where he is from. that act of restraint on your part is the best new thing in the world, now it is time for that active of restraint on your part is the best part. good wednesday morning. right now on "first look" -- heat fans were leaving early, but the battler of the big man. president obama returns to german bradenburg gate. the world's nuclear weapons. obesity a disease and mayors want to regulate how many 47 million food stamps users spend their assistance. an incredible tornado near denver international airport and western wildfires continue to cause major problems. good morning. it was a clash of the titans last night as the miami heat narrowly defeated the san

antonio spurs in overtime, 103-100 during game six of the nba finals. forcing game seven. but before last night's matchup both teams took shots at one another, the san antonio zoo fed heat merchandise to these australian bush dogs. lebron james went one step further releasing a photo of his new shoe reading two-game. tim duncan for the monster slam. two minutes later, leonard teaches the heat mike miller what the terms posterrize means. the spurs would lead by five at halftime. to the fourth with under 15 seconds left, lebron james attempts a three that clanks off the rim. but ray allen sinks a three s d sending the game to overtime. in o.t., heat up one, the new

manu ginobili takes the ball to the hoop appears to get fouled but there is no call. the team goes berserk. deciding game seven is thursday night. president obama finds himself in berlin almost 50 years to the day of president kennedy's cold war address there. he'll deliver a speech at bradenburg gate. nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd there. >> good morning. i'm fascinated by the heat/spurs game six, but here in germany, there's some excitement in the public when it comes to president obama's visit here. as you point out, it's a quick trip, it's an official state visit, he's meeting with the german president then a working lunch with chancellor angela merkel. the first time that u.s.

reporters will have a chance to address the president on various issues. the negotiating that's going on between the taliban in afghanistan, syria, so, there's perhaps some news there, the german press corps is likely to talk and ask questions about the nsa surveillance program that's not popular here among german opinion leaders. but the highlight of this team, mara, has to do with the speech that the president will give, it will be marking the president kennedy's speech. but also, he'll envoking ronald reagan and the famous tear down the wall speech. president obama will be facing the east, something neither reagan or kennedy could have done because of the berlin wall. there will be some policies in there. he's going to call on starting negotiations again with the

russians to cut the nuclear arsenal by another one-third, those negotiations haven't started. and we'll see the last ones took quite a bit of time. but a process the president is going to lay out tonight. mara. >> thank you so much, chuck. they're demanding president obama take more decisive action in syria, republican john mccain along democrats robert menendez are urging the president to quote take specific steps to change the military balance of power in syria against the assad regime and its foreign supporters. those suggestions include. the president obama administration authorized sending weapons to the reblgs. a plat to blow up the new york stock exchange is one of dozen planned terror attacks

that the government said that it thwarted through its data mining. 2 of the 50 cases, the admission is part of the obama administration to rally support. >> securing the security of our allies. >> officials say an e-mail from yemen informed them of the stock exchange plot. edward snowden denies the programs are essential. the nsa denounced snowden. >> the intentional and irresponsible release of information about these programs will have a long impact on our nation's security and on that of our allies. >> michael hastings a journalists who reporting caused the downfall of one of the top.

stanley mcchris tall was the top u.s. commander in afghanistan when he agreed to talk to the rolling stone reporter. it revealed his criticisms of the obama administration. mcchris tall was fired. michael hastings was 33 years old. turning now to western wildfires and a fast-growing one in arizona the massive fire in the press scott national forest grew to 5,000 acres within hours. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. there's no word on what sparked that blaze. in california, state of emergen emergency, as crews battled a wildfire near yosemite national park. it's now 40% contained. now for your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. conservative activists are

planning what they can r call the largest tea party rally. against the irs giving extra tax scrutiny to conservative groups. speaker bayner doesn't expect it to be the floor of the house. >> i believe it's weak on border security, i think the internal enforcement mechanisms are weak and the triggers are almost laugh zblbl he was asked one of lawmakers warning about if he brought up the bill without a majority of republican support that it could cost him his job as speaker. >> maybe. >> while during the g-8 is summit in ireland, first lady michelle obama went to lunch with a local singer bono. with all of the media on hand,

bono said i thought this was a secret. world hunger activists. the demonstrators said that the leaders should be doing more to address poverty around the world. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." denver experienced a pretty unbelievable sight yesterday, a tornado. the funnel cloud was right over the denver international airport. thousands sought refuge in the bathroom in the airport. no flights were delayed and diverted yesterday. they're expected to run on time today. now for a look at the national forecast here's bill karins. >> it went between two runways. >> no damage. no injuries. >> the video and the picture is just incredible. some of the people had their cameras right there. from the tarmac, looking up to to the tornado spinning there.

it doesn't go all of the way down to the crowd. trust me the tornado did go to the ground, the wind center at the airport, went to 97 miles per hour and it actually it got hit by that tornado. >> that's so amazing. it looks fake. >> yes. especially since no one got hurt. as we go throughout the day today. this was actually the radar from the airport and look at the doughnut hole there, in between the two runways. this close-up views of radars, there's nothing too bad out there right now. just showers and storms rolling through there. some showers and storms trying to approach montgomery, alabama, shower and wet weather in the southeast and some rain exiting

myrtle beach this morning. it will be a dry day in the mid-atlantic especially after yesterday. beautiful day around chicago, too. so, i don't think we're going to see any pictures like yesterday, again, no one got hurt or injured. >> thanks so much, bill. one of the fbi's most wanted busted. serena williams' controversial comments about rain and the war on obesity. finally, chrysler relents on a major jeep recall. "first look" is back in three. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day.

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some stories making news this morning -- the fbi has nabbed one of its ten most wanted just a day after he was added to the list. walter lee williams was arrested in mexico, wanted on charges of sexually exploiting children. the american medical association is now categorizing obesity as a disease, a move defining it as a medical condition requiring treatment.

the house has approved a national width ban on abortions. >> there's nothing more important than protecting voiceless unborn children. and their families from the travesty of abortion. >> this bill that a man sponsored that an all-male panel has approved jeopardizes the health and well-being of women and only women. >> the bill heads next to the senate where leaders there it has almost zero chance of passing. tennis star serena williams is under fire this morning after controversial comments on the steubenville rain case, where two high school football players were found guilty of raining a drunk teenager girl. serena said quote --

and talk about luck. gary kolgs of washington state won big of a scratch-off lottery ticket, decided to buy another one, the combined $200,000. for our "first look" at business. here's cnbc. good morning. >> futures in the stock market are higher as investors await the federal reserve's decision this afternoon, the fed isn't expected to change interest rates but experts believe that the central bank will keep its options open. facebook plans to roll out a new product tomorrow a video feature for instagram, the popular photo-sharing site it bought last year. and samoa air is creating a

new class to accommodate larger passengers. mara, it could be a big business, to say the least. >> thanks, kayla. chrysler will have now to recall older model jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture in rear-end collisions. 18 mayors from across the country have sent a letter to congress to try to limit the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks. they have to comment yet on this new push. just for fun, forbes has a list of the most expensive homes for sell. number two, the estate in los

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now, the very latest in sports from my colleague betty nguyen. good morning. >> still recovering from that game last night. a world cup qualifying game against honduras last year. jozy scored, enough for the u.s. win 1-on. tennis, five-time venus williams has withdrawn from the wimbledon open next week due to lingering back pains. and officials have searched aaron hernandez's home after the death of what is called an associate of the football star. footballer nfl player steve gleason, he has actually accepted the apologies of three atlanta radio hosts who were fired for joking about gleason's ald, definitely not funny, but

gleason who was diagnosed with the disease in 2011 is confined to the wheelchair and he has lost the ability to speak. he wrote on his facebook page -- we have all made mistakes in this life. how we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are. the atlanta falcons have chosen the design of the new stadium. check it out. it's absolutely insane, it features eight-piece roof that will twist closed. >> amazing not sure how that's going to work, but construction is set to begin some time next year. that's going to be the coolest stadium on the planet. >> thanks so much, betty. our top politics stories. i'm joined by boris enstein. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> obama just wrapped up the

international stage. >> he did okay. there weren't high hopes about the nsa program. he did all right. today he'll have the big speech. this is not going to be a big marker on his international background or his international affairs policies but it was a job well done in terms of status quo. >> lot of attention was paid to the relationship between obama and putin which seemed a little bit icy. what do you see as the future moving forward between the two countries? >> you know, the future could hold compromise actually, specifically on syria, neither country wants to see syria destabilize. i think there's room for compromise. right now, you're not seeing that. putin is taking a hard-line against doing so, but down the line, you'll see both sides come

together and work together on that issue once assad is taken out of power. >> turning now quickly to domestic politics, yesterday the house passed this bill restricting abortions it has virtually no chance of becoming law with a democratically-controlled senate. why is the house gop taking on this fight. >> it's a big fight of the gop platform especially for a certain sector of the gop. we should concentrate on the economy. this is long term not a winning battle for the gop. the economy is slow, the recovery is melding. >> all right, boris, thanks so much for being here. >> absolutely thank you. coming up, bill karins and betty nguyen will be here for first buzz. we'll tell you the stories that have caught our eyes.

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well, time now for first buzz the stories that we're talking about this morning. i'm joined by betty nguyen and bill karins. this is not a funny video because it deals with fires that are always damaging. do you remember this guy who did the double rainbow video. >>. >> how can you not remember that guy? >> he's back now. he shot video of the fire burning in yosemite. let's take a listen to the reaction to the fires that he's shooting. do we have that sound bite. >> whoa. it's so intense. oh, my god. look at that.

oh geez. whoa. >> so, apparently -- >> it is the same reaction. >> but he said that he has a degree in fire studies. >> so, that reaction is completely acceptable then. >> yes. now, he's back in the world of viral videos. bill, some dogs, cute dogs. >> this contest is getting bigger and bigger. this is the world's ugliest dog contest. the official contest is friday. you can go online and get your votes in. this is rascal. a lot of these are the hairless dogs, too. this is squiggy. now, some of them are mutts and some of them are pure breeds. >> all right, and betty. rihanna is making news.

>> this time, not with a picture on her twitter site, but he actually snapped at a fan, things got a little too grabby wouldn't let go, so, she basically takes her microphone and boom, hits him, like get away, dude. >> i wouldn't mess with riri. "way too early" is coming up next. james catches, puts up a three -- won't go. rebound, bosh. back out to allen, his three-pointer, bang! tied game with five seconds remaining. >> incredible. talk about clutch. ray allen's only three-pointer of the night, helped the heat edge the spurs in a game they had zero business winning. they had extended highlights in sports. plus, privacy versus security. the agency's surveillance program stopped as many as 50 potential terror attacks in the

united states. we'll tell you about some of the plots ahead. michael hastings the reporter behind the rolling stone article that brought down stanley mcchrystal, passes away. this is "way too early." good wednesday morning, everybody. june the 19th. we do have a lot of ground to cover this morning. i want to bring in joe scarborough actually to the take us through the stories that developed while we were sleep zblg the focus is going overseas, all eyes on president obama, he's nofk germany this morning where he's wrapping up his three-day trip to europe for the g-8. at 9:00 a.m., he's going to be delivering the speech at the same spot where 50 years ago