. good tuesday morning. right now on first look, breaking news out of the middle east as the israeli air strikes increase in gaza while the death toll on both sides rises. the u.n. security council demands an investigation as bodies from flight 17 arrive in ukraine. the wild fierds in seattle are the worse in state history. prince george turns one. and tony. violence continues across the mid east this morning as

world lead erds call for an end to the deadly fighting. earlier this morning, israel bombed five mosques, a stadium, and the home of a military chief. 125 people were killed on monday. the latest air strikes came after u.n. chief bang- ban ki-moon. you were there on the ground, martin. are you seeing anything that indicates hopes for cease-firests later today? >> reporter: well, there is significant movements in the talks. hopefully, there will be a five-hour lull in the fighting. hamas accepted it, israel rejected it. the fighting continues. the government says they are going to keep fighting until they achieve their objectives. there is progress in the wider

picture. the u.n. secretary-general is talking to the leaders. the american espn -- secretary of state is in cairo. they are trying to narrow the differenc differences. so hamas supports one proposal, israel supports number and ban ki-moon and kerry is working on the differences. one israeli soldier is missing and presumed dead.

the reason that israel is bombing mosques, is because there's that hamas has their equipment. brian williams by the same token to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu last night. they discussed the escalating violence in the middle east. >> what would you do if american cities, where you were sitting right now, would be rocketed, would be absorb hundreds of rockets? you know what you would say to your leader a man has got to do what a man has to the do to and a country has got to do what a country has to do it. we defend ourselves. we try to do with a minimum amount of force, with targeting military targets as best as we can, but we'll ak to defend ourselves. no country can live like this. >> now to the latest in the

investigation of the downing of flight mh-17. leaders with the european union will meet today to decide whether to toughen sanctions against russia following the downing of the airliner. separatist leaders have turn over the black boxes to malaysian officials and bodies that had been left on the site sin the crash have finally been taken away for examinations. >> reporter: train cars packed with bodies were taken away. no one knows when they will be returned to their families. 282 discovered so far. laid on the ground in the hot sun before finally being loaded into refrigerated rail cars. inspected by a team of dutch forensic experts who must identify each individual. >> i have now seen the bodies. we are starting with the identification process. that's very important to the relatives. >> how long will it take, i asked? >> i don't know.

i don't know how soon -- >> and they must work while surrounded by the pro russian militia accused of shooting the down the plane. but a full four days since the crash, wreckage still litters the countryside. people's bags appear to have been opened. with a car and a bit of rope they are trying to haul some wreckage out of the water. they bring an old fire truck and the only crane around. it's a torn section of wing. >> independent international investigators. >> reporter: amid international outrage, the malaysian prime minister says the rebel have agreed safe access to the site. there are still tanks on the streets making it far from clear when the investigation will truly begin. now to the pacific northwest and that massive fire fight as new wild fires explode. there are now 33 fires burning

in oregon and washington. on the ground, crews are struggling to gain control. in central washington, the images look apocalyptic. winds stoking while fires four times the size of seattle leaving people little time to get out. >> police cars were flying out here, stopping everywhere and saying we're -- that fire is coming here at 30 miles an hour and you guys have just a few minute to get out of here cht. >> both fires have forced more than 1,200 people out and burned down at least 100 homes and buildings. the florida father who made headlines for allegedly beating his son's baby-sitter to a bloody pulp. >> my immediate feeling was to kill him so he will never hurt anybody again. >> according to cops, the 18-year-old was in bed with an 11-year-old. the child's father walked in and allegedly lost it.

the father said he was lucky. >> my son saved raymond. raymond was motionless on my floor. i went to my kitchen to grab a butcher knife. my son came in front of me and saved his attackers life. >> the daytona dad is defending claims he's exploiting the situation. he's asking for $1 million to help rebuild his son's life. so far just $100 has been donated. moments after receiving the highest award for combat valor. he turned the spotlight on who he believed were the real heroes. in 2008, former staff sergeant ryan pitts was in afghanistan. nine soldiers died in that attack which president obama called one of the fearest baths in recent wars. pitts honored them in a brief statement after the ceremony.

>> valor was everywhere that day and the real heroes are the nine men who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> pitts thenned read the name of each man before walking away. he is the ninth recipient of the award. dugy, is currently an nbc analyst, he told the tampa tribune, i won want to deal with all of it, adding it's not going to be totally smooth. his comments have been met with some criticism. sam was drafted by the st. louis rams in the 7th round. david ortiz hit his 450th

home run last night. johnny manziel has not laid it down yet. johnny football is out selling the likes of several football players. is sebastian walked down th person down the aisle on her special day. players of the arsenal soccer team, they are doing their best new york accents to promote their up coming friendly against the red bulls in new york. they admit the accents could use some work. u.s. climate scientists say june was the hottest month in

recorded history. meteorologist bill karins is here. what is up with that? >> we didn't feel it here. the indian own and pacific ocean were way above average. it was a very warm june. those records go back to 1880 by the way, it's the warmest since 1880. the other new story was a new tropical depression in the atlantic. as we go into august and september, it's the peak of the hurricane season. this storm is supposed to dissipate in the next few days. overall, it doesn't look like a high impact storm. also some serious storms rolled through areas from duluth last night to northern michigan now we're going to watch an additional storm threat today today, chicago, kansas city, springfield, and peoria.

areas of concern. it's also going to be a hot day. from east coast and especially in the midwest. >> you are going to have to find a way to cool out. >> pool, lake. you choose your source of coolness. just ahead, a hitting camera scandal at one of the hospitals in the country. time flies, it's already been one year, new photos of prince george as britain gets ready to celebrate his first birthday.

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time now to get down to business. >> two tech stories on our radar. first up, apple has reportedly asked suppliers to produce up to 80 million large screen iphones this year. the new iphone 6 is expected to come with a 4.7 or 5 and a half inch screen. the report is that it's larger than the initial production for

the iphone last year. >> netflix's earnings doubled. the growth comes as they complemented their first price increase in three years. some stories making news this morning. the second highest court in the land is set to make a landmark ruling on obamacare today. the d.c. circuit court will make the ruling challenging the legality of those health care exchanges. johns hopkins hospital has agreed to pay $190 million to thousands of victims of a rogue gynecologist. the doctor used a pen light camera to capture 1,200 videos and 140 images of women in his

examining rooms. he committed suicide days after a coworker discovered the device. a friend of the boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy. he had hidden a backpack. a very happy birthday for prince jorng. a year ago ago, alongside a mom, we followed the grandson of princess diana with great interest. and yesterday grabbing some butterflies in such a royal way. the judge says the guillotine is the way to do executions in america. scrambled poll licks -- politics is next.

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. president obama was giving an interview recently and get this, he said that he thought that joe biden would be a good president. when asked why, because he would make me look amazing. here's your first look at this morning's scrambled politics. according to bloomberg, hillary clinton has earned up to $12 million from her speeches and paid appearances since leaving the state department 16 months ago.

texas governor rick perry is calling for national guard troops to head to the border. davis, urging him to send additional sheriffs deputies to the border instead of troop. this ad is being launched today against joan any ernst. on nbc news.com, appeals judge says guillotine probably best for executions. this judge wrote executions are brutal, savage events and nothing the state tries to do can mask that reality. adding the guillotine is probably the best. and the electric chair, hanging and the gas chamber are each subject to occasional mishaps. the firing squad strikes me as

the most promising. vice president joe biden says the obama administration won't rest until the problems at the veterans administration are fixed. last night, while taking questions from social media user, former secretary of state hillary clinton said she would consider an amendment to overturn the supreme court's citizens united decision. house minority leader, nancy pelosi joined stephen colbert last night. what are you pushing tonight? what nefarious northern california-san francisco value are you pushing on the nation tonight? >> tonight, i'm pushing our agenda of middle class jump start, the heart of it is when

women succeed, america succeeds. well, you can also check out nancy pelosi in just a little bit on morning joe right here on msnbc. she's making the rounds, and that's your morning scrambled politics. also on the move. >> i love that question by colbert, what nefarious position are you pushing. >> i want to ask you about the 9/11 commission issued a new report. they have some big concerns about new terrorist statements and cyber threats. we also pointed to one lesson we learn from the 2001 attacks, they mentioned americans didn't appreciate the terrorism posed until it was too late. do you think we're going to act in time to the prevent history preventing itself? >> there are two things we know to be true, there is dangers in

the world and there will be people who will make careers on scaring us. we've got to walk a balance here. we want to be smart cht we don't want to allow our enemies to do terrible things to us, we don't want to give up our values of freedom and liberty, i think we did a little bit too much on this one. walk downen the middle on this. >> we want to talk about the downed jet mh 17 and how president obama is handling it owl. how do you think he's done addressing russia and putin? >> i like what he's doing. he's being very direct. he's calling putin out. i'm pleased that those bodies are returning at least one step closer to their loved ones, but, boy, it sure looks like those folks have something to hide, doesn't it? >> on the other side of things people are also criticizing and making a lot of comparisons and

saying starting to draw toes comparison between former president raegan who ratcheted sanctions. what would you say to that? >> you got to look at his record more closely. there are instances where you want to be rough and tough. most americans at this point have had little too much of militaristic muscular talk. up next, spoiler alert, the star wars episode 7 photo that has fans all gidy today. who topped forbes list of highest paid actors? we're going to share that with you next. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things,

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to watch the 25-year animated series on fxx. way too early with thomas roberts starts right now. you know, at a certain point, you say what choice do you got? what would you do? what would you do if american sis would be rocketed, would be absorb hundreds of rockets? you know what you would say, you would say to your leader a man has not -- has got to do what we got to do. we have to defend ourselves. >> the israeli logic to protect had receive from hamas but is its defense worth the amount of sill -- civilian casualties in gaza. russian separatists hand over the black boxes.

who says you can't go home? my interview with nancy pelosi. this is "way too early." hey, everybody, great to have you with me, this morning. welcome to way too early, a show that never misses a chance to present charm city. we begin in ukraine where pro russian rebels appear to finally be cooperating with the investigation into the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17. the black boxes have been handed over days of pressure from victims family and world leaders. a train filled with the bodies of crash victims arrived moments ago in kharkiv before later going to amsterdam. this move came just h