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SMOKE CLOUDS THE AIR TONIGHT AS CREWS WORK TO PUT OUT A TWO DAY OLD FIRE IN LEE COUNTY.

THE WARNING FROM DOCTORS TO RESIDENTS.

STEALING FROM THE DEAD!

HOW A FORT MYERS THIEF PULLED IT OFF --

AND WHY COPS SAY A LOCKSMITH IS TO BLAME.

A PATRIOTIC PROTEST?

THAT'S WHAT ONE FLORIDA RESIDENT BELIEVES HE'S DOING.

BUT HIS NEIGHBORS DISAGREE.

WHY HE'S FLYING HIS FLAG UPSIDE DOWN.

HL 1) MUCLH FIRE-VO

HL 2) HOME BURGLARY-VO

HL 3) UPSIDE DOWN FLAG-VO

BREAKING NEWS-CLIP

ALICO I~75 CRASH-F-DOT

A-B-C-7 IS TRACKING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT.

A CRASH HAS SHUT DOWN MULTIPLE LANES ON I-75 TONIGHT NEAR ALICO ROAD.

TROOPERS SAY A MINI VAN REAR-ENDED A PICKUP TRUCK.

THE PICKUP FLIPPED.

BOTH VEHICLED FLEW INTO A DITCH

FIRST -- THE INJURIES.

NOTHING SERIOUS.

BUT A TWO-YEAR OLD IS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE TO THE HOSPITAL.

NOW THE BACK-UP.

DEVELOPING-CLIP

DANIELS PKWY-VO

AND ON DANIELS.A HUGE BACKUP THERE AS WELL.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC FROM CHOPPER SEVEN JUST 30 MINUTES AGO.

THE EASTBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED JUST BEFORE THE 75 OVERPASS SO CREWS CAN MAKE REPAIRS.

TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED TO SOUTHBOUND 75 TO ALICO ROAD WITH DRIVERS COMING BACK UP TO TREELINE AVENUE.

MUCLH FIRE-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW AT 7 --

FIGHTING THE FIRE.

WE HAVE NEW FROM THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND --

AS CREWS ATTACK A MULCH FIRE BURNING NOW FOR TWO DAYS.

IT'S ON OLD US 4-1 NEAR ALICO ROAD.

THE SMOKE COULD WAFT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF SUMMERLIN OR OFF WINKLER ROAD.

PEOPLE COULD STRUGGLE BREATHING.

MULCH FIRE PEOPLE REACT-SOTVO-WIPE

SOT: Mike Weston, Florida Forest Service "Stay indoors if you have a allergy with smoke, leave the house for the day, go to the beach, do something else that you're able to, go to the park, go to a friends, to minimize the time that they're in that."

INVESTIGATORS DON'T YET KNOW WHAT THIS FIRE.

IT'S BURNING AT AN ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY.

A COMPANY CALLED COASTAL GRINDING RUNS IT.

THEY CHOP UP TREES AND YARD WASTE.

THEN THEY LET IT BREAK DOWN INTO THE TOP SOIL.

A-B-C 7 FOUND OUT --

MULCH FIRE AIR QUALITY-VO

ALL DAY CREWS FROM SAN CARLOS FIRE AND THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE PULLED THE BURNING MULCH PILES APART AND SPRAYED THEM OVER WITH WATER.

THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE ESTIMATES IT IS WORKING ON AN AREA 50 FEET WIDE AND 300 FEET LONG.

IT WILL HAVE CREWS BUSY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 48 HOURS MAKING SURE THE FIRE IS OUT.

MULCH FIRE AIR QUALITY-SOTVO

It can irritate the lungs, it can irritate the sinuses and definitely if you have sinus trouble or asthma, COPD, you want to be careful

DOCTOR CASTILLO SAYS THE PILES OF BURNING VEGETATION SEND PARTICLES INTO THE AIR, TURNING INTO A RESPIRATORY IRRITANT.

THAT CAN CAUSE SINUS HEADACHES, NASAL CONGESTION AND COUGHING.

CAPE HOME BURGLARY-VO-WIPE

ON THE ABC 7 CRIMEWATCH TONIGHT --

THE SEARCH IS ON TONIGHT FOR A *FOURTH* SUSPECT IN A BURGLARY ON THE CAPE.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT VETERANS PARKWAY AND CHIQUITA BOULEVARD.

POLICE SAY THOSE FOUR MEN BROKE INTO THE HOUSE.

THEY STOLE SEVERAL GUNS, A POWER WASHER, AND TOOLS.

CAPE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NABBED THREE OF THE MEN.

CAPE HOME BURGLARY-SOTVO

3705 "keeping my doors locked. Keeping my car locked all the time. Making sure I'm more aware of what's going on in the neighborhood."

DETECTIVES TELL US THE MEN ARE CONNECTED TO OTHER BURGLARIES IN THE AREA.

SHOOTING FOLO-SS-VO

FORT MYERS POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN IN A DEADLY SHOOTING.

49 YEAR OLD DOMINGO GUTIERREZ-LEON WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH FRIDAY NIGHT ON PROSPECT AVENUE.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAD NO ARREST RECORD.

THEY SAY HE WORKED HARD AND SENT MOST OF HIS MONEY TO HIS FAMILY IN GUATEMALA.

HOME BURGLARY-SS- VO-WIPE

A MAN HIRED TO CHANGE THE LOCKS AT THE HOUSE OF A LEE COUNTY MAN WHO JUST DIED --

IS NOW ACCUSED OF BURGLARIZING THE PLACE.

CHRISTIAN LANGFORD WAS ARRESTED.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY CAUGHT HIM DRINKING ALCOHOL INSIDE THE DEAD MAN'S HOUSE ON LONG MEADOW ROAD IN FORT MYERS OVER THE WEEKEND.

DEPUTIES SAYS LANGFORD WORKED FOR A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT MANAGED THE HOUSE.

HE WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO CHANGE THE LOCKS.

THE 87-YEAR OLD HOMEOWNER DIED IN JUNE FROM AN ANEURISM.

HE LEFT HIS HOME AND FATHER'S OLD GERMAN ARMY MEMORABILIA TO HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND.

HOME BURGLARY-SOTVO

47:14 " after his wife passed, he got sick and the hospital called me and I picked him up and he lived with me for 2 years."

BIGELOW FOLO-VO-OC

NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE CASE SURROUNDING LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW,

HE WAS PULLED OVER NEAR A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE WITH A TEENAGER AND DRUGS IN HIS CAR LAST WEEK.

THESE ARE NEW PICTURES FROM 19 YEAR OLD DAVID HENLEY'S FACEBOOK PAGE--

DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS DRIVING BIGELOW'S CAR WITHOUT A LICENSED AND HE HAD COCAINE AND MARIJUANA.

TODAY ABC-7 SPOKE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.

SHE SAYS HENLEY IS SEEKING HELP.

BIGELOW RESIGNED AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO SEEK ANOTHER SEAT IN LEE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

ELECTION LAW CHANGES-VO

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES WANT CHANGES TO FLORIDA'S ELECTION LAW -- AFTER THIS NOVEMBER'S DEBACLE.

WHILE THIS YEAR'S EARLY VOTING COVERED ONLY EIGHT DAYS --

A GROUP CALLED "ADVANCEMENT PROJECT" IS LOBBYING STATE LAWMAKERS TO EXTEND IT BACK TO THE PREVIOUS 14-DAYS.

PETRAEUS FALLOUT-VO

THE FALLOUT CONINTUES TONIGHT FOR FORMER C-I-A DIRECTOR DAVID PETRAEUS AS THE FOUR STAR GENERAL COULD FACE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BIOGRAPHER PAULA BROADWELL BEGAN WHILE HE WAS STILL A MILITARY GENERAL.

IF SO HE COULD FACE MILITARY PROSECUTION.

THE AFFAIR CAME TO LIGHT AFTER ANOTHER WOMAN.JILL KELLEY. CLAIMS BROADWELL SENT HER THREATENING EMAILS.

KELLEY LIVES IN TAMPA AND VOLUNTEERS AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.

SHE ASKED THE F-B-I TO INVESTIGATE THE E-MAILS.WHICH AGENTS TRACED BACK TO BROADWELL'S COMPUTER.

PETRAEUS FALLOUT-SOTVO

There's absolutely almost zero percent chance that national security was compromised or was at risk. --CUT TO-- frankly you can let David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell get on with their lives because the CIA, frankly, is going to be okay.

LEXINGTON VETS CEREMONY-NATVO

HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY --

THE LEXINGTON COUNTRY CLUB PAID TRIBUTE TO VIETNAM VETERANS THIS AFTEROON.

THAT COMMUNITY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 140 VETERANS.

WITH THE HELP OF THE LEE COUNTY PIPES AND DRUMS --

AND TWO DRILL TEAMS --

PUNTA GORDA PARKING PROBLEM-VO

PUNTA GORDA IS CONSIDERING INSTALLING NEW METERS TO DEAL WITH THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEMS.

BUISINESS OWNERS SAY CUSTOMERS ARE HAVEING A HARD TIME FINDING SPOTS BECAUSE EMPLOYEES ARE ABUSING THEIR PARKING PRIVILEGES.

THEY'RE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER NEW REGULATIONS TO KEEP STORE EMPLOYEES FROM PARKING IN THE GOOD SPOTS ALL DAY LONG.

PUNTA GORDA PARKING PROBLEM-SOTVO

why not park in the parking garage and leave those premium spaces to the visitors who are coming down here and using our facilities?

well, making a two hour limit would be perfect i think in my eyes because it gives more people more chances to park through here

THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN IN JANUARY.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

if you fly your flag upside down on a ship it means you're in distress.I think this country is in distress

A FLORIDA VETERAN PROTESTS ON VETERANS DAY.

WHY HE'S TURNING HIS FLAG UPSIDE DOWN AND WHAT HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

MOVE OVER LITTLE RED RIDDING HOOD.

WHY THIS WOMAN'S BRAVE SHOW DOWN WITH A WOLF COULD BE WORTHY OF A FAIRYTALE.

TZ1 A) UPSIDE DOWN FLAG-SOTTOPSVO

TZ1 B) GRANNY KILLS WOLF-VO

UPSIDE DOWN FLAG-VO

A PROTEST ON VETERANS DAY IS DRAWING HEAT IN A FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD.

PHILIP HOELZEL IS FLYING HIS FLAG UPSIDE DOWN TODAY AS A SIGN OF HIS DISSATISFACTION WITH LAST TUESDAY'S ELECTION RESULTS.

HOELZEL SAYS IT'S SYMBOLIC OF WHEN SHIPS FLY THEIR FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN TO SHOW THEY'RE IN DISTRESS.

AND SAYS HE BELIEVES THE COUNTY IN DISTRESS.

UPSIDE DOWN FLAG-(2)SOTVO

"I figure if they can burn the flag, if they can spit on it, if they can put it down as a doormat, why can't I fly it upside down?"

Well everybody's got their own opinions but the country is the country and no matter how you feel about a certain president, this is not right.

GRANNY KILLS WOLF-VO

A 56-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER HAS SOME NEW FOUND FAME AFTER HER SHOW DOWN WITH A WOLF.

THIS WOMAN WAS HERDING HER VILLAGE'S COWS AND SHEEP WHEN SHE HEARD THE WOLF ATTACKING A CALF.

SHE RAN TO SHOO THE WOLF AWAY AND SHE SAYS THE WOLF ATTACKED HER.

BITING HER LEG AND HER HAND.

THAT'S WHEN SHE FOUGHT BACK, HITTING THE ANIMAL WITH THE AXE.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

A COLLIER COUNTY MOM LOOKS TO TURN A PRESONAL PAIN INTO A LIFE SAVING TOOL.

HOW SHE LOST HER DAUGHTER AND HOW SHE'S HELPING OTHERS AVOID A SIMULAR FATE.

he was detained and arrested at LaGuardia for having a baton.I freaked out

AN ILLEGAL CARRYON LANDS A FLORIDA MAN IN JAIL.

TZ2 A) DISTRACTED DRIVING-VO

TZ2 B) SANDY HELPER ARRESTED-SOTTOPSVO

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

SUNSHINE RETURNING TO THE AREA

The skies were a bit bleak on Monday, and at times we even saw a passing shower.

Those same clouds will begin tapering off as we go into Tuesday, and that means our forecast will be singing a sweet melody about sunshine for this week.

There are two systems at play. They're currently giving us the depressive weather, and they must first move out before those sunny skies return. System number one is an area of high pressure positioned to our northeast. The winds flow clockwise around high pressures, so that helps pull Atlantic moisture into the region. System number two is a cold front stationed over north Florida, and it has a lot of moisture latched to it as well. The two are in-sync with one another. Thus, we had the clouds and light showers.

The cold front will track over the state of Florida Tuesday. In its wake - the dry, sunny skies!

In summary my forecast for Tuesday through Friday will have a medley of clouds and sun. No rainfall and daytime temperatures in the lower 80s. Mornings lows will remain in the 60s.

Saturday will be an interesting day.

DISTRACTED DRIVING-VO

A COLLIER COUNTY MOM WHO KNOWS FIRST HAND THE TRAGIDY THAT FOLLOWS DISTRACTED DRIVING IS TURNING HER PAIN TO ACTION.

KRISTIN MURPHY'S PREGNANT DAUGHTER DIED TWO YEARS AGO.

A MAN TALKING ON HIS CELL PHONE PLOWED INTO THE 19 YEAR OLD WITH HIS TRUCK, AS SHE WALKED DOWN THE STREET

NOW, SHE'S JOINING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED "STAY ALIVE, JUST DRIVE".

DISTRACTED DRIVING-(2)SOTVO

Even if there is no law will people just put down their cell phone? Just do it for the sake of parents that are mourning their children

If people would just realize how dangerous this is when they're operating a motor vehicle

FMB SEWERLINE REPAIRS-SS-VO

PARTS OF SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD. THE MAIN ROUTE ONTO FORT MYERS BEACH ARE CLOSED TONIGHT.

CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK ON FIXING A SEWER PIPE THAT BROKE A MONTH AGO.

THE AGING PIPE BURST ON MAIN STREET NEAR SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD.

THIS SAME STRETCH OF PIPE BROKE LAST MONTH --SPILLING 100 THOUSAND GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE.

CHRISTIE ON GAS HIKES-VO

TOMORROW MORNING, NEW JERSEY WILL END GAS RATIONING.

GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE IMPLEMENTED THE ODD-EVEN SYSTEM LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF LONG LINES AND HIGH DEMAND.

NOW SUPPLIES ARE IN AND LINES HAVE DIED DOWN.

CHRISTIE ON GAS HIKES-SOTVO

raising gas a couple bucks a gallon when people are in a crisis may seems like a smart idea. but when you get bagged with a big fine afterwords that wipes out the profit and then some, it's going to see like a very stupid idea and a very small idea

SANDY HELPER ARRESTED-VO

A FLORIDA MAN WHO WENT TO NEW YORK TO HELP WITH SECURITY AFTER HURRICANE SANDY FOUND HIMSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW WHEN HE TRIED TO FLY HOME.

ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY, ROBERT DOYAL WAS ARRESTED AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT.

THE TSA FOUND A BATON IN HIS CARRYON LUGGAGE.

SANDY HELPER ARRESTED-SOTVO

I was told security officers and police officers were allowed to have batons, but he had every credential he needed and they still took him to jail."

IN COURT SUNDAY,

DWTS-NATVO

THE SEVEN REMAINING COUPLES ON DANCING WITH THE STARS CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCES TONIGHT.

YOU CAN CATCH PERFORMANCES BY GRAMMY AWARD WINNING R & B SINGER NE-YO AND POP ICON KYLIE MINOGUE.

PLUS, THE REMAINING SEVEN CELEBRITIES MUST PERFORM A TRIO DANCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED PRO OR TROUPE DANCER.

COMING UP-CLIP

TEASE THREE-POP

THE FGCU SOCCER TEAM LEARNS WHO THEY WILL PLAY IN THE NCAA TOURNAMET. SPEAKING OF FGCU. THE BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A MONSTER SHOWDOWN WITH MIAMI TOMORROW NIGHT.

TZ3 A-VO-DISS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) TEXTING SEXUAL PREDATORS-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA --

SEXUAL PREDATORS ARE USING SPECIAL TEXTING APPS TO TARGET CHILDREN.

11PM TZ2) IPADS AND VISION-VOTOPS

AND MOM ALWAYS SAID DON'T SIT TOO CLOSE TO THE T-V, IT WILL RUIN YOUR EYES --

TONIGHT, WHY SCIENTISTS NOW SAY USING A TABLET CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEM.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

NASCAR-VOTOPS

WILD SCENE AT SUNDAYS NASCAR RACE IN PHOENIX. JEFF GORDON INTENTIONALLY WRECKING CLINT BOYER.

A MAYLAY INSUED. BETWEEN THE PITCREWS.

FGCU SOCCER-POP

FGCU SOCCER-VOTOPS-WIPE

THE FGCU MEN ARE BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMET FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

THAT IS COURTESY OF WINNING THE ASUN TOURNAMENT.

FGCU SOCCER-SOTTOPS

EAGLES MIAMI-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF FGCU. THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL OPEN ALICO ARENA IN STYLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE MIAMI HURRICANES.

THE EAGLES OPENED THE SEASON WITH A 23 POINT LOSS TO VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH THEN HAVE DUKE THIS SUNDAY. IT'S A TOUGH START TO THE SEASON.

EAGLES MIAMI-SOTTOPS-WIPE

LAKERS HOOPS-VOTOPS

THE LAKERS HAVE FOUND A NEW HEAD COACH.

WELL NEW TO THEM. LONGTIME NBA COACH MIKE D'ANTONI WILL JOIN THE LAKERS. IT'S A FOUR YEAR DEAL.

D'ANTONI LAST COACHED THE NEW YORK KNICKS LAST YEAR. BUT WAS FIRED HALF WAY THROUGH THE SEASON.

FSU NOLES-POP

FSU NOLES-VOTOPS-WIPE

ONE MORE WIN AND FLORIDA STATE IS OFF TO THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FSU NOLES-SOTOPS

IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION-VOTOPS-WIPE

SOME BIG NAMED GOLFERS ARE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

IT'S THE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL CHARITY PRO AM CLASSIC.

LOCAL PROS LIKE GEORGE MCNEILL, TERRY JO MYERS AND DEREK LAMLEY ON THE COURSE.

IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION-SOTTOPS

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