[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Divers today will be searching
for wreckage of John F. Kennedy Junior's plane.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Two U-S soldiers are dead in Kosovo.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Hot weather continues as we begin the work week....with the potential for more isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
Yesterday's pop- up storms brought more than an inch of rain in areas, as well as some wind damage.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[Kennedy-Search]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#None]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Seach]
After two days of searching the waters off Martha's Vineyard, coast guard officials concede that John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn and her sister Lauren Bessette are presumed dead.
The search has now shifted from rescue to recovery.
Cathy Moss joins us from Hyannisport with the latest.
[Live=newspath Full]
[SUPER=01-Cathy Moss/Reporting;]
[SUPER=05-Hyannisport, MA;]
( ad lib)
[***ROLLED FROM NEWSPATH***]
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Adm. Richard Larrabee/U. S. Coast Guard;]
[SUPER=01-James Hall/NTSB Chairman;]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=]
[Live=newspath FULL]
[SUPER=05-Hyannisport, MA;]
( ad lib)
((THE NEWS SEEMED INEVITABLE, YET DIFFICULT TO HEAR. AFTER TWO DAYS OF
SEARCHING WATERS OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST, OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOW
SHIFTING THEIR FOCUS... FROM A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION... TO A SEARCH AND RECOVERY. REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD LARRABEE MADE THE PAINFUL PHONE CALL TO THE KENNEDY AND BESSETTE FAMILIES:
((SOT: Rear Adm. Richard Larrabee/COAST GUARD))
"They thanked me and thanked all of the people who were involved. It was just a very difficult phone call"
KENNEDY'S SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE HAD NO SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.. AND
COAST GUARD OFFICIALS SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE IN THE COLD AND
ROUGH 68-DEGREE WATERS.
TODAY, STATE POLICE DIVERS WILL ZERO-IN ON SEVERAL AREAS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... WHERE PARTS OF THE DOWNED PLANE MAY BE LOCATED. THEY'RE CALLING THEM TRAGETS. ADDITIONAL VESSELS -- INCLUDING A RESCUE SALVAGE SHIP -- WILL ALSO HELP IN THE OPERATION. AUTHORITIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.. AND THAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
((SOT: James Hall/Chairman, NTSB))
"At this point we do not know, we will not know for some time, there is even a possibility we will never know."
WITH THAT DEVASTATING THOUGHT THE KENNEDY'S SPENT THEIR SUNDAY PRAYING
UNDER THE WHITE TENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SITE OF RORY KENNEDY'S
WEDDING. WE SAW ETHEL KENNEFDY TAKING A WALK AT THE BEACH HER FAMILY HAS
ALWAYS LOVED.
CATHY MOSS/STAND-UP CLOSE))
[E-Norfolk]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Some high tech help is on the way to the search area from Virginia.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Norfolk;]
The Navy rescue and salvage ship U-S-S Grasp left the Little Creek Amphibious base in Norfolk around noon yesterday, carrying a special remote-controlled underwater probe with it.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=we're loading an]
((LT. COMMANDER ERIC ANDERSON/USS GRASP; WE'RE LOADING AN INSTRUMENT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO UNDERWATER INVESTIGATION
WITHOUT SENDING DIVERS DOWN ... ONCE WE HAVE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED THE WRECKAGE WE WANT TO RECOVER, WE'LL SEND DIVERS TO THE BOTTOM TO STRAP THE PIECES OF THE WRECKAGE AND WE'LL LIFT THEM UP ON THE DECK))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Com. Eric Anderson/U. S. S. Grasp;]
[RUNS=20]
[OUT Q=on the deck]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Grasp has been part of several high profile rescue and recovery missions, including the crash of TWA flight 800.
(------------)
[Druckenmiller]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Druckenmiller Charge]
The rape trial of former Virginia Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller begins today in Montgomery County
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/File Tape]
Druckenmiller is accused of raping a Tech student who passed out at a Blacksburg party in March.
His attorney says the accuser aggressively pursued the football player and that the sex was
consensual.
Druckenmiller faces up to life in prison if convicted.
(------------)
[Soldiers-Killed]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Soldiers Killed]
Two U-S soldiers are dead after an accident in Kosovo.
The soldiers were killed when their armored personnel carrier overturned yesterday.
Three other soldiers were injured.
Officials say the cause of the incident is being investigated.
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Terry Holland's future is still up in the air.
Steve Mason has the latest.
Good Morning Steve.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=2:34]
[OUT Q=a great day.]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M99-3]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[Roll Cold out of Break]
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=welcome back]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Marty Becker/Author; :20]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; :36]
[RUNS=2:35]
[OUT Q=News 7 Mornin' Returns]
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: author))
[search-latest]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Search]
Later this morning the Coast Guard will continue the grim task of trying to recover the wreckage from the downed Kennedy plane.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Hyannisport, MA;]
Joining in the search will be a team of specially trained divers.
They will start checking out a couple of targets spotted by sonar on the ocean floor near the island of Martha's Vineyard.
Giving up on hopes of a miraculous survival, the Coast Guard last night conceded that John F. Kennedy Junior, his wife Carolyn and her sister Lauren Bessette are presumed dead.
Kennedy was piloting the single engine plane to the family residence in Hyannisport to attend the wedding of his counsin Rory Kennedy, the daughter of the late Robert Kennedy.
(------------)
[S-Gun-Show]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-31 08:41]
[GRAPHIC=Gun Shows]
Virginia State Police are on patrol at gun shows throughout the Commonwealth, hoping to deter illegal gun sales.
Joy Sutton reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Many people]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rolfe Grubb/State Police; :13]
[SUPER=01-Jerry Cochran/Gun Dealer; :27]
[SUPER=01-Dick Clark/Gun Dealer; :43]
[SUPER=@joy2; 1:05]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=News-7 Salem]
((Many people go to gun shows to buy, sell, and trade their weapons.
But making sure guns don't get into the wrong hands is one of the reasons why State Police patrol the shows.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 16:00]
[IN Q=We're trying to do]
((ROLE GRUBB/VA STATE POLICE: WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE BUYING GUNS AND THAT THERE IS NO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON))
[RUNS6]
[OUT Q=going on]
Grubb says there have been times when a dealer has warned him of someone trying to make an illegal purchase.
But after noticing Trooper Grubb watching nearby they left the gun show.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 00:06:52]
[IN Q=I can guarantee, a uniformed]
((JERRY COCHRAN/GUN DEALER: I CAN GUARANTEE, A UNIFORMED PRESENCE WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON SOMEONE WANTED TO BRING IN SOMETHING ILLEGAL))
[RUNS4]
[OUT Q=illegal]
Gun Dealer Dick Clark says having State Police around has also been a big help in assisting with instant background checks and answering legal questions.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 00:43]
[IN Q=Virginia state]
((DICK CLARK/GUN DEALER: VIRGINIA STATE POLICE HAS THE ACCESS INTO FBI RECORD, SECRET SERVICE RECORDS. ALL THE RECORDS THEY NEED TO GO INTO TO GIVE AN INSTANT BACKGROUND CHECK. THIS HAS WORKED WELL FOR ALL THE DEALERS HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA WE ALL BACK IT))
[RUNS14]
[OUT Q=back it]
And if there is a problem with a background check a dealer can ask State Police to help by searching the buyers record to determine what is preventing them from getting approved.
State Police say they want to continue improving their efforts of deterring crime at gun shows, and are hoping to soon have a booth at the shows to process all of the instant background checks.
Joy Sutton, News-7, Salem.))
[S-Homeless-Shelter]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-25 50:47]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Usually you hear about body-builders who eat a lot of food.
But one Body Building Champion who attended the Jan Tana Body Fitness Classic spent his last day in Roanoke giving food away.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Darren Meade donated 24-thousand pounds of food to the Rescue Mission of Roanoke.
For Meade not having food to eat is something he can relate to.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 00:06:25]
[IN Q=I was homeless]
((DARREN MEADE/FORMER BODY BUILDING CHAMPION: I WAS HOMELESS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF MYSELF. SO THIS TOUCHES ME DEEPLY. IT IS ONE OF THE REASON WE'RE HERE ACTUALLY, HOPING IF ANYONE IS DOWN AND WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN COME UP, THEY CAN))
[SUPER=01-Darren Meade/Former Body Building Champion]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Some of the kids staying at the shelter got limo rides around the block.
Mead and Body Fitness Classic Promoter Jan Tana also ate lunch with families staying at the shelter.
The Rescue Mission says the donation will provide about three months worth of meals.
(------------)
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, diet soda could be eroding your teeth.
Mika Brzezinski has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Mika Brzezinski/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE ESTIMATED 26 MILLION AMERICANS WHO SUFFER FROM
MIGRAINE HEADACHES... RESEARCHERS HAVE SOME ADVICE THAT MAY HELP CLEAR
YOUR HEAD.
VT=VO
((vo))
THE FIRST STEP OF THEIR FOUR POINT PLAN IS TO MEDICATE. THAT COULD
MEAN TAKING SOMETHING PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR OR AN OVER THE COUNTER
REMEDY. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK TRY A COLD COMPRESS. THE THIRD STEP IS
REST..CLOSE YOUR EYES AND BLOCK OUT ALL EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS. AND IF
ALL ELSE FAILS, DOCTORS SUGGEST KEEPING YOUR EYES CLOSED AND THINK
PLEASANT THOUGHTS.
VT=VO
((vo))
RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HAVE DISCOVERED A DRAMTIC
CORRELATION BETWEEN OUTWARDLY EXPRESSED ANGER AND THE RISK OF STROKE.
IT'S LONG BEEN KNOWN THAT FACTORS LIKE SMOKING AND HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE CAN LEAD TO A STROKE. BUT IN A RECENT STUDY DOCTORS DISCOVERED
THAT MEN WHO EXHIBITED OPEN HOSTILITY WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO SUFFER A
STROKE.
VT=VO
((vo))
AND WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT TOOTH DECAY..BUT HERE'S A NEW ONE..IT'S
CALLED TOOTH EROSION. IT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU DRINK TOO
MUCH DIET SODAS. THESE DRINKS... ESPECIALLY POPULAR WITH WOMEN CONTAIN
ACIDS THAT BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN THE TEETH. ONE WAY TO HELP STOP THE
EROSION IS BY DRINKING A GLASS OF WATER WHEN YOU ARE THROUGH WITH YOUR
DIET DRINK.
AND THAT'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS. I'M MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CBS NEWS
NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
Two U-S soldiers were killed last night in Kosovo when their armored personnel carrier overturned.
Three others were injured.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Divers today will be searching the waters off Martha's Vineyard
for wreckage of John F. Kennedy Junior's plane.
They're expected to investigate a number of potential targets identified by sonar-equipment.
The Coast Guard announced last night that Kennedy, his wife and her sister are now presumed dead.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
The Virginia-based U-S-S Grasp is joing the search for the missing plane.
The rescue and salvage ship has been part of several high profile recovery missions, including the wreckage of T-W-A flight 800 in 19-96.
The ship left Norfolk yesterday at noon.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And former Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller goes on tril today in Montgomery County.
The N-F-L player is accused of raping a Tech student last March at a party in Blacksburg.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Monday July 19.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-kennedy-search]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash]
Divers today will begin searching for wreckage of John F. Kennedy Junior's plane near the island of Martha's Vineyard.
They're expected to investigate a number of potential targets identified by sonar-equipment.
The Coast Guard announced last night that Kennedy, his wife and her sister are now presumed dead in the Atlantic Ocean.
Cathy Moss has the latest on the search that has now switched from rescue to recovery.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Adm. Richard Larrabee/U. S. Coast Guard;]
[SUPER=01-James Hall/NTSB Chairman;]
[SUPER=01-Cathy Moss/Reporting;]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=for CBS News.]
((THE NEWS SEEMED INEVITABLE, YET DIFFICULT TO HEAR. AFTER TWO DAYS OF
SEARCHING WATERS OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST, OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOW
SHIFTING THEIR FOCUS... FROM A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION... TO A SEARCH AND RECOVERY. REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD LARRABEE MADE THE PAINFUL PHONE CALL TO THE KENNEDY AND BESSETTE FAMILIES:
((SOT: Rear Adm. Richard Larrabee/COAST GUARD))
"They thanked me and thanked all of the people who were involved. It was just a very difficult phone call"
KENNEDY'S SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE HAD NO SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.. AND
COAST GUARD OFFICIALS SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE IN THE COLD AND
ROUGH 68-DEGREE WATERS.
TODAY, STATE POLICE DIVERS WILL ZERO-IN ON SEVERAL AREAS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... WHERE PARTS OF THE DOWNED PLANE MAY BE LOCATED. THEY'RE CALLING THEM TRAGETS. ADDITIONAL VESSELS -- INCLUDING A RESCUE SALVAGE SHIP -- WILL ALSO HELP IN THE OPERATION. AUTHORITIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.. AND THAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
((SOT: James Hall/Chairman, NTSB))
"At this point we do not know, we will not know for some time, there is even a possibility we will never know."
WITH THAT DEVASTATING THOUGHT THE KENNEDY'S SPENT THEIR SUNDAY PRAYING
UNDER THE WHITE TENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SITE OF RORY KENNEDY'S
WEDDING. WE SAW ETHEL KENNEFDY TAKING A WALK AT THE BEACH HER FAMILY HAS
ALWAYS LOVED.
CATHY MOSS/STAND-UP CLOSE))
[2-E-Norfolk]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Search]
Some high tech help is on the way to the search area from Virginia.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Norfolk;]
The Navy rescue and salvage ship U-S-S Grasp left the Little Creek Amphibious base in Norfolk around noon yesterday, carrying a special remote-controlled underwater probe with it.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=we're loading an]
((LT. COMMANDER ERIC ANDERSON/USS GRASP; WE'RE LOADING AN INSTRUMENT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO UNDERWATER INVESTIGATION
WITHOUT SENDING DIVERS DOWN ... ONCE WE HAVE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED THE WRECKAGE WE WANT TO RECOVER, WE'LL SEND DIVERS TO THE BOTTOM TO STRAP THE PIECES OF THE WRECKAGE AND WE'LL LIFT THEM UP ON THE DECK))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Com. Eric Anderson/U. S. S. Grasp;]
[RUNS=20]
[OUT Q=on the deck]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Grasp has been part of several high profile rescue and recovery missions, including the crash of TWA flight 800.
(------------)
[2-Soldiers-Killed]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Soldiers Killed]
An accident in Kosovo has killed two U-S peacekeepers.
The soldiers were killed when their armored personnel carrier overturned yesterday.
Three other soldiers were injured.
Officials say the cause of the incident is being investigated.
[2-Druckenmiller]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Former Virginia Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller goes on trial today in Montgomery County.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/File Tape]
Druckenmiller is accused of raping a Tech student who passed out at a Blacksburg party in March.
His attorney says the accuser aggressively pursued the football player and that the sex was
consensual.
Druckenmiller faces up to life in prison if convicted.
(------------)
[Twins]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
They may be the oldest living twins the United States.
Today, the two New Market women celebrate their 99-th birthday.
Friends and relatives say Treva Pence and Mabel Harpine are always looking out for each other, but they don't share the same nursing home room because there's still some sibling rivalry.
The oldest twins in the world live in Japan.
They're 105.
[Feedback]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=feedback]
[GRAPHIC=Feedback]
Comments about a local politician who spanked a child continue to fill the News-7 mailbag.
Assignment editor Joe McKean has some of the letters in this week's feedback.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=House of delegates]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Week; :05]
[RUNS=1:44]
[OUT Q=McKean, News-7.]
((House of Delegates candidate Al Bedrosian is getting a couple of pats on the back from our viewers for giving a swat on the backside to a rambunctious child in a hospital waiting room.
A viewer from Elliston wrote: "All too frequently, children are allowed to misbehave without any of the consequences. If the parent of the child and clinic employees had taken no action to control the child and the child's actions endangered other children and/or patients, then Mr. Bedrosian was well within his rights to protect his children...I also believe that spankings, and I am not referring to child abuse, never hurt anyone."
And one from Floyd County said: "While I've never spanked a child I've seen many that I would like to have spanked...He didn't abuse that child, he corrected it. The main reason we have children killing other children is because they have not been corrected."
But a woman from Lynchburg had a different viewpoint.
"I have been in areas of many places where there have been children misbehaving and not being corrected and I have wanted to say something myself, but common sense tells you that you do not touch anyone else's child. He could have easily told the nurse or receptionist and they would have spoken to the parent. Or he could have walked to another area. I am sure everyone has witnessed children misbehaving many times but you use your head to know what not to do."
Here's what to do if you'd like to comment on issues in the news.
The mailing address is P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
To send a fax, dial 540-343-7269.
E-mail should go to news@wdbj7.com.
And our website, wdbj7.com, has a moderated on-line forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[ROLL COLD OUT OF BIRTHDAYS]
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Today on]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Marty Becker/Author; :32]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; 1:28]
[RUNS=2:31]
[OUT Q=in just a few moments]
[Steve Live]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: author))
[2-search-latest]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Plane Search]
After two days of searching the waters off Martha's Vineyard for the downed Kennedy plane, the Coast Guard has shifted from search and rescue to search and recover.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Otis Air Force Base, MA;]
A Coast Guard official conceded late last night that John F. Kennedy Junior, his wife Carolyn and her sister are presumed dead.
(///////SOT/////)
[IN=]
((SURVIVAL IS NO GREATER THAN 12 HOURS, WE KNOW THERE WAS NO SURVIAL EQUIPMENT, RAFTS, JACKETS OF THAT NATURE ON THE PLANE."))
[SUPER=01-Adm. Richard Larrabee/U. S. Coast Guard;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT=ON THE PLANE.]
(-----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Off Martha's Vineyard;]
[4:05:43]
Officials say divers will start checking out possible targets this morning in water 60 to 80 feet deep.
The Coast Guard is using ing flares to mark the narrowing search area, approximately 5 miles from the beach.
Searchers are interested in ``a couple of targets'' spotted by sonar.
Kennedy was piloting the plane on trip to Hyannisport for his counsin's wedding.
It went down late Friday night.
(------------)
[2S-Homeless-Shelter]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-25 50:47]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A body building champion who attended the Jan Tana Body Fitness Classic spent his last day in Roanoke giving food to those who need it.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Darren Meade donated 24-thousand pounds of food to the Rescue Mission of Roanoke.
For Meade not having food to eat is something he can relate to.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 00:06:25]
[IN Q=I was homeless]
((DARREN MEADE/FORMER BODY BUILDING CHAMPION: I WAS HOMELESS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF MYSELF. SO THIS TOUCHES ME DEEPLY. IT IS ONE OF THE REASON WE'RE HERE ACTUALLY, HOPING IF ANYONE IS DOWN AND WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN COME UP, THEY CAN))
[SUPER=01-Darren Meade/Former Body Building Champion]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Some of the kids staying at the shelter got limo rides around the block.
Mead and Body Fitness Classic Promoter Jan Tana also ate lunch with families staying at the shelter.
The Rescue Mission says the donation will provide about three months worth of meals.
(------------)
[WebWatch]
[ANCHOR=]
[NEWSCAST=MOrn]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=WebWatch 16:52:04]
[GRAPHIC=webwatch]
A racy website could change the way the government regulates the internet.
Eric Earnhart has details in webwatch.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Roanoke City takes]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=EE, News-7]
(([intro]
[RUNS= :05]
Roanoke City takes it's water alert to the web with a special water conservation information site.
The page will give you the current level at Carvins Cove during the week.
It tells you EXACTLY what you CAN and CAN'T use water for, and ways to save.
And remember you can check the latest rainfall at Carvin's Cove by looking up Guage 1103 on the Botetourt County IFLOWS map.
A racy internet site is in trouble in the REAL world. Voyeur Dorm advertises college coeds and a house full of 24-hour-a-day webcams. The actual house is located in Tampa, Florida, where officials say it has to obtain the same adult buisness license as local strip clubs if it's going to stay in business. The site's owners are appealing the decision... it could set a precedent for government regulation of internet business.
Running out to the store for stamps may be a thing of the past soon. The Post Office is almost finished testing a program that allows you to buy postage online, and print the stamp directly onto an envelope.
Several small business are using the sustem... it could be available nation-wide by the end of the summer.
For links to these sites, click on Webwatch on the WDBJ website, at WDBJ 7-dot-com.))
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In sports, David Cone pitched the 14-th perfect game in major league history.
Steve Mason has the highlights.
Good Morning Steve.
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Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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Jim Druckenmiller will be in a Montgomery County courtroom today to stand trial on a rape charge.
Druckenmiller is accused of raping a Tech student who passed out at a Blacksburg party in March.
His attorney says the accuser aggressively pursued the football player and that the sex was consensual.
Druckenmiller faces up to life in prison if convicted.
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Some high tech help is on the way from Virginia to help in the search for John F Kennedy Junior's plane.
The Navy rescue and salvage ship U-S-S Grasp left the Little Creek Amphibious base in Norfolk around noon yesterday, carrying a special remote-controlled underwater probe with it.
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State police hope an increased presence at gun shows will help deter illegal activity.
Gun dealers say having troopers around has also been a big help in assisting with instant background checks and answering legal questions.
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