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James monroe and ronald reagan. first time the inauguration date fell on a sunday was 1821 and most recent, reagan reelected, president obamas second inaugural will fall on a sunday, which means he will take the oath and do it all for the public the next day. if you have got a political trivia question for us, e-mail us at dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we will be right back with prediction and plugs from our gaggle. apologies to mr. mclaughlin. we will be right back. ♪

James monroe and ronald reagan. the first time was in 1821, and the most recent in 1985. president obamas second inaugural will fall on a sunday which means he will take an oath and well do it all for the public the next day. if you have a trivia question for us, e-mail it to us. well be right back with predictions and plugs from our gaggle. apologies to mr. mclaughlin. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately weve got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges...

Whats the latest situation down in the southern end of manhattan? >> lawrence, just now starting to see the water retreat from the streets here. but its slowly retreating,nd its certainly not soon enough. as you mentioned there were records in this area. the battery, more than 13 feet and it surpassed the record at high tide at 11.87. that record had been last broke none en in 1821. that gives you the idea of the historic storm were dealing with. sandys bands where still whipping up. weve had ve...

Ainsley and heather at 13.88 feet. its a record high level set. thats the highest the record has been out there. the flooding we saw because of this record high water level and we are also going to be seeing our next high tied occurring 9:00 a.m. eastern time this morning out there in the battery new york area. hopefully you wont be seeing additional flooding. with the wind coming out of the northeast doesnt look too good. >> they beat the record of 11.2 feet back in 1821 in battory park. >> it ...

Hit a record high of over 13 feet. what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: yeah, certainly, chris. the waters have receded from battery park city and along the walkway. as its known here. as you mentioned, the historic flooding, 14 feet. the last time -- the last time they had had that situation was back in 1821. so it was a big, big massive, massive wave of water that came in during that surge. what we do know is that that water, of course, were hearing more from the mpa, the mass transit...

Record. is 11.87 feet. that broke a record set back in 1821. so were just getting into this storm here with sandy. we have a long way to go to see how much water comes in. the power company has started to shut down some of the power to help once the storm passes to get everybody back up and running again. but battery park, of course, home to the financial district. you have a residential area mixed in, the world trade center site, all of that shut down tonight. more than 300,000 have been asked ...

11.87-foot record. the last time that happened was in 1821. let me show you back here. this is certainly not -- this water has been coming over here in battery park. these are waves that are just coming in. this is grass right here. you have the whole walkway and all the lights have been cut down here to the battery area and other areas are still showing they have power whether thats generator power or whether the utility company is selectively taking downpour, we dont know. but thats part of th...

Landfall. here at the lower tip of manhattan, battery. the highest water ever recorded was 11.2 feet. that was recorded in 1821; 1821. its now higher than that. and the flooding of lower manhattan has begun. david lee miller is right there in the battery in lower manhattan. no way to get a live signal out with the heavy wind so david lee is on the phone. what are you seeing? >> im seeing water and it rising very rapidly. the situation, shepard, very treacherous. we cannot transmit now because we...

Elevation records are breaking levels all over the place. certainly at the jersey shore its unprecedented. new york city has been measuring the tide levels and it should break that record. there is also a hurricane in 1821 where they didnt have measurements and they have estimates and that was a higher flood level during that hurricane. >> dr. philip orton, thank you for your time tonight. were watching hurricane sandy as it turns towards the south jersey coast. thousands of people are without...

Ground. we will have the miraculous ending to this story coming up. >> in 1821 missouri admitted as the 24th u.s. state.