something done yesterday. the gop-led house voted to bring a lawsuit against president obama. and they might not be the e-mails that everybody's been looking for. however, the gop released some e-mails from lois lerner they say expose her bias while performing her job at the irs. and then, what in the world did justin bieber say to actor orlando bloom that reportedly started an in-person altercation now being fueled by the biebs on instagram? this is "way too early"! >> hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it's thursday, july 31st. can you believe that? whoa! july is almost over. welcome to "way too early," the show that is totally #teambloom. okay, so, let's get to this, because a lot to talk about this morning. and just before congress leaves for recess, relations are even more strained in washington. the house has approved a lawsuit

against president obama in a party-line vote. this lawsuit centering on the president's executive actions, which republicans say he has used to circumvent congress. speaker john boehner spoke on the house members' take in light of the lawsuit at hand. >> the oath only refers to the constitution, and our obligation to defend it. i said that with moments like this in mind, i said that knowing there would be times when we would have to do things we didn't come here to do. we didn't plan to do and things that require us to consider interests greater than our own interests. no member of this body needs to be reminded of what the constitution states about the president's obligation to faithfully execute the laws of our nation. are you willing to let any president choose what laws to execute and what laws to change? are you willing to let anyone tear apart what our founders have built? >> so, house leader nancy pelosi

blasted this move, and president obama riffed on what will go down as one of the least productive congresses in our history. >> this lawsuit, you don't sue somebody unless you want to prove that they are wrong. this is about the road to impeachment. and if it is not, the speaker can say one simple sentence -- impeachment is off the table. that's what i had to say in 2007. that's what speaker boehner should be saying now. >> they have announced that they're going to sue me for taking executive actions to help people. so, you know, they're mad because i'm doing my job. and by the way, i've told them, i said, i'd be happy to do it with you. so, the only reason i'm doing it

on my own is because you don't do anything. i mean, everybody recognizes this is a political stunt. and by the way, you know who's paying for this suit they're going to file? you. no, no, you're paying for it. and it's estimated that by the time the thing was done, i would already left office. >> yeah, it's not pro bono, can you believe that? not pro bono. taxpayers pay for it. president obama will hit the road in august and september to help raise money for democrats in critical house and senate races. now, the campaign committees have out-raised, out-fund republicans so far, but it underscores how critical those races are to the white house. now, this brings us to our twitter question for you this morning. what do you think of the house gop going forward with its plans for a lawsuit against president obama? tweet us your answers using #waytooearly. we'll put your best ones coming up later in the show. keep it clean, folks. we've already gotten some nasty ones. now to the latest in the

middle east, where israel is reinforcing its ranks, despite some of the obama administration's strongest criticism yet over fallout from its ongoing war with hamas. overnight, israel announced plans to call up another 16,000 reserves, bringing the total number to roughly 86,000. this move follows a violent day of clashes that saw at least 15 palestinians killed during shelling at a u.n. school serving as a shelter. israel says it did not target the school and was responding to hamas attacks. without specifically blaming israel, the white house condemned the deadly attack. it is the sixth time a u.n. school was struck. a u.n. spokesman says israel was told 17 times the school was serving as a shelter. >> we will soon have a situation where tens of thousands of people, if they continue to leave their homes in the streets of gaza, without food, without water, without shelter, serious chances that communicable diseases will break out. this is beyond unrwa, i'm afraid to say. we've reached breaking point.

it's time for the parties of the conflict to accept their responsibilities to the civilians caught up in this conflict. >> a separate strike in gaza left 11 members of one family dead, including 8 women and 2 children. more than 1,360 palestinians have been killed in the conflict, according to officials there. israel, meanwhile, has lost 56 soldiers and 3 civilians. meanwhile, the state department used some colorful language to describe a fake transcript that claims president obama told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to end the gaza offensive. >> now, i know you don't want to talk about the alleged transcript, but -- >> i'll talk about it. >> okay. >> because it's complete crap. >> one of the things was -- >> technical -- complete crap. yes, a technical term there. >> in it, the president is -- >> it is! >> well, a brand new poll shows that a majority of americans do not approve of how president obama is handling the crisis. 52% say they disapprove, while 39% say they approve. in just a few hours, the republican-controlled house will

vote on a pair of bills that address the growing crisis at the nation's border, and some of the more conservative members of the republican party are now backing a bill from congresswoman marsha blackburn that would stop president obama from blocking the deportations of children who enter the u.s. illegally. house speaker john boehner is hoping to pass a separate bill that calls for $659 million to address the crisis at the border. but the lawmakers who met late last night with senator ted cruz say that plan does not go far enough and are signaling opposition to the bill. >> this bill allows us to speed up asylum for foreign nationals. why would we want to do that? if the american people realize that's what this bill does, they would be livid and they'd have every right to be livid. but i do think that the speaker's bill is in big trouble based on what i heard tonight. >> meanwhile, the democratic-controlled senate moved forward with its own bill, which calls for $2.7 billion in emergency funding. senators voted 63-33 to begin debating the legislation. 31 republicans voted against it.

the possible 2016 hopeful, senator marco rubio, voted in favor of it. he says he voted yes so he could make changes to the legislation. and two democratic senators considered vulnerable this november bucked their party. senators kay hagan and mary landrieu both voted against beginning debate on the bill. new e-mails released by house republicans are not doing much help. the ex-official at the center of the irs targeting scandal, because in an e-mail exchange with a colleague back in 2012, lois lerner made a profane remark about conservatives related to a talk radio show. she also said of those on the right, "we don't need to worry about alien terrorists. it's our own crazies that will take us down." republicans say the e-mails give further proof that lerner does have a bias against conservatives. there is an unusual move in the plagiarism investigation against senator john walsh. it all started after a "new york times" story accused the montana democrat of plagiarizing on his 2007 masters thesis. the u.s. army war college says the defense department will oversee the case and make the

final decision on whether any discipline is warranted. the school's provost says the dod will take over because walsh is a member of congress and a military veteran. democrats are leaning on an unlikely source in a renewed push to crack down on gun violence. during a very emotional hearing on capitol hill, alvin daniel, a card-carrying member of the nra and a self-described constitutional conservative, told the story of his sister who was killed by her estranged husband at a mass shooting in 2012. daniel choked back the tears as he asked for stronger laws against unlicensed dealers, saying if they were on the books, the chances are very good that his sister and two other women might still be alive. >> i'm republican. i'm an avid hunter, a gun owner, and i enjoy using my guns for target practice with my family and friends. i am a strong supporter of the second amendment and an nra member. i also believe in common-sense,

sensible gun laws. i am here today to speak for my sister, zena. on october 21st, 2012, i received a phone call that no one should receive. i was told that my sister has been shot and killed. by her estranged husband. we later learned that he had bought the gun through armslist.com, an irresponsible internet site that does not require background checks. had there been a background check done, chances are, my sister, zena, would still be here with us. >> all right, we're going to shift our attention on to

business news now. stocks were mixed yesterday as investors feared a positive report on the economy could lead to the fed easing off of its tapering policies. cnbc's steve sedgwick is standing by with more on that one. steve, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, very good day to you. it's actually quite a fascinating session. stocks ended flat, despite this enormous figure we had for the second-quarter growth of gdp in the united states, a 4% increase and a better-than-expected figure for the first quarter, revised up tweerd a negative 2.1%. the point here is for most of this year, we have had to wait for this number to confirm what a lot of people thought, i.e., that a lot of the contraction in the u.s. economy in the first quarter of the year was purely down to that unbelievable weather we suffered early in 2014. now we have the real evidence, and now the economy grew at an amalgamated pace, around about 1% in the first half of the year. that led the fed to say, look, things are good, but they're not quite where we want them to be to raise rates just yet. they are going to be getting rid of the taper, though -- getting rid of the quantitative easing and the taper by october, and by

then, they'll have a little break and then rates will be rising, potentially, if things carry on at this rate, in 2015. >> steve, quickly, let's talk about target, because it seems like the search for their new ceo is over. this was a big search. >> yeah. they've had enormous problems, haven't they? the previous ceo, it didn't go well. then they had this massive security attack, which he took the blame for, to his credit as well. he finally left in may and we have a new gentleman taking over. brian cornell is a big player at pepsi. he's been running pepsico, america's food since 2012. he's the man now who's got to reinvigorate the target strategy at their 1,797 stores. back to you. >> all right, steve. thank you, sir. much appreciated. still ahead on "way too early," a president yeial send- for derek jeter at the yankees/rangers game. and speaking of presidents, there's one that's been up to more than just painting. we're talking about president george w. bush and his secret project that's now been unveiled.

and then, can you guess which actor is in line to play mike tyson in an upcoming movie about the boxer's life? it's a good pick, too. that and weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ >> no one is quite sure which side won our lost, but the baseball strike is over. >> the players were back in ballparks across the country. >> before the season resumes, more than 700 games will have been lost. >> it's the most unusual year in baseball history. (vo) get ready!

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welcome back, everybody. time for sports, and we start with texas hosting the yankees. and former george w. bush paid derek jeter a visit during a rangers pregame ceremony honoring the yankee captain in his final outing at the ballpark. bush presenting him with an autographed photo of the two before the 2001 world series. jeter also receiving a pair of

engraved cowboy boots and 10,000 bucks for his charitable foundation. very nice. to the game. texans leading 3-1 in the second. a fly ball down the left field lean. looks like it's heading foul. now, he makes the leaping grab there, crashing into the side wall. look at that! >> nice. >> nice stuff. came down with that ball for the out. the rangers go on to clinch this series with a 3-2 victory. >> oriole highlights! >> here we go. ♪ o-r-i-o-l-e-s, magic, magic orioles hosting. >> fair ball, can he do it? manny. look at that arm! oh, mercy! >> manny. look at that, nice fielding by manny machado and an even more impressive throw as he shows off the arm. the o's win it 4-3. by the end of the season, bill karins will know the orioles

theme song. to san francisco, giants hosting the pirates. pittsburgh's jordy mercer hits one into the stands in left field and look at that, the ball lands right into a beer cup. bam! >> i think it went right into the cup. >> right? you would think you would have your cup ready to catch it, but she did not. explosive splash. she looks sad, right? >> wouldn't you be sad? >> well, i would be because i think those beers are 7 or 8 bucks. >> yeah, at least! >> meanwhile, all the people around her, i think there was a scramble, like a lot of kids were running to get the ball. she didn't end up with it. all right, jumping to the sixth, san francisco in a jam as the pirates fill the bases. >> and he walked him. and now they've got the runner picked off at second, crawford gets the out there, and they got the runner at third. and they got the out there! >> yeah. so, some sloppy base running by the pirates gets them out of two runs after it should have been

based loaded with one out. the giants end the inning without any runs scoring. they win it, though, 7-5. now, here is the big news from "variety," reporting that actor jamie foxx will star as mike tyson in an upcoming biopic about the boxer's life. he played muhammad ali's cornerman in "ali," but he'll have to bulk up to play the role of tyson. the movie is not yet titled but will be penned by an award-winning screenwriter. >> i don't think it's even the looks, it's the voice. it's so distinguishable -- >> if you remember him from "in living color," remember lieu wanda? is it just wanda? >> do it? >> do that, remember? don't you remember that? >> i think we should move on. >> okay, well, fine! it's your segment now. i'm just eating up your time, weatherman, you know? i've already done my part. what have you got? [ laughter ]

big thunderstorms this morning outside of dallas. are we done? >> we're done. >> if you're in the buffalo/syracuse area, also some big storms heading towards rochester this morning. things are slowly changing in areas of the east. you can tell it's like middle of the summer. it's like the dog days of everything. as far as the weather's going to go back into areas of the midwest, we're going to warm it up slowly. it's not quite as cool as it was yesterday. d.c. back up to 86 today. we're still watching the tropics, puerto rico saturday, still off the east coast on tuesday. looks like avoiding the eastern seaboard, so that's still good news there, but it's actually looking a little stormy in texas. >> is it? >> i want your full version. >> full version? i can only give it to you in the commercial break. nicolle wallace and i have a whole hatched out plan that we're doing today, just so you know. you see her right there. i'm not telling you what it is, but it's a good plan, coming up at the top of the hour "on morning joe." >> teasing it in. reaction to the house vote to move forward with the lawsuit

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let's huddle around the water cooler and check in with louis. you have a presidential update for us. >> that's right. a surprise announcement from the publishing world. former president george w. bush has been doing a lot more than just mastering his painting skills lately. he's penned a biography of his father, former president george h.w. bush. the book is out this november and will cover the entire career of his 90-year-old father, and i look forward to that read. >> should be great. now, we all know last night was the debut of the twitter-trending "sharknado 2," but what we didn't know was just how much big celebs would make cameos. "time" magazine put together a montage of the biggest names and faces that took place in the movie. >> okay. i can see you're upset. >> where is this [ bleep ] train?

♪ >> thank you for watching the "today" show. we now resume our regularly scheduled programming. [ laughter ] >> lauer and roker in there, taking down that shark. >> good cameos. >> not bad. >> and the shark-eating perez hilton. i'm sure a lot of people wouldn't mind seeing that. "sharknado 3," laying out the foundation. >> we have to lay that down, slowly get the message out. the late-night comedians had fun last night with the reported fight between justin bieber and orlando bloom. let's take a look. >> if you watch the news, you know the conflicts continue to rage all around the world, and tonight i am sad to report yet another international dispute that has erupted in senseless violence. >> justin bieber and orlando bloom in a heated argument at a celebrity hotspot. >> that's actor orlando bloom arguing with pop star justin bieber overnight at a restaurant

in spain. a club goer says bloom had thrown a punch at bieber. >> yes, early reports indicate that justin bieber had his first hit in years. >> supposedly, these guys don't like each other, because bieber was somehow rumored with his wife, miranda kerr, and orlando bloom had something with selena gomez. i'm sorry to report i know this. >> justin bieber's hand was sore from all the high-fives he got. luckily, a stranger broke it up. he said, girls, girls, stop it. i mean, gentlemen. we have big developments, thomas. overnight, this pic on instagram of a teary-eyed orlando bloom. so, i think we probably haven't heard the end of this one. we'll keep you updated here at "way too early." >> #teamorlando, #teambloom. >> that's right. now, last but in and out least, we all know the feeling in summer when it's just too hot to

walk any further. this dog knows that feeling very well and looks like she's enjoying going for a ride through the grass. >> it feels good on the back. >> it feels really good on the back. not to worry, owner nick murray, who posted the clip on youtube wrote, before you all shout drag abuse, she had me drag her through the grass all day long. she looks like she's enjoying the ride. >> she totally does. >> yes. what do you think of that, mika? >> what do you think of that? >> i think that's cute. >> she thinks it's cute. >> she loves everything to do with animals. >> she loves everything that you do, louis, more importantly. yes, we've got that on record now. louis, thank you, sir. let's get to your responses for our twitter question of you. what do you think of the house gop going forward with its plans for a lawsuit against president obama? i'm doing a show over here, people! i'm doing a little bit of a show. our producer justine has your best responses. >> good morning. our responses are overwhelmingly negative against the gop moving ahead with the lawsuit today. "i'm humiliated how we must be

perceived to the world, #whatajoke" and then "millions to shut down the government and now to sue the president. could have created a lot of jobs. >> we did not get as much reaction as "sharknado it 2." justi justine, thank you. that is it for "way too early." "morning joe," as you can hear, is moments away. the gang's all here, hale! sweet mother of softness... i've never seen anything so soft! charmin! take a closer look at charmin ultra soft and you'll love what you see. not only can you use less, but yocan actually see the softness in our comfort cushions. plus charmin ultra soft is so much more absorbent you can use up to four times less. what are you boys looking at? my main squeeze. rotorooter approved. charmin is clog-free or it's free.

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♪ all day, israeli bombarded gaza. another u.n. school was hit. at least 15 of the 3,300 people sheltering inside were killed. >> hours later, another strike. this time at a popular shopping area. >> translator: it is enough, she cried out. have mercy. >> the ebola virus is considered out of control. >>