>> wow. pretty sweet all around. for the second time in three years bubba watson is your master's champ walking away with another green jacket. the pings have stopped but are investigators finding a way to zero in for flight 370. and more unrest in the ukraine. they're demonstrating a new way to claim the western part of that country. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. welcome to "way too early" for april the 14th. this is the show that is simultaneously tracking developments in the ukraine and is equal to sharp nato. sharp nato in the news, people. we will have that for you. we start with the ukraine and its president is launching a large-scale operation to retake buildings in the east. military forces engaged in shootouts with russian

separatists. meanwhile, groups loyal to ukraine are scuffling in the streets with pro russian groups. u.s. state department is confronting moscow head on by putting out talking points accusing the kremlin of direct responsibility. the u.s. claims armed russian operatives have been arrested and trying to flame this. the u.n. security council convened an emergency council that was mostly filled with finger pointing over the escalation. >> we know who is behind this. indeed, the only entity in the area capable of these coordinated escalated military actions is russia. the sink crow niced surgical seizure occurred in towns along the main highway followed by armed roadblocks almost as if a coordinated barrier was being formed between kiev and the main cities. >> they're not mincing words. ayman mohyeldin joins us. that's one of the senators of

the unrest. ayman, describe the centers of unrest. >> reporter: it's one that's very tense. especially in the past few hours. not only did they ignore an ultimatum that was required to lay down their arms and leave the buildings, they've continued to seize more police stations. in the past hour alone about 45 miles from where we are pro russian separatist militias managed to take over another building. there was an exchange of gunfire, molotov cocktails were thrown. another police station in another city in the eastern part of the country now controlled by pro russian separatist militias. once they take control of these buildings, they then set up barriers around it and more importantly set up check points in and out of the towns and effectively try to create a new reality on the ground. what they want politically is a referendum to give them the chance to break away from the ukraine and give them the choice of perhaps joining russia. the ukrainian government says it

will not tolerate this anymore. they have ordered a large scale operation to regain buildings and territories that they have lost. they run the risk if they use force and crack down heavily on the protesters, they could provoke russia into a military response. >> ayman mohyeldin reporting from the ukraine. thank you. back at home three people are dead after a man believed to be a white supremacist opened fire at a jewish center in kansas city. >> there's a guy with a rifle shooting at people. >> leave? >> i would leave. >> is he still here? >> i don't know. >> the first calls came in to police early in the afternoon. 14-year-old reed underwood and his grandfather were shot and killed outside of a jewish community center. according to police, he drove to another retirement center and killed a woman there. a total of five people were fired upon. law enforcement forces identify him as 73-year-old frazier glenn

cross jr. he's been on the radar saying he has used aliases and is a former grand dragon of the carolina knights of the kkk. meanwhile, a vigil was held at a nearby church for the victims. one woman made an unexpected appearance that left all attendees in shock. >> i'm in shock, but i want you to know that i appreciate all of you being here. i'm the daughter of that gentleman who was killed and i'm the mother of the son who was killed. and i want to tell you how much i appreciate you all being here. i heard that there was going to be a vigil and we all grieve in different ways, and i just wanted to tell people thank you. >> just so heartbreaking. reed underwood's family said he was a high school freshman an an eagle scout. his grandfather had taken him

for an audition for a teen talent program when he was shot and killed. searchers will send out a sophisticated sub to find the wreckage of malaysian flight 370. they're deploying the unmanned blue fin 21 now that they are no longer searching for the black box pings. it has been six days since any sounds have been detected. the equipment sending out the signals may have simply run out of battery power. efforts continued through the weekend with a fleet of planes and ships. an oil slick was detected yesterday but the search of air and sea surface will end in two to three days. for pope francis, this is the latest opportunity to lead by example. the pontiff marked palm sunday by going off script. the pope, who has centered his papacy on a renewed focus for the poor, often breaks from tradition. he posed for selfies in rio de

janeiro. he drank some tea. following the upcoming easter service, many people will remain for the canonizationcanonizatio paul ii. now to the oscar pistorius trial. he's struggled during the cross examination. the judge admonished him friday for conflicting testimony about when he turned off his home security alarm. >> i'm not convinced about your answer now. i think that you're trying to cover up for lies and i'm not convinced. >> mr. pistorius, it's important that you should be all here when you're in that witness box. do you understand that? >> i do, my lady.

>> so if you're tired and the reason you're making all these mistakes is because you're tired, you must say so. >> my lady -- >> it doesn't help to say it's not going to change. >> i understand, my lady. i am tired, my lady, but i made a mistake with the way i answered the question. >> pistorius also broke down in tears again as he remembered the night he shot and killed steenkamp. >> you're getting emotional. >> yes, i'm very emotional, my lady. >> why? >> because it's difficult to remember. >> why would this make you emotional? >> because this is the person i cared about. i don't know how people don't understand that. >> pistorius claims he mistook steenkamp as a burglar and shot her. monday business news, investors are looking to rebound in a big way after back-to-back days of sharp declines. for more on what to expect, let's check in with steve sedgwick live in london. steve, what's the outlook for today? >> it's all about earnings, not only today but for the rest of

this week as well. we've got 20% of the s&p reporting this week. last week the s&p lost 4.2%. today we have citigroup, tomorrow, coca-cola, johnson and johnson and google and bank of america on wednesday. it's all about the earnings. millions of americans are racing to complete their tax returns ahead of the deadline. the chances of getting audited are lower than for decades. there are fewer agents auditing returns since any time in the 1980s. that's potentially good news for some but it means less calls are getting answered. millions of phone calls are going unanswered, thomas. >> uncle sam wants his money. real quickly, i want to talk to you about the rumors of amazon and looking now, steve, to end the smartphone rumors. they're going to have one, right? >> well, look, they've gone very heavy, as we've talked about on this show various times, now we think there will be a smartphone

debuting in june shipping in december. the different part is it will have 3-d technology. there's some retina tracking device. amazon is not confirming it but people are getting very excited. >> steve, great to see you, thank you, sir. with nearly two years left republicans are convening on new hampshire. they're trying to shore up support in a state that is known for its fiercely independent electorate. ted cruz says he wants to be in on that action. >> we're having a national debate right now about the direction this country should go, and new hampshire is going to be front and center as part of that national debate and i intend to do everything i can to participate in that debate. >> going to the granite state and several potential candidates appeared at the freedom summit which was organized by americans for prosperity, a group founded by the koch brothers. he crisscrossed across the state

even if the crowds weren't what they used to. while they'll need plenty of cash to make it out of the primaries, some spoke about the impact of big government. >> we cannot be the party of fat cats, rich people and wall street. >> the rich and powerful, those who walk the corridors of power, are getting fat and happy under the obama economic agenda. the top 1%, the millionaires and billionaires the president loves to demagogue, they earn a higher share of our enincome than any year since 1928. but not to worry, nothing bad happened after 1928. >> all right. let's take you to colorado right now where it's easier to get marijuana out of a vending machine. yeah, listen to this. for the first time ever pot vending machines are in operation in avon. the machine checks a buyer's

i.d. making sure he or she is of age and offers a variety of products, including edibles, drinks and the herb itself. makes us wonder what else should be available via vending machine. tweet us your most creative answers using #waytooearly. that made you smile, right? yeah, interesting. still ahead on "way too early," bubba watson rolls the dice and gets creative in the masters. the early drama that put him in the position to win that for his second major championship. we're a few months away to the sequel to "sharknado." that and a few others when "way too early" comes back. ♪ ♪ [ man #1 ] we're now in the approach phase,

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let's get to sports. a great weekend with the masters, bubba watson and jordan spieth battling it out. spieth was leading the tournament and caught up in the bunker. no problem. bubba watson showing off his chip. he would birdie. this turned in his favor. same hole, spieth misses. he would bogey. the next who will, bubba sinks a tough birdie putt. spieth would make another bogey. bubba takes control with a two-stroke lead. spieth trying to take control but runs into problems. his tee shot rolls into the water. yeah. meanwhile -- into the drink. bubba's creativity comes out on the 15th with his shot through some trees.

he would par that hole and remain up by three. watson gets to enjoy his walk up 18. now here he comes up but he taps in the par putt for the win and he says this one felt different than the victory that he achieved two years ago. >> the first one, for me it's almost like i lucked into it. this one was a lot of hard work, dedication and got back here. after giving away that jacket last year, kind of wanted it back so i told adam that we should just keep switching back and forth. >> there you go. a little rotation. bubba watson is the master's champ sharing the moment with his son, caleb. the second green jacket for the 35-year-old. how do you celebrate the second title? how about the waffle house hague hashbrown. we go to the nfl where aldon smith is out on bail. police arrested the 25-year-old after they say he made a bomb

threat. the report says that he became belligerent when he was selected for a secondary screening at the airport. he made a comment about having a bomb in his luggage. one witness says smith started throwing money on the ground when police confronted him. 49er management said it's disappointing to hear about this. it's his fourth run-in with the law. >> super talented wasting away. >> making those comments with the tsa. ought to take them seriously. now we go for some english premier league soccer. match tied 2-2. in the 77th minute. liverpool throwing in the ball. the man city defender whiffs. >> he did whiff. look at this. >> yeah, they edge manchester city. >> that's like the "morning joe" soccer team. >> it happens. rockies visiting the giants. tie game in the bottom of the tenth.

take a peak. >> crawford hits one high. it is outta here. >> jump out of the boat. >> the walk-off solo homer, giants win it 5-4. that's sweet. to chicago, white sox hosting cleveland. 3-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth. gomes. fastball drilled. >> unbelievable. >> high in the air to deep left field, and the white sox win it. >> got t.j. saying capacity crowd. not so fast. lexie ramirez blasts a two-run shot from the left. the white sox walk off with a 4-3 win. yankees wrapping up a four-game series. yanks trailing 1-0. carlos beltran smacks one over the left field wall. yankees will tack on one before wrapping up three out of four. hang on. let's take it back to the fourth

where one fan just not that excited to be at the ballpark. passed out cold in the stands. that little drool going down his face. poor guy. i mean, they just stay on the shot, bill. they establish that shot and then they just stay on it. anyway, let's stay on the weather. what are we expecting? >> the eastern seaboard, it was the warmest in six months. i mean, it was just insane. don't get used to it. it is april. reality will come crashing back down on us. yesterday was 85 in d.c. the cherry blossoms, you know they were really late this year. now they're going to burn off the branches. in the midwest, it is chilly. it is snowing in 12 different states this morning. how crazy is that. it's snowing hard right now in wisconsin. that's where it's accumulating especially around green bay. even the tail end of this tonight in areas like chicago after being 69 yesterday. you will see a little bit of snow. we could see some severe storms. not so much now but later on this afternoon. baton rouge, lafayette, new

orleans, birmingham and montgomery. for the eastern seaboard, one more day of this warmth. it pours rain tuesday and cold and chilly wednesday. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," developing news from ukraine. militants ignoring a deadline. then when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler, lighten up a bit. who better to ask you to the prom than "breaking bad's walter white. he wasn't asking a girl to the prom. i think that would be creepy because she was so young, but he was asking on behalf of somebody else. yeah. did this young lady accept the offer? we're going to show you all of this coming up. ♪ ♪ cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated.

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if you're like most people, you will do whatever you can to get a piece of the "sharknado," the second one. producers are crowdsourcing a $50,000 bonus scene. donors can get a shark named after them, tape a walk off role and be credited with an associate producer title. if that's not a resume builder, i don't know what it is. here's a little taste. >> can't wait here with sharks raining down on them. >> dad! >> chain saws, sharks, tornadoes, what could be better than this? now "sharknado ii" is being shot in new york city. >> 50 grand? >> it looks like it was shot on an iphone to begin with. >> this is quality, thomas. you have to recognize quality in this industry. >> okay. >> it's set to air on sci-fi in july and i can't wait.

let's check in with the snl weekend update desk where one actress is getting attention for all the wrong weekends. >> katherine heigl suicide dwayne reed after the store tweeted a paparazzi photos. worse, it was after her shift. what? i was just researching a role. >> that's mean. >> that one sink in. >> that was mean. now asking a girl to go to prom can be a pretty nerve racking experience, thomas. it helps to get a little help from a kingpin sometimes. >> matty, if you don't go to the prom with stefan, than many your best course of action would be to tread lightly. >> matty, would you go to prom with me? >> look how excited that guy is. that's brian cranson and brian white making an offer she can't refuse. it's a daze date.

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all right. so we were asking everybody about this pot vending machine open in colorado. what else should be sold via vending machine? one from robert paulson saying a clean urine vending machine next to the pot one. so that's the end of "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪