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FIRST WEATHER-WXWALL

ERNESTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again. Some stronger storms are trying to organize around the center, and it has a great chance of strengthening into a hurricane by tonight. When it is all said and done, it could get up to a CAT 2!

FIREMAN KILLED-CLIP VOTOPS

THANKS JP.

ABC7 IS LEARNING MORE ABOUT A WEEKEND SHOOTING THAT LEFT A CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE FIGHTER DEAD.

DEPUTIES BELIEVE THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT.

SARASOTA DEPUTIES SAY MICHAEL MINOR SHOT AND KILLED 39-YEAR-OLD SAM DREHER.

AND NOW -- INVESTIGATORS TELL US MINOR WAS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DREHER'S WIFE.

THEY SAY HE WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING HE OWNED OUT OF DREHER'S CAR WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.

WE'RE TOLD DREHER DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE AFFAIR.

FIREMAN KILLED-SOTVO

"He did not know his wife was in a relationship and he did not ever meet Mr. Minor before."

"Sam was a happy go lucky guy, he was willing to do anything you asked him to do, he always came in with a smile"

MINOR TOLD DEPUTIES HE SHOT DREHER.

FT MYERS MURDER FOLO-CLIP VOWIPE

A 23-YEAR-OLD FROM FORT MYERS HAD HIS LIFE CUT SHORT LAST NIGHT.

TONIGHT, HIS FAMILY WANTS THE KILLER CAUGHT.

POLICE SAY A SHOOTER UNLOADED IN THE 'SUPER STORE'S' PARKING LOT ON FOWLER STREET.

TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT, INCLUDING 23-YEAR OLD ERNEST ZIGLER AND HIS COUSIN ANTWAN THOMAS.

ZIGLER DIED ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE STORE.

FT MYERS MURDER FOLO-SOTVO

2920 "Nothing is going to change anything. These guns and mentality that the young people have here in Fort Myers. I know somebody up high who is going to straighten it out one day. I hope God has mercy on them"

TODAY, POLICE RELEASED THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SNAPSHOT.

THEY TELL US THE KILLER WAS DRIVING THIS NEWER MODEL GOLD CAMRY.

US 41 SINKHOLE!-WIPE VOTOPS

THIS SINK HOLE IN ESTERO IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS TONIGHT.

IT'S 20 FEET WIDE AND FIVE FEET DEEP.

A WATER MAIN BROKE AT THE INTERSECTION OF COCONUT ROAD AND U-S 41.

TRAFFIC ON COCONUT CAN ONLY MAKE RIGHT TURNS AT THE INTERSECTION.

CAPE BANK ROBBERY-3 SS

A BANK ROBBER IS ON THE RUN IN CAPE CORAL TONIGHT.

CAMERAS SPOTTED HIM AT THE FIFTH THIRD BANK ON NORTH EAST PINE ISLAND ROAD THIS MORNING.

POLICE SAY HE HANDED THE TELLER A NOTE DEMANDING CASH,

IMPLYING HE HAD A GUN.

HE WAS WEARING A HAT VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.

JET SKI DEATH-VO OC

TONIGHT AT SEVEN --

FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY ACCOUNTS OF A DEADLY JET SKI CRASH DON'T ADD UP.

CARLOS ARAGON DIED AFTER HIS JET SKI COLLIDED WITH HIS FRIEND'S JET SKI LAST WEEK NEAR KEEYWADIN ISLAND.

THAT FRIEND IS THE ONLY WITNESS TO COME FORWARD.

OFFICIALS SAY HIS ACCOUNT DOESN'T MATCH THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE CRASH,

VOTE 2012 OPEN-CLIP

RNC SPEAKERS-VOWIPE

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE 2012 --

AND TONIGHT, WE NOW KNOW SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE R-N-C ANNOUNCED SEVEN TODAY.

THEY INCLUDE FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT.

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLLEEZZA RICE ALSO MADE THE LIST.

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN WILL COME BACK TO THE STAGE.

NOT ON THE LIST --

RNC SPEAKERS-SOTVO

What is interesting to me are the names not there. Which means to me, I think Marco Rubio is seriously under consideration for the Vice President's spot.

MITT ROMNEY STILL HASN'T ANNOUNCED HIS RUNNING MATE.

OBAMA ROMNEY FUNDRAISING-VOTOPS

FOR THE THIRD MONTH STRAIGHT,

MITT ROMNEY'S CAMP BROUGHT IN MORE MONEY THAN THE PRESIDENT'S.

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TEAM ANNOUNCED HIS RE-ELECTION EFFORT RAISED 75-MILLION DOLLARS IN JULY.

LEHIGH SNAKES-VOWIPE

FULL OF SNAKES!

THAT'S HOW A HOMEOWNER IN LEHIGH ACRES DESCRIBES THE VACANT LOT NEXT TO HIS HOME.

THE PROPERTY IS ON RICHMOND AVENUE NORTH.

THE NEIGHBOR TELLS US SNAKE BITES KILLED TWO OF HIS DOGS.

NOW, HE KEEPS A GUN IN CASE ONE TRIES TO BITE HIM.

THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE LEHIGH ACRES FIRE DEPARTMENT.

LEHIGH SNAKES-2SOTVO

It's hard to spend money when there's not a line item there. So the board can grant money to be spent based in the need do well present the whole case to the board and see if there's any direction the board wants to take on it.

It's like the traffic lights. Nobody wants to put up traffic lights till somebody gets killed. Well do we have to wait for somebody to get killed or bit by a snake before something happens? No, that's not gonna happen. I'm gonna knock it out before that happens.

LEE COUNTY SAYS SINCE THE LAND IS IN IT'S NATURAL STATE,

DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARRESTED-VO OC

IN FORT MYERS TONIGHT.

A WELL-KNOWN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY BONDED OUT OF JAIL - ACCUSED OF CHOKING HIS GIRLFRIEND.

DAVID BRENER WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

POLICE SAY HE CHOKED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIT HER IN THE FACE WITH A PURSE.

BRENER REPRESENTS PEOPLE ACCUSED OF THE MOST SERIOUS CRIMES IN OUR AREA.

TODAY BRENER TELLS US THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY.

THREE OAKS MURDER FOLO-SS VO WIPE

TWO WEEKS AGO -- THE BOYFRIEND OF DEBBIE STRIANO FOUND HER MURDERED IN THEIR THREE OAKS HOME.

DUSTIN JAYE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.

HIS UNCLE, 42-YEAR-OLD BILLY RETHERFORD JUNIOR IS STILL AT LARGE.

DEPUTIES WON'T SAY *WHERE THEY THINK RETHERFORD IS,

ONLY THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HIM.

THREE OAKS MURDER FOLO-SOTVO

ROSE STRIANO/VICTIM'S MOTHER 9 SECONDS

13:39 please, please everybody, please help the police to find him. please help them 48

THERE'S A BIT OF POSITIVE NEWS TONIGHT.

SCRUFFY, STRIANO'S DOG WHO WAS ALSO STABBED IN THE ATTACK IS RECOVERING QUICKLY.

WI TEMPLE SHOOTING-VOWIPE

IN WISCONSIN TONIGHT --

POLICE SAY A 40-YEAR-OLD ARMY VETERAN IS THE LONE-GUNMAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED SIX PEOPLE AT A SIKH TEMPLE.

HIS NAME IS WADE MICHAEL PAGE.

HE'S A KNOWN MEMBER OF A POPULAR NEO-NAZI BAND.

POLICE DON'T KNOW THE MOTIVE FOR SUNDAY'S ATTACK THOUGH.

DESPITE PAGE'S STATUS WITHIN THE SKIN-HEAD GROUP,

THE F-B-I SAYS PAGE WAS NEVER ON THEIR "HATE GROUP" RADAR.

WI TEMPLE SHOOTING-SOTVO

"we had no reason to believe that he was planning or plotting or capable of such violence."

"I think the American people immediately recoil against those types of attitudes."

AS FOR THE 9-MILLIMETER HANDGUN PAGE USED,

CLOSING BELL & STOCKS-NATS VOTOPS CG

nats of closing bell

THE SOUND OF THE CLOSING BELL ON WALL STREET.

STOCKS END HIGHER IN THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS.

THE DOW CLOSED UP 22 POINTS AT 13,100.

THE NASDAQ ROSE 22 POINTS TO 29-90.

SR 82 TRAFFIC ALERT-OC

IN FORT MYERS TONIGHT --

A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT ALONG STATE ROAD 82 SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.

WORKERS INSTALLED THE LIGHT AT BUCKINGHAM ROAD BETWEEN COLONIAL AND INTERSTATE 75.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE-1 SHOT

IT'S A HAPPY DAY AT NASA.

TONIGHT WE'RE ON THE RED PLANET!

Nats: "Touchdown confirmed. We're safe on Mars."

IN TWO MINUTES,

IT'S CALLED THE MOST AMBITIOUS MISSION TO DATE FOR SCIENTISTS.

BUT THE WORK FOR 'CURIOSITY' IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING.

PLUS THIS,

"Tried to give us the baby for some food."

A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO TRADE A BABY FOR FOOD!

TONIGHT POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHERE HE IS.

WE'LL HEAD TO SOUTH JACKSONVILLE.

JP?

TZ1 A MARS ROVER LANDING-NATS VO

TZ1 B FL MAN TRIES TO SELL BABY FOR FOOD-SOTVO

MARS ROVER CHEERS-NATS VOTOPS

nats of cheers

LOTS OF REJOICING COMING FROM NASA TONIGHT.

THIS SCENE JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE LATEST 'ROVER' LANDS ON MARS.

SOME CALL 'CURIOSITY' NASA'S MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO DATE.

ROVER LANDS ON MARS-2SHOT VOWIPE

IMAGINE PILOTING A 2 AND HALF BILLION DOLLAR MACHINE THROUGH SPACE,

AND LANDING IT WITH ZERO ROOM FOR ERROR.

IT TOOK 'CURIOSITY' EIGHT MONTHS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY.

AND WITH THE TOUGHEST PART OF ITS JOB DONE.

ROVER LANDS ON MARS-SOTVO

"A day or so from now we are going to deploy the remote sensing mass so we can take these beautiful panoramas that we have all been waiting to see.

CURIOSITY HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TWO YEARS,

BUT COULD LAST A LOT LONGER.

CLINTON MANDELLA-VO

TURNING OVERSEAS TO SOUTH AMERICA,

HILLARY CLINTON MEETS WITH NELSON MANDELA.

SHE MET WITH THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT FOR LUNCH.

THEY MET AT HIS HOUSE.

CLINTON'S TRAVELING THROUGH AFRICA ON A TRIP FOCUSED ON SECURITY AND TRADE.

FL MAN TRIES TO SELL BABY FOR FOOD-VOWIPE

IN ORANGE PARK TONIGHT, JUST SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE --

POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHERE A MAN IS.

HE'S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO TRADE HIS BABY FOR FOOD.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE MAN GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR AT A MOTEL YESTERDAY.

TENANTS CALLED POLICE WHO RELEASED THIS FOOTAGE.

FL MAN TRIES TO SELL BABY FOR FOOD-SOTVO

"I worry about him. Especially this one right here cause, you know, I try to keep him in my eyesight at all times."

"He'll probably come around. You never know."

POLICE DON'T KNOW IF THE CHILD IS ABDUCTED OR IS THE MAN'S CHILD.

LEHIGH JAYVIEW HOUSE FIRE-VO

IN LEHIGH ACRES TONIGHT,

A MAN TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER LOSING PETS TO A HOUSE FIRE.

FLAMES RIPPED THROUGH THE GARAGE ON JAYVIEW AVENUE LAST NIGHT.

THE OWNER AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY.

BUT HIS FOUR CATS DIDN'T SURVIVE.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE CAUSE IS ELECTRICAL.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TONIGHT,

VITAMIN D AND YOUR CHILD.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS KIDS ARE GETTING ENOUGH OF THE SUNSHINE VITAMIN.

PLUS THIS,

this once incident has thrown me in the spotlight as a quote "hero" but that's not really how I see myself.

IT HASN'T STOPPED THE COMMUNITY FROM SEEING HER AS A HERO.

A SERGEANT STEPS IN WHEN SHE'S NEEDED.

TZ2 A VITAMIN D-VO

TZ2 B SHINER HONORED-SOTVO TO BREAK

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

ERNESTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT

In the tropics, Ernesto is showing signs of becoming better organized again. Some stronger storms are trying to organize around the center, and it has a great chance of strengthening into a hurricane by tonight. When it is all said and done, it could get up to a CAT 2!

The thinking on the path of Ernesto remains unchanged. The storm will continue its westward motion and eventually make landfall over the Yucatan peninsula midweek. Ernesto may then re-emerge into the Bay of Campeche Thursday before finally moving into Central Mexico by the end of the week.

Meanwhile Florence has weakened into a remnant low, and it is going continue weakening as it moves west.

Neither system will have an affect on southwest Florida.

As for our local weather we're going to see less in the way of rain this week, more in the way of hotter temperatures.

Tuesday morning, a few coastal showers will be possible, but they'll be very brief and isolated.

We'll see another round of scattered rain and storms by the afternoon. The storms will probably cover less ground Tuesday compared to Monday as drier air starts to cut into our rain chances.

Wednesday will likely be the driest day of the week, but we still can't rule out a few isolated storms during the afternoon. All and all you'll have nothing to worry about, however, temperatures will rise to near 95!

Normal August weather will continue through the weekend with isolated thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will hold around 93 to 94.

ST. LOUIS LIGHTNING-WIPE VOTOPS WIPE

THANKS JP.

SOME AMAZING STORMS CAUGHT ON TAPE IN SAINT LOUIS THIS WEEKEND.

YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING BEHIND THE CITY'S ICONIC ARCH.

WE'RE TOLD AT LEAST TWO HOMES SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE.

WICHITA LIGHTNING-VOTOPS

AND MORE IMPRESSIVE LIGHTNING IN KANSAS.

YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING IN THE SKY OVER WICHITA.

THE STORM LASTED FOR A FEW MINUTES.

SOUTHWEST REFUNDS-2SHOT VO

ON THE CONSUMER FRONT TONIGHT,

BIG REFUNDS FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

CUSTOMERS GET BILLED WAY TO MUCH FOR THEIR FLIGHTS LAST WEEK.

ALL BECAUSE OF A FAULTY HALF-PRICE ONLINE PROMOTION.

SOME CUSTOMERS WERE BILLED 30 TIMES OR MORE!

AIR FOOD UPGRADE-VO

AND IF YOU'RE FLYING U-S AIRWAYS.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FIRST-CLASS MEALS WHILE SITTING IN COACH.

FOR 20 BUCKS,

ECONOMY PASSENGERS FLYING OVERSEAS CAN OPT FOR THE FIRST CLASS MEAL.

SO WHAT DO YOU GET FOR THE MONEY?

CITRUS-MARINATED CHICKEN AND CRÈME BRULEE CHEESECAKE, WITH WINE OF COURSE!

IMMUNIZATIONS-VO

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT TONIGHT,

IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR KIDS VACCINATED!

IF YOU HAVE A SEVENTH GRADER OR A KINDERGARTNER,

THEY NEED A VACCINE BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

THAT INCLUDES TETANUS, POLIO, MEASLES AND HEPATITUS B.

VITAMIN D-VO

WE ALL KNOW VITAMIN D IS IMPORTANT.

TONIGHT WE LOOK CLOSER AT JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR YOUR CHILD.

WITH SHOCKING NUMBERS.

OVER THE PAST YEAR,

RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT 5-HUNDRED KIDS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY FOUND 40 PERCENT OF THOSE KIDS HAD A VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY.

THOSE KIDS ALSO BECAME MORE SEVERELY ILL.

VITAMIN D IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT BUILDS STRONG BONES AND KEEPS YOUR HEART HEALTHY.

SHINER HONORED-VOWIPE

-GOING BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY-

TODAY IN COLLIER COUNTY,

A DEPUTY IS HONORED FOR HER BRAVERY.

"I never thought twice about it I just jumped to my feet and away I went."

THE COUNTY AWARDED SERGENT KRISTEN SHINER THE MEDAL OF VALOR.

SHINER WAS OFF-DUTY WHEN SHE HEARD GUNFIRE IN HER CAPE CORAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE GRABBED HER WEAPON AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET TO FIND ONE MAN ALREADY SHOT DEAD.

SHINER HONORED-SOTVO

"Someone reloading a gun after they just shot somebody kind of speaks for itself theres no telling what the resident would have done but hed already shot one person could have been more."

THE HUMBLE DEPUTY SAYS SHE DOESN'T SEE HERSELF AS A HERO.

AT THE PUMP-CG

ABC 7 HAS YOU COVERED AT THE GAS PUMP TONIGHT.

HOLDING STEADY FROM YESTERDAY.

HERE'S THE CURRENT BREAKDOWN.

IF YOU'RE HEADED OUT TONIGHT,

EXPECT TO PAY ABOUT 3-51 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-54 TONIGHT.

CAPE TOLL BRIDGE-OC

AN ABC7 TRAFFIC ALERT IN CAPE CORAL TO REMIND YOU ABOUT.

ALL LANES ON THE PARKWAY HEADED *WEST INTO THE CAPE ARE SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT.

CREWS WILL BE BUSY THROUGH TOMORROW.

WOMAN PULLED OVER 'I WAS TOPLESS'-WIPE VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.

THIS WOMAN IN BROWARD COUNTY IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW TONIGHT.

POLICE SAY SHE RAN A STOP SIGN HITTING A TREE.

SO WHY WAS SHE RUNNING FROM POLICE?

TOSS TO BRAD-CAM 10

TURNING TO SPORTS,

TEASE THREE-POP

NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE HOPING TO KEEP HIS OLYMPIC DREAMS ALIVE. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK.

TZ3 A SPORTS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) COREGASM-NATVO

nats from the top of nicks pkg.

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

WOMEN ARE GETTING "HOT AND HEAVY" WHILE WORKING OUT.

THEY CALL IT A *COREGASM.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

11PM TZ2) EDISON NURSING-VOTOPS

PLUS,

A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR STUDENTS AT EDISON STATE COLLEGE.

SPECIFICALLY, FUTURE NURSES.

WHY THEIR HARD WORK WON'T BEFORE NOTHING

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

TREVOR MOORE-SOTTOPS

TREVOR MOORE-POMON

TREVOR MOORE-VIDBOX

UNFORTUNATELY. HIS RUN IS OVER AT THE OLYMPICS

IN TWO RACES TODAY. MOORE AND SAILING PARTNER ERIC STORK FINISHED 8TH AND 17TH.

TEAM USA-CGTOPS

FLORIDA STATE-POMON

FLORIDA STATE-SOTTOPS

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

DOLPHINS QUARTERBACK DAVID GARRARD MISSED ALL OF LAST YEAR WITH A BACK INJURY.

HE'S PROVING THAT DOESN'T MATTER. TODAY HE WAS LISTED AS THE FINS STARTING QUARTERBACK HEADING INTO THEIR FIRST PRESEASON GAME. WITH THE BUCCANEERS THIS FRIDAY.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTVO

VO CONTINUED

SPEAKING OF THE DOLPHINS DEPTH CHART. CORNERBACK VONTAE DAVIS. IS LISTED AS A BACKUP. BEHIND RICHARD MARSHALL.

NAPLES FB-VOTOPS

ANOTHER YEAR. ANOTHER TRIIP TO THE PLAYOFFS. OR AT LEAST THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE NAPLES FOOTBALL TEAM.

LAST YEAR THE GOLDEN EAGLES MADE A TRIP TO THE REGIONAL FINALS. AND EXPECTATIONS ARE JUST AS HIGH. IF NOT HIGHER THIS FALL.

NAPLES FB-SOTTOPS

LONGORIA-VOTOPS

THE TAMPA BAY RAYS COULD USE A BOOST TO THEIR OFFENSE. WELL THEY MAY BE GETTING IT.

ALL-STAR 3RD BASEMAN EVAN LONGORIA. COULD BE ACTIVATED ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

MANAGER JOE MADDON CALLS IT A 50/50 PROPOSITION.

GOODBYE WEBSITE TEASE-4 SHOT