to short-circuit this thing? that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. themselves. who is going to figure out how to short circuit it? first look is up next. good tuesday morning. right now on "first look", a new at this point and another search is underway for the body of infamous teamster boss, jimmy hoffa. vladimir putin and president obama at their most contentious meeting to date. at arms over military support in syria. a major milestone as afghanistan takes the lead in securing their country from u.s. led nato forces. plus, will and kate's baby, a $400 million boom for the uk, a study on sleeping and your health and a $3,000 watermelon. good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. a possible break in one of the greatest mysteries in the last 40 years.

monday, the fbi searched a field in suburban detroit for the remains of teamster leader, jimmy hoffa. prosecutors issued a search warrant about 25 miles from detroit. >> it's my fondest hope that we can give that closure not just to the hoffa family, but also to the community, stop tearing that scab off with every new lead and bring some conclusion. >> this latest search was launched after official reportedly received a tip from aging mobster tony zarilli. those zarilli says he was not involved in the teamster's disappearance, he claims he was told about it by a mobster leader. he claims he knows how he died. officials say they plan to resume their search today. hoffa disappeared july 30th, 1975. the fbi says a man who caused a major disturbance on a

flight from hong kong to newark liberty airport monday is being given a psychiatric evaluation. passengers says he claimed everybody on board was being poisoned. one person recorded the event which was about everything from chinese spies to edward snowden. >> your life is in jeopardy, your life is in jeopardy, too, if you work for the nsa, if you work for the cia, if you work for the national security agency. your life's in jeopardy. you will not get a trial by jury. >> there's no word on whether the man will face any charges. president obama is defending his administration's handling of the syrian civil war. the president's first comments come following friday's announcement regarding the aid of weapons after bashar al assad's crossing of the red line. >> this argument that somehow if

we had gone in earlier or heavier in some fashion, that the tragedy and chaos taking place in syria wouldn't be taking place i think is wrong. >> a new pugh research poll finds 70% are against the u.s. and its allies sending arms and military supplies to anti-government groups in syria, 20% are in favor. nearly two-thirds say the u.s. is overcommitted to get involved in another conflict. syria is expected to take center stage at this week's g-8 summit. while they support opposing sides in the conflict, they agree that the civil war must come to an end. nbc news chief correspondent chuck todd joins us live from ireland. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marra. in fact, the two leaders of the former cold war super powers took pains to look like they get along. they tried to have a better body

language for the tv cameras as they were escorted in than they did a few months ago when the two met and seemed to have a contentious disagreement over what to do about syria. yesterday what the president took pains to emphasize to president putin behind the scenes was that the united states' interest here was not in shoving out the entire assad regime of syria, just assad himself. they would love the other parts of the regime at the negotiating table. it was an attempt to reassure the russians that that is what the motives are of the united states and that language, at least talking to senior aids behind the scenes, they feel like may have helped putin dial back the rhetoric that he had used just a day before in london. in fact, here's what he said while sitting next to the president. >> our opinions do not coincide and all of us have the intention to stop the violence in syria,

and to solve the situation peacefully. >> reporter: so they agree to disagree on which side they're on but they agree to push for some sort of political settlement to take place in geneva. it's a promise they both made before. we'll see if it actually happens. marra. >> chuck todd live in ireland. thanks, chuck as the g-8 summit continues, a new claim from the self-identified nsa leaker edward snowden who says u.s. and british intelligence eavesdropped on world leaders at a previous meeting. andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: as the g-8 summit opened, the guardian reported that the british with american help had spied on past summits, intercepting e-mails and phone calls at a london summit in 2009. one target, russia's then president medvedev encrypted calls home to moscow. >> what it does do for president

obama, which is problematic, is it robs him with much moral authority in talking about this. >> reporter: snowden's leaks about hacking china undercut the president when he met with president xi lately. u.s. officials said no one should be surprised. we reported on nightly news 18 years ago that the clinton white house spied on leaders in miami in 1994. snowden has claimed extraordinary access to personal data. former officials say he's exaggerating. >> snowden is wrong. he could not possibly have done the things he claimed he was able to do in terms of tapping communications. >> reporter: but in a web chat with "the guardian" snowden wrote if i target for an example an e-mail address and that e-mail address is sent something to you, joe america, everything comes through. snowden denied any contact with the chinese government writing this is a predictable smear that

i anticipated before going the public as the u.s. media has a predicted red china. >> i think he's a traitor. >> reporter: snowden wrote, being called a traitor by dick cheney is the highest honor you could imagine. a major turning point in the war against afghanistan. as of today, afghan forces are taking the lead for the country's security from the u.s.-led nato coalition. president what mid karzai provided over the hearing in kabul. it was met with a new round of violence. american forces will now move entirely into a supporting role before their full withdraw next year. massive demonstrations in brazil, more than a hundred thousand people in at least eight cities took to the streets monday to protest poor public services, public violence and government corruption. in rio, there were clashes as

demonstrators threw rocks at police and set fire to cars and government buildings. in northern mexico, at least here's your first dish of politics. snowden answered questions during an online chat monday and said that former vice president dick cheney calling him a traitor is a mark of pride and that, quote, it's the highest honor you can give an american. one of the miss u.s.a. pageant contestants was asked about the snowden claims. >> i think the society that we live in today it's sad that if we go to the movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about our safety. i would rather someone track my telephone messages and feel safe wherever i go and feel like they're encroaching on my privacy. voting rights groups are applauding the supreme court's ruling that says that arizona cannot demand proof of

citizenship from people voting. former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. will be sentenced july 3rd for looting his campaign treasury of about $750,000. jackson's lawyers asked the court to send him to prison first if he and his wife sandy get time behind bars and that's the morning dish of scrambled politics. in northern mexico, at least one person has died due to excessive rain throughout the weekend and monday. they've received over 17 inches of rain, about 60% of the region's annual rainfall. it has cautioned at least $30 million in damage and has left at least 40 million people homeless. more rain is expected for the region. and now for a look at the weather closer to home, nbc's bill karins is here. >> here in the lower 48 we're doing all right.

nothing too bad. if you're driving on interstate 20 this morning, be prepared for some heavy downpours. that will eventually include the atlanta area. probably around 6:00 a.m. is when i'm going to target the storms to arrive in the atlanta area. 620, in the birmingham area. slide further to the west, shreveport just dodged these storms. it's pouring on interstate 20 almost across the entire stretch louisiana and our friends in fort worth, it's a 4:00 "a.m. wakeup call" for you. a large thunderstorm with torrential rain and heavy downpours now approaching the downtown fort worth area. that should move towards dallas during the rush hour as we go throughout the morning hours. maybe a little bit before the rush hour. that's where the heaviest rain is going to be. that's where the humidity is highest. downpours pretty much all day today from atlanta, dallas, even up the eastern seaboard. not bad severe flooding, just downpours. >> unpleasant. >> yeah. send you indoors. >> thanks so much, bill. today the pentagon will

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throughout new york city. they can accommodate six devices at once. >> we all need a place to charge our phones. thanks, kayla. the house of representatives will consider a farm bill that would cut $2 billion a year from food stamps. white house says they would veto the bill with that provision because it would leave too many americans hungry. netflix, whose stock has been on a role lately, will today offer family friendly choices off a new website. the british economy is about to get a 400 billion boost thanks to none other that will and kate's special delivery. royal baby sleepwear, booties and much more will be big business for the royal family and for retailers. check out this $3,000 watermelon. these black skin melon grow only on japan's northern island heikedo. three sports radio hosts are fired for crossing the line.

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well, it's time for sports. for all the latest headlines, i'm joined by betty nguyen. >> good morning, mara. in sports, in game three of the stanley cup final, bruins daniel paille rips a shot past crawford for a 1-0 lead. ten minutes later patrice

bergeron is left open on the back post for an easy power-play goal making it 2-0 bruins. the bruins hold on to win giving them a 2-1 lead. here's a bizarre story involving allen iver son. allen iverson's ex-wife has filed paperwork saying iverson has abducted the five children. but the former nba star allegedly never returned the children home from north carolina after a vacation. the former nba star never brought them home. the former nba star denies the allegations. chad the former ochocinco johnson is a free man this morning. he spent a week in jail for patting his attorney on the butt. it infuriated the judge. yesterday he apologized and i'm sure he kept his hands to himself. >> i'm sure he learned his lesson. >> oh, yeah. three atlanta sports radio hosts have been fired for making fun of former nfl player steve gleason on air.

gleason, diagnosed with als in 2011 is confined to a wheelchair and has lost his ability to speak. the radio hosts set up a skit where they pretended they were interviewing gleason. they set up a fake caller with a robotic voice. they went on to discuss whether glee s gleason would be alive by next week. the host then went on to discuss whether gleason would be alive by next week. >> terrible. >> yes. terrible. the hosts have since released an apology. to baseball now, one fan attempted to get a foul ball, but ended up getting stucks in the seats. after much embarrassment, the fan was given the ball and able to laugh it off. the fun and games go awry when a girl elbows an innocent bystander. the little boy is crying because his cool aid spilled all over him. >> all fun and games until someone spills their cool aid. >> too late. then it's over. thanks too much. it's time now to dig a little

deeper into some of our topo lit call stories. david, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> president obama's approval rating is at 45%. that's down eight points in a month. why is he taking such a hit now? >> his administration has been rocked by a number of these controversies, from the nsa scandal to the i.r.s. scandal that his administration has said they'll make changes in that agency. i think that's driving a lot of it. the inability to talk about his policy. the gun control legislation went nowhere in congress and also the budget talks are tied up. so i think that the people are frustrated right now. it's kind of amazing how quickly that's turned since his re-election. >> let's stick with the poll numbers. pew survey says 54% of people think the feds should file criminal charges. it seems like there's a

disconnect there. what's going on? >> probably. i think that even though the public understands the administration argument to some extent that they have to keep the country safe, i think there's probably concern that these are national security secrets, you have sort of a lower level employee who's just a contractor who's sort of being able to leak this and then leave the country and even do an online chat yesterday with sort of impunity yesterday. i think there's people who feel he should be brought to justice but it is a complicated issue. i still don't think everybody knows all the answers exactly what's going on. that's public opinion. >> david nakamura, washington post, thanks for being here. coming up, bill karins and betty nguyen will be here for our first buzz. that's coming up next.

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time now for first buzz. all the stories we're talking about. i'm joined by betty nguyen and bill karins. have you heard of these? >> i've heard of them. i can't get my hands on them. >> this is a cross between a croissant and a donut. it has a filling. people are going nuts. you can only buy two maximum. now a group has started a delivery service where they will deliver them to you for $100 a krona. this is not the bakery that's doing this. they do not approve of this. >> price gouging. >> make imitation kronas and deliver them for $100 a piece. >> supply and demand. >> do you have them for us? >> i wish. sorry. >> come on! >> you have something that's a little less advertising. >> they say in your lifetime

you'll consume a pound of dirt. >> really? >> yes. just by mistake. water. this chef is actually making dirt soup. this is chef mioshuro misowa in japan. he has dirt. he calls it soup of the soil. >> what else goes in it? >> roots and he doesn't actually put a lot of seasoning. >> tell me it tastes like chicken. >> he wants you to taste the earth. >> in some parts of the earth pregnant women eat things made out of dirt so they have a craving for minerals. not totally unheard of. >> i wouldn't pay for it. >> betty, you have a way to keep men away? >> that's what they say speaking personally. there is this thing on china's version of twitter. someone posted this picture. you've got to see it. >> do we have to? >> it is the new stockings. the hairy stockings. aren't they attractive.

super sexy summertime antipervert full leg of hair stockings for all young girls going out. >> you put kate upton in those, i wouldn't look at her. >> i somehow doubt that. if you're going to wear those, why don't you just wear pants. >> that's it for us. this is "first look." "way too early" is coming up. an enemy, iran. the pointiest bit of the axis of evil. there's an iron grip on power that he will never relinquish. >> six candidates are vying to replace outgoing president mahmoud ahmadinejad who is barred from seeking a third term. >> hold on. the most terrifying super villain on the world stage has been brought to his knees by term limits? that means he technically had less power than michael bloomberg. something tells me mayor

bloomberg would not like that comparison a whole lot. we'll tell you what iran's new president-elect is talking about the country's long standing tension with the united states. speaking of tense moments, obama and vladimir putin are not the best of friends. the fbi will be back on the hunt for jimmy hoffa after a tip that the missing teamsters boss was buried in a michigan field. of course, the tip came from a reputed move yeah captain. what are you going to do? how you doing? no, how you doin'? this is "way too early" on a tuesday. so i've got to work on my moffia talk. my collar was a little tight