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I don't feel like a hero.

I did what I had to to make sure everyone was safe.

BALL OF FLAMES!

AS A LEHIGH ACRES HOME BURNS, A 17-YEAR OLD EMERGES A HERO.

A 50-SECOND ATTACK--

THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE.

TONIGHT WHY SIX GIRLS VIOLENTLY BEAT A MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN--

AND RECORDED IT!

PLUS--

12:04:44 I do have friends who say they just don't have it in them to want a baby or to take care of them.

DO YOU HAVE THE MOMMY GENE?

ABC 7 EXPLAINS WHAT IT IS AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT.

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OUT OF CONTROL COP CAR--

HOW IT CRASHED INTO A FAMILY'S LIVING ROOM!

HL1) LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-trxSOTVO

HL2) PA BRUTAL BEATING-trxVOTOPS

HL3) MOMMY GENE-trxSOTVO

HL4) COP INTO HOUSE-trxNATSVO

NEWS AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-SOTVO-OC

I did what I had to to make sure everyone was safe.

A 17 YEAR OLD'S QUICK THINKING HELPED SAVE HIS FAMILY FROM A FIRE.

THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 4 THIS MORNING IN THE 900 BLOCK OF EDISON AVENUE IN LEHIGH ACRES.

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TEEN SAYS ONCE HE WOKE UP - IN A SPLIT SECOND HE KNEW THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.

HE GRABBED HIS PARENTS AND ALL THREE MADE THEIR ESCAPE THROUGH THAT BEDROOM WINDOW.

Terrifying moments for a Lehigh Acres teen.

As flames ripped through his family's house shortly after 4 this morning.

A hard wired fire alarm should have sounded the alert - letting the family of 3 know to rush out to safety.

Instead the family says it failed them when they needed it most.

17 year old Tanner Lucas says he suddenly woke to smoke in his eyes and a burning throat - and knew instantly something was wrong.

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Tanner Lucas

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It was like where is there smoke in the house, what's going on? Then I realized oh there's a fire. I need to tell dad and make sure they're okay.

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I don't feel like a hero. I did what I had to to make sure everyone was safe.

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The family says this house is a total loss.

Today they started to pick up the pieces of what's left - lucky that everyone made it out safely. thanks to Tanner.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS ELECTRICAL. IT STARTED NEAR THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT IN THE ATTIC.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY THIS IS A GOOD LESSON IN CHECKING YOUR FIRE ALARMS TO MAKE SURE THEY WORK - EVEN IF THEY ARE HARD WIRED IN YOUR HOME.

MEDSTAR FOLO-SS-SS-OC

THE FIRST DOMINO IS FALLING.

THERE'S A SHAKEUP TONIGHT IN THE FALLOUT OVER MEDSTAR -- LEE COUNTY'S NOW-SUSPENDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

ABC7 LEARNED TODAY --

PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR JOHN WILSON WILL RETIRE IMMEDIATELY --

AND E-M-S CHIEF KIM DICKERSON IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

THOSE MOVES COME AFTER WE EXPOSED A BILLING BLUNDER TO THE TUNE OF 3-MILLION DOLLARS AT MEDSTAR--

PLUS AN EMAIL THAT SUGGESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN WAS KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC.

WITH MORE --

MEDSTAR FOLO-PKG

LEE COUNTY'S CHOPPERS PARKED FOR MORE THAN *FIVE WEEKS--

E-M-S ADMINISTRATORS SHUT THE PROGRAM DOWN ON AUGUST 21 CLAIMING THEY WANTED TO PURSUE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION--

BUT SINCE THEN, NBC-2 UNCOVERED A $3-MILLION DOLLAR BILLING MISTAKE.

FOR FLIGHTS THE COUNTY WASN'T CERTIFIED TO BILL FOR.

JOHN WILSON theres still a helicopter service. We just have taken our program down and restructuring it there's still going to be helicopter service when someone calls 911.

THAT RESTRUCTURING HAS BROUGHT *RETIREMENT FOR NOW *FORMER PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR JOHN WILSON.

AND HIS FIRST IN COMMAND AT E-M-S-- KIM DICKERSON IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

KIM DICKERSON we have our county very well covered and we feel there's nothing to worry about

THE F-A-A, CLERK OF COURTS- AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ALL INVESTIGATING PARTS OF THE SHUTDOWN.

AND UNTIL *TODAY. WILSON AND DICKERSON HAVE BEEN SHIELDED FROM QUESTIONS BY COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES--

SHE EVEN *ASKED THEM TO AVOID A COMMISSION MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

KR- absence of kim dickerson and john wilson today is that letting them off easy? KH- no what I asked is for them to get a chronology of events together.

IN COMMISSION MEETINGS *SINCE-- PUBLIC OUTCRY HAS BEEN CALLING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AT E-M-S.

AND TO REINSTATE THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.

MEDSTAR FOLO-OC

ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER HOLLY SCHWARTZ WILL SERVE AS ACTING PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR--

DEVELOPING-CLIP

MATLACHA BRIDGE MTG-NATSVO.WIPE

TONIGHT AT FIVE --

ABC7 HAS NEW DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW MATLACHA BRIDGE.

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HEAR THAT SQUEAKING NOISE?

PROJECT LEADERS TELL US THAT NOISE INDICATES THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PART THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE DRAWBRIDGE.

CREWS FOUND THE PROBLEM EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WEREN'T SURE HOW TO FIX IT.

TODAY, THE BRIDGE BUILDER MET WITH ENGINEERS AND THE COUNTY'S PROJECT MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

MATLACHA BRIDGE MTG-SOTVO

Sarah Clarke, project manager - 04:27 "they have them, they're reviewing them and they need to review it before they submit it to us."

THE GROUP PLANS TO MEET NEXT WEEK TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION

CAPE PED BIKE FRIENDLY-VO.WIPE

CAPE CORAL LEADERS WANT A PIECE OF WHAT THEY CALL AN UNTAPPED MARKET -- "BICYCLE TOURISM."

ON MONDAY, THE GROUP "CAPE CORAL BIKE PED" WILL ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT CONNECTING IMPORTANT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CAPE.

THEY'VE ALREADY DESIGNED A ROUTE WHICH WOULD GO AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY.

CAPE PED BIKE FRIENDLY-SOTVO

Carolyn Comant, Cape Coral Bike Ped

4039 "you'll see many routes that we're suggesting are on secondary roads. Inside of taking people on pine island road, we'll take them on adjacent roads."

MISSING UF STUDENT LATEST-VO

MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE JOINING THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDENT.

BROWARD COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE THE LATEST TO HELP.

18 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN AGUILAR DISAPPEARED MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.

RIGHT NOW, HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND PEDRO BRAVO IS CHARGED WITH DEPRIVING A CRIME VICTIM OF MEDICAL TREATMENT.

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IT REALLY COULD COME RIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF A HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT - A MURDER-FOR-HIRE

PLOT THAT INVOLVES TWO FLORIDA TEACHERS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER WANTED HIS FORMER CO-WORKER DEAD. AND HE WAS WILLING TO PAY SOMEONE TO DO IT.

BUT AS ABC's MATT KOZAR REPORTS. THE TEACHER DIDN'T KNOW THE F-B-I

FL TEACHER HITMAN-PKG

55-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER JAMES PEPE HAS TRADED THE CLASSROOM

FOR A COURTROOM AND A JACKET AND TIE FOR AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT.

HE'S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO HIRE AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER TO KILL ANOTHER TEACHER

HE USED TO WORK WITH.

"The state will have one day to present whatever evidence they

need to. If they're going to try and seek your incarceration, or they have

any other case law, in reference to the pretrial detention request."

PLANT CITY POLICE OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE TIPPED OFF TO THE MURDER FOR HIRE

PLOT LAST MONTH. WHEN SOMEONE FROM GEORGIA TOLD INVESTIGATORS PEPE HAD

CALLED AND ASKED HIM TO KILL A COLLEAGUE.

THAT'S WHEN THE FBI GOT INVOLVED AND INVESTIGATORS STARTED RECORDING PEPE'S

PHONE CALLS.

"During that conversation,

he indicated that he would be willing to pay the undercover officer $2,000

to take care of the problem."

THE INTENDED TARGET WAS TEACHER ROBERT MEREDITH. WHO AGREED TO SPEAK TO

ABC TAMPA AFFILIATE, WFTS. BUT DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE.

"It's very strange. Very

disconcerting, you know it that makes sense."

SEVERAL YEARS AGO. MEREDITH AND PEPE WORKED TOGETHER AT STRAWBERRY

CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT. BUT MEREDITH SAYS

HE NEVER SPENT MUCH TIME WITH PEPE AND HAS NO IDEA WHY PEPE WOULD WANT HIM

DEAD.

"Never any scuffles or

words exchanged? Never."

AT PEPE'S CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT THEIR HISTORY TEACHER

. WHO'S NOW MAKING HISTORY OF HIS OWN AS DETAILS OF THIS CRIME DRAMA

CONTINUE TO UNFOLD.

"I'd never ever thought he'd do something like that

."

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BIDEN COMING TOMORROW-SS-VO

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPEAK TOMORROW IN FORT MYERS.

YOU CAN PICK THEM UP AT THESE FOUR LOCATIONS.

THEY ARE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.

BIDEN WILL TAKE THE STAGE AROUND 11-40 AT WA-KE HATCHEE PARK ON BASS ROAD.

CAMPAIGN STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO DIRECT TRAFFIC -- YOU CAN ENTER OFF BASS ROAD, THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

OTHER CANDIDATES TODAY-VOTOPS

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN FLORIDA.

HE'S CAMPAIGNING TODAY IN BOCA RATON.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HOSTING THREE EVENTS IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE -- MITT ROMNEY IS CAMPAIGNING IN WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

VOTER FRAUD-OC

NEW AT 5

FLORIDA ELECTIONS OFFICIALS IN SIX COUNTIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT APPEARS TO BE HUNDREDS OF CASES OF SUSPECTED VOTER FRAUD.

THIS INCLUDES LEE COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST 16 IRREGULAR VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA HAS FILED AN ELECTION FRAUD COMPLAINT AGAINST A COMPANY *IT HIRED* TO REGISTER VOTERS.

THE SUSPECTED FRAUD INCLUDES APPARENT CASES OF DEAD PEOPLE BEING REGISTERED AS REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

FEMA APPEAL ISAAC-VO

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS APPEALING FEMA'S DECISION TO NOT HELP THE STATE FIX DAMAGE FROM ISAAC.

THE APPEAL INVOLVES 11 COUNTIES INCLUDING COLLIER.

THE STORM CAUSED NEARLY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE THERE.

ISAAC MADE LANDFALL SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS LAST MONTH.

LCEC CAPE-VO

WITH POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE -- LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ISN'T GIVING UP ON ITS FIGHT WITH CAPE CORAL.

L-C-E-C WANTS ITS CASE REHEARD BEFORE THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS.

THE CASE CENTERS ON WHETHER THE NON-PROFIT OR THE CITY MUST PAY TO RELOCATE POWER LINES DURING ROAD EXPANSIONS.

L-C-E-C ARGUES IT HAS NO SAY IN ROAD PROJECTS AND SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO PAY EVERY TIME THERE'S WORK.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE------------

TONIGHT -- FLYING WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY CAN ADD UP.

.BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO SAVE WITH YOUR CHILDREN.

COMING UP - ABC7S SMART SHOPPER SHOWS YOU HOW TO FLY CHEAPER AND EASIER.

PLUS - LOOK AT THIS.

HOW RESCUERS SAVED A DEER.TRAPPED IN A MANHOLE.

TZ1 A TRAVEL WITH KIDS-VOTOPS

TZ1 B UT DEER RESCUE-VOTOPS

TX FLOODING-VOTOPS

CHECK THIS OUT.

HEAVY RAINS HIT PARTS OF TEXAS HARD TODAY.

THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT IN MIDLAND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, CARS WERE STRANDED AFTER DRIVING INTO STANDING WATER.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WX WALL

NICE WEEKEND IN STORE

If you're wanting to get outside and play a little golf, go to the beach, or maybe go fishing - do it this weekend. Heavy rains are moving in Monday, and that will put a stranglehold on your plans next week!

As I expected today was gorgeous. There was nothing to worry about weather wise unless you lost the shades.

Saturday and Sunday will be just as great. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast, and highs in the lower 90s. Could we see an isolated shower or thunderstorm? Yes, but not so much on Saturday. The best chance for rain this weekend will be on Sunday.

Sunday will also serve as our transition. There will still be a lot of sun, but there will be more clouds.

Overall it's going to be a spectacular weekend, but get ready for next week.

Our winds are shifting to the southwest due to a frontal boundary stalling out to our north. That's going to draw up a lot of moisture. We will see intervals of rain all day long from Monday through Friday. They'll start in the in the morning and last through the afternoon, evening, and possibly after midnight.

The wettest of will be Tuesday and Wednesday.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

THIS NEXT STORY IS FOR THE BRAVE PARENTS OUT THERE TRAVELING WITH KIDS.

WHAT IF THERE WAS A WAY YOU COULD BRING FEWER THINGS WITH YOU.AND SAVE MONEY DOING IT?

A-B-C-7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI FOUND WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN -- THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF.

TRAVEL WITH KIDS-TC MON

KIDS NEEDS STROLLERS AND CARSEATS AND SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP.

NOT ONLY IS THAT STUFF HEAVY TO CARRY - BUT IT CAN WEIGH YOU DOWN IN COST.

TRAVEL WITH KIDS-PKG

NATS - ZIP

15 MONTHS AGO - THESE FIRST-TIME PARENTS HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT'D BE LIKE TO TRAVEL WITH BABY.

NATS - We have a whole bag that we stock with toys snacks blankets

THAT'S JUST THE LITTLE STUFF - BABY OWEN NEEDS A PACK N PLAY, STROLLER AND CAR SEAT TO BE SAFE.

AND VERONICA LINTON AND HER HUSBAND DONALD DECIDED TO BRING THEIR OWN ON VACATION.

05:07:00 10

"We do still have to bring car seat so when we get rental car because they're kind of gross at rental company so we tend to bring our own car seat and pack and play if we are at a hotel he has his own space to sleep."

LUCKY FOR THEM - IT WAS FREE TO CHECK THESE ITEMS.

IN FACT - EVERY AIRLINE WE CHECKED LIKE DELTA, UNITED, AND SPIRIT LET YOU CHECK ONE BABY NEEDS LIKE STROLLERS AND CARSEATS FOR FREE - SOME CHARGE EXTRA FOR MORE.

BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CARRY THE LOAD THROUGH THE AIRPORT - YOU CAN RENT CAR SEATS FROM MOST CAR RENTAL AGENCIES LIKE HERTZ AND BUDGET FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 DOLLARS A DAY - AROUND 70 DOLLARS FOR A WEEK.

NATS - BABY EQUIPMENT

BUT THESE GRANDPARENTS HAVE A WAY TO SAVE ON BABY ESSENTIALS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF.

06:18:10 6

"This is much more convenient it disappears when you are all done and it's delivered to you."

MIKE AND BETSY HANNA LIVE ON SANIBEL - THEIR DAUGHTER'S ON HER WAY DOWN FROM CHICAGO.

SO THEY'VE ARRANGED FOR LOCAL COMPANY VACATION BABY RENTAL TO DROP OFF ALL THE ITEMS THEIIR NEW GRANDAUGHTER WILL NEED FOR THE WEEK.

06:14:28 6

"We know the customer is getting high quality sanitized piece of equipment."

LUKE BEVERLEY STARTED THIS BUSINESS ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RESIDENTS LOOKING TO HOST FAMILIES WITH KIDS

IF YOU CHOOSE THIS ROUTE - YOU'LL GET A CAR SEAT FOR 35 DOLLARS A WEEK - THEY ALSO OFFER CRIBS AND STROLLERS.

TRAVEL WITH KIDS-TC MON

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE more OPTIONS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK WHEN TRAVELING WITH KIDS.

WE POSTED this INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM

INTERNET PHARMACIES-VO

TODAY THE F-D-A LAUNCHED A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ALERT YOU ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FAKE ONLINE PHARMACIES.

A RECENT SURVEY FOUND NEARLY ONE IN FOUR INTERNET SHOPPERS HAS BOUGHT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ONLINE.

MOST DON'T REALIZE THAT ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF ONLINE PHARMACIES ARE LICENSED AND FOLLOWING THE LAW.

CHERRIES GOUT-VOTOPS

A HEALTH BENEFIT FROM EATING CHERRIES.

RESEARCHERS SAY THE FRUIT COULD LOWER YOUR RISK OF PAINFUL ATTACKS OF GOUT. A TYPE OF INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS.

THEY FOUND EATING FRESH CHERRIES OR CHERRY EXTRACT WILL LOWER GOUT FLARE-UPS BY 35-PERCENT.IN A TWO DAY PERIOD.

UT DEER RESCUE-VO IN TC MON-VO

WE HAVE SOME AMAZING VIDEO TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT OF DEPUTIES RESCUING A DEER IN UTAH.

THAT YOUNG DEER WAS TRAPPED IN A MANHOLE YESTERDAY.

THE ANIMAL STRUGGLED TO AVOID BEING LASSOED.

IT WAS SCARED.

BUT ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS ABLE TO SNAG IT, THEN USE HIS BODY AS LEVERAGE TO HAUL IT UP.

THE DEER WAS NOT HURT.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO------------

TAKING CARE OF THEIR BABY DOLLS.

.CHANGING DIAPERS.

TONIGHT THE GENETIC LINK BETWEEN LITTLE GIRLS AND THEIR DREAM TO ONE DAY BECOME MOTHERS.

PLUS --

FROM THE EYES OF THE POLICE OFFICER.AS HE CRASHES INTO A HOUSE.

TZ2 A MOMMY GENE-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B COP INTO HOUSE-NATSVO

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MOMMY GENE-VO IN POP

A GENETIC LINK -- DETERMINING WHETHER GIRLS WILL GROW UP TO BECOME GOOD MOTHERS.

MOMMY GENE-PKG

RORY DALVEN IS A THREE YEAR OLD HASNT BEEN OUT OF DIAPERS THAT LONG-- BUT

KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHANGING THEM.

HER FIVE YEAR OLD SISTER SAORISE IS A KINDERGARTENER WHO

ALREADY KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP: A MOM.

12:47:20 Do you know for sure you want to be a mommy?

12:47:05 Saorise: yes

And how many babies do you want?

Saoirse: Two

RESEARCHERS AT ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY NOW SAY THE LONGING SAOIRSE AND RORY

FEEL TO PLAY WITH STROLLERS AND FEED AND NURTURE BABY DOLLS FROM SUCH AN

EARLY AGE *MAY* BE LINKED TO SOMETHING THEY WERE BORN WITH SOME ARE CALLING

IT: THE MOMMY GENE.

WHILE THE RESEARCHERS HAVE NOT STUDIED HUMANS, THEY SAY BY STUDYING MICE THE

RESEARCHERS DETERMINED THERE'S A SINGLE GENE THAT *COULD* BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR MOTIVATING MOTHERS TO PROTECT, FEED AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG.

THE STUDY'S FINDINGS MEAN THERE *COULD* BE A VALID EXPLANATION AS TO WHY

SOME WOMEN - LIKE TV'S MARGE SIMPSON -

NAT MARGE SIMPSON: "Can you say Momma?"

AND CAROL BRADY SEEM *BORN* TO MATERNAL FIGURES

NAT CAROL BRADY: "Better take your lunch!"

WHILE OTHERS, LIKE MAD MEN'S BETTY DRAPER COME ACROSS AS DETACHED AND COLD.

.

NAT BETTY DRAPER: "Go bang your head against the wall."

AND STILL OTHERS SEEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE MOTHERS AT ALL, LIKE

SEX AND THE CITY'S SAMANTHA.

NAT SAMANTHA JONES: "I've made my point and he's made his."

MOST MOMS WE SPOKE TO SAY THE STUDY'S FINDINGS SEEM TO MAKE SENSE.

12:0822 I can always remember playing with dolls / and always thinking, I'm

going to be a mom.

==butted to==

12:04:44 I do have friends who say they just don't have it in them to want a

baby or to take care of them.

BUT OTHER MOMS WE SPOKE TO ARGUED THE MATERNAL INSTINCT MAY HAVE LESS TO DO

WITH GENETICS - THAN WITH CIRCUMSTANCE.

12:01:14 On a good day, I'm incredibly nurturing. On a bad day, it's a

little bit harder.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

A SURBURBAN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TURNS INTO A WAR ZONE.

"I was just taking my senior pictures by the old elevator warehouse and in the middle of the shoot we hear about four or five gunshots."

TONIGHT 6 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER AND THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN THE GUNMAN'S HOME.

THE CANDIDATES WANT YOUR VOTE.

.BUT SOME SCAMMERS WANT YOUR CASH!

HOW THEY'RE TARGETTING VOTERS.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

PLUS--

DR. WILLIAM BURCH, MEDICAL DIRECTOR - "You don't know it's too much."

AND -- ALCOHOL ENEMAS!

IT'S A TREND WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS AND IT HAS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

WHAT ONE STUDENT DID THAT PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL.

BUT FIRST - MEET ABC 7'S FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY.

ROBBIN SANDLIN OF BONITA SPRINGS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING ROBBIN.

TZ3 A MN WORKPLACE SHOOTING-SOTVO

TZ3 B VOTERS BEWARE!-VO

TZ3 C ALCOHOL ENEMA-SOTVO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

TS LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE-VID BOX

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5-30 --

A 17 YEAR OLD TEEN IS BEING CALLED A HERO TONIGHT.

HE SAVED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FROM A FIRE IN LEHIGH ACRES

TANNER LUCAS GRABBED HIS PARENTS AND THE FAMILY DOG AND WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THROUGH A BEDROOM WINDOW AS THE HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES.

TS MEDSTAR SHAKEUP-VID BOX

THE DIRECTOR OF LEE COUNTY E-M-S IS RETIRING AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IN THE LATEST FALLOUT OVER MEDSTAR.LEE COUNTY'S SUSPENDED MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

IT COMES AFTER WE EXPOSED A BILLING BLUNDER TO THE TUNE OF 3-MILLION DOLLARS--

TS MATLACHA BRIDGE PROBLEMS-VID BOX

CREWS THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NEXT WEEK HOW TO FIX THE NEW MATLACHA BRIDGE.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, CREWS DISCOVERED THE PART THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE DRAWBRIDGE ISNT WORKING CORRECTLY.

THE BRIDGE CAN'T GET PAST THE TESTING PHASE UNTIL THEY FIX IT.

MN WORKPLACE SHOOTING-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

BREAKING NEWS, ABC7 JUST LEARNING A 6-TH PERSON HAS DIED AFTER A WORKPLACE SHOOTING IN MINNESOTA.

IT HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS TIME YESTERDAY.

HI, I'M JEFF BUTERA

AND GOOD EVENING I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

THE GUNMAN SHOT AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF.

TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING HE WAS LAID OFF YESTERDAY -- JUST BEFORE HE OPENED FIRE.

MN WORKPLACE SHOOTING-PKG

THIS SUBURBAN MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD RESEMBLED A WAR ZONE.

NATS/COPTER:

"It appears to be multiple agencies, local and federal."

.AS ARMORED VEHICLES AND TACTICAL TEAMS CONVERGED ON A SMALL SIGN-MAKING

COMPANY. CALLED ACCENT SIGNAGE SYSTEMS.

THAT'S WHERE RESIDENTS HEARD GUNSHOTS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

"I was just taking my senior pictures by the old elevator warehouse and in

the middle of the shoot we hear about four or five gunshots."

ONCE INSIDE.POLICE FOUND FIVE BODIES. INCLUDING THE SHOOTER's. WHO

INVESTIGATORS SAY DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT WOUND.

AMONG THE VICTIMS. 61-YEAR-OLD REUVEN RAHAMIM. THE COMPANY'S OWNER.

WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ISRAEL.

FOUR OTHERS WERE INJURED AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THREE REMAIN IN

CRITICAL CONDITION.

"Obviously we will have a horrible crime scene that we'll be dealing with

over time."

OVERNIGHT. POLICE SEARCHED A HOUSE WHERE THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN LIVED.

DURING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO HONOR THE VICTIMS. STUNNED RESIDENTS LEANED

ON EACH OTHER FOR COMFORT AND SUPPORT.

WHILE THE SHOOTING WAS ISOLATED TO THE SIGN COMPANY. THIS QUIET

RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IS STILL SHAKEN BY WHAT HAPPENED.

"I worry about going to school tomorrow because I teach middle school, and

they get upset by it, or could be relatives of theirs or something."

STANDUP CLOSE:

THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE IS REPORTING THE SHOOTER IS A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN

WHO RECENTLY LOST HIS JOB AT THE SIGN COMPANY. BUT POLICE WON'T CONFIRM

THAT REPORT.

HOLMES NEW DOCUMENTS-VO

NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE COLORADO MOVIE THEATRE SHOOTING.

WE NOW KNOW THAT JAMES HOLMES THREATENED A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BEFORE THE SHOOTING.

PROSECUTORS SAY THAT'S WHY THE SCHOOL REVOKED HOLMES' ACCESS TO CAMPUS.

THE DEFENSE CLAIMS HE IS MENTALLY ILL AND TRIED TO GET HELP FROM A PSYCHIATRIST BEFORE THE SHOOTING.

HOLMES IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.

HE FACES 152 CHARGES IN THE JULY 20 SHOOTING.

CT SHOOTING-VO.WIPE

NOW TO A TRAGIC CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY --

A SMALL TOWN IN CONNECTICUT IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY.

POLICE SAY JEFFREY GIULIANO SHOT HIS OWN SON, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE BOY WAS AN INTRUDER.

ABOUT ONE IN THE MORNING, GIULIANO'S SISTER -- WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR -- CALLED TO SAY SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO BREAK IN.

POLICE SAY GIULIANO CAME OUTSIDE WITH A GUN.

WHEN THE PERSON LUNGED AT HIM, HE FIRED.

CT SHOOTING-SOTVO

First Selectman 1:05-1:10

"The fact that it was a father and son involved. I think people quite frankly are devastated right now."

JEFFREY GIULIANO, THE FATHER, IS A POPULAR FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER.

HOFFA SEARCH-VO

IT'S BEING CALLED EITHER A BAD TIP OR A REAL TIPPING POINT IN THE SEARCH FOR FORMER TEAMSTERS BOSS, JIMMY HOFFA.

COME MONDAY MICHIGAN INVESTIGATORS SHOULD HAVE TEST RESULTS FROM SOIL SAMPLES FROM A DRIVERWAY IN A DETROIT SUBURB..

POLICE GOT A TIP FROM A MAN WHO CLAIMED HE SAW A BODY BEING BURIED THERE 35 YEARS AGO --

EITHER THE SAME DAY OF OR DAY AFTER HOFFA DISAPPEARED.

OFFICERS SAY THE TIPSTER SEEMED CREDIBLE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TRY TO EMBELLISH THE STORY.

HOFFA IS PRESUMED DEAD.

SON OF ANARCHY ACTOR DEATH-VO

TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER ACTOR JOHNNY LEWIS -- FROM THE SHOW "SONS OF ANARCHY" -- TOOK SYNTHETIC DESIGNER DRUGS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

OFFICERS SAY LEWIS EITHER JUMPED OR FELL FROM A ROOF, AFTER KILLING HIS 81-YEAR-OLD LANDLADY AND THEN ATTACKING HIS NEIGHBORS.

IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK IN L-A.

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POLITICS TODAY-VO

IT IS YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE.

AFTER TWO DAYS OF DUELING CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN OHIO AND VIRGNIA, THE CAMPAIGNS WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS TODAY.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS HOSTING 3 EVENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC.

GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY IS CAMPAIGNING IN WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE JOINING VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN FOR A FUNDRAISER IN MASSACHUSETTS.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN BEGINS A TWO DAY CAMPAIGN SWING IN OUR STATE.

TOSS TO PKG-OC

WHILE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE HOPING TO GET YOUR VOTE IN NOVEMBER….ELECTION SEASON *SCAMMERS* ARE HOPING TO SWINDLE YOU OUT OF YOUR CASH.

VOTERS BEWARE! ELECTION SCAMS-PKG

THEIR ADS ARE ALL OVER T-V

VOTERS BEWARE! ELECTION SCAMS-OC

THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS SCAMMERS ARE USING INCENTIVES BASED ON WHAT THEY THINK VOTERS WANT TO HEAR.

THEY'RE EVEN BRUSHING UP ON HOT TOPICS LIKE THE ECONOMY AND HEALTHCARE TO SOUND MORE CONVINCING.

BANKS CYBER WAR-VO.WIPE

MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS COULD BE BLOCKED FROM THEIR ONLINE BANK ACCOUNTS IN A MASSIVE, SUSTAINED ATTACK.

AMONG THE TARGETS -- BANK OF AMERICA, P-N-C AND WELLS FARGO.

SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS--IT'S A DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK BY HACKERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHO HAVE SECRETLY COMMANDEERED THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

THE HACKERS WARNED THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY IT PLANNED TO ATTACK IN RETALIATION FOR THE

BANKS CYBER WAR-SOTVO

CLARKE SOT:

"This is the first time that we know about, where a Middle Eastern entity,

perhaps a Middle Eastern government has attacked websites, critical

infrastructure, in the United States."10

HACKERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STEAL ANY MONEY OR DISRUPT FINANCIAL MARKETS.

VA ATTEMPTED MURDER-VO

A MAN WAS NEARLY FLATTED WHILE HE'S FILLING UP HIS GAS TANK.

A CAMERA CAPTURED THE CLOSE CALL IN VIRGINIA.

WATCH YOUR SCREEN!

A MAN GETS INTO HIS S-U-V AND BACKS UP --

THEN SPEEDS TOWARD ANOTHER MAN WHOSE FILLING UP A PICK-UP TRUCK.

THE TARGET DARTS OUT OF THE WAY -- AS HIS TRUCK SHOOTS ABOUT 55-FEET FORWARD, LIKE IT'S A BUMPER CAR.

AFTER NEARLY A MONTH OF INVESTIGATING --

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE DRIVER OF THE S-U-V FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.

INVESTIGATORS DON'T THINK THE MEN KNEW EACH OTHER.

IL 3 WEEK OLD FOUND ALONE-VOTOPS

THIS 3-WEEK OLD BABY GIRL, MIA THOMPSON IS SAVE TONIGHT--

BUT HER MOTHER IS IN JAIL.

THE BABY WAS FOUND ALONG A RURAL ROAD LAST NIGHT IN ILLINOIS.

HER 19-YEAR OLD MOTHER SAID THE CHILD WAS TAKEN FROM HER CAR THURSDAY MORNING WHILE SHE WAS INSIDE THE POST OFFICE.

SHE LATER TOLD POLICE SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THE GIRL WAS MISSING UNTIL SHE RETURNED HOME.

KY BUS CRASH-VOTOPS

SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN KENTUCKY.

THIS WAS THE DRAMA PEOPLE DEALT WITH THIS MORNING IN LOUISVILLE.

POLICE SAY THE BUS OVERTURNED AFTER A CAR RAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

47 MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WERE ON BOARD.

COP INTO HOUSE-VOTOPS

NEWLY RELEASED DASHCAM VIDEO SHOWS A BEHIND THE WHEEL LOOK AT A POLICE CRUISER CRASHING RIGHT INTO A HOUSE.

THE VIDEO WAS SHOT IN KENTUCKY LAST MONTH WHILE AN OFFICER WAS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY.

YOU CAN SEE HE SWERVES TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR BEFORE LOSING CONTROL AND RUNNING OFF THE ROAD.

THE OFFICER SUFFERED A MINOR NECK INJURY IN THE CRASH.

ALCOHOL ENEMAS -OC

IT'S NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT --

BUT DOCTORS SAY SOMETHING CALLED AN 'ALCOHOL ENEMA' IS HAPPENING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AROUND THE U-S -- AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

AN INCIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ENDED WITH A STUDENT NEARLY DYING. AND IT'S OPENED UP A LOT OF EYES.

ALCOHOL ENEMAS -PKG

TAMPONS SOAKED IN VODKA.

BEER BONGS OR PLASTIC TUBING PUT UP THE RECTUM OR VAGINA, SOMETIMES IN A PARTY SETTING - LIKE THIS ONE ON YOUTUBE, ALL OF THIS TO GET DRUNKER FASTER BY COLLEGE-AGED YOUNG ADULTS NOT AWARE JUST HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE.

AS IN THE CASE OF 20-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER BROUGHTON, A UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE STUDENT FROM MEMPHIS WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER A PARTY AT THE UT PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY HOUSE.

"It is a larger effect, it is a faster effect, and you are much more likely to become alcohol poisoned."

WHAT'S WORSE, IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE FATAL BECAUSE IT'S ABSORBED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.

"Mucosal irritation at the least, and it's much higher instances of death through alcohol poisoning."

ONE WOULD NORMALLY GET NAUSEOUS AND THROW UP THE ALCOHOL, BUT THESE DANGEROUS METHODS LEAVE THE VICTIM AND THOSE AROUND THEM CLUELESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THEIR BODIES.

"You don't know it's too much. By that time you've passed out and it remains in your system, and you continue to get more intoxicated."

WHEN BROUGHTON WAS TAKEN TO THE ER HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, UNRESPONSIVE WITH A 0.4 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT. THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS GRADUATE IS BACK AT SCHOOL.

ALCOHOL ENEMAS -OC

LINDSEY BROWN REPORTING.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR--

SOT, Carlie Kennedy - "I genuinely did believe. that we were going to die."

BUT IT WAS ALL PART OF HER BOYFRIEND'S MASTER PLAN.

THE SHEER TERROR TURNED ENGAGEMENT PARTY.

AND YOU MUST BE 21.

ALCOHOL SOAKED PIZZA.AND THE BUZZ SURROUNDING IT.

TZ4 A PLANE CRASH PROPOSAL-SOTVOTOPS

TZ4 B ALCOHOL SOAKED PIZZA-VOTOPS

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

NICE WEEKEND IN STORE

If you're wanting to get outside and play a little golf, go to the beach, or maybe go fishing - do it this weekend. Heavy rains are moving in Monday, and that will put a stranglehold on your plans next week!

As I expected today was gorgeous. There was nothing to worry about weather wise unless you lost the shades.

Saturday and Sunday will be just as great. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast, and highs in the lower 90s. Could we see an isolated shower or thunderstorm? Yes, but not so much on Saturday. The best chance for rain this weekend will be on Sunday.

Sunday will also serve as our transition. There will still be a lot of sun, but there will be more clouds.

Overall it's going to be a spectacular weekend, but get ready for next week.

Our winds are shifting to the southwest due to a frontal boundary stalling out to our north. That's going to draw up a lot of moisture. We will see intervals of rain all day long from Monday through Friday. They'll start in the in the morning and last through the afternoon, evening, and possibly after midnight.

The wettest of will be Tuesday and Wednesday.

PLANE CRASH PROPOSAL-OC

A VIRAL VIDEO TAKES ROMANCE TO NEW HEIGHTS.

THE PILOT OF A SMALL PLANE WAS FLYING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN SUDDENLY HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CONTROLS WERE MALFUNCTIONING.

BUT WHILE SHE WAS PREPARING FOR DISASTER, HE WAS PREPARING TO PROPOSE.

ABC'S LARA SPENCER HAS A LOOK AT HOW

PLANE CRASH PROPOSAL-PKG

IT ALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 11TH WHEN CARLIE KENNEDY AND RYAN THOMPSON DECIDED

TO TAKE A BREATHTAKING FLIGHT ABOVE THE CHICAGO SKYLINE

SOT, Ryan Thompson

"I thought he was surprising me for Valentine's Day /

. It was a gorgeous day as you can see in the video."

BUT THEN SUDDENLY. SHEER TERROR.

SOT, Carlie Kennedy

"All of a sudden I felt my stomach kind of go up into my throat

and I realized we were heading straight for the water. / and then he said,

honey I need you to stay calm, the flight controls aren't responding."

NEARLY FROZEN WITH FEAR. KENNEDY GRIPS HER SEAT AS THOMPSON HANDS HER AN

EMERGENCY MANUAL.

SOT, Carlie Kennedy

"I genuinely did believe. that we were going to die. /. I

felt like our lives depended on me making it through that checklist.

BUT LOOK CLOSER. THOMPSON IS ODDLY CALM. AS KENNEDY READS EACH COMMAND

SOT, Carlie Kennedy

. It said, Note the rings may be unengaged.

AND FINALLY SHE REACHES THE LAST COMMAND: "INITIATE THE RING ENGAGEMENT

PROCEDURE."

SOT, Ryan Thompson

" And then it said: Answer dot dot dot: will you marry me?

Nat- music up

AND WHILE YOU MIGHT EXPECT CARLIE KENNEDY WOULD HAVE BEEN FURIOUS WITH HER

PILOT BOYFRIEND SHE'S NOT IN FACT SHE NOW CALLS HIM HER FIANCE.

SOT, Carlie Kennedy & Ryan Thompson

Carlie: "Alot of the women that I've told this story to said, I would have

slapped him.

Ryan: But for us it was a perfect match.

PRINCE HARRY NUDE PHOTOS-SS

PRINCE HARRY HAS DECIDED NOT TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THOSE NUDE PHOTOS IN LAS VEGAS.

ONLY ONE U-K NEWSPAPER, THE SUN, PUBLISHED THEM.

THEY ALSO PUT THEM UP ONLINE.

ADULT ONLY PIZZA-VO

A PIZZA PARLOR IN BOSTON IS SERVING UP A NEW TYPE OF PIZZA THAT IS ONLY FOR THOSE 21 AND UP.

THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF ITS TOPPINGS ARE SOAKED IN ALCOHOL.

THE VIGNOLA CHERRY PIZZA IS TOPPED WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA, GORGONZOLA, PROSCIUTTO, HONEY AND THE MAIN EVENT: RASPBERRY VODKA-SOAKED CHERRIES.

IT'S BAKED FOR JUST SEVEN MINUTES, SO THE ALCOHOL DOESN'T BURN OFF IN THE OVEN.

AMERICAN AIRLINES-VO.WIPE

AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS THEY'RE SORRY.

THEY'RE APOLOGIZING TONIGHT FOR CANCELLING AND DELAYING SO MANY RECENT FLIGHTS.

THEY'VE BEEN BLAMING MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND PILOTS CALLING IN SICK.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH A LABOR DISPUTE WITH THEIR PILOTS.

ALL OF ITS CAUSING THE CANCELLATIONS -- INCLUDING SOME FLIGHTS AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

AMERICAN AIRLINES-SOTVO

SOT -- Bruce Hicks, American Airlines / "We have some of our pilots who are

disrupting the operation. AND if this doesn't stop.we're left with no

choice but to go to court."

AMERICAN AIRLINES ISSUED THEIR APOLOGY IN AN EMAIL TODAY TO MEMBERS OF ITS LOYALTY

PROGRAM.

THE AIRLINE SAYS ITS ADDING STAFF IN ITS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND AT AIRPORTS.

RENTAL RECALLS-VO

A CHANGE TODAY FOR CAR RENTAL COMPANIES.

THEY AGREED TO STOP RENTING OR SELLING VEHICLES THAT ARE UNDER SAFETY RECALL BEFORE THEY'RE FIXED.

THE AGREEMENT INVOLVING ENTERPRISE, HERTZ, AVIS, DOLLAR THRIFTY AND NATIONAL WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION COVERING THE INDUSTRY.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

TEENAGE GIRLS ATTACK A DISABLED WOMAN --

THE VIDEO SHOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID -- STRAIGHT AHEAD.

TZ5 A PA BRUTAL BEATING-VO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

PA BRUTAL BEATING-OC

FIRST, A GANG OF SIX GIRLS STARTED RAPPING.

AND THEN, THEY STARTED PUNCHING.

THEIR TARGET -- A MENTALLY DISABLED WOMAN, SITTING ON A STOOP.

PA BRUTAL BEATING-PKG

THE TAPE SHOWS 6 GIRLS ON A MISSION.AT ONE POINT THEY SEEM TO WARM UP BY

RAPPING

"RAPPING"

UTTERING OBSCENITIES ONE GIRL SIGNALS THEY ARE GOING TO HARM SOMEONE, THAT

SOMEONE IS A 48 YEAR OLD MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN SITTING ON HER FRONT STEP

. THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOT BY ONE OF THE ATTACKERS POSTED ON

FACEBOOK.

IT ALL STARTS WITH THIS PUNCH.

THE ATTACK GOES ON FOR ABOUT 50 SECONDS, A CHAIR IS THROWN.AND THEN IT'S

OVER AS QUICKLY AS IT STARTED AND THE SIX FLEE.

DET JAMES NOLAN'S TAKE.

"ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.SEE THEM."

THIS NEIGHBOR OF THE VICTIM SAYS SHE TOLD HIM SHE DOES NOT WANT TO RETURN

HERE TO HER SMALL APARTMENT.

THIS YOUNG MAN WHO HAD OFTEN SEEN THE VICTIM SITTING ON HER STEP WAS

UNNERVED BY THE ATTACK VIDEO.

CHRIS NAYSMITH

"IT WAS SCARY.DO THAT TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING."

TONIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GATHERED NEAR WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE SAID THEY

DID NOT RECOGNISE ANYONE ON THE TAPE.

LONG TIME RESIDENT DOROTHY WILLIAMS SAYS SHE HOPES TO FIND OUT.

DOROTHY WILLIAMS

"THEY LOOK LIKE SOME OF THESE LITTLE DEVILS. ILL FIND OUT"

THE QUESTION WHY HANGS OVER THIS ATTACK.WHY DO IT, WHY TAPE IT, WHY POST

IT.

COMMISSIONER JOSEPH BAIL

PA BRUTAL BEATING-ON CAM

AND WE JUST FOUND OUT IN THE LAST HOUR --

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

UNCOMFORTABLE AND SCARED TO COME TO WORK.

THREE EMPLOYEES SAY A DOCTOR TORMENTED

THEM INSIDE A CHARLOTTE COUNTY HOSPITAL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DOING A DOUBLE TAKE AFTER

SEEING THIS ON THE ROAD.

WHERE THIS HISTORIC HOUSE IS ON THE MOVE TO--

AND WHY.

if you wanted to have sex outside of your marriage, why didn't you turn to somebody your own age?

AN ABC EXCLUSIVE --

WHY A TEACHER AT THE CENTER OF A SHOCKING GROUP SEX SCANDAL

TZ 6 1) GROPING DOCTOR-VOTOPS

TZ 6 2) SANIBEL HISTORIC HOUSE-VOTOPS

TZ 6 3) FOOTBALL PLAYER SAVES MAN-SOTVO

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