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
morning which is expected to slam texas and louisiana with rain, winds and flooding. the impact is being felt for hundreds of miles and janice dean is here tracking it all. plus a teen planning to go to college in oakland california but his parents are already yanking them out because they were robbed on the latest visit to campus. the student and the parents all here live. and a father and son law enforcement are teaming up to boost police recruitment in another major city we think you ll love this story. they are here to share their family s legacy of service. you are watching fox & friends first on this thursday morning i m carley shimkus, and i m todd piro we re going to bring you all this but first we start on the campaign trail. guess what? we re officially one week away from the cnn presidential debate and president biden heads to camp david to focus on prepping for it. carley: a new pocks news polls shows a shift for the first time this year. brooke singman is
Burgdorf. While Rescue Efforts are still under way, Mexican Crews Race to save people trapped beneath the crumblings. The u. S. Geological survey said yesterdays quake was centered near the town of san juan roboso. Officials have lowered the death toll to 217 after initially raising to over 250 overnight. Dozens of buildings were reduced to rubble or severely damaged in densely populated parts of the city. The president says roughly 40 of the capital is without power. Meanwhile Officials Say at least 25 children and adults after their school in mexico city has collapsed. 11 people have been rescued. Still others unaccounted for. This is video from our colleagues at telemundo of their
office in mexico, shaking during that earthquake. You see them bracing themselves agency the tv monitors begin to sway. President trump tweeted his support. Writing god bless the people of mexico city. We are with you and we will be there for you. Steve, good to talk to you this morning. Just an incredible
fuel, likely becoming a category 3. if it is a category 3 landfall in the area, it ll be the first time since 1950. people there may have never seen a system like this working on shore. it ll bring life-threatening storm surge. on top of that, heavy rainfall, strong winds, of course. the storm surge, though, willie, this is going to be something that i really want people to take seriously, especially if you re on the right side of that storm where it comes on shore. 8 to 12 feet. that is ground level up to 12 feet. we re talking a stop sign is 9 feet at most. really life-threatening situation that will unfold there. this is sizing up to be a major storm. aqua fence going up around tampa general hospital to protect the hospital so they can continue to operate. everybody should take this seriously. angie lassman, we ll be back to you throughout the morning. thanks so much. ahead on morning joe, president biden denounces the racially motivated shooting at a florida dollar store. we