to wise up and finally throw out those cds. put them in a box and store them in the baseball right next to the cassettes. this is "way too early." but the eight tracks are all gone. we haven't had those in a long time. i'm brian shactman. sorry about the voice. it's monday, august 5th. i can assure you i feel absolutely fine. i want to start the day with news that the 19 u.s. embassies will remain shuttered through next saturday. top u.s. lawmakers and intelligence officials are warning that the terrorist chatter is out there, as you just heard, reminiscent of the days before 9/11. strong talk. embassies spread across the middle east and africa closed over the weekend with fears of one large attack or a series of coordinated ones on u.s. diplomatic installations. security officials say the threat originates from al qaeda based in yemen.

al qaeda and the groups have shown a resurgent element from iraq to northern africa. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defended the closures. >> i'm a republican, but i'm saying the administration -- i've had problems with tad registration on different issues. what they are doing now is what has to be done. they would be derelict if they did not. we can't characterize them for doing too little in benghazi and now criticize them for doing too much. as far as this worldwide alert, it's absolutely warranted. >> senator saxby chambliss says critics of the surveillance programs still have their doubts. >> if you look at the one that's most at issue here, that's the bulk meta data program, there's no indication, unless i'm proven wrong later, that that program which collects vast amounts of domestic data contributed to

information about this particular plot. in russia, fallout continues over edward snowden's temporary refugee status. even though vladimir putin says the nsa leaker is too small to jeopardize his country's relationship with the u.s., already the white house is re-evaluating an upcoming summit between the two presidents just weeks away. others use more direct terms. >> the relationship between the united states and russia, for instance, is more poisonous than at any time since the cold war because of all of this. president putin is behaving like a school yard bully. in my experience, i've learned unless you stand up to that bully, they ask for more and more and more and he's always going out of his way, president putin is, to seem to poke us in the eye, whether it's in iran, in syria, now with snowden. in iran there's a new leader but a whole bunch of longstanding problems in that

country. yesterday hasan rue hani was elected. white house press secretary jay carney congratulated the iranian people saying it presents an opportunity for iran to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over the nuclear program. just last week, both the house and senate expressed concerns over the nuclear ambitions calling for even tougher sanctions. all you have to do is look at the front page of today's "wall street journal" that suggests iran is seeking a new path to build a bomb. u.s. and european officials are now saying the country could be making grade plutonium weapons by next summer. a potential federal criminal probe is under way involving virginia governor bob mcdonnell stemming from thousands of dollars in gifts he received

from a major donor. mcdonnell recently said he's returning all the gifts and all the money to johnny williams, ceo of health supplement company health scientific. mcdonnell has not been charged with a crime and he maintains he has not broken the law and did not give star scientific any undue help. in kentucky we have a better idea of what next year's u.s. senate race will look like. on saturday minority leader mitch mcconnell and alison lunderman grimes both spoke. the republican avoided any direct mention of his democratic challenger. but for lunderman grimes, the senior senator was public enemy number one. >> i want to say how nice it is, how nice it is to see jerry lunderman back in the game. like the loyal democrat he s

he's taking orders from the obama campaign on how to run his daughter's campaign. they told him to make a pitch on the internet for the women's vote and he sent a check to anthony weiner! >> if senator mcconnell had his way, his version of kentucky health care for our seniors, grandmother would be to walk it off. let's just tell it like it is, if the doctors told senator mcconnell that he had a kidney stone, he'd refuse to pass it! [ cheers and applause ] >> a heck of a race. pretty disturbing story to tell you about. a driver in los angeles being held by police accused of driving into a crowded boardwalk killing one person, injuring 11 more. i want to warn you this is kind of upsetting. so look away if you don't want to see it. the first angle shows the driver getting in karnd taking off fast. the second angle at the top of

your screen shows the car from restaurant. the car comes careening off the top of your screen and right into a crowd of people. nathan campbell turned himself in about an hour after the crash. this is where it gets even more difficult. the woman who was killed was honeymooning with her new husband from italy. a terrible story. we're looking at one heck of a day in baseball. yankees manager joe girardi says a-rod is penciled in for tonight's game with the chicago white house. the associated press is reporting that major league baseball will also announce its plan to suspend the yankee player for 214 games citing multiple violations of the league's drug policy. depending on the specifics of the suspension, rodriguez may be able to continue playing while he appeals the league's decision. nobody but him really wants that. if the suspension holds, rodriguez will be out of baseball until 2015, possibly ending the 38-year-old's professional career because he

will be in his 40s. we have more on a-rod coming up. chris russo headlines his own sports talk channel. the whole channel is named mad dog radio. he'll join us and morning joe to break down the developments. that's coming up just after the break. a major suspension with a-rod so we thought it might be a little fun. apologize for the suspension. and the a dash whatever you want it to be, #waytooearly. the best answers that are okay for cable we'll put on tv at the end of the show. old media might be worth a lot less. first we have "newsweek" that gets a new owner. still not clear if the iconic brand can carve out a spot in the digital world of journalism. the former weekly news magazine which published its final edition in december was sold to ibt media. "newsweek" has been operating most recently as a joint venture

with "the daily beast." the new owners breaking apart the merger and returning to the old roots of "newsweek".com. now "the new york times" selling to "the boston globe," bought for $1.1 billion in 1993 and selling it for $70 million. a 93% loss. the news world sever changing. now to business, wall street looking to build on friday's modest games in the dow despite what a lot of investors looked at as a disappointing jobs report. cnbc's carolyn roth live in london. >> good morning, brian. the blackout of the cbs signal on time warner cable, that continues in major areas like l.a., new york and other key regions across united states. that's because the key disagreement between the two

parties just keeps on dragging on. basically there's no agreement on the fee structure right now. here is what happened. time warninger subscribers were cut off from cbs on friday night. cbs wants an increase in the retransmission fees to reflect the higher quality and the success of their shows. another great and very interesting story for you, believe it or not, president obama has injected himself into the smart phone war between samsung and apple. here is what he did. he vetoes an itc, international trade commission ban on older iphones and ipads. this is actually the first time that the white house has vetoed this kind of decision in 25 years. but initially, of course, it is a huge success for apple shareholders. >> i don't use my cds, but i still have them. i have them in my car. when i get my new car, i guess i should probably throw those out, correct? >> you should definitely throw

those out. automakers are now not planning to include any of the cds or cd dechblth cadillac, tesla and smart car have taken the cd slot out completely. other automakers may still include it in a position where it's not as prominent. maybe on the arm deck or the glove compartment. cds probably a thing of the past. now you're looking at streaming services and the ipad. >> i'll ship my guns n roses cds to smithsonian. still ahead on "way too early," more trouble for johnny football, the new allocations that could prevent him from getting on the field this season. he was supposed to be demonstrating his martial arts skills, but the show went from bad to worse. we'll let you know what happened. that's a way to check on weather when we come right back.

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you're looking live at washington, d.c. at 5:44 a.m. eastern time. we go to dylan dreyer with the weather. i believe part of my voice issue has to do with that drop in temp. i'm in the northeast, and it was cool -- >> it's dry. >> good sleeping weather, but man, it was a switch. >> it was such a switch. it did get really, really dry. it's the lack of humidity that's making it so gorgeous outside,

80 degrees, low humidity in the northeast. not bad. but back in chicago it's 60 degrees right now. it's not going to warm up much, out of the lower 70s. we are seeing heavier rain in areas that don't need it, southeastern kansas, southern missouri, northern arkansas where we have heavy downpours right now, also across minneapolis where the rain is coming down, possibly creating early morning flight delays. we do have flash flood watches and warnings up and down the mississippi river because of the additional rain that we'll also get today. we also have the threat of stronger storms like this afternoon into this evening. just to the east of the rockies into the western plains, biggest threat would be for damaging wind gusts and also for some small hail possible, isolated tornadoes are a possibility but not really a huge threat. temperatures today, really hot down south, well above 100 degrees. cool up north, especially in and around the great lakes region. tomorrow back into the mid 80s. 90s in kansas city.

scattered showers and storms will spread into the east as we go into tomorrow. temperatures in the northeast will stay cool and comfortable for one more day. that heat will also spread eastward as we go into tomorrow. brian. >> dylan, thank you very much. going to sports stories, tiger woods looks pretty good going into the final major of the season. still number one in the world. don't forget that. he virtually lapped the field. it was kind of a joke. he took a seven-stroke lead into the final round of the bridgestone invitational. it really was never in doubt. it's his fifth win of the year, 79th of his career. he's only a few behind the 82 of sam snead and i think it's the eighth time he's won that actual tournament. the pga championship begins on thursday in oak hill in rochester, new york. there's one person who can't wait for the college football season to start. it's heisman trophy winner johnny manziel. the question is will he get on the field? if the latest reports are true, he could be ruled ineligible to play.

espn reporting he's being investigated for allegedly receiving payments for receiving autographs on sports memorabilia last january. the report says manziel may have earned up to five figures. today, of course, texas a&m media day. it's unlikely manziel will be available to the media. it's going to be a media frenzy in chicago. there's no way about it, when a-rod and the yankees show up. the suspension is looming. he might play tonight. we want to bring in on the phone chris russo, so big he's got his own channel on sirius xm mad dog radio. thanks for coming on early with us. is there any way that there will be a deal made that keeps him off the field today? >> i think there's a possibility. i would suspect a-rod will get a two-year suspension today that will cover 2014, he'll appeal it. he'll play the 30-something games that it will take for the appeal process to play itself

out and he'll be in the lineup tonight. that's what i would expect today. he will never win the appeal, i'd be shocked. it's going to make it look bad for baseball. if a-rod plays really well which is dubious, but if he does and the yankees somehow make the play-offs and he gets suspended for two years in the middle of september you'll have people screaming and yelling that's not fair, they're in the play-offs because of a-rod. baseball is in a no-win situation. they're going to let the situation play itself out, and i think there's a good chance they'll play tonight against the white sox in chicago. >> it seems, chris, everybody wants him not to play but him. is he trying to save his name or is he just trying to drag everybody down with him as much as possible? what's his motivation? >> i think right now he doesn't have any other options. i think baseball is not going to make any favorable deals with him. he figured, you know, ryan borne got away with it two years ago. mash he'll find an arbitrator that throws this stuff out, the

evidence against him. so he figures what the hell, i really don't have any other options. he knows if he cuts a deeshlgs he'll be out for couple years and gives up a lot of money. he has been straining to get back in the lineup because he's been working on his hip issue now for a long time and he's healthy. if you're a-rod, you're saying to yourself, i got nothing to lose, let's play 30, 40 games and maybe in the interim i'll get lucky and his arbitrator will do what the arbitrator did with braun and i'll get off. i think that's what a-rod is counting on. >> lit be an absolute show in chicago. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," american embassies shut down for a full week. the intel that led to the decision and why some lawmakers are comparing the threat to 9/11. when we come back, we huddle

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talked about the extension of the closures of the u.s. embassies overseas. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends there are 294 u.s. embassies and cons latsz abroad. you won't find one in butan, iran or north korea because the u.s. does not have a diplomatic relationship with those countries. mika on vacation. a lot of people give me feedback on the show. >> sure, uh-huh. >> and they like lewis. >> they like lewis. >> i'm well-liked. what can i say. jason sudeikis is getting used to his post "snl" career taking to the internet to promote nbc's partnership with the english premier league. he plays a football coach hired to turn around a uk soccer club. >> the first thing i had to do was learn about the competition. we came up with the flash card system in order for me to make american comparisons to english teams.

all i had to do is link what i don't know to what i do know. >> manchester united, super rich, everybody loves them or hate them. >> dallas cowboys. >> liverpool, haven't won a title in a long time. >> also dallas cowboy. >> what's that hot girl's name from "game of thrones." >> manchester city. >> jennifer lawrence. >> because of that training, i guarantee we'll beat the cowboys and the cowboys and jennifer lawrence. has there been a learning curve. >> i understand why the scores are so legal. look how small those goals. >> whoa! three points. >> no points. >> why not? >> it's got to go. >> you got to get it in to get three points. >> one point. >> i love those high shorts. when you come across a youtube video sometimes, you get completely dumfounded. this one definitely qualifies. >>

>> whoo! >> are you okay? >> he can't break the board. don't try and break the board and definitely don't hurt the little girl. that video comes straight from scotland. now we know why the scottish aren't known for their martial arts skills. when you think of all the things that could possibly fall off a truck, pigs aren't necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. dozens of pigs fell off a truck in the highway in china. the truck turned over.

officials had no trouble clearing the truck, but had more trouble rounding up the pigs. >> pigs in china. ten pigs on a road in china. >> that's all i got. slow weekend, mika. >> lewis, thank you. coming up on "morning joe," a terror threat extends the closure of u.s. embassies for another week. we break down what it means for national security and the global reach of al qaeda. also d-day for a-rod. today the yankees slugger will reportedly be suspended through the 2014 season, kind of ending everything, following his alleged links to performance-enhancing drugs. bob costas and chris "mad dog" russo with that. once you ed at this time out the x rated content, there's not much difference between anthony weiner and senator ted cruz. just ahead, also jeffrey

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new a-rod, now you see it from here but you're going to see it from there. >> what. >> pressen says away rod. we've got all alone. a-gone and nim-rod. and tons of a-road. thank you very much. "morning joe" starts right now. >> you say you wanted to be a role model. if one of them was to ask you -- >> i plan to sit my girls down with cynthia and we'll have a