house and the president's meeting with bernie sanders. meanwhile, the gop tries to get a handle on donald trump as the republicans says he's quote disappointed and surprised by party leaders who push back against his -- about his comments about gonzalo curiel. and four people are dead after four palestinian gunmen jump out of their seats in a crowded restaurant and start shooting. 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." hey, there. good morning. it's thursday, june 9th. i'm alex witt. with pressure to drop out of the democratic race growing, bernie sanders will head to washington,

d.c. to meet with president obama and harry reid. the president will use the oval office meeting to quote, delicately nudge sanders towards a full embrace of hillary clinton's candidacy and a unified party. president obama travelled to new york yesterday for an appearance on "the tonight show" where he discussed the democratic primary. >> it was a healthy thing for the democratic party to have a contested primary. i thought that bernie sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas and he pushed the party and challenged them. i thought it made hillary a better candidate. my hope is that over the next couple of weeks we're able to pull things together and what happens during primaries you get a little ouchy. >> is bernie going to endorse hillary? >> well, i'm sure they're going to have a conversation. >> is he ever going to drop out? [ laughter ] or just stay in? >> i'm going to be talking to him tomorrow. he's coming to the white house. and the main role i'm going to be playing in this process is to

remind the american people that this is a serious job. you know, this is not reality tv. >> sanders' sole supporter in the senate said this is the moment that we need to start to bring parts of the party together so they can go into the convention with locked arms and go out of the convention unified into the general election. other democrats on capitol hill also weighed in while vice president joe biden urged patience. >> i believe the democratic party will shortly be unified for two reasons. one, we know what would happen if there were a president trump and two, we know the good things that would happen getting middle class incomes moving, bringing america together if there's president clinton. >> i think bernie wants to unify. i think his discussion with the president tomorrow is going to be about unification. bernie will do the right thing. we all agree that trump is the one to beat. you know, hillary is very

capable person and a very capable candidate. >> mr. vice president, can i ask you is it time for bernie sanders to drop out of the race? >> oh, be a little graceful. let the man have his own pace. >> do you think hillary clinton and him will come together -- >> a great president. >> despite declaring victory, hillary clinton is not calling for sanders to end his campaign. in her first interview of the campaign with "the washington post," clinton quote expressed cautious hope that rival bernie sanders whose candidacy produced an unexpectedly hard fought nominating contest would soon rally behind her. >> we are reaching out through our campaigns to his campaign. and i have made it clear that i'm going to do everything i can to make it possible for him to be a good partner in our joint efforts to, you know, pursue these goals i mentioned and to defeat donald trump. >> in the same interview with

"nbc nightly news's" lester holt she said she won't go insult for insult against trump. >> will you respond insult to insult? >> no, absolutely not. he can run a campaign of insults. i'm running a campaign of issues that are going to produce results for the american people. i'm going to talk about why he's unqualified to be president, based on his own words and his deeds and i'm going to continue to make the case he is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief. >> democratic senator elizabeth warren who stayed neutral throughout the presidential primaries will be making her choice known in the coming days. reuters reports that senator warren will soon endorse hillary clinton and while not currently interested in serving as her running mate has not ruled it out. then that's senator tim kaine of virginia who endorsed clinton over a year ago who tells c-span in a new interview he doubts he will be the choice as clinton said she's still looking.

>> i think i can help her win and i think i can help her win most by helping her win virginia. that's what i'm doing already. so she's got a lot of directions that she can go and she's going -- look, she's going to choose a person who is the best suited to help her govern and to help her win. and i was vetted for this spot back in '08. i love being mentioned, but my gut was never saying i think it will be me. i don't feel that differently now. >> i'm looking at the most qualified people and that includes women of course because i want to be sure that whoever i pick could be president immediately. if something were to happen. that's the most important qualification. there are a lot of people on the democratic party who bring so many great assets to the table. i'm going to really begin to pay attention to that now that we have wrapped up the primary process. donald trump is speaking out about the stern rebuke he received from top republicans in washington for what many called

racist criticism of federal judge. at an interview at trump tower the presumptive nominee told "time" magazine he was disappointed and surprised by the leaders' reactions. asked if they were being disloyal, he said i had won more votes than anyone in the history of the party so i was surprised that they said that. they have to say what they have to say, i'm a big boy. house speaker paul ryan reiterated his support for trump yesterday at the house gop conference meeting, expressing confidence that trump would settle down and trump's biggest supporter jeff sessions told hallie jackson that trump felt he had to defend trump university. >> well, it would have been nice if it were -- that had not been said. for sure. but he's explained that and he's really feels strongly about this lawsuit, you know? he feels like it's an unjust proceeding and he should prevail and now he said he'll let his lawyer handle it. he's not doing to be continuing to comment on it. i think that's probably a good

decision. >> but other republicans were not as forgetting including scott walker who is one of several republicans withholding their support until trump owns up and apologizes for his remarks. >> the sad fact is it's just sad in america that we have such poor choices right now. he's not yet the nominee. officially that won't happen until the middle of july. for me that's kind of the time frame. in particular, i want to make sure that he renounces what he says at least with regards to this judge. >> the fact is that donald trump still needs to apologize for his comments and saying that his comments were misconstrued is not an apology. i would like to hear him apologize to the judge, apologize to the american people. admit for once that he made a mistake and then move on and start focusing like a laser on the economic issues.

>> it's not a comfortable position to be in, to not back the party's nominee. and i'm not a fan of hillary clinton. i want to see a republican in the white house. but i can tell you given the positions that mr. trump has taken so far, he's not going to get there. to talk about a ban on muslims, to talk about revisiting the liable laws to more easily go after journalists, and then this new rant against this judge, an american born in indiana, calling him a mexican. you can't take positions like that. and win, you know, the white house. >> and senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley is walking back his statement in which he compared trump's attack on judge curiel to comments made by sonia sotomayor years before she became the high court's first hispanic judge. quote, i think you don't have any more trouble with what trump

said that when sotomayor said a wise latino woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male. i don't hear criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of supreme court. her wise latino remark was raised multiple times during his hearings. he later clarified to hallie jackson. >> you just can't equate the two and i wasn't meant to equate the two. i think i said several times that i wouldn't say what trump said. i disagree with what he said. well, four people are dead and several others seriously injured in israel after two palestinian gunmen opened fire at a popular market. the two men are now in police custody following the attack in tel aviv yesterday. which took place outside israel's ministry of defense. officials say the two are from the west bank. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing a swift response. >> we're going to take the necessary steps to attack the attackers and to defend those

who need to be defended. >> over the last several months, palestinians attacked have killed 31 israelis and two americans and about 200 palestinians have been killed. most identified as attackers by israel. and hillary clinton issued a statement on this latest violence saying, i stand in solidarity with the israeli people in the face of these ongoing threats and in unwavering support of the country's right to defend itself. israel's security must remain non-negotiable. later today, house speaker paul ryan is expected to lay out the national security strategy which it will focus on immigration and the border and as "the washington post" puts it it's meant to soften trump's edges. he's expected to propose the use of more technology and high fencing along southern border as opposed to trump's signature policy proposal, building a wall. and while trump has called nato obsolete, he urges solidifying the alliance, while urging them to spend more on defense. and a dramatic scene caught

on camera as a mother fights to save her daughter from being abducted in broad day light. the mom got in a tug of war in a dollar store in hernando on tuesday. he eventually let go of the 13-year-old girl, but he was caught by the off duty police officer in the parking lot. that officer says incidents like this hit close to home. >> i was shocked. you know, as a parent, you're -- you wonder especially i go in there with my children, and it's just -- it's sad that we have people like that in this society i think. >> well, the sheriff's office says the suspect will be charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of child abuse. the man's attorney says the suspect is a veteran with a long history of mental illness. let's turn to business where the u.s. economic concerns and a weak dollar are weighing on the overseas markets. cnbc's steve sedgwick is joining us live from london. good morning. what's going on over there? >> alex, very good morning to

you. the jolt survey yet which is the labor turnover survey it was suitably disappointing but the markets are okay. as far as today, the weak japanese data, the machinery data which is way worse than expected, corporate spending which is not what it was expected to be, now the europeans have taken the lead. ftse is down and the dax, which is the blue chips which is down 1.1%. the yen's rallied as the dollar weakens and when the dollar is weakening because people are concerned that yellin won't raise rates because of weak economic activity. a lot of activity in the self-driving autonomous space as well. apple had been tied up with the chinese car sharing ride company, and you have general motors. now fiat chrysler, uber may have an association. fiat chrysler seen as a laggard

on the self-driving. but uber they may have an association with fiat chrysler, but they opposed a couple of top robotic researchers from carnegie mellon to set up uber in pittsburgh. seeing big movements on uber and other competitors trying to go autonomous by 2020. >> thank you, steve sedgwick in london. coming up, maria sharapova sidelined for years for using a banned substance, but will she keep her big money endorsements? curry unable to find the sweet spot against king james. we'll check on those stories and a check of the weather when we come back.

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to cleveland, the warriors can put away the broom as the cavaliers were back with a vengeance, coming away with a 30-point victory to cut the golden state series lead down to one game. cleveland recovers from back-to-back blowouts with a game high 32 points from the king on their home court. kyrie irving added 30. 120-90. game 4, friday night in cleveland. >> chris jansing is smiling somewhere. >> i know. in tennis headlines, maria sharapova has received a two-year ban from the sport. >> unacceptable. >> on the failed drug test back in january. yeah, kind of not cool, right. sharapova who tested positive for a newly banned substance said she'll appeal the harsh punishment and posted on her facebook page that ban could keep the silver medalist out of the rio games in august. meanwhile after initially suspending their relationship with the star, nike said it will

continue its sponsorship of sharapova. in arlington, a hard-hit ground ball is fielded by the rangers ian desmond who throws a frozen rope to nab the runner trying to take home. wow. >> nice throw. >> guns down the astros jason castro at the plate. 95 mile an hour throw. >> there's new to baseball, right? measuring the speed of the ball being thrown at the players? >> anyway, houston wins it 3-1. in san francisco, brandon belt sends a 69th baseball to the watery grave. a cool thing to witness. >> where's the kayak? >> the first splash down homer since september of 2014. then you saw that -- >> didn't have a kayak. he just came straight off the dock. >> but the cool thing he's wearing a madison bumgarner jersey. nice souvenir. and the giants beat the red sox 2-1.

and finally, philly mag reports a public policy poll found that pennsylvania voters would prefer the philly fanatic as president over republican nominee donald trump. in fact, 46% of voters polled said they think the philadelphia mascot is more qualified to be president. just 40% were backing donald trump. dointd know how -- i don't know how to interpret that. but 40% said -- >> we have our third candidate. >> an independent run. all right. our independently minded meteorologist bill karins. what's up with the weather? >> much of the country is like roasting hot because people are starting to complain about the heat, and in the great lakes, new england, people were turning their heat on. temperatures in the 30s in some cases. if we had to pick one spot with the gloomiest weather, all of south florida is still cloudy. but the sunshine state is anything but. that will continue through the day today. marquette, michigan, at 37 degrees. this is almost the middle of

june. even the big cities are in the mid 50s. all through the mid-atlantic and the northeast. this is a chilly morning by any standards for june. now, as far as today goes the cool weather remains for about one more day. then the heat is going to start to move in. we're at 85 in louisville today. there's the hot air sneaking to the east. enjoy the 70s and 60s. d.c., low humidity. by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon, 90s arrive in the ohio valley and 80s in the mid-atlantic and then the heat is on. d.c. should be up into the low 90s. richmond at 93. the heat doesn't get into areas of new england until sunday. that's kind of the timing of the hot weather. it is all through the middle of the country. 90s from texas all the way to montana. salt lake city at 93. still in the 90s around new orleans. the only thunderstorms to speak of late today may be around chicago and also there in florida. looking at your friday, right before the weekend, alex, the map is getting -- a lot of the

reds are starting to show up. summer weather. i mean, much of the country is very warm. just new england and the great lakes is the exception to the rule today. >> it is what it is. look at the calendar. thank you very much, bill karins. nancy pelosi trolls the house speaker over his support of donald trump. her latest memo, next on "way too early." it takes a lot of work... to r. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a great taste. i don't plan on slowing down any time soo stay strong. stay active with boost®.

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we have some more headlines to get to. let's go to the control room. hi, louis burgdorf. >> good morning. leah dunham and the cast of "girls" have a powerful new message about sexual assault. it's to the stanford university survivor. here's a portion of the new psa. >> what if we chose to turn towards those in need instead of away. >> listen to support -- >> you have the choice. to make things better. >> it can be something as easy as a phone call. >> calling out a hurtful -- helpful remark. >> it can be as simple as listening. >> just being there makes it better. >> you already have the power to create a safer, healthier environment for women to come forward. >> while it's just the four of us here right now -- >> we hope to represent the solidarity and support all survivors should be able to find. >> which may be the first time that four white women can accurately represent anything. >> so please support, listen, take action. not because she's someone's

daughter. >> or someone's girlfriend. >> or someone's sister. >> because he is someone. >> she is someone. >> she is someone. >> she is someone. >> powerful psa there, alex. now to some politics. when paul ryan took over the house, we thought his biggest challenge would be controlling his caucus, but that was before he tied himself to donald trump and now he can't get a break. here's what happened during his meet and greet with the prime minister of india yesterday. >> i'm doing well. how you doing? don't ask me questions about that stuff. gee, are you kidding me? >> everywhere he goes he's being asked about his support of trump and now nancy pelosi is giving him a hard time, sending out this fake memo titled speaker ryan to hide from reporters today. it reads paul ryan will not be available to answer the questions today about his surrender to trump. he has cancelled his regularly

scheduled press conference so you don't ask about why the head of the national security rollout, they want to hand the nuclear codes to the person who engages in textbook racism. harsh words from the house minority leader there. one more story here, alex, go to san diego. snoop dogg out on hand to toss out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of the game between the braves and the padres. look at this one. he unleashes a wild throw. nowhere near the strike zone there. snoop gives 50 cent a run for his money for the worst pitch. you may remember this back in citi field back in 2014. if there's one thing we have learned i think that it's a little bit harder -- oh, man, that one is bad. just gives us an excuse to show that one. i don't think snoop's is as bad as 50 cent's there. but that is just terrible. a lot of pressure though. a lot of pressure, you know? >> that was ouch. embarrassing. thanks for bringing it to us.

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has donald trump called you for advice or talked to you at all? first of all, you're giving some pretty good advice so far if you has. has he called and talked to you? >> no. no, he hasn't. no. >> no? >> not that i know of. no. >> do you think the republicans are happy with their choice? >> we are, but i don't know they feel. >> good morning. it is thursday june 9th. welcome to "morning joe." welcome, everyone. >> welcome, welcome, thank you for having me. >> willie. >> so polite. >> with us on set as you can see former treasury official and