to go. no boycott, nancy pelosi selects her members on the benghazi panel, and one is talking about his mission. and president obama tackles comedy hard when the seahawks visit for the super bowl win. this is "way too early." it sounded like people were applauding. that's for the president, but gets me going to have applause. we need that. it's thursday, may 22nd. welcome to way too early. the show that plans a visit to the white house, but only if the full-time has the best to go. if he watched this show, he would have good material too roast us. and manipulated wait lists at a growing number of v.a. hospitals across the country. after meeting with eric shinseki, he expressed anger

with the scandal, but standing by him. >> i know he cares about it deeply, and, you know, he has been a great public servant and a great warrior on behalf of the united states of america. we're going to work with him to solve the problem. but i am going make sure that there is accountability throughout the system. rick shinseki, i think, serve this is country because he cares deeply about veterans, and he cares deeply about the mission. and i know that rick's attitude is if he does not think he can do a good job on this, and if he thinks he has let our veterans down, then i'm sure he's not interested in continuing to serb. >> he touted work that's been done to make the v.a. better, including treating ptsd and bringing it into the 21st century. it was not enough for many.

top republican leaders calling it a national embarrassment. some saying he didn't create it with the gravity it deserves. it's expanded at 26 facilities nationwide. and john yang found more problems in albuquerque, new mexico, where they report chronic understaffing and management intimidation. >> reporter: this health care worker who doesn't want to be identified for fear of retaliation says patients are assigned to doctors who never see them. >> they are in administration or gone. >> reporter: no longer working there. >> right. >> reporter: but still listed as having patients. >> >> yes. >> reporter: a staff physician called a climate of deceit. it breaks my heart and makes me so furious that these veterans get bad care. >> the albuquerque v.a. is

ordering an external review. and in northwest china, 31 people are dead in a violent terrorist incident. nearly 100 others were hurt. the drivers of two suvs had explosives, crashing into an open market. one burst into open flames. china's government blamed a series of recent attacks in that region on muslim extremists seeking independence from beijing. and investigating the 2012 attack on benghazi. nancy pelosi appointed five lawmakers over weeks of debate over whether democrats should boycott the panel. she picked cummings, shift and smith, and tammy duckworth and sanchez. cummings will be the ranking member. he said the congressional investigation is not necessary, but democrats will be there to ensure the committee is not

politicized. >> i feel that i owe it to the families of ambassador stevens and the other brave americans who lost their precious lives, to bring some minimal level of balance to this process and to check false claims wherever they may arise. in short, ladies and gentlemen, i believe we need someone in that room to simple defend the truth. defend the truth. and that is why i've agreed to serve. >> seven republicans are serving on that committee led by congressman goudy, a former prosecutor. the united states is increasing efforts to find the nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria after a surge in violence. they are in chad and helping with drone missions and intelligence and surveillance. the islamist group is continuing to carry out deadly attacks.

boko haram is being blamed for a series of massacres that left 48 people dead. and followed back-to-back car bombs that left 100 people dead. it's vicious attacks on defenseless civil i knows, the president said. and montana is the latest battle ground over marriage equality. the plaintiffs say the ban is unconstitutional since denies them equal protection. voters approved with measure back in 2004. and pennsylvania is not going to be appealing a ruling that overturned the state's ban on marriage equality. republican governor tom corbett says he does not support it, but an appeal would be unsuccessful. tom stooier is going to pump $100 million into states to battle republicans who he claims are climate science deniers.

these are the most critical races, the governors race in pennsylvania and california, and the senate races in iowa and others. and he says that next gen climate comes as mar co rubio says that it's not causing dramatic changes to the climate as scientists have portrayed it. a massive wildfire in flag staff, arizona, and 3,000 people being warned they may have to pack what they can and get out fast. hundreds of homes and businesses evacuated, and a major highway shut down. the wildfire spread from 450 achers to 4500 acres in 24 hours. hundreds of fire fighters are at the scene, including shot crews. strong winds are hampering efforts to contain the blaze. 19 members of a hot shot crew were killed last year. today is mcdonald's annual shareholder meeting, and 130 plus protesters are arrested

after protestering outside the headquarters. they are protesting the treatment and pay. they are calling for $15 an hour and the right to union oiz. they are backed by the international union. and the markets today, the investors watching the jobless claim numbers this morning. the stocks did bounce back from tuesday's fall after the fed's positive sentiments about the economy and the labor market. cnbc's seema mody is live at cnbc headquarters this morning. what is the outlook? the jobless number is going to be big. >> reporter: as you were pointing out, yesterday was a big day for the markets. the markets held the gains after the release of minutes from last month's fed meeting which showed that the central bank members showed how to exit the current monetary policy but gave no timetable for interest rate

hikes. existing home sales, that will be batwatched, and the dow risi 158 points yesterday. the best in five weeks. the nasdaq adding 34. some international news, russia and china signed a $400 billion gas deal on wednesday, a pact in the works for about a decade. for china, it secures a major source of cleaner fuel, for russia, it opens up a new market as the country risks losing european customers over the crisis in ukraine. it's a political triumph for vladimir putin who's been courting asian parents as the u.s. and europe isolated moscow. it comes on an economic summit today in st. petersburg. >> ebay was hacked, what are they recommended that the customers do. >> ebay says hackers attacked the network three months ago, stealing 145 million records from a database in what could be

one of the largest ever data breaches. they are advising to change the pass words, they were among the pieces of data by the thief who is carried out the attacks. the passwords were encrypted, and no reason to believe they have broken the code. >> they were able to get data, that's big. today's topic, the twins, tyler and cameron, made famous by their contention they created facebook. they are hosting a radio show on sirius xm inspired by howard stern. what do you think they could talk about? use the hashtag way too early. we will have the best answers later in the show. jen is making a funny face. you're not tuning in to listen to them? she's shaking her head. a total breakdown in an amateur mma fight. and steven tyler surprises

street performers, and it's not music to their ears. not at all. stick around. >> america's night time king began with a 2:15 ovation and ended with tears in the eyes of the host and staff and many the audience after final guest, bette midler sang "one for my baby." i'm type e.

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tony parker, 22 points, daby green, seven three-pointers. and the spurs lead 2-1 after a 30-point beatdown on okc. nba playoff action kicks off on saturday in miami. the pacers and heat looking to take an edge in game three of the eastern conference finals. >> we have to wait until saturday? >> they never end. >> it's like two months. >> it's forever. speaking of which, get to the stanley cup playoffs. kings and blackhawks, game two. chicago, the one goal lead. and ben smith, scoring, 2-0, blackhawks. and in the third period, chicago, a one-goal lead. not for long. and the equalizer, and the kings get another four goals. that's six unanswered from l.a. in the 6-2 win. tied at one game apiece. the rangers look to put the canadaness on the brink.

that's for game three. president obama hosted the seattle sea hawks with a host of punchlines for the super bowl champs. >> i considered letting sherman up here to the podium today. giving him the mic. but yeah, we have to go in a little bit. so -- i am sorry that marshawn is here, because i wanted to say how much i admire his approach to the press. that spirit of working hard and giving back endeared the team to the fan in a way that northeast cities can't replicate. part of it is ya'll have that stadium that's kind of cheating because it's so loud. >> they have the good fans. to mixed martial parts. something we don't cover enough. it ends the opposite of how you would expect it to. the guy in white dominating the fight. and his opponent, he's got it one, but for some reason, he backs off and taps out.

why did he do it? >> i just feel that there's no point fighting him, because he didn't train against me, and i didn't train for him. and i feel like we're amateur fighters. we don't get money or paid. and i know the only thing in the fight is him going to the hospital or getting hurt. i just feel terrible. so i'm just going to give him the win. >> wow. >> good sportsmanship. he knew he was going to kick his ass. >> that's why i don't fight. >> i'm going to send you to the hospital. and baseball, tigers and indians in extras. this is a strange way for the game to end. >> nowhere to put him here with the bases loaded and two down in the bottom of the 13th. it's a balk, and the indians win it. holy toledo, can you believe that? >> okay. hear that? >> a balk off. >> the indians walk off in the 13th inning after the winning run is balked in. cleveland gets the 11-10

victory, and the three-game series sweep. don't see that often. boston, toronto leading the red sox, 6-0. and bounces into the stands. but check out the play made by the fan in left field. there you go, watch that. can't get much smoother. hello, yeah. >> hello, baseball. >> there you go. a little bounce, a little spin right into my hand. it's like that kid in texas. remember that little boy in texas? it was the fake with the ball in his glove. but very smooth. >> smooth operator. >> speak to you, smooth weather operator. what's going on? >> see the pictures out of denver? >> amazing. watching that on twitter. >> they had the amazing storm over the denver airport. it's not in downtown denver, thankfully. and it's almost in nebraska. it's out in the plains. i have to show you the pictures. it left this trail of hail that was incredible. we saw up to about five inches of hail in some spots.

and some of the hailstones came down with furry. they smashed windows. many windshields got smashed. it was serious stuff and large pieces of ice chunks falling from the sky. all right, so as far as the east goes, we have our own thunderstorms today. damaging wind and hail possible. nothing like in colorado, but if you're stepping outside right now in baltimore to washington, d.c., a pretty good-sized thunderstorm is going to split the two cities on i-95. i'm sure a lot of you are going to be woken up because of that storm. we have the chance of additional storm this is afternoon. the first batch this morning, d.c. to richmond, a slight risk of severe storm this is afternoon. mostly between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. this evening. that's the worst airport delay. every now and then, strong storms around the i-95 corridor. today is one of those days. >> thank you, sir. coming up on morning joe, the commander in chief says he's mad

as hell, but the v.a. is something that needs to be investigated and he wants to see this done before he does anything about asking the secretary to leave. and then when we come back here, huddle around the water cooler. gem fans, gem, truly outrageous. the stars are signing up for a live action movie of gem and the hologr holograms. can you believe it? who's going to play her sister? ♪ gem is my name ♪ we are the misfits ♪ and we're going to get her lower. shave. chop. and drop your insurance rates. if you want to save hundreds, talk to farmers. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪ [announcer] the more you know, the more you could save. farmers could help you save hundreds on your auto insurance. call your local agent or 1-800-470-8496 today.

welcome back, everybody. earlier in the show, we told you about the massive 400 billion energy deal between russia and china ten years in the making. the kremlin says this is the largest contract in the history of the russian gas industry. the infrastructure costs will top the sochi games, believed to have been in the tens of billions of dollars. all right, speaking of cash. huddle around the water cooler and check in with lewis. because he's got the breakdown on one of our best moneymen. steven tyler. >> it's one of hetheir biggest hits from the 90s. ♪ i go crazy ♪ crazy some street musicians were playing an instrumental of the version's strong crazy in the

streets of lithuania. when a foreigner decided to join in on the performance. ♪ ♪ oh oh ♪ oh oh oh, no. they're going a few octaves too high. that's steven tyler. the band in lithuania is there for a concert. hope he has time to get a few rehearsals. >> he's such a nice guy. maybe his pony tail was too tight. >> that's right. i don't know if they were impressed. what do you think? >> hold on -- ah! >> i guess we'll spare everybody. and jimmy kimmel brought in big

names to read some really mean tweets. ♪ >> there are people who think julia roberts is hot. her gigantic mouth looks like it will devour an elephant in one bite. >> she is not funny or attractive. she has an annoying voice and sucks. why does she have her own show? i feel this is more than 140 characters. >> david blaine looks like his voice is putting his face to sleep. >> ron ricks looks like yoda. >> ethan hawk teems like a guy who wasn't supposed to be a movie star, but slipped through the cracks and everybody was just like, okay. >> twitter is tough. now finally there is some truly

outrageous news about holograms. and it's not the michael jackson hologram we saw at the billboard awards. ♪ don't you worry baby ♪ i know i'll never have a change of heart ♪ ♪ it's truly outrageous ♪ truly outrageous producers are putting together a live-action reboot of the 1980s show gem and the holograms, thomas. >> yes. >> getting the 80s touch with molly ring wald and jewel yet lewis joining the cast. we know aubrey peeples is there we were. i never saw gem, but i would like to see a reboot of pretty in pink. >> let's check in with jen, she is a gem fish that dan, and in the tweets today. we are -- could we talk to you

about gem or the winklevoss twins? your mic's not working? synergy has collapsed on us back there? oh, may gosh. that's going to really stink for me, because i have nothing to say except for a teease. and in the day ahead. cursed by the winklevoss twins on our tweets. morning joe is moments away. congratulations. thank you. the success of your small business depends on results. go vests! all organic, and there's tons of info on our website. that's why you rely on the best for your business. and verizon delivers the best devices on the best network. you're all big toes to me. so go ahead, stream and download with confidence on america's largest, most reliable 4glte network. activate any 4glte smartphone and get $100 off. for best results, use verizon.

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welcome back, let's check on the day ahead before we toss it to morning joe. every available soldier in the third u.s. infantry regiment will be at arlington national cemetery to place flags on the graves of the soldiers. it has been carried out for more than 65 years. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration releases the outlook for the hurricane season this morning. the first federal hurricane forecast for theup coming season. and president obama will deliver

remarks at the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown this morning. expected to touch on how tourism can lead to good-paying jobs. he's the firstth anniversary this summer. cooperstown is very cool. that's going to do it for "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ we see a lot of people fooling around in the background of newscasts, but this is exceptional. this is tonight's edition of "behind the news." >> while following her victory speech, asked to leave a message for her illness. they will work together in this harrisburg community.