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part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> what remains to be seen is whether the political will exists to bring that down. a head count suggests a majority of lawmakers in both chambers want it to come down. in the house and senate nearly half lawmakers decline to respond how they would vote on the issue. other observers noted it took the death of nine african-american citizens in a church to finally force action. >> i hate it happened on the eve of this tragedy and hate the tragedy is what actually made this happen. the governor we applaud her efforts. we know it wouldn't happen without her. we applaud conservatives and change in deciding something that has been hateful for years, now they see it as hateful and want to take it down. we'll take it however we can get it. this gives the indication maybe they were time of republican

presidential candidates dancing around, nine getting killed over this symbol and whether or not it should come down. >> the republican house speaker in mississippi is you shalling for removal of the confederate emblem on the state flag. wal-mart is removing all items promoting the flag. this week vice president biden and michelle obama and president obama will deliver to the funeral of pinckney. president obama will deliver the eulogy. the president said the words absence from the society does not mean it's over. the president does not regret using it. >> the president's use of the word and reason he used the word could not be more apparent from the context of his discussion on the pod cast. the president made clear that it's not possible to judge the nation's progress on race issues based solely on an

evaluation of our country's manners. i would acknowledge the president's -- the way the president designed his argument in this scenario is more provocative provocative. i don't think anybody here is surprised this is getting more attention. turning to upstate new york and the break in the search for two escaped killers on the run. sources confirmed monday, dna from david sweat and richard matt has been found at a cabin near the maximum security prison where the two escaped. the man hunt has gone hundreds of miles in 17 days. it's heating up miles from where it all began. stephanie has the latest. >> police say they're onto something roughly 20 miles from the prison where the inmates escaped two weeks ago. >> law enforcement is maintaining a strong and visible presence in this region.

that will continue until we bring it to a close. >> dna recovered in a remote mountain lodge matched david sweat and richard matt. the two are likely still on the run together. the owner contacted police after seeing someone run from the cabin saturday. he told restaurant owner what he saw. >> went inside. a jug of water on the kitchen table which is never there. something they don't use. >> what about the peanut butter? >> open jar of peanut butter on the table. >> he isn't surprised they came this way. >> how difficult would it be to search these woods for someone? >> i don't know where you'd start. it's dense. >> this is the direct way back to the prison. 13 miles of dirt road and along this stretch are dozens of access trails like this one that lead to hunting cabins unoccupied most of the year. >> as the investigation into the escape continues, the department

of corrections announce gene palmer has been put on leave in connection with the escape. nbc spoke with his lawyer. >> he has fully cooperated with law enforcement, answered all their questions, interviewed 14 hours. >> heavily armed law enforcement are pouring into the woods. rugged, difficult terrain. flushing out two convicts won't be easy. >> thanks stephanie for that report. former secretary of state hillary clinton is expected to travel to speak to a suburb near the site last year's killing of michael brown. clinton garners 75% of the vote in the national pole, 60 points ahead of bernie sanders. 92% of democrats see themselves supporting clinton as the

nominee. in the general election matchup, former florida governor jeb bush performs best against clinton president. two prominent politicians announce they've been diagnosed with cancer. ho owe began has non-hodgkin lymphoma. announcing, the governor choked up a bit, but managed to keep a sense of humor. >> in the midst of the struggle i was reminded once again of how truly blessed and how truly lucky i am. over the coming months i'll be receiving multiable, very aggressive chemo therapy treatments. most likely i'm going to lose my hair. you won't have these beautiful gray locks. i may trim down a little bit. but i won't stop working to

change maryland for the better. i'll be working hard and making the decision that the people of this state elected know make. >> we got word senator an gus of maine plans to undergo surgery to remove process state cancer. he was diagnosed with mel know that 40 years ago and beat it. in the announcement like hogan, king kept his sense of humor. >> early detection saves lives. in this case the story is mine not once but twice. cancer is a scary word to hear believe me. it might seem unusual to say this but today i feel pretty fortunate. the fact is millions of americans bravely and quietly fight more aggressive cancers than mine everyday. in my case the doctors found my cancer early. we have a plan to treat it and

plan for full recovery. i do intend to run for re-election in three years, only my poor little process state won't be along for the ride. know a person is of interest in the benghazi attack is dead. he was a member of isis and connected to sharia which has ties to al qaeda. he was killed in the u.s. air strike last week in mosul iraq. he was an intermediary. he was arrested in turkey the month after the ben saz attack and late area extradited. the country released him saying there was not enough evidence he took part of it. four americans were killed including the u.s. ambassador chris stephens. let's turn to business now. stocks surging yesterday helping the nasdaq knowledge all-time record and sending dow up more

than 100 points. jeff joins us are from london. a they're not popping champagne bottles yet and celebrate, but what do you hear on the proposal? >> that would be too easy. this crisis dragged on too long. expecting a quick ending is way too optimistic. we have the basis for negotiation. greeks puts forward new propose ts which look as though they may have broken the deadlock here. what we've got is a range of proposals on new taxes and some pension reforms. as you say, right now nobody is popping open the champagne because they've had a relatively lukewarm response i would say. more work needs to be done. they'll try to nail this down over the next 48 hours. general markets in positive territory here. a people think a will get done.

martha stewart living a name and brand we've come use top. we know pretty much what it does perhaps we're not ware of how much smaller this has become. it's being bought, sold to se sequential brands. $350 million is the price tag this. business use to be worth over $1 billion, employed 600 people. now it's less than 300. so the brand moving on we will see martha stewart living passing to new hands. back to you. >> jeff let me ask you quickly other news about airlines. we know the annoying fees they charge for baggage. tell us about the profits they're making in baggage fees. >> nobody likes this. airlines call them obliquely

revenue strings which con veals the pain passengers feel as they check in bags at 25 dollars a pop and if they want to make small changes to booking again. there are more charges for that. well the airlines are loving it to the tune of $1.7 billion in the first quarter of this year. that's how much all of those additional revenues added up to. that is quite some increase. about 7% rise on the year on year number. two things going on here. one is more of us flying paying those fees. the other one is the airlines may not put up the price of the first bag. they are easing the price of the third bag and also if your bags are overweight then you're paying additional charges year on year. the airlines are doing fine right now extracting more money out of your pocketbook. >> something tells me they're

not going to cut profits any time soon other. thanks for that. still ahead on "way too early." more on documents espn claims pete rose was betting on games while he played them. and p diddy bars. what has the pop moegle arrested for terrorists threats. we'll have that and more when we come back. in a real life courtroom in brooklyn, new york real life crime boss got a real sentence life in prison. >> john came into the world of mob bosses killing the boss of the crime family and taking over. he may have came in on a comet, but he went out in a van.

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let's turn now to sports inside news in the world of baseball. darrel hamilton who played 13 major league seasons and went to world series with the mets 2000 was discovered dead after a murder suicide in his home. he was shot several times. the woman later in the house identified as 444-year-old monica jordan died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the couple's 14-month-old child was found unharmed. he later worked in the commissioner's office for analyst for the major league baseball network. hamilton was 50 years old. in 2004 pete rose came clean admitting he bet on baseball while a manager. for three decades, major league's baseball all time hit leader insisted he never bet as a player. there are documents that intend to show rose did bet as a player including games he played in.

dock ts areuments have been under court order seal since 1989. they indicate he bet on the reds during the 1986 season but show nothing evidence he bet against them. rose was banned year we committed to mlb that we would not comment on specific matters relating to reinstatement. there you go. we'll see what happens with that. turning thousand to world cup soccer and the team usa team that lives to see another day. the game was tied 0-0. all team usa in the second half.

alex morgan scored in the tournament. a beautiful penalty kick. u.s. won by final 2-0. they played china friday for a spot in the world cup semi finals against china. >> two of their best players got yellow cards and they're out. >> china has become a force in women's soccer. should be interesting to watch. let's get the update with bill. >> i'd rather talk sports. we have a lot of damage done in the midwest. michigan had a tornado last night. there's been damage out there. structural damage and people out of their homes. thankfully no injuries or deaths with those storms. here are pictures from yesterday. storm chasers in iowa near cole city iowa. that twister was close to them. see how wide it was. look at the base of that. flashes are surges and

transformers. again, no injuries and no deaths. hopefully we'll do that again today. this morning, everyone in cleveland got woke up by the nasty line of storms. round two over cleveland as we speak. heavy rain. as far as severe storms those will die off then a new round will come later this afternoon. areas of orange enhanced risk of storms. population centers up 95. we have 50 million at risk. when the storms go through, obviously travel problems. airports will have ground stops from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. as the line goes through. syracuse buffalo, cleveland, you're clear. along the front, storms pop up ask and get the strongest. timing for northeast cities looks like new york city around 4:00 to 5:00. same for hartford. providence and boston 5:00 to 6:00. philly and d.c. 4:00 to 6:00.

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today, we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to stay it's time to move the flag from the capital grounds. >> good morning, it is tuesday, june 23rd