this is "way too early." #i got jen to smile. good morning. welcome to "way too early." the show olding out for a royal photobomb with fergie. we think it's our best chance. >> i told them to laugh and they didn't. [ laughter ] >> thank you, mike. i can always count on you. it's a tough crowd here, folks. at least we are to friday. that's the good news. we're going to begin with what has been a deadly week in the skies. it's daylight in northern mali. we expect to get the first pecktupec pictures of the air al gear flight. 110 passengers and six crew were killed in the crash over the conflicts there. yesterday this was the images that were first coming out. right now we don't know the cause here because officials say that the pilots did send a final

message asking for a change in route because of heavy rains that were happening. now france, which has been helping mali fight al qaeda-linked rebels is helping with the crash investigation. french president fran swa said one black box has been found. most of the passengers were french others from africa, the middle east, europe. five from canada. media reports coming out four were from the same family. no reported americans on board. with a third disaster in a week. u.s. officials are rushing to reassure the public that flying is still safe. it's been a rough six months for international aviation all told nearly 600 people have died. now another crash. air algerie left for africa with 116 people on board. but crashed 50 minutes later in bad weather. like ukraine, northern mali is a

war zone. in june the faa washed u.s. pie lights to avoid flying below 24,000 feet citing the rifbl of anti-aircraft fire. sister not clear what happened to the flight. it's a latest in a string of incidents. fatal plane crash in taiwan wednesday with 40 dead. u.s. flights temporarily suspended into tel-aviv. malaysian flight 370 remains miss. presumably 1500 miles off the coast of australia. and a terror watch for all u.s.-bound flights. >> the fact we've had a cluster of incidents doesn't affect the fact that our skies are safe. >> the faa lists 63 countries including cuba, yemen, north korea, and pakistan where u.s. flights are prohibited to flying or subject to resan francistric

>> as the situation on the ground changes, our guidance, perhaps, will challenge. >> the chances are good your flight will land safely. your chancings of being killed in a plane crash anywhere in the world are roughly 1 in 4 million. in north america and europe it drops to 1 and 25 million europe. you could go 60,000 years flying every day before a fatal crash. the last fatal accident involving a u.s. carrier in buffalo when 50 people died in 2009. >> this industry anybody's accident is everybody's accident. when there's a mishap, the industry works together to keep it from happening again. >> that was tom costello reporting. the total number of fatal accidents is running below the 10-year average. there's new hope there could be a short term deal to end the crisis in the middle east after

the dead lieliest day of violen between israel and hamas. john kerry is waiting to hear back from both sides about a one week ceasefire proposal. it would let israeli defense forces remain in gaza as israel and hamas try to reach a longer term deal. it comes after an attack on a u.n. school in gaza that at least 15 civilians dead including three children. about 200 more people are injured from that. palestinian officials say israeli tank shells are to blame. israel said hamas rockets could be responsible but did not rule out accidentally striking the facility. tragically the school was serving as a shelter for those trying to escape the violence. >> these are people who have taken shelter in a u.n. designated area. the israelis were given the precise gps coordinates. they what was going on. enough civilians within enough women. enough children. they have suffered enough in this appalling conflict. the bloodshed lead to

protests in the west. officials say one palestinian was killed and hundred were hurt. israeli journalists said it was one of the biggest protests in recent memory. a total of at least 119 p palestinians were killed yesterday. it brings the death toll to more than 800. 32 soldiers have died in israel. president obama fired back against allegations there were political reasons behind the faa's ban on u.s. flights into israel. >> the initial ban imposed by the faa was based on israel needing to show us that, in fact, it was safe for commercial airlines to fly. and, by the way, the european governments, in terms of the regulating their airlines did the same thing. i think what happened here was in light of some scary moments a

couple of days ago the faa took action. a scary scene outside philadelphia at the wellness scare on the campus of mercy fitzgerald hospital. a suspected gunman and psychiatric patient killed the caseworker and shooting the doctor. the doctor pulled out his own gun and returned fire. poths is in critical condition at the philadelphia hospital. the doctor was treated and released for bullet grazed wound to the head. wednesday's nearly two-hour execution was botched. after witnesses reported seeing joseph wood snorting and gasping for air more than an hour after the lethal direction. the director of arizona's department of corrections said the autopsy shows that wood was comatose and never in pain. arizona senator mccain

disagrees. mixed reaction this morning to paul ryan's new plan to help defeat poverty by consolidating a dozen existing programs into one. >> right now you've got to go to a bunch of offices to enroll in a bunch of programs. each with all their different rules. under the opportunity grant, you can go to one office and work with one person for all of your needs. >> as the new york times is noting appears to be a shift in tone for the gop budget guru. instead of talking about makers and takers and slashing social programs, the former vshl candidate is talking about quote, providing resources and what the federal government can do better. the washington post reports that ryan plan is so bipartisan it doesn't sound like he's running in 2016. democrats remain skeptical with the top democrat chris hole less than calling rhode island ya--

ry ryan's change in tone -- we. good morning. i think we may get more of the same today. we have a goods number due for the market. we'll take a close look for that. it's been the earnings that have taken some of the momentum out of stocks this week. amazon disappointed. the loss wider than the market expecting. amazon saying it's done to the fire phone and tv shows. they are investing money which is maybe the earnings don't look so strong. gm disappointed a little. 80% drop in the second quarter. concerns about that. i want to move you on and quickly talk about walmart. the u.s. ceo of the business bowing out. he's replaced by the ceo for asia. and it's sluggish sales that are taking that toll on this

business. it's just been a period of pain in terms of the quarrelly earnings from walmart. we see bill simon checking out. back to you. >> jeff, thank you, sir. have a great weekend. ! we'll tell you what nfl punishment was handed down to ray rice following a domestic violence arrest over the off season. how does he do it? the 6-year-old puts all skaters to shame. that's ahead in the cooler for you. look at this guy! whoa! that story and a check on weather when "way too early." comes right back. finally conformation. after days of rumor, hudson's publicist acknowledging he has aids. and has known it for more than a

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i want to, first off, apologize to, you know, steve, and coach harbaugh, you know, and also, apologize to my fans, to the kids, to everyone who was effected, you know, by this situation that me and my wife were in. failure is not getting knocked down. it's not getting up. >> all right. maybe an appropriate choice of words from runningback ray rice at the may press conference. the nfl handed down the judgment on rice' off season domestic violence incident. the ruling left so the critics scratching their head. he was suspended two games by commissioner roger goodell for violating the league's personal conduct policy. the runningback was arrested for an incident in an atlantic city

hotel. he was dragging his unconscious fiancè following an alleged altercation. he hasn't served any jail time. they have now married. john harbaugh reacted to the suspension. >> it's not a big deal. it's just part of the process. we always said from the beginning that the circumstances would determine the consequences. there are consequences when you make a mistake like that. ray is a heck of a guy. he's done everything right since. he makes a mistake. all right. he has to pay a consequence. it's good for kids to understand that way. goodell fined rice $500,000. some are saying the fine and suspension not going far enough. players who test positive for substance abuse or drugs receive a four-game suspension. the suspension increases to eight games for second offenses.

and some are comparing rice's spunishment to that handing down to vikings specialty coordinator who was suspended for three weeks for making home phobic remark. is rice's two game suspension fair or got off too easy? >> too easy! >> tweet me, bill. >> i'm sorry. >> #way too early. we're going to put this one later up in the show. i'm sorry i'm taking it out on you. january has upset me today and i'm taking it out on you. >> i shouldn't. >> i don't blame you. >> we turn to baseball news. half the season over now the detroit tigers are looking on the odds on favorite in the american league thanks in part to this man. max scherzer. he struck out 11 batters over 7 innings. he also got some help from his defense. in the seventh a deep fly ball to center field. here we have austin jackson there to make the catch! >> look at that! tigers go on to win it 6-4.

detroit is seven games out front. the kansas city royals are playing the indians. game 0-0-into the eighth. we get one to the left field. ryan raeburn can't come up with a catch. no big deal. throw it back. raeburn loses the grip and tossing it into the outfield. that would be an important run. in the 14th inning game tied at 1-1 royals win. now we go to the cubs-padres game. it was an adventure for ryan sweeney in the outfield. take a look. >> 3-2 is lionel's slip out there. he caught it. >> most guys wouldn't choose to play it this way. that was an imimpressive play by ryan sweeney.

hanging in there! nice catch but the cubs lose 13-3. that's the highlight there. let's get a check on the weather. nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> the network provides a counselor. >> we need a mediator. i'm mad at jen today. she didn't laugh at my joke. >> there's nothing but love all the time. >> too soon. >> too soon. >> see? >> c block. c block. we'll make up by then. >> we'll leave the audience begging for more. >> good. bill? >> now we're even. >> she laughs at everything, too. >> i know. i even asked for the laughter. let's talk about your forecast for the upcoming weekend. yesterday morning at 8:30 in the morning of all times. coastal virginia, you dealt with a tornado. unfortunately it was a deadly tornado. two people died in a tent when a tree fell on top.

imagine you're camping in a campground. a morning thunderstorms comes flup the least you're thinking about is a tornado. you run in your tent. unfortunately two people died. it was a serious situation. it wasn't a strong tornado. it goes to show you take every single storm seriously and try to get to a shelter. and obviously, has to be a sturdy shelter. it was yesterday at 8:30 in the morning. this morning we have thunderstorms rolling from minneapolis, saint paul. the storms are about ready to roll through the thunder and lightning. cedar rapids and des moines are done. we have storms. and chicago has a chance for them today. maybe in florida and your typical afternoon storm. it'll be a hot day from areas from denver to dallas. phoenix yesterday was 116 for a record high. today 111. and talk about beautiful friday. you can get away with not working and going to the beach on the east coast. gorgeous. slight chance as a storm on saturday. it gets hotter. another decent weekend. we've had a string of east coast weekends that have been -- we're

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all right. welcome back, everybody. let's huddle around the water cooler with nbc's own version of christian grey. >> you're too kind! the book sold more than 100 million books. it's not due out until february but fifty shades of grey has already got fans buzzing and here is a little bit of a preview. >> what was he like? >> he was polite. intense. smart. really intimidating. ♪

>> do you have any interests outside of work? >> what about you? i would like to know more about you. >> there's not much to know about me. look at me. >> i am. ♪ >> to what do you owe your success? >> i exercise control in all things, miss steele. >> must be really boring. ♪ >> that's just a preview, thomas. it looks steamy and really good. you can catch the full two 1/2 minute trailer online. >> we have to wait for valentine's day. it's a good buildup. you know limbo.

you have to maneuver yourself under a pole. you get low. i'm not very good at it. >> is that mika punching you? >> li . this 6-year-old put generations of limb po to shame. he wants to be the world's first top limbo scaper. >> -- skated under 39 cars while five inches off the ground. they have yet to verify the claim. he's an incredible talent. the world's first limbo skater under 6 years old. >> that's amazing. that's unbelievable. now let's go to a photobomb to end all photobombs. the vail began hockey player is jade taylor caught a selfie.

take a look at the smiling face behind them. that's queen elizabeth. taylor tweeted out the photograph yet wit with #royalty #she even smiled! and #amazing. i can't believe that. that's -- i think that might be better than ellen's oscar selfie. >> those are lucky young ladies. they win social media for the year with that. last but not least, i want to congratulation you on your award for an outstanding tv journalism segment on reporting of gay rights. here is a picture of the interns presenting you with the trophy. it's an honor to have an opportunity to work with a reporter of your caliber, thomas. it's great work. i'm proud! >> on a serious note you're too nice. it's a bill humbling honor. all the folks on my team that i used to work with. it's for all of them, too. that's a great honor. i thank the folks at glade.

i thank you, sir. earlier in the show we asked you raven's player ray rice's two game suspension fair? we have some of the responses. >> good morning. our viewers were vocal this morning what they think of ray rice. i'm a ravens fan. i understand peopling think it's too lenient. as much as it pains me i agree. ray rice said he should donate the checks to the battered women clinic. >> it's a good idea with the fine facing him. coming up next stories we'll be talking about ahead. morning joe moments away. honey, look i got one to land. uh-huh there's good more... honey, look at all these smart rewards points verizon just gave me. ooh, you got a buddy. i'm like a statue. i just signed up and, boom, all these points. ...and there's not-so-good more.

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out to african-americans with the the speech at the national urban league. we'll get the urban league's president thoughts. and the oldest leaving female vet will be ouagadougou. witnesses say five explosions tore through this u.n.-run school in northern gaza. >> the playground with shells. >> soaked in blood. >> they thought they were safe here. these days nowhere is safe in gaza. >> the hospital was overwhelmed. most of the casualties are children and women. >> you want to tell me that