it's 5:30 in the east 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." good morning. it's friday june 26th. i'm ayman. nbc news is working to confirm reports of an explosion. reports say there was one dead. a body of a person decapitated was found in an area. someone has been detained. we'll bring you information throughout the course of the day on msnbc. for the second time in three years u.s. supreme court has upheld the affordable care act. the court ruled the federal government can provide federal subsidies to state 245s have decide not run marketplace coverage. in the majority opinion, john

roberts wrote, quote, congress passed the affordable care act not to destroy them. upholding the laws insurance mandate in 2012. in his descent, scalia blasted the court adding quote, we should call this scotus care. president obama had this reaction. >> today after 50 votes to repeal or weaken this law, after a presidential election based in part on preserving or a repealing this lawyer after multiple challenges by the supreme court, the affordable care act is here to stay. >> today president obama vice president biden, and the first lady will travel to charleston south carolina to attend the funeral of state senator clementa pinckney. he first heard the call to

preach when he was 13 years old. administration officials tell nbc news the president spent the evening on his message. john boehner and hillary clinton. now let's turn to upstate new york and new information regarding the second prison employee charged in the investigation with the escape earlier this month. gene palmer denied knowledge of the escape plan. the question now is were these isolated incidents or is this a systematic problem? here's stephanie with more. >> gene palmer a prison officer for 28 years, pled not guilty facing multiple criminal charges many connection with the prison break. the 57-year-old worked on the honor block with the escapees

for years. he told police in a statement matt gave him paintings and information about other inmate miss exchange for paintings. palmer burned and buried the paintings when he discovered the inmates had escaped. he wasn't at home today. his friends and family are in shock. >> what was his reaction to being arrested? >> just kind of surprised. >> according to court documents, the favors began two years ago smuggling in paint and paint brushes for matt acrylics for sweat. palmer told police he allowed sweat access to alter the wiring in the cat walk to cook in his cell. on four separate occasions he gave him needle nose pliers and a screwdriver. matt and sweat used the cat walk as part of the escape walk. may 29th joyce mitchell left him a package in the freezer and directed him to give it to matt.

a green colored woven bag with one pound of beef and tool. mitchell told him she hid tools in the meat. what was going on in the honor block at the correctional? >> rules that were supposed to be enforced were ignored. >> jeff spent 22 years working in the prison. >> radios are playing. they can cook shower. i mean it's just kind of like a block party, free for all. >> thanks to nbc stephanie gosk for that report. 2016 politics now. a poll shows aen tightening race in new hampshire. clinton once held the 31 point lead in last month's poll.

that has been trimmed. senator bernie sanders is responding to missouri senator mckas kel's defense of hillary clinton yesterday. here's what she said. >> i think the media is giving bernie a pass now. i rarely read in coverage of bernie he's a socialist. rand paul got the same crowds. it's not unusual for someone with an extreme message to have a following. massive is relative. i think hillary had a massive crowd at her announcement certainly as large as the crowd bernie sanders has had. >> is sanders had this to say yesterday as well. >> i find it surprising she says the media doesn't refer to me as a socialist. there's no article i've seen that doesn't refer to me as a democratic socialist. i am. do i believe in medicare for all single payment?

absolutely. do i believe in opposition to mckas kel we need trade policy fair to american worker and not ceos, i plead guilty. this is the first time a colleague has attacked me. you'll have to ask senator mckas kel why. turning to the republican side. two candidates discuss if and when they'll formally join the race. scott walker said last night he'll make intentions known in two and a half weeks. chris christie denied reports he will announce at the high school in his hometown this week june 30th. he made the decision and said he was not running on his radio show last night. >> i can't be held to account for every bit of speculation in the press. >> are you denying there's going to be announcement made tuesday? >> i can't deny a that. i haven't made a decision. once i make a decision, i'll

decide how to do it. if i do. if i don't -- either way i'll make announcement. if i'm not in it i'll be a factor. people will want to have my support if i'm not a candidate. >> donald trump is making another strong showing in a republican poll. trump finishes second to bush in the primary. 16% to 11%. carly fiorina moving up to a tie with rubio in fifth place. there's controversial comments made by trump when he made the announcement speech last week. katie has more. >> no stranger to controversy, donald trump is at it again and not backing down. threatening to sue univision for dropping the miss usa pageant that planned to air next month. >> we have an ironclad contract to broadcast miss usa. it's an ironclad.

they can't do this. >> this spanish speaking broadcaster said it was severing ties with the tycoon due to remarks me made about mexico last week. >> when mexico sends their people, they're not bringing their best. they're sending drugs, rapists. some i'm sure are good people. >> he fires back and said he loved mexicans but had no apology for words or stance on immigration. >> i would build a wall when necessary. >> as for donald he told the new york post, unlike a politician the, he will not be silenced.

>> uninbc universal is a partner and gave this quote yesterday. the state department says 15 e-mails that hillary clinton sent or received were never turned over. officials from state compared e-mails turned over from clinton advisor blum el that will against the former secretary released from her private sector. the state department says they do not pertain to the 2012 benghazi attacks. clinton's campaign said she turned the over 55,000 pages to state including the ones from blumenthal including the ones he did not durn over to the house committee. some are quick to say it shows she has not turned over files leaving questions what's been left out. health care stocks surged yesterday after the supreme court decision regarding the

affordable care act came out. that wasn't enough to offset uncertainty on greek bail outs. european leaders failed to strike a deal. we'll get to greece in a moment. let's start with the markets and how the health industry responded to that decision from the supreme court yesterday. >> yeah the very important issue you've got to bear in mind is this is about tax subsidies and providing some areas of support to those who want health insurance. so it's critical for the health care industry because obviously it confirms there will be strong numbers of individuals who seek that health care and they will get financial support through the affordable health care act. the results of that court upholding the current arrangements is is that we saw a big rally across the health care sector. one company in particular that

saw the share price rise 12% as a result of the court action taken. this was very supportive for the health care sector as a whole. back to what is moving markets at the moment. even as we saw strength in that area area, we did see support ebbing away through the day as people watched the prospects of a greek deal being negotiated. we still do not have a deal. technical talks continue today. angela merkel is putting on pressure and says we want to see this signed off over the weekend. tuesday is a deadline because greeks have a significant amount to pay back to imf on tuesday. it represents a deadline of sorts. back to you. >> let me ask you quickly about lulu lemon, a popular retailer once again issuing a recall. what's the story behind that recall? >> these are the metal or hard

plastic tasles on some of these jackets. apparently a must be of individuals, six i think, say they have received injuries to their face or eyes as a result of hard end of these tassels. l lululemon not taking chances. thousands are being recall so they can change the tips on these tassels. >> thanks for that update. still ahead on "way too early" severe weather into the weekend with 47 million in the danger zone. bill is tracking the storms and potential of record breaking heat. and taylor swift's latest battle with apple and why she and her superstar boyfriend are making headlines. those stories and more when "way too early" comes back. sthoep ♪ ♪ ♪

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let's go back to that breaking news we brought you earlier in the show. there are reports of a deadly incident in france at a gas factory. msnbc news is working to confirm reports of an explosion. initial reports say there's at least one dead. one decapitated body was found at entrance. someone has been detained. we'll bring you more information as we learn throughout the course of the day. let's get a check on your weather now with meteorologist bill karins. looks like a hot few days ahead. >> in the west going to be incredible, like off the charts hottest some ever have are seen maybe decades in some cases. not in the east though. there's a change in the weather pattern as we head through end of june and july. going to cool off the great lakes. all hot weather here in the

west. we've talked like the drought like two to three years it seems. these temperatures unheard of. in montana, 100 sunday. this stuff is unheard of. think about the firefighters out there on the front lines of fires that are now starting to form. they're afraid of more forming this weekend. then the contrast to that, usually typical when one side of the country is hot, the other is cool. that's the case. boston lucky to hit 70 this upcoming weekend. new york city in 60s and 70s. there's areas of heavy rain. a lot of flooding concerns across missouri especially intera state 70. some portions of the highway are almost impassable because of heavy roads. that's by far the worst in the country. more severe weather, possibly kentucky tennessee. the heat this weekend is historic. some of those are the hottest

temperatures i've temperatures i've forecast in the area. the season came to a close. last night the next generation arrived in style. >> with the first pick in the 2015 nba draft, the minnesota timberwolves select carl anthony towns. >> the timberwolves take kentucky's towns with the first overall pick in the draft. towns was one of six kentucky players drafted last night. that's a good recruiting class. lakers chose russell. sixers took duke's player. knicks selecting little known porzingis oflatvia.

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responding to 110 calhoun street. >> we woke up today, and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> this appears to be the purest form of hate. >> the chilling fact this would happen in a church nine people is just shocking. >> you can't be black many a church, where can we be black in this country? >> i think i have just pass had the boy that killed those people in charleston last night. >> i was scared but i felt i needed to do this. >> there's a lot of dylann roofs

in the world. there's a lot of debbie's that broke her silence. >> i think when incidents like this sashgs we shouldn't say that's just america, that's the just the way it is. >> we have to be forgiving. we have to be loving. we have to turn love the noun into love the verb. >> there are few examples i've ever seen of christ-like living. these people obviously read it and believe it and they have lived it in the most extraordinarily painful way that none of us can even begin to understand. >> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." this morning we are live in front of the historic eehe iman ual ame church. >> last week a 21-year-old man sat wi