it through because caitlyn jenner made it through. and because she made this finest living sense today. "first look" is up next. >> it's tuesday, june second. right now on "first look," security nation. today our government will change the way the national security agency protects us and undercover operation finds tsa agents at airports failed to stop weapons smuggling attempts. we have new details surrounding caitlyn jenner. the extreme weather and the impact it's having on people in its path. >> thanks so much for joining us today. the battle over collecting your phone records could play out in a senate show down today. they have scheduled a procedural vote on whether to reauthorize

some of the programs that expired sunday night. tracie potts is live for us. do you think lawmakers will come to an agreement? >> it's possible but the thing they're dealing with is the nsa has already been collecting these phone records, so there's got to be some transition time for that program to wind down if they're going to turn it over to the phone companies and that issue, how much transition time is what lawmakers are debating today. >> the nsa could no longer go out and say send us all your phone records. >> reporter: today a final vote on holding the records for six months before the phone companies take over. some of the senate want to double that to a year and require phone companies to notify the government if they plan to store records for less than 18 months. >> my concern is they're going to compete to each other to see how can hold it the shortest. >> reporter: the house is

unlikely to approve any changes. the white house is frustrated. >> they have had a year and a half to exercise that prerogative. >> reporter: rand paul is blocking action concerned about privacy. >> i'm not for having a generalized search of everybody in the american public. >> reporter: some lawmakers say this is their best option. >> transparency is very much a step in the right direction. >> let's use the tools that we can to try to prevent another 9/11 from happening. >> reporter: then there's the issue of storing all the records. the phone companies argued it's not free so there's a provision in that freedom act that would pay them back for storing the records for the government. >> all right. we'll watch this play out. thank you. now to a horrible tragedy in china. a passenger ship sank in the yank zi river.

so far only 13 people have been rescued including an 85-year-old woman. search teams could hear screams from people still inside the ship. bad weather continues to hamper rescue efforts. after weeks of speculation, caitlyn jenner the woman formerly known as bruce jenner opens up about what it took to get to this point. >> as soon as the vanity fair cover comes out, i'm free. >> reporter: once bruce jenner now caitlyn jenner explained the relief she would feel today. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that lie. >> reporter: there is no lie anymore. in the article he says if i was lying on my death bed and had kept this secret and never did anything about it i would be lying there saying you just blew

your entire life. she tweeted for the first time i am so happy after a long struggle to be living my true life. welcome to the world, caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to know her/me. >> i worked out a lot. ate a lot of wheaties. >> reporter: more than a few on social media suggested wheaties should put the award winning dekath leet back on the box. >> while we see an interest in transgender people we have a long way to go for making the world safe for them. >> reporter: they describe the doubt after facial reconstruction surgery asking herself what did i just do but the feeling passed. jenner says she was close to suicidal after tmz reported on possible adam's apple surgery in 2013. her son responded at the time i've never been more proud of

you than i am at this home. his family life has been public for years. only recently discussing her transition. >> do we have any more transitions? >> when do you start referring to you as her? >> you'll see me and know. caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. >> reporter: and she has quite a story to tell. >> it's been announced that caitlyn jenner will make her first scheduled public appearance at the us pis on july 15th. she'll receive the arthur ash courage award. >> officers asked two brothers to get out of of a blooded area. they identified area. one man pushed the officer to the ground. police say he was armed with a gun and both officers discharged

their own weapons. both policeman were placed on administrative leave. >> the department of homeland security has discovered security failures at airports. they were tasked with smuggling weapons and other contraband through airports across the country. nbc news has confirmed they failed to defect smuggled to detect weapons in 97% of the cases. in one case an alarm sounded but the screening officer failed to detect a plastic explosive taped to an undercover agent's back. the head of the tsa has been reassigned. president obama has nominated peter nefenger to be the next administrative. lindsey graham has announced he's seeking the nomination for president.

he focussed on national security and fighting isis militants and at one point he took a shot at hillary clinton. >> i've got one simple message. i have more experience with our national security than any other candidate in this race. that includes you, hillary. >> graham is now the ninth republican to enter the race and probably not the last. rick perry is scheduled to make a major announcement this thursday and donald trump will be doing the same thing on june 16th. extreme weather creates some extreme scenes. let's go to mississippi. a bolt of lightning accident happens a bridge. a police cruiser's dash cram caught it. in northeast china it looked like the end of the world.

a massive tornado swirls in the air. here a video cut to an overturned bus. there's no word if anyone on board was hurt. back here a super soaker drenched the east coast. parts of new jersey left under water. cars trapped in high water as people waded through flooded streets. time for us to get down to business now. good morning. >> good morning to you. congress is holding a hearing on the an air bag recall. the company says it will stop producing certain air bag inflaters which have been linked to six deaths. they will still use the propellant which it says is safe if properly manufactured. and walmart is raising pay at delis and other special sections. in february they said they would raise the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour by next year. california will boost the minimum wage to $13 an hour by

2017. and tesla's newest high performance car has an added feature. under water mode. they tested the 127 p 85 d. the screen image turns into a submarine car. the actual car doesn't but tesla ceo says he's working on that. back over to you. >> all right. we'll see how it turns out. now to sports. we start at the french open. sloen stevens started off winning the first set 6 -1 but the number one player in the world would defeat her in back to back sets. maria share poe va overcame a cold but not her opponent. she lost. looks like cam newton will be a

california panther for a while longer. they are reportedly close to making a deal. newton has led the panthers to back to back division south championships. bangles defensive tackle and his five-year-old daughter will be honored three-quarter summer at the espn awards. diagnosed last june she is battling a rare form of cancer. the rules committee wants to speed up the game. it has recommended shortening the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds. one says i wouldn't mind it being even shorter. the kentucky coach says 35 seconds is not going to have an impact on the game. the belmont stakes just lost two more horses. that leaves seven competitors for american fair row.

>> high school football recruit nigel knot posted a video of him flipping backwards off a wall and catching a football. after the video passed a million loops on vine. he said he is done with acrobatic catches to protect his career. >> and speaking of ahead, just ahead right here a possible conflict of interest in the dennis has effort case and the hooter's waitress who donated an organizationen to a restaurant regular.

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humid air. that's pretty cool stuff out of south dakota yesterday. no damage yesterday. yesterday was very cold. it was just a brutally raw day. areas around boston 49 degrees for the high. one of the coldest june temperatures for a high you've ever had. now light rain is moving through this area. it'll continue on and off. look at the temperature. it's now 46 with a breeze coming off the water in boston. new york city is at 50 and it's a raw, damp wet, cold day. you may want to grab the jacket and the gloves in some cases. severe weather later this afternoon. about 1.5 million peoples a risk. maybe an isolated tornado or two possibly into nebraska. we are dry in the middle of the country. there's storms in the southeast and over the next five days looking good here. all the areas with the horrible may in the next five days probably not a drop of rain. really drying things out in a hurry in oklahoma and texas. >> more twists in the dennis

hastert scandal. the judge over his case reportedly gave $500 and $400 in different years for his campaign. he was indicted about hush money tied to past misconduct. he agreed to pay $3.5 million who went to a school he once taught at. in black brooklyn,-- brooklyn, a crowd tried to lift the car up. a child and driver remained hospitalized. we understand they will be okay. so far no charge and no word on what caused that crash. a happy update for a hooter's waitress and a long time customer. she donated a kidney after just

losing her grandmother to kidney failure. this morning they are out of the hospital. what does the customer plan to do next? go back to hooters to leave his favorite waitress a big tip. in paris, it is over. crews started removing padlocks from the famous love locks bridge. last summer part of the bridge collapsed. the locks were too live. find out who says he is the most successful person ever to run for president. scrambled politics is up next.

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time for a big helping of scrambled politics. does it feel like launching a presidential campaign is turning into a 45-step process? hillary clinton says she will launch her campaign on june 13th and if you remember her youtube announcement from two months ago and are wondering wait, wasn't that an official launch we are too. as for donald trump, he's still in the i'm announcing when i'll announce stage. get ready for more comments like this from the des moines register. i'm the most successful person to ever for the presidency by far and then later, quote, i have a gucci store that's worth more than romney. vince vaughn is on the july cover of gq with his take on gun control. he says banning guns is like

banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat. battle over a budget in alaska. 10,000 people got layoff notices yesterday. a partial government shut down could begin on july 1st if an agreement is not reached. a new poll, the facebook is the most common source for news. benjamin netanyahu is a cleveland cavs fan. david blatt said netanyahu called and told him all of israel is behind the cavaliers. and yesterday metals for families with seven or more kids is called the order of parental glory. seriously. and as senator bernie sanders talked about his satire calling it similar to 50 shades of gray.

seth meyers had an important question for the senator on late night. >> considering the success of the 50 shades of gray books, do you regret that you did not follow that path more and not do this politics thing? you could be rolling in cash right now. >> no. it was bad fiction. i learned my lesson. i think i can make a good president, but i write fiction pretty poorly. >> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. 22 minutes past the hour. i am joined now by best selling author ellis hen can. have you read that book. >> yes. >> let's talk about lindsey graham. he announced he's running for president and that he has more national security than any other candidate including hillary clinton. is that true in. >> i guess technically speaking it is. 12 years in the senate. 8 in the house for house.

it's kind of an odd way to judge your abilities. there have been in people in congress for decades who don't know squat. let's find a better way. how about this. i'm john mccain's best friend. >> speaking of national security a new report shows the tsa failed to uncover weapons. >> i get caught every single time i bring four ounces of shampoo. how can this work? >> bye bye to the acting director of tsa. very embarrassing if his guys only find things 5% of time. >> i don't understand how it's possible. we have all these issues and then you look at something as the tsa which has been in effect for a long time at these

airports. you'd think they'd have it perfected. >> listen in the end it is very difficult to secure any big system like our air travel system. >> yes, but 95% failure? >> there's no excuse. you've got to get somebody new in there. >> hopefully that's the trick. >> it's the wrong way to go though, isn't it. >> watch the shampoos. >> i get caught every single time. >> maybe you should just wait and buy it once you get to your destination. just a suggestion. >> thank you for the advice. >> just ahead how one actress is reacting after being compared to caitlyn jenner and more.

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accident that nearly killed him, actor and comedian tracy morgue season speaking out for the first time. last night matt asked him about his emotional state. >> have you experienced depression? how you getting through that? >> i love comedy. i wonder how i'm going to be funny again, remembering my identity. what do i do? and the fans have let me know we can't wait for you to come back. we can't wait for you to come back, and i can't wait to make them laugh again. >> see more of the interview later on today. the daily beast told jessica lange she was trending because of her resemblance to caitlyn

jenner. >> it's early. i'm over it. that tracy morgan stuff is tough to watch. >> absolutely. "way too early" starts right now. a scene in china, more than 450 people on board a capsized ship. many elderly as they are still hearing cries for help. and are americans safe in the skies? the tsa chief is out after an alarming report about safety at the country's busiest airports and new plans from apple, how the power house company plans to fend off rivals in the music industry. this is "way too early." good morning. it's tuesday, june second. welcome to "way too early." the show that gives you everything you need to start

your day, plus sports weather and the fun stories with louis burgdorf which you may have missed over night. we begin in southern china where hundreds are missing after a passenger ship capsized in the yangtze river. they say the small cruise ship called the eastern star was carrying 458 people. most of them elderly. the survivors include the captain who according to the south china morning post believes the vessel was hit by a tornado. at least five people have been confirmed dead. 15 have been rescued. there was pictures of people being rescued. the paper reports the premier was on sight instructing the effort. people could be heard crying for