solution. >> of course it is. of course. guns are one thing, but phone calls are too dangerous to go unchecked. >> funny, but true. americans seem to be okay with certain types of privacy invasion. just which ones revealed in a new poll. ratcheting up ghun poun pol. mayor bloomberg is going after politicia politicians. and some unwritten baseball rules broken. that means grown men in baseball uniforms gathering in a general distaste for each other in the middle of the field. it is a sarcastic wednesday and this is "way too early". good morning, everybody. i'm brian shactman. it is june 12. we have the base brawl, more tim tebow of course, and george w. making a bit of a comeback.

but first serious news to get to. our top story, istanbul taksim square, center point for clashes. take a look at the images right it now live. it's a little bit more of a settled down scene than yesterday when who knows what might happen today. you can see cars destroyed in the center of the square. some 5,000 injured, four people killed. this morning prime minister erdogan will meet with protest groups after clashes turned violent not once, but twice. pretty brutal exchanges. protesters throwing rocks, small explosives as police tried to clear the square. police responded with tear gas. you can see there water guns, as well. by the evening the square filled with more than 10,000 demonstrators. again the response even more intense. hundreds of police using water cannons, rubber bullets and protesters complained the prime minister trying to impose islamic agenda on what they say should be a secular country.

the prime minister erdogan said he was losing patience with the protests saying, quote, if you call this roughness, i'm sorry, but this time erdogan won't change. i don't know of any other prime minister erdogan. joining us now, our correspondent who is a lot taller in person. usually it's the opposite in tv and i don't feel this way, but you don't have any lifts. >> no, the tv adds a few inches. >> oh, my goles goodness. good to have you for insight. a lot of americans didn't see this coming. they don't know much about prime minister erdogan, just it's the bridge between the west and the middle east. how desperate is situation is this for the country and the prime minister? >> there are two ways to look at it. there is the last ten days which is the actual protests and then there are the deeper underlying currents that have kind of been building in turkey over the last several years. on one happened, turkey has bridged the european an middle eastern divide so well, its

economy has done so well, but as these protesters have highlighted, there is growing concerns that this government is becoming slightly a little bit more authoritarian and trying to revert back some of the secretary esecular traditions. >> a lot of times people jump on to these situations to stir up problems. so another question that comes up, is this a natural ground swell or a lot of more violent sort of extremist groups jumping on board. >> they're not extremists, but definitely legitimate grievances among the people. they don't represent the majority of people in turkey. keep in mind this government has been elected several times over the past 11 years. prime minister erdogan has been elected at least three times, his party as well. so over the course of the last 11 years, they have had the mandate to govern with an overwhelming majority. that number has diminished, but they still have the mandate to govern. grieve vadvances have spread, bt not yut enough on get the

government to change in a drastic way. the prime minister will meet with the protesters, try to alleviate some of the concerns, but it's also the tactics that the government is using that is fueling more protesters. using such strong handed tactics. the prime minister said he'll have a dialogue with the protester, but the way -- the language he's using is very pa stern list tick and the rhetoric we've heard from over leaders in the middle east that has angered the people and that only fuels protests even more. >> good to see you. although you guy geist geist could have handled theight thin better than me. in london protests against the upcoming g-8 summit. they tied up traffic in some of london's prime neighborhoods. police used chain saws to cut into nearby buildings. one of the most dramatic parts of the day, they actually lunged

toward a top of the four story building and was actually wrestled as you can see by police who were wearing repelling ropes just inches from the roof's edge. at least 32 people in all were arrested. back here at home, the question for months has been whether the imsgrags bill will ev immigration bill will see the light of day. yesterday it passed a key test. senators voted 84-15 to begin debate on the gang of eight's plan. senator tim kaine gave the first ever floor speech entirely in spanish to voice his support for the legislation. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this does not mean there aren't serious challenges ahead. political reports key democrats

including harry reid and dick durbin worry that in an attempt to gain republican support, the bill has been too watered down. senator cruz said unless key enforcement changes are made, it will not pass the house, but then again he's a senator and not in the house. disclosure of classified information about government surveillance programs sparking new calls for transparency, something the self-proclaimed leaker said he wanted all along. but now the justice department is preparing a criminal case against edward snowden, the former nsa employee who admitted to releasing the top secret documents. the 29-year-old who is sincely on the run could face charges of theft and even espionage. it's not just snowden under fire. congressman peter king says the journalist who published the information should also be punished. >> between they willingly knew that this was classified information, i think actuion should be taken. something on this magnitude, there is an obligation both moral and legal against the

reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security. >> meanwhile the aclu has filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the government's tracking of phone and internet data violates free speech. both google and facebook are now asking the government for permission to reveal more about the nsa's request for users online communications. interesting to point out new polling from cbs news and "new york times" shows just 38% of those surveyed approve of the government collecting phone records of ordinary americans. 75% support the collection of records of suspected terrorists. and it's a nir even split between those who are very or somewhat concerned about losing privacy and those who say they are not worried about it. and here's one interesting point. amazon sales of george orwell's novel 1984, they popped over 6,000% in just 24 hours. the struggle over gun reform

is playing out in new ways politically as mayor bloomberg looks to make life a little uncomfortable for lawmaker who's possess background checks. today he will appeal to new york's biggest donors to withhold contributions from the four democrats who blocked the bill. it they are mark pryor of arkansas, max baucus, heidi hide camp, and mark begich. according to the "new york times," those four lawmakers have raised more than $2 million from new york donors. although bloomberg support for gun restrictions is backed by much of the base and the country for that matter, his push to publnish democrats coul complicate efforts to keep control of the is that the. we'll talk to mayor bloomberg on morning joe. a key portion of a military sexual assault bill will be dropped. democrat senator karl levin said he's taking out a provision that would give military prosecutors power over which sexual assault

crimes to try. >> victims have told us they said they're afraid to report because they're concerned they will, retaliated against or marginalized or actually blamed. what we expect from the military is that they don't want to change anything. they want the status quo. in fact they have said they will not support taking this decision making out of the chain of command. i think that is wrong. i think anything less will not result in a more transparent father system where victims feel comfortable. >> levin would require a senior military office to review commander he's decisions, but barbara boxer called change o outoutrageo outoutrageous. officials are calling nelson mandela's condition very serious. however south african president

says he is stable. mandela was rushed to the hospital with a lung infection on saturday. local reports say only those closest to mandela were being allowed to be by his side. including his current wife and daughter who is south africa's ambassador to argentina. the tide has turned on american's views of former president george w. bush. a new gallup poll says 49% now view him favorably with 46% viewing him unfavorably. yes, it's below 50%, but it's the first time since 2005 that opinions of him have been more positive than negative. gallup says bush left office with a 40% favor ability in january of 2009. actually it bottomed out in march of 2009 which is when the stock market bottomed out by the way when 35% of respondents viewed him favorably back then. gallup says the trend is not plourly surprising as americans generally view former presidents more positively after they leave

office. favor ability for reagan, carter, clinton all exceeded 60% when last herbed. so this kind of brought us to our twitter question. if w. can make a comeback this quickly, we want to know who you think is ready for a comeback. at least in our eyes. tweet us your top choices. we already have some good anthony weiners and lindsay lohan, but we'll give the best answers later in the show. turning to the world of business, a bit of a global selloff in the last 24 hours. things seem to be settling down just a little bit ahead of the dow open. steve sedgwick live for us in london. give us an update on the global marketplace. >> this is all about the appetite of investors to go to alone without the impetus from qe and stimulus. this time the boj saying it wasn't going to add anymore money to the $1.4 trillion it's already pretty much committed to reflating the system in japan. s&p gown 1%.

elsewhere walgreen's under a bit of pressure. fined $18 million. basically it appears walgreen's has been letting too many controlled you been is stances on to the black market. for instance six of their pharmacies in florida were distributing over a million ox city company doan pain killer drugs a year. average is 73,000. elsewhere, mark zuckerberg awkward 30 minutes in the annual general meeting, first one facebook has had. the problem is the shares were ipoed at 35 and now trading at 24. a lot of dissgrunt he willed shareholders out there. >> i know ire a dad. i've been getting flack from my tongue in cheekiness about the differences between you guys and us in the states. but is father's day on the same day in the uk? i honestly don't know. >> it's exactly the same thing which is exactly why i'm flying out on assignment this weekend, i'm off to the g-8 instead of hanging around for it. but, yeah, it appears that in

the states moms areal have aed more than dads and i think it's actually the same in the uk. apparently average spend on monls monl moms is 169 bucks. father's day, under $120. for me, i'd have as small a figure as possible because i know where it comes from, my wallet. >> it's your money anyway, right? i remember going to like the store and getting my dad a tie or pair of socks. it was never any good anyway. >> what's wrong with making a card? ineligible happened writing. and that's just from my 14-year-old son. >> i think i would just take two hours to myself would be fine. steve, thank you very much. moms deserve more anyway. still ahead, it's official, tim tebow is new england patriot. i don't know whether to be sad, and the eloquent bill belichick opening up about the move in typical fashion. and have you seen the lego men lately? they're kind of mean. one researcher says they're not what they used to be and it could affect kids play habits.

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spurs firing on all cylinders last night. danny green led the spurs to one of the best shooting biggest blowouts in nba finals history. green is the guy cut twice by the spurs, made 7 of san antonio's finals record 16 three-pointers. how about gary neal, he had another six. wasn't even drafted. absolutely beat by no names. spurs won. they meet again tonight. baseball, things got messy between the dodgers and

diamondbacks. septemb ian kennedy plucked him and all hell breaks loose. probably not having casual conversations out there. even the managers got at it. the dodgers upset after their phenom got hit and then they just started hitting everybody. and it was kind of a madhouse. but the dodgers by the way getting a little better, they won 5-3. so second brawl in two days. all right. new englanders are upset tim tebow made his debut with the patriots yesterday up in foxborough. and if you want great insight, you won't get a whole lot from bill belichick or from the former jet and bronco qb. >> getting a lot better and learning under great people. so that's all i --

>> that's it. i guess. rex ryan weighing in on the move, he says if the pats want to replace tom brady with tim tebow that and he's a-okay with him. you can already pre-order his jersey on the website. he won't get the number 15. a little bit of soccer. world cup qualifying. 41,000 fans in seattle, and they got their money's worth. it they are on fire. eddie johnson, watch the crowd go nuts. i know some people poo-poo it, but when you play for your cup, it's a big deal. u.s. is in first place in their qualifying. i just tell people it's like hockey. if you go to one of these games, i don't know, bill, i think people might be converts.

>> you'd have to make the world cup, that's when everyone cares. yesterday unfortunately the weather story turned to the heat and fires. and this was the scene, this was the black forest fire in colorado. in all there were five fires, a couple million dollar homes got burned to the ground. a couple thousand people evacuated. and it will be hot and dry once again today and the winds will whip around. so we'll see another dangerous day on the fire lines there in colorado. kind of the first real outbreak of fires we have had in colorado this season. today 90s, low humidity and windy, so not a fire forecast that the firefighters like at all. we'll also deal with severe weather. the next 48 hours we'll have a lot of dangerous storms tracking through the midwest through the great lakes. right now the storms are in iowa. later today, chance of tornadoes near the greater chicago, indianapolis areas. northern indiana, then damaging wind threat overnight right through the overnight hours

through ohio, kentucky, west virginia, down to d.c.. and then we'll do it all over again into thursday. the area of red, we just got hit by tornadoes two days ago. looks like another chance of tornadoes for the mid-atlantic region including washington, d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, so highly populated urban corridor with a chance of severe weather thursday. so we'll track it over the next 48 hours. >> thank you, bill. a lot going on. we have all eyes on turkey this morning again where the protests will be heated as they were yesterday. we'll ask that question. we have the best person in the business on this story, president of the council on foreign relations rich arrestha. also major potential set back for the victims of military sexual abuse and the female senators fighting for change. a key provision that those senators say is vital to cleaning things up in the military gets dropped already

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>> he every day is my gad and i don't need an award to tell me that he's the best that i i ever could have hoped for. but i'm grateful he's getting the recognition that i of course as a biassed daughter thinks he always deserves. >> so sweet. now, lego maniacs may be headed for years of therapy. researchers in new zealand studied the toys and studied they feature more grumpy faces than ever before. only about 50% of the little men had happy faces now. researchers are questioning how they may impact how children play. no word from lego yet. this would only happen in germany while appearing on a german game he's asked to crack his walnut with his bum. he finally cracks the nut with

his back side and the host asks butler about the time he poured ice in his pants to cool off on a move have i shoot. butler recreates that moment on the show, unzipping his pants and sending large ice cubes down his jeans. that is one talented man. >> i don't think we go far enough to make our stars promote movies. still ahead, george w. makes a comeback. who is next? your tweets when "way too early" returns. few industries are changing more rapidly than healthcare. by earning your degree from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu.

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