pay check but now whole foods market is charged with overcharging. what the retailer says about the charges this morning. 5:30 on the east coast, 3:30 out west. this is "way too early." ♪ ♪ good morning. it is thursday june 25th. we begin this morning in upstate new york where a second prison employee has been arrested in the investigation of the elaborate escape earlier this month. gene palmer who worked in the honor block housing sweat and matt has been promoted with prison contraband tampering with evidence. palmer's attorney says he'll enter a plea of not guilty. joyce mitchell told authorities she smuggled escape tools inside

ground beef and palmer passed meat to the prisoners. she pleaded not guilty to contraband charges. here's his attorney discussing that alleged part of the plot. >> he passed the hamburger meat. he shouldn't have done it. he had no knowledge there was contraband other than the meat. he had no knowledge mitchell had hidden contraband on the inside of the meat. he's gone on record saying he had no knowledge they were escaping. he passed a polygraph test. he had no knowledge these two individuals were going to attempt escape. >> an official at the jail said palmer posted jail and released just after midnight. a second hearing is scheduled 4:00 p.m. today. it comes as the search continues in the densely wooded town of owl's head new york 20 miles

from the prison. tsarnaev is facing death by injection. he broke silence for the first time in more than two year at the hearing apologizing to families of the victims. tsarnaev said in part quote, i'm sorry for lives i've taken, for suffering i've caused you, for damage i've done. ir parable damage. >> the judge can did not buy the apology telling tsarnaev when his name is mentioned, people will remember the four killed and 260 injured. some of the survivors did not buy his apology and did not believe it was sincere. >> our lives will never be the same again. i live a block are from the finish line. my neighborhood is changed forever. i regret having ever wanted to

hear him speak because what he said show nod remorse, no regret no empathy for what he's done to our lives. >> he said a that he was remorseful. i find that a hard to believe since i've come to a lot of the trial. never really saw that at all from him. it really does not change anything for me because what he took from me i'm never going to be able to regain. on to politics now. 13 republicans are vying for their party's nomination. this after bobby jindal entered the race last night. two term governor and former congressman gave immense words. >> democrats evaluate success in terms of quality of government.

we look at terms of s ofs of prosperity of our people. >> some believe i talk about my faith too much but i will not be silenced. i will not be silenced in order to meet their expectations of political correctness. you've heard jeb bush say that we need to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election. we're going to help him do that. let me translate that for you. i want to translate that political spike in plain english. what jeb bush is saying is that we need to hide conservative ideals. the truth is if we go down that road again, we will lose again. >> jindal faces a steep climb though. low and republican primary polls, a recent poll of his conservative home state shows he's less popular than president obama. a fox news poll shows a tight race for the nomination. jeb bush this the lead and trump

moving to second place, seven points separate the top six contenders. on the democratic side hillary clinton leads nearest competition by 46 points. after months of back and forth on capitol hill president obama will soon have the power to negotiate a massive trade deal. senate voted 60-38 to give the president authority without any amendments. it heads to obama's desk for signature. the fast track powers as they're called are set to be the milestone trade deal with countries. it was a week ago this morning that we first broke the news about the slaying of nine people at a historic charleston. last night supporters went back to hold the bible study in the

same room it happened. they came armed with their bibles and faith. >> we sung raised scripture, had a joyous time. >> i just left from the bible study room. i just wanted to sit there. knowing a week ago what happened i just wanted to set there. >> you didn't have pause being in that room thinking back to seven nights ago? >> no we didn't see the seventh night. we did see our sister happy and alive. then we went in that room and the room was full of that same life. >> the body of state senator pinckney was taken by horse drawn carriage to the state capitol where he lay in state. many came to pay respects including his widow and two

daughters. on capitol hill senator tim scott raised support and spoke emotionally about one of the sons of the victims. >> he said with great energy sense of excitement that this evil attack would lead to reconciliation restoration, unity in our nation. those were powerful words.

it is with great sadness and amazeing hope that our future as a nation has been changed. >> it remains to be seen whether the confederate flag will come down in south carolina. a head count shows likely passage in the senate but bigger question mark in the house. communities all over the country are having the same debate to high school in texas to state of alabama where the governor acted by taking down the flags at a confederate memorial. >> i think what i can did today was symbolic. i think i became the first governor to remove the confederate flag. other governors have called for it in virginia and south carolina. they didn't do it. i did it. secretary of state john kerry is preparing to leave for vienna tomorrow as five days remain for u.s. to reach a possible nuclear deal with iran.

it comes as the associated presses obtained a draft dock thamt shows the u.s. is ready to send iran high-tech nuclear equipment if a deal is reached. critics say the deal makes many concessions. it is now warned a possible deal may fall short of what the white house considers an agreement a long term freeze on nuclear research and demanding all sanctions be lifted before iran signs an agreement. kerry says it will not have effect on negotiations. let's turn to business. stocks appear to be down after a down day wednesday. the dow lost 178 points. s&p down 16 and nasdaq 38 points in the hole. whole foods market shares fell

after the company was accused of overcharging customers. we go to london. these charges against whole foods for overcharging customers. >> the department of consumer affairs did an investigation. they took 80 different products that were prepackaged in eight stores in the new york area. what they found was the weights were wrong and mostly customers were overcharged. what's that led to is effectively claims against whole food over misrepresentation on goods. whole food not having a bit of it. they've come up with their own response. let me read this to you. we disagree with the consumer affairs overreaching allegations and we are vigorously defending ourselves. we cooperated fully with the dca

from the beginning until we disagreed with their grossly excessive monetary demands. they have not requested additional information from us. that's what the company is saying in return. just to point out to you, last year, they paid $800,000 to settle similar allegations in california. a lot of people are wondering if there is smoke without fire in this case. i want to move you on. i've got another story about misrepresentation and this involving ab. if you bought the beer thinking it was imported you may find the water was from missouri. now a suit $3 million in legal charges. get 10 cents back on every bottle if you feel you were

ripped off because you thought you were drinking from germany. >> let's talk a little about travel. aaa released the report on number of people expected to travel for the fourth of july weekend around the corner. how's it looking? >> it's going to be busy isn't it? looks like more americans will take to the roads than we have seen since 2007. combination of reasons for that. the lower gas price is going to help. the economy is stronger. just be careful where you spend your hard-earned dollars. aaa pointing out airfares are up 6 to 8%. hotels also up mid range up for this holiday period in price. even as you're saving money on gas, it may be you're spending little more on okayaccomodation or flights the you're taking to

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tuesday. freshman smith comes up big hitting in a three runs. that helps virginia to a 4-2 win over vandy for first ever baseball championship. in nba news espn reports kevin love will opt out of the final deal with the cavaliers. this leaves $16.7 million on the table to return to free agency. cavs lost in the first round of the playoffs are expected to try and resign him. now to major league baseball. in tampa, blue jays and rays scoreless in the bottom of the eighth. >> donaldson will go to the rail. he will get there, dives in and caught it. what a play. >> what a play indeed. donaldson dives into the stands for a spectacular count and another out in the bid for a perfect game. the no-no is broken later.

the second consecutive start he's taken a no-hiter in the eighth before blowing it. scoreless into extras. homer the 12th giving toronto the lead. jays hang on for 1-0 lead. incredible catch and performance. it will be interesting to see what happens with love and cavaliers. he had an incredible season before injured. >> they're going to offer him the best they can. >> he could go to lakers. heat wave in the west and a lot of bad flooding this morning. des moines to quincy under flood warnings. st. louis up to indianapolis. flash flood watches kansas city and north of st. louis. flooding from thunderstorms continue throughout the day and later this evening. denver to rapid city also going to see -- this looks bad, but it's a slight risk.

concentration of storms is to the the greatest. what storms form could be strong. raleigh, richmond washington d.c., maybe an isolated tornado or two late today. the timing of these storms looks to be around 5:00 should be forming in and around hagers town d.c. area. they get more concentrated d.c. southwards. they'll race toward richmond norfolk and virginia beach late this evening with lightning and potential for wind damage. if you're in the mid atlantic, keep eyes on the sky in the afternoon and early evening. as far as the heat goes this is going to be historic in the northwest. we're going to approach all time record highs. warmest temperatures ever recorded in a few spots. boise 95 today, 102 friday as the heat wave begins. 102 is not a big deal. by the time we get to saturday boise up to 106 degrees. the all time record heat in a lot of spots between 105 and 110.

salt lake city 101. these are like desert temperatures. >> i was going to say how is 102 normal in boise? >> not normal but as far as heat wave goes, they do see a this. this is long duration and pretty amazing event. still ahead, we don't normally keep up with the kardashian. except bill -- >> i do. >> i know you do. this is worth sharing. we're going to have more about that and perhaps more about the book bill has. did she sign it for you? >> not yet. >> all that and more on "way too early" when we return. hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. with xerox,

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i'm proud to be on the right side of history regarding the removal of the symbol of racism and bigotry from the state house. >> take that in. drink that in. feel that. that's paul thurmond son of arch segregationist thurmond speaking out against that flag. i mean that -- that's like if cool aid man's son took to the floor of the senate to give a lecture on importance of wall preservation. just came down there and said we cannot -- we can no longer keep demolishing these innocent

walls. i love my father but on this issue, i a say to him oh no. >> another hilarious clip there. let's get a take on what is happening out there today and more interesting things. i never thought kim cards,fdr would be in the same camp. >> let's get to that. a protestor interrupted the pride reception at the white house yesterday. >> hold on a second. okay. you know what -- no no no no, no. no no. hey -- yeah -- listen. you're in my house. [ cheers and applause ] no no. as a general rule i am just fine with a few hecklers but

not when i'm up in the house. [ cheers and applause ] you know my -- my attitude is if you're eating the order bs. >> he's not letting that go down in his house. i love it. you know that old saying which of these doesn't belong? that's right, the 34-year-old kim kardashian joins the prestigious list when she speak at the iconic common wealth club. it's where fdr gave the speech. she will discuss her book on selfie in addition. i'm sure the bid about the selfies will be fascinating. >> it will be a stirring speech i'm sure. the world will be waiting for

it. thanks for that. that does it for me and "way too early." let's bring in mika for a preview of "morning joe." thank you so mump. another prison employee in the escape of two convicts. what the obama administration is reportedly ready to offer to strike a deal. we'll speak with former cia and sna director michael hayden. rick scott joins us. we'll see where he stands on the 2016 battle between florida candidates jeb bush and marco rubio. that a and more ahead on "morning joe." and more ahead on "morning joe." nd more ahead on "morning joe."

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