champagne flowed. carol and charles middleton arrived at the hospital an hour ago, kate's parents. prince charles and wife camilla yesterday said they were thrilled. >> i think it's such an uplifting moment it's very exciting and i think it's wonderful for the grandfather. he is brilliant with children so they will have a wonderful time. >> when is the baby come? it's not here yet. >> he asked him what is the baby going to be named? what will that tiny prince be named? >> george and james are the consistent front runners. george is almost unbackable now. if you're looking for value perhaps michael named

catherine's name. >> natalie, any word on when we might see him? >> we are being told by kensington palace if that moment comes later on this evening, they will alert us and give us about a 30 minute to an hour's warning and then at that moment, we would expect the prince and catherine emerge with the little child and present the new royal to the world and perhaps even deliver a couple of remarks. we are not giving any -- we are not given any guidance right now as to it's a definite that it will happen later this evening or perhaps as early as tomorrow morning. so there is a window but kensington palace telling us they will give us a heads-up so we are prepared and ready for that moment. you mentioned the middleton's arrived here an hour ago and inside st. mary's hospital and meeting their little grandson. he is third in the line to the throne and soon to be a future

king but to them he is their grandchild. they came the old-fashioned the london way in a cab. the commoner way as well. they are expected to leave here by that same vehicle, a cab will pick them up once again. they have been inside for about an hour now. i'm thinking perhaps maybe they know the child's name if there is a name already chosen but that is what the world over is wanting to know what, in fact, are they going to name this new royal, new heir to the throne. craig? >> natalie morales, thanks so much. anna bell roberts is joining us from outside buckingham palace. i would imagine it's hard to top the excitement from yesterday. what is the mood like outside the palace today? >> the good news the people who have come here today is the easel that was used for the medical bulletin to announce the birth yesterday is still there.

so there is a really long group of people behind me to go and get as close to it as they can. it is behind the railings. that is one thing to do. there are always lots of people here at this time of the year. but extra added sense of excitement. last night i went down and mingled with crowds and there was really a sense of joy and happiness because people have a great deal of admiration and fondness for kate and william. i think there was just a great sense of happiness that this baby had arrived safely. so there is still that sense of joy there today. we have also had, of course, the 41-gun salute in green park next door to the palace where i am now. that was incredibly noisy. the horses rolled past us here and another amazing spectacle. for anyone still here today there is plenty of atmosphere and also the hope that maybe the baby will be home today at

kensington palace which is close down the road here. an expectation that maybe, just maybe kate and william will take their little prince home to kensington palace later this afternoon. of course, that is not confirmed as natalie said. we will get a decent amount of warning for that as well. i've been up there as well today and people waiting around in case they turn up there later today. >> the spectacle has not subsided there just yet? >> that's right. yes. still a sense of celebration and excitement and things going on. changing of the guard which happens hever err day at 11:00 london time. this morning, they played si celebratory songs and plenty here to stretch occupy the celebration. one awaiting the name. as you heard lots of bets being placed. everyone has got their opinion. i've got mine. i think i told you yesterday.

but really plenty of excitement about that as well. >> no, you didn't tell us yesterday. what is you guess, anna bell? >> i think louie will be in there as a middle name and possibly alfred. alfred is a trendy name in london at the moment. i think among the peer group and friends that is a name that is quite popular. i think it's a good name and i think it could be in there too. i guess they might for the first name they might play it safe and go with george. what do you think? >> you know what? this is a good time to wrap it. nbc anna bell roberts for us outside buckingham palace. i do appreciate that. alfred louie. we will have to remember that. british historian andrew roberts is in the studio with me now. royal expert. i think that efficient, don't you? >> thank you. >> good to see you. first of all, let's start with the attention that this story is getting on this side of the pond. at one point yesterday, the sheer number of tweets in a 24-hour period from the united states alone. there it is right there on your

screen, compared to other countries. close to a million. why do you think there's so much interest in america? >> there always has been. it was huge when they got married. that was enormous and it was watched by over 50 million americans. and there's a sense, i think, that we do have a common language. we have many common values. we are the country that has come to war beside you again and again in history. therefore, there is an affection for the united kingdom. >> what kind of role do you think the mother will play and the appearance kate and william will be? >> i think they will be fantastic parents. they seem to be well adjusted children and they seem to be very well balanced.

it shows we likely to have a well balanced and young man as a result of it. >> how does a prince grow up? >> it's hard. needless to say to have the world's attention from the day you're born and for the rest of the time his first words and first steps, everything will be watched incredibly closely. machines you can take photographs from everybody's camera you will be watched in private a lot and that is nerve wracking for any young man growing up. however, i think there seems to be a good balance. it was established after the death of princess diana between the intrusiveness of the press and the media and the sense of security and privacy that the royal family have tried to eke out for themselves. >> it's going to be interesting to also see how this prince -- not just this prince but children who are born today in general. the age of the internet. it really is going to be fascinating to see how he comes about in this age of modern media. >> that's right.

he is going to have to be far more technological savvy than any royal in the past and he has to master the twitter world or whatever will be in ten years time and i can't imagine what the technology advances will being like by the time he's a young man. >> we have been chatting here. apparently kensington palace putting out a statement and giverg us guida giving us some guidance. william and kate will leave by taxi and we are told we will get an hour's heads up and william is going to make a statement as well. so is that typically customary? >> no, not at all. royal going by taxi is completely unknown. >> i was going to say. >> but prince did own a london taxi and drove around it in years because he noticed people didn't take any notice of him when he was in it. but, no. to leave the -- certainly not the way they arrived as can you imagine. >> we are also being told much to the chagrin i would imagine of some of our producers have quite the infatuation with

prince harry. harry and pippa not going to be at the hospital. they are not going to be visiting. that doesn't surprise you, does it? >> not at all. the concentration should be on the baby and the parents as opposed to the rest of the family. >> dr. andrew roberts, thank you so much. always aappreciate your insight. >> thank you. stay with us. stay with msnbc for continuing coverage of the royal baby. we are watching and waiting for the new family to leave the hospital. we will have that for you and we will also, of course, have william's statement for you as well. our big question of the day is on britain's royals. the same question i just posed to dr. roberts. why the fascination. back here on this side of the pond. emotional night on the house floor. rare conversation about race. the congressional black caucus called a special order last night by the reaction of the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman mured trider trial.

take a look at what happened. >> it's time for us to have a meaningful conversation on race. >> it's not just about race in america. it is about a system that should be just in creating and protecting the conditions for everyone to succeed. >> our job here is to give this congress sight. color isn't a dirty word. >> we just want a set of laws equally applied to everybody. >> joining me now the man who led last night's special order. democratic congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. >> it's important for us to have a discussion on the house floor talking directly to the american people on the question of race and opportunity in america. we just want to create a situation in this country where every single person, regardless of the color of their skin, has a fair opportunity to pursue the

american dream. now we have come a long way in this country as president obama acknowledged in his remarks a few days ago. but we, of course, have a ways to go and we should use this moment not to talk at each other but to talk with each other and that is the process that we began last night. >> congressman charlie rangel was especially moving last night. take a listen. >> i don't know why people shoot each other but i do know one thing, who doesn't shoot each other? young kids that are inspired and they got education, they got families, they got a country that is the wind endtheir wings and want to make a contribution to this great country. they can walk anywhere, talk anywhere and nobody is going to be following them, talked about you look like someone that may hurt somebody. now, we can't solve the problem unless we talk about it and if you talk about hurricane sandy, if you're talking about fires,

you're talking about disasters, why can't we talk about this? >> your colleagues say it's about so much more than race and color, though. it's about economics. it's about those folks who can't speak for themselves. congressman, it seems like we have confers about race in this country every few years, and, unfortunately, the conversations are usually sparked by some sort of tragedy. what is different this time? >> we have seen americans of different colors react to the verdict down in florida, protests exercise their right to petition their government about changes in laws and i think it does present us with a unique opportunity to move from a conversation to action as it relates to what we can do legislatively here in the congress and in state legislative bodies all across america to create opportunity for everyone to make sure that we have equal application of the laws regardless of color and to deal with many of the social

problems that congressman rangel so eloquently and passionately laid out on the house floor. but is there a real problem that we have to confront in america as it relates to the inequality within a criminal justice system. we acknowledge the problem of black on black violence and we will be in chicago and members of the congressional black caucus led by the chicago delegation at the end of this week to deal with those issues that we have to confront, particularly in our inner cities. but we also have to acknowledge that african-americans are more likely to be charged, arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced for the same crime in a way that other communities aren't treated and that is a problem of unequal application of the law that we also have to confront. >> congressman, we have to leave it there, sir. thank you. >> thank you very much. as we indicate just a few moments ago the middleton's are leaving the hospital there. let's listen in. just spoke to reporters at st. mary's.

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again, a few moments ago, the middleton's left the hospital. it looked like they spoke to reporters a few moments before they hopped in that taxi. what did they say, natalie. >> it seemed they were hesitant

do we go or make a statement. there was a microphone set up and i'll let you listen to what they had to say. certainly beam grandparents. take a listen. >> how were the parents? >> fabulous. >> amazing. it's all coming back. >> so asked by the reporters what was that first cuddle like? as you heard, she said amazing. she said they are doing very well. fabulous. baby is absolutely beautiful. but reporters did try to pry a name from the middleton's and no such luck there. so we still don't know the name of the child but certainly very excited grandparents meeting their little grandson for the first time. third in line to the throne. a future king but to them, you know, just their grandchild who they are seeing with loving eyes for the first time.

craig? >> natalie, thank you so much. jou clarify here, folks. it was the middleton's who hopped in that taxi. the royals will not be leaving the hospital via taxi. just to clear that up. meanwhile msnbc will have continuing coverage of the royal baby throughout the day. we are watching and waiting at this point in time. when the new family leaves the hospital we will bring it to you live and we are expecting a statement from prince william as well. back here. republicans pushing for more aggressive abortion restrictions facing a major stumbling block today. yesterday, a federal judge in north dakota blocked the state's law banning abortion at six weeks. calling it, quote, clearly an invalid and unconstitutional law. this temporary injunction days after republicans in texas proposed a similar fetal heartbeat bill. terry o'neill is the president of the national organization for women. terry, first of all, just your

reaction to the temporary injuncti injunction. should this be viewed as a major victory for women's rights advocates like yourself? >> it's a relief. clearly the north dakota law is blatantly unconstitutional. one of the more horrific things about the north dakota law i think is that the supporters of this law, including the governor, seems to have decided that they were going to take all of this tax money north dakota is swimming in oil cash right now. and they have decided to take taxpayers money and try to overturn roe versus wade with that money. in fact, in arkansas when the legislature overrode governor mike bebe's type legislation 12-week ban on abortions the governor said in arkansas we don't have the kind of money to pursue this and defend a blatantly unconstitutional law. that didn't happen in north dakota because they have this taxpayer money and that is

really an atrocious way to spend taxpayer dollars. >> my understanding in north dakota there is the one abortion clinic. is that right? >> that's right. it does not operate -- abortions are not performed every day of the week in that particular clinic. let me say that abortion clinics are also women's health care clinics. they uniformly provide a range of reproductive health care services. so when you shut down the abortion clinic you are depricidepriv depriving women of the entire range. sexual transmitted disease screenings goes away when you try to shut down the clinics. >> with texas considering a six-week ban as well, what kind of impact to you think yesterday's ruling could have on the republicans bill in that state? and do you think it might make other lawmakers think twice as well before proposing similar

measures? >> i would hope that it would make lawmakers think twice. i think what is going to make them think twice is losing elections and i have to tell you if the republican party continues on its current path of outrageous and extremist attacks on women's health care, reproductive health care, not just abortion, they are going to lose the women's vote for generations and it will take them a very long time to get it back. and symbolic gestures like signing on to an anti-violence law every now and then are not going to cut it. women are entitled to their health care and the republican party are setting themselves up for huge losses over the next number of election cycles. >> terry o'neill, thank you. >> thank you. president obama is set to deliver a series of speeches this week. the common goal, refocusing his economic agenda. how does he jump-start that conversation? the agenda panel will jump in. plus this.

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pretty typically as far as the last couple of weeks of these protests have been concerned. thousands of people between 3 and five are the estimates that came out to a large outdoor area near the legislative building for big rally where they heard speakers and chanted and a typical political rally. then a group of them moved into the legislative building for what is an organized plan act of civil disobedience. when they refused to leave is when they are arrested and this takes place a couple of blocks from where i am. i'm here at the state capital building and a couple of blocks away is the legislative building and where those arrests take place. 73 people arrested yesterday. overall, more than 900 people have been arrested since this started 12 weeks ago. the first week they did it, they got 75 protesters and 17 arrests. and since then, they have had thousands every week and over 900 arrests like i mentioned. the goal is to put pressure on

the governor and against his legislative agenda but they say it's much bigger than that. it's called moral mondays so the organizing group say they want to draw attention to the morality of a lot of the proposed legislation that is taking place here in the state. as you mentioned, the theme of yesterday's event was voting rights. every week, there's a theme. they tackle a different issue. yesterday, the focus was on voting rights. >> the battle for voting rights is a battle that we must fight and we will win. it is a political war, a struggle, a clash of ideas and ideology between regressive desires to take us backwards and a progressive agenda that desires to keep moving us forward. >> reporter: now, this is organized by the north carolina chapter of the naacp but it's a diverse group that is brought together for these events. taking a look at the crowd

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with us, past things like the keystone pipeline and would put tens of thousands of americans back to work. >> that is our topic for today's agenda panel. steve is with us and egor is managing editor of think progress and dana. good to see all of out a tuesday. thanks for being here. let's start with the new poll out this morning. it shows that president obama now has his lowest approval rating in two years 41% approve and 48% disproof. new fiscal year starts in october. the government will likely hit its borrowing limit again. what do you think we will hear tomorrow from president obama and will we hear anything new? >> that's a good question. i think you're going to hear a little bit of both. you're going to hear a president who is eager to come out ahead of congress before they go home with a strong economic message. economists believe and forecasting a much better situation in the economy perhaps

2% growth next year. but people are feeling the squeeze. they are feeling the sequester and especially poor people and live on the poverty line or close to it on very much feeling the sequester. we are job and housing issues. i think that is where the president feels he could make a difference in this spep. >> igor, do we expect president obama to call on congress to act or do we think he is laying out some plans of what he might do next? >> he is going call on congress to act but i think he is also going to call on the american people to act. we are getting close to the august recess. this is traditionally the time lawmakers hold their town halls. you saw in 2009 during health care that that really set back that effort. so i think if progressives can really tap into a lot of the frustration you now have with washington, d.c., with congress just repealing laws, not passing new laws, you can really maybe start to see some progress of folks, for instance, put pressure on their local

lawmakers to make sure that we have the immigration bill that it gets a vote in the house, the one that passed in the senate. so i think people on the state level, local groups and organizations, local communities, really going to have a role to play if we are going to break the gridlock. >> steve, you contend this is somewhat of a victory lap for president obama. how so? >> i think the president has a very strong case to make. you look back at where the economy was when he took office. we were in the midst of this incredible crisis. slowly but surely they have made progress. we see economic growth picking up and growth in the stock market. i think when we hear the president talk tomorrow, i think he'll want to take stock and say look at where we were and look at where we are now and looking ahead we can do more of what works or --' less of what doesn't work and when it comes to a budget battle with congressional republicans, i think the president has a fairly

strong case to make. >> igor, you say that you don't think we will probably get a whole lot of new information from the president tomorrow. he gave a major speech on the economy at the same college in 2005. do you think that we will hear some of the similar themes at least? >> i think so. in 2005, he talked a lot about the bush ownership society and how that meant that americans were really on their own to get health care on their own whether it came to securing jobs without any government research and investment and without working as a community. he really laid out an alternative to that. now that he is president, he has accomplished some of those goals and past comprehensive that will kick in soon. he needs to stretch the benefits the americans are already seeing and seeing very soon. i think there is where he sets up that effective counterpoint between, as he says, building an

economy from the middle up and the republican vision which is that old bush ownership society you're on your own, let's cut social security, medicare and everything else easement he just eluded to health care. do we expect to hear obama care references tomorrow? >> absolutely. i think the message early on is health care and the affordable part and the numbers are showing health care is incredibly beneficial in new york state. prices for individuals dropped more than 50% for a lot of people because of obama care. if that doesn't speak to the economy and how people are doing and how much more money they can have in their pockets, i'm not sure what else does. >> this is congressman mike lee and several other republicans talking about their willingness to shut down the president's health care proposal, willing to shut down the government. >> if republicans in both houses simply refuse to vote for any continuing resolution that contains further funding for further enforcement of obama

care, we can stop it. we can stop the individual mandate from going into effect. >> steve, does that compute? >> no. it clearly does not. i think that looking ahead there is going to be a budget fight. congressional republicans are now coming toward with this argument unless democrats agree to take health care away from tens of millions of people they will shut the government down. if democrats are lucky republicans will follow through on that. that is a losing message and put the house republican majority in jep jopardy in the 2014 midterm >> the republicans have a planning kit to take with them when they go back for the august recess. what is in the playbook? >> apparently, a lot of emphasis on vine. i think the republicans are under the impression they can win back the public six seconds at a time. also odd portion in which republicans intend to plant questions at public event because they are concerned that the public might ask questions

that they don't like. >> steve bennett, igor, daphne, a big thanks to all of you. find more at our website msnbc.com. here's a quick look at the stories topping the news right now. senior members of al qaeda were among the hundreds of people who escaped through a massive prison break from iraq's abu ghraib. the prison was made notorious a decade ago by photos showing the abuse of prisoners by u.s. soldiers. police in sanford, florida, have confirmed george zimmerman helped a family escape from an overturned car last week. it was the first known public sighting of zimmerman since his acquittal earlier this month in the shooting death of trayvon martin. more signs, more stars have signed on to stevie wonder's florida boycott. stevie wonder said he will not play in any state with a stand your ground law and reportedly now joining him is jay z and

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in less than an hour from nour mitchell obama will be the key note speaker on the last day of the national council on the roster in new orleans. her speech comes at a time when congress, of course, is in the middle of that heated immigration debate. while she is expected to steer clear of talking specifically about immigration reform during today's appearance, her push behind other controversial issues marks a bit after shift in her role as first lady. joining me now is maria and good

to see both of you. m maria, it's well documented how crucial the hispanic voting block has come in america. these are numbers from the census showing 55.5% of all u.s. growth attributable to the hispanic population in this country and make up 16.7% of population and make up 30% of the population in later years. how can the first lady key noting a speech before the nation's largest hispanic group? >> it's clearly saying it's no longer a side group but, if anything, the american latino has become mainstream and it's a group coveted and everybody wants to pay attention to. when we look at the latino

gron growth, it's fantastic. almost three degree of medical districts every two and a half years turning 18 and able to register to vote. >> reducing childhood obesity the first lady will talk about today. she has spent time focusing on her support for military families. the second term we have seen her taking on some controversial issues. she has talked about gun control a little bit as well. how has her role as first lady changed in the president's second term? >> i think she's much freer now to really focus on the issues she wants to focus on as well as focus on the future of the democratic party more broadly. in 2010, for instance, the midterms she was actually fairly hesitant to go out there and do campaign style events. she was out there, of course, in 2012 for her husband and now they are looking at building a legacy for the democratic party and in terms of what she would

do post white house in terms of the latino issues, i think she is often used let's move as a way to connect with urban communities and underserved communities. she will do that in louisiana. she did that last week. she went to chicago and she talked to students there about education. i think we will see much more of this. she is out there. she wants to keep jenning up support among that crucial obama coalition. young people, latinos and african-americans. >> you eluded to what she could do post-second term. do we have any ideas at this point? any time you suggest it, she might run for office. people are no, no. she won't run for office. >> i don't think she will. i've been in conversations with her. she's had round tables at the white house. she seems to not in any way be the type of person and she has said this herself to run for office. she really doesn't have patience, she said for the games that g on in politics. i find that hard to believe that

she would do that. i think she will go back to some of the things she did as a younger person, right out of law school, some the advocacy rook and mentoring she has done in the east wing already. that's my guess. >> maria teresa, they will talk about immigration today and on the periphery and not a conversation about comprehensive immigration reform and spent time talking about gun control. how carefully does she to tread when she talks about hot button issues like that? >> the latino community will look for her to embrace these issues because it's so important and relevant to them. also an opportunity for her to talk about the affordable care act. 15 million latinos uninsured and in order for this to work we need every single buy-in from every single american to play. you will hear her speak about that and making sure the leaders convening today in new orleans go back into their pockets in america to talk about this

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returning to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, pope francis arrived in brazil to a raucous welcome from the world's largest catholic country. despite a security nightmare on the streets of rio, pope francis displayed the kind of calm you'd expect from a man who spent his

life ministering the masses. francis is there to rally interest among young people. of the more than 120 million catholics in brazil, nearly 33 million are between the ages of 18 and 29. however, over the past four decades, there has been a significant decline in the number of brazilians who call themselves catholic. nbc's claudio lovongo. as many as a million people are expected to gather for world youth day, right? >> that's right, craig. obviously this million people where they did say that they wanted to welcome the pope, they want. ed to embrace the pope and nobody thought they meant literally. that's exactly what happened yesterday. they just rushed to that car. the problem was that the pope had the window lowered down and they could actually touch him, something that you haven't seen during the pontificate of

benedict xvi. it was difficult to see even with john paul ii. so it was a bit of a security nightmare, as you said. but the vatican last night tried to play down the actual risk that the pope faced there. they said that, yes, they admitted a mistake because the pope took a wrong turn and ended up getting clogged in traffic in a taxi and bus lane. that's where the problem happened. the car was surrounded by the crowd. but they said the only person that freaked out was the assistant of the pope. the pope enjoyed that warm welcome. well, in a way. you could see that literally that situation almost got out of control with security guards didn't know how to keep the people away. so they probably learned a lesson from that and probably the vatican and the pope didn't expect this kind of worm welcomwelcom welcome. today is an off day. the pope will be resting. he's 76 and he's. come out of a 12-hour trip so it

is an off day, even though this is an unpredictable pope. you never know, he may just come out and do something. this is not a guy who sticks to the schedule but he certainly has a very busy week ahead so he better take some rest when he can. >> claudio, big thanks to you from rio. that wraps it up for me. see you back she tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern. "now" with alex wagner is up next. the latest on royal baby watch 2013 live from buckingham balan palace. we'll discuss legislative sabotage and john boehner's zeal for repeal. plus, dr. zeke emanuel talks us through the white house's health carrollout and the gop's unending battle against the law of the land. and we'll ask sirius xm's evan cohen about ryan brown's

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what's going to be on the floor and what isn't going to be on the floor. that's what you're asking me to do. i can't do that. and i don't want it to do that. if i come out and say i'm for this and i'm for that, all i'm doing is making my job harder. >> that is kind of an interesting take on leadership though. in other words, you don't see yourself as someone who has an agenda. you're there to just sort of manage whatever your people want to do? is that -- i'm not sure i understand what you see as your role. >> bob schieffer is not alone. in a recent profile of the speaker that ran in "new york" magazine, "everyone on the hill has become a boehnerologist trying to divine what he thinks and what, by extension, he's going to do." but is boehner's mindset really that hard to discern? his goal seems clearly to do as little as possible. that much is obvious not just from the record of the 112th and early stages of the 113th congress, but also because the man himself second in line to the presidency has said so.