trump there are scientist comments about john mccain that it could be taking a toll. pro surfer mick fanning talking about his encounter with the shark on live tv and how adrenaline took over to beat it back. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. it's "way too early," the only show that prefers the kiddie pool over the ocean. ♪ good morning everyone. it's tuesday july 21st. i'm ayman mohyeldin. donald trump's controversial remarks have do dominated politics last three weeks. he seized a commanding lead in the republican primary. the washington post abc news

poll finds trump with 24% of the vote, 11 points ahead of scott walker and 12 points ahead of jeb bush. this is the biggest league anyone posted since mitt romney flirted with a comeback early they are year. the poll said trump saw a dropoff in support in the day after the comments about john mccain's war service. trump's support had been about 28% in first three nights of polling and dropped to single digits the day after his mccain remark. trump addressed the fallout in an interview last night. >> i want you to be honest. you do think john mccain is a hero. i know you do. >> i do. i -- by the way, i said it four times. i said it immediately after i went off stage. >> his work remarks have led many candidates to say trump has disqualified himself as commander in chief. iowa's top newspaper joined

them. the des moines register said it's time for donald trump to drop out of the race. he's been more focused on promoting his brand than the situations in the country. scott walker held a consistent lead in the early voting state. joining the race today, john kasich becoming the 17th major candidate for the republicans. he positioned himself as a common sense, compassionate conservative who turned budget shortfalls into suck ess. his last tempattempt to run petered out. he's 2% or lower. to make the stage he'll need a bump after today's announcement. we'll go to columbus ohio for a preview ahead in "morning joe." now to upstate new york with

david sweat is opening up about the details about his escape from from the maximum security prison in june. the new york times writes quote, it's a story of patience timing, determination, physical strength along with good luck a macgyver attempt. he told investigators he sought a hole in the back of his jail cell in january and began running after head count every night coming back in 5:30 the next morning. the the times reports that he found a suer pipe. he thought he was going to use as the way out, noting the similarity to movie saw shank redemption redemption. he told investigators the two joked while it had taken the main character in shaw shank redemption 20 years to escape it would take them ten.

he found the pipe to escape in may. four months later, he finished cutting the hole in the pipe. when joyce mitchell failed to show up for a getaway car, the two were forced to flee into the woods and split up. sweat was shot and captured two days later and held in solitaire confinement. the superintendent at the facility, two correction officers were placed on leave following the escape. a review by the inspector general is ongoing. new details about the possibility explanation for the man that killed five service members in chattanooga last week. authorities are investigating if two of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez's kwan fansacquaintances were aware of his intentions months before the attack.

officials are calling this a manifesto rather than a diary. a families spokesperson said he expressed anti-american feelings and became drawn to extremeist views. the it says the family knew he was dealing with depression and drug, alcohol abuse but did not see this as a serious threat. they said in a quote, there's no word to show our shock horror disbelief. rand paul could introduce legislation as soon as this week. keep in behind the chattanooga shootings occurred in a gun free zone at a military recruiting center. it has paul rand on the critics side who discussed the issue yesterday on "morning joe". >> to me it's a question of how it's done. do you have the personnel armed? one or two mp's there. again, how it's done.

the there and mownow considered to be quote, unquote targets. a police officer, at least he's armed. the military people sitting in a recruiting office in a strip mall are as vulnerable as anybody could be. i say again, bullet proof it. have on personnel in that recruiting station. secretary of state john kerry will lead classified briefings on capitol hill tomorrow as the white house tries to sell support for nuclear agreement with a ran. nancy pelosi is urging colleagues to support the deal she calls maynor ss major accomplishment. the u.n. security council unanimously approved the agreement. harsh words were exchanged between the u.s. and iranian ambassadors. countries were condemned for not blocking the deal. >> this this nuclear deal

doesn't change the profound concern about human rights violations committed by the iranian government or instability iran fuels beyond the nuclear program. from support to terrorist proxies, repeated threats against israel other destabilizing activities in the region. this deal will not change the outrage over detention of u.s. citizens by the government of iran. this deal does not address many profound concerns if implemented it would make the world safer and more secure. >> the country that invaded two countries in our region and created favorable ground for growth of terrorism and extremism is not well placed to raise such accusation say against my country. reckless acts of united states in a region for so many years are at the root of many challenges we are now facing in

our neighborhood. >> today you have awarded a great prize to the most dangerous country in the world. i hate to be the one who spoils the party, but someone has to say the emperor has no close. today is a sad day, not only for state of israel but the entire world. >> we call that diplomatic trash talk between those guys. it comes as poll shows majority of americans are skeptical about iran's intentions. 60% do not believe it will prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. more than 50% disprove of obama's mishandling of the situation. protestors and supporters were on hand in washington d.c. cuba's flag was hoisted for the first time in 50 years yesterday. one miami man was arrested after

popping open a bag of red paint he said was the blood of the cuban people. at a joint news conference, secretary of state john kerry hail add it as a day of removing barriers. he and cuban counter part noted that when it comes to guantanamo bay, it's a top concern for cuba. here's what kerry had to say. >> there's no discussion or intention on our part at this moment to alter the existing lease treaty or other arrangements with respect to the naval station. we understand cuba has strong thoughts about it. i can't tell you what the future will bring, but for the moment, that's not part of the discussion on our side. a suspected isis suicide bomber killed at least 30 people in turkish town yesterday. it's called a quote, heinous

terrorist attack. security measures on the border will be increased in the aftermath. iraqi officials tell "the new york times" the group's leader has begun delegating power to deputies. those sources say it's part of a contingency plan to assure isis is able to fight should he be killed. record highs on wall street. nasdaq's third consecutive record close powered in a large part of developments overseas from greece and china. carolyn joins us live from london. have investors set side worries we were references about greece and china for now? >> absolutely. good morning ayman. greece and china, that was last week this. week focus turns to corporate earnings. a quarter of s&p 500 companies reporting alone.

google had blowout numbers. that helped nasdaq in the record high yesterday. dow jones on the back of solid morgan stanley numbers. s&p 500 just three points way from the record high. today we get numbers from the likes of yahoo microsoft, apple. those really are the heavy weights. there's one thing that's actually keeping gains for wall street in check. that's the continued slide in commodity prices. i've got stats for you. gold hitting a five year low in yesterday's trading session is. this morning, seeing a bounce back. platinum six year low. oil breaking low $50 since first time since april yesterday. why? because of strengthening dollar and expectation fed will hike rates. maybe september, maybe december. i think the majority expect

december. >> how did paypal fair in the first day of trading yesterday? >> really well. 5% pop at the close. that values the company at $50 billion. ironically, this is more than what its one time parent ebay is valued at. paypal will be strike big mobile payment deals with the likes of google and microsoft and maybe at some point even be an acquisition target itself. >> we'll watch that. paypal interesting development valued at $50 billion. thank you for that live update from london. surfing champ mick fanning is back at home in australia. he's speaking out about the encounter with the shark. live video of the 35-year-old fighting off the attack. look at that video. incredible dramatic slid yoechltvideo. here's fanning explaining what

happened when he boarded the plane back home. >> i was sitting next to a lady. she opened the newspaper, there it was in the front page. she was like is this you? i saw the photo and all the emotion came back. i had to look out the window. yeah, it's -- tears started running down my face. then i had to work myself up to read the article. >> a trauma skpikictic and emotional experience. glad he survive had the. zach johnson last man standing in the playoff championship. we'll show you how close jordan spieth came to the last leg of the grand round. and we'll tell you what the man said before being ushered away by security. those stories and weather when "way too early" comes back. ♪

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time now for sports and the finale of golf's open championship. that was decided in a three man playoff to st. andrews we go. jordan spieth's chance at a grand slam has come to an end. to kban a share of lead after sinking 50 foot birdie foot with two to play. spieth misses the putt on 17 and needing a needing birdie so goes efforts for a third straight major. zach johnson finished 6 eded 66 under regulation. he's the first player to post 15 under, followed into the four hole playoff where he continued

success to secure second major. here's emotional johnson after the win. >> grateful and humbled. thankful. i'm honored. this is the birth place of the game. that jug means so much. sports, specifically this tournament and golf so -- it hasn't set in yet tom. i've got to be honest. i feel great. i felt great. i was patient. i had scripture going in my head. i think the lord my friends, my family. i'm in awe right now. >> in nfl news profit sharing revenue was up in 2014. good news for the league. green bay packers are publicly known. in the report was whopping $226 million from the nfl as part of the national sharing program mostly league tv deals. that was dolled out to 32 teams

totaling $7 billion. that's up from $6 billion in 2013. that's more than any of us here make. >> speak for yourself. now to major league baseball. in anaheim, pujols hits a three run home run. the jack pushed trout to lead the league in homers with 29. pujols pasted smith with 15 on the all time list with 49 home runs. ground ball hit up the middle. brandon fill lips make ace behind the toss to second. >> thank you. >> that's what we call a highlight. >> reds win it 5-4. >> that was impressive. see that team work. we've got to work on that. >> that's impressive. >> one of the plays of the year. >> it was hot and muggy this

morning. >> you're doing the weather where in you look at rock outside, it's raining. >> i just kind of feel it. it feels skmot ss hot and muggy. >> we're getting to the point in the south it's going to get dangerous. heat advisories you worry a little be bit. it takes a toll on elderly. we get to warnings. a lot of heat advisories from the carolinas back down to south carolina georgia and areas of mississippi and alabama. we have problems as far as heat goes in those areas. i want top show you this map. noah yesterday told us first six months of this year were the warmest we've had on record. these records go back to 1880. can't say it's the warmest ever. you can say since we've been keeping track of this, first six months were warmest.

red shows warmer than average. cooler than average is blue. notice northeast canada one area that's been cooler in north atlantic. people in new england had a cold winter, in boston. they had the snow. that's one dot on the map. with elle anyone lel nino supposed to be off the charts. this should go down as the warmest year ever we've recorded. people in new england need it. >> warm summer is good news. hot summer not so much. thanks. stephen hawking lending expertise for biggest search ever for life beyond earth. we mean aliens. yes, aliens. we'll have more on the project when we come back. understands the life behind it. those who have served our nation.

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all right. let's get a check on some of the other morning headlines. we head to control room to louis who knows a thing or two about making it rain. >> that's right louis. making it rain everyday. blatter had just begun a press conference when a prankster made his way to the stage and showered him with fake cash. you have to see this to believe it. >> excuse me. i'm sorry. this is starting -- we're

starting a press conference. >> where is my security? come on. come on. come on. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have to clean here first. the ways are not to speak to you ladies and gentlemen when we speak about football. this has nothing to do with football. >> got to clean up all that fake cash. this is the first public appearance since he resigned from the post over corruption and scandal last month. the search for life beyond this planet got a boost. stephen hawking is teaming up with a billionaire and team of scientists in the hunt for aliens in the initiative called break through listen.

millner is funding the approach using the world's largest radio telescopes to scan for signals indicate existence of alien life. we'll see how that pans out. one of country music's golden couples has called it quits. blake shelton and miranda lam lambert filed for divorce. the two released this quote. lambert and shelton met ten years ago when they collaborated on a country music special and married a year later. terrible news. i love both their music. >> sad news when you hear something like that happen. thank you for that update. that does it for me and "way too

early." now mika for a preview of "morning joe." thank you. donald trump has the biggest lead of any candidate in this election cycle. there's a sign his comments on john mccain could hurt him. john kasich will become the 17th republican to launch the bid for presidency. the big question if whether the announcement will give him a big enough bump to qualify for upcoming debates. hillary clinton fires back on mitch mcconnel after the comments that her gender card alone isn't enough to get her elected. come on. you can't just say that right steve? you can't just say that. that was a gift. we'll have her response. a new report that top staff areas on the president's national security team were using personal e-mail on work computers. that and much more coming up straight ahead on "morning joe." ♪

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