Kensington palace where william and kate currently live, released a short official confirmation saying that the duchess of cambridge had, indeed, been admitted to st. Marys hospital behind me in the early, and i repeat, early stages of labor. And that she had arrived by car which would indicate there was no immediate emergency. Since then, a palace spokesman unnamed said that all is proceeding normally. Again that was now 4 1 2 hours ago that she arrived. But its really, brian, unlikely, very unlikely that well have any official updates from the palace. They just dont do that kind of thing, until the actual birth of the future king or queen. Until we see a palace official hand carry out of that door a medical bulletin, what we call a birth certificate, the 2 1 2 miles by car, of course, and police escort, to buckingham palace. It will then be placed in the forecourt there on the very same easel that announced Prince Williams birth 30 years ago for all to see. Were not there yet. There could still be substantial waiting for the world and the journalists here before we really know if theres a birth and certainly before we know if its a boy or a girl. One thing that americans dont really understand is that even the name, potential name of the baby is a huge gambling thing in the uk in terms of odds and they call them punters over there. Just give us a sense of the favorites for names on each side. Youre right. Punting here or betting here is phenomenal. Like no place in the world. They bet on just about everything and everything and certainly the royal names for the future king or queen is at the top of the list. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been betted already. Now if its a boy, the favorites the favorites of the people, not necessarily the palace. But the favorites are george, james and philip which would be a long shot because Prince Philip is still alive. If its a girl, the top names have been alexandra, charlotte, elizabeth, for obvious reasons, and a sentimental favorite which is diana. Diana who gave birth to william and harry at this very hospital behind me. Back to you. Jim, i think its going to be a girl. Thats my prediction. By the way, nird line to the throne behind charles and william. Jim maceda, live for us in london. President obama set to launch a Major Campaign to refocus the nation on his vision for the economy. Hell do it later this week. The president is expected to get out ahead of several major fiscal battles that are coming up this fall including the debt ceiling and the budget. The tour begins wednesday at knox college in illinois. The site where he first laid out his Economic Vision as a senator in a commencement address in 2005. The speeches are expected to offer Broad Strokes but very few new proposals. They are expected to touch on health care, housing, college and the strengthening of the middle class which are familiar themes from his president ial campaign. When it comes to detroit when you crunch the numbers, its a dauntsing equation. The largest American City to enter bankruptcy is 18 billion in debt. Nearly onethird of it owed to Retiree Health care alone. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder who said in 2011 hed not let the city fall into bankruptcy now says there is no other choice. Do you think there is a federal bailout in detroits future . No. And i dont expect one. Ive said before, the state cannot bail out the city of detroit. And part of the context i would say that to you, its not just about putting more money in a situation. Its about Better Services to citizens. Again, its about accountable government. Detroit wants to spread the losses to both investors and those with pensions. An estimated 20,000 retirees who rely on the monthly income. That makes up 3. 5 billion of the citys debt burden. Since the city declared bankruptcy, a Circuit Court rejected the filing labelling it unconstitutional. Thats likely to delay what many consider the inevitable. Creditors are looking at the citys vaunted Art Collection as possible assets to liquidate. The Detroit Institute of arts is run by the city and has pieces from new and old masters alike including remigrant and van gogh. Experts ballpark the holdings at about 2 billion. In houston, dueling sets of protests show the fallout from the George Zimmerman trial is far from over. The city saw a massive deployment of police and at times confrontation but no real violence after houstonbased new black panther activist organized a march through the wealthy river oak suburb. However, those rallying to honor Trayvon Martin were met by a small but vocal group of zimmerman supporters who were determined to have their voices heard. Meanwhile, senator john mccain became one of the more prominent republican lawmakers to weigh in on the controversial stand your ground law. I can also see that stand your ground law may be something that needs to be reviewed by in arizona . By the Florida Legislature or any other legislature. Isnt this time for us to try to come together . Isnt it time for america to come together in light of what we several weeks of what is really exacerbating relations between elements of our society . Id rather have a message of coming together and discussing these issues rather than condemning. Police in east cleveland, ohio, have called off their search for more victims. Investigators believe they have their suspect in custody. Law enforcement and concerned Community Members spent the entire weekend scouring the city after three bodies were found wrapped in garbage bags. The ishs dedentities of the vic were not revealed but all three women were believed to have been killed in the past 6 to 10 days. Their remains discovered less than 200 yards apart. Michael madison, a registered sex offender, will appear in court. Hes expected to be charged in connection with the deaths of the three women. Its believed he was influenced by a local serial killer convicted of murdering 11 women in 2011. Six flags over texas continues to investigate the death of a woman killed on a roller coaster over the weekend near dallas. On her first ever visit to six flags, rosy esparza was riding the texas giant. Its the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world. It tops out at about 14 stories. According to witnesses, esparza was concerned her lap restraint was not working when she got on the ride and grew panicked as the ride departed. Family members told one witness disaster struck after the initial first bump. A 79degree dip. When it pulled up, the daughter and son of the lady that flew out of the car were hysterical and they were saying that their mother flew out of the car. There is no federal oversight of roller coasters and texas is one of 21 states that has no agency to oversee the investigation. As a result, six flags and the German Company that made the ride will conduct that investigation. Pope francis embarking on his first trip away from the scope of the trip is absolutely massive. Security will be provided by more than 20,000 police and army troops at its 18 public events. And the cost of the trip estimated at 150 million. Onethird of that subsidized by the host country. And it comes at a critical time in brazil. The largest catholic country in the world. 75 catholic in 2000. Today just twothirds of the country is catholic with the church losing members to the pentecostal movement. Another weekend, another Disappointing Box Office return for a big budget movie. What do i look like . These are your i. D. S. Some federal. A lot of utility. Whatever gets us access. Really . An old chinese guy . All right. It earned just 12. 7 million this week and just 130 million to make. For ryan reynolds, a double flop. The long line of expensive move toys tank this year including the lone ranger and white house down. Who was number one . Ive never heard of it but the conjuring took in more than 41 million. The scary movie always does it. Theyre always cheap to make. Cost 20 million to make so its florida the black. Despicable me beat out turbo for second and has grossed 276 million in the united states. You have got to have seen it over the weekend. Geraldo rivera posted that on twitter. I thought the half naked selfies got to go. It inspired another way too early caption contest. Tweet us your moanswers. Well put the best ones on the air at the end of the program. Still ahead, at one point in his career, some view Phil Mickelson as a choker. Five majors later and a legendary performance yesterday. Well hear from lefty after his incredibly clutch performance. And the man of steel getting a new crimefighting partner. The plan for superman to team up with another caped crusader. That story and a check on weather when way too early comes back. In started in oslo when one bomb tore through the Prime Ministers Office building blowing out windows and killing at least seven people. Later in what Police Believe was a related attack, a lone gunman opened fire at a summer camp for teens. In your busy day, the last thing you need is white marks. Secret outlast clear gel goes on clear with 48 hour odor protection. To outlast your day. Any day. Secret outlast clear gel. To gotta get that bacon y day. Bacon . bacooon smokey bacon, meaty bacon, tasty bacon bacon . Ohh la laa. I say, is that bacon . Oh good heavens bacon bacon who wants a beggin strip . . 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The yankees now seven games back. Just dont end up on the dl and get hurt there celebrating at home plate. The Team AnnouncedAlex Rodriguez will remain on the disabled list with a grade one quad strain. Arod slated to return to the team this week but the strain will keep him sidelined for an indefinite period of time. I dont think he plays again, like i said to bill karins. I said it on record a week ago. As frustrated sorry, bill. Arod on the brain. Its been frustrating for the yankees but thats nothing compared to the marlins. The marlins and brewers took a 00 game into the 13th before the brewers won it with a walkoff home run. Miami has gone a club record 37 innings without a run. Thats the longest for any team in 28 years since the Houston Astros did it in 1985. Ironically, houston and miami are the two worst teams in baseball. Thats a long time not to score a run. Not even a sac fly. Golf, Phil Mickelson posted a low score yesterday and that was a good thing. And Phil Mickelson with a sunday to remember at the open championship. He knows better than to jump after he wins now. Winning the british open for the first time. His fifth major victory. Many saying it was the best round of his life. I was getting ready for today, and i just thought, i need to bring my a game today. I just need to bring it. I need to show up and play some of my best golf. And i did. I played some of the best golf of my career. It feels amazing to have this championship. Tiger woods finished five strokes back in sixth place at 2 over. Its been more than five years since he last won a major. At the planning meeting it seemed like a pretty decent idea but for pr at a College SummerLeague Baseball game, take a look at the skydiver. He will basically just pl plow right into the starting shortstop. No one was seriously hurt. Word is they are going to maybe try bungee jumping so you may want to get your tickets. Thats just tough. Just when you thought you couldnt get any more ridiculous, check this one out. This is at a badminton tournament. This is a brawl. Turns out these two guys were teammates in the olympics. They are from china. They had a breakup. One player got the bad end of it. Apparently told his teammate he needed to retire from the sport to take care of his mother. That was their first meeting since their breakup. I wonder if theyll have a rematch. Never thought things get that intense at a badminton match. Badminton gets nasty. Its intense. Like badyard badminton at mikas house. Are you a badminton or horseshoe girl . More like shes got no mike but, anyway i went to one of mikas backyard parties. Ive not been invited to a mika backyard party. Theyre fun. As far as the forecast goes, pretty quiet out there. Well have some rain and showers and storms to deal with but nothing horrendous. This morning, all in areas of indiana heading through kentucky. Watch out around the nashville area through the heart of your morning rush hour. Heavy rain will be heading your way. Eventually moving to the east coast. With the clouds well finally keep the temperatures down. It was 92 again yesterday in d. C. Today we should only be about 88. Its a little humid out there. Not exactly refreshing after the heat wave from last week. The middle of the country, very hot. Texas near 100. 95 and all of the west remains very hot. Another cold front will track this week. It will cool down by the end of the week. 99 in boise, idaho. Hot. Thank you bill. Coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, the president makes his most extensive comments on race since taking office. The republican who was pretty impressed with obamas speech. Well huddle around the cooler. Beyonces fans go a little nuts. A new video is taking that excitement to a new extreme. My mother made the best toffee in the world. Its delicious. So now weve turned her toffee into a business. 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Their father charles was born in buckingham palace. A lot of factoids will come out in the next day or so. Time to hit the cooler. Its a match made in comic book heaven. Over the weekend, man of steel director zach snyder confirmed hed be directing a second installment of a superman film. When he revealed it would feature another superhero prominently. That was a gamechanger. Batman will be joined his caped companion in the film. Its not clear if Christopher Nolan will be involved in the project or if Christian Bale who is a great batman will be back to reprise his role. We do know the folks at comiccon may have had a few accidents in the pants in excitement over that one. Flashback friday on jimmy fallon as jesse and the rippers rocked out on late night. I got the hippie hippie shakes i got the shakes i got the hippie hippie shakes thats john stamos reprising his role as uncle jesse from the sitcom. We had him on morning joe recently. Thats got to be a wig. Bob saget was enjoying the tunes of his former costar but only stamos had the stylish mullet. I would guess getting a hug from beyonce would be pretty memorable. For one fan it may have been pretty dangerous. He went down. Down for the count. Supposedly hes okay, though. Beyonce currently in the middle of her mrs. Carter world tour. Not clear if shell continue to hug fans in the front row after one passed out. Theres a reason for rhino incest here. In an effort to save a species here, zookeepers in cincinnati are turning to yep, thats right. There are no more than 100 sumatra rhinos left on the planet and only two on this continent. Scientists plan to have 6yearold harapan mate with his sister. They prefer to avoid inbreeding to maximize genetic diversity as mika is staring me down. But the species is too close to extinction to wait for a better situation. I dont have a good segue so you can take it away. A lot of news this morning. There is a lot of news coming up on morning joe. You are looking at live pictures. Well get them up for you from st. Marys hospital in london where the duchess of cambridge is in the early stages of labor. The royal baby watch is on. Well get a live report. Also break down what the royal family means to the british economy and especially this moment in history. Also, more reaction to president obamas impromptu comments entree von maon trayvo martin. And were going to ask Eugene Robinson if he stands by his column explaining why president obama is the wrong person to discuss race. He joins us in just a moment. In and later, congressman steve cohen joins the set following the surprise revelation that a young woman he thought was his daughter, in fact, wasnt related to him at all and what happened after that. All that plus harold ford jr. , andrea mitchell, senator toomey, all much more