why he claims it is an abuse of power to actually charge him. for the land of the free and the home of the brave this woman is on a star-spangled mission. how she's lending her voice to a patriotic new record. this is "way too early." ♪ what so proudly we hailed -- good morning, everybody. hope you had a great weekend. i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, august 18th. welcome to "way too early," the show also on a mission for the undercaffeinated and the news hungry. right down to it. we have a lot of news to cover this monday morning. we begin in ferguson where violence returned to the streets more than a week after an unarmed plaque teen shot to death by an officer and just hours ago democratic governor jay nixon ordered the national guard to the city to, quote, help restore peace and order. for the second night in a row a curfew was in place and police and demonstrators were involved in some very heated clashes on

the streets there. hours before the curfew went into effect police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters. ron johnson says the protests spiraled out of control and police had no other choice. >> molotov cocktails were thrown. there were shootings, looting, vandalism and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to have been spontaneous, but premeditated criminal acts designed to damage property, hurt people and provoke a response. >> also the other big news, a preliminary autopsy conduct the on behalf of michael brown's family shows the 18-year-old was shot at least six times including twice in his head, some bullets entered and exited brown several times. the aups found no gunpowder on brown's body which could indicate he was not shot from close range. he was shot after a struggle. officials have identified darren

wilson, a six-year police veteran as the officer who shot him. more than 100 people gathered for a rally to support him and collect donations for wilson and his family. ferguson police are facing strong criticism for releasing surveillance video before the shooting that they say shows brown pushing a store clerk and stealing a box of cigars. critics say the video was an attempt to tarnish brown and only fuel anger in the community. meanwhile, the governor saying he is outraged that the initial police response to protesters and press was so aggressive but new video emerges that shows an officer threatening a local radio reporter. >> get down. >> get down. out of here. get down. >> but amid the rises tensions the community of ferguson came together to church service and rally for brown's family.

the reverend al sharpton was among those giving passionate speeches. >> there's a difference between calling for peace and calling for quiet. peace means that we have equal protection under the law. quiet means just shut up and silenc silence. we are not going to shut up. there's a difference between an activist. don't loot in michael's name. we are not looters. we are liberators. >> developing news out of iraq where kurdish forces are celebrating a key victory overnight against islamic state militants and nbc news say they regained control of the dam. militants seized control of it less than two weeks ago, the largest dam that provides

electricity in northern iraq. the strikes destroyed several militant vehicles and a checkpoint. president obama notified congress about the new air strikes and said regaining control of the dam would protect iraqis civilians and americans serving overseas. despite the gains, islamic state militants there, one says he fears we are in more danger. >> before 9/11 there were single threat streams coming in, pretty serious, obviously they got in and conducted the attacks on 9/11 and now you have multiple organizations all al qaeda-minded trying to accomplish the same thing so isil said they want to take the people who have western passports. they're flooding into this country, thousands of individuals now signing up with isil to fight their jihad in syria and iraq have western

passports. that's what's so dangerous about this. >> what's happening in texas, the governor there, rick perry says an indictment issued him for abusing power is itself an abuse of power. he says in a statement in part, we don't set a political differences with indictments in this country. it is outrageous that some would use partisan political theatrics to rip away at the very fabric of our state's constitution." perry is accused of making good on/threat to veto millions of dollars for a state agency that investigates public corruption. the agency is run by democrat rosemary lehmberg who refused to resi resign. >> i did what every governor has done for decades which is make a decision on whether or not it was in the proper use of state money to go to that agency and i vetoed it. i stood up for the rule of law in the state of texas. if i had to do it again i would make exactly the same decision.

>> perry has found some unlikely backers on twitter. among them msnbc contributor david axelrod who tweeted the indictment seems pretty sketchy. we have an update on a story we told you friday about new texas national guardsmen on the mexico border. the associated press initially reported these troops of the guard they were part of the 1,000 that were called up last month by the governor to address the surge of undocumented immigrants crossing the border. the ap corrected it saying the texas national guard they're actually part of the counterdrug task force and the troops that perry ordered in july will arrive within the next few weeks. we'll let you know when they begin their official duties. ntsb is investigating the cause of a fatal freight train collision in arkansas that killed two crew members and injured two others. happened about 90 miles northwest of memphis when two union parker trains crashed into one another and caught fire. nearby residents awoke early sunday to the sound of an

explosion and 500 evacuated for several hours as a precaution. one train was carrying diesel fuel and the other had a load of alcohol. shifting our attention to monday business news where investors will keep a close eye on fresh housing data and volatility in ukraine for impact on the global economy, cnbc's geoff cutmore joining us with more. good morning, geoff. >> good morning to you. market indicators are positive right now. europe has got a head of steam up so the market should open in good shape. but we'll keep an eye on this housing data. it's housing sentiment number then later on we get housing starts and a look at joust how strong the strength is in this market. there are some economists who are wondering if it, in fact, is weak housing holding back the recovery so quite a lot to talk about in terms of what the housing data will tell us. i also want to talk about auto sales here. because, you know, some companies have gone early on labor day sales, ford, we

understand from automotive news started its labor day sales and gm has had to do the same basically they're doing chevy labor day deals and if you look around at the dealerships you can probably get zero financing for some years to come, or deferrals or a combination of both here and there are indications even as though the economy is picking up the average price for autos is off about 375 bucks this time around so there are some deals to be had if you are canny and you are good at talking to those salesmen. i always seem to number when it comes to the extras but you know how tough that -- what is it they say, that the last person who talks is the one who pays the most. >> we always love the good labor day deal especially when it comes to zero percent financing. testify us in on sprint and how they're trying to capture market share with a better deal. how aggressive are they being for their customers?

>> this is really good news, you know, if you are looking to get a new mobile deal at the moment, they're talking $50 or at least that is the suggestion that we're seeing at the moment that when they come out with this new pricing arrangement, it could be a $50 all you can eat in terms of data and talk and texting so that would be significantly disruptive for the mobile market at the moment because i reckon that's at least 30 bucks cheaper than t-mobile are doing it at the moment so i think you're in for a little bit of a pricing war kicked off by sprint which says, hey, good news for all of us paying more for everything it seems every day. back to new competition, it all helps. geoff, thank you. we got this great read that is out from slate's joseph stern who reports on why your favorite song as a team stay with you forever. in recent years psychologists and neuroscientists confirm these songs hold

disproportionate power over our emotions and researchers uncovered evidence that suggests our brains bind us to the music we heard as teenagers than anything we'll hear as adults. a connection that doesn't weaken as we age. musical nostalgia isn't a cultural phenomenon tight a neuronic command. our brains stay obsessed to the high drama of adolescence. what was your favorite song as a teenager? tweet us your most creative answers using #waytooearly. i have two favorites from 1987 when i was 15 oddly enough so i think i'm stuck as a 15-year-old. coming up still ahead on "way too early," speaking of twitter, more on the site's latest experiment using you, this is according to business insider, it has some people using the site freaking out plus who is considered number one heading into college football

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racing to his third sprint cup win of the season ending a 13-year drought at michigan. congrats to him. defending national champion florida state begin the college football season ranked number one, the seminoles are in the top spot in the poll after receiving 57 of 60 first place votes. number two, alabama, number three, oregon and number four, oklahoma. each received one first place vote and ohio state rounds it out. shawn marion joins forces with lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers next season. he has committed to the team with hopes at a shot of contention even though they can only offer him a minimum deal. major league baseball. indians hosting the orioles after a consecutive cleveland win over baltimore friday and saturday tied 1-1 in the sixth.

khris davis lines it with a double two men on scoring the go ahead. the leading orioles avoid the sweep after a 4-1 victory over cleveland. there we go. to colorado, last licks for the rockies trailing cincinnati, 9-7 with two men on, -- >> deep left center field, way back and gone. >> all right. colorado, big three-run walkoff homer. rockies win it, 10-9 and beat the reds again at night in a doubleheader sweep. you think there would be more people in the stands. to atlanta, braves and a's, oakland's jonny gomes chasing one a long way into foul territory. oh. he makes a sliding lunge for that and traps it into the wall age hang on for the out. good defense wouldn't be enough for oakland. the braves win it. then the derek jeter farewell tour continues as ball clubs and fans honor the retiring yankee captain. one new jersey farm has etched

its tribute into the countryside with a corn maze depicting jeter and a statement reading thanks, captain clutch. >> that's a little corny. isn't that your backyard, bill karins. major league soccer. toronto's team make a score but with a shoe. if you do the bunny hairs that sticks on better. >> velcro works the best. >> i don't know why -- >> mike barnicle swears by the velcro shoes. he is not here to defend himself. >> what's going on weatherwise. >> going to get hot this week. not in the areas that probably we'd like maybe a hot week like the great lakes but it's going to get steamy. one of our hottest weeks of the summer for the southern half of the country. we hold on to the cool air for a couple more days in the great lakes and northeast. even there we'll warm it up a

little bit. this morning, chilly in new england, in the 50s in many areas, low 50s if you get outside the city. it's definitely a fall feel to the morning. we are going to watch rain, though, for your d.c. area down through virginia, north carolina, showers now coming out of kentucky and west virginia, that's going to slide your way today. but what a gorgeous day. i mean this is like top ten weather for the year. i mean we're looking at 82 with sunshine, low humidity and a lot of the big cities in boston, not bad. pittsburgh, gorgeous too and she's showers in d.c. about, say, late morning into the afternoon. we are hot though from atlanta to dallas starting off warming. we're going to continue warm. oklahoma city, near 100 today. some of the heat spreading up to kansas city. as i mentioned the end of the week, southeast hasn't been that hot either this summer but by the end, 1 so, heat index. this is supposed to be the dog

days of summer. by the end of the week it'll feel like. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" a live report from ferguson, missouri, as the governor calling in the national guard for support, plus texas governor rick perry faces a fight as he faces an indictment for abuse of power. around the water cooler with one woman's 50-state star-spangled mission. how she's lending her voice to a really cool cause. that and much more after this. ♪

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earlier we told you about the defending champion florida state seminoles will start the 2014 college football season ranked number one in the ap poll for the first time since 1999. if you want to sound smart tell your friends since the poll started in 1950, ten preseason number one teams have gone on to finish the season ranked number one, that includes florida state twice and in 1993 and 1999. okay. let's huddle around the water cooler. check in with louis and what's going on with twitter. you know i love twitter. >> we all love twitter. people weren't too happy back a few months ago when facebook revealed it manipulated people's news feed to test the effect it had on their emotion and twitter is getting pushback for an experiment of its own. if you like a post you can mark it as a favorite. that's more of kind of a private

thing for each individual user. that's different from a retweet which is a post that you share with all of your followers. now, some people are complaining and finding that their favorited things are also popping up in their followers' time lines. no word from twitter on what's going on but the company has said in the past it's always evolving and some changes are visible and some are not so see how that goes. people don't like change when it comes to their social media outlets. >> get me more followers. >> that's all you care about. >> i'm kind of shallow like that. >> now, a new york woman is trying to sing her way into history being the first person to perform the national anthem in all 50 states. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> this is janine strange. she's singing the "star-spangled banner," state number 47. the long island native been dubbed the national anthem girl

began her journey two years ago, but when she realized it was turning 200 in september she picked up things and started singing it in six states a month. she says her favorite part comes after the song when people stop by a table she sets up to write thank you notes for the troops. >> they end up being such amazing heartfelt notes so i'm so happy to give people this opportunity so it's been an american effort. >> really an unbelievable mission. now, janine's next stop is detroit then hawaii and end her journey where it began in baltimore in the chesapeake, the bir birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." "orange is the new black" won big in weekend. one of the biggest awards went to actress ouzo aaduba. it was not televised but can see by these images she was extremely emotional and thanked

her mother and came here from nigeria to give a better life for her family, the 33-year-old's first emmy and first acting emmy award for the series, "orange is the new black" also won for casting and editing. >> well deserved recognition. i've seen her in that role. she is great and really takes that character to a whole new level. >> definitely. now, we're going to go from crazy eyes to a crazy cat here, thomas. check out what happened to this -- shouldn't who wobbles his way into the wrong feline's house. not only does the cat pry him out of there. he attacks him just for good measure. just cruel. the dachshund just kind of lets it happen. ah. >> we got to get a good animal story in here or it wouldn't be "the cooler." >> look at him. that's a real take-down. taking it to the face. i want to get to your responses on your twitter question for today earlier we asked what your favorite song was as a teen and

we have some of the best responses. what's our mix tape for this morning, justine. >> a great mix tape that has madonna "express yourself." some "born to run" by bruce spring teen. put your head on my shoulder by the letterman. don't forget about me. journey's don't stop believing. parliament's give up da funk. and both from the year i was born, 1987 which is "i want to dance with somebody" by whitney houston and "the mirror" by michael jackson. >> both from 1987. do you have to make me old? i could have been your baby-sitter. i would have charged your parents only about 5.50 and a domino's pizza. coming up next on "way too early," a look at the stories you're going to be talking about. "morning joe" is just ahead. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts?

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