WAS HIS THIRD DEPLOYMENT IN AFGHANISTAN.

BURGLARY ARREST-SSTOPS

AN EAST NAPLES MAN IS IN JAIL THIS MORNING-- ACCUSED OF ROBBING HIS NEIGHBOR.

A WITNESS SAYS SHE SAW THIS MAN. CHRISTOPHER RICHMOND -- AT A NEIGHBORS HENDERSON CREEK DRIVE HOME.

THE VICTIM TELLS DEPUTIES SHE CAME HOME.

SAW PRY MARKS ON THE FRONT DOOR.

AND IT WAS UNLOCKED.

INSIDE -- THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS MISSING.

INCLUDING A SAFE, JEWELRY AND CREDIT CARDS.

LOUGHNER COMPETENCY-VO

A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARIZONA SHOOTING CASE THAT LEFT 6 PEOPLE DEAD AND FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS AND 12 OTHERS WOUNDED.

A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CASE SAYS. JARED LOUGHNER PLANS TO CHANGE HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

HE PREVIOUSLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE 49 CHARGES FROM THE JANUARY 2011 SHOOTING IN TUCSON.

A GUILTY PLEA WOULD LAND HIM A LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON.

RACE TO SPACE-POP VO

THIS MORNING. A POWERFUL NEW EXPLORER-- YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME-- IS HEADING TOWARD MARS. AND PREPARING FOR A LANDING THAT NASA SCIENTISTS ARE DESCRIBING AS "SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR."

RACE TO SPACE-PKG

SCRIPT:

Forget the Olympics.

NATS - ANIMATION - SPACECRAFT FLYBY

After a 352-million mile journey to Mars THIS is the landing to stick.

During a touchdown sequence Sunday night into Monday the Mars

Science Laboratory will hit the red planet's atmosphere at 13-thousand miles

per hour heating to a scorching 38-hundred degrees before a supersonic

parachute hits the brakes.

NATS - ROCKETS

Then using a "sky crane" technique never tried before rockets will gently

lower the largest robot explorer ever a mini-Cooper sized rover named

Curiosity. It all happens in what the team calls "seven minutes of terror."

SOT - ADAM STELZNER / MARS SCIENCE LAB TEAM LEADER

A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF HAS TO WORK RIGHT FOR US TO MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE OF

MARS. /edit/ I AM RATIONALLY CONFIDENT I AM EMOTIONALLY TERRIFIED.

Because Earth and Mars are so different

NATS - MSL LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER

it was impossible for engineers to test everything the way they wanted

before liftoff last November.

NATS - LAUNCH

NATS - CLAYTON: HOW NERVOUS DOES THAT MAKE YOU? ASHWIN VASAVEDA: UH,

INCREDIBLY.

At a time when NASA's budget for exploring the planets is shrinking the

Curiosity mission is a two-point-five billion dollar gamble.

SOT - BILL NYE / PRESIDENT, THE PLANETARY SOCIETY

WHAT ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS TO TROUBLE US HUMANS? WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

AND, ARE WE ALONE?

To help answer THAT question Curiosity will look for signs where Martian

life may have once thrived. Using cameras lasers even drills to help

scientists unlock the Red Planet's geologic secrets.

SOT - ASHWIN VASAVEDA

RACE TO SPACE-OC

CLAYTON SANDELL REPORTING

AT THIS POINT THE MISSION IS FULLY AUTOMATIC.

NASA PLANS-WIPE-VO

MEANWHILE, NASA IS MAKING STRIDES IN ITS EFFORTS TO ONCE AGAIN LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS FROM THE U-S.

IT AWARDED MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS FRIDAY TO THREE COMMERCIAL ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT DEVELOPERS.

SPACEX RECEIVED A LOT OF THE FUNDS.

SPACEX WAS THE COMPANY THAT LAUNCHED THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT TO DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

VOTE CLIP-CLIP

EARLY VOTING-MON-VO-WIPE

EARLY VOTING IS NOW UNDER WAY IN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY TO CAST A BALLOT.

AND WHILE THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE AREA GOT THEIR VOTES IN,

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER.

REPUBLICANS PUSHING FOR MITT ROMNEY HIT THE PHONES AT THE LEE COUNTY ROMNEY VICTORY OFFICE.

LOOKING PAST THE PRIMARY, THAT OFFICE AND 40 OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE CALLING AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO SPREAD THE WORD FOR THEIR CANDIDATE.

EARLY VOTING-SOTVO-WIPE

03:53-04 Judy O'Donnell, Republican Volunteer "We're not calling the Republican's right now, we're calling Independent voters and Democrats that we may be able to turn to our side."

DEMOCRATS IN LEE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO GROW THEIR BASE WHILE LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER.

THEY STARTED WITH A RIBBON CUTTING --

EARLY VOTING-SOT OC-MON

16:41-48 Sandra McClinton, Lee County Democratic Chair "Since we doubled our space, we're going to double down on getting president Obama re-elected and Senator Nelson re-elected."

EARLY VOTING CONTINUES TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE YOU CAN FIND AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION NEAR YOU, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE

TAX FREE WEEKEND-VO WIPE

TAX FREE WEEKEND MIGHT BE YOUR BEST CHANCE TO SAVE ON SCHOOL CLOTHING.

BUT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IT'S THE BEST CHANCE TO COMPETE WITH MEGA CHAINS.

WE STOPPED BY A FEW MOM AND POP STORES IN THE FORT MYERS AREA TO SEE HOW SALES WERE GOING.

OWNERS OF SNYDERMAN'S SHOES SAY THEY'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.

TAX FREE WEEKEND-SOT VO

Bob Snyderman, Snyderman's Shoes: it's been non-stop the guys have been backed up with 3,4,5 people waiting at a time

CECE QUATAERT, PINK PETUNIA CONSIGNMENT STORE: I call it guilt free shopping because you for under $50 you can get a pretty good bag load of clothes

TEASE ONE-OC

AN NBA GREAT WAS IN TOWN HELPING CHILDREN.

MORE DETAILS STILL TO COME.

PLUS. WE'LL MEET BRIAN COMPTON. A CATCHER IN THE TWINS FARM SYSTEM.

WITH AN INTERESTING CONNECTION TO THE FRANCHISE.

TZ1 A) SPORTS-VO-WIPE

STORMWARN CLIP-CLIPTOPS

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.

A trough of low pressure continues to make it's way across the Florida peninsula today and will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled over the next couple of days.

Our Sunday morning will start off mostly to partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Most of Southwest Florida will be fairly dry to start, with the possibility of a couple of showers near the coast during the morning hours.

As this system pulls off to our north and west, tropical moisture will continue to surge into the area, and as a result, we'll see an increase in the cloud cover throughout the day with scattered showers and storms firing up along the sea breeze, especially during the peak heating hours of the afternoon.

Highs today will climb into the lower to middle 90s with plenty of humidity.

Showers and storms will be a good bet as we head into early next week, with a drying and warming trend by mid week.

SPORTS PKG-PKG

EDISON ST COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE-VO WIPE

THERE'S JUST A FEW WEEKS OF SUMMER LEFT BEFORE EDISON STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS HIT THE BOOKS.

BUT YESTERDAY WAS THEIR CHANCE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FINANCIAL AID, ACADEMIC ADVISING, AND STUDENT HOUSING AT EDISON STATE'S OPEN HOUSE.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHANGES----A NEW PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST ON-CAMPUS HOUSING FOR THE SCHOOL.

OF THE 405 DORMS AT LIGHTHOUSE COMMONS ON THE LEE CAMPUS - 325 OF THEM ARE BOOKED.

HOUSING MEANS CONVENIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND ADDS TO CAMPUS LIFE.

STUDENTS WILL BE MOVING IN ON THE 20TH.

EDISON ST COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE-(2) SOTVO

With class schedule I have it's quite a distance and having to drive back and forth about 4 times a day about 5 times a week.

I think this first year we probably won't be a hundred percent, but once we get through this year I think next year on we're going to have waiting lists to get in there.

STUDENTS WILL BE MOVING IN ON THE 20TH.

TEASE TWO-OC

TWO SPECIAL SOUTH FLORIDA CHILDREN WILL HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL IN STYLE.

AND IT'S THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH A KEY CONNECTION TO FOSTER CARE.

TZ2 A) forever family-VO-WIPE

FOREVER FAMILY-ON CAM

TWO SPECIAL SOUTH FLORIDA CHILDREN ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL IN STYLE.

AND IT'S THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH A KEY CONNECTION TO FOSTER CARE.

IT'S THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S FOREVER FAMILY.

FOREVER FAMILY-PKG

Hi guys. This is Shawn.

Shawn Thistlethwaite, Children's Place: Welcome to the Children's Place. Children's Place is going to offer you $500 dollars each.

Katrina, looking for a Forever Family: I didn't know that it was this much!

Shawn: We jumped at the opportunity to partner with Forever Family. At the Children's Place we are all about celebrating children.

FOREVER FAMILY-OC

IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HELPING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE CALL 888-365-FAMILY.

TEASE THREE-ON CAM

WITH NEAR RECORD DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST---ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

FLAMES ARE FLARING UP WHAT'S LEFT IN OKLAHOMA,

AS HUNDREDS ARE FORCED TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR HOMES.

WE BRING YOU TO THE DISASTER-STRICKEN REGION.

PLUS. ANOTHER SCARE IN THE AIR!

TZ3 A)OKLAHOMA FIRE-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B) MORE AIR SCARES-VOTOPS

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

LIVE DOPPLER-DOPPLER

TS 1) GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE-SSTOPS VO

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE PERSON WHO KILLED THIS MAN.

25 YEAR OLD ERNEST TORRES WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED IN THE 22 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 54TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

DEPUTIES GOT TO THERE JUST BEFORE 5 A-M.

NEIGHBORS WOKE UP TO DETECTIVES COMBING THE BLOCK FOR EVIDENCE

TS 2) LOUGHNER COMPETENCY-VOTOPS

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARIZONA SHOOTING CASE THIS MORNING WHERE SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 13 WERE INJURED, INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.

A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CASE SAYS JARED LOUGHNER PLANS TO CHANGE HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

HE PREVIOUSLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE 49 CHARGES FROM THE JANUARY 2011 SHOOTING IN TUCSON.

A GUILTY PLEA WOULD LAND HIM A LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON.

TS 3) RACE TO SPACE-VOTOPS

AFTER EIGHT MONTHS IN SPACE.

TRAVELING MORE THAN 350-MILLION MILES.

NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER IS CLOSING IN ON MARS.

IF IT LANDS SAFELY OVERNIGHT.

THE 2.5-BILLION-DOLLAR NUCLEAR POWERED ROVER WILL BEGIN ITS TWO-YEAR MISSION.

TO SEE IF MARS CAN SUPPORT LIFE.

WX TOSS-2SHOT

GOOD MORNING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TODAY IS SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH.

I'M KELLY CRESWELL.

AND I'M JOE ROETZ.

BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BIG STORIES OF THE DAY -

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.

A trough of low pressure continues to make it's way across the Florida peninsula today and will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled over the next couple of days.

Our Sunday morning will start off mostly to partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Most of Southwest Florida will be fairly dry to start, with the possibility of a couple of showers near the coast during the morning hours.

As this system pulls off to our north and west, tropical moisture will continue to surge into the area, and as a result, we'll see an increase in the cloud cover throughout the day with scattered showers and storms firing up along the sea breeze, especially during the peak heating hours of the afternoon.

Highs today will climb into the lower to middle 90s with plenty of humidity.

Showers and storms will be a good bet as we head into early next week, with a drying and warming trend by mid week.

OKLAHOMA FIRES-POP VO

FIREFIGHTERS IN OKLAHOMA ARE STRUGGLING TO CONTROL MORE THAN A DOZEN BLAZES THAT HAVE SCORCHED MUCH OF THE STATE.

AND THE HISTORICALLY DRY CONDITIONS AREN'T HELPING.

OKLAHOMA FIRES-PKG

ALONG MILES OF SCORCHED EARTH IN OKLAHOMA TODAY.

VICTORIA LANDAVAZO WAS ALMOST SPEECHLESS.

SOT: "Really sad. No words. There's nothing to say. Just cry."

THIS RUBBLE USED TO BE THE HOME SHE SHARED WITH HER SEVEN CHILDREN IN LUTHER.OUTSIDE OKLAHOMA CITY.

SOT: everything is there. i didn't take anything. nothing at all

THE FIRES HAVE BURNED SOME 80-THOUSAND ACRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

HUNDREDS HAD TO EVACUATE.

SOT: "I feel like if there's a tornado at least there would have been a little hope to search around and find some of our stuff. / but this i mean you just know it's gone it's demolished."

THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES.FUELED BY HOT, DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.IN A STATE ALREADY RAVAGED BY A HISTORIC DROUGHT

SOT: "We're very thankful that we haven't had any loss of life."

TODAY.OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNOR TOURED PART OF THE DISASTER AREA.

CASEY STRAHAN LOST EVERYTHING.

EXCEPT THIS.

SOT:

CS: We found a cross that we had on the wall right behind the--

MF: Wouldn't you know you'd find a cross.

CS: Yeah, it was just setting straight up.

HERE AND BEYOND.THEY'RE PRAYING FOR RAIN.AS FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZES IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES.

OKLAHOMA FIRES-OC AT DESK

GABE GUTIERREZ REPORTING.

IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY.

SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECTED ARSONIST.

BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED ONE OF THE FIRES.

VOTE CLIP

ROMNEY ON JOBS-MON-SOT-MON

MIXED NEWS CONCERNING THE JOBS MARKET HAS REPUBLICANS SPEAKING OUT.

A GOVERNMENT REPORT RELEASED FRIDAY SHOWED EMPLOYERS ADDED 163-THOUSAND JOBS IN JULY.

BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIT EIGHT-POINT-THREE PERCENT.

THAT'S UP FROM EIGHT-POINT-TWO PERCENT IN JUNE.

NOW MITT ROMNEY IS PUTTING THE BLAME ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLICIES.

"I can absolutely make the case that now is the time for something dramatic, and it is not the time to grow government. It's the time to create the incentives and opportunities for entrepreneurs, businesses big and small to hire more people, and that is going to happen. You are going to see that happen in this country but not under this president

PRESIDENT OBAMA TRIED TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE NEWS FRIDAY.

HE SAID THE ECONOMY HAS CREATED FOUR-POINT-FIVE-MILLION JOBS OVER THE LAST 29 MONTHS.

ROUGHLY 12-POINT-EIGHT MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED.

BIDEN SPEAKS TO VETERANS-OC-SOT-OC

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HEADED TO THE SWING STATE OF NEVADA YESTERDAY TO SPEAK TO SOME OF OUR NATION'S HEROES.

HE DELIVERED OPENING REMARKS AT THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS.

DURING HIS SPEECH, HE THANKED ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CROWD WHO SERVED THE COUNTRY.

HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT ONE WOUNDED SERVICE MEMBER HE RECENTLY VISITED.

You all are amazing. I asked him the question I ask every single soldier, Marine, coastie, airman, when I leave the room, leave the hospital bed. I ask them all the same question. Soldier, sailor, Marine, what can I do for you? And without exception. that's not true, three exceptions out of 12-hundred of these rooms. You know the answer I get. Sir, can you get me to may unit, sir? I know i can be helpful, sir

BIDEN ALSO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY.

SYRIA FIGHTING-WIPEVOTOPS

OVERSEAS THIS MORNING.

AS SYRIAN TROOPS CLOSE IN ON REBEL TROOPS IN DAMASCUS.

IRAN REPORTED SATURDAY THAT REBELS HIJACKED A BUS.

IT WAS CARRYING 47 IRANIAN PILGRIMS VISITING A SHIITE SHRINE IN DAMASCUS.

LATE LAST NIGHT, THE FARS NEWS AGENCY ANNOUNCED SYRIAN FORCES FREED THE HOSTAGES, BUT SYRIA HAS NOT CONFIRMED THAT.

VIOLENCE IN AFRICA-VOTOPS

AND VIOLENCE IS ESCALATING IN THE EASTERN CONGO.

WHERE REBEL FORCES ARE MAKING HEADWAY.

THE THREE-MONTH OLD UPRISING HAS FORCED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES.

AND MOST OF THE NEWLY INJURED ARE CIVILIANS.

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS. WHICH RUNS A HOSPITAL THERE.

MORE AIR SCARES-VO-WIPE

IT WAS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT IN DETROIT.

DURING LANDING AT THE DETROIT METRO AIRPORT A DELTA FLIGHT AND A SMALL REGIONAL JET CAME WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH HORIZONTIALLY.

SAFE FLYING CALLS FOR THREE MILES OF SEPARTATION.

THE PROBLEM --

THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HEADSET JACK WASN'T FULLY OPERATING, SO THE PILOTS COUDNT HEAR AIR TRAFFIC INSTRUCTIONS.

MORE AIR SCARES-SOTVO

It's really scary. I mean tons of lives at

risk. And whether its miscommunication or whatever they should definitely be

on top of that type of thing

THE FAA SAYS THE PILOTS WERE AWARE THEY WERE TOO CLOSE, BUT NEVER AT RISK FOR COLLIDING

BOTH PLANES LANDED SAFELY AND THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING.

LIGHTNING FIRE ELEMENTARY-VO-WIPE

FIRE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE LIGHTNING CAUSED A FIRE AT A MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL ON SATURDAY.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BATTERED THE AREA WITH RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

THE ROWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APPARENTLY TOOK A DIRECT HIT, AND CAUGHT FIRE.

CREWS RESPONDED QUICKLY, BUT THE SCHOOL WAS DESTROYED.

LIGHTNING FIRE ELEMENTARY-SOTVO

S/ Bill Knittle/ Rowe Elementary School Principal:31When I got here and actually saw it I was shocked. Sick to my stomach.

I can't believe it. I mean, it's great to see this level of response, these guys are really something, the firefighters

LOLLAPALOOZA SEVERE WEATHER-VO

THE SECOND DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA WAS TEMPORARILY PUT ON HOLD AS A STORM ROLLED THROUGH CHICAGO.

POLICE WERE CALLED IN TO EVACUATE GRANT PARK.

ACCORDING TO THE MUSIC FEST'S WEBSITE,

FESTIVAL-GOERS WERE DIRECTED TO UNDERGROUND EVACUATION AND SHELTER SITES.

CO SHOOTING BENEFIT-OC

JUST OVER TWO WEEKS FROM A MASS SHOOTING IN COLORDADO THAT LEFT 12 PEOPLE DEAD.

AND THE SUPPORT CONTINUES TO POUR IN.

PEOPLE FROM AROUND AURORA STEPPED UP FOR A FATHER AFTER HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER IN THE MASSACRE.

CO SHOOTING BENEFIT-PKG

"It is comforting to see how many people care," he said.

Six-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan was one of twelve people killed in the

shooting rampage at an Aurora Colorado movie theater. Scores more were

injured.

"Some may say she lived 6 six short years," Sullivan said. "I'd say they

were the longest years of my life and I cherish every minute."

Rick McEvoy, who was traveling for work when he met Ian prior to the

shooting, organized the event at BBQ Island in Tempe.

"I couldn't believe when I heard what happened," he said. "I had just been

there."

Several businesses donated items for a raffle.

"She was the most fun loving 6-year-old I ever met," said Sullivan.

CO SHOOTING BENEFIT-OC

ANGIE HOLDSWORTH REPORTING

THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO PAY FUNERAL COSTS.

TEASE FOUR-OC

AN ALL OUT CAKE WAR OVER A WEDDING.

THE COUPLE WANTED A CAKE---BUT THE BAKER---SAID NO!

TZ4 A CAKE DISCRIMINATION-VO-WIPE

LOTTERY NUMBERS-CG

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIPTOPS

MAIN WEATHER-CAM 9

MAIN WEATHER-WXWALL

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.

A trough of low pressure continues to make it's way across the Florida peninsula today and will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled over the next couple of days.

Our Sunday morning will start off mostly to partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Most of Southwest Florida will be fairly dry to start, with the possibility of a couple of showers near the coast during the morning hours.

As this system pulls off to our north and west, tropical moisture will continue to surge into the area, and as a result, we'll see an increase in the cloud cover throughout the day with scattered showers and storms firing up along the sea breeze, especially during the peak heating hours of the afternoon.

Highs today will climb into the lower to middle 90s with plenty of humidity.

Showers and storms will be a good bet as we head into early next week, with a drying and warming trend by mid week.

CAKE DISCRIMINATION-OC

THEY SAY THEY JUST WANTED A WEDDING CAKE.

BUT THE OWNER OF A SMALL BAKERY IN LAKEWOOD, COLORADO TOLD THEM.

HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAKE FOR THEIR SAME SEX MARRIAGE.

YESTERDAY. DOZENS OF THE COUPLE'S FRIENDS CAME OUT TO PROTEST RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY.

AS OTHERS CAME OUT IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS.

CAKE DISCRIMINATION-PKG

L/ Lakewood, Colorado:02

S/ Jack Phillips/ Owner, Masterpiece Cake Shop:21-:24

S/ Dave Mullins/ Protester:29-:35

"I opened, Masterpiece cake shop in September of 1993."

"It's a small shop, it's like the size of a three car garage."

"We make all the icing and everything from scratch. "

IT'S EASY SEE JACK PHILLIPS IS NOT THE MIX FROM A BOX…KIND OF GUY…

"Give me fifteen minutes and you too can be making a rose."

CUSTOM CREATIONS… ARE HIS SPECIALTY…

S/ Jack Phillips/ Owner, Masterpiece Cake Shop:21-:24

" This whole thing boils down to the one cake."\

EXCEPT FOR ONE CAKE…TWO WEEKS AGO.HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE.

S/ Dave Mullins/ Protester:29-:35

"You know, white on the outside, some red and teal swirls on the side…cause those are our wedding colors. "

DAVE MULLINS AND CHARLIE CRAIG…MADE A SIMPLE REQUEST…

"We just wanted a wedding cake."

S/ Jack Phillips/ Owner, Masterpiece Cake Shop:39-:41

" And I said, I'm sorry I don't do cakes for same sex weddings."

SO TWO WEEKS LATER…

AFTER DAVE AND CHARLIE TOLD A FEW THOUSAND OF THEIR FACEBOOK FRIENDS.

THE WORLD.SOON KNEW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED…

S/ Dave Mullins/ Protester:58-1:02

"It's been really stunning and heartwarming to see how many people have stood up to support us. "

YET THE SAME SUPPORT IS THERE.

"Oh, this is wonderful."

FOR THIS SMALL LITTLE CAKE SHOP.

"So many people have called me and come in."

"We're standing up for him, and we're standing up for his business."

AND THERE IS NO DOUBT.THE LAYERS OF THIS PROTEST.WILL CONTINUE TO ADD ON.

CAKE DISCRIMINATION-OC

MATT FLENER REPORTING.

PROTESTERS SAY THEY AREN'T TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE CAKE SHOP.

THINGS TO DO-CLIP

THINGS TO DO-CGTOPS- OC BNR

IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO TO TOP OFF YOUR WEEKEND.

WE HAVE A SUGGESTION.

HEAD TO THE OFF THE HOOK COMEDY CLUB ON MARCO ISLAND TONIGHT,

AND GET A GOOD LAUGH FROM COMEDIAN GUY TORRY.

HIS COMEDY HAS BEEN FEATURED ON B-E-T. COMEDY CENTRAL.AND M-T-V.

HE'S ALSO BEEN IN A FEW MOVIES. TO NAME A COUPLE.

AMERICAN HISTORY X --- AND DON'T BE A MENACE.

SO YOU CAN SEE HIM TONIGHT AT EIGHT.

COST IS TWENTY DOLLARS --- FOURTY FIVE FOR V-I-P.

FOR MORE THINGS TO DO. HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE.

TEASE FIVE

YOUR ABOUT TO SEE A FASCINATING EFFORT TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD.

THE BIGGEST SKYDIVING EVENT IN HISTORY!

STILL AHEAD THIS MORNING.

TZ5 A SKY DIVERS-VO

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THIS IS AMAZING.

THOUSANDS OF *HOURS* OF PLANNING, TRAINING, AND *HOPING*

AS SKYDIVERS MAKE AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD, RIGHT IN AMERICA'S BACKYARD.

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It was an extraordinary mission about to unfold over Illinois farm country.

Sky divers from all over the world - 11 countries in all.

Gathering for a daring mission

To break the world record for vertical skydiving ,or free flying, as it's

sometimes called:

SOT: Dave Schwartz, Skydive Chicago

"Free flyers, that is a skydiving discipline where they're flying head first

. And we're trying to build the largest linked formation."

Following months of planning and tryouts, 138 skydivers squeezed into six

planes and watch right here as they jump out at 18,500 feet above. some of

them with cameras mounted right to their helmets.

SOT: Rook Nelson, Skydive Chicago

"And we're linking up basically all balancing on our heads. So with the

higher air speeds it's a little bit more tricky, maneuverability wise to

link up."

While already free-falling, they reach out to grab each other hands.

Each skydiver knowing exactly when to exit the aircraft, whom to follow, and

where in the formation they should be.

They fell at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour. Their heads - down. When

they join hands, they create an enormous snowflake formation spanning 150

feet

With their display complete , it 's time for the record-breaking skydivers

to break away from each other and deploy their parachutes.

Landing one by one - their skidding, their shoes - after that spectacular

140 SKYDIVERS-POP

DAVID MUIR WITH THAT STORY

TOP STORIES-CLIPTOPS

TS1) GOLDEN GATE HOMICIDE-SSTOPS VO

COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE PERSON WHO KILLED THIS MAN.

25 YEAR OLD ERNEST TORRES WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED IN THE 22 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 54TH TERRACE SOUTHWEST.

DEPUTIES GOT TO THERE JUST BEFORE 5 A-M.

NEIGHBORS WOKE UP TO DETECTIVES COMBING THE BLOCK FOR EVIDENCE

TS4) TAX FREE WEEKEND-VOTOPS

IT'S THE LAST DAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAX FREE WEEKEND.

A WEEKEND -- CONSUMERS AND MEGA CHAINS ARE BENEFITTING FROM.

AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE TOO.

SOME SAY SALES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED.

TS2) LOUGHNER COMPTENCY-VOTOPS

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARIZONA SHOOTING CASE THIS MORNING WHERE SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 13 WERE INJURED, INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.

A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CASE SAYS JARED LOUGHNER PLANS TO CHANGE HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

HE PREVIOUSLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE 49 CHARGES FROM THE JANUARY 2011 SHOOTING IN TUCSON.

A GUILTY PLEA WOULD LAND HIM A LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON.

TS3) RACE TO SPACE-VOTOPS

AFTER EIGHT MONTHS IN SPACE.

TRAVELING MORE THAN 350-MILLION MILES.

NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER IS CLOSING IN ON MARS.

IF IT LANDS SAFELY OVERNIGHT, THE 2.5-BILLION-DOLLAR NUCLEAR POWERED ROVER WILL BEGIN ITS TWO-YEAR MISSION TO SEE IF MARS CAN SUPPORT LIFE.

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.

A trough of low pressure continues to make it's way across the Florida peninsula today and will keep our weather pattern a bit unsettled over the next couple of days.

Our Sunday morning will start off mostly to partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Most of Southwest Florida will be fairly dry to start, with the possibility of a couple of showers near the coast during the morning hours.

As this system pulls off to our north and west, tropical moisture will continue to surge into the area, and as a result, we'll see an increase in the cloud cover throughout the day with scattered showers and storms firing up along the sea breeze, especially during the peak heating hours of the afternoon.

Highs today will climb into the lower to middle 90s with plenty of humidity.

Showers and storms will be a good bet as we head into early next week, with a drying and warming trend by mid week.

CLOSE-OC-WEB ANI

AD LIB GOODBYE

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