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Hill. how common is it places find themselves in drought and punctuated by intense flooding? >> this is i say it's exceptional just how extreme we've gone into this heavy rain. parts of oklahoma have had 20 inches or manufacture of rain. extremely heavy rain events as we expect to see with increasing greenhouse gases. day after day this persistence. i heard there was a drought in the '50s in this region where things turned pretty quickly from drought to wet but not this fast. >> radley horton. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. isis' own version of shaukock and. christopher hill join...

And fall rate we've seen. >> it's not just hurricanes. hoboken deals with the effects of climate change on a regular basis. since 1958 there has been a 71% increase in heavy downpours in the northeast. >> since sandy we've had, you know, about six or seven major rain events. we had aability will have flooding yesterday from the rain. it happens on a regular basis. so the science says more rain more heavy rain is coming. >> i want to stress the importance of investing nasa. we don't have to pay again the next time this happens. president obama apointed mayor zimmer to the classroom change task ...

>> can you explain you mention a term i'm not familiar with. what is that? >> a black swan is a highly unanticipated event with very very severe outcome. >> a black swan. do you think that may be what happened in this case? >> well you know, i would refer more of a terrorist attack as being a black swan than just running into bad weather. we know a little bit about bad weather. sure. in this case too, you have to look at one of these events happening and then rule it out. here i think it was -- it's summer down there. you know you have summer storms like we had tornadoes over the midwest. they...

Here's why. 94% swooefr drought. this is about the the worst we've seen since we started keeping track ufds of 2 droughts. the storm is pin wheeling off the coast. just a perfect setup. and the green is the rain. the white is the bright clouds. and it's right where it needs to be, from san francisco down to the mountains of l.a. the rain itself is mostly today and tomorrow showers. but we're getting soaked already. los angeles has had on and off light rain. now it's increasing in intensity. it will do so throughout the peek of your morning rush hour. and it's been pouring all night long. one o...

Up next, the top stories in the "politico playbook." first, the host of "way too early with bill karins," bill karins with a look at the forecast. hey, bill. >> yeah, one day, willie, one day. it was fun. you left a good show in your wake. good morning, everyone. down here at the plaza, the lights went on last night. the world-famous christmas tree is up and christmas is slowly approaching. yesterday it was very cold in the northeast. that was one of the bigger weather stories. looks like it's still chilly, but the wind not as bad as it was yesterday morning. windchills still in the 20s in mos...