who are the hard to capture targets? this is "way too early"! hey, everybody. good morning i'm thomas. the show learning the best angle for the perfect selfie. up high. up high. gravity is our friend. gravity is our friend. we want to start off with what is going on in the middle east. in is what the world has been watching and waiting for. hope, for the best. egypt emerged as broker between the peace deal between israel and hamas. th israel was on board. hope farce ceasefire were dashed when hamas said the group rejected the plan and would not stop fighting. it would have begun this morning with the aim of ending up violence by the end of the day. negotiations between both sides would have followed to ease the border blockade of gaza.

the a sprks going on to record that a senior israeli official said there would be even more strikes against hamas if the group doesn't accept the egyptian lead truce. we'll continue to watch it through the hours today. violence in ukraine is escalating. military transport plane was shot down by the russians in the region. the plane was flying at the height which eliminates the possibility it was shot down by a missile. it said it means a more sophisticated type of missile must have been used to take down the plane. nato officials said russians are rebuilding forces along the board we are about 12,000 troops in the region. germans reached out to set direct talks to end the conflict. elizabeth warren is not running for president. just ask her. she will tell you. yesterday about 75 miles outside of washington in west virginia she rallied a crowd for senate

candidate natalie tenant. >> if west virginia decides to send a senator to washington who is going to be there to fight for wall street? for those who have already made it? or what it will mean for west virginia to have a person who will get up every morning and go to work to absolutely work her heart out for the families of west virginia. i'm here because i believe in democracy. i believe in what we can do together. i believe in natalie tenant. she's going to be your next senator. she's a centrist democrat and uphill battle against shelly moor capital. she promised to fight president

obama on energy jobs if need be. her campaign panned an endorsement from the first lady. rand paul was also in the state campaigning. he tried to frame warren as an enemy of the state. >> elizabeth warren is to the left of the left of the democratic party. elizabeth warren is part of the war on coal. she's a part of the legislation blocking preserving energy jobs in america. he thr but the conquer concord monitor reports that it was taken at the fund-raiser in boston. he endorsed a number of governors with primary.

including those up for re-election in south carolina and all important iowa. senator rand paul is facing more backlash on the foreign policy views. yesterday former vice president dick cheney wife and daughter sat down with politico for a wide ranging discussion. and the family weighed into an issue that is becoming a wedge between governor rick perry and rand paul. two possible 2016 candidates. it's the american foreign policy. and how best to defend the country. >> obviously senator paul leaves something to be desired with national security policy. i have big concerns with paul think we can be home -- >> isolationism is crazy. anybody who went through 9/11 who thinks we can retreat behind our oceans and will be safe and secure is -- i'm sorry. >> in other news the first wave

of undocumented immigrants have been returned to honduras. 40 people were sent back to their home country. there's a new bipartisan proposal on the table to speed sending children home even faster. and it comes in response to president obama's $3 pn.7 billi plan to reign in border security by adding more detention faciliti facilities. terri branstad of iowa said he dent want to send the message it's okay for kids to come to america illegally. democrat s mocked the gop's lawsuit against the president. harry reid took the criticism to a new level. take a listen. >> this is a phony trial that will come up. it's a show trial. it's what republicans want. i guess that's what they want. but if that's what they want. they should talk to judge judy.

i think she would throw the case out in a half a second. >> could you imagine judge judy getting in on the action. the response from the house speakers's office was fitting. boehner tweeted the meme with the caption baloney. sergeant bow bergdahl returned to active duty. it's according to military officials. new details are raising questions about his relationship with his immediate family. according to the wall street journal, bergdahl refused to communicate with his parents since he was released from the taliban in may. a decision that caught the military off guard suggesting there's a deeper riff within the family than previously believed. both parents appeared with president obama in the rose garden. bergdahl's father was a vocal advocate for his son even growing a beard and learning the native language. he completed the reintegration process and has been assigned to

a desk job with active duty status. it. means investigators may question him over the circumstances of his disappearance. we jump over the pond where the first time ever women will be allowed to become bishops in the church of england. yesterday's historic vote overturns century of tradition ending one of the longest disputes. the change completes a process started more than 20 years ago when women were allowed to be ordained as priests. now we shift gears to talk about business news. we watch the dow rise above 17,000 once again as well as the three industries closing in the pods territory here. meanwhile later today we'll get a look at several key earnings from the second quarter. steve is live in london. good morning, steve. >> yeah. very good day. it's all about earnings. it kicked off on friday with wells fargo. we had citigroup yesterday.

the numbers themselves beat expectations and the share is running 3%. today is jpmorgan and looking at investment banking. and gold maman sachs. talks of citigroup as well. a big day yesterday. they settled the civil suit against them paying $7 billion including $4 billion as a civil penalty. will are there going to be problems arising on the criminal level with the attorney general refusing to comment on that one just yet. >> and so we have information about volkswagen and the plant in tennessee. being back in the news. but this time, steve, it has nothing to do with the vote to unionize. explain what is going on with the plant. >> it's potentially good news. they're trying to be the number one. it's up against gm and toyota. and the happy concern is north american exposure the next new plot is in mexico. it's a great way for local

leaders they're going to try to get a seven passenger suv. and an engineering center. it will mean 2,000 new jobs and a host of new investment. they put the faith in tennessee. it's good news for tennessee. >> expanding the footprint. thank you. it is no secret that new jersey senator cory booker is savvy when it comes to social media. the nearly 1.5 million twitter follows tops congress. he wants to take selfies with one single one of his senate colleagues. he started the mission a month ago and he's up to ten. you see him with rand paul, dick durbin, angus king, whether it will do anything to ease partisan tensions it remains to be seen. it brings us to the twitter question. what is the best selfie you have taken with a politician or

selfie. we've gotten good ones. tweet your pictures and we'll focus the pictures coming later in the show. jen is so excited about this. we're excite the about this! >> the ratings in and you like it! americans like soccer. right, mike? >> yes! >> do your usa thing? >> usa! >> even if the usa isn't playing we'll have the record breaking numbers from the world cup. we'll show you who knocked it out of the park at the home run derby. and reps for the blade runner. oscar pistorius on trial for killing his girlfriend responds to claims he may have been involved in a bar brawl over the weekend. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back tuesday edition!

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letting fraser advance with one. cespedes comes alive in round two. meeting fraser in the final and perhaps the best for last. a 452 blast that officially measured as the longest shot of the night. he powers past fraser 9-1. he finishes with 2 s wites with and becomes the second player to win back to back derbies. ken griffy junior did it in 1998 and 1999. t tonight is the 2014 al star game. adam wane right will open for the national league. honoring retiring yankee captain. it features a number of icons tipping their hat to the 20-year vet.

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selected. he'll start at shortstop and set to lead off for the american league. the numbers are in. even with team usa out. the world cup final was watched by more than 26.5 million americans making it the third most watched world cup game in history. it ranks as the most viewed world cup ever on english language tv. a record number will remember sunday's final. the same can't be said for german mid fielder who said he can't remember much of the game. he took a shoulder to the head and knocked him silly. he remained in the game likely con us issed before taking off the field once he collapsed. he told a german newspaper, quote, i don't know anything at all about the first half. i thought i left the game immediately. i don't know anything else in my head the game starts from the second half. for a lot of people it did too. >> it was a rough game. we're going to check with

bill karins who is going to be teary eyed to get through the forecast. >> probably a 99% chance i may have to grab a tissue tonight when they do the thing for jeter and celebrate his career. >> the commercial was great and tonight they do a lot of stuff, too. so, you know. he's our generation. he's our age. it's like the last chance we could have play baseball. >> if you're puffy eyes tomorrow. we'll have rough weather today. we had it yesterday. the well advertised summer cool down has arrive the. it's about as cool as it's going to get in the middle of july for the portion of the country. we're talking 50s from kansas city all the way to chicago. rapid city dropped down to the mid 40s. fargo at 49. it's not cold but it is a lit cool. at least you don't need the air-conditioning. the humidity is very low. there's showers ahead of the cool air. we dealt with it yesterday and we'll do it again. we'll see heavy rain this afternoon. and down in louisiana the front pushed all the way now through

arkansas and we still have storms ahead of it down there. even for mississippi and areas down there in north texas. you have a chance storms. as far as severe weather goes, 60 million people at risk of severe storms. almost the same people as yesterday. i-95 from north carolina to areas of new england 1 to 3 inch was rain. more day of the deluging for are the northeast and mid atlantic then our reward comes wednesday, thursday, and friday. we look forward to. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" fight for the senate. where things stand in the midterms most hotly contested races. when we come back we're going to huddle around the water cooler to talk about a slimy and potentially dangerous situation at lax. what officials are saying about these giant snails on a plane! no more. i'm not going to do it. samuel jackson. remember that? yeah. on a plane. we're back with more after this. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality

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earlier know in the show we showed you elizabeth warren. if you want to sound smart tell your friends in 2012 the president obama biden county didn't win a single county. it was the first time in history

a major party presidential nominee failed to carry any of the state's 55 counties. let's huddle around the water cooler. we'll start off with a serious story. it's going catch a lot of people by surprise. >> olympian and murder suspect oscar mipistorius reportedly go in a fight in a bar over the weekend. he got into an argument after the man approached him at the south african bar and began interrogating him about the case. it happened saturday days after the defense rests. closing arguments are expectationed to begin early next month. it's an unbelievable month we'll continue to follow. after two week vacation, john stewart is back at the daily show. he returned last night to what he calls a world gone mad. >> two weeks of sun, fun, and stealing tropical birds. truth is until i sobered up i thought he was a lemur.

the point is this, man, good break. i tuned out, i chilled out. what am i going to miss in a two week period, right? it's the summer! >> the immigration nightmare, the spy scandal explodes. >> crisis in the middle east. >> republicans just announcing plans to sue the president. >> toxic bomb shell. >> tropical storm watches for the east coast. >> terrorists with nuclear materials. >> standing on the brink of all out war. [ laughter ] >> shocked the parrot to death. >> it gets serious real fast. one thing he didn't miss was a slimy case of snails on a plane. firms at lax seized 67 giant african snails. apparently they came from nigeria where they are considered a delicacy. they are banned in the us. they pose a threat to 500 plants.

they can lead to meningitis in humans. officials don't believe smuggling was involved and say the intended recipient is expected to face a penalty. the snails were destroyed. >> see you later, snail face. >> i'm sorry. receive no penalty. let's go to virginia where a good will story recently got good news. anonymously someone donated a 3 karat diamond. the store put it on the good will auction site with bids starting at $15,0,500. if you're out there, and you want to bid on the stone you better do it now before time runs out. >> that never happens to me when i go to good will. >> you never stumble across a diamond. >> i wonder if there's a bigger back store with daisgruntled somebody sending it off.

>> does clare have the ring? >> she does. she does. i haven't made her that mad yet. >> early yes we showed you about cory booker's mission to take selfies with every single one of the senate colleagues. we asked you to tweet us your best with a politician. >> love our responses. this is a shot of victoria with then senator obama in 2006. >> good snap! >> and our viewer mark found our own joe and and mikka. >> our colleague alex with the win with pharrell. who thinks will be a future senator. >> we appreciate it. thank you. coming up next. a look at the stories we're talk abouting in the day ahead. and "morning joe" is here. at legalzoom you can take care of

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will be john stewart's guest on the daily show dontonight. a florida court could rule on the marriage equality as early as today. the ban is being challenged by a key west couple together 11 years. the all-star game is set tonight for target field in minneapolis and set at 8:00 p.m. and streamed online for the first time ever. tuesday edition of "way too early," that's it. "morning joe" starts right now! ♪ >> the supreme court's catholic men have ruled that a woman's right to contraception does not trump her employer's right to believe she shouldn't be taking it. and it's based on the sound principle that the government doesn't have the authority to force closely held corporations to violate their religious beliefs. oh, and it's probably not a big deal but they also ruled that corporations have religious