deerfield beach middle school.hool do they go on from there? >> i'm guessing it's deerfield beach high school. >> larry: deerfield beach. >> yes. >> larry: i is in michael recently met one of his musical idol, ozzy osbourne, how did that go? >> that was wonderful. he was so ec static to meet ozzie and he was wonderful. we sat and talked to him a good hour and it was a nice visit. >> tell us a little more about josie. i understand she was quite an artist. >> yes, she is. i guess she was born with it. she picked up a pencil one day and she went for it. she's been doing it ever since. >> larry: we're showing it right now. she's terrific. >> yes. >> larry: wow! that is really beautiful. valerie, has this brought the family closer together? >> absolutely. we were a strong family before but we're even closer now. >> larry: hilda, what about you? >> can you ask me again? what was it? i'm sorry. >> larry: is the family closer? >> very close. oh, yes. very, very close. >> larry: rick, what do you plan to do legally? >> quit

here's an attack that will turn your stomach, young girl beaten to the point of near death in deerfield beach, florida. there have been two serious cases. first one we told you about, involves a 15 years old boy accused of brutally attacking an eighth gde girl. she's in critical condition. here's andre hopki from our affiliate. >> it was painful, just tsee all the blood gushing out of her head. it was nasty. >> reporter: sexton spencer is among th bunch of students who saw a 15 years old boy from offcampus brutally beat down a 14 years old girl. >> he came out and slammed this girl's head into the concrete, and he did it repeatedly, then started kicking her and punching her in the neck. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says it broke out just before 3:00 on wednesday. >> they weren't trying to encourage it, but they weren't trying to stop it. >> reporter: broward air rescue took the girl to the medical center with critical injuries. >> the girl was just standing there, and the guy ran up and like pushed her and banged her head. >> reporter: like where? >> he banged her head, then starte

>> we have -- this is deerfield beach middle, and i don't know but we have a call already came in that a student is unconscious from another student through a battery. i also need police immediately, because i have a high school student that actually created the injury to the child. >> is he in the office? >> he is in my office area, the front office. >> put your phone down. put your phone down now! >> how frightening is that, because there are reports that he texted in a very matter of fact way after the attack. the 15-year-old as we mentioned, josie is barely hanging on in a medically-induced coma. that is how serious this is. we are taking your calls at 1-877-tell-hln. back with us is diana moscovitz, and mary jo rapini. what is the latest condition of josie, diane? >> well, she is in critical condition in broward medical center in downtown ft. lauderdale and a lot of feeks wishing and praying for her. >> yes, a couple of days ago the doctors said they felt good about her, and are they still optimistic? >> we haven't heard otherwise. it has still been a few days, and this could be a

she went to deerfield beach middle school. so did michael brewer and there's been a dramatic improvement in his condition. it was october when he was burned over two-thirds of his body. police say three classmates doused him with alcohol and set him ablaze. here are new pictures of brewer at a family picnic showing he looks pretty good. he is well enough they say to play a game of catch. cnn is working to get an update on his physical therapy and whether he will need more surgeries. >>> about 1,000 pages of new documents in the case against casey anthony were set free yesterday, and they include this allegation. equusearch leader, the search team based in texas, he can equusearch leader tim miller said casey anthony was about to put an "x" on a map where caylee's body could be found but her mother allegedly put a stop to it. miller's accounts of the event are contested hotly by leonard padilla. >> i'm not saying it couldn't have, it didn't. >> so you don't think there was ever a time that miller was there that your people were

darlington, deerfield and roye- williams are on the list. parents believe the problem is to redraw school district lines. >> it is our desire to keep our schools open and make sure we're maximizing the schools smuchtz possible. >> terry cranefield says school leaders are researching all options. but the district is required by state law to consider closing a school if it has very low enrollment. >> you are operating the bill for the students. and the students are very important for us. but we have to make sure we'reux tillizing our resources efficiently. >> reporter: and they -- we're utilizing our resources efficiently. any changes coming after the 2011, 2012 school year. back to you. >>> harford county school leaders say none of the schools is on a list to close now. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. security cameras at sea world capture an orca whale killing its trainer. will her family be able to keep it secret? >>> healthcare for all. governor o'malley explains what the national healthcare reform means for maryland. >>>

the beating happened as she wait fod ar bus at deerfield beach middle school. same school last october where a group of boys set a boy on fire. >> where is security? where are the teachers? where is everyone when these children are out and about like this when these kids are ready to go home and no one was there when this incident happened. it's mind boggling. >> nbc's michelle kosinski is live at broward hospital where she's recovering from the second brain surgery with the latest. michelle. >> reporter: that's what was so extraordinary about this. it's so extreme and sudden. this happened between two kids who did not know each other, had not met before. it's a little complicated, but the 15-year-old boy according to police had sent a text message to this little girl while she was waiting for her bus in an attempt to get in touch with her 13-year-old friend who didn't have a cell phone. when josie ratley e-mailed back, she said she didn't approve of their relationship. it went back and forth. she made a disparaging remark about the boy's older brother who comm

really feeling good about the 15-year-old girl who suffered a brutal beating at her middle school in deerfieldeach, florida last week. but the thing is, josie lou ratley is still in critical condition, and still in a medically-induced coma. she has already had two surgeries to relieve pressure on her brain. a 15-year-old boy is accused of punching and stomping ratley with steel-toed boots. he is being held on a juvenile detention center. this morning the broward county sheriff stressed that authority figures need to be proactive in children's' lives. >> we can't arrest our way out of the problem. law enforcement, you know, we're reactive. something happens, we react to it. like mr. treacy. he is in custody, but that doesn't help josie. it's what can we do before these problems occur, whether it's at home, school, churches. that's where we need to focus our efforts. again, by the time law enforcement gets involved, it's usually too late. we can't arrest our way out of the problem. we need to start early. >> ratley's mother insists her daughter did not know the suspect, and says she doesn't know

. >> reporter: it happened right outside deerfield beach middle while josie waited for her bus after school. >> he's in my office area. in the front office. >> put your phone down. put your phone down know. >> reporter: that caller is describing 15-year-old wayne treacy, accused of attempted pre-med kated murder of the girl police say he had never met. it all seemed to come out of nowhere for the boy who had never been in trouble before. they say he had texted josie trying to reach her 13-year-old friend, kayla, who doesn't have a cell phone. police say yocy texted back disapproving of wayne's relationship with the girl and after a back-and-forth made some reference to the recent suicide of wayne's brother. investigators say he snapped. texted his friends telling them he was going to kill josie, break her next. then rode his bike three miles to find her. but having never even seen her before, police say he asked 13-year-old kayla for help. >> she knew that he was coming over there to inflict harm on josie. she did nothing to stop it. when he got there, he didn't even know who yocy wa

steve, democrats line, from deerfield, illinois. a caller: can you hear me? i have two points. one has to do with abortion and the second is how to pay for the health care plan. i have been listening to people call up about abortion four years on c-span and if people go to the website -- a generalized website that attracts many things in america, you can see over the last 25 to 35 years, under a 20% of americans believe that abortion should be illegal at all times. it is sometimes as a low as 13% and sometimes as high as 20%. approximately today, 80% of americans believe abortion should be legal. the second part about abortion is that abortion will always be with us. what i think president obama and the democrats want to do is to make sure abortion is safe. the anti-abortion this will never ever get rid of abortion so let us make health care available for women who want an abortion or who must have an abortion. how to pay for health care. i have a list of what i consider risky behavior is an america that is causing us to have bad health. number one, tax cigarettes more. two, ta