obama. obama. >> that's right. >> president obama still wrestles options to help ukraine keep the crimea region. pope francis's middle ground stance on the reality of marriage equality. and the latest on the missing malaysia jetliner. this is "way too early." all right, hi, everybody. good morning. it's monday, march the 10th. welcome to "way too early." the show that's not mad at me for joining the ladies for co-hosting the view later today

the missing on the malaysian airline jet, they're expanding their search for the plane and the 239 people onboard. officials believe the plane crashed somewhere in the gulf of thailand, off the coast of vietnam. joining us now is keir simmons. >> good morning. the tension is here, because in this very hotel, are journalists and we believe relatives of those missing, all waiting for news. the journalists cram into this news, where government ministers come out to give the latest updates. they're having to say that what happened is simply a mystery, there have been some sightings of debris, but they said they haven't turned out to belong to the aircraft. they're still doing tests on oil

found off the coast of vietnam. and the latest sighting is the possibility of an overturned life raft. as but as we speak, simply no news. a u.s. fleet is involved in the search as well, it has a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. but the commander onboard there says that the waves are likely to get higher, he's talking about four to six-foot waves tonight, which will make the search more difficult, which is exactly not what these people searching need. there are people searching from all over the world. >> nbc's keir simmons reporting for us. new ukraine prime minister will visit the white house. on sunday, thousands locked in to independence square in kiev

to remember those slained in recent protests. in another eastern town of ukraine, russian sympathizers took over the streets to call for a refer endumb to cede from ukraine. while putin has denied russian involvement in crimea. meanwhile former u.s. officials cast a bleak outlook for ukraine regaining control of crimea, although they disagreed about our options. >> there really aren't any direct military options that we have, i think our greatest response is to have our own strategy to countering this long-term strategy of putin's to

gather these states back under moscow control. i don't believe that crimea will slip out of russia's hands. >> you think crimea is gone? >> i do. >> well, i think, i worry to address a crisis by taking options off the table. >> have they done that? >> in a sense, no military. there are military options that don't involve not putting troops on the ground in crimea. we can reinstate the nonballistic missile test. we could do training exercises in poland, joint exercises. we could offer military assistance in terms of equipment and training. >> in other news, week two in the oscar pistorius trial, still a long way to go.

more than 100 witnesses who may be called. but so far, only nine have taken the stand. the head security guard on duty when steenkamp was killed took the stand. the olympian claims that he shot steenkamp in a tragic accident. the judge adjourned the trial to consider a prosecutor's request not airing a story about steenkamp's autopsy. timothy cardinal dolan said that the pontiff wants to determine why some support the issue. >> he didn't come right out that he was for them. once again in an extraordinarily sincere, nhe said, i know some states have chosen that.

>> pope francis turned heads last week during an interview with an italian newspaper. he said marriage is between a man and woman, but he said last week, quote -- that interview was the first time that pope francis suggested a possible acceptance of civil unions. so, the results are in and senator rand paul is the belle of the ball at cpac, he won the conservative's congress annual straw poll. he finished with the 31% of the vote. they were followed by ben carson and chris christie. if the straw poll is to be believe, marco rubio's stock has fallen in a big way. rubio came in seventh this time around with just 6% of the cpac votes. coming off of his victory, paul looked to differentiate himself

from the runner-up. >> what do you think of ted cruz's practice of confronting the sometimes, putting senate republicans as colleagues in tough situations in. >> i guess i would say, everybody has their own style. my style is, i stand for things. i don't spend a lot of time trying to drag people down, i have been very complimentary of mitt romney. i met him, i think he's a great guy. i don't spend any time sort of trying to criticize others in the party, because i realize the party has to be bigger not smaller. >> wait until you see this. plenty of parents. they had their cameras rolling at a musical at a california high school. they witnessed a far more terrifying moment. >> holy [ bleep ]!

>> get out of the way, get out of way! >> nearly 250 girls from rosemary high school were on that stage when it came crashing down. they said the flat form wasn't built to support that many people. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. well, inless than seven hours, nsa leaker snowden will speak at one of the nation's biggest tech conference, the south by southwest, snowden is living in russia, his speech will be live via video conference. he'll talk about the nsa spying program and how technology can protect citizens from government surveillance. it's certainly a busy week ahead for the highest court in the land the supreme court is expected to take on a campaign

finance reform case, whether limits can be set. the second case deals with affirmative action. we switch gears to talk about business today. this morning, wall street will look to build off of the closes we saw last week, the s&p 500 hit another record high. jeff with the preview. good morning. >> well, you might think that some people in the markets would be singing happy birthday, because five years from the market low, to the day, we have had a tremendous rebound in equity market prices here, but you know what i'm not sure if people are in the market are euphoric today, we had a good jobs number on friday, but looking at the asian session, was saek, in europe, we have a flat line. it's a mixed call toward the u.s. open right here.

i think people are looking for another reason to trade this market higher and they don't find it in the market at this point. thomas, i think we're going to have a relatively flat start to the trading session with investors looking for new catalysts to get this up another leg. >> jeff, thanks so much. congressman rice has been in the news, his lighter side is making an appearance during south by southwest in austin, check out issa demonstrate a new microsoft dance game. it's our caption contest. trying to get a good look. he's demoing this new dance game. smooth moves. coming up -- wichita state has done something that no

college program has done since 1991. also, rob ford is a must-follow on twitter, but just don't look to him to keep your schedule straight, the mayor's confusion on twitter and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back, a monday edition. today in virginia, 19-year-old john malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in the shootings. [ female announcer ] birdhouse plans. nacho pans.

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monday morning sports now. the bulls hosting the heat. lebron james without the protective mask despite not being medical cleared. we jump to the end of fourth. game tied at 86. james with the ball and a chance for the win. but jimmy butler pokes it away,

this one goes into overtime. lebron james is held just to 17 points. 95-88. houston now, blazers visiting the rockets. the end of the fourth, houston trailing 106-103 when james harden buries a big three right there. he sends it into o.t. it's harden again with the trip toll tie it. all right, same score, 30 seconds later, here's the rockets' jeremy lin with the go-ahead jumper. there you see it and they need it. houston getting the win, 115-113 victory. donald trump's new redesigned course in doral, florida. tiger woods still suffering from that ailing back issue, he finished six strokes over par. the victor is patrick reid, he closed with an even par,

becoming the youngest winner of a world golf championship. 23 years old. college hoops, number five virginia visiting maryland. virginia trailing by a basket with less than two seconds. anthony hill hits the game-tying shot to send this one into overtime. but the cavs run out of steam in the overtime. maryland wins, 75-69. indiana state and number two wichita state in the missouri valley conference tournament. wichita state improves to 34-0. they can get automatic ncaa tournament bid and become the first team since unlv in '91, remember that, to enter the tournament undefeated. their conference championship t-shirts aren't perfect. the bracket shows indiana state as the champions. see that? just a minor mistake. let's get a check on the

weather with meteorologist bill karins. >> good monday morning, thomas. how about i tell you another snowstorm? this one is going to affect areas that expect snow in the middle of march. let me take you through it. the storm that will affect the country is in the northwest, it will come pine with the moisture from south texas, they'll merge and move across the country. what's different this time, finally it's not freezing coast to coast. now, there's mild air in place, that's why areas like chicago, cleveland, new york city, washington, d.c., primarily a rain event for you. this is one of our computer models but we're still three days out. specific snow today in the northern plains, up in the northern rockies. this looks like a new england special. a closer look at the new england

area. this is potential for vermont and all of maine for over a foot of snow, that's a significant march snowstorm. further to the south, that's where we're going to get that messy mix. again, the timing of that isn't until wednesday night, thursday morning. your coast to coast forecast today, it's actually a be beautiful day, thomas. after the winter they have in chicago, i think they'll take 56. >> we'll take it. coming up at to which the hour on morning joe -- rand paul wins the straw poll at cpac. but his growing rivalry with cruz's has people talking. when we come back here -- we'll huddle around the water cooler as snl does the best impersonation of matthew

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thailand is just 250 feet deep at the deepest point. it will be much easier to locate debris. we lighten things up, to gather around the water cooler. the spelling bee that had to be postponed because organizers ran out of words. we have a winner, the word that ended it all -- stifling. >> steiflin. >> d-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n. >> he's your spelling bee champion. he'll move on to the national spelling bee. for sofia, there's always next year.

>> now, if you depend on toronto mayor rob ford to set the clocks, you may be running late this morning. daylight saving time starts this evening turn your clocks back and change the batteries in the smoke alarms. of course, we sprang forward over the weekend. we didn't fall back. look at that. he's amazing. the mayor had more than 143,000 twitter followers who have a solid excuse this morning for being late, it's rob ford's fault. >> that's what i say most day and that's right. a mostly positive reaction to lena do lena dunham's performance. but one performance seemed to

hit the key notes. ♪ ♪ turn right on interstate 90. hudson parkway north ♪ someday walk in the rays of a beautiful sun ♪ ♪ some day when the world is much brighter ♪ ♪ child >> recalculating. make a left on the drive. make a left. make a left. recalculating. please make a left. recalculating. continue on. >> there's nothing worse than that voice on the gps. she did a good job. i thought he did excellent. >> i thought she was solid. matthew mcconaughey stopped

by the weekend update desk to a few things off his chest. >> you got to stay ahead of the pack, the lone wolf, and i'm hunting, sniffing, hungry for raw meats for the wife and kids. supper time, pot luck and daddy brought it all. keep your ear to the ground calling. you hear that? do it with me. yeah. everybody now. inspector gadget. >> all right, all right, all right. spot-on impersonation. >> louis i think we have someone

who does that better. let's remind them. >> oh, look at that, look at that. >> what can i say? >> matthew mcconaughey was a genius. now, thomas, what i'm really looking forward to, is seeing you cohost the view today. that's huge, i hope the ladies are gentle with you. >> you know, it's the view. it will be fun. i did it once four years ago, they never invited me back, i think the ban on me was lifted. >> charm everyone. >> thanks, louis, still ahead on "way too early" -- your most

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all right, earlier the show we asked you for your most creative captions for congressman darrell issa shaking his groove thing. >> here's a good one, someone he has the dance moves down. >> that might have been the elaine. >> another one. william said that dance should be a -- shut it down. >> shut it down. that is going to shut us down for a monday edition of woo"wayo early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> desperate times call for desperate measures, so i bout a new friend. liam, come in here. >> i advise the president on a little video. vladimir, watch closely. we're going to speak to you now in a language you can understand. ♪