what his suspension means for all the other players allegedly involved. why i've said it before. we're clean. this is "way too early." i am all juiced up on caffeine. i'm brian shactman. tuesday, july the 23rd. and where else would we begin? the royal baby. 4:24 p.m. british summertime. her royal highness, the dutchet of cambridge gave birth to a boy. unless you've been under some sort of proverbial rock, you knew that. 8 pounds, 6 ounces. third in line to the throne. kate and baby reportedly both in good health. but remained at st. mary's hospital overnight. for the latest out of london we go to jim maceda at st. mary's hospital. i guess the next thing we want to know, are we going to see these three any time soon?

>> reporter: hi there, brian. well, we hope so. no sign yet of the new royal family, but there is every indication starting with the hair dresser that went in a little while ago to believe that kate, after recovering overnight from a pretty normal, healthy birth, that she's very keen to go home as quickly as possible. we had a short briefing from some royals, from royal press people a little while ago saying that we would get an hour notice. we haven't had that hour's notice yet. but it's quite possible that we do here some time this morning. probably they would move then after they come out, get into their vehicles, go perhaps to buckingham palace where they'd see the queen. then on to kensington palace where they live. eventually she'd go to, we'd think, her parent's home. despite the thundershowers, brian, overnight. the joy and excitement here is still palpable. plenty of britons and tourists

lining up to take a photo of that birth certificate that was placed on the easel. now there's been a general feeling last night that the baby would be a girl. and that's perhaps why the headlines today are variations on one theme, which is, it's a boy. this one from a quote from prince charles saying, oh, boy, one's a grandpa finally. this is my favorite. normally "the sun" is s-u-n. one day today it will be spelled s-o-n in honor of the new baby. >> jim, let me ask you. both of us were incorrect. i thought it would be a girl. i was going with alexandra. we might as well take a shot at it again now that it's a boy. your with everybody else saying it's going to be george or do you have inroads on a name? >> reporter: yeah, george seems to be the punters, as they say here, or the betters' favorite. we're hearing henry, albert,

philip even, although that's a long shot. but, yeah, george seems to be the sentimental and historical favorite. seems to be the one making the most buzz. >> jim maceda live in london. let's take a look at the royal baby name odds. i guess the brits gamble even more than we do. right now george is the clubhouse leader, 2-1 odds followed by james, alexander, louis and henry. i guess for us here, louis would be interesting since louis bergdorf considers himself royalty already. the most unlikely name william and kate will pick, this is funny enough, north. 5,000 to 1 odds. i think they should be longer odds than that. people having fun with tit. retail sales expected to see a $372 million boost through the end of the summer because of the story. $133 million expected to be spent on food and alcohol for

royal birth parties. and don't forget the royal baby memorabilia. the uk expecting sales of $239 million on collectibles, toys, books, dvds to commemorate the special occasion. personally, i like the bib that says born to rule. all right. let's move on to other news. we go to brazil where security forces can only hope today is easier than day one of the pope's historic visit to the country. throngs of brazilians descended on the motorcade. federal police changed the motorcade's route without informing city authorities. and the pope, as you can see he's not in the popemobile right now. he's in a silver fiat instead of the bulletproof popemobile. it was absolutely warms and they stopped the car. they say in security parlance, that's the worst when they are stopped and have nowhere to go. they were sticking their hands through the window. the pope even kissed a baby. then last night shortly after

the pope spoke, crowds broke out in widespread protest. police firing teargas and rubber bullets at protesters who lit small fires and marched in the streets. so both sides of the spectrum there. also authorities detonated a homemade pipe bomb found in the bathroom of a shrine where the pope is set to visit later in the trip. let's go to iraq now. hundreds of prisoners, including a number of senior al qaeda members are on the loose today after an assault on iraq's abu ghraib jail. late sunday night, a group of suicide bombers drove cars that were filled with explosives into the gates of the prison. they breached the exterior perimeter as they attacked guards with rocket-propelled grenades. they were not able to regain control of the prison until military helicopters got there to provide aerial assault. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. back here in the states, a dramatic scene unfolded late yesterday afternoon as boeing's

737 landing gear malfunctioned at newark's laguardia airport. the plane skidded for about 3500 feet. and you can see it go through your screen right there. that's a scary set of moments if you are a passenger on that flight. it came to a complete stop in a grassy area about halfway down the runway. passengers on the southwest airlines flight from nashville evacuated the plane on emergency chutes shortly after the bumpy landing, the plane was carrying 150 passengers and crew. ten people were treated by medical staff on location. six passengers and at least three crew members were transported to a nearby hospital for a back and neck pain. we're not told of any serious injuries at this hour, though. airline officials cannot say exactly what caused the landing gear collapse but, of course, they are investigating. that video is pretty dramatic there. exclusive to wnbc in new york. a 35-year-old cleveland man is being held on $6 million bond today accused of killing three women, wrapping them in plastic

bags and stashing their bodies. taken into custody after a standoff with police, his name is michael madison. he's an ex-con. he's a registered sex offender. and he was formally charged yesterday. two of the victims have yet to be identified. madison has apparently told police he was influenced by the so-called cleveland strangler, that's anthony sowell, who was sentenced to death for killing 11 women and burying their bodies around his home in cleveland around 2009. madison's family says he is not a killer. the legal wrangling over whether detroit can declare bankruptcy is just beginning. >> if these cut goes through it will destroy my retirement. i have to try to find a full-time job with benefits that, you know, aren't in abundant supply. >> we are people that sacrifice our lives. we may not come home one day. so to look at us as a spreadsheet is to me, un-american. >> a state judge has called for the withdrawal of the city's

chapter 9 filings saying it violates the state's constitution. last week, emergency managers filed for bankruptcy convinced detroit had simply run out of options in reducing more than $18 billion in debt. unions representing retired police officers, firefighters and other public employees are trying to block the deal fearing drastic cuts to their pensions. the federal judge is set to hear the dispute tomorrow. let's get to more business news. all three major indices posting gains yesterday, despite weaker than expected existing home sales. that was a surprise. see the dow up just fractionally. it's now at 15,545. the s&p in the middle of a four-day rally on track for its best monthly gain since october 2011. the s&p gained around 3.5 points. let's check in with jeff cutmore. were you out late partying into the night. and i want to know your odd on favorite for the baby's name. >> yeah, the one you didn't mention was james. there is james in the running because i think kate's brother

is called james and there is a history of james in the royal line as well. so that is one potentially. as for partying, not too into it, to be honest. the news came a little after my working day. but let's get on to some product stories. we're looking on apple earnings. some product news also looked for at this point. will we get a phablet, a 13-inch ipad? a couple of things that the market is speculating on. elsewhere, bmw moving into the electrical vehicle space with the i3. it's going to build a whole platform for new electric vehicles. so people getting very excited about where we might be going in that area. $42,000 is the price tag, or around that, for the new vehicle. just to put that into some perspective, a nissan leaf retailing at just under $30,000. so you will pay extra for premium. >> and i bet people will pay that premium, too. my kids always beg me to go to

mcdonald's for the toys. they've never yet asked me to go to taco bell. i don't know if that's part of the reason they're pulling out of the kids business. >> it's ironic as we talk about a royal baby. taco bell will not be handing over either children's food or a toy if james or george or whoever he was was to turn up at taco bell for a meal. so they say no longer moving the needle on earnings which is a reason why they are removing them from the menu. brian, back to you. >> there were stories of princess diana taking harry and william to mcdonald's back in the day, too. so, jeff, congratulations. even if you aren't out there celebrating, it's great news for your country. we'll see you tomorrow. he was a mainstay in tv and movies on both sides of the law. veteran character actare dennis farina died yesterday. from mob flicks to cop dramas, chances are you've seen his work. "get shorty." detective fontana on

"law & order." he spent two decades as an actual cop. he suffered a blood clot in his lungs. he was 69 years old. we thought like james gandolfini, your favorite dennis farina moments. use the hash tag way too many f-bombs. my favorite moment, just about any damage he does with phones in "get shorty. " i thought we were going to show a clip there. oh, you took it off right as he was going to clock him right in the head. still ahead on "way too early," ryan braun suspended for the rest of the season. how the former mvp reacted to the news. and mike barnacle's take on what this could mean for a-rod and others implicated in the biogen sis scandal. dog in danger. what would you do if a raccoon was attacking your pet?

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at any point. >> that was ryan braun about a year and a half ago after major league baseball threw out his initial suspension. things have changed a little bit. mlb suspended him for the rest of the season. that means 65 games and that's worth about $3 million plus in salary. braun will not appeal the decision, which comes amid the reports of the 2011 mvp's involvement with biogenesis, the so-called anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance enhancing drugs to mlb players. they did not reveal the alleged conduct that led to the suspension. for what it means for the other mlb players, let's wake up msnbc contributor mike barnacle. thank you for getting up with us. i guess it's not a surprise braun was suspended but it's surprising that it happened on its own and before the other names were mentioned. so what does that mean for the a-rods, the nelson cruzes of the world moving forward? >> i think it was major league

baseball's intention to do most of them or nearly all of them at once. but in this case, i think they had so much evidence on ryan braun and i'm led to believe that they have as equal an amount of evidence and perhaps more evidence against alex rodriguez that they presented it to him and he chose to cut a deal. take the suspension now rather than drag it out. and the key here, i think, is the statement from michael winer, the major league baseball players association counsel in which he said last week that any player who is caught guilty beyond any -- beyond any evidence at all, that they are not going to contest it. they'll try and cut a deal. so they clearly cut a deal with ryan braun. i don't know that there's any deal to be cut with alex rodriguez, nelson cruz and a handful of other, 15 others. they'll all be suspended, i think, quite rapidly. >> now, obviously, the union not supporting this.

it makes really nowhere for ryan braun to turn. do you think this puts even more pressure on alex rodriguez or no impact? >> i think it has a big impact on alex rodriguez. i think in alex rodriguez's case, we may have seen him play his last major league baseball game. i think -- i'm told the evidence against alex rodriguez is quite compelling. more so even than it was with ryan braun. and in the case of braun, as it is with rodriguez, it would involve basically lying to major league baseball investigators, along with usage of whatever it is that ryan braun clearly nearly admitted to. >> right. all right, mike. we appreciate it. wish you had more time to talk about it but thanks for getting up. >> i thought i was going to do the rest of the show with you. >> you can. do you have the remote camera whether you may be located. >> yeah, i'll turn it on right now. >> i'll see you after weather with bill karins. thank you, mr. barnicle.

i said -- i've said before i don't think a-rod will play again but i also think he didn't say anything about that, the guy with the testing who he absolutely just -- >> threw under the bus. >> ruined his career. >> he was hounded by the media for two months at his house. >> what happens to that guy. >> he should get the $3.2 million that braun will not earn. >> that's a good idea. >> braun also gets $117 million more once he returns. yeah, tough life. let's talk about this forecast we're deal with out there. tough drive in southern new england. the heavy rain over in new york city but it's moving up to hartford and boston. temperatures are warm. that hasn't changed. a little relief, though, today. chicago to the northern great lakes. overall, just in the east, have that umbrella handy. still very hot from texas up to the rockies. another day of the high humidity and soaking thunderstorms in the east. >> i was surprised at how much rain when i woke up. >> when it rained it was pouring. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," we're going in depth on the royal birth. when we can expect the name to

be announced and the changes in tradition we're seeing with the birth of the future king of england. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the cooler. stephen colbert may know the motivation behind geraldo's selfie. and maybe those tinted glasses. we'll reveal his theory when "way too early" comes right back.

at the top of the show, we talked about the birth of the royal baby. tell your friends british betting agency coral brought in nearly $1.5 million in total bets regarding the name, gender and birth date. now a spokesperson said it's already taken in a profit of $150,000. another betting agency took an average of 893 bets per hour and it saw an additional 10,000 wagers after duchess kate went in to labor. time for the cooler. no more real news, although that was lighthearted news. stephen colbert paid homage to the life of legendary white house reporter helen thomas during his show last night. and he has a theory on what may have led to her death. >> helen covered ten presidents over her 60-year career. and her fellow journalists are remembering her with tributes, anecdotes and, in the case of geraldo rivera, by posting a

naked selfie on twitter. though come to think of it, come to think of it, that may not have been a tribute to helen. that may have been what killed her. the trail he's blazing, folks, is for the sexy seniors out there. as geraldo wrote in his tweet, 70 is the new 50. exactly! and if there's one thing people want to see on their twitter feeds, it's naked 50-year-old men. americans, we all love our pets. but when faced with a wild animal threatening your dog, what would you do? it happened to kevin rose. he heard his dog whimpering outside when he found a raccoon attacking him. what does he do? the grabs the raccoon and tosses it down the stairs. i mean, it's a spur of the moment thing, right? toaster was okay aside from the small bites and scratches. he's getting flack from animal

activists because it looks like he didn't have many options. if it was rabid, though, i think he'd be in trouble himself, so, again, as always, no natural segue from that particular story to you so i'll just say good morning. >> coming up on "morning joe," ryan braun suspended. another bad landing. this one a southwest jet at laguardia airport. we'll have the latest on that. and we're all about the royal baby this morning. you are looking -- we're going to have live pictures from st. mary's hospital where we're awaiting those first images of the new heir to the royal throne. will they change the royal tradition with the birth of their first child? also, the influence of william's mother princess diana. what her memory means to the couple and her influence on the future king. we're going to have a stacked panel on this including tina brown, martin bashir, dr. andrew roberts and jim maceda live from london, just to name a few. brian, back to you. >> thank you, mika.

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at the beginning of the show, i was just looking at my dennis farina quotes. it's a great way to look back at his career. eric schultz had some of the best moments via you and the twitterverse. >> a bunch of mentions about cousin avi in "snatch." >> yes. >> philip says brilliant performance by farina. favorite scene is when he accidentally kills bullet tooth tony. that brings us to one of my favorite moments, also from "snatch." let's take a listen. >> anything to declare? >> yeah, don't go to england. >> i also like for -- yes, london, he says. fish, chips, cup of tea, bad food, worst weather. mary bleeping poppins and obviously my classic. i just have to get it right. relax.

have a cream soda from midnight run before i put this phone through your head. dennis farina, rest in peace. 69 years old. now time for "morning joe.". now "morning joe." king richard ii, william shakespeare wrote, "this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this england, this nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings famous by their birth." yesterday into the realm, another king certainly if lineage plays its proper role was born in london yesterday afternoon, and that took me, and i've had a lot of other people back 31 years to the day his father was born to princess diana. william was born to a much different time and in a much different royal family. but mika, the line continues