his inevitable dropping out of the race, it keeps it front and center for voters that much longer. dana, a great read. dana milbank of the washington post good to see you. thanks very much. tampa s mayor says he is ready to call off the rnc if issac becomes a major hurricane. issac would be the first major hurricane to hit tampa in 90 years. fema is getting prepped with 50,000 liters of water, 50,000 ready-to-eat meals at each of the u.s. virgin islands. look at the current radar. the weather channel s brian norcross joins us live from atlanta with more on the track of this storm. bring us up to speed on issac and when it would switch from a tropical storm to reach hurricane status. all right, thomas. it looks like it s going to happen probably tomorrow or the day after. there is a ways to go here but the timing of issac and the republican convention in tampa are amazingly coincidental for issac to be in that general area. let s bring you up to date where it stands right now,