Today’s Cycle Lineup

It’s Thursday which means it is time for some political baseball. According to our calculations we have reached the bottom of the 5th, weather depending this is almost a complete game. But will storm Isaac create havoc on the Republican convention? We have full political updates plus more. Check out today’s lineup and tweet us during the show @thecyclemsnbc.

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• Politico Congressional Reporter, Jake Sherman, joins the table for our political baseball conversation.
• Bryan Norcross, from The Weather Channel has up-to-date coverage of Storm Isaac
• Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer joins the conversation about No Easy Day, the book being released on Sept 11th chronicling the Bin Laden capture. It’s written by a Navy SEAL, but his fellow SEAL members and the Pentagon aren’t happy.
• Author, Robert Merry is on to talk about his book Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians. For more information click here. 
• Death by China, Peter Navarro and Gordon Chang are at 30 Rock to talk about the documentary and why this is a big issue during this year’s election
• Are you a hero or bystander? Our Cyclists take the Wall Street Journal quiz and find out where they fall when they talk to Sue Shellenbarger