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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 n...

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...

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 ...

And it is specifically because of the things they buy every day. >> all right. thank you, guys. cashing in just over an hour from now, eric what do you guys have coming up? >> federal food aid programs handing out more than $100 billion last year. now one state is cutting off benefits after one year. it's controversial. but is it necessary to save the taxpayer? and the white house says it's isis strategy is working as the terror group takes over more territory. while we all may pay the price for that strategy. "cashin' in" at 11:30 a.m. eastern. more americans are planning holiday trips ...

Some countries more than it's helping. >> dumping commodities often destroys local markets. putting local farmers out of business. >> it takes far too long to get food aid to starving people and often harms agricultural markets in the countries we're trying to help. >> care usa feels strongly about reforming the practice. they gave up an estimated $45 million a year in federal funding because of damage they feel some american food aid programs can do to local farmers. they see a different solution. >> buying local is faster and cheaper. it's a more efficient use of taxpayer dollars. and it ult...