welcome to "way too early." the show that recommends in case of a water emergency, your wedding, take the photos after the service. wait until you see that video. it's going to give you something for the june brides to think about there. want to start off with president obama continuing his european visit today ahead of this week's 70th anniversary of the d-day landings in normandy. but it's america's current war dominating the conversation and the controversial surroundsing the captive american soldier swapped by the taliban by five senior commandsers of the taliban. video shows the transfer of bergdahl to u.s. forces in afghanistan. the 28-year-old is seen sitting in the back of a pickup truck when a u.s. military helicopter comes up. militants are positioned on hillsides. bergdahl is then given to the u.s. military. he is then escorted to the aircraft and checked for weapons

or anything on his person which then that aircraft carries him onto an american military base. the white house is defending its decision to deal with the enemy, but members of congress complained they were left in the dark about this. lawmakers are not happy and as jim mick la ch-- miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: it's preparing to launch an inquiry into bowe bergdahl's actions when he disappeared from this base in afghanistan in afghanistan five years ago. and in a rare move, the military's top commander general martin dempsey weighed in on facebook. like any american he is innocent until proven guilty. but our army's leaders will not look away from misconduct if it occurred. josh joshua corneilson.

>> he walked away from his duty as a soldier. he needs to go through due process. >> reporter: desertion is considered one of the most severe charges in the military justice system. >> you have to have gis who stay at their duty station, who do not wander off, who are there to perform duty. otherwise there's no way you can achieve a military mission. >> reporter: the army's also set to review the circumstances behind the deaths of six soldiers killed in action during operations searching for bergdahl. one killed was bergdahl's platoon leader. his mother wants to see bergdahl brought to justice. >> he's not a hero. he's a traitor. he's a deserter. he left his post in war. >> reporter: his father andy does not want his son's death to be in death. >> darren died doing what he believed in. that gives me pride. >> reporter: public anger over

the controversy has reached bergdahl's hometown hailey, idaho, where preparations are under way for a celebration this thont month. but the chamber of commerce president is being bombarded by what she says are hate calls. and people canceling their vacation reservations. >> i just find that shocking. you know, we're americans. we need to act like americans. and to me that's un-american. >> we want to bring in now chief foreign correspondent richard engel who is live for us in landstuhl, germany. we know about early reports about bergdahl's treatment through the videos and something was of concern to american officials, in fact the most recent official they thought the health of bergdahl looked diminished. what have we learned about how the treatment is going for him in landstuhl or have they released any information yet?

>> reporter: frankly they haven't released much information at all. there's been a few statements. they've been fairly vague saying that bergdahl's health is stable, that he's being treated, that he's been given some psychological counseling. that this is part of a reintegration process. but we're not getting any progress updates or reports. just that he's stable. we actually don't even know when he's going to leave here and head back to the states. there have been some speculation coming from the pentagon that it might be later today or tomorrow. all we've heard from hospital officials here is he'll leave when medically ready. >> based on your reporting and what you've been following through our wars, the video of the taliban waving the white flag, what are your impressions of this video as they transfer bergdahl from the taliban to u.s. special forces? >> reporter: we've been told by taliban sources that the white

flag is not exactly what you think it is. it suspect a white flag, we come in peace. it was actually a signal for the helicopters to show the americans that this was, in fact, the group of taliban who they were supposed to meet. the group that had bowe bergdahl. originally they asked for a green light for the forces to shine a green light for the americans to land. the taliban said they didn't have a green light, they would wave a white flag instead. the transition seems to have gone smoothly. it was fast. about one minute on the ground and then bergdahl was taken away. >> richard engel live for us in germany. appreciate it. news back here at home. it may be weeks before republicans know who will be their senator in mississippi. we had cochran and mcdaniel facing off. now because the vote is so close, they're going to head to a runoff on june 23rd. with 99% of precincts reporting,

mcdaniel leads by less than one point. a third candidate who has less than 2%, mcdaniel is just shy of the majority needed to win. mcdaniel appeared to pick up steam in the final day despite criticism of pictures of cochran's wife in a nursing home. he says he will win this race. >> this is a historic moment in this state's history. and because of your hard work, because of your dedication, we sit here tonight leading a 42-year incumbent. one way or the other i promise you this. whether it's tomorrow or whether it's three weeks from tonight, we will stand victorious in this race. >> senator cochran did not address his supporters last night. his campaign said a runoff could

favor his opponent. meanwhile in iowa there was a clear winner. and that's joni ernst. she's now the first to be the party nominee there. she received 56% of the vote. she will face bruce braley who she says will not represent iowa voters. >> this campaign will come down to a very simple choice. our iowa values versus bruce braley's liberal washington values. what do you think we'd rather have? iowa values! >> let's talk more about the midwest and weather. because it continues to get hammered with truly life threatening storms. as we speak there's millions of americans at risk of severe weather throughout the mississippi valley region. bill kairns joins us with more on this. you've warned us about this type of storm activity yesterday.

now we have it stretching into the morning. >> still have the threat of flash flooding. the tornado threat has diminished along with the hail and damaging wind. in all this is one of our biggest severe weather outbreaks of the season. we've had over 400 reports of severe weather. nebraska by far hit the worst. in omaha they had two hours of torrential rains. a lot of evacuations and flooding. some of the pictures are incredible. this is as the storms began to roll in. we had five inches of rain reported at the aurpt there in omaha. and some of the video, 70 mile-per-hour winds with large hail. and there's some video out there of a couple houses where literally the siding has just been peltered with the hail. looks like a machine gun to the side of the house. look at the siding on this house from the hail. the hail hit this home with 70 mile-per-hour winds. that's just amazing. we've seen houses destroyed by

tornadoes many times. i've never really seen anything that looked quite like that just from hail. and there's one car dealership that got nailed and they say they have about $150 million worth of damage just from the hail. they have hail sales. i lived in kansas for a little while. when these storms go by, they can't protect all the cars, they have hail sales. >> so people out there looking for a summertime deal, look in nebraska? >> go to nebraska. right. just have some dents to deal with. i'll tell you at risk a little later. there are new details in the plane crash that left seven people dead including the co-owner of the philadelphia inquir inquirer. the plane never lifted off the ground on takeoff. a sign they could have tried to stop or slow down. the voice recorder showed the pilots discussed some issue we the plane but officials did not go into detail. the private jet crashed into a

ravine on saturday and quickly burst into flames. a preliminary report could determine the cause next week. stocks were down yesterday as all three indices were in the red. however, there was good news for the auto industry. steve sedgwick is live in london with more. good morning. >> this is really good news. the biggest car sales we've seen since february 2007. all the auto makers did well. gm 6% in terms of sales. ford 3% higher. chrysler 16.7% higher. gm's mary barra is a subject of an internal investigation into the recall problems that the company has had. according to "the new york times" she's going to be exonerated of any blame attached to this. various state deals to be sharpened, probes to be finished as well.

elsewhere the ecb is getting concerned here in europe about the cost of u.s. of violenting sanction rules in the united states. back to you. >> thank you, sir. we want to get to our twitter question for today. the best way to warn people about the dangers of sugary beverages is by taxing the calories in them. 6 cents per 12 ounce cans. scientists say it could cut. how would a calorie tax influence your decision to consume or buy soda? is this a good or bad idea? tax by calorie. still ahead on "way too early," dan marino calls an audible backing out of the lawsuit against the nfl. that's coming up next in sports. and later, jimmy fallon took the plunge in chicago in march. now mayor rahm emanuel is making

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philips sonicare okay. time for sports. dan marino is withdrawing from a concussion-related lawsuit brought last week against the nfl. he released a statement saying it was a precautionary measure. within the last year i authorized a claim to be filed on my behalf in case i needed

future medical coverage to protect me and my family. in doing so i did not realize i would be automatly listed as a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the nfl. i made the decision it is not to be part of the lawsuit and therefore i am withdrawing effective immediately. it was close to a similar complaint settled by the nfl back in august for $765 million. however, a federal judge denied approval saying the final sum wasn't enough to cover the claims. want to get to some baseball action. we start in detroit for the blue jays and tigers. it was robocop day. >> that looks like thomas roberts. >> that's right. that's how i dress at night. an animatronic crime fighter throws out the first pitch. not a terrible throw. >> i mean, robocop should do better.

>> better than nelly. or 50 cent. was it 50 cent who had the bad throw? >> yes. >> so we jump to the ninth. now up 2-0 with runners on the corners. three-run blast there. outlasting the tigers 5-3. we go to arlington. rangers leading 5-2. drills a three-run homer to the left. that's his league leading 21st home run of the season. the o's win it 8-3. we go to houston. astros rookie john singleton gets the first major league hit. it's a home run. it helps the astros win it 7-2 over l.a. finally, this happened on monday night. but it was brought to our attention by the good folks during the yankees/mariners announcement. trouble with the home run call. take a listen. >> there's a drive deep right field!

say good-bye! do some -- delivery for the truck to the airport. a three-run jack by seger. >> what? >> yeah. >> okay, so a little confused. explained in the rush of excitement it triggered a memory. he said seattle manager lloyd mcclendon always likes to talk about giving rewards with ice cream. i was trying to say put in a takeout order and have it delivered to the airplane for the boys down to the ride to atlanta. real simple. that is, you know, yeah. yeah. >> to be an announcer nowadays, they have to have these calls. >> let's hear it again. >> there's the drive deep right field. say good-bye. a light -- do some -- delivery for the truck -- to the airport. a three-run jack by seger. >> we've been there. >> yeah. you can have moments of brain

slips. >> do some -- >> yeah. let's do some weather, bill. me tarzan. you weather person. >> exactly. we do have storms still. unfortunately still some serious weather rolling through missouri. columbia just got hit by some strong winds. st. louis, you're kind of next. the only storms left to be taken serious with a lot of lightning are rolling through central missouri. later today everywhere in yellow, the chance of a slight risk of a severe storm. it won't be as widespread as it was last night. if you're from indianapolis to columbus southward, all of kentucky and most of tennessee, you have to keep an eye on the weather today. dangerous winds and large hail are both possible. not too many tornadoes. the rest of the forecast looks good. we had some decent storms roll through the mid-atlantic yesterday. but we're going to be just fine today. it's a nice clear day.

>> we will take it. we will watch the midsection of the news. >> and do news. >> we do next. >> that was pretty good. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," the video that shows the moment bergdahl was handed over to the u.s. what it tells us about his condition. and when we come back we're going to huddle around the water cooler where one wedding party tempt the deck gods. it's a water emergency. we're back after this. ♪

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all right. so it was earlier in the show that we told you about mississippi's high profile primary heading to a runoff. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the last time mississippi voted a sitting senator out of office was back in 1942 when james eastland defeated wall doxey. eastland would hold that seat until his retirement some 36 years later. wow. all right. time for cooler news. last night rahm emanuel the mayor of chicago made good on his promise to jimmy fallon. in march fallon appeared in chicago to take the polar plupg with the mayor.

in exchange for the swim, the mayor agreed to come on the tonight show as a guest. on set tomorrow night they spoke about that chilly incident. >> it was cold that day, though, it was really cold. >> your insights are unbelievable. >> thank you. >> i was just going to say -- >> i went under the water and i saw bubbles come out of my mouth and then i froze. and i didn't really feel anything. i go, i might be dead. you know? i came out and i heard bag pipes. i looked around for bag pipers because when you're irish, that's what you hear when you die. >> you know what the difference is? i heard ha va na gila. >> what happens when you put a 22-american bridal party on an old creeky dock? >> oh, my god.

oh, my god. oh, my god. >> look at wheels over there on the right. she makes it off in nothing flat. anyway, so nobody saw that one coming? that was a wedding party for dan and jackie anderson. a local tv station says despite that mishap, the ceremony started just ten minutes late. so they were doing this before the service. they were only ten minutes late. that's not bad. you would think this would be a major setback. especially for the guys because they all got soaked. hickory kidickory old creaky do. we asked if it's a good or bad thing to tax by calorie. what did people think? >> ryan says not in the slightest. i don't drink it.

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welcome back, everybody. let's get a check on the day ahead before tossing to "morning joe." the deadly crackdown anniversary of tiananmen square in china. protesters and onlookers were killed when troops stormed that square. several people have already been detained. president obama will arrive in brussels this afternoon as the g-7 summit kicks off. russia will be absent. but the russian president and presidents in ukraine is expected to be a major topic.

and the belmont stakes position, well, that draw will take later this morning which will then determine what gate each horse takes off from. california chrome looks to take its first triple crown at the race this weekend. best of luck to all those horses. that's going to do it for "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, june 4th. welcome to "morning joe." "morning joe" contributor john heilemann. chairman of deutsche john deutsche. welcome as well. >> there's a story behind this. >> yeah, we'll get to that later on. >> from that -- >> about