i'm rounding up because it is easier than actually counting them one by one with. trump officially yesterday, jindal tomorrow and christie within the next week. them one by one. trump yesterday, gin dal tomorrow, chris christie within the next week. then your mother-in-law. "first look" is up next. it's wednesday, june 24th. one person was killed as severe storms hit the midwest after battering the midwest. intensz heat and line of storms are forecast. the confederate battle flag surges. escape tools hidden in raw meat. >> and a first look ahead. thanks for joining us today.

i'm betty. violent thunderstorms have hammered the midwest and northeast in depp ford new jersey. a violent thunderstorm 70 miles per hour winds doing a lot of damage. part of a mall's roof ripped off. in the parking lot, a honda civic was flipped upside down. >> it was scary. lightning right in front of me. >> just unbelievable. >> a lightning strike sparked this apartment far. a driver in a pickup truck was killed after hitting a tree that fell onto the road. in philly skies turn ominous. reports of 600 lightning strikes in a 15 minute period. heavy wind took cut power. in the midwest, it is confirmed. nine tornados hit central

illinois monday and tuesday. this morning, flag furry is growing. more than 500 people were out yesterday wanting the flag removed from the south carolina state house. the debate took center stage. state senator paul thurman son of straw thurman says he's aware of his heritage but he does not think all ancestors made the right decision is. >> our ancestors were fighting to keep human be beings as slaves and continue the act when someone is held against their will. i'm not proud of this heritage. >> near ferguson missouri hillary clinton spoke against the confederate flag and what it represents. >> recognizing it as a symbol of

our nation's past that has no place in our presence or our future. it shouldn't fly there. it shouldn't fly anywhere. >> supporters of the flag are passionately defending their positions. they say it is a means to honor those that died in the civil war not the banner of racists. >> they stole it. they dishonor had the flag. that flag never had anything to do about slavery. >> big companies though are dropping con fed rat flags. in washington law makers held a moment of silence for the victims of the charleston massacre massacre. now the first time the shooter was caught and arrested. this morning we're learning new details how the convicted

murderers that escaped from a prison in new york did it. joyce mitchell a prison employee, told police she hid saw blades drill bits and a hole bunch in ground beef. she smuggled it into the prison shop in prison. palmer delivered to david sweat and richard matt. palmer is put on leave but not charged with anything. he passed the polygraph saying he didn't know he was holding over tools. joyce mitchell also told he did not know what he was doing. police continue to search near the town of alice head new york where dna was found in a burglarized cabin. president obama is can expected to release changes today. tracey pots is live in washington. some experts are really worried

given to the demands, this may make matters worse. >> exactly. that's been a concern. it's also a huge concern for families who feel their hands are tie othered when the u.s. government won't negotiate and hostage takers are reaching out directly to them. changes are coming. we expect them to be announced today. they'll allow latitude for families that want to do something to try to keep their loved ones alive. >> today the white house is expected to announce the government will look the other way and not prosecute families that pay ransom to terrorist groups like isis is. it comes after the administration spent monies considering the concerns of families with hostages. >> we also wanted to improve the process of communicating with families who have loved one one who is are going through this

terrible situation. >> that means setting up a fusion center at the fbi to keep families better informed but not a hostage czar as not suggested. u.s. government will not pay ransom to terrorists as some governments have are. >> a that fuelled further terrorism. >> some fear allowing families to pay could be dangerous. >> i think you're likely to marginally increase incentives for people to kidnap americans. >> these families had the chance to meet with administration officials beforehand. they spent the day yesterday sitting down with families explains the decisions that have been made. they got an early look at this report that's coming up. >> thank you for that report. new documents claims the u.s. security agency eves

dropped on the last three presidents. including to wikileaks it included the middle east peace process and euro crisis. a spokeman told the associated press he's confident the documents are offsetting but have not been confirmed. an analyst for the french president said it's unacceptable especially from an ally. the white house so far has not responded. there are new details on the autopsy of 25-year-old freddie gray that died in police custody in baltimore in april. it shows a quote high energy injury. the state coroner's office found he was not belted in the police vehicle but hands and ankles were shackled. the medical examiner concluded gray's most significant injury

was lower left part of his head. according to the "sun" gray was arrested april 12th and suffered injuries in police custody and died a week later. the medical examiner's report was completed the day before six officers were charged. the death was ruled a homicide. all six officers entered not guilty pleas. the medical examiner's office and state attorney said they were not the source of the leak. attorneys representing the six officers say neither they or the officers had seen the autopsy report. let's get to business down. landon dowdy good morning to you. >> good morning to you. a stock split next month expected as shareholders voted in favor of the idea. shares of netflix have nearly doubled this week. lexus claims it's developed

a working hover board to float an inch above the ground. the make area says it uses liquid nitrogen. it won't give many details other than it's tested with a pro skate border in spain. ford is launching a pilot program in chicago and san francisco. customers who finance their car with foreign motor credit can then rent them out when not being used. betty, back to you. >> interesting, thank you. i like the hover board as well. let's get sports shall we. tom brady got his chance to sit down with nfl commissioner roger goodell appeal the four game suspension. brady and his team spent four hours meeting with them. now it's the decision if he was

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. welcome back to first look. active weather continues. yesterday was a nightmare in the northeast with the air reports, cancellations from the storms. what's left of them is exiting eastern carolina on outer banks. we're looking fine today northeast mid atlantic. next round of storms beginning out here near rapid city. severe thunderstorms with large

hail and damaging wind gusts. plain old rain in central iowa. we have to watch out for flash flooding in the next 24 hours in iowa and illinois. had a lot of rain over the last couple of months. thunderstorms are possible late tonight towards tomorrow morning. we have enhanced risk of severe storms. 20 million people are at slight risk or worse. storms arrive in chicago late tonight early tomorrow morning. how about temperatures in the southeast? next tree days we'll cool off in atlanta friday. charlotte stays hot over next three days. all this heat -- this has been a two to three day heat wave in this region. it continues in texas. looking much cooler for july in the eastern seaboard. if you like summer and heat appreciate it now. >> it's about to get really hot out there. thank you. alarming new statistics are out on the number of children poisoned after putting candy like laundry pods in their

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all right. coming up on 19 minutes past the hour, time for your wednesday edition of "scrambled politics." today they'll officially vote on fast track power for the president. if legislation passed by the house passes it would be a big win for republicans, president and colossal trade deal. congressional leaders announced a plan to strengthen the voting rights act. it will appeal to progressives. it makes it harder to vote. chris christie could announce his presidential bid next week. he's one of the last big names in that deciding stage.

could he be chasing the donald? trump is in second place in the key state of new hampshire in a poll by 11%, that's three points behind leader jeb bush. maybe because of tough stances on issues like this. >> trump was asked earlier today which woman he thought should replace alexander hamilton on the $10 bill. he had a good answer. check it out. >> my mother. >> did you expect anything else? "snl" is looking for people to do i a bernie sanders impression come election day. look no further. this is called bernie sanders is not boring. >> i can't win because i look like a train conductor with cotton candy hair and sound like

a bull frog with a library card. in short, they say i'm boring. that's a whole lot of bunk. i'll show you. come on. 10% of the top 1% controls more wealth than the bottom 85% of the lowest 90% combined. >> that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." we're going to move on. louisiana governor bobby jindal will officially announce his candidacy this afternoon. he believes his administration's education reforms and push for charter schools will be his lasting legacy. as jane tim reports, some parents say they've been left behind. >> we're discriminating against children that need us the most. >> this is a mom of special needs children and education advocate too. she says special needs children are struggling to find schools to embrace them.

charter schools put heavy emphasis on test scores. >> we have a competition model, right? i like to say where there are winners there are also what? >> losers. >> right. who's losing? nobody wants to have that conversation. >> today 93% of the public school students attend a charter school. that's more than any other district in the nation. >> special need across the system a lot are not being accommodated. >> schools have increased graduation rates dramatically and the model is across louisiana. jindal pitches it. >> we've got equality of education opportunity in our country. one of the most important lasting legacies i believe would be the reforms we've implemented in k through 12 education specifically school choice. >> parents in new orleans say it's not that simple.

the southern law center recently filed a lawsuit forcing change. there's more oversight into special needs education starting this month. >> if folks are going to look at new orleans as a mode model, they need to look at all sides. i would say the jindal administration has been a downfall a. >> he's saying quote, we've empowered parents to vote with their feet. >> i'm hopeful. at the same time i have to be realistic. we need that accountability season. we need people to actually listen to parents. >> jane tim live from new orleans. good morning jane. >> good morning. where does jindal who will likely be the 13th to jump into this race fit amongst the rest of the republican field? >> yeah. i think he's hoping he'll be lucky number 13. jindal is a staking out far

right territory. he's come out strong on social issues, came out during the battle in indiana and arkansas on religious freedom laws. he came out on champion stronger than those laws. i was told this was the strongest ever. he's gone out on radical islam and said european no-go zones saying essentially sharia law is used to govern in parts of europe something everyone in europe says doesn't actually exist. he's decried those. he's taken far right territory. he's hoping education reforms get him on the main stage. >> we'll see what happens. sounds like chris christie is jumping in the race maybe as early as next week. can voters get past his past? >> i think it's going to be great to see how that plays out. he's fun to watch, very engaging but also can turn people off

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here's a look ahead. a day of reckoning for tsarnaev. a judge is expected to sentence

him to death. the victims of the attack are expected to speak. there's a chance the court will hear from tsarnaev himself. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. thousands in the northeast waking up without power this morning after a storms ripped through the midwest to the east coast. last night and today, more at risk with expected severe weather and possible tornados. step right up. announcement expected by louisiana.gov mor bob governor bobby jindal for 2016. suggestions are that chris christie could be behind him. a dad catches a ball off the first baseline. we'll tell you what the umps had to say about that grab. this is "way too early."

good morning. it is wednesday, june 24th. welcome to "way too early" the show that knows about catching a foul bowl holding a beer but never a baby. we have a story that hassle manies in the danger zone. possible tornados dangerous heat and wind. bracing for more severe weather after getting rocked tuesday. the national weather service says nine tornados have touched down in northern illinois. cole city sustained the most damage. officials say a tornado ripped through the area with winds of 165 miles per hour. >> it started raining, so then my daughter called me and said go in the basement. i said no i ain't going in the basement. i'll get fl