willie. >> thanks. the picasso defaced at the museum, the suspect was caught on tape and they have identified him, the race is on to find him. gabe gutierrez with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. local authorities are offering up to $5,000 reward. the suspect is a street artist who investigators believe bragged about the vandalism online. the video posted on youtube quickly went viral, a man defacing pablo picasso's woman in arm cheer at the prestigious collection in houston. the witness who shot the video didn't want to be identified. then the suspect called himself an up and coming mexican american artist looking to honor picas picasso's work. >> went up to the painting without fear, separate painted it and walked off. >> now they know who did it. they kmarnlgcharged him with cr mischief. investigators are investigating with whether he had an accomplice. >> bold, reckless, in your face crime. >> the suspect used a stencil to spray paint a picture of a bull wut with the word conquis

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new york city police say scout willis, the daughter of demi moore and bruce willis was caught drinking underage in public with a fake i.d. she has a july court date. >>> when it comes to the health of his son's godmother, lady gaga, sounds like a bit of a mother himself. he told a newspaper in england he worries about her eating, traveling and hectic schedule. elton thinks the business is tougher for a girl. talking about the weight issue and things like that. >>> well finally, amanda bynes was charged tuesday with d.u.i. over an april arrest and ha she allegedly sideswiped a police car. not good. bynes denies she drinks at all. and she took to twitter and wrote to president obama. saying quote, please fire the cop who arrested me. i don't know, i'm thinking that -- >> i'm sure the cop made up the d.u.i. charge. >> i'm sure the leader of the

here is ann. >> willie, thank you.pening statements held at the child sex abuse trial of penn state football coach jerry sandusky. nbc's national correspondent michael isikoff at the courthouse this morning. michael, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. jerry sandusky goes on trial today charged with repeatedly molesting young boys. law enforcement officials telling nbc news pennsylvania prosecutors are weighing bringing more charges in this case against former top penn state officials for allegedly concealing what they knew about his conduct. as sandusky goes to court, law enforcement sources tell nbc news investigators obtained new evidence in this case. internal e-mails and documents they say show former president graham spanier and others discussed whether they needed to tell authorities about a 2001 allegation involving a late night encounter between a naked sandusky and a young boy in the penn state shower room. the sources say documents show penn state even did legal research on the issue. but in one e-

mike, gooed to see you. >> willie, great road trip? >> yes. big pictures here, the home base of the obama headquarters, how are they feeling? they got bad jobs numbers, a bit of a slip last week for president obama that most people think will pass. how do they feel tied with mitt romney in the poll? >> rough day, rough week, rough month. barack obama is having his august slump in june. so what they're hoping is that he's getting it out of the way. when the exact voters that will decide this election are tuned out. and these voters are getting impressions of these guys, they sort of soak in, but these few voters and rahm emanual, the mayor here has said it will come down to five states, 500 precincts, those few voters are watching the details of president obama's struggles. >> they'll be tuning in closely over the next few months. and if the economic numbers, the jobs numbers continue to tick down, the president will have obviously a bigger problem. so now he's using sort of a local strategy as you guys are reporting it at politico? >> well wil

willie, did you want to get in here? it's good politically. >> no, go ahead. >> for them to say that they are vetting rubio. >> yeah. i -- look, i think romney has blown this one, blown the immigration thing, blown this. you should have vetted marco rubio from the beginning. i think mark and john are probably right, not going to be chosen. >> right. >> but not to have him on that list given -- and presidential candidates say that all the time. used to always put a woman on the list. weren't going to pick a woman but you put a woman on the list. not to do that and what -- of course is even more serious, the fact that mitt romney dragged his feet for so long on immigration, marco rubio never got a chance to offer his dream act proposal. >> only two people that could have fed this news, one from marco and one from romney. clearly the end result is rubio would be put into that process. the end result -- >> i would never speculate about what other reporters report. >> fine, but i just did. >> i'm just saying -- >> this vice p

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i'm willie geist. this is "way too early." the show that is always smiling win or lose thanks to the good people at zoloft. i'm glad you are up to this watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. you can e-mail me at waytooearly at msnbc.com. our text the word awake to 622639. we will read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 28. a lot going on. including a house vote on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress in the fast and furious case. >>> plus, justin bieber and his girlfriend, salena gomez make an appearance on the united states house of representatives in the middle of the immigration debate. explain this later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at thirty rock in new york city. we will get to the supreme court and health care in a moment. there are historic flames roaring in colorado. president obama will be visiting that state to tour the damage from a massive wild fire that

my favorite story about john is one that willie brown told me.id one of john's constituents lived a message and john called the constituent back. the constituent made her case. then she heard from john. at the end of the conversation, she called willie brown and said, i just got the worst conversation from john burton. he we -- he used words whenever use. and he said, you should be thrilled he called you back. [laughter] with that, i would like to introduce to you the honorable john burton. [applause] >> does anybody ever believe anything willie brown ever tells them? [laughter] i do not. anyway, thank you, mark. anyway, it is a pleasure and honor to be here as a guy who grew up in the sunset and spend an awful lot of time in the park. and have nancy pelosi in between john f. kennedy and martin luther king, jr., is not a bad place to be. i would like to say that. [applause] and that is, for those of us that follow hockey, that is a real hat trick, but 25 years ago, a little bit more, when we were involved in a congressional campaign. i think we a

mike, thanks so much for being with us. >> well good morning, willie, we're not going to recall willie, we'll re-elect willie. >> turn it around for me this morning, seven-point margin, 53-46, that lines up pretty nicely with what some of the polls told us. what happened last night? >> well, it did, but voters really slapped the democrats and the unions. this number was what the polls indicated. but a little outside. we've been thinking four, five points and closing. seven is the most we could have thought. we now have ten swing states in the presidential elections. we've been focusing on nine states where both sides sort of agreed what the terrain is, now we can look for both of them to spend money in wisconsin. i don't know what david axelrod is talking about in his tweets. it was not a good night for chicago. it was a much better night for boston. you saw it in the fact that mitt romney put out that statement that you just read, we got an emailed statement from the wisconsin state director of the obama for america campaign. so what we're going to see is republicans claim a big psych

bill, willie, will. i got one from mark halperin right here.on't know why he's up, but he tells me why. i'm a sucker for sports highlights and landmark decisions all in one carrot top-style news cast. i don't know what that means but we do the news with a trunk full of props. carrot-top style. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> this could potentially be a win-win for the president. >> whatever the court rules it's bad for the president. >> whatever happens it's a win/win for romney. >> really isn't necessarily a win for mitt romney. >> a win is a win and a l

it's taken around further by willie mitchell.the kings with a pass that shanked right back in again. it's shoved on back, nearly handcuffing voynov but brought on by richards. sent it back to penner. swaggers free. right to andy greene. and it started to head in a three-on-two if the devils could have controlled but could not brought back on by carter. here's carter throwing one. sliding play across. brodeur saw it skitter by. shoots. he score s scls! jack carter has ended the game. a second successive overtime win for the kings! >> pierre: here's jeff carter. i want everybody of watch the speed to the outside but he never gives up on this play after the initial opportunity. he goes right around andy greene. now he's going to try to get this puck to the front of the net. he stays with it. he finds his puck. he circles the wagons. he shoots, skates to the right and marty brodeur down. where does he shoot this puck, doc? stickside right over about six to eight inches over the right skate of marty brodeur. perfectly placed shot for

willie? will you come to the door, sir? >> willie, willie, you want to talk to a doctor?ing spanish ] >> the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention center is a world unto itself. as part of the psychiatric unit, these cells are reserved for inmates with serious mental problems. >> sir, you all right? >> dr. joseph poitier is the jail's chief psychiatrist. he's worked at miami-dade for the past ten years. >> jails have, in effect, become mental institutions. i would say that 20% of those who are incarcerated have a mental illness. a large part suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, severe forms of mental illness. >> the mentally ill is a very serious problem within correctional facilities today. unfortunately, there's a growing trend. a lot of the mental state hospitals have closed down and the only options to the police agencies are to bring them to the jails. that's a problem for us because those inmates are a lot more unmanageable than the regular inmate population. >> come on, take your medication. >> while the ultimate goal of the staff

it's taken around further by willie mitchell.the kings with a pass that shanked right back in again. it's shoved on back, nearly handcuffing voynov but brought on by richards. sent it back to penner. swaggers free. right to andy greene. and it started to head in a three-on-two if the devils could have controlled but could not brought back on by carter. here's carter throwing one. sliding play across. brodeur saw it skitter by. shoots. he score s scls! jack carter has ended the game. a second successive overtime win for the kings! >> pierre: here's jeff carter. i want everybody of watch the speed to the outside but he never gives up on this play after the initial opportunity. he goes right around andy greene. now he's going to try to get this puck to the front of the net. he stays with it. he finds his puck. he circles the wagons. he shoots, skates to the right and marty brodeur down. where does he shoot this puck, doc? stickside right over about six to eight inches over the right skate of marty brodeur. perfectly placed shot for

now here's willie.l is upstairs now with more on that wildfire and widespread flooding ravaging parts of florida and alabama. al, good morning. >> good morning, willie. and of course, you're looking at -- this is pensacola, but we want to start first with our grsks from the fires as we talk about that. because, again, the forecast here is whitewater baldi fire, little bear fire and the high park fire. it's a mixed bag. the good news is there's a southeastern flow of higher humidity. so that will help. the bad news, there's a mix of dry and wet thunderstorms. these dry storms, lightning strikes can happen and that can set off more fires, not great news. now we're going to go live down to pensacola, florida, show you what's going on. and first of all, we start with the -- there we go live. we show you the standing water, and there could be more rain coming. this is what they've gotten so far. we've talked about anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of rain. some areas up to 20 inches. this is why it's so wet. the

>> you can, if he does not mind. -- we still call you mayor. >> thank you, mayor willie brown. it is an honor to be with you on this occasion. it is very appropriate to name a facility after george and charlotte. san francisco is home for many important people, but none made as great a contribution to our country as george shultz. charlotte has given great service to our city and our state. i believe all year extend a great thanks to them for their great services to our country, to california, and to san francisco. i would like to complement our city for recognizing at them in this manner -- i would like to compliment our city for recognizing the - manner. thank you very much. [applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this dedication on behalf of our city, on behalf of the war memorial, dedicating this carriageway to be charlotte and george shultz way

hey, willie, should we go to the doctor?he doctor is in. >> he's been waiting patiently. >> you go to the doctor. the doctor is in, because we have a big issue today. a big health care issue. i want to know how bad andy petty's leg is? >> the broken fibula, typically, how long will he be out? >> he's going to be out a while. that's not a small break. >> six weeks sounds about right to you? >> i don't know. i'm not an orno pod. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> that resume, it's always worth it. >> he's got a romney going this morning. >> he has the romney on today. >> no, no, no. this is a george bush tie. give me a break here. >> wow. okay. let's move to the secondary health care issue, affordable health care act. we know where you fall down politically, dr. dean. what do you think happens here, i'm not going to ask you to predict the supreme court, but say, for example, the individual mandate is pulled out and just that part of it is struck down. who claims victory in that scenario? >> romney claims victory but

because willie is our -- willie, of course, you have tj who is our director. so shocking was number 12. remember? boxers or briefs. >> yeah. >> cut it out. >> he claimed executive privilege on boxers or briefs. >> unfortunately, he did. at the mtv -- the mtv town hall. it was an important moment in presidential history. >> they did. and they asked him again in impeachment and take it back. john heilemann, let's pretend you're a down political reporter. >> yeah. >> and you're not a marxist, who smokes way too much dope in your brooklyn flat at night. >> that's going to take a lot of pretending, but -- >> just try of the. >> fantasy land. >> fantasy land -- >> pretend be to be donny deutsch is what you're saying, okay. >> try to explain to me why the republicans have a good point here on this fast and furious issue. >> i'll try to pretend that you're a straight down the middle reporter. and explain the republicans' best point on why holder should be held in contempt. >> i don't know that i think i can on contempt. i think, you know, the notion that -- i can make

with that, i like to invite former mayor willie brown and also the supervisors, please join us on thef the witness and of the signing of the proclamation for this year imposed a celebration of the asian pacific heritage month. and supervisor cohen, come on up as well. [applause] >> with that, it is official, asian pacific heritage month is on. thank you, mayor li and everyone that came out to help with the signing of the proclamation. they are the cumulative efforts of the asian pacific heritage celebration committee. please welcome the founder and chairman of the heritage celebration committee you did not get to rest at all, come on back. >> thank you for being here. thank you for joining us. i know it is a little tough right now, but when you have a chance, look around you and look at the people sitting around you. you can see the diversity of our city. it is very diverse with over 50 ethnic groups, and how we can see the vibrant fabric of our communities, and i will take this opportunity again for thinking the whole of our members and elected officials bringing ideas together. we p

i'm mike barnicle for willie geist. willie took the papers, too.his is way too elderly, the show trying to self deport from this early morning time slot for years now. i'm glad you're watching on msnbc or listening live on

i'm willie geist and this is "way too early with willie geist," the show that tells you all you need to work to make your dream come true is elbow grease and 200 million dollars. you can e-mail me or tweet me. i want to know what you're doing up at this hour. or you can do what r.a. dickey does and text the response. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, june 19. a lot to tell you about, including a new power struggle and potentially another crisis in egypt after that country's elections. richard engel reports from cairo in a couple minutes. plus, the first lady of the united states can flat out double ditch. michelle obama doing work with the rope a bit later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. on a full slate of international crisis at this year's g-20 summit, one has overshadowed the rest. the civil war in syria. president obama will meet mete with the chinese president to discuss a way to ease bashar alassad out of power and end the violence that has gripped the country for more than a year. china and russia have resisted the idea

. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist and this is "way too early," the show that's not fooling anybody. i'm glad you're up with us watching ones in nbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. email us, tweet me, or you can do what dwayne wise does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. your next 30 minutes will be cram session for this wednesday, june 27th. a lot to tell but. including a couple of washington institutions, orrin hatch and charlie wrangle getting runs for their money in primary elections. >>> plus, lebron on letterman. >> now you got this out of your system, you're ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? >> dave gives a good grilling to the new nba champion, that's later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia. she leaves behind a resumÉ packed with hollywood hits. ephron last wrote and d

i'm willie geist. this is "way too early" the show feeling much better this morning. the crew in the studio can remove the hazmat suits. guys, we're all clear. i'm glad you are up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on xm sirius. e-mail me or tweet me or do what silvertine navy s.e.a.l.s. do and text the word awake to 622639. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, june 7th. a lot to tell you about, including the head of nasdaq issues an apology for the botched roll-out on that facebook ipo. we'll let him explain it. plus, stephen colbert tries to celebrate scott walker's victory over organized labor in wisconsin. but runs into a little trouble with his crew. they are union guys, you see. that clip later in the show. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. house minority leader nancy pelosi is asking speaker john boehner to call off next week's congressional recess so members can continue to work on everything from student loans to the highly charged debate over taxes. president obama says h

. >> good morning, willie. i'm up every morning watching you. >> well, you have to be contractually for your job. >> well, that's true. >> don't pretend you are doing me any favors. >> frankly, we haven't covered this trial gaffele to gavel every day on the show. boil down what was at stake. what was the central question? >> the question was whether these donations as the prosecution alleged from two rich donors, to john edwards campaign in 2007th in 2028 exceeded the federal limit and should have been reported to the federal election committee. these were not campaign contributions. these were monies that personal friends gave to john edwards. the money was used in part to cover up that affair with his mistress, rielle hunter and her later pregnancy. needless to say, this was a stretch of the campaign finance laws and a prosecution that has never been brought before. i mean, the facts alone are quite unusual. i don't have to tell you. but also a lot of veterans of this kind of area of the law were saying, this

i'm willie geist and this is "way too early with willie geist," the show that tells you all you needake your dream come true is elbow grease and 200 million dollars. you can e-mail me or tweet me. i want to know what you're doing up at this hour. or you can do what r.a. dickey does and text the response. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, june 19. a lot to tell you about, including a new power struggle and potentially another crisis in egypt after that country's elections. richard engel reports from cairo in a couple minutes. plus, the first lady of the united states can flat out double ditch. michelle obama doing work with the rope a bit later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. on a

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it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist. "way too early" the show that is declaring itself this morning the winner of the presidential election in egypt. might as well, everybody else is doing it. i'm glad you're watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm. e-mail, tweet me @willie geist1 or do what mario chalmers does and text the word awake followed by your response to 6226 president. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 20th. a lot to get to today, including a national poll out just this morning that shows president obama with a double-digit lead on mitt romney. plus -- >> that's a clown question, bro. >> why did senate majority leader harry reid refer to a reporter's inquiry as, quote, a clown question bro. we'll explain that one later in shows. first to the news live at

karen, good morning. >> good morning, willie. you take a look at the market reaction to some of the disappointment about qe-3 the markets are up 2% to 3% at the start of the week. markets are getting ahead of themselves hoping for stimulus from the fed. ben bernanke didn't exactly say he's not going to stimulate again but he dampened some of the expectations around timing. if you look at the market reaction to this, because as some of the earlier commentary from the fed minutes this week suggested there might be more stimulus, there was strength in the u.s. dollar. this caused some selling across the commodities space. the likes of gold were sold down 1% in trade. silver down 2%. name next, in fact, one of the highest commodities today, taking it back to loets so far. in the u.s. market were patchy overnight. we saw the nasdaq and the s&p 500 weak and the dow higher. what's going to be interesting today is a report that's just come across the wires a short time ago suggesting spain may seek financial aid for its banking sector th