debate heats up over the confederate flag and what it symbolizes. after leads turn up empty this weekend in southwest new york we've got the latest development. and how sweet it is, month before his 22nd birthday in a down-to-the-wire finish jordan spieth takes on the u.s. open prize. this is "way too early." good morning. it's monday, june 22nd. i'm ayman mohyeldin. in kabul this morning, the attack was seen on live television. you can see it there, as leaders were meeting, one afghan lawmaker speaking to nbc news from a bunker said there was a

huge blast followed by several smaller explosions. seven attackers were involved. one detonated an explosive at the gate. six others tried to enter the compound but were shot dead. 25 people were injured including five women and children. this is the latest in a rising number of attacks on the afghan capitol in the past several months. we'll continue this story and bring you the details as it develops throughout the day n. south carolina much of the city of charleston spent sunday morning in church not just mourning for the nine people killed while at bible study but in a show of solidarity. >> we have shown the world how we as a group of people can come together and pray and work out things that need to be worked out, to make our community and our state a better place. a lot of folk expected us to do

something strange and to break out in a riot. well, they just don't know us. >> people packed emmanuel ame for the first service since it became the scene of a brutal murder. emotional day filled with tears but also songs of joy and faith. people weren't just in the pews. crowds on this sweltering first day of summer across the city you could hear bells ringing loud and clear for nine minutes, one minute for each of the members of that church that was killed. then there was this. reverend l. bridge filled with thousands of people, joining hands in a show of unity. james comey says he doesn't believe that dillon roof's

actions were an act of terrorism because of how it's written in the law. it is covered in photos of him posing with a gun and confederate flag. nbc news' mark potter has more. >> many pictures and inflammatory words featuring 21-year-old dillylann roof. >> it added support to the notion he was a lone would have. >> reporter: the fbi believes indeed it was roof who maintained the website called last rhodesian. writing the event that truly awakened me was the trayvon martin case saying that's when he started his research on black and white crime. >> the charleston shooter fits the classic profile of someone who was radicalized not by going to hate group meetings but by being on the echo chamber that's the internet. >> in photographs on the site

roof adopts poses and uses symbols used by hate group. >> not until the trayvon martin controversy did he start to have seriously darker thoughts about race and came across white sxremsist websites on the web that fed those, built on those and helped him turn himself into a monstrous killer. >> reporter: experts say roof does not appear sophisticated and tried to cast himself as someone taking a stand writing, someone has to have the bravery to take it to the real world. and i guess that has to be me. >> saw a world of white supremacy where he could do something heroic for the cause. >> reporter: meantime, two of roof's friends who say they often let him stay with them in this mobile home in lexington, south carolina said they last saw him on tuesday, the day before the church shootings, when he dropped them off at this lake. >> he was in a rush. a really big rush.

>> reporter: the friends say the next time they heard of him was when he showed up on a wanted poster after the nine murders at the church. perhaps an important glimpse at why he opened fire. >> nbc's mark potter there. emerging narrative of roof's apparent motivations has reopened the debate for the proper place for the confederate legacy in america. vandalized "black lives matter" was spray painted in graffiti. in nearby colombia to protest the confederate flag still flying on the statehouse grounds. massacre has put renewed pressure on state legislators to remove it. it remains to be seen whether lawmakers will do it in a special session. mitt romney earning 43,000 retweets with the message take down the confederate flag at the south carolina capital. to many it's a symbol of racial

hatred. remove it now. president obama weighed in simply saying good point, mitt. in an early primary state, jeb bush pointed to his state's move to put the flag in a museum in 2001. bush said he was confident the state would do what he called the right thing after a period of mourning. marco rubio added this. >> the state of south carolina has dealt with this issue in the past. they've done so in a way that brought people together. the current location was the result of a bipartisan agreement that that state came to over 15 20 years ago. if in fact they're going to take up that issue now, i'm very confident that they're going to make the right choice for the people of south carolina. >> ted cruz and scott walker also said it was a state issue. john kasich added if he were a citizen of south carolina he would be for taking it down. two escaped prisoners on the

run, over two weeks that david sweat and richard matt were discovered missing. now sighting near the town of the vermont border. has confirmed to nbc news that state troopers are actively investigating a break-in at a hunting cabin deep in the woods. the owner approached the cabin saturday and discovered that a single individual had broken in. that individual then fled the scene when the owner arrived. it comes after a massive search over the weekend in the town of friendship new york. hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on the town after a woman reported seeing the two men who matched the escapees description by railroad tracks. as for the investigation itself, it's still taking place at the prison. placed on administrative leave last week as part of the ongoing investigation into the escape.

his attorney says he has cooperated with authorities during the questioning. he has not been charged with any offense. according to a source several prison employees are still being questioned about the plot. republican candidates in the capital to stake their claim in the 2016 election. many pledged to stand up to what they see as hostility to christianity in society and the world. >> i believe 2016 will be the religious liberty election. religious liberty has never been more threatened in america than right now today. i'll tell you this. morning is coming. morning is coming. >> i stood on the side of terry schiavo and her parents. religious freedom is under attack in ways we've never seen

before, whether it's the obama administration or just the general culture. in a big, diverse country, we need to make sure that we protect the right not just of having religious views but the right of acting on those views. religious conscious is one of the first freedoms in our country. >> unlike hillary clinton and president obama, my views on marriage are not evolving with the polls. i believe in traditional marriage between a man and a woman. >> in foreign relations committee about -- oh, this has probably been six months ago, i said you know what? maybe at the very least we shouldn't give our money to countries who persecute countries. any country that puts christians to death for speaking their mind on religion for changing their religion to christianity or for interfaith marriage we shouldn't give them a penny. not one penny. >> new polling sets former florida governor jeb bush had a strong launch to his campaign.

nbc wall street journal poll conducted finds bush on top of the republican field, scott walker and senator marco rubio join him in the top three spots. 75% of republican voters are supporting bush up since march. americans largely unconcerned about dynasty candidates. only 4% saying it matters most to them. let's turn to business now. pressure is mounting on greece and its creditors to keep the country from defaulting or exiting the eurozone all together. joining us loivive from london. carolyn, what is expected to bring to the table at this meeting? >> overnight at the greek prime minister, tabled a new set of reform proposals that will be reviewed by the eurozone and international creditors.

we don't know how these new reforms differ from the ones that greece has proposed in the past. they've been rejected so many times. ayman, we do know many eurozone officials this morning have sounded cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the talks. one official saying that he is very confident that today will yield some agreement. and, of course let's wait and see. this meeting could go well into the night. obviously, greece showing some willingness that it is willing to avert default by the end of the month. and this really has sparked a rally in european equities this morning. greek stocks are up by 6%. take a look at u.s. futures. they're also expected to open a lot higher. speaking of u.s. trading, do keep an eye on the health care stocks today, specifically cigna. the health insurer has rebuffed a $54 billion offer from its larger rival, anthem.

cigna says it's not in the best interest of its shareholders. in a letter to anthem it said quote, we're deeply disappointed with your actions. by that it means the fact that anthem has taken those talks public over the weekend and they've been going on since the end of may. since then cigna has rejected the offer three times. before i wrap things up there could be more consolidation in the u.s. wall street journal reports humana is in talks to be acquired by aetna. neither company has confirmed the existence of the talks. but the"the wall street journal" reports that these talks are ongoing. ayman? >> let me ask you about tesla. the automaker has a particular demographic in mind for its next suv. can you tell us more about that? >> well it is women. we all know women -- they do like suvs. probably to shuttle around the kids to their soccer and

basketball meets. tesla has understood women are a very fast-growing market and suvs is one of the best-performing in the united states as well. ceo of tesla said it's probably a little too centric. >> carolin roth live from london. thank you so much for that update. taylor swift getting results. see how the pop star took on apple and won. big sports stories you may have missed over the weekend. from the historyic u.s. open win to the no-hitter that fell just short of perfection. plus 43 million people at risk of severe weather. bill karins joins us with the very latest on the forecast. "way too early" is back shortly.

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let's turn now to sports. exciting finish out at chambers bay. jordan spieth was at or near the top of the leader board all day long. spieth would double beauogey the 17 but bounce back at the 18th with a birdie. johnson needed this short one to tie and force a playoff. it slid just by the hole. spieth's victory over him by one shot. here is spieth after the round. >> every single thing that i'm able to do seems to -- somebody seems to find a history lesson on why i was the youngest to do something or as young as somebody way back when. for me i just -- this is my life. i've now been doing it for a while. i don't really think of my age. i just think of us all as peers.

it's cool to be able to have two legs of the grand slam now and to conquer golf's hardest test. >> spieth who turns 22 next month -- yep, 22. becomes just the sixth golfer in history to win both the masters and the u.s. open in this same year, joining the likes of arnold palmer ben hogan, jack nicklaus and tiger woods. in major league baseball game in the nation's capital over the weekend that was as exciting as it was controversial. the national's max sherzer came within a pitch of the perfect game saturday after retiring 26 consecutive batters, jose tabata representing pittsburgh's last chance to break a perfect game and sherzer hit him with a pitch. whether he leaned into that pitch, we'll let you be the judge of that. he still went on to what should have been a perfect game for the

nats' ace. let's talk about the weather now. you can't top those two exciting performances. >> diving his elbow down into that ball. >> i'm not going to weigh in on this one. sports is always a sensitive subject. >> spieth is a story but dustin johnson missing that putt. and also the course was horrible. i don't know if you watched any of it over the weekend. >> i'm not a golf guy. >> i'll speak for you. how horrible it was watching it on tv and the course itself. that's another story. grapevine, texas, over the weekend. remember all the rain they had the last month or two? additional thunderstorms this weekend and this guy got caught up in the floodwaters and went for higher ground. couple of water rescues occurred. that is silenced. getting hot and dry in texas. they desperately need it. into the problems today. we have a line of very strong storms racing through south dakota. these storms are moving at 70 to 80 miles per hour. you couldn't even outrun them on the highway with your car if you wanted. going through sioux falls, south

dakota. prepare in sioux falls like a tornado is going through. wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. dangerous stuff right now along interstate 90 where it meets 25. later today, all these storm also regenerate. tornado threat today, areas of southern wisconsin, especially. madison to milwaukee, southwards down to about chicago, into michigan later this evening. wind damage and tornadoes likely with these storms. and on tuesday, ayman, we'll watch these storms heading to the northeast. new york city baltimore, philadelphia and d.c. two days of strong storms. today we'll have a chance of tornadoes. i don't expect many tornadoes in the northeast tomorrow. >> we'll keep our umbrellas nearby. >> if it's not stormy it's hot. very hot. >> bill karins thanks for that update. parachute stunt gone horribly wrong and believe it or not, all caught on camera. we'll hear from the skydiver who somehow made it to the ground in one piece after his parachute collapsed.

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>> what animal does your dad remind you of? >> a naked molerate. >> what year was your dad born? [ buzzer ] >> what's the weirdest thing about your dad? >> he likes to eat chips while watching the show "c.h.i.p.s." >> what's something your dad says a lot. >> am i allowed to swear on tv? >> we hope all the dads had a happy father's day. we turn to the control room where we find our man louis. when taylor swift speaks even the world's largest company listens. penned a letter to apple saying her new album 1989 won't be available. less than 24 hours later, the company has literally changed

its tune confirming the move in an interview apple executive said quote when i woke up this morning and saw what taylor had written it solidified that we needed a change. we will now pay artists during the trial period. for her part swift said she was, quote, thrilled thankful that the change had been made and excited how quickly apple responded. i'm sure all of her fellow artists are excited as well. terrifying midair collision caught on video. red devils team collided at 2,000 feet during an air show friday, causing one of their chutes to collapse. teammate wrapped his legs inside the lines. they both landed safely. corporal mike french,s who parachute collapsed, described the incident. >> not skal how we planned to do it. training critical conditions in. we always train for every eventuality.

my parachute wasn't too clever. your parachute is fine. take it left take it right. brought us down. nice splash. >> amazing story. i'm glad they're both okay. now to the weekend box office. even though pixar's inside-out finished second it scored the second largest opening in pixar history after "toy story 3" taking $91 million nationwide. "jura is. sic world" continued to dominate, two-week domestic total. it's well positioned to be among the highest grossing films of all time raking in an estimated $981.3 million in the first ten days. that's incredible. very excited for chris pratt, huge fan of ayman. >> i saw it over the weekend in i max 3d. it was absolutely spectacular. thank you very much for that update. that does it for me on this monday edition of "way too early." let's bring in mika for a preview. >> we're live in charleston

south carolina, still in mourning after last week's mass shooting. this morning, we are learning much more about the gunman and the conservative leader who may have inspired his racist views. and why the fbi director says the massacre was not an act of terror. we are also following the debate over the confederate flag and whether it should be flying anywhere near the south carolina state capital. is it time for the symbol to go? the 2016 presidential candidates weigh in. plus the search heats up for those two escape convicts who have been on the run for more than two weeks now. we'll tell you where possible sightings have now taken officials in the search. those stories and much more coming up next on "morning joe."

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