of it. it's the $200 million question this morning, where did all that money go? yes, it's a thursday. one more day to go, folks. it's "way too early." good morning, everybody. brian schactman here. that's what i want to know from you this morning, if you had 200 million bucks, you had to spend t like you had to spend it, how would you do it? use the #waytoowealthy. i'll read the best responses later in the show, maybe share some of my buying habits in a few minutes. right now our top story this morning. according to bashar al assad, the country has received the first wave of sophisticated air defense missiles delivered from russia. moscow said it would send the s-300 missiles to help stabilize the region over objections from the u.s., from israel and

france. the u.s. and russia had been trying to bring peace to that civil war torn country, this only complicates things. israel says the missiles can reach into their airspace, possibly threatening commercial flights near tel aviv. a rare interview with president assad will air in lebanon today where some of his military supporters come in the form of hezbollah. the fbi and nypd are investigating threats against new york city mayor michael bloomberg. an ano an anonymous letter was sent to him containing the poison ricin. a similar letter was also sent to the director of mayors against illegal guns in washington, d.c. an nypd spokesman said the writer made threatening comments about bloomberg's support for gun control. members of the nypd emergency service unit came in contact with the letter at the city's

mail facility. they are being examined for minor symptoms of ricin exposure. the mayor says the threats will not impact his stance one bit. >> but there's 12,000 people who will get killed this year with guns, 19,000 will commit suicide with guns. we won't walk away from those efforts. i know i speak for all of the close 1,000 mayors and mayors coalition against guns, this is a scourge on the country we have to get under control. >> law enforcement sources said the letters were postmarked from shreveport, louisiana. attorney general eric holder is trying to make amends with the media, but his efforts are being met with resistance. the request from president obama for holder to meet with journalists this week. however the "new york times," associated press and huffington post will not attend because the justice department asked for the

meeting to be off the record. holder is also under heavy criticism from lawmakers who believe he may have committed perjury during his may 15th testimony on capitol hill. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press force disclosed material, that's not something i have been involved in, heard of or think is a wise policy. >> just days after making that statement we learned holder personally signed off on a warrant names fox news reporter james rosen a criminal co-conspirator in a criminal leak case. yesterday the white house press secretary jay carney rejected claims that holder misled congress, adding the president has confidence in holder's abilities as attorney general. according to sources close to the white house, president obama will nominate james comey as the next director of the fbi. comey is a republican and former senior justice department official under president bush. he is best known for his role in

the 2004 standoff with white house council alberto gonzales over a controversial domestic eavesdropping program. at the time he was acting as attorney general in place of john ashcroft who was recovering from emergency gallbladder surgery. he, of course, stood in the way of more eavesdropping to be done in the administration. we'll see what happens in confirmation. lincoln chaffe expected to change the letter next to his name from an "i" to a "d." he also had the "r" as well. his staff says it is not a political move. he will face a hostile re-election against other democrats. president obama in a statement welcomed him to the party, and said he enjoyed working with chafee when he was a republican in the senate. according to "the boston globe" the move reflects a broader regional shift with three elected officials changing their

affiliations since 2001. some republicans acknowledge a different tact in the northeast because of a progressive evolution that left the area at odds at times with the national party. it is considered one of the worst atrocities in the war in afghanistan. 16 civilians brutally massacred in their sleep by a u.s. soldier who snuck off his base. now attorneys for staff sergeant robert bales say he has agreed to plead guilty to charges of premeditated murder to avoid the death penalty. most of the victims in the 2012 attack were women and children. there is concern that the plea deal could stoke tensions in the region. bales was serving his fourth tour of duty and the mental toll of multiple deployments made some experts skeptical he would receive the death penalty even if convicted. a mother of seven, a devout mormon and now accused drug mule. it's not a fictional story.

yanira maldonado is in a mexican jail now accused of trying to smuggle marijuana from a mexican town into arizona on board a bus. she and her husband gary were returning home after a funeral for her aunt a week ago when soldiers stopped the bus, claimed to find 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat. family members have accused mexican authorities of a setup, her husband just wants it to end. >> it's just so bizarre down here, so different that we don't -- we're not used to it. this process is just -- we wanted it to be over. we're thankful for everybody's support. just keep -- everything, keep on making this alive so people can give us her support so she can be free. she's an innocent woman. i love my wife dearly. >> maldonado's attorney cast doubt on whether the drugs were actually on the bus. based on conflicting testimony

from soldiers. yet to be charged, family members are hopeful she will be freed soon. to business where wall street is looking to rally after a rare down day. all three indices fell yesterday. the dow tumbled more than 100 points, it was the worst one-day loss in nearly a month. let's check in with jeff cuttimore in london. if the u.s. economy does better it's bad for the markets because the federal reserve might pull back. it's strange what could be good for our economy might be bad for stokes. >> absolutely. we had a fed voting member talking about maybe, possibly, we're kind of open to the idea of starting some tapering here, which means reigning back this $85 billions that the fed drops every month on bond purchases. that has the market nervous. if that process begins, what happens next to equities? do they go up or down on the

tapering story? it's also effecting other markets. we saw a massive move on the japanese nikkei 225 today. they have some local issues to worry about. the bank of japan's own qe program. there is nervousness in japan as well about what the fed is doing. hold your horses a bit i think they say on this positive open for the u.s. market. we have negative prints on some of the futures for the u.s. open. we'll see how that works out as we get to the start of the market session with europe looking a little bit flaccid. let's move beyond nasdaq, you remember that snafu over the facebook ipo. the regulator says that is down to the nasdaq omx. they charged them $10 million, a fine for what happened with facebook. when i go into starbucks, i often flick a couple of coins into that cup, just to show my appreciation for the barista who

brewed up the coffee. it seems some of the managers want a slice of that action. and there's a major court decision coming up on how those tips get divided here. >> you think the managers -- >> i think it should go to the managers brewing up the coffee. would you give it to the managers? >> i would not. i don't like calling them bar rey ristas, but they deserve the tip. a big tech entrepreneur he's now filing for bankruptcy. what's the deal here? >> this is an amazing story. this is like one of those things where they say, you know what, stick with what you know. this guy founded cnet. cnet was sold on to cbs for $1.8 billion. this man's personal income was

in the hundreds of millions of dollars. now he's filed for personal bankruptcy. he said i should have stuck with investing in tech. i stuck it in art. i stuck it in property. i should have known better. there is that old investing statement go with what you know. clearly he didn't, brian. >> if you had 200 million, i probably wouldn't see you tomorrow. i know you had that lottery you didn't win in the uk, but i'm glad you're here. >> yeah, absolutely. a little bit grim. i don't know how you could lose money that quickly except getting divorced, effectively. >> that would work. this reminded me of one of my guilty pleasures. i think of the richard prior/john candy classic. had to spend 30 million in 30 days to get 300 million. we want to know if you had to burn through 200 million bucks in five years, because he said

his wealth was over 200 million in 2008, how would you do that? #waytoowealthy. i'll read the best responses on the air later in the show. i don't know what i would do. buy a minor league ballclub and do the radio, have a last-place team. don't know if i could do it. still ahead, talk about some classics, stanley cup playoffs game seven. last night in chicago, the blackhawks thought they had enough to win it in regulation but this one needed o.t. action. and some say the best part of going to a movie is seeing the trailers. theater owners don't see it that way. we'll have that story, bill karins and weather when "way too early" comes back. >> a jury in maryland has found john allen muhammad guiltcy of six more counts of murder in the 2000 sniper shootings in the

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>> there's nothing like a game seven in the stanley cup finals. >> especially when i'm sleeping the whole time and miss a great game. >> show me the highlights. >> chicago/detroit, game seven. conference semifinals, late in the third. game tied at 1. blackhawks score with 1:47 left. the crowd -- >> oh! game winner. >> wait. one of the refs actually blew the play dead for a fight that broke out between two players that was away from the puck. the crowd stunned. it goes to overtime. brent seabrook fines an open lane and buries the wrister. that's it. when the home team wins in a game seven, it's awesome. they were down three games to one, they win the series and play the kings in the finals.

>> they were the best of the season. >> i think the best team did win that series. >> baseball also a night, some nice plays here. someone break up the mets. >> how about them mets. >> ugh. that is being biased. the mets bats attacked david phelps for five runs in the first. the team that can't hit. they would beat the yankees 9-4. they have a chance to sweep -- this is their world series, by the way -- the four-game series tonight at 7:05. >> i like how they did two at shea and two at yankee stadium. >> much better. some web gem candidates during the twins/brewers game. aaron hicks, lays out, makes a nice catch. full extension. 9.5. >> okay. >> now the eighth, chris parmalee sacrifices his body

down the stairs who is supposed to catch him there. come on, security guard. >> there's a tv reporter down there that should have helped. >> he makes the grab. twins go on to win, 4-16789. >> texas there was a huge thunderstorm coming in, they told everybody to get to safety and shelter. >> the tarp people refused to seek shelter as they chased the tarp into left field. hold on, big guy. they did. they managed to secure it. >> once you get air under there, it's tough. reminds me of that gym class fi thing in elementary school, lift the parachute. >> what about the orioles nationals? >> orioles won the game. ba barnicle saying we did the wrong highlights. back in february, the picture of

dennis rodman making his diplomatic debut in north korea. >> successful. >> it has been since revealed it was part of an hbo news magazine called "vice." >> this was all for a reality show? can't believe it. >> no, they say it wasn't a gimmick, though. in fact, here's the key, he wasn't even their original first choice for this mission. they originally reached out to michael jordan. and, you know, wisely i think, he said no tha, no thank you, i enough trouble running an nba team. i don't know how they go from jordan to rodman. nothing in between? >> have you seen this flood video? >> i have not. this is carl sandberg college in illinois. a flash flood literally. it blows through the front door. obviously campus will be closed until further notice so they can clean things up. >> it's like a basement. >> yeah. >> unfortunately it wasn't even a basement.

it was ground level. flooding continues to be a huge concern there in the midwest. it will continue as we go throughout the next couple of days. we have been watching the tornado threats, in the back of my mind i'm reminding everyone this major flooding heading from the mississippi will steal head lines, especially next week. another complex of heavy torrential rain from tulsa, up to kansas and heading into missouri. we are expecting the area to get two to four inches of additional rainfall. this is the whole flood basin for the upper mississippi river. it will flood down through areas north of st. louis. st. louis could have a top five all-time flood forecast as we go through next week. these records go back almost 200 years. a top five is a big deal for that area. of course the city is protected by the flood wall. yeah, by the way, since barn kna icle only wants to talk about

washington, d.c., 92. >> he has the white socks on today. usually you go bear foot. >> usually the old people stay indoors. >> play a little shuffle board. >> the seniors need to watch out. >> we are making up for lost time. black shelton led a cast of some of country's biggest names for healing in the heartland. a concert in oklahoma city, not far from moore, oklahoma where 24 people were killed and hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. miranda lambert was one of many stars who gave an emotional performance. ♪ >> we blow through these stories in the news cycle, but you can't forget lives were at stake. carrie underwood, rascal flatts, vince gill and even usher participated. carrie underwood previously

pledged $1 million of her own money. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," more problems for attorney general eric holder. his critics continue to say he misled congress and now he's facing a media boycott. when we come back, we will have a run on a chinese highway. we will tell you if he found his exit. [ male announcer ] ah... retirement. sit back, relax, pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? search it. "401(k) hidden fees." then go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. we have every type of retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. why? because we're not your typical wall street firm that's why. so you keep more of your money. e-trade. less for us. more for you.

time for the cooler. i feel old to you, i won't retire. but larry king is really old. he's not done. >> you know what? he's moving to russian tv. >> is he moving to russia? >> he's not moving to russia. it's rt america and politics with larry king will air on rf america and so will larry king now. it goes to show you when you get older it's not just about the money, it's all about the money. >> why retire if you want to work. >> all everyone is telling me there's a cool way to see the sunset. my question is why does anyone else in america care? >> the reason why we care here

in manhattan is because of this phenomenon called manhattan henge. you can see the sunset perfectly through the skyscrapers. get out your instagram, twitter, you will be able to see these sunsets. >> there's the time-lapse sunset. this is gorgeous. >> beautiful. you can see these in late may and mid-july. >> that makes i it look a lot easier to get across town. >> i like previews in the theater. >> i do, too, but some theater owners think the previews are too long. the movie theater owners think the trailers should be cut down by 30 seconds. >> is there like no time limit now? >> there's really no time limit, and you basically see the whole film before it comes out. >> you're in favor of

shortening? >> i think less is more. >> i haven't been to a theater in, like, two years. i don't want to say that to the movie business -- >> do not tell people that. >> i watch movies, but on my ipad. we need a good animal story. >> always. we want to make sure everyone laughs. there is an ostrich on the streets of china look at this video. >> how does an ostrich get out? >> i don't know. it's an animal native of africa. and look at it. it's running into traffic. >> it was going against the grain, too. >> gets hit by a car. >> oh. >> the funny thing is authorities had trouble catching it because they didn't have experience in catching ostriches in china. apparently the ostrich was okay after it got hit. it's at a vet getting medical attention. hopefully, you know, at some reserve where it can run and play with other friends. >> he's a superstar now. anything else? >> we have to turn to justin bieber. apparently he has a lead foot,

what else would you expect if you give a 19-year-old a 900 horsepower ferrari. he apparently was speeding through his gated community and nfl player keyshawn johnson reported him to police. >> keyshawn, out playing with his little girl and he said hold on a minute. >> the sheriffs department went to bieber's house and he refused to talk to them. >> he has some issues right now. >> he has some issues. i don't know if i'm a believer anybody. >> thanks. still ahead on "way too early," your tweets on how would blow through 200 million bucks. and "morning joe" moments away. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things.

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