trial. we've had snop lion, now jay-z has a name change of sorts. we'll explain in the cooler on this friday edition of "way too early." friday morning, i'm brian shactman. it's july 19th. a lot going on. tiger woods on the course has a birdie already, only two shots back at the british open. new developments also on the north korean cargo freighter detained in panama and in the cooler, a new movie out of china about a gorilla who hits a lot of home runs and plays baseball. huh. see how that one pans out. we begin with seriousnous in detroit. where after years of declines, city officials have filed for bankruptcy protection. known as the birthplace of the american auto industry and the iconic motown records, the city

has racked up at least $18 billion in debt listing more than 100,000 creditors. it now becomes the largest city in u.s. history to file for chapter 9. it's an absolutely stunning but not entirely surprising turn of events for that city. detroit's population for a little bit of history here, it soared during the rise of the auto industry in the 20th country back in 1950. now the population has fallen to just over 700,000 and a 6% plunge in the past decade. unemployment rate over 18%. the city really has never recovered from the housing crisis either. today, close to 80,000 hopes ha have been abandoned. if you go there, you can see how streets go from occupied to unoccupied to abandoned to desolate with grass growing in the streets. the median value of the ones still occupied is below $40,000. crime also a major problem. the city's homicide rate at

historically high levels ranking among america's most dangerous cities for more than 20 years. the future of detroit remains pretty unclear for now. this is no clear road map to how the city survives and pays their debts. the filing begins a three-month process where they determine if the city even qualifies for chapter 9 protection. who would be eligible for settlement funds? they have to order the creditors, but there is no doubt the move will impact the city's 9500 employees and 20,000 retirees. many of whom could face serious cuts to pensions and other city programs. so we'll keep an eye on detroit. we'll talk about this quite a bit during "morning joe." the fallout for the rolling stone cover controversy copies this morning in response to what many called a rock star treatment of dzhokhar tsarnaev, a photographer with the massachusetts state police released a series of photos showing the alleged bomber in a

decidedly less glamorous state. the previously unseen images show the accused killer with a red laser sight trained on his head as he surrendered following a city-wide manhunt. the graphic pictures were given to boston magazine by sergeant sean murphy. he wrote that the "rolling stone" cover was an insult to anyone who has worn a uniform adding "photographer is simple is, it's very bake and brings us back to the cave. an image like this on the cover of rolling stone, we see it instantly as being wrong. what rolling stone did was wrong. this guy is evil. this is the real boston bomber, not someone fluffed and buffed for the cover of "rolling stone" magazine." the editor of the magazine later tweeted murphy has since been relieved of duty and stripped of his gun, badge and computer. nbc news has not been able to confirm that reporting. we don't know the for a fact that that is true. in southern california,

firefighters are holding back a massive wildfire that has burned more than 22,000 acres. there's more than 3,000 crew members it working on this blaze with the assistance of 19 helicopters and ten aerial tankers. evacuation orders have been lifted for two areas no longer considered dangerous in the so-called mountain fire. so far, no fatalities but three firefighters have been treated for minor injuries. as of last night, the fir still only 15% contained. investigators do believe the fire was manmade, but do not know an exact cause. you're taking a look at incredible damage shots from that fire yesterday. president obama going back on the offensive in the fight over his landmark health care law. flanked by families who he said have benefited from the health care rebates, the president said americans saved an additional $3.4 billion last year and the president, well, he didn't address the administration's decision to detail a key part of the law. instead, focused on his critics

in congress. >> republicans in the house of representatives voted for nearly the 40th time to dismantle it. we've got a lot of problems in this country. and there's a lot of work that congress needs to do, and yet, instead, we're refighting these old battles. sometimes i just try to figure out why. maybe they think it's good politics. but part of our job here is not to always think about politics. part of our job here is to sometimes think about getting work done on behalf of the american people. >> house speaker john boehner replied in a statement "the picture that the president paints of his health care law looks nothing like the reality facing struggling american families. they know that the law is turning out to be a train

wreck." the department of health and human services announced in 11 states and washington, d.c., premiums in the health care marketplace required by obama care are turning out to be nearly 20% lower than projected for 2014. the "miami herald" is reporting florida's governor rick scott met with a group of protesters on day number three of a sit-in protest at the state capital at his office. known as the dream defenders, the group of college students want a review of the stand your ground law following the acquittal of george zimmerman during the discussions, scott was adamant he believes the law should remain in place adding he has no plans to call special sessions to discuss changes. the demonstrators say they will not leave until their demands are met. a former cia official has been detained in panama for his role in the rendition of an egyptian cleric dating back two 2003 in italy. robert lady was nabbed crossing

from panama into italy. he was the milan station chief when the cia abducted the claire suspected of terrorismism. the cia is accused of flying the radical to egypt for interrogation where he says he was tortured for seven months before being released without charges four years later. lady and more than 20 other other american government staff wherefore convicted in italy for their roles in the abduction. none have served anytime in prison. authorities in panama have charged the captain and crew of a north korean freighter caught earlier this week carrying tons of antiquated weapons from cuba. the men aboard the ship kept panamanian forces at bay for days. they found a cold war missile guidance system hidden among sugar. north korea has urged panama to let the crew ago. they intend to further search the ship. a dynamic day inside and

outside the trial of whitey bulger. an investigation is under way after a man expected to testify against the mobster was found dead on the side of a road in a wealthy boston suburb. stephen lakes said bulger once tried to force him to sell his liquor store at gunpoint. he recently told the "boston herald," i can't wait to get on the stand and look him right in the eyes. while there was no sign of trauma in his death, friends are skeptical. >> no automobile. no i.d., steve carried his i.d. right here all the time in his pocket. >> do you think he was murdered? >> me? of course. because of how everything's fallen into play here now. >> inside the courtroom, stephen "the rifleman. the. flemii took the stand. revealed how bulger handed over information time and again to the fbi.

flemmi is serving a life sentence for ten murders. an intense exchange. he stood with his hands on his hips and locked eyes with the mob boss he hadn't seen in nearly 20 years. a little bit of a lighter note. you may have read the story, dubai is hoping to sort of curb their obesity epidemic bill offering citizens a gram of gold, about $41 worth in the open market for every kilo of weight loss, 2.2 pounds. that's a gram of gold for 2.2 pounds of weight loss. i thought that was kind of lame actually. that's not a lot of money. that wouldn't motivate me to get in the gym. what would motivate you? tweet us your most creative answers. the #way too cheap. 2.2 pounds? i could lose maybe ten. that's what, 200 bucks. it's money but that's a lot of work to lose ten ls. still ahead on "way too early," tiger issen opt produce at the

british open. how the world's number one within golfer is faring today. and honey boo boo, got some interesting culinary preferences, especially when it comes to road kill. we'll hear the reality star describe her dream menu. that and a check on weather when we "way too early" comes right back. move down the ladder. aldrin remained inside. >> that's one small step for man it, one giant leap for mankind. [ engine revving ]

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time for sports. day two of the open championships in scotland. i like calling it the british open. we have an american in the lead, zach johnson starts the day at 5

under par after a solid day yesterday. he tees off at 10:07 a.m. eastern time. tiger woods teed off about an hour ago. i think he's on the fourth hole looking for his first major win since 2008 when he won the u.s. open. currently in third place. so we'll see how that goes with tiger. not everyone had a good day on the links. char charl schwartzel takes it out on a 6 iron. 2011 masters champion tied for 104th. busted a club. how about an expensive day for the tv crew. on the first hole thomas bjorn right into the camera. boom. that's $80,000 out the window. he would double bogey the hole. quickly to basketball. nets owner press conference yesterday toe welcome kevin garnett and jason terry and paul pierce. the nets traded a handful of guys to get the stars for brooklyn. that brings the nets' payroll to

$101 million triggering an $82 million luxury tax bill. when asked about it, he said the spending would be worth it if he won a championship. >> i would be proud to win the championship. i'm not a man of procedure. i am a man of result. i think they're still counting money in the back office, but frankly speaking i just hope the check doesn't bounce. >> tough accent. he's a pretty funny guy. prokhorov praised jason kidd using an analogy to describe kidd and the music should be a little bit of a giveaway. maybe you remember a film "top gun" from the '86. i'm not sure. this film just arrived in russia one week ago. i want to refresh your memory. tom cruise was a top pilot, a real leader. at the end of the day he made the decision to be a instructor

because it was the highest value just to be a leader. i think it was '86. i new movies got to russia pretty chlo but that's slow. still up in the air whether wrestling will return to competition in the 2020 games. we'd like to offer exhibit a. man in the blue he's a wrestler from azerbaijan about to win a gold medal. immediately after scoring the final point he does this. that's pretty solid. international olympics committee, do the right thing. bring it back because we don't want these guys dancing for a live. i have a lot of friends in the community and they are going nuts 24/7 to try to get wrestling back shoo just keep them all together in one little place. >> right. >> that wasn't nice to all the wrestling fans. >> not at all. by the way, so we're going to

get hot today, tomorrow, and then sunday we're going to. >> it would be monday morning when everyone's going back to work. you'll step outside and say wow, this is much better. yeah, yesterday, we did it. we hit 100 degrees in morning city. it doesn't happen that often. 100 at laguardia and jfk airports. 98 in central park. it was all the way from boyce i to new england as far as the heat went. as far as what we're going to deal with today, just as bad as yesterday. not worse but just as bad. the heat index in new york hasn't dropped below 90 during the overnight hours. we have 95 million people in either heat warnings or advisories from baltimore, d.c., philly, hartford, providence, boston and detroit. today, here's the forecast. high temperatures, again when you add humidity into this that's when we get the heat index of 105 to 110 all the way back to kansas city. the relief up in minnesota is,

minneapolis today 86. it will be very nice there. >> san fran cool. >> that's typical for them. >> good morning, mika. >> good morning. >> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," detroit files for bankruptcy. what the move means for the future of the city and how long it will take to get its finances back in order. former treasury official and economic analyst steve rattner will weigh in. and when we come back, jail zee is changing his name. his big decision and how he made the announcement. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999.

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talked about detroit becoming the largest municipality in the u.s. history to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the murder rate in the city of detroit is atity highest it's been in the last 40 years. problems don't stop there. it takes police nearly an hour to respond to emergency calls. nationally, the average emergency response time is 11 minutes. as of the beginning of 2013, only one-third of the city's ambulances were running and a staggering 40% of street lights were broken. we hope we can fix detroit. we'll see what happens in chapter 9 bankruptcy. let's go to the cooler.

let's get red of the serious somber news. whether or not you're into honey boo boo, you're most likely not into road kill. the young star is. in fact, she has an entire wish list of road kill she's hoping to get on to her home menu. >> my road kill wish list is a rabbit, a hamster, a monkey. they go crazy. a bird, a butterfly. porcupine because you can pick your teeth with the quills. and a wild pig. raccoon, a gopher, an elephant, a lion. i'm hungry today. >> only one of those i've seen as road kill. every now and then, a movie grab the entire world's attention

before it hits theaters. that just happened despite the fact that the trailer is totally in korean, i give you "mr. go." ♪ ♪ king kong meets crash davis, a gorilla who plays baseball.

well, it's out in the korea and china this week. we'll see how it goes. >> you may have heard about the major stifle development that allows people to charge cell phones by using their -- guesses? urine. i'm not kid. david letterman is excited about it. the topic of his top ten. >> they've devised a way to charge a mobile phone, i know you're saying to yourselves, thank god. i was up three times last night reggie chaing my phone. category tonight, top ten questions to ask yourself before buying a urine-powered cell phone. number five, if i want to use the urine covered phone, should i just go to penn station? number four, could i just purchase a spare battery? number three, can you hear me

urinating now? number two, any chance this could electrocute me? and the number one question to ask yourself, what if i get thirsty? >> disgusting. >> i guess it would be good if you're camping in the woods, right? he may be the most successful rapper of all time but that doesn't mean he's averse to change. jay-z changing his name? to what? he's changing it to jay-z dropping the hyphen from his name. he's used it off and on for years but made things official yesterday. there were rumors he may be considering a change to all caps. i know. unbelievable. all right. coming up on the. >> thank you for that. >> you're welcome, mika. >> that's totally doesn't even make any sense. wasted everybody's time. but we'll talk. >> okay. thank you. usually it's louis. >> it made more sense when it came from louis.

coming up on "morning joe" the down fall of a once great american city, detroit declares bankruptcy. becoming the largest u.s. city ever to file. we're going to talk to steve rattner, the former car czar who was involved closely with the 2008 auto bailout in a minute. and a massachusetts state police officer loses his job after releasing new photos of the boston bomber all in response to that controversial "rolling stone" cover. more on that straight ahead. and the senate primary in wyoming is heating up for sure as a top republican strategist calls elizabeth cheney a "bored housewife"? over her decision to move back to her home state? we'll explain how those comments may impact the race. also, new york jets head coach rex ryan will join us here on set to talk about the upcoming nfl season and his recent decision to run with the bulls in spain. we'll have all that. also vladimir putin proving once again if he doesn't like somebody, he just gets them arrested or worst.

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so dubai is offering citizens a gram of gold for every kilogram of weight loss. we thought that's $41 worth of gold for 2.2 pounds. that's not enough. what would motivate you to get in shape? eric schultz has answers. eric? >> a little tight on time. go to jessica who says an appearance on "way too early" would motivate me. i just want to tell you, jessica, it's not really that great. >> we won't abuse her the way we abuse schultz. i want to share, eric weaver, knock $1,000 off my student loan debt for every pound loss