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"It's really scary I mean we don't have that much food I mean we

prepared a little bit."

THE REALITY AFTER SANDY.

AFTER THREE DAYS, SURVIVORS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL CONTINUE ON.

AND THIS--

oh my god, oh my god

THIS FAMILY PULLED OUT THEIR CAMERA PHONE WHEN TREES ALL AROUND THEM STARTED TO FALL.

NEW AT 5--

HOW TREE FALLS COSTS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEIR LIVES.

PLUS--

nats of demolition

A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LANDMARK IS COMING DOWN.

FIRST IT WAS THE RADISON MOST RECENTLY THE CLARION.

ABC 7 FINDS OUT THE FUTURE PLANS FOR THIS PLOT OF LAND.

if i can't support my family what's a man supposed to do."

A FATHER'S GRIEF--

REDUCED TO TEARS BECAUSE HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER IS FORCED TO GET AROUND LIKE THIS.

HL1) SANDY LATEST-trxSOTVO

HL2) FALLING TREES-trxNATSVO

HL3) CLAIRON DEMOLITON-trxNATSVO

HL4) CHILD NEEDS WHEELCHAIR-trxSOTVO

STORMWARN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

SUN RETURNS FOR FRIDAY

The weather has been fantastic in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Those brisk winds, which have now subsided, blew in a very cool, dry air mass, and with the exception of Thursday - we've seen a lot of sunshine.

A cold front currently sits to our north. The definition of a cold front is simply a change between two air masses. Ahead of the front there's muggy air, behind the front there's dry air. The air behind this front is very dry; you'll see and feel it Friday.

The front passes to our south over night which means all the dry, comfortable, sunny conditions will ooze into southwest Florida for several days!

As we go through the next seven days the clouds will slowly increase. They'll go from the high thin wispy clouds we call CIRRUS, and slowly start lowering into the big puffy clouds we call CUMULUS.

Come Tuesday those CUMULUS clouds will bear rain at times as another cold front approaches. From midweek forward we'll go back to the sunny, dry, spectacular weather.

When it comes to the temperatures - watch out - upper 70s and lower 80s here to stay during the day time.

Morning lows - in the upper 50s and lower 60s.

Kudos to Mother Nature.

BREAKING-CLIP

GARBAGE TRUCK TELEPHONE POLE CRASH-SSTOPS

BREAKING NEWS AT 5 --

DEPUTIES ARE DEALING WITH A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN BONITA SPRINGS TONIGHT.

A GARBAGE TRUCK CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE ON HARMONY PARK DRIVE.

WE KNOW POWER LINES ARE DOWN.

WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES --

WE FOUND OUT 24-HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER.

F-P-L IS DEALING WITH THE POWER OUTAGES.

L-C-S-O IS FOCUSED ON THE DAMAGE.

FIREFIGHTERS PUT THE FIRE OUT ON THE TRUCK.

BE CAREFUL IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE POWER LINES ARE DOWN.

SANDY-CLIP

SANDY LATEST-VOTOPS-TC MON

RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHEAST ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM THE IMPACT OF SUPER STORM SANDY.

FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE NEW JERSEY SHORE IT IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE A LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD.

SANDY LATEST-PKG

THREE DAYS AFTER SANDY MADE LANDFALL THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN HOBOKEN, NEW

JERSEY ARE STILL TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS

SOT - "It's really scary I mean we don't have that much food I mean we

prepared a little bit."

WHILE NATIONAL GUARDESMEN RESCUE PEOPLE STRANDED HERE

NATURAL GAS FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN FURTHER SOUTH IN "MANNA-LO-KING" WHERE

HOMES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED

SOT - "Everywhere you go you hear SHHHH just the gas"

FOR DAYS, GAS HAS POURED INTO THE STREETS BECAUSE UTILITY CREWS HAVEN'T BEEN

ABLE TO REACH THE AREA TO TURN IT OFF.

SOT - " We just never expected it to be what it was"

NEW SOT - 11:30 FEMA / RED CROSS

HELP AND RELIEF IS SLOWLY BEING DELIVERED BUT FRUSTRATION IS GROWING

AT NEW YORK'S HOWARD BEACH AND THE ROCKAWAYS ENTIRE WORKING-CLASS

NEGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND PEOPLE FEEL THEY'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN.

SOT -

IT WILL TAKE WEEKS TO RECOVER FROM THE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION

AND PARTS OF NEW YORK CITY ARE STILL PARALYZED

NEW SOT - BLOOMBERG

NATS - Subway moving

SOME SUBWAY SERVICE HAS RETURNED AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT POWER WILL

BE RESTORED TO ALL OF MANHATTAN BY SATURDAY

NEW SOT -

BUT WITH LIMITED TRAFFIC INTO THE CITY LINES FOR BUSES ARE GROWING

AND PEOPLE ORDERED TO DRIVE WITH AT LEAST THREE PASSENGERS ARE STUCK IN

TRAFFIC

OR - THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHILE WAITING TO FILL UP.

SOT --

TAG:

THE COAST GUARD IS WORKING TO BRING MORE FUEL INTO THE CITY

AND SUNDAY'S NEW YORK CITY MARATHON IS "A GO" DESPITE CRITICISM THAT RUNNERS

WILL TRAVEL NEAR AREAS DEVASTATED BY SANDY.

BRANDI HITT ABC NEWS NEW YORK.

FL HURRICANE INSURANCE-OC

THE INCREASE IN INSURANCE CLAIMS FROM SANDY COULD HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON YOUR RATES IN FLORIDA.

ABC7 SPOKE WITH L-A INSURANCE IN LEHIGH ACRES TODAY.

PENN STATE CHARGES-VO

A FORMER PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IS NOW FACING CHARGES IN THE JERRY SANDUSKY CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL.

GRAHAM SPANIER IS ACCUSED OF PERJURY AND ENDANGERING CHILDREN AMONG OTHER OFFENSES.

HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM PENN STATE LAST YEAR.

ALSO FACING THE SAME CHARGES ARE FORMER UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT GARY SCHULTZ AND FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TIM CURLEY.

A JURY CONVICTED SANDUSKY OF SEXUALLY ABUSED TEN BOYS.

BIGELOW MEDSTAR MEETING-VO.WIPE

WHEN WE WALKED IN - THEY WALKED OUT.

A-B-C-7'S CAMERA WAS ROLLING AS LEE COUNTY STAFF MEMBERS LEFT A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SALVAGING THE MEDSTAR PROGRAM.

COUNTY STAFFERS -- INCLUDING TWO ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGERS -- WERE SCHEDULED TO BRIEF COMMISSIONER BIGELOW ON THE FOUR PRIVATE COMPANIES LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

BUT WHEN BIGELOW INVITED THE MEDIA INTO THE MEETING -- INCLUDING A-B-C 7 -- THE STAFF PICKED UP THEIR BELONGINGS AND WALKED OUT THE DOOR.

TYPICALLY - THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PRIVATE.

BIGELOW MEDSTAR MEETING-SOTVO

they've called a meeting to brief me on their plans for MedStar - I find it hard to believe in the people's house they'd want to maintain some sort of privacy priveledges.

CAPE 711 AND DOLLAR STORE-OC-SS-OC

THE CASH-STRAPPED CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS ATTRACTING A NEW BUSINESS.

FAMILY DOLLAR STORES ARE BREAKING GROUND ACROSS THE CAPE.

THERE'S PLAN TO BUILD A NEW ONE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE DOWNTOWN CAPE.

CAPE 711 AND DOLLAR STORE-LL PKG

The developer for family dollar is asking the city's planning and zoning commission to grant them several deviations in order to build a store on this small corner lot located off cape coral parkway.

But the cape coral community redevelopment agency is asking the P&Z to deny that request, saying family dollar stores don't fit it with their vision plan.

The developer wants to build an 8,300 square foot retail store on this corner lot. The property is located just a couple of miles south from another location nearing completion.

Councilman marty mcclain says dollar stores have become big business in light of the struggling economy. And while the city can't deny a developer the right to build a business on a piece of commercial property, he wants to make sure it fits in with the city's aesthetics.

-marty mcclain/cape councilman-"you're putting 10 lbs of ingredients into a 5 lbs box and that's the complaint I'm starting to get from people."

But not everyone is against value chain. I spoke to some nearby homeowners who say dollar stores are convenient and affordable.

DUANE GREGORY 1ST APPEARANCE-SS-VO.WIPE

A HOMELESS MAN THAT COLLIER COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT -- IS TELLING HIS SIDE OF THE STORY TONIGHT.

DUANE GREGORY IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST TWO COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.

TWO WEEKS AGO - THOSE DEPUTIES WENT TO THE 7-11 ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD IN NAPLES.

DUANE GREGORY 1ST APPEARANCE-SOTVO

"I don't really remember the facts. So you know, I can't sit here and incriminate myself you know if I can't give you any facts. I was in like a blackout. I was drinking."

TWO DEPUTIES OPENED FIRE ON THE 49 YEAR OLD, BELIEVING HE HAD A GUN THAT HE WAS WAVING AROUND.

TODAY GREGORY SAYS HE SUFFERED AT LEAST 10 GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

BUT *HIS* GUN TURNED OUT TO BE A FAKE.

YVYV-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-VO.WIPE

AFTER A BRIEF BREAK FOR SUPER STORM SANDY THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS BACK IN FULL FORCE.

BOTH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGNED IN BATTLEGROUND STATES TODAY.

ROMNEY IS SPENDING THE DAY IN VIRGINIA WHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA HITS WISCONSIN, OHIO AND IOWA.

POLITICS TODAY-SOTVO

Obama: We'll win Wisconsin again. We'll win this

election. And together, we'll renew those bonds and

reaffirm that spirit that makes the United States of America the greatest

nation on earth

Romney: You know the consequence of what this election means. You have full

hearts, and we can't lose. We need you, Virginia. We've got to take back

America. I'm counting on you.

NEW AT 5

INDEPENDENT NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS ENDORSING PRESIDENT OBAMA.

BLOOMBERG'S BEEN CRITICAL OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND MITT ROMNEY.

BILL CLINTON IN FM-VOTOPS

A-B-C-7 JUST LEARNED PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WILL CAMPAIGN IN FORT MYERS TOMORROW FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.

NOT MANY DETAILS ARE OUT RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE VISIT.

WE DO KNOW IT WILL BE A BUSY DAY FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

HE'S SLATED TO CAMPAIGN HERE, PALM BEACH, PALM BAY, SAINT PETE AND TALLAHASSEE.

EARLY VOTING REQUEST-VO.WIPE

EARLY VOTING IS SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP ON SATURDAY HERE IN FLORIDA, BUT PARTY LEADERS ARE PUSHING FOR A DEADLINE EXTENSION.

THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT TO EXTEND EARLY VOTING HOURS THROUGH THIS SUNDAY BECAUSE MANY POLLING PLACES ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH RECORD TURNOUT.

THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE ELIMINATED THE LAST SUNDAY OF EARLY VOTING WITH A NEW ELECTIONS LAW.

IT CUTS BACK THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING DAYS FROM 14 TO 8. BUT KEEPS THE HOURS.96 THE SAME.

EARLY VOTING REQUEST-SOTVO

---SOT--- Scott Arceneaux/ Florida Democratic Party "In 2008 we had a Republican governor who extended early voting hours. Even Jeb Bush extended early voting hours. Since that time the Republican Legislature has actually cut early voting in half. We now see that was a critical mistake."

DEMO OF CLARION HOTEL-VO.WIPE

PARTS OF THE FAMOUS, OLD CLARION HOTEL ARE NOW RUBBLE.

CREWS TODAY BEGAN TEARING DOWN THE SITE ALONG HIGHWAY 41 NEAR COLLEGE PARKWAY.

DEVELOPERS ARE PLANNING NEW BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS THERE.

IT'S A 120-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN 19-69.

DEVELOPERS PLAN TO ADD A NEW HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND POSSIBLY A BANK.

DEMO OF CLARION HOTEL-SOTVO

super= Steve Honc, VP of Honc Industries runs= 7 sec 00:40 toward the end of the completion of the project we'll be taking down the 5 story tower so that will be the exciting part but no surprises so far 00:47

DEVELOPERS PLAN TO ADD A NEW HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND POSSIBLY A BANK.

NEXT AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

IT'S NOVEMBER FIRST AND OUR ABC7 SMART SHOPPER HIT THE STORES TO SEE WHAT'S BEST TO BUY THIS MONTH.

PLUS SHE'S ALREADY FINDING SOME BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.

WE'RE MAKING YOUR LIST WHEN WE COME BACK.

BUT FIRST.

Abigael: "Just because I'm tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney"

Mom: "That's why you're crying?"

SHE'S HAD IT.

THIS LITTLE GIRL'S ELECTION MELTDOWN.

TZ1A BEST TO BUY IN NOVEMBER-VOTOPS

TZ1 B LITTLE GIRL CRIES OVER ELECTION-NATSVO

SANDY RESTAURANT DAMAGE-VOTOPS

TONIGHT AT FIVE. MORE DRAMATIC IMAGES OF THE DEVASTATION LEFT BEHIND BY SUPER STORM SANDY.

THIS IS WHAT THE INSIDE OF NELSON BLUE BAR IN NEW YORK LOOKS LIKE.

FLOOD WATERS INUNDATED THE FAVORITE HANGOUT, DESTROYING THE INSIDE.

STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

SUN RETURNS FOR FRIDAY

The weather has been fantastic in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Those brisk winds, which have now subsided, blew in a very cool, dry air mass, and with the exception of Thursday - we've seen a lot of sunshine.

A cold front currently sits to our north. The definition of a cold front is simply a change between two air masses. Ahead of the front there's muggy air, behind the front there's dry air. The air behind this front is very dry; you'll see and feel it Friday.

The front passes to our south over night which means all the dry, comfortable, sunny conditions will ooze into southwest Florida for several days!

As we go through the next seven days the clouds will slowly increase. They'll go from the high thin wispy clouds we call CIRRUS, and slowly start lowering into the big puffy clouds we call CUMULUS.

Come Tuesday those CUMULUS clouds will bear rain at times as another cold front approaches. From midweek forward we'll go back to the sunny, dry, spectacular weather.

When it comes to the temperatures - watch out - upper 70s and lower 80s here to stay during the day time.

Morning lows - in the upper 50s and lower 60s.

Kudos to Mother Nature.

TOSS TO NINA-OC

HALLOWEEN IS BEHIND US.THANKSGIVING AROUND THE CORNER.THEN CHRISTMAS!

SO IF YOU'RE GEARING UP FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING.NOW IS THE TIME TO KNOW WHAT TO BUY.

ABC7 SMART SHOPPER NINA MOINI IS HERE WITH THE HOT BUYS FOR NOVEMBER.

BEST TO BUY IN NOVEMBER-TC MON

THERE ARE SOME SURPRISES - HOME FURNITURE MAKES THE LIST ACCORDING TO DEALNEWS

BEST TO BUY IN NOVEMBER-PKG

NATS - looking for squash

THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS GIVE NICOLE COSTA MORE REASONS TO SHOP THE GROCERY STORE AISLES.

17:49:07 4

"I have family coming in for the week so I'm going to entertain them, just immediate family."

SHE USUALLY SHOPS FOR FRESH PRODUCE A FEW TIMES A WEEK -

17:49:43 7

"I buy everything fresh organic.stick to seasonal things squashes and apples.""

AND THE PRICES ON THIS SEASONAL PRODUCE GIVES HER ANOTHER REASON TO BE THANKFUL.

NATS - food

FOODS LIKE PUMPINKS, POTATOES, AND CRANBERRIES ARE CHEAPEST IN NOVEMBER.

PERFECT FOODS TO COOK FOR A THANKSGIVING MEAL.

ACCORDING TO RETAIL ANALYSTS AT DEALNEWS - A FEW SURPRISING ITEMS TOP THE CHEAP LIST THIS MONTH, TOO.

NATS - plastic bag tear

THINK YOU SHOULD WAIT TILL THE NEW YEAR TO BUY HOME FURNITURE? - THINK AGAIN.

LAST YEAR - DEAL NEWS SAW 30 PERCENT MORE FURNITURE DEALS IN NOVEMBER THAN JANUARY.

THE SAME GOES FOR WINTER SEASON CLOTHES - DEALNEWS REPORTS YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE 20 TO 40 PERCENT OFF CLOTHING IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO BLACK FRIDAY.

17:49:33 5

"The traditional turkey, fresh vegetables."

WHILE YOU'RE FIXING THAT FAMILY MEAL - YOU MIGHT BE MUNCHING ON SOME CANDY.

SWEET TREATS ARE ON MARKDOWN - HALF OFF AT MOST PLACES AFTER HALLOWEEN.

BEST TO BUY IN NOVEMBER-TC MON

NOT ON THE CHEAP LIST ARE HOLIDAY TOYS-

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS-VO

ALSO IN YOUR ABC7 SMART SHOPPER --

YOU CAN ALREADY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.

AMAZON LAUNCHED ITS BLACK FRIDAY DEALS STORE TODAY.

IT FEATURES A DEAL OF THE DAY --

PLUS, LIMITED-TIME, DOORBUSTER-STYLE LIGHTNING DEALS.

COLD VS. ALLERGIES-VID BOX REVEAL

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.

CHILDREN SPEND A LOT OF TIME SNIFFLING AND SNEEZING THIS TIME OF YEAR, MAKING IT HARD FOR PARENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S A COLD OR AN ALLERGY.

HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

ALLERGY SYMPTOMS USUALLY INCLUDE SOME FORM OF ITCHING SUCH AS ITCHY. WATERY EYES, ITCHY NOSE OR ITCHY THROAT.

ANOTHER DISTINCTION.CHILDREN WITH A COLD MIGHT HAVE A FEVER AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A SORE THROAT.

ALSO, COLDS TEND TO RUN THEIR COURSE WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS.

LITTLE GIRL CRIES OVER ELECTION-SOTVO

N-P-R IS RESPONDING TO THAT 4 YEAR OLD GIRL IN COLORADO WHO WILL BE GLAD WHEN THE PRESIDENT ELECTION IS OVER.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS CLASSIC VIDEO --

ABIGAEL EVANS AND HER MOTHER WERE LISTENING TO N-P-R EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN THE GIRL STARTED TEARING UP.

Abigael: "Just because I'm tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney"

Mom: "That's why you're crying?"

Mom: " Awww. I will be over soon, Abby.okay?"

N-P-R WROTE AN APOLOGY NOTE TO ABIGAEL ENTITLED, "DEAR LITTLE GIRL: SORRY WE MADE YOU CRY ABOUT 'BRONCO BAMMA' AND MITT ROMNEY."

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

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

THE BLOODSUCKERS THAT REALLY SCARE MOM, DAD AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE.

HEAD LICE!

TONIGHT FORGET THE COMBING AND WASHING.

THE NEWEST WAY TO KILL THESE CREEPY CRAWLIES.

PLUS THIS MAN SURVIVED A VIOLENT SHARK ATTACK.

HOW HE GOT AWAY TO TELL HIS TALE TONIGHT.

ABC 7 IS GEARING UP FOR COUNTRY MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT--

THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

TZ2 A HEAD LICE TREATMENT-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ2 B SHARK VICTIM SPEAKS-VOTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

HEAD LICE TREATMENT-POP

IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT --

JUST HEARING THE WORDS "HEAD LICE" IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU START ITCHING.

BUT NOW A NEW MEDICATION APPEARS TO BE WORKING TO COMBAT THE BLOOD SUCKERS.

HEAD LICE TREATMENT-PKG

FORGET VAMPIRES ON HALLOWEEN.

WANNA KNOW WHAT BLOOD-SUCKERS REALLY SCARE MOMS AND DADS?

HEAD LICE!

"It doesn't carry disease but it drives parents crazy."

THESE TINY LITTLE DEVILS. LATCH ONTO KIDS' HAIR AND LAY EGGS CALLED NITS.

GETTING RID OF LICE REQUIRES DOING MULTIPLE LOADS OF LAUNDRY, BUYING A SPECIAL SHAMPOO -- AND THEN KEEPING KIDS STILL WHILE YOU PAINSTAKINGLY COMB THROUGH THEIR HAIR LOOKING FOR NITS.

"If you don't get those off, they will hatch out, and then you've got live lice again."

NOW A STUDY SHOWS A RELATIVELY NEW LOTION CALLED IVERMECTIN IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND KILLS NITS.

NO COMBING NECESSARY.

"It's an easier treatment to use for the parents, and they don't have to sit there and pick out all the little nits."

IVERMECTIN IS POWERFUL STUFF - HISTORICALLY USED TO DE-WORM CATTLE.

THE FORMULATION MEANT FOR CHILDREN IS ONLY AVAILABLE WITH A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION. EXPERTS SAY LICE ARE INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO OVER-THE-COUNTER CHEMICALS USED TO TREAT THEM.

"The currently available agents are the ones that the lice have had repeated exposure to for many years in come cases."

HEAD LICE TREATMENT-POP

ERIKA EDWARDS REPORTING.

TEASE THREE-ONCAM

STILL AHEAD ON ABC7 NEWS AT 5:30.

THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF NEW YORK CITY ARE SLOWLY RETURNING.

MUSIC in Times Square

TODAY IT'S A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

FROM POWER OUTAGES TO THE WRECKED SUBWAY SYSTEM.HOW NEW YORKERS ARE COPING.

"All of a sudden you get dummies out here pulling guns and stealing phones. That's stupid."

AND STEALING CANDY FROM CHILDREN.

SIX HALLOWEEN HOLDUPS.

THE ARMED TEENS WHO TARGETED TRICK-OR-TREATERS.

PLUS HOW MANY TIMES IN DAY DO YOU DO THIS.OPEN THE FRIDGE?

WHAT YOU SEE COULD BE CAUSING YOU TO OVEREAT.

THE FRIDGE MAKEOVER TO FOLLOW.

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

KRISTINA PERUSSE - FORT MYERS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING KRISTINA.

TZ3 A NEW YORK RECOVERY LINES-NATSVO

TZ3 B TRICK OR TREATERS ROBBED-SOTVO

TZ3 C FRIDGE DIET-VO

FACEBOOK WOMAN OF THE DAY-SSTOPS

BUMP SHOT-BUMP OUT

NEWS AT 5:00 PM OPEN-CLIP

PENN STATE CHARGES-VID BOX

MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5-30 --

FORMER PENN STATE PRESIDENT GRAHAM SPANIER IS NOW FACING CHARGES IN THE JERRY SANDUSKY CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE.

SPANIER IS CHARGED WITH PERJURY AND ENDANGERING CHILDREN AS WELL AS OTHER CHARGES.

ALSO FACING THE SAME CHARGES ARE FORMER UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT GARY SCHULTZ AND FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TIM CURLEY.

BIGELOW MEDSTAR WALKOUT-VID BOX

LEE COUNTY STAFFERS WALKED OUT OF A MEETING TODAY WITH COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW

THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO BRIEF BIGELOW ON THE FOUR COMPANIES LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

BUT, WALKED OUT WHEN OUR CAMERAS SHOWED UP.

DEMO CLARION HOTEL-VID BOX

DEMOLITION STARTED TODAY ON THE FAMOUS OLD CLARION HOTEL ALONG HIGHWAY 41 NEAR COLLEGE PARKWAY TODAY.

IT'S A 120 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN 19-69.

YVYV-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-VOTOPS-2 SHOT

SANDY BROUGHT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNINIG TO A HALT BUT THE CANDIDATES GET BACK ON THE TRAIL TODAY.

HI I'M JEFF BUTERA.

AND I'M COURTNEY ROBINSON.

BOTH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN RIVAL MITT ROMNEY ARE IN BATTLEGROUND STATES TODAY.

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA PICKED UP A BIG ENDORSEMENT RELATED TO SUPER STORM SANDY.

POLITICS TODAY-PKG

THAT BRIEF PAUSE FOR SUPER STORM SANDY SEEMS LIKE A DISTANT MEMORY.

TODAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL - THE ATTACKS WERE BACK!

Obama SOT 12:03:23

their bet is on cynicism. But Wisconsin, my bet is on you.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS DELIVERING HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT IN THREE BATTLEGROUNDS

TODAY.

Obama SOT after 11:55:34

I know what change looks like because I've fought for it. You have too. And

after all we've been through together, we sure as heck can't give up now.

MITT ROMNEY IS SPENDING HIS ENTIRE DAY IN VIRGINIA - A STATE THAT

REPUBLICANS ARE DESPERATE TO FLIP.

Romney SOT 14:35:56

we're goign to win on Nov 6 i'm giong to tell you that

HE COUNTERED THE PRESIDENT'S CLOSING ARGUMENT:

Romney SOT 14:38:20

he promised real change but didnt deliver.

GFX

THE LATEST ABC NEWS WASHINGTON POST POLL STILL SHOWS A TIGHT RACE.

GFX - NBC/Marist/WSJ poll

BUT NEW POLLS IN THREE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES HAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA ON TOP.

SO WITH JUST FIVE DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAYIT'S NOW ALL HANDS ON DECK.

VICE PRESIDENT STUMPED IN IOWA.

Biden SOT Iowa 13:50:38

The American people are asking themselves the question these final days: Who

can they trust?

BILL CLINTON'S WORKING JUST AS HARD AS THE CANDIDATES.

Clinton SOT

Barack Obama should be the next president!

AND IN OHIOANN ROMNEY GOT EMOTIONAL AS SHE ASKED FOR VOTES.

Ann Romney SOT - stay with pauses, looks emotional, crowd cheers

We have come to know this country on such an extraordinary level and I can't

even tell you how much I love it and how much I love all Americans.

O/C CLOSE: TODAY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ENDORSED PRESIDENT

OBAMA.BLOOMBERG'S BEEN CRITICAL OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND MITT ROMNEY. BUT

TODAY THE INDEPENDENT MAYOR SAID HURRICANE SANDY RESHAPED HIS THINKING AND

THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. KT ABC NEWS

ABC TRACKING POLL-CGTOPS

NEW TONIGHT IN THE LATEST A-B-C NEWS WASHINGTON POST TRACKING POLL.

A RAZOR-THIN MARGIN SEPARATES THE CANDIDATES.

PRESIDENT OBAMA NOW LEADS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY BY JUST ONE PERCENT.

SANDY-CLIP

STORM DAMAGE LATEST-VO.WIPE

THOUSANDS ARE STILL TRAPPED AS THE CLEAN-UP FROM SUPER STORM SANDY CONTINUES ON THE EAST COAST TONIGHT.

THREE DAYS AFTER SANDY MADE LANDFALL.FLOODED WATER STILL HAVE MANY IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY STRANDED.

NOT ONLY THAT, NATURAL GAS FIRES ALSO CONTINUE TO BURN FURTHER SOUTH IN "MANNA-LO-KING" WHERE HOMES ARE FLATTENED.

HELP AND RELIEF IS SLOWLY BEING DELIVERED. BUT FRUSTRATION IS GROWING

STORM DAMAGE LATEST-SOTVO

ALL THREE OF THE MAJOR NEW YORK AREA AIRPORTS ARE NOW OPERATING UNDER REDUCED SCHEDULES.

LAGUARDIA AIRPORT WAS THE LAST OF THE THREE TO OPEN.

LINES BROOKYLN BUSES-VOTOPS

NOT MANY CARS CAN GET INTO THE CITY.

SO THE LINES FOR BUSES STRETCH A LONG WAY!

LOOK AT THESE INCREDIBLE LINES THOUSANDS ENDURED TO GET ON A CITY BUS INTO MANHATTAN.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TODAY OUTSIDE THE BARCLAY CENTER IN BROOKLYN.

THESE PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY TAKE THE SUBWAY, BUT TODAY THIS IS THEIR ONLY OPTION.

NYC TRANSIT VID-VOTOPS

CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAR AND REPAIR TRACKS SO RAIL SERVICE CAN REOPEN.

THIS IS NEW VIDEO INSIDE THE BROOKLYN BATTERY TUNNEL.

CREWS ARE DRAINING IT AND DOZENS OF OTHER SUBWAY STOPS.

SANDY GAS LINES-VO.WIPE

ONLY A FEW GAS STATIONS HAVE POWER AND THAT'S WHERE DRIVERS ARE LINING UP TO BUY GAS.

THE LINES VERY LONG.

SANDY GAS LINES-(2)SOTVO

How long have you been waiting? About a half hour. How many gas stations did you pass before finding this one? All of them, I don't know 20 or 30."

S/MOS

"on Coney Island there was literally a fight. A fight to get gas."5

SANDY TREES-NATSVO

"oh my god! Oh my god!"

HURRICANE SANDY TOPPLED TREES UP AND DOWN THE NORTHEAST --

AND COST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEIR LIVES.

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN NEW JERSEY WHEN TREES FELL ON THEM.

THEY KILLED PEOPLE IN NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT AND WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL.

NORMALLY, STORM SURGE IS THE BIGGEST KILLER DURING A HURRICANE.

NAPERVILLE MURDERS-BNR-VO

AN ILLINOIS MOTHER IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER A GRUESOME STABBING THAT LEFT TWO CHILDREN DEAD.

OFFICERS SAY ELBIETA PLACKOWSKA STABBED HER SON AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO DEATH TUESDAY EVENING.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, PLACKOWSKA SLIT BOTH OF THE CHILDREN'S THROATS AND STABBED HER OWN SON 100 TIMES.THEY SAY SHE STABBED THE 5-YEAR-OLD WHO SHE WAS BABYSITTING 50 TIMES.

NAPERVILLE MURDERS-SOTVO

she ultimately admitted that she had lied to police in a earlier statement, she stated that she was angry with her husband because he was gone most days.In their relationship

OFFICERS SAY PLACKOWSKA TOLD THEM THE CHILDREN WERE JUMPING ON THE BED IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, SO SHE MADE THEM KNEEL AND TOLD THEM TO PRAY.

SHE TOLD HER SON HE WAS GOING TO HEAVEN TONIGHT AND THEN STABBED HIM TO DEATH.

USC CAMPUS SHOOTING-VO

TWO MEN ARE FACING CHARGES TONIGHT AFTER A SHOOTING AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY LAST NIGHT.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE SHOOTING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS.

POLICE SAY TWO MEN WERE ARGUING WHEN ONE OF THEM PULLED A GUN AND OPENED FIRE OUTSIDE THE TUTOR CAMPUS CENTER.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE THERE AT THE TIME.

HOLLYWOOD SHOOTINGS-VOTOPS

ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THAT SHOOTING, AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT WHEN A FIGHT BROKE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROWD OF HALLOWEEN REVELERS IN HOLLYWOOD.

ONE PERSON IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THE OTHER TWO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

OFFICERS ARRESTED AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE IN THE MELEE.

CA SHARK VICTIM SPEAKS-VO.WIPE

HE SURVIVED A SHARK ATTACK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA --

AND TONIGHT, HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS FRIGHTENING ORDEAL.

THE SHARK ATTACKED SCOTT STEPHENS WHILE HE WAS SURFING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN..

HE SUFFERED A 14-INCH BITE WOUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIB CAGE.

IT REQUIRED SURGERY.

CA SHARK VICTIM SPEAKS-SOTVO

TRICK OR TREATER ROBBERS-VO.WIPE

POLICE IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON ARRESTED SIX TEENS THEY SAY ROBBED TRICK-OR-TREATERS.

OFFICERS SAY THE MUGGERS TOOK WALLETS, BACK PACKS ANDCELL PHONES FROM PARENTS AND CHILDREN. EVEN TAKING A BAG OF CANDY FROM AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY.

A CANINE UNIT TRACKED DOWN THE TEENS.

TRICK OR TREATER ROBBERS-SOTVO

that's pretty stupid' lame for the kids. That's stupid

OFFICERS RECOVERED THE STOLEN ITEMS AND SEIZED THE MASKS AND A GUN USED IN THE ROBBERIES.

TATTOOING GANG SIGNS ON KIDS-VO

SO DISTURBING --

AN OKLAHOMA MAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR TATTOOING GANG SYMBOLS ON TWO YOUNG BOYS.

ROCKY GRITTS IS ACCUSED OF USING A SEWING NEEDLE, THREAD AND INK, TO TATTOO HIS 5-YEAR-OLD AND 10-YEAR-OLD COUSINS WITH A CROSS AND THREE MARKS ON THEIR HANDS.

THE SIGN IS AFFILIATED WITH A HISPANIC GANG.

HIGHWAY BABY-SOTVO

A BABY IN TAMPA COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL.

I think this baby is going to come. And they're like, no. You're o.k. It's just contractions. I'm like, no. The baby is coming. And my husband looks at me I'm like, she's crowning. "

WHILE DRIVING WITH HER HUSBAND, Candace Crossley REALIZED SHE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL.

SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND TO PULL OVER ON INTERSTATE I-275.

THAT'S WHEN BABY CATELYN MADE HER APPEARANCE.

HER HUSBAND CALLED 9-1-1 AND LEARNED HOW TO USE A SHOELACE TO CINCH THE UMBILICAL CORD.

WOMEN SITTING WARNING-VO

A HEALTH WARNING FOR WOMEN TONIGHT.

NEW RESEARCH FINDS EVEN WOMEN WHO ARE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME SITTING.

PAST STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PEOPLE WHO SIT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME ARE AT A GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING CHRONIC DISEASES.

TOSS TO PKG-TC MON-VO IN TC MON

ALSO IN YOUR ABC7 HEALTHY LIVING TONIGHT.

WHEN HUNGER STRIKES, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU REACH FOR?

RESEARCH SHOWS THE WAY YOU STORE YOUR GROCERIES COULD AFFECT WHAT AND HOW MUCH YOU EAT!

THE FRIDGE DIET-PKG

22 TIMES A DAY.

THE FRIDGE DIET-VO IN TC MON

ONE LAST TIP: PUT YOUR SWEET SNACKS IN OPAQUE CONTAINERS.

NEW AT 5:00 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE FOUR------------

Natpop:

IT'S COUNTRY'S BIGGEST NIGHT AND IT'S RIGHT HERE ON ABC 7--

A SNEAK PEEK AT MUSIC CITY'S MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT IN NASHVILLE, THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

AND THE FOOTBALL HOTTIE TIM TEBOW HAS A GIRL!

MEET TIM TEBOW'S LEADING LADY.

TZ4 A CMA AWARDS-NATSVO

TZ4 B TEBOW NEW GIRLFRIEND-SS

CT SANDY DAMAGE-VOTOPS

MORE VIDEO OF STORM DAMAGE TONIGHT FROM SANDY.

THIS IS THE SCENE TONIGHT IN MILFORD, CONNECTICUT WHERE SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES ARE DAMAGED.

THE STORM'S WILD WAVES KNOCKED HOMES OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS, SOME ALMOST TOPPLING OVER.

STORM WARN JP OPEN-CLIP

CROSSTALK-WX EST

FORECAST-PHC

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE ABC7 WEATHER STAFF.

FORECAST-WXWALL

SUN RETURNS FOR FRIDAY

The weather has been fantastic in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Those brisk winds, which have now subsided, blew in a very cool, dry air mass, and with the exception of Thursday - we've seen a lot of sunshine.

A cold front currently sits to our north. The definition of a cold front is simply a change between two air masses. Ahead of the front there's muggy air, behind the front there's dry air. The air behind this front is very dry; you'll see and feel it Friday.

The front passes to our south over night which means all the dry, comfortable, sunny conditions will ooze into southwest Florida for several days!

As we go through the next seven days the clouds will slowly increase. They'll go from the high thin wispy clouds we call CIRRUS, and slowly start lowering into the big puffy clouds we call CUMULUS.

Come Tuesday those CUMULUS clouds will bear rain at times as another cold front approaches. From midweek forward we'll go back to the sunny, dry, spectacular weather.

When it comes to the temperatures - watch out - upper 70s and lower 80s here to stay during the day time.

Morning lows - in the upper 50s and lower 60s.

Kudos to Mother Nature.

CMA AWARDS-SAT LIVE-OC

IT'S COUNTRY MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT

THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS ARE THIS EVENING.

HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE RED CARPET RIGHT NOW.

CMA AWARDS-PKG

IT'S MUSIC CITY'S MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT! THE 46TH ANNUAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

ARE NASHVILLE'S NIGHT TO SHINE.AND WITH SO MANY STARS SET TO TAKE THE

STAGE, THERE'S NO WONDERING WHY.

Natpop:

DRESS REHEARSALS HAVE DOMINATED THE LAST 48 HOURS.

SOT Luke Bryan:

"Getting in here and rehearsing thru it and pick little things and

meticulously pick little things that can make the performance come across A-

better on tv and B-here in the arena."

AND THE AUDIENCE AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA? A WHO'S WHO OF COUNTRY MUSIC

MEGASTARS. BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT, KEITH URBAN AND TAYLOR SWIFT.

COUNTRY'S DARLING IS RIDING HIGH OFF THE INSTANT SUCCESS OF HER NEW ALBUM *

RED* AND SHE IS THE ONLY FEMALE UP FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.

SOT Taylor Swift

"The feeling of going into this years CMAs is such an amazing feeling of

celebration, joy and appreciation."

LEADING THE PACK OF NOMINEES,

natpop

"one of the new bosses of country music, eric church"

ERIC CHURCH IS UP FOR 5 AWARDS. AND SPEAKING OF 5, IT'S THE FIFTH YEAR IN A

ROW THE SHOW IS HOSTED BY CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND BRAD PAISLEY.WHO'S

PROMISING NOT TO GET TOO GOOFY THANKS TO CARRIE.

SOT Brad Paisley

"She's kind of become this protector up there of mine, I sort of go off a

little bit and am a little goofy and make some dumb decsions for the sake of

being funny."

IT'S ALSO A BIG NIGHT FOR THOSE BEHIND THE MUSIC.

NASHVILLE NATIVE AND SONGWRITER WILL HOGE , WHO WROTE THE ELI YOUNG BAND'S "

EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART" IS HOPING TO TAKE HOME THE TROPHY FOR SONG OF

THE YEAR, SNAGGING HIS FIRST CMA AWARD.

CMA AWARDS-SSTOPS

TEBOW'S NEW GIRLFRIEND-SS-SS

FOOTBALL HUNK.TIM TEBOW MIGHT HAVE A NEW GIRLFRIEND.

TMZ IS REPORTING THE NEW YORK JETS QUARTERBACK WAS SPOTTED GETTING COZY WITH ACTRESS CAMILLA BELLE WHILE BOWLING IN JACKSONVILLE.

BELLE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN WHEN A STRANGER CALLS AND 10,000 BC.

PUMPKIN LIVE TV-NATSVO

A HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING EXPERIMENT WENT VERY WRONG.ON LIVE T-V IN INDIANA.

YOU GOT TO SEE THIS!

nats of pumpkin exploding

A CHEMICAL INSIDE THE PUMPKIN WAS SUPPOSED TO POP-OUT THE PRE-CUT EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH.BUT INSTEAD, THE GOURD EXPLODED.

THE SCIENTIST ALLOWED THE PUMPKIN TO FILL UP WITH TOO MUCH GAS.

THAT'S WHY IT EXPLODED.

BON JOVI SANDY-VO

MANY CELEBRITIES ARE HELPING VICTIMS OF SUPER STORM SANDY INCLUDING ROCKER JON BON JOVI.

HE'S FROM NEW JERSEY.ONE OF THE STATES HIT THE HARDEST BY THE STORM.

HE'S CANCELING HIS EUROPEAN PRESS JUNKET TO GET BACK THERE.

BON JOVI PLANS TO TAKE PART IN THE CLEAN UP AND GETTING HIS NON-PROFIT RESTAURANT, SOUL KITCHEN, BACK UP AND RUNNING.

AT&T T MOBILE SANDY-VOTOPS

WIRELESS PROVIDERS A-T-AND-T AND T-MOBILE ARE HELPING SANDY VICTIMS GET CELL PHONE RECEPTION.

THE COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO SHARE NETWORKS IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE STORM.

THE MOVE ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO USE WHICHEVER NETWORK GETS COVERAGE IN THEIR AREA.

SUBSCRIBERS DON'T NEED TO PAY OR DO ANYTHING EXTRA, JUST DIAL OUT.

BALD EAGLE RELEASE-NATSVO

AN INJURED BALD EAGLE FOUND ON THE SIDE OF SUMMERLIN ROAD IS BACK IN THE WILD TONIGHT.

WATCH THIS!

nats

THE ANIMAL BACK FLYING TODAY. AFTER A WEEK OF REHAB AT CROW.

THE EAGLE WAS EITHER HIT BY A CAR OR KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY THE BACK DRAFT AFTER A CAR PASSED.

IT SUFFERED A SMALL HEAD INJURY FROM THE ACCIDENT.NO BROKEN BONES.

BUT, VETS AT CROW DID FIND THAT HE HAD A PARASITE THAT CAN EVENTUALLY KILL A BALD EAGLE.

BALD EAGLE RELEASE-SOTVO

SOT: "Now we know he wont pass on that parasitic disease while he's feeding the chicks and that's often what happens. The parents have it, the go out, get food, feed it to the chicks. And what's even more likely is that the babies may die from it."

THE REASON HE WAS RELEASED WHERE HE WAS FOUND, IS BECAUSE A FEMALE EAGLE WAS SPOTTED FLYING OVERHEAD WHEN HE WAS RESCUED.

TEASE FIVE-ONCAM

SHE'S FOUR-YEARS-OLD, NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR AND HER FATHER FEELS HELPLESS.

if i can't support my family what's a man supposed to do."

TZ5 A GIRL NEEDS WHEELCHAIR-SOTVO

BUMP SHOT-BUMP IN

GIRL NEEDS WHEELCHAIR-OC

A TOUCHING STORY TONIGHT.

A YOUNG CANADIAN MAN, WHOSE WIFE RECENTLY DIED, IS TRYING TO GET A WHEELCHAIR FOR ONE OF HIS FOUR DAUGHTERS.

BUT HAS BEEN DENIED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

GIRL NEEDS WHEELCHAIR-PKG

Payton Given is Four-years-old.

She has "spastic cerebral palsy" and it's high time she gets a wheelchair.

The little girl from Lower Sackville needs a better way to get around.

Payton is a triplet.

That's Sydney. Mylee's poking through the cupboard. Plus they have a big sister, and a busy dad. Brad.

"she has to start being able to do things herself. needs to be able to get around herself and she cant just be crawling on the floor all the time."

The girls' mom, Amy, Brad's beloved, died in January from a blood disorder.

She was just 34.

"amy's not around. great that they're growing. she was a good mum."

Amy and Brad, a sales manager at Canadian Linen, didn't have life insurance.

Money is tight.

He's asked Community Services to provide Payton with a wheelchair.

"some of the people are saying no. payton was to be a little older before they'll start helping."

Brad says Payton can't wait for a wheelchair.

So after accepting donations from family and friends. he's even collecting pop can tabs and bottles. he's asking the community to help.

It's about the toughest thing he's had to do.

"i'm not a good dad. i can't provide for my family.

"that's how i feel. because if i can't support my family what's a man supposed to do."

"Brad is asking for five-thousand dollars through crowd fund-raising. But he really needs about 60-thousand dollars. That's the actual cost to buy Payton a motorized wheelchair and the cost to retrofit the van so all three sisters can be accommodated."

He's hoping strangers will give a little to the Givens.

"ok bud."

"love you."

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

COMING UP AT 6PM

31:22 "he just grabbed it and i didn't fight with him or anything."

TERRIFIED AND TARGETED IN HER DRIVEWAY- A MOTHER FEARS HER CHILDRENS' IDENTITY MAY BE STOLEN AFTER A THIEF TAKES OFF WITH HER PURSE.

HER WARNING TONIGHT FOR PARENTS.

NEW BUSINESSES ARE BRINGING NEW CONTROVERSY TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LARGEST CITY.

TONIGHT WHY SOME PEOPLE SAY THE NEW STORES WILL CHEAPEN THEIR CITY.

AND WE'RE TWO HOURS AWAY FROM THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN COUNTRY MUSIC!

NEW AT 6--

TZ 6 1) PURSE SNATCHING-SOTVO

TZ 6 2) DOLLAR STORE CONTROVERSY-VOTOPS

TZ 6 3) LIVE TO CMA'S-SATLIVE OR TOPS

CLOSE-2SHOT