[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
The cleanup continues in southwest Georgia today after devastating tornadoes that killed nearly two dozen.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And the probe of the V-M-I's superintendent claims one casualty.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Today's forecast promises dry, but windy weather.
We've already seen wind gusts this morning between 20 and 35 miles an hour.
Otherwise, expect cooler temperatures with highs around 50.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[Tornado]
[ANCHOR=mel]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Severe Weather]
The death could go higher after killer tornadoes tore through southwest Georgia Yesterday.
At least 22 were killed and more than 100 injured.
Those lucky enough to escape with their lives will spend today sorting through what few possessions they have left.
Jennifer Jones reports from the town hardest hit, Camilla.
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[SOT]
[4:35:12]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Camilla, GA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Clark Harrel/Storm Survivor; :08 quick!!]
[SUPER=01-Vivian Godwin/Victim; :57]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting; 1:19]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=JJ, CBS News, Camilla Georgia;]
((Clark Harrel can hardly believe his eyes. The house he bought just four months ago is now as flat as a pancake.
SOT: Clark Harrel/Storm Survivor
"It's all gone, took about 20 seconds."
Clark is actually one of the lucky ones. He, his wife and three year old son survived. At least 19 others didn't. They were killed when raging winds reaching speeds as high as one hundred and fifty five miles an
hour toppled their trailers and annihilated their homes.
SOT: MOS
"An elderly man in the mobile home park was killed. They found his body I guess two to three hundred yards out in the field in front of where his house once was."
The tornadoes struck just after midnight Monday morning, the deadliest to slam the state in nearly half a century. Forecasters blame La Nina. The weather pattern brings with it unseasonably warm weather and can
spawn unforgettable storms.
SOT: Vivian Godwin/Victim
"The debris was coming through the hall I couldn't even go into the hall, so I layed down on the floor and grabbed the bottom of the leg stand and held onto it."
(Nat Of buzz saw)
For now survivors will have to put aside these terrifying memories so they can start to put their lives back together.
Stand-up
Help is already on the way. Georgia's Governor declared a state of emergency which frees up badly needed needs. The Red Cross is also providing shelter to the many residents now without a home. JJ CBS News,
Camilla, Georgia.))
[Rowe]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=VMI]
A shakeup at V-M-I, apparently over the investigation of Superintendent Josiah Bunting's spending.
Institute business executive John Rowe resigned over the weekend.
Sources say Rowe refused to use V-M-I funds to pay Bunting's legal fees which amounted to 65-thousand dollars.
Bunting eventually was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
[E-Bedford-Supers]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-56 58:18]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The effort to re-name part of Route 460 in Bedford after Dr. Martin Luther King hit a roadblock last night at board of supervisors Meeting.
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[VO-NAT]
More than 500 citizens signed a petition saying they oppose the move..
[SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Night]
in part because King never set foot in the area.
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[SOT 21:34:57//]
[IN Q=If a street]
((PETER SNELLING/OPPOSES RENAMING BYPASS: IF A STREET, ROAD OR ANYTHING IS TO BE NAMED AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, WE ARE ASKING THAT IT BE NAMED AFTER A CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.))
((REV. I.L. WARD/SUPPORTS RENAMING BYPASS: IT'S SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, 'STAY IN SCHOOL, STUDY, BE PRODUCTIVE, DO SOMETHING TO AFFECT THE COUNTRY, BUT YET YOU CAN ONLY BE HONORED IN BEDFORD'?))
[SUPER=01-Peter Snelling/Opposes Renaming Bypass; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rev. I. L. Ward/Supports Renaming Bypass; ]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=honored in Bedford.]
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[VO-NAT]
A scheduling problem prevented Reverend Ward and a group of supporters from speaking at last night's board of supervisors meeting.
They plan to return in two weeks.
The CITY of Bedford has already passed a resolution in favor of re-naming Route 460 for King.
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[E-BV-Schools]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-57 50:20]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In Buena Vista, the controversy is over a statement made by the ciy school superintendent.
In a private conversation, Superintendent James Bradford reportedly told city manager Dan Collins the city should just accept the fact that the schools were going to get athletic facilities no matter what.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Buena Vista]
Bradford said "it's like being raped, so you might as well lay there and enjoy it."
The superintendent says he's received calls from residents who are shocked and disappointed by his statement.
City council member Steve Douty says he wishes the statement was never made.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=i was sorry]
((STEVE DOUTY/CITY COUNCIL MEMBER; I WAS SORRY TO SEE THAT THE DISCUSSION GOT TO A PUBLIC LEVEL. I HOPE ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WILL MEET ABOUT IT AND RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Douty/City Council Member]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=their differences.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Bradford said he used the word rape to mean "destroy" -- and if you're going to destroy the city finances you might as well enjoy it.
[W'ville-WalMart]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Wytheville Town Council paved the way for big-bucks retailers to move into town last night.
After a public hearing Town Council unanimously voted to rezone farm land into commercial land.
The vote will allow a Wal-Mart Super Center to move in.
It was a controversial debate. Many townspeople had opposed the move, saying a large retailer could drive out small businesses.
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, a last second shot lifts Radford to a big win, plus highlights from high school basketball and volleyball.
Steve Mason has more.
Good Morning Steve.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Hey everybody]
[RUNS=2:40]
[OUT Q=great Tuesday]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M00-1]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
(I'll intro)
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We are really excited]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Carla James-Collins/Westside Elementary; 1:17]
[RUNS=2:03]
[OUT Q=in your family]
[Steve Live]
[SUPER=16-(540) 853-2040/Westside Elementary;]
(Steve tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: reading children's books))
[E-Vinton-Police]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=99-47 2:03:05]
[GRAPHIC=Vinton PD Investigation]
Serious irregularities, but nothing serious enough to warrant criminal charges.
That's the bottom line in the grand jury investigation completed yesterday into irregularities at the Vinton Police Department.
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[VO-NAT]
State police started with allegations against Lieutenant Bill Brown- -but the scope of the investigation widened.
[SUPER=03-Salem]
So the Special Prosecutor impaneled a Special Grand Jury.
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[SOT 1:08:15]
[IN Q=From the state]
((FROM THE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND IRREGULARITIES THAT WERE SERIOUS IN THE HANDLING OF DRUGS AND THE HANDLING OF GUN EVIDENCE AND ALSO IN THE HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUNDS. BUT THAT EVIDENCE DID NOT RISE TO A LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO BRING A CRIMINAL CHARGE.))
[SUPER=01-Neil Vener/Special Prosecutor]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=a criminal charge.]
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[VO-NAT]
The Grand Jury's 24-page report remains under seal, unless Judge Diane Strickland decides it should be open to the public.
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[E-Blood-Drive]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=99-51]
[GRAPHIC=Red Cross]
The Red Cross and Pebble Creek apartments asked the community to be their Valentine.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; ]
They teamed up to get residents in the community pumped up about donating blood.
Volunteers didn't go away empty handed.
In addition to the usual food and drink, donors got a token of appreciation symbolizing the most romantic day of the year.
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[SOT tc 02:25:07]
[IN Q=Every donor]
((JENNIFER BROOKS/PEBBLE CREEK SOCIAL DIRECTOR: EVERY DONOR WHO COMES IN AND GIVES BLOOD GETS TO TAKE HOME A ROSE WITH THEM, SO THAT'S KIND OF A NEAT LITTLE THING THAT WE DID.))
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Brooks/Pebble Creek Social Director; ]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=we did.]
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[VO NAT]
The blood drive is also a first for the Red Cross.
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[SOT tc 02:27:31]
[IN Q=I have to say]
((PHYLLIS MCCALLIE/RED CROSS: I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX DOING A BLOOD DRIVE.))
[SUPER=01-Phyllis McCallie/Red Cross; ]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=blood drive.]
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[VO-NAT]
The American Red Cross serves 44 hospitals and needs to collect about 300 pints every day.
Only five percent of the eligible population donates.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, more kids are spending sleepless nights.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:50]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((YOU MIGHT THINK ITS WE ADULTS WHO ARE THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST SLEEPLESS NIGHTS- BUT MAYBE NOT. A NEW STUDY SAYS A MUCH YOUNGER GROUP
STRUGGLES WITH SLEEP- AND MOST PARENTS HAVE NO CLUE THERE'S A PROBLEM.
VT=VO
RESEARCHERS ASKED PARENTS IN RHODE ISLAND HOW MANY OF THEIR KIDS AGES 5-8 HAD TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP- THE PARENTS ANSWER: 5% THEN THEY ASKED THE KIDS THEMSELVES: THE ANSWER: 25% QUESTION- HOW MANY KIDS DONT SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT? PARENTS: 5% KIDS 15%. HERE ARE SOME RED FLAGS YOUR KIDS ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED. A CHILD SLEEPS IN UNTIL 11 OR 12. ON THE WEEKEND. YOU HAVE TROUBLE WAKING YOUR CHILD UP TO GO TO SCHOOL GETTING LESS THAN 10 HRS SLEEP- WHICH IS THE AVERAGE FOR THIS AGE. AND YOUR CHILD IS A SNORER- SNORING COULD BE A SIGNAL OF AN OBSTRUCTION THATS INTERFERING WITH SLEEP.
VT=VO
ALSO TODAY- WHEN YOU THINK OF THE INGREDIENTS OF A CIGARETTE- MOST PEOPLE THINK TAR AND NICOTINE. BUT THE BRITISH HEALTH SECRETARY MADE A LIST OF THE 600 CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTE SMOKE: THEY INCLUDE: ACETONE- A PAINT STRIPPER AMMONIA- USED TO CLEAR CLOGGED TOILETS BUTANE- LIGHTER FLUID ARSENIC CYANIDE AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST- BETA NAPTHYL METHYL ETHER- OR MOTHBALLS.
VT=VO
AND FINALLY TODAY- A SUREFIRE WAY TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE- GO FOR A
WALK. RESEARCHERS IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION FOUND A 45 MINUTE WALK ON A TREADMILL DROPPED BP BY UP TO 20 POINTS FOR THE REST OF THAT DAY-- AND WHEN PEOPLE KEPT UP WITH THE WALKING- IT KEPT IT DOWN EVERYDAY. THE PEOPLE IN THE STUDY WERE ALL OVERWEIGHT AND OUT OF SHAPE.
ON CAM
AND THAT'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP HEALTH STORIES. I'M DR. DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M00-1]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
(I'll intro)
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[SOT]
[IN Q=What I do]
[SUPER=01-Wil Clay/Illustrator; :00]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :06]
[RUNS=:58]
[OUT Q=quick as possible]
[Steve Live]
[SUPER=16-(540) 853-2040/Westside Elementary;]
[ESSC#4562]
[Double Boxes=SPA & KMC]
(Toss to Kimberly)
((Archive: book illustrator))
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Cleanup crews in Georgia today will continue to work their way through the huge amounts of debris left by yesterday's tornados.
The twisters turned towering pine trees into toothpicks and flattened homes.
At least 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Today is crossover day at the General Assembly.
The Senate and House of Delegates must complete work today on their own bills and then send any measures they pass to the other chamber.
Legislators worked well into last night to meet the deadline.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And coming soon to a t-v screen near you...new episodes of the late show with David Letterman.
That's right, Dave is back just five weeks after open heart surgery.
He'll tape his first show Friday. It will air the following Monday.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday February 15.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-tornado]
[ANCHOR=mel]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Severe Weather]
The cleanup continues in southwest Georgia today after devastating tornadoes that killed at least 22 people and destroyed dozens of homes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Camilla, GA;]
[4:35:12]
They left a path of destruction, demolishing anything in their way.
The National weather service reports wind speeds as high as one hundred and fifty five per miles.
Hardest hit were towns like Camilla where residents will spend today sifting through the debris of what was once their homes.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((CLARK HARREL/STORM SURVIVOR "IT'S ALL GONE, TOOK ABOUT 20 SECONDS."
VIVIAN GODWIN/VICTIM:THEDEBRIS WAS COMING THROUGH THE HALL I COULDN'T EVEN GO INTO THE HALL, SO I LAYED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND GRABBED THE BOTTOM OF THE LEG STAND ." ))
[SUPER=01-Clark Harrel/Storm Survivor; :01 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Vivian Godwin/Victim; :04]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=sucked me right out of the house.]
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[VO-NAT]
Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency in the four affected counties.
The red cross meanwhile has set up shelters for the homeless.
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[2-Rowe]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=VMI]
The invstigation of V-M-I Superintendent Josiah Bunting's spending has claimed the job of the school's business executive.
John Rowe resigned over the weekend.
Sources say Rowe refused to use V-M-I funds to pay Bunting's legal fees which amounted to 65-thousand dollars.
Bunting eventually was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
[2-E-Bedford-Supers]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-56 58:18]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The effort to re-name part of Route 460 in Bedford after Dr. Martin Luther King hit a roadblock last night at a board of supervisors meeting.
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[VO-NAT]
More than 500 citizens signed a petition saying they oppose the move..
[SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Night]
in part because King never set foot in the area.
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[SOT 21:34:57//]
[IN Q=If a street]
((PETER SNELLING/OPPOSES RENAMING BYPASS: IF A STREET, ROAD OR ANYTHING IS TO BE NAMED AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, WE ARE ASKING THAT IT BE NAMED AFTER A CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.))
((REV. I.L. WARD/SUPPORTS RENAMING BYPASS: IT'S SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, 'STAY IN SCHOOL, STUDY, BE PRODUCTIVE, DO SOMETHING TO AFFECT THE COUNTRY, BUT YET YOU CAN ONLY BE HONORED IN BEDFORD'?))
[SUPER=01-Peter Snelling/Opposes Renaming Bypass; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rev. I. L. Ward/Supports Renaming Bypass; ]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=honored in Bedford.]
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[VO-NAT]
A scheduling problem prevented Reverend Ward and a group of supporters from speaking at last night's board of supervisors meeting.
They plan to return in two weeks.
The CITY of Bedford has already passed a resolution in favor of re-naming Route 460 for King.
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[E-Richmond-Bridges]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-58 50:09]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Stonewall Jackson and "Jeb" Stuart are out, and Curtis Holt and Samuel Tucker are in.
Richmond's City Council has renamed two bridges to honor civil rights leaders instead of Confederate generals.
Ellen Qualls was at the meeting last night.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The decision]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tim Kaine/Richmond Mayor; :10]
[SUPER=01-Julia Tucker/Tucker's Widow; :21]
[SUPER=01-Sa'ad El-Amin/Richmond City Council; :43 ]
[SUPER=01-Red Barbour/Sons of Confederate Veterans; :56]
[SUPER=01-Henry Kidd/Sons of Confederate Veterans; 1:13]
[SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:29 ]
[RUNS=1:46]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.]
(( The decision to rename the rebuilt bridges was made three years ago.
But who to honor?
Samuel Tucker was a civil rights lawyer who fought for desegregation.
[sot TAPE ONE 08:21:10]
((MAYOR TIM KAINE: ))
[runs=: ]
[sot TAPE ONE 08:36:30]
((JULIA TUCKER: TAPE ONE ))
[runs=: ]
And Curtis Holt, who uncovered a racist conspiracy to annex white voters into the city in the 70s.
[sot TAPE ONE 08:27:40]
((SA'AD EL-AMIN: ))
[runs=: ]
But Roanoke's Red Barbour - Virginia Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was on hand the protest-- NOT the men, but the monument.
[sot tape one 08:50:40]
((RED BARBOUR ))
[runs=: ]
[sot TAPE ONE 08:55:30]
((HENRY KIDD ))
[runs=: ]
[sot TAPE ONE 09:06:16]
((RON DOGGETT: DIXIE.. ))
[runs=: ]
In the end, seven votes to rename for the civil rights leaders..
Two abstentions over process.
[sot STANDUP]))
[Crossover-Day]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=State Capitol]
Both houses of the General Assembly have a midnight deadline to act on their own bills.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond/Yesterday]
Today's is Crossover day.
The Senate and House of Delegates must complete work today on their own bills and then send any measures they pass to the other chamber.
Legislators worked well into last night to meet the deadline.
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[E-Munsey-Funeral]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=99-54 1:10:09]
[GRAPHIC=Tara Munsey]
Not everyone could fit into the chapel, but the family of Tara Rose Munsey says some 12-hundred people signed their names at the funeral of the murdered teen.
That turnout and the final goodbye, nearly three weeks after Munsey was reported missing.
Marya Jones reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Nearly 250 friends and]
[SUPER=03-Pearisburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Christie Nixon/Friend; :13]
[SUPER=01-Loren Phillips/Friend; :16]
[SUPER=01-Mike Laster/Radford Youth Pastor; 1:02]
[super=@Marya1; 1:08]
[RUNS=1:17 ]
[OUT Q=MJ N7.]
(( Nearly 250 friends and relatives poured in to a standing-room-only funeral service to say their good-byes to Tara Munsey.
Dozens more who couldn't get in, gathered on the chapel lawn... all of them seeking one thing.
((CHRISTIE NIXON/FRIEND: CLOSURE. IT REALLY WON'T BE CLOSURE UNTIL THEY FIND WHO DONE IT. ))
[RUNS= :03]
((LOREN PHILLIPS/FRIEND --SHE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE ..KIND AND SWEET AND REALLY CARING ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.))
[RUNS = :05]
And, for many people, that's what makes her murder so hard to understand.
Tara's body was found last Thursday night, shot several times and abandoned in a ditch... nearly six miles from the Taco Bell where she was last seen January 25th.
And, now with physical evidence from the crime scene to guide them, investigators are moving ahead in the search for her killer.
((CHRISTIE NIXON/FRIEND: I THINK IT WAS SOMEBODY SHE KNEW BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE PUT UP A FIGHT IF SOMEBODY SHE DIDN'T KNOW WANTED TO TAKE HER.))
Tara Rose Munsey's funeral had plenty of personal touches.... like the roses carried by mourners.
And Tara's 1977 Plymouth Volare, custom-painted just days before she disappeared, led the funeral procession.
It moved even those at the funeral who didn't know Tara, like Radford youth pastor Mike Laster.
((MIKE LASTER/RADFORD YOUTH PASTOR: I THINK THE CLOSURE WILL REALLY COME WHEN THEY FIND WHO DID THIS TO HER. ))
[RUNS= :05]
((MARYA JONES/NEWS 7: FOR NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE KEEPING A TIGHT LID ON THE INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY SAY WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THEY'VE COLLECTED, IT'S PICKING UP MOMENTUM. MJN7.))))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M00-1]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
(I'll intro)
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Usually the]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Wil Clay/Illustrator; 1:05]
[RUNS=3:10]
[OUT Q=to read more]
[Steve Live]
[SUPER=16-(540) 853-2040/Westside Elementary;]
[ESSC#4562]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: children's books illustrator))
[letterman]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Letterman]
Just five weeks after open heart surgery, David Letterman is returning to Late Night Television.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File;]
[3:17:20]
Letterman will tape his first show Friday.
His first guest will Regis Philbin.
Philbin was Letterman's last guest before his surgery.
But Dave's not quite ready to resume a full work load.
For two or three nights a week, until he fully recovers, he'll hand his desk over to a guest host-- Bill Cosby.
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[Valentines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morning]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Local Florists may have made more deliveries on Valentines Day, but barbershop quartets made some of the most memorable.
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[NAT SOT OF QUARTET IN HALLWAY 03:09:40]
[IN Q=Let me call you sweetheart]
((LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU.))
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=I'm in love with you.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Tressa (TREE-suh) Orange was on the receiving end of one serenade... ordered by her husband Mike, and delivered by members of the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.
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[SOT 03:05:44]
[IN Q=Last year]
((RUPERT CUTLER: LAST YEAR AT HAYES SEAY MATTERN AND MATTERN WE SANG TO A LADY ON THE SECOND FLOOR A CUBICLE FLOOR, AND LITTLE HEADS POPPED OUT LIKE A PRAIRIE DOG COLONY. WE STARTED SINGING AND PEOPLE STARTED COMING OVER... SO IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR WE JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Rupert Cutler/Barbershop Quartet Member; ]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=just have a great time.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Four quartets sang their way through the weekend, and they were expecting to deliver more than 150 singing Valentines before the day was over.
[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Valentine's Day in Daytona.
Steve Mason has details.
Good Morning Steve.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Hello again]
[RUNS=2:24]
[OUT Q=Tuesday folks]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(weather toss)
[Local-Recap]
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[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Today's is Crossover day in the General Assembly.
The Senate and House of Delegates must complete work today on their own bills and then send any measures they pass to the other chamber.
Legislators worked well into last night to meet the deadline.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Some 12-hundred people paid their final respects to Tara Rose Munsey yesterday.
The funeral had plenty of personal touches.... like the roses carried by mourners.
And Tara's 1977 Plymouth Volare, custom-painted just days before she disappeared, led the funeral procession.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
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(Kimberly ad lib weather)
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS