saying about colorado and can any bus is no joke. and escalating pushing back pro-russian militants in the east. and a hot game between the sox and the yankees, one pitcher was sweating pine tar. that's not sweat. that is cheating. this is way too early. >> something there on his neck, and check it out. hey, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. it's thursday, april 24th. welcome to way too early. we will do whatever is necessary to plait at peak levels. what is on the back of the tie? on the neck? you have to be smarter about it. we are going to talk about that up in sports. we have breaking news out of afghanistan.

a shooting in kabul left three americans dead. it's run by cure, an american charity organization with branchs around the world. a security guard is blamed with shooting at least one doctor and two americans. one other was wounded. he is in custody after shooting himself in the head. cure is a non-profit, faith-based organization. the hospital in kabul was established in 2005 and treats nearly 37,000 patients every year. president obama is on the first full day of a week-long trip in asia. he arrived yesterday in japan. the new ambassador to japan greeted him, and he had dinner at a famous sushi restaurant where the average meal is 400 bucks. president obama gave it a glowing review. >> thank you. that's great sushi there.

terrific. thank you very much. >> so they talked about trade agreements and china. but the crisis in ukraine took center stage, president obama sending a clear message to moscow. >> so far, at least, we have seen them not abide by the spirit or the letter of the agreement in geneva. instead we continue to see militias and armed men taking over buildings. we have been preparing for the prospect that we're going to have to engage in further sanctions. those are teed up. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton is also supporting new sanctions against russia and says moscow will not like the outcome. >> i think russia will pay a big price for this. but that is a -- an end point that we have to get to as peacefully as possible without seeing the total, you know, disintegration of ukraine as a country with territorial

integrity and an opportunity to have the relationship it wants with the west. >> russia, for its part, warned of military action if any of its citizens are attacked in eastern ukraine. the foreign minister compared what is taking place in ukraine to what led to russia's invasion of georgia in 2008. some of the first u.s. military forces arrived in poland for training exercises. interesting to see how that's taken and absorbed on the world stage going forward. and syria, growing concern that chemical weapons are interesting the civil war again. and they may have launched an attack with chlorine gas. one child was killed, dozens injured. there is an indication that it was used there. they deny the allegations. and school is back in school in south korea. many of the victims went to class. the death toll has exceeded 150.

more than 140 people remain missing. many are teen students. prosecutors raided the home of the ferry's owner as part of their investigation. cargo on the ship weighed three times the maximum recommended weight. it also had a faulty steering system which may have caused the cargo to move to one side causing it to capsize and sink. they are investigating if safety inspectors were bribed to say the ferry was safe to operate. back at home, gun rights advocates in georgia are hailing what they call a major victory. opening up for bars, schools, churches, and government buildings, and the busiest airport licensed gun owners. they signed into law what's the most expansive gun bill in the country. it even authorized school districts to allow administers to carry firearms. they wanted to go further, opening up college campuses.

many are outraged, saying that guns should be allowed in fewer places, not more, and especially that drinking and guns do not mitch. clive bundy pounfound activ coming to his side, but his comments will leave his supporters will buyer's remorse. he refused to pay the government more than a million dollars in grazing fees for using government lands. it brought in anti-government activists and militias. they were rallying to his defense. and they backed off taking his cattle. he's used the attention to discuss his views on government overreach, welfare and race. and according to to the times, bundy launched into a tirade on african-american families using a racial slur and saying they

were on government subsidies. now what do they do? abort their young children, put the men in jail, never learned how to pick cotton, are they better off as slaves and picking cotton or with government subsidy? they didn't get more freedom, they got less freedom. there is a growing feud between colorado and new jersey. and on monday chris christie took a shot at colorado over the state's new marijuana policy. >> i don't care about the tax money from it, and that people think it's inevitable. not here. i'm not going to permit it, never as long as i'm governor. for people ennamerred with the income of the tax revenue. go to colorado and see if you want to live there. see if you want to live in a major city in colorado where there's head shops popping up on

every corner and people flying into your airport just to come and get high. to me it's not the quality of life in new jersey. there's no tax revenue worth that. >> so colorado's governor's office was not pleased with the comments. they responded by putting out rankings comparing themselves with new jersey on everything. from business to entrepreneurs, even to the use of technology. the food and drug administration will propose new regulations of democratic cigarettes today. and the multi-billion dollar industry is popular but with no federal oversight. the new regulation would ban the sale to anyone under 18, and require anyone purchasing them to provide a valid id. they would have to register with the fda and be subject to inspections by the agency. so big changes to the internet. the fcc will allow companies like netflix to pay broad band providers for faster downloads and stream times. it's a shift in net neutrality

making sure it's all equal. they will announce that today. they are concerned that the companies paying for access will pass those costs on to the consumers. let's talk a little bit more about business and wall street. the six-day win came to an end, responding to a batch of poor earning's reports and home sales for more. jeff is in london for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. but i think it might be premature to write off this run for the markets. we've had a strong open here in europe, and it looks like there is some follow through. the future for the s&p, the dow jones and the nasdaq are pointed higher, and good news in here. not at least that facebook and apple delivered at the top end of estimates. and we have rumor mill running on the m and a story, with the talk of a potential ge bid for

the french engineering company. we have to wait and watch. but coming back to the apple story. apple delivering quite a strong financial restructuring story. another $30 billion in share buyback. a 7 for 1 stock split. the company also giving reasonably good numbers on the iphone sales. and particularly in china. so they are particularly excited about that, and we saw an 8% pop in the after hours share price for apple. so strong trading expected. particularly in the tech names when we see the markets your side of the atlantic open up. >> let's talk about tech. we were talking about the net neutrality issue. this is on a different note, fans of hbo, they have signed a deal to bring some programming to amazon prime. this is an interesting shift. >> reporter: well, this is ground-breaking. hbo has never done a licensing deal like this with an

online-only streaming service. but amazon prime have got the business. it means you get the wire and sopranos if you are a prime subscriber in the united states. and i guess that's the only downside of this deal if i have to find one. it's a u.s.-only deal at this stage. it's not going out to amazon prime subscribers elsewhere in the world just yet. wait and watch, this is a fast-moving part of the market. >> it's evolving quickly. thank you. real easy, caption contest, and question for you today. which may feature, some call him the coolest guy in congress, looks good shirtless. this is aaron cox in hawaii. not that really hot-looking graphic. where's the surfer? there he is. oh, my gosh. the picture on the left, which was supposed to be so much bigger. anyway -- treat us -- tweet us

your captions. we're going to put the best ones coming up later in the show. it's supposed to be real big. real big. anyway, the caption on the left is what we're looking for. the left. okay. still ahead on "way too early" it appears yankee's pitcher michael pineda likes pine tar. both managers react. that's not sweat on the neck area. and ronald mcdonald, his updated threads and what allowed him to make to change. could it be the taco waffle? that's when "way too early" comes right back. >> the mission that failed, the audacious attempt to rescue the hostages in iran which ended in defeat and tragedy. while the helicopters were being

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okay. we wanted to show you the picture once again of aaron, tiny kahuna to big kahuna. tweet us your best and most creative. ripped and ready to go. let's get to sports. turn off the hawaii music? i like that. the yankees and the red sox. this is good stuff. sox up by 2-0, when john ferrell let the umps know something fishy is going on. he checks the hand and then the neck, that's pine tar and pineda is tossed from the game. >> i hate that. >> me too. and boston wins 5-1, but after

the game, everybody was talking about pineda's ejection. >> in the second inning, it looked from the dugout that there was a substance on his neck. you could see it. i could sigh it from the dug youdugout. it was confirmed by camera angles in the ballpark. and given the last time we faced him, felt it was a necessity to say something. >> he did not have it on when the game started. i guess from what i understand, had a hard time gripping the ball and put it on in the second inning. >> was it tough? >> it's fair to say. >> he didn't want to hit anyone. not the first run in with pine tar. and the last start, stick 'em. make he sweats pine tar?

>> maybe instead of on the skin, somewhere else. >> put it somewhere else, not on your neck or face area. anyway, the cubs and diamondbacks wearing throwback jerseys in honor of the 100th anniversary. and lining one to the right, tying run, the face on a young fan saying it all. >> shucks. >> and aaron hill, pops one up, outfielder can't get it, and the go ahead run scores. >> you would have had this yesterday. i saw you out there. >> it was fun out there yesterday. brought them better luck. the ninth inning break down spoils the celebration. arizona wins, 7-5. they won the night before. unfortunate not on their birthday. and the heat in the nba playoffs. kendall walker drains that huge shot there to keep the bobcats in it. but the heat hang on to take the game with a 101-97 win.

lead 2-0 in that series. and the mavs and the spurs, evening at a game a piece. and the blazers beat the rockets. they lead that series. to the ice, and not a really exciting night for hockey and the playoffs. >> steps around, and in, he shoots, he scores! and dallas has the lead. >> up the far side, shot going to the net. shot, he scores! >> and he shoots, he scores! >> all right. so the blue jackets get the 4-3 overtime win against the penguins, knotting the series at two. and the win over the blues to take that series for now. and the ducks over the stars to tie at two apiece. and lakers set to throw out the first pitch.

check out young, aka swaggy p. maybe a little bit too much swag on the throw. sailing over the catcher's head. maybe pine tar would help? >> it would have. >> would that help? >> good point. >> weight on the ball. check on the weather. bill is here. you were no help yesterday as the sun was rising. >> i felt horrible in the 72 degree stadium. >> i had gloves on. >> you didn't need gloves? >> i did, look. my fingers turned blue. those are gloves. >> hand warmers in the pockets make you look cooler. >> i know. i was lazy. >> let's talk about what happened yesterday. severe weather, no tornados, that was good. hail and wind damage. now through central kansas, topeka getting thunderstorms. this is going to move as a cold rain from minneapolis to chicago during the day today. later this afternoon into tonight, severe weather

possible. st. louis, little rock, maybe a few tornados, not a big outbreak, big, strong storms. and new england, you were cold -- >> yep. >> new england, windy, 50 degrees and raining. you weren't alone in the chilly weather yesterday. >> so perfect for sweating pine tar? your yankees? >> if that's what you do. >> yeah. >> they're yankees, you have to win at all costs. >> he's going down fight for the yankees. and on morning joe, the president's surprising comments that could put the u.s. at odds with china. and we huddle around the water cooler when stephen colbert breaks the news to jon stewart about his new job. stewart's priceless reaction. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated. it's about people.

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welcome back, everybody. earlier, we talked about the controversial new gun everywhere bill signed yesterday in georgia. if you want to sound smart, tell a 2013 poll showed that 91% of georgia residents supported mandatory background checks for gun owners. still, they had the highest number of gun deaths per capita in the 50 states. and we will check in with louis now. now colbert let stewart know he's resigning. >> he's a king maker with steve carr rel, and stephen colbert. he has made some of the biggest

stars in comedy. how he's handling the big move 37. >> this is going to come as a shock to you. >> you're ending your show. >> jon, please, i'm ending my show. don't beg me to stay. >> all right. >> you see, there is no mountain left to climb. it's clear to me that i've won television. at this point -- [ applause ] jon, jon, at this point i'm just running up the score. >> it's obviously -- it's not really a contest. >> not anymore, jon. because you see, jon, almost nine years ago i promised to change the world, and together i did it. >> it's pretty good, right? >> in the words of charlie sheen, winning. >> winning. true. tiger blood. ronald mcdonald is trading in his oncy for cargo pants.

check out the red blazer, spiffy, the bow tie, where's waldo rugby shirt. he could move to williamsburg. he's ronald mcdonald the hip stir. >> this the old ronald scott outfit? >> that was different with the cup on the nose. mcdonald reacting to a drop in sales, and doing this complete makeover. >> the waffle taco, louis. >> that is right. they have all kinds of concoctions. we saw him in 1963 in a local tv ad. two years later he became the national spokesperson. no word on how this will affect the wardrobe of grimace and the hamburg her. >> he is. at least he didn't go the way of donald duck, pants less. thank you. we asked you for the best captions of this picture. our producer has those.

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all right. so we have some children in our control room. i'll explain that in a second. but a check of the top stories. paratroopers from the 137 airborne in poland. they are sending troops to countries that border russia after the takeover of crimea. it's the first in the series of the expanded training activities in theball tick sea. and the first lady will be on parks and recreation. her guest appearance will promote the let's move campaign to get kids healthy snacks.

and it's the annual take our daughters and sons to work today. so brenda and others have brought kids to work today. if you see kids, show them what you do.8-year-olds here, a 10-year-old, a 9-year-old. that's going to do it for "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ mr. president, i'm a humanoid robot. it's nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> i can run really fast. let me show you. here i go. >> oh. wow. he's moving.