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reason it s plenty to talk about on this wednesday, april 10th, including getting it done. two senators may hold the key to new gun legislation in washington. how two senators can make it happen and why the threat of a filibuster may have lost its teeth. and nixonian tactics, that's how mitch mcconnell is describing the bugging of a political strategy session. we'll hear some of the plans to discredit ashley judd who at one point was considering a run for his senate seat. first, let's get to the news lines here at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. we start with the gun showdown over the legislation which begins the debate at least in earnest tomorrow when the senate will consider whether or not to begin debate on the high profile issue. a threat to filibuster the bill by a group of conservatives seems to be losing a little bit of steam. democrats and several republicans are knocking down the idea saying the measure deserves a vote. one way or the other.
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that was the message being pushed to lawmakers yesterday by the relatives of some of those lost in the newtown shooting and repeated by vice president joe biden at the white house. >> now it's time for every man and woman in the senate to stand up and say yai or nay. i'm for or i'm against. tragedy to traumatize a nation and after all the thinking and debate and discussion with the majority of american people thinking the proposal the president put forward make absolute sense. the climax of this tragedy could be, we're not even going to get a vote? imagine how this makes us look. it's time to stand up. it's time for these guys to stand up and be counted. stand up so they cannot only look the nra in the eye, people say what am i going to say to the nra? i got a question for you, what are you going to say to those parents? look them in the eye and tell
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them you concluded there is nothing you can do. we have an obligation to try. >> the future of gun legislation could well rest in the hands of democrat joe manchin and pat toomey. they're working to replace the original wording in the legislation to gain more support from the right. according to "the new york times," potential amendment would exclude from background checks for the transfer of guns between family members and insure records would not be compiled into a national registry. set to hold a news conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. recent polling shows roughly 90% of the u.s. public sports expanded background checks. our quick programming note for you, tomorrow morning, joe sits down for a roundtable discussion with the vice president on how to reduce gun violence. you can tweet us your questions
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for the vice president using e the #vponmj. south korean officials say a launch could come any day. north korean officials are warning foreigners in the south to leave the country because of the threat of nuclear war in the region. the white house is dismissing that as unhelpful rhetoric, the pentagon is preparing to intercept any missile that threatens u.s. forces or american allies. >> i believe we have the credible ability to defend the homeland, to defend hawaii, defend guam, defend our deployed forces and defend our allies. >> during his testimony, the admiral was also pressured by several senators to get china more involved to help keep peace
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encore even peninsula. also as secretary of state john kerry readies to meet with world leer riz in london, he is hinting at new u.s. aid for syrian rebels. he committed food and medical supplies to free syrian army will meet today with opposition leaders to discuss the possibility of expanding the support even further. meanwhile, there are new hazards to choosing size in this situation. "the washington post" reporting schisms are deepening between different factions of rebel groups and that fighting could break out among them pitting moderates against islamic extremists. back here at home, new immigration legislation getting closer to the senate floor. senator john mccain says the so-called gang of eight is making progress on the bipartisan bill and it could done as soon as this week. the sticking point is rules for bringing farm work nears the u.s. the department of agriculture estimate az half million of them are undocumented. some labor groups fear too many
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foreign workers would depress u.s. wages or even kill american jobs. the immigration bill would end deportation fears for most of the approximately 11 million people who are living in the united states illegally. also the fbi is now looking into claims by senator mitch mcconnell that his campaign discussions were secretly taped and then leaked. the topic of conversation, possible senate opponent ashley judd and everything from her politics to mental health were involved here. chuck todd reports. >> reporter: ashley judd toyed with challenging mitch mcconnell for the kentucky senate seat he held for a generation. >> as long as the republicans keep doing really dumb things about women's reproductive health, that should help energize girls and women in this country. >> it is a challenge that his campaign team took very seriously. after opening the campaign headquarters in louisville in february, mcconnell and his political inner circle privately discussed their so-called research on how to attack judd
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using the language political operatives use all the time but rarely in public. >> the first person will focus on ashley judd. >> what they didn't know is that it would all be caught on tape. >> basically, i refer to her as the oppo research situation where there is -- >> they screened this tv clip from the 2012 democratic convention. >> the most diverse delegation in tennessee's history. 90 votes for barack obama. >> that is tennessee, not kentucky. the core of what could be a ready made tv attack ad questioning judd's loyalty to the bluegrass state. they showed a potential willingness to get personal and nasty. >> she's clearly this sounds extreme, but she is emotionally unbalance the. i mean it's dn documented. >> judd decided against running but she put out a statement condemning mcconnell for the politics of personal destruction. mother jones magazine posted 11
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minutes of the two hour meeting. >> this is what was given to us and it's what i -- it's what we worked with. >> mcconnell believes he was the victim of a bugging operation, masterminded by political opponents. >> they also unbow knownst to us they were bugging our headquarters, a nixonian move. this is what you get from the political left in america these days. >> that was nbc's chuck todd reporting. we turn our attention to texas. a 20-year-old is under arrest this morning after police say went on a stabbing spree on his community college campus yesterday. prosecutors charged dylan quick with three counts of aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed 14 people leaving two in critical condition. it happened on the campus of lone star college in houston suburb of cypress. students chased down quick and tackled him as authorities were headed to the scene.
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>> james put his foot on his chest and as soon as he was -- as soon as he knew he was caught, i give up. i sat on top of him. why did you do this? why? you know, i kept saying why? >> reportedly quick told investigators he had harbored fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school. he also said he had planned the attack for some time. let's go to business. wall street posting another day of gains across all three indices. microsoft and intel leading the dow to a new closing high. the index, how about this, has yet to log a three-day losing streak the entire year. the s&p 500 is close to its high. it's one of those things where there is no euphoria and it's not like bond yields are going up. where is the money coming from? >> it's a puzzler, isn't it? we look at the early numbers coming out of the earnings season and the suggestions are quite a lot of companies are warning here on earnings
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expectations. so if anything, the news flow perhaps should be weakening, this charge that we're seeing in the equity markets. it's not stopping. the dow a couple points away for the s&p 500. if you look at the european session today, we are firmer. okay, some of the economic news is better coming out of china and elsewhere here. but it really does come down, it seems to me, to central banks continuing to keep their foot on the accelerator for easy money. not about the jobs, not about the earnings, brian. >> funny they're up 2% since that horrible jobs report on friday. also news in the smart phone market. first reviews of facebook's phone and possible dealen with yahoo and apple. >> interesting. this one is interesting. i looked at the reviews like everybody else here. it seems that it's a thumbs up as far as this product is concerned here if you are a big facebook owe fish nad yoe. if you're not, then maybe there are a few things missing here. i was reading up on what
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mossberg, a great tech reviewer, he said you can't get access to the camera easily and you can't put weather apps on the lock screen. there are a couple things that make life difficult. and is siri going to be the important part of a yahoo-apple tie-up? that's what a number of people are asking themselves after this report appeared in the new york -- "the wall street journal." it does appear it would make sense for a lot of yahoo data to turn up on apple products. can they get the deal to work? we'll have to see. we, of course, know what happened with apple and google. >> we'll see what happens. geoff, thank you very much. as always, why are you up? shoot us an e-mail or text. all right. we'll read the responses later in the show. still ahead on "way too early," it may be the least dramatic game winner of all time. how this brick by james harden
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wound up getting his team a win. and we've seen some pretty cruel dives if you're still watching it from "splash." louie anderson is hanging around. is another week still in the cards? yes, we'll show that you story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back.
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we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. 5:44 a.m. on the east coast. the united states, that is the jefferson memorial. i need a trip to d.c. they didn't ask me to go down with them on this trip. they didn't ask you either, bill. >> well, maybe. it's a long story. >> what is a maybe? >> joe and i, we have our own
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relationship. it's interesting. it's for therapy. we'll leave it at that. >> how about therapy going from 50 degrees out there? >> i had to dive in the closet to find my shorts yesterday. it was toasty. it's going to be hot again today if you're on the i-95 corridor. south of new york city, boston and connecticut, you cooled it off with rain overnight. we're at 59 in new york to start your morning. 67 to start your morning in washington, d.c. later today, going up to 90 in d.c. 86 in philly. there will be a few showers and storms later this afternoon. may cool new york and hartford off a little bit. poor boston there, you're not going to get into that warmth. year at 58 today. look at the temperature contrast. denver, crazy cold at 9. st. louis, 70. that is the temperature outside when you walk out your door from the big storms in the middle of the country, we did not have the tornadoes last night. that was good. i don't expect a lot today. it's still a lot of stormy weather out there. even some freezing rain here, oklahoma city, it's that cold in the midwest. now with the cold air running into the hot air, we're going to get thunderstorms today.
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areas of yellow, slight risk of severe thunderstorms. louisiana as we go up through arkansas and missouri and indianapolis and portions of pittsburgh and new york city. one of the things that got my attention is while we're going to be enjoying the very warm, beautiful weather, minneapolis, 24 hours from now, tomorrow morning will have a foot of snow on the ground. >> that's just enough. >> not right. >> not fair. it will melt in two days and then mud until mid-may. >> your glass is more full than mine. >> a little bit. let's go to sports. we begin with the women's ncaa title game. uconn going for the eighth national title against louisville. a rematch of the 2009 final. end of the first half. there is the coach there. freshman stewart, take a look. she's going to drain a three pointer. she was unbelievable. she is a freshman. 47 of 26 huskies, no come back for the lady cardinals. stewart finishes with 23 points. uconn wins it 93-60. the largest margin of victory in
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women's final history. the men's champion cardinals arrived home to louisville yesterday. the university is inviting the public to celebrate both the men's and women's teams today at the kfc center, capacity about 21,000. i bet they'll pack it. let's go to the nba. knicks hosting the wizards. a chance to clinch the team's first division title in 19 years. let's go to the second quarter. knicks playing solid defense. there is carmelo. we'll talk about him. raymond felton, a steal. then end up with the lay in. just before half, 58-43 knicks. carmelo anthony, he'll miss the jumper. jason kidd with the rebound. back to anthony. and this guy can score right before the buzzer. the knicks win number 13 in a row. 120-99. by the way, melo, 36 points. he's the nba's top scorer and he found out yesterday that his jersey is the top seller in the entire league. yeah. not a bad day for the melo.
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houston, rockets hosting the worst team in the west, that would be the phoenix suns. straight to the end. why not? tied at 98. harden puts up the three pointer. bounces off the rim. looks like it's going to overtime, right? take another look. you have to see the ball come down. jermaine o'neal makes contact with the ball before it clears the cylinder. according to the rules, you know this, bill karins that, is goaltending. the refs count the basket. houston wins it 190-98. in other nba news, rapper and brooklyn nets minority owner jay z and beyonce has begun selling his stake in the team. he wants to extend his sports representation business into basketball. the entertainment mogul is 1% of the nets and selling his share is necessary in order to obtain his national basketball players association certification as an agent. yesterday was another practice day at augusta national before today's part three
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contest at the masters which begins in earnest. the tournament does tomorrow. last year's masters chapel ammon bubba watson was asked the most interesting thing he did with his green jacket. >> out of respect and honor for augusta national and one of the greatest clubs we have, one of the greatest turn ams out of respect for them, i didn't do any of the funny antics i would normally do. and so the only thing i did is walk around in it. >> okay. >> that ends our press conference. >> okay. caleb is his 13-month-old son and he cries more than john boehner, but that's why we love bubba watson. he is a huge friend of "morning joe." coming up, progress in the push for more gun laws. two senators could hold the key to a compromise. we'll go inside those talks.
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all right. let's hit the cooler. everyone, of course, rooting for this guy on abc's "splash" reality show.
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i was. but america's favorite celebrity diver has been voted out. yes, judges gave louie anderson the lowest score last night and kicked the comedian off the show. of course -- what is he? a bumblebee? let's take a look at his dive. >> it's really not a dive. it is like buzz light year. he is falling with grace. judges gave him a 5.75 for that sitting somersault. it was not strong enough to keep him in the competition. of course, we hope he'll still sport that bumblebee suit longer. probably get a few gigs out of it, too. >> to the white house for a
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celebration of the soul of memphis music. live performances from sam moore, charlie musclelight and ben harper, justin timberlake and the president and first lady, well, they didn't exactly walk out to hail to the chief. ♪ >> i want everybody to know that it is not my second term so now rather than "hail to the chief," we're going with that. from here on out. well, change in tradition. tonight i'm speaking not just as president but as one of america's best known al green impersonators. >> of course, you recall he sang
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watching the time roll away ♪ by yourself. >> cool stuff. also president jimmy carter, i don't know how to segue into this. he stopped by the "daily show" last night to talk about his charity work in africa focusing on one area in particular. >> we decided to try an experiment in ethiopia. we taught them how to build an outdoor toilet that cost about $1 if they do the work themselves. we thought we might have 100 or 1,000. we just finished 2,300,000 latrines in africa. >> wow! that's incredible. >> i've become famous as the number one latrine builder in the world. i'm not famous for peace between israel and egypt. >> maybe they'll change the name from john to the jimmy. you never know. >> from peanuts to toilets. still ahead on "way too early,"
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