i'm willie geist on "way too early." massachusetts straight toopers call it the midnight ride of willie geist. shoot me an e-mail at way too early@msnbc.com. what you doing up at this hour? or do what my man paul used to, do and text the word awake for theed by response to 622639. we'll read responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be our session for the monday, june 6th. d-day was 67 years ago today. there's a lot to tell you about, including the white house telling everyone to just chill out and be cool about those ugly jobs numbers from friday. plus, our old friend larry king on bill mahr the other night jumping into the political debate with a complaint about the temperature in the studio. we love that man. before we get to that, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. ure at positive rock in new york city. the "new york times" was reporting this morning that president obama's national security team is considering a bigger troop pull-out from afghanistan than has been considered recently. reports have s

. >>> well, time now for "way too early with willie geist." i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> with the new polls showing 75% of americans believe we ought to remove a substantial number of troops from afghanistan this summer, president obama now says the united states has accomplished, quote, a big chunk of its mission in afghanistan. the question is how many troops will the president announce are coming home this summer? >>> meanwhile, new york congressman anthony weiner admits at a press conference that he's been sending creep y photographs and messages to women through twitter. and facebook. the question is, should his constituents give him his job back next

. ♪ >>> good morning, i'm willie geist. and this is "way too early."he show that's a big fan of your work. i'm glad you are up with us watching on msnbc. you're listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail, or do what andrew breitbart does, text the word "awake" to 622639. the next will be your responses this tuesday, june 7th. a lot going on today, including mitt romney thanks sarah palin for stealing his thunder last week. we'll let him explain that one. >>> plus, stephen colbert in a vivid display shows why palin was correct in her telling of the story of paul revere's ride. you don't want to miss this one. let's get to the news at 5:30 here at 30 rock in new york city. president obama says he will soon make an announcement about the number of troops he plans to withdraw from afghanistan. after meeting with his national security team yesterday, the president said the u.s. has already accomplished large parts of its mission in afghanistan. >> by us killing osama bin laden, getting al qaeda back on its heels, stabilizing much of the country i

willie geist. >> hello, ann. great to be back with you. >> great to have you. >>> a lot of eyes open in the political world over the weekend seeing that poll number for michele bachmann in iowa polling right near the top with mitt romney. some people taking a second look at michele bachmann here. >> no question about that. also we have tim pawlenty also in the race in our studio this morning. we'll also ask him about that. >>> meantime, bad news for people in north dakota with the flooding. >> good news/bad news i guess. water levels are falling, just not fast enough for homeowners stuck in the flood zone. as we mentioned, 4,000 homes already destroyed or damaged and a spokeswoman for the u.s. army corp of engineers says they are still at full alert. >> we'll get the latest on that story straight ahead. >>> also, there is a new wrinkle in the appeal hearing for amanda knox. >> rudy guede, also arrested, addressed the court this morning. but did he help or hurt her chances of being cleared? >>> are they are on the

it's willie geist here in new york. tell us about your story.ded, and pest control is vital to rebuilding here. so it's a great opportunity for me to come back and make a difference in a city i truly love. r. >> but it wasn't easy. you were separated from your family for 50 weeks, and had to rebuild the company. somehow now ear bigger and better. >> definitely. we've emerged stronger. we set up shop in a hotel room for nine months, ran our business from there. it's been a blast for us. through participation in this program, the likes of the mayor and mr. warren buffett, this is a great opportunity for young entrepreneurs, and we're ecstatic. >> mayor, can you say what is positive and what do you need more of? >> we need more of everything, but secondly we're doing well. we have a huge am of investment instruments. unemployment rate is lower than the national average, we're building a new medical center, we still struggle with infrastructure, we struggle to continue to rebuild our school system, though we have made great headway in that respect,

to talk about that, willie geist. >> who do you got? >> who else to turn to? mr. patrick gaven down in washington with a look at the politico playbook. >> good morning, good morning. >> you sound a little sleepy. are you tired? >> no, i'm awake. >> don't complain to us. it's the wrong crowd. >> it's the baby. the baby's describing him crazy. >> that's what the deal is. >> what's the deal with austan goolsbee. he says he's going to leave the white house and return to teaching help says apparently he would have lost his tenure if he didn't go back now. what's the story there? >> believe it or not, i think that story does hold up, although some would love to speculate that he's leaving in the wake of unfortunate economic news. that's right. if he doesn't head back to the university of chicago, he'll lose that. he's been very much involved with the obama administration. two things to thinking about with regard to. this first, who they're replacing him with. austan goolsbee has been sort of an amicable and few funny and charming advocate and merger if a lot of the comp