fighting to get the redskins to change its mascot. which native americans and many others consider a racial slur. this is "way too early." good morning. i'm mika brzezkinski. welcome to "way too early," which for me is about 30 minutes too early from "way too early." thomas is off this morning. president obama is expected to lay out his plan for iraq by the end of the week as militants there battle for the country's largest oil refinery. u.s. officials acknowledge the plant could fall to isis, the breakaway al qaeda group that's fighting the government on several fronts. seizing the refinery would not only give the sunni insurgency another source of potential income, but also further destabilize the shiite-led leadership by causing price hikes in baghdad, and that may be exactly what the extremists are intending to do.

rather than invading the capital, they're reportedly aiming to destroy iraq's infrastructure by attacking everything from the airport to key highways used for shipping and trade. iran, meanwhile, is looking for leverage in any potential cooperation with the u.s. in dealing with iraq, but tehran's push to attach conditions to a nuclear agreement is being called a nonstarter by washington. the u.s. is left now with few good options. with concerns about the benefits of military action in the long run. still, secretary of state john kerry tells nbc news the president isn't ruling anything out right now. he's also addressing lingering doubts about iraq's prime minister. >> there are some senior officials quoted in various news accounts today saying that air strikes are off the table, that the u.s. is no longer considering that. is that true? >> nothing is off the table. all options are still available to the president. the president has not made a decision on those options.

we are very intensely vetting each of the possibilities. >> why come to maliki's rescue now? isn't he a big part of the problem? >> this is not about -- let me stress, what the united states is doing is about iraq. it is not about maliki. and nothing that the president decides to do is going to be focused specifically on prime minister maliki. it is focused on the people of iraq. >> former president dick cheney is on a multifront push, criticizing the current administrati administration's strategy in iraq. he and daughter liz released this video announcing a new group they've created opposing the president's broader foreign policy strategy. they also published a scathing editorial in the "wall street journal." but the former vice president faced tough questions over his own record. >> what do you say to those who say you were so wrong about so much at the expense of so many? >> no, i just fundamentally

disagree. you've got to go back and look at the track record. we inherited a situation where there was no doubt in anybody's mind about the extent of saddam's involvement in weapons of mass destruction. we had a situation where if we, after 9/11, we were concerned about a follow-on attack that would involve not just airline tickets and box cutters as the weapons, but rather, something far deadlier, perhaps even a nuclear weapon. it would have been irresponsible for us not to act. we did do the right thing, and i think the troops performed magnificently. >> needless to say, democrats' response to cheney has been swift and critical. >> if there's one thing that this country does not need, it's that we should be taking advice from dick cheney on wars. being on the wrong side of dick cheney is to be on the right side of history. >> rarely has a u.s. president been so wrong about so much at

the expense of so many, talking about the situation in iraq and the middle east -- >> which president was he talking about? [ laughter ] >> i believe he was talking about president obama. >> look, it's obviously always good to hear from former vice president cheney. >> the heated debate over the decision to swap five taliban prisoners for sergeant bowe bergdahl is taking shape on capitol hill. critics of the deal, including fellow soldiers, testified before the house foreign affairs committee. a retired veteran who served with bergdahl say he is outraged by the swap. he accused bergdahl of endangering the lives of other soldiers with a premeditated disappearance. >> countless people looked for him when he went missing, putting their own lives on the line for his. combat is difficult. the only thing you can count on with combat is the commitment of your fellow american, knowing that someone you needed to trust deserted you in war and did so

on his own free will is the ultimate betrayal. >> the army has launched an investigation into how bergdahl disappeared and how he was captured. the federal government is upping the pressure on the washington redskins to change its controversial name. in a 99-page decision, the u.s. patent and trademark office canceled the team's trademark registration. the federal agency ruled the name is disparaging and a racial slur. the ruling does not stop the redskins from using the name, but others are now allowed to sell merchandise with the term. team owner daniel snyder has resisted changing the name, including 50 senators sending a letter to the nfl. >> it's racist. daniel snyder says it's about tradition. i ask, what tradition? tradition of racism? that's all that that name leaves in its wake. the writing is on the wall. it's on the wall in giant, blinking, neon lights.

the name will change for the tribes across the nation who care so deeply about this issue. >> the redskins are vowing to appeal the decision and note the trademark was revoked in 1999 but successfully challenged in court. if a decision does stand, some sports analysts say teams such as the braves, blackhawks and indians may face pressure to change their names as well. the rough-and-tumble mississippi republican runoff is less than a week away. incumbent thad cochran's supporters are bringing in the heavy artillery, and latest ad comes in the form of one of mississippi's most famous sons. >> i've learned through football that strong leadership can be the difference between winning and losing. and when it comes to our state's future, trust me, mississippi can win, and win big with thad cochran as our strong voice in washington. >> tea party candidate chris mcdaniel stunned cochran by forcing a runoff earlier this month. mcdaniel has sought to frame the incumbent as out of touch, and cochran may have helped his

opponent's case with this reaction to eric cantor's loss as house majority leader. >> what happened in virginia the other day, does that concern you for your chances here in this runoff? >> i don't know what you're talking about. what happened in virginia? >> with eric cantor losing his seat. >> well, i haven't really followed that campaign very closely at all. >> really? >> really. >> so, you have no comment that you want to make? >> no, i can make a comment. you asked me what happened. i don't know. i didn't follow that campaign very closely. >> well, eric cantor lost his seat as majority leader. >> yeah, well, it happens. you know, members of congress, some win, some lose. it's not an automatic proposition that you get re-elected just because you've done a good job. voters make their own decisions, and i respect their judgment. >> a spokesman for cochran's campaign says the senator obviously knew that it happened and his response reflected that he was merely annoyed because he had been asked and answered the question several times already. troubled automaker general motors is now facing a

potentially groundbreaking lawsuit. the company has been hit with a $10 billion class-action lawsuit amid a host of recalls for faulty ignition switches. the suit claims the automaker hurt the resale value of millions of gm cars by waiting a decade to initiate the recalls. meanwhile, e-mails from 2005 suggested gm employee warned the switches were a serious problem that could lead to a big recall. the details emerged as ceo mary barra testified again on capitol hill. the faulty parts have been linked to at least 13 deaths. it may have been the worst kept secret in the tech world. >> can we build a better phone for amazon prime members? well, i'm excited to tell you that the answer is yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> amazon entered the smartphone business yesterday with the

release of its fire phone. it features a 4.7-inch screen that the company is calling 3d capable. ceo jeff bezos says it also has the best camera of any phone, but maybe its most important feature? a visual recognition app for music, tv shows and other products. the company hopes customers might choose to buy these products directly from amazon. interesting. the fire phone will be available on july 25th exclusively through at&t starting at $200. that's interesting. for more on the strategy, let's bring in cnbc's geoff cutmore. he is live in london for us. it's already a crowded market for smartphones. what's amazon thinking, and is it a good phone, geoff? >> reporter: yeah, hey, good morning, mika. well, i hate to pour water on the fire, but that seems to be the way that this phone launch has been analyzed by many in the market here. a bit of a, uh huh, a little bit late to the game, because we've seen this from google, we've

seen it from apple, we've seen it from microsoft already, and it does look as though amazon is playing a little catch-up here. and clearly, this is about building an architecture, an infrastructure that has apps and users, and ultimately, builds in reliance on amazon. but they're a little late to the party, aren't they? and the question is, okay, if you're a prime user, it may be an attractive way for you to shortcut to the purchase, but will it be attractive enough at $200, plus contract, for non-prime users at the moment? so, there's a little bit of let's wait and watch on this one, mika. >> all right? i want to roll you into how the markets look here. we have the initial claims today, so we'll get a look at that and see how the job market is doing in the u.s. that will be early on. a little later on, we've got a philly fed survey as well, which will give us a sense of how they see the current economic pickup. of course, we're coming off the back of this very big federal

reserve meeting, and the markets are still in a -- i wouldn't call it exactly jubilant mood, but they do still feel that janet yellen was dovish enough to mean you can carry on buying stock here without worrying about interest rates going up any time soon. just want to round this off with american apparel. what a remarkable story this is. the ceo and chairman given his marching orders here. there are a series of ongoing suits, some related to claims of sexual harassment. this has been a long-running story, in a sense, but finally, it does seem as though it's coming to a head. the company, as we know, has a cash crisis as well. and if you look back to these 2013 numbers, a reported loss of $106.3 million. you wonder whether the company will make it in the end from here. but back to you, mika. >> all right, geoff cutmore, thank you so much. still ahead on "way too early," defending champion spain

now out of the world cup after falling to chile. we're going to have more on the shocking early exit. plus, why some chilean fans are being expelled from the host country. also coming up, breaking his silence. what the teenaged stowaway who survived a five-hour flight in the wheel well of a jet is saying about his experience. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. it's the day of decision on capitol hill as the u.s. senate clears the way for the civil rights bill by voting to limit debate on the measure. gop leader everett dirksen left and democratic whip hubert humphrey got more than the majority to invoke cloture. ♪

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world cup, where chile's fans were a little too excited for their matchup with spain. mike barnicle is going to be here for female sports correction, because apparently, you guys don't think i can do this. these fans -- >> we have confidence. >> yeah, yeah. but that didn't stop them from rushing through security at the gates outside the stadium in rio. it got messy inside, too, where they actually knocked over a temporary wall in the stadium's media center. it took about 15 minutes for security to get control. about 85 people were arrested. those fans missed quite a game for their home country. chile jumped on the defending world cup champs early with two first-half goals, and spain couldn't recover. chile wins 2-0. and with that shocking loss, spain, the defending 2010 world cup champions, became the first team to be eliminated, eliminated from the tournament. they're gone, mike. >> go home. >> to puerto allegre. for netherlands and australia, first half, aussies down one when tim cahill takes the pass midair and nails it

past the crossbar, tying the game at one. each team would add a goal, and in the 67th minute, the netherlands' memphis tupai gets the goal. the australian goalie got his hands on it, but it wasn't enough. the dutch get the win and put themselves in position to advance. >> barnacle would have nailed that one. >> how many cups of coffee have you had? >> cameroon and croatia. cameroon gets off to an early lead and then alex song song throws an obvious elbow while chasing down an opponent. the referee waists no time with the yellow card. and two teammates in cameroon get into it in the final minute, one headbutting another before another teammate comes in to break it up. >> kind of like a "morning joe" meeting. >> yeah. cameroon becomes the second team limit lim nated. three matches today. colombia takes on cote dvore.

>> good job! >> how many red cards have you dropped on me over the years? >> gosh, i don't have enough. seriously. the nba champion san antonio spurs continue to bask in the glow of their fifth championship in franchise history. thousands of fans gathered around the san antonio river to help the team celebrate their win over lebron james and the miami heat. >> that's cool, right? that's different, going down the river. >> going down the river. head coach gregg popovich may have been mocking james when he began counting his titles on his hand. that's coffee. you might remember, james made a bold prediction about winning more than seven times when he arrived in miami. i do remember that. to baseball now, where clayton kershaw etched his name in the record books with a huge night in l.a. >> 0-2. done. he's got it.

>> that's a no-hitter for the dodgers ace. he struck out 15 rockies on the night and his teammates shower him with love and a little ice-cold gatorade during the celebration. dodgers dominate winning 8-0. all right. was that okay, mike? >> that was fantastic. >> excellent! >> i need your affirmation so badly. >> you could have a whole new career. >> yeah, excellent. let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins -- >> bob costas, look out! >> yeah, right. all right. what's the weather? >> unfortunately, we had another bad tornado or two yesterday. this one was in south dakota, hit a little, small town called wesion i wessington springs and it went right through the town, and this was a pretty strong one. thankfully, a lot of people were in storm shelters. we have no reports of injuries or deaths, but there is a lot of destruction in that town, though. you can see some of the aftermath. when you see pictures like this and you know they've got a long recovery. so, now we've got at least three small farm towns in three days that all look just like this. but as far as this morning goes, flash flooding is really bad

this morning in the quad cities, towards dubuque, all the way up to minneapolis. we've got a lot of water problems out there. a lot of highways are closed. and flooding in the days ahead for sioux falls and sioux city does not look pretty. and eventually, the missouri river down towards omaha is going to have some bad flooding up through the upcoming weekend. so, for today, washington, d.c., baltimore to virginia beach, chance of some strong storms this afternoon and then back in that same area once again. there shouldn't be too many tornadoes today. and yesterday was brutally hot. mid-90s in the mid-atlantic. today we cool you off, though, mika, with some thunderstorms. and much cooler in new england, too, back into the 70s compared to that heat the last couple days. >> all right, bill karins. thank you. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," jay carney's last stand. the white house press secretary held his final press briefing yesterday, and he went out swinging against former vice president dick cheney. and when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler to talk about these mighty ducks. 100,000 of them blocking traffic in a massive stampede.

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earlier in the show, we told you that the obama administration has not yet decided what its next move in iraq will be but that several options are on the table, including military action. you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that according to a public finance expert at

harvard, the true cost of the iraq war to the u.s. will be $4 trillion. as nick christoph points out, that's equal to about $35,000, a tax of $35,000 on the average u.s. family. it would also be enough to insure that every child worldwide could attend school for the next 83 years. that's some context for you. all right, let's go to "the cooler." is lewis here? >> i'm here, mika. >> what do you have? >> the teenage stowaway who survived a five-hour-long flight from california to hawaii is now talking about the death-defying ordeal. it's been two months. the 15-year-old dropped from the wheel well of a jet from san jose to maui. he says he chose the plane because it was the only one that he could find that was headed west. the somali immigrant ran away because he wanted to see his mother and no longer wanted to live with his stepmother. abdi has regained his hearing and tuesday spoke to his mother, who lives in an ethiopian

refugee camp. at 35,000 feet, the teen said he could see above the clouds and that the experience was actually not scary. he's staying at a temporary foster home but plans to live with his aunt in minneapolis. it's an unbelievable story. now, mika, check this out. >> i'm checking. >> no worrying here. >> look at the cute ducks. >> a stampede of 100,000 ducks waddling down a road in thailand. >> i love ducks. >> about 30 miles away from bangkok. the video of the migrating birds was captured saturday and has gone viral. i would say that would be a touch scary if those ducks weren't so darn cute. >> we had ducks. i grew up with ducks in my family, louis, until my mom -- >> yeah, i don't think she did nice things to those ducks. >> no, well, she was tired of it. well, those are cute. what are you eating there, joe? stop. say hi to louis and go get ready for the show. >> good morning, joe. >> that's not good. give me that. >> what is that, a doughnut? i'll take one of those. >> that's disgusting. louis, thank you. i don't know where you've been, but thank you very much. "morning joe" is now just moments away.

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♪ the policies of the last six years have left america diminished and weakened. our enemies no longer fear us. our allies no longer trust us. empty threats, meaningless red lines, leading from behind and engagement with rogue regimes have put america on a path of decline. good morning. it's thursday, june 19th. so good to have you with us. that, of course, vice president dick cheney. >> welcome to "morning joe," everybody. >> and you're going to enjoy talking about this. >> no -- >> all liberals across america's hair's on fire right now -- >> no. >> and i thank the vice president for still being able to set their hair on fire. >> okay. >> with us on set, mika, what do we have? >> msnbc's mike barnicle. where have you been all my life? washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay. good to have you here in new york. and in washington, editor in chief of vox.com and msnbc

policy analyst, ezra klein joins the conversation from washington this morning. >> great to have you guys with us. >> a lot of ground to cover today, including in iraq, where the militant group isis is in position to prepared to control of the largest oil refinery. what that means for the world markets and what president obama plans to do about it. >> a big announcement by amazon ceo chief jeff besos why the new fire phone is making apple and samsung very nervous. >> really? hello, willie. >> what is going on? >> good to have you back. the hits keep coming with general motors as the company is hit with a class action lawsuit as mary barra is drawn in front of lawmakers again on capitol hill. >> of course, you know, the thing that got them in trouble they have gone back and they have found memos and e-mails that actually suggest that they knew about what was going on. >> you can piece everything together. >> that is a great thing that e-mails are