plus, donald trump responds to the fbi's decision not to recommend charges against his rival. all while continuing to battle allegations of anti-semitism. we'll tell you who is coming to his defense. and breaking news, olympian oscar pistorius learns that he's heading to prison after shooting and killing his girlfriend in 2013. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west and this is "way too early." all right, good morning, it's wednesday, july 6th, and i'm sam stein. the fbi delivered a blistering report yesterday on hillary clinton's use of private e-mail while secretary of state. calling her actions extremely careless, and directly contradicting several of her explanations for how her private system worked. but in a dramatic news conference by the fbi's director

james comey, he also recommended that clinton not be charged with a crime. and that has left top congressional republicans deeply unsatisfied. on tuesday evening, the speaker of the house, paul ryan, said he wanted penalties against clinton, and the hearing into the investigation led by comey. >> we're going to have hearings, jason chaffetz, chairman of the government oversight committee is going to be calling up james comey to ask questions. he didn't answer any questions with the press. and our judicialry committee sent a number of questions. >> do you think he caved to political pressure? >> i don't know the answer to that question. i don't know, you know, i'll take him at his word. but what i don't really understand is, after he lists this laundry list of violations, he comes to that conclusion. i think she clearly said things that were not true, and he basically gave us that. i think we need to know more, quite frankly. >> ryan's appearance came after the surprise press conference from the fbi director in which he delivered both a critique of hillary clinton's handling of classified information as

secretary of state, and a rebuke of her staff for a failure to fully account for work dr. related e-mails lost due to her private account. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. seven e-mail chains concern matters that were classified at the top secret, special access program at the time they were sent and received. those chains involve secretary clinton, both sending e-mails about those matters, and receiving e-mails about those same matters. there is evidence to support a conclusion that any reasonable person in secretary clinton's position, or in the position of those with whom she was corresponding with those matters, should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. none of these e-mails should

have been on any kind of unclassified system. but their presence is especially concerning because all of these e-mails were housed on unclassified personal servers, not even supported by full-time security staff, like those found at agencies and departments of the united states government or even with a commercial e-mail service like gmail. it's also important to say something about the marking of classified information. only a very small number of the e-mails here containing classified information were markings that indicated the presence of classified information. but even if information is not marked classified in an e-mail, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified, are still obligated to protect it. although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a

case. this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. to the contrary. those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions. but that's not what we're deciding now. >> despite the very tough criticism from comey, hillary clinton did not respond before the cameras yesterday. instead her campaign issued a statement. quote, we are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the department is appropriate. as the secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal e-mail and she would not do it again. we are glad that this matter is now resolved. donald trump, however, was ready to respond in raleigh, north carolina, last night. lacing his speech with attacks on hillary clinton, claims that the system was rigged, and accusations that she and her husband sought to use her influence to fill her foundation with money. working from notes, though improvising at other times, trump argued that clinton should be disqualified from the white

house. even accusing her of bribing attorney general loretta lynch. >> today is the best evidence ever that we've seen that our system is absolutely, totally, rigged. it's rigged. our enemies may have a blackmail file on crooked hillary, and this alone means that she should not be allowed to serve as president of the united states. just wrote this out, we now know that she lied to the country when she said she did not send classified information on her server. she lied! the lives of the american people were put at risk by hillary clinton so that she could carry on her corrupt financial dealings, probably -- that's probably why she didn't want people to see what the hell she was doing. she went to extraordinary lengths to carry out an

enron-style purge of her e-mails. 33,000 e-mails are missing? and they say oh, she's fine. she's fine. so, like a criminal with a guilty conscience, clinton had her lawyers delete, destroy, and wipe away forever, except i still say there are geniuses that can find them, 30,000 -- think of this, 30,000 e-mails. she said today that we may consider the attorney general to go forward. that's like a bribe, isn't it? isn't that sort of a bribe? i think it's a bribe. i mean that if she wince she's going to consider extending the attorney general. and you know, i'm not saying -- i'm not knocking the attorney general. what i'm saying is, how can you say that? it's a bribe! >> today, hillary clinton heads to atlantic city, new jersey, where she is set to speak in the

shadow of the now shuttered trump plaza casino and what's expected to be another takedown of her rival's economic plans and business practices, including allegations that he stiffed contractors. yesterday, clinton campaigned for the first time with president obama. and she made the most of the visual, walking off air force one with the commander in chief, and speaking behind a lectern bearing the presidential seal. president praised her judgment, leadership, and her readiness for the job. >> she's seen the consequences of things working well, and things not working well. and there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office. than hillary clinton. ever. everybody can tweet, but nobody actually knows what it takes to do the job until you sat behind the desk.

i mean, sasha tweets. but she doesn't think that -- she's thereby should be sitting behind the desk. this is a choice between whether we are going to cling to some imaginary past or whether we're going to reach for the future. even the republicans on the other side don't really know what the guy's talking about. you ask them, they're all like, i don't know. then they kind of duck the other way. >> i've also known him as the friend that i was honored to stand with in the good times, and the hard times. someone who has never forgotten where he came from, and donald, if you're out there tweeting, it's hawaii.

>> the clinton says about 9,000 people turned out in charlotte making it potentially her largest rally so far this election cycle. now donald trump continues to face backlash after an image posted on twitter over the weekend was widely criticized as anti-semitic. on tuesday, house speaker paul ryan and other gop leaders were forced to give their take on the controversy. >> look, i mean everyone's upset when you have things that happen that cause these kinds of misfires and controversies. of course you don't want to see that stuff happen. but also, it's something that they realized very quickly had occurred, they fixed the problem, and they've moved on from it. so i mean it's not like they just sat around and did nothing about it. the guy realized it was a mistake. he went on and put out an explanation of exactly how he did it. i mean this is not -- there's not people running away from a problem. >> your reaction to donald trump's use of that image? >> look, anti-semitic images, they've got no place in a

presidential campaign. candidates should know that. the tweet's been deleted. i don't know how long he put this up there. they obviously got to fix that. i really believe he's got to clean up the way his new media works. most importantly, one of the few times i spoke out against him during the primary, very forcefully, was in this area when he failed to disavow supremacists, white supremacists. so look, i'll make this really, really clear, the point is i think he's got to clean this up. my understanding is this was done by staff, not by he himself. but more importantly they've got to clean this thing up. >> meanwhile, ben carson tweeted yesterday, quote, social media provides a great platform from discourse, but we must be careful with the images we send out. no idea what he's referring to there. now trump's son-in-law and campaign adviser jared kushner, meanwhile, is deflecting criticism of the use of the controversial image. the writer of the new york observer, the newspaper that kushner publishes, posted an open letter online yesterday urging kushner, who is jewish,

to rebuke the tweet. but kushner didn't. and he released a statement saying in part, quote my father-in-law is an incredibly loving and tolerant person who has embraced my family and our judaism. since i began dating my wife. i know that donald does not at all subscribe to any racist or anti-semitic thinking. end quote. now speculation is rampant over who trump will choose as his running mate as he begins showcasing and vetting potential picks. today newt gingrich will join trump for a fund-raiser in a rally near cincinnati, ohio. same time nbc news has learned that senator bob corker of tennessee has submitted materials to be vetted by the campaign. corker held a series of meetings with trump at trump tower, spending time with campaign officials and family members, and last night the senator joined trump onstage in north carolina. >> let me say this, the reason you love him so much is because he loves you. he loves you. and he wants the best for you! >> now let's turn to a story

making news out of louisiana. residents in baton rouge are taking to the streets in anger, following the deadly shooting of a black man by police. people gathered last night in protest outside the convenience store where 37-year-old sterling was fatally shot early yesterday morning. video circulating online that appears to show sterling being shot by police has spurred outrage. an official for the city's police department says two officers responded after a caller reported that a man selling cds outside the store was making threats with a gun. that official says the officer ended -- ended up in an altercation with sterling before shooting him. sterling's sister speeging out after the shooting, shared her anger over her brother's death. >> i think something really need to be done, and something need to be done quick about this. and not just for my brother, but by everybody. this is going all around the world and it seemed like y'all, not you personally, but it seem like you know y'all you getting

the okay cord to just okay you can kill whoever you want to kill and nothing is going to be done about it. >> an autopsy showed sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back. the officers involved had been put on administrative leave until further notice. now still ahead on "way too early," he was released from prison after serving one fifth of his sentence for killing his girlfriend back in 2013. but this morning, the olympic athlete known as the blade runner is headed back. we'll have the breaking decision of the judge from the judge from earlier this morning. plus, big name in pharmaceutical company takes a big step in the fight against the nation's opioid epidemic. those stories and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right back.

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the equivalent of manslaughter under south african law for killing reeva steenkamp on valentine's day in 2013. but an appeals court last year reversed that decision and found the athlete nicknamed blade runner guilty of the more serious charge of murder. his six dr. year sentence is less than the 15-year guideline for murder. federal lawsuit alleging the mishandling of sexual assault lawsuits at the university of tennessee has been handled in a lawsuit. the women will be paid just over $2 million to drop their lawsuit. the school did not admit to any quote guilt, negligence or unlawful act. turning now to nba free agency where the salary cap strapped miami heat can't meet dwyane wade's demands. wade is reportedly seeking a two-year deal worth at least $50 million. more than the $40 million reportedly offered to him on monday. while several teams are said to be in talks with wade the denver nuggets have reportedly offered a two-year contract that

surpasses wade's $50 million mark. nba free agency is crazy. in tennis, venus williams advances to a grand slam semifinal for the first time in six years setting up a potential meeting with her younger sister serena. both players won their quarterfinal match-ups yesterday at wimbledon. fans could see an all-williams final should both sisters win in thursday's semis. and in major league baseball the chicago cubs became just the second team in history to have its entire infield named as starters in the all-star game. anthony rizzo is going to be at first base, ben zorbis at second base, they dominate the roster with seven players selected. but in a performance in chicago last night the reds billy hamilton takes advantage of a lack of focus by the cubs turning on the jets to score from second base on a pass ball in the first inning. cincinnati goes on to win 9-5. and in boston, david ortiz who is part of the american league best group of six red sox also

came he wasn't happy with just a single while trailing 7-2 in the bottom of the ninth. big papi takes it out on his bat snapping it over his knee what's going on big papi? now let's get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist and bat snapper bill karins. >> i'd break my knee if i did that. >> that would hurt. >> some impressive pictures minneapolis area got hit pretty hard. just south of there a couple reports of tornadoes in southern portions of minnesota. they're in rural areas. nothing too significant. and how about this picture? kind of looks like the alien mother ship coming in there. look at the side of that thunderstorm complex. supercell thunderstorm out of nebraska and you pull over to the side of the row and take some pictures of this and quickly get out of the way. so this morning this line of storms that were formed yesterday in nebraska and minnesota has pushed through chicago overnight. there is some wind damage and there are some power outages. peoria, illinois, right now, severe thunderstorm warning for you. this line of thunderstorms is continuing to push down into central indiana, and illinois. so keep that in mind.

later today, about 15 million people will do it again. late today, new, powerful storms will form in the plains and then they'll roll towards omaha, des moines, quad city, kansas city and st. louis later on today. wind damage threat and a lot of lightning. we're now under excessive heat warnings in the philadelphia area. heat advisories for all the five boroughs of new york city. so this is kind of the first little mini heat wave of the season for areas of the northeast arriving today. new york city will feel like 95 to 100. philly will feel like 100 to 105. and everyone in the middle of the country is laughing at that because it feels like 110 today from texas all the way to kansas city to shreveport to memphis. so the heat is on and it's going to be with us today and then right through the upcoming weekend. it's you know we're getting towards the middle of july almost now and this is when you expect it to be thes whoest of the year and it certainly is. >> it still sucks. >> yes that's -- >> that's my professional opinion. all right, thanks, bill. let's turn to business as the british pound continues to slide. falling to historic lows today.

hadley gamble joins us live from london. good morning. or is it? >> well, sam it's certainly been a roller coaster as this brexit blowback continues to roil global markets. basically what we've seen already this morning is a serious slide in property stocks here in the uk. we've seen asia markets in turmoil bond yields at record lows and the sterling hitting its lowest level since 1985. >> a new report out that pfizer has agreed to a written code of conduct when it comes to the marketing of opioids. so what's actually behind that move? >> it's kind of incredible. basically what you have here is the city of chicago suing several drugmakers including the drugmaker behind the drug oxycontin. they basically said this hasn't only affected people but has cost the city millions of dollars in insurance payouts as people work to work through the addictions to these kinds of drugs and of course while pfizer itself only has one opioid on the market industry insiders say that this is a great first move and they're hoping that other drugmakers are going to follow

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welcome back to "way too early." let's get a check on the morning's other headlines. and for that we head to the control room and one of

america's great icons, louis burgdorf. >> thanks so much, sam. one of the most iconic american heroes is getting a brand-new honor. marvel is set to unveil a 13-foot tall bronze statue of steve rogers, aka captain america, in honor of his 75th birthday. the tribute will make its debut later this month at san diego's comiccon. after that it begins its trek to brooklyn new york. now for those wanting their own version display at home 850 smaller replicas made out of bronze and pewter will be up for grabs sam i'm sure you'll be getting one of those. it's not every day that you get the reigning nba mvp knocking on your door. that's what happened as steph curry surprised some young campers over the weekend in hawaii. one boy was literally floored. a little fake faint there. and buddy then steps over him to greet the superstar curry also posed as a pliz today delivery man for girl campers.

i'm sure it's a moment they will never forget. finally this morning, sam, it's the end of an era in the world of tech as blackberry's key board is now officially a thing of the past. i can't believe this is happening. the canadian smartphone maker announced yesterday it was killing off the last of the handsets to have the traditional version of the company's iconic key board and track pad. the news comes just days after the u.s. senate announced it will cease issuing blackberry phones once their current stock is depleted. the blackberry had been issued to senators and their staff for over a decade. sam it looks like it's time for you to upgrade that blackberry. >> wait a second. hold on. don't you dare tarnish me by saying i'm a blackberry -- also what's on your face, louis? is there some dirt there? >> i lost my razor. >> all right, fair enough. >> all right. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up on "morning joe" more on the fbi's decision not to recommend charges against hillary clinton. despite calling her handling of classified information, quote, ebs teamly careless. we'll have reaction, including from house speaker paul ryan who wants a hearing into the fbi's

investigation, and former attorney general alberto gonzalez joins us, as well. that and much more coming up next on "morning joe."

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there have been questions about my e-mails, about my e-mails. i want to address that directly. >> i'm here to give you an update on the fbi investigation of secretary clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as secretary of state. >> i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account, which was allowed. >> they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> i thought it would be easier to carry just one device. >> she also used numerous mobile devices to send and to read e-mail. >> we went through a thorough process to identify all of my work-related e-mails. >> lawyers doing the sorting for clinton in 2014 did not read the content of all her e-mails. it is