this is "way too early"! hey, everybody. good morning. hope you had a great weekend. i'm thomas roberts. welcome to "way too early," the show that thinks that the tsa should run contests weekly. we want to begin this half-hour with extreme weather moving across much of the country, right now, hundreds of thousands of people are without power, now this was the scene over the weekend after one man killed after a lightning strike happened in venice beach, it happened yesterday afternoon. now, the national weather service said that the beach was hit at least four different times. and take a look at this. it's just one of at least four tornadoes that swept across eastern tennessee yesterday. really wild weather for them. officials say at least ten homes were destroyed including that of

the clayburn county sheriff. right now, there are no reports of death or injuries out of tennessee. all right, bill karins is standing by tracking the severe weather for us this morning. bill, it was a wild one over the weekend. >> if this was may, we would say, this is what you expect. when you get to tend of july, it's supposed to be plain old hot. this stuff like what we saw here, in tennessee and kentucky, supercell thunderstorms. five reported with those. and that lightning strike in california, how rare is that? i mean, they hardly ever get thunderstorms in california period, let alone lightning strikes on the beach. reportedly it came down and hit near the water's edge. that's why so many people got the electrical charge.

it spread through the water. just a sad scene there. as far as today goes, we still have stormy weather, not as dangerous as it was yesterday. still a lot of lightning with those storms. and yesterday, we did have that one tornado reported, too, even in connecticut, we had one, in the really-morning hours. from new york state to connect cut. small tornado with minimal damage. thomas, nothing like what we dealt with yesterday. we're in a weird july pattern. it was like 50s in northern michigan yesterday. >> so atypical. this is just adding to that. all right, bill, thank you, sir. we change gears now, everybody in the world is intent on brokering a truce in the middle east with the exception of hamas and israelis in gaza. more rocket attacks.

secretary of state john kerry has reportedly turned his hope to rolling cease-fires now with a diplomatic solution proving to be lewisive. president obama called prime minister netanyahu to let him know it's time for an unconditional cease-fire. despite growing pressure from the international community, u.s. lawmakers are calling for the white house to stand by one of its strongest allies. >> when it comes to israel, condemn the u.n. human rights report that holds israel responsible for the activity here. the u.n. human rights report is a joke. the u.n. is becoming more anti-israeli. i would push back. congress will do this.

we're going to push back against this report. >> there are new complications this morning in the eastern ukraine and the downing of the malaysia flight 17. a team of investigators were forced to turn back because of deadly clashes. more than a dozen people were killed and officials said they didn't feel safe in that area. the resistant from rebels as the u.s. is pushing for new sanctions against russia. this photo shows artillery strikes last weekend in ukraine. u.s. officials also say russia is preparing to give more missiles to the rebels which moscow denies. hillary clinton said she always had doubts of russian president vladimir putin.

>> he was among the most skeptical of putin during the time that i was there in part because i thought he had never given up on his vision of bringing mother russia back to the forefront, not by looking at what russia could do to be a modern nation but by looking to the past. i think what may have happened is that both the united states and europe were really hoping for the best from putin as a returned president. and i think we've been quickly, unfortunately, disabused of those hopes. >> more than 1100 people were killed in eastern ukraine since april. two americans have tested positive for the deadly ebola virus. they were working for the

missionary group samaritan's purse. the world health organization reports more than 1,000 people have been infected in the most recent outbreak in west africa. this morning, libya government is asking for help. the fighting has gone on now for two weeks, killing dozens and led to the evacuationsover americans from the u.s. embassy there. house speaker john boehner has blown off calls to impeach president obama. now one of the most powerful man in the house is declining to say the same thing in response to the president's use of executive action. here >> will you do something such as cut off funding for the administration or impeaching the president? >> this might be the first white

house in history that's starting the narrative of impeaching their own president. the president took an oath to faithfully execute the laws of this land and he is not. >> i'm asking you, sir. >> look the white house will do anything they can to change the topic away from the president's failed agenda. >> one of their editorials called on the federal government to end its marijuana ban. arguing that pot is ledz harmful than alcohol.

the paper plans more coverage on this issue in coming editions. we switch topics now to focus on business and wall street will look to rally today following a triple-digit loss for the dow on friday. this week is a busy one for investors. more than 40 s&p companies will report their earnings. steve, good morning. >> very good day to you. last week, the likes of amazon who disappointed people. their shares fell. we got the rate decision and quantitative easing. we got gdp data, hoping a bounceback from the first quarter and payroll data on friday. also, very interesting court decision over at the hague, russia is on the hope of $50 billion to form of share holders of yukos.

those shareholders, if they can get russia to pay up are owed $50 billion. >> gas prices have gone down at the fastest rate of the year. describe the decrease. >> you got to remember, 65% increase in oil production, domestically in the united states in the last five years, now if you're over in tulsa, oklahoma, you have done pretty well, 3.23 is what you're paying per gallon. if you're in san francisco, not quite as good, $3.58. >> cost savings we'll take it wherever we get. do you have an idea to help speed up airport security? if so, the tsa is willing to hear from you. they'll award one prize at least

5,000 bucks. the deadline august the 15th. so, this morning, we want to know your best ideas to help speed up airport security, tweet us your most creative ideas. tweet your responses to # waytooearly. might as well cut to the chase. i'm here because of the new york yankees. >> six new inductees into the baseball hall of fame. including joe torre and frank thomas. it was great day in cooperstown. when "way too early" comes back on a monday edition.

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thanks for pushing me and also preaching to me, you can be someone special if you really work at it. i took that to heart, pops. look at us today. >> nice speech there, the five-time all-star played 19 seasons in the majors, congrats to all the gentlemen. cycling's championship crowned a new champion, vince in, zo nibali the first italian to win the race in 16 years. he's cruising to victory, this guy shows off with an epic wheelie alongside right there as

they're cruising in paris. not bad work, right? going right along. going right along. lebron james has finally decided on a jersey number. he's going back to wearing number 23, writing, 23 it is. it's only right that i go back. he switched to his olympic number 6 when he went to the miami heat. the switch was out of respect for michael jordan. >> i'm going to change my number next year. i think no guy in the nba should ever wear 23. if. >> for everybody that burned 23 they can go back and buy 23. >> the retro 23's value just went up. >> yeah, check ebay. so, we get into baseball highlights for you now. we start in seattle. on the chase, making a diving

catch. great play. the o's win it after 10. to colorado. carlos gonzalez to the right. he lays out for the impressive grab there. check out the full extension. all right, pirates still win it, 7-5. but that's nice. to san francisco, the dodgers and giants tied at 2 in the fifth. 3-2 lead. the dodgers would tack on one more for insurance. buster posey answered with a deep shot to left. cutting the dodgers' lead to one. that wasn't enough. the dodgers complete the three-game sweep of the giants sit atop the n.l. west. some soccer news now. during ac milan's 5-1 friendly

loss to manchester city, two fans rush on the field and head to mario balotelli. they wanted to take a selfie. mario balotelli obliges but then the fans were escorted off the field. let's get a check on the weather with bill karins. so, we have our italian lesson for the morning. >> can you say my name in the italian accent. >> william joseph karins with the weather. >> let's talk about the heat. we had those horrible storms in

new england early yesterday morning. now we're watching things changing. that's why we're having this crazy weather for july. we're having changeable weather. usually we talk about heat waves, drought. with the cool air that continues to rush in from canada and colliding with the other air, that's where we have the problems. from new york city northward that's your best chance of getting drenched today and seeing some of those lightning storms. notice the cool air. only a high of 68 in buffalo. only 73 in chicago. dallas, you're 103 yesterday. you're actually going to be thankful for the cooler air, only highs in the 90s that's great for you. tuesday, less humid air continues to push through, we'll have a beautiful tuesday. it looks like tuesday through about friday will be nearly perfect for the mid-atlantic and northeast. not many problems once we get by this. we could have something in the

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welcome back, everybody. let's get a check on the day ahead. the trial of former virginia governor and his wife, are accused of accepting loans and gifts in exchange for promoting a wealthy backer's business. senator sanders and congressman jeff miller are expected to unveil their bipartisan proposal to reform the troubled veterans affairs department. later this afternoon, president obama will award the

medal of arts, the first lady is also going to attend. that's it for "way too early" and t.j. is back. "morning joe" starts right now. despite talk of a new temporary cease-fire in gaza today, both sides in that war launched new attacks. >> hamas rocket launches roar to life. >> in israeli, fired back. >> we have accepted five cease-fires acted upon hamas has rejected every single one of them. they have even violated their own cease-fire. >> you want to recognize israeli as a jewish state? >> no. >> more fighting in ukraine is preventing outsiders from reaching malaysia airlines flight