learned and look to history to remember the two decades since those 9/11 attacks. our nbc news team is here for a day of special coverage. ron allen at the 9/11 memorial in new york city. kelly o donnell is at the white house. here with me on set at the pentagon is helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york times and nbc news presidential historian. 24 hours before the ceremonies are set to begin, ron, what are you seeing and hearing? reporter: so many people have remarked how it s a beautiful day here, blue skies, a bit of fall in the air, just like it was 20 years ago and all of that is just fueling the memories, painful memories of what happened here and a short while, they ll open up this area, ground zero, the sacred place to the public, and they expect that thousands of people to come to pay their respects, of course family members who lost loved ones, first responders, people from abroad, people from all
start with you because i know this is tough for you to talk about. we met each other for a number of years and you very rarely talk about it. take us back to that day. what was it like? but was your experience? good evening to you and just a point of clarification on 9/11, i was actually the deputy domestic policy adviser to vice president dick cheney with my good calling samantha, but i can tell you it was a beautiful morning. and it was a crisp day and there was not a cloud in the sky. and we brief the vice president on domestic policy at nine a:m.. i was sitting at my desk and my boss, domestic policy adviser, said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? i said said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? isaid no said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? i said no and said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? isaid no and i said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? i said no and i turned said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? isaid no and i turned it said hey, ronnie, are you watching tv? i said no and
declaration requesting support from the federal government for 14 down state counties. president biden said, kathy, whatever you need, we ll get it to you. just tell me and we ll get it there as soon as possible. we re working on that. we re still not out of the effects. it s a beautiful day in new york and what a contrast from a few hours ago, but we re not completely out of the woods yet. when new yorkers stop asking leaders like yourself when we ll be back to normal in the covid context and in other ways, but i don t need to tell you back to school is super fraught for new york parents. there still isn t a vaccine for any child under 12. will the subways be up and running before new york public schools go back to school? yes, and i want to commend all the transit workers and the mta for what they ve done. most of our subways have been restored. we re still working on a few lines on the long island railroad and metro north. overall when you think about it was niagara falls going
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just beginning for the families. of the nine that died, eight lived in basement dwellings like this one. emily: bryan, these images are horrifying and they touch on the tip of the iceberg of the scale of this disaster. these are deadly consequences. you mentioned new jersey. it s my understanding that despite many heroic rescues, even the elizabeth fire department headquarters was inundated with eight feet of water that destroyed fire equipment and apparatus. what are you hearing in terms of rescue efforts being hindered by the floods? obviously the widespread flooding situation is still a danger today. just because the rain has stopped and it s a beautiful day, that s because the rivers and the creeks are still cresting in to this afternoon which means that threat of flooding still exists. obviously you need to find these