they're going to be rigged again this time too. voting is on friday. watch this space. good tuesday morning. right now on "first look," surveillance overload. has our government gone too far? other countries think so, but by and large, americans feel differently. where is edward snowden? the nsa leaker is on the run, but what happens when u.s. authorities find him? turkish trouble. riot police are clashing with protesters at this very moment as the violence escalates. plus, a stiletto stabbing leads to murder charges. the very latest on two children fighting for their lives. and hillary clinton unleashed on twitter. good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. an international manhunt is on this morning for the 29-year-old at the center of the nsa leak case. edward snowden had been hold up

at a hong kong hotel since handing over secret government documents to journalists. his current whereabouts are now unknown, causing american investigators to worrying more sensitive information could fall into the wrong hands. meanwhile, authorities back home are ramping up their case against the former cia employee. senator dianne feinstein has called the leaks acts of treason while congress prepares to receive a confidential briefing on exactly what went wrong. this as a new pew/the "washington post" poll shows the majority of americans seem to back the programs snowden is accused of publicizing. 56% of americans consider the nsa phone-tracking to be an acceptable form of government action. that number grows when americans were asked if investigating terrorist threats is more important than their individual privacy. nbc's tracie spots has more on the investigation from washington. >> reporter: these are new yorkers rallying in support of edward snowden. they think he's a hero.

the government doesn't. experts say the whistleblower protection act won't protect him. >> it doesn't have any teeth there to protect you against retribution from the agency that you're reporting abuse on. >> reporter: authorities have launched a worldwide manhunt to track snowden down, concerned about what he knows and what he's saying. >> obviously, we'd be concerned if some of that very sensitive information that he has would fall into the hands of a foreign government. >> reporter: the fbi has visited his father's home in pennsylvania and his mother's in maryland. >> please do not get in my way. >> reporter: in washington this afternoon, members of the house get a closed-door briefing on the leak. the senate will be briefed thursday. >> if the government has probable cause, if they have reason to believe somebody is a terrorist, go after that person, but don't have a blanket check on hundreds of millions of americans who are innocent. >> i'm 29 years old. >> reporter: and we're learning more about the self-proclaimed whistleblower. "the guardian" reports he dropped out of high school and got a ged.

he spent five months in the army reserves before breaking his legs. he went from being an nsa security guard to a cia spy, then joined private contractors to continue the work. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. now to shocking allegations of misconduct by state department personnel, including at least one ambassador and reports that high-level officials interfered with the ensuing investigations. nbc news has obtained documents revealing members of the state department and an unnamed ambassador were accused of improper, and in many cases, illegal conduct, including engaging prostitutes, pedophilia, sexual assault, unexplained fatal shootings, participation in an underground drug ring and unauthorized information leaks. the documents also allege top state department officials interfered with the investigations. former state department investigator turned

whistleblower, aurilia f edenson says the investigations are not thorough because of officials with "undue influence" and she wants them to review the allegations. the state department denies any complaints of ignoring the conduct. >> they would be fully investigated. i will not talk about specific cases, but i can say broadly the notion that we would not vigorously pursue criminal misconduct in any case is preposterous. a grilling for potential jurors in george zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. their selection hinges on what they know about the case and if they can keep an open mind. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense in the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old trayvon martin. nbc's jay gray takes us inside the sanford, florida, courtroom with a look at monday's first day of jury selection. >> reporter: on the opening day of his murder trial, george zimmerman at times took notes or whispered to attorneys, but for the most part, sat quietly during a court session. >> can we approach the bench,

please? >> reporter: slowed by numerous sidebars and procedural issues. the actual task of questioning specific jurors -- >> what do you recall seeing on tv? >> reporter: ended with them interviewing only 4 of the 500 members of the jury pool. >> i will be asking you a series of questions -- >> reporter: questions that for both prosecutors and the defense clearly focused on what prospective jurors have read or watched in media reports about the case. >> are you a frequent tv news watcher? >> so, you don't have access to any cable stations at all? >> have you read anything about this in the newspaper? >> the challenges of jury selection are monumental. it's hard to imagine there's anyone in seminole county who hasn't been soaked in the flood tides of pretrial publicity. >> reporter: zimmerman's brother talked about the influence of constant media coverage in the case. >> i think it's important that jurors get to know that george is a real person. he's not just whatever images people flash across the screen or whatever narrative people write about. >> reporter: while the parents of slain teenager trayvon martin

say they're ready for the trial to move forward now. >> we are relieved that the start of the trial is here with the jury selection as we seek justice for our son, trayvon, and we also seek a fair and impartial trial. >> reporter: a trial that can only begin after six jurors and four alternates are selected, a process that could take weeks. jay gray, nbc news, sanford, florida. >> jury selection resumes this morning. we should mention, george zimmerman has sued nbcuniversal, the parent company of this network, for defamation. the company strongly denies his allegations. and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." in 2010, democrats learned the hard way not to take a massachusetts senate seat for granted, and new numbers this morning on the special election are backing them up. a suffolk university poll has democratic congressman ed markey up just seven points over republican gabe gomez. vice president joe biden attends

a washington fund-raiser for markey today, while president obama campaigns for markey in boston tomorrow. model kate upton celebrated her 21st birthday monday with her congressman uncle fred upton and congressman kevin mccarthy couldn't manage to stay away. couldn't blame him. he instagramed this picture from capitol hill. now that she's a private citizen, hillary clinton has time to tweet. the former secretary of state is now an official member of the social network, using the handle @hillaryclinton, naturally. she describes herself in her bio as a wife and mom as well as a hair icon and pant suit aficionado. well, guess who's coming to dinner? not congress. the white house is indefinitely postponing this month's annual congressional picnic. administration officials blame those automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. something still on the calendar is a meeting between newtown families and house republicans. speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor will meet thursday with those who lost loved ones at sandy hook elementary school. edward snowden hasn't been

charged in the nsa leaks, but there are already calls to clear his name. this morning, a petition to pardon the former cia employee already has more than 40,000 signatures. and it was 50 years ago today when governor george wallace famously blocked a schoolhouse doorway to try and stop two black students from integrating the university of alabama. wallace stepped aside after president kennedy federalized the alabama national guard and ordered troops to tuscaloosa. and that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." and now for our tuesday forecast, we're joined by bill karins. good morning. >> yeah, the hate inbox got full yesterday in a hurry. >> weatherman's never popular when it's raining cats and dogs, right? >> eastern seaboard, we had severe storms, flooding rains. it was just a mess out there, but i'll tell you what, the tornado that touched down in kentucky was serious business. this was a wide one, too. >> wow. >> at one point it was estimated to be 300 yards wide by the national weather service. it was on the ground for about five miles. it did damage to some homes, it tore down a barn, killed some

farm animals, unfortunately, injured three humans. no fatalities, though, so thankfully for that. all that rain and wet weather from yesterday is now up into new england. still soaking from massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island northwards, upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire and maine, so still dreary in that area. not expecting any sunshine at least for the first half of today. yesterday we had about 1 to 2 inches of rain widespread, d.c. almost 3 inches of rain. that's why we had a lot of flash flooding down there. we could see a few storms there later today. as far as severe weather goes today, the area we'll watch is going to be nebraska and areas of south dakota. maybe a few tornadoes. hopefully, rural areas. and then this will dive as an overnight thunderstorm complex across iowa towards chicago with a threat of damaging winds. so, shouldn't to be bad, hopefully, but again, this time tomorrow morning, we'll be tracking more storms. and if you're from the middle of the country, pretty much south of that -- denver, chicago -- the heat is on. i mean, we're going to be near 100 today in many spots. >> how nice for them.

a lot of people don't like the heat, but i love it. >> i mean, you're going to be like 78. that's not your happiness level -- >> not even close to my happiness level. thank you, bill. details of the stiletto stabbing coming up. birth control for girls of any age and good news for manpower and hiring. right now, protests between turkish police and protesters is escalating. we'll have the latest in three minutes. you have the potential to do more in business.

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some other stories making news this morning. first to turkey. another day of clashes between riot police and protesters in istanbul's thaksin square. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to push into a park where demonstrators have been camping out. at least three have been killed and more than 5,000 injured since antigovernment protests erupted on may 31st. death by stiletto. a texas woman is facing murder charges this morning after police say she stabbed her boyfriend in a high-rise apartment building. her alleged weapon of choice, a

stiletto heel. she's claiming self-defense. after lawsuits on behalf of two children needing organ transplants, health officials are changing policies. the organ procurement and transplantation network will now allow patients 12 and younger to have cases reviewed by a national board of surgeons. previous rules barred children under that age from applying to receive adult lungs. the senate is scheduled to vote today on moving forward with a bipartisan overhaul of the nation's immigration laws. among other things, the bill would allow a pathway to citizenship for some 11 million documented immigrants. people of all ages, including minors, will have over-the-counter access to the so-called morning after pill. this after the justice department decided to drop its appeal of a court ruling that would allow unrestricted sales of the emergency contraceptive. until now, the pill would only available without a prescription to women 15 and older. and now for your first look at business, we turn to cnbc's jackie deangelis.

jackie, good morning. >> good morning, mara. futures lower this morning after stocks failed to hold on to some early gains on monday. the markets got an initial pop after s&p upgraded its outlook on the u.s.'s credit rating, saying that it feels better about economic prospects, but that optimism proved short-lived. me meantime, americans say now is a better time to sell a home than any period in the last three years. fannie mae says a rise in confidence could lead to more sellers and eventually a further rise in home prices, which jumped 12% in april. and finally this morning, a government watchdog agency is targeting banks on overdraft fees. a report by the consumer financial protection bureau says that consumers who opt for overdraft protection on their checking accounts pay higher fees and are more likely to have their accounts closed. mara, back to you. >> all right, jackie. thanks so much. some good news on the hiring front. a new survey from manpower group shows that more employers plan to hire new workers over the next three months than in any other period since late 2008.

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now to a story we're following closely overseas. the south african government is calling nelson mandela's condition unchanged. the former president is in his fourth day at a pretoria hospital in serious but stable condition battling a lung infection. nbc's rohit cat rue is joining us. we're told those closest to mandela are by his side? >> reporter: that's right, mara. many relatives of nelson mandela have been streaming in and out of the hospital here in pretoria over the last 24 hours. we believe that his wife has not left the hospital since she came here on saturday morning. and in the last 24 hours, we will say we have seen his former wife, winnie mandela, accompanied by their daughter, zinzie mandela, then by their other daughter zenani, significant because she is the ambassador to argentina. that's where she lives, and she decided to travel back here to south africa overnight to be by her father's update. the latest update from officials

here in south africa says that nelson mandela is seriously ill but he's in a stable condition. officials admitting, too, that he is being treated in intensive care as well. they also say that they won't update us on his condition unless there is any significant change. and so, millions of people right across south africa are hoping for some good news today, mara. >> all right, rohit kachroo in pretoria, thank you for that. now for the latest in sports, we turn to my colleague >> good morning, mara. could it be tim tebow's last stand? that's the question. after one season with the jets and being cut, he heads to new england's mini-camp. if he can pass the physical, and i expect that to happen, he becomes a patriot. to former nfl star chad ochocinco, chad johnson, formerly known as chad ochocinco. he was set to do community service in a domestic violence case. then what happens?

he playfully slaps his toesh on the back side. onlookers laugh, but not the judge. >> this isn't a joke. >> i didn't do it as a joke. >> everybody in the courtroom was laughing. i'm not accepting these. >> and she throws out the deal. johnson gets 30 days in jail. mark cuban is paying $100,000 for a study of the physics of flopping. >> the what? >> flopping, that's right. the billionaire owner of the dallas mavericks, he's got a curious bone here. can video evidence -- look at this stuff right here -- distinguish between actual collisions and then the fake ones? i don't know if you can tell there, mara. chicago's wrigley field was socked by heavy fog. we can't see anything here. >> nothing. >> yeah, seeing pitches became a luxury. fly balls, forget about it. by the final out, it cleared a wee little bit, but not for the cubs. reds win 6-2. you think they might know their field better, but no. golfers are readying for the u.s. open in pennsylvania.

sergio garcia approached tiger woods, fisticuffs? no. the two shook hands. their first face-to-face meeting since their dust-up at the players championship. it appears all is simpatico. i was thinking one of them might have said here, mara, liar, liar, pants on fire. >> we don't know. >> keep the audio low. >> thanks, richard. it's time to dig deeper in our top political stories. joining me on the phone is the "washington post" reporter david nakamura. thanks for joining us. >> hi, glad to be here. >> let's start with edward snowden, the man behind the nsa leaks. he's one of thousands with access to sensitive information, so is that the real security issue here? >> absolutely. i think government officials are really concerned about this because he was out in hawaii, as we know. he was not a super high-level employee. he had only been at the booz allen hamilton, the contractor, for a few months, so investigators are trying to

investigate why he had access to this information of such security nature and how many others might, and he has other claims out there that he has actually more information, and some of that may come out in the future. so, that's one of the critical questions that remains unanswered. >> now, later today, president obama will be speaking on immigration and the gang of eight's legislation is before the senate. is this a done deal in the senate and how's it looking in the house? >> it's not a completely done deal. i think there's a lot of momentum in the senate. there's this gang of eight bipartisan group that authored the legislation, but it's going to take weeks for it to get even out of the senate to a vote by july 4th. so, the president wants to keep the momentum going with his speech today. in the house, it's a much more difficult question, as we know. with republicans in control, there are some republicans who don't want to do a big, sweeping bill. they just want to do smaller bills, and that concerns the white house because they think not all of their agenda, especially the path to citizenship would get through the house. but i think the idea the house may come up with something by august and then go with the senate, if the senate does go forward some time in the fall go to conference and hammer out a compromise.

>> all right, david nakamura with the "washington post," thanks so much for that. >> thanks a lot. coming up, bill karins and richard lui will be here for "first buzz," where we'll tell you what stories caught our eye this morning. that's coming up next. nd be goo? [ female announcer ] now there's new neutrogena® naturals acne cleanser. acne medicine from the wintergreen leaf treats breakouts. no parabens or harsh sulfates. for naturally clear skin. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® naturals. for naturally clear skin. so you can capture your receipts, ink for all business purchases. and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork.

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well, it's time for "first buzz," the stories we're talking about this morning. i'm joined by richard lui and bill karins. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> your story's really disturbing. >> well, first off, all the predictions are really bad. after the rains on the east coast, the mosquito season's going to be horrible. now we found out yesterday that these giant mosquitos called galanippers, have been found in central florida, as predicted. they are 20 times the size of regular mosquitos. >> oh, yeah. >> they can bite you through

your clothing. >> oh, my gosh. my skin is itching just looking at that picture. >> i won't ever go to florida again. >> what's their name? >> galleynippers, because folklore has it that they can drink a gallon of your blood. >> i'm literally itching looking at that picture. no trips to florida this year. >> i'm staying away as well. >> richard? so, kobe bryant's parents s settled. his mom wanted to auction off items. well, it will only be six and mom put out a statement saying, hey, everything's okay. >> i have a feeling there's something beneath the scenes there. >> yeah, a lot. >> any time you have a child feuding with their parents, going to court, there's something there. >> it's not like if she needs money he won't give it to them. >> get your stuff out of the house! >> i feel like there's something going on behind the scenes. they weren't in favor of his marriage. >> you're right. >> there's some history there. this is an interesting case, out of arizona. a man is suing the city he lives in for $500,000 because he was arrested and charged with drunk driving, even though his breathalyzer test revealed a 0.0

blood alcohol level. >> can't do this? >> but they said he had blood-shot eyes. his lawyer says he had been swimming. >> blood-shot eyes -- >> make sure you're clear-eyed. >> that's like us at 3:00. >> i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" starts right now. >> got to be careful. welcome to "the daily show." i am john oliver, and let's all just acknowledge for a moment that this is weird. this looks weird, it feels weird, it even sounds weird. it sounds weird to me, and this is my actual voice. >> john oliver begins his stint at the desk of "the daily show," and we're just glad he didn't do a little clint eastwood empty chair kind of thing with stewart. we'll let you judge his opening act later in "the cooler." and you know we touched on the nsa scandal. we now know more about edward snowden himself but in some ways

less about what happens next. no more going after the morning after pill. details on the government no longer trying to limit the sale of the contraceptive. and it is tebow time in new england. it looks like the patriots will sign tim tebow, but it's not as if tom brady's shaking in his boots. one of the best rivalries in sports takes yet another turn. this is "way too early" on a tuesday. ♪ it's like a bizarro day. jon stewart's done from "the daily show," and tim tebow's on the patriots. good morning, everybody. i'm brian shactman. it is june 11th. all right, so, he is going to be a part of patriot nation, right? a lot of people say -- i am not saying it -- a lot of people say he's one of the most overrated athletes of all time. it's a pretty bold claim, but it made us think about overrated, what it means, who is it? so, we want to know, who's more overrated out there than tebow? we're talking sports, po