e-mail scandal? and hostile crowd, in just a few hours fbi director james comey will meet republicans on the hill who have plenty of questions for him. and breaking this morning, another deadly police-involved shooting this time in minnesota. a driver shot and killed and his girlfriend streamed the aftermath online as anger mounts across this country. it's 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early "". ♪ ♪ hey there, everyone. good morning. it's thursday july 7th, i'm alex witt. we'll get to the fast-moving police shooting case in baton rouge. but first to the latest incident of deadly force, this one from minnesota last night. a man was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic stop in

the st. paul suburb of falcon heights. happened around 9:00 p.m. local time. he has been identified by family members as 32-year-old philando castile. an employee of the st. paul school district. a child and the man's girlfriend were in the car at the time and the aftermath of the shooting was apparently captured in graphic detail as his girlfriend live streamed on facebook from inside that car. we have blurred parts of that video, but again everyone, it is graphic. >> he's licensed. he's licensed to carry. he was trying to get out his i.d. and his wallet out his pocket and he let the officer know that he was -- he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm. we're waiting for -- >> keep your hands on the wheel. >> i will, sir. no worries. i will. he just shot his arm off. we got pulled over. >> i told him not to reach for it. i told him to get his hand open.

>> you told him to get his i.d., sir. his driver's license. oh my god, please don't tell me he's dead. [ bleep ]. please, don't tell me my boyfriend went like that. >> keep your hands where they are. >> yes, i will, sir. i'll keep my hands where they are. please, officer -- you shot four bullets into him, sir. he was just getting his license and registration, sir. >> wow. we don't know exactly what happened before that video was taken, but afterwards, it appears the woman was ordered out of the car and told to walk backwards toward police with their guns trained on her. at one point, the child who was unarmed is heard screaming in the background. the mother is then handcuffed and put in the back of the police car with her daughter with the live stream still going. then around 9:10 local time a woman driving home to her apartment captured video which appears to show police performing cpr. the man was taken to the hospital. he did not survive. police say a handgun was recovered from the scene.

the officer has been placed on administrative leave while the state investigates. protests have begun, this video came outside the governor's mansion in st. paul chanting no justice, no sleep. demonstrations are still going on as right now we'll bring you a live picture from outside the governor's mansion at this hour. we'll continue to follow this story. let's go now to the other police shooting that has captured this nation's attention. the justice department is launching a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of a man by police in baton rouge, louisiana. last night several hundred people gathered outside the convenience store where 37-year-old alton sterling was killed. sterling's aunt who attended the event spoke with nbc news lashing out at the officers involved in his death. >> they sat there and watched my child die. they sat there and watched him die. they sat there and watched him take his last breath. i'm mad and i'm angry. >> others around the country

have taken to the streets. in philadelphia, officers arrested a dozen protesters after they blocked drivers from getting on and off a major highway. but what happened that night when alton sterling was shot and killed, nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. we warn you some of the images we're about to see are graphic and some may find them disturbing. >> [ bleep ]. gun. >> reporter: in this newly-relesioned cell phone video a closer look at the final moments of atten steriling's life. >> reporter: baton rouge police say a 911 caller said someone matching sterling's description had threatened him with a gun outside a convenience store. >> he pulled the gun on the complainer and told him he couldn't be around there. >> reporter: police officers say they confronted sterling when they arrived. they tackled and wrestled steriling to the ground. seconds later, gunshots. this other cell phone video is

shot by the store's owner, at one point an officer yells he's got a gun. >> was he acting aggressive in any way towards these officers? >> he just wanted to know what was going on, why are they coming to arrest him? >> reporter: this man said he had sold cds outside for years and recently started carrying a gun for protection. these up close stills show an officer pull an unidentified object from sterling's pocket. police have not confirmed what that is and it's not clear what happened before the cameras started recording. sterling's death quickly spread through social media and prompted peaceful protests. >> the individuals involved in his murder took away a man with children. >> reporter: quinyetta mcmillon is the mother of sterling's 15-year-old son who couldn't hold back tears during an emotional press conference. >> i for one would not arrerest

would not allow y'all to sweep him in the dirt. >> reporter: less than 36 hours after the incident, the governor announced the department of justice's civil rights division would lead the investigation. >> gabe gutierrez reporting there. congress is scheduled to hear from the fbi director this morning, this after the justice department opted not to bring any charges against hillary clinton. james comey will testify about his recommendation not to prosecute her for mishandling classified information with her private e-mail server. the house oversight and government reform committee will hear from the inspector's general of the state department and intelligence community whose referral to the justice department kicked off the investigation last summer. attorney general loretta lynch is expected to answer questions from the house judiciary committee next week and yesterday lynch said she met with comey and members of the investigative team who said were unanimous in recommending that the clinton case be closed. but house speaker paul ryan is demanding swift action for the

james clapper to bar clinton from the intelligence briefings party nominees are used to getting. >> look, i was on the ticket in 2012. after the convention, you get the full, deep classified information as part of transition, as part of being a nominee. i think the dni, clapper, should deny hillary clinton access to classified information during this campaign given how he is so recklessly handled classified information, with no indictment occurring but a discussion or a call for administrative action, i think it's the least we can do given how she was so reckless in handling classified material and sending clasdsfied information on insecure servers. look, i think that'sing? administration should do on the own but we'll look into that's something we can do as well. donald trump is set to meet with republican lawmakers on the hill today. last night in ohio a critical

swing state trump swung wildly at a number of topics. he started by reading from notes, going after hillary clinton and her e-mail server scandal. but he spent much of the next hour talking about, well, much else including that since-deleted tweet featuring a six-pointed star and iraqi dictator saddam hussein. >> i said bad guy saddam hussein, bad guy. then i said again, saddam hussein is a bad guy. but he did one thing well, he killed terrorists, right? that's okay. just a quick statement. i wake up, i turn on the television -- donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein. and i don't love saddam hussein. i hate saddam hussein but he was damn good at killing terrorists and now terrorists, people who want to be terrorists, they go into iraq and i said last night,

it's the harvard. it's the harvard university. it's the harvard of terrorism. so one of my guys, who's married to a jewish woman, this is a very fine person, dan scavino, he put out a tweet talking about crooked hillary clinton. and on the tweet was a star, it's a star. like a star. and i said, oh, because when i looked at it, i didn't think anything. all of a sudden it turned out to be in the minds of the press only because it could have been a sheriff star, could have been a regular star and behind it they had money. oh, but there's money behind it. so actually they're racially profiling. they're profiling not us because why are they bringing this up? why do they bring it up? i have a son-in-law who is jawish, jared is a great guy. my daughter is jewish. i have grandchildren that are jewish. okay. and i love them.

i love them. so the star, which is a star, not the star of david. when they told me the star of david, i said you got to be kidding. how sick are they? you shouldn't have taken it down. they took it down. too bad, you should have left it up. i would rather defended it. leave it up. say that's not a star of david, that's just a star. and corrupt hillary, corrupt hillary. she sent it out. she is the one that started the dialogue. you know why, because she wanted to get off the fbi. >> after the event, trump's twitter account posted this -- where is the outrage for this disney book, is this the star of david also? dishonest media, "frozen." features a book featuring elsa with a six-pointed star. well, today hillary clinton expected to announce a new proposal aimed at protecting small businesses. comes on the heels of her speech in front of the now shuttered

trump plaza casino where she slammed her rival's business practices. she accused him of running up debt, defaulting and walking away with millions while hundreds of workers lost jobs and contractors were stiffed. >> here is an important thing about how donald trump operates. he doesn't default and go bankrupt as a last resort. he does it over and over again on purpose. even though he knows he will leave others empty handed while he keeps the plane, the helicopter, the penthouse. remember what he promised, i'm going do for the country what i did for my business. well, we should believe him and make sure he never has the chance to bankrupt america the way he bankrupted his businesses. >> nice when you don't read from

a speech. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for being here. hillary with the teleprompters every single time. and whether you go north and south or east and west, donald trump is a bad person. donald trump made a lot of money in atlantic city, but he hurt the little people. she calls it the little people. i didn't. made a lot of money and government what they did i'll tell you -- did you see that sham? i left seven years ago. >> worth noting the facility closed in 2014, long after trump had sold his stake. clinton also met with striking union members across town demanding better pay from the trump tauj ma haj hmahal which longer owns. he expects to announce his running mate just prior to the convention. last night he campaigned in ohio

alongside newt gingrich and whether the former house speaker could fill that role? >> newt has been my friend for a long time. and i'm not saying anything and i'm not telling even newt anything, but i can tell you in one form or another, newt gingrich is going to be involved with our government. that i can tell you. he's smart. he's tough. he gets it. and he says i'm the biggest thing he's ever seen in the history of politics. now, newt is going to be involved if i can get approval from his wife. that may be tough, but that's okay. >> at the same time, trump appears to have lost two names from his list of possible vps. nbc learned that iowa senator joni ernst conveyed those wishes to trump to not be a running mate. she is a mike pence fan who also met with trump. one day after appearing on the

campaign trail with the presumptive nominee, tennessee senator bob corker withdrew his name from consideration. >> when something like this is being discussed, you shortchange yourself unless you really, you know, get into it and investigate it. again, i went over there on the premise that, you know, i don't think this is the type of public service that i'm best suited for. >> and later this morning, senator corker will be a guest on "morning joe". still ahead on "way too early," the nation's longest war is about to get longer as president obama announces a slow-down in the troop withdrawal from afghanistan. now the taliban is speaking out about the decision. and on a much lighter note, another high-profile move in the nba as coveted free agent dwyane wade prepares to go from miami to chicago. those stories and a check on the weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪

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welcome back to "way too early". president obama took office pledging to wind down the nation's now 15-year presence in afghanistan, but yet he acknowledged that conflict will be left to the next commander in chief. revised plans will keep 8,400 u.s. troops in afghanistan when he steps down early next year, a significant increase from the 5,500 forces he hoped to leave behind in 2017. it is a shift, he says, is justified by the precarious situation on the ground. >> the security situation in afghanistan remains precarious. even as they improve afghan security forces are still not as strong as they need to be. i strongly believe that it is in our national security interest, especially after all the blood and treasure we've invested in afghanistan over the years, that we give our afghan partners the very best opportunity to succeed. >> the president is expected to discuss the strategy in afghanistan with nato leaders at

a summit in warsaw later on this week. the ap quoted a tell ban spokesperson as what obama could not do with 149,000 troops he will not be able to do with 8,400. the u.s. is setting north korea with a new round of sanctions and directly confronting kim jong-un. they accused kim and ten other north korean officials of human rights abuses including forced labor and torture and killings. the move is the latest by the u.s. to isolate kim's government on top of previous sanctions over north korea's nuclear activities. switching gears, time now for sports and nba free agency after 134 seasons and three championship titles in miami, dwyane wade is heading home. he agreed to a two-year deal worth about, get this, $47 million to play for his hometown chicago bulls. wade thanked fans and the heat organization but added he feels he made the right choice in leaving for chicago, saying,

quote, i've never forgotten where i came from and i'm thankful to have an opportunity to play for the team that first fueled my love of the game. let's go now to euro 2016 tournament, portugal and wales scoreless until the 50th minute when cristiano ronaldo nets a spectacular header to break that tie. rinaldo's ninth euro goal ties the record for most ever scored in that tournament and three minut minutes later, a ball into the back of the net and that would be the final score as portugal goes on to face either germany or france in sunday's final. in tennis, roger federer's bid for a eighth wimbledon championship was nearly dashed after falling behind two sets to none against marion cilic. he fought off a match point in each and advanced to face milos

roanic. andy murray who survived a come back for a five-set victory against tsonga. he will next face berdych. angels right fielder cole calhoun sprints nearly 120 feet with this diving snag there. nice in foul territory. angels going on to beat the blue jays, 7-2. that's got to hurt, though, yeah? papi, david ortiz, of course, slugs a two-run shot in the scoreless first inning against the rangers yesterday, his 20th home run of the season making it the 15th straight year big papi hit that mark. only five other players can boast 15-consecutive 20 homer seasons. i was at the bo sox game on monday, 12-5 win against the rangers. it was awesome. but i think you want to talk about weather now, so, take it away. >> a little bit and talk about the rox for sure. that's my side. we have to be balanced, right?

thunderstorms this morning, nashville, kansas city, severe thunderstorm warnings. at this hour, we have so much heat and humidity this time of the summer season that these thunderstorms can have enough energy even at night that they continue to roll through the central plains. even by st. louis, mid-morning or so those storms will roll your way. you have to watch out for flash flooding in nashville. 43 million people are at risk, same areas, iowa into central illinois and chicago could get hit later on today. excessive heat warning from philadelphia and delaware. new york city will get some thunderstorms later this afternoon. that will cool things off a little bit, make it a little more -- maybe not enjoy it, but at least you'll get through it. 34 million under heat advisory, louisiana, arkansas, texas and oklahoma city today, 100 degrees heat index. most people e of the rockies either be too hot, have to deal with the thunderstorms pick your poison. >> okay. thank you much, bill.

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when the media breaks one. they will produce and direct a new film about the panama papers scandal. it's regarded as the largest data leak in both corporate and government history. it will be based on the upcoming book "secrecy world" to be written by one of the journalists who broke the story back in april. no word on a release date on that one. sarah silverman has millions of social media followers, so when she went dark over the last week, fans were concerned. she took to facebook to explain a rare condition that almost took her life. on facebook silverman posted i was in the icu all of last week and i'm insanely lucky to be alive. i had a freak case of epiglottits. she didn't lose her sense of humor throughout the ordeal, writing quote, i still couldn't talk when they took the breathing tube out. they followed my finger as i pointed from letter to letter until i finally spelled out -- did you see hello my name is doris. glad that sarah has a sense of

humor and that she's doing much better, alex. >> all right. understandably so. we hope she stays that way. that does it for me. thank you so much, louis. coming up on "morning joe" fbi director james comey goes before congress to face tough questions over the hillary clinton e-mail probe. the man leading the probing jason chaffetz will be joining us that and a lot more coming up next on "morning joe." ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire... and plants needed to give my shop... a face... no one will forget. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at chase.com/ink

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