HEADLINES-------------

WEATHER CONDITIONS PLUNGE BELOW ZERO.

TURNING THE U-S INTO A FROZEN MESS.

IS RELIEF ON THE WAY?

PLUS.GUN SAFETY MOVES INTO THE N-R-A'S CROSSHAIRS.

A NEW PUSH WOULD BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.

BUT WILL IT PASS?

the supply is limited by the number of chickens and the demand

A STAPLE FOR SUPER BOWL PARTIES ---- COULD BE HARD TO COME BY.

AND EXTRA EXPENSIVE.

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HL2) ASSUALT WEAPONS BAN-VO-WIPE

HL3) SUPERBOWL WING SHORTAGE-SOTVO

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NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

WINTER WEATHER LATEST-2SH, VO IN POP

RIGHT NOW AT NINE--

PURE MISERY.

A NEW DOSE OF ICE AND SNOW.

BEAR DOWN ON MORE THAN DOZEN STATES.

ABC'S TAHMAN BRADLEY HAS THE LATEST --- ON THE DEEP FREEZING TEMPERATURES, BLASTING AMERICA.

hat record cold isn't over yet. The unbearable deep freeze menacing

millions of americans is delivering another day of biting cold temperatures.

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NATS - snowblower - in Maryland

NATS - spinning car tires - in Virginia

This morning, the arctic air that's making life miserable for millions is

marching South.

In Huntsville, Alabama, salt trucks are standing by as the city braces for

an ice storm.

They're also prepping around Knoxville, Tennessee.

SOT Scott White , Blount County Highway Dept, Tennessee

"WE'RE EXPECTING THE WORST. DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S PART OF THE FORECAST, OR

THE WHOLE ONE. YOU ALWAYS DO FOR THE WORST."

While the Midwest and Northeast remain frozen.

SOT Maureen Cooper, New Hampshire Skier

"GOT 20 LAYERS ON: BODY WARMERS, HAND WARMERS, FOOT WARMERS."

A new round of ice and snow is bearing down on 15 states from Ohio to

Alabama.

This cold blast, which has already taken over a third of the country, is

dangerous.

Look at what firefighters in Chicago had to battle. Yup, that's burning ice!

Conditions weren't much better for firemen in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

SOT John McInnis, Deputy Fire Chief, Lawrence, MA

"IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING INTO FROZEN HYDRANTS AND FROZEN LINES. IT'

S TOUGH FOR THE GUYS TO GET AROUND WITH THE ICY CONDITIONS."

In Salt Lake City, a plane slid on this icy runway forcing officials to

close the airport.

Conditions will slow commuting at major hubs today.

At least eleven cities from Raleigh to Atlanta to Chicago to Seattle will

have delays.

Roads are also a mess. Icy conditions continue to cause major accidents.

SOT Josh Kay, Shift Captain, Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance

Service

"WE CAN'T RESPOND AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE WOULD DURING THE SUMMERTIME, SO IT

DOES POSE SOME OBSTACLES."

Newark, New Jersey rescue officials got an assist from the city's mayor,

Cory Booker, who apparently moonlights as a superhero.

Last year, Booker rescued a woman from a fire. This time he saved a dog

stranded in the cold.

SOT Mayor Cory Booker, Newark, NJ

"YOU JUST CAN'T LEAVE YOUR DOGS OUT ON DAYS LIKE THIS AND GO AWAY."

There's a bit of good news for frozen Americans. Milder weather is forecast

to return to the Midwest, South and Northeast next week.

TOSS TO ALLYSON-2SH AT POP

THAT WAS TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTING.

THERE'S A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR FROZEN AMERICANS.

MILDER WEATHER IS HEADED FOR -- THE MIDWEST, SOUTH AND NORTHEAST NEXT WEEK.

BUT IT MAY BE BRIEF.

LETS CHECK IN WITH STORM WARN 7 METEOROLOGIST ALLYSON RAE

WHO IS TRACKING THOSE CHILLY TEMPERATURES.

TRACKING WINTER WEATHER-WX CTR

HIS 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 bit warmer each day"

After a beautiful afternoon yesterday, we'll continue with a very pleasant weather pattern for Friday and into the upcoming weekend.

You will certainly need the jackets once again this morning as temperatures have settled into the low 50s in town with middle 40s across our inland and northern cold spots. Our day will dawn bright and sunny and that ample sunshine will help to warm us up into the upper 70s by the afternoon hours. A developing seabreeze off the chilly Gulf of Mexico waters will keep beach and coastal locations a few degrees cooler with highs expected in the middle 70s.

Through the evening quiet conditions will stay in place and temperatures will fall into the 60s before slipping into the middle 50s first thing Saturday morning.

A couple of weak fronts will try to make their way toward Southwest Florida both today and Saturday, but before they do they will simply run out of steam and not have any effect on our weather. This means our rain free pattern continues all the way into the weekend with no significant cool downs in sight. In fact, over the next few days we'll add a degree or two to the afternoon temperatures with 80° readings in the forecast as early as Sunday. Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 50s to low 60s through early next week

ALLEY AX FUNERAL-VO

NOW TO THE *HEARTBREAKING STORY,

THAT WE'VE BEEN COVERING ALL WEEK.

TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND THEIR 33-YEAR-OLD MOTHER.

WILL BE LAID TO REST TOMORROW IN THEIR HOMETOWN.

THE IMMOKALEE FAMILY DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK,

AFTER A TERRIBLE CAR CRASH.

THEIR S-U-V WENT INTO A CANAL,

ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

ABC-7 SPOKE WITH THEIR PASTO --

R AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN IMMOKALEE.

HE SAYS THE LAST TIME HE SAW THEM.

ALLEY AX FUNERAL-SOTVO

"it's just devastating."

"when they made the announcement on the news there was an accident, I don't think any of us put it together until we heard the name."

NATHAN DOUGLAS LOST HIS DAUGHTERS AND HIS WIFE.

BABY DEATH-OC-SS-VO

A CHILD IS DEATH AND HIS FATHER NOW FACING CHARGES FOR HIS DEATH.

AUTHORITIES SAY HE LEFT A LOADED SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN IN A CLOSET --

HIS SON GOT IT -- AND HE SHOT HIMSELF.

24-YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER DAVIS FROM CHARLOTTE COUNTY TURNED HIMSELF IN THURSDAY.

AUTHORITIES ISSUED A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS 2-YEAR OLD DIED.

BABY DEATH-SOT-SS

Sheriff Bill Prummell, Charlotte County

"unfortunatley, now a family is grieving once again. First for the death

of a 3 year old child and now for the arrest and subsequent prosecution

of the father for his negligence which caused death of child."

DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE, A FELONY.

NDN OFFICER INVESTIGATION-OC

THIS MORNING, A NAPLES POLICE OFFICER FACE AN *INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

ACCORDING TO OUR NEWS PARTNERS AT THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS --

OFFICER RYAN SCHICK-FUS HIT A WOMAN WITH HIS PATROL CAR MONDAY,

WHILE TURNING ONTO U-S 41.

COLLIER DEPUTIES FOUND THE OFFICER AT FAULT --

FOR NOT YIELDING TO A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK.

AND HE'S BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION BEFORE.

MARCH FOR LIFE-VO

A BIG EVENT IN WASHINGTON D-C TODAY.

THOUSANDS WILL MARCH IN THE 40-TH ANNUAL "MARCH FOR LIFE."

EVERY YEAR, ANTI-ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVISTS RALLY AT THE NATIONAL MALL.

THEY PROTESTTHE SUPREME COURT'S "ROE VERSUS WADE" DECISION--

LEGALIZING ABORTION.

AND 160 PEOPLE FROM AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY IN COLLIER COUNTY.

WENT UP TO D-C FOR THE MARCH.

THE SCHEDULED SPEAKER AT THIS YEARS EVENT --

VP BIDEN GUN ROUNDTABLE-ONCAM

TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN --- WILL LEAD A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON GUN VIOLENCE.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

ALSO ATTENDING ARE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY, JANET NAPOLITANO

AND SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, KATHLEEN SEBELIUS.

ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN-ONCAM

CONTROVERSIAL GUN SAFETY POLICIES -- ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS AROUND THE NATION.

JUST SIX WEEKS AFTER THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING IN CONNECTICUT -- SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAS PROPOSED A NEW FEDERAL BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

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--SUPERS--

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Thursday

Washington

CNN

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein

California

CNN

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Hendersonville, TN

WKRN

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Celia Bigelow

Dir. of Campus Action, American Majority Action

Thursday

From CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight

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Chantilly, VA

CNN

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Newt Gingrich

Former House Speaker

Thursday

From CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight

1:15-1:26

Chantilly, VA

CNN

1:26-END

Hendersonville, TN

WKRN

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN MADE HER MESSAGE CLEAR THURSDAY---

SHE WANTS GUNS LIKE THESE BANNED.

Once you have been through one of these episodes. Once you see what the crime scene is like, it isn't like the movies. It changes your view of weapons.

FEINSTEIN'S PROPOSAL WOULD UPGRADE AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT EXPIRED IN 2004.

IT WOULD ALSO OUTLAW AMMUNITION MAGAZINES THAT HOLD MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS.

THE LEGISLATION FACES STRONG OPPOSITION FROM GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO BELIEVE THE WEAPONS ARE NEEDED FOR PROTECTION.

I want a gun that can hold a lot of ammo because if I'm faced with an intruder or multiple intruders that come into my home, I want to make sure I have enough ammo to get the job done. Especially if they're armed.

FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH SAYS THIS IS JUST A RENEWED PUSH BRING BACK THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

That's not looking seriously at mental health, looking seriously at violent games, looking seriously at violent movies, looking seriously at a variety of things which may have nothing to do with a 20-year-old proposal that in fact has brought out every single chance they have to try to extend the power of the government over individuals.

DESPITE THE RECENT PUSH BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS FOR TOUGHER GUN CONTROL MEASURES. FEINSTEIN'S FULL PROPOSAL IS GIVEN LITTLE CHANCE OF WINNING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

I'M MELISA RANEY REPORTING.

--SUGGESTED TAG--

The National Rifle Association says it is "confident" Congress won't pass Feinstein's measure.

ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN-ONCAM

THAT WAS MELISA RANEY REPORTING.

THE N-R-A SAYS IT IS CONFIDENT --- CONGRESS *WON'T PASS FEINSTEIN'S MEASURE.

NEW STOMACH VIRUS-VO

A NEW STRAIN OF STOMACH BUG.

TAKES OVER THE U-S.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRACKING A *NEW FORM OF NORO-VIRUS.

IT FIRST POPPED UP IN AUSTRALIA.

AND ITS BEING CALLED THE "WINTER VOMITING BUG,"

BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECTS.

THE U-S HAS EXPERIENCED MORE THAN 140 OUTBREAKS SINCE SEPTEMBER.

EXPERTS SAY EVERYONE SHOULD WASH THEIR HANDS *FREQUENTLY.

ALSO -

FLORIDA MORTGAGE SETTLETMENT-ONCAM-CG

LISTEN UP, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE MANY FLORIDIANS --- WHO LOST YOUR HOME TO FORECLOSURE.

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE TO GET A PIECE -- OF A LARGE NATIONAL SETTLEMENT.

IT APPLIES TO LOANS FROM --- BANK OF AMERICA, WELLS FARGO, JP MORGAN CHASE, CITI OR G-M-A-C ALLY.

TO QUALIFY, PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE LOST THEIR HOME TO FORECLOSURE BETWEEN 2008 AND 2011.

THE INITIAL DEADLINE WAS LAST WEEK -- BUT FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SAYS CLAIMS FILED AFTERWARDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED.

PHARMACY RAID-VO

FOR THE *SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS --

FEDERAL AGENTS RAID A PHARMACY CHAIN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THEY SEIZED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

LAST WEEK, AGENTS RAIDED THE SUNSHINE PHARMACY ON RATTLESNAKE HAMMOCK ROAD.

THEY CAME BACK YESTERDAY.

AGENTS WERE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE IN A MEDICARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION.

OWNER DEL PARRISH AND HIS MOTHER PATRICIA.

ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD MEDICARE.

THEY ALSO WENT INTO SUNSHINES ON DAVIS BOULEVARD AND NINTH STREET.

THE ONE ON RATTLESNAKE HAMMOCK ROAD IS SHUTDOWN.

THE OTHER TWO ARE STILL OPEN.

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THIS MORNING LEE COUNTY LEADERS -- ARE CLOSER TO PICKING A REPLACEMENT FOR MEDSTAR.

THEY'VE TALKED TO THREE CONTENDERS.

LEADERS VOTED TO RECOMMEND -- 'AIR METHODS CORPORATION' AS THE TOP CHOICE.

INTERIM COUNTY MANAGER HOLLY SCHWARTZ TELLS US -- IT'S BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS ALREADY USING THEIR SERVICES.

A FINAL VOTE IS SET FOR NEXT MONTH.

MEDSTAR WAS GROUNDED LAST AUGUST.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

ONE OF THE *BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

KICKS OFF *THIS WEEKEND.

AND WE HAVE A SNEAK PEEK.

ALL THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR --

OF THE ANNUAL NAPLES WINE FESTIVAL.

BUT FIRST --

A NEW POLICY POPS UP AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BUSINESSES.

"NO CHILDREN ALLOWED!"

BUT PEACE AND QUIET. COMES WITH CONTROVERSY.

WE FIND OUT --

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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 bit warmer each day"

After a beautiful afternoon yesterday, we'll continue with a very pleasant weather pattern for Friday and into the upcoming weekend.

You will certainly need the jackets once again this morning as temperatures have settled into the low 50s in town with middle 40s across our inland and northern cold spots. Our day will dawn bright and sunny and that ample sunshine will help to warm us up into the upper 70s by the afternoon hours. A developing seabreeze off the chilly Gulf of Mexico waters will keep beach and coastal locations a few degrees cooler with highs expected in the middle 70s.

Through the evening quiet conditions will stay in place and temperatures will fall into the 60s before slipping into the middle 50s first thing Saturday morning.

A couple of weak fronts will try to make their way toward Southwest Florida both today and Saturday, but before they do they will simply run out of steam and not have any effect on our weather. This means our rain free pattern continues all the way into the weekend with no significant cool downs in sight. In fact, over the next few days we'll add a degree or two to the afternoon temperatures with 80° readings in the forecast as early as Sunday. Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 50s to low 60s through early next week

TOMATO SHORTAGE-VO

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COULD SEE -- A TOMATO SHORTAGE.

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

FLORIDA TOMATO GROWERS WANT TO END AN AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO -- FOR IMPORTING FRESH TOMATOS.

FLORIDA GROWS MUCH OF THE NATION'S WINTER TOMATO CROP.

BUT IF IT ENDS PRICES COULD SOAR -- FROM TWO-FIFTY A POUND -- TO FIVE DOLLARS.

FLORIDA GROWERS SAY THE AGREEMENT ALLOWS MEXICO TO DUMP THEIR PRODUCT ON OUR MARKET.

f Mexican tomatoes are forced to withdraw from the U.S. market, then prices for some hothouse tomatoes would double from $2.50 a pound to nearly $5 a pound.

Florida produces much of the nation's winter tomatoes.

RESTAURANT BANS KIDS-VO

"NO KIDS ALLOWED!"

MORE BUSINESSES ARE BANNING CHILDREN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BUT THE GROWING TREND COMES WITH SOME COMPLAINTS.

SOME RESTAURANTS -- LIKE "BLUE WINDOWS FRENCH BISTRO" IN SOUTH FORT MYERS -- CATER TO ADULTS ONLY.

AND ON MARCO ISLAND --

THE MARRIOTT HOTEL HAS SEEN AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR "ADULT-ONLY" STAY-CATIONS.

RESTAURANT BANS KIDS-SOT VO

trinity duncan/ fort myers

29:31 I feel like if I am there to spend money it shouldn't matter if my kid is there or not. she's human like everyone else.

ACCORDING TO THE BLUE WINDOWS FRENCH BISTRO --

IF PARENTS NEED TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN. THEY CAN.

NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL-2 SHOT

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHARITY EVENTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AND BENEFITS *THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EACH YEAR.

THIS WEEKEND KICKS OFF 2013'S NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL.

RAISING MILLION OF DOLLARS-- FOR AT-RISK YOUTH IN COLLIER COUNTY.

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TEASE TWO SUPERBOWLPARTY GUEST-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

COMING UP ON ABC-7

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

BUT YOU MAY WANT TO RETHINK WHO YOU INVITE TO YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY.

AND A SUPER BOWL PARTY IS NOT A PARTY WITHOUT--- WINGS

BUT MANY PARTIES MAY HAVE TO DO WITHOUT THEM.

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FOR SPORTS FANS LOOKING FOR A SUPER DEAL ON A NEW T-V---

*NOW IS THE TIME TO SCORE ONE.

MOST T-V SETS WILL HAVE A TEN TO 15 PERCENT DROP IN PRICES.

JUST AS GOOD AS SOME HOLIDAY-SEASON DEALS.

JANUARY IS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO BUY A NEW T-V.

BECAUSE STORES ARE CLEARING OUT INVENTORY --

GMA SUPERBOWL WING SHORTAGE-ONCAM

THE SUPERBOWL GIVES YOU WINGS.

BUFFALO WINGS.

BUT NOT THIS YEAR.

YOU MAY HAVE TO RETHINK YOUR MENU -- BECAUSE OF A CHICKEN SHORTAGE.

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SCRIPT:

THE CHICKEN WING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME: A QUICK BITE OF DELICIOUS

FRIED GOODNESS DRENCHED IN SAUCES.

Nat KFC commercial: "Game Day Bucket go boom!"

And if ever there was a season of the wing THIS is it Super Bowl time.

GAME NAT

SOME wing fans ARE NOW reeling after word that demand for the humble little

wing has grown TOO BIG. Will THERE be ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US come next Sunday

or will some be crying FOUL?!

IN ORDER TO HAVE CHICKEN WINGS, WE OF COURSE NEED CHICKENS AND THE RUMORS

ARE FLYING THAT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH OF THEM TO SATISFY OUR WING EATING

CULTURE.

SOT- DAVID HENKES, TECHNOMIC:. "the supply is limited by the number of

chickens and the demand for other chicken parts.I mean, suppliers aren't

creating demand for just the wings. They've got to find other things to do

with the chickens as well.

THE NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL SAYS 1.2 BILLION WINGS WILL BE EATEN ON SUPER

BOWL SUNDAY ALONE. Lay all those out end to end and you get a wing span

reaching from the Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park to the Baltimore Ravens

M&T Bank Stadium 27 times.

BUT NONE OF THE MAJOR CHAINS WE SPOKE TO said they're worried about RUNNING

OUT FOR THE BIG GAME.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT AT SOME POINT, WE WON'T BE GETTING THE SHORT END OF

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THAT WAS DARREN ROVELL REPORTING.

SUPERBOWL PARTY GUESTS-VO

IF YOU'RE THROWING A SUPER BOWL PARTY --

THINK *TWICE ABOUT WHO YOU'RE INVITING.

A NEW SURVEY REVEALS --

52 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED THINK THE "KNOW-IT-ALL".

IS THE *WORST SUPER BOWL PARTY GUEST.

THAT'S THE PERSON WHO KNOWS *EVERYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL AND ALL ABOUT THE COMMERCIALS.

YOU'LL ALSO WANT TO AVOID THE "REMOTE DOMINATOR."

AND THE "SOCIAL BUTTERFLY."

WHO DOES NOT ACTUALLY WATCH THE GAME.

TEASE THREE-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

COMING UP ON ABC-7

WE TAKE YOU TO THE NATIONS CAPITAL -- WHERE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS ARE HEADED.

40 YEARS AFTER A BIG DECISION.

THEY'RE PROTESTING -- ALONGSIDE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.

THEIR CAUSE, NEXT.

PLUS.

FIGHTING CRIME --- WITH WATER.

FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT USES A NATURAL RESOURCE -- TO FIND CRIMINALS. BREAK DOWN HIS INTERVIEW

IS MANTI TEO LYING?

OR JUST NAIVE

STAY WITH US,

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NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC SEVEN GOES LIVE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

U.S. stock futures are higher --- as investors welcomed better-than-expected corporate results. ahead of fresh data on home sales.

The new numbers come out at 10 a.m.

While Apple is down.

Many other companies are *up.

Netflix.

Proctor & Gamble.

Honeywell.

TOP STORIES CLIP-CLIP

TS1) WINTER WX LATEST-VOTOPS

THIS MORNING -- THE ARCTIC AIR MAKES LIFE *MISERABLE.

FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION.

TRAVELERS BRAVE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AND SOME ICY CONDITIONS CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENTS.

AND AT LEAST 11 STATES WILL EXPERIENCE AIRPORT DELAYS.

BUT MILDER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK.

ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE BRIEF.

A new round of ice and snow is bearing down on 15 states from Ohio to

Alabama.

This cold blast, which has already taken over a third of the country, is

dangerous.

TS2) ALLEY AX FUNERAL-VOTOPS

TOMORROW, THREE MEMBERS OF THE DOUGLAS FAMILY -- WILL BE LAID TO REST.

THEY DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WHEN THEIR CAR WAS SUBMBERGED -- IN A CANAL ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

THE FUNERAL FOR 33-YEAR-OLD CECILIA AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS MADISON AND RYLEE ---

WILL BE IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF MOUNT DORA -- IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

IT STARTS AT TWO P-M.

CECLIA MADISON AND RYLEE DOUGLAS PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK.

ALONG WITH THEIR MOTHER CECILIA.

TS3) ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN-VOTOPS

GUN CONTROL REMAINS A *TOP CONCERN.

MANY LAWMAKERS PROPOSE AN UPGRADE --

TO AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT EXPIRED IN 2004.

THE BAN WOULD ALSO OUTLAW AMMUNITION MAGAZINES,

THAT HOLD MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS.

MARCH FOR LIFE-ONCAM

TODAY --

WE'LL SEE ONE OF THE *LARGEST ANTI-ABORTION RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION. *EVER.

THIS WEEK MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE VS. WADE DECISION --

THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION.

AND PROTESTERS WILL DESCEND ON WASHINGTON D-C,

TO MAKE THEIR *MANY VOICES HEARD.

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"We are more committed than ever to say the killing will stop! We will not be silent, we will not be quiet!"

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NATIONAL MALL TODAY - CALLING TO OVERTURN THE LANDMARK ROE VS. WADE DECISION THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION.

IT'S BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POLARIZING ISSUES IN AMERICA.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WON'T PAY. ONLY 17 STATES PAY FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN.

REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES PASSED 135 RESTRICTIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. 19 STATES ACTED JUST LAST YEAR.

"Now the issue is will abortion be available because at the states there are so many restrictions being passed."

SARAH WEDDINGTON ARGUED THE ORIGINAL CASE BEFORE THE U-S SUPREME COURT. WHERE DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TODAY:

NEW HIGH-TECH IMAGERY HAS EMBOLDENED ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS THAT BELIEVE LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION. BUT PUBLIC OPINION IS CLEAR:

OUR NEW NBC - WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL THIS WEEK FOUND SEVEN OUT OF TEN WANT ROE VS. WADE TO STAY.

HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER IS AMONG THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS SPEAKING OUT TODAY.

New Jersey

"The passage of time hasn't changed the fact that abortion is a serious lethal violation of fundamental human rights. And that women and children deserve better, much better."

40 YEARS LATER. AMERICA, STILL DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER LIFE. AND CHOICE.

HAPPENING AT NOON TODAY ---

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE.

AND LOCAL STUDENTS FROM AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY ARE ALREADY IN WASHINGTON D-C FOR THE EVENT.

THE 40-TH ANNUAL "MARCH FOR LIFE" IS TAKING PLACE IN WASHINGTON D-C.

EVERY YEAR, ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS RALLY AT THE NATIONAL MALL.

THEY ARE PROTESTING THE SUPREME COURT'S "ROE VERSUS WADE" DECISION--- LEGALIZING ABORTION.

THIS YEARS SPEAKER IS FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RICK SANTORUM.

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THAT WAS TRACIE POTTS REPORTING.

AND ABOUT 160 PEOPLE FROM AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY IN COLLIER COUNTY.

NORTH KOREA THREAT-SOTVO

ONE OF THE MOST UNSTABLE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD -- IS NOW THREATENING THE UNITED STATES.

NORTH KOREA IS WARNING EVERYONE --- THEY WILL SOON TEST A NUCLEAR WEAPON ON A LONG-RANGE ROCKET.

THEIR TARGET, THE U-S

We are fully prepared we remain prepared to deal with any kind of provocation from the North Koreans. But I hope in the end that they make a choice to become part of the international family.

NORTH KOREA FIRST TESTED A NUCLEAR BOMB IN 2006.

NOW, EXPERTS THINK THE COUNTRY HAS 12 OF THE WEAPONS.

WOMEN IN COMBAT REACTION-VO-WIPE

THIS MORNING -- MORE REACTIONS TO THAT GROUNDBREAKING DECISION FROM THE PENTAGON.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA ANNOUNCED WOMEN *CAN NOW SERVE THEIR COUNTRY.

FROM THE FRONT LINES.

THE HISTORIC MOVE OVERTURNS A 19-94 RULING,

THAT BANNED FROM BEING IN COMBAT UNITS.

THIS CHANGE ALSO LETS THE MILITARY TO OPEN UP --

MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND COMBAT POSITIONS.

WOMEN IN COMBAT REACTION-SOTVO

"I thought there was one chance that women would be allowed to serve in combat arms jobs in my lifetime. I served alongside men who still didn't think we belonged in the military."

WOMEN MAKE UP 14 PERCENT.

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THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HERO WHO SAYS HE WAS

DUPED INTO AN FAKE ONLINE RELATIONSHIP BEARING HIS SOUL ON THE KATIE COURIC SHOW THURSDAY.

HE ALSO SHARED VOICE MAILS LEFT BY THE FAKE GIRLFRIEND.

BUT WHOSE VOICE IS IT REALLY?

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SCRIPT:

Hey babe, I'm just calling to say goodnight. I love you.

THIS IS THE VOICE ALLEGEDLY BEHIND THE HOAX HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Um, yeah so get your rest and I'll talk to you tomorrow. I love you so much

hun. Sweet dreams.

THE VOICE OF A WOMAN MANTI TEO TOLD ABC'S KATIE COURIC HE THOUGHT WAS THE

LOVE OF HIS LIFE A WOMAN NAMED LENNAY HE'D MET ONLINE BUT NEVER ACTUALLY SAW

IN PERSON.

MT: Doesn't it sound like a girl?

KC: It does.

MT: It sounds like a girl, doesn't it?

THESE VOICEMAILS / which te'o says he received from lennay-- ARE ALL PART

OF THE ELABORATE HOAX allegedly CREATED BY THIS MAN 22 YEAR OLD RONAIAH

TOUISOSOPPO/ an amateur christian singer

THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS THE VOICE IS Tino Tuiasosopo - RONIAH'S YOUNG

COUSIN. IN ONE VOICE RECORDING "LENNAY" ACCUSES TE'O OF HAVING A GIRL IN HIS

ROOM - WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HER CRYING. One of the Tuiasosopo sources TOLD

THE POST "That's the way cries when she's feeling sorry for herself.

It's her, that's the voice."

BUT WHILE THOSE MESSAGES SOUND LIKE A WOMAN TUIASOSOSPO'S ATTORNEY TELLS THE

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS THEY ALONG WITH1000 PHONE CALLS HUNDREDS OF HOURS

TALKING - WERE ALL TUISASOSOPO a manaltering his voice.

MT: Well, it didn't sound like a man. It sounded like a woman. If he

somehow made that voice, that's incredible, that's an incredible talent to

do.

TE'O SAYS HE DID MEET TUIASOSOPO IN PERSON TMZ SAYS THIS VIDEO SHOWS THEM

TOGETHER after A NOTRE DAME GAME in october AFTER LENNAY HAD DIED. at THE

TIME TUAISOSOPO WAS ALLEGEDLY posing as LENNAY'S cousin.

TE'O DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE VOICE. LEADING SOME TO QUESTION IF THE WOMAN ON

THE PHONE WITH TE'O WAS TUAISOSOPO OR SOMEONE ELSE.

WETOOK THE VOICE MESSAGES TO FOUR AUDIO EXPERTS.

Sot paul: there is no way that this is a MAN it cannot be./ explains why

the inflection, the tone, the pitch

MG SU: AT INVISIBLE STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD WE LEARNED THAT EVEN WITH THE RIGHT

EQUIEPMENT CHANGING YOUR VOICE IS HARD

AND TO BE AS CONVINCING AS TEO'S TORMENTOR? EVEN HARDER.

WESBERRY: just to be able to pull it off for as long as they did, that's

very hard to believe that's possible.

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THAT WAS MATT GUTMAN REPORTING.

THE ARCHITECT OF THE HOAX,

RONAIAH TUIASOSOPO , USED HIS COUSIN TINO TO PLAY THE PART OF LENNAY KEKUA

DREAMLINER UPDATE-SOTVO

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS STILL ARE *NOT SURE --

WHAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS ON BOEING'S NEW 7-87 DREAMLINERS.

ON ONE PLANE --

THE BATTERIES STARTED A FIRE.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS NOW INVESTIGATING.

The work that we continue to do will tell us why these things happened and it is answering the why question that will ensure that the appropriate corrective actions are taken."

A JAPANESE AIRLINE FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING LAST WEEK.

RI SAME SEX MARRIAGE-SOTVO

RHODE ISLAND LAWMAKERS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE.

THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE GAVE ITS *UNANIMOUS OKAY --

TO A HOUSE BILL RECOGNIZING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

THE CHAIR CALLED THE BILL A WAY --

TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT-DEFINED MARRIAGE.

Warwick:23

McCaffrey: "Well, we're gonna see what comes over from the House. We're gonna have a hearing at some point in time this Spring and go from there."

THE FULL HOUSE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE BILL,

HOME SALES NUMBERS-ONCAM

THIS MORNING THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT --- WILL RELEASE "NEW HOME SALES" NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER.

SALES JUMPED NEARLY 4.5% PERCENT IN NOVEMBER.

MISTAKE MADE IN FOSTER CARE DEATH -VO

A MISTAKE BY FLORIDA OFFICIALS --- MAY HAVE LED TO THE DEATH OF A 5 YEAR-OLD IN FOSTER CARE.

THE CHILD WAS REMOVED FROM HER HOME -- AFTER HER MOTHER WAS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF NEGLECT.

THE CHILD COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE --- AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE CHILD SHOULD HAVE HAD A MEDICAL SCREENING WITHIN 72 HOURS OF BEING REMOVED OF THE HOME.

BUT SHE DIDN'T.

AN AUTOPSY IS EXPECTED TO CONFIRM THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

--SOT--

"SHE GRABBED HER HEAD AND BEGAN TO SCREAM 'IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS, SOMEBODY STOP, SOMEBODY STOP'."

"MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, THIS IS OUR FAILURE, WE OWN IT. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT FAILURE DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HER DEATH."

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS NO IMMEDIATE SIGNS OF TRAUMA OR PHYSICAL INJURY.

CRIME FIGHTING WATER-VO

IN FORT LAUDERDALE --

POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A NEW WEAPON TO FIGHT CRIME.

IT'S CALLED "SMART WATER."

THE PRODUCT IS A FORENSICALLY ENCODED LIQUID --

THAT COMES IN A BOTTLE.

BUSINESSES OWNERS AND RESIDENTS CAN USE IT --

TO IDENTIFY THEIR BELONGINGS,

OR SPRAY IT ON AN INTRUDER.

THE RESIDUE LASTS UP TO FIVE YEARS.

AND ONLY SHOWS UP UNDER AN ULTRAVIOLET BLACK LIGHT.

SMART WATERS IS CURRENTLY BEING USED *ONLY IN ONE FT. LAUDERDALE NEIGHBORHOOD,

LIGHTHOUSE BEACH TILLING-ONCAM

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK --

MONDAY AFTERNOON,

CREWS WILL BEGIN TILLING LIGHTHOUSE BEACH ON SANIBEL ISLAND.

THEY NEED TO DO THIS BEFORE SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON.

IT ENSURES THE BEACH IS *NOT TOO COMPACTED --

FOR FEMALE TURTLES TO LAY THEIR EGGS.

THE WORK SHOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX HOURS.

AND IT WILL IMPACT THE SAN CARLOS BAY SIDE OF LIGHTHOUSE BEACH,

PC LIBRARY-ONCAM

A REMINDER FOR BOOK LOVERS -- IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY THIS MORNING.

THE MID-COUNTY REGIONAL LIBRARY IN PORT CHARLOTTE WILL BE CLOSED -- STARTING TODAY FOR MAINTENANCE UPGRADES.

NO TIMEFRAME -- JUST YET.

TEASE FOUR-2-SHOT

WE HAVE A STORY THAT'S *HARD TO BELIEVE.

A MAN LIVES IN A *MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FLORIDA MANSION.

AND WHAT DOES HE PAY?

NOTHING!

ZERO DOLLARS!

WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW HE DID IT.

PLUS.

THE LATEST ON NIK WALLENDA

AS HE EMBARKS ON HIS NEW ADVENTURE.

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WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

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HARD TO BELIEVE BUT TRUE ITS STORY.

A MAN HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO LIVE IN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION--

FOR FREE.

HE DID NOT PAY A DIME --

JUST WALKED IN AND SQUATTED,

AND SO FAR, SOME UPSET NEIGHBORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

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IT'S A MAGNIFICENT MANSION IN A TONY NEIGHBORHOOD OF UPSCALE BOCA RATON,

FLORIDA -- WORTH 2 AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE GUY LIVING THERE

THESE DAYS IS PAYING NOTHING. HE'S SQUATTING AND, AT LEAST FOR NOW, NO ONE

CAN LEGALLY GET HIM OUT.

HIS NAME IS ANDRE BARBOSA, A 23-YEAR-OLD NATIVE OF BRAZIL - SEEN HERE ON HIS

FACEBOOK PAGE.

BARBOSA MOVED IN LAST SEPTEMBER AFTER THE LAST OWNER - UNABLE TO KEEP UP THE

MORTGAGE PAYMENTS -- MOVED OUT.

SKLAR SOT: THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY FORECLOSURES THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOSS

OF CONTROL OF PROPERTY.

INCREDIBLY, THE SQUATTER FILED LEGAL PAPERS CITING "ADVERSE POSSESSION" - AN

OBSCURE 19TH CENTURY STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE TO CLAIM AN EMPTY

PROPERTY BY OCCUPYING IT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

BARBOSA - WHO'S NICKNAME IS "LOKI" AFTER THE NORSE GOD OF MISCHIEF - POSTED

THIS NO TRESPASSING NOTICE

BARBOSA'S NEW WELL, NEIGHBORS AREN'T AT ALL AMUSED.

NEIGHBOR SOT: NOBODY'S HAPPY. WE ALL SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE ON THIS

STREET

ADVERSE POSSESION IS LEGAL IN ALL FIFTY STATES KENNETH ROBINSON LIVED IN

THIS $300,000 HOME - FOR FREE -- FOR 8 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS FINALLY OUSTED.

IN THE FLORIDA CASE, BANK OF AMERICA TELLS ABC NEWS: " WE HAVE FILED THE

APPROPRIATE AND IMMEDIATE LEGAL ACTION TO HAVE THIS TRESPASSER REMOVED FROM

THE PROPERTY."

IN THE MEANTIME, THE MISCHIEVOUS MASTER OF THIS MANSION LIVES ON IN

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STORM WARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK-CAM 9 WX EST

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 bit warmer each day"

After a beautiful afternoon yesterday, we'll continue with a very pleasant weather pattern for Friday and into the upcoming weekend.

You will certainly need the jackets once again this morning as temperatures have settled into the low 50s in town with middle 40s across our inland and northern cold spots. Our day will dawn bright and sunny and that ample sunshine will help to warm us up into the upper 70s by the afternoon hours. A developing seabreeze off the chilly Gulf of Mexico waters will keep beach and coastal locations a few degrees cooler with highs expected in the middle 70s.

Through the evening quiet conditions will stay in place and temperatures will fall into the 60s before slipping into the middle 50s first thing Saturday morning.

A couple of weak fronts will try to make their way toward Southwest Florida both today and Saturday, but before they do they will simply run out of steam and not have any effect on our weather. This means our rain free pattern continues all the way into the weekend with no significant cool downs in sight. In fact, over the next few days we'll add a degree or two to the afternoon temperatures with 80° readings in the forecast as early as Sunday. Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 50s to low 60s through early next week

NIK WALLENDA-VO-WIPE

NIK WALLENDA OF THE FLYING WALLENDAS --- IS A DAREDEVIL.

HE'S WALKED ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS.

AND NOW HE'S GOT A NEW STUNT IN THE WORKS.

THIS ONE -- WALKING OVER DOWNTOWN SARASOTA.

WALLENDA PLANS TO WALK A WIRE ON A CRANE --- NEAR THE CITY'S LANDMARK--UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER STATUE

ACROSS THE STREET TO MARINA TOWER, LANDING ON SOMEONE'S BALCONY.

NIK WALLENDA-SOTVO

"about two weeks ago I was going to dinner with my wife out on St. Armands Circle and I said you know I want to do something for the city i'm here for three weeks let me see if I can make it happen.

THE F-DOT STILL NEEDS TO OFFICIALLY SIGN OFF --- ON THE STUNT IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE ROAD.

TOSS TO JEFF-2SHOT BXS

EVERY SUNDAY MORNING -

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

RIGHT HERE ON ABC 7.

THIS WEEK -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S CONTRACT

AND A 'LATCH KEY KIDS' EDUCATION CENTER IN NAPLES.

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM LIVE (2 SS)

Dwight Brock, Collier County Clerk of Courts

Can he be politically connected with county commissioners and still be their watchdog?

Myra Daniels, Naples Philharmonic Founder and Retired CEO

with Jay Kuhar, Salvation Army Advisory Board:

The need for a 'latchkey kids' education center in East Naples proposed by the Salvation Army and Daniels.

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-SS

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-SOT

Chris Curry: In order for Immokalee to get there, things have to change. There are people there who do not want things to change.

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM-LIVE

SANIBEL CAUSEWAY-VO

CONCERNS ABOUT CRACKS ON THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.

HAVE BEEN GROWING RECENTLY.

CREWS FOUND HAIR-LINE CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE THURSDAY.

AND THE CRACKS ARE SHOWING UP *MUCH SOONER.

THAN ENGINEERS EXPECTED TO SEE THEM.

TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SAY IT SHOULD LAST 75 YEARS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THESE ARE JUST NORMAL CRACKS --

OR SOMETHING THEY MUST ADDRESS.

EXPERTS TELL US --

THESE CRACKS ARE NOT A SIGN OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE,

EROSION STUDY-VOWIPE

ALSO ON SANIBEL ISLAND --

SURVEY CREWS WILL SPEND THE NEXT MONTH SURVEYING DAMAGE,

CAUSED BY LAST YEAR'S BIG STORMS.

IN SOME SPOTS -- THERE IS A FIVE FOOT DROP ,

WHEN YOU STEP ON TO THE BEACH.

THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND PARKING FEES --

WILL PAY FOR THE SURVEY.

AND THE FINAL REPORT IS EXPECTED BY MARCH FIRST.

AFTER THAT --

TEASE FIVE-OP

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE!

WE TAKE YOU ON SET OF GMA.

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FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

OBAMA CHIEF OF STAFF-CLIP

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BRAND NEW AT NINE -- PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PICKS HIS NEXT CHIEF OF STAFF.

HE'S TOP NATIONAL SECURITY AIDE DENIS MCDONOUGH.

ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from the WHITE HOUSE SOMETIME TODAY.

ROBIN ROBERTS IS BACK-VO

IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE!

ROBIN ROBERTS *BACK ON THE "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" SET!

CHECK OUT THE PICTURES.

ROBIN DID A BEHIND-THE-SCENES TEST RUN THURSDAY MORNING --

CISSY HOUSTON TO RELEASE WHITNEY MEMOIR-VO

WHITNEY HOUSTON'S MOTHER --- DOCUMENTS HER DAUGHTER'S FIGHT WITH DRUG ADDICTION -- IN HER NEW MEMOIR "REMEMBERING WHITNEY."

IN THE BOOK, CISSY HOUSTON QUESTIONS WHETHER SHE COULD HAVE SAVED HER CHILD.

CISSY IS EXPECTED TO SIT DOWN WITH OPRAH NEXT WEEK ---- FOR HER FIRST IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW SINCE WHITNEY'S DEATH.

ZUCKERBERG TO HOST GOV CHRISTIE FUNDRAISER-VO

FACEBOOK FOUNDER MARK ZUCKERBERG.

NOW GETS INTO POLITICS.

HE'S HOSTING A FUNDRAISER --

FOR NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH --

AT ZUCKERBERG'S PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA ESTATE.

A CHRISTIE ADVISER SAYS THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE SEVERAL OUT OF STATE TRIPS --

TO RAISE MONEY.

ARMSTRONG TRUNS DOWN DANCING WITH STARS-VO

DON'T EXPECT LANCE ARMSTRONG -- TO TWO-STEP BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT ANYTIME SOON.

A-B-C REPORTEDLY OFFERED THE CYCLIST A CHANCE TO COMPETE ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS" --- BEFORE HE OPENED UP ABOUT USING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) WINTER WEATHER LATEST

THIS MORNING -- THE ARCTIC AIR MAKES LIFE *MISERABLE.

FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION.

TRAVELERS BRAVE VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AND AT LEAST 11 STATES WILL EXPERIENCE AIRPORT DELAYS.

BUT MILDER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK.

TS2) ALLEY AX UPDATE

TOMORROW, THREE MEMBERS OF THE DOUGLAS FAMILY -- WILL BE LAID TO REST.

THEY DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WHEN A CRASH LEFT THEIR CAR SUBMERGED IN A CANAL ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

THE FUNERAL FOR 33-YEAR-OLD CECILIA AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS MADISON AND RYLEE DOUGLAS ---

WILL BE IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF MOUNT DORA -- IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

TS3) ASSUALT WEAPONS BAN

GUN CONTROL REMAINS A *TOP CONCERN.

MANY LAWMAKERS PROPOSE AN UPGRADE --

TO AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT EXPIRED IN 2004.

THE BAN WOULD ALSO OUTLAW AMMUNITION MAGAZINES,

THAT HOLD MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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