party chairman reince priebus and we will be joined by scott walkerer and al cardenas and kay bailey hutchinson and martin o'malley and ron brownstein and karen tumulty. >>> as tropical storm isaac is headed for the keys, we are joined by mayor craig kates. and tell us what you are expecting? >> strong winds this afternoon and strong tropical storms and we are having the first meeting this morning at the emergency management operations center with a conference call of all of the local agencies to get updates and make sure that everyone is prepared. >> so there is no evacuation that you are expecting and this is something that key west can weather? >> yes, we have asked the visitors to leave yesterday, and the ones who wanted to, and they have left. a lot of people have left. a lot has stayed, and we asked them to stay in the hotels inside until the storm passes. >> mayor, i have to tell you that you are sounding pretty laid back about this. this must not be the biggest thing that you have ever seen coming. >> oh, no, i'm a fourth generation here at key west, so i have seen quite a few storms co

we'll ask kay bailey hutchinson if romney succeeded.th the latest numbers, and how they're goi going. and that's the sam stovall. and the gdp numbers we got out. first the top of the hour, and stocks now every 15 minutes and we have lauren simonetti on the floor of the stock exchange. you're seeing the nice positives, and turned it around. >> turned it around and flat in terms of sectors and weakness in the utilities and materials, and energy the big winner, yelp. more than $22 a share and the ipo is back in march was $15 so that's a nice performance for social media stocks. and the story for yelp today is their lockout period expired so many early investors have a chance to sell and more hit the markets. you don't see a million shaurs at the end of the day. and cheryl and dennis, back to you. >> thank you, hurricane isaac continuing the track inland causing widespread flooding and leaving hundreds of thousands without power along the gulf coast, our jeff flock is braving the elements on the ground in new orleans. >> pushing 600,000 now

] >> cruz, the former general solicitor of texas, now senate seat held by retiring senator kay bailey hutchinsonwin was no ordinary is up set. >> this is how elections are supposed to be decided by we the people. >> we can stand tall knowing we never compromise our valu values. >> he outspent cruz who never had run for office 3 to 1. but nine weeks elapsed between the may primary and tuesday's runoff. the longest such gap in texas history, a period that cruz used effectively. >> he was the been a, versus duwhurs the is part of the establish. in texas and washington, d.c. >> cruz received endorsement and millions in support from jim demint governor palin, the tea party group freedom works led by former house majority dick a.m. the club for growth. and george will and national review. >> we think differently about the tea party. they can bring outside resources in a state election. they are getting institutionalized. >> reporter: cruz attended harvard, served under bush 43 and married to goldman sachs employee. that was overlooked by patty murray, head of the democratic party senate campaign commi

he is repacing kay bailey hutchinson.rogress is coming out with things everyone should know about cruz. he has intellect rivalled by poor judgment. george soros has been wanting to gut social security and campaigning on the fact he made it easier to kill illegal immigrants. speaking of illegal immigration, a district judge will run in a case against arizona joe awayrapiao and said sheriff officers arehad used ethnicity. we will see you after the break. see you then. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending yo

former mississippi governor and rnc chair hally barbour and republican senator from texas kay bailey hutchinson and joined by tom brokaw, chris mathews, david gregory, chuck todd and andrea mitchell. jim vandehei has been saddled to the bar all night. >> he is drunk. >> out of his mind. >> that's where he's been. he's going to make up something and we'll have it for you straight ahead on "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're at our best. see how at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? >>> at 23 past the hour, live from tampa, time to take a look at morning papers. we'll start with the "tampa bay times." nearly 10,000 ron paul supporters gathered in tampa to hear their pick for president to declare, quote, liberty movement was live and

for the democrats, but cruz's vote won't make that much difference, because he is replacing kay bailey hutchinson, and she voted with the gop 90% of the time. but cruz like any senator would have a lot of power to grind business to a halt. >> you know what the senate is like. one senator stands up and says no, we stop the train. >> reporter: and cruz would not be the only possible new senator willing to do that. in indiana richard murdoch beat veteran incumbent richard lugar and vowing confrontation over compromise. >> what i have said and i continue to believe certainly is one side or the other must prevail, and i'm hoping that the candidacy will help to move the republican party forward to become a permanent majority. >> reporter: and the senate is bound to be a more polarized place because so many moderates chose to leave. more than half a dozen are retiring this years, and still it is a open question whether the tea party rhetoric on the campaign trail translates into action in office. two years ago a handful of tea party backed senators promised the hold their leadership's feet to the fire a

he replaces kay bailey hutchinson and she votes with establishment most of the time.a halt. >> one senator says no, we stop the train. >> reporter: cruz isn't the only one to do that. he beat lugar and vowed confrontation over compromise. >> what i said and continue to believe, one side or the other must prevail. i hope this candidate da see will move the republican party forward to become the majority. >> reporter: and the senate will be a polarized place. so many moderates chose to leave. nearly a half dozen retiring this year. still, it is an open question whether tea party rhetoric on the campaign trail translates into action in office. two years ago, a handful of tea party backed senators promised to hold their own leadership's feet to the fire to slash spending, shrink the government. rand paul on the patriot act. >> call your leadership in washington, tell them you're unhappy. >> reporter: jim demint is a tea party -- >> ted cruz comes in, he can empower some democrats to make those hard decisions. >> reporter: he argues the more tea party backed senators, the