the beckhams want to sell their big english estate. a 24-acre estate called eckingham palace. clever name. $28 million. wow. they are in los angeles right now. there it is. they bought it for only $4 million back in 1999. so, wow, that s amazing. they d make seven times the amount of their investment. they did do a lot of improvements. put down marble floors and gardens. a few tennis courts there. is that because they want to spend more time in l.a.? having such a good time in l.a. the kids seem to be so happy with l.a. they are turning into yanks. those brits are turning into americans. they are saying l.a. is pretty tempting. the brits do love l.a. a whole group of british ex-pats. they ll sell the place and then be homesick. coming up, something you d never expect the queen of england to do, speaking of england. no kidding. she crashed a wedding. a wedding crasher. surprising that bride and groom. you re watching world news now. we ll be right back. [ female anno
welcome back to morning joe. just after 6:30 on the east coast, where we are today. time for a look at some of the top stories. i love l.a., but that time zone i love l.a., chicago, but i tell you, there is something soothing about being able to wake up at 4:30 in the morning instead of 1:15 a.m. and how about that we re excited at 6:30. can we say hi. one of the most stunning things on mika s book tour. can we say hi to all of the people on the west coast who seriously wake up at 3:00 a.m. and watch this show and refuse to tivo it? no. listen. i got to say, when we went to the barnes & noble at the grove. we seriously thought 15, 20 people would be there. we thought this was an east coast phenomenon. everyone on the east coast loves us. one lady was i love your show.