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5AM HOUR-CLIPTOPS

5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 1 LIGHTNING STRIKES BOY-SOTVOWIP

NATS PRAYER

PRAYERS FOR A YOUNG BOY..

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN FORT MYERS.

5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 2 CAMPAIGN TRAIL-VO-WIPE

MITT ROMNEY RALLYING FOR SUPPORT IN FLORIDA TODAY.

AND THE PRESIDENT GETS FEISTY -- AFTER A FLAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE.

5 & 6 AM HEADLINE 3 JOBS REPORT-VO-WIPE

AND IT COULD BE A CRUCIAL DAY FOR THOSE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

A NEW JOBS REPORT IS RELEASED.

6AM HOUR-CLIPTOPS

530 & 630AM HEADLINE 1 LIGHTNING STRIKE-VO-WIPE

A LOCAL BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING -- IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

NEW THIS MORNING.

530 & 630AM HEADLINE 2 CAMPAIGN TRAIL-VO-WIPE

BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STUMPING FOR VOTES THIS MORNING!

MITT ROMNEY MAKES A STOP HERE IN FLORIDA.

530 & 630 AM HEADLINE 3 MENINGITIS UPDATE-VO-WIPE

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN ARE SICK, AFTER A MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

530AM~STORMWARN FORECAST-WXWALL

"A quiet start, wet finish"

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

Dry high pressure looks to settle in across the state by early next week with more sunshine and less rain. While it won't bring us much of a cool down, it will bring some lower humidity by mid week, which will be more noticeable during the morning hours as lows drop into the low 70s with a few mid to upper 60s deep inland.

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

LIGHTNING STRIKE VIGIL-SOT,SS,VO

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TEAM-MATES.

PRAY FOR THE LEE COUNTY BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

NATS PRAYER

THIS IS 11-YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON.

HE'S STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.

WATLINGTON IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT --

AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

LAST NIGHT --

THERE WAS A PRAYER SERVICE AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH.

WE'RE TOLD THE BOY IS NOT BREATHING ON HIS OWN.

5:00 LIGHTNING STRIKE DAD TALKS-SOTVO

ABC-7 OBTAINED AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS DAD. FROM OUR NEWS PARTNERS -

EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS SON.

my 11 year old son was struck right in the chest, down to his heels.

JESSE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

5:00 LIGHTNING STRIKE 911 CALLS-OC, SOTVO

THIS MORNING --

WE'RE HEARING THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS JUST AFTER THAT STRIKE.

911 CALL8:08 "I've got 2 coaches giving him cpr- they've been giving it to him for 10 mins. He's just a kid. Oh my god."

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE 9-1-1 CALLS MADE WEDNESDAY,

WHEN WATLINGTON WAS STRUCK BY THE LIGHTNING BOLT IN CLEAR BLUE SKIES.

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CAMPAIGN TRAIL-2 SHOT

WITH A SUCESSFUL DEBATE PERFORMANCE UNDER HIS BELT,

MITT ROMNEY NOW DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM HIS OWN WORDS.

THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT THE 47 PERCENT.

IN THE PAST, HE STOOD BY THE COMMENTS.

BUT OVERNIGHT THERE WAS A MAJOR CHANGE.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL-PKG

SCRIPT:

With his campaign re-energized after a strong showing in Wednesday's debate,

Mitt Romney took on the controversy surrounding his comments that 47

percent of Americans are dependent on government.

Shortly after a tape of his comments were released, Romney said his remarks

were not eloquently stated. But in an interview last night on Fox News, he

offered a new explanation

Romney-SOT-

I SAID SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY WRONG. AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE,

HOWEVER, THAT MY LIFE HAS SHOWN THAT I CARE ABOUT 100 PERCENT.

President Obama meanwhile is trying to rebound from what many believe was a

lackluster debate performance.

Before a crowd of 30-thousand in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday, the President

suggested Romney's performance was just an act.

Obama-SOT-

WHEN I GOT ONTO THE STAGE, I MET THIS VERY SPIRITED FELLOW WHO CLAIMED TO BE

MITT ROMNEY.

OBAMA SOT -

BUT.REAL MITT ROMNEY HAS BEEN RUNNING AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST YEAR

PROMISING $5 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS THAT FAVOR THE WEALTHY.

Obama campaign advisors were even were more blunt, accusing Romney of being

dishonest on the debate stage. But some of the president's supporters and

liberal pundits are baffled by what they saw as a passive performance.

Jennifer Braniffn-SOT-

I FELT LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE

Chris Matthews NATS

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING OUT THERE. HE HAD HIS HEAD DOWN. HE WAS

ENDURING THE DEBATE, RATHER THAN FIGHTING IT.

ON-CAMERA CLOSE:

PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD HAVE NEW WORRIES TODAY WHEN THE MONTHY JOBS NUMBERS

ARE RELEASED. ECONOMISTS PREDICT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COULD GO UP FROM 8.1

CAMPAIGN TRAIL-VO

TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTING.

MITT ROMNEY IS IN SAINT PETERSBURG FLORIDA TODAY.

THE PRESIDENT WILL VISIT OHIO, AND VIRGINIA.

MEANTIME A NEW FACE ON ABC7 NEXT WEEK.

MITT ROMNEY'S WIFE, ANN ROMNEY -- IS GUEST-HOSTING GOOD MORNING AMERICA NEXT WEEK.

YOU'LL SEE ANN ROMNEY NEXT WEDNESDAY -- FILLING IN FOR ROBIN ROBERTS.

5:30 6:30 CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY-VO

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS MORNING --

MITT ROMNEY STOPS IN FLORIDA.

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILL HOLD A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN SAINT PETERSBURG.

HE'LL ALSO STOP IN ABINGDON, VIRGINIA.

MEANTIME, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CAMAIGNS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA TODAY.

THEN HE'LL HEAD OVER TO CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOTH VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND ROMNEY'S RUNNING MATE PAUL RYAN.

5:30 6:30 ANNE ROMNEY ON GMA-VO

NEW FOR NEXT WEEK.

YOU'LL SEE ANN ROMNEY --- GUEST-HOSTING GOOD MORNING AMERICA NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEDNESDAY -- ANN WILL BE FILLING IN FOR ROBIN ROBERTS.

SHE'LL JOIN THE SHOW AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS.

NEW THIS MORNING CLIP-CLIP

5:00 JOBS REPORT TODAY-VIDBOX

TODAY, WE'LL LEARN HOW MANY JOBS WERE ADDED IN THE U-S LAST MONTH.

THE U-S LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASES THE SEPTEMBER JOBS REPORT THIS MORNING.

IN AUGUST, EMPLOYERS ADDED 96-THOUSAND JOBS.

AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT.

TO EIGHT-POINT-ONE PERCENT.

BUT EXPERTS ATTRIBUTE THAT DECREASE.

TO PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP LOOKING FOR WORK.

TODAY'S JOBS REPORT IS CRUCIAL --

ONLY TWO MORE WILL BE RELEASED.

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

5:30 MENINGITIS UPDATE-VO

NOW TO THE LATEST ON THAT DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO NOTIFY DOZENS OF PATIENTS ABOUT CONTAMINATED STEROID INJECTIONS.

THOSE INJECTIONS ARE USED FOR BACK PAIN.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS FOUND CONTAMINATION -- IN A SEALED VIAL AT A COMPANY CALLED "NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING CENTER" IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THOSE INJECTIONS WERE DISTRUBTED TO MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STATES, INCLUDING HERE IN FLORIDA.

5AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

KEEPING WITH POLITICS.

AND A FUNNY PICTURE THAT'S GONE VIRAL.

IT'S A PHOTO FROM THE FIRST DEBATE.

BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND ROMNEY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SOMEONE SWITCHED THEIR HAIR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DO THEY LOOK BETTER OR WORSE?

THIS IS CIRCULATING ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

530AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

THERE'S ALWAYS PRESSURE TO LOOK GOOD.

BUT YOUR JOB MIGHT DEPEND ON IT!

A NEW SURVEY FINDS BEAUTY BLUNDERS MAKE A BAD IMPRESSION.

HAVEN'T GOTTEN A HAIR CUT IN A WHILE? YOU SEEM LAZY.

SMUDGED MASCARA? YOU'RE A PARTY ANIMAL.

NO MASCARA AT ALL? YOU'RE AN EMOTIONAL WRECK.

TOO TAN? YOU TAKE TOO MUCH VACATION.

6AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

KEEPING WITH POLITICS.

THERE'S A NEW POLL ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

AND MITT ROMNEY SHOULD TAKE A BIG GULP.

7-ELEVEN OFFERS DRINKERS TWO DIFFERENT CUPS.

BLUE FOR OBAMA.

OR RED FOR ROMNEY.

TURNS OUT -- OBAMA IS LEADING.

60 PERCENT TO ROMNEY'S 40 PERCENT.

THE PRESIDENT HAS HELD THE LEAD.

SINCE THE FIRST DAY THE POLL OPENED SEPTEMBER 6TH.

ALTHOUGHT IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC OR OFFICIAL --

630AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

COMING UP ON G-M-A.

A STORY STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MOVIE "MEAN GIRLS."

THIS FLORIDA CHEERLEADING COACH HAS BEEN FIRED.

PARENTS SAY SHE BULLIED THE GIRLS ON THE SQUAD.

ENCOURAGED CLIQUES AND FEUDS.

MADE THEM DO DANGEROUS STUNTS.

AND CHARGED THEM ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH FOR A SPOT ON THE TEAM.

IN ALL -- SHE COLLECTED 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM PARENTS,

BUT NEVER EXPLAINED WHERE THE MONEY WENT.

HERE'S THE THING --

THE CHEERLEADERS LOVE HER!

AND THEY WANT HER BACK AS THEIR COACH.

STORMWARN GENFORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-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 quiet start, wet finish"

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

Dry high pressure looks to settle in across the state by early next week with more sunshine and less rain. While it won't bring us much of a cool down, it will bring some lower humidity by mid week, which will be more noticeable during the morning hours as lows drop into the low 70s with a few mid to upper 60s deep inland.

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5:00 BEATLES 50 ANNIVERSARY FIRST HIT-2 SHOT SOTVO

ON THIS DAY. 50 YEARS AGO --

THE BEATLES RELEASED THEIR VERY FIRST HIT.

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT WAS?

NATS "LOVE ME DO"

OCTOBER FIFTH, 19-62.

THE BEATLES RELEASED THEIR FIRST SINGLE "LOVE ME DO" IN BRITAIN.

THE SONG ONLY PEAKED AT NUMBER 17 -- ON THE BRITISH CHARTS,

5:00 FARGO ND BAD WINTER WEATHER-2 SHOT VO

IF YOU COMPAIN ABOUT THE WEATHER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA!

PEOPLE THERE SAY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SNOWFALL YET -- TO MAKE A LEGITIMATE SNOWMAN,

BUT THERE'S ENOUGH WIND TO KNOCK OUT POWER -- TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

GET THIS. NORTH DAKOTA'S RED RIVER VALLEY -- WAS SITTING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-80'S JUST THIS SUNDAY.

5:30 FB 1 BILLION USERS-2 SHOT VO

IF YOU'RE CHECKING FACEBOOK THIS MORNING,

YOU ARE OFFICIALLY ONE IN ONE BILLION.

USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.

ONE BILLION, *WITH A B*, PEOPLE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK.

THAT MENAS ONE IN EVERY SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

6:00 KINDLE PAPERWEIGHT SOLD OUT-VO

IF YOU'RE EYEING AMAZON'S NEW KINDLE.

YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.

AFTER JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS,

AMAZON HAS SOLD OUT OF THE NEW GADGET.

IT WENT ON SALE MONDAY.

THE KINDLE "PAPER-WHITE" IS THINNER,

AND GETS MORE BATTERY LIFE THAN KINDLE'S PREVIOUS E-READERS.

IT COSTS ABOUT 120 DOLLARS.

6:00 BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP-VO

RUMOR HAS IT. ROYAL CARIBBEAN IS IN TALKS TO BUILD THE WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIP, AGAIN.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THE ALLURE OF THE SEAS.

THE ALLURE, ALONG WITH THE OASIS OF THE SEAS, ARE THE BIGGEST CRUISE SHIPS TO EVER SET SAIL.

AND ACCORDING TO A FINNISH NEWSPAPER. THE CRUISELINE IS PLANNING TO ADD A SISTER SHIP TO JOIN THE TWO.

SEINFELD TICKETS-VO, SS

LOOKING FOR A GOOD LAUGH?

JERRY SEINFELD COMES TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

IN JUST A FEW HOURS,

YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SCORE TICKETS!

PEOPLE LINED UP YESTERDAY

FOR THE NOVEMBER THIRD SHOW.

TICKETS GO ON SALE *TODAY AT 10 A-M.

THERE WILL BE TWO PERFORMANCES,

BUT ONE HAS ALREADY SOLD OUT.

THE COMEDIAN WILL BE AT THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL IN LEE COUNTY.

AT LAST CHECK, THERE WERE ABOUT 100 TICKETS AVAILABLE.

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QUARTER TOP STORY REVEAL @ 45-HLF REVEAL

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TEAM-MATES.

PRAY FOR THE LEE COUNTY BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

11-YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.

HE GOES TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

AND WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WEDNESDAY ON THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL FIELD.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS MORNING --

MITT ROMNEY STOPS IN FLORIDA.

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- WILL STOP IN SAINT PETERSBURG.

THEN GO TO VIRGINIA.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CAMAIGNS IN FAIRFAX VIRGINIA -- AND CLEVELAND OHIO.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS NOW TEST TAINTED STEROID INJECTIONS.

TO SEE IF THAT FUNGUS KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND SICKENED 30-OTHERS.

THE OUTBREAK SPREAD IN SIX STATES.

QUARTER HOUR TOP STORY 1 LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY COND

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TEAM-MATES.

PRAY FOR THE LEE COUNTY BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

11-YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.

WATLINGTON IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT.

AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL FIELD.

QUARTER HOUR TOP STORY 2 ROMNEY AND OBAMA TODAY-VO

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS MORNING:

MITT ROMNEY MAKES A STOP IN FLORIDA.

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- WILL STOP IN SAINT PETERSBURG, AND VIRGINIA.

QUARTER HOUR TOP STORY 3 MENINGITIS-VO-WIPE

AN UPDATE ON THAT MENINGITIS OUTBREAK --

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS NOW TEST TAINTED STEROID INJECTIONS.

TO SEE IF THAT FUNGUS KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND SICKENED 30-OTHERS.

THE OUTBREAK SPREAD IN SIX STATES.

MORE THAN 17-THOUSAND EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS HAVE BEN RECALLED.

STORMWARN ALLYSON OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-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 quiet start, wet finish"

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

Dry high pressure looks to settle in across the state by early next week with more sunshine and less rain. While it won't bring us much of a cool down, it will bring some lower humidity by mid week, which will be more noticeable during the morning hours as lows drop into the low 70s with a few mid to upper 60s deep inland.

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

CALIFORNIA GAS SHORTAGE-VO

SOME GAS STATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ARE RUNNING OUT OF GAS!

THIS COSTCO STATION IN MARINA DEL RAY.

DIRECTED CUSTOMERS TO ANOTHER STORE,

AFTER ITS PUMPS RAN DRY THURSDAY.

SOME GAS STATIONS IN THE REGION HAVE STOPPED BUYING GASOLINE.

BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.

A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS AVERAGES 4-31 IN CALIFORNIA.

AMERICAN AIRLINES MORE INSPECTIONS-VO

AMERICAN AIRLINES IS CANCELING DOZENS OF FLIGHTS -- TO REPAIR SEATS THAT MAY COME LOOSE MID-AIR.

THE AIRLINE ANNOUNCED A FIX TO THE PROBLEM.AND HAS PULLED 48 BOEING PLANES OUT OF SERVICE TO MAKE REPAIRS.

AMERICAN SAYS IT IS A COMBINATION OF WEAR, POOR DESIGN.AND POSSIBLY EVEN SPILLED SODA.WHICH CAUSED THE PINS TO COME OUT OF THE GROOVES.

HONDA RECALL-VIDBOX

A CONSUMER ALERT THIS MORNING --

HONDA RECALLS MORE THAN 820-THOUSAND VEHICLES.

BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS CAN FAIL.

THE RECALL INCLUDES 2002 AND 2003 HONDA CIVICS,

AS WELL AS 2004 AND 2005 HONDA PILOTS.

WIRES CONNECTING THE SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE HEADLIGHTS.

CAN OVERHEAT AND MELT.

KNOCKING OUT THE LOW-BEAMS.

BONITA STANDOFF-SS, VO

IN LEE COUNTY:

A BONITA SPRINGS MAN IS UNDER ARREST THIS MORNING, AFTER A MORE THAN THREE-HOUR STANDOFF WITH DEPUTIES.

IT STARTED AT A HOUSE ON SUNSHINE DRIVE -- JUST AFTER NINE A-M.

THEY SAY SHAWN ISOM -- AND THE MOTHER OF HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD -- WERE FIGHTING AND HE WOULDN'T LET HER LEAVE.

THAT'S WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER CALLED 9-1-1.

DESOTO DEADLY CRASH-ONCAM

STATE TROOPERS JUST RELEASED INFORMATION --

ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH IN DESOTO COUNTY.

THEY TELL US --

51-YEAR OLD KIMBERLY WORTH AND 40-YEAR OLD JIMMY HOOKS BOTH DIED IN THAT WRECK.

THEY'RE FROM ARCADIA.

THE THREE-VEHICLE CRASH HAPPENED YESTERDAY,

COLLIER HIT AND RUN LATEST-VO

STATE TROOPERS ARE ISSUING ANOTHER PUBLIC PLEA -- FOR WITNESSES OF A DEADLY HIT AND RUN TO COME FORWARD.

48-YEAR-OLD ROBIN WALLACE, FROM EAST NAPLES -- WAS HIT WHILE RIDING HER BIKE LAST SATURDAY ON ESTEY AVENUE AND EMBASSY LANE, IN COLLIER COUNTY.

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11-30 IN THE MORNING,

COLLIER DAS DECISIONS-NATVO

AFTER A HEATED PUBLIC DEBATE --

COLLIER COUNTY COULD SOON HAVE A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINACE.

NATS FROM PUBLIC HEARING

THERE WAS A PUBLIC BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.

AND THE DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AGREED TO APPROVE THREE OF FOUR POLICY CHANGES.

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR "STANDARDS OF CARE" WAS TAKEN OUT,

BECAUSE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.

THE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN TO DISCUSS THOSE CHANGES.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-VO

CAPE CORAL AND LEE COUNTY LEADERS POUR MORE TIME AND MORE MONEY -- INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL CEITUS BOAT LIFT.

DURING A LONG AWAITED AND CONTENTIOUS MEETING YESTERDAY --

COUNCIL DECIDED IT NEEDS MORE DATA AND TIME BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION.

SOME CLAIM WITHOUT THE BARRIER -- POLLUTED FRESH WATER DESTORYS MATLACHA'S MARINE LIFE.

OTHERS ARGUE THERE'S NO SCIENCE TO BACK THAT UP.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT-SOTVO

3630 "it's going to be a cat fight. You've got the county commission that has taken a position based on hot air.

4030 "since the barrier has been taken out, we've had the biggest die of of marine life in the area. The tuna, oysters, sponges, sea grass. Everything died immediately because of the excess fresh water coming out of Cape Coral."

LEADERS DID NOT CREATE A CLEAR TIME FRAME -- ON WHEN THEY'LL MEET AGAIN ON THE ISSUE.

PUBLIX JOB FAIR-CG

NEW THIS MORNING:

PUBLIX JOINS THE LIST OF COMPANIES.

NOW LOOKING FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.

THE STORE IS HIRING 380 TEMPORARY WORKERS --

FOR 22 STORES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PLUS, THIS SATURDAY --

THE EDISON MALL LOOKS FOR PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME SEASONAL HELP.

A JOB FAIR IS FROM 11 TO TWO P-M,

NEAR DILLARDS.

STORES AT THE MALL NEED TO FILL MORE THAN 150 POSITIONS.

COME DRESSED TO IMPRESS,

5:30 CHARCO RED TIDE FISH KILL-VO

WE'LL GET NEW WATER SAMPLE RESULTS LATER TODAY --

AFTER DEAD FISH WASHED UP ON SOME CHARLOTTE COUNTY BEACHES.

SCIENTISTS BLAME RED TIDE.

LOOK WHAT OUR CAMERAS FOUND ON ENGLEWOOD BEACH YESTERDAY.

FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY --

THERE IS A RED TIDE BLOOM ABOUT 20 MILES OFF CHARLOTTE HARBOR.

SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.

5:30 STONE CRAB SEASON-NATVOWIPE

THIS MORNING. FISHERMEN ARE HITTING THE WATER FOR STONE CRAB SEASON.

AND THEY ALREADY DROPPED THE FIRST TRAPS AT MIDNIGHT.

NATS GETTING READY

WE JOINED SOME FISHERMEN YESTERDAY AS THEY GOT THEIR EQUIPMENT READY.

THE SEASON DOESN'T OFFICIALLY START UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH -- BUT CREWS CAN DROP TRAPS 10 DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. WHICH STARTED AT MIDNIGHT.

5:30 VCB ANNOUNCEMENT-VO

DESTINATION SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

LEE COUNTY'S VISITIOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU UNVEILED ITS NEW LOGO,

AS PART OF ITS LATEST MARKETING STRATEGY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW IMAGE.

THE SHELL ON THE *OLD* LOGO WAS A SCALLOP.

NOW -- IT'S A JUNONIA.

IT RESEMBLES A STYLIZED VERSION OF A MAP OF LEE COUNTY.

THE V-C-B ALSO ANNOUNCED A FIRST OF ITS KIND PARTNERSHIP.

WITH THE AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

THE GOAL IS TO BECOME THE FIRST V-C-B IN THE COUNTRY.

TO CERTIFY *ALL ITS HOTEL STAFF.

5:30 5TH AVE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT-VO

NAPLES CITY LEADERS ARE PROPOSING SMALL FINES FOR BUSINESSES -- VIOLATING THE CITY'S OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT RULES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PROPOSED FIVE TO 10 DOLLAR FINES -- FOR BUSINESSES THAT VIOLATE MUSIC PERMITS.

THE FOCUS IS ON FIFTH AVENUE DOWNTOWN.

BUT, BUSINESSES WITH LIVE MUSIC SAY IT IS CRUICIAL TO BEING SUCCESSFUL.

5:30 REMEMBERING STEVE JOBS-VO

ACROSS THE WORLD.

BUT ESPECIALLY IN CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA.

PEOPLE REMEMBER THE LATE STEVE JOBS TODAY.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY,

THE CO-FOUNDER OF APPLE DIED.

JOBS IS CREDITED WITH THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER. THE I-POD. THE I-PHONE. AND I-PAD.

JOBS WAS 56-YEARS-OLD,

5:30 KIDS HIT BY CARS MOSTLY TEXTING-VOTOPS

NOW TO A NEW NATIONAL STUDY OUT THIS MORNING:

ANOTHER REMINDER TO PAY ATTENTION WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE HIT BY CARS WHILE WALKING. ARE DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONES.

RESEARCHERS ANALYZED DATA FROM 14-HUNDRED CHILDREN -- TREATED IN THE E-R AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR.

5:30 WEIGHT LOSS LONG TERM-VOTOPS

MOST FAD DIETS DON'T LAST.

BUT A NEW STUDY FINDS *SOME WEIGHT LOSS PLANS. *CAN REAP LONG-TERM RESULTS.

RESEARCHERS DIVIDED A GROUP OF OBESE ADULTS --

INTO EITHER A LOW CALORIE DIET. LOW CARB DIET. OR MEDITERRANEAN DIET.

THEY STUCK TO THE PLANS FOR TWO YEARS.

FOUR YEARS AFTER THE STUDY --

EVERYONE WAS THINNER THAN BEFORE THEY BEGAN.

AND ALSO SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN CHOLESTEROL LEVELS.

PUPPY REUNITED WITH OWNER-VO

WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT RIGHT HERE ON ABC-7 YESTERDAY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS LITTLE GUY. HIS NAME IS MEEKER.

HE'S A SIX MONTH OLD YORKIE-SHIH TZU MIX.

THIEVES TOOK HIM FROM HIS TEN YEAR OLD OWNER -- DURING A BREAK IN AT HER HOUSE.

AT FIRST, THE LITTLE GIRL OFFERED EVERYTHING IN HER PIGGY BANK TO GET MEEKER BACK.

THAT'S WHEN FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE WORKED TOGETHER TO RAISE *SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS -- AS A REWARD.

GOOD NEWS TO REPORT THIS MORNING:

SOMEONE FOUND THE DOG 80 MILES AWAY FROM THE HOME, IN A TARGET PARKING LOT.

5AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-VO

WE'RE GETTING NEW DETAILS IN THE JACKSON FAMILY DRAMA.

JANET JACKSON IS THE VILLAIN.

A NEW BOOK CLAIMS.SHE HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING, SINCE HER MICHAEL'S DEATH.

HIS BODY WAS LEFT UNBURIED FOR THREE MONTHS, BECAUSE SHE WANTED MONEY BACK FOR HIS BURIAL PLOT.

SHE WAS ALSO THERE AS MONEY WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN FROM HIS HOME IN PLASTIC BAGS -- THE NIGHT OF HIS DEATH.

PLUS, SHE ORCHESTRATED THE FABRICATED STORY -- WHEN KATHERINE DISAPPEARED.

530AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

SO CLOSE TO BEING AN EAGLE SCOUT. AND THEN KICKED OUT.

17-YEAR-OLD RYAN ANDERSEN IN CALIFORNIA, HAS BEEN A BOY SCOUT FOR 11 YEARS.

HE PUT IN HIS PAPERWORK TO BECOME THE HIGHEST RANK -- EAGLE SCOUT.

INSTEAD, HE GOT WALKING PAPERS, BECAUSE HE CAME OUT AS GAY IN JULY.

THE SCOUTS SAY IT GOES AGAINST THEIR "DUTY TO GOD" OATH.

6AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-3 SHOT

NEW FAST FOOD RANKINGS ARE OUT, COURTESY OF ZAGAT.

MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND VOTES.

TWO CATEGORIES: MEGA AND LARGE.

630AM COVERAGE PROMISE TO BREAK-2SH-FDOT

*GMA*

PARENTS ARE PROUD OF THEIR LITTLE ONES.

BUT DO THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR KIDS TOO MUCH, ONLINE?

THIS MORNING ON GMA, ONE WOMAN SAYS YES -- AND WRITES A BLOG ABOUT IT. CALLED "STFU, PARENTS."

SHE'S FINALLY REVEALING HER IDENTITY -- AND ANSWERS ANGRY PARENTS WHO SAY SHE'S JEALOUS.

DO PARENTS OVERSHARE ON FACEBOOK?

DO YOU CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS?

SPORTS WRAP AT 5AM-PKG

TECH BYTES AT 530AM-PKG

MONEYSCOPE AT 6AM-PKG

STORMWARN GENERIC FORECAST OPEN-CLIPTOPS

STORMWARN FORECAST-WX WALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS TH

E FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A quiet start, wet finish"

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

Dry high pressure looks to settle in across the state by early next week with more sunshine and less rain. While it won't bring us much of a cool down, it will bring some lower humidity by mid week, which will be more noticeable during the morning hours as lows drop into the low 70s with a few mid to upper 60s deep inland.

STORMWARN AND TRAFFIC TRANSITION-CLIPTOPS

TRAFFIC-AWS OR SS

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5:00 TASTE OF COCONUT POINT-VOWIPE

GET YOUR TASTE BUDS READY!

TASTE OF COCONUT POINT IS THIS WEEKEND!

THIS SUNDAY AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO -- YOU CAN TRY FOOD AND DRINKS FROM MORE THAN 20 RESTAURANTS.

TASTE OF COCONUT STARTS AT 11:30 THIS SUNDAY AND GOES UNTIL 4:00.

ADMISSION IS 3 DOLLARS -- AND IT'S ONE DOLLAR PER TICKET.

5:00 TASTE OF COCONUT POINT-SOTVO

TAKE SOT

Tara Beauchesna

Director of Marketing

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"There will be a lot of children's activities. We'll have bounce houses and a train for them and of course adult beverages, 19 different restaurants from coconut point will be there as well as our presenting sponsors, Seminole Casino- they'll have two restaurants there as well."

TASTE OF COCONUT STARTS AT 11:30 THIS SUNDAY AND GOES UNTIL 4:00.

5:00 FMB PIRATE FEST-VO

PIRATES INVADE FORT MYERS BEACH.

THE FORT MYERS PIRATE FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER --

THE EVENT ALMOST DID *NOT HAPPEN.

THE PROMOTER BACKED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY.

BUT FORTUNATELY, BUSINESS OWNERS STEPPED IN.

AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING SAILS SMOOTHLY.

PIRATE FEST BRINGS A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS BOOST,

RIGHT BEFORE SEASON BEGINS.

5:30 PANDA CUB CHECK UP (CUTE VID!)-2 SHOT NATVO

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO'S CUTEST RESIDENT.

CAN NOW HEAR AND SEE MORE OF THE BIG WORLD AROUND HIM.

NATS CUTE PANDA

THE ZOO'S 9-WEEK-OLD GIANT PANDA CUB HAD AN EXAM.AND THE VETERINARIANS SAY HIS EYES AND EARS ARE FULLY OPEN.

6:00 MAN SLAPS WIFE OVER ELECTION-SOTVO

IT'S THE UNWRITTEN LAW.

DON'T TALK POLITICS AT THE DINNER TABLE.

ONE SOUTH FLORIDA MAN LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY.

HE AND HIS WIFE GOT INTO A FIGHT DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WEDNESDAY.

IT LANDED HIM IN JAIL!

NATS Hurley: "From what I understand.you got into an argument with your

better half about the Obama/Romney debates. "

THIS COUPLE IS FROM FORT LAUDERDALE.

A 74-YEAR OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF SLAPPING HIS WIFE DURING THE ARGUMENT.

HE SAYS HIS WIFE TOLD HIM -- SHE DIDN'T LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE LIKED MITT ROMNEY.

6:30 WORLD SMILE DAY-2 SHOT

THERE'S A BIG REASON TO SMILE THIS MORNING!

THAT'S BECAUSE TODAY IS WORLD SMILE DAY.

THE DAY IS MEANT FOR SMILES AND KIND ACTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTEE SHORTAGE-2 SHOT

SOME NOT SO HAPPY NEWS FOR FANS OF A POPULAR SEASONAL STARBUCKS DRINK THIS MORNING.

ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE COFFEE GIANT IS FACING A SHORTAGE OF A MAIN INGREDIENT IN THOSE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PUMPKIN SYRUP THEY USE.

STARBUCKS SAYS THE SHORTAGES AT SOME STORES ARE DUE TO INFREQUENT DELIVERIES.

SOME ARE COMPARING THIS TO THE LEGENDARY AND HARD TO FIND MC-RIB.

BUMP TO BREAK-3SHOT, CAM 10 BMP

AD LIB

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIP

TS 1) BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING CONDITION-VO-WIPE

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TEAM-MATES.

PRAY FOR THE LEE COUNTY BOY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

AT LAST CHECK.11-YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON -- IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.

WATLINGTON IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT.

AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL FIELD.

TS 2) ROMNEY AND OBAMA TODAY-VOTOPS

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS MORNING:

MITT ROMNEY MAKES A STOP IN FLORIDA.

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- WILL STOP IN SAINT PETERSBURG, AND VIRGINIA.

TS 3) JOBS REPORT TODAY-VOTOPS

TODAY, WE'LL LEARN HOW MANY JOBS WERE ADDED IN THE U-S LAST MONTH.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASES THE SEPTEMBER JOBS REPORT THIS MORNING.

THE NUMBERS WILL BE CRITICAL -- TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN.

IN AUGUST, EMPLOYERS ADDED 96-THOUSAND JOBS.

AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 8.1%.

BUT EXPERTS ATTRIBUTE THAT DECREASE.

TO PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP LOOKING FOR WORK.

TS 4) AA CANCELS FLIGHTS FOR REPAIRS-VOTOPS

AMERICAN AIRLINES IS CANCELING DOZENS OF FLIGHTS -- TO REPAIR SEATS THAT MAY COME LOOSE MID-AIR.

THE AIRLINE ANNOUNCED A FIX TO THE PROBLEM.AND HAS PULLED 48 BOEING PLANES OUT OF SERVICE TO MAKE REPAIRS.

AMERICAN SAYS IT IS A COMBINATION OF WEAR, POOR DESIGN.AND POSSIBLY EVEN SPILLED SODA.WHICH CAUSED THE PINS TO COME OUT OF THE GROOVES.

TS 5) MENINGITS OUTBREAK-VOTOPS

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT MENINGITIS OUTBREAK. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS LINKED TO A TAINTED STEROID INJECTION.

THE "NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING CENTER" IN MASSACHUSETTS -- HAS RECALLED MORE THAN 17-THOUSAND EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS FOUND CONTAMINATION -- IN A SEALED VIAL AT THE COMPANY.

GOODBYE WEBSITE TEASE-3SH-WEB ANI

COVERAGE PROMISE OF THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE DAY ON WEB

" WHEN EVER YOU NEED A NEWS OR WEATHER UPDATE - WE ARE LOGGED ON AND UPDATING ABC-7.COM "

-WHAT IS COMING UP ON GMA - BIG STORY COVERAGE OF THE MORNING.

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ABC7 BREAKING NEWS SCRIPT TEMPLATE

"A quiet start, wet finish"

Even though the calendar says it's October, it looks like mother nature hasn't received the memo as we are stuck in a mid summers weather pattern, with heat and humidity to boot.

Our skies will start off relatively quiet, but it will be a warm and muggy morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. The remnant moisture associated with a decaying front has retrograded back to the northwest as high pressure centered over the western Atlantic waters moves in across the peninsula.

This will keep skies mostly to partly sunny during the mornings with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. Temperatures will rebound into the lower 90s with a few upper 80s along our coastal and beach locations. However with plenty of humidity, heat index values will approach the 100° mark.

With an easterly flow setting up across the state, a couple of isolated showers could pop as early as the lunchtime hour mainly across our inland communities. Scattered downpours and a few storms will likely fire up close to the urban corridor as the sea breeze stays close to home once again.

Once the rain activity fades and pushes into the Gulf, skies will go mostly clear and lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s.

Expect the same set up for your Saturday - morning sun with afternoon downpours, but by Sunday we'll more than likely see an increase in the clouds and an uptick in our shower and thunderstorm pattern as a cool front approaches from the northwest.

Dry high pressure looks to settle in across the state by early next week with more sunshine and less rain. While it won't bring us much of a cool down, it will bring some lower humidity by mid week, which will be more noticeable during the morning hours as lows drop into the low 70s with a few mid to upper 60s deep inland.