www.vitac.com the democrats convention begins. and it is off to a bumpy start. not just because their chair has announced plans to resign due to the content of thousands of leaked dnc e-mails, but also because hillary's pick for running mate of tim kaine has not exactly inspired people. >> he's a, a white guy, who's a little boring. >> he seems kind of dull. >> he's somebody that has sort of had just the moniker of boring. >> he is a mayonnaise sandwich on whole wheat bread. >> okay we get it. tim kaine is boring. he's a white gym sock pulled all the way up. he's a granny smith apple for dessert. but look, while there has been

minimal excitement from democrats regarding the kaine pick, try and think about it like this. for months the party has been looking at the vp slot as a gift that hillary was going to give them. everyone was so excited to open it. was it a puppy, a playstation? elizabeth warren? no, it turned out to be a rice cooker. >> the democratic national convention opens later today but the drama has already gun as the party chair resigns amid an e-mail scandal. was bernie sanders right about the system being rigged against him? meanwhile, sanders supporters are still feeling the bern, literally, protesting in philly in 90 degree heat. but how hot will it get inside once the party starts? and the democratic ticket hillary clinton's first joint interview with her new running mate tim kaine and the answer to one question that was not quite expected. it's 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast, 2:00 a.m. out west, this is "way too early."

hey there, good morning, everyone. it is monday july 25th. i'm alex witt. we're going to get to the dnc in just a moment. first we have this breaking news to share from florida overnight. at least two people have been killed and at least 14 others have been injured. this in a shooting at a nightclub. the incident occurred at the club blue in fort myers where police were called to the club shortly after midnight. fort myers police say the scene is still very active at this time and trying to determine exactly what has occurred. police have also noted that there may be two other crime scenes in connection with this incident. they're currently investigating that. once again two people killed, as many as 14 to 16 injured in this night club shooting in fort meyers. we're going to get you more on the story as we get it here at msnbc this morning. meanwhile the democratic national convention opened up

today after a rather under the cloud of skonl as debbie wasserman schultz, the party's chair, will step down after thousands of internal e-mails were posted online by wikileaks. the e-mails contribute to the narrative that the national party had its thumb on the scale for hillary clinton's campaign over that of senator bernie sanders. in a statement wasserman schultz did not acknowledge the unfolding story and she added going forward the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as party chair at the end of this convention. before exiting she plans to open and close the convention, and also address the delegates. and was seen walking around on the floor of the hall yesterday. statements from the clinton campaign and president obama came out within minutes of each other applauding her work. clinton also announced that wasserman schultz would become the honorary chair of her 50-state program and that they would campaign together as she seeks re-election for her congressional seat in florida. the sanders campaign thanked her

for her years of service but also added, quote, the peat leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race. and the senator had this to say earlier in the day. >> well, no, nobody has apologized to me. this really does not come as a shock to me or my supporters. there is no question but the dnc was on secretary clinton's side from day one. we all know that. and i think, as i have said a long time ago, that the time is now for debbie wasserman schultz to step aside not only for these issues. we need a democratic party that is open, that's going to bring young people and working people into it. that is going to stand up and take on the big money interests and fight for working families. i don't think debbie has been that type of leader. so i would hope, and i said this many months ago, that she would step aside, we would have new leadership. >> maybe the point, madam secretary, is you have people in the democratic national committee who are supposed to

be, if you will, agnostic, about who the nominee is going to be. and they seem to have their thumb on the scale for you. they seem to be working against bernie sanders, their fellow democrat. >> again, i don't know anything -- i don't know anything about -- about these e-mails. i haven't followed it. but i'm very proud of the campaign that i ran. and i'm very proud of the campaign that senator sanders ran. >> in your view, any effort in the dnc to favor one candidate or another would have been improper? >> again, i don't have -- i don't have any information about this. and so i can't answer specifically. i can't speak to what people who were not working for me, who were saying whatever they were saying, i can't speak to that. i can only speak to my campaign. only days ago wasserman schultz had tweeted at reince priebus, hey, reince, i'm in cleveland if you need another

chairman to keep your convention in order. current vice chair donna brazile will serve as interim chair through the election. some 19,000 e-mails, one of the most danging i'm mails in the probe appeared to question senator bernie sanders faith. an e-mail from the chief dnc financial officer sent in may while those primaries were still going on did not directly mention sanders but it read, quote, for kentucky and west virginia, can we get someone to ask his belief. does he believe in god? he had stated on saying he has a jewish heritage, i read he is an atheist. now, all of this could make several points difference with my peeps, my southern baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a jew and an atheist. and on saturday, on facebook, i deeply regret that my insensitive e-mails would cause embarrassment to the dnc, the chairwoman and all of the staffers who worked hard to make the primary a fair and open process. the comments expressed do not

reflect my beliefs nor do they reflect the beliefs of the dnc and its employees. i apologize to those i offended. wheen ill the clinton campaign suggested that russia may be behind the exposure of the e-mails issuing a statement saying in part this is further evidence the russian government is trying to influs the outcome of the election. >> what's disturbing to us is that we experts are telling us that russian state actors broke in to the dnc, stole these e-mails, and other experts are now saying that they are -- the russians are releasing these e-mails for the purpose of actually helping donald trump. i don't think it's coincidental that these e-mails were released on the eve of our convention here. we also saw at last week at the republican convention, that trump and his allies made changes to the republican platform to make it more pro-russian. and we saw him talking about how nato shouldn't intervene to defend, necessarily should intervene to defend our eastern european allies if they're attacked by russia. i think when you put all of this together it's a disturbing picture.

>> they're pretty desperate pretty quickly, that's all i have to say on that. i mean it's a far reach, obviously. to leave their convention with that tells me that they really are trying to move away from what the issues are going to be in this campaign. it's pretty absurd. >> wikileaks does not say how it obtained those e-mails. nbc news has previously reported the dnc's computer network was breached in the past by russian government cyber operations. now in spite of all that the democratic convention kicks off today in philadelphia with the theme united together. head liners tonight include first lady michelle obama, and senator bernie sanders. also speaking today, senator elizabeth warren, who had been a contender of course in hillary clinton's search for a vp. senator jeff merkley and congressman garagealva are also speaking tonight. hillary clinton and senator tim kaine of virginia sat down for their first joint interview last night after a weekend rollout in miami which included kaine telling his life story in both english and spanish.

he spoke about his readiness and hope for a productive relationship with congressional republicans. >> as much as any human being would be ready, i'd be ready. you got to approach it with humility. but you know, missionary, civil rights lawyer, local official, state official, federal official, like i've climbed and i haven't missed a rung on the ladder, and if it were to -- if it were to come that way, i could do it. i was a brand-new senator in 2013, and the idiocy of congress was to shut the government down for two weeks in october. coming out of that the pressure was put on the budget chair paul ryan's soldiers and patty murray. conservative republican, progressive washington democrat, come up with a budget deal. nobody thought they could. but i watched patty murray and paul ryan who are principled people, cut a deal for the good of the country. i watched at the end of last year, when paul ryan worked and we got an appropriations bill that i thought was quite good. and when he went to the microphone to talk about that bill, here's what he said,

democrats got some things that they liked, republicans got some things they liked. we shed some things we didn't like. he could have said hey republicans control both houses we want it our way but he didn't say that. he wants to do things. he wants not just a portrait but he would like a legacy. >> hillary clinton is set to snag another high profile endorsement as the democratic national convention gets under way. a clinton aide telling nbc news that former new york city mayor michael bloomberg will give his support during a prime-time address at the convention. republicans suggest that speech could take place wednesday. bloomberg was first elected as mayor as a republican in 2001 before later becoming an end pentd. he had been considering a white house run as a third party candidate before abandoning those plans in march citing a belief that he could not win. bloomberg has been highly critical of republican nominee donald trump's views on both immigration and the economy. we're going to hear from president obama on wednesday night of the democratic national convention but he is already speaking out on hillary clinton's abilities. and slamming donald trump's

recent suggestion that the u.s. might not offer military support to support eastern european allies who came under attack from russia. >> for mr. trump, who has in the past suggested that america's weak, and not looking out for its allies, to then maybe not have enough information or understanding to -- to go out and say that america might not stand by its solemn commitment to protect those same allies who stood with us after 9/11 when we were attacked, i think is -- is an indication of the lack of preparedness that he's been displaying when it comes to foreign policy. turning overseas now, germany is certainly on edge this morning after yet another attack in that country. a 27-year-old syrian national blew himself up outside a music festival last night.

twelve people were hurt, three of them critically injured. the blast comes just days after a gunman killed nine people at a mall in munich and nearly a week after a teenager carried out an ax attack on a train. lucy, good morning. what are you learning about the suspect in this later attack? >> good morning, alex. authorities believe this attack was carried out by a 27-year-old syrian refugee who arrived to germany two years ago, whose asylum application was denied last year but he was allowed to stay. he was known to authorities as something of a petty criminal reportedly trying to take his own life two times in the past he was also reportedly seeking psychiatric treatment for that. but let me walk you through how this attack unfolded. ansbach is a relatively small town, population 40,000 people. this individual reportedly tried to enter the ansbach open which is basically a weekend music festival right around 10:00 p.m.

local time. he was either refused entry, or turned around, that is when an explosion took place, an explosive device went off killing him and injuring 12 people. now we don't know whether he was trying to plant this explosive device or whether this was intended to be a suicide attack. but the explosive device was inside a backpack and authorities say that there were sharp, metal objects within that bag, possibly nails and screws. we're not exactly sure. what that would indicate is that he was possibly trying to injury as many people as possible because of those items that were found in the bag. now, bavaria's top security official said that he believes this individual was driven, may have been driven, by religious extremism, calling it a likely islamist suicide attack. but authorities have raided his home. they're currently investigating. we're not going to know the motive or any possible ties to groups for quite some time, alex. >> okay, lucy. it all just seems too much for those folks in germany.

thank you very much for that report. still ahead here on "way too early," terror around the middle east leaves dozens dead. the islamic state takes claim of violence from iraq to afghanistan. plus some new evacuations have been ordered in southern california as this massive wild fire doubles in size over the weekend. all this happening under what forecasters are calling a quote heat dome that sent temperatures in some places well into the triple digits. we're going to have the latest on the firefight and the extreme heat when "way too early" comes right back. ♪

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a day of mourningen in afghanistan as funerals were held for the victims of a suicide bombing on a peaceful demonstration in kabul which left at least 80 people dead. isis has claimed responsibility for saturday's attack, which wounded 231. many of them critically. a new report by the u.n. says the number of children killed or wounded in the first half of this year has surged 18% over the same period last year.

isis also claiming responsibility for a suicide blast in northern baghdad which killed at least 15 people. that happened when a bomber who was on foot detonated a suicide belt at a security checkpoint sunday. at least 31 people were injured, and four iraqi policemen were among those killed. another blast at an outdoor market west of baghdad left three people dead. then in syria, there are reports of at least eight people killed after mortar fire rained down on a government controlled quarter of damascus hitting a restaurant. this according to reuters. the syrian observatory for human rights said dozens were also wounded. north of los angeles there are concerns over a massive wild fire that has forced the evacuation of more than 1500 residents in the santa clarita valley. fire officials described it as a freight train just ripping through the hills. more than 33,000 acres, 35 square miles, have been scorched since last week. the so-called sand fire is threatening hundreds of homes as more than 1600 firefighters battle to contain it. flames have consumed at least 18

structures, mostly in the angeles national forest. one person was found dead inside a scorched car. but is still not clear whether the fire caused the death. at last report the blaze was only 10% contained. so on the heels of that let's get a check on weather right now with nbc meteorologist steve sosna. it is hot, hot, hot, steve. >> yeah. and that's an understatement alex. a lot of the country scorching here for today. check out these temperatures. 99 in d.c. later on this afternoon. but when you take in to effect the humidity, and that's the first thing you notice when you walk out the door this morning, the heat indices will feel like 105 to 110. that's dangerous heat in many areas. philadelphia waking up to a light show this morning at the dnc. an early wake-up call, loud cracks of thunder and heavy rain fall. i have my eye on the northeast corridor, the heat, the humidity building, you'll see late afternoon strong to severe storms with some damaging winds. elsewhere across the country for today, not a bad day. in fact the upper midwest gets

some relief here for today. 88 degrees with low humidity in minneapolis. and meanwhile the desert southwest will continue to bake today. today, again expect a loud afternoon once again for the second round in philadelphia later on today, alex. >> yeah, it has been so remarkable this weather. thank you, steve. still ahead, olympic hopefuls stop just short of completely banning russia from the games in rio. that means officials not hopefuls. we're going to tell you what is next after that doping scandal. plus two legends enshrined in the hallowed halls of the national baseball hall of fame and ken griffey jr. may have been the best-dressed man at the induction ceremony. "way too early" is back in a moment. at the beginning of the 21st century, the earth needed to find a new way to keep up with the data from over 30 billion connected devices. just 30 billion? so, a bold group of researchers and computer scientists in silicon valley had a breakthrough they called... the machine. the machine.

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fame. mike piazza, a 12-time all-star, set the big league record for his position with 396 home runs. drafted in the 62nd round back in 1988 he is the lowest draft pick to enter the hall of fame. we also saw the highest pick ever inducted with ken griffey jr., drafted first overall in 1987, griffey played 22 major league seasons, made 13 all-star appearances, and earned 10 gold glove awards as a center fielder. nicknamed the natural, griffey holds the six spot on baseball's all-time home runs list with 630. >> i want to thank my family, my friends, the fans, the reds, the white sox and the marine ers fo making this kid's dream come true. >> that's cool there, griffey ending his speech donning his iconic backwards hat. in case you didn't notice

griffey wore a very special suit to his induction complete with a tie showing griffey's silhouette swinging a bat and pin streams that spell out hall of fame class of 2016. now that's cool. now for some action on the diamond yesterday in baltimore. a pinch-hitter at the plate for the orioles tied with the indians in the bottom of the ninth inning. >> deep left center field! back it goes! it is gone! >> nolan ryan was off the bunch. walked the o's off with a 5-4 win. in nascar a special moment at the end of yesterday's brickyard 400. tony stewart, who is racing in his final season, and jeff ford who came out of retirement to drive for the injured dale earnhardt jr. take a ceremonial lap together for the first time at indianapolis motor speedway. as for the race, kyle busch took the checkered flag. and finally fun on the links as sports and entertainment stars came out for a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe. back-to-back nba mvp steph curry

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