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After lashing florida with wind and rain, tropical storm isaac is now regaining force over the gulf of mexico and taking aim at the gulf coast. isaac is expected to reach hurricane strength today, and to make landfall as soon as tomorrow night. joining us now live from new orleans is msnbcs gabe gutierrez. gabe, were really close to the seventh anniversary, as you know, of hurricane katrina. now, isaac is nowhere near as strong as that storm, but what are officials doing to prepare this time aro...

♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. the nations largest 4g network. covering 2,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. rethink possible. and welcome back, everyone, to "weekends with alex witt." at the half hour, concern is growing on the gulf coast. new orleans is now under a hurricane watch, but the immediate concern, the florida keys where people fear more scenes like this one out of cuba today, isaac is lashing both areas right now. bill karins is here with the latest forecast. what have...

Hurricane. a storm that has left three people dead. tropical storm isaac lashing the island of cuba. a country still trying to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake. all of the island is under an the state of emergency. floridas governor says she performing for the worst. >> we are at level one, which means we are 24 hours a day with all different agencies to make sure we can prepare both for these landing of the hurricanes plus any problems afterwards. on top of that, state declared a st...

A newly recruited afghan policeman opens fire in the western part of that country killing two u.s. service members. the assault coming moments after the americans handed him his weapon in a swearing in ceremony. this is the 7th time that a member of the afghan security forces has attacked coalition members in just the past two weeks. >> its an issue that the obama administration created, and im. i certainly believe that what the obama administration, when they issued their amnesty that it was, y...

President joe biden, even some speculation from some corners that he might not even be on the ticket any more. the white house says that is not so. what is next for joe biden. gregg: questions about the shooting inside the headquarters of a christian lobbying group. a man opening fire after lashing out at their political policy. is that a hate crime or not? our panel debates. >> we do get threats and take precautions. look, we never thought it would come to a point where people we disagree with ...

Revised and extended his remarks stephanie cutter on with andrea mitchell and the campaign didnt back down at all. the mode theyre in, you try to take something we say and make something out of it we wont back down. >> stephanie cutter what did she say. >> didnt give an inch on whether she spoken inartfully or not. >> i agree with mark we should talk about jobs and medicare and we will in a moment. >> just stop. >> it has to be said if paul ryan, the republican candidate said that to an african-...

Surrogates for the president made the rounds for the sunday morning talk shows yesterday lashing out at ryan. a pick meant to thrill the most thriving voices in the republican party. because of ryans record. the intellectual energy behind the republican caucus. the presidents schedule left little room for him to even breathe. not only did he attend five fund raisers yesterday first lady michelle obama had two of her own in california with another one today. back to you guys. thank you very m...

Effectively and as joe was pointing out earlier, this is someone whos had a tremendous amount of political success representing a moderate district that both bill clinton and barack obama won. >> mark halperin, pretty amazing that a guy like this who democrats are lashing out at, wins in a district that bill clinton and barack obama and other democrats have won. its a real swing district. i also, when you talk about how mitt romneys been flat on his feet and awkward, i thought the 60 minutes dis...

>> hit romney and his newly announced running mate arent wasting time hitting the campaign trail. just a few hours after introducing wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his vice presidential pick, the presumptive republican ticket is making its case to voters in virginia. romney introduced paul ryan this morning as, quote, an intellecta you will leader of the republican party and a person who will help lead the country to, quote, widespread and shared prosperity and then ryan told his o...

Winners time. professional swimmers worldwide raising serious questions about whether she has taken any sort of performance-enhancing drugs. some calling it unbelievable and flat-out disturbing. an official from the united states is calling for a full investigation. and now the international olympic committee is lashing out at the accusations. just moments ago saying people quote, need to get real. and pointing out that records are being broken all over the place. weve got a live report in momen...