. welcome to "way too early," the show constantly playing the password settings because we forget them. common with old age. and investigating an attack at a military base northwest of kabul that left a two star army major general dead. this is the highest esest ranking american killed in the wars. harold green was the second-highest american serving in afghanistan, and oversaw transition efforts. this was his first war zone deployment. green and others were at the camp tuesday when an afghan soldier opened fire seriously injuring several before being killed in return gunfire. the 15 wounded include 8 americans, 2 brits, 1 german 4 afghans. it was on the decline as the international presence wound down. 31 attacks in 2012 to 2 this

year. a taliban spokes sspokesman did not say they carried out the attack but praised the afghan soldier on the shooting spree. it was the first time since the vietnam war that a u.s. general was killed in an overseas conflict. major general harold green, the son of a world war ii veteran, married to an army colonel and the son of a soldier. he was proud to serve and proud of the mission he was accomplishing over there. here in the u.s. this morning, american missionary and ebola patient nancy writebol is undergoing treatment in atlanta. the 53-year-old was wheeled in on a gunnyrny on thursday. she's covered from head to toe. now on their behalf the spokesman from the relief organization thanked everyone for their support.

>> a week ago he said we were thinking about a possible funeral arrangements. yet we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. >> wow. well writebol's colleague, dr. kent brantly undergoing treatment at the same hospital. british airways announced it was suspending flights to liberia as the outbreak continues to spread. and brand new polls this morning, and the picture theypaint is an unhappy country. 79% of americans say they are dissatisfied with the political system. all-time high. and a high for this year heading in the wrong direction. and nearly two-thirds say they are not pleased with the current state of the economy. and four out of ten say someone in their household has lost a job within the last five years.

the polls had bad news for president obama. 40% say they approve of his performance. this is an all-time low in nbc polls. 54% disapprove of the job he's doing as president. 36% approve of his handling of foreign policy issues another all-time low. 64% say they don't approve at all. 64% do not approve the way they are handling undocumented children from central america and 45%, against the israel and hamas conflict. and 14% approve of congress. that's six-straight polls where the number is less than 15%. and democrats and republicans find themselves under water. republicans, a 19% favorable rating, 54% unfavorable. democrats, 31% favorable rating and 36% unfavorable.

it was considered the tea party's last realist shot at defeating an incumbent senator this year. the group's future ask questioned in kansas as three-term senator pat roberts beat milton wolf a doctor and second cousin of president obama. wolf received 41%, making it closer than the polls show. senator roberts had strong support from republicans. and he admitted renting out the home of kansas he represents. after declaring victory, the senator asked them to come together. >> unity must happen if we are to keep kansas red. it must happen if we are going to defeat the obama agenda and send harry reid packing.

[ applause ] republicans in kansas and nationally cannot afford the kind of intra-party fratricide that we have seen recently. friends, we can't afford to waste scarce resources and energy tearing ourselves apart. we cannot afford a fractured party. the stakes are just too high. >> if senator lemar alexander beats joe carr in tomorrow's primary, it will be the first assign since 2008 where no republican incumbent senator lost a primary. dave trott beat the tea party candidate in michigan. trott put more than $2 million of his own money in the race and had the support of mitt romney and the chamber of congress. he won in 2012 when congressman

resigned after not qualifying for the ballot. the 72-hour cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be holding on. people out on the streets, shops reopened. there were concerns for a moment when hamas fired a barrage of rockets into israel five minutes before the cease-fire. most were shot down. negotiations are set to begin soon in cairo. the gaza health ministry said 10,000 injured, that's compared to 64 israeli soldiers being killed and three civilians. new information just coming in about a really scary situation here in new york city. wnbc reporting one of the drivers involved in yesterday's two double decker tour bus crash in times scare has been arrested accused of driving while impaired possibly from med sags. the majority of those injured

were pedestrians. and you can see this earth cam footage. keep a close eye on the left corner of the screen. that's where a light pole fell into the sidewalk, striking some pedestrians. a tour bus guide flew forward, hurt when her head lodged under a dash board. she is expected to recover. first responders had trouble getting to the scene, and the crowds arriving on foot. if you're familiar with new york and times square this happened at the sbeks of seventh and 42nd where you can get different tickets for broadway. and it was a major snarl yesterday. some people, like myself took an hour to get home just through midtown. luckily most everybody is going to be okay from that. well on to business. u.s. stocks down sharply yesterday. hit by unease over ukraine and the fear of higher interest rates. and jeff is in london with more. good morning. >> hey, good morning.

it was a heavy cocktail of geopolitical concerns about russia and improving economic data that has people worried that interest rates are going to go up sooner in the united states that led us lower. this took back all of monday's gains for the markets. and some m and a issues on the table. and keep an eye on time warner and fox, looking for earnings. but mr. murdoch decided to drop the $80 billion acquisition plans for time warner. negative open likely in the stocks. this is a scary story, "the new york times" says that holt security discovered that over a billion passwords and other information has been stolen from around 500 million e-mail addresses. at the moment, holt security are not revealing in particular which websites have been

targeted by this russian gang. but it's good to refocus on the basic internet security when it comes to passwords and other details here. back to you. >> really interesting about the attack. they went aefr fortune 500s to small websites. it was a wide net. before you go reports of when apple is coming out with the iphone 6. a lot of people waiting with bated breath. >> absolutely. this is a report from rico. september 9th is the big day for the iphone 6. what's interesting about the new phone? come out in the standard size but also a version with a bigger screen. possibly 5.5 to 5.7 inches which would look to take on what samsung is already operating with and run them directly at the fablet market. so that could be interesting. the talk that this phone in particular will be much more focused on lifestyle, with

functions that help you manage the lighting systems in your home and other parts of your life. particularly when it comes to health care. and i know what in that realm we could all do with a little bit of help. back to you. >> wait to see what they come up. thank you. this brings us to the twitter question. what new features would you like to see on the iphone 6? jeff was talking about lifestyle, different tweaks about doing the lighting in your house, heating, or helping you with what you're ingesting for your lifestyle? the most creative answers, answers, #waytooearly. maybe the bigger screen like samsung. still ahead, the man who ran the clinic at the center of baseball's doping scandal surrenders to the dea. who else he supplied. interesting stuff. and introduce you to the precocious 5-year-old that everybody is tag talking about

this morning. >> apparently you're spinning around and apparently every time you get dizzy. you get dizzy. >> he's like the reincarnation of jonathan winters. he's never been on live tv but apparently he's a natural. apparently we're coming right back after this. >> it is work. he uses nearly 100 pens to sign it.

welcome back everybody. it is time for sports. we begin with the biogenesis scandal. clinic founder anthony bosch, that's him leaving a bond hearing in moem yesterday. after agreeing to cooperate and plead guilty to con conspiracy.

more than a dozen professional baseball players and more to come have been connected to this clinic including slugger alex rodriguez. he admitted to treating 18 florida high school kids. >> the majority of p.e.d.s he supplied to the youngsters were bought on the black market. they had no idea what they were putting into their bodies. when you talk about p.e.d.s on the black market a clown in the basement with a bucket and burner and a dangerously limited knowledge of chemistry. and these chemicals going in our children's bodies. >> he faces up to a maximum of ten years in prison. switch now to baseball highlights. start with angels and dodgers. dodgers with men on the corners. >> a little chopper to third, the play is at the plate. and it gets away from him and they score.

and the dodgers win it 5-4. >> all right, so red's third baseman charged with the throwing error on that one. take you to toronto, the orioles ss kris davis, going against the jays giving baltimore the major league lead nor home runs. winning 9-3, extending the division lead to five games. and the bronx, in the debut on the mound, price struck out ten in eight and two-thirds innings, but the game is decided in extras. >> drilled, deep into right field. that ball is way back and avila has untied this game. >> the go ahead solo homer, the tigers win 4-3. the white sox destroyed by the rangers, but saw adam dunn after they were lose 15-0 in

the ninth inning. the big man gave up one run on two hits and a walk. not too bad. all right, now to the nba. history made as the portland trailblazers said that becky hamlin is the first full-time paid female assistant coach when she retires from her 16-year career with the wnba at the end of the san antonio stars season she will join the staff of the nba champion spurs. hammond says she'll be an asset to the team. >> a tremendous honor. but i think the bigger point is i'm getting hired because i'm capable. because of my basketball iq. just whatever i can add to the group. i'm sure pop will be yelling at me soon enough with the rest of them. >> kraukss to becky hammond to that. a lot of people encouraged by that move. and the weather, and ja net in for bill.

>> we are two storms eyeing the hawaii islands, tom. keeping a close eye on the two systems. julio, a category one hurricane, and iselle category 2. and expected to weaken nonetheless, we expect to see tropical storm-force conditions to hit the big island late thursday. then julio looks to hit the big island heading into the weekend. meanwhile, across the u.s. mainland, a cold front from the northwest, interacting with the warmth and humidity in the i-95 corridor. bringing the threat for showers and thunderstorms, especially later this afternoon into the evening. could produce gusty winds, temperatures into the low 80s in new york city, near 90 in philadelphia. in atlanta heading up to 92. comfortable in chicago with a high of 76. a quick peek into thursday today's storms will be moving away on thursday. and a much more comfortable day

across the northeast on thursday. >> make it through the week and ride it out. and coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," numbers worse for the president and congress in the new poll. what does this mean heading into the midterm elections? and the tea party down in another race in kansas. the latest primary results and what it means for the gop. first, huddle around the water cooler when the song that stopped a fussy baby dead in her tracks. we love this baby. she is so cute. it's her baby jam coming up. ♪ 5 million years ago. like our van. yeah. we need to sell it.

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welcome back. earlier in the show we told you about yesterday's attack at a military base in afghanistan that left 15 coalition troops injured and caused the death of a u.s. army major general, harold green. this shooting is being considered a green on blue attack signaling it was an afghan soldier. over the last six years, 88 of the green on blue attacks caused 143 deaths in afghanistan. and 15% in 2011 of all casualty. and huddle around the water cooler. we don't have a lot of time to get to this kid. we need all the time we can get.

>> if you not heard of noah ritter, let me introduce you to the 5-year-old. his interview with a reporter at the wayne county fair has gone viral. >> what did you think about the ride? >> it was great. i have never been on live television before. but sometimes i don't watch the -- i don't watch the news because i'm a kid, and apparently every time -- apparently grandpa just gives me the remote after he watched the power ball. >> the powerball. >> what did you think about the ride? >> it was great. >> why? >> because apparently you're spinning around and apparently every time you get dizzy, you get dizzy. >> reporter: was it fun? >> yeah. and i've never, ever been on live television. i never, ever be on live television. >> reporter: are you excited? >> yeah and apparently i went down the super slide.

when i went down the one, i was scared half to death. i just freak out. >> give that man a job. it doesn't matter that the interview wasn't live thomas. that kid is honest. i love how honest and vulnerable he was. >> went down the ride scared to death. >> doesn't get any cuter. >> love him. you know the feeling you get when your favorite song gets on the radio. but one baby's reaction to katy perry's "dark horse" definitely takes the cake. ♪ ♪ katy perry ♪ ♪ uh-huh ♪ ♪ let's rave ♪ ♪ you were going to come to me ♪ >> i love that reaction. now the story gets even better. after seeing the video, katy perry tweeted, quote, available

for baby sitting at $10 an hour and four oreos. >> my baby jam's on. my baby jam, quiet down. >> i think a lot of people would take katy perry up on that offer. >> you too can have her. we know where sherry shepherd is going, to broadway. she'll play the wicked stepmother in cinderella. and appear opposite kiki palmer the first african-american to play cinderella on broadway. her last day on the view is tomorrow, and making her broadway debut next month. >> congratulations to sherry and kiki. great for everyone to see them wish the best of luck. really a good cooler today. get the responses from the twitter question today. what new features would you like to see in the iphone 6. our producer has some of the

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wednesday edition of "way too early." morning joe starts right now. this book is 656 pages of shameless name dropping. jim? >> tanz mean prime minister ma zin go pin dand i do some planting at a women's cooperative in. >> she just happened to be hanging out with many zen go in lamb deez zi. not impressed. there was no way on earth one woman can be in so many places at once. [ cheers and applause ] >> hillary clinton. >> now who's a name dropper, stephen.