reak as the woman who helped headache it happen enters a guilty plea. and outrage after a man kills a beloved lion for sport. this is a show that loves all sports. this one just doesn't feel right. good morning. it's wednesday, july 29th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin in florida in what the fbi says is latest attack by isis sympathizers. the plot was in key west 150 miles from miami. this is the suspect, nows ss facing life in prison for allegedly planning to detonate a backpack

bomb on the beach. he also went by the name on facebook. fbi launched the undercover operation after seeing the page filled with praise for isis. officials say swarez bought two boxes of nails, gave the nails, cell phone and backpack to fbi informant. in a recorded call he allegedly says, quote, i can go to the beach at nighttime, put the thing in the sand. cover it up so the next thing i call and the thing will make a real hard noise from nowhere. >> the attorney says charges are trumped up. >> i've met this young man, talked to this young man. i gauged his demeanor. he is not a violent jihadist. he's not a member of isis. he is a cuban-american kid who maybe troubled may be confused. he is not a terrorist. >> now officials say they monitored swarez months and he

never actually made a bomb. also yesterday the georgia man wrote he was quote, ready for jihad before buying a one way ticket to join the islamic state overseas was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. now to politics, trump remains dominant in the polls this morning. he reacted to the quote yesterday. here's what he said. >> i'm okay with it. i think he's a good guy, huckabee, by the way. some say the tone and -- i saw jeb bush who is also a nice person. it's not about tone. they're chopping off christians head in syria and other places and we're worried about tongue. mike has made people think a little bit. >> informants winning praise

from fellow billionaire cuban. he posted quote, trump is probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long long time. i don't care what his positions are are. i don't care if he says the wrong thing. he says what's on his mind gives own answers rather than prepared answers. this is more important than anything any candidate has done in years. he didn't say whether he endorses trump.omñ >> you have to have experience and difficulty of governing. donald has lots of skills and talent has made him wealthy and lots around him wealthy. that's a great thing. it's not necessarily the same skills transferable to governing. you need to understand how you have to work with other people. if you disagree with someone you can't fire them. >> not possible for him to be a successful president? >> it's much less likely for him to be successful than it is for me to be successful.

i don't think it would be in the best interest of our party to have someone i don't think would be an effective president to be a nominee. that's why i'm running. now to new york. former prison worker joyce mitchell is pleading guilty for her role helping sweat and matt escape from a prison last month. msnbc is learning more about the relationship with the two men likely to put her behind bars as well. john has the latest. >> with a tearful signature, joyce mitchell submitted a plea deal. she admitted smuggling into the prison for richard matt and david sweat, who the da says used them to escape. >> she's been very anxious, depressed, remorseful for what she did. >> mitchell spoke to investigators 20 hours over four

days. nbc news obtained a copy of three statements which contains startling details. she tells of giving matt and sweat rum and coke in prison performing sex acts on matt and sending both sexual notes and naked pictures of herself. i was caught up in the fantasy, she said. i enjoyed the attention and feeling both gave me and thought of i a different life. the plan was for mitch toll meet the prisoners at midnight and be the get away driver. matt and sweat gave her a list. cell phone, gps, clothes, shotgun, tents, sleeping bags, hat chet fishing pole and money. matt called her husband lyle the glitch and gave her two white pills to drug him. couldn't go through with it and never showed up. she told investigators i'm sorry for what i've done. >> it came down to sweat and

matt manipulating individuals to allow them to accomplish their ultimate goal. >> i really do love my husband, she said. he's the reason i didn't meet inmate matt and sweat. after visiting his wife in jail lyle mitchell says he stands by his wife. >> why? >> i love her. >> it's becoming clear the white house is facing a tough sell on the iran nuclear deal. secretary of state john kerry appeared on capitol hill the second time in less than a week.&@á appearing with energy secretary, kerry warned of great consequences if congress didn't support the deal. >> i don't know how i go to another country and say hey, you ought to negotiate with us or talk to us about any issue whatever it is with reliance they'll deliver. they'll sit there and say you have 535 secretary of states the united states. we don't know who we're negotiating with. >> he once again faced tough

questions including about a secret side deal with iran. >> my question is have you seen it? >> i haven't seen it. i've been briefed on it. >> you haven't read it or seen it. >> it's in the possession of iaea. >> are you going to read it? >> we don't have access to the actual agreement. >> now jonathan pollard, the american intelligence analyst sentenced to life in prison for giving classified information to israel will be released on parole later this year. they're pushing back on speculation his release is to east the nuclear deal. it's caused a case for decades. pollard remain in the u.s. five years following his release, this november from a north carolina prison. nato says it stands with turkey and effort to combat islamic state in iraq and syria. the 28 nation alliance offered

political support. so far, no military aid to turkey. a major sticking point remains. it is impossible to continue a peace process inside turkey with those that have been key to fighting isis. amazon takes the lead on efforts to curb out competition. let's start with twitter. started out as a good day for the company, then something big happened. bring us up to speed on the course of the day. >> exactly right. very bumpy 24 hours for one of the world's most popular social networking site twitter. conference calls from the cfo user growth is slowing. it's slow for some time to come. that sent stocks down 11% in

afterhours trade. bumpy day for twitter. another story we're watching u.s. homeownerships, numbers revealing that's down 63.4%, lowest since the 1950s. that's after decades of programs from every president from johnson to bush trying to boost those figures. that does mean good news for rental market. you've seen a rise in rental property and rental service companies. >> i want to switch over to amazon story i mentioned a few moments ago. we know the company is testing a drone delivery service. what's the latest on that? >> incredible movements coming out of amazon. basically they're going to make skies busier if government will allow them. they're proposing a series of zones. 300-400 feet for high speed traffic and buffer zone 400-500

feet for safety reasons. heir going to push the limit as long as they can. >> as long as they don't interrupt jenn's d4!att flying abilities. >> still ahead on "way too early." the deflategate evidence that will never be seen. and the top stories you'll see from right here in new york city. we'll get those stories and update on weather when "way too early" early" comes right back.

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brady's suspension. it comes after they revealed cover up by brady, really having his cell phone destroyed before meeting with an independent investigator back in march. ron has the details. >> deflate gait appears headed for more controversy, mainly court. the league saying the four time super bowl winning quarterback destroyed his cell phone and nearly 10,000 text messages putting the ball in the hands of the player's association which vowed to continue the fight by seeking court injunction allow him to play. >> might not be damming in a legal sense from optic sense and public perception that's quite possibly the death for brady in nfl. >> the this revealed brady knew about the deflated balls that

were below league specifications. assistants had texted about brady and deflated footballs. both were suspended indefinitely. >> i don't think this looks good for brady at all. brady's point is going to be i don't care how it looks. you have no right to see my cell phone. >> deflategate cast a cloud over the marquee event, super bowl which brady and patriots won in dramatic fashion with a goal line interception. now the issue seems far from resolved. many patriot fans see deflategate as jealousy run muck. others see it as the second violation, first spy gate. >> the patriots released this

statement reads in part quote, we can't comprehend the league's position in this matter. most agree the penalties against brady were excess hivive and unprecedented. we continue to believe in and support tom brady. >> i think we're missing the important point. >> what is it? >> we learned tom brady sent 10,000 texts in four months. the guy needs intervention. >> that is nothing compared to jenn. she sends that much in a weekend. in four games? >> that's a lot. it's interesting to see what happens. >> could this be the jets year? >> no. >> it's a conversation. talk about comeback for rangers after the ale east leading yankees come back with 11 runs in the second inning alone bases loaded triple.

yankees weren't finish tlchltd packing on another 10 runs and holding rangers scoreless for the rest of the game coming up with aó -- wait for it -- 21-5 victory. that's the most runs scored by a team this season. i had to look at that score. now to cleveland. royals trying to finish up leading indians by a run in the bottom of the ninth. >> not going to make that clip real for the season i'm sure. look at this. it's impressive. >> you do that every day. >> this back hand flip ball to escobar who bare hands and throws to first for the out. they go on to win it 2-1. >> that was like me running to first though. now to boston deep center

field. grab and go tumbling over the ball to the bullpen. look at replay. >> i got it. i got it. >> ball popped out of his glove after he goes over the fence. this was reviewed and they were awarded a two-run homer. what do you think? >> many nfl, that's a catch. >> that's true. next a towering home run giving one fan a souvenir. that's right, a smashed windshield. insurance company will get a notice on that one. >> good luck. >> show us a ticket you were actually at the game. bill break it down. what's going on? >> heat is the story. i think it will be the hottest day we'll have all summer long in the northeast. mid-90s is rare. areas like new york city. philadelphia excessive heat

warning. thankfully the humidity is not horrendous. it's been horrible southward to mississippi river valley. excessive heat warnings from louisiana up to st. louis. even this morning, not bad raleigh, d.c. new york. look at memphis and st. louis. as you walk out the door feels like 93 in st. louis. that's hot and sticky. memphis will be one of the worst feeling 110. you'll cool off slightly thursday and friday. same in nashville and st. louis. a cold front will inch your way. in the northeast, heat is here to stay through the weekend. not much relief as we go to friday. new york city drops from 96 to 90. d.c. 102 thursday. there's beautiful weather. northern plains minneapolis, through denver and northwest. you have a very nice day. this is going to go down as the hottest day. looks like a week and a half. much cooler air will arrive.

great lakes in the northeast. if you love summer weather, this is your week. >> that cool weather cannot come soon enough. boiling getting in the car. still ahead on "way too early." >> big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place? i'm honestly5n curious why a human being would feel compelled to do that. >> stunned just like the rest of us here. a dentist kills the zimbabwe lion. we'll have the sad news about that coming up. house! push your enterprise and you can move the world. but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that

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♪ president obama returns tomorrow from a five day visit to kenya and ethiopia which began with the traditional presidential snubbing of relatives. >> i will not feel bad. he has to come here to work. let him work. i can't feel bad. you have to come here for his duty. some day he'll surely come. i cannot be angered by him not coming to see me. >> wow. i had no idea obama's african grandmother was jewish. >> little passive aggressive from the kenyan grandmother. i get it he's the president, has important people to meet. doesn't bother me at all. if i really want to see him. he'll come to my funeral. i'll die. >> classic jon stewart. let's get a check on morning's other headlines.

to international outrage correspondent lewis. thanks. the minnesota hunter accused of killing a protectedfá lion in zimbabwe. the lion was lured out of preserve and shot with a bow. details get gruesome from there. the lion was shot and skinned and beheaded. palmer, dentist admitted to killing him and said quote, i had no idea the lion i look was a known local favorite until the end of the hunt. i relied on expertise of local professional guides to insure a hunt. palmer was convicted of killing a black bear in wisconsin back in 2006. terrible story there. now let's turn to politics there. there's plenty of third rails for presidential candidates.

yesterday scott walker ordered fromg geno's and pats. twitter freaked out when the governor cut the line at one of the restaurants. the governor's office said the owner actually escorted him to the front. then this happened. >> you're running for president. got to go american. >> the governor ordered a sandwich with american sandwich and no onions. cheese is standard in philly. these are right next to each other. make sure you do it right. then he didn't make the mistake like john kerry did ordering it with swiss in 200433. let's say on presidential candidates. hillary clinton mentions her appearance on the campaign trail. it's often paired with a punch line with what she told the crowd in years, i colored my

hair so it won't turn white in the white house. then there was a report a salon was put on lockdown so she could get in. it's unknown how much she paid for the hair cut. she was seen later with a new feathered hair do. it's the not the most expensive hair cut we heard. john edwards paid $1200 to travel from atlanta back in 2004. ayman, just go to the barber shot and get the $20 cut. >> you're more of a hair cut guy. >> go to the shop $20 cut. high and tight. yeah. i don't need the $600 cut. cheese steak, go and do it. get the cheese whiz. get the experience. >> who goes with swiss or american. >> swiss is bad. that's worse. that does it for me and "way too early." now mika for a preview of

"morning joe." news is crazy. change in republican can debate rules means more get a chance to be heard on de dedebate day. the other part of this story isn't about trump, it's his lawyer's response. we'll have that. they say the only thing worse than the offense is cover up. that's the situation the nfl says tom brady finds himself in. bob costas joins us for that and a lot more coming up next on "morning joe." ♪ it's listening and learning how to prevent equipment failures, predict maintenance needs, and avoid problems before they happen. you don't even need a cerebral cortex to understand which is better. now, two things that are exactly the same have never been more different. ge software. get connected. get insights. get optimized. you forgot the milk! that's lactaid®. right. 100% real milk

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