there are piers in boynton beach. it's creating dangerous conditions. we have schools closed for today and tomorrow. so some closures, but it doesn't look look we'll have any severe weather. down here in florida, we are used to that but, of course, these guys are loving it. back to you. >> you see they are feeling the effects, but we are bracing it. >> our coverage continues. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more on what bge is doing to prepare. >> reporter: if there's anything to like about the storm, it's the fact it will give you plenty of time to prepare. they suggested you do the same. depending on where hurricane sandy hits, it could give us rain or huge trees and power lines down. thousands were left without power back in the summer. bge is preparing for hundreds or thousands of outages. they're getting ready. >> bge has mobilized the employees. we are reaching out to bring in additional crews to help us in the case we see power outages from the storm. >> reporter: if the power company is mobilizing, you may want to think about the same for your

she joins me live from boynton beach, florida. nice to have you on. nice to meet you.lently. what do you mean by that? >> i mean that without support they don't have a voice. they fear. sometimes things split up from their family. and they don't feel that they have someone to talk to. they don't want to be different. and so we are giving them a voice. >> and you started -- let me give the name out, the care giving youth project at boca raton middle school, the first project from what i understand, the first project of its kind in the whole country. and i'm sure you met so many students, but can you just, you know, in a minute tell me about one student whose life you really helped turn around. >> well, one student was from boca middle school, and he and his family moved in with their grandparents, his grandmother had alzheimer's disease. and he was one of those kids that were suffering silently. he participated in one of our exile sk skills building routes and we provided respite so his mom who was also helping with his grandmother had a break and he did too. as his gra

this is from boynton beach, florida, written by jeremy peters of "the new york times." to open the mail or drive down the highway here is to watch conservatives test the boundaries of how far they can go to disqualify president obama. in one commercial that started running this month, a wealthy businessman and a hungarian immigrant named thomas relents how socialism shackled his country, and a new anti-obama dvd claims the president is the love child of an illicit relationship between his mother and frank marshall davis, a communist party loyalist. the back story of the dvd offers the latest examples of how secretive forces outside the presidential campaigns can sweep into battleground states days before the election. and so let me show you this ad that the piece is referring to to give you an idea of what's happening in the state of florida. one of those battleground states, one of the nine that the candidates are focusing on. and our first state this morning as part of our battleground 2012 series. so here's this ad that's running in florida and in other states. >> i

and joining us from boynton beach, florida, is robert watson, a professor from lynn university whichng the final presidential debate later this month. thank you very much for being with us. >> pleasure. >> robert watson, i want to begin with you. you vp debates matter? >> yeah, they do. if i could quickly go back, i like johnson's comments and agree with him completely. i was sent to add in terms of the vice president shall prep or the presidential prep for these debates they try to recruit the actual stage that the going to use in this debate to try to make these folks as comfortable as possible. with the biden going on the attack, presumably in this vice presidential debate, that's not entirely a new role for the vice president. off or back to 1960 when nixon was picked as vice president or and 76 with bob dole, vice president have been used in that attack roll and we need our member 1996 when bob dole was on top of the ticket and jack kemp was number two, how frustrated bob dole was that jack kemp did not going to check a play that attack will. and attitude question, did inadequat