tomorrow. right when we go on the air live tomorrow night. it's going to be a great night. watch this space. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow night. night. "first look" is up next. good tuesday morning. right now on "first look" -- it was a nasty, heated congressional hearing with the irs commissioner over potential crimes committed and lost e-mails. a mississippi runoff that mixes race and tea party tactics that has incumbents very afraid. secretary kerry working overtime while new poll numbers put greater pressure on obama. the undeniable fact is that billions of dollars in damage that is just ahead. good morning to you, i'm frances rivera. today could be another showdown for irs commissioner john k

koskinen about missing e-mails that may have contained prejudice. several are accusing the agency of covering up a scandal. at least one lawmaker compared them to watergate. i'm joined by nbc's tracie potts in washington, d.c. tracie, what can we expect? >> reporter: today we'll hear from a white house attorney connected to all of this at the time. remember the investigation started with questions about whether or not the irs had unfairly targeted conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. now it's taken a bit of a turn, and lawmakers want a special prosecutor to look into why some of the evidence disappeared. two years worth of e-mails that congress wants to see have been destroyed, and some republicans think that was no accident. >> you possibly had people at the irs who were committing crimes, and they're not being held accountable. >> reporter: the e-mails were to and from lois lerner who headed the office that determined

whether groups seeking tax-exempt status are too political. some conservative groups faced extra scrutiny. lawmakers believe the e-mails could explain why. but the irs says he first learned in april that her hard drive was destroyed after her computer crashed and backup tapes were recycled. >> why did you wait so long? >> we were going to wait until we produced all of her e-mails. >> you can't give us all her e-mails because you lost some. >> reporter: the irs blames budget cuts. >> especially at the irs. >> reporter: democrats defended the irs, noting tens of thousands of e-mails were submitted. >> they show this was not intentional, this was not nefarious, this was not a conspiracy. >> reporter: much of the hearing was tense. >> i asked a question. >> i answered it. i did not say i would provide you e-mails that disappeared. >> my time has expired and i've lost my patience with you.

>> i don't think i've seen a display of this kind of disrespect in all the time i've been here in congress. >> reporter: so you can see just how tense it was late into the night. and they resume this morning. this morning the panel hears from jennifer o'connor, white house counsel, but she used to be at the irs. she was there while a lot of this was happening, and she's been subpoenaed to testify today. frances? >> we'll see those fireworks continue today. thank you. it is runoff day in mississippi's republican senate primary. the race between tea party-backed chris mcdaniel and 42-year incumbent thad cochran has been one of the most bizarre and intensely fought races in the country. you may remember that four mcdaniel supporters were arrested for photographing the ailing wife of senator cochran. now a staffer on the cochran campaign has been arrested this time for allegedly destroying or stealing mcdaniel campaign signs. the latest poll conducted by a democratic firm has mcdaniel up

over cochran. and now the mcdaniel camp is preparing to send in poll watchers, a tact republicans used to intimidate black voters in the south for decades. the justice department will be monitoring the situation. the united states has reached a key legal agreement with iraq to protect the 300 special operations forces currently deployed there. the pentagon announced monday that the military advisers would not be prosecuted under iraqi law. as part of the deal, the advisers would be protected by diplomatic immunity, similar to what embassy staff are entitled to. as the crisis escalates, here at home, there seems to be growing opposition to america's involvement in the conflict. according to the latest poll, more than half of those surveyed don't support president obama's handling of the crisis. three-quarters of those surveyed believe the iraq war did not justify the high number of casualties. and president obama's foreign policy has come under fire with nearly 60% saying they don't

support his strategy. roughly 170 children across the country are in safe hands after a nationwide sting against sex trafficking. the fbi announced monday that more than 280 people were arrested during the week-long operation. the crackdown covered more than 100 u.s. cities and targeted places such as casinos, escort services and strip clubs. the fbi said the operation sends a clear message to perpetrators. >> the lesson of operation cross country is that our children are not for sale, that we will respond and crush these pimps who would crush these children. >> this is the fbi's eighth operation over the past decade, and they've rescued more than 3500 children so far. a 3-year-old girl allegedly asked to leave a kfc because of her facial scars following a dog truck. it seems it may be an elaborate hoax. according to reports, kfc hired investigators to dig deeper into the story. they combed through security

video where the incident allegedly took place, but they found no evidence of the little girl ever being there. there was also no record of the meal she apparently ordered that day. kfc had apologized and donated tens of thousands of dollars to help pay for the little girl's medical bills. hillary clinton is getting support from katy perry. perry posted a picture of the two of them on instagram saying she'd write clinton a theme song if she needed it to run for president in 2016. she also posted to twitter where hillary later responded. clinton referenced one of perry's hit songs when she wrote "well, that's not a hard choice. you already did! keep letting us hear you roar." from nbc.com, jogger who found missing 8-month-old says she's lucky. the woman constitutionstumbled baby girl and had no idea there was a massive search that was launched. police are searching for the kidnapper. this morning we take you to

sports and the world cup has its first four contecontenders. tied at 1-1. t brazil seals the win, adding two more. one step closer to their sixth championship title. >> goal! >> yeah, well, they know how to celebrate, checking out their coach here. look at him. yeah, mexico getting a 2-0 lead against croatia. both teams could have advanced with a win, but mexico dominated, winning 3-1. chile and the netherlands also advance to the knockout round, filling the first four slots. brazil facing chile and netherlands facing mexico. world cup play continues today at noon eastern. it is virginia versus vanderbilt, game one of the college world series. virginia leads but that's all about to change. third inning, virginia's pitcher walks consecutive batters.

five, actually. can it get worse? yeah, it does. a fair ball down the third base line brings in three more runs, nine for vandy in the third. virginia fight back to make up for the nightmare inning but vandy takes it 9-8. game two in best of three is tonight. wimbledon is also under way. emotions were high for italy. he lost his temper and wasn't afraid to get face to face with officials about it. despite the outburst, he would go on to win in five sets. venus williams also advances after going through sets and tof-ranked men's player novak djokovic breezes past his first match. and boris becker, he's enjoying the moment and snapping some photos there. 18th ranked sloane stephens is out. check out andy murray. you know him. that's shaq. murray ends with an ace in three sets. he advances. and the stanley cup is making its rounds with king center jarret stoll and sports

personality girlfriend erin andrews. she posted this photo drinking from it. "drink it in. it always goes down smooth." the things that have happened to the stanley cup along the way, right? >> that's the greatest thing. >> that's what you do. >> i actually got to hold it once. it's very light. it's not like this big, huge thing that you'd think. you'd think it would be damaged over the years. >> if the stanley cup could talk and the stories it could tell. meteorologist bill karins is here with our tuesday forecast. >> if you were at denver international airport, you have a story to tell. it's not often where they tell you to go to the tornado shelters and seek safety because there was numerous funnel clouds reported within a mile of the airport. there was one of them on twitter. they weren't big, huge tornadoes, but they weren't taking any chances. flights were grounded for a period of time. thankfully that storm passed without incident. we do have rain in illinois, in the chicago area, st. louis,

too. you have a wet morning commute for you. also western new york with some showers that are going to be coming down. in between cleveland and buffalo. by far the worst of it is around the springfield area heading to lafayette. and even indianapolis as you go throughout your midmorning, you will get drenched with storms. tuesday forecast, traveling today, no problems. buffalo to boston, new york to d.c. but in the southeast, you could get torrential rain with those thunderstorms. yesterday in savannah, the skies opened up and it didn't stop. we had six inches of rain yesterday in savannah. it was the most ever for a day in the month of june. >> big old gulp right there. >> that's a drink somewhere, isn't it? a big gulp. all right. pretty embarrassing situation here, a statue in the form of the female anatomy traps a student, forcing rescuers to the scene. plus first lady michelle obama opens up about one of the most challenging times of her life.

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with cnbc's courtney reagan. good morning. >> u.s. airlines racked up more than $1 billion in baggage and ticket change fees in the first quarter this year en route to a combined profit of $500 million. back fees accounted for $791 million in income alone. delta was tops in collecting fees followed by united. well, the bigger iphone could be on the way. reports say apple is ramping up production of iphones with a 5 1/2-inch screen to better compete with samsung's galaxy smartphones. the new iphone could be in stores by early september. yahoo! ceo marissa maier allegedly kept several advertising execs waiting in france last week. the reason, "the wall street journal" says she fell asleep. by the time she arrived, some guests had already left. yahoo! isn't excellenting. >> maybe too many snooze buttons. thank you very much. a venezuelan man was arrested in miami for making threatening calls to the people of newtown, connecticut, just two days after the shooting.

hoffman reportedly called police claiming to be shooter adam lanza threatening to kill them. he could go to prison for five years. we are getting a revealing look inside the early years of the first family. michelle obama sat down with abc's robin roberts at the white house summit on working families. she talked about interviewing for a job as a young mother. >> i didn't have a baby-sitter, so i promptly took sasha to the interview with me, and i thought, look. this is who i am. i've got a husband who's away. i've got two little babies. they are my priority. a new report is getting a grim outlook on potential effects of climate change in the u.s. the estimated cost of high temps, $12 billion per year. extreme storms, $35 billion annually. and rising seas putting up to $106 billion worth of coastal property under water. and there's a small chance that by the year 2100, losses could reach $700 billion.

20-year-old student in germany got stuck in that statue of a -- let's just call it a certain female body part that's private. it took 22 rescue workers and a half hour to fully deliver him. getting rid of the evidence, almost 13 grams of pot, a woman slips out of her handcuffs, reaches over the seat and then ends up eating the marijuana. when the trooper returned and asked her about it, she said, um, what are you talking about? hmm. well, one of the most infamous white house love affairs of all time is going public. and one of president obama's favorite things. plus bill and hillary, the musical. "scrambled politics" is next. much like these majestic rocky mountains. which must be named after the... that would be rocky the flying squirrel, mr. gecko sir. obviously! ahh come on bullwinkle, they're named after... ...first president george rockington! that doesn't even make any sense...mr...uhh...winkle.

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rights act of 1964. it outlawed discrimination on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. at the event, dr. martin luther king jr. will be honored posthumously with a congressional gold medal. in new york, 84-year-old congressman charlie rangel made a bid from local rapper fireboy ld. ♪ charlie rangel stand-up guy ♪ put your hand up high ♪ suit and tie ♪ he's super fly ♪ if you're democrat ♪ yeah that's my guy the library of congress will detail the affair between president warren j. harding and his mistress, carrie phillips. the affair lasted about 16 years. president harding was married during that time. bill and hillary clinton are about to get their moment in the spotlight. "clinton the musical" will be headed to the stage for the upcoming new york musical theater festival. it follows the clintons on their quest to save the presidency and change america.

new jersey governor chris christie proved he still has skills at a celebrity softball game monday. the game took place at yankee stadium. christie, who was a star catcher in high school, wore the number 55 as the garden state's 55th governor. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." joining me in studio here, i'm not sure if he's going to rap or not, columnist and political analyst ellis. good morning. you got a rap for us? >> i'm just still broken up about warren harding. i thought bill clinton invented that stuff. >> it would be a very different scene today. everybody is watching this, political blockbuster. cast of characters. you've got a republican insider, incumbent, the political neophyte. you throw in a racial divide, then a mysterious break-in, illicit photographs. what do you have? the mississippi gop senate primary that ends in a runoff today. so many aspects to this. is it going to boil down to accusations, you know, of voter

intimidation and race between senator thad cochran and chris mcdaniel? >> i thought you would do the watergate buildup at the beginning. yes, there was a racial angle. i would say there are so many it's hard to say it's only going to be about race. the threats that there are going to be these poll watchers maybe trying to keep some black voters out of the polls, you know, democrats, if they want to in mississippi, can vote in the republican primary, and thad cochran, the longtime incumbent, feels like he might be able to get some of those votes. so yeah, that's one angle, but god, there are so many. to me the high point were the bloggers who snuck into the nursing home -- i guess we should call it the low point. >> yeah, that's the whole other factor, taking a photo and video of a wife there who has dementia and then that video comes out. and it's getting nastier, political campaign signs. >> it's ugly, frances.

but you do have to see it, i think, in a slightly broader context. there is an incumbent senator, a kind of old-line regular guy, thad cochran, who's been very good at bringing the bucks home to mississippi. and chris mcdaniel, this tea party challenger who really does seem to have all the passion at the end. so it will be another one of these tests like we saw in that eric cantor race a couple of weeks ago about whether this new, emerging tea party faction can beat the old guy. >> i know you're watching like everybody else. very quickly, how about the push to impeach president gulf of mexico. we've heard it before, but now you've got south dakota voting for a resolution, calls for congress to begin the impeachment process. any legs? is that going to go anywhere? >> i don't know that anyone really cares what the dakota legislators think on this. in fact, the dems would probably be lucky if they push it further because there's that overreach tendency. >> right. >> that maybe it makes obama look a little more moderate in the equation. don't worry about that one, president.

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time now for "first buzz" before we say good-bye. bill karins is here. we start with a little ick factor with the president's latest move. this is the sneeze guard at a buffet. here the white house photographer tweeted out this picture of the commander in chief's visit to a d.c. chipotle.

that's where he got a little too enthusiastic ordering his burrito bowl. so the twitterverse promptly accused the president of overreach for pinto beans there. >> executive reach. >> yeah. and then you have some people calling for the impeachment. i think we can agree on this tweet that impeachment, if not exile. i have to say, i get very -- when people, like, you know, go over. >> breathing on it. >> or under or their skin touches. but, you know, he was just kind of -- >> it's hard to communicate sometimes. >> right. >> you're poking the glass. if you don't know the name of what you want. >> people get very violated when you get past that sneeze guard. this is awesome video. i can't believe these people got this close. >> this is pretty cool. off of cape may. these guys are in the boat, they've got the chum bag on the side. and the great white shark goes for it. it circled the boat for 20 minutes. they obviously had time to pull

the chuck bag up. they wanted the shot and they got it. >> the guy on the boat goes, he's going to be the bag. >> it bit the engine, too. they did make it back to shore. >> i'm frances rivera, and this is "first look." "way too early with thomas roberts" starts now. i'll work with anybody, but he's got a very steep learning curve because he has no background or knowledge of the issues that challenge us including right now. >> on the attack. senator john mccain in mississippi trying to help his longtime colleague thad cochran beat back a serious tea party challenge. it's election day, and things are getting really ugly. plus, the latest from iraq where militants have now marched within 20 miles of baghdad. will u.s. military advisers be able to counter those massive gains? and talk about presidential overreach. why this picture of president obama's lunch outing is making the rounds on social media this

morning. this is "way too early." good morning, i'm mika brzezinski. welcome to "way too early" where there's really no such thing as lunch, but it is beach cover-up day. allen, where's yours? you didn't know? you don't have your pineapples? too bad. we begin in mississippi where it is decision day again for voters. polls will be opening up in a few hours for the republican senate runoff. chris mcdaniel looking to defeat six-term senator thad cochran after failing to win the primary outright three weeks ago. in his final pitch, mcdaniel asked supporters to bring at least ten friends with them to the polls. the tea party candidate is framing the race as a battle for the future of the republican party and the united states. >> the people of the country are