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 this week president john f.

kennedy assured all berliners that he, too, were a jelly doughnut. according to the white house, the president is going to be calling for the reduction of the u.s. nuclear stock pile so as long as russia agrees to do the same thing. we'll see what vladimir putin thinks about that. also breaking up, taliban followed up on its request for peace talks by bombing an bagram air base. here was the president yesterday. >> so, this is an important first step towards reconciliation, although it's a very early step, we anticipate there will be a lot of the bumps in the road. the fact that the parties have an opportunity to talk and discuss afghan -- the

afghanistan future is very important. >> of course, the first bomb came a few hours after that, four american servicemen died. back home, imgregs reform. marco rubio. the cbo now estimating that the bill that it will save 175 billion over the decade. marco rubio can breathe a sigh of relief, if that bill he was spon sorg added to the deficit it could have been dead on arrival. finally n a krult twist of ironry, bill airs, constant source of controversy is now speaking out again about the president. but this time against the president. saying specific barack obama should be quote, absolutely

tried for war crimes and that he would give his presidency a failing grade. with friends like that. now back to you, brian, for the rest of the news. >> thank you, joe. lot of other news to get to this morning including the nation's top security officials on capitol hill attempting to bring some claritity to the nsa's controversial surveillance programs. yesterday the head of the nsa general keith alexander defended his agency saying that his agency has kept americans safe on a number of occasions. >> compliance our government uses to balance security with civil elects and privacies. these programs have protected the u.s. and our allies from terrorist threats across the globe. to include helping the

terrorist, the potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11. >> during these hearings, two examples of successful of nsa surveillance programs were cited. one of a group sending money to a group in somalia and a bombing of the new york stokes exchange. the phone records obtained by the nsa are destroyed after five years. the republican-led house has passed a bill restricting abortions, reigniting a debate that doomed several candidates. it passed eed mostly along part lines. the bill, though, is unlikely to

be considered by the democrat-led senate. a controversial decisions is being held by some health experts as a breakthrough in the fight against obesity. they'll recognize obesity as a disease potentially opening the door for a widespread treatments. it's not clear what extent insurers will cover treatments. one-third of adults in the american are considered obese. some sad news to report, journalist and war correspondent michael hastings has died. a statement on buzzfeed's website said that the young reporter was killed in a car crash early tuesday morning. he's best known for his expose say of general stanley mcchrystal. hastings spoke about his report

on morning joe back in 2010. >> i think there are serious questions about how the war is being run, what the strategy should be, there are some real fundamental policy questions that we have to answer and that we're working out. one of the results of the story was to illustrate one of the key problems, or key issues is the relationship between the civilian and military side. >> hastings is survived by his wife. he was 33 years old. violence is wracking brazil once more, as 150 protesters flooded sao paolo. protesters set fire to a police booth and a tv truck. just days ago, a quarter of a million people protested across the country. most of it was peaceful. brazilian police have been criticized for a heavy-handed

response. among the enduring images is this photo right here, a woman being pepper sprayed at point-blank range. it's on the front of the "new york times" today. and we don't know the context of course the truth is, she doesn't look tremendously aggressive. a female with glasses and a blouse getting pepper sprayed. new details against whitey bulger. he described the killing spree that he allegedly carried out with bulger, up to our necks in murder. he spent his second day on the stand implicating bulger in several of the killings while describing the murders, he described them as quote, a nice guy who was just trying to help his friends and family. now to business, wall street looking to build on yesterday's gains as the fed wraps up its

two-day meeting which may decide the fate of the central bank the bond-buying program, up 140 points. let's check in with karen cho. >> good morning, brian. the market is hanging on every word from fed chief ben bernanke today. half-hour later, ben bernanke will kick off his press conference. interest rates expected to remain low. the focus is very much on quantitative easing. the $85 million in purchases that the u.s. central bank has embarked on of late, will it continue? don't forget on any suggestion, there will be tappering on this program, there will be increased market volatility. investors aren't worried. the push has been very lucrative

for many investors and so much so, more millionaires aed to the list in the past year. and it seems as though the american dream is still very much alive. 7.3 million americans now are weighing into that list as some of the ultra wealthy, brian. >> the stork market probably has a lot to do with that. we had this tussle back and forth with chrysler and they're finally doing a recall, correct? >> indeed. it relates to a douchl older models on of the suvs. the 1993 to 2004 grand cherokee jeeps. chrysler will recall those cars for inspections in some cases it will upgrade the rear of the

vehicle. chrysler was forced to someone or otherwise it would have faced public hearings. >> karen cho, thank you very much. finally, answer. he could be the next mayor of toronto, question is who is alex trebek? apparently considering a bid for public office. last night, he was asked whether he would make a run and quote, he replied, i have no idea. i don't make plans too far in a advance. but i've always been interested in politics. perfect for twitter. if you were his campaign manager, what should his slogan be? we prefer it in the form of a question. before that an awesome game six between the heat/spurs. full highlights.

plus, miss utah looks for a little bit of redemption after her rambling answer at the miss usa competition and how jimmy kimmel wants to help. that and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right back. just two days ago the world championship celtics used their first-round choice to pick bi a s to play for them after he graduated. this morning, len bias was dead of cardiac arrest. reports that traces of cocaine were found in bias' system. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar

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the spurs were going to run away with it. tony parker with the basket. actually, no, tim duncan for the putback. duncan had 30 points. at one point the spurs were up 13. but lebron is going to lead a comeback for the heat. he had the block on the other end, gets it done. okay, so listen, the game is tied at 82. tied with one minute left to play. tony parker with the spin move. the spurs go up by five with 20 seconds left to go. season on the line, lebron trying for a desperate three, he misses. second chance he gets it to go. okay, they foul on the next possession. the spurs hit one of two. okay in materials of the foul shots and by the way, tony parker from the bench, down by three, time will be ticking down the clock after this free throw. which -- let's wait for the free throw. guess who comes up big.

>> 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! >> that one shot is the only reason they got him from the celtics and he just got it done. unbelievable. the game goes to overtime. in o.t., a pretty defensive battle. lebron goes the other way off the steal. how about this? okay, turned the ball over, though, okay, so what do we get? the spurs cannot capitalize. manu ginobili traveled. fouled, either way, can't through the defense. 103-100 and this is what lebron had to say after a classic finals win. >> leave everything on the floor. if we're going to go down, tonight, we're going to go down with me leaving every little bit of energy i had on the floor.

>> game seven thursday in miami at 9:00. police reportedly spending hours last night questioning new england patriots aaron hernandez and searching his home, apparently tied to the discovery of a dead party at a industrial park a mile away, his agent declined to report on the investigation. to baseball now, mets playing a double header against the braves yesterday. in the early game, matt harvey pitching six hitless innings. now we go to the night cap, zach wheeler making his major league debut, this is why people are excited about the mets again. upton brothers, again, boom, in the backyard when they were little you know that was a fight.

a playful shove that what happens when you're brothers. they get the sweep of the twin bill and that's the future. people are excited. not so exciting across town, the yankees suffering two more injuries, mark te share ya with inflammation in his right wrist back on the injured list. gm brian cashman said that he expects alex rodriguez back this season, although there's no projected timetable for his return he continues to rehab in tampa. world cup qualifying match between the u.s. and honduras. scoreless until the 73rd minute. jozy altidore scored four goals in five games.

he's on fire, so is the team. the u.s. will make the world cup in brazil next summer. so, listen, if you're not huge soccer fans world cup is fun and you can't have a good successful national program if you don't get in the world cup. >> you have to get into the world cup. >> we got to go. we should be the "morning joe" correspondents in brazil. >> i'll go. sign me up. i won't be doing any coverage, i'll be on the beach. the weather, yesterday, the deluge all day long from d.c. to philadelphia, new york city had rain, thunderstorms pretty much everywhere on the east coast, what's left of that is starting to exit areas of the outer banks. pretty nice day today. temperatures will be in the 70s from new york city northward. look at that refreshing 70 in buffalo. leave the umbrellas at home.

storms from dallas to new orleans around tallahassee, orlando, tampa, not widespread. it's looking like a pretty nice day. by the time we get to thursday, we're looking pretty good, too. nice, little quiet period, brian, after yesterday's unpleasants. coming up on morning joe, a preview of what is said to be a major speech by president obama. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler where jimmy fallon heads to top of rockefeller center to codyel away his stress and you'll be surprised who he found up there. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day.

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welcome back to "way too early." about three hours from now president obama will deliver a speech at the bradenburg gate where he'll call for reduction in u.s. and russian stock piles. tell your friends that are currently 17,300 nuclear weapons in the global stock pile. of all of the nuclear-armed countries with 4300 of those war heads considered operational. let's gather around the cooler this morning.

jimmy fallon revealing the secret to stress relief at nbc. he heads up to the top of the rock and cody els. and he found some pretty good company there. man, those two can harmonize. fantastic. miss utah contributing nerves to her rambling answer in her q and a answer at the miss usa pageant. she said her real talent is singing. last night, jimmy kimmel gave

her the opportunity to sing her answer. >> ♪ and so we need to try to figure out how do create better education ♪ ♪ so that we can ♪ solve this problem >> it sounds like jennifer grey's sister singing at the end of "dirty dancing." by the way, speaking of the '80s if you were a kids in the '08s chances are these kids look familiar. cabbage patch kids, iconic dolls, a mom to be from george loves the hair so much, he crochets cabbage patch hair for

babies. they look best on 8-month-old baby when a child most resembles a cabbage patch kid. there's even an adult-sized wig. still ahead on "way too early" -- your best and creative tweets on alex trebek possibly running for an apolitical office in toronto. i want peacocks. peacocks? walking the grounds. in tuscany. [ man ] her parents didn't expect her dreams to be so ambitious. italy? oh, that's not good. [ man ] by exploring their options, they learned that instead of going to italy, they could use a home equity loan to renovate their yard and have a beautiful wedding right here while possibly increasing the value of their home. you and roger could get married in our backyard. it's robert, dad. [ female announcer ] come in to find the right credit options

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axiron. earlier in the show we asked what the slogan should be for alex trebek if he runs for mayor of toronto. john tower has some answers. >> who's the man with all of the answers. alex tr, bek. and who isn't the obnoxious fat guy who smokes crack. >> lot of those crack-related slogans.

morning joe starts right now. james catches, puts up a three. won't go. back out to allen. his three-pointer. tie game with three seconds remaining! >> an absolutely amazing ending to an absolutely amazing game. good morning. it's wednesday, june the 19th. with us on set, former communication director for president george w. bush, nicole wallace, and the host of cnbc's "mad money," jim cramer. good morning, guys. i told you. what did i tell you when they all go down to miami and got fireworks and coming? what did i