my guests thank you for joining our special coverage tonight. >> thanks, ari. good wednesday morning, everybody. right now on "first look," tea party stunner, eric cantor crushed in the virginia primary. >> a lot of people will say, well, there's a mental health problem, it's not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. >> that's what president obama said when asked about the latest school shooting, adding we should feel ashamed for not enacting even the mildest gun restrictions. stunning speed. the house unanimously passes legislation to help our veterans at a rapid pace. next it goes to the senate. plus, check out the $3,000 watermelon. also, a mayor caught on tape slinging dog poop? and the most stressed-out

state in america, yeah, it's got palm trees. can you believe that? good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. in a history-making upset, house majority leader eric cantor lost his republican primary election by double digits. cantor, the second most powerful republican in the house, was defeated by tea party challenger dave brat. brat won by a commanding 12% margin, an astonishing upset for cantor, whose own internal polling showed him with a 34-point lead just last month, and cantor out-raised his opponent by 26-1. nbc's tracie potts is in washington with more on what this could mean. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: betty, good morning. well, this could certainly lead to a scramble for leadership positions for republicans here on capitol hill. eric cantor earlier in the day wasn't even in his district. he was here on capitol hill as those votes started to come in. >> this is a miracle from god that just happened.

>> reporter: it's certainly unprecedented. never has a house majority leader lost his seat in a primary. >> and it's disappointing, sure. >> reporter: and this was a crushing defeat with most precincts in, cantor was behind 10 percentage points. >> look, obviously, we came up short. >> what do we want? >> reporter: cantor was hammered for supporting the dream act, part of president obama's immigration reform. like these activists at his victory party last night, cantor fought back, reminding voters that he led the fight against amnesty, but it wasn't enough. >> eric cantor's defeat here is going to scare more and more republicans from touching this. >> reporter: the ripple effect of this upset goes far beyond virginia. it's proof that the tea party is not dead. key republicans in north carolina, kentucky and idaho won their primaries. mississippi's incumbent has been forced into a runoff. now cantor is out, despite

spending 40 times as much as his opponent. >> dollars do not vote. you do. >> reporter: a $5 million campaign, and the voters said no. now, there is a democrat running in this heavily republican district, and ironically, that democrat is also a professor at the same school where david brat teaches. betty? >> interesting. well, david brat, the economics professor, as she mentioned, won over the voters as well as many of his students. brat teaches at randolph macon college and has a 3.4 rating out of 5 on ratemyprofessors.com. students also gave him a chilly pepper, meaning he's considered pretty hot, as in good looking. at least one called him eye candy. another said he is so charming, you forget to be mad at him. college students from schools across the country use the website to rate their professors on overall quality, easiness, clarity and, of course, as mentioned, looks. and as tracie did mention, the

race between cantor and brat wasn't the only contested republican primary miles per hour south carolina, establishment republican senator lindsey graham handily defeated six tea party challengers in the state's gop senate primary. he even avoided a runoff election by carrying 59% of the vote. and senator tim scott easily won south carolina's special senate primary with about 90% of the vote over challenger randall young. if he wins later on in the general election, scott could become the state's first elected black senator. well, a third outbreak of gun violence in just three weeks. today, the portland suburb of troutdale is searching for answers. a gunman opened fire at an oregon high school on tuesday, killing a 14-year-old student and injuring a teacher. police have not revealed the identity of the suspect who was found dead at the scene. now, following that shooting, president obama said no other developed nation would tolerate the same level of gun violence. >> my biggest frustration so far

is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who, you know, can do just unbelievable damage. >> president obama has pushed for tougher gun control measures, including stricter background checks, but he continues to face fierce opposition from gun rights advocates. a resounding victory for veterans across the country. the house voted swiftly and unanimously in favor of a new bill that would support veterans seeking medical care. the vote was 421-0. the new measure allows veterans' use of medical facilities outside of the system if they are forced to wait more than 30 days for an appointment or if they live more than 40 miles from a va center. the house bill is a response to recent controversy over allegations the va kept secret waiting lists to cover up lengthy delays.

fresh details are emerging about the death of five american soldiers killed in afghanistan. u.s. officials said the troops may have died in an apparent friendly fire air strike. defense officials tell nbc the soldiers were part of a special ops unit that included three special forces green berets and two soldiers, working with afghan forces ahead of the country's presidential election this week. the soldiers were conducting security checks at polling stations on monday when they were attacked by taliban fighters, forcing them to call for backup. an american b-1 bomber responded but mistook the target, mistakingly hitting the american troops. u.s. military officials are investigating the incident. well, an alarming health alert from the cdc. new stats show the diabetic epidemic is growing at a rabid rate. more than 29 million people in the u.s. have diabetes, close to 10% of the population. yet, a quarter of them don't even know it.

also, more than one in three americans are prediabetic. now, that means they have elevated blood sugar levels that put them at a risk for type 2 diabetes. diabetes can lead to vision loss, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputations and even death. all right, this is a talker. a california mayor is in deep after surveillance video captured him throwing dog poop on a neighbor's lawn. san marino mayor dennis kaniar can be seen flinging the bag near a house to lowee. they say he threw it in opposition to a neighborhood dog park. the mayor, who is not a dog owner, says he cannot remember where he got the bag of poop and that he simply dropped it. i'm sure we'll hear more about that. let's get the latest in sports. game three of the nba finals. the spurs dominate the first half. kawhi leonard scored a

career-high 29. the spurs hit 19 of their first 21 shots from the field and finished the half shooting 75.8%. that, my friends, is the best shooting half in nba finals history. third quarter, the heat get aggressive on defense and find lebron james down the court, cutting it to a 13-point game, but the spurs, they finish on top winning 111-92. spurs lead the series 2-1. game four is thursday. that's some celebration. 6-foot clippers guard chris paul showed this video of him dunking on 5'4" comedian kevin hart. hart is usually the jokester, but this time, boom! the joke is on him. orioles third baseman manny machado is appealing his five-game suspension for throwing his bat on to the field after an inside pitch from athletics pitcher fernando abad. both were fined an undisclosed

amount. machado has apologized to his teammates, the athletics and to his fans. he rips that one down the left field line. he's not going to get it. and it rolls off the side wall and they're going to wave home kendrick. the throw to the plate is there -- >> oh, my goodness. >> and they got him. are you kidding me? >> nope, that really did happen. the outfielder makes an amazing play. after dropping the ball, he makes a desperate throw to home from near the left field wall. what an arm. a rain delay in philly did not stop a couple of padres players from getting some action on the field. these guys used the tarp as a giant slip and slide. hey, that's one way to wait out a rain delay. i love that. it's ingenious. what better to do, right? >> you've got to entertain the fans. sitting around there doing nothing. >> waiting and waiting. love it. >> i've done it before. it's fun. you've done a slip 'n slide, right? >> i used to create them out of garbage bags as kids. yeah, i know.

>> go to counseling after the show. good morning, everyone. we're dealing with more storms today. you can do the slide n slide in the d.c. area again. we had a lot of rain and thunderstorms through kentucky, tennessee. look at the wind damage reports, all the blue dots, even down there in central florida. today, severe weather risk, area in yellow, includes much of western pennsylvania, including the pittsburgh area, washington, d.c.'s included, baltimore, charlottesville to richmond. so, this area primary threat later today, wind damage. you have one line of storms going through currently. we've seen a couple lightning strikes with it, not a lot. it's over top of i-95 from d.c. down to richmond and it's about to move over the baltimore area. again, harrisburg to philadelphia, some rain possibly over you for your morning commute. we'll get another round of stronger storms later today, and it could be very warm in areas that break out into some sunshine, possibly mid-to-upper 80s from virginia up into areas around washington, d.c. that's the reason why you will have a chance of getting some of those strong storms. then other areas of concern,

again, through the next two days, through new england is where we will see some of the showers and storms. not today up in areas like new york and hartford, but as we go into thursday, it will be your turn. so, it's very humid. >> yeah. >> it doesn't really surprise anyone that we have a chance of these downpours. >> all right. it's been feeling like rain for the past few days around here. >> yeah. >> although it has rained a lot, too. coming up, the hidden cash craze could be coming to a city near you. plus, you won't believe what a philly first grader brought to school. find out what it was, next. i make a lot of purchases for my business.

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all right, time to get down to business. the u.s. has more millionaires than any other country on earth, but china is moving up the list. the u.s. has over 7 million millionaire households, followed by china, which has just overtaken japan. and if you're wondering how many exist around the world, it's about 16.3 million, according to the boston consulting group. united airlines is grounding their frequent flyer system based on miles flown. instead, travelers will earn

points based on how much money they spend. delta is making a similar plan. both take effect next spring. this watermelon sold for over $3,400 at auction, a watermelon. the rich-tasting luxury watermelon -- i'll bet it's rich-tasting -- grown in northern japan is said to be a popular gift from the rich, of course. and apparenparents trying t reconnect with their kids will want to check out the free app called dinner time. i love this. it automatically disables their devices from texting, phone calls, games and more for a specified period of time. so, you can actually talk to them at dinner. hmm, whoever thought of that? here are some other stories we're following. a branch of al qaeda now controls the second largest city in iraq. mosul was overrun yesterday. casualties are not known, but the u.n. estimates 500,000 people have fled the city. a california judge strikes down state tenure protections for public school teachers. now, one side argues tenure has made it next to impossible to

fire bad instructors. the other calls it a needed protection. the california teachers association vows to appeal. police in philadelphia are trying to find out why a first grader came to school with ten packs of heroin yesterday. officials say a teacher found the student playing with one of the packets. the class was evacuated and taken to the hospital as a precaution. the san francisco scavenger hunt for cash that is exploding in popularity could be coming to a city near you. twitter page hidden cash leaves clues to the location of free moolah, and this recent tweet reveals new locations like new york and houston. in a recent cnn interview, real estate investors jason buzi revealed himself to be the man behind it all. and back to baking. illinois governor pat quinn signed the cupcake bill tuesday after health officials shut down a 12-year-old's home bake sale in january. it allows small-scale home kitchen businesses to forego

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join today at angieslist.com all right, now here is your first look at this morning's skish of "scrambled politics." house minority leader nancy pelosi is responding to eric cantor's loss to tea party challenger dave brat. she issued a statement saying "tonight is a major victory for the tea party as they yet again pull the republican party further to the radical right." she went on to say, "as far as the midterm elections are concerned, it is a whole new ball game." senator ted cruz is now all american. the alberta-born texas republican received notification on tuesday that his dual citizenship with canada has been renounced. the john f. kennedy presidential library has relaunched the jfksaid twitter page. the account has almost 34,000 followers and uses the words of the former president to connect to current events on twitter. the hershey candy company is

suing maryland senator steven hershey. the candy maker says the senator's campaign logo imitates the candy bar packaging. they don't want to mislead consumers into thinking hershey endorses hershey. texas governor rick perry is hoping to bring tesla, the electric car manufacturer, to the lonestar state. perry took to twitter on tuesday, posting pictures of him driving a tesla with the caption "the only way to make this car faster is to make it in texas." jamaica is hoping to legalize marijuana. several lawmakers in the country believe it would help bring tourists to the island. and "tonight show" host jimmy fallon brought all of that up in last night's monologue. >> lawmakers -- [ laughter ] -- in jamaica are considering a bill to legalize marijuana, yeah. in related news, lawmakers in italy are considering a bill to legalize spaghetti and lawmakers in ireland are considering a bill to legalize whiskey, so it's very interesting.

>> yeah, man. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." all right, i'm joined now on the phone by "washington post" reporter ed o'keefe. good morning to you, ed. >> reporter: good morning, betty. >> we have to talk about this. in a tea party shocker, house majority leader eric cantor lost his primary race. did you see this coming? >> no, frankly. shocked and stunned and stupified don't describe what people were feeling last night when the results came in. this was totally unexpected, at least by people in washington and others who have been tracking this very closely, because all indications were that while he had faced a challenge from dave brat, that the majority leader was going to pull it off. he had spent, you know, at least $1 million on this race and -- >> 26-1 when it came to spending. >> exactly! yet, there was some great statistic from our friends at "the new york times" that found that the majority leader's campaign had spent more money at state houses in the last year --

>> wow. >> -- than almost dave brat had raised in his entire campaign. >> so, ed, what happened? did cantor just make a fatal flaw of failing to show up and participate in sgrgrassroots campaigning or was it actually immigration reform that led to his defeat? >> i think we'll really have to figure this out over the coming days, but both seem to be a factor. cantor now believed to be a little more out of touch with a district that actually was redrawn in recent years and became a littttle more rural an much more conservative. this had been a pro-business republican who perhaps now didn't appeal as much to the district that was drawn for him. and yes, another issue is immigration. this is a guy who was running around capitol hill insisting that he still supported immigration reform and elements of it and wanted to do stuff on the issue in the coming months. and yet, then he was running mailers and sending mailers to supporters in virginia saying, no, absolutely not, i'm going to stand in the way of president

obama doing anything on the issue. so, he was talking out of both sides of his mouth, frankly, and i think it confused a lot of people and angered a lot of people down in virginia. >> well, we see what happened with all of that and we'll be dissecting this in the days to come. ed, thanks so much for joining us by phone this morning. >> any time, betty. take care. coming up, the most stressed-out state in the country, can you guess which ones they are? and bill karins' tear-jerker for sentimental dads out there, next. if ...hey breathing's hard... know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier.

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>> yeah, dove did a really good job with this commercial. in the media, a lot of dads are bumbling or incompetent, so they wanted to show real dad moments, and here it is. >> daddy. >> da da. >> daddy! >> daddy! >> daddy. >> so, they took 27 moments in this one-minute commercial just to show all those real dad moments that you can appreciate. and i've been in a lot of those situations right there. >> brushing the hair. >> yes. not that yet. no teenagers yet. >> all right, i love that. and this you may not love. do you live in the most stressed-out state? well, you may, if you live in florida, that is. who would have thought florida with all the palm trees and the great weather? well, you're number one on the list. >> who did the study? >> georgia number two, new jersey number three, california number four, nevada number five.

the least stressed? north dakota. don't know if i want to live there right about now. >> i've lived in 12 different states and florida was the least stressed ever in my life. >> i think new york should be on the list somewhere there. all right, i'm betty nguyen and this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. the reason we won this campaign, there's just one reason, and that's because dollars do not vote. you do. the miracle that just happened, this is a miracle from god that just happened. >> tea party challenger dave brat becomes a national overnight sensation after defeating eric cantor in his virginia primary. the aftershocks for the gop and what it means for november. redefining the standard. apple toying with changing its headphone port. how the tech giant might be mar marching to the beats of its own imagination. and the spurs with an all-out offensive assault in miami. how they extinguish the heat on

their home court, leaving lebron asking, kawai? this is "way too early"! hey, everybody, good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is wednesday, june 11th. welcome to "way too early," the show that loves upsets, especially when they involve political races that no one predicted. if you hadn't heard the name dave brat before last night, you were not alone in that, but now, the virginia college professor has unseated one of the most powerful men in congress, eric cantor, winning by 12 points in the republican primary. cantor, who rode a wave of tea party victories in 2010 to become house majority leader, suddenly found himself on the wrong side of the group's support and addressed stunned supporters last night. >> obviously, we came up short. i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight, and it's disappointing, sure, but i believe