moves into this area. and the best evidence of that is what's happening here behind me. you can see the surf out there churned up from this storm as it moves closer to us. the situation out here will definitely deteriorate through the day. what we know at this point, this area remains under a tropical storm warning. and a flash flood watch. and there's a big concern about the storm surge and the rain causing flooding in this area. also power outages. people just keeping an eye on what happens as the storm moves closer. >> they're going to do more than just keep an eye on it. we want people to prepare. how are people preparing there, george? >> reporter: victor, that's an interesting thing. we've looked around here -- in fact, just pan over there, you can see a lot of the homes, you don't see homes boarded up. rather, the windows boarded up. but people are taking preparations. and perhaps because of this, victor. when irene came through, irene was more of a direct hit in this area. in fact, there's a coastal road

that runs along here, highway 12, a good part of that was washed out. they're not expecting quite a direct hit with this particular storm, but again, they are talking about the wind, the rain and power outages. and victor, that's really what people are bracing for as the storm gets to us. >> i'm wondering, george, i saw an analyst yesterday saying this is going to be a lot worse than irene. are people sticking around for it, or are they boarding up and getting out of town? >> reporter: you know, when you walk around, when you take a look at how people are preparing for this storm, everyone's keeping a very close eye on us, as we report what's happening. they're watching the track of the storm system. right now it looks like it will move in a little further north than where we are. but we will feel the first brunt of the storm. we will see a lot of the winds that come through, the winds that could get up 40, 50 miles per hour in some places. a lot of rain that will come through later today. so the storm will definitely

impact this area. but the concern right now is definitely a little further north than us. >> all righty. hey, george howell. >> thank you very much, from kill devil hills. we have seen the preparations, or lack thereof of the people not boarding up, not getting out of town. let's turn to meteorologist alexandra steele for more on the storm. we just got an update, alexandra. >> yes, it's a hurricane. >> yes, a hurricane. >> ten inches of rain is not out of the question. we're talking about a behemoth storm. just moments ago updated and upgraded. once again, to a hurricane. 75 maximum winds, 85-mile-per-hour gusts. this, you can see the gulf of mexico all the way to the central atlantic. 450 miles wide from the center. we have tropical storm force winds. now, again, it is a hurricane. now, typically this time of year, whether it's a hurricane or tropical storm, this polar

jet goes eastward out to sea. but this is not the case. it's a hybrid of a storm. this area of high pressure, what we have is essentially called an x block, it's not able to move eastward because it's forced to go to the west. so with that, what will happen again, and it is with all these computer models certainly in a consensus it will move in through the mid-atlantic and back westward. watch it come ashore, possibly on monday. the most damage just north of the center of circulation when it comes onshore in terms of coastal damage. but take a look at this. here's the forecast model guidance of where it will move. saturday, off the coast. sunday into monday, again, expected to restrengthen and be a hurricane offshore monday. but look at this, ten inches of rain potentially along the coast. 10 to 20 inches of snow. so it's such a dynamic storm, and such an anomalous storm. because it's a hybrid. it's the moisture from this

tropical system, plus this area of low pressure, more like a nor'easter. fusing together, really becoming almost the perfect storm in a lot of scenario also. here's the potential impacts. flooding could be number one for many, in inland areas, not just on the coast. waves larger than 30 feet, coastal erosion, power outages will be huge. the potential for 7 to 10 million to be without power. assuming this comes onshore in the mid-atlantic. really, the impacts, huge with this thing, and that's an understatement. >> alexandra steele, thank you very much. sandy is not just a dangerous storm, mind you. it could have huge political ramifications, too. take a look at this picture we've put together for you. showing some of the campaign layers impacted by a major storm hitting the east coast. we've already started seeing this. campaign events across the country will be delayed or canceled. also, we told you to expect huge travel delays in addition to impacting millions of travelers. the campaigns may have to make

some last-minute maneuvering themselves. a major storm hitting the most densely populated section of the country could divert local and national media coverage from politics to weather, news and updates, which, of course, means less visibility for the candidates. the race right now is as tight as it comes. the latest poll has romney at 48%, president obama at 47%. so essentially we're talking about a dead heat. cnn political editor paul joins me now with more. he's live in pensacola, florida, one of the critical swing states in this election. mitt romney is headed your way today in hopes of winning over undecided voters there, paul. but how close is it politically in the sunshine state right now? >> reporter: it is very close in the sunshine state. in fact, take a look at this, christi. this is the most recent poll we did about a week ago. you can't get much closer among likely voters. mitt romney with a one-point edge, but that's all tied up in

the sampling error. this is the first of three stops today for mitt romney across the state. he'll be campaigning with marco rubio, the popular freshman senator here in florida. we had this up on our website cnn.com. you can see how much attention florida is getting. both the candidates made well over 20 trips each here to the sunshine state since the start of the general election back in april. you can see both campaigns pouring in tens of millions of dollars to run ads in this state. 20 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. that's why both campaigns are spending a lot of attention on florida, christi. >> my home state of ohio, another critical swing state. what's it look like? >> reporter: oh, yeah. you think florida's getting a lot of attention? ohio's getting just as much, if not more. only 18 electoral votes in your home state, but you know what, here are the latest numbers. here is our brand-new poll that came out yesterday, less than 24

hours ago. we indicate the president has a four-point advantage among likely voters, 50% to 46%. close in ohio. other polls out this weekend indicate the same thing, very close. go to the next screen, this is interesting. you can see the breakdown between people who said they either voted early or plan to vote early. the president with a big advantage. but among people who say they plan to vote on election day, you can see romney has the edge. guess who was in ohio last night. mitt romney. he was there with paul ryan at a big event. and i know you guys played sound from president obama on mtv, president obama was also reaching out to young voters. take a listen. >> if you're a college student looking to graduate sometime, maybe next spring, you know you've got, what, $10,000 or $20,000 worth of loans you've got to pay back. and you know how heavy a burden that might be if you did your

calculation. but by the way, because of all the spending of this administration and prior administrations, you also have about $50,000 of government debt. yeah. and what's the president doing about that? why, he keeps on adding more and more and more debt. i don't understand how a college kid can vote for barack obama. >> reporter: i think it's safe to say president obama will disagree with those comments. it's a little windy right now, courtesy of tropical storm sandy, but no hit impacting us here in florida. mitt romney with three events in the state today. >> all righty. >> thank you very much, paul. new this morning, the leader of al qaeda is calling on muslims worldwide to kidnap westerners. the new video of ayman zawahiri was posted on a website more than two hours long. >> the threat is apparently retaliation for the imprisonment of a man convicted of plotting the 1993 world trade center bombing. we'll have more later this

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it's very close. why isn't the president running away with this if he has those advantages laid out? >> we've always known from the beginning that this would be a close election. but i believe when the ultimate ballots are cast, ohio will continue to swing as we swung in 2008 for the president by 51%. we're going to swing his way in 2012. ohioans especially know, as you pointed out, to the unemployment rate, they absolutely know who is standing by their side when it comes to making sure that we build from the middle out and not from the top down. so the president is going to win the state of ohio. >> why isn't the president pulling away with all those advantages? let me read something from the cleveland plain dealer. this is part of their endorsement. the unifier engages in relentless attacks on mitt romney. the big dreamer of 2008 offers little in the way of a second-term agenda. there is a world wariness unseen

four years ago. we wish president obama had used this campaign to showcase a more substantial vision for the many challenges that still confront america. not exactly a ringing endorsement. the president came out with what even the campaign called a glossy pamphlet. is it that the plan just isn't there? people love hope and change, but what is he laying out? >> well, victor, you know, the uncertainty was created by republicans. and let us not forget, let us not have amnesia, when the president took office, this economy was bleeding 800,000 jobs a month. the president has done an extraordinary job in making sure he studied this economy, and now we are seeing an uptick. the fact that the republicans now want to turn around and point a finger at the president is sad, to say the least. >> let's talk about the independents. let's pull the republicans out of the conversation for now. the independents we know, and we have known for some time, will decide this. and there's no guarantee they're

following behind the president and buying his plan. what are ohio democrats going to do to get those independents to come along? >> well, we're out there, we're knocking on doors, making the phone calls. democrats as well as independents, again, they understand who has been standing by their side. while republicans wanted to let the auto industry go down in flames, this president stood up and he threw out a lifeline to the auto industry. as you know, victor, one of every eight jobs in this state is tied to the auto industry. those are high-paying middle class jobs. democrats, independents and right-minded republicans also understand that you cannot have someone who wants to lead this country who has a disdain for the 47%. that is governor romney. women understand that you cannot have somebody leading the country that do not believe women should not make dollar for dollar as a man does when they have to take care of their families. so the polls are one thing, but the ultimate decision will be made on november of 6th. i believe you'll see that ohio is going to stand by the

president that has been standing by us. >> i want to talk about the storm. typically in ohio, early in-person voting has been favorable to democrats. the 60/40 split in 2008. hurricane sandy is forecast to hit northeast ohio. are you worried about the effects as we go into the last weeks before election day? >> a little, victor. mother nature will have the final say. but i believe people will still press towards the polling places. luckily a lot of folks are voting early. they're voting absentee. a lot of folks are voting by mail and democrats are winning that and winning the early in-person votes. i believe voters will continue to show up and cast their ballot. >> nina turner, thank you very much. up next, i'll be talking with ohio's republican secretary of state. we'll discuss voting issues, potential problems with getting a final count on election night. christi? >> victor, first, let's go to

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about the swing states, the undecided states of america. and how any one of them could decide the presidential election. to that point, the obama campaign put out this ad. >> 537, the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call.

>> the difference between what was and what could have been. so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't matter, well, back then there were probably at least 537 people who felt the same way. >> every vote counts, that's a message that's especially critical in battleground states like ohio. voting controversies have dominated much of the discussion. jon husted is ohio's secretary of state. sir, good to have you with us. first question -- >> great to be with you. >> -- the courts have reinstated voting on sunday before election day. is it over now? is it settled or is there still an appeal to be heard? >> actually, that's not what the court said. the court said we could have it, or we could shut it down. what i chose to do is implement uniform hours across the state for the saturday, sunday and monday before the election.

but that issue is settled. and we're moving on to the next issues that will affect the election in ohio. >> let's talk about some of those issues. early voting changes, voter i.d. in many states, changes, political move by republicans some say across the country who have seen the biggest controversies in texas, florida, pennsylvania and ohio, all republican governors passed by republican legislatures. how do you respond to the critics who say this is a partisan effort to reduce the democratic turnout? >> well, we didn't pass a photo i.d. law in ohio. you actually have -- you can use a photo i.d., a government-issued paycheck, a utility bill, the last four digits of your social security number, there are a number of ways you can cast a ballot in ohio. ohio is a place led by republicans who created early voting in our state. so that really doesn't apply in our case. republicans have been the ones that really have opened up the

opportunity to cast ballots either by mail or in person. and we have led those efforts in many cases. >> let's talk about another effort you led. i want to talk about the voting days. many say our previous guest, state senator nina turner said that was an effort to reduce the turnout especially of african-american voters on the sunday before the election to reduce the turnout and deliver the state for governor romney. your response to that? >> well, actually, your previous guest, senator nina turner, voted for a bill that ended voting on those three days. and then the obama campaign said that they didn't like it, so the democrats were essentially reversed in ohio by a lawsuit that was filed by their candidate. and it really has nothing to do with what i did, it's what the state law says. but we're beyond that now. what's happening in ohio is that the elections are running very smoothly. we've had voting starting 35 days out.

and really, over 1 million people have cast ballots already, and over 1.7 million have requested ballots. and so things are going well. we expect a third of the voters will have cast their ballots before election day. which reduces the potential that we could have long lines at the polls, which means that all is on track here in ohio. >> i've got one more thing i want to ask you about. an event at an election law symposium at the university of toledo. you were quoted as claiming the court decision was unamerican. >> no, that's not. >> okay. >> this is what i said. i said that a court that prohibits us from providing military voter special services, but would demand in another case, if they do this, that we provide prisoner special services, would be an unamerican act. and that's what i said. >> what the court said, sir, not

that they wanted you not to provide special services for the military, but to open it equally to everyone, military or civilian. is that not what the point was? >> but you -- this is what i said, though. let's get straight what i said. i said, a court that would provide, that i couldn't provide -- a court that would say i couldn't provide military those services but demand i do it for prisoners would be doing something inconsistent with ohio law. i don't believe a federal court should intervein in ohio in a way that would be contrary to what our democratic process dictates. >> jon husted, ohio secretary of state, thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. reaching a different audience in the critical swing states. president obama, as in all the big shows from the "tonight show," to "the view," is that a winning strategy? we'll take a look.

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the campus is closing because of this storm. let's get to the weather center. sandy currently sitting in the atlantic as it makes a slow crawl toward the east coast. meteorologist alexandra steele is back. if we're seeing it slow right now, alexandra, that can't be good once it hits land. >> it is moving north about 10 miles per hour, so it could be a lot slower. but the breadth and depth and scope of this thing, from tens of millions being impacted, from the airports, all the way to the power outages will be intense. so this is it. hurricane sandy, again, at the 8:00 a.m. advisory, aircraft reconnaissance found hurricane force winds, so it was upgraded. the entire frame has the swath of this and expansiveness. we're talking 450 miles out from the center we see tropical storm force winds. forecast models, look at the consensus on this. in 25 years, since we've seen

hurricane modeling, there's never been this exact setup. we'll see this incredible hybrid storm. what we've got is the moisture from the tropical storm which we've got already, of course, the hurricane, and the low pressure, a nor'easter. we have snow on the back side to the spine of the appalachians to ten inches of rain here along the coast in the outer banks. watch what happens. it comes ashore maybe on monday, and look at this mess. what this mess is is the model is kind of watching this thing wiggle around, more or less stay stationary over the same area. what does that mean? that means if this stays stationary over this area, upstate new york, pennsylvania, we're looking at incredible flooding, an inch an hour, and it doesn't move for a day, that's the potential for the seriousness of this thing. that's the inland flooding aspect. here's the model guidance of what it looks like. it's massive in size, and in scope because of the energy, and the fusing of the nature of this

hybrid system that it will become is not yet, it's tropical. we watch it move onshore on monday. the back side, there's snowfall totals that look hotter than that. we're talking 10 to 20 inches for some. snowshoe, west virginia, is going, oh, my goodness. about ten-inches plus rain totals in the outer banks. power outages will be the calling card of this thing, incredible numbers. boston all the way, you can see through the mid-atlantic and northeast. we heard people earlier today talking 10 million people could take seven to ten days to recover. you've not seen the wos trst of this. >> the only people happy about it are perhaps the people at snowshoe. >> right. >> alexandra steele, thank you so much. now to south carolina. social security information for millions of people has been stolen in an international cyber attack. 3.6 million social security numbers and 387,000 credit card

numbers may have been breached in an attack this month. governor nick haley said it was, quote, not a good day for south carolina. senate majority leader harry reid is out of the hospital after getting into a car crash in las vegas. the accident happened when his vehicle in his motorcade crashed with a civilian vehicle. the 72-year-old democrat suffered some rib and hip contusions, but we're told he's in good condition. there is a slight twist in the story of a nanny suspected of killing two children in her care. new york police say they believe now that the nanny began knifing herself when the mother entered the bathroom and found the bodies of their 2-year-old son and his 6-year-old sister in the bathtub. both had been repeatedly stabbed. his mother, marina krim, had been at a swimming lesson with a third child who was unharmed. the nanny is in critical but stable condition. a 17-year-old accused of

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just such a disturbing story out of colorado i want to talk to you about right now, and it gets more bizarre by the day. 17-year-old austin sigg has been arrested and charged with the abduction, murder and dismemberment of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. the district attorney said they will try sigg as an adult and have evidence connecting him to an alleged attempted abduction of another woman back in may. let's bring in cnn legal contributor paul cowan. so good to have you with us. austin sigg being tried as an adult, but because he's a juvenile, he's not eligible for the death sentence or mandatory life sentence without parole. what i can't imagine is, how can a crime of this brutality not have either of those options as a consequence? particularly life in prison? >> well, you know, it's interesting, christi, if you go

back 25, 30 years, he would have been facing five or six years in prison as a juvenile. back in those days, you had to try kids as juveniles if they were under the age of 18. and the sentences were very, very low. we've gotten much more severe with available sentences now. and as an adult in colorado, if he's tried as an adult, and that has to be determined by a judge, he will face life in prison with a possibility of parole after 40 years. that would be the minimum sentence that he would face. now, had he been an adult and not a juvenile, he could face the death penalty. so the sentences are far more lenient. if he's tried as a juvenile, which is possible, seven years would be the maximum for the murder charge. so i think that would cause quite an uproar in colorado. >> how possible is that? that he would be tried as a juvenile? when you're looking at the gravity of what he did. >> well, i think it's highly unlikely. but i will say this, colorado has sort of backstepped a little

bit on this trying juveniles as adults movement that we've seen over the last 10 or 15 years. colorado enacted a law called the reverse transverse law which says if the prosecutor says try him as an adult, a judge can order a hearing, and it's a mini trial, and if the judge feels he should be tried as a juvenile, it's sent back to juvenile court. we'll see a mini trial in this case. we'll get a real good look at the case. but there's no judge who's going to order him tried as a juvenile. he'll be tried as an adult is my prediction. >> will there be a full-fledged trial if he confesses to this? >> even though he's allegedly confessed, when defense attorneys get in the picture they'll say he wasn't given his miranda warnings, they'll probably say his parents should have been present. i don't know what kinds of claims they'll raise, so just

because a case looks strong doesn't mean there's no preliminary hearing or trial. there will certainly be this hearing, regardless of whether it's a confession. >> not only that, but i assume if it goes to trial, how likely do you think it may be that they claim insanity? >> i think that's a probable defense here. you're looking at a 17-year-old kid, alleged to have killed a 10-year-old girl. we're not clear at all what the motive could possibly be. we don't know how the killing even occurred that the point. there hasn't been any detail that's come out that's reliable. so it's a little early to tell. but just the age disparity, and the lack of apparent motive, would suggest a severe mental problem. so yes, i think an insanity defense is certainly a possibility. >> when you look at his background, as i understand it, his parents are divorced, his father has a long history of arrests, drug dealing, civil actions against him. one of his classmates said about

him he was so infad waittuated the idea of death, could those be mitigating factors for him? >> in terms of severity of sentence, absolutely. i mean, i know some of the other reports were he dressed in black. he was very much an odd duck, a loner in school, sort of that classic profile that you see with serial killers. so certainly that would mitigate, you know, in some respects. but that's the kind of stuff, christi, when the death penalty is being considered, the jury may say we won't give him a death penalty, but to give him a lower sentence, i don't think so. even if he's had a tough life and tough background, i suspect he's still looking at life in prison and no parole for 40 years, at a minimum. >> we only have a couple of seconds, but what do you make of the fact his mother called him in? >> i have to give her great credit for that.

she seems to be going against nature. mother turning in her own child. i'll mention there was a case in new jersey last week, two juveniles stabbed somebody to death, and the mother turned them in as well. i think these women are to be commended. they feared other people would be killed. and that their kids needed help. and they did the right thing. but it's always odd to hear a mother turning on her own child. >> the fact that it happened twice within a couple of days, with kids who killed other kids. it is just amazing. that had to be the most excruciating call of their lives. >> absolutely. >> paul callen, thank you so much. >> always nice being with you, christi. >> sure. thanks. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix.

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scrambling to prepare. nick valencia is tracking the storm by the numbers. and some small numbers that are just devastating. but big numbers, could be really expensive. >> i think no one wants this storm to reach the potential that it has. that's safe to say. but let's break it down by the numbers. as of 8:00 a.m., the national hurricane center saying 75-mile-per-hour winds are sustained. this is back to hurricane sandy, from tropical storm to hurricane as of 8:00 a.m. 61,000 national guard troops at the ready along the eastern seaboard, ready for the worst for this havoc. we're three days away from landfall. and everybody is already poised and prepared for the worst. right now, we're seeing those fears and that anxiety come to fruition in north carolina. where 40 counties along interstate 95 corridor and east of interstate 95, they've issued states of emergency. and for those keeping track at home, four states so far issuing and declaring states of emergency. but nowhere more anxious than

north carolina right now. we spoke to the department of public safety there earlier today. of course, this is already a fatal storm. 22 deaths in the caribbean. four countries there, jamaica, haiti, cuba and including puerto rico, as well as a u.s. territory. we spoke to the puerto rico police department today, 22 is where their death toll stands today. for those powering through the storm, they can expect to be without power. an estimated 10 million people are going to be without power in the northeast. so the storm hasn't even made landfall and already this coming to us from edison electrical institute, already expecting about 10 million people without power. and that's not going to last a short period of time either. it's expected to last as much as two weeks, seven to ten days that people could be without waur. it's a good time to start stocking up. cnn estimating this to be a very expensive storm as well. alexandra steele was talking how

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us. so i sing rather than just have him go on. so, christi? we've talked about this, about president obama's interview with mtv. >> yeah. >> and the three possibilities of his biggest worries for his daughters. >> right. >> facebook, boys, driving. you have young girls, three daughters. what would be your biggest concern? >> boys. >> okay. all right. >> mine are small. so i've got some time. >> here's what he told mtv last night. >> what are you most worried about? malia getting a driver's license, malia going out on a date, or malia being on facebook? >> i worry about facebook right now. only because, look, i know the folks at facebook, obviously they've revolutionized the social networks. but, malia, because she's well known, you know, i'm very keen

on her protecting her privacy. she can make her own decisions obviously later as she gets older. but right now, even just for security reasons, you know, she doesn't have a facebook page. you know, dates, that's fine, because she's got secret service protection. >> you're not worried about that. >> i'm not too worried. but the one thing i always tell my daughters, and hopefully i'm serving as a good example of this, is, you know, i want them to be with men who respect them, boys who respect them, and value them, and understand their worth. and if the boys are kind to them, then, you know, they'll be okay. they're confident young women. >> mtv invited governor romney to participate in a similar 30-minute special representatives from the networks haven't heard back from his campaign. are you tired of politics?

not everyone is. late night comedians are having a field day with the campaigns. and last night was no exception. we've collected a few of the best zingers. >> a source close to romney said he gets a spray tan near campaign events. i guess it reveals the mittuatino. now when he shows up, people are like, oh, hi, um -- >> donald trump called president obama, said i'll give you $5 million if you can release your college records and your passport. here's $5 million, release your college records and your passport. and i said, hey, don, i'll give you $5 million if you release that thing on your head. >> experts say the entire 2012 election could come down to just

eight states. the states are confusion, dismay, depression, apathy, shock, disbelief, despair and anxiety. those are the eight states. good morning, good morning, good morning. i am victor blackwell. >> i'm christi paul in for randi kaye. come on, you're stretching to get out of bed, i know it. thank you for starting your day with us. >> just put the foot down on the floor. preparations are under way for the arrival of hurricane sandy. states are not only bracing for severe weather but also for power outages. in maryland, they're already asking for around 2,000 people to come in from other states to help the power company. they're also opening a staging area at baltimore's airport to prepare for the storm's arrival. >> in nearby virginia, at many as 300 national guardsmen could

be put on active duty. they will help with recovery efforts after sandy passes through the state. >> the storm has already having an impact on the presidential campaigns, especially in some key swing states. both vice president joe biden and governor mitt romney canceled campaign rallies in virginia beach that were scheduled for this weekend. the obama campaign says biden's schedule was changed so the police and emergency crews could stay focused on people and helping them through this storm. first lady michelle obama has canceled a campaign rally in another critical swing state, new hampshire. it was scheduled for next week at the university of new hampshire in durham, the campus there. the campus is closing for the storm. >> there are fears the storm could prevent some people from even voting altogether. edison electric institute warned customers sandy could knock out

power for seven to ten days, and that would include election day. or could. power outages could affect electronic voting and keep people from making it to the polls. sandy isn't just a dangerous hurricane, obviously with that it could have huge political ramifications. take a look at this picture we've put together for you. it shows some of the campaign layers impacted by the east coast. we've already started seeing campaign events canceled. we're anticipating huge travel delays in addition to impacting millions of travelers, the campaigns may have to make some last-minute maneuver themselves. for the major storms slamming the most densely populated section of the country could divert local and national media coverage to politics, moving it to weather news and updates which means less visibility for the candidates. >> and it's definitely not what the candidates are looking for, especially in pivotal battleground states like north carolina.

john is traveling on the cnn elections express, the big beautiful bus, taking a pulse of the voters in the key states. john, you're in winston-salem, north carolina. what are the people there saying about the race? >> reporter: well, victor, you know, this is really one of the key swing districts in the swing state of north carolina, which president obama won by only 14,000 votes four years ago. so we've bee talking to voters here. and it's fascinating. the american people are smart. even the folks who are swing voters, folks leaning romney are saying, look, one of the gentlemen we spoke to said, i hope this identity of the general election is where romney would be as president instead of moving to the right in the primaries that he had to do to get the nomination. one woman said the government considers me poor, but i'm concerned about the borrowing. there's concern about foreign policy under the romney

administration. one woman said her brother's in the military. concerned about what that might mean for him. and one independent voter who's voting for president obama saying that she just doesn't believe mitt romney. and she isn't sure where his core is at. this has been a tensely fought state. the polls are really tight, and trending toward mitt romney. >> i want to talk more about the early voting. because there's been a lot of focus on early voting. president obama became the first president to vote early this week. michelle obama voted early. how is hurricane sandy affecting the plan for early voting? >> reporter: that's a great question, victor. it's very important. late last night the state put out two counties, right along the coastal region of the outer banks, would be closed today for early voting. however, early voting stations in the rest of the state will be open today. so already you're seeing an

abundance of caution, expecting around 20 to 30-mile-an-hour winds. there will be early voting stations shut down in the coastal areas. the rest of the state, early voting is open and it's on. >> john avlon on the cnn elections express. i haven't had the opportunity to see it yet, but i hear it's a beautiful, beautiful bus. >> reporter: we're having a great time on the battleground bus tour. >> lexington, virginia, is next, another key battleground in the race for the white house. >> let's get back to hurricane sandy. meteorologist alexandra steele is here. i have to say, alexandra, i don't know that i have ever heard anybody talking about a hurricane producing snow. >> that's right. this is an incredibly powerful hybrid storm. we've got the moisture from the tropical nature, of course, this is the hurricane, coupled with an area of low pressure that will develop, and that, of course, has all the wind energy. so the two together, fusing together could really be the ultimate perfect storm. 10 to 20 inches of snow on the

back side on the spine of the appalachians along that. and also maybe in the outer banks, ten inches of rain potentially. forecasts, you can see this is the model guide. expecting to make landfall on monday, probably late on monday, right somewhere between new york and washington. coastal damage just north of where that center of circulation makes landfall. but the worst in terms of inland flooding potentially will be mild. hundreds of miles away from where that happens. inland flooding potentially here. of course, right along the coast, ten inches of rain potentially. but when this thing kind of gets its act together further, fuses with that low, becomes this powerful hybrid. the potential for it to sit and spin and not have any forward momentum in western new york and western pennsylvania. that's where we could see the most rain. inland flooding huge. also, power outages. all here in the yellow, where we could see widespread power

outage. the potential for 10 million without power for seven to ten days. flooding, coastal erosion, of course, guys, power outages, and airports from new york to boston to washington impacted. really, this is going to be a very rough four days. >> all righty. thank you so much for the warning, alexandra. thank you. ten days until the election, and the hurricane is heading right for the key battleground states. >> you wonder how are mitt romney and the president changing their game plans? look at some of these live pictures coming to us from north carolina. could this change the outcome of the election?

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people are struggling with the storm. how are these campaigns switching up their game plans right now? >> i think it's very hard to say. i think it's a wait-and-see attitude. partly because the last few days are crucially important. so the net effect is that both campaigns are having to suspend their activities. i think the underlying dynamic of the campaign will continue to prevail. i don't think there's any obvious strategic shift. because again, the situation is still unfolding. >> errol, do you agree? >> yes, with one exception, the president unlike his challenger has some real duties. nobody's expecting mitt romney to show up if there's a storm devastated town somewhere on the east coast. on the other hand, the president needs to be there. in fact, he very much needs to be there. he also will have to spend some time coordinating response if there's going to be a federal response just as a matter of doing his day job. i think he's probably going to be a little bit more worried about what this storm can mean, and certainly his campaign team might be compared with mitt romney. >> no question, mitt romney, if

there's an opportunity, the campaign will likely take that opportunity. as we saw, if i remember correctly, governor romney showed up in aurora, colorado, after the shooting at the theater before the president got there. so if there's a possibility, maybe we'll see that from his campaign. let's talk about the -- aside from the strategy of the storm, let's talk about the numbers. and the densely populated section of the country, this will divert attention from the politics, the national media. weather news, updates, meaning less visibility for the candidates. who does this help, who does it hurt, with it being so close? >> i have to say, i think it's extremely unpredictable. i think that really, the thing that matters the most is how many homes are going to lose power, et cetera. this is something that both candidates care very deeply about, not only because they want their supporters to turn out at the polls, but this is going to be very expensive and damaging, potentially, to the national economy.

we can't say at this juncture what's going to help or hurt. i think the underlying dynamic of the race is what matters most, because this kind of event, i don't think it's going to suddenly change what people believe about barack obama having been president for three or four years, for better or for worse. >> i was going to say, victor, what neither candidate wants is to have the split screen, where there are people fleeing for their life on one half of the screen and the candidate telling jokes on the other side of the screen. the campaigns are going to be monitoring this very, very closely. just to avoid that outcome. >> yeah, the challenge that the republicans faced in tampa when the storm was coming up on florida. let's talk about some of the efforts of the president's campaign to put an end to late night television. and to put him on mtv. and some of the beliefs possibly that this president's going hard pop culture. is that where the president

should be? we see here sway sitting in the blue room at the white house. is this where the president should be? let's start with errol with this one. >> it's where he wants to be, and needs to be. in this age of microtargeting and narrow casting, you see a guy with a hat on, sitting in the white house. for most of us, it just kind of comes and goes. but for young people, they lock into it. that is the secret of all of this stuff. that's why he goes on "the view," why the president wants to see in "rolling stone" or on mtv. i'll be candid and say i don't watch mtv. it's not my thing anymore. he's reaching millions of people who -- you know, no down side. there's nobody who's offended by the fact he gave an interview to a guy from mtv. >> why do you believe that in the last few days of this campaign, governor romney is not doing some of the daytime, the nighttime interviews?

he's kind of staying away from those sit-down one-on-ones? >> i think errol is broadly right, that the president is leveraging the fact he has a warm and receptive audience in some of these channels. in mitt romney's view, i think he has to connect directly with his voters rather than the filter of the news media, which i think is a very sensible for a republican candidate. >> i want to stay with you, ryan, about governor romney saying this is not completely based on race. >> and frankly, when you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> i think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states, i applaud

colin for standing with him. >> let me read you the statement that came from john. colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made and i do not doubt it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. but that's not what he's saying in that sound bite. he said back on october 4th to andrea mitchell, that what we saw in the first debate was the president being lazy and incompetent. what place does this have in this conversation, if it's about issues? why are we hearing that from the national co-chair of the romney campaign? >> john sununu is a surrogate who does a lot of interviews and quite often is quite careless. i think it partly reflects a generational bias. when you look at a lot of folks from 20, 30 years ago, the idea of group pride being something that would motivate voters was an idea that seemed more credible in the past. i think that is really generational. i think that now that is seen as far less common and less likely to be true.

also, colin powell did say while he's spoken to mitt romney in the last few weeks, he's often had regular conversations with president obama. this is someone with whom he has a long-standing relationship and i think that probably did contribute to his support of president obama. >> errol, ten seconds on that. >> keep in mind, as colin powell said, you know, mitt romney by siding with the neocon serve tiff opponents of colin powell, he battled with the folks in the state department and he's not going to stop now. slg in the end it was a political dispute. >> thank you very much, both, for your opinions. more on the countdown to election day, and our focus, the undecided states of america. is there one state, one particular group of voters that could be the whole paul game? we'll explore. also, as hurricane sandy makes its way to the u.s., people in its path are preparing for its impact. we'll show you what north carolina residents specifically are doing ahead of this storm.wa w way to deal with money

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we will feel the first band tas comes through. we're already feeling a bit of rainfall from that first band. but we're seeing a lot of wind, too. and take a look. evidence of that is right out here. you can see the churned-up surf, and there's even video. we have some video of people out there surfing. this situation will deteriorate as the day goes on. that will become more and more dangerous. the concern about rip currents. so people are making sure to keep an eye on what's happening with this storm as it gets closer to us. >> you know, george, when we see this video that you're showing us, of surfers, we need to point out, there's nobody else on that beach to go after them if something happens, right? they're out there on their own? >> reporter: christi, it's a dangerous practice. now is not the time for this. as this storm moves closer. because, again, the winds can pick up to a point, you know, we're told anywhere from 40 to

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one more check of the weather. meteorologist alexandra steele is here. >> what can people expect today rather than looking too far ahead? >> here it is, the center of circulation right now off the florida coast. wind and rain right along the immediate coast. storm surge, that will be a big factor, about one to three feet off the florida coast, three to five feet off the carolina coast. then here's the time stamp monday 2:00 in the morning. the center of circulation should come ashore between new york and washington late on monday night. the worst coastal damage is always just where the center of circulation comes ashore just north of that. so that's the worst coastal damage. but watch what happens as we move this forward inland. it kind of circulates here. doesn't have the forward progression. biggest problems then, of course, inland flooding. this thing sits here in western

new york, western pennsylvania for 24 hours, dropping an inch of rain an hour, the potential, of course, is catastrophic. biggest problems, waves greater than 30 feet not out of the question. coastal erosion. inland flooding will be huge. and also, widespread power outages. we're talking the potential of 7 million to 10 million people without power. disruptio disruptions, airports, from boston all the way down to washington, as far west as cincinnati. >> alexandra, thank you very much. we'll be checking in with you again next hour. >> thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. i'll see you back at the top of the hour. "your bottom line" starts right now.