The very first day of fall. Good morning to you, its september 23rd. Im victor blackwell. Parts of the Eastern Seaboard are Feeling Effects of Tropical Storm owe Feelasm The Storm Made Landfall along the North Carolina coast early this morning and strong damaging winds and heavy rain have been lashing the street ever since yesterday. 58,000 people are already without power along the carolina coast. And in virginia. Lifethreatening storm surge and Flash Flooding are also big concerns for people along the coast. Lets get right to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. Where is ophelia now . It is not too far from where it was a few hours ago. Still hovering over North Carolina and the sustained winds are 65 miles an hour, still gusting up to 85, and the Forward Movement is off to the north at 13. But look at all of the outer bands on the northern side of the system. Thats why were starting to see some of those heavier rain bands, now spreading to states like new jersey, pennsylvania, and ev
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
To friday, september 22nd. Yes, a lot to get to. Were going to start with jobina. Okay. So were going to talk about our air quality. Also get into the haze that i know people are wondering about. When is it going to go away . The best answer sometime this weekend. Sunday is going to be our best day. As we zoom in here on live doppler seven, you can see those low clouds. We have some fog that were dealing with this morning around the coast, specifically around San Francisco. And also in the east bay as well around berkeley, emeryville, a little bit of oakland as well right now. Temperatures are really comfortable. Youre starting in the 50s for the most part, low to high 50s, excluding just a couple little spots. You see novato checking in there at 45 degrees for your day planner. Its going to be in the 50s as i just talked about. Then were going to creep up into the 70s inland 60s around the bay 78 and then drop back down to 68 inland. And for the bay its going to be around the 50s, 60s
With live doppler seven right now so you can see those low clouds off of the coast, which means were going to experience some fog around that area. And then also, as we zoom in here, youll see that its going to be kind of in the east bay as well. So thats going to be a big point today. And also, since we have the sparrow air alert, were going to check in on the air quality as well. Youre going to see that we do have some spots here, moderate air around San Francisco and oakland, but then sensitive groups need to be aware here around san jose, also in the north bay, around san rafael and antioch, too. Then bringing in our temperatures right now, were going to look at San Francisco, oakland, mountain view, everything is resting in the 50s Half Moon Bay. The highest there. Checking in at 59 degrees and then a little later in our show, i will show you what were looking at for the rest of your day. But for now, lets check in on traffic because we want to point out a couple of things were lo
Barber signed a contract with nike last august after he became a world champion. The nike shoe was released just for the olympics. You need to be fast, strong, have great technique. We think this particular shoe is so specific to pole vaulting. It helps you do all of those things. Sean reaches gold. Nike is here high above the rio beaches offering cushion. We come to the event not to co but to help support them. And maybe just the edge sean needs. Its 99. 9 the athlete. Were hoping to help them that one little last percentage point which might be the difference between winning a gold and winning a silver. Gold and silver not out of reach for sean barber who competes for team canada to follow in his dads footsteps. Vaulters competing who have akron ties as well. They have qualifications tomorrow morning. Youve got to watch for university of akron. Sean barber and clayton murphy, one of eight competing in the mens 800meter final tonight over at Olympic Stadium. Theres somebody else at Ol