MSNBC Hallie Jackson Reports September 2, 2021 14:02:00
Join us. we're calling this a one in 500-year rainfall event. in six hours, you had nearly 8 inches of rain falling in newark, new jersey, in new york city more than 6 1/2 inches. in new york, according to our meteorology team they saw something like half inch of rain in a couple of minutes. steph, i want to start with you in new york. we've been watching you this morning. it's almost sort of unbelievable what you're looking at, given we expected devastation when hurricane ida was moving up through the gulf coast. people had been bracing for that. this seemed to take people a little bit by sur...