crowds that we get. that we're kicking ass together. we're all kicking ass. all kicking ass. >> the republican front-runner apparently doing more than taking names. we'll have the latest from battle ground, florida. plus clinton versus sanders gets even hotter. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, this is "way too early." good morning, it's thursday january the 14th, i'm louis burgdorf. we begin with breaking news out of jakarta where police say at least seven people were killed when militants set off a series of explosions and waged gun battles with police in the commercial heart of the indonesian capital this morning. at least four of the alleged attackers were among the dead

according to police and wire reports. though no one has yet claimed responsibility authorities say the attackers imitated the paris terror attacks and are most likely linked to an isis group. one of the explosions took place just yards from a starbucks. the company says all of its stores in the city will close out of an abundance of caution. and with us now by phone from jakarta and southeast asia bureau chief from reuters john chalmers. john, police have raised the possibility that isis may have been involved in this attack. what's the latest this morning? >> well, that's right. they're investigating the possibility that islamic state was behind this unprecedented attack in indonesia. in the past we've seen attacks in indonesia such as in bali and indeed in jakarta which have been by what we think of as home grown militants and they've been of a very different nature. the athak that we saw today had echoes of mumbai, had echoes of what we saw in paris in

november, with a coordinated team of militants all working in tandem at the same time. so there are suspicions that because of the nature of it being so very different, there is the possibility here that we're seeing something that comes from an outside force, and islamic state is obviously, finger of suspicion points in that direction. >> john chalmers thanks so much. also this morning, ten american sailors who were detained by iran have been released but the video of the sailors in iranian custody is raising questions. this footage aired on iranian state television. the sailors are seen on their knees, hands clasped behind their heads, on the deck of their own u.s. navy vessel. iranian state tv also broadcast this. >> it was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. the iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. we thank you very much for your hospitality, and your assistance. we had no problems, sir.

>> at this point, we do not know if the sailor who apologized was under duress, nor do we know for what he was apologizing. or whether the video was released by the iranians for propaganda. u.s. central command has released a statement saying the video appears to be authentic but we cannot speak to the conditions of the situation or what the crew was experiencing at the time. now house minority leader nancy pelosi said yesterday that the sailors' quick release was in part due to the iran nuclear deal. >> this is proof that building a diplomatic relationship with iran, at least in terms of the nuclear treaty, has served us well in resolving this so quickly. >> following the sailors' release, several gop candidates were quick to criticize the obama administration, and the iran nuclear deal. >> it was striking. he stood up there and talked about how proud he was about his deal with iran. at the exact same time that ten

american sailors were on their knees with guns in the back of their heads. let me tell you something, friends don't take friends hostage. >> i don't know if you saw these images, they are really horrifying and they really made me really angry this morning to see. american sailors on their knees, hands behind their heads, a female sailor forced to wear a head scarf, penned up in a jail cell. you know why these things happen? because they know they can get away with it when barack obama is in office. they know they can humiliate us. let's turn now to politics as the back and forth between hillary clinton and bernie sanders gets more contentious by the day. it all got started yesterday after clinton was asked if she was nervous about sanders' new if found momentum. >> no, i'm not nervous at all. i'm working hard, and i intend to keep working as hard as i can. >> i think we're in that stage of a campaign where we've each been introducing ourselves. we've been talking about our particular views on issues and

now it's time to draw some contrast. one of the big ones, as you're aware, is on gun safety, where senator sanders has been a pretty reliable vote for the gun lobby, and i have been standing against them for a long time. >> i have a d-minus voting record from the nra. >> correct. >> in 1988, i probably lost a congressional election because i said maybe we should not have assault weapons being sold in america. so to say that i'm kind of a supporter of the nra is really a mean-spirited and unfair and inaccurate statement. >> we have a difference on health care. i want to build on the affordable care act. he's introduced legislation nine times that have laid out a very specific plan to take everybody's health care and roll it into a great big bundle and hand it to the states. but, my view is we shouldn't be ripping up obamacare and starting over. >> now she's attacking me

because i support universal health care. in 2008 she was attacking obama because obama was attacking her because she supported universal health care. i would hope that secretary clinton will tell the american people, does she support universal health care. >> now senator sanders' campaign took to social media, posting this photo from 1993 along with a handwritten message from hillary clinton that reads, quote, to bernie sanders with thanks for your commitment to real health care access for all americans. that comes as the sanders camp claims they're benefiting financially from clinton's recent barrage of attacks. the campaign tells "the washington post" that the money is coming in at nearly four times the average daily rate reported in the last quarter of 2015. and that they raised $1.4 million in a single day after the attacks began. now meanwhile a day after chelsea clinton campaigned for her mother in new hampshire it was former president bill clinton's turn again yesterday. >> the average person who gets

elected president is intelligent, hard-working and honestly tries to do what they say they're going to do when they get there. but there's a big difference in who can do and who can't. so it's important to find somebody with the right temperament, the right experience, the right gifts. to actually do, because we need a grown-up in the room. we need answers. and we need hope fulfilled. it is not close who would be the best president. and it is not close who would be most likely to win the election. >> and president clinton will be back in iowa tomorrow where he has six events schedule the over the span of two days. and donald trump will be center stand in tonight's republican debate. but first his campaign returned to the delegate rich florida last night whose win or take home primary takes place on march the 15th, two months from tomorrow. over 10,000 people turned out on

a wednesday night in pensacola to hear trump talk about ted cruz. president obama's state of the union. and the general election. >> we have another debate tomorrow. they'll all be attacking me. like, you know, they attack. hey. whatever, right? whatever. whatever. ted's been really nice until the last couple of days. ted cruz. he's been really, really nice. other than last couple of days getting a little testy. i've been waiting. i've been waiting. got a little problem, you know, you got to sort of make sure you can run. you got to make sure you can run. a lot of lawyers say you can't run if you do that. you can't be born in canada, you can't be a canadian citizen. supposing he runs, and everybody's banking on him, and then the courts rule that he can't run. that's not so good. what do you do? concede the election to hillary clinton or to crazy bernie? right? >> now stay on the topic of ted cruz. "the new york times" broke a

story on senator ted cruz's finances late yesterday. there was apparently news that ted cruz himself, an investigation found that cruz did not report a major loan that was used to fund his 2012 texas primary campaign. the loan was not listed in cruz's campaign finance reports, and discovered in his personal disclosures later filed with the senate. the loan from goldman sachs where cruz's wife heidi works and is currently on leave and another from citibank increased to a maximum of $1 million before being paid down later that year. reporters watched as cruz apparently read the story on his phone after an event last night. >> we borrowed against the stocks and assets that we had under ordinary terms. if it was the case that they were not filed exactly as the sec requires then we'll amend the filings. our finances are not complicated. we put in the entirety of our savings. we did so through a combination of savings accounts and selling assets and making a margin loan against other assets, and

that -- those facts are clear and transparent, and a technical and inadvertent filing error does not change that at all. >> this meanwhile controversial duck dynasty star phil robertson is getting off the sidelines of the presidential campaign and in to the duck blind. >> qualification for president of the united states are rather narrow. is he or she godly? does he or she love us? can he or she do the job? and finally, would they kill a duck and put him in a pot and make him a good duck gumbo? i've looked at the candidates, ted cruz is my man. he fits the bill. le. >> all right. time now for business where asian markets opened lower again today after a sharp drop on wall street and the dow closed down more than 365 points. the nasdaq down 159 points. and the s&p lost 48. cnbc's carolyn ross joins us live from london. carolyn, what's wall street expecting to open at this

morning? >> hey, good morning you to, louis. well, this morning we are expecting a degree of stabilization looking at futures this morning, they point to very mild gains. but once again, it all depends on what the price of oil is doing yesterday we saw the brent falling below $30 a barrel. that really spooked a lot of investors. wti this morning actually gained roughly 0.7%. last time i checked. but this morning, european markets still down, and as you said asian markets still continuing that sell-off, too. which so far this global sell-off in 2016, it's wiped off some $3 trillion off stock markets. now moving on to some other news, al jazeera america, it's shutting down in april. this is less than three years after it began broadcasting in the u.s. now, what led them to that decision? the ceo of al jazeera america saying it's quote our business model simply isn't sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the u.s. media marketplace. and finally want to bring

you another really interesting story. it revolves around ge. one of the biggest companies in the u.s., they're actually moving their headquarters away from fairfield, connecticut, where they've been since 1974, to boston, massachusetts. and that's a pretty big deal for massachusetts. they offered ge incentives worth up to $145 million, and other states that were vying for that spot, they've been beaten out. georgia, rhode island, texas, one of them. ge plans to bring some 800 jobs to boston. but, a heck of a move, really. >> ge moving up to boston, carolyn roth live from london. thanks so much. now back to another big story this morning at least three people are waking up with a new lease on life after last night's record-breaking $1.5 billion powerball drawing. now winning tickets were sold in florida, tennessee and california. where it was pandemonium at the convenience store where the ticket was sold. nbc's morgan radford joins us live from chino hills just outside of los angeles.

morgan, last night and early this morning there was a lot of excitement at the 7-eleven behind you. i think i know why. >> i think i do, too. a lot of excitement, louis. can you imagine waking up this morning a billionaire? lots of excitement here in chino hills. in fact at this 7-eleven behind me this is where the winning lotto ticket was actually purchased. and people have been filing in the 7-eleven all day just to get a glimpse of the glory. it absolute excitement thrilling energy inside. in fact we spoke to the owner who said he was over the moon that these people had chosen to get their lottery ticket here from him because he said, his customers are loyal customers. take a listen. >> i'm really happy and excited and very proud we sell that much tickets. >> i know it's exciting to know that somebody from our little city won. it's so exciting. i'm excited for them and i don't even know who it is. >> and they're excited, louis, because $1.5 billion. this is a record-setting number. now it's going to be split three

ways that jackpot between the winner here in california, and also a winner in tennessee, and a winner in florida. now, because they've been chosen, now they get to do the choosing. they can choose whether or not they want to have their money delivered to them in annual installments or if they want to take it all in one lump sum. but it wasn't just these people who won tonight. surviving odds out of 1 out of it 292 million. there were also people all across the country who got smaller amounts. louis? >> just nice to see all those people coming together and supporting the winner even though they didn't win. what a story. nbc's morgan radford in the heart of powerball madness. thanks so much. still ahead on "way too early" a miserable game for russell west brook against dallas. zero points, a scuffle and he gets ejected. plus new information on sean penn's secret meting with el chapo. surprise, surprise, it wasn't about sean penn as much as it was about the actress who helped set up the meeting. those stories and a check on your weather when "way too early" comes right back.

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welcome back to "way too early." it's time now for sports. we begin with troubles on the slope for former slope star olympic gold medalist skier pick abu street has been charged with assault and domestic violence after allegedly pushing her father down two flights of stairs in december. authorities say a physical altercation broke out between the two family members following an argument at their home in utah. both sides accuse the other of becoming physical. according to charging documents released yesterday street told police she locked her 76-year-old father roland street in a basement after pushing him and then called for him. street's attorney says the 44-year-old former olympian denies any wrongdoing and considers the incident a private family matter. a hearing is scheduled on february the 16th when she is expected to plead not guilty. let's turn now to the nba and oklahoma city things got chippy between the thunders russell westbrook and the

mavericks j.j.berea after the two get thankled up. he even appears to take a swing during the altercation. after a seven-minute review by the officials, they received a technical fall. villanueva was ejected for his role in the scuffle. westbrook would be ejected after receiving a second technical foul at the end of the half. okc win it. and finally the vikings blair walsh lived a kicker's worst nightmare on sunday when he missed a 27-yard game-winning field goal in the final seconds of minnesota's playoff loss to the seahawks. but one group of first graders has shown him some empathy with a batch of supportive letters and drawings to try and cheer him up. >> i feel sad for you because you missed the field goal. i am your number one fan love olive. >> he missed it, and he was

crying at the end. it was sad. >> maybe you need to practice. love cody. >> i'm sorry that lots of people are mad at you. >> you are handsome. you are good player. >> i don't want to like the vikings. i like the seahawks better. so i was kind of glad. but kind of sad for him. >> i doubt that's going to make walsh -- >> but by the way, walsh will visit the classroom to say thanks today. >> thanks for nothing. >> let's get a check on your weather with bill karins. baby it's cold outside. i hear there's some warm weather in our future. >> it is getting a little bit toastier. the big cold blast is done. the head line yesterday was we had our first named system of the hurricane season, and if you're scratching your head a little bit. the hurricane season doesn't start until june. it's all the way out here far in the atlantic. only going to affect the azores

with some squally type weather. this happens now and then. not all that often. the last time was in 1978, we had a storm form in january. about one every ten years. we get a storm that forms outside of the hurricane season. so, as we were mentioning, starting to get a little warm. remember yesterday was negative 20 in green bay. windchill was 14. that's a big improvement. still cold in northern new england. the warmer areas will move in during the day today. the winds won't be much of a problem either. the only storm we're going to watch in the eastern half of the country is going to come out of the gulf of mexico. typically these are the ones you worry about. they come up the coast, can be a big nor'easter. this is going to head off the coast in a couple days ahead. late today some rain. new orleans rainy friday and much of florida flout the southeast, including south and north carolina then it just brushes new england on saturday. we're looking athe a very rainy saturday in the mid-atlantic and now looks like it's mostly offshore. i think by saturday afternoon, saturday evening should be a nice day temperatures in the 40s. >> excellent. a nice weekend, bill. thanks so much. now still ahead on "way too early," rand paul trades debate night for singles night on

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welcome back to "way too early." we told you earlier in the show that rand paul won't be in tonight's debate after fox business network relegated him to the kid's stage. but last night he didn't miss an opportunity to get behind the podium. >> tonight it's happening on the daily show with trevor noah gop debates singles nights. so, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator rand paul.

>> this is serious. and i wouldn't want to outjoke a republican. let's -- might just loosen this up a little bit if we just -- oh, just -- oh. oh, that's the finest kentucky bourbon, sir. >> very nice. >> i'm sure you're familiar with that. >> very nice. >> and every man has a secret stash. i have some of my own over here. i like to call it issues bourbon. that's a little blend they call war in the middle east. and what i wanted to do with you is have a conversation, or play a little game. it is a drinking game. >> it is a drinking game. i mean this is normal in kentucky -- in kentucky i'm assuming. i will -- i will take a shot every time i feel like you're not answering my question. >> let's go back to joaquin "el chapo" guzman's life on the lam

before his interview with sean penn was published. text messages intercepted by mexican authorities delve into the relationship between guzman and latin actress kate del castillo. a telenovell la star who acted as an intermediary for the meeting with the oscar winner. in one message guzman reportedly wrote i'm very eager to meet and become great friends. you are the best in the world. i will take care of absolutely everything. in response castillo replied it's so moving that you say you will take care of me. no one has ever taken care of me. thank you. el chapo also told his attorney, quote, tell kate that when she comes we will drink tequila and dance. tell her just like that. he also suggested getting a phone for her, a pink one, del castillo tweeted yesterday, quote, many have chosen to make things up that aren't truthful, nbc has contacted del castillo and her lawyer for comment. guzman was recaptured last friday after escaping from a mexican prison cell last summer. now that does it for me and

"way too early." but coming up next on "morning joe" we continue to follow the breaking news from the capital city of indonesia. jakarta rocked by a series of explosions and gunfire. now the question of whether isis was involved. and another massive rally from donald trump, this time in florida, and let's just say his language was once again colorful. plus, the democratic race gets even hotter, as the back and forth continues between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. and among those on the guest list this morning we have tom brokaw and clinton confidant james carville. on "morning joe." and it's now just moments away.

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