a way that insure that what happened. this is "way too early." good morning, everybody. friday, july 26th, i believe, correct? yes, it is. stick around for sports. we have a radio show host who shut down an on-air marriage proposal. but we want to start with europe's deadliest train crash in decades. apparently the problem had everything to do with speed, aclose circuit camera caught the disaster as it happened. this is just striking video to watch. after the wreck, the train's operator reportedly called the emergency dispatcher said he was going to equivalent of 118 miles

per hour when he should have been just going 49. he's under investigation. the death toll has climbed to 80. among the dead was a woman. she was traveling with her husband and her daughter, who are listed in stable condition. >> our car flipped over. it became chaos. things flew and everything. there was sudden darkness and i was kind of thrown on one side of the train. my wife unfortunately, she was sitting on the side where the train flipped over so everything kind of fell on her. her ears were full of blood. not a pretty sight. all she wanted me to do was to hug her. that's all i could do. >> unbelievable story. also, we have some new

insight about what went wrong aboard a southwest airplanes flight that had a hard landing at laguardia airport. it actually landed with its nose gear first. because of landing angles, it's back first. it skidded more than 2,000 feet before stopping. the rough landing left 11 people injured. on monday anthony weiner was the front-runner to become mayor of new york city. christine quinn now leads the former congressman 25 to 16. he's dropped nine points from last month. weiner has forfeited his lead among women voters as well. one number that is growing for weiner, the amount of women with whom he admits exchanging with messages. those include, the ones that he messaged after he resigned from congress.

>> it's not dozens like i told the post and they made a big headline out of it. it's not dozens and dozens. it's six to ten. i can't tell you absolutely what somebody else is going to consider sexual. >> was it sexual in nature? >> i don't believe i had any more than three. >> you can't make this stuff up. we're hearing for the first time from the woman who reignited the scandal, sidney leathers, that's her name, from indiana, she said that he asked her to delete logs of their texts. >> he was making these campaign promises that he had totally changed and he was a better man now and he learned from his mistakes and i'm proof that that is not true.

>> do you think he was trying to pull one over on the voters of new york sf. >> oh, absolutely. he would haven't gone on with i'm a changed man. >> things aren't much better in san diego, california the city's mayor has been accused of unwanted sexualed a vantzs be i a growing number of women, three women initially accused him of making inappropriate conduct and comments. among them his former communications director, now four more women have come forward. >> all of the guys left and i was the last one in the room, and bob stepped between me and the doorway and he stopped me and he got very close to me and he ran his finger up my cheek like this and he when is period to me, do you have a man in your life? i jumped back. i said, yes, i have a man in my

life. >> i feel like i need to shower. i took one not too long ago. earlier this month, he admitted that he was seeking help. despite the supreme court ruling last month, eric holder is vowing to do everything in his power to protect america's voting rights. they struck down preclearance to change voter procedures. . justice department is targeting texas laws for what officials in washington perceive to be racial discrimination. >> this request to bail in the state of texas and to require it to obtain preapproval from the department or a federal court before implementing future voters change when intentional

voter discrimination is found. we believe that the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> the decision by the justice department is expected to trigger several legislation fights. holder said that this would not be the only challenge by the doj to protect voting rights. we could similar action in other states. congressman paul ryan once again voicing his concerns over president obama's ability to lead the nation. >> i don't think i have heard a single new thing in these speeches. i don't think it's a good approach. one reason i ran against him in the last campaign. he's pushing the same old ideas that proven to fail. he's pushing big-government regulations and taxes and spending, that actually make it harder to create jobs.

>> ryan also said during the interview which was part of the nbc news in plain sight poverty project, america's effort to end poverty has quote, failed miserab miserably. and another juror in the george zimmerman trial is speaking out. she was hoping to deliver a different verdict than not guilty. >> first goal was second-degree murder. >> it was hard. a lot of us wanted to find something bad that we could connect to the law for myself, he's guilty, because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of -- >> killing trayvon martin. >> but as the law was read to me if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally you can't find -- you can't say he's guilty. >> as a mother juror b29 said

that she owes trayvon martin's family apology. trayvon martin's mother said that she was devastated to hear those remarks. lawyers for accused cleveland kidnapper ariel castro are reportedly trying to cut a deal with prosecutors if he takes the reported plea deal avoid facing the death penalty. in exchange he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. castro is accused of kidnapping three women and holding them captive for more than a decade. the three women and young girl were rescued on may the 6th and jury selection is scheduled to begin in august. federal prosecutors have filed charges against a group of hackers of selling credit card

numbers. major companies like jc penneys, jetblue, among others, with victims of the scheme. the hackers have identified as four russian nationals and a ukranian. sell america credit card numbers for $10. two of the men were arrested in the netherlands last year. the other three remain at large. halliburton admits that it destroyed evidence to simulation showing different scenarios of how to brace cementing on the rig. the company will enter into a plea agreement, which includes three years of probation, a maximum fine of $200,000 and continue cooperating with the justice department.

halliuburton made a donation to the national fish and wildlife foundation. pope francis' aide said that they're having a tough time keeping up. he visited rio thrio. the most dramatic pictures of nearly 1 million people who locked in to the beach for a chance to hear the pontiff speak. now we go to italy, a classic story, of the donkey falling for a zebra and what do you get? that's what you get. zebra found a neighbor. and they're calling it a zonkey.

a zebra and donkey. definitely interesting to look at. this is your assignment. what two animals would you breed and more importantly, what would you name them? tweet your most creative answers. still ahead on "way too early" -- showcase night for the nba talent. but a highlight didn't come from any of the pros. and conan has a plan to help politicians with social media especially if they want to follow anthony weiner's lead. that and weather with bill karins when we come back. the largest crowd ever to attend such a white house ceremony turned out for the president's signing of the disabled americans act. ♪

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time now for sports evidence piling up against new england former tight end aaron hernandez according to authorities, these photos were allegedly taken from hernandez's home security cameras the night odin lloyd was killed. the murder weapon has not been found, however, defense attorneys have objected to the court's decision to release the records to the public saying it undermines hernandez's chances at a fair trial. he's pleaded not guilty. let's go to baseball and some stuff on the field. nationals. pirates facing off in washington. they blow a four-run to let the pirates tie it up. bryce harper with a chance to play hero.

>> 1-1. harper, deep left center! heading to the wall -- it is gone and the nationals win it. >> it's his first home run in three weeks and first walkoff home run of his career and he's fired up. padres and brewers. watch this play. that is full extension. necklace off. that was -- sacrifice it all. they hold on to win, padres do. team usa held a scrimmage in los angeles. the highlight of the night didn't come from anyone in the nba. this happened during a time-out.

that's airman nathaniel mills getting some love from carmelo anthony. he did it in full fatigues and combat boots. finally here, a little lesson calling into the mike francesca's radio show. one caller tried to pop the question to his girlfriend and here's what happened. >> moe in new jersey, what's up, moe. >> what's happening, mike? >> yes, what's up? >> i'm hanging out. i'm here with my girlfriend. i'm a little nervous. i'm going to ask her in the whole new new york -- >> jimmy in paramus, what's

happening? >> none of that. cutting off for jimmy in paramus. hopefully, she said yes. you listen to francesca you know that's what you're getting. all right, we're ruining bill's weather. >> as we head throughout the morning hours talking about up in new england, yesterday was bad enough, you feel bad for the people who are going to lose two beautiful days of their vacation to the rain and to clouds. this morning, it's raining in all of eastern new england. temperatures in the low 60s. thunderstorms rolling through oklahoma. we like the rain here because all of the drought stories. here's the weekend forecast,

today, the rain will be exiting new england as we go throughout the day. the afternoon will get better. thunderstorms widespread in the middle of the country. look at what happened. what happened to our heat wave? temperatures in chicago, for the weekend, high in the 70s. very cool air mass for this time of the year moving through the country and for the east coast saturday and sunday, hit and miss showers and thunderstorms. temperatures will be where they should be in the 80s. chicago, 70s for a high. typicalically, this is one of the hottest weeks in the summer. coming up on top of the hour -- on morning joe, anthony weiner's latest revelations are impacting his poll numbers. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the cooler. colbert takes a crack at the

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at top of the show we talked about the credit card hackers who stole 160 million credit card numbers. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends in 2012 credit card fraud in the u.s. was up 87% from 2010, resulting

in a loss of $6 billion. let's toss out the news. let's go to cooler. the latest headlines about anthony weiner have been a gold mine for late-night comics and pretty much everyone else. conan o'brien has a service that can help other politicians from running into similar problems. take a look. >> lot of politicians out there have their activities on the web exposed to the public, it ruins their careers. luckily there's a new service that could help these politicians. take a look. >> oh, no, there's a picture of my on tmz again. oh, well, guess there's nothing i can do about it. >> wait, i can help. >> who are you? >> i'm with the junk squad. we teach congressman how to send pictures discreetly. one of our junk squad

technicians will personally visit your home, office and government office and safely guide you through the process from start to finish. >> that looks a good service. fans of anchorman are gearing up for the sequel. one seems not to hide his excitement. i said he's painting the face of ron burgundy. investigators found spray paint and stencils in his home. anchorman 2 is due out in theaters by the end of the year. and any excuse to play a clip. >> we're starting a 24-hour news channel. and we want you. >> i'm going to have salon-quality hair and read the news. >> looks good. i think it's going to be good. i'm crossing my fingers.

finally we're shocked to find out the so-called london town crier wasn't exactly who he made himself out to. stephen colbert did some research. take a look. >> it turns out that the town crier is just a royal lover tony appleton who's available for masters as ceremonies at wedd g weddings. hear ye. hear ye. mazel, mazel. let it be known from aaron cohen has gone from boy to man. let's get it started in here with the black eyed teas.

>> i have a birthday coming up in october. maybe he'll come. come be the masters of er cere y ceremoni ceremonies. let's head over to mika coming up on morning joe. >> the aftermath of that train crash, the death toll rises. new insight into the hard landing in laguardia and why the landing gear failed on impact. in politics, anthony weiner drops in the poll as we learn more about how many women he was messaging and when. other politicians in the news for similar reasons. finally republicans fight amongst themselves on obama care. marco rubio calls for a government shutdown. one of his colleagues says that's the dumbest idea i ever heard. all straight ahead on "morning joe."

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born, we asked for some animals to breed and to name them. i will start with one that isn't actually an animal. i breed a donkey and an elephant and call it it compromise. how about a great dane and a chi away away. . a cat and a bird, catbird. just brutal stuff. there's your zonkey. let's talk "morning joe" right now. ♪ good friday morning to you. a dark morning. july 26th, welcome to