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space so the future generation can do incredible things in space. >> jeff bezos is scheduled to blast off into space in just a few hours. while his company has flown more than a dozen unmanned flights, this will be the first to carry passengers. next is what's next in the billionaire space race? it's "way too early" for this. good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that came up just short in the race for jeff bezos, but i see you, mike bloomberg. house minority leader kevin mccarthy has announced his picks for the charge of investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. they include congressman jim banks of indiana, congressman jim jordan of ohio, rodney davis of illinois, kelly armstrong of north dakota, and troy nehls.

mccarthy's choices will need to be approved. >> people who rejected it, who didn't reject it. >> mccarthy's choices will still need to be approved by house speaker nancy pelosi, but she's not signaled plans to turn any of them down. the select committee is scheduled to hold its first hearing next week. witnesses will include officers from the u.s. capitol police department and metropolitan police department. a 38-year-old florida man who breached the area carrying a trump campaign flag was sentenced to eight months in prison.

paul hokin pleaded guilty. "the new york times" rogers that mr. hosch kins. in court paper "the times" writes judge moss had a chance to show malice toward none and charity toward all, but the court didn't quite buy it and thought simply it could encourage future attacks and noted hodgkins brought gloves. joining us now, nbc 4's scott macfarlane. scott, great to see you. thanks for getting up so early with us.

are prosecutors worried about having gotten less than half the time off they requested for paul hodgkins? >> some don't like what they're reading. i have a former federal prosecutor who said this could lower the bar for future defendants because they do seek uniformity when people are charged in similar or the same case. hodgkins said important thing, but so did the prosecutor. she said he was part of a domestic terrorist incident, and the judge said what happened was extraordinary, that hodgkins was part of a mob that forced congress from its own chambers. that being said, hodgkins says he felt foolish and blames

himself and he felt empowered, that he recognizes joe biden as the rightful president of the united states. let's see what message others take interest fr. this, that attrition, pleading guilty gets you a lenient sentence, or perhaps vulnerability, that the judge doesn't always go with what the federal prosecutors want in a case and they dig in to fight. >> i think you raise suspicions there. there were a couple of hearings where competency may be in question. tell us about them and what happened. >> at the same moment paul hodgkins was being sentenced, paw lean has been fighting with herself. as part of her argument she told the court she is a sovereign citizen, doesn't recognize the court's authority or u.s. law or

its authority over her. the judge went back and forth with her. she was talking over him. he was talking over her. they ended the hearing with the judge allowing her to represent herself. let's see where this case goes, but already this issue is clogging up the prosecution. >> nbc 4 washington investigative reporter scott macfarlane. thank you, sir. shortly after the sun rises, billionaire jeff bezos will be launched into space. >> reporter: the anticipation is building. the launchpad, 45 miles out in the desert set for jeff bezos'lift-off. >> i can't wait to see what it's going to do to me. >> reporter: while blue origin has flown 15 unmanned test flights, this will be the first to carry passengers. bezos will take seat number 6.

the simulator, an exact replica that will carry all four 62 miles high for three minutes of weightlessness and six massive windows. >> as you're ascending, you feel like the earth is falling away from you. >> reporter: paying passengers are already signing up. eventually blue origin plans to send six people at a time. but unlike a nasa rockets or virgin spaceplane, there are no nasa specialists or pilots onboard. it's set for 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> our thanks to tom costello for that report. we'll have live coverage leading up to the launch coming up on "morning joe." safe travels, jeff. still ahead, with just days to go until the start of the summer games, a third athlete in

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joo just eight of the 12 u.s. basketball players traveled to tokyo. the team learned shortly before yesterday's scheduled flight that guard zach lavine entered health and safety protocols out of an abundance of caution and would not be accompanying the team to japan. jerami grant was placed on protocols last thursday but was cleared in time for the extinction over spain. levine will not be tonal late arrival in tokyo as the team also awaits three of its other stars who are competing in the nba finales.

team usa plans to hold four more practices in japan before opening competition against france on sunday. a thought. hasn't lebron opened up a new movie? he could do it. think about it. meanwhile, usa basketball announced yesterday samuelson was placed on protocols. she said she felt ill with covid and is devastated to learn she will not be playing. she's also been vaccinated. she'll be replaced by jackie young. also an alternate on the u.s. women's gymnastics team is the first to test. cara acre and leon wong have been placed in isolation.

the personal coach for both confirmed the positive tests in an email yesterday. they and others traveled with the six u.s. women's national delegation which is set to begin competing on sunday. a third athlete at the olympic village has tested positive. the czech team's play will be pose posted. and a day after the mets came back from six runs to beat the pirates, they turned in another gritty victory. in a game that featured seven met home runs, multiple blown saves in nearly five hours of

baseball. the mets -- who are these guys -- finally seal things with a win. in the nation's capital, john lester tosses seven scoreless innings. from the batter's box, lester slugged his home run. the nationals edged the marlins, 18-1. as for ohtani, the angels' two-way player allowed two hits in six scoreless innings of work, but the a's would wait to make their move off otah in exited, i go on to defeat the angels' bullpen, 4-1. now time for the weather. let's go to meteorologist bill karins for the weather. bill, you know, i started yesterday, the train to cancel summer. how are we doing on that?

>> we're going in the opposite direction. i think we're going to turn it oftened here. it's looking pretty warm in the east finally as we head into the upcoming weekend. let's talk about what happened yesterday. a lot of flash flooding in the southeast. we still have some leftover rain, especially if you're going to be driving in areas in new orleans, from houston to new orleans, by far the worst drive in the country. just hit-and-miss showers around atlanta. we'll have hit-and-miss showers in florida, which is pretty typical. maybe about 3 inches. if we're going to get flash flooding, it would be areas near new orleans, baton rouge. the slow moving front will bring in showers and storms this afternoon and again tomorrow, but it's not going to be that bad, not a lot of severe weather. hit-and-miss showers. don't cancel your plans.

it hit 110 in glasgow, montana, yesterday. hottest temperature they've seen in 86 years. there's a lot of fires burning in the midwest. most of the smoke will be up through the northern rockies, especially montana and idaho. hazy skies and poor air quality. 92 in d. krft. there will be a few hit-and-miss showers tomorrow in areas of the northeast, but it won't be horrible, jonathan. as we said, temperatures are returning back to normal with the exception of the northern plains. yes, it's been one of those summers in the northeast where everything is green and lush. i think we're going to have a nice second half of the summer. >> it does look like good weather for washington, d.c. the buccaneers, last year's super bowl champions were invited to the white house. we'll see if tom brady shows up.

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eligible are partially vaccinated. >> reporter: with children nationwide soon returning to the classroom, the american academy of pediatrics says all students older than 2 and staff should wear a mask at school, an added layer of protection for the 48 million kids under 12 who still don't qualify for vaccination. universal mask wearing is needed again. >> it's not like we're asking people to go to the trenches with a shooting war. we're just asking you if it looks like it's going to help, put the mask back on for a while. >> reporter: the face of the nation is more than just a new mandate indoors in los angeles county as covid cases spike here by 300%. ten additional counties are also

recommending the fully vaccinated use face coverings inside public places. cities like new york not yet going that far. >> we do not intend mask mandate. we do intent to double down on vaccinations. >> reporter: while the cdc says the vaccinated don't need masks, less than half the population is fully inoculated. infections, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to soar. >> it's far more very lent. patients that otherwise could handal viral infection recently well, getting very, very ill. >> reporter: the fight is also a battle against misinformation, the president now walking back comments after pointing the finger at facebook friday. >> my hope is that facebook instead of taking it personally, that somehow i'm saying facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation. >> our thanks to miguel almaguer

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nearly all republicans involved in negotiations will need to vote in favor so it can overcome the 60-vote requirement. president biden sounded frustrated when he said, quote, we should be united on the passage of the bipartisan bill that we shook hands on. republican senators are already saying tomorrow's infrastructure vote will not pass. the fast timeline was an attempt by the senate majority leader. the republicans said that's no chance to opening debate on a bill that isn't finish. bill thune told reporters the senate was not going to get the needed 60 votes. senator lisa murkowski said she didn't believe the gop caucus would be ready. minority leader mitch mcconnell said they would not vote without

moving forward on seeing the finished text. meantime the biden administration is trying to calm fears over inflation. >> we've seen price increases. some worry this could be a sign of persistent inflation. but that's not our view. our experts believe and the data shows that most of the price increases we've seen were expected and are expected to be temporary. now, i want to be clear. my administration understands, and if we were to ever experience unchecked inflation over the long term, that would pose a real challenge for our economy. so while we're confident it isn't what we're seeing today, we're going to remain vigilant about any response that is needed. >> however, biden also acknowledged that he and fed chair jerome powell have been talking about what to do in case those price increases aren't actually temporary. the president called for passage of his infrastructure flan which

would lower prices. consumer prices rose 5.4% in june compared with a year ago. it was a large increase since 2008. joining us now. anne gearan. she is, i'm glad to sea, an msnbc contributor. good to see you. republicans have said they won't vote for this incomplete infrastructure bill. what do you think? what happens if tomorrow's vote doesn't pass? >> john, this is a bit of a game of chicken at this point. the ball is now more in schumer's court than in the republicans'. they've already said exactly what they're going to do. the question is whether he does, indeed, force this test vote tomorrow and what happens if that vote fails as republicans say that it will. he could defer it. he could push it back a little bit. schumer's office says they will not, they're going to go ahead with it. so it's both the republicans and the democrats staring one

another down there. you played a clip of leader schumer saying this is not a deadline. this is the start, not tend, and so forth, and that is the message they hope to send, that you have to get this discussion going. you have to figure out how to fill $100 billion hole that's built in the pay-fors, adding up the numbers so the budget balances. and that conversation, according to the democratic view of this really needs to get going. it needs to be bipartisan, and you need to have some action on the floor in order to force the conversation. >> white house have poured so much energy to get this bipartisan deal going. switching gears slightly, both in terms of the white house and also on the hill, both parties, ann, what are you hearing than inflation, the idea that that's going to be a real concern?

how you do think both parties use that as they start figuring out messaging for the upcoming midterms? >> well, we really don't know what the political messaging around inflation is going to be yet in a few months or so. you heard the president playing some of this saying, yes, there are discussions around inflation fears, but we at the white house do not think this is a serious problem. you heard the president yesterday say no serious economist believes there's unchecked inflation. so for now, the democratic message led by the white house is we see this, we understand that it's a concern for many americans. there's a plan in case we need that. biden's thought yesterday was he

thought it's not still needed. it's also important to note the president topped that message off by saying, hey, look how great the stockmarket is hours before the stockmarket fell 2%, which, you know, illustrates the danger of any president ever touting the stock market as for republicans, you know, there is a potential avenue, i think, for a lot of republicans to run on economic mismanagement in general, and inflation would be part of that. but, again, they're holding fire at least for a little bit to see what happens with lumber prices, car prices, and other things that are really hitting americans in the pocketbook right now. >> there aren't too many things that the president does that reminds us of his predecessor. pointing to the stockmarket is something trump was fond of doing. and we opened the show talking about how leader mccarthy has named names for the select

committee on the january 6th insurrection including three who voted to decertify joe biden's victory on january 6th. what's your sense of this? how likely is it that speaker pelosi refuses any of these controversial picks, particularly someone like congressman jim jordan? >> you know, i really do not know, jon. i think there is a chance speaker pelosi will put her foot down and say we can't have a serious conversation if joim jordan projects this was a insurrection, that the capitol attack was a problem, as part of that discussion. she has really been pretty circumspect in looking ahead to what this commission is going to do. my gut is that she will proceed because having the investigation, having the discussion and having it be bipartisan is an important part of democrats' message, her

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tested positive for covid. six members of the texas house of democrats have tested positive since arriving todom c. after leaving their state. a spokeswoman for the texas democrats says the undisclosed member is self-isolating. it's believed those who have tested positive have been vaccinated. joining us now, democratic member of the texas house of representatives, anama reramos. how has this hurt your fellow democrats which is a push for federal voting rights legislation? >> thank you for having me and good morning. it's concerning. we've taken it very seriously. we're testing every day and everyone has been vaccinated.

it sends a message to the world we all have to be cautious. >> so you met with the vice president last week. she said she was fine, she met safety protocols and i know the hope had been to meet with president biden. you do still believe a meeting with the chief executive is possible? >> i think it's possible. everybody, once again, is fully vaccinated and taking the necessary precautions and going back to social distancing and following the cdc guidelines, we're moving forward with a lot of our plans. it could be virtually or in person. >> right now, do you feel like you've accomplished what you wanted to? we've heard thefts of arrest. it hasn't taken place yet. you do think the message has gotten out for why you lefts texas and moved to the nation's

capitol? >> oh, absolutely. people are paying attention. i think as a civics instructor, it's sprornlt. we're elevating the conversation nationally, and we've had many conversations with many senators regarding voting rights legislation, nationwide legislation. essentially at the end of the day, pausing or stopping the republicans from moving forward was such an egregious harmful bill. >> have you guyed factored in the cost of staying in washington? and is there any talk about going home early? >> there ooh knows talk about going home early. we have the funds necessary and we're raising more funds to be here and really fight. at end of the the day, it's important to have allies all over the country. it's not just texas that's affects but it's different states. it's the united states voters for america. we're getting support we need and we're here to stay and

continue to get our message across. >> when you do return to texas, how will this moment with you guys leaving, how will that affect the ability to work with republicans across the aisle on future things that the people of texas need? >> the people of texas needed a special session when the special session started. where we're at today is definitely bringing attention to the people of texas that this man, governor abbott, who we had a pandemic where over 50,000 texans died, three million cases, he did nothing. what this special section has done is do everything to stop. that he's lining up to be donald trump's v.p. >> texas representative ana marie ramos. stay safe. earlier we asked that

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search and rescue efforts for survivors in western europe are intensifying after the worst flooding in decades. meghan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: days after catastrophic devastation, the best of humanity. >> so many people came and ask can we help. nice, nice feeling. >> reporter: neighbors and strangers helping each other clean up. . after the worst flooding germany has seen in more than half a century. so many people have lost everything. decades of memories now piles of rubble lining the streets of germany. three months of rain falling in 24 hours, streams and creeks turned into raging rivers, tearing through towns, washing away roads and bridges and everything in its path. >> so many people dead.

>> reporter: the death toll nearing 200 while police continue to search for the nearly 300 still unaccounted for, the devastation of the trauma setting in. >> they wanted to help him, but couldn't. he was calling help, help, i can't swim. >> reporter: there was little neighbors could do in the face of the surging water but doing as much as they can now to help each other rebuild. >> thanks to meghan fitzgerald for that report. joining us now with a look at axios a.m. congressional reporter elena treen. great to see you. what is axios' one big thing for this morning? >> good morning, jonathan. it's great to be here with you this morning. today we're looking at the latest of some of my reporting which is on republican split messaging on the infrastructure debate. and, you know, they've kind of been all over the map about how

they should proceed with these current infrastructure talks. and i spoke with a lot of people on the hill and gop strategists that tell me they're not sure whether they should, one, how to support or whether or not they should support these current negotiations but also how to message over the broader debate. and the reason here is, there are these competing die nam igs at play they say are making this difficult. one is conservatives are worried about inflation and spending. and we saw some of this yesterday when the stock market took a dive. but they're also worried about getting on the record in support of something of a package with a price tag as deep as this one particularly as they passed 1.9 trillion package earlier this year to deal with covid. so a lot of things at play here making it difficult for them. infrastructure is a hugely popular thing for people across

both parties. so they don't want to be responsible for killing it either. so they're taking this wait and see approach. we've seen mitch mcconnell purposefully not weigh in so far. so i think a lot of people are waiting for that. and, of course, the bill has yesterday to be written. so that's buying them some time as they decide how to message on this. >> you mentioned how popular this is, public polling in favor of infrastructure. what's the fear among republicans that you talked to, if things fell apart at "the 11th hour", if they pulled out, what is the plan? how worried are they about the backlash? >> they are worried. i think they're trying, with the procedural stuff that chuck schumer is setting up this week, trying to put the onus on him right now and on democrats are really just trying to forge ahead quickly with both

packages. and that's how they're going to try to message on this. particularly as the one thing they do have, they know that bernie sanders and other democrats behind the reconciliation package, the $3.5 trillion bill is very unpopular with many republicans, particularly those in the conservative movement, given the spending. but you're right, they have to figure out if this falls apart and they play a big role in this, it could be damaging, particularly in such a polarized congress. i know some people, like j.p. morgan and people at the u.s. chamber of commerce i spoke with yesterday are worried if this deal fails it not only makes it easier for a more ambitious plan to pass with tax increases but means that it may encourage democrats to rally around the filibuster. a lot at play here, not a lot of time to get it done.

we'll see it in the next couple weeks. >> and a couple of things on capitol over the next comes days. thank you for getting up this morning. that was way too early for a tuesday morning. i will be here again tomorrow and the rest of the week. thank you for watching. and especially, thanks to your cats for sit lg on your remote and making you do so. we appreciate you and our feline friends. "morning joe" starts right now. during the campaign, vice president biden would do an event get 50 people at the event. president trump at one rally gets 50,000 people. >> that's jim jordan repeating one of the lazier conspiracies tied to the 2020 election while reminding everyone of donald trump's super spreader rallies. that was on january 6th, the same day trump supporters stormed the capitol. so who did republicans pick to

investigate that attack? jim jordan. and what about the people who believe the lies that trump and his friends are peddling. one is about to see the inside of a prison cell. we'll get to the latest on the first rioter to be sentenced for a felony crime linked to the insurrection. when it comes to covid, it is back and in a big way. what you need to know about the delta variant. willie, why don't we begin right there. >> good morning, mika. right now only about two thirds of americans across the country who are eligible for covid vaccine are even partially vaccinated. in a moment gabe gutierrez reports from a hospital in florida which once again has become a hot spot. but first, miguel almaguer has the latest on a new call for all school children over the age of 2 to wear masks. >> reporter: with childre