these political parties are just stupid. in their simple-minded solutions they re in the way. they re in the way. they re in the way. it s unbelievable. all right. we didn t talk about todd akin for 25 minutes. that s pretty good. yeah. we will. by the way, the information mika just walked us through on the middle class is the subject of a new ad out this morning where president bill clinton stumps for president obama. really if had? talks about this is the core issue, we re going to grow the middle class. mark halperin says, quote, big dog still got game, president clinton. big dog still has game. all next week our special coverage of the republican national convention will be live from our morning joe elephant bar. is that outside? yeah. oh, boy. what? no, it s inside. on channelside avenue in tampa. coverage begins at 5:30 and, of course, with way too early, coming up, we ll bring in executive editor of the new
tam tampa. looks like tampa will be affected starting monday and monday night into tuesday by strong winds and a lot of heavy rain. exactly how intense it will be at that point still five days away. we ll watch it for you closely, of course, and it does look like we will be getting a little wet there on our morning joe set just outside the convention center. you re watching morning joe coming up next, the new cover of time magazine with rick stengel. stay tuned.
seriously? good question. seriously. yeah. they went to the hyannis putt putt course. everywhere they go. pictures. how old is this kid? he s 18. goes back to high school i think next week. oh. why doesn t taylor go back i mean seriously. this is weird. really? last weekend, yeah. come on, man. taylor swift was there? yes. like that s some bad news right there. i would agree. we ll save this all for the top of the hour. just a reminder next week our special coverage of the republican national convention will be live from our own morning joe elephant bar in tampa. stop by if you re awake. morning joe back in a moment. music: make someone happy music: make someone happy it s so important to make someone happy. it s so important to make someone happy. make just one heart to heart you - you sing to
york times jill abramson boone pickens and hope he doesn t bring his dog, actor richard bellzer and rick stengel with a look at the new issue of ta tim magazine. first bill karins with the latest on tropical storm isaac. bill? bring your rain gear, guys. monday night and tuesday right now at least tampa looks like it could be dealing with isaac. let me show you the latest on the storm. it s been struggling not much of a storm right now. a huge size wise but it s not that intense. it s a very weak tropical storm. but it still has a long ways to go. about five days before it gets near tampa, four days before it gets to the keys. the hurricane center believes it should be at that time either a strong tropical storm or a category 1 hurricane. but when these storms have the potential to go over the warm waters of the gulf you never know. compared to 24 hours ago the forecast for the east coast of florida has improved much worse now for northern portions of the gulf and northeast gulf inc
alabama, apalachicola and panama city still at risk for the storm including our friends from fort meyers to naples to tampa. excellent agreement for this far in advance for our computers. show the storms going over sf and heading for the northeast corner of the gulf. here s what concerns me. look at the water temperatures, 89 degree water temperatures off key west, 85 off tampa. all you need is 80 degree water for a hurricane to strengthen. you get this is like high octane fuel for a hurricane. this is where hurricane katrina and rita grew into a huge beast. forecast for today pretty quiet around the northeast, very quiet morning around the united states and this is typically the case before a big storm comes. i don t expect many issues out there today. updates on isaac throughout the day here on morning joe and on msnbc. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. this is the plan that revolves around you.