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ISAAC LIVE SHOT-LIVETOPS

BREAKING TONIGHT AT 11 --

HURRICANE ISAAC IS NOW ON LAND --

THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES COMING OUT OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

YOU CAN SEE THE STRONG WINDS THAT JUST CONTINUE TO PICK UP WITH THAT RELENTLESS RAIN, TOO.

CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK HAS BEEN TRACKING THE STORM FOR MORE THAN A WEEK -

ISAAC ADVISORY-WX WALL

BRACING FOR ISAAC-TC MON

THE STORM ARRIVES ON THE EVE OF THE 7-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA'S ARRIVAL --

BUT OFFICIALS DO *NOT EXPECT A KATRINA-LIKE EVENT --

BRACING FOR ISAAC-LIVE

HURRICANE ISAACMADE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA PACKING NEAR 80 MILE PER HOURS

WINDS. IT IS WHIPPING UP THE SURF. DUMPING HEAVY RAINS AND ALREADY

CAUSING FLOODING ALONG THE GULF. AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE

Gov. Phil Bryant/Mississippi

this is a very dangerous storm and with those waters rising as quickly as

they could be, a loss of life is a very real possibility

Craig Fugate/FEMA

this is not going to be over quick. this not a fast-moving storm.

THIS NASA IMAGE OF ISAAC SHOWS HOW ITS GROWN, INTENSIFIED AND BECOME MORE

ORGANIZE.

LIFE HAS COME TO A HALT IN PLACES LIKE GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. BUILDINGS

BOARDED UP, RESIDENTS HUNKERED DOWN

NO PLANES. NO TRAINS. NO SCHOOL, AND POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED.

John Young, President, Jefferson Parish, LA

for your own safety and the safety of others use common sense and don't go

outside and put yourself and others in a dangerous position

SHELTERS ARE FILLING WITH THOSE WHO HEEDED WARNINGS FROM ALL LEVELS TO

EVACUATE,

SOT OBAMA

Now's not the time to tempt fate, now's not the time to dismiss official

warnings, you need to take this seriously.

IN NEW ORLEANS THOSE LEVEES THAT FAILED DURING HURRICANE KATRINA EXACTLY

SEVEN YEARS AGO--- WILL GET THEIR FIRST BIG TEST SINCE A 14-MILLION DOLLAR

UPGRADE.

SOUNDBITE: Jennifer Landix, Lower 9th Ward Resident:

"We'll probably get some street flooding from the rain, but you know, heavy

winds and stuff, the lights may go out, but we're prepared for all of that.

OFFICIALS STRESS ISAAC WILL IMPACT MORE THAN JUST COASTAL COMMUNITIES. AND

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WILL SPAWN TORNADOES THROUGH THE NIGHT

HOW ISAAC ISN'T KATRINA-WX CENTER SS

J-P, THE ONE THING EVERYONE HAS POINTED OUT TODAY IS HOW THIS IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA,

SOME PEOPLE ARE DRAWING COMPARISONS,

BUT THESE ARE REALLY TWO VERY DIFFERENT STORMS?

WX CENTER

JP AD LIB

THIS IS A MAP USING DATA F ROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER --

LOCAL HELP TO LA-VO

JUST ONE WEEK AGO,

RED CROSS CREWS IN OUR AREA WERE GEARED UP,

READY TO RESPOND IF ISAAC WERE TO HIT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.--

IT DIDN'T,

BUT NOW SOME OF THOSE CREWS ARE HEADING TO THE GULF COAST FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THERE.

THREE VOLUNTEERS FROM FORT MYERS ARE HEADING UP THE COAST.

TWO ARE IN ROUTE TO MISSISSIPPI AND THE THIRD --TOM BURDEN-- IS HEADING OUT TO HOUSTON TEXAS.

LOCAL HELP TO LA-SOTVO

THE LEE COUNTY RED CROSS PLANS TO DEPLOY MORE VOLUNTEERS ON WEDNESDAY TO LOUSIANA,

TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI.

THE VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP IN THE EVACUATION SHELTERS.

NATIONAL GUARD-VOTOPS

AT THE REQUEST OF LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR, BOBBY JINDALL --

THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO MOVING IN.

MORE THAN FOUR-THOUSAND TROOPS MOBILIZED ALONG THE GULF COAST.

VOTE 2012-CLIP

BIG STORIES FROM THE CONVENTION-SOTVO

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE 20-12 --

TONIGHT DELEGATES AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION DID THEIR JOB --

NOMINATING MITT ROMNEY AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT -- AND PAUL RYAN AS HIS RUNNING MATE,.

AND THE MAIN EVENT TONIGHT --

HEARING FROM ANNE ROMNEY -- AND HER PLEA TO WOMEN VOTERS.

we are the mothers --- who really make this country-- applause.;

A MAN KNOWN FOR IN YOUR FACE POLITICS AND WHO SOME WANTED TO SEE RUN FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

COVERAGE TEASE-SS

TOMORROW NIGHT PAUL RYAN WILL ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT,

BUT MITT ROMNEY IS LEAVING FLORIDA,

HEADING TO INDIANA TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN LEGION.

THERE ARE MANY BIG MOMENTS LIKE THAT STILL AHEAD IN TAMPA.

LATER TONIGHT --

MY CO-ANCHOR JEFF BUTERA WILL JOIN US LIVE FROM INSIDE THE TAMPA BAY TIMES FORUM.

AND GIVE US A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOMENTS YOU DIDN'T SEE IN TONIGHT'S NETWORK CONVENTION COVERAGE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY-VO

AT THE SAME TIME,

PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY.

HE CAMPAIGNED IN COLORADO THIS EVENING.

TALKING TO A YOUNGER CROWD AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY --

PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY-SOTVO

And they hope that by telling you these things, that you'll get discouraged and you'll stay home this time. Because they know young people came out in record numbers four years ago. I'm here to tell you don't listen to the cynics; don't listen to the naysayers."

CHILD PORN CASE-SS-VO

A MAN IN COLLIER COUNTY FACES SIX FELONY CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY -- AFTER RECORDING A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAVING SEX WITH HIM, ANOTHER FEMALE AND ANOTHER MAN.

DEPUTIES TELL US 20-YEAR-OLD JOSE EQUEZ BROUGHT THE 16-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY BACK TO HIS GOLDEN GATE HOME WHERE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS SHE ENGAGED IN SEX WITH EQUEZ AND THE OTHERS THEN PASSED OUT.

DEPUTIES SAY WHILE THE GIRL WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND NAKED EQUEZ RECORDED HER AND IS HEARD URGING THE OTHER WOMAN TO SEXUALLY MOLEST HER.

MURDER INVESTIGATION-SS-VO

INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF A LEHIGH ACRES ROADWAY.

POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD MARK BROTHERS OF CAPE CORAL

WAS DISCOVERED ALONG EDISON AVENUE AND WEST 18TH STREET YESTERDAY.

DETECTIVES HAVE NOT SAID HOW HE DIED

OR HOW LONG HIS BODY WAS THERE--

BUT THEY DO TELL ABC 7 IT APPEARS TO BE A VIOLENT MURDER.

CAPE REPORTABLES-VO

CAPE CORAL IS IN A STATE OF FINANCIAL URGENCY.

THE CITY MANAGER MADE THE STATEMENT AT TONIGHT'S BUDGET WORKSHOP.

TELLING COUNCILMEMBERS THEY HAVE NINE MONTHS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES -

OR IN 20-16 THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN DEBT.

ONE OPTION IS TO DIVERSIFY THE TAX BASE -- OTHERS ARE CREATING A FIRE SERVICE TAX OR UTILITIES TAX.

CAPE REPORTABLES-SOTVO

23:15;24 we are on the precipice financial instability if we dont do anything - dont want to be an alarmist projecting out three years if we dont do anything we have a severe problem here in Cape Coral:31

SZERLAG IS UNSURE HOW MUCH EACH TAXPAYER COULD BE CHARGED OR HOW MUCH EXACT REVENUE IS NEEDED.

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BEES TOOK COVER WHEN ISAAC BLEW PAST SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

TONIGHT THEY ARE BACK AND LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES --

IN OUR A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

HOW YOU CAN BATTLE THE BEES.WITHOUT FEELING THE STING IN YOUR POCKET.

*ANOTHER PET FOOD RECALL --

THERE HAVE BEEN ?? THIS YEAR ALONE.

WHAT PET OWNERS NEED TO KNOW.

PLUS,

TZ1 A BEES INVADE SWFL-VOTOPS

TZ1 B PET FOOD RECALL-VOTOPS

TZ1 C RNC BEHIND THE SCENES-SOTTOPS

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WEATHER-PWC

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-2SHOT VO

A BEE INVASION.

HOW ISAAC AND OTHER STORMS -- MAKE YOU HOME THEIR HIVE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU ONE WOMAN INFESTED WITH MORE THAN 50-THOUSAND BEES.AND HOW THEY GOT THERE.

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BEES AND ISAAC-VO

THE WORST OF ISAAC MISSED SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

BUT THE STORM IS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR SOME RESIDENTS -- AND THEY ARE BUZZING ABOUT IT.

BEES ARE INVADING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.LOOKING FOR SAFETY FROM ISAAC AND OTHER STORMS.

ABC7 FOLLOWED A BEE KEEPER ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR AREA.

WE FOUND ONE WOMAN WITH 60-THOUSAND BEES JUST INSIDE OF HER GARAGE WALL.

BEES AND ISAAC-SOTVO

ISMAY WILLIAMS, BEES IN HER HOME: I have intimidating problems with them I'm scared they will sting you

RICHARD CHAPPELLE, BEES IN YARD: with dogs and cats and kids in the yard playing I couldn't just leave it there even though they're honeybees

OUR BEE KEEPER TELLS US BEES USE SMALL HOLES TO GET INTO YOUR HOUSE DURING HURRICANE SEASON.

HE SAYS DON'T LEAVE YOUR SHUTTERS DOWN BECAUSE BEES WILL FORM A HIVE IN YOUR WINDOW.

PET FOOD RECALL-SS VO

MOLD -- IN PET FOOD.

TONIGHT AN ABC7 RECALL ALERT.

PREMIUM DOG FOOD MAKER - BIL JAC FOODS IS RECALLING ITS SIX-POUND ADULT SELECT FORMULA DOG FOOD -- AFTER MOLD WAS FOUND IN ONE BATCH.

THAT'S MORE THAN A THOUSAND BAGS OF THE DOG FOOD.

THE COMPANY POINTS TO HIGH MOISTURE IN THE BAGS.

STILL - IF YOU HAVE THAT BRAND.STOP USING IT.

THIS RECALL OF PET FOOD AND DOZENS MORE IN THE LAST YEAR IS PROMPTING A NEW TREND -- THE RAW FOOD DIET FOR PETS.

PET FOOD RECALL-SOTVO WEB BNR

26:54 the problem with some raw foods is if people don't do their homework they may be missing out on an important nutrients for pets 27:01

RIGHT NOW AN OUTSIDE LAB IS TESTING THE AFFECTED FOOD TO SEE HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE FOR YOUR DOG.

SCHOOL MAKEUP DAYS-CG

SOME NEW INFORMATION INTO OUR NEWSROOM TONIGHT ON HOW STUDENTS WILL MAKE UP MONDAY'S DAY OFF BECAUSE OF ISAAC.

LEE COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL MAKE UP THE DAY ON OCTOBER 16TH.

IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY AFFECT ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, STUDENTS WILL MAKE UP THE DAY ON MAY 24TH,

ENDING THE YEAR LATER THAN PLANNED.

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CONVENTION TOSS-TCMON

WE CONTINUE OUR SPECIAL YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE 2012 COVERAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND TONIGHT WE FOUND OUT WHAT 40 MILLION DOLLARS CAN BUY YOU -- THAT'S THE PRICE TAGE ON THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

MY CO-ANCHOR JEFF BUTERA IS LIVE INSIDE THE TAMPA BAY TIMES FORUM -- JUST ABOVE THE STAGE WHERE ANN ROMNEY GAVE HER SPEECH LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO.

CONVENTION NIGHT WRAP-SAT SS

COURTNEY, EXACTLY 42 DAYS AGO, I WAS HERE WHEN THE REPUBLICANS STARTED WORK ON THE FORUM.

THEY DID A LOT IN SIX WEEKS.

IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING LIKE WHAT I SAW THEN.

LET'S START WITH THE MASSIVE STAGE.

THIS IS A PICTURE I TOOK OF THE FLORIDA DELEGATION'S VIEW OF THAT STAGE.

THEY'RE DOWN IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR LOOKING UP AT IT.

CONVENTION NIGHT WRAP-PKG

'nats of convention'

YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF A POLITICAL PEP RALLY.

'nats of convention'

YOU SEE A BLUR OF PATRIOTIC COLORS.

"Lots of red, white and blue."

AS WE ENTERED, ON THE RIGHT, YOU SAW THE FAMOUS DEBT CLOCK - A RUNNING TALLY OF OUR DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

ON THE SUITE LEVEL, THE MEDIA.

YOU JUST SAW ME IN ONE OF THE SUITES.

ABOVE US, BALLOONS - THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT DROPPING UNTIL MITT ROMNEY'S SPEECH.

'florida delegate speech'

AND SMACK DAB IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR, THE FLORIDA DELEGATION, INCLUDING LAVIGN KIRKPATRICK FROM NAPLES.

LOOK AT HER VIEW.

"my expectation is the floor would be humongous, but it's not really."

"the one problem, it's crowded. with so many media and delegates, you're liable to get hit from behind."

"I used to live in Tampa and I just keep thinking -- this is where they play hockey."

"The hockey rink, right!"

CONVENTION NIGHT WRAP-SAT

AS FOR TONIGHT'S SPEECHES, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BIG ONES -- I WATCHED MOST ALL OF THEM THIS EVENING -- ONE COMMON THEME, MITT ROMNEY RAN A BUSINESS SUCCESSFULLY, PRESIDENT OBAMA HASN'T RUN ONE AT ALL.

TOMORROW, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE REPUBLICANS LAST PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOHN MCCAIN, UP-AND-COMING STAR PAM BONDI -- FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MITT ROMNEY'S RUNNING MATE, PAUL RYAN.

I'LL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE TREY RADEL.

CONVENTION COVERAGE-SSTOPS

OUR SPECIAL YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE COVERAGE CONTINUES TOMORROW.

JEFF AND OUR CONVENTION CREW WILL BE THERE WHEN REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY OFFICALLY ACCEPTS.

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TEASE TWO-POP

THE RAYS TRYING TO KEEP PACE IN THE WILDCARD RACE. DOLPHIN PLAYERS ARE ALREADY DISGRUNTLED AND THE SEASON HASN'T STARTED.

TZ2 A-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

NATS MARLINS-VOTOPS

LET'S START THIS PARTY IN MIAMI.

NATIONALS ACE. STEPHEN STASBURG ON THE MOUND.

MARLINS DID NOT SEEM TO CARE. JUSTIN RUGGIANO ROUGHING HIM UP IN THE 1ST. SOLO SHOT.

RAYS RANGERS-POPMON

RAYS RANGERS-VOTOPS

CHRIS SALE-VOTOPS

FGCU STAR CHRIS SALE ON THE MOUND. LOOKING FOR HIS 16TH WIN.

DID NOT HAVE HIS GOOD STUFF TONIGHT. ORIOLES GET TO HIM THE SECOND WITH A 3 RUN DOUBLE.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POMON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTSS

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MEANWHILE THE DOLPHINS PLAY THEIR FINAL PRESEASON GAME THIS WEDNESDAY AGAINST THE COWBOYS. A GAME YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7

MIAMI CANES-POPMON

MIAMI CANES-VOTOPS-WIPE

BUT GOLDEN'S FOCUS IS NOT ON THE NCAA. YET. BOSTON COLLEGE.

CANES OPEN THE SEASON. THIS SATURDAY IN CHESTNUT HILL.

MIAMI CANES-SOTTOPS-WIPE

FLORIDA QBS-VOTOPS

THE FLORIDA GATORS GET BOWLING GREEN THIS SATURDAY.

JEFF DRISKEL AND JACOBY BRISSETT WILL EACH PLAY A QUARTER IN THE FIRST HALF. AND THEN THE COACH WILL EVALUATE AT HALFTIME.

FLORIDA QBS-SOTTOPS

US OPEN-VOTOPS-WIPE

LET'S PLAY SOME TENNIS. A COUPLE AMERICANS GOING AT IT.

ANDY RODDICK NO TROUBLE WITH RHYNE WILLIAMS. WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS. IN THE PROCESS. RODDICK HAD 20 ACES.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

OLDEST FACEBOOK USER-SS VO

WHEN YOU THINK OF FACEBOOK YOU NORMALLY THINK ABOUT YOUNGER PEOPLE --

A YOUNG CREATOR, YOUNG USERS,

BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A SPECIAL LADY --

THE OLDEST PERSON ON FACEBOOK.

THIS IS FLORENCE DETLOR - SHE IS 101-YEARS- YOUNG.

AND YESTERDAY SHE MADE A NEW FACEBOOK FRIEND,

MARK ZUCKERBERY, FOUNDER AND C-O-O OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK.

FLORENCE'S NEWFOUND POPULARITY HAS EXPLODED,

NEW WEBSITE-FDOT

FROM THE OLDEST FACEBOOK FAN,

TO THE NEWEST WEBSITE ON THE BLOCK -

A-B-C DASH SEVEN DOT COME HAS A NEW LOOK.

TODAY OUR WEBSITE GOT A BIG UPGRADE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DAY'S BIG STORIES IN A NEW, MORE USER FRIENDLY FORMAT.

ALSO,

OUR SITES ON SEVEN HAS MOVED.

YOU CAN NOW FIND IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE IN THE BIG BLUE BOX.

AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE WHAT J-P SEES AND CHECK OUT OUR INTERACTIVE RADAR.

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