his name is tony appleton. he is a town crier.a town crier in the village of great baddow in the town of rumford and berry st. edmonds. but he is not the official town crier of london which is what i said. london's town crier, the guy who had the gig for 31 years, he died four years ago and as far as we can tell he has not been replaced. told we learned that our friend's well-heard announcement in front of st. mary's hospital yesterday was not performed in any official capacity even though it really looked official. the guy was not asked or summoned by the royal family or anybody from the palace. he just showed up on his own. he said, "i was not invited. i just crashed the party. i got out of my taxi and i stood in front of the steps because i didn't think i'd be allowed on them. and i did my bit. it was great. it was a great atmosphere. it's like the olympics." wait, how would he know about the atmosphere at the olympics? oh, well, look. here he was ringing in the london olympics. which he also did on his own. mr. appleton also s

. >> it turns out that the town crier is just a royal lover tony appleton who's available for mastersat wedd g weddings. hear ye. hear ye. mazel, mazel. let it be known from aaron cohen has gone from boy to man. let's get it started in here with the black eyed teas. >> i have a birthday coming up in october. maybe he'll come. come be the masters of er cere y ceremoni ceremonies. >>> let's head over to mika coming up on morning joe. >> the aftermath of that train crash, the death toll rises. >>> new insight into the hard landing in laguardia and why the landing gear failed on impact. in politics, anthony weiner drops in the poll as we learn more about how many women he was messaging and when. other politicians in the news for similar reasons. >>> finally republicans fight amongst themselves on obama care. marco rubio calls for a government shutdown. one of his colleagues says that's the dumbest idea i ever heard. all straight ahead on "morning joe." >>> still ahead on "way too early" -- a zonkey is born in italy. we asked what two animals would you breed together? the best to you in ju

silver's." ( laughter ) ( applause ) it turns out, the town crier is just a royal lover named tony appleton, who is available as a master of ceremonieses at weddings, birthdays, and bar mitzvahs. ( cheers and applause ) hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! mazel, mazel. let it be known that aaron cohen has gone from boy to man. ( laughter ) now let's get it started in here with yonkers premiere hip-hop cover band the black eyed peas. god save the whole meshpuka. ( cheers and applause ) ( bell ringing ) but here's the thing, folks, if this guy is not real, then i can't trust any of it. the whole royal family could be a scam! i mean, they don't do a damn thing. why should we care? in fact,un what, jimmy? i have a suspicion-- put up the photo of wiland kate and zoom in. ( laughter ) >> booyakasha. >> stephen: speaking of institutions that have outlived their usefulness-- detroit. >> now detroit has fallen on such hard times the city is filing for bankruptcy, becoming the largest u.s. city to do so >> move is unprecedented. the biggest municipal bankruptcy in american

not the case, tony appleton says he wasn't invited, he just crashed the party. the 76-year-old says he hopped out of a cab and allowed to make the announcement outside of the hospital. he said he made similar cries at 2012 olympics and to announce the royal wedding. >> he knew what he was doing. >> tonight a special edition of 2020. royal baby, heir to the throne. barbara walters will have details including a look at his inheritance and the privileged children that will be his play mates. >> now to news in the bay area, san francisco district attorney george gascone announced bicyclist who struck and killed a 71-year-old man last year agreed to plead guilty to felony vehicular man slaught year gascone says it's the first conviction of its kind in the country. vic lee has the story. >> i believe justice has been served. >> the district attorney said it was the right outcome. ' agreed to plead guilty. the two were in the crosswalk at castro and market last year when the bicyclist struck and killed the 71-year-old man. police said security video taken from the twin

. >> this is tony appleton. that was me when i left the show yesterday. was just running around new york city, hello! it's noon, and i'm drunk! so this guy's not sanctioned by buckingham palace. he's not sanctioned by the uk. >> no, he is not. he is just out there. he captured the attention -- >> who is the guy? >> he's the town crier. >> if that happened in new york city he was arrested had in two -- he would be arrested in two seconds. >> he made "nightly news." that guy was on everywhere. because the way they do it with the old-fashioned way, the piece of paper and the easel, it just doesn't have any punch. it is very subdued and beautiful, but yet nothing. >> so you get the town drunk to come out and ring some bells? >> the baby was 8 pounds 6 ounces. we don't know the name yet. >> the odds-on vegas favorite is james, i believe. if you're going to opine for answers, i don't know. >> i'm going with michael. >> michael? that's the least royal name of all time. i'm going with it is definitely not going to be mike. he's the heir to the throne, his name is

tony appleton, 72 years old, decided to show up and read -- the birth announcement. >> that's cool. >he's world famous. isn't that cool. >> that wasn't official? >> i bought it. >> i thought that was i. okay. i am going to something serious. sequestration, the parade of horribles that was supposed to happen and they didn't. however, there is very serious consequences and that includes civilian employees of the defense department, starting soon eye think next week -- they have to take one day off a week, to get a 20% cut in pay. these are d.o.d. civilians. a lot of them married to one another. so if you have two people working and get a 20% cut in pay, something needs to be done. congressman forbes and congressman rob wittman, take a look at those two and try to support them to get the back pay for the furloughed workers. >> i have to go very quickly. last night, went to d.c. and hung out with very important people last night and this morning. here's senator cruz, senator wilson from kansas. >> what are they doing? >> they're really -- that's paul ryan. that's i pat leahy -- >> and you

. >> in an interview tony appleton said he showed up after getting a tip kate was in labor.oyal family announced for his exuberance he will be beheaded. discuss in the -- >> lightning roooooooouuuuunnnnnnnd. lightning round. >> imogen, some say you are british. >> apparently this week. >> what kind of lax security detail are they running over there that this imposter could do such a thing? >> i am really, really cross with the british actually and the british newspapers for laughing at the american anchors. the british security did let this guy through. and for a month americans have been being basically really nice about british people. my silly island nation lost the em and americans -- empire and americans are being lovely. all my stupid counterparts can just laugh at americans when brits were taken in by all of this. i am annoyed. i really am. >> were you surprised on how the media was taken in? >> she is attractive when she is angry. i just want to say that. >> she is actually not bad when she is not angry. >> well, we will get taken. he came out in the regalia. i bough

tony appleton, 72 years old, decided to show up. >> that was cool, man. >> oh, my god, he's world famousthat wasn't official. >> i thought it was. >> i did too. >> something a little serious. remember sequestration and parade of horribles supposed to happen, none of those things happened. however, there's some serious consequences, that includes civilian employees of the defense department, starting soon, i think next week, have to take one day off a week, so they get a 20% cut in day, dod civilians that work hard, a lot married to one another. if you have two people working, you get 20% cut in pay, something needs to be done. there's two congressmen, congressman forbes and rob wittman. try to support them, get back pay for furloughed workers. >> quickly last night, went to d.c., hung out with important people last night and this morning. senator cruz there. senator wilson from florida. steve king and louie gohmert. paul ryan, pat leahy. >> you made the rounds. >> something consistent with every one of those, you were in it. >> all right. go to the facebook page. "special report" is up n

drop for the town cryer when announcing the birth of the royal baby on monday the royal cryer, tony appletoned to deliver the big news. regardless he was a big hit with royal watchers around the world. i love the use of benny hill music when we talk about anything publish. >> you know what the best thing about that baby is that kid has the best teeth he'll ever have right now. >> stay tuned. what do you drive? i drive a ford fusion. who is healthier you or your car? i would say my car. probably the car. cause as you get older you start breaking down. i love my car. i want to take care of it. i have a bad wheel - i must say. my car is running quite well. keep your car healthy with the works. $29.95 or less after $10 mail-in rebate at your participating ford dealer. so you gotta take care of yourself? yes you do. you gotta take care of your baby? oh yeah! ♪ "first day of my life" by bright eyes ♪ you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. >> who won the street fight? it was a tie. >> that's like kissing your sister. >> final trade time. >> i'm shor

tony appleton is charming. he is a town crier. he has the routine down. he is not the official london town crier. i apologize for the error. but it gave me an excuse to do this. that does it for us tonight. "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell starts now. have a great night. >>> today monica lewinsky turned 40 and anthony weiner turned red. again. >> it's tuesday july 23rd. >> it's tuesday july 23rd. >> there was a lot to talk about. ♪ >> mitch mcconnell failed in his goals. >> he tried to make love to the fey party and they didn't like it. >> pope francis arrived in brazil to a raucous welcome. >> this is not a guy that sticks to the schedule. >> it's not unusual for baseball players to get hit by a stray pitch. but how about this one? >> weiner. again. >> some of these things happened before. some of them happen after. >> he's streaking digitally down the street to us. >> i've been asking new yorkers to also give me another chance. >> why would you want to sext pictures of your naked self around the country? >> this is becoming ridiculous. >> there i

his name is tony appleton.rival of the royal baby. he told yahoo he simply crashed the party. showed up at the hospital. didn't expect to be allowed on the front steps but he was. his advice for william and kate, have more kids. i'm waiting for the next one to do it again. >> he's just a guy and all the press turned their cameras on him. >> nbc special report natalie was like looking over like who is he. >> he was right in front of the door but when we were in london for the olympics i felt like every other corner had a town crier. >> a big growth industry. >> all right and that is what is trending today. >> still ahead on the 8:00 block, a morning show first. a woman hearing impaired since birth is here to turn on her cochlear implant for the first time. >> but first, tamron has a look at how the world is reacting to, yes, the royal baby. >> come on. all right. it's the news. admit it. but everyone is talking and tweeting about from fellow parents to late night talk show hosts. >> it was a memorable day for ma

town crier tony appleton. for my money, you're the best town crier i've ever heard.ou could pull this off? >> i've been planning this for two weeks. two weeks like a military operation. i watched people sitting out this for four weeks. i said there is no way the town crier is going to do that. i got myself suited up and booked into a hotel in london and then i had a little tipoff the baby was born. so then i got in a cab. i said to the driver take me to the hospital where the new prince has been born. they took me like i was an official. i got out the car. everybody clapped and i kept announcing. nobody said a word. >>gretchen: were you in front of the hospital? >> i was on the pavement originally. then i was told to get on the steps. >>steve: and absolutely no repercussions, right? even though you were not invited to be the town crier and you became the official town crier, no repercussions from the palace? >> i think they might send me to the tower. >>steve: where they used to chop people's heads off. >>brian: what is your background? you are a town crier, just not

tony appleton. he has been the royal town cryer in the past.hat should i say. he thought i'd stand on the steps 'cause he didn't think he'd get any further and he read it and his picture all around the world. people think, yeah, he was invited by the royal family. nope. he crashed the party. >> brian: by the way, we never booked our town cryer. >> gretchen: no. >> brian: he just showed up and he was wearing that. we keep going to him. what are the odds? >> gretchen: all right. so the queen visited the baby apparently this morning over in london. >> brian: why? >> gretchen: because she's the great grandmother. >> brian: oh,. >> gretchen: i think it was in our news by the numbers that the first time that a great grandmother in royalty has visited the heir in 120 years. >> brian: so let's talk about the odds of what the baby is going to be named because no one can come up with anything. evidently the parents are at at loss. george, two to one. henry 12 to one. arthur is 12 to one and albert is 14 to one. so if they're watching now, will and kate,