and potential new answers for how this high wire act went so wrong at a rhode island circus. the answers we have. this is "way too early." ♪ hey, everyone. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is tuesday, may 6 president then welcome to "way too early" the show that always flies coach but ask for the exit row because the leg room is amazing. we're going to start talking about b a nigerian terror group that kidnaps hundreds of girls and threatens to sell them into slavery. the leader of boko haram releasing this video yesterday. more than 300 teen girls were taken from their boarding school by militants who oppose western education. they consider it to be a sin. some of those girls escaped, but

according to reports, others were forced to marry their abductors who paid $12 for them. there has been this massive protest in nigeria with accusing the president of that country of not bringing the girls back to their families. you may have noticed an explosion on social media with the #bring back our girls. now to the ukraine where kiev is stepping up its advances in the country. and an elite unit from the national guard is now deployed to odessa to try to keep it under control. ukrainian control. ukraine is also pushing to regain control in the east. multiple explosions and heavy gunfire were reported as ukrainian forces and pro-russian militants clashed. the interior minister claims 30 insurgents have been killed during the clashes. and the airport in a key eastern city is closed this morning

after violent clashes there. video showing shooting down a helicopter, and there is a flame near the back of the helicopter. no injuries were reported. house speaker john boehner is lining up leadership of a select committee that will investigate the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. congressman trey gowdy, a two-term republican from south carolina is going to be heading up that panel. the house speaker says gowdy's background as a federal prosecutor makes him the ideal choice here, but the white house may not go along with the investigation suggesting the committee is the latest attempt by republicans to politicize an attack that left four americans dead. >> we have always cooperated with legitimate oversight. all of the seven separate congressional investigations, all of the committees that have participated in those investigations, all of the administration personnel who have briefed or testified

because of those investigations, everyone who -- >> legitimate oversight? >> i think if you look at even what some republicans have said, it certainly casts doubt on legitimacy of an effort that is so partisan in nature. house minority whips say democrats will be urged to vote against the select committee. hot temperatures are expected to hamper efforts in oklahoma to contain a deadly wildfire. the fire is being blamed for at least one death. a man who refused to leave his home late last night is the one who perished. it was about 75% contained at one point. officials say the fire burned more than 3,000 acres and it destroyed several houses as well. about 1,000 people who were evacuated are now returning home. the wildfire is believed to have started as a controlled burn although authorities were not notified it was going to be taking place. it's a decision about the separation of church and state. in a 5-4 vote the supreme court ruled yesterday that prayers before public meetings can be

considered constitutional. the case centered around town council meetings in greece, new york. pete williams has more. >> reporter: justice anthony kennedy said the government cannot sensor religious speech or require only the most generic reference to the sacred. as long as the prayer doesn't denigrate nonbelievers or religious minorities, threaten damnation, or preach conversion, he said it's acceptable. >> it's beyond even religion. it's freedom of speech. it's a reaffirming what your country was founded on. zblb unlike in public schools where prayer is still banned, people are free to come and go at public meetings. but the town's prayers were steeped in one faith. justice kagan said every citizen regardless of religion owns an equal share in the government. >> the country's religious diversity is expand bing yet here comes the sfreemt saying it's okay for a city to impose

majority rules prayer on the entire community. >> that was nbc's pete williams reporting. the majority also said the founding fathers approved of having a prayer before starting a session of congress. authorities are now narrowing their focus on what caused a high wire act accident at a circus in rhode island over the weekend. officials believe that a clasp found in three separate pieces is to blame. they're trying to determine if the part was broken or perhaps used improperly. eight female acrobats and one man on the ground were injured when a metal beam fell 30 feet during the performance. four are in serious condition and four others are listed in good condition. the nation's largest veterans group is calling for a major shakeup at the department of veterans air forces. calling the resignation of secretary eric shinseki. the legion's national commander says, quote, there needs to be a change. and that change needs to occur

at the top to cover up mistakes is unforgivable as is fostering a culture of nondisclosure. the second largest vet group veterans of foreign wars stands by shinseki. the group says shinseki must re-establish credibility with the veterans community. moving on now to business news for you. stocks rallied yesterday. all three ended in positive territory and the dow joer came a triple-digit drop after hearing the service sector grew. jeff is live in london for us. what are you watching today? >> hey, good morning to you. the look at the futures for your markets are positive. so it looks like there will be some follow through from what has been a good european session so far here. but the more interesting action has been in the dollar. and i must point out we've seen the dollar hit a 6 1/2 month low against the euro and the pound

sterling here. a lot of that is down to the fact we just didn't see the currency bounce on some of the better news. so traders have taken it in the opposite direction here. good news for u.s. exporters. maybe not such great news if you're on american planning to take a holiday in paris this summer. but let me move you along. we have a swiss bank to talk about. the irs is a little like the mounters. they get their man in the end. credit suisse looks like they'll have to shell out $1.5 billion if they plead guilty to helping americans evade taxes. this case has been going on for awhile here, but it looks like we might be in the end game with prosecutors now trying to persuade credit suisse, we think, to go for that guilty plea. which would mean they pay the fine and then they get to move on. so that's a quick wrapup of some of the key business stories we're watching for you this hour. >> before i let you go, the

future king of england, he flies coach. what do you think of that? >> well, you know what? we used to be a great kingdom. but these days we're a little more down. i think we always think we are slightly more shabby cousin of our friends in america. no great surprises in that one. i think that will play quite well to those who are republicans in the uk who maybe not that keen on the monarchy. i guess if they see a future king cutting costs and cutting corners, then maybe he's okay in their book. >> hey, look. everybody likes a good deal. so it is encouraging to see and a window seat no less. a window seat. but we will talk about this with our folks that are watching at home. thank you, sir. and let's go back to that picture. we show you that big surprise there of prince william flying coach. he had actually been in the states for a friend's wedding.

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l.a. with a little emotional series. but they carry that winning momentum into round two. chris paul made a career high eight three pointers on nine attempts. that's one off a league record. he finished helping the clips to the victory in that series opener. to indianapolis where the wizards dominated the top seeded pacers. they only trailed for a few minutes in the second quarter. bradley biel led with 25 points scoring 14 in the fourth quarter. wizards take game one. that's their first second-round win in 32 years. >> you are better than roy hibbert. >> really? >> yes. they would take you over him right now. he had zero points and zero rebounds. >> even with my crooked fingers they would? >> yeah. they would take you. >> what about on the ice? >> can you skate? >> double bladed. last night's round two matchups of the stanley cup playoffs. >> now to foley. martinez holding. here it comes. they score!

he gets to it. plays it ahead. empty net goal. 3-1 los angeles. >> long pass for crosby. crosby shoots. he scores! on the shot. did it go in? nope. that did not go in. to break away from jokinen. he scores. >> all right. so the penguins and the kings both winners last night. another set of round two matchups this evening. the bruins visit the canadiens. the wild host the blackhawks. and the kings and ducks, they're going to face off in los angeles. so if you weren't sure why they call him floyd money mayweather, he's breaking down the figures for us. mayweather posted this photo last night boasting that he made $32 million in 36 minutes during his fight on saturday. that's nearly $15,000 per second and nearly $900,000 per minute.

that's what steve rattner has been making since he's been sitting on the "morning joe" set for the last two minute bs. mayweather added with pay per view numbers coming in, he stands to make a total of $70 million for the 36-minute bout. >> who said boxing is dead? >> i don't know. i think we should fight right now. >> for how much? >> i don't know. >> per minute? >> let's see how much rattner is willing to put on it and let's go. >> as long as you're on your double blades, i think i'm all right. >> let's get a check on the weather. nbc's bill kairns, my boxing partner for the morning. >> the middle of the country plenty warm again. yesterday we were in the 80s and 90s. with the dry conditions, windy conditions, fire danger once again today. in oklahoma they've been fighting these blazes as of late. dangerous fire weather from new mexico all the way back up to wichita, kansas, and west texas. so that's the area of concern.

the rain around d.c. has come to an end. pretty good soaking in a few areas last night. as far as the east goes, we're looking at a beautiful tuesday out there. >> she's going to be in my corner. she's going to take my earrings off. going to get in there. >> who's in my corner? >> rattner. >> oh, i got the money. >> you do. you got the money. he's like don king behind you. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the senate can take action on keystone pipeline today. and when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler. louis is going to take us to the red carpet at the met gala. also, it may be the strangest attempt at getting an endorsement from a newspaper of all time. and luckily for us, it is caught on tape. you ready to go? >> the rocky thing. go like this. you've got to do that. >> oh! ♪ (meow mix jingle) right on cue.

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earlier in the show we told you that on monday the nation's largest veterans group the american legion called for the resignation of secretary eric shinseki. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends there are about 22 million vets living in the u.s. that's three times the population of new york city and nearly six times that of los angeles. all right. time to check in, say good morning to our louis who had another late night for the met gala. >> i did.

>> but we're going to start somewhere else first. >> let's start with politics first from the great state of oregon. a field of five candidates are competing for a chance to challenge jeff murphy. they met in the office seeking the paper's endorsement. during the q & a portion, the candidate jumped to the defense of one of his colleagues. >> you want to talk about disrespect? you just wrote down blah blah blah for everything she said. she is a respectable woman. why are you not respecting her by writing that? >> mark, we're going to move on. i'm going to ask you a question. if you answer respectfully -- >> you have to give respect in order to get respect. right now on that side of the table you're not giving much respect. >> do you have anything to gain by doing this? >> i can see what your colleague here is putting down on his note pad and put blah blah blah blah blah when she was giving a detailed answer. >> mark, here's my question. climate change.

do you believe it's a myth or reality? >> it's a myth. >> really? >> yes. what's that? >> where are you on the easter bunny? >> are these really the questions i was called here to answer. really? >> representative -- >> i called you out for putting blah blah blah on your note pad and now you're asking me questions like this? really? really? are we talking about this now? >> let's move on. >> how about you ask a serious and respectful question instead of asking a childish question? >> i just asked you if climate change was a myth. if you're not going to let me get an answer. i'm going to ask you to leave. okay? that's two strikes. >> who do you think you are? >> okay. you may leave now. go ahead. you're done here. this is neither a fair or a balanced meeting. this is a -- >> i know. pst a meeting being asked by thin skinned liberals like yourself. >> there's the door.

>> i have other things to do with my time. >> well, that went well. mark callahan was jumping to the defense of joann perkins who was on a conference call. callahan did not get the papers endorsement. >> strikes and you're out. >> bryan cranston is taking his role as lbj on broadway very seriously. he had advice to give jimmy fallon about beverage choice. >> the oir thing i want to tell you about is you've got young winnie. i think she is the light of your eyes. >> she is. >> she just glows whenever you come close to her. and of course she'd want her daddy to be drinking a drink that he can relish and something he can enjoy. now, with a rocks, you drink that thing a little too quick. now, with a frozen margarita, you take your time. you take your time with that.

you take a little sip, don't you? >> yeah. >> and when you're done with that, you got more time to spend with your own daughter, don't you? >> i actually do, yeah. i should start drinking more frozen margaritas. >> i'm glad we had that talk. >> that's awesome! we did not plan that. that is awesome. >> not bad by bryan cranston there. >> fallon was enamored, captivated. >> he's probably hard to impress. he's seen a lot. now, the most extravagant event in fashion this year, the metropolitan museum of arts costume gala kicked off last night. i was on the famous red carpet. i'm here at the 2014 met ball gala. it's the most extravagant fashion event of the year. let's see what people are wearing. now, tom, that's jay z and beyonce, beckham and posh. more more all turned out for the event to support anna wintor.

this year's style was inspired by charles james and thomas. there were a lot a men wearing white bow ties and tail. i don't know if you've worn a tail tuxedo, but it looks pretty cool. >> the women try to really outdo each other, right? with their over the top or their extravagant fashion. >> i felt like since this was a retrospective theme, i felt like everyone was really classy. it was very classical kind of style. and it was not as outlandish as it has been in years past. >> your tux see doe, you have worn it so much it would walk on its own. >> it needs a good cleaning. earlier in the show we asked you what's the strangest thing you've seen in mid-flight. we saw the future king of england flying coach. our producer justine has some of the best responses. >> tamar told us a lady sitting

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welcome back, everybody. let's get a check of the top stories. president obama will release the third annual climate assessment today a month after the u.n. released an alarming report on climate change. provides a forecast on how climate and weather conditions may change here in the united states. oscar pistorius was back in court today as his murder trial continues. a neighbor said pistorius was torn apart in the moments after he shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he thought there was an intruder in his home and he says he shot her by mistake. also listen to this. lady gaga's fans known as little

monster are up in arms after hearing her concert may be in jeopardy. it conflicts with the wizards playoff attempts on may 15th. little monsters up in arms. that's it for "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ she's not your typical candidate. conservative joni ernst. a lieutenant army colonel who carries more than just lipstick in her purse. joni ernest will take aim at wasteful spending. and she's going to unload. oh and one more thing. joni doesn't miss much. >> give me a shot. >> oh, my goodness.