giants prevail. >> the giants give one away to cap off a wild first sunday in the nfl. we'll have the high and low light as head in sports. good gossip is expensive and it's about to get more so for one particular publication. for me there's no difference. i get it all in the dentist's waiting room. but on a more serious note as all hands on deck for president obama as he tries to sell the importance of a strike on syria to the american public. this is "way too early." good morning, everything. brian shactman, monday, september the 9th and speaking of a little bit of gossip, plenty in the cooler. who stole posh spice's bicycle and miley cyrus has more bad news this from the magnus. we'll begin with syria as a skeptical country and congress in need of convincing means

president obama bringing in heavy artillery to make his case for military strikes. today former secretary of state hillary clinton expected to back action at the white house. the president meanwhile, will do interviews with all major networks and will make a rare address to the country on tuesday night. he's also making the case on a personal level. president obama spent friday phoning more members of congress and he dropped in on a dinner the vice president was hosting with top republican senators last night. but even those who back a show of force say his strategy has been underwhelming at best. >> i think it's going to be very difficult for him to get votes and i think this goes back not just to the issue itself but you can't begin to build a relationship with congress for the first time when you need their support on something like this. look, a week or a week and a half ago my office reached out to the white house and said, hey, we support the strike on syria. we'll help you round up support if you need it. i haven't heard back from the white house yet. >> i wish the president had laid this out better. i wish he'd quit backing away

from his own red line and i wish he was more of a commander in chief than a community organizer. >> why do you say that? that's like a campaign line. more commander in chief than community organizer. >> the red line is crossed and he sends kerry and haig. he's vacillating. i can't imagine ronald reagan or truman or eisenhower ever putting a nation in a position like this. >> back to congressman kinsing. his office told abc the white house did get in touch with him after the interview. secretary of state john kerry has been busy while on a swing through europe whipping up support among arab nations including saudi arabia but few if any are likely to help militarily. at home most in congress are still listed as undecided despite days of briefings including graphic videos of victims said to be exposed to

s sarin gas. susan rice and denis mcdonough are pressing the issue with the congressional black caucus and hispanic caucus. three groups whose members are typically on the president's side but have been slow to commit to action in syria. many still have deep reservations. >> make no mistake about it. the minute one of those cruise missiles lands in there we are in the syrian war. it's a civil war and taking sides with the rebels many of whom who are still associated with al qaeda who mean to underminus. for the president to say this is just a quick thing and out of there, that's how long wars start. >> the slow drip of nsa leaks continues. classified documents reports that the obama administration spied on petrobraa, the oil producer and claims they focused often the computer network there

and well as for a money transfer firm. president obama has publicly asserted intelligence gathering is focused on stopping terrorist threats and fighting international crime. james clapper, the u.s. national intelligence director responded saying "it is not a secret that the intelligence community collects information about economic and financial matters and terrorist financing." he went on to add that the u.s. doesn't steal trade secrets from foreign companies. the disclosures caused an uproar always you might imagine in brazil and authorities are demanding more information from the united states. well, the youngest leader ever of the naacp is stepping down. he wants to spend more time with his family and also wants to become a college professor. he was named president five years ago when he was just 35. he's been credited with energizing the group's finances and fighting voter i.d. laws. in a statement al sharpen said not only was he able to revive

the naacp and raise its budget to higher heights, he joined us in the streets in real civil rights activity on the ground. from the suites to the streets, he will be missed as head of the naacp. but i am sure he will not leave us in his contribution to the struggle, end quote. jealous will step down on december 31st. no successor as of yet has been named. turn quickly right now to new york city -- the mayoral race where outgoing mayor michael bloomberg making national helds about his comments about the front runner. he described bill de blasio's campaign tactics as class warfare and racist. when asked to classify his comments he said "well, no, no, i mean he's making an appeal e using his family to gain support. i think it's pretty obvious to anyone watching what he's been doing. i do not think he himself is racist. it's comparable to me pointing out i'm jewish and attracting the jewish vote." in a de blasio ad he shows his

african-american wife and 16-year-old son. he responded calling bloomberg's comments, quote, inappropriate." according to an nbc for new york, "wall street journal" and mar marist poll he is ahead. the third largest wildfire in the history of california burning through funds and no end in sight. it cost more than $89 million to fight. the price tag could increase by up to 30 times more once the fire is put out. that's a lot of money. now in its fourth week the fire about 80% contained, there are more than 3,400 people still fighting the fire. well, pretty much every parent's nightmare came true at a connecticut festival. 13 children were injured at the norwalk oyster festival when a carnival ride at a fair in southern connecticut malfunctioned sending a group of

kids literally straight to the ground. the swing ride apparently lost power while the children were airborne in their swings. the ride continued spinning even as the breakdown occurred. we can tell you most of the injured at the scene were treated and released though some were more seriously hurt and taken to area hospitals. here is some reaction from the scene of the three-day festival. i don't know. do we have that? i think we do not. they did keep the festival open to the public but all the carnival rides were shut down for an inspection by the state fire marshal. growing questions about diana nyad's swim and if she cheated. the 64-year-old is i guess you could call it hot water for using a special mask and body suit to protect her from jellyfish stings. critics say that violated the quote english channel rules. the other issue was swimming experts suspect nyad got inside the boat following her and held on to it to pick up speed.

nyad's team denies she cheated and says she never promised to follow english channel rules -- i'll point out she was very transparent about the mask. they talked about it the whole time. she is the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage and as we mentioned 64 years old. i meaning let's not take too much away from this woman pretty amazing. let's turn to business. u.s. markets on track for a higher open to today's trading day after the jobs report that dow slightly lower. s&p and nasdaq were just a touch in the green. a few headlines to watch about. verizon wireless is challenging the net neutrality laws in a d.c. court today. in a report in "the wall street journal" the internet provider claims the fcc is overstepping its duties by enforcing the equal treatment of traffic on the internet. verizon wants to find new ways to charge more money for different traffic and prioritize some internet services and adjust fees, say, for data heavy web traffic like video. the fcc says that would

undernine the openness of the internet. also neiman-marcus negotiating a $6 billion sale. a group of investors including the canada pension plan, believe it or not is reportedly in talks with the luxury retailer. neiman-marcus operates 41 stores with that name on it as well as others under the brands bergdorf goodman and last call. they were talking about possibly going public so a sale would take that off the table. all right. gossip addicts out there beware. "people" magazine changing the way it charges you. "the new york times" reports its 3.5 million subscribers will now have an option to continue paying 112 bucks a year, right, you can either get the print or the digital edition but if you want both it's an extra 20 so if you want to look at it on your ipad or paper, 132 bucks for the year. get your regular checkups at the dentist's office and usually you're fine. they're offering $200 a year package that has access to extra

material as well as a little bit of swag. "people" generates the most revenue among the top 50 magazines in this country. reportedly 1.4 billion in annual subscription and advertising revenue in 2012. we do get word wrestling, by the way and i have a lot of friends in the wrestling world and did a lot to get it reinstated as an olympic sport. our question for you, what other sports do you think deserve to be in it? we have people that want sports taken out. we have a good college sport that's already had quite a few votes that we will let you know about a little later. most creative tweets using way too early. still ahead on "way too early," eli manning put up some huge numbers but the turnover s were the giant killers. a pretty big week one win and the most disastrous attempt at twerking of all time. i mean, i don't -- i mean i feel

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♪ first sunday of the nfl season. let's get state to as they say the video. big divisional rivalry. giants in dallas against the cowboys. eli manning, not a good start. the very first play from scrimmage. pretty much gift wrapped that one to demarcus ware but came

out with the only field goal. giants trailing 13-10. running back david wilson coughs it up, turns it over. that's his second fumble. dallas safety barry church takes it to the house. 20-10, cowboys. giants down 6. that would be a pick six. darrell scott into the hands of brandon carr for the touchdown. oh, not -- oh, eli, i'm sorry. 36-31, dallas beats the -- i'm sorry. i'm a pate yoots fan. i can't stand the giants. packers, against the 49ers, watch this green bay's clay matthews, a little bit of a late hit on qb colin kaepernick and a little bit of i don't like you, i don't like you either and they -- flags all across the board but they -- they didn't -- replayed the down. it should have been fourth. they ended up scoring a touchdown. that's not good. so what ends up happening is the niners end up winning the game.

kaepernick threw for a career high 412 yards. they win 34-28 and by the way i think that they might be the best team in the entire nfl. anquan boldin just makes that team -- yeah, i have. i think they're better than the broncos. do want to share sad news out of san francisco. a fan fell to his death from an elevated pedestrian walkway just minutes after kickoff at candlestick park so a little bit of sadness there. i'm sure the players didn't even know about it. the buccaneers visiting the jets. rookie qb gino smith taking his debut jump to the fourth. jets trailing 17-15. final seconds back to pass. escapes the pock, picks up ten yards but the bucs' david adds another 15 yard with that personal foul and means they get to kick a field goal. 48 yards, the jets with one of the ugliest wins of all time but they win 18-17 and they are 1-0

going into thursday's matchup against the new england patriots. falcons/saints return of sean payton after missing the entire season last year. drew brees gets it to colston, the pride of hofstra, by the way, beautiful, 357 yards passing, two tds. they win over atlanta who is supposed to be very good. other matchups. luck and the colts beat the raiders, 21-17. late field goal lifted my patriots 23-21 over the bills, although it felt like a loss. let's get a little baseball. dodgers and reds. tied in the bottom of the ninth. ryan hannigan lines one to left. we will have a throw at the plate. hit the relay. he's slowing down. and he is safe. reds win to keep pace in the n.l. central. how about the yankees/red sox. red sox three in a row. rivera blows another save. will middlebrooks ties it up in the ninth, right, but bottom

nine, look at this one. suzuki on third. that would be a wild pitch for workman to win the game on a wild pitch. i feel like that should -- >> should have caught it. >> they call it a wild pitch. i don't know. i feel -- >> error. >> what do you think? wild pitch or a -- >> i'm excited. emeka is in the studio. big news. serene ma williams lost a set but won the match and beat victoria azarenka. 3.6 million bucks. she's the first woman ever to top 50 million in career earnings. mika, she knows her value. on the men's side, 2011 u.s. open champion novak djokovic against rafa nadal. >> about as good as you could get. windy -- >> last three days in the northeast were unbelievable.

>> fantastic weekend but we were the rarity. the rest of the country still waiting for the beautiful coolish type air to move in. 100-degree temperatures all through the heartland, little rock, 101. the heat continues in the middle of the nation. they h they'd like a break. today, 99 degrees in minneapolis. i mean a lot of schools don't have ac in this portion of the country so going to be a real struggle, 101 in de mining. 97 in st. louis. again, the northeast is cool and beautiful but the middle of the country will struggle as far as the highs today, the northeas northeast,76. dc to new york. this is as nice as it gets. free air. you don't pay for ac or heat. >> just a clarity in new england, go apple picking if you have the time. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" the president's push for action. the panel will weigh in on his renewed strategy for getting support for a military strike in syria and how joe biden and hillary clinton are lhelping ou.

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talked pore about the use of chemical weapons in syria. now, if you want to sound smart tell your friends the group that oversees the chemical weapons convention reports as of 2011, 72% of the world's chemical weapons have been eliminated worldwide. that's more than 50,000 metric tons of it while there have been numerous reports of the use of them, there have been no proven attacks in 25 years since saddam hussein used them in 1988. all right. enough of the real news. to louis and today's cooler. how are you, bud? >> i'm doing great. now, the search is on this morning for whoever stole victoria beckham's bike. she posted this showing all that's left, one wheel attached to a chain and lock happened thursday night and the police were called to the scene. she is here in new york city for fashion week. the designer known formerly as posh spice showed off her fashion line this past sunday. now, it's only week one of

the nfl season. may be too early to decide would will be playing at the super bowl. we do know who will be singing at it. ♪ that is what you are >> that's right. pop music star bruno mars scoring a nod for the super bowl halftime show. the grammy award winner had five number one songs faster than any male singer since elvis presley, february 2nd in jersey. now, it looks like miley sire rhys twerked her way off the cover of "vogue." "the daily news" says anna wintour saw her and nixed it. she recently posed for a spread in "harper's bazaar" fall issue. don't feel that bad for her. speaking of twerking this could be the most disastrous attempt of twerking of all time. take a look. ♪

♪ ♪ >> what the -- >> oh, my gosh. >> aaagh! [ screami ining ] >> i hope that poor woman was okay. if anything that was for fire safety. stop, drop and roll. you know what i mean? >> no. no, i really don't. what was that? >> well, that was just -- >> five or six things wrong with that whole thing. >> thank you. that was -- okay. happy monday, everybody. coming up on "morning joe" the white house is gearing up for a major push on congress to approve the syria resolution as

a new survey shows more lawmakers are reluctant to support it than ever before, mark halperin, dr. jeffrey sachs to name a few. join us at the table at the top of the hour to discuss. in new york, mayor michael bloomberg criticized his possible successor for running a, quote, racist campaign? we'll show you what he's talking about. and all this week we are marking five years since the economic collapse, are you u.s. financial institutions less secure than before? we'll talk to someone who saw it all coming, wall street analyst meredith whitney joins us on "morning joe" along with mad dog. mad dog will be here. all right. brian, back to you. > thank you, mika. still ahead on "way too early," what sport should be added to the olympics? wrestling is back in. what do you think we should also back in? your most creative tweets coming up moments away. d see his banking

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earlier we talked about wrestling getting back in the games and what we should add?

natalie has your answer. >> well, a lot of viewers seem to think beer pong should be an olympic sport. >> that would be awesome. >> then lance says that obviously extreme couponing should be in the olympics. have you seen these people? they're cut throat. >> we had a couponing should be in the olympics. >> cricket has been mentioned. tomorrow dodgeball. people who hate each other have a friendly competition. "morning joe" starts right now. >> beginning of play-action and a screen pass and almost intercepted. demarcus gets it. he does pick it off. >> inside handoff as the giants -- hayden -- going to the end