i have my patriotic tie on today. i actually first wore this in honor of the late great mark haynes from cnbc when he passed away. of course, everyone getting prepped. they're already prepped for their holiday tomorrow. we want to begin with some pretty big news overseas. egypt where we are another day closer to boiling over there. 23 people are reported dead and president muhammad morsi is vowing last night not to resign while pledging to protect his constitutional legitimacy with his life if need be. he is at odds with his own military which has set a new deadline for a deal today. if no agreement is reached, the army will suspend the country's constitution and dissolve the parliament. all of this as hundreds of thousands descend once more on tahrir square spelling out their messages to morsi in lasers. this is an incredible sight of

laser shows throughout the entire night. we are live in cairo. what do you think will happen next? >> reporter: well, we're about five hours away from the military deadline. we can expect a lot of maneuvering in the next few hours. at some point they will have to deliver a statement about what they plan on doing, whether they feel that the 48 hours actually met the demands of their people. now all indications by their reactions on the streets show that the demands of those protesting in tahrir have been for the most part ignored by president morsi. he spoke last night for about 45 minutes, struck a very defiant vote and held very strong to his core convictions that he has the legitimacy. it's not only him but it's the millions of people that elected him going to the streets in support of president morsi. they've been camped out as well. that's why we're seeing some of these clashes where 23 people have been killed. it will be a volatile situation

playing out on the streets of egypt today. >> the washington post has an editorial this morning that says the protests show how far the prestige of the u.s. has fallen. a, is that accurate? and what's the u.s. role in what's going on right now? >> reporter: well, there's no doubt if you ask people in both sides of the equation, those that are on and support president morsi, they will tell you the u.s. has been against their position. if you ask the opponents of president morsi they'll tell you over the course of the last year the united states has really warmed up to the muslim brotherhood. in fact, just days before the big protests on june 30th that led us to this crisis the u.s. ambassador made some comments that angered many of the local egyptian media. many interpreted her comments as to suggest the protests would not bring about change, that the only way to actually advance their democratic desires is through the ballot box. today it seems she has been proven wrong as a result of these protests. on the other side, those that support president morsi, they

believe the u.s. is fueling this. they've toppled the first islamic president of the country. >> nbc's reporter in cairo. the u.s. is slowing down a key component of the obama care. the obama administration offering a one-year delay to employers who are supposed to start offering health insurance to its workers. here the law required businesses with more than 50 workers to require coverage or face a $2,000 fine. it's obviously one of the most controversial aspects of the law. many say it's too burdensome and complicated to comply. what led to the surprise decision? let's go to mark halpern. for me, mark, is this a symbol of an existential problem with obama care or is this so big it's difficult to implement? >> it's a substantive issue. delay is a good thing. let the businesses adjust. the politics are huge.

people are looking at the fact that it extends beyond the mid term. they're trying to avoid the political fallout but there's also the question, this is what opponents are saying. if this thing is a good idea, the plan is a good idea, why are we delaying it? lots of people would like to scrap the bill. this gives them a big talking point. >> do you think we'll have more changes on what's expected, more refarm? >> this is a big change. lots of opponents are saying if we're delaying this, let's delay the original mandate and the other components. once you start pulling the threads on the legislation because the opponents have not expected it. they're not saying the president won the election, supreme court upheld it, let's work together in national unity to get this implemented. they're still trying to kill it. that's what makes changes hard. every time the white house proposes a change the opponents don't say, thank you, that's a good change, they say, let's kill it. >> they dropped this late on july 2nd. is the timing a little bit

cagey? are they going to get heat for that? >> not just the timing of when they did it on a holiday week, but in a blog post. not in a press conference. there are going to be a lot of questions. you saw last night lots of republicans putting out statements including mitch mcconnell, the guy running for governor, ken kuchinelli. you haven't heard a lot of democrats say this makes sense. we've heard democrats say previous to this the implementation of this huge law is going to be a problem. >> the co-host of "morning joe." >> do some calisthenics. >> mark halperin. thank you for joining us. despite higher winds, crews were able to bring 8% of the fire under control in yarnell. the target date for having it knocked down completely, not until july the 12th. as the independent investigation

begins, questions mount surrounding what went wrong. >> we know there he is a weather change. we know there was a drastic change. we know there were crews on the ground, but you're trying to ask us what exactly happened. was there questions that weren't asked correctly? was the timing sfwlong we won't know all of these things until we get the investigators on it. we can't answer to that. it's all rumor, conjecture, hypothetical and we can't go there. >> 21-year-old brendan mcdonough was the loan survivor. he was acting as a lookout and narrowly escaped himself after warning his crew of rapidly changing weather conditions. this is video of the last that you saw of the crew. meanwhile, families of the victims are warning the terrible losses as you might imagine. among them, the father of wade parker whose late son was set to be married in october. >> my son was one of the crews that was down there yesterday.

he wanted to be a firefighter since he was 5 years old. let's move onto the edward snowden case. first, of course, causing a riff between the united states and hong kong. then the u.s. versus russia. now bolivia accusing america of orchestrating a plot that risks the light of that president. libya's leader was forced to spend the night in vienna after his plane was rerouted to austria after being denied access over french and portuguese air space. it all stems from a rumor that snowden hitched a ride from russia on the president's jet and that he was seeking asylum in south america. the european countries involved are not commenting on reports that the obama administration

asked them to do that. he was not aboard and he was still waiting in a moscow airport to see which if any nation will take him. to the george zimmerman trial. prosecutors trying to cast doubt on the fact that he feared for his life the night he shot and killed trayvon martin. they testified that all of the injuries george zimmerman sustained could have come from a single blow contradicting claims his head was slammed multiple times. >> are the injuries to the back of the defendant's head consistent with having been repeatedly slammed in a concrete surface? >> no. >> why not? >> because if you look at the injuries, they're so minor that to use the word slammed implies great force and this -- the resultant injuries are not great. >> the medical examiner did concede zimmerman's wounds could have come from multiple blows. also yesterday, lead investigator chris serino

returned to the stand saying the phone calls zimmerman made to the police the night of the shooting to report in his words f'ing punks, they have to prove that. >> commercial jets has officials calling to change the rules. basically at issue, the go around maneuvers when a jet has to abort a landing on a final approach. a spirit airlines jet nearly came in contact with a sky diving plane missing each other by 400 feet. i mean, that's a little more than a football field. the spirit jet had to go into a sharp nose dive to avoid colliding. there's been five recent near misses including one two weeks ago where a delta boeing 747 cleared to land missed an approach and ended up flying in the same direction as a shuttle america regional jet leaving a runway at nearby laguardia

airport. well, the food police have a new target and that's long john sill verse. the center for science and public interest are calling this, the big catch the worst meal in america. fried fish, hush puppies, and of course onion rings. forget about the 1300 calories. it has 33 grams of trans fat. that's more than you should eat in two weeks. so, lis jen, independence day is tomorrow. we're all going to eat a lot of food. we want to know your must-have item at a 4th of july barbecue. i feel like memorial day is too early for good watermelon and corn. your responses, you can get creative if you like to. #waytooearly will read the responses later in the show. still ahead on "way too early." drama in cincinnati. homer bailey goes for a no-hitter against the giants. you may be surprised by the last person who accomplished the fete.

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we have not seen a no-hitter this season. at this point last year there had been five. the reds homer bailey was looking to change all of that in cincinnati against the giants. the no-no still going in the ninth. brandon crawford, right back to bailey. takes care of business. next batter, one out. he goes downswing.

he was throwing high 90s. then he rounds to third for the final out. homer bailey becomes the first pitcher this season to record a no-hitter. the last pitcher, that would be homer bailey on september 28th of last year. he joins justin verlander, roy halladay as the other other activity pitchers to have a no-hitter. homer was rewarded at the end of the game. classic. final score, 3-0. of course, the all-star game two weeks away. like every year, there's a little bit of controversy over the roster. dodger's rookie, puig, who has a highlight, undoubtedly the most exciting rookie in the big leagues. jonathan papelbon. he weighed in yesterday on mlb radio network. >> the guys who play in the big league, they're preparing them to be some hall of fame big

leaguers. that's an actual joke. it's really kind of stupid if you ask me but, you know, we just came back from l.a. and puig, whatever, you know, i'm like the guy -- the guy's got a month in the big leagues, i don't even think he's got a month in the big leagues, and, you know, you're comparing him to this and that and you're saying he's going to make the all-star team, that's a joke to me. >> i don't know why he's chiming in on it. he can't even say his name. by the way, when asked to comment last night, puig had this to say. >> it's gone to center field. deep, going back. and no more. >> that's a 451 foot home run by puig. he goes three for five. let's face t no matter where he's been, it's about what he's doing now. plenty of people made the

all-star game and disappeared the next season, batting .443, 44 hits, 17 rbis in 27 games. alex rodriguez back on the field. played three innings at third and went to bat twice. first at-bat, grounded pretty weakly to third. got a double play. second at-bat he struck out looking. both new york papers, "the daily news" and the post have him in playoff form. according to the associated press, a rod says he'll need 20 games before he's ready to return. finally, when you thought the aaron hernandez story could not get any more bizarre. tim tebow had to intervene in a bar fight between hernandez and a bouncer over a disputed bill. the two were teammates. tebow offered to pay the bill to, quote, help resolve the conflict. at the time police recommended a

felony assault charge against hernandez but no charges were ever filed. even more irony is that tebow might be a tight end for the patriots next year because hernandez is now in jail. let's get a check on weather. wow. that's a beautiful morning shot and it's humid, hazy. let's go over to dylan dreyer. listen, the july 4th forecast in the northeast continues to get better and better. i'm all right with it. >> it's okay. just like your tie. that is the classiest american flag tie. >> are you saying honestly i love america. they're pretty tacky. >> that's saw some. >> thank you, dylan. >> it's the antique. vintage. that's the word i was looking for. i like it. we are going to see a pretty nice forecast for tomorrow. all the rain up and down the east coast is going to move a little further to the west. the ohio river valley not so nice. down into the southeast as too. we're looking for a couple of pop-ups in the southwest. with the thunderstorms comes

lightening. that is not what that very dry area needs out that way but something we'll keep an eye on later today. look at all of the rain over the next 48 hours. three to four inches especially in atlanta and eastern tennessee and across the panhandle of florida. of course, we are focused on the heat in the southwest. those excessive heat warnings continuing. temperatures still up around 110 and higher and no relief in sight. so today we are looking for pretty warm temperatures in the southwest once again. late-day thunderstorms in the east once again and then tomorrow for the 4th of july up and down the east coast, new york city, all the major cities do look fine for the fireworks displays. >> you made fun of my egg reference. i did read a story that somebody took their van, closed all the doors and put a tray of cookies in. >> cook? they did fine. >> in four hours they had perfectly delicious -- >> 350 degree oven, 150 degree car. >> there you go. cooking in the heat. thanks, dylan. coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe," delaying one of the key components of

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at the top of the show we talked about the white house is slowing down implementation of a component of obama care. if you want to sound smart today you can tell your friends that in 2009 98% of companies with 200 or more employees offered health insurance. yes, only 59% of companies with fewer than 199 workers offered health care to their employees. to the cooler. jimmy kimmel is always keeping an eye on technological advances. >> microsoft is testing a smartphone that can sense your mood. it uses a technology they call mood scope to detect yo your emotions and share them on social media sites. i don't need a phone, i have a fiance that can sense my moods. while this is an interesting idea, i think they'll want to disable the speaker phone

function. >> kevin is nervous. kevin is sweaty. kevin is horny. kevin is extremely sweaty. kevin has nervous gas. kevin is totally blowing this. >> wait, no. >> kevin is pathetic. >> the new moodscope app. good luck with that. >> kevin is a little -- >> poor kevin. >> that's a good one. dennis rodman, by the way, back in the headlines on the cover of "sports illustrated" where are they now issue. rodman discusses his diplomatic mission to north korea and his role in the peace process. he says, quote, my mission is to break the ice between hostile countries. why it's been left to me to smooth things over, i don't know. dennis rodman, keeping us safe is not my job. this is a quote, it's the black

guy's job, that's obama. if i don't finish in the top three for the next nobel peace prize, something's seriously wrong. there you have it. dennis rodman seriously considering dennis rodman for the nobel peace prize. it doesn't get moran come to than that. talk about random. the roads can be a dangerous place, especially if it's dating season in russia. >> i don't think they were getting it fully on. that video was posted on monday. it looks like the cow may not have been badly hurt judging by the fact that it walked away from the crash. you look at the time stamp on that. this is from the future, 2025. talk about age in time. making a big catch is one

thing but this one truly historic. 40 pounds. short rock fish caught off the alaskan coast. ugly, ugly fish. here's the hook. the state department of fish & wildlife says it's at least 200 years old. how do they know that? not like it has lines like a tree. well, they count the number of growth rings, it is like a tree, along its ear bones. the fisher man plans to have it mounted and hung. still ahead on "way too early." what you must have items at the 4th of july barbecue. your morning tweets and "morning joe" just moments away. hey america, even though she doesn't need them, cheryl burke is cha-cha-ing in depend silhouette briefs for charity, to prove that with soft fabric and waistband, the best protection looks, fits, and feels just like underwear. get a free sample and try for yourself.

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>> me, too. >> july 4th is about freedom. freedom to choose which part of the pig to feast on. >> how do you want bacon at the 4th of july barbecue. bacon wrapped scallops? bacon w? >> how do you not work bacon in is my question? >> that's true. let's see the front of them. and the back of them. come on, t.j. too slow. have a wonderful holiday, everybody. "morning joe" starts right now. >> i think it's good that they're delaying the train wreck, but i think this bill needs to be repealed. i think the more the public learns about this, the more they'll demand that, and the more they demand it, the more they'll respond to that. there are elections coming up in the future, and they could