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HL1) KC FIRE-NATVO-WIPE

'nats of burning, crackling, screaming or yelling'

TOWERING INFERNO!

NOW AT 11 --

WHAT CAUSED THIS FIERY EXPLOSION TONIGHT IN KANSAS CITY --

THAT SENT FLAMES SHOOTING SKYWARD FOR HOURS!

HL2) CHURCH EXPOSER-SOTVO-WIPE

56:35 "I was thinking he had problems."

NEW SINCE 7 --

DEPUTIES SAY A MAN'S BEEN EXPOSING HIMSELF OUTSIDE A CHURCH.

HL3) FACEBOOK DEATH-VOTOPS

AND WHY WOULD A POLICE DEPARTMENT USE *THIS* FACEBOOK PROFILE --

TO SEND A MOTHER A MESSAGE LETTING HER KNOW HER SON HAD DIED??

THE BIZARRE MYSTERY REVEALED --

DEVELOPING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

KC FIRE-SATLIVE-VO

DEVELOPING TONIGHT AT 11 --

FIREFIGHTERS AND CADAVER DOGS ARE COMBING THROUGH THE RUBBLE AFTER A WICKED EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.

AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A MASSIVE GAS EXPLOSION ABOUT SEVEN OUR TIME.

OFFICIALS STILL AREN'T SAYING IF ANYONE WAS KILLED IN THE BLAST.

AUTHORITIES DO SAY THE EXPLOSIVE SITUATION BEGAN WHEN A CAR CRASHED INTO A GAS MAIN.

THAT HAPPENED RIGHT NEAR JJ'S, A WELL KNOWN KANSAS CITY RESTAURANT.

THAT CAUSED A GAS LEAK.

SWFL METH BOOM?-BNC-VO-SS-BNC

PRIMED FOR A METH BOOM.

THAT'S WHAT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE READYING FOR.

ESPECIALLY AFTER A METH HOUSE BUST LATE LAST NIGHT IN CAPE CORAL.

WHERE THEY FOUND A POUND OF METH. COOKING SUPPLIES.

AND THIS WOMAN WHO IS NOW CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING AND PRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINES.

TONIGHT THE QUESTION YOU WANT ANSWERED.

SWFL METH BOOM?-PKG

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AN UNTAPPED AREA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METH.

ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. IT'S PRIME PICKING ACCORDING TO OFFICERS.

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- Lt. Tony Sizemore - 25:46 - \" instead of anticipating that its going to come, come to the realization that it is here." - 25:54

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METH LABS NOT ONLY PRODUCE A DEADLY DRUG.

THEY ALSO PRODUCE A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT PUTTING PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY AT RISK. IF THAT LAB EXPLODES.WHICH DOES HAPPEN.

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- Mary Auirre - Resident - 09:37 - "ya its really scary, i mean its scary." - 09:39

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IT IS SCARY.

SO WHAT SIGNS SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR.

ACCORDING TO POLICE. RARELY ARE THERE SIGNS.

LOOK AT THIS HOUSE. LAST NIGHT OFFICERS RESPONDED HERE FOR A BURGLARLY CALL. FROM THE OUTSIDE. A NORMAL HOUSE NEAR THREE SCHOOLS. ON THE INSIDE A TOXIC LAB TO COOK METH.

TODAY THE ONLY EVIDENCE ABC7 FOUND. WHAT OFFICERS PULLED FROM THE HOUSE. BOTTLES OF BLEACH.

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5PM NBC SARA

"there were a lot of explosives things that could be toxic to our family."

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OFFICERS SAY THERE IS NO PROFILE FOR A METH LAB.

AS FOR WHETHER METH LABS WILL BECOME AS PREVALENT AS GROWHOUSES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.IS TOO EARLY TO TELL.

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- Lt. Tony Sizemore - 28:54 - if it's successful in other places where people are buying it and there's a market for it that's indicitative that would be so here." - 29:04

METH LAB SIDEBAR-ANIBOX SETUP

METH LABS ARE ON THE RADAR OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.FROM THE CAPE TO FORT MYERS TO LEE COUNTY.

AND SO FAR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ONLY HAD A TASTE OF THE METH PROBLEM MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ALREADY DEAL WITH,

ASIDE FROM LAST NIGHT - THE MOST RECENT METH BUST IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WAS LAST SUMMER.

FORT MYERS OFFICERS FOUND A MOBILE METH LAB. THE FIRST THEY'D SEEN. BEHIND A GAS STATION.

AND LAST MARCH -- BACK TO BACK METH BUSTS.

ONE IN THE CAPE -- THE HOUSE WAS CONDEMNED WHEN POLICE DISCOVERED A METH LAB IN THE GARAGE.

CHILDREN LIVED IN THERE AT THE TIME.

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CHURCH EXPOSER-VO-WIPE

NEW AT 11 --

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT A MAN EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A GROUP OF CHILDREN.

IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY OUTSIDE TICE METHODIST CHURCH.

THE KIDS SAY THEY HAVE SEEN THE MAN AROUND THAT COMMUNITY BEFORE.

THE CHURCH IS ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT.

CHURCH EXPOSER-SOTVO

Maria, Witness 54:35 "He was telling my sister come right here and he was doing that to his thing."

Pastor Cherie Chapman 00:32 "We hope he'll be caught and he'll get the help he needs but we certainly hope he'll leave our children alone"

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME DEPUTIES HAVE DEALT WITH A FLASHER IN THAT AREA.

SECURITY GUARD BEATING-VO

DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR THREE MEN WHO BRUTALLY ATTACKED A K-MART EMPLOYEE ON THE JOB.

JUST BEYOND THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

DEPUTIES SAY THREE MEN BEAT FRANK MATOS UNCONSCIOUS.

IT HAPPENED AFTER MATOS TRIED TO STOP THEM FROM SHOPLIFTING AT THE PORT CHARLOTTE STORE.

LOOK WHAT THE MEN DID TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER.

THEY BROKE HIS JAW.LEFT HIM BLOODIED AND BRUISED.

ALL THREE ESCPAED ON BICYCLES.

TEENS IMPERSONATE COP-NATVO-SS-WIPE

TWO COLLIER COUNTY TEENS ARE IN JAIL TONIGHT --

AFTER USING AN I-PHONE TO POSE AS PHONY COPS.

BUT A FRIGHTENED WOMAN AND AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER WEREN'T LAUGHING WHEN THEY HEARD THIS SOUND.

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IT SOUNDS LIKE A REAL POLICE SIREN.

WHEN THE UNDERCOVER COP HEARD IT AT THE COASTLAND MALL --

HE DIDN'T SEE OTHER OFFICERS AROUND.

WHAT HE SAYS HE DID SEE --

WERE THESE TWO TEENS --

MATTHEW DAVIS AND RYAN SCHULZE.

HE SAYS THEY WERE TRYING TO USE THE APP TO MAKE A WOMAN PULL OVER.

TEENS IMPERSONATE COP-SOT-SS

Lt. John Barkley/11:19 "You don't even want to get involved with something like that - it's very serious business."

OFFICERS ALSO SAY THEY FOUND POT IN THE TRUCK THE TEENS WERE IN.

AIRPORT GUN-SS-VO

A CAPE CORAL MAN IS ACCUSED OF BRINGING A LOADED GUN. WITH A BULLET CHAMBERED. TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

A-B-C SEVEN SPOKE TO VERNON WILLERT THIS AFTERNOON.

HE TELLS US HE DIDN'T MEAN TO. HE FORGOT THE GUN WAS IN HIS CARRY-ON WHEN HE TRIED TO GET ON A FLIGHT TO CHICAGO.

HE TOLD T-S-A AGENTS HE MEANT TO TAKE IT OUT AFTER A ROAD TRIP.AND DID NOT.

PED V CAR-VO

AN 87-YEAR-OLD SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MAN'S IS IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT --

FIGHTING TO SURVIVE AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE.

KENNETH DAVIS WAS RIDING IN THE CROSSWALK WHEN HE WAS HIT.

HE'S NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

TROOPERS TELLS US --

THE IMPACT TOSSED DAVIS 60 FEET DOWN THE ROAD.

THE DRIVER -- JARED PIKE -- SAYS HE TRIED TO STOP BUT COULDN'T DO IT IN TIME.

STATE OF THE CITY-VO-WIPE

VIOLENT CRIME SPIKING IN FORT MYERS COULD BE KEEPING PEOPLE AND FUTURE BUSINESS AWAY FROM THE CITY OF PALMS.

THAT WAS MAYOR RANDY HENDERSON'S MESSAGE IN TONIGHT'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

HENDERSON SAYS PROJECTS LIKE THE RIVER BASIN AND THE TROLLY SYSTEM PROVE THE CITY IS BOUNCING BACK FROM THE RECESSION --

STATE OF THE CITY-SOTVO-WIPE

I know that it can have devastating affects and we're not going to let our city be diminished in that way

CITY LEADERS ALSO TALKED ABOUT PLANS FOR A NEW HOTEL DOWTOWN.NEAR THE HARBORSIDE CONVENTION CENTER.

THEY STILL HAVE TO AGREE ON A FINAL LOCATION AND HOW EXPANSIVE THEY WANT IT TO BE.

SPRING TRAINING OUTRAGE-VO

BUSINESS, NOT PLEASURE!

THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM LEE COUNTY --

AS THEY START TRACKING HOW THEIR FREE TICKETS TO RED SOX AND TWINS GAMES ARE BEING USED.

THESE ARE NOT JUST GRANDSTAND TICKETS.

THESE ARE THE PRICY SUITES.

THE COUNTY GETS DOZENS FOR EACH GAME FROM THE TEAMS.

BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE THEM TO PROMOTE TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY GOODWILL.

BASICALLY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USED WITH A PURPOSE TO HELP THE COUNTY.

SO --

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE!

*SOMEONE MESSAGED HER ON FACEBOOK AND SAID HER SON WAS DEAD.

WHY IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT --

WHO CHOSE TO *EMAIL* THE TRAGIC NEWS ON A STRANGE ACCOUNT.

PLUS --

MINDY MCCREADY DID NOT LEAVE A SUICIDE NOTE.

BUT NEW TONIGHT --

WHAT INVESTIGATORS DID *TAKE* OUT OF HER ARKANSAS HOUSE --

HOPING IT MIGHT BE A CLUE TO WHY SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE.

TZ1 A FACEBOOK DEATH-VOTOPS-WIPE

TZ1B MCCREADY-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

WARM WEATHER

Southwest Florida should continue to enjoy pleasant weather for the next few days. A limited amount of moisture is over the state to produce isolated showers this afternoon and early evening - but the steering winds from the southwest should keep most of the activity well east of I-75. The rest of the evening will be partly cloudy and our low tomorrow morning will be around 60 degrees. Starting tomorrow you will notice a little increase in our humidity and clouds will be around throughout the day. A weak cold front will wash-out as it crosses the state on Wednesday and very little, if any, rain is expected. Our afternoon high will hit 82 degrees tomorrow as the front passes with little fanfare. In fact, looking at computer guidance for the rest of the week it looks like we will continue to warm each day into the mid 80's and keep our overnight lows in the 60's. A breeze off the Gulf of Mexico will likely hold the beach temperatures in the upper 70's to around 80 for the rest of the week. Gulf water has cooled into the upper 60's.

BREAKING

AN UPDATE TO A DEVELOPING STORY WE ARE FOLLOWING TONIGHT.

CADAVAR DOGS ARE ON THE SCENE OF GIANT FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.

THEY ARE SEARCHING TO SEE IF ANY BODIES ARE UN ACCOUNTED FOR,.

MCCREADY EXTRA-VOTOPS-WIPE

DOCTOR DREW SAYS DON'T BLAME ME!

NEW AT 11 --

WHY HE SAID TODAY HE IS *NOT* RESPONSIBLE FOR MINDY MCCREADY'S DEATH.

PLUS, WHICH SINGER COMPARED DOCTOR DREW TO "DOCTOR KREVORKIAN!"

AND --

WHY THE NEXT POPE COULD BE A HISTORIC CHOICE *IN* THE U-S!

FIND OUT WHY IN 60 SECONDS --

AN AMERICAN POPE-VOTOPS

EXTRA AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

MCCREADY LATEST-TCMON-VO-WIPE

RESPONDING TO THE DEATH OF MINDY MCREADY --

SINGER RICHARD MARX SENT SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE INTERNET --

WHEN HE COMPARED DOCTOR DREW PINSKY TO DOCTOR JACK KEVORKIAN!

IN TONIGHT'S ABC 7 EXTRA --

DOCTOR DREW IS RESPONDING TO *THAT* AND OTHER CRITICISM THAT HIS SHOW "CELEBRITY REHAB" --

PLAYED A ROLE IN MCCREADY'S SUICIDE.

THE COUNTRY STAR FROM FORT MYERS BECAME THE *FIFTH* CELEBRITY WHO WENT ON THAT SHOW TO LATER DIE.

DOCTOR DREW SAID TODAY --

MCCREADY LATEST-SOTVO

"I did not treat her, was not her physician, but when I heard she was struggling, I did reach out to her and urged her to go take care of herself and get into a facility if she needed."

ALSO NEW AT 11 --

DEPUTIES SAY MCCREADY DID NOT LEAVE A SUICIDE NOTE.

BUT --

INVESTIGATORS HAVE SEIZED ELECTRONIC DEVICES FROM HER HOUSE IN ARKANSAS.

FACEBOOK DEATH ALERT-POP-SOTVO

WE USE FACEBOOK TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR FRIENDS.FIND OLD ONES.POST PICTURES -- EVEN FOLLOW THE NEWS.

BUT, ONE GEORGIA MOTHER GOT NEWS THROUGH FACEBOOK THAT SHE NEVER WANTED TO HEAR.

THIS IS WHO SHE GOT IT FROM.

misty hancock, who is misty hancock,.

THE MESSAGE CAME FROM MISTY HANCOCK -- THE PICTURE SHOWS HER AND RAPPER T-I.

HANCOCK IS ACTUALLY A DEPUTY.

THE DEPUTY WAS LOOKING FOR THIS WOMAN TO LET HER KNOW ABOUT HER SON'S DEATH.

WHEN SHE COULDN'T LOCATE AN ADDRESS. SHE USED HER PERSONAL PAGE TO SEND HER A MESSAGE.LETTING HER KNOW HER SON WAS DEAD.

THIS MOTHER DIDN'T READ IT FOR A MONTH.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SPAM.

WHEN SHE DID. SHE CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

TONIGHT. IN ANOTHER NEW MOVE ONLINE.

CHINA HACKING-TCMON-VO

THIS IS SCARY!

AMERICAN SECURITY EXPERTS SAY THERE'S A NEW THREAT THAT MAKES 9-11 LOOK PALE IN COMPARISON!

CHINESE ARMY HACKERS MAY BE TARGETING AMERICAN COMPANIES --

INCLUDING THOSE THAT RUN OUR POWER GRIDS, OUR RAILROAD SYSTEM, AND OUR WATER LINES.

A NEW REPORT TIES THE CHINESE MILITARY TO DOZENS OF COMPUTER ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICAN INTERESTS.

THESE ARE BANKS, MILITARY CONTRACTORS, EVEN COCA COLA.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ESPIONAGE COULD COST COUNTLESS AMERICAN JOBS.

METEOR 911 CALLS-POP-VO-WIPE

AFTER LAST WEEK'S COSMIC FIREWORKS SHOW.MANY EYES ARE ON THE SKY. JUST IN CASE.

IT PAID OFF FOR DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY SAW THIS --

METEOR 911 CALLS-SOTVO

"i've never seen anything like that before and i'm a pilot.

it looked like it was really red and on fire and coming down pretty fast.

9-1-1 CALL CENTERS AND THE U-S COAST GUARD GOT FLOODED WITH CALLS FROM COCOA BEACH TO MIAMI.

AN AMERICAN POPE?-VO

COULD AN AMERICAN BE A CONTENDER TO BECOME THE NEXT POPE?

SEVERAL ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS HAVE MENTIONED BOSTON CARDINAL SEAN O'MALLEY AS A POTENTIAL FRONTRUNNER.

HE'S BE THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN POPE!

O'MALLEY HAS SERVED AS A MINISTER IN SOUTH AMERICA --

WHERE THE CATHOLIC POPULATION IS BOOMING.

AND WE'LL FIND OUT SOON IF HE'S IN THE MIX.

POPE BENEDICT IS SET TO STEP DOWN IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS.

GOOGLE MILESTONE-VO

AS GOOGLE SETS IT SIGHTS ON INCREASING COMPETITION WITH APPLE --

SHARES FOR THE COMPANY HIT AN ALL-TIME HIGH TODAY.

GOOGLE SHARES TOPPED 800 DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THIS COMES AS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS GOOGLE IS DEVELOPING PLANS TO LAUNCH GOOGLE RETAIL STORES IN SEVERAL MAJOR CITIES.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

NEWS TEASE PAY GAS TEST DRIVE-VOTOPS

STILL AHEAD -- FIVE DOLLAR GAS PRICES ARE PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON NEW CAR DEALERS.

TEASE TWO-POP

HURRICANES AND GATORS. BOTH RANKED IN THE TOP 5. BOTH IN ACTION TONIGHT.

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NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FM ISLAND COAST-POP

FM ISLAND COAST-VOTOPS-WIPE

LET'S GO TO THE WAVE CAVE. REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS. TAKING ON ISLAND COAST

3RD QUARTER.MORGAN FORMAN GETS THE MEMBER BOUNCE. 3 FOR I-C. FORT MYERS STILL UP 8

BUT YOU GOTTA GET BACK ON "D".RODNEY CASTOR A 3 OF HIS OWN..GREEN WAVE LEAD BACK UP TO 11.

FM ISLAND COAST-SOTTOPS-WIPE

SCOREBOARD-CGTOPS-WIPE

A FEW OTHER TEAMS MOVING ON TO THE REGIONAL FINALS.

LELY WITH THE CLOSE WIN OVER GOLDEN GATE.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES HAGING IN 3A.

DUNBAR-VIDBOX-WIPE

MEANWHILE THE DUNBAR GIRLS WERE LOOKING TO GET BACK TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

INSTEAD FALL TONIGHT TO. RE-BALT. 51-45

MIAMI VIRGINA-VOTOPS-WIPE

COLLEGE HOOPS. MIAMI HOSTING VIRGINIA.

CANES LOOKING GOOD EARLY. SHANE LARKIN GIVING IT UP TO JULIAN GAMBLE FOR THE EASY FLUSH. CANES UP EARLY.

VIRGINIA GAVE THEM ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. BUT MIAMI GETS A COUPLE SCORES LATE TO WIN 54-50

FLORIDA MIZZOU-VOTOPS

FLORIDA ON THE ROAD. TAKING ON MISSOURI.

FIRST HALF. CASEY PRATHER WITH THE STEAL. THEN THE MONSTER JAM AT THE OTHER END. GATORS UP 11

WGC GOLF-POP

WGC GOLF-SOTTOPS-WIPE

FOREST COUNTRY CLUB-VOTOPS-WIPE

A BIG CONGRATS GOES OUT TO THE FOREST COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT MYERS.

IT IS ONE OF 111 GOLF COURSES. NATIONWIDE. THAT WILL BE HOLDING A QUALIFIER FOR THE U.S OPEN.

CERTAINLY SOME OF THE BEST GOLFERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. AND BEYOND WILL BE TURNING OUT.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES-VOTOPS-WIPE

NEXT STOP GERMAIN ARENA. EVERBLADES HOSTING GWINNETT.

2ND PERIOD. BLADES ON THE MOVE. MATTHEW ROY. SECOND EFFORT FINDS THE NET. THAT PUT THE BLADES UP 3-1

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-VOTOPS

LIGHTNING IN ACTION AS WELL. COUPLES SKATE WITH THE MAPLE LEAFS.

TAMPA WON THE BATTLE AND THE WAR. VINNY LACAVALIER. LIGHTS THE LAMP.

TWINS BASEBALL-POP

TWINS BASEBALL-VOTOPS-WIPE

ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT CAN'T SEEM TO STAY HEALTHY. FIRST BASEMAN JUSTIN MORNEAU.

THE FORMER AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP. HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE SUFFERING A SEVERE CONCUSSION. BACK IN 2010

TWINS BASEBALL-SOTTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

GAS PRICE TEST DRIVE-VO

WHO ISN'T FEELING THE PAIN AT THE PUMP. THOSE SOARING PRICES.

IT'S NOT JUST DRIVERS. IT'S CAR DEALERS, TOO.

AS WE NEAR FOUR DOLLAR A GALLON PRICES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- IT'S FIVE DOLLARS IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHY SOME DEALERSHIPS THERE ARE NOW *CHARGING PEOPLE FOR GAS WHEN THEY TAKE TEST DRIVES.

DEALERS SAY THE NEED TO OFFSET THE COSTS.

IT IS CUTTING DOWN ON THOSE WHO TAKE TEST DRIVES.

KIMMEL TEASE-OC-SOT

ROBIN IS BACK-VO

SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS TO TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.

TOMORROW ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA WE WELCOME ROBIN ROBERTS BACK TO THE ANCHOR'S DESK.

WE HAVE FOLLOWED ROBIN AS SHE OVERCAME BREAST CANCER AND A DEADLY BLOOD DISEASE.

THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF HUGS TOMORROW -- CO-WORKERS ARE BEING ASKED TO KEEP CONTACT TO A MINIMUM BECAUSE OF HER RECOVERING IMMUNE SYSTEM --

BUT YOU CAN EXPECT A LOT OF SMILES AND TEARS.

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