i'm has a pr storm and nightmare after jefferson lawrence and other a-listers have private photos hacked and released to the public. and the job of being a big brother is tough, and this little guy is none too pleased at the news his mom is sharing with him. this one is for all you older sibling out there. this is "way too early." >> this is exasperating. ♪ exasperating. hi, everybody, i'm thomas roberts, it is tuesday, september 2nd. to way too early, the show that has an older sister who tries to leave this guy in a basket on the front porch. still happens. wait until the video of this guy getting great news from his mom. but his reaction, priceless. but with the midterm elections

approaching, no less than the president and vice president taking and using the labor day holiday to cheer the legacy of unions in the united states and push for higher minimum wages. take a look at this. >> i want an economy where your hard work pays off with higher wages and higher incomes and fair pay for women and work place flexibility for parents. and affordable health insurance and decent retirement benefits. i'm not asking for the moon, i just want a good deal for american workers. >> since 2000, the gross domestic product, that's all the -- all we make in america has gone up 29%. productivity in america is up 36%. but wages -- wages have gone up 15 cents. one of the reasons we're not

growing, because ordinary people have no money in their pockets for their wages. they are not being rewarded. >> so the issue has divided candidates in top senate races like michigan, whereas of monday the minimum wage went up to $8.15 an hour. in kentucky, 55% of kentucky voters are for a federal minimum wage hike, and republican senator mitch mcconnell opposes an increase while his challenger is for it. "the new york times" editorial board argues while corporate profits surged to their highest levels since 1965, wages are flat, and middle class workers are being deprived of benefits as being misclassified as independent contractors. the united nations is sending a team of investigators to iraq to investigate the rise of islamic militants. the u.s. said the violence in

iraq left 1400 dead and 1300 injured. another 600,000 iraqis were displaced. the u.n. human rights council said there is strong evidence they are committing acts of inhumanity on a huge scale. and david cameron has new laws, letting police confiscate the pass ports of british citizens suspected of ties with the groups. and the latest round of u.s. air strikes helped break a two month siege on a town north of baghdad. president obama who is facing criticism for saying there is not a strategy yet to deal with i.s.i.s. in syria notified congress about the strikes yesterday, and dianne feinstein, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee said he might not be acting fast enough. >> i think i've learned one thing about this president, and that is he's very cautious. maybe in this instance too cautious.

i do know that the military, i know that the state department, i know that others have been putting plans together. and so hopefully those plans will coalescence into a strategy that can encourage that coalition from arab nations, you know. jordan's at jeopardy, lebanon's at jeopardy, the uaa and other countries are in jeopardy. >> and details about a u.s. operation about another group of islamic militants in southern somalia. aimed at top members of al shabab. and an armed drone fired missiles against at least two vehicles. the pentagon says it is working to determine who may have been killed. and this operation comes one day after the al qaeda-linked group attacked government facilities in somalia's capital. al shabab was also responsible for an attack on a mall in kenya

last year, nearly 70 killed. and officials meeting later this week on the crisis in ukraine are considering a rapid response team in eastern europe made up of 3,000 soldiers and able to deploy in 48 hours. and they are talking about statehood for southeastern ukraine, and a leading italian newspaper reported that putin said he could take kiev in two weeks if he wanted to. however, a kremlin official said the comment was taken out of the context. the fbi and apple are investigating the release of nude photos reportedly of some of the biggest celebrities. already the rep for jennifer lawrence said they will prosecute, and kate upton has also vowed legal action. and there are more, ariana

grande and rihanna, and others that have spoken out to deny the photos are of them. how did the hackers obtain these photos? there was a tip weeks ago of a reader offering to show the photo s. and individual apple icloud accounts were hacked. what's not clear, if they were hacked by a single person or a larger group. or whether it came from a trading ring. this brings us to the twitter question for you this morning, does this news make you concerned about your own online privacy? tweet your answers answers, #waytooearly. changing gears now, trouble to talk about for atlantic city. rebel, a $2.4 billion casino is going to close after opening just two years ago.

already the show boat has closed, and trump plaza will be closed by the end of the week. only eight of the 20 will be open at the end of the year. and the closures are expected to leave about 8,000 people without work or one quarter of atlantic city's total casino workforce. casino revenue has tumbled by half since 2006. now business news, a preview of the markets. on friday, the dow, nasdaq and s&p closed in the green. and steve joins us live from london with more. we have an abbreviated workweek. what are you following? >> a lot in four days. the back drop is good. the s&p was up 3.8%. you mentioned the record close. and mostly focused on the jobs front. today, manufacturing data and construction spending. later in the week, adp, jobless

claims, and the non-farm payrolls. elsewhere, keep an eye on detroit. it's going to hit the news. basically the municipality was the largest bankruptcy in u.s. meows any cal history. 80 to $100 billion. they are trying to get out of chapter 9 bankruptcy. this could last until the middle of october, but hope to get out of bankruptcy and have $7 billion and invest to reinvigorate detroit. the judge can say yes, no, or want them to alter the plan. high hopes for detroit going forward. >> i love this story. i took a dodge caravan that my family had to borrow to get to college. parents are using a new way to get kids to college now, and it is pretty elaborate. >> yes, that's putting it mildly. you can spend up to 25,000 pounds, up to $40,000 hiring a private jet, a rolls-royce phantom or aston martin or

ferrari to get to college. it services the uk and worldwide, will offer to take the students on a luxury route to their college of their choice. i think i'm undercharging my son. i took him up to school, only charged him $1,000. >> really? how are you doing? are you all right with your son going off to school? are you okay? >> i have two more at home, that's fine for me. >> this is a practice run for the next two. >> absolutely. >> all right, steve, great to see you. still ahead on "way too early," what is the fate of michael sam after being cut over the weekend? talk about the options. and one restaurant makes room for what's not on the menu. and here's a hint, we think it goes great with everything. and we also like the way they spell it. jen you're going to like this.

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year is free to sign with any other team in the league. time is ticking down to make a squad for week one, because the first game of the 2014 season kicks off this thursday. packers take on the defending super bowl champ seahawks in seattle 8:30 p.m. on nbc. >> some of the nfl players are blaming espn and their conch of it for not getting him signed. >> tony dungy spoke out, this was going to be a distraction, then espn's report, it's a distraction as opposed to focusing on how well he did pre-season. and now he's not playing. >> he played well. doesn't add up. >> doesn't add up. and, you know, we wanted to focus on the football. focus -- >> and he played well. >> we shall see. still, he advanced the ball in equality on the field. hopefully he will keep doing so. switching to baseball, on lashl d labor day, the fourth no hitter.

it was cole hamels and three members of the bull pen combined for nine scoreless innings against the braves. it was the 12th no-hitter in philly's history, but the first as a team. 7-0. staying in the national league, matchup of division leaders, nationals and dodgers. first inning, jason werth, towering shot to left center. into the bleachers there. the gnats atta the nats attack. and the nationals have a seven game lead with one month to go. and auburn beat arkansas this weekend 25-21, and the ball boys are fast too. and melvin ray slips a tackle. check out the ball boy on the sideline, see him there, yep, he keeps up with the wide receiver all the way into the end zone, and in khakis no less.

let's watch it again. he's going, he's going, he's going. >> he wasn't passing him, though. >> but a nice way to keep up there. let's check the weather. bill is here, it for some people, labor day weekend, a a liquid of a washout. >> it's like july out there, big thunderstorms, humid, sticky. it was hot. yesterday was 96 in d.c., it felt like 105 in the afternoon. this is the hottest stretch of the summer. you have people at football practice, soccer and anything else you're doing after school. and let alone we're going to deal with this all week long. we have eight tornados reported yesterday, damage up in northern michigan, and last night, numerous tornados on the border of southern kansas and oklahoma. we didn't have any injuries or fatales. that was good. pretty strong storms in the region, and flash flooding is a big concern in northern oklahoma and southern kansas. a lot of lightning strikes too. and further to the east, a lot of storms in southern indiana.

the dayton area, cincinnati, a few of the storms in a downpour will be over you shortly. there is bad weather out there. and later this afternoon, 15 million people at threat of strong storms. not so much tornados today, damaging winds. and that goes from the pittsburgh area, columbus, right back down through cincinnati, louisville, and up to new york and state college, pennsylvania. how hot is is going to be? 93 in d.c., new york at 92, boston at 90. thomas, this is as hot as its been all summer long. it's a late summer. a lot of us wish -- >> some like the warm temperatures. i'm not a fan. >> this is the most humid it's been. >> yeah. me and my suits don't like this. no. thank you so much. coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, president obama and vice president joe biden challenge republicans over fair wages. the very latest on the political season heating up. and we will huddle around the water cooler together and tell

you what's going on that got this little guy so upset, it's exasperating. we'll tell you. we're back in a moment. ♪

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all right, so earlier in the show, we recapped the labor day stump speeches from president obama and vice president biden

calling for higher minimum wage. when it comes to this country's work output, if you want to sound smart, every american works an average of 1790 per year, the average salary, $22.33 per hour. let's huddle around of the water cooler and check in with louis. i love this story and how they spell certain things in florida. >> restaurant in full-tiort mey florida, is refusing to serve ketchup. the owner writes, quote, we know people love their ketchup, but be ready if you're over 10 years old, ketchup will not be provided. similarly, salt will not be making an appearance either. we ask that you trust us. we know what we're doing. part of the mad experience is trusting the chef and not having

a preconceived notion of how. that's not a typo. ketsup. >> that's just not correct. >> it's wrong to not have ketchup with your meal. >> no salt? >> it has an average of four to five stars on yelp. but they have been turned down when ordering a diet coke. >> who runs this restaurant? mika? >> maybe. maybe it's mika. salt, sugar, fat, all out. next up, those of us with siblings, they can be trying, i have an older brother who gives me tough love. one young man -- >> everybody gives you tough love. >> that's right. that's what i get. tray was not pleased when he learned he was going to be a big brother once again. >> i'll tell you. >> what? >> i'm pregnant. >> what are you thinking? why you have to get another baby? you just had two.

so why -- why do you -- this is exasperating. why you want to get another baby and just relace one place one o babies with too much. >> baby, we will never replace you. you're just going to have another brother or sister that you have to help take care of. >> that doesn't make no sense. this makes no sense. what kind of baby is that? >> i don't know. it might be a boy, it might be a girl. >> boys crying is even worse. >> i don't know what to tell you about the crying. get used to. >> okay. and buy me some ear plugs too. >> exasperating. i love that. >> and look how cute she is, just sitting there. >> she's just sitting there going with the flow. we have an upliftingup date to the ice bucket challenge.

the former boston college athlete who suffers from als and the inspiration for the challenge is now a father. he and his wife welcomed their daughter over the weekend. and i think that's just -- congratulations to them. that's incredible. and secondly with the als association announced from july 29th to august 29th, more than $100 million donations from 3 million donors. last year, $2.8 million. those are incredible numbers. and look at this. i'm getting my own personal -- >> yes. oh, my gosh, you have a stylist. >> well, i'm glad that we could do that. >> that was tense. that's fantastic for pete and his wife, julie. so a real labor day. >> yeah. >> labor day. get it? >> yeah, i get it. >> jen, don't roll your eyes at me. that was good. labor day.

your hair looks much, much finer now. we want to go ahead and get the responses to the twitter question this morning. earlier in the show, we asked you if the celebrity photo hacking makes you concerned about online privacy. and we have some of the responses. not many people showing a lot of compassion about this, are they? >> no, not at all. rachel tweets, my full-proof way to make sure that nude picks never leak is to not have any exist. that always works. and nancy pelosi's daughter, she likes to tweet us a lot. >> she's a fan. >> privacy breach is always wrong, sexiesm must stop. that's a little bit more fair. and another person said, no, i don't get to use the cloud. if i close my eyes and walk into traffic, should i be surprised if i get hit. >> yikes. >> we shouldn't blame the victim.

they have been violated by the fact they have been hacked and their privacy has been taken advantage of. a lot of those stars, some are saying that they are going to take legal action, some are saying that it is not them. all of this is going to come out in the wash as we continue to follow this. but a lot of pause for concern. couple next on way too early, a look at the stories you will be talking about, and morning joe is just moments ago. louis' hair continues to look great. million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. so i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. machines will be sprayed to be made. and making something stronger... will mean making it lighter. s

. welcome, let's check on the day ahead before we toss it to mortgage joe. in richmond today, jury deliberations are expected to begin in the corruption trial of former governor bob mcdonnell. and former president bill clinton is campaigning today for connecticut governor malloy. and the former president will then head north to maine where he's going to stump for the congressman who's running against sitting republican governor paul lepage. that's it for a tuesday edition. welcome back to work after a

long weekend. can you tell how energized this crowd is after a few days off? i think they need more time off. that's it for way too early, morning joe starts right now. n. ♪ ♪ ♪ uga chuck a >> reporter: it wasn't the precision war israeli says it's fighting. the dead were four young boys. another iraqi city has now fallen to this group called isis. they are getting stronger joined by supporters of saddam hussein and sunni tribal leaders. >> the downing of a passenger jet over ukraine. >> reporter: the ukrainian government accused russian separatists are firing a missile to bring the plane down. >> people pouring over the u.s. border by the tens of thousands. >> thousands of children waiting for answers. ♪ ♪ i'm hooked on