chris katan. we don't have it? my timing.ng to pull a joe scarborough but i timed it, trusting that he would have the picture and he doesn't have the picture. so final. "morning joe" starts right now.

chris katan. we don't have it? my timing. t.j., i'm not going to pull a joe scarborough but i timed it, trusting that he would have the picture and he doesn't have the picture. so final. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> hey, everybody. the summer pitch heard around the world. look at the shot, good morning. it is monday, august 19th. i'm thomas roberts here alongside with brian shactman, joe will be here shortly, don't worry about that. on set senior political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post" sam stein, president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas. good to see you. author of the book "foreign policy begins at home the case for putting america's house in order" and in washington columnist for bloomberg view al hunt. start off talking about a-rod, look tat the front page of "the new york post," a-roid rage has the last laugh in the sixth inning. >> i will say i'm a red sox fan, interest of full disclosure. these are the things that can turn a season around. when the red sox won th