"game of thrones" is back and rules sunday night tv. this is "way too early." hey there, everybody. good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's monday, april 7th, 2014. welcome to "way too early." the show that rules tv for 30 minutes of the morning. we'll start with serious news which is the update for flight 370 and what officials call their best lead yet in the hunt for the missing jet liner. on two separate occasions u.s. navy equipment detected audio signals from deep in the indian ocean. while there's hope of a possible break through, there's still signs they need to wait for definitive proof. >> and again, i would ask all of you to treat this information cautiously and responsibly until such time as we can provide an

unequivocal determination. i need to be honest with you, it could take some days before the information is available to establish whether these detections can be confirmed as being from mh 370. in very deep oceanic water, nothing happens fast. >> the signals were picked up about 1,000 miles northwest of perth, australia and that's along the flight path that satellites suggest the plane may have taken one month ago. the black box recorders are designed to operate for 30 days. former governor jeb bush will decide whether or not he's running for president by the end of the year. while celebrating the 25th anniversary of his father's presidency, he layed out what his party's nominee should look like rejecting the mud slinging of past primaries. >> in a candidate run with a

hopeful optimistic message, hopefully with enough detail to give people a sense that it's not just idol words. can one do it joyfully? without tied to all of the convention of the politics of the here and now. we need to elect candidates that have a vision that is bigger and broader. and candidates that are organized around winning the election. not making a point. winning the election should be what we're about. winning allows the big things to get solved. >> bush also waded in the issue of immigration keenly aware of the political hazard that comes with this. >> i'm going to say this and it will be on tape and so be it. someone that comes to our country, because they couldn't come legally, they come to our country because their families, you know, a dad who loved their children was worried that their children didn't have food on the

table. and, you know, they wanted to make sure their family was intact and they crossed the border because they had no other means to work to be able to provide for their family. yes, they broke the law, but it's not a felony. it's a act of love. it's an act of commitment to your family. i honestly think that is a different kind of crime that should be -- there should be a price paid but it shouldn't be -- it shouldn't rile people up that people are coming to this country to provide for their families. >> a dispute over interrogation tactics used by the cia is spilling into the political arena. they say the agency sealed how severe the interrogations were. although the report isn't out yet, the backlash, well, that's already begun. >> they have made assumptions and leapt to conclusions that cannot be substantiated.

this is not the holy grail and doesn't answer all the questions and why now into an election year would you bring this up? >> i read an article earlier this week, he said that senator feinstein wanted a report so scathing it would insure that it would never again be permitted. that may show deep emotional feeling on the part of the senator but i don't think it leads you to an objective report. >> in part the report is objective based on fact thoroughly footnoted and i'm certain it will stand on its own meri merits. dick cheney defended the tactics used claiming they weren't torture. >> i was a strong advocate and help put together the enhanced interrogation program. some people call it torture. it wasn't torture.

we were very careful in all respects to abide by the law. we got legal opinions out of the justice department in respect to what we could do and what we couldn't do. >> if he doesn't think that was torture i would invite him anywhere in the united states to sit in a waterboard and go through what those people went through. one of them 100 and plus odd times. that's ridiculous to make that claim. >> president obama is poised to tackle equal pay in the work place this week. he is expected to issue an executive order tomorrow barring federal contractors for getting back at employees if they talk about their pay scale and is to require contractors that work for the u.s. government to hand over data showing their p payrolls. younger generations of workers grow closer to wage equality. younger women in the work force made 93% of the wages their male

counter parts did. but when you add in the rest of the working population that falls to 84%. unrest is deepening in ukraine's industrial east. pro-russian demonstrators seized government buildings in cities and protestors clashed with police before overtaking the buildings and hoisting the russian flag. they accused russian's vladimir putin of instarting rotation ga -- the unrest. there's a way of restoring order without violence but it also accuses the ousted president for making the situation worse. >> under threat of violence, millions of afghans voted for a president and so par the race is headed to a run off. according to new york times election officials say somewhere between 7 and 7.5 afghans turned out to the polls. that's about 60% of the eligible voters. former world bank executive

ghani and abdullah abdullah are the front runners. it would limit karzai's influence going forward. both said they would sign the security agreement to keep u.s. troops in the country. karzai refused to approve it. sad news about a legendary career, one that spanned more than 90 years. mickey rooney passed away in california. he started on stage as a toddler and received a lifetime achievement oscar 30 years ago. more on rooney's career. >> i'm going to write a show for us and put it on right here. >> reporter: his career spanned a lifetime. a veteran of more than 300 films, mickey rooney loved to act and he loved the limelight. >> you never get tired of hearing applause. >> reporter: the accolades came early. he began performing at 17 months. by the time he could walk he was

a star. his stage name became permanent as did his place in hollywood history. a young rooney was box office gold. >> i was the number one star in the world over such greats as the late king gable and spencer tracy and oh, i was playing in a pretty big ball game at 20, 21 years of age. >> reporter: standing just 5'3", rooney said he felt like a man 6'6". >> excuse me for running away betsy. >> reporter: his popular andy hardy series ran for almost 20 years. >> get off as fast as you can and jump sure and clean. >> reporter: in national velvet he costarred we liz beth taylor. in the add venn turs of the black stallion, rooney shined in what may have been his most memorable role but he also had his critics. some called this portrayal of an asian american at breakfast at

tiffanys racist. through it all he won golden globes, emmys and later in life an honorary academy award. >> if anybody tells you they aren't thrilled to be nominated for an academy award you tell them they're full of bolgna because it's the greatest thrill for a performer in our business. >> he could sing, he could dance, he could act and do them all equally well. >> reporter: married 8 times with 11 children, rooney's life wasn't picture perfect. he made and lost millions. >> my name is mickey rooney. >> reporter: he told congress in 2011 he was a victim of elder abuse. >> i have been abused financially, medically. my wife and i have 100 for food at our house. >> i want success. >> reporter: but the showman will always be remembered for his long body of work. a legacy that lives on today. >> wow, what a lifetime, right?

that was miguel almaguer reporting. rooney was at his home with family when he passed away. he was 93 years old. what was your favorite film by mickey rooney? tweet us your most creative answers using the #waytooearly. >> still ahead, not the finest moment for new york's bravest and finest. why the protectors of america's largest city were duking it out on the ice at a charity event nonetheless. and later, a jimmy fallon tribute to george h.w. bush. let's say the president can rap. stick around. the regime no longer is in control including the capitol city of baghdad.

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by samsung. it could make a policy change. >> we didn't know about the samsung connection to this. this could be the end of all selfies. >> all selfies? hopefully they mean with the president. we'll see what happens in the future. we turn our attention to basketball. tonight the exciting finish to what has been an unpredictable march madness. uconn huskies take on the wild cats. they combined to win six of the last ncaa title. now kentucky won a thriller on saturday. beating wisconsin in the final seconds with a three-pointer from aaron harrison. this will be kentucky coach's fifth trip to the ncaa finals. it's going to be a great night and the ncaa women's tournament finals are set is, the uconn

huskies are there as well. it will be a face-off of the undefeated. both connecticut and notre dame finish the season without a loss. finally, wait, what time? 8:30, sorry. my eyes are giving up on me. meanwhile, this story to tell you, the men of new york city police and fire departments put their their lives on the line every day. this was a scene captured at an annual charity hockey game. a bench clearing draw between new york's bravest and finest. fans at the event posted video to instagram and referees had trouble controlling the fights. the nypd eventually won the game 8-5 but the ref there getting in the middle mixing it up. bill, what do you think about that? >> i don't know. some people go to hockey games wanting a fight but a charity game if you're bringing your

kids, that's dicey i guess. >> who are you supposed to cheer for? >> police, firefighter? >> get them. >> that's difficult for a 4-year-old to deal with. >> good guys against the good guys. >> unfortunately, mississippi and alabama are a mess. these rain and thunderstorms and even tornadoes overnight are problematic but you have one confirmed tornado. go through mt. olive mississippi. it's in rural sections to the southeast of jackson mississippi and up toward birmingham we continue to watch the heavy rains. flash flood emergency in a few spots down there. 7 or 8 inches of rain in the last 24 to 36 hours and that's causing a lot of problems down there. especially alabama. now as we go throughout the day the threat will push up to the northeast. it will continue as we go throughout the afternoon hours. as far as the tornado threat goes, it's really until only about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. this morning in this region so things will slowly improve throughout the day and as we go throughout

the evening some of that moves to the north. as far as the timing goes, thomas, d.c. the rain starts during the rush hour and as far as the new york city area goes it won't start until about 5:00 p.m. or so but no tornadoes up the east coast. we'll give you updates if we hear anything else coming in. >> allergies season, kicking my tail so far. >> the rain helps and helps clear the air out. >> let's bring it on then. coming up at the top of the hour, a surprising statement by jeb bush that may put him at odds with the republican base. we'll talk about whether it rules him out as a contender for 2016. we'll huddle around the water cooler where the new season of game of thrones kicked off with a big bang. but there's signs the creator of the show may have run out of ideas. say it ain't say. we'll be back after this. ♪ i know a thing about an ira

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at the top of the show, we talked about the detection of pings from a black box which could be the missing knigflight. the location of the ping as pier to be 1,800 feet underwater. the furtherest an unmanned sub

has gone under water is a few feet short of the distance the pings are believed to be. if it's determined this is the location of 370's black boxes, recovery efforts could take an extremely long period of time. >> it's time to huddle around the water cooler and you have an update for us on a delicacy. >> that's right. let's start with sad news for new york city. the famous bakery that invented the cronut has been shutdown. it was closed by the health department due to a severe mice infestation. residents from all over the city would line-up around the block waiting to buy the cronuts. >> one of them could have had mice in their pockets. >> mice, in new york it's usually not mice. it's rats i hate to say. thomas, i believe you were a customer there as well and even treated the morning josette to a cronut. >> thomas roberts has breaking news. a presentation. >> this is the cronut.

>> a cronut. >> no, that's thomas's 11:00 show. >> no, there's two more. these are like dragon eggs. i got three. >> are you sure you don't want to try it? >> no. >> joe took that down like a boss. but mika was having none of it. >> look at how good i am, though. i was like psychic that we knew that we were then going to be able to segway into this next story. >> that's true. >> about the mother of all dragons. >> that's true. >> if you're a fan of hbo's "game of thrones" you're probably not running on much sleep. but last night was the highly anticipated 4th season of the series. if you already read the books you know how most of it turns out. the problem is no one knows how the story ends. the arthur george r.r. martin only finished five of the seven books in the series and saturday

night live had the author on to talk about the story line and it's not looking good. >> you're having a hard time finishing the last two books in the series. >> well, one problem is i can't write anything until i choose a title. which of these do you prefer? a whisper of yells or a bunch of clocks? i'm just burnt out. the world is just so vast. do you have any idea how hard it is to name 1,000 characters? i mean, sure they all start off cool, but at some point all i could muster was jamie and rob and the same goes for the kingdom names. a lot of the next book just takes place in denver. and the three kings of denver are named ross, rachel, and chandler. >> people are worried about the series getting ahead of the books. but i think the creators at hbo will do a fine job. >> all i can think about is when the beard starts to come off.

>> just on the side. let's go to the tonight show where jimmy fallon paid tribute to george h.w. bush on the 25th anniversary of him taking office. he's performing one of the most enduring songs of the 90s. ♪ >> you can't touch this. my music hits me so hard. makes me say oh my lord. thank you for blessing me with and i feel good. home boy from the hometown. you can't touch this. >> a little hammer time there. >> i love that. >> we didn't get to see any of his socks. he has a great sock collection. >> i didn't know that. >> great sock guy. still ahead on "way too early." your best and most creative

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welcome back. earlier in the show we asked you what your favorite mickey rooney roles are. we are celebrating his life today as he passed away over the weekend at 93 years old. he was in so many films. his career spanned an entire lifetime. >> it really did. so my favorite one we got this morning actually went pretty far back. my favorite mickey rooney film is a midsummer's nights dream. still the best on film. >> yeah, if you look it up, it was very cool. >> we had a few that had a favorite that was your favorite as well. national velvet. >> national velvet wit with elizabeth favorite. >> another voice over which was a year without santa claus. >> also night at the museum. >> exactly. >> he was only 5'3". >> i know. >> he was married 8 times, had

11 kids. 93 years old. a life well lived and certainly loved a lot in that lifetime. >> yeah. >> and judy garland. such a relationship it for "wa too early." "morning joe" starts now. ♪ in a candidate run with a hopeful optimistic mess agmessa hopefully to get people to know it's not just idle words, can one do it joyfully without tied to all the convention of the politics of the hearing now. we need to elect candidates that have a vision that is bigger an broader and candidates that are organized around winning the election. not making a point. winning the election should be what we're about. winning allows the big