Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
Good saturday morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 23rd. Im victor blackwell. Victor, its good to be with you. Im omar jimenez in for amara walker. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. So, i dont know if ive seen two men anchor a Network Cable network broadcast. Thats huge. At least the last 35 year. And then two brothers, anchoring the show. It is good to have you this morning. Come on. Come on. This is history right now. Its history. Good to have you, omar. Lets have a good show. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the storms path and the impact well see throughout the day. Plus the country is quickly hurtling towards a shutdown talks among the republicans in the house have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks to keep a shutdown from happening. The uaw is turning
And a half hours or so. And it is going to impact not only the rolled, but also, rail service this morning, that we did hear from septa. Septa said theyre able to roll trains past the radnor station, and amtraks harrisburg line, which they call it the keystone line. That first train doesnt roll until 6 30. As far as the roadways go with king of prussia road closed youll have to use county line road, or maybe go all the way down and use wayne ave. , through wayne. The trick is going to be if youre on the lancaster avenue side of the station, youre not able to get to the radnor train station parking lot. Because thats king of prussia road. And thats the under pass there, thats closed, so youll have to maybe drive to the wayne station, pick up the train from there, no matter how you shake it out, septas probably going to have delays across the board on it Regional Rails, because of the weather conditions this morning, and just expect the trains to go a little slower past radnor on that Pa
Foxs David Lee Miller live in newark tonight, where that trial was, and david, whats next . I know you talked to the senator about the decision today. Well, one of the big uncertainties, is what the Justice Department is going to do. They can decide to retry this case. They now say this theyre reviewing the matter, although this trial is now over, his legal problems are not ending. Apparently, the Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell, put out a release, saying that hes going to ask the Senate Ethics committee to look into the event, leading up to the indictment. One of the interesting things today, iaian, as soon as he finished his remarks, i ran up to the senator, as he was get ting into his car, and i asked him essentially you are not convicted today, but you also were not acquitted. Do you feel exonerated . He pause in the his tracks, he looked at me, he he said at that point in this country there is pre presumption of innocence, and he said hes at innocent today as the day this
Raging. One firefighter said the fire was so hot, it melted his helmet. We continue to get new information. We have confirmed there are people unaccounted for. 151 people were evacuated from the building. 17 are in the hospital tonight. I went banging on doors, going to get my residents up, waking them up. This is a fire, for real. It is not fake. Put the shoes on, made sure they had shoes and coats on and started to take them out z it has been a long day for the residents. Dozens of them are in shelters. Steven fisher talked to students who rushed in to help save the victims. Steven joins you live from westchester. Reporter last night, a scene of panic and confusion. 151 people needed to be evacuated. Most were not able to get to safety. Rather, they had to be rescued. With a fire quickly burning, it was a race against time to get residents to safety. I went through hell and more. Surviving the fire and then surviving the cold. They are 80, 90 years old and everybody was really cold o