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

TIME IS ALMOST UP!

IN LESS THAN 18 HOURS --- A DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE ON THE SEQUESTER.

BUT CONGRESS IS M-I-A.

PLUS -- A MASSIVE SINK HOLE OPENS UP IN FLORIDA.

SWALLOWING UP A MAN IN HIS BEDROOM.

HE'S STILL TRAPPED UNDER ALL THAT RUBBLE.

NEW DETAILS ON THE RESCUE EFFORTS.

The only issue is seeing the product before I purchase."

AND A DRUG DEALER CALLS THE POLICE --- ON HIMSELF. WHILE SELLING DRUGS.

HL1) SEQUESTER DEADLINE-VO-WIPE

HL2) SINKHOLE-VO-WIPE

HL3) BUTT DIAL-SOTVO

WX HL-WX WALL

BREAKING NEWS-CLIPTOPS

TAMPA SINKHOLE-VO

WE BEGIN AT NINE A-M WITH BREAKING NEWS.

A FLORIDA MAN IS STILL MISSING --

SWALLOWED UP BY A *LARGE SINKHOLE,

THAT OPENED UNDER HIS BEDROOM.

IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT NEAR TAMPA,

IN A BRANDON NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE 34-YEAR-OLD MIGHT BE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE.

BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT DEEMED IT UNSAFE --

FOR RESCUE WORKERS TO CONTINUE SEARCHING.

ENGINEERS FIRST NEED TO DETERMINE THE BOARDERS OF THE SINKHOLD.

WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 100 FEET ACROSS.

SO THEY'RE STANDING BY, UNTIL IT'S SAFER TO GO IN.

HOUSE FIRE-VO

ALSO BREAKING THIS MORNING.

RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE.

OF A HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A FIRE -- EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ON FAIRWAYS CIRCLE IN NORTH NAPLES --- AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING.

A FAMILY OF THREE. AND THREE DOGS. WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME.

THEY GOT OUT OKAY.

WHEN THE FIRE WAS OUT.

ONLY ABC-7 CAMERAS WERE THERE.

WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND THE OWNER AS THEY RESCUED LITTLE MIA.

HOUSE FIRE-SOTVO

Michael Olson

Owner

:15

"Thrilled. I'm glad that all of our dogs are safe. I don't panic too much, except for the moment I opened the garage door and saw the flames."

CAR FIRE-VO

NEW DETAILS ABOUT A VEHICLE FIRE OVERNIGHT IN LEE COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS NOW CALL IT ARSON.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 3-30 THIS MORNING,

OFF DANIELS PARKWAY NEAR I-75.

WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED --

THEY FOUND THE FORD F-350 ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

BUT THEY HAD IT UNDER CONTROL IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

AND NO ONE WAS HURT.

THE FIRE MARSHAL TELL US --

HIS PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE TRUCK WAS BROKEN INTO,

SILVER ALERT-OC-CG

A SILVER ALERT THIS MORNING --- OUT OF PUNTA GORDA.

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN.

WHO WENT MISSING WHILE DRIVING --- FROM MARYLAND TO PUNTA GORDA.

HE'S 85 YEAR OLD RICHARD DUANE VAN TRIES.

POLICE TELL US HE AND HIS WIFE WERE HEADED TO PUNTA GORD --- IN SEPARATE CARS.

WHEN THEY LOST CONTACT.

HE WAS LAST SEEN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY -- IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

WE ARE WORKING TO GET A PICTURE.

BUT WE'RE TOLD HE WAS DRIVING A BLACK 2010 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP.

WITH A MARYLAND TAG: 7-A-T-2-1-1-5.

VAN TRIES SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA.

TOSS TO ALLYSON-OMNI TOPS

WE'RE STARTING THE MONTH OFF --

WITH SOME CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.

THE COOLER TEMPERATURES.

MIGHT MESS UP YOUR WEEKEND PLANS.

STORM WARN SEVEN METEOROLOGIST ALLYSON RAE.

IS TRACKING THOSE CHILLY TEMPS.

AS YOU HEAD OUT THIS MORNING.

PLUS --- THE WEEKEND.

FIRST WX-WX CTR

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.

"Cloudy and cooler weather is on the way"

Southwest Florida will see quite the change when it comes to our weekend weather as it will feature more clouds, a few showers, and chilly temperatures.

Make sure to grab the sweaters as you head out the door this morning. Temperatures are starting off in the middle and upper 50s, under mostly cloudy skies. We may a few peaks of sun early in the day, but this will be very short lived as clouds begin to spread across the area making for a mostly cloudy and cool afternoon with a 10-15 northwesterly breeze. Daytime highs will climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, which is a good 8 to 10° below the average.

Tonight, mostly cloudy skies will stay in place and with another push of cool air, overnight lows will tumble into the upper 40s by morning.

Saturday will start of quite chilly and we're not expecting much of a warm up as afternoon temperatures remain in the middle 60s. While much of day should stay dry, a couple of passing showers during the day can't be ruled out. As upper level energy rides over the peninsula, a better chance for scattered shower activity will remain in the forecast late Saturday carrying over into early Sunday morning.

Clouds will stick around for the better half of our Sunday with partial clearing throughout the afternoon. After morning lows in the middle 40s, temperatures will have a hard time making it out of the lower 60s. High pressure will move in by the first of the week clearing our skies out with a slight warm up through Tuesday under mostly sunny skies.

SEQUESTER DEADLINE-2 SHOT POP

THE GOVERNMENT IS HURTLING TOWARD SPENDING CUTS.

SET TO TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT.

THAT COULD DAMAGE THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

AND THERE ARE FEW SIGNS ---- THAT A DEAL CAN BE WORKED OUT.

MOST LAWMAKERS ARE BACK HOME.NOT IN THE CAPITAL.

SEQUESTER DEADLINE-PKG

PKG SCRIPT:

IT'S DEADLINE DAY IN WASHINGTON.

85-BILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS WILL KICK IN BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY. BUT THERE APPEARS TO

BE NO DEAL IN SIGHT.

SOT Graham

"GOD IF WE CAN'T DO BETTER THAN THAT, ALL OF US SHOULD BE FIRED."

THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PROGRESS, BUT PLENTY OF FINGER POINTING.

SOT Reid

"THE REPUBLICANS WANT THE SEQUESTER TO GO FORWARD. THEY WANT THE SEQUESTER

TO GO FORWARD. THEY'VE SAID SO."

Boehner

"WE DON'T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM; WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. AND IT'S TIME

TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IT."

THE WHITE HOUSES SAYS THE PAIN CAUSED BY THESE DEEP SPENDING CUTS MAY *NOT*

BE IMMEDIATE.

BUT CABINET SECRETARIES TOUCHED ON THE POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD IMPACT.

Duncan

"TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS WILL POTENTIALLY LOSE THEIR JOBS."

Napolitano

"I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF SECURITY AT ALL PLACES

AROUND THE COUNTRY."

STILL, SOME ARE BRUSHING IT OFF.

SOT Sen. John Cornyn, TX

"I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE MAJORITY LEADER, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET PUT

DOWN THE BELTWAY KOOL AID BECAUSE THEY ARE PREDICTING A DISASTER THAT WILL

NOT OCCUR."

MOS worker

"I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY THAT MY JOB IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ONES AT RISK

."

OTHERS -- LIKE PARENTS USING THIS HEAD START PROGRAM IN VIRGINIA -- WORRY

SERVICES WILL BE DRASTICALLY CUT.

MOS Colleen Bass, 17-year old student with daughter in Head Start

"CUTS AND STUFF INVOLVING YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULDN'T BE MADE, BECAUSE THE

SEQUESTER DEADLINE-OC

THAT WAS PREE-THI ARLA REPORTING.

THE SPENDING CUTS ARE ALL BUT CERTAIN AT THIS POINT.

BUT THERE'S ONE GOVERNMENT AGENCY WHOSE EMPLOYEES SEEM TO BE IN THE CLEAR.

AT LEAST FOR NOW.

THE I-R-S REPORTS --

DEVELOPING CLIP

VETERANS PARKWAY CRASH-VO

BRAND NEW INFORMATION --

ABOUT A HORRIFIC CRASH IN CAPE CORAL.

TWO PEOPLE DIED.

IT HAPPENED THURSDAY AROUND 5-30 P-M --

AT THE INTERSECTION OF VETERANS PARKWAY AND CHIQUITA BOULEVARD.

POLICE SAY A HUMMER AND A MINI VAN CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER.

AND FLIPPED OVER.

A MAN AND WOMAN IN THE MINIVAN WERE KILLED.

BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED THEIR NAMES.

BUT POLICE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OF THE HUMMER --

AS JASON JONES OF CAPE CORAL.

POTENTIAL POPE CANDIDATE-VO

ROMAN CATHOLICS NOW ARE WITHOUT A POPE --- AND THE QUESTION IS.

WHO'S NEXT?

TURNS OUT.

CARDINALS MAY HAVE A POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR.

CARDINAL ANGELO SCOLA WAS IMMEDIATELY AT THE TOP OF EVERY LIST.

SCOLA SERVES AS THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN.

AND IS IS CLOSE THEOLOGICALLY TO BOTH POPE BENEDICT ---- AND JOHN PAUL THE SECOND.

ONE VATICAN OBSERVER CALLS SCOLA SMART AND DYNAMIC.

POTENTIAL POPE CANDIDATE-SOTVO

He made connections with people and that was considered a very good thing. He is very dynamic, but he has a hard time speaking in simple language."

SCOLA HAS BEEN A FAVORITE OF BENEDICT.

WHO APPOINTED HIM TO HIS CURRENT POST IN MILAN.

ON MONDAY, THE CARDINALS WILL GATHER TO START PLANNING A CONCLAVE.

THAT'S EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.

GAS PRICE RELIEF-OTS CG

GAS PRICES WILL BE GOING DOWN-- SOON.

TRIPLE-A SAYS REFINERY UPGRADED -- HAVE SLOWED DOWN PRODUCTION.

BUT SHOULD BE DONE SOON.

SENDING DOWN PRICES.

HERE'S A BREAK DOWN OF GAS PRICES IN FLORIDA

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ---- 3.77 THIS MORNING, THAT'S DOWN A PENNY FROM YESTERDAY.

IN FLORIDA --- 3.85 - ALSO DOWN A PENNY.

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT-SS VO

THIS MORNING, FORT MYERS POLICE SEARCH FOR THE MAN --

WHO THEY SAY ROBBED *TWO BANKS IN *ONE WEEK.

INVESTIGATORS SAY DANIEL BALL GOT AWAY WITH CASH ON THURSDAY --

FROM EDISON NATIONAL BANK IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

HE TOLD WORKERS HE HAD A GUN.

BUT POLICE IDENTIFIED HIM IN SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

AND ON MONDAY, POLICE SAY BALL ALSO ROBBED THE FIFTH-THIRD BANK ON SUMMERLIN ROAD.

HE HAS A TATTOO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

COSTELLO TRIAL-VO

NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING --

FROM THE NIGHT A FORT MYERS MAN SHOWED UP TO A HOSPITAL.

WITH HIS BADLY BEATEN SON.

THE FOUR-MONTH-OLD BABY LATER DIED.

THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM HEALTH PARK MEDICAL CENTER.

IT SHOWS RYAN COSTELLO HAND HIS UNRESPONSIVE INFANT TO A NURSE.

BEFORE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER.

COSTELLO IS ON TRIAL FOR BABY DARWIN'S MURDER.

MEDICAL EXPERTS TOOK THE STAND THURSDAY.

AS DID A DEPUTY --

WHO SAID HE FOUND A MARIJUANA GROW ROOM IN COSTELLO'S HOME.

HE LIVED THERE WITH HIS EX-FIANCE.

WIKI LEAKS PLEA-VO

U-S ARMY PRIVATE BRADLEY MANNING PLEADED GUILTY.

TO 10 OF 12 CHARGES --- LINKED TO THE BIGGEST LEAK OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS IN U-S HISTORY.

HE FACES A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON -- FOR THOSE OFFENSES.

MANNING MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE IN THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE. AIDING THE ENEMY.

IN JUNE HE WILL FACE A COURT MARTIAL ON 12 *MORE CHARGES.

HE SAYS HE LEAKED THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS --- TO THE WEBSITE WIKILEAKS.

DRUG DEAL BUTT DIAL -SOTVO

A SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER CALLED POLICE.

BUT HE DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS DOING IT.

OFFICERS SAY -- THE MAN *ACCIDENTALLY DIALED 9-1-1 ON HIS CELL PHONE.

LETTING DISPATCHERS LISTEN IN.

"911 what is your emergency… inaudible, hello"

"Okay, cause I got 40 on me, so. The only issue is seeing the product before I purchase."

DISPATCHERS QUICKLY REALIZED --

THIS WAS NOT YOUR AVERAGE "BUTT DIAL."

THE CALL SOUNDED LIKE A DRUG DEAL WAS GOING DOWN.

G-P-S FROM THE PHONE --

INDICATED THE CALL WAS COMING FROM A BACK ALLEY.

DRUG DEAL BUTT DIAL -SOTVO

S/ Officer Aaron Christopherson / Molalla Police:42 -:51

"This I will say is a first, and got a chuckle around the department cause they don't make it that easy for us usually."

WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED -- THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN SITTING IN A CAR.

OFFICERS SAY-- THEY RECOVERED METH.

25-YEAR OLD RALEIGH REYNOLDS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

AND FACES MULTIPLE FELONY DRUG CHARGES.

FLORIDA ADDS MEGA MILLIONS-OTS

LIVE THE DREAM FLORIDA!

FLORIDA HAS BECOME THE 43-RD STATE --- TO JOIN THE MEGA MILLIONS GAME.

TICKETS GO ON SALE MAY 15-TH.

THE STATE ALREADY SELLS TICKETS FOR THE MULTI-STATE POWERBALL LOTTERY.

AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA LOTTO.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING.

AND ALL OF YOUR LOTTERY NUMBERS.

GREEK FEST-VO

THE WEEKEND IS FINALLY HERE.

AND THERE'S DEFINITELY NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO DO.

IN LEE COUNTY, YOU CAN ENJOY THE TASTES OF GREECE --- AT THE ANNUAL GREEK FEST.

IT'S KICKING OFF TODAY AT ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. ALONG CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE.

THE EVENT STARTS AT 11 O'CLOCK TODAY.

TEASE ONE-2-SHOT

WE'LL SHOW YOU A HOT NEW FITNESS TREND.

SLIM DOWN. WHILE WEARING STILETTOS!

THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF TRADING IN YOUR SNEAKERS --

FOR SOME HIGH HEELS.

AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT MORE MONEY IN YOUR WALLET.

LOOK NO FURTHER ---- THAN THE PHONE IN YOUR POCKET.

APPS THAT SAVE YOU CASH.

HIGH HEEL WORKOUT-VOTOPS

TZ1 B MONEY SAVING APPS-VOTOPS

WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

BLOOMBERG TEASE-SOT

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT-PKG TOPS

STORMWARN GENERIC CLIP-CLIP

CROSSTALK INTO WX-CAM 9 WX EST

DANCING LINKE THE STARS-VOTOPS SS

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.

"Cloudy and cooler weather is on the way"

Southwest Florida will see quite the change when it comes to our weekend weather as it will feature more clouds, a few showers, and chilly temperatures.

Make sure to grab the sweaters as you head out the door this morning. Temperatures are starting off in the middle and upper 50s, under mostly cloudy skies. We may a few peaks of sun early in the day, but this will be very short lived as clouds begin to spread across the area making for a mostly cloudy and cool afternoon with a 10-15 northwesterly breeze. Daytime highs will climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, which is a good 8 to 10° below the average.

Tonight, mostly cloudy skies will stay in place and with another push of cool air, overnight lows will tumble into the upper 40s by morning.

Saturday will start of quite chilly and we're not expecting much of a warm up as afternoon temperatures remain in the middle 60s. While much of day should stay dry, a couple of passing showers during the day can't be ruled out. As upper level energy rides over the peninsula, a better chance for scattered shower activity will remain in the forecast late Saturday carrying over into early Sunday morning.

Clouds will stick around for the better half of our Sunday with partial clearing throughout the afternoon. After morning lows in the middle 40s, temperatures will have a hard time making it out of the lower 60s. High pressure will move in by the first of the week clearing our skies out with a slight warm up through Tuesday under mostly sunny skies.

HIGH HEEL WORKOUT-OC

NOW TO THE HOTTEST FITNESS CRAZE FOR LADIES.

IT SPICES UP YOUR BORING OLD WORKOUT.

SLIMS YOU DOWN.

AND IS EXTRA SEXY.

HIGH HEEL WORKOUT-PKG

IT'S A TYPICAL fitness CLASS.COMPLETE WITH STRETCHES, SIT UPSAND

STILETTOSWAIT- STILETTOS?!!

WELCOME TO the HIGH INTENSITY world of HEEL HOP

NATS

Heel hop creator kamilah IS A professional dancer TURNED FITNESS GURU. SHE'

S performed with some of the music world's hottest namesR Kelly

Fifty Cent

Kamilah Barrett, Heel Hop Creator / I came straight out of the womb with

some high heel pumps on. I feel more of myself and I feel even more graceful

than being in tennis shoes.

We decided to check it out for ourselveswith your truly- perhaps one of the

world's least stiletto savvy women strapping on my mary jane's.

47:42 Now let me see that Bianna come out. Come on Russia. Down and Stretch

/48:39 cut away "It's time for everywoman to have this power. Good.

NAT

Turns out- there were plenty of women of all ages ready to kick up their

heels.

MOS:

ANGELANE TROY: Im excited to give it a shot!

MOS:

Bianna: Are you ready?

TIANA MAHALAH: IM ready. Okay well we have a doctor in house just in case.

Thank you Lord Jesus. Oh my goodness great!

Before we knew it, we were on the mats.lifting our pelvises, rotating our

arms.and feeling the burn,. wow- it really is more challenging in heels.1

hour later-

Tiana: Oh my goodness that was awesome. I'm like lookout Beyonce

But some in the medical community aren't as PUMPED. in fact- one leading

podiatrist expressed serious concerns about the class

Dr. James Braxton Little, Podiatrist: they are very unstable type of shoe

for your body/exercising in them just doesn't make sense in any way shape

or form.

But for kamilah- it's all about the reward

You may see sweat but that may be me falling over in my heels. I'll be

honest with you I love the way I look in my heels, I wear them for work all

the time but as soon as I'm done I take those shoes off and I'm in flats 35:

34

Yeah well I'm not in heels 24-hours a day but when you have to get in them

you want to know how you are supposed to feel/to this day I am still

HIGH HEEL WORKOUT-OC

THAT WAS BIANNA GOLODRYGA REPORTING.

DOCTORS SAY YOU SHOULD TAKE A FEW PRECAUTIONS.

TO PROTECT YOUR FEET.

FOR EXAMPLE TRY EXERCISING IN A THICKER HEEL --- FOR STABILITY.

CITIZENS INSURANCE LAWSUIT-OTS

CUSTOMERS ANGRY AT CITIZENS INSURANCE --

HAVE NOW FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

THEY'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WIND STORM MITIGATION PROGRAM.

IT PROMISES CREDITS TO HOMEOWNERS --

WHO HAD EXTRA PRECAUTIONS LIKE SHUTTERS. TO PROTECT AGAINST STORM DAMAGE.

ACCORDING TO THE SUIT --

MONEY SAVING APPS-VO

SAVING MONEY.CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A CLICK, SWIPE OR SCAN.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MOBILES APPS WE WANT TO SHOW YOU --

USE AN APP LIKE "A-T-M HUNTER."

TO FIND THE CLOSEST A-T-M WITH *YOUR BACK.

AND AVOID THOSE OUT-OF-NETWORK FEES.

ALSO -- BEFORE YOU GO GROCERY SHOPPING.

CHECK OUT I-Q BY COUPONS-DOT-COM.

IT LETS YOU SEARCH FOR COUPONS ON THE GO.

AND SAVE GAS WITH AN APP CALLED "CAR-TICIPATE."

THAT HELPS YOU FIND PEOPLE TO CAR POOL WITH.

:PANDORA CAPS FREE LISTENING-VO

PLAYING PANDORA -- ON YOUR PHONE --- COULD BE A PROBLEM.

YOU MAY SOON BE FORCED TO CUT BACK, OR PAY UP.

THE MUSIC SERVICE IS INTRODUCING A 40 HOUR PER MONTH CAP.

FOR FREE MOBILE LISTENING.

YOU CAN PAY 99 CENTS --- FOR UNLIMITED LISTENING FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH -

GIRLS GONE WILD BANKRUPT-VO

GIRLS GONE WILD HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.

AFTER RACKING UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT.

IN DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE COURT.

THE COMPANY SAYS THEY HAVE LESS THAN 50-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN ASSETS.

AND FEWER THAN 50 CREDITORS.

GIRLS GONE WILD WAS FOUNDED BY JOE FRANCIS.

HE'S HAD *LOTS OF LEGAL PROBLEMS.

HE ALSO FACES A LAWSUIT FROM A FORMER PROSTITUTE.

AND A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FINE.

TEASE TWO-2-SHOT

HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG TO LEARN ABOUT SEX ?

A NEW POLICY IN CHICAGO.

COULD HAVE THEM LEARNING AS YOUNG AS KINDERGARTEN.

SMART PHONES CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING.

EVEN SAVE YOUR LIFE!

CHECK OUT THE STUNNING NEW DEVICE --

TZ2 A I PHONE-VO-WIPE

BREAKING

iPHONE STUN GUN-VO

TO PROTECT YOUR SMARTPHONE, YOU PUT IT IN A CASE.

BUT THIS ONE. ACTUALLY PROTECTS *YOU.

IT'S A PHONE CASE.

THAT DOUBLES AS A STUN GUN!

THE CREATORS SPENT LAST YEAR PERFECTING THE YELLOW JACKET SMART PHONE STUN GUN CASE.

YELLOW JACKET IS INTRODUCING TRAINING VIDEOS ON THEIR WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU DECIDE TO ARM YOUR PHONE --

YOU WON'T GET SHOCKED AT THE WRONG TIME.

THE INVENTORS SAY THEY'RE DEVELOPING I-PHONE 5 AND ANDROID MODELS.

iPHONE STUN GUN-SOTVO

Absolutely. Learn how to use it, learn the in's and out's of how to use it, so when it comes time to needing it, you're proficient at it and you're within the letter of the law."

YELLOW JACKET IS INTRODUCING TRAINING VIDEOS ON THEIR WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU DECIDE TO ARM YOUR PHONE --

YOU WON'T GET SHOCKED AT THE WRONG TIME.

THE INVENTORS SAY THEY'RE DEVELOPING I-PHONE 5 AND ANDROID MODELS.

KINDERGARTNERS SEX EDUCATION-VO

IN CHICAGO.

KINDERGARTNERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WILL SOON GET SEX EDUCATION.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES LESSONS -- ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.

KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CHILDREN.

WILL LEARN ABOUT ANATOMY, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONAL SAFETY.

ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY DRUG -VO

THERE'S A NEW INNOVATIVE DRUG.

THAT FIGHTS ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY.

AND COULD SOON HIT THE MARKET.

THE DRUG HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS A ONE DAY TABLET.

TO BE TAKEN ON DAYS --- WHEN A PATIENT FEELS THEY'RE AT RISK OF DRINKING.

RIGHT NOW ITS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.

TEASE THREE-2-SHOT

STILL AHEAD ON THE NEWS AT NINE --

SEE THE NEWEST WAY DRUGS ARE BEING SMUGGLED INTO THE U-S.

THIS ONE IS PRETTY CREATIVE.

IT INVOLVES FLYING OBJECTS.

AND A CANNON.

PLUS THE DEADLINE TO AVOID -- BILLIONS IN SPENDING CUTS. IS HOURS AWAY.

WHILE THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN.

TZ3 A DRUG CATAPULT-VO-WIPE

TZ3 B CONGRESS LEAVES-VOTOPS-WIPE

CROSSTALK WX TEASE-2SH-WX GFX

NEWS AT 9:00 OPEN-CLIP

NY STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN-SAT 3 TOPS

ABC SEVEN IS LIVE AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

INVESTORS WILL HAVE A PILE OF ECONOMIC REPORTS TO MULL OVER THIS MORNING.

ALL THIS. WHILE THEY KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WASHINGTON.

IN THE MIDDLE OF SEQUESTER TALKS.

MARKETS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN CAUTIOUS MOOD AS MAJOR INDICES HOVER -- JUST BELOW RECORD HIGHS.

TOP STORIES-CLIP

TS1) SEQUESTER DEADLINE-VOTOPS

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

TO TALK ABOUT THE SEQUESTER.

THE 85 BILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING CUTS.

WILL BE SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN DEFENSE --- AND NON-DEFENSE SPENDING.

THE SEQUESTER DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE SEQUESTER ORDER.

TS2) TAMPA SINKHOLE-VOTOPS

A 34-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MAN IS STILL TRAPPED IN RUBBLE.

AFTER A LARGE SINKHOLE.

OPENED UP UNDERNEATH A HOUSE NEAR TAMPA LAST NIGHT.

RIGHT NOW -- RESCUE CREWS ARE STANDING BY.

BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO GO INTO THE HOUSE.

TS3) SILVER ALERT-CGTOPS

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO WENT MISSING.

WHILE DRIVING FROM MARYLAND TO PUNTA GORDA.

HE'S 85 YEAR OLD RICHARD DUANE VAN TRIES.

HE WAS LAST SEEN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY -- IN NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.

WE'RE TOLD HE WAS DRIVING A BLACK 2010 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP.

WITH A MARYLAND TAG: 7-A-T-2-1-1-5.

HE SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA.

MOTORCYCLE CRASH-VO BNR

NEW DETAILS IN A CRASH IN CAPE CORAL, THIS ONE INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE AND S-U-V ALONG DEL PRADO BOULEVARD NORTH.

POLICE NOW TELL US THE MOTORCYCLIST -- ALVIN LEE FAILS OF FORT MYERS -- DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

POLICE TELL US THE S-U-V TURNED IN FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLIST, CAUSING THE CRASH.

CA FIRE-VO

FIREFIGHTERS IN CALIFORNIA --

BATTLE A MASSIVE 50-ACRE BRUSH FIRE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY.

AT LEAST 145 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON THE SCENE.

THEY'RE USING 24 ENGINES, A HELICOPTER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

AUTHORITIES REPORT --

POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN THE AREA.

AND 24 MILE PER HOUR WINDS ARE FUELING THE WINDS.

NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

VEGAS SHOOTING ARREST-VO

IN LAS VEGAS --

A WEEK LONG MAN HUNT FOR A GUNMAN. IS NOW OVER.

LOS ANGELES POLICE ARRESTED 26-YEAR-OLD AMMAR HARRIS --

AT AN APARTMENT IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD THURSDAY MORNING.

INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE HE OPENED FIRE,

WHILE DRIVING HIS S-U-V ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.

SHOOTING AT A CAR,

DRIVEN BY ASPIRING RAPPER KENNETH WAYNE CHERRY JUNIOR.

CHERRY'S CAR THEN ACCELERATED THROUGH A RED LIGHT.

SLAMMING INTO A TAXI CAB,

THAT BURST INTO FLAMES.

VEGAS SHOOTING ARREST-SOTVO

-- SOT --

"He is being charged with the murder of three innocent people and we are going to prosecute him."

HARRIS IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AT AN EXTRADITION HEARING NEXT WEEK.

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CONGRESS HAS GONE HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.

EVEN AS LEADERS HEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

TO WORK OUT A WAY -- TO AVERT BUDGET CUTS.

DANA BASH CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW OF THEM.

CONGRESS LEAVES-PKG

LAWMAKERS RACING DOWN THE CAPITOL STEPS. BOLTING OUT OF TOWN FOR A LONG WEEKEND.

THIS WAS BEFORE NOON.

A FULL DAY BEFORE THE HAMMER COMES DOWN ON FORCED BUDGET CUTS THEY VOTED FOR.

"Is there concern that you all will leave town while these cuts kick in and you won't even be here?"

"Well, the speaker and the leadership will be here. And I'm a quick flight away. I go home every weekend to see my family."

"You're on your way out. Are you on the way home?"

"Uh, yes ma'am."

"So, you're not going to be here in town when these cuts kick in?"

"If they call me back, I'll be back."

"But what do you think about the idea that Congress and you won't be here when these cuts kick in?"

"We got to go to the airport."

"You gotta go to the airport? Ok, thanks. Bye."

SOME REPUBLICANS WHOSE PARTY RUNS THE HOUSE WERE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT LEAVING WASHINGTON UNTIL MONDAY.

"Well I think it's actually better when we're home working because the work we do there in my opinion is more important than the work we do here. Especially if we're going to keep spending money."

"This was his idea. The President's idea."

"But as you well know, most Republicans voted for it."

"I voted for it too because I think we have to get our spending in line so these are the things at two-percent, most families, most businesses back home have had to do the same thing."

SOME LAWMAKERS IN BOTH PARTIES SOUNDED AS FED UP AS THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

"I mean we could stay here, and if we were staying here and not passing a bill that's not any better."

"You're heading to your car, I assume you're going home to New York?"

"Yeah I think the sequester is crazy. I think the president should do more leadership and congress should do more but just to sit here by myself serves no purpose."

MOST HOUSE DEMOCRATS WHACKED REPUBLICAN LEADERS FOR GOING OUT OF SESSION.

"It's an absolute disgrace that we're going home we should stay here until the sequester has ended. This is a stupid way to do it."

BUT DEMOCRATS DO RUN THE SENATE. AND THEIR LAST VOTES THIS WEEK WERE ONLY A FEW HOURS LATER.

TWO PROPOSALS TO ALLEVIATE THE FORCED CUTS, ONE DEMOCRATIC AND ONE REPUBLICAN.

PARTISAN SHOW VOTES. NEITHER PASSED, AND NEITHER WAS EXPECTED TO.

"Would you keep the Senate in session or will the Senate not be here just like the House won't be here. the day that these cuts kick in."

CONGRESS LEAVES-OC

THAT WAS DANA BASH REPORTING.

CARTELS USE CANNON TO CATAPULT DRUGS-VO

WHERE THERE'S A WILL. THERE'S A WAY.

DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN MEXICO HAVE USED TUNNELS, CARS, BOATS AND EVEN THE HUMAN BODY--

TO SNEAK DRUGS PAST U-S AGENTS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THERE NEWEST INVENTION.

ITS AN AIR-POWERED CANNON --

THAT FIRES BAGS OF ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THE AIR FROM MEXICO.

AND PLOPS THEM ON U-S SOIL.

POLICE FOUND THE CANNON LAST WEEK.

IT'S MADE FROM A LARGE TUBE FROM A PICKUP TRUCK.

SO FAR, U-S AGENTS HAVE SEIZED 33 CANS --

CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 85 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.

VALUED AT MORE THAN 42 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

PT CHARLOTTE GROW HOUSE-VOTOPS-SS

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

THESE ARE NOT CHRISTMAS TREES,

BUT THEY'RE AS BIG AS CHRISTMAS TREES.

YOU'RE WATCHING CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES DISMANTLE A LARGE MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE.

THURSDAY, INVESTIGATORS FOUND 125 POT PLANTS --

INSIDE THIS PORT CHARLOTTE HOUSE ON BLY AVENUE.

A DEPUTY ON PATROL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOTICED SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.

SO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT.

ELIER TORRES AND YUDELKY PEREZ LIVED IN THE HOUSE.

LIVESTRONG FUTURE-VOWIPE

THE LIVESTRONG FOUNDATION IS CHARTING A NEW PATH.

AFTER LANCE ARMSTRONG'S TROUBLED DEPARTURE.

THE FOUNDATION HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO.

IT'S THE FIRST GATHERING SINCE ARMSTRONG STEPPED DOWN AS CHAIRMAN.

THEY SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC LIVESTRONG -- WILL LIVE ON.

LIVESTRONG FUTURE-SOTVO

Andy Miller / Executive VP Livestrong Foundation:14 "Is the Livestrong Foundation bigger than its founder? Will we survive? The answer is a resounding yes."

LIVESTRONG RAISED 48 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2012.

BABY DOC HAITI-VOWIPE

FORMER HAITIAN LEADER JEAN-CLAUDE "BABY DOC" DUVALIER --

FACES ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS AND CORRUPTION CHARGES.

HE APPEARED IN A HAITIAN COURTROOM YESTERDAY.

AFTER NOT SHOWING UP FOR PREVIOUS COURT HEARINGS.

THE JUDGE HAD ISSUED A WARRANT --

ORDERING PROSECUTORS TO MAKE SURE HE IS PRESENT.

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE URGED HAITIAN AUTHORITIES --

TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

BABY DOC HAITI-SOTVO

Alix Fils-Aime / Former Prisoner "I think that what they're doing now is trying to delay proceedings by all means. Obviously it's not working and he will have to face his accusers in court, he will have to face history in court, just like other dictators around the world are facing."

DUVALIER RETURNED TO HAITI,

AFTER 25 YEARS IN EXILE IN FRANCE.

CHARGES OF CORRUPTION, THEFT AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS --

CHAVEZ SICK-VO

VENEZUELA'S VICE PRESIDENT.

AND THE MAN PERSONALLY CHOSEN BY HUGO CHAVEZ TO SUCCEED HIM.

SAYS CHAVEZ IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.

NICOLAS MADURO SAYS THE AILING LEADER SACRIFICED HIS HEALTH.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTRY'S POOR.

CHAVEZ RECENTLY MADE A SURPRISE RETURN TO VENEZUELA --- AFTER CANCER SURGERY IN CUBA.

RODMAN MEETS KIM JONG UN -VO

FORMER NBA STAR DENNIS RODMAN.

MET WITH NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN AND HIS WIFE.

IN PYONGYANG THIS WEEK.

RODMAN AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS.

ARRIVED IN NORTH KOREA ON TUESDAY --- TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND SHOOT A DOCUMENTARY FOR HBO.

RODMAN TOURED THE COUNTRY.

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BREAKING NEWS IN FORT MYERS.

ABC7 IS ON THE WAY TO A CRASH INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS AND GARBAGE TRUCK.

WE'RE TOLD 18 STUDENTS WERE ON THE BUS.

NONE OF THEM ARE HURT.

THIS IS AT MARSH AND WOODSIDE AVENUE - NEAR PALM BEACH BOULEVARD.

AGAIN - NO STUDENTS ARE INJURED.

TEASE FOUR-OC

IT'S THE VIRAL VIDEO YOU CAN *NOT IGNORE.

RIGHT NOW, THE HARLEM SHAKE IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET.

NATS FROM AIRPLANE HARLEM SHAKE

BUT THIS ONE. GOT THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION.

AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

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WEATHER TEASE-WX ID

AIRPLANE HARLEM SHAKE-2 SHOT

THE LATEST YOU-TUBE SENSATION - THE HARLEM SHAKE.

IS NOW SKY HIGH.

ON A RECENT FLIGHT TO SAN DIEGO --

A BUNCH OF COLLEGE STUDENTS FLASH-MOBBED THE CABIN.

AND GOT NEARLY EVERY PASSENGER OUT OF THEIR SEAT.

BUT NOW THE F-A-A IS INVESTIGATING.

AIRPLANE HARLEM SHAKE-PKG

NATS - CROWD DANCING

They've been done underwater

NATS -

With puppies

NATS -

.but this morning it's this Harlem Shake-on-a-plane that has federal

investigators rattled.

SOT/ Matt Zelin / Sophomore Colorado College's ultimate Frisbee team - HADN

'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW?

The video complete with a dancing banana and Abraham Lincoln. was recorded

by Matt Zelin a sophomore at Colorado College. He and his teammates on the

school's Ultimate Frisbee squad were flying Frontier Airlines two weeks ago

on their way from Denver to a tournament in San Diego.

But after seeing the video on YouTube it now has half a million views--

the F-A-A now says it wants to know if the team broke any rules like

standing up on takeoff or interfering with a flight crew. The team members

insist they did nothing wrong.

SOT - Matt Zelin / Sophomore Colorado College WE SPOKE WITH THE FLIGHT

ATTENDANTS AND THEY SEEMED REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA.

SOT - Gavin Nachbar / SophomoreColorado College"EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME

WITH IT AND WE NEVER FELT LIKE WE WERE BEING UNSAFE. I MEAN, WE WERE UP WHEN

THE 'FASTEN SEAT BELT' SIGN WAS OFF."

Given that airliners are designed to survive Mother Nature's turbulent

rocking and rolling

NATS - TURBULENCE INSIDE PLANE CABIN

experts say a little Harlem Shaking probably NOT a big deal.

SOT - John Nance ABC News Aviation Consultant "UNLESS THE WHOLE CROWD RAN

ALL THE WAY FORWARD AND ALL THE WAY BACK YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY POTENTIAL

FOR UPSETTING THE AIRCRAFT."

Gavin Nachbar / SophomoreColorado College I THINK IT LOOKS WORSE IN THE

VIDEO. /edit/ IT LOOKS REALLY SHAKY BUT THE PLANE WAS NOT

THAT BAD.

For its part Frontier says that "all safety measures were followed and the

seatbelt sign was off." The airline after all is no stranger to the Harlem

Shake. recently posting its own clip of flight crews passing the time

during layovers.

AIRPLANE HARLEM SHAKE-2 SHOT

THAT WAS CLAYTON SANDELL REPORTING.

AND THE VIDEO IS STILL POPULAR ONLINE.

WE JUST CHECKED YOUTUBE TO GET AN UPDATED NUMBER.

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.

"Cloudy and cooler weather is on the way"

Southwest Florida will see quite the change when it comes to our weekend weather as it will feature more clouds, a few showers, and chilly temperatures.

Make sure to grab the sweaters as you head out the door this morning. Temperatures are starting off in the middle and upper 50s, under mostly cloudy skies. We may a few peaks of sun early in the day, but this will be very short lived as clouds begin to spread across the area making for a mostly cloudy and cool afternoon with a 10-15 northwesterly breeze. Daytime highs will climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, which is a good 8 to 10° below the average.

Tonight, mostly cloudy skies will stay in place and with another push of cool air, overnight lows will tumble into the upper 40s by morning.

Saturday will start of quite chilly and we're not expecting much of a warm up as afternoon temperatures remain in the middle 60s. While much of day should stay dry, a couple of passing showers during the day can't be ruled out. As upper level energy rides over the peninsula, a better chance for scattered shower activity will remain in the forecast late Saturday carrying over into early Sunday morning.

Clouds will stick around for the better half of our Sunday with partial clearing throughout the afternoon. After morning lows in the middle 40s, temperatures will have a hard time making it out of the lower 60s. High pressure will move in by the first of the week clearing our skies out with a slight warm up through Tuesday under mostly sunny skies.

TOSS TO JEFF-2SHOT BXS

THIS WEEKEND ON "NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS" --

TWO VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.

HEALTH AND EDUCTION.

AND WE'RE DIGGING DEEP--

INTO BOTH THESE SUBJECTS.

HOST JEFF LYTLE JOINS US LIVE WITH A PREVIEW.

NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM LIVE (2 SS)

Steve McIntosh, Bonita Springs vice mayor

Competing hospital proposals, homeless shelter plans, Estero incorporation, Lee County impact fee moratorium

Kamela Patton, Collier Superintendent of Schools

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NAPLES DAILY NEWSMAKERS-REM-LIVE

TEASE FIVE-2-SHOT

LOOKING FOR THE TOP SPRING BREAK HOT SPOT?

WELL, IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD!

PLUS HOLOCAUST JOKE BY JOAN RIVERS --- SPARKS CONTROVERSY.

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FINAL CHECK OF STOCKS-SAT 3 FULL

TOP SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS-VO

SPRING BREAK IS AROUND THE CORNER.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR.

OUR STATE IS THE *MOST POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION THIS YEAR.

FORT MYERS, FORT LAUDERDALE, ORLANDO, MIAMI, AND TAMPA --

MAKE UP THE MOST POPULAR GETAWAYS.

LAS VEGAS AND MEXICO ALSO MADE THE LIST.

AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO VISIT YOU --

TICKETS MIGHT BE CHEAP.

FLY-DOT-COM REPORTS --

AIRFARE PRICES FOR THE TOP SPRING BREAK TOWNS ARE DOWN 48 PERCENT.

JOAN RIVERS CONTROVERSY-VO

JOAN RIVERS IS KNOWN FOR SAYING OUTRAGEOUS THINGS.

BUT DID SHE CROSS THE LINE?

AT THE OSCARS -- THE COMEDIAN MADE A HOLOCAUST JOKE.

WHEN TALKING ABOUT GERMAN-BORN MODEL, HEIDI KLUM.

SHE SAID ""THE LAST TIME GERMAN LOOKED THIS HOT. WAS WHEN THEY WERE PUSHING JEWS INTO THE OVENS."

THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE NOW WANTS AN APOLOGY.

BUT RIVERS REFUSES TO SAY SORRY.

EASTWOOD SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE-VO

LONG-TIME ACTOR -- CLINT EASTWOOD.

IS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY.

HE'S JOINING A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS -- SIGNING A LEGAL BRIEF IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

EASTWOOD HAS PREVIOUSLY VOICED HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE.

3 TOM PETTY TOUR-VO

ALL YOU FANS OF TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS -- LISTEN UP.

THE GROUP IS HITTING THE ROAD, THIS SUMMER.

THEY'RE ANNOUNCING A SIX-WEEK TOUR ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

WE'RE LEARNING THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO MAKE APPEARANCES AT MUSIC FESTIVALS -- AND WILL ALSO HAVE EXTENDED RESIDENCIES AT THEATERS IN NEW YORK AND L-A.

TOP STORIES OPEN-CLIPTOPS

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BUS AX-OC

BREAKING NEWS IN FORT MYERS.

ABC7 IS ON THE WAY TO A CRASH INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS AND GARBAGE TRUCK.

WE'RE TOLD 18 STUDENTS WERE ON THE BUS.

NONE OF THEM ARE HURT.

THIS IS AT MARSH AND WOODSIDE AVENUE - NEAR PALM BEACH BOULEVARD.

AGAIN - NO STUDENTS ARE INJURED.

TS1) SEQUESTER-VOTOPS

TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

TO TALK ABOUT THE SEQUESTER.

THE 85 BILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING CUTS.

WILL BE SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN DEFENSE --- AND NON-DEFENSE SPENDING.

THE SEQUESTER DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE SEQUESTER ORDER.

TS2) TAMPA SINKHOLE-VOTOPS

A 34-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MAN IS STILL TRAPPED IN RUBBLE.

AFTER A LARGE SINKHOLE.

OPENED UP UNDERNEATH A HOUSE NEAR TAMPA LAST NIGHT.

RIGHT NOW -- RESCUE CREWS ARE STANDING BY.

BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO GO INTO THE HOUSE.

TS3) HOUSE FIRE-VOTOPS

INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE OF A HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED FROM A FIRE OVERNIGHT.

IT HAPPENED ON FAIRWAY CIRCLE IN NORTH NAPLES AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING.

A FAMILY OF THREE AND THREE DOGS WERE INSIDE OF THE HOME AT THE TIME.

FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED 2 OF THE THREE DOGS.

TS4) SILVER ALERT-CGTOPS

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO WENT MISSING.

WHILE DRIVING FROM MARYLAND TO PUNTA GORDA.

85-YEAR-OLD RICHARD DUANE VAN TRIES --

WAS LAST SEEN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

HE WAS DRIVING A BLACK 2010 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK-UP.

HE ALSO SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA.

CLOSE-2SH-AWS ANI

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