somewhere. it's 5:30 in the east 2:30 out west. it's the show bringing people together one recipe at a time. good morning. it's thursday july 2nd. i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin with a justice department investigation into something americans have been long suspicious of airline ticket prices. officials familiar with the investigation say the question is whether some airlines have been colluding to limit seat capacity to keep airfare high. on the record it's told quote vooer investigating possible unlawful action by airlines. they're looking into how long airline executives have used the word discipline a term for limiting flights and seats. the statement is released quote we are confident the justice

department will find what we know to be true. members compete everyday. traveling public has been the beneficiary. series of mergers in 2008 means four airlines now control more than 80% of the seats in the u.s. market. since then domestic airfare has risen 13% leading to record profits. as for the investigation, united airlines and delta have both been told they're being investigated and they're cooperating fully. let's turn now to south carolina where governor nikki haley is now saying the fire at the historic black church north of charleston tuesday night was the result of lightning and arson is not suspected. >> we saw four lightning strikes. one hit the steeple of the church. it burn trd the top down. there's absolutely none. no. >> however a source close to the investigation tells mbs news they couldn't confirm lightning hit the church saying quote, i don't know where she got that information from.

mount zion ame is the seventh church burning. two are believed to be accidents, and five including the one at mt zion remain under investigation. there's no indication of ires being connected or racism being the motivation behind them. a date has been set for the reopening of the cuban embassy in washington. officials are aiming for july 20th date with embassy in havana opening shortly after. this brings high hopes to families in cuba and here in the u.s. gabe gutierrez reports from miami. >> hah that welcomed the muze. the american flag will fly here. this building will be the u.s. embassy in cuba first time since 1961. >> i think it will improve our economy, this woman said.

since president obama opened the door to normal xized relations in december, the tourism industry has surged pulling in $1.7 million. high hopes but obstacles remained. we visited havana and spoke to restaurant owner. he told us he can't get supplies things like spoons and condiments and has to get them when he visits family in u.s. another told us internet access is a problem, frustrating to cubans and barrier to investment. >> we don't have access to the information. >> critics say the obama administration is rewarding the regime despite the human rights violations. >> they're never going to change. the only change will happen when cuba changes. that's not happening any time soon. >> even in miami's little havana and anticastro strong hold the announcement was met by hope from some. it's been a long wait. he left cuba 30 years ago.

he and his wife anxiously waited at miami's airport while the son he hadn't seen in three decades cleared customs with a new visa. >> i think it's about time there be a change. >> their family is together. u.s. and havana seem a lot closer. >> among those reacting to the news, bob menendez. the new jersey democrat criticized the deal writing in part quote once again the regime is rewarded while they jail dissidents and silence political opponents and harbor american fugitives and cop killers. thus far we have seen neither. a policy of the united states giving and castro brothers freely taking is not in our national interest. hillary clinton is reporting record breaking fundraising numbers. the clinton campaign says it will gather $45 million in primary election funds since she

announced in april. that outsets obama from primary donations in first months of 2012 re-election campaign. this as bernie sanders broke a different record for this presidential cycle, drawing a massive crowd in wisconsin last night. he talked about the turngout and how he plans to count ter money opponents are raising. >> in case you haven't noticed there's a lot of people here. tonight we have made a little bit of history. you may know there are some 25 candidates running for president of the united states. tonight, we have more people at a meeting for a candidate for president of the united states than any other candidate has had in 2016. thank you. i am more than aware that my opponents will be able to

outspend us. they have billionaire backers. they have super pacts. they have a lot of millionaire friends. we are going to win this election. if we develop the grass roots national movement, i though we can. at the end of the day, they may have the money, but we have the people. with the people stand together we can win. >> meanwhile, a new report suggests that vice president joe biden will join the race as well. democratic fund-raiser john cooper in support of obama's 2008 bid says biden is leaning toward launching next month. en biden and sanders both t trail hillary clinton by 40 points. the fbi, department of homeland security and national terrorism security center warn

about high threat of terrorists attacks from sympathizers. it's the holiday of ramadan. officials say there will be a visible increase in security in the nation's capital which is preparing for july 4th events on the national mall. preps underway many new york city for the firework shows on the river. special teams will be ready to go within minutes if needed. the nypd chief of counter terrorism gave nbc savannah guthrie behind the scenes looks at security preparations. he said they'll do everything possible to keep the city safe. >> we're showing all the security that may make people feel but also more afraid. what's your message to those that want to come out? >> we want to insure they can come out and celebrate and be

secure and confident in police department and others policing this. a series of coordinating attacks in egypt we told you about yesterday. israel's border with the country have been closed including gaza. extra troops from israeli defense forces are on that boarer. 60 soldiers and four civilians were killed in attacks. egypt's army said 17 soldiers were killed. egypt's president is vowing the to crack down on islamic extremists. hours after the attack special forces killed nine members of the muslim brother hood who were fugitives. that says quote, they were murdered in cold blood. 12 people have been detained in connection to last week's hotel massacre that isis claimed responsibility for. let's turn to business.

wall street closed the day with high hopes that a deal would be reached with greece. s&p 500 and nasdaq posted moderate gains. steve joins us live from london. steve, obviously everyone is looking ahead for the referendum sunday. do you expect investor's optimism to last throughout the weekend? >> yeah. we've only got one more day. we've got the holiday tomorrow. quite possibly yeah it was an interesting day. lots of domestic news in the state. good manufacturing data strong adp private sector reports as well. it was interesting going to creditors, he's the greek prime minister saying we may be ready for a deal the market more than ready when it closed. then he said voters should reject the terms. absolutely oscillating on all news coming out of greece. plus domestic news. puerto rico interesting. paid $1.9 billion worth of

obligations due wednesday. obviously the governor of puerto rico had recently said $73 billion of debt was not payable. the electric power authority group was one of the institutions on puerto rico that managed to pay $415 million that was paid. >> we're asking u.s. government to release the monthly job report. what should we be seeing or expect? >> look, we had a block buster set of figures for may number. 280,000 jobs created. the consensus this time around is more moderate. 230-235,000 jobs created. the actual jobless rate could go down to 5.4%. that's close to where the fed thinks the full employment rate may be 5-5.2%. this is the missing components of why we haven't had a rate hike. we've seen rising .2% to 2.2

year on year. we're seeing little momentum in average earnings picking up. all indicators give us a clue of when we get the rate hike whether september, december or possibly both. >> we'll see. live from london, thank you steve. still ahead on "way too early" never has the food section inspired such a debate. we have a republican contender siding with president obama. plus -- >> you come into my house and flex up on he and expect me to back down. >> stephen colbert's hard hitting interview with eminem. should we expect this from the new late show? that and weather when we come back right after this break. >> tonight i urge every public

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cavs reported he closed in on $80 million deal to bring back big man tris tan thompson. all eyes on lebron james and when he'll resign. he's expected to do. that they're shelling out a lot of fun. japan and england in the world cup semi finals. jumped to the 92nd minute. heartbreaking. england on the verge of pushing to overtime. instead she catches the cross bar and puts sbiet her own net. goal leads to 2.1 victory for japan. they're set to face team usa in the final sunday. after the game you can see her weeping with the coaches. tough to swallow. to tampa, indians with the lead in the bottom of the ninth. carlos one strike away from a no hitter but -- >> a line drive base hit.

cabrera scores. size more to third. there goes the no-hitter. >> literally last throw of the game. the indians win it 8-1. a nice gatorade shower during his post game interview. congratulations to him. country club in brook line is considered one of the most exclusive golf courses. the boston globe reports the celebrity couple is seeking membership but at a club that values privacy dearly. the high profile couple may be too much a media spectacle. the two are treated like any other appapplicant. >> they're going to reject tom brady? >> you know about being that high profile. what's it like in your shoes? >> it's okay. all my country clubs take me because it's me.

>> how do you say no to that? >> do you have pazparazzi following you? >> i pay them off so now they don't. the weekend looks nice. poor missouri. day after day getting nailed with thunderstorms. even a tornado on tape for you. as far as flooding goes that's widespread. see the damage being done. see the power surge there. wasn't a powerful tornado but looksin a fatalities or injuries. definitely clean up to be done. a lot of flooding taking place. the entire state of missouri has been under flash flood warning. as far as the problems that go today, it looks like this is drifting south of here.

tennessee and kentucky going to get a lot of wet weather. today, beautiful in chicago. st. louis, doesn't feel like 70. 70 with sunshine. still very hot in the west. friday travel day, looks great. not many airport problems. typical afternoon storms. it's not going to wash out anybody's plans. going to be short lived. fourth of july nice oklahoma city to east. there will be isolated storms but they will be hit or miss. they should not wash out firework plans. little rock and atlanta would be a close call. besides that, it looks nearly perfect. the fireworks display here in the city humid is low which is rare. temperatures in the 70s, light winds and rain free macy's fireworks display. couldn't ask for much better. always going to be somewhere in the country that has a problem. there's not many bad spots. >> i know where i'll be sunday

night. >> did you drive to pennsylvania to pick up fireworks yet? >> no. i'm going to watch from the east river. you don't want to be driving around with me with fireworks. still ahead, we'll tell you which artist beat out taylor swift andkaty perry doing something that's never been done before. "way too early" will be back in a minute. ♪ nope dn't order szechuan without checking the spice level. it really opens the passages. waiter. water. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. start the interview with a firm handshake.

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. it's a debate that's been raging on for decades. we may finally have the answer. are you team pea or no pea? good morning louis. >> finally something democrats and republicans can agree upon, guacamole. yesterday twitter went nuts for a recipe calling it quote a radical move that's completely obvious after you taste it. president obama weighed in when asked about it. saying quote, respect "the new york times" but not buying peas and guac. jeb bush seemed to agree tweeting, quote you don't put peas in guacamole. even the dallas morning news

1307bd responds with oh peas. let's go to stephen kol becolbert. he took over the public access show in detroit and sat down with eight mile himself, also known as eminem. >> who are are musical influences? i imagine mo town obviously seager. >> bob seager is great. >> i'll name bob seager songs and you see the if you can sing a part of them. >> against the win. >> against the win. running against the wind. >> night moves. little too tall a few pounds. >> give me the -- >> night moves. >> yeah yeah. >> fire like.

who want go today go to fire like. strut. i love to watch a strut. jump in any time here. >> have you thought about taking the hoody down? just as an entertainer, and i'm in the industry you've got such a cute face. why hide it with the hoody? you should probably put the hood back on. >> okay. >> flex on flex off. give me a little action. >> it's really nothing. >> come on man. are you about to -- are you about to go? >> flex? >> were we about to go? >> not unless you wanted to. >> i don't want to but i will not back down. if you're about to go i will not back down. you are in my house. you come to my house and flex up on me and you expect me to back down. you are sadly mistaken.

hoody. >> remanencing between two friends, awkward and funny. let's go to the music world pop star rihanna first artist to hit 100 platinum certifications. taylor swift was second followed by katy perry kanye west and lady gaga. i'm looking forward to listening to all those artist on this long fourth of july weekend. >> thanks very much for that update. that does it for me and "way too early." we hope you have a happy fourth of july holiday and weekend as well. let's bring in mika for a preview. hi. coming up several airlines under investigation accused of colewding to keep airfares high.

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