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A FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER -- FOUND DEAD AT HER HOME.

FROM A GUN SHOT TO THE HEAD.

WHAT OFFICIALS ARE SAYING HAPPENED.

PLUS -- THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE HEATS UP.

AFTER SOMEONE *LEAKED THE WHITE HOUSE PLAN.

REPUBLICANS ACCUSE DEMOCRATS OF PLAYING POLITICS.

ABC7 SORTS THROUGH THE DETAILS. AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

AND SHE GAINED THE WORLD'S SYMPATHY.

AFTER SHE CLAIMED A STRANGER THREW ACID IN HER FACE.

BUT IT WAS A HOAX.

HL1) MINDY MCCREADY-NATSVO

HL2) IMMIGRATION-VO-WIPE

HL3) ACID HOAX-VOTOPS

WX HL-WX WALL

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIPTOPS

FIRST WX-2 SHOT

IT'S THE COLDEST MORNING OF THE YEAR!

TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

DIPPED INTO THE LOW 30'S.

AND OVER THE WEEKEND MANY FARMERS AND HOMEOWNERS.

BRACED THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLANTS --- FOR COLD WEATHER.

STORMWARN 7 METEOROLOGIST ALLYSON RAE ---

FIRST WX-WX CTR

A warm up is on the way"

As we begin the week, we're in store for another cold morning across Southwest Florida. Through the night, winds have dropped off quite a bit allowing temperatures to plunge rapidly into the upper 30s in town with readings closing in on 32° deeper inland. As a result, freeze warnings will remain in effect for Charlotte, Inland Collier, DeSoto, Glades and Hendry until 8 am.Sunshine will fill our skies this morning with a nice warm up on the way. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by late afternoon. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

BUCKINGHAM FARM-VO

THIS MORNING --

LOCAL FARMERS ASSESSTHE DAMAGE TO THEIR CROPS.

AFTER A VERY COLD NIGHT.

AT BUCKINGHAM FARMS IN LEE COUNTY --

WORKERS COVERED THEIR CROPS.

AND HAD IRRIGATION SPRAYING WARM WATER ON SOME PLANTS.

BUCKINGHAM FARM-SOTVO

SOT: TJ Cannamela, Owner of Buckingham farms "The frost cloth definitely stopped the frost from settling on the plants which was a blessing, we're able now to just take these off, see what, if any damage and just move on

THE NEXT STEP IS TAKING ALL OF THE FREEZE COVERS *OFF,

BEFORE IT GETS TOO WARM.

WX AND ORANGES-VO

THIS MORNING FARMERS AT U-PICK CITRUS IN EAST LEE COUNTY.

WATCHED THEIR 10 ACRES CLOSELY --- AS THE DIGITS DROPPED TO 37 DEGREES.

TOSS TO DANIELLE-2 SHOT

ALL NEW AT NINE A-M.

A CAPE CORAL HOME IS A *TOTAL LOSS.

AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE,

AROUND 5:30 A-M.

THAT'S WHERE WE FIND ABC7'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK.

CAPE FIRE-REM LIVE

CAPE FIRE-VO

OFFICIALS WITH THE CAPE CORAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TELL ME WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND THIS HOME FULLY ENGULFED.

THE BLAZE WASNT THE ONLY THING WORKING AGAINST THE CREWS.

HURRICANE SHUTTERS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ENTRY, THE FIRE WAS THROUGH THE ROOF CAUSING A POWER LINE TO FALL INTO THE HOUSE.

NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED THE FIRE LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

WE SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

CAPE FIRE-SOT

SOT

Sherry Spinella

Neighbor

:14

CAPE FIRE-REMLIVE

LIVE

NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME.

NEIGHBORS TELL ME THE HOME HAS BEEN VACANT AND FULL OF CLUTTER FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

NEXT.

TAMPA FIRE-VO

THIS MORNING --

A MASSIVE FIRE SPARKS AT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN TAMPA.

JUST LOOK AT THE FLAMES.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING --

TO KEEP THE FLAMES AWAY FROM TWO DIESEL FUEL TANKS.

THE STRUCTURE ON FIRE IS A METAL RECYCLING COMPLEX,

IN TAMPA'S PORT SUTTON AREA.

FIREFIGHTERS FOUND A LARGE PILE OF METAL ON FIR,

WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE IS WORKING --

MINDY MCCREADY DEATH-2 SHOT PUSH

BREAKING OVERNIGHT.

COUNTRY SINGER MINDY MCCREADY.

WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HER ARKANSAS HOME --- OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

IT'S AFTER A PERIOD OF GREAT TROUBLE AND TURMOIL IN HER LIFE.

ABC'S CHRIS CONNELLY LOOKS AT THE CAREER OF THIS SINGER,

MINDY MCCREADY DEATH-PKG

Mindy

"Guys do it all the time."

YEARS AGO, LONG BEFORE HER PORTRAYAL OF A HUNGOVER PARTY GIRL WOULD SEEM

CRUELLY IRONIC.MINDY MCCREADY WAS A FRESH-FACED 20-YR-OLD FROM FLORIDA.

AS HER "GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME" BECAME A #1 COUNTRY SINGLE IN 1996

Mindy

Sure, I had some beers with the guys last night/Guys do it/All the time

HER BRIGHT PROMISE STILL SHINED THROUGH THE '90S AS HER DEBUT CD TEN

THOUSAND ANGELS WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM.BUT THE RADIANCE OF THAT SMILE.WOULD

FADE. AS ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCY SEIZED CONTROL OF HER LIFE

Steve Helling/People Magazine:

There were 4 suicide attempts, there were several arrests, there were at

least 3 trips to rehab./All put together her career was derailed because

her personal life was so chaotic.

SHE SPOKE ABOUT OPENLY ABOUT HER ADDICTIONS ON THE VIEW IN 2010

Mindy

"When there would be some kind of crisis or some kind or some kind of

painful thing happen to me, you know, it was readily available to go and

drink too much."

REALITY TV CHRONICLED HER STRUGGLE TO GET CLEAN WHEN SHE SAT DOWN with abc

news LATE IN 2011, MCCREADY WAS HOPING THAT SHE HAD TURNED A CORNER.

Mindy

"Everybody has to grow up. I understand why I've made the bad choices I've

made and how not to make them in the future."

YET ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MINDY MCCREADY WAS FOUND DEAD OF AN APPARENTLY

SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. /

SHE LEAVES BEHIND 2 YOUNG SONS AND UNSULLIED MEMORIES OF A HOPEFUL YOUNG

SINGER WHO ONCE DREAMED OF HAVING IT ALL

"NATS"

MINDY MCCREADY DEATH-OC

THAT WAS CHRIS CONNELLY REPORTING.

MCCREADY LEAVES BEHIND A SIX YEAR OLD SON AND A 10-MONTH-OLD BABY.

HER BODY WAS TAKEN TO A STATE CRIME LAB IN LITTLE ROCK.

IMMIGRATION REFORM-SOTVO

THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE GOT A FRESH JOLT TODAY.

AS A LEAKED COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION PLAN --- RILES REPUBLICANS.

WITH ACCUSATIONS OF PARTISANSHIP.

SOT JOHN MCCAIN / MTP

"This raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. does the president really want a result or does he want another cudgel to beat up Republicans."

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER -- TRIED TO TAMP DOWN THE TENSIONS OVER THE LEAKED REPORT.

IMMIGRATION REFORM-SOTVO

We've talked to Senator Rubio and he's fully on board with our process and I am very hopeful that in March, we will have a bipartisan bill."

ACCORDING TO THE LEAKED DRAFT BILL.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COULD BECOME LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS -- WITHIN EIGHT YEARS.

THE PLAN WOULD ALSO BOOST BORDER SECURITY.

I 75 CRASH BAYSHORE-VO

ALL NEW THIS MORNING--

A VEHICLE FLIPPED -- ALONG I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 143.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING.

A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY RESPONDED.

THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC BACKUPS.

ACID HOAX-OC VO IN POP

THIS MORNING WE HAVE AN *EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW --

WITH A WOMAN WHO SHOCKED THE NATION.

SHE REPORTED -- THAT A STRANGER ATTACKED HER WITH ACID.

DONATIONS AND SUPPORT POURED IN.

BUT WE LATER LEARNED --

SHE MADE THE WHOLE STORY UP.

ABC'S ABBIE BOUDREAU FINDS OUT WHY SHE LIED.

BUT A WARNING --

ACID HOAX-PKG

FROM VICTIM.

NAT: it bubbled and sizzled

.TO VILLAIN.

NAT: angry resident: It makes me sick!

THREE YEARS AGO - IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, 28-YEAR-OLD BETHANY STORRO TOLD

POLICE, OUT OF NOWHERE, A WOMAN THREW LIQUID ACID IN HER FACE.BUT IT TURNED

OUT TO BE A HOAX - STORRO DID IT TO HERSELF.

IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, STORRO IS SPEAKING OUT ON CAMERA

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

BETHANY STORRO: 03:20:20:00 "I made a mistake. And I hope that people

forgive me and give me a chance. Because I'm-- I'm a good person. I

promise I am.

STORRO WHO IS HARD OF HEARING - SAYS SHE HAD AN UNDIAGNOSED CASE OF BODY

DYSMORPHIC DISORDER - A MENTAL ILLNESS THAT CAUSES AN OBSSESION OVER MINOR

OR IMAGINED FLAWS.

BETHANY STORRO: 02:13:55:00 In the mirror, I saw a distorted

monster.

FINALLY WHEN SHE COULDN'T BARE THE FACE SHE SAW IN THE MIRROR ANYMORE, SHE

SAYS SHE TURNED TO LIQUID ACID TO MELT IT AWAY - AND SHE SAYS, TO END HER

LIFE.

BETHANY STORRO: 02:36:30:00 It was like fire to my face it.I

was so happy.I thought I found the answer

BUT SHE SAYS WHEN THE PAIN BECAME UNBEARABLE - SHE COULDN'T BRING HERSELF TO

*DRINK THE ACID.

BETHANY STORRO: 02:45:45:00 So I'm freakin' out, like, "This

isn't workin'. What am I gonna do now?

SHE DROVE DOWN THE STREET - AND SCREAMED FOR HELP.

5:00:03: STORRO: Somebody screams out - did somebody to this to you I just

said yes and when it all began

SHE EVEN GAVE POLICE A FAKE DESCRIPTION OF HER ALLEGED ATTACKER

NAT: from Hospital - If anybody knows any information of the girl that did

this to me and how to find her.

ABBIE BOUDREAU: 03:05:53:00 Did you kind of like all that

attention with the cameras and microphones?

BETHANY STORRO: 03:06:02:00 Yeah, I did. / 03:06:24:00 In that moment I felt like I was cared for and-- and I mattered./

/

TWO WEEKS PASSED - BEFORE P TWO WEEKS PASSED - BEFORE POLICE PIECED

TOGETHER THE CLUES.AND BETHANY CONFESSED

BETHANY STORRO SOT: 03:21:07:00 03:21:54:00 And I'm so

ACID HOAX-OC

THAT WAS ABBIE BOUDREAU REPORTING.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

THE RISING PRICE OF GAS.

IS PULLING MONEY FROM YOUR POCKET -- AND THE FAMILY BUDGET.

BUT WHY ARE THEY GOING UP?

AND WHEN WILL IT STOP?

THE LATEST ON GAS PRICES.

PLUS -- ANNOYING ADS.

TAKING OVER YOUR SMARTPHONE.

POPPING UP EVERY SECOND.

TZ1 A GAS SPENDING-VOTOPS

TZ1 B MOBILE MADWARE-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

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 warm up is on the way"

As we begin the week, we're in store for another cold morning across Southwest Florida. Through the night, winds have dropped off quite a bit allowing temperatures to plunge rapidly into the upper 30s in town with readings closing in on 32° deeper inland. As a result, freeze warnings will remain in effect for Charlotte, Inland Collier, DeSoto, Glades and Hendry until 8 am.Sunshine will fill our skies this morning with a nice warm up on the way. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by late afternoon. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

GAS SPENDING-OC

LAST YEAR FAMILIES SAW MORE OF THEIR BUDGET.

GO TOWARD GAS.

THAN IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.

GAS SPENDING-PKG

IT'S LIKE DRAINING THE FAMILY BUDGET WITH EVERY FILL UP. EXPERTS SAY 4 PERCENT OF OUR GROSS INCOME IS NOW SPENT ON FILLING OUR GAS TANK.

"it doesn't make sense, at this point i almost feel numb to it."

AND FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO DRIVE. HIGHER PRICES MEAN TAKING MONEY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET.

"ever since gas started to go up i have been a little more frugal. don't go out to eat as much, try to cook more at home."

AND ECONOMIST ALAN GIN SAYS WHEN OUR ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON ITS FEET, HIGHER PRICES CAN KNOCK OUR RECOVERY OFF TRACK.

"the more people spend on gasoline the less they have to spend on other parts of the economy. so that could slow our economic growth."

"The frustrating thing here, we're actually buying less gas than we did 5 or 10 years ago. the problem is, that gas keeps getting more and more expensive."

"the average price in 2012 was probably higher than it has been in any other year."

AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR FUEL SPENDING IN 2008. LAST YEAR, GAS TOOK THE BIGGEST SLICE OUT OF THE FAMILY BUDGET PIE THAN IN THE LAST THREE DECADES. SO FOR DRIVERS. THERE REALLY IS PAIN AT THE PUMP. THE PROBLEM. IS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION.

GAS SPENDING BREAKOUT-CGTOPS

THAT WAS BOB HANSEN REPORTING.

GAS PRICES SKYROCKET AMID RISING CRUDE OIL PRICES, REFINERY CLOSURES, AND PRODUCTION CUTS.

AS OF TODAY PRICES HAVE RISEN EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST 32 DAYS.

OVER THAT PERIOD, TRIPLE-A SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE HAS INCREASED NEARLY 13-PERCENT.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS NOW 3-73

IN FLORIDA ITS 3-80

BMW RECALL-VO

A RECALL ALERT FOR DRIVERS.

B-M-W RECALLS ALMOST 570-THOUSAND CARS --

IN THE U-S AND CANADA.

THE COMPANY SAYS THE CARS CAN SUDDENLY STALL.

BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH A BATTERY CABLE CONNECTOR.

THE RECALL AFFECTS POPULAR 3-SERIES SEDANS, WAGONS, CONVERTIBLES AND COUPES.

ALSO INCLUDED ARE I-SERIES COUPES AND CONVERTIBLES.

AND THE Z-4 SPORTS CAR.

THE BATTERY CABLE PROBLEM CAUSED "ONE MINOR COLLISION" IN CANADA.

MOBILE MADWARE-SOTVO

YOU'RE USED TO ADS POPPING UP ON YOUR DESKTOP.

BUT NOW YOU CAN GET THEM ON YOUR SMARTPHONE.

AND YOUR TABLET.

IT'S CALLED "MAD-WARE" OR MOBILE ADWARE.

IT'S *NOT ILLEGAL.

JUST ANNOYING.

BUT ONE APP CAN HELP.

Sot/ Con Mallon/ Symantec:57- 1:02

"We've created an app called norton spot which will basically analyze all of the apps that you've downloaded onto your phone or your tablet

AFTER ANALYZING,

YOU CAN REMOVE APPS THAT HAVE THE MOST MADWARE.

BUT FROM NOW ON,

READ THE FINE PRINT BEFORE DOWNLOADING ANY APP.

TEASE TWO-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO.

YOU THE VIEWER.

FOR THE FIRST TIME *EVER* -- "OSCAR" IS ON A ROAD TRIP.

ITS LATEST LOCATION.

TZ2 A OSCAR PREVIEW-VO-WIPE

TZ2 B JFK JACKET-VOTOPS

OSCAR PREVIEW-2 SHOT

EVER WONDER WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IN YOUR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH --- IF YOU WON AN OSCAR ?

FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE --

FOR THE 85TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS.

AND "OSCAR" HIMSELF IS ON A ROAD TRIP.

GIVING MOVIE FANS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

OSCAR PREVIEW-PKG

ABC News Approved

Richard Simmons / TV Personality

Sam Champion / "Good Morning America"

Angie Greenup & Ben Gleib / Oscar Escorts

FOR THE FIRST TIME *EVER* -- "OSCAR" IS ON A ROAD TRIP.

SOT - Angie Greenup, Oscar Road Trip / Do you want to hold an Oscar?" 2

THE 8-AND-A-HALF POUND GOLDEN STATUETTE. IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE-WEEK

ADVENTURE.

SOT - Ben / "Nice." 1

SOT - Fan / "Oh shoot. it is heavy."

MEETING FANS.

SOT - "It's very heavy." 1

SOT -- "I could get used to this."

AND TAKING PHOTOS WITH CELEBRITIES.

SOT - Richard Simmons, TV Personality / "People who love OSCARS!!

!!!" 4

OSCAR'S "ROAD TRIP" STARTED IN NEW YORK. ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA."

SOT -- Sam Champion, Good Morning America / "Oscar's going to be traveling

around the country." 2

THEN.THE LITTLE GOLD GUY HIT THE ROAD.

STOPPING IN NEW JERSEY

PHILADELPHIA.

WASHINGTON.

AND BALTIMORE.

WITH *YOU* -- THE FANS -- DECIDING *WHERE* ESCORTS ANGIE GREENUP AND BEN

GLEIB STOP ALONG THE WAY.

SOT -- Angie Greenup & Ben Gleib, Escorting Oscar / "You want us at your

wedding? We'll go to your wedding. Bar Mitzvahs. Funerals. Grandma's

Birthday." 4

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HIGH PROFILE STOPS.

NATS -- / Cheers

.INCLUDING THE "WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW."

SOT -- Courtesy: "Wendy Williams Show" / "Mommy, Daddy, Look at your Girl!"

ALSO -- EVERYDAY PLACES. WHERE FANS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THEIR ACCEPTANCE

SPEECHES.

SOT - "Thanks a lot. Thank you for everything." 2

SOT - "Wow. there's so many people I'd like to thank." 2

AFTER GETTING A TASTE OF CHICAGO'S FAMOUS PIZZA.

OSCAR THEN STOPPED IN ST. LOUIS

KANSAS CITY

HOUSTON.

DALLAS.

AND IS IN PHOENIX THIS THURSDAY.

SOT -- Ben Gleib "This is your moment." 1

AND YOU CAN SUGGEST WHERE ANGIE AND BEN TAKE OSCAR -- WHILE IN PHOENIX -- BY

OSCAR PREVIEW-OC

THAT WAS BRANDI HITT REPORTING.

THE COVETED GOLDEN STATUE WILL THEN TRAVEL ACROSS THE DESERT. TO

JFK JACKET SALE-VO

PIECES OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY --- GET AUCTIONED OFF IN MASSACHUSETTS.

ONE BIDDER SPEND 629-THOUSAND-DOLLARS ON THIS AIR FORCE ONE BOMBER JACKET.

ONCE OWNED BY JFK.

THIS WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 700 PIECES AUCTIONED OFF, SUNDAY.

OTHER LOTS INCLUDED -- DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, AND GIFTS.

TEASE THREE-2-SHOT

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

SINCE THE POPE ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.

MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND SUPPORTERS JAMMED INTO ST. PETER'S SQUARE --- FOR ONE OF HIS LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

THIS MORNING.

IS HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION TO BLAME?

NEW INSIGHTS -- ON HIS REASONS FOR RETIREMENT.

PLUS --

HURRICANE SANDY RAVAGED THE NORTHEAST.

BUT MANY VICTIMS HAVE *NOT GOTTEN HELP.

AND NOW THEY HAVE TO BEG.

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TZ3 B SANDY VICTIMS-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ3 C DORNER-VOTOPS

CROSSTALK WX TEASE-2SH-WX GFX

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

TS1) MINDY MCCREADY-VO TOPS

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR MINDY MCCREADY HAS DIED.

ARKANSAS AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

THEY FOUND HER BODY ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HER HOME SUNDAY.

THE SINGER GOT MORE ATTENTION FOR HER TROUBLED PERSONAL LIFE, THAN HER MUSIC.

TS2) TAMPA FIRE-VOTOPS

A MASSIVE FIRE SPARKS AT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN TAMPA.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING --- TO KEEP THE FLAMES AWAY FROM TWO DIESEL FUEL TANKS.

IT'S A METAL RECYCLING COMPLEX -- IN TAMPA'S PORT SUTTON AREA.

TS3) IMMIGRATION-VOTOPS

SOMEONE LEAKED A COPY OF THE WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PLAN.

HERE ARE SOME BULLET POINTS --

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COULD BECOME LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. WITHIN EIGHT YEARS.

THE PLAN WOULD BOOST BORDER SECURITY.

TOSS TO CLIFTON-OC-DBX

A BUSY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FARMERS.

THE OVERNIGHT COLD SNAP HAS THEM ON ALERT FOR ANY DAMAGE TO THEIR CROPS.

ABC7'S CLIFTON FRENCH HAS BEEN OUT AT BUCKINGHAM FARMS IN EAST LEE COUNTY ALL MORNING LONG, HE JOINS US LIVE WITH AN UPDATE.

COLD WX CROPS LATEST-REMLIVE

POPE RETIRES LATEST-OC

A SWELLING CROWD AT THE VATICAN --

FOR ONE OF POPE BENEDICT'S FINAL APPEARANCES.

AND THIS MORNING --

A *BOLD WARNING.

CARDINALS CAN *NOT TWEET.

WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE VATICAN FOR THE CONCLAVE,

WHERE THEY WILL CHOOSE THE NEW POPE.

POPE RETIRES LATEST-PKG

NATS

The crowd today in St Peter's Square was easily two or three times what it

normally is.

At least 50 thousand Roman Catholics came to say goodbye.

NATS benedict

In nomine patri, et fili, et spiritus sancti.

But Pope Benedict kept it strictly business as usual. even though he will

appear in that window just one more time, before he makes way for someone

else.

John Thavis Author, The Vatican Diaries SOT-

The crowd was here for Benedict today and I think it mattered probably more

to them than to him

S/U BRIDGE David Wright, Rome, Italy

Even before this Pope has fully said his goodbyes, behind the scenes the

focus has already turned to choosing his successor. A process that has

always followed strict rules and is full of intrigue.

As the cardinals quietly jockey for position, differences over the smallest

of of details can cause a schism.

This weekend, the Vatican floated a trial balloon: Perhaps the cardinals won

't wait the usual 15 days to start the election.

But from some quarters strong objections. That only the pope can change

church law. And for Benedict to do so now might look like he's meddling.

Of course his retirement has already shaken the process up.

NATS - SNL - and make sure your retirement years are golden.

POPE RETIRES LATEST-OC

THAT WAS DAVID WRIGHT REPORTING.

NINE CARDINALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TWEETING.

BUT THEY WONT BE ALLOWED TO ONCE INSIDE THE CONCLAVE.

SANDY VICTIMS WAITING FOR MONEY-OC

VICTIMS OF SUPERSTORM SANDY.

ARE BEGGING THE BANKS -- TO RELEASE INSURANCE MONEY.

WHILE THEY WAIT -- THEIR SAVINGS DWINDLE.

SANDY VICTIMS WAITING FOR MONEY-PKG

BEGGING FOR MONEY IS NOT SOMETHING CATHERINE HALL EVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE TO DO.

I had to run to a bank two Fridays ago and beg them to give me a loan just so I can pay my contractor. And once he is finished doing this segment of the work we have to stop because we have no more money.

NEARLY FOUR MONTHS SINCE SUPER STORM SANDY DESTROYED HER HOME IN ISLAND PARK, NEW YORK -- HALL -- WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM BRITAIN -- HAS BEEN CALLING HER MORTGAGE BANKER ALMOST EVERY DAY. SHE'S BEGGING THEM TO RELEASE INSURANCE MONEY -- SO SHE AND HER FAMILY CAN REBUILD AND GO HOME.

We have a 4 year little old boy who um and basically we spent his college fund, you know the money we put by since his birth towards being able to send him to college later in life is what we spent. Its gone.

HALL, HER HUSBAND BOB AND THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD SON NATHAN HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A HOTEL SINCE NOVEMBER. THIS VIDEO SHE SHOT DURING SANDY SHOWS THE DAMAGE THAT HIT HER HOME AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE HALLS ARE AMONG MORE THAN 6000 FAMILIES STILL WAITING FOR INSURANCE MONEY. NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR BLAMED UNNECESSARY RED-TAPE AND ACCUSED BANKS OF FAILING TO RELEASE MORE THAN 200 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INSURANCE.

THE PROBLEM IS SOME LENDERS REQUIRE PROOF THE REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE, BEFORE THEY WILL REIMBURSE FOR THE COST OF THAT REPAIR.

There's a lot of older people here that, you know, that just don't have any money. And they're being told that… you know, do 30 percent of the work and then they'll get thirty percent of the money. Do 50 percent of the work, you'll get 50 percent of the money

They reason they do that I think is that they are scared you will get a check and leave… and leave them with a property that is not sellable. You know but we have invested a lot of money in the house and this is our home.

BANKS CONTACTED BY CNN INCLUDING WELLS FARGO, JP MORGAN, CITIBANK AND BANK OF AMERICA TELL CNN THEY HAVE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 75% OF INSURANCE MONEY. THE HALL'S MORTGAGE LENDER, WHO THEY ASKED WE NOT NAME, DID NOT RESPOND.

You know we came here to live the American dream and now we are living the American nightmare because they are holding our money and we cant get and its not fair its not fair on anyone and everybody is in the same position every body like I said to you ….I don't know of a single person who has had a dime!!!!!

SANDY VICTIMS WAITING FOR MONEY-OC

THAT WAS DEB FEYERICK REPORTING.

SOME OF THE BANKS THAT WERE CONTACTED --- SAY THEY HAVE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 75 PERCENT OF INSURANCE MONEY.

OBAMA SPEECH DEATH-VO

THE HOMICIDE RATE IN CHICAGO. IS ON THE RISE.

THE *SISTER OF A TEEN WHO ATTENDED THE PRESIDENT'S GUN CONTROL SPEECH IN CHICAGO.

BECAME A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE HERSELF.

POLICE SAY 18-YEAR-OLD JANAY MACFARLANE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.

AND THAT THE BULLET WAS ACTUALLY MEANT FOR SOMEONE SHE WAS WALKING WITH.

THEY SAY GANG MEMBERS FOLLOWED HER AND HER FRIENDS OUT OF A STORE.

DORNER DEATH PROTEST-VO

A GROUP OF PROTESTERS SUPPORTING ACCUSED COP KILLER CHRISTOPHER DORNER --

PICKETED OUTSIDE A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LOS ANGELES SATURDAY.

THE PROTESTERS SAID THEY DON'T AGREE WITH DORNER'S ACTIONS,

BUT ACCUSED THE POLICE OF BRUTALITY AND CORRUPTION.

OFFICIALS SAY DORNER DIED FROM A SINGLE BULLET WOUND TO THE HEAD,

DURING A POLICE STANDOFF LAST WEEK.

HE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND TRIED JUSTIFYING IT,

COUNTDOWN TO SEQUESTRATION-VO

SEQUESTRATION.

IT'S A HOT-BUTTON PHRASE --- YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OUT OF WASHINGTON.

IT'S A SERIES OF AUTOMATIC, GOVERNMENT-WIDE SPENDING CUTS.

THE ACROSS-THE-BOARD CUTS.

AIM TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY $1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS -- OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT ---- HAVE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO REACH A DEAL.

BEFORE *BILLIONS IN CUTS TAKE EFFECT.

COUNTDOWN TO SEQUESTRATION-SOTVO

We're here because the president back in the last session of congress refused to cut spending in any place and therefore we wound up with the sequester."

THE CUTS KICK IN -- ON MARCH 1ST.

THE 85 BILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS TO FEDERAL AGENICES.

COULD LEAD TO FURLOUGHS FOR AS MANY AS 2 MILLION WORKERS.

CRUISE SHIP INVESTIGATION-VO

THIS MORNING - PASSENGERS OF THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH.

PUT THE TERRIBLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE BEHIND THEM.

SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FIRE,

AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT FOLLOWED.

THE CRUISE LINER WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR NEARLY FIVE DAYS --

TUCKER CRUISE PICS-VOTOPS

AND ABC7 HAS A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT --

OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE ON THE CARNIVAL "TRIUMPH."

A CAPE CORAL WOMAN WAS STUCK ON BOARD.

DEE TUCKER WAS A PASSENGER ON THAT SHIP --

ALONG WITH HER SISTER.

SHE TOOK HUNDREDS OF PICTURES ---

WHILE THEY WERE STRANDED FOR *FIVE DAY, IN THE GULF.

PASSENGERS LEFT THEIR CABINS --

TO ESCAPE THE SMELL AND DARKNESS.

SETTING UP CAMPS ON THE DECK.

IT WAS KNOWN AS 'TENT CITY.'

OTHERS DRAGGED OUT THEIR MATTRESSES --

TUCKER CRUISE PICS-SOTVO

It was so noisy there. All these people are always fighting for something. We were always in a line for something it was so noisy

SHE DID SAY THERE WERE SOME POSITIVES ON THE TRIP.

SHE SPENT MORE TIME WITH HER SISTER.

AND SAID THE CREW DID A GOOD JOB TRYING TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER.

CARNIVAL OFFERED A REIMBURSEMENT TO ALL THE PASSENGERS,

BEACON FIRE-OTS VO

THIS MORNING TWO FAMILIES ARE WITHOUT HOMES.

AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT -- AT A DUPLEX IN FORT MYERS.

IT HAPPENED ALONG BEACON BOULEVARD,

WHEN A MATTRESS CAUGHT FIRE.

THREE PEOPLE WERE HOME,

BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.

THE BREAKER BOX WAS DESTROYED.

SO THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE BUILDING.

AND DAMAGE IS PRETTY BAD.

EMERGENCY CREWS ON SCENE TELL US --

HAGEL VOTE-VO

THIS MORNING --

WE'RE MONITORING WHEN CHUCK HAGEL WILL GET HIS VOTE.

REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS OF THE DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE --

SAY THEY'LL PROBABLY ALLOW A CONFIRMATION VOTE IN THE COMING WEEK.

THEY ARE STILL AGAINST HIM,

METEORITE FOUND-VO

RUSSIAN RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE FOUND PIECES OF THE METEORITE --- THAT EXPLODED ABOVE THE URAL MOUNTAINS.

A TOTAL OF 53 PIECES WERE FOUND NEAR A FROZEN LAKE.

THE LARGEST PIECE IS A CENTIMETER IN DIAMETER.

THE SMALLEST ONE --- MEASURES ABOUT A MILLIMETER.

IT WEIGHED ABOUT 10 *TONS.

TEASE FOUR-2-SHOT

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DOG WHISPERER.

WHAT ABOUT THE SHARK WHISPERER?

MEET A VERY BRAVE WOMAN,

WHO SWIMS WITH GREAT WHITES.

NO CAGE.

NO FEAR.

PLUS, STICKING WITH SCARY ANIMALS --

THE FLORIDA PYTHON CHALLENGE IS OVER.

AND TWO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FRIENDS.

WON THE TOP PRIZES.

TZ4 A SHARK-VO-WIPE

TZ4 B PYTHON WINNER-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

SHARK WHISPERER-2 SHOT

SHE'S THE DIVER THEY'RE CALLING THE SHARK WHISPERER.

A FEARLESS YOUNG WOMAN.

SHE ACTUALLY SWIMS WITH THE GREAT WHITES.

SHARK WHISPERER-PKG

MUSIC HORROR NAT

HOLY MOLEY YES YOU REALLY ARE SEEING WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE SEEING. A GREAT

WHITE SHARK THE MOST FEARED BEAST ON EARTH A KILLER. AND A HUMAN NO AIR

TANKS NO CAGE NO FEAR AND HERE SHE IS.

SOT: Ocean Ramsey

"I understand that is dangerous, it is a wild animal."

OCEAN RAMSEY IS A HAWAIIAN MODEL SLASH DIVER WHO CAN HOLD HER BREATH

UNDERWATER FOR 5 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS. SHE MEANS BUSINESS.

NAT - "HORSE SOUND"

WE'VE HEARD OF THE HORSE WHISPERER THE DOG WHISPERER

DOG NAT - "DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING"

EAGLE NAT - "LOOK AT YOU"

EVEN THE EAGLE WHISPERER

IS OCEAN RAMSEY THE SHARK WHISPERER?

SOT: Ocean Ramsey

they are actually cautious and cognitive they're calculated. you know it's

Misunderstood and misconstrued as these ravenous mindless man-eating

machines and that's not how they are

CALIFORNIA JUST THIS WEEK DECLARED THE GREAT WHITE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

EXPERTS ESTIMATE THERE ARE ONLY 339 LEFT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.

BUT EVER SINCE JAWS,

NAT JAWS - "SHARK, SHARK!"

IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GENERATE SYMPATHY FOR THESE KILLING MACHINES

NAT - JAWS MUSIC

THAT'S WHY OCEAN RAMSAY, AND THE GUY WHO FILMED THESE EXTRAORDINARY SCENES,

ARE DRIVEN TO SUCH JAW DROPPING EXTREMES.

SOT: Juan Oliphant

The biggest thing for me is to nail the shot / Here's this beautiful shark

and this graceful diver swimming along in perfect harmony with eachother.

SOT: Ocean Ramsey

It's really hard to describe what it's like to actually have a great white

swimming towards you or next to you, it's really breathtaking.

YEA, WE'LL JUST TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT OCEAN. WE'LL JUST TAKE YOUR WORD FOR

SHARK WHISPERER-2 SHOT

THAT WAS NICK WATT REPORTING.

RAMSEY OPENED A SHARK WHISPERER ORGANIZATION WHEN SHE WAS 15.

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 warm up is on the way"

As we begin the week, we're in store for another cold morning across Southwest Florida. Through the night, winds have dropped off quite a bit allowing temperatures to plunge rapidly into the upper 30s in town with readings closing in on 32° deeper inland. As a result, freeze warnings will remain in effect for Charlotte, Inland Collier, DeSoto, Glades and Hendry until 8 am.Sunshine will fill our skies this morning with a nice warm up on the way. By mid day, temperatures will climb into the 60s with a return to the lower 70s by late afternoon. With a cool and dry airmass still in place across the peninsula humidity values will be quite comfy through the day.

Tonight, mostly clear skies will remain in the forecast, however overnight lows won't be quite as cold. In fact most of the urban corridor will settle into the lower 50s with 40s to our north and across our inland communities.

CLIMATE CHANGE MARCH-VO

THOUSANDS OF ACTIVISTS -- FROM DOZENS OF STATES MARCHED ON CAPITOL HILL.

CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE "FORWARD" ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

THEY SAY THEY WILL HOLD THE PRESIDENT --- TO HIS STATE OF THE UNION PROMISE.

TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

THEY CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT TO REJECT THE NEWLY RE-PROPOSED -- KEYSTONE OIL PIPELINE.

THEY ALSO WANT.

MORE LIMITS ON CARBON EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS.

TAXES ON CARBON.

UPPER CAPTIVA FIRE-WIPE VOTOPS

ON UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND.

A MASSIVE FIRE DESTROYS TWO, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WATERFRONT HOMES

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FLAMES.

IT TOOK THE ISLAND'S *ONLY 3 FIREFIGHTERS --- 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE.

FIREFIGHTERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES -- TOOK 40 MINUTES.

THE ONLY WAY ONTO THE ISLAND IS BY BOAT.

FIREFIGHTERS TELL US -- WIND FUELED THIS FIRE.

IT SPREAD TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR

AND CAUSED SMOKE DAMAGE TO A THIRD HOME.

FIREFIGHTERS SUSPECT A GENERATOR IS TO BLAME.

CAPTIVA FIRE RESOURCES-OC-SOTVO

UPPER CAPTIVA FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE PUSHED FOR *EXTRA RESOURCES--

TO HANDLE JUST THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

THERE'S A PLAN FOR A ONE-MILLION DOLLAR UPGRADE,

INCLUDING A NEW FIRE STATION AND EXTRA FIREFIGHTERS.

28:06 staffing has always been an issue for us because we do rely on mutual aid from other departments. It's just that it does take 30 to 40 minutes for them to get here. 28:14

100-THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON THE ADDITIONAL PLAN.

BUT THE COMMUNITY DID NOT GET BEHIND IT.

NIGHT CLUB FIRE MEMORIAL-VO

FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED,,,,,

TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE 10 YEARS AGO -- IN RHODE ISLAND.

100 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN PYROTECHNICS IGNITED THE CLUB'S SOUNDPROOFING FOAM -- DURING A GREAT WHITE CONCERT.

THE STATION FIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION -- SHOWED PLANS FOR A PERMANENT MEMORIAL, WHERE THE CLUB ONCE STOOD.

PYTHON WINNER-VO

TWO FRIENDS FROM RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ARE THE WINNERS OF THE 20-13 PYTHON CHALLENGE GENERAL COMPETITION.

THEY ARE BRIAN BARROWS FROM FORT MYERS.

AND PAUL SHANNON FROM LEHIGH ACRES.

THEY WON THE TOP TWO PRIZES FOR HARVESTING THE MOST AND LONGEST BURMESE PYTHONS.

THEIR TEAM CAUGHT SIX OF THEM.

PYTHON WINNER-SOTVO

We're amateur hunters. We've never hunted pythons before. The challenge came about and we decided we'd give it a shot.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EVEN FOLLOWED ALONG.

FOR A SHOW CALLED PYTHON-A-THON.

EVENING WITH THE RED SOX-OC-CG

TONIGHT, THE RED SOX HOST THEIR 8TH ANNUAL --

"EVENING WITH THE RED SOX."

TO BENEFIT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY.

THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AUTOGRAPHS --

LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS FOR MEMORABILIA.

REGULAR SEASON GAME PACKAGES.

VACATION PACKAGES.

AND LOCAL GOLF AND RESTAURANT EXPERIENCES.

IT'S AT JETBLUE PARK,

MARK WILL NOT WATER DOWN BOURBON-VO

MAKER'S MARK BOURBON.

WON'T BE WATERED DOWN AFTER ALL.

THE LIQUOR MAKER ANNOUNCED --

IT IS REVERSING ITS DECISION.

TO ADD WATER TO ITS BOURBON.

THE MOVE WAS *SUPPOSED TO HELP KEEP UP WITH GLOBAL DEMAND.

BUT, AFTER HEARING OUTRAGE FROM MANY CUSTOMERS --

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING PRESIDENTS DAY-VO

TODAY -- THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SHINES RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

IN HONOR OF PRESIDENTS' DAY.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE WORLD FAMOUS TOWER'S PATRIOTIC DISPLAY STARTED SATURDAY.

AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.

PRESIDENTS' DAY HONORS ALL AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY -- PRESIDENTS GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

BOTH BORN IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

TEASE FIVE-OC

YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW--

COMING UP ON ABC-7

ACTOR FOREST WHITAKER IS ACCUSED OF STEALING.

TZ5 A ACTOR THEFT-VO

FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

ACTOR FOREST WHITAKER SHOPLIFTING-VO

ACTOR FOREST WHITAKER RECEIVED AN UNWELCOME ENCOUNTER -- AT A NEW YORK DELI, OVER THE WEEKEND.

WHITAKER WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING AT A MANHATTAN DELI.

WITNESSES SAID THE ACTOR WAS FRISKED IN FRONT OF OTHER CUSTOMERS.

BUT THE SEARCH TURNED UP NOTHING

TYSON AND HOLYFIELD REUION-WIPE-VOTOPS

AND THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MEN WERE TOGETHER -- IT WAS IN A BOXING RING.

BUT MIKE TYSON AND EVANDER HOLYFEILD REUNITED IN CHICAGO, OVER THE WEEKEND --

WHERE HOLYFIELD WAS PROMOTING HIS BARBECUE SAUCE.

TYSON IS IN CHICAGO PERFORMING HIS ONE-MAN SHOW.

WE ALL REMEMBER THAT 19-97 FIGHT WHEN TYSON BIT OFF PART OF HOLYFIELD'S EAR.

DANICA PATRICK -VO

A HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR THE SPORT OF NASCAR.

YESTERDAY DANICA PATRICK BECAME THE *FIRST WOMAN--

TO WIN THE POLE POSITION FOR THE DAYTONA 500.

PATRICK WILL START IN THE FRONT ROW --

IN THE FEBRUARY 24-TH RACE,

ALONGSIDE JEFF GORDON.

THE REST OF THE FIELD WILL BE SET IN TWO QUALIFYING RACES --

SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.

THIS IS PATRICK'S FIRST FULL YEAR --

BOX OFFICE NUMBERS-WIPE-VOTOPS

AND THIS MORNING --

WE HAVE A RECAP OF THE BOX OFFICE BIG EARNERS.

"A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD" KILLED IT AT THE BOX OFFICE --

WITH 25 MILLION DOLLARS IN TICKET SALES.

"IDENTITY THIEF," STARRING MELISSA MCCARTHY, CAME IN SECOND --

WITH 23-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THE ROMANCE "SAFE HAVEN" WAS THIRD.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

TS1) MINDY-VOTOPS

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR MINDY MCCREADY HAS DIED.

ARKANSAS AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS AN APPARENT SUICIDE.

A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

THEY FOUND HER BODY ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HER HOME SUNDAY.

THE SINGER GOT MORE ATTENTION FOR HER TROUBLED PERSONAL LIFE, THAN HER MUSIC.

TS2) IMMIGRATION-VOTOPS

SOMEONE LEAKED A COPY OF THE WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PLAN.

HERE ARE SOME BULLET POINTS --

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COULD BECOME LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. WITHIN EIGHT YEARS.

THE PLAN WOULD BOOST BORDER SECURITY.

TS3) TAMPA FIRE-VOTOPS

A MASSIVE FIRE SPARKS AT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN TAMPA.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING --- TO KEEP THE FLAMES AWAY FROM TWO DIESEL FUEL TANKS.

IT'S A METAL RECYCLING COMPLEX -- IN TAMPA'S PORT SUTTON AREA.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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