unity. one that stands for liberty and justice for all. the flag of the united states of america. this is not that flag. >> the debate over the future of the confederate flag on federal grounds as gop tries to avoid another embarrassing moment. we learned something new about the public presidential debates. big question did gop find a way to keep donald trump from from participating? is the lawsuit accusing tom selleck of taking water about to be water under the bridge? it is 5:30 out west. it is "way too early." ♪ good morning everyone. thank god it's friday july 10th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. the confederate flag is set to

come down in south carolina in a matter of hours. with family members of those killed at the ame church governor haley made good on her promise to remove it. >> with that i am proud to say that the bill has been signed. i do want to also acknowledge these nine pens are going to each of the nine families of the emanuel nine. >> there was jubilation has people got the news. it's the top story all over the country. check out how the newspaper treated it showing the flag coming down. highway patrol members will remove it. it will be can displayed at a nearby museum. in a sign of how quickly things can change.

ncaa shows now there will be a bid for the championship game. it could not before because of the flag. others are following south carolina's lead. mitch lander has asked council to declare four statues public nuisances to be removed. it created a flap in halls of congress. speaker john boehner has asked for review of confederate symbols in capitol hill itself. kelly has more. >> listen carefully. a roar of protests and passion sweeping the u.s. house. the sound of raw division. >> the flag of the united states of america. this is not that flag. >> had this confederate battle flag prevailed in war 150 years ago, i would not be standing

here today as a member of the united states congress. i would be here as a slave. >> congress is battling over new prerestrictions to remove confederate battle flags from federal property like national parks. democrats say there's no room for debate. >> don't republicans understand the confederate battle flag is an insult to 40 million african-americans? >> this fight started when southern republicans tried to protect the use of confederate battle flags at government owned cemeteries where war debts are buried? republican leaders tried to take the cemetery measure onto a major spending bill. democrats were outraged. house speaker john boehner cancelled the vote. >> i don't want this to become political football. it should not. >> lawmakers use this underground tunnel everyday. all state flags are on display. now mississippi's flag is an

issue. it contains the confederate emblem. many say it must go. >> congress is stalled leaving history on hold. troubling details about one of the largest scale breaches in history. it is much worse now than originally believed. chris has more. >> following three months of what officials call an extremely complicated investigations stunning findings. 21.5 million people had highly personal information stolen. that's one in 15 americans. crooks were inside u.s. government computer net works almost a year before caught. what was taken? social security numbers fingerprints, other information. >> all my family their addresses. not just my identity is

affected. i have siblings, five kids. all that is in there. >> officials say there's no evidence the stolen information has been used. for now, background checks are done by filling out handwritten forms. escalation had been in in congress for months. oversight committee chairman said heads should roll. >> the president needs to fire the opm director and bring in highly qualified nerds and fight this. >> absolutely incredible will there. moving onto other news. former president bill clinton and george bush shared a stage last night for the graduation of their presidential leadership scholars. the two discussed a range of topics the matchup of another bush and clinton in 2016. >> i know jeb and confident secretary hillary will elevate the discourse.

i can't attest to their surrogates. i can attest to this surrogate. i'm not going to be a surrogate. >> we got a lot of tough decisions to make. that's all i really care about besides i know who i'd like to win. the more important thing for america is that we know what the heck we're deciding on and make a pretty good decision. >> the joint appearance came after a day candidates traded jabs over bush's remarks about people needing to work longer hours. take a look at clinton's tweets. bush then replied anyone who discounts 6.5 million people stuck in part time work hasn't listened to working americans. you can tell it's going to be a long campaign season. bush's campaign and al lied

super pac have raked in $114 million in the first half of the year alone. right to rise the super pac supporting jeb bush says it alone raised $103 million. they still have $98 million of that money left to spend. bush raised $11.4 million in the 16 days after he declared his candidacy last month. to put numbers in perspective. mitt romney spent $107 million during the entire 2012 primary season. we're well with beyond that. the number towers above the other conditionals that released numbers so far. we put it on the screen for you. there are new questions about how long donald trump's rise will last. fox has clarified a requirement for entry in the first debate besides finishing top ten in national polls. candidates must file financial disclosure forms on time.

it raises the stakes for donald trump who has not posted assets. he tells us he will meet the requirement due next wednesday. trump would not admit to backing the nominee. >> every politician is supposed to say absolutely, absolutely. i have to see who wins. frankly, i think we're going to win. i think our message is much better. i'll make unbelievable trade deals, bring jobs and security back to our country. i really think we're going to win. i watch everybody. i don't see their message. i know you like him and i like him too other, rick perry. he did a lousy job on the border when governor of texas. what a horrible job. worse than him is jeb bush. he's a disaster in so many ways. i have to see who wins will. >> trump is disputing the washington post phone call with

priebus. >> he called to congratulate me to being number one in a lot of polls. he kaucalled to say unbelievable. he couldn't have been nicer. nobody called us for verification. i can't blame him unless he gave out the story, probably he did. more than ten people were arrested in the last month as officials warned of isis-inspired terror attacks here at home. pete williams reports new technology makes it harder to track terror suspects online. >> violence was blasted to cell phones. >> there's a device on their

shoulder all day long saying kill, kill, kill. >> fbi says isis uses apps to encrypt a message as soon as sent and doesn't unscramble until received. the company handling the message can't read even when government comes with a court order. >> these are increasingly invisible to us because of encryption are. >> many security experts say fbi wants a way for companies to capture and hand over the catdata? >> so say companies have systems to give u.s. government special accession, it's going to hurt u.s. companies in the global marketplace. jumping overseas as hours remain before the latest deadline in negotiations over iran's nuclear program and six world powers u.s. and iran are

sharpening rhetorics suggesting a deal is unlikely to come together today. iran's top negotiators are accusing european diplomats for backtracking on negotiations. secretary of state john kerry says talks will continue past the deadline but is warning he's ready to walk away. >> we are not going to sit at the negotiating table forever. we also recognize that we shouldn't get up and leave simply because the clock strikes midnight. we will not rush and and we will not be rushed. >> how long are you willing to stay mr. seck tearretary? >> this is not open-ended. the president said to me you can't wait forever. if decisions don't get made we're prepared to call an end to this process.

now to major developments in greek debt crisis. leaders say they have received a reform plan to work with. it calls for harsh austerity measures for exchange with $33.5 billion bailout package. hadly has developments in london. what can you tell us about this deal and anything new from the past that was offered? >> what we've seen is greek prime minister saying he's ready to compromise. if you look at the reform deal submitted before midnight over night, that's what greece is prepared to do. talking major concessions, not just on taxes but also overhaul of the greek pension system. this has been a major sticking point over the last several weeks. all of this in a bid to secure $59 billion u.s. it comes in a nick of time as well. banks have been closed. lines have been long, and shops

looking empty in greece at this point. all of this ahead of an eu summit in brussels sunday. you better believe there's going to be major politicking before leaders come to the table. >> it will be interesting to see how that plays out in greece. live from london thank you for that update. still ahead on "way too early," he drive ace used car, takes selfies and tweets. pope francis has to have it his way. we'll tell you why the pope stopped at burger king yesterday. and what officials in california are saying about tom selleck and accusing him of taking water from a fire hydrant during a drought. those stories and more on "way too early" when we come back. the u.s. women's soccer team played in the rose bowl before 92,000 people for the championship of the world. two overtimes weren't enough.

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to what it needs to become. attack -- actor tom selleck is accused of taking water during california's drought. the lawsuit is seeking $22,000 are from the water. representatives for the actor have not responded to requests for comment. time now for sports. we begin with wimbledon women's semi finals. stage has been set. grand stand is in site for top

ranked serena williams who won for the 17th straight time yesterday. williams heads to the final where she'll try for her sixth wimbledon championship. she'll be joined by the spaniard who advances to play for the first in her career. fans are mourning the loss of ken stabler who died from cancer complications. he led the raiders to victory in super bowl xi. he earned pro bowl honors in 1954. he played for alabama crimson tide in '66. his family has announced his brain and spinal cord will be

can donated to diagnosis other athlete injuries. the third world cup title with the first ticker tape honoring the women's soccer team set along the canyon of heroes. before hah, megan stops by "morning joe" to talk about the win. i'll look for her to get a selfie at some point. are you going to stick around for that? >> yeah it's cool. i'm happy. the weather is going to be perfect. storms yesterday moved through. front is gone which means humidity is gone. will be hot in new york if you're going to the parade. a lot of sunscreen. at least it won't be as humid as past couple of days. today's focus for severe weather is ohio valley and southern plains. once again looking for storms to fire up this afternoon, already seeing some this morning.

damaging winds, flash flooding large hail. that's the main culprit with those storms. here's a look at temperatures for this friday. steamy up and down the coast. 80s in new york. temperatures warm up in the midwest. they're cooling off through the northwest which is exactly what they were needing with that heat wave they've been dealing with since the last week in june. stays cool through the west in saturday and hot and july-like through the weekend for the rest of the country. back to you. >> good news for folks in northwest and those here that want to make it to the ticker tape parade. ariana grande once again apologizes for her doughnut licking i hate america day. why were those doughnuts left out in the open to begin with? we'll have that when we come back. ♪ ♪ how much protein does your dog food have? 18%? 20?

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we're going to tell you who's not playing the new batman role. louis in the control room. i'm sorry. i know you were working out. >> i've been pumping iron trying to get in shape for that roll. first pope francis first on his trip.

the pope called out world leaders for cowardness. he spoke out against new colonialism that led to modern inequal if i in inequality. he was forced to go into a burger king. white sheets were put up for privacy while he changed. no word on whether they offer add him a whopper or tender crisp sandwich. and let's go to the white house where the state room has a make over. the state room where dinners and other events were held has been underway since 2012. who picks up this $590,000 tab?

that would be the historic association for rooms in the white house. that looks snazzy. ben affleck is in talks to cowrite and possibly write a stand alone "batman" movie. affleck is reportedly in negotiations with warner brothers. affleck will first appear in batman and superman "dawn of justice" that hits on march 25th 2016. i'm very excited for this. i'm counting down days literally. let's go to a story we did yesterday. pop star ariana grande apologized again after tmz showed a video of her saying she hates america at a california doughnut shop saturday. >> what the [ bleep ] is that. i hate americans. i hate america.

>> i've actually never been prouder to be american to be honest. with the advances we've made in the past couple of months and all the wonderful progressive things going on. i've never been prouder of this country actually. seeing a video of yourself behaving poorly you have no idea was taken is such a rude wakening that you don't -- it's like you don't know what to do. i was so disgusted with myself. i shoved my face in a pillow and wanted to disappear. instead of that i'm going to come forward and own up to what i did and take responsible. >> that was part of the apology on youtube yesterday. authorities don't believe she committed a crime. the doughnut shop is tested still for food tampering. i felt that was a sincere apology. >> thanks for that. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up on "morning joe" we go

to south carolina for a moment, more than 50 years in the making. the confederate flag comes down today. al sharpton joins the table to talk about that. now the debate in congress over the flag's future. there's clarification to the debate rules, but is it meant to keep donald trump from taking the stage? and what trump says happened with the talk to the head of the arc. and the former clinton and bush presidents and their take on the current bush and clinton nominations. that and more coming up on "morning joe." how much protein does your dog food have? 18%? 20? introducing nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real salmon and tuna and 30% protein. support your active dog's whole body health with purina one. [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find

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