>> definitely. >> snl spoofing obama and mitch mcconnell bourbon senate. one leaves the door open to a government shutdown. it's one of the big battles awaiting president obama as he returns to d.c. from abroad. a third american hostage killed by isis displayed in gruesome video. how peter kassig is being remembered this morning. more allegations of sexual assault, but no charges ever filed. bill cosby's lawyer responds to discredited claims. this is "way too early." let's do this, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, november 17th, welcome to "way too early," the

show that has a lot of questions today for johnny dep. that's coming up. she has some questions of her own. we have the parents of the american aid worker beheaded by isis. they are going to be speaking out at a news conference. officials say they have a authenticated a video that revealed that peter kassig was executed. the indianapolis native and former army ranger was kidnapped last year during an aid mission in syria. his participants say he converted to islam during captivity and began using a different name. in a statement, president obama said in part, he was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity. it stands in stark contrast to

everything that i'sis represent. last month peter's father read a letter that his son wrote while being held hostage. >> don't worry, dad. if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true. that you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. >> peter went on to say his parents can take comfort knowing he died trying to help people in need. the united states is expanding its efforts to defeat militants in iraq. general martin dempsey said members of military u are advising iraqi troops. they will eventually train soldiers there. it was over the weekend that general dempsey visited iraq for the first time since the u.s. started launching airstrikes. he's open to considering ground

troops in iraq. remarks made by president obama appear to show a slight change about combat troops. >> there are always circumstances in which the united states might need to deploy u.s. ground troops. if we discovered that isis had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then yes, you can anticipate that not only would chairman dempsey recommend me sending ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but i would order it. >> presidential nominee mitt romney is criticizing president obama's response to the rise of isis. he should not rule out boots on the ground. >> i just don't think you take things off the table. i don't think you say we're going to destroy isis. when the president says that isis is a cancer and it must be eliminated, he's right. but you don't say, well, we're only going to use the following tools. we're going to do whatever it

takes and hopefully we'll be able to do that with other people's troops, but you don't take that as a source of our strength from the battlefield. >> russian president vladimir putin is pushing back on reports he left early from the g-20 submit because of criticism from world leaders. when putin offered a handshake to canada's prime minister he responded by saying i guess i'll shake your hand by i have one thing to say to you, you need to get out of ukraine. he wanted to be rested for the workweek. the u.s. joined japan in a statement condemning moscow for its actions across the ukrainian border. . president obama won't hesitate to slap more sanctions if it continues to reject international principles. >> one of those principles is that you don't invade other countries or finance proxies and support them in ways that break

up a country. at this point, the sanctions that we have in place are biting plenty good. >> back from a week-long trip to china, president obama is jumping right back into domestic politics. the president will make immigration his priority this week with meetings with top advisers on the books. it's believed the president will grant legal status to undocumented workers through an executive action, an issue that former president bill clinton says could have made a difference at the polls a few weeks ago. >> there was a collapse of the youth vote. the african-american vote held fairly steady and was remarkable given that we had a little bit of a loss of hispanic vote. perhaps because the president didn't issue the immigration order, but it was a tough call for him because had he done so, a lot of the others would have lost even more. it was a difficult call. >> yet another high profile republican is leaving the door wide open for a government

shutdown. senator john thune says the president is playing with fire by considering executive action on immigration. >> i think republicans are looking at different options about how best to respond to unilateral action, which is unconstitutional on this particular issue, but. my concern is shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. it could be a record of legislative accomplish mement that's there for the taking if the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict. >> demonstrators return in ferguson, missouri, to decide whether he will charge the white police officer who shot an unarmed black teen. dozens of protesters since the death of 18-year-old michael brown. they peacefully lied down on the ground. dispatch received radio calls from august 9th.

the calls were for the fatal encounter lasted less than 90 seconds. video obtained by the post dispatch shows wilson wearing a white t-shirt leaving the police station two hours after the shooting and heading on to the hospital. another shows him returning about two hours later. the police chief in ferguson says wilson is legally allowed to return to active duty if not indicted. wilson is still subject to an internal investigation. we shift our focus to business and big news from facebook that could make the social networking site safer for work. plus a big shift in wages that could be good news for the overall economy. jeff joins us live from london. let's start with the pay of low wages for young workers. then we'll move on to facebook. let's start with the money. >> absolutely. this is fascinating. for a long time, people have been very critical of the recovery in the united states and said, hey, it's helping those at the top, but it's not

helping those at the bottom and the low paid. some data now from adp who co compiled payrolls makes fascinating reading. what they are suggesting is those who are paid less than 20,000 in the third quarter, they saw compensation rise faster in percentage terms than other groups. a 5.4% increment in pay for them. if you go to the 20,000 to 50,000 4.9% jump in the third quarter above 50,000. 4.3%. soo the indication is that the middle and lower income groups and younger workers are actually benefitting from this recovery, which should put it on to firmer ground as we go into 2015. i want to move you on to facebook. i think this is fascinate iing. a lot of companies have a very negative view on employees who waste their time in the offense looking at facebook.

now they may have justification for that. the ft says facebook is working secretly on a new business site. this would allow colleagues to collaborate on documents. it would allow them to chat internally within the company. you can do on microsoft and other services. you'd be able to share contacts. facebook thinks they can thrust into the corporate universe here and get a whole new slew of users. >> at least it would get people back on their desk tops instead of their cell phones. that's a secret way to do it. jeff, thank you. let's move on to this story. it's a big talker over the weekend. we have an attorney from bill cosby speaking out about the sexual allegations that have resurfaced. his lawyer says the claims are decades old and discredited that the comedian has no plans to dignify the allegations with a

response. he refused to respond to questions saturday during an interview with npr. cosby is facing increase d scrutiny after a woman wrote a detailed essay accusing him of drugging and raping her in 1985 when she was 17. and late last night, a music publicist went public with her claims that cosby raped her when she was 19. in the past bill cosby denied any allegations of sexual assault and no charges have ever been filed. cosby currently has a sitcom development at nbc. when you hear about this, these allegations, does it influence your opinion of bill cosby? should he address them directly? tweet us your thoughts. we'll put the best ones on later in the show. we have all had impact from bill cosby in our lives. whether a kid watching "the cosby show", we all have deep

connections here. still ahead on "way too early," surprised the dea shows up to check the medical staff. what were they looking for? we'll explain. plus -- >> i'm not very good at this kind of thing. >> okay, john n depp. your time to shine. he gets social media fired up at the hollywood film awards. we'll have more on the buds about the buzz and maybe reveal what jen's question is to mr. depp. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >> the terminator takes office today. he will be sworn in as california's 38th governor. he's expected to deliver a brief

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time for sports. we begin with the patriots and colts on "sunday night football" and what was expected to be a shootout. jonas stole the spotlight running for four touchdowns. brady added a pair of td passes and the patriots beat the colts, 42-20. to st. louis, sean hill making his return throwing for 220 yards including a 63-yard touchdown pass. the rams shock the bronco with a 22-7 victory. to kansas city, chiefs running back jamaal charles rushed for 2 touchdowns.

they stuffed the seahawks on third down three times. the chiefs get the win and a share of first place in the afc west. off to arizona, drew stanton starting at quarterback against the lions. stanton connected with michael floyd for scores on the cardinals first two possessions. he threw for 306 yards helping arizona to improve to 9-1 after a 14-6 win. >> no respect. they are rodney dangerfield. >> so there are report this is morning of a surprise dea inspection of the nfl. drug agents are interviewing team doctors in several cities following a lawsuit by former players who say they offered illegal pain medication to keep them in the game. the searches targeted teams traveling across state lines to play. the 49ers, buccaneers and

seahawks are all subject to the searches. a study suggest ed 52% of retird players said they used prescription pain medication. many were still abusing the pills at the time. >> i would be shocked if they didn't find something. >> i would be too. you saw this, though, the shakeup of the associated press college football rankings. florida state is back at number 1 after a victory over miami on saturday. >> joe is going to be so happy. >> they remain the only unbeaten team. alabama moved up to number 2 after beating mississippi state, which dropped to number 4. a lot of movable parts. let's get a check on our weather. bill karins standing by u. >> i have tornadoes, snow, rain. >> i went out to walk the dogs this morning. cold rain and i wasn't happy.

i didn't know it was raining until i took the dogs out. >> it's a monday morning. around the country, we have a plethora of different types of weather. as far as the tornadoes go, we had a tornado in the last hour in florida. a small town west of tallahassee. that's what the red triangle now crossing 10. we have a tornado on the ground or bounce iing on the ground ne interstate 10 in florida. haven't heard reports of significant damage, but one did hit. as far as the snow and the cold goes, this is arkic invasion two. this will be in and out by friday and saturday. thankfully, there's no sign of any big arctic blast after this one. we're seeing windchills around negative 3 in chicago. negative 8 in minnesota. the rain from boston down through tennessee, snow in the ohio valley and the cold is on its way. as far as snow goes, not huge

impacts, around 3 to 6 inches today. the lake-effect snow, they are going to be talking about two feet of snow in downtown buffalo on tuesday. two feet. >> prepare for that, appreciate it. coming up at the top of the hour, much more on the death of peter kassig at the hands of isis. richard engel will have the latest for us on that. then when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler with one of the meanest picks from this sunday's games. this one did not involve action from the field. did you see that? it involves a little dispute between some fans. and chivalry might be dead. we'll explain. ♪

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earlier in the show we told you about the latest of the g-20 summit. the group's members make up over 85% of the world's gdpp. 75% of the trade in the world and two-thirds of the global population. it is time to huddle around the water cooler. we're going to check in with lewis. it's something about the meanest pick on the field in football but has nothing to do with lay. >> one of the talked about interceptions didn't happen on the field but in. the stands. it started in the third quarter.

andy dalton finds gres ham for a touchdown. he finds a bengals fan but a saints fan jumps in. he says he has no regrets. she's begging there. look at that. he's ignoring her. >> he won't even look at her. >> she did get a ball. someone from the saints organization decided to give her a ball. it's a happy ending. >> it works out for everybody. >> it's etiquette when you're in the stands. >> chivalry is officially dead. u2 had a rough week. bono will postpone his appearance on "the tonight show" after injuring his arm in new york city. it happened while riding his bike in central park. we're told it's so serious it will require surgery to repair

it. it comes days after bono and four friends got a scare where a door on his jet fell off in midair, which is pretty scary. >> i'll take the bike accident over the airplane issue any day. >> definitely. >> this is the story of the day. jen has questions. >> johnny depp was trending on twitter on the weekend following a bizarre speech he gave. in an intro, the subject of a documentary, you heard the program go silent on cbs because they had to bleep out arambling look. >> i'm not very good at this kind of thing. watch i'm going to read this thing. for decades gordon has been one of the most beloved and respected talent managers in the music industry.

i consider him a great friend, somebody -- an incredibly loyal friend. and. so you have to watch the film. there you go. what does that say? it's one of those nights. >> i don't get it. >> up his dose or lower his dose. >> you saw gordon laughing and look looked a little perplexed. mike meyers said depp's remarks were very rock and roll. >> very rock and roll. >> thank you, sir. want to get to your responses. our twitter question this morning, we asked you about these recent allegations concerning sexual assault against bill cosby. does it influence your opinion of the comedian and whether or not he's going to break his

silence. our producer has some of the responses. what are people saying? >> kathy says, no, still love mr. cosby. it's old news. he's too dignified to involve himself in media madness. john says, cosby has the right to stay silent, but he shouldn't expect fans to stay loyal. >> mainly because of the statute of limitations against a lot of the claims has run out. so if he does open up about it, it could mean more legal problems in different states because all states have different statutes of limitations. next on "way too early" a look at the stories we'll be talking about. "morning joe," moments away.

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hollywood walk of fame today. the star is currently in the hit movie "interstellar." that's going to do it for monday. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> good morning. it's monday, november 17th. welcome to "morning joe." don't look out the window. >> what a day. >> all right. on set, we have managing editor of "bloomberg politics, park halperin is with us and amy joins us as well. how was your weekend? the tide rolled. >> the tide did roll. quite a game. how did vandy do? >> they had a bye we