down. >> totally agree. more on that later in the show. good morning. i'm bill karins. this is "way too early." thanks for being up with us this morning on this friday, may 10th. did the intelligence community miss out when not sharing information? we'll hear testimony from congress. lawmakers move towards a compromise on immigration. while it could lead to a whole new tone in d.c. but first our top story, the man charged with kidnap iping three women and keeping them in captivity for nearly ten years may face the death penalty. ariel castro made his first appearance in court yesterday and we're getting a better idea of what charges may be on the way. >> reporter: for the first time since his arrest, the public saw 52-year-old ariel castro. the former school bus driver accused of an unimaginable

crime. he stared at the floor, said nothing as prosecutors explained how he imprisoned three women and a child for nearly a decade in terrifying and brutal conditions. >> the situation has turned, your honor. he stands before you a captive. >> reporter: the formal charges, three counts of rape. the victims, amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight. and four counts of kidnapping, the three women and berry's daughter born and held in captivity. the judge set bail at $8 million. today in cleveland castro's mother reacted. >> translator: i ask that those mothers forgive me and the girls forgive me for all the pain they suffered. >> reporter: wkyc reported police told him that castro confessed to the kidnappings. >> he told police he's cold-blooded, a sex addict and can't control himself.

they were crimes of opportunity. he's blaming this all on the girls. if the girls didn't get in the car with them, none of this would have happened. >> reporter: we're learning more about what it was like inside the house where the women were found. ricky sanchez says he's been there many times before. >> the front door, there was five or six locks. when you walk inside a house, it's a mess. >> reporter: though michelle knight remains in the hospital, two of the women are with family and friends. behind closed doors, decorated with banners, balloons and gifts. >> you can tell there was a lot of suffering. it's going to be a long process. she's going to be okay. just trying to get her to move on with her life and start thinking about happy times. >> certainly hope so. that was ron allen reporting. now to the latest in the boston marathon bombings where officials are ateming to piece together how the tsarnaev brothers were able to pull off the attack.

the senate held a hearing on the bombing putting a sample on what u.s. intelligence knew about the suspects and how much of that information was shared with boston law enforcement. >> before the bombing were you aware of the warning regarding tamerlan and the fact he may travel overseas to meet with extremists? >> one of my detectives is in the squad that investigated that. we have access to all the data bases, but we were not, in fact, informed of that particular development. >> it's fair to say that your police officers assigned to the joint terrorism task force did not know this information. >> that's correct. >> would you have liked to have known that information? >> in hindsight, certainly. >> if you had had this information before the bombing, would you have done -- your police force and you, would you

have done anything differently? >> i can't say i would have come to a different conclusion. >> joe lieberman took the stand saying he believes better communication between law enforcement officials could have prevented the april 15th bombing. >> why didn't they involve the local law enforcement who could have stayed on this case and picked up signals from some of the students who interacted with them, from the people in the mosque who threw out tamerlan because he was such an extremist, or seen the videos he posted when he came back from dagestan that could have prevented all this from happening? >> the "new york times" reports two acquaintances of tamerlan tsarnaev say the elder bombing suspect showed an interest in jooe hazard during his six-month six to russia last year. after being turned away by several cemeteries, his body was

finally buried at an undies closed location yesterday. in an interview by ann curry, the prime minister said given the syrian government's attacks it's time for the u.s. to get involved. >> it's clear that regime has used chemical weapons and missiles and used about 200 missiles, according to our intelligence. it could be even more, but not less. there are patients brought to our hospitals wounded by these missiles. >> has president assad crossed president obama's red line? >> translator: a long time ago. it's ban long time ago.

>> the prime minister did not provide nbc news with hard evidence of chemical attack, but he will share whatever information he has with president obama when they meet next week. also against the democrat who may stand the best chance of succeeding him in the white house. lawmakers are now ruling out the possibility of issuing a subpoena to former secretary of state hillary clinton require ing her to come back to kwhil for another round of testimony. at least five house committees are looking into the september 11th attack in libya that killed four americans. speaker john boehner is under pressure from his own party to step up the investigation. yesterday he calls for the release of an e-mail from the state department from the day after the attack that he says will prove the administration suspected islamic extremist from the start. >> understand the reason this is still underway is because the white house has done everything possible to block access to the information that would outline the truth.

and the question you have to ask is, why? somebody clearly decided they didn't like the references to islamic terrorism and made changes in this document. the american people deserve the truth. and they will get the truth. >> we're also getting a look at how benghazi could have played an even more prominent role in last year's presidential election. here's an ad from the rnc that was never aired. >> your children are safe and asleep. but there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing. something is happening in the world. [ phone ringing ]

[ busy signal ] >> the ad was reportedly scr scrapped because the romney campaign feared it it would distract voters from the economy. a lot more information on that coming up on "morning joe requests. the push for immigration reform is getting a bipartisan boost as it begins the long road through congress. they accepted several amendments to the so-called gang of eights plan to reform the system. still there are hundreds more to consider, a process that could take weeks. senator chuck schumer says the immigration issue could reset the tone in d.c. >> if you don't agree with everything, no one does. be constructive, we're open to changes. but don't make an effort to kill a bill that is the best hope for immigration reform, i believe, that we have had in this country and frankly, the best hope to help break the partisan gridlock

that has strangled the senate, the congress and the country. prince harry kicked off an eight-day u.s. tour yesterday. much to our disappointment, he promised no se nan begans this time. his arrival in washington brought congress to a standstill as dozens of female aids flocked to get a glimpse of his royal. before meeting with michelle obama at a white house event for military mothers. he will visit arlington national cemetery. his visit is meant to promote the rehabilitation of wounded troops. let us know why you're awake. also if you have good ideas how to treat mom, shoot us an e-mail or tweet me. we'll read the best responses a little later in the show.

still ahead on "way too early" -- >> who is number 3? >> babe ruth. >> who is number 4? >> yankee fans we brainwash our kids young. this 18-month-old is about to rattle off some serious pinstripe knowledge. and the $45 million atm hack attack. how they did it and how investigators finally tracked them down. that story and a check of the weekend forecast coming up when "way too early" returns. >> to the wealth of the republic and all its people. >> will you please raise your right hand and say so help me god. >> so help me god. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually

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a nice shot of reagan national. the sun is coming up. looks like a beautiful start to your friday. let's get a check on your forecast with meteorologist dylan dreyer. it looks like we're going to sacrifice a beautiful friday for a soggy saturday. >> since i'm done so early, i'm okay. friday works perfectly for me. saturday i'm working any way. we're going to see a lot of rain start to spread eastward. you can see the rain around the great lakes and gulf coast states. a closer look shows you the heaviest of the rain is moving into eastern ohio where we could see stronger storms today. torrential downpours down into baton rouge and that will spread eastward through the course of morning. so we have two areas we could see large hail and also some real gusty winds too.

no real tornados expected, but across texas into louisiana and mississippi, we could see some of our stronger storms over the course of the day. temperatures warm up and down the east coast. thunderstorms in washington, d.c., not really moving in until later today. then as we go into the weekend, it's looking soggy. showers up and down the east coast with some thunderstorms too. so the good with the bad, at least it will be warm. >> east coast, friday is nice. then saturday is soggy. >> most of the country looks good for mother's day. >> thank you. now to sports. nba had the night off so we begin with some golf. one of the top tournaments of the year, the player's championship. tiger woods shot a nice 5 under par 67 in yesterday's opening round, placing him in a six-way tie for fourth. 63 is by roberto castro. a par 5 9th hole would have

given him the course record. but the play of the day from michael thompson. this is a tough hole. that ball is in the air for a long time. it bounced and then we cut to it and it trickles into the hole. that's an ace. a hole in one, only the sixth in that hole in the 39-year history of the players championship. that can be seen on nbc this weekend. hockey playoffs were mostly blowouts last night. but this goal by sid needs to be seen. >> in comes crosby, scores! what a goal by sydney crosby! >> splits the defenders, puts it past the goalie. penguins blow out the islanders 4-0. he almost got tackled. penguins take a 3-2 series lead. to baseball mets and pirates, tied up in the ninth. a long drive to center but his

home run was robbed. it it would matter because in. the bottom of the, mike baxter wins it it. that's a walk-off win for the mets. and if you're the hero, you get the old pie in face. congratulations, mets. haven't had a lot of highlights lately. and the red sox have been struggling. they lost last night to the twins. they now drop 6 of their last 7. the al east all tied up. red sox, yankees and orioles, three-way tie for first. going to be a fun rest of the season. this story is either adorable or horrifying. depends how you feel about brainwashing toddlers. this is 18-month-old c.c. she may not know what baseball is yet, but her parents made sure she's a die hard yankee fan alrea already.

>> who is number 3? >> babe ruth. >> who is number 4? >> luke. >> and number 5? >> joe. >> number 7? >> mickey. >> and number 8? >> yogi be ra. >> she said sabathia at 18 months. very impressive. at the top of the hour, under pressure from his own party. john boehner may step up the investigation into the terror attack in benghazi. when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler. the list of the most popular names is out. the top names for boys and girls, coming up. ♪

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we mentioned this at the top of the show. a record-setting bank robbery spree is making headlines. investigators are calling it one

of the most brazen computer crimes ever. it may have happened at your local atm. here's tom costello. >> reporter: it was a global bank heist that used computers and the internet in place of n guns and masks. a global criminal conspiracy got away with $45 million on atms worldwide. >> moving at speed of the internet, they made their way from the computer systems to the streets of new york as well as major cities around the world. >> reporter: how did they do it? investigators believe the suspects hacked into global financial institutions, then stole prepaid debit cards numbers and eliminated the maximum withdrawal limits. the data was transmitted around the world where an army of suspects in two dozen countries encoded the data and began

withdrawing money from atms. >> they become a flash mob going from machine to machine drawing as much money as they can before the accounts are shut down. >> you can literally commit a crime half way around the world and get away with the money before anyone could dial 911. >> the ring leader was murdered in the dominican can republic while seven suspects have been arrested, many are thought to be on the loose worldwide. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> incredible. let's gather around the water cool per. we have the top baby names for 2012. classic and sweet, still in for the girls top picks, emma, isabella and olivia. and the top name for the second year in a row is sophia. for a boys, it's a mix of the

old and new. mason, ethan and william are top picks. if you want the kids to have the same name as five of his friends, jacob topped the boys list for the last 12 years in a row. the most regal expectations are what the william and kate will name their little baby. would you take a one-way trip to mars to be forever remembered to be the first human to reach the red planet? 80,000 applied to become so-called pioneers with mars 1. since the nonprofits application process began last month, it plans to land four people on the red planet in 2023 as permanent columnists. this is a one-way ticket. you're never coming back. mars 1 hopes to pay the tab by

making it a global reality tv event and then funeral. do you think celebrities are too busy to read the tweets about them? they read them last night on "jimmy kimmel." >> i just saw jessica alba. if this was 2007, i'd be really excited. >> hey zach braf. i could take a picture of a piece of [ bleep ] in my toilet and it would be a better movie than "garden state." >> they are basically saying, guess how big your nose is, very big. >> kid rock looks like he would smell like stale farthers and cigarette. s. more like fresh farthers and cigars. >> it's a good thing ray romano

is funny because his face looks like a dump i took today. i'm not on twitter so i can't respond to him. here's what you should do. go to my website and join. go to the bottom of the page. keep hitting agree, agree, agree, and when you get to [ bleep ], hit accept. >> i think twitter is for the mean tweets. still ahead, why are you awake? your tweets and e-mails are next. [ engine sputters ] [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road. whether you're an allstate customer or not. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call and sign up for good hands roadside assistance today. [ dennis ] are you in good hands?

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the top of the show we asked, why are you awake? >> 20tweets and e-mails, i'm a w mommy trying to use these wee hours to catch up on the news. >> three weeks into the long and beautiful journey, you have a wonderful sunday and hope you get a nice long nap. what's next?

>> i wanted to wish bill's mom a happy mother's day. i don't know how she did it and i dope want to know. >> you know when you ask your parents what you were like, my mom says i was high energy. the translation to that was a horrible, horrible toddler. hor. mom, you did a great job. great job back here. "morning joe" starts right now. >> we republicans were in charge for eight years. when i was saying it in real-time, is that chris? >> hey, hey. >> good lord! >> how are you doing? >> this was a great story, chris christie! thanks for interrupting me! >> chris christie, say hi to everybody. >> good evening, everyone. most people think it's just an issue of willpower or that kind