good morning, right now on "first look," botched execution. it takes almost two hours for a con denl mdemned man to die in . >> the faa lifts the flight ban to tel aviv. >> details the worldwide enterprise stub hub are mesmerizing. and a memorable moment at the stock exchange and much, much more. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goth. another prisoner execution went wrong. arizona inmate joseph wood snorted and gasped for air up to 600 times according to one account before he died. an hour into that procedure, his lawyer filed an emergency motion to stop the execution because

the 55-year-old convicted killer appeared to be alive. now an investigation is underway and nbc's kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: witnesses say condemned inmate joseph wood gasped for an hour and a half during his execution wednesday night in arizona. he was finally pronounced dead almost two hours after it began. >> to watch a man die there for an hour and 40 minutes gulping air, it's like if you catch a fish and throw it on the shore. >> he was, you know, clearly struggling for breath. and that's atypical because, as i said, usually an execution takes 10, 11 minutes and you see virtually nothing. >> reporter: it was the first time such a drug combination had been use in arizona. it was the same combination used in ohio in january where dennis mcguire took nearly 5 minut lly to die. jan brewer is promising a full review in arizona.

wood was sentenced to death for the 1989 murders of his girlfriend debra dietz and her father. the victim's family said the focus should be on the crimes, not his death. >> what's excruciating is seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood, seeing your sister lying there in a pool of blood, that's extrusion yaticruciating. >> to me, he looked like he was snoeri snoeri snoring, how is that struggling? breaking over night, the faa lifted the ban on air travel to and from tel aviv for american carriers. less than a day after secretary of state john kerry met with leaders of both sides and said progress torts a sis fear had been made, an israeli cabinet member said today he didn't see a truce in the coming days. he added that even if the humanitarian truce were reached,

the israeli army would continue hunting down the tunnels used by gaza fighters. among the demands, hamas is calling for the opening of gaza's boarders and the end of a more than seven-year long blockade imposed by israel and egypt. 16 days into the conflict, the death toll continues to rise on both sides. 700 palestinians, 32 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed. take a look at this. another vivid picture of the fighting. this time, a scene from space. an astronaut unonboard the international space station tweeting out this picture showing the explosions and the rockets flying over gaza and israel. it has been a week since the shootout of flight 17 and 50 police officers from australia are being sent to london in anticipation of heading to ukraine to secure help at the crash site. also happening today, experts are beginning studying the flight recorder data. investigators say the planes

black boxes appear to have suffered some damage. they don't show any signs of being tampered with. i'm joined now by my colleague from washington, tracie potts. she is there on capitol hill. we're hearing more calls for si stiffer sanctions against russia now. >> we are. and that's because lawmakers here insist that rush why was behind this and now there is video out there. it's important to note that the video is unconfirmed but it suggests the russian separatists have been behind shooting down these planes. >> reporter: nbc news has not authenticated this youtube video. in it, you can see the flaming wreckage of two ukrainian fighter jets shot down wednesday and what's believed to be russian separatists claiming responsibility. ukraine says the pilots ejected safely. >> who put their finger on the trigger? we still need to find that out. responsibility lays at the feet of president putin.

>> reporter: lawmakers want president obama to impose tougher sanctions on russia. >> we need to target their energy sector. >> once you publicly state to the european people this is what putin did, then i think you'll see a groundswell of support. >> we're very willing to be engaged. >> reporter: investigators are getting better access to the crash site of the flight. the state department says up to 100 victims may still be missing. malaysia says it could be months before they're recovered. >> yes, i'm angry. i want full access. >> reporter: in the netherlands, 40 wood coffins arrived. thousands lined the 60 mile route across the dutch countryside. the youngest victim was just 8 years old. and nbc's tracie potts, she was in washington. thank you. a state department computer crash is causing huge headaches for anyone trying to get a u.s. passport or visa. millions worldwide are feeling the effects of the data base

meltdown. the problem was first discovered on saturday. the state department is now scrambling to fix it. it seems the hackers behind that stub hub attack, they love broadway and baseball. investigators say 1600 customers were hit. the alleged cyber theives were part of an international ring. they bought up to 3500 tickets to broadway shows like "book of mormon" and they got yankees games tickets and tickets to see jay z in concert. >> those tickets were resold and the proceeds were laundered through a global network of accompli5:0 accompli5:0 accomplices in the united states, united kingdom and canada. sfwh all the customers hit have gotten their money back. now to taiwan. a desperate emergency landing turned deadly. this morning bad weather brought down the turbo prop plane. 58 were onboard when it crashed.

the impact, and look at this video. the plane just shattered. 48 were killed, 11 others were hurt. it was taiwan's first fatal air accident in 12 years. growing concerns this morning over the safety of cruise ships. it's made its way to capitol hill. lawmakers are now pushing for better protection for passengers in recent years you might recall trips have turned into headline making nightmares. in 2013, an engine fire stranded carnival's triumph with 42003 people onboard. a california woman says she was raped by shape employee. here's what she told lawmakers. >> i'm a cruise ship rape victim. i did not know what to do. i did not know who to turn to. there were no police on the ship. i learned i was hesitant to call and report the crime because he wore a security badge. >> lawmakers want cruise lines to be more up front when it comes to customers rights and ship safety. now to sports.

my good old friend richard louie, good to see you. >> good morning, angie. let's take you to baseball. a good thing for helmets in seattle there. top of the fifth, tejada gets beamed by a pitch in the head. that was a 90 plus mile an hour fastball. good thing here, he was able to walk off and leave the game. doctors clearing him to fly home. the mets manager said it may be good for tejada to take a day off. mets win 3-2. to the bronx, a massive storm hitting in the fifth inning of the new york yankees-texas rangers game. after a two hour delay, the field ruled unsafe and the game was called because of, look at all. that yankees win the rain shortened game 2-1. in the nfl, sidney rice retiring due to concussion concerns, we hear he is saying. rice only 27. he spent seven seasons in the

league. he plans to expand a restaurant business that he currently owns. >> be safe. my dad is going to eat you up, guaranteed. >> you have a couple of daughters, right? they talk like that, right? >> one. she is tough enough though. >> that one is leah. a little smack talk from the 6-year-old daughter of ufc fighter john bones jones there. the 27-year-old is set to fight daniel cormier in september. he is ranked number two behind jones. jones tweeting out this is the fight i won in the first place. nothing like fresh meat. bones jones. stay away with a nickname like that. >> yeah, he's hungry obviously. hungry for victory. thank you. the stormy weather in store for the mid-atlantic today. that is our focus. that's where we begin with our nbc meteorologist. >> now you're revealing his nickname. do you have one, too? >> no. i don't give myself my own

nicknames. all right. let's go talk about the forecast today. it was very hot yesterday. and now it is much cooler. we're watching a little rain and cold front moving through. if you're in the d.c. area southward through north carolina, the pattern remains the same. cool air in the great lakes. hot weather out west. so here's the forecast for today. much cooler air. look at that beautiful 75 in chicago. that's like october type weather. 101 in dallas. 99 in montana. so the weather pattern pretty much all summer long has been the same. unfortunately for you in the great lakes and ohio valley, another polar invasion. the beginning of next week. we're talking temperatures in the 60s in some spots. >> wow. >> like cold. >> i think that feels nice. put on a little sweater. this is an incredible sight in northern mexico. take a look. emergency teams continue to battle an oil refinery blaze overnight. nine people were hurt at the

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welcome back. time to get down to the business. >> good morning. let's talk about facebook the social media's giants quarterly profits doubled as sale of mobile ads surged. they account for 2/3 of all ad revenue. they have 1.3 billion active users. the company now has a market value of $190 billion, the same as ibm. m & m's melt many your mouth and not in your hands. mars is raising prices to 7% to offset higher cost for cocoa. her hershey raised prices last week. >> it wasn't the stocks that

caught everyone attention. it was congressional medal of honor recipient ryan pitts. yeah, he banged that traditional gavel but didn't know his own strength. he broke the gavel. don't worry. all was forgiven. some other stories we are following right now, they were trying to fly around the world in 30 days. now the 17-year-old is dead and his passenger father is missing after their single engine plane crashed. renewed outrage over another police choke hold video. it purportly shows an officer subduing a new york subway fare beater. this just a day after reverend al sharpton spoke outraged at the funeral of a man who died from a choke hold last week. >> this time we don't want no excuses, no back biting. go to the tape. >> a minneapolis man is kick off a plane. the reason, a tweet. he took to social media after a

run in when what he called rudest agent in denver. he says that employee found out and called him a security risk after he boarded, he and his two children were asked to leave unless he took it down. wattson was later allowed to return. southwest says it's investigatesing. the reason why a u.s. senator plajer joyed his visas, the $300 million computer that doesn't work and john boehner's latest teary moment, scrambled politics is next. place to sell . with a quick written offer, right on the spot. perfect for jeannine, who prefers not to have her time wasted. ...and time! thank you. your usual. she believes life's too short for inefficiencies. i now pronounce you husband and wife. no second should be squandered. which is why we make our appraisal process quick and easy, and why jeannine chooses to start here. carmax. start here.

america continues to face a border cross-ice witness thousands of undocumented central american children pouring over our southern border and president obama still rejects my plan to build a kidapult. kids will love it. it's got to be safer than those chain things. >> time now for your first look or at your morning dish of scrambled politics. congress is struggling to find middle ground for the on going border crisis but senate democrats are laying out a plan of action. it would provide $1 billion less than what president obama is asking for but $1.2 billion more than what house republicans have said they would support. democratic senator john walsh is responding to a "new york times" article about he reportedly plajerized his master's thesis. a campaign official told us at the time senator walsh was

prescribed medication to treat pstd. it provides context for circumstances which the senator was working in. after spending $300 million on a new computer system, the social security administration is still having problems. people filing claims are still facing a long delay and officials at the agency cannot say when things will be fixed. >> democratic senator johansson says his daughter's business move should be illegal. his daughter the ceo of a generic drug maker announced plans to move her company to the netherlands in order to avoid high u.s. corporate tax rates. he says he thinks she should be repealed and says he's been begging for tax reform. john boehner, he got a little weepy yesterday. he fought back the tears while introducing a doctor who helped representative jamie herrera butler's baby survive a rare condition that prevents the development of the kid if i and

lungs. mel brooks is accusing president obama of being a sugar daddy. when asked about the border crisis. he said america is promising undocumented children free goodies. >> right in and out president of the united states is the world's sugar daddy. that has to stop. >> and with that, that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining us now from washington, syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning, bob, great to see you. >> good morning, angie. can you please explain to me what he means by that? >> the border crisis brought low blows from both sides. that's where i want to start. we want to start with immigration. congress about to hit a five week vacation. both sides have laid out their plans. boehner will not commit to a vote. he made that clear. are we really looking at nothing getting done here? >> probably. i mean that would be consistent with just about everything that happens on capitol hill. you know, so interesting.

this is a nation that prides itself as being the welcoming haven for the huddled masses yearning to be free. yet, throughout our history, the american people have been so hostile to immigrants. this is just the latest example of it. and really it's kind of from the view of those who come from immigrant families, is really unfathomable. >> we have the democrats say they put out their plan. we had president obama who asked for his. the republicans put out a number. wasn't it the about old days where they would kind of find a way to meet in the mid snl are those days gone? >> well, yeah. i think so. that certainly is not the spirit of compromise is not something that is celebrated these days in washington, nor in the congressional district or anybody who even speaks in the compromise is viewed as a political trader. >> i do want to ask you about. this front page this morning, the headline, president locks out the press again. this after stocks out west at two democratic fund-raiser media not allowed near him.

complaints from the press corps. we know that is nothing new about the secrecy. but they're growing. access continues to be limited. should these events be open to some scrutiny? >> well, this administration is certainly hostile to the press. they sometimes very passive about it. but they just don't seem to understand the concept that public officials actions are supposed to be public. and the members of the media are the ones who are supposed to present it. we're not supposed to be spoon fed what amounts to propaganda. >> all right. thanks so much, bob franken from joining us from washington. >> first buzz is next. weird al is the biggest year ever. that's next. d books at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three a's! amazing sales!

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welcome back. it's time for first buzz, the stories that caught our eye this morning. going to kick off with richard louie. what you got? >> kim judge un. there is a video out in south korea. he is not so happy b they paste his face in various internet viral videos and according to a south korean paper, saying that the north feels that clip compromises kim's dignity and authority. but it is blowing up. >> he can move. >> he can move. >> wow. >> he looks great. he has a lot of friends internationally. >> these are all viral. >> i want to environmentlf myse him. >> pretty entertaining. >> it is. fun stuff. taking videos and putting his face on top, he's not liking it. >> speaking of dancing and music. >> speaking of someone spanning decades, wierd al has done it.

it has been 51 years since a comedian, if you want to call him a comedian, has been number one on billboard. since 1963. this is the first time he's ever been number one. >> he's number one? >> he's number one on the billboard chart. 100,000 sales in the u.s. alone. >> what is your favorite one? >> mine is like a surgeon. >> let's listen to the latest first. >> i'm protected because i made this hat from aluminum foil ♪ ♪ where i had the foil lined in case a alien inxlind ♪ >> you say like a surgeon is your favorite? >> i like i lost on jeopardy. ammish paradise is killer. >> all right. we have to get to. this it is a national tradition. it is video that we cannot get enough of. take a look at this. super heroes taking a day off from crime fighting so they can wash windows and really give these kids that have been

fighting for their lives a thrill of their lives. it's wonderful. >> that might freak me out more than normal window washers. >> i think it lifts the spirits. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. >> hamas is trying to kill the palestinians and kill the israelis. and somebody's got to say that they've got to stop this. and then along come the faa. they said they didn't want american planes flying in to the world's most secure airport and so i decided i would take a trip over here. >> but these are experts at the faa. are you suggesting that the faa is being politicized? >> i have no idea. you have to call the faa. >> the faa in their statement -- >> i didn't write the statement. i don't know what they said. you can't put words in my mouth. >> after a brief ban, the faa reverses course. usair lines are allowed to land in israel. meanwhile, israel continues to decimate hamas and gassa with class ral damage.

new questions about the death penalty and the procedures after an arizona inmate stayeded alive long enough during his execution for lawyers to file an emergency stay. and a u.s. senator snared in a plijerrism scandal, his condition may have led to lifting the work and claiming it for himself. this is "way too early"! hey there everybody. i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, july 24th. welcome to "way too early," the show that knows nothing about plagiarism unless we are reporting on somebody else's report on plagiarism. all right, let's get to the top story. that is secretary of state john kerry claiming that head way is being made in a cease-fire in the middle east. however, hamas leaders and israeli leaders alike, they're casting doubt. one israeli cabinet member says they'll take a few days for them to neutralize tuel