this is "way too early." good morning, i'm mika in for thomas roberts, and it's june 9th. welcome to "way to early." police mourn their own after an apparent ambush left five dead, two police officers. they were eating lunch at a cici's pizza when a man and woman opened fire. they officers opened fire back, but were killed by the shooters. the two suspects left the restaurant, shooting at bystanders, killing another by a nearby walmart. police converged on the scene an fired the suspects, but the police say the woman shot the man before turning the gun on herself. they have yet to find a motive, but there's sources saying the shooters draped the bodies in yell

yellow, revolutionary war era flags with a coiled snake emblem reading "don't tread on me you know those flags, and they had a paper filled with white supremists. >> screaming a revolution has begun and get out the store. >> what pretis pated this event, we do not know. my officers were simply having lunch when the shooting started. comedian tracy morgan remains in critical condition this morning, but showing signs of improvement. his publicist says he's more responsive after a deadly car accident? jersey early saturday morning. he'll likely be in the hospital for several weeks with a broken nose, leg, and rib bones. morgan's driver said the actor screamed for help after a tractor trailer slammed into their limo. three other were hurt. a truck driver who worked for walmart apparently was drowsy or

fell asleep. he's out on $50,000 facing several charges and expected in court later today. walmart says they will take full responsibility if its driver is to blame. former star of "30 rock" and "sat night live" was returning home from a show in delaware. his family has been by his side in the hospital. the soldier may be ready to come home, but he needs more time to deal with the emotional wounds suffered at the hands of the taliban. the 28 -year-old says he was tortured in captivity, locked in a dark cage for days on end after being caught trying to escape. bergdahl, who has so far declined to speak with his family, is getting support from his hometown that cancelled a parade after getting a flood of negative calls. the fbi is investigating death threats against his parents. on capitol hill, members of congress are criticizing the prisoner swap for failing to extract more from the taliban in

exchange for five detainees. secretary of state john kerry says it comes down to a basic principle. >> it would have been offensive and income preensble to leave an american behind no matter what, to leave an american behind in the hands of people who had tortured him, cut off his head, do any number of things, and we consciously choose to do that? that's the other side of the equation. i don't think anybody would think that is the appropriate thing to do. >> secretary kerry pushed back against concerns that militants could return to the battlefield, though senator feinstein did not seem quite as convinced. >> i'm just telling you they are not the only ones keeping an eye on them, and we have confidence in those requirements, and if they are violated, then we have ability to be able to do things. i'm not telling you they don't have an ability at some point to get involved, but they also have the ability to get killed doing that, and i don't think anybody should doubt the kpacht of the

united states of america to protect americans. >> you mean, you would kill them? >> there are concerns over, and i heard john kerry this morning say, you know, don't worry about them. you can't help but worry about them, and we have no information on how the united states is actually going to see that they remain, that they make no comments, that they do no agitation. >> you're not as comfortable, though, apparently, as he is? >> well, it's hard to be comfortable when you have not been briefed on the details of carrying out this agreement. we'll talk about that straight ahead on "morning joe," and police are back in control at the businessiest airport in pakistan after a five-hour long siege. the taliban claims responsibility for the attack, 28 dead including all ten

attackers. the militants carried out the attack after storming a side entrance at the international airport. they say the attack was retaliation for pakistani strikes. the attackers were disguised as police officers a armed with explosiv explosives. they expect civilians to take back control later today. it was an unprecedented prayer summit at the vatican. look at this. pope francis prayed for peace in the middle east with both israeli president perez and palestinian later abbas. they embraced after meeting in the public for the first time in two years and planted an olive tree together. pope francis blamed the failure of a peace deal on the devil. he says it shows more peace than warfare, and talks broke down

earlier this year. in just a few hours, president obama's expected to take new steps to overhaul student loan debt in america. he's expected to issue an executive order and also back a bill put forth by democratic senator elizabeth warren. according to "the new york times," this puts a ceiling on loan holders at 10% of their monthly income. the bill lets borrowers refinance their existing loans to lower interest rates. the proposal faces steep opposition by republicans like republican senator mitch mcconnell who says the plan does nothing to make college more affordable, reduce borrowing amounts, or increase job prospects. we'll talk about that later. it doesn't make any sense. a brand new survey shows women are struggling to reach the highest level of leadership in business. that's a take-away from a study published in the new york times," out of the eks on the

list, the median pay last year for women on the list was $15 .7 million, and the highest ranking woman on the list with gender reassignment surgery in 1994 finished 10th. she made $38.2 million last year. the leader of a global energy company was number one overall paid $141.9 million. some gains there made by women. now to business, a flat open after all three closed in positive territory friday. cnbc is live in london for us with the latest. steve? >> reporter: we close in positive territory friday, good payroll figures, question marks of americans in the labor market, but the numbers good

again leading the market close to the 2,000 on the s&p. light week on the corporate front, dow and caterpillar reporting on the economic front, and liegtd retail sales later in the week. educational where, bid activity continues. it looks like according to reports tyson foods won hillshire brands, the home of jimmy dean sausages, the other suitor bid $55 a share, equated to 6 .8 -- 6.8 billion. fifa having problems, sponsors concerned as well. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah, there's a lot of allegations going around, winning the rightings to host the 2022 soccer world cup, the round ball, there were concerns there were improper means, bribes paid, allegations at the moment, and they are

investigating. a former u.s. probation report is investigating and will give a report to fifa and officials as well. coke, visa, sony, and adidas, they are concerned and want it cleared up before the world cup starts this week in brazil. yes, thank you very much. new names waking up with shiny new hardware after the biggest night on broadway. the tony awards, and hugh jackman hopped his way through the entire opening number. i got tired for him. jackman took back the role from four-time host neil patrick harris, who he ran into in the elevator, but harris had another role to play in last night's show, and it was not a bad one. >> and the tony award goes to neil patrick harris. >> harris won for his role in "hedge wig and angry inch"

winning best musical revival, and another memory is winning for the lead role in all the way, and he bid out well-known actors like denzel washington who was not nominated for his role in the best play revival, a raisin in the sun. the biggest award went to the musical with the most overall nominations. >> and the tony award goes to "a gentleman's guide to love and murder." >> wow, winning best new musical. the other top awards, jessi mueller won best actress in a musical and carol king in beautiful, and mcdomds took home a record sixth tony for her role at lady day at emerson's bar and grill. congratulations to her. i think she made history last night. still ahead, lebron james rises to the occasion after he was

forced to silt out in the final minutes of game one. the judges crown a new miss usa and our own thomas roberts is there to reveal the winner. his best moments from baton rouge coming up. that story and a check of weather when "way too early" comes right back. at farmers, we make you smarter about auto insurance, because the more you know, the more we can help you. cut. lower. shave. chop.

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french open. he won three straight to defend the novak djokovic. fifth in a row, both records, and in case you missed it, drama in the stanley cup finals. >> mitchell, kicked away by brad richards, taken on to the back, and mitchell again, score! >> the kings edge the rangers 5-4 in double overtime and rangers look to get on the board at home tonight in game three. california chrome co-owner, steve coburn steaming after a disapointing day in belmont sunday. the horse fell sport to earn the sport's first triple crown in 30 years, but he was bitter about hours skipping the kentucky derby and then stealing the belmont. >> it's not fair to the horses that have been in the game since day one. i look at it this way, if you

can't get the points to get in the kentucky derby, you can't run in the other races. if you have a horse earning points in the kentucky derby, the 20 horses in kentucky are the only 20 eligible to run all three races. this is the coward's way out. >> coward's way out? it's the way it's always been. >> a little sour grapes. you can't change the rules. if you win it, that makes it special. >> exactly what we were talking about at home. apparently california chrome got kicked and hurt. we'll talk about that. let's check the weather. >> retire now to a past year and make millions of dollars. he'll be okay. >> how's it look? what's going on behind you? good lord. >> everyone will be complaining about this. it is pouring. >> if they make it, oh, no. >> you got here earlier before it, right? >> i'll be here myself. >> they'll use that excuse to stop at the 7-11 for a half

hour. it is pouring this morning over the new york area, moving into connecticut shortly. the back edge is already through about central jersey, but if you are driving i-95, westchester, the bronx, next hour or so ponding on the road. it'll be slow. airports will be fine once they fire up this morning and it'll be out this morning. showers in the hudson valley, d.c. is done, you had good storms roll through last night. those are over with too. doing it again this afternoon. it's not going to be as sunny and hot. we won't see any strong storms, but they are possible. one this morning, break in the day, and more showers and storms this afternoon. talk about stormy weather, all weekend long, the middle of the country was getting nailed. of course, they have a bad draught in oklahoma and texas so it was welcomed wet weather. dallas area is next, good storms dropping down from wichita falls

crossing 35. if nour with the dallas forth worth area, give it 30 minutes and the storms will roll through your area. later this afternoon, this area of yellow, memphis, little rock, shreveport, houston, san antonio, a chance of severe storms. i don't think we'll get tornados, that's great, but chances of damaging winds and hail. forecast across the country, again, a lot have a chance for showers, hit or miss, grab the umbrella east of the mississippi and central plains. the west is very dry. they have not had a drop of rain in any western city in june yet. the drought horrendous out there. they will not see it end soon. mika, the beautiful weekend, sunshine, this week, we'll dodge showers and storms. >> great, bill, thank you very much. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," to run or not to run? hillary clinton's latest timetable on her plans for 2016 and latest polls in her support

for the democratic party. when we come back here, we'll hudden around the water cooler where one 1990s one-hit wonder is trying something you have to see to believe. we'll be right back. good job!

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you that president obama is set to issue an executive order later today to ease student debt. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends according to forbes a record high of seniors graduate with student loan debt. the average debt at graduation? $29,400, and often, it's mauch, much more than that. louis is back. where have you been? >> i was away. i was in normandy. great trip on location, moving b, incredible event, but what a night in baton rouge, louisiana as women gathered for a shot at the miss usa title, only one, mika, could walk away with the crown. >> and miss usa 2014 is? nevada! >> she's the new miss usa. congratulations to her.

you may have noticed our fearless leader, thomas roberts, was cohosting the event, mika. >> our next semifinalist is -- going to have to wait longer. >> you're such a tease. >> i know. you have said you go country line dancing all the time? >> yoir my soul mate for the night. >> you're my soul mate for the night, yes. featuring superstar nelly and florida georgia line. thank you for your hospitality. it is a fun town. >> we had way too much fun here. >> thomas is a star. i thought he did a great job last night. >> i'm here because he was at a pageant? >> he was at a pageant. if there was a mr. usa, he would be king. >> you come back from normandy, and this is the lead story. >> it's all good. promote from within. >> anything else? >> yes. nothing is better than spending your saturday night at the symphony, mika.

♪ i like big butts ♪ and i cannot lie >> that's my favorite symphony, a rap symphony. that was sir mix-a-lot performing "baby got back" in his city, and they created a special composition for the performance and dancers eager to volunteer from the crowd. now, i also did something incredible last night. at the top of the show we mentioned big winners at last night's tony's awards, but we did not get to show you all the action including friendly banter from this year's host and last year's host, neil patrick harris. >> what's the pressure like this year? >> neil who? >> do you feel guilty that you did such a good job last year that you put hew jackman in this tough position tonight? >> no, not guilty at all.

i'm thankful that i don't have to beat myself. they have their own thing going on and it's supposed to be spectacular. >> i caught up with the night's biggest winners, and sting gave a live performance on stage, and more of that will be coming up later on on "morning joe." >> i don't think you sleep, normandy, the tony's, and leads a newscast here with miss usa. >> what am i going to do? thomas was hosting, big news. >> the rap sempny. >> we liked that. that was good. joe liked that. >> i want to congratulate miss nevada. she brought it home. >> good-bye. next on "way too early" a look at the stories you're talk about in the moment ahead." morning joe" is just ahead. you made it, top of the hour. (mother vo) when i was pregnant... i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i needed was information i could trust

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>> visiting professor at nyu, you two are bickering. senior correspondent, now, stop. in washington, and in washington white house correspondent for the press, julie pace. >> how was your weekend? what did you do? >> i finally relaxed. finally thrived. >> fantastic. >> you meditated. >> took a while. >> did you meditate? >> i just sat in a chair. >> yeah. >> and that's all i did. >> that's a good weekend. kind of like the final scene of "god father 2," sat there thinking about -- >> that's what i did. animals around me. >> how about you? >> i just sat in a chair. sat. >> do that together sometime. >> i wish. i have 87 kids. >> oh, my lord. >> you don't sit down for a while when you have 87 kids. >> are you all well today. >> we are all well. >> a lot to get to. let's start in