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NEXT AT 11 --

31 SECONDS OF TERROR!

WE HAVE NEW VIDEO --

OF FIVE MEN STORMING A MIAMI JEWELRY STORE.

THEY'RE SWINGING CROWBARS.

AND THEY'RE FIRING GUNS.

FIND OUT THE CARNAGE THEY LEFT BEHIND --

NEWS OPEN-CLIP

DEADLY WINTER STORM EUCLID 1 SNOW-VOTOPS-WIPE

A MASSIVE BLIZZARD ALREADY WALLOPED THE MIDWEST.

TONIGHT, IT'S WHIPPING THROUGH THE NORTH-EAST.

CHECK OUT NEW VIDEO FROM NEW JERSEY.

SNOW AND WIND ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE ROADS.

SNOW PLOWS AND SALT TRUCKS ARE OUT IN FORCE.

WIND GUSTS WILL RIP THROUGH THE NORHTEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TONIGHT.

DEADLY WINTER STORM EUCLID TORNADO-VOTOPS

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

A STORE'S SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED THE FEROCITY OF A RARE CHRISTMAS DAY TORNADO.

IT HIT MOBILE -- ALABAMA.

THIS VIDEO IS FROM A PARKING LOT AND INSIDE A WALGREENS.

CUSTOMERS RUSH BACK INSIDE WHEN THE WINDS PICK UP.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THE TORNADO WAS AN E-F-2.

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

LOCAL TRAVEL-SOTVOTOPS

TRAVELER: we're heading to Boston Logan airport

TRAVELER: Philadelphia

TRAVELER: I'm going to Canton, Ohio

LACEY BOWMAN, TRAVELER: my flight is about 20 minutes delayed

WE CAUGHT UP WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO LEAVE OUR AREA FROM R-S-W.

AND MANY TONIGHT AT TELLING THE SAME STORY.

STORMS HAVE DELAYED THEIR FLIGHTS OR WORSE -- CANCELLED THEM.

IN FACT, THE WEBSITE FLIGHT AWARE REPORTS MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED TODAY.

AND NEARLY 200 FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANCELLED TOMORROW.

WE ARE WATCHING THIS STORM VERY CLOSELY.

DEVELOPING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

SHOOTING INVESTIGATION-VO-WIPE

DEVELOPING TONIGHT AT 11,

SHOTS FIRED IN A GATED NORTH FORT MYERS COMMUNITY.

IT LEFT ONE PERSON IN THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER BEHIND BARS.

IT HAPPENED AROUND SIX-THIRTY THIS EVENING IN THE 92-HUNDRED BLOCK OF PALM ISLAND CIRCLE.

DEPUTIES TELL US ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

NO WORD ON THEIR CONDITION.

THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY

HOME INVASION SEARCH-VOTOPS

FORT MYERS POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING TONIGHT --

FOR SOMEONE WHO BROKE INTO A SOUTH FORT MYERS HOUSE AND STABBED A WOMAN.

IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING IN PASEO.

IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY.

POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE VICTIM'S IDENTITY.

WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR HOW SHE'S DOING.

WE DO KNOW --

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ATTACKER GOT INSIDE THAT GATED COMMUNITY.

GREAT VIDEO SHOOTING-VO-WIPE

NEW AT 11,

DRAMATIC VIDEO RELEASED OF A CHRISTMAS EVE SHOOTOUT --

ALL OF IT HAPPENING INSIDE A MIAMI JEWELRY STORE.

IT NEARLY LEFT ONE MAN DEAD.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

FIVE MAN RUSH INTO THE STORE -- ALL OF THEM ARMED.

ONE MAN TAKING A CROWBAR --SMASHING THE FRONT DISPLAY CASE.

YOU CAN SEE A WOMAN AT THE COUNTER DROP DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

THEN --THE MEN OPEN FIRE.

SHOOTING AT THE OWNER AND HIS DAUGHTER'S FIANCE.

THEN YOU CAN SEE --THE OWNER FIGHTS BACK.

HE WAS SHOT IN THE PROCESS THOUGH -- HE IS RECOVERING.

IT'S STILL UNCLEAR HOW MUCH JEWELRY OR CASH WAS STOLEN.

MCDONALDS STABBING-SOTVOTOPS

it probably started from something that's not even worth it."

A MAN BOUND TO A WHEELCHAIR LOST HIS LIFE ON CHRISTMAS DAY --

THE VICTIM OF A STABBING AT A MCDONALDS IN ORLANDO.

HE WAS WAITING IN LINE WHEN THE SUSPECT TRIED TO ROB HIM.

THE VICTIM REFUSED TO GIVE UP HIS MONEY.

SO THE SUSPSECT STABBED HIM.

THE ATTACKER IS UNDER ARREST.

BUSH ICU-VO

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH SENIOR HAS BEEN MOVED TO INTENSIVE CARE.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO HIS SPOKESMAN.

BUSH SENIOR IS IN A HOUSTON HOSPITAL.

HIS BED WAS MOVED TO THE I-C-U ON SUNDAY.

HE'S BEEN FIGHTING A BRONCHITIS-LIKE COUGH FOR OVER A MONTH.

HE WAS EXPECTED TO COME HOME BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- BUT THERE WERE SOME COMPLICATIONS.

BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS.

SANDY HOOK TRIBUTE-OC-SOTVO-WIPE

TONIGHT -- MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES FROM NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT -- A GROUP IN PORT CHARLOTTE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THIS MONTH'S SCHOOL SHOOTING.

When times like this happen, everyone needs to get together and pray for these families.

AT HER VIGIL TONIGHT --

KATHY BURTON SAID SHE COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS.

SO SHE ASKED HER SON TO CARVE TWO ANGELS.

THEN SHE DECORATED THEM WITH THE NAMES AND PICTURES OF ALL THE VICTIMS.

SANDY HOOK TRIBUTE VTECH-VOTOPS

THE VIRGINIA TECH COMMUNITY KNOWS TRAGEDY ALL TOO WELL.

THEY SUFFERED THEIR OWN MASS SHOOTING IN 2007.

AND TONIGHT -- THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED THEY'LL WEAR SPECIAL HELMET DECALS DURING THEIR UPCOMING BOWL GAME.

IT'S AN ORANGE AND GREEN RIBBON WITH THE LETTERS V-T AND S-H ON OPPOSITE ENDS.

CAPE BOIL WATER NOTICE-SS VO-WIPE

A BOIL WATER NOTICE REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 200 PEOPLE IN CAPE CORAL --

BUT IT COULD BE LIFTED BEFORE NEW YEARS.

THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS REPLACING A VALVE ON SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD.

THE NOTICE AFFECTS HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA.

EARLIER THIS MONTH ---THERE WAS A WATER MAIN BREAK.

THE VALVE REPLACEMENT IS EXPECTED FIX THE PROBLEM.

THERE ARE SIGNS UP IN THE AREA TO WARN PEOPLE TO BOIL THEIR WATER.

USUALLY THE UTILITY COMPANY GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.

BUT THEIR POLICY CHANGED.

CAPE U TURN PROBLEM-VOTOPS

MORE OUTRAGE IN THE CAPE --

THIS TIME OVER WHAT SOME RESIDENTS ARE CALLING A NIGHTMARE INTERSECTION.

THE CONCERN SURROUNDING A U-TURN.

RESIDENTS WANT THE COUNTY TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL.

IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEL PRADO BOULEVARD AND SOUTHEAST 26TH STREET.

THE COUNTY SAYS THERE ISN'T ANY DANGER AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A HISTORY OF CRASHES AT THAT SITE.

THERE IS A NEW RACE TRACK GAS STATION OPENING UP--

IT COULD CREATE MORE TRAFFIC.

TOYOTA SETTLEMENT-VO

TOYOTA WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT MORE THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS!

TODAY --

THE AUTOMAKER AGREED TO THE LARGEST SETTLEMENT IN U-S HISTORY INVOLVING CAR DEFECTS.

THEY MADE CARS WITH ACCELERATION AND BRAKING PROBLEMS.

THEY'VE BLAMED EVERYTHING FROM DRIVER ERROR TO FAULTY FLOOR MATS.

FISCAL CLIFF DEBT CEILING-VO-WIPE

IN JUST A FEW DAYS THE COUNTRY WILL COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE FISCAL CLIFF --AND CONGRESS IS STILL IN TALKS.

THE SENATE WILL MEET TOMORROW MORNING.

BUT THE HOUSE WON'T.

THE POTENTIAL CRISIS --CUT LAWMAKERS HOLIDAY'S SHORT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ALSO RETURN TO WASHINGTON EARLY.

MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID IS SAID TO BE DEVISING A PARTIAL SOLUTION.

HE HOPES IT WILL EASE ECONOMIC FEARS.

FISCAL CLIFF DEBT CEILING-SOTVO

JARED BERNSTEIN

If we go over in a chaotic fashion where members of congress are deeply gridlocked with no sign of coming together then we're likely to go over and stay over and thats very problematic

IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED--TAXES FOR MANY WILL GO UP.

A SCHOOL TEACHER EARNING 43-THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD FACE A THREE-THOUSAND DOLLAR DOLLAR TAX HIKE.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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

GUN LAWS ARE CERTAINLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

MANY FOUND A NEW RIFLE UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA -- THE UNIQUE WAY THEY'RE FLAUNTING THEIR NEW GIFT.

AND

MEDIA CONTROVERY --

A NEWPAPER PUBLISHES THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REGISTERED GUN OWNERS.

THE BACKLASH THEY ARE NOW FACING.

AND WHY ARE THESE WOMEN FIGHTING?

THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.

WHY THEY ARE ENDING THE NEW YEAR WITH A BRAWL.

TZ1 A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS-VOTOPS

TZ1 B GUN OWNER MAPS-VOTOPS

TZ1 C PUNCHING FESTIVAL-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PHC

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-VOTOPS

WHAT WAS SO NAUGHTY ABOUT A PLAY IN CAPE CORAL --

THE THEATER DECIDED THEY NEED TO SHUT THE PRODUCTION DOWN?!?

THAT --

PLUS, WHAT WAS ON A MAP A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED --

THAT HAS THEM FACING *SERIOUS* BACKLASH TONIGHT?

BOTH THOSE STORIES ARE 60 SECONDS AWAY AFTER LOTTO.

LOTTO TEASE 2-VOTOPS

LIVE FLORIDA LOTTERY DRAWING-IRD5-LIVE

EXTRA CLIP-CLIP

A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS-TCMON

A POPULAR CHRISTMAS GIFT HAS TAKEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD BY STORM.

TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM USERS ARE FLAUNTING THEIR NEW *GUNS* FROM SANTA FOR ALL TO SEE.

AND IN TONIGHT'S ABC7 EXTRA --

A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS-PKG

BRAND NEW FROM SANTA -

PHILIP PRE-GENZER TOOK HIS 10 YEAR OLD SON TO TEST OUT HIS NEW RIFLE WEDNESDAY.

travis brunson, owner, Guns on 41

7:50 there's also a lot of interest in people who aren't really gun people coming in; fearful of the same stuff. Either going to be harder to get or more expensive or changes in the law

14:20

this case used to be full, but now some gun dealers are having a heard time restocking their inventory. Some gun prices are even doubling because the demand is so high

9:37 i'm hoping that's just a short term thing. Obviously we can't predict what's going to happen."

PRE-GENZER IS TEACHING HIS SON TO RESPECT WEAPONS.

1:28 they're not toys. And he understands that.

AND HOPES ANYONE ELSE WHO GOT ONE UNDER THE TREE. DOES THE SAME.

GUN BUYBACK-VO

WHILE SOME ARE CELEBRATING THEIR NEW FIREARMS --

OTHERS ARE LINING UP TO GET RID OF THEIR GUNS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE LONG LINES.

IT'S FOR A PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES CALLED "GROCERIES FOR GUNS!"

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNED IN UNWANTED WEAPONS FOR FREE GIFT CARDS.

THE CITY MOVED UP ITS ANNUAL GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN.

GUN OWNERS MAP-VO-WIPE

A NEW YORK NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GUN OWNERS FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

AND THEY ARE FACING SERIOUS BACKLASH FOR IT TONIGHT.

THE PAPER CREATED AN INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWING WHERE EVERYONE WITH A HANDGUN PERMIT LIVES IN TWO NEW YORK COUNTIES.

THE PAPER GOT THAT INFORMATION BY FILING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS.

REACTIONS ARE ALSO ALL OVER THE MAP.

SOME SAY THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IF THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE ARMED.

FACEBOOK COMMENTS-CGTOPS

WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER'S CONTROVERSIAL MOVE.

ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE --

JOHN ROSSI WRITES "THIS IS PURE INVASION OF PRIVACY. EVERY CRIMINAL IN THESE TWO COUNTIES KNOWS EXACTLY

WHICH HOMES TO BREAK INTO TO STEAL GUNS."

JULIE JORDAN RESPONDS TO JOHN BY SAYING --

.OR WHICH HOMES NOT TO BREAK INTO FOR FEAR OF GETTING SHOT. TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORE.

THE CONVERSATION ISN'T OVER YET --

CONDOM DISPENSERS-VO

THOUSANDS OF TEENS WILL RETURN TO CLASS AFTER WINTER BREAK TO FIND SOMETHING NEW --

FREE CONDOM DISPENSERS!

THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL SYSTEM INSTALLED THEM AT 22 HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEY PUT THEM IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE.

THESE 22 SCHOOLS HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN THE CITY.

ABOUT A QUARTER OF ALL NEW H-I-V INFECTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA ARE TEENAGERS.

RUMORS PLAY-VO-WIPE

THE SHOW WILL GO ON FOR ONE CONTROVERSIAL PLAY --

JUST NOT ON THE STAGE PERFORMERS WERE EXPECTING.

NEIL SIMON'S "RUMOR"S WAS SET TO HIT THE STAGE IN CAPE CORAL.

INSTEAD--CULTURAL PARK THEATER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANCELLED IT.

THEY SAY SOME STRONG LANGUAGE USED IN THE SCRIPT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEIR AUDIENCE.

RUMORS PLAY-SOTVO

TAKE SOTS -- from NBC530 pkg

Michael Moran, Executive Director

"again we're 184 seats who play to capacity and the board sees us as a family venue and wish to keep it that way."

Anne Palmer, Rumors Director

"we worked 2 and a half months to learn the lines and they treated us like we were nothing."

THE CAST PLANS TO PERFORM THE FULL VERISON OF "RUMORS"

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

THIS LANGUAGE-FRIENDLY EDITION OF SPORTS FEATURES A BIG HOCKEY TOURNAMENT AT GERMAIN ARENA THIS WEEK. PLUS THE RED SOX MAKING SOME MORE ROSTER CHANGES.

TZ2 A-VO

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

COLLEGE HOCKEY CLASSIC-POP

MAINE PRACTICE-VOTOPS-WIPE

HOCKEY CLASSIC SCHEDULE-CGTOPS

ALL 4 TEAMS WILL BE PRACTICING TOMORROW AND FRIDAY MORNING. THEN IT GETS UNDERWAY AT 4 WITH CORNELL AND FERRIS STATE.

RED SOX TRADE-POP

RED SOX SIGN DREW-VOTOPS-WIPE

PIERZYNSKI LEAVING SALE-VOTOPS

PREP RECLASSIFICATION-POP

VEROT FTM GET HELP-VOTOPS-WIPE

ONE OF THEM IS FORT MYERS. SURE. THE GREEN WAVE ARE MOVING UP FROM CLASS 6-A TO 7-A. BUT THEY MISSED OUT ON THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF ISLAND COAST AND SOUTH FORT MYERS. NOW. SAM SIRIANNI JUNIOR'S TEAM WILL COMPETE WITH CHARLOTTE.GULF COAST AND RIVERDALE IN THE 7A-11.

VEROT STANDINGS-CGTOPS

HERE'S THAT NEW 3A-6 DISTRICT. FEATURING VEROT. MOORE HAVEN. AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES.

RECLASSIFICATION WEB PUSH-POP

LITTLE CAESARS BOWL-VOTOPS-WIPE

IT'S THE PRESTIGIOUS LITTLE CAESAR'S PIZZA BOWL.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. RYAN RADCLIFF TO ANDREW FLORY. 69 YRD TOUCHDOWN.7-0 CHIPPEWAS

HEAT BOBCATS-VOTOPS

HEAT ON THE ROAD FACING THE BOBCATS. WHO AREN'T GOOD. 15 STRAIGHT LOSSES.

HERE'S WHY. LEBRON. LEBRON. LEBRON. HE HAD 27.

CHRIS BOSH HAVING HIS WAY INSIDE. HEAT UP DOUBLE DIGITS AT THE HALF.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

PUNCHING FESTIVAL-VOTOPS

THIS IS ONE WAY TO SETTLE A SCORE.

AT AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN PERU --

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO DUKE IT OUT.

THE GOAL IS TO LET PEOPLE SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS.

THE FIGHTS ARE OVER THINGS RANGING FROM LEGAL DISPUTES TO STOLEN LOVERS.

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