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i just want to ask everyone in the country to please pray for him.

A FATHER ASKS FOR PRAYERS THIS MORNING.

HIS SON REMAINS IN A COMA,

AFTER A LIGHTNING STRIKE PUT HIM ON LIFE SUPPORT.

PLUS. A NEW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-- JUST RELEASED THIS MORNING.

A BIG SHIFT.

WHAT THE NEW NUMBERS MEAN FOR RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

AND STRAIGHT OUT OF MEAN GIRLS--

A CHEERLEADING COACH.

HL1) LIGHTNING STRIKE-SOTVO

HL2) JOB NUMBERS-VO-WIPE

HL3) MEAN GIRLS-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-2 SHOT SS

JOB CREATION TAKES CENTER STAGE THIS MORNING.

SEPTEMBER'S UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WERE JUST RELEASED AT 8:30.

SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU.

TODAY THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS -- TO 7.8%.

THAT'S THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN FOUR YEARS.

AND DOWN FROM 8.1% IN AUGUST.

LAST MONTH EMPLOYERS ADDED 114-THOUSAND JOBS.

TRADERS SAY THIS REPORT WILL HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. RATHER THAN THE MARKERTS.

LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-2 SHOT SS OC

OUR TOP LOCAL STORY THIS MORNING --

AN 11-YEAR-OLD LEE COUNTY BOY CLINGS TO LIFE SUPPORT.

AFTER GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

JESSE WATLINGTON, A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY,

WAS OUTSIDE AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON -- WHEN HE WAS HIT.

THIS MORNING WE HEAR FROM HIS DAD.

AS ABC-7S CLIFTON FRENCH REPORTS --

LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-PKG

"he was struck so hard, he's only 11, years old, he's like the smallest, one of the smallest players on the football team. i just want to ask everyone in the country to please pray for him. he's in a coma in critical condition and it's a miracle he's alive right noW."

CHARLES WATLINGTON WAS AT WORK AT A FURNITURE STORE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A STORM WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS THERE, KEEPING HIM FROM LOADING FURNITURE ONTO A TRUCK.

AT THE SAME TIME, HIS SON JESSE WAS JUST HITTING THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR PRACTICE.

SOT:"Little did I know at that exact moment my 11 year old son was struck dead in the chest with a lightning bolt, it entered here and it exited out of his heel."

LEADERS WITH THE MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SAY THE SKIES WERE BLUE WHEN THE PLAYERS HIT THE FIELD.

BUT ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER, THAT STORM WAS ALREADY OVERHEAD.

SOT: "There was no blue skies, I heard that, but that's not true, it was very dark skies, I was looking in the direction of his school, about 4 miles from us and the sky was very dark coming in."

SOT: "He stopped breathing on the football field."

NOT BREATHING.

COACHES PREFORMED CPR AS THEY CALLED FOR HELP.

SOT: 911 TAPE "i've got two coaches giving him cpr they've been giving it to him for 10 minutes, he's just a kid oh my god."

NOW, A FATHER HOPES PRAYERS CAN HELP SAVE HIS SON.

SOT: "I believe in miracles and please pray for our son Jesse."

PRAYER SERVICE FOR WATLINGTON-VOTOPS

JUST ONE DAY AFTER HE WAS HIT.

JESSE'S FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES GATHERED TO PRAY FOR HIS RECOVERY.

PRAYER SERVICE FOR WATLINGTON-SOTVO

PASTOR POWELL: In these moments there's a beautiful little boy a wonderful young man who needs us to pray for him

PASTOR RICHARD POWELL LED THE EMOTIONAL SERVICE.

ONCE AGAIN AT LAST CHECK.

JESSE IS STILL IN A COMA IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

VOTE CLIP

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-POP

WITH A SUCESSFUL DEBATE PERFORMANCE UNDER HIS BELT,

MITT ROMNEY IS NOW DISTANCING HIMSELF -- FROM HIS OWN WORDS ABOUT THE 47 PERCENT.CALLING THEM VICTIMS.

IN THE PAST, HE STOOD BY THE COMMENTS.BUT OVERNIGHT THERE WAS A MAJOR CHANGE.

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-PKG

Jennifer Braniff

Voter

Chris Matthews

MSNBC Commentator

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

YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE-OC

TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTING.

AGAIN. THIS MORNING'S UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY A KEY ROLE LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY. BOTH CANDIDATES STILL IN SWING STATES.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN FAIRFAX VIRGINIA. AND LATER HE'LL BE IN CLEVELAND OHIO.

GAS SHORTAGE-VOTOPS

SOME GAS STATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ARE RUNNING OUT OF GAS!

PUMPS RAN OUT THURSDAY AT ONE COSTCO STATION.

WORKERS HAD TO DIRECT CUSTOMERS TO ANOTHER STORE.

HIGH PRICES HAVE LED SOME STATIONS TO STOP BUYING GAS ON THE WHOLE SALE MARKET.

A GALLON OF REGULAR AVERAGES FOUR-31 IN CALIFORNIA.

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-2 SHOT VO

A HEALTH ALERT THIS MORNING.

ON THE DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK.

IT'S NOT CONTAGIOUS. BUT WE'RE LEARNING--

IT'S MORE WIDESPREAD THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

THE GOVERNMENT'S TELLING DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS--

STAY AWAY FROM ANY PRODUCT MADE BY THE PHARMACY IN QUESTION.

THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUND CENTER IN MASSACHUSSETTS -- IS THE SUSPECTED SOURCE.

MORE THAN 17-THOUSAND EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS ARE RECALLED.

THE SYRINGES WERE FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE TESTING THE FUNGUS--

MENINGITIS OUTBREAK-SOTVO

- Dr. David Trump Virginia Department of Health"It very commonly presents with headache, fever, sensitivity to light and then other symptoms: nausea, vomiting sometimes, and potentially symptom like the balance, the neurologic symptoms."

EVERY PATIENT INFECTED RECEIVED A STEROID INJECTION TO THE SPINE -- A COMMON TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN.

BONITA STANDOFF-SS (2 ) VO

A BONITA SPRINGS MAN IS IN JAIL,

AFTER A MORE THAN THREE HOUR STAND OFF WITH DEPUTIES.

IT STARTED AT A HOUSE ON SUNSHINE DRIVE YESTERDAY.

DEPUTIES SAY SHAWN ISOM AND THE MOTHER OF HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD.

WERE FIGHTING.

AND HE WOULD *NOT LET HER LEAVE.

SO A FAMILY MEMBER CALLED 9-1-1.

WHEN DEPUTIES GOT TO THE HOUSE,

ISOM LET THEM BOTH GO,

BONITA STANDOFF-SOT SS

he was a nice guy - easygoing. But you don't know what people are living with. What pressures and stresses everyone is living with.

BECAUSE OF HIS VIOLENT PAST, THE SWAT TEAM WAS CALLED IN.

THEY EVENTUALLY RUSHED INSIDE THE HOME,

FATAL CRASH-OC

NEW THIS MORNING --

TROOPERS RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH IN DESOTO COUNTY.

THEY TELL US -- 51-YEAR OLD KIMBERLY WORTH AND 40-YEAR OLD JIMMY HOOKS.

DIED IN THE WRECK.

THEY'RE FROM ARCADIA.

THE THREE-VEHICLE CRASH HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON U-S 17 AND WISTERIA AVENUE.

HIT AND RUN FOLO-VO

IT'S BEEN ALMOST ONE WEEK -- SINCE A HIT AND RUN CRASH KILLED AN EAST NAPLES WOMAN.

STILL NO ARRESTS.

AND NO WITNESS REPORTS.

TROOPERS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING FOR ANY INFORMATION.

48 YEAR OLD ROBIN WALLACE -- WAS HIT ON HER BIKE LAST SATURDAY -- ON ESTEY AVE IN COLLIER COUNTY.

MOBILE DISTRACTIONS-VO

NEW THIS MORNING---

INSIGHT INTO CASES OF CHILDREN HIT BY CARS.

IT TURNS OUT --

MANY OF THEM ARE DISTRACTED BY MOBILE DEVICES AT THE TIME.

AFTER LOOKING AT DATA --

RESEARCHERS SAY NEARLY ONE IN FIVE PATIENTS.

AGES 13 TO 17.

WERE DISTRACTED BY A MOBILE DEVICE.

RESEARCHERS SAY PEDIATRICIANS SHOULD EMPHASIZE SAFETY TIPS,

PUBLIX HIRING-CG

PUBLIX JOINS THE LIST OF BIG COMPANIES -- LOOKING FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE HIRING 380 TEMPORARY WORKERS FOR 22 STORES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ALSO THIS SATURDAY, EDISON MALL IS LOOKING FOR PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME SEASONAL HELP.

THE JOB FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE -- FROM 11 TO 2.

THEY NEED MORE THAN 150 WORKERS.

NEW SEINFELD TICKETS-SS

BECAUSE ONE WAS *NOT ENOUGH.

JERRY SEINFELD WILL DO A SECOND SHOW FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE COMEDIAN WILL PERFORM AT THE BARBARA B MANN PEFORMING ARTS HALL IN FORT MYERS.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD AT 7 P-M.

BUT TICKETS SOLD OUT!

SO THEY ADDED ANOTHER SHOW FOR 9:30 P-M.

TICKETS GO ON SALE IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

TEASE ONE-1SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP IS SO IMPORTANT.

BUT IT CAN BE TOUGH.

COMING UP --THE SLEEP DOCTOR IS IN.

TELLING US -- WHAT WE'RE SACRIFICING WHEN WE AREN'T WELL RESTED.

TZ1 A TIPS FROM SLEEP DOC-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT

OCTOBER 5, 2012

*****

GOOD MORNING,

PROBLEMS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES MAY NOT SIT WELL WITH PASSENGERS!

AND -- COMING UP AFTER THIS

JOBS -- THE BIG FOCUS HERE ON WALL STREET THIS MORNING.

OC:

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FROM HOME IS ON THE RISE --

JUMPING BY MORE THAN 4-MILLION IN THE LAST DECADE!

CITING THE CENSUS BUREAU, U-S-A TODAY ALSO SAYS

PEOPLE WHO WORK AT HOME MAKE MORE THAN THOSE WHO TOIL AT AN OFFICE.

MEANTIME -- INVESTORS TODAY -- TALKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE SEPTEMBER JOBS REPORT FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.

STOCKS GAINING YESTERDAY -- AFTER A SEPARATE *WEEKLY* REPORT SHOWED UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS CLIMBED LESS THAN EXPECTED.

*****

AND SPEAKING OF WORK -- HOW'D YOU LIKE A JOB --

WITH YOUR LATTE?

STARBUCKS PLANS TO HIRE AS MANY AS 20-THOUSAND WORKERS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS AS IT OPENS A THOUSAND NEW STORES.

AND -- THOSE CURRENTLY WORKING AT STARBUCKS -- MAY FIND AN EXTRA DUTY ADDED TO THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.

FINDING THE SYRUP OR POWDER USED IN PUMPKIN LATTES!

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS STARBUCKS IS FACING A SHORTAGE.

GIVING THE UPSCALE PUMPKIN LATTE A STATUS SIMILAR TO

THAT LEGENDARY AND HARD TO FIND MCDONALD'S SANDWICH, THE MCRIB!

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GANGAM STYLE-2 SHOT NATVO

IT'S FRIDAY -- AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE WEEKEND.

AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET YOU GOING THIS MORNING THAN SOME MUSIC.

THIS IS NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING OUT OF SOUTH KOREA --

ELECTRO-POP SENSATION "PSY" PEFORMED HIS HIT SONG, "GANGNAM STYLE" LAST NIGHT.

THIS WAS A FREE CONCERT --

TO THANK HIS FANS IN SOUTH KOREA FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

AND HE PROMISED TO PERFORM TOPLESS.

*IF HIS SONG HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE U-S BILLBOARD CHART.

THE SONG IS NUMBER TWO,

FARGO SNOW-VOTOPS

THIS MORNING--- A SNOWY SCENE IN NORTH DAKOTA.

THE SNOW FELL HARD ON MANY PARTS OF THE REGION,

CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY FOR DRIVERS.

AND POWER OUTAGES FOR MANY.

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A 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.

UPDATE ON ROBIN-2 SHOT VO

THIS MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

WE HEARD THE LATEST ON ROBIN ROBERT'S CONDITION.

AND IT'S GOOD NEWS!

SHE MAY BE COMING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL NEXT WEEK!

SHE POSTED A THANKFUL THURSDAY MESSAGE ON HER BLOG YESTERDAY.

SAYING HER BLOOD COUNT NUMBERS ARE GREAT!

SHE SAY'S HER SISTER'S STEM CELLS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME IN HER BODY.

SHE SAYS SHE STILL HAS SOME PAINFUL DAYS.

ANN ROMNEY TO HOST GMA-VOTOPS

IN ROBIN'S ABSENCE--

MANY PEOPLE ARE FILLING IN AS HOST ON G-M-A.

COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN SAYS -- ANN ROMNEY WILL CO-HOST THE SHOW.

TIPS FROM THE SLEEP DOC-OC

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?

LACK OF SLEEP CAN EFFECT EVERYTHING --

FROM YOUR WEIGHT. TO YOUR JOB PERFORMANCE.

BARBARA MORSE SILVA TALKED TO A SLEEP SPECIALIST --

TIPS FROM THE SLEEP DOC-PKG

"During my residency I had a very unique experience where I got a chance to work in a sleep lab and I saw that I could change people's lives in under 24 hours."

HE'S BECOME KNOWN AS THE SLEEP DOCTOR. DR. MICHAEL BREUS'S CREDENTIALS ARE IMPRESSIVE.

"I actually have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and I'm board certified in clinical sleep disorders. I'm a practicing sleep specialist. I see sleep patients who have narcolepsy and insomnia."

AND HE'S WRITTEN A FEW BOOKS ON THE TOPIC. DR. BREUS KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP.

"We now know that if you're not sleeping enough it has major effects, both emotionally, cognitively, in reaction time, you name it and especially now that kids are starting to go back to school we also know that if they're not sleeping well, they're not going to be studying well and not going to be performing well."

SO HOW MUCH SLEEP DO WE NEED?

"Everybody's sleep needs appear to be different so I'm a six and a half hour guy, have been my entire life but I've got patients who require 8 1/2 or 9 hours so it really just depends. What I tell people is if you can wake up within five minutes of your alarm going off you've probably found the right amount of sleep."

ROUTINE, HE SAYS, IS CRUCIAL. SO IS A DARK, COOL, QUIET ROOM. EVEN DOWN TO YOUR MATTRESS, PILLOW AND BEDDING.

TIPS FROM THE SLEEP DOC-OC

BARBARA MORSE SILVA REPORTING.

ALSO -- DON'T WATCH T-V OR GAZE INTO THE COMPUTER SCREEN. RIGHT BEFORE BEDTIME.

THE LIGHT CAN THROW OFF YOUR SLEEP PATTERN.

IF YOU HAVE CONSISTENT SLEEP ISSUES.

LONG TERM WEIGHT LOSS-VO

MOST FAD DIETS DON'T LAST.

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

RESEARCHERS COMPARED OBESE ADULTS ON TWO DIFFERENT DIETS.

ONE WAS A LOW CALORIE DIET.

THE OTHER- A LOW CARB MEDITERRANEAN DIET.

FOUR YEARS AFTER THE STUDY BEGAN --

ALL WERE THINNER AND HEALTHIER.

TEASE TWO-1SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

IT'S A WEEKEND FULL OF FESTIVALS!

YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TASTE OF COCONUT POINT.

TODAY WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE FOR YOU.

COMING UP.MORE FOOD. AND FUN.

TZ2 A ITALIAN FEST-VO

ITALIAN FEST-2 SHOT

LINGUINE, RAVIOLI, CANOLI'S.

DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION YET?

ITALIAN FEST IS BACK FOR THE *FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.

WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITE ITALIAN FOODS

5 THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT FOR THE BIG DAY.

ITALIAN FEST-LL PKG

KINDLE PAPERWHITE SOLDOUT-VO

AFTER JUST A FEW DAYS ON THE MARKET.

AMAZON HAS SOLD OUT OF ITS NEW KINDLE.

AMAZON'S NEWEST GADGET WENT ON SALE MONDAY.

THE "PAPER-WHITE" IS THINNER.

AND GETS MORE BATTERY LIFE THAN PREVIOUS E-READERS.

IT COSTS 119 DOLLARS.

BUT IF YOU WANT ONE --

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.

HONDA SAYS A SWITCH CAN OVERHEAT AND MELT.

KNOCKING OUT THE LOW BEAMS.

FB 1 BILLION USERS-VO

MORE THAN ONE BILLION SERVED.

THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON ON FACEBOOK TODAY.

THAT'S ONE-SEVENTH OF THE WORLD'S ENTIRE POPULATION.

TEASE THREE

gas is killing us! Absolutely killing us.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.

6 DOLLARS FOR GAS.

DRIVERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE TO PAY THAT MUCH!

TZ3 A) GAS SUPPLY-SOTVOTOPS

TZ3 B) FIGHT TO DIE-VO

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

U-S STOCK FUTURES ARE EDGING HIGHER.

EUROPEAN STOCKS WERE HIGHER THIS MORNING.

AND ASIAN MARKETS POSTED GAINS FOR THE DAY.

AS INVESTORS ARE ALSO SORING THROUGH THE NEWEST JOBS REPORT.

TS1) JOB NUMBERS-SSTOPS

TODAY THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 7.8%.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS IT'S BEEN BELOW EIGHT PERCENT.

IT'S DOWN FROM 8 POINT ONE PERCENT IN AUGUST.

LAST MONTH EMPLOYERS ADDED 114-THOUSAND JOBS.

TS2) LIGHTNING STRIKE BOY-VOTOPS SS

THIS MORNING --

WE'RE HEARING FROM JESSE WATLINGTON'S FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME.

JESSE IS STILL IN A COMA,

AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WEDNEDAY.

LOVED ONES GATHERED YESTERDAY --

TO PRAY FOR JESSE.

JESSE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT --

AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

TS3) MENINGITIS-VOTOPS

A DEADLY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK SPREADS.

HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO NOTIFY PATIENTS -- IN NEARLY TWO DOZEN STATES--

INCLUDING HERE IN FLORIDA THAT RECEIVED ROUTINE STEROID INJECTIONS FOR BACK PAIN.

SO FAR, 35 PEOPLE IN SIX STATES HAVE CONTRACTED MENINGITIS.

GAS UP SUPPLY DOWN-OC

NOW TO THOSE SOARING GAS PRICES -- STATIONS OUT WEST GETTING HIT THE HARDEST.

RIGHT NOW-- EVEN CLOSING DOWN, BECAUSE PRICES ARE SO EXPENSIVE -

GAS UP SUPPLY DOWN-PKG

SCRIPT:

STICKER SHOCK AT GAS STATIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

NAT AT STATION - gas is killing us! Absolutely killing us.

At this station Thursdayan outrageous 5.69 for a gallon of regular unleaded.

.and 5.99 for Premium

MOS

cUSTOMER, Tal Miszrahi:

1.15.39 I thought they were pretty high - I didn't even actually look - oh

shoot.yesterday it was like four something right? Yeah.

Recent refinery fires in California and pipeline problems ARE driving prices

through the roof.AND CAUSING CALIFORNIA RESERVES TO HIT A 10-YEAR LOW.

So some gas stations here were FORCED TO SHUT down their pumps.

HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, GAS IS PUMPING UP TO THE HIGHEST PRICES EVER

FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS UP TO $3.78, BUT IN MANY STATES, PRICES ARE TOPPING

4 DOLLARS A GALLON.

IN WASHINGTON STATE. $4.03.In New York and Connecticut $4.10.

AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA- GAS is up 45 cents from this time last year--

AVERAGING AT $4.32 A GALLON.

MOS

GAS STATION OWNER, TANYA BARKHORDAR- 1.02.20 This is the worst its ever been

. These are the highest gas prices we've ever had. ****

the owner here hopes customers don't blame her! -

4.33 AB - this is what I love - we're sorry it's not our fault! - TB - it's

not our fault. We have no choice!

BUT RELIEF IS IN SIGHT. ANALYSTS PREDICT PRICES WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR $3.

GAS UP SUPPLY DOWN-OC

ABBIE BOUDREAU REPORTING.

THE GAS STATION OWNER SAYS THERE COULD BE AN 11 CENT INCREASE TODAY.

RED TIDE PROBLEMS-VO

RED TIDE IS TO BLAME --

FOR A FISH KILL IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM ENGLEWOOD BEACH.

SMALL, DEAD FISH DOT THE SHORE LINE.

STATE OFFICIALS SAY RED TIDE -- A NATURALLY OCCURING ALGAE BLOOM -- IS CAUSING THE FISHKILL.

THE SMELL IS HARD TO IGNORE.

RED TIDE PROBLEMS-SOTVO

"still beautiful beach, water's still warm, no complaints."

Felix Davidovich/North Port: "beach is the main attraction, no beach, no vacation."

SCIENTISTS ARE COLLECTING WATER SAMPLES,

AND MONITORING THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE RED TIDE.

PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA, EMPHESEMA OR OTHER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.

ARE URGED TO AVOID THE AREA.

STONECRAB SEASON-OC SOTVO

REPORTS OF RED TIDE -- ARE ALSO RAISING CONCERN, FOR PINE ISLAND'S FISHERMEN.

that's not good for crabbing, they won't go into the traps they got plenty to eat on the bottom, if there's dead fish on the bottom they won't go into these traps, it'd be a tough way to start season

THIS MORNING--

STONE CRAB FISHERMEN CAN SET THEIR TRAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY.

THE SEASON RUNS FOR 8 MONTHS.

FISHERMEN ON PINE ISLAND, HOPE TO REBOUND PROFITS THIS YEAR,

NAPOLITANO AZ BORDER VISIT-VO

TODAY-- THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY EXPRESSES HER CONDOLENCES.

JANET NAPOLITANO VISITS ARIZONA.

SHE'LL MEET WITH THE FAMILY OF THE BORDER AGENT,

WHO WAS KILLED THIS WEEK.

30- YEAR OLD NICHOLAS IVIE WAS SHOT TO DEATH TUESDAY,

NEAR THE MEXICO BORDER.

OFFICIALS SAY. AT THE TIME --

HE AND TWO OTHER AGENTS WERE RESPONDING TO AN ACTIVATED MOTION SENSOR.

STEVE JOBS DEATH ANNIVERSARY-VO

IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.OCTOBER 5TH.

THE CO-FOUNDER OF APPLE DIED.

AND TODAY IN CUPERTINO CALIFORNIA. MANY ARE REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF STEVE JOBS.

HE CREATED THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER. THE I-POD. THE I-PHONE AND THE I-PAD.

FIGHT TO DIE-VO-WIPE

A FAMILY FIGHTS --

TO KEEP A TERMINALLY ILL WOMAN IN NEW YORK *ALIVE,

EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO DIE.

28-YEAR-OLD GRACE LEE.

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INCURABLE BRAIN TUMOR A YEAR AGO.

AND A STROKE LAST MONTH LEFT HER PARALYZED.

HER DOCTORS SAY --

SHE HAS *BEGGED THEM TO REMOVE HER BREATHING TUBE.

BUT HER PARENTS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT --

FIGHT TO DIE-SOTVO

This is someone who is inevitably dying within the next two weeks and two months who is hooked up to all these life-sustaining contraptions saying, you know what, I have had enough. It is time for me to be at peace

LEE'S FATHER, A MINISTER, SAYS HIS RELIGION FORBIDS TAKING HER OFF LIFE-SUPPORT.

HE SAYS THAT'S SUICIDE, AND SHE'LL GO TO HELL.

THE PARENTS ALSO SAY THEIR DAUGHTER IS HEAVILY-MEDICATED AND DEPRESSED.

AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELS FLIGHTS-VO

THIS MORNING-- WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AT RSW.

SO FAR SO GOOD.

NATIONWIDE. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHTS ARE BEING DELAYED AND CANCELLED.

AIRLINE MECHANICS ARE FIXING FLOOR MOUNTS IN 48 PLANES -- TO PREVENT SEATS FROM COMING LOOSE.

THREE AMERICAN PLANES HAD SEATS COME LOOSE WHILE IN FLIGHT RECENTLY.

TOMATO TRADE-VO

THE BATTLE OVER TOMATOES.

MEXICAN BUSINESS GROUPS WANT TO KEEP TRADING TOMATOS WITH THE U-S.

BUT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO *END A 16 YEAR TRADE AGREEMENT.

FARM OFFICIALS SAY THAT DECISION IS POLITCALLY MOTIVATED.

THE SECOND LARGEST TOMATO PRODUCER IS FLORIDA.

AND TOMATO GROWERS HERE HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO *END THE AGREEMENT.

WORLDS LARGEST CRUISE SHIP-VO

RUMOR HAS IT.

ROYAL CARIBBEAN IS THINKING OF BUILDING THE WORLD'S LARGE 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.

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STARTING TODAY --

PIRATES STORM FORT MYERS BEACH.

THE PIRATE FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY!

REMEMBER, THE EVENT ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THE PROMOTER BACKED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY --

BUT BUSINESS OWNERS STEPPED IN TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING SAILS SMOOTHLY.

PIRATE FEST BRINGS A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS BOOST BEFORE SEASON BEGINS.

NAPLES ANIMAL SERVICES-VOWIPE

HEATED TALKS BRING COLLIER COUNTY.

*ONE STEP CLOSER TO A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE.

DURING THURSDAY NIGHTS PUBLIC BOARD MEETING --

THE DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AGREED TO APPROVE THREE OF FOUR CHANGES TO THEIR POLICIES.

THE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN TO DISCUSS THOSE CHANGES.

PIGGY BANK REWARD-2 SHOT VO

A STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL'S LOST DOG.

HAS A HAPPY ENDING!

SOMEONE STOLE A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL'S PUPPY.

SO SHE OFFERED MONEY FROM HER *OWN PIGGY BANK.

TO HELP GET IT BACK.

THIEVES TOOK MEEKO FROM THE GIRL'S HOME IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY.

THEY ALSO TOOK THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ELECTRONICS.

PIGGY BANK REWARD-SOTVO-WIPE

"Can you try to turn him in to me? It would mean the world to me if you turn him in."

"That's what is just so messed up about this; when they go and making their quick buck, they don't realize how much emotions are tied to this, this is just not a dog, it's not money, it's my daughter's heart."

A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS -- RAISED A TOTAL OF SIX-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN REWARD MONEY FOR MEEKO'S SAFE RETURN.

THIS MORNING WE'VE LEARNED THE GIRL -- IS GETTING HER DOG BACK.

SOMEONE FOUND MEEKO 80 MILES AWAY -- AND HEARD ABOUT THE STORY ON THE NEWS.

GATOR GREETER-VOTOPS

IMAGINE GETTING TO WORK.

AND SEEING THIS GUY AT THE DOOR.

THURSDAY, THE OWNER OF A NURSERY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

FOUND AN EIGHT-FOOT ALLIGATOR SUNBATHING NEAR THE PLANTS AND FLOWERS.

WILDLIFE OFFICERS CAME IN TO CAPTURE THE GATOR.

AFTER A LITTLE STRUGGLE,

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IT'S A STORY STRAIGHT OUT MEAN GIRLS --

A FLORIDA CHEERLEADING COACH. FIRED --

FOR ALLEGEDLY BULLYING HER SQUAD.

ACCUSED OF CHARGING THEM MONEY AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO FIGHT.

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ALLEGATIONS OF FORGERY -- INTIMIDATION -- AND PAYOLA.

ALL INVOLVING A HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING SQUAD IN FLORIDA.

THE COACH HAS BEEN REMOVED --

AND OFFICIALS HAVE OPENED AN INVESTIGATION.

BUT WHAT REALLY WENT ON --

INSIDE THIS REAL-WORLD MEAN GIRLS SQUAD?

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SCRIPT:

MELISSA PROCHILO: feel like my whole world is shattering?

COULD MELISSA PROCHILA BE THE KIND OF COACH THE "BRING IT ON" BULLIES MIGHT

HAVE DREAMED OF?

SOT Bring it On "I'm captain and I'm pulling rank! And you can fall in line

or not"

PARENTS AT THIS CORAL SPRINGS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ARE ACCUSING THE EMBATTLED

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND FORMER CHEERLEADING COACH OF BEING A WHAT YOU COULD

CALL A CRUEL SUE SYLVESTER FROM GLEE

Sue Sylvester: "operation mean girl is a go!

"she was going to put me in a room with a girl who was bullying me"/"I

felt humiliated and like, targeted"

IN A COMPLEX TANGLE OF ALLEGATIONS, WHICH BEGAN LAST YEAR, THE PARENTS OF

THESE CHEERLEADERS SAY PROCHILA NOT ONLY BULLIED THEIR DAUGHTERS BUT

MASTERMINDED A PAY TO PLAY SCHEME COSTING PARENTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A

SPOT ON THE TEAM

/ SOT: parents school girls/ 050620: joanne gavin: I'd like to know where

the money is. I'd like to have a booster club meeting what are we paying

for what do we continue to pay for./050600 mg so you're saying on the

first day, there was no accounting for the $9000 in cash? No no there was no

parent meeting

THEY MOTHERS SHOWED GMA STACKS OF CHECKS PAID OUT IN THE THOUSANDS OF

DOLLARS TO OUTISDE COACHES - THE PARENTS WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. NOR WERE THEY

CONSULTED ABOUT OUT OF COUNTRY TRIPS - THE KIDS SAY THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO

SIGN RELEASE FORMS FOR THEIR PARENTS

Mg: any of you ever been asked to forge your parents signature? All hands go

up

BUT PROCHILA SAYS ITS ALL TRUMPED UP.

Prochila: I'm not a bully coach!/193738 the moneys easy to prove! Theres

all receipts for everything. That's the easiest part. They can say a number,

we can show you every receipt for everything. That's the easy part of this

JOANNE GAVIN HAS PROVEN TOUGHER SHE'D SO PERSISTANTLY TRIED TO BRING THIS TO

THE ATTENTION OF THE PRINCIPAL, THAT HE BANNED HER FROM THE SCHOOL

"Am I satisfied? Am I happy? It should have never gotten this far"

**Cheering nats**

ON TUESDAY DOZENS OF STUDENTS AND CURRENT CHEERLEADERS TEARFULLY FOUGHT FOR

PROCHILA'S REINSTATEMENT AS CHEERLEADING COACH AT A SCHOOL BOARD HEARING.

SHE'D BEEN CLEARED BY TWO SCHOOL BOARD INVESTIGATIONS, BUT WAS FIRED ANYWAY

MG on camera question: What could you have possibly done to have made them

so angry?

194145 I don't know.

MG on camera questions: You have no idea??

MEAN GIRLS CHEERLEADING-ONCAM

MATT GUTMAN REPORTING.

THE COACH *IS ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN HER JOB AS A SUB.

WHEN ASKED WHY MELISSA HAD BEEN FIRED AS A FULLTIME TEACHER AND COACH,

STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

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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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EVERY SUNDAY MORNING -

YOU CAN CATCH "NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS WITH JEFF LYTLE''.

RIGHT HERE ON ABC 7.

THIS WEEK.TALKING ABOUT THE NHL LOCKOUT.

AND HOW IT' MIGHT AFFECT THE LOCAL CHAMPS' NEXT SEASON.

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM-LIVE

Craig Brush:

How will NHL lockout impact the Kelly Cup champs' new season?

Jim Nathan:

Is Medstar debacle hurting public safety? How will new U.S. rules impact care?

Nathan:

We've had a wonderful, wonderful relationship with Lee County EMS. And, on the air transport it's gotten confusing. I think everybody is still waiting for the answers to what really happened but most importantly how do we go forward to make sure our community is appropriately serviced. In the meantime we have the rare examples or stories where there have been communications issue or delays but by in large it seems to still be working.

Weekend anchor script:

The leaders of the Florida Everblades and Lee Memorial Health System are guests on this week's "Naples Daily NewsMakers with Jeff Lytle" program airing Sunday morning at 10 on ABC7.

Craig Brush of the Blades sizes up the impact of the NHL lockout on the Kelly Cup champs' new season.

Jim Nathan of Lee Memorial discusses new U.S. rules on Medicare re-admissions, the expansion of Children's Hospital at HealthPark and whether Lee County's Medstar air-ambulance problems are hurting public safety:

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NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM-LIVE

BEATLES LOVE ME DO ANNIVERSARY-WIPE-SOTVOTOPS

nats of music

IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF "LOVE ME DO."

THE BEATLES VERY FIRST HIT SINGLE.

TO MARK THE EVENT--

THE BAND'S 1967 FILM "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" -- IS BEING RESTORED AND REISSUED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY WORLDWIDE.

IT WAS THE FIRST FILM.

CONCEIVED, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY THE FAB FOUR.

WORLD SMILE DAY-2 SHOT POP

EVERYONE PUT YOUR BEST FACE FORWARD.

IT'S WORLD SMILE DAY!

A DAY SET ASIDE TO HELP SOMEONE SMILE.

OR DO AN ACT OF KINDNESS.

OR MAYBE BOTH!

TODAY CELEBRATES THE POPULAR YELLOW SMILEY FACE.

IT WAS CREATED BY A ARTIST IS MASSACHUSETTS IN 19-63.

TEASE FIVE-2 SHOT POP

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

IT'S A SPECIAL APPEARANCE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS.

STARS OF THE NEW A-B-C SHOW. 666 PARK AVENUE JOIN US LIVE THIS MORNING.

THAT'S RIGHT --

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ADD SOME MYSTERY TO YOUR SUNDAY NIGHTS.

THE NEW SHOW "666 PARK AVENUE" PREMIERED ON ABC7 LAST WEEK.

AND IT'S FULL OF SUSPENSE AND SCARES.

WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE TWO OF THE STARS ---

VANESSA WILLIAMS AND TERRY O'QUINN --

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THE SHOW IS BRAND NEW, BUT IT'S ALREADY GOTTEN GOOD REVIEWS. TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

TERRY - YOU ARE EVIL ON THIS SHOW. IN A GOOD WAY! FANS SAY YOU MIGHT BE THE DEVIL. WHAT'S IT LIKE PLAYING A BAD GUY?

VANESSA - WILL WE LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER IN THE NEXT EPISODE? YOUR BACK STORY AND HOW YOU ENDED UP AT PARK AVENUE?

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FINAL WEATHER-WX GFX TOPS

"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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