government. >> why be so hard on sharknado. the new gop leadership is not, and at the last minute pulls its own border bill before a vote. what happens to congress's august recess? john kerry helping to broker a three-day cease-fire between israel and hamas. but a short time ago, one side accused the other of killing more people. and on a much lighter note, julia roberts has a ball with jimmy fallon on the "tonight show." wait until you see the actress respond to a not so friendly fan. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. great to have you with us. good morning, i'm thomas roberts, it's friday, august 1st. welcome to "way too early," the show also afraid to meet julia roberts. we met her twice and she was very nice. we'll talk about that coming up. but we want to begin in the middle east where hopes that a

new cease-fire deal would end the violence between israel and hamas. however, that's already fading. a short time ago. two hours after the three-day truce went into effect, hamas accused israeli tanks of killing four palestinians. john kerry and the u.n. chief announced the deal after another day of fierce fighting. 17 palestinians were killed on thursday in clashes between israel and hamas. one israeli air strike is being blamed for the deaths of ten members of a family in gaza. five israeli soldiers also killed in a bombing. and officials say militants fired nearly a dozen rockets into israel an hour before the cease-fire went into effect. the crisis is being blamed for the death of more than 1,460 palestinians as well as 61 israeli soldiers and three civilians. the cease-fire will receive humanitarian assistance. egypt plans to hold talks and negotiate a longer agreement.

secretary kerry cautioned there's no guarantee it will end the conflict but hopes both sides take advantage of this new opportunity. >> israel has to be able to live in peace and security without terror attacks, without rockets, without tunnels, without sirens going off in the day. and palestinians need to be able to live with the opportunity to educate their children and move freely and share in the rest of the world. >> so back in washington, congress is kaukt between beginnings and endings. a new leadership team has stumbled out of the gate on its first day. and the session can't yet end. now, house republicans are going back to the drawing board this morning after failing to bring their own border bill to a vote. they even had to call back some members who had already left for the recess. let's start from the beginning here. yesterday was congressman steve scalise's first day on the job

and eric cantor's last. with the house border security bill seemingly headed for passage, john boehner took democrats to task for failing to put forth a viable plan to deal with the border. >> instead of addressing the crisis at hand, senate democrats are talking up some nutso scheme to jam through the senate immigration bill. even though they know it will never happen. doing something is better than doing nothing. the crisis on the border is going to continue until the president acts, but he's clearly not going to act. that means the congress has to act. and so i believe it's important for us to act and hopeful we will. >> but they did not. the leadership was forced to pull their border security bill at the last minute as the support evaporated. >> nobody in that room believes that this bill that passed would make it into law. so what is the point of having a piece of show legislation? >> we'll get the votes. >> how? >> we'll get the votes.

>> what changes tomorrow, though, that wasn't there today? >> oh, i hope some people grow up. i think this is a good bill. if others don't, that's okay. but we were sent here to vote and not to dodge issues. and the bottom line for me is if we don't act, the president will. >> house members convened an emergency meeting, but it's still not clear whether their bill or a version that is similar can pass. but there are external factors in play. when asked why the bill died, peter king bluntly said because of ted cruz. the senator reportedly huddled with some house members praising them for not passing the bill but denied being responsible. meanwhile, rick perry blasted the house's inaction saying, quote, it's beyond belief that congress is abandoning its post while our border crisis continues to create humanitarian suffering and criminal aliens represent a clear threat to our citizens and our nation. also, yesterday, the senate blocked an emergency border funding bill in their chamber backed by the democrats. so this brings us our twitter

question for you this morning with so many issues to tackle and congress getting ready to leave on recess, do they deserve a summer vacation? tweet us your most creative answers, we'll put the best ones coming up later in the show. and while you were sleeping, there was a big shocker from former majority leader eric cantor. the republican congressman told the dispatch, he will resign from congress august 18th. cantor says he'll ask the virginia governor for a special election that coincides with the november 4th general election. he says he wants to make sure that voters have a voice during the lame duck session of congress. the surprise announcement came hours after lawmakers gave cantor a standing ovation that was believed to be his final speech as majority leader but now appears to be more of a farewell speech. >> walking into this building and walking on to this floor is something that excited me every day since i was first elected to congress. as it should. not one of us should ever take

for granted the awesome honor and responsibility we have to serve our fellow americans. >> as you'll recall, cantor was upset in june by dave bratt in the republican primary. for months, john brennan has denied claims that his agency spied on the senate. now, an internal review proven him wrong and at least two senators are calling for his resignation. the report found that five cia employees broke into senate intelligence committee computers they were apparently trying to access information on the senate's investigation into the agency's interrogation tactics. brennan has apologized and is now looking into whether any cia officers should be disciplined. an atlanta hospital is now prepping for the arrival of the first ebola patient to be treated in the u.s. emery hospital says it's collaborating with the cdc to create a special isolation unit for one of the two americans infected while working in west africa. not clear which patient the hospital is treating. but the state department says

it's working to evacuate all u.s. citizens affected by the virus. since february, the virus has killed more than 700 people in west africa, making it the worst ebola outbreak in history. business news where in just one day of trading, all of wall street's yearly gains were er e erased. steve, let's talk about what happened yesterday and what the expectation is for today. >> yeah, look, for sure it was a terrible day. 2% declines for the dow, 317 points off the s&p 500, nasdaq, russell 2000, is it the concern that the economy's so strong we're going to get rate hikes? don't forget, earlier in the week, 4% increase in gdp for the second quarter. and that was a great number for the first quarter. was it concerns about argentina, ukraine or the rally from 2009 and actually it was time to give back a little bit of money. we'll get more evidence on the economy later we get the payroll data, which is expected to show

230,000 jobs created last month. elsewhere, go pro shares, they were down. this is the wearable camera which sky divers use and skiers and what have you. had the really bad day. ipo in june, 11% down, the numbers were good, it's just the costs and a lot of money on research and development on the next generation of products. >> another company i find really interesting. tesla motors, steve, what's the outlook for them? >> tesla really good figures. they just came off a little bit in line with the broader market. really selling a lot of cars, they made a record 8,763 cars in the quarter. they delivered 7,579, way ahead of previous guidance. and the mystery continues about where the next giant plant is going to be. they broke ground in reno, nevada. it could be arizona, could be california, new mexico or texas. they're not saying, but it could be this new plant where they've broken ground in reno. >> most any state would want them, steve.

have a great weekend, okay. still ahead on "way too early," what the ravens runningback said about the night he was caught on camera dragging his then fiancee out of an elevator. and later on in the cooler, you don't want to miss the tones of one vin diesel. vo: this is the summer. the summer of this. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to.

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hi, everybody. let's get to some sports. ray rice addressed the public yesterday after reviewing -- reviving, that is, two-game suspension from the nfl for allegedly knocking his wife unconscious in a casino elevator in february. this is what he had to say. >> my actions that night were totally inexcusable. and that night, let me put it this way. that night, you know, i replay over and over in my head. that's not me. my actions were inexcusable. and that's something i have to

live for the rest -- live with the rest of my life. i let so many people down because of 30 seconds of my life that, you know, i know i can't take back. >> so ray rice also took that opportunity to apologize to his wife. >> last time i didn't publicly apologize to my wife. and i realize that hit home with a lot of people. but there's many nights that me and my wife sleep together and we still have to deal with this. and her pain is my pain, my pain is her pain. one thing that i wanted to do today was, you know, apologize to my wife. >> he got a lot of blowback from that because his wife did publicly apologize where he didn't. however, as he went on with this conversation the other day, he didn't provide any detail of exactly what happened that night. >> ray, what did happen that night? we've seen the video, what's before?

>> i'll be honest, like i said, i own my actions and i just don't want to keep, you know, reliving the incident. the incident itself, you know, i'm trying to move forward. and every time i have to keep reliving it, it's just not, you know, doesn't bring any good to me. so what happened that night was a huge mistake on my behalf. and that's what i'll keep it at. >> rice who is still participating in the nfl preseason will miss the ravens' first two regular season games and will return when baltimore hosts the red skins coming up on august 23rd. giants and bills kick off the nfl preseason in sunday's hall of fame game on nbc. now to some baseball highlights for you. showed off his arm again, bill, with a great play on wednesday. well, last night, he was at it once again. look. >> down to third, here we go. got ya! >> so putting his arm strength

on display once again nabbing albert pujols in similar fashion for the second night in a row. he would get his revenge with an rbi single. >> he isn't exactly a cheater going down to first base either. >> you can see him take a pause break there with his glove. to the los angeles dodgers, hosting the braves. hits a solo shot into the stands and left giving l.a. a 2-0 lead in the third. and when he gets back to the dugout, the dodgers bust out the bubble and celebrate. clayton kershaw matching a career best ten-game win streak after the victory. >> if he was on the east coast and we saw him all the time, he would be like a superhero. >> did you watch all those big moves yesterday? >> a lot of stuff. >> i'm excited. going down to baltimore today. i have tickets. >> did they do anything at the trade deadline? >> no. they're good.

they're solid. >> they're good. >> they're just good. don't change a thing. >> are you staying in new york this upcoming weekend. >> no, i'm going down to baltimore. >> i was going to apologize for the weather in new york, i'll apologize for baltimore, too. >> thank you. >> much of the east coast looking at a less than ideal week. this is going to be the one that's not going to be so nice. the southeast, sunday's better than saturday. so the other story out there is tropical storm bertha has formed. over st. lucia in 20 to 24 hours, and somewhere saturday, doesn't look like any chance it'll be a hurricane for puerto rico. probably just a rainy saturday, a little bit of gusty winds, too. and that'll be the worst of it. here's the forecast path. it looks kind of scary. but then it looks to take the big hook. the same weather that's going to give us the rain this weekend on the east coast, be thankful for it. in a way, the rain is going to help us avoid a tropical system. and then it will -- as far as our computers go, there's not

much argument. looks like it will parallel the coast and head out to sea. here's a good shot of the rain this morning. pouring from wilmington, on and off p rain through central virginia. and this will be slowly heading up to the northeast this weekend. here's new york city this weekend, upper 70s, low 80s, on and off rain and thunderstorms right through, especially saturday and sunday, look to be the worst of it. today, just your typical storm. let me take you through the weekend forecast. notice the east coast, that's the worst of it. isolated storms today, minneapolis, chicago, great lakes. and as we go through saturday. and as we go through sunday. yeah. you kind of get the gist of it. >> you're trying to tell me not to enjoy my weekend, basically? >> no, there's plenty of things to do in baltimore. >> 7:05 saturday night -- >> it's going to rain in baltimore, especially early in the day. it may dry out enough to get that game in at night. >> appreciate it. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," house

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earlier in the show, we told you after failing to advance an emergency funding bill to deal with our current border crisis, the senate officially left town yesterday for their five-week summer recess. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the current congress enacted 142 laws so far, that's fewer than any congress in the past two decades at this point in the term. in fact the 113th is on track to beat its predecessor as the least productive since scholars began tracking productivity in 1948. okay. let's check in with lewis who has a great update on a kid from texas. >> happy friday, thomas. he doesn't seem to have the friendliest relationship with the media. he wants to be a great teammate. he returned to camp after an

unknown injury and wasn't exactly forthcoming. take a look. >> physically you're good to go? >> yeah, man, trying to be the best teammate i can be, man. >> can you tell us exactly what kept you out? what was going on? >> yeah, man, i'm trying to be the best teammate i can be, you know. working hard at doing that. >> what was physically wrong? >> out here trying to work physically hard. yeah, being with your teammates and being the best teammate you can be is like what you strive to do. that's what i'm out here doing. >> your teammates talk about how they want to see you out here. they know what you mean to this ball club. >> yeah, being the best teammate you can be, man, working hard at doing that every single day. that's what we're out here trying to do. >> is your body breaking down? >> just trying to be the best teammate i can be and working hard at doing that. >> how is your progress of being a better teammate? >> every single day, just trying

to be a better teammate. >> i guess he's just trying to be the best teammate he can be. >> from the department of redundancy department. >> he repeated a line, i think, 11 times in that q & a. >> sell your message, baby. >> sell that message. >> stick to it and sell it. many people see julia roberts as america's sweetheart, but jimmy fallon found someone afraid to be a fan of hers. >> it's a dog who is afraid of your face. >> look. >> you want to keep doing this? look at julia. >> i think that's funny. if that dog is watching, he watches the show, probably.

his name is ahmed. you could say something nice to him, to the camera, and he'll be your friend. >> where's ahmed's camera. >> is that a good camera? >> rah! >> why would you do that? you're making it worse! >> the dog was right all along. >> julia roberts looks great and i think that dog's out of his mind. >> yeah. >> so -- >> now he has something to go on after that scary face. >> that's right. >> we all know vin diesel from his "fast and furious" movies. do you know he can sing, too? well, at least he tries. he agreed to do a karaoke version of sam smith's hit single "stay with me." ♪ it's true i'm not good at a one night stand ♪ ♪ but i still need love because i'm just a man ♪ ♪ these nights never seem to go

to plan ♪ ♪ i don't want you to leave would you hold my hand ♪ ♪ oh won't you stay with me ♪ cause you're all i need ♪ they say love is clear to see ♪ ♪ and darling, stay with me >> had a little trouble with the high notes but goes to barry white. >> remember the chocolate rain singer? >> no. >> no. people out there will. anyway. he was a good sport, though. very good sport for actually playing along. >> he should stick to his action hero job. >> most likely. >> thank you, louis, appreciate it. let's get a check on your twitter responses from early this morning. we asked you if congress deserves the summer vacation. some of the best responses. and i know people were having

fun. >> they're a little fed up this morning. mark says they should stay at work but they don't get it. and maya tweeted, since we paid for them to be there they must forget who they really work for. >> five-week recess, interesting. everybody deserves a vacation, but the do-nothing congress, 113th least productive in our history. a look at what we'll be talking about in the day ahead. "morning joe" in moments. ♪ ♪ fill their bowl with the meaty tastes they're looking for, with friskies grillers. tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. in delicious chicken, beef, turkey, and garden veggie flavors. friskies grillers.

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welcome back, everybody. let's get a check on the day ahead before we toss it over to "morning joe." the july jobs report due out, expecting good news. the lowest unemployment rate in six years. that'll drop at 8:30 a.m. and this afternoon, president obama will sign new legislation that allows cell phone users to unlock their devices and switch to any mobile network they choose without the penalty. the president says it will give americans more flexibility when it comes to finding a cell phone carrier that fits their needs. that's going to do it. friday edition of "way too early," thank you, gang. "morning joe" starts right now.

good morning, it is friday, august 1st. oh, look at that. >> oh, dear lord, where did july goes? >> time flies when you're having so much fun. welcome to "morning joe," everybody. >> time goes a lot faster. boom! >> with us on set, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham is here. >> we have so many pulitzer's here. >> won the masters in '86. wasn't it odd three or odd four? >> we have breaking news so if we can just move forward here. >> right, willie? >> in washington, senior political editor and white house correspondent for the "huffington post" sam stein. >> n