Welcome back to "early start". it is thursday, september 2. i'm christine romans in clifton, new jersey where the streets behind me turned into rivers, cars drifted away. basements flooded. record-breaking rain event from hurricane ida here in the northeast. >> a very wet thursday indeed. i'm laura jarrett. it is about 31 minutes past the hour here in new york. and this is not a river or a lake you're about to see, it is queens, new york. states of emergency declared in new york and new jersey overnight as life-threatening flooding kills at least seven and devastates communities throughout the...