what is labour's policy on royal mail? it is determined by the communication workers union. what is its policy on health? it is determined by unison. what is its policy on party funding? it is determined by unite. it is no wonder that that the right honorable gentleman thinks like buddha: he wants to be reincarnated and come back as a proper leader. dr julian huppert: three quarters of a million british people suffer from heart failure, a condition -- mr. speaker: order. however long it takes, the question will be heard. dr huppert: thank you very much, mr. speaker. three quarters of a million british people suffer from heart failure, a condition that uses 1 million hospital beds every year. recent research funded by the british heart foundation has found that even low levels of air pollution can significantly increase the risk. will the prime minister commit to meeting european standards on air quality? if implemented, such a commitment could increase life expectancy by up to eight months. the prime minister: my honorable friend makes an important point about air quality. w

what is labour's policy on royal mail? it is determined by the communication workers union. what is its policy on health? it is determined by unison. what is its policy on party funding? it is determined by unite. it is no wonder that that the right honorable gentleman thinks like buddha: he wants to be reincarnated and come back as a proper leader. >> three quarters of a million british people suffer from heart failure, a condition -- >> order. however long it takes, the question will be heard. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. three quarters of a million british people suffer from heart failure, a condition that uses 1 million hospital beds every year. recent research funded by the british heart foundation has found that even low levels of air pollution can significantly increase the risk. will the prime minister commit to meeting european standards on air quality? if implemented, such a commitment could increase life expectancy by up to eight months. >> my honorable friend makes an important point about air quality. we have seen real improvements in recent years, and t

today the government is setting up plans to modernize the royal mail. and to allow hard-working -- >> order. this is exceptionally discourteous. with question one. the honorable gentleman asked the question and that question and the answer to it will be heard. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today, the government is setting up plans to modernize the royal mail, and to allow hard-working men and women to own 10% of the shares. could the prime minister tell us what support is expecting to see for this measure? >> i thank the honorable friend force question. i think it will be widespread support around the country to modernize this great public service, to get new capital into the service, and to make sure that 10% of the shares will go to the people to work for the royal mail. what is remarkable is it was proposed by the labour party when they were in government, but, of course, because the trade union is now opposing it they have to oppose, too. fresh evidence today they are still in the pockets of the trade union. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, let me first join

mail and the post office will no longer be for scotland should they choose independence nor will the two hundred or so public bodies that deal with bureaucratic procedures such as issuing driving licenses managing roads and even broadcasting such as the b.b.c. if all that hasn't put off for any of those considering voting yes in the referendum next year well a recent think tank report has cautioned that an independent scottish army would struggle to defend itself and what about money well the scots say they'd like to keep the pound something the u.k. chancellor george osborne has been quick to dismiss so if the scots choose independence it could be no pound no easy you know army high phone bills and not even any royal mail to use as an alternative they're a piece of cautions have led to accusations that the anti independence campaign is engaging in scurrilous scaremongering what we're getting now is the kind of fear factor managing you can't be part of a single currency union a sterling union if you have independent you can't have this you can't have got no these are big. substantial

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london says it's postal service, the royal mail, will be privatized. the institution has been in public hands since it was established half a millennia ago. >> they hope selling a majority stake will help them continue with the shift to parcel delivery as the demand for traditional letter delivery continues to decrease. 10% of the shares will be given to postal workers. the company could be valued at up to 3.5 billion euros. >> a u.s. court is, in a manner of speaking, throwing the book at electronics giant apple. the maker of the ipad has been found guilty of conspiring sing -- conspiring to illegally inflate the price of e-books on the american market. there is compelling evidence for that conspiracy according to the court that apple worked with major publishers to fix the price and eliminate competition. the publishers involved have already opted to settle the matter out of court and a new trial will decide the level of damages apple must pay. the company says they will appeal the ruling. one of the most beautiful landmarks of the parisian skyline h

london says it's postal service, the royal mail, will be privatized. the institution has been in public hands since it was established half a millennia ago. >> they hope selling a majority stake will help them continue with the shift to parcel delivery as the demand for traditional letter delivery continues to decrease. 10% of the shares will be given to postal workers. the company could be valued at up to 3.5 billion euros. >> a u.s. court is, in a manner of speaking, throwing the book at electronics giant apple. the maker of the ipad has been found guilty of conspiring sing -- conspiring to illegally inflate the price of e-books on the american market. there is compelling evidence for that conspiracy according to the court that apple worked with major publishers to fix the price and eliminate competition. the publishers involved have already opted to settle the matter out of court and a new trial will decide the level of damages apple must pay. the company says they will appeal the ruling. one of the most beautiful landmarks of the parisian skyline h

royal mail end the monopoly six years ago. there is no reason why that the government should be running a business. >> but there are people by choice or necessity who have to live or want to live in certain areas that would be completely unprofitable for any private organization to service mail to should they be left out in the cold probably literally. >> do you think amazon does not deliver passages to their house? are they left out of the cold of the other delivery systems? >> amazon will deliver if it's a profitable transaction only. if it's a moneney loser, i doub they would. >> show me where in the united states amazon doesn't send to. the postal service should are the opportunity fto decide whether they want to keep a physical location or not. they don't have that ability. congress has to micro manage this because everybody has a rural post office that they want to keep up in their district. that is not a way to run a business he is essentially a nonessential business of sending mail. >> this is a difficult position for

and luis is to reference the royal an sest yoerz. the daily mail is reporting none of the three names were intended to be symbolic. instead, the couple simply liked the names. let's go to business. wall street, looking to rally a little bit after the dow and s&p 500 went down. nasdaq got a boost from apple. let's go to geoff cutmore. facebook was up huge in after hours, right? >> absolutely. we got a near 20% jump in the shares. teenagers are not desserting facebook. he need not worry. the market bought into the idea that mobile app revenue is moving the needle. if you bought this at ipo, you're 16% offside even after the rally in the shares here. moving you along, another fascinating story is big soda finally losing the appeal for american consumers here. a couple interesting numbers. dr pepper snapple, 4% in sales volume dropped. pepsico, 3.5% decline in sales. makes you wond fert fier if the drinks are no longer hitting home with consumers like they did before. we'll have to see if there is a trend developing. >> interesting also.

as modern day royals, they will use modern day technology, sending an e-mail to announce the birth of kate and william's child. one thing the announcement will likely not include is the baby's name. it is not uncommon for royals to take their time naming their babies, yet queen elizabeth and her husband philip waited a month in the case of naming prince charles. >> kyra, thanks. lets talk about the name. once the baby is born, the world will definitely want to know what the young prince or princess will be eventually. >> as many as 50,000 bets placed in the first few hours after the duchess went into labor this morning. >> if it's a girl, the top three names are alexandra, charlotte, and elizabeth. >> if the royal baby is a boy, george, james, or henry. >> if people also want to know who the godparents of the young royal might be, the couple siblings, prince harry and pippa middleton are the front-runners. royal experts say following in the british royal tradition, this baby will have semple godparents in and out of the royal circle. >> stay with abc news for continuing coverage on th

for some answers, joining me now, katie nichol, she's also royal correspondent for the mail on sunday and author of "william and harry behind the palace walls." first of all, katie, thank you so much for staying up. it's after 2:00 in the morning there. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> the first question go goes to the significance of this event. william with the marriage and now the baby has done so much to restore luster and bring attention back to the royalty. what do you think this will mean going-forward in terms of how much focus will be on this new family? >> well, i think longevity and stability and continuity. those are the words that spring to mind for me, i think that's what makes our british family, royal family so unique, and this is a continuation of what victoria was saying in her report, i thought she was right. there's no question of the queen abdicating, it's not going to happen. she will be looking at her family. at her dynasty. this little boy, this little prince, hrh is a continuation of that. he's the one that will lead us into the 22nd century. >> you got to

for some answers, joining me now, katie nichol, she's also royal correspondent for the mail on sunday and author of "william and harry behind the palace walls." first of all, katie, thank you so much for staying up. it's after 2:00 in the morning there. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> the first question go goes to the significance of this event. will kbram with the marriage and now the baby has done so much to restore luster and bring attention back to the royalty. what do you think this will mean going-forward in terms of how much focus will be on this new family? >> well, i think longevity and stability and continuity. those are the words that spring to mind for me, i think that's what makes our british family, royal family so unique, and this is a continuation of what victoria was saying in her report, i thought she was right. there's no question of the queen abdicating, it's not going to happen. she will be looking at her family. this little boy, this little prince, hrh is a continuation of that. he's the one that will lead us into the 22nd century. >> you got to watch as wil

so here he is, cover of the daily mail, baby's first royal wave with a patented royal wave. this is how the world met him yesterday. we're told today queen elizabeth the 2nd has met him as well as prince what arery. we're told the couple have left kensington palace. >> well, he's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure. >> reporter: britain is still beaming over the latest member of the royal family. the duke and duchess of cambridge presented their son to the world amid a crowd of reporters, photographers, and well wishers. prince william joked his new son thankfully had his mother's looks and said he had already tried his hand at one of the trickier dutyies of fatherhood. prince charles gave his seal of approval after visiting his first grandchild before the couple left the hospital. caroline michael middleton agreed, calling the new prince absolutely beautiful. >> we're so thrilled. >> reporter: the question on everybody's mind, what about the moniker for the future monarch. >> we're still working on a name. we'll have that as soon as we can. >> they're still wor

the palace will send out an e-mail minesing the royal baby's birth. announcement will include the baby's sex, weight but not the name. speaking of the name, there are major bets being placed on what the royal baby will be named if it is a girl, the top three names are alexandra, charlotte, and elizabeth. apparently people are wagering a lot of money for these names. if it is a boy, george, james and henry. >> the royal family are not like politicians. they serve for life. this little baby is looking forward -- will have to live up to a life of extraordinary duty along with any privilege it may enjoy. >> there is already talk about who the baby's god parents will be. the couple's siblings, prince harry and pipa are said to be front-runners. royal experts say following in the british royal tradition, this baby will have several god parents in and out of the royal circle. william has six godparents ranging from a former king of greece, two close friends of his mother. the royal baby will hopscotch over uncle prince harry as the heir to the throne. so i s

that is the daily mail with their commemorative issue of the royal baby and about 20 pages of wall-to-wall coverage. in the end, they ask if the bbc was over-the-top, which, which is a bit rich. the bbc answered that on the complete section of the website. they said monday was the biggest day ever for their website. from their point of view, there was interest in the story so they were covering it. they also covered other stories. i think it was seven or eight minutes after the 1 p.m. news they were interviewing a kate middleton look-alike and asking some very serious questions. the coverage did get a little bit crazy. >> i was going to say, because i had a sense during the week that the americans were just as gung ho, if more so. did yove sense of that as well, that the american coverage was just as intense on this story? >> weight, there was a baby born? i must have missed it. as a print journalist, i am really thrilled that millions more papers and magazines were sold this week because of a baby, but yes, the americans are completely got over this baby. -- gaga over this baby. i am as m

the palace press office is going to send e-mails to all the royal reporters at the same time that an easel is going to be put up in the forecourt of buckingham palace which is nice little nod to tradition when they used could stick a board on the railing of buckingham palace to make the announcement, and then following that, twitter and facebook and all the social media, but that's how it's going to be announced, and when prince charles was born on april 14, 1948, they sent out a teletype to the bbc, and he was born at 9:14 in the inning and it wasn't until after 10:00 that the bbc announcer made that known. >> a lot of new technology. we've really come a long way. let's talk for a moment about the fact that many people are speculating and saying now that she is overdue. that her due date is passed and at any momentum -- any moment we could seebe seeing a delivery. >> i think it's an incredibly public event, and kate and william are very, very private people. so, few firm details have actually come out of their office about things like due dates. so the first due date was speculated

bucking tradition, the royal couple released the announcement of their baby boy via e-mail, and then to the pomp and circumstance, the announcement was hand carried from the delivery room and driven through london to buckingham palace. posted at the gates with the news that mother and baby were well. the announcement was placed on the same easel that brought news of william's birth, the last time a royal heir has been so eagerly awaited. the royal family spent much of the day anxiously awaiting across england. prince charles uncharacteristically beaming on an official visit to yorkshire today. he was greeted by well wishers but was in the dark with little information he could share about the exciting news. >> i'm very grateful indeed for the perfectly kind wishes about my rather slowly approaching grandfatherhood. >> reporter: following the arrival of his first grandchild, charles said he was overjoyed. the queen made her way back to buckingham palace from her weekend at windsor later saying she was delighted with the news. uncle harry waited for the news at his air force base. this

the daily mail reporting the last royals to hold the title was king george iii's grandchildren. duchess kate expected to give birth at st. mary's hospital, the same police princess diana gave birth to william. a big story, gambling over there on everything from the name to the date. >> 5:21 right now. the new and improved twinkie. we'll tell you what will be different when the snack food is returning to store shelves this week. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> welcome back everyone. a live look outside overlooking the south bay. the sun coming up over the bay area making way for a nice summer day. we'll have a look at your forecast in just a bit. 5:23 right now. the second annual course of the force starts at george lucas's skywalker ranch. the eight-day star wars themed

we got that from the palace by e-mail. we eventually saw the royal announcement, the official piece of paper leaving the hospital a short time after that. but it announced that princess kate, the duchess of cambridge, had her son at 4:24 this afternoon. so four hours prior. kind of an interesting delay in the announcement, although a member of the government i talked to thought that that wasn't surprising. this couple throughout their relationship, their engagement and marriage have done things their own way. so that may have been their decision to wait a little while. so we learn that the baby was 8 pounds, 6 ounces. the mother and baby are doing well, and that kate, william, and the child will stay here overnight in the hospital. still no word on the name, though. we're waiting to hear from that. and right now you can almost hear champagne corks popping all over england. although i actually haven't heard any here among the press. that's probably a good thing at this point. i just talked to a member of the house of lords

katie nickel is at the palace and serves as the royal correspondent for british newspaper "the mail" on sunday. so, what really impressed me is that prince william took kate to the hospital with not much fan fare and no guards around them. just a normal couple going to the hospital to have a baby. >> it was as you say, carol. around the back, of course, as max just pointed out, so many media. outside the lindo wing and this couple who are so elusive when they want to be managed to fool us all. they were in very quickly. one brief picture but you don't acatually get to see the couple at all. they were driven in and now nearly eight hours of labor. so, it really could be any moment now. i'm here at buckingham palace where the official notice of birth will be posted. we understand the queen is possibly on her way back here. i mean, the whole family, the queen, prince charles and camilla and, of course, the middletons will be awaiting this announcement just as eagerly and the rest of us here. >> will the queen get the first word or the parents of prince william and kate? >> well, royal p

bucking tradition the royal couple released the announcement of their baby boy via e-mail. then to the pomp and circumstance. the announcement was hand carried from the delivery room driven through london to buckingham palace. posted at the gates with the news that mother and baby are doing well. the announcement was placed on the same easel that brought news of william's birth, the last time a royal heir has been so eagerly awaited. prince charles uncharacteristically beaming on an official visit to yorkshire. greeted by well-wishers but in the dark with little information he could share about the exciting news. >> i am very grateful indeed to have the kind wishes of the rather slowly approaching grandfatherhood. >> reporter: following the arrival of his first grandchild, charles said "he was overjoyed." the queen made her way back to buckingham palace from her weekend at windsor saying she is "delighted with the news." uncle harry waited for the news at his air force base. this moment long awaited since the fairy tale wedding between prince william and kate two years ago.

can i show you the daily mail cover is babies first wave. another royal wave. i've cracked at mum in the daily mirror and my favorite in "the sun", "the fresh prince" but the fresh prince is up here in buckleberry. it was nice to get up and personal of the young child who was king but probably not until after i'm long gone. >> those are great shots, by the way. you were really close. what is the buzz about the debut of the baby and the name and all that? >> well, i was out in london before i came here today asking people about the name. it's amazing. you know, i run into a group of guys and they are telling me how that is all they are talking about at the office what will the name be. the betting is going very strong. i think that there are a lot of places here that take bets. patty power land brokes hope they don't name the baby quickly because the money just keeps coming in. it's been flipping around. it was george. now i think it's james. yes, it's what is the number one name now? they just said this a new list. what is it? oh, it's gone back to george now.

katie nickel, royal correspondent for the british newspaper the mail of sunday. katie, great to see you. last time i saw you we were talking about what if, could be, as we were leading up to that special that just aired this week about the royal baby. now we know that it is happening and it's coming very soon. what's happening the latest where you are? >> reporter: well, you can probably see behind me, the crowds have gathered. i got here very early this morning. there was a buzz of excitement. looking behind me now, they've really grown. i think there's just a feeling of anticipation, really looking forward to this baby being born. of course, much speculation about the sex. i don't know if you know, but about 100 million, lots and lots of people, have put bets on the sex of this baby. a lot of people have lost money because we expected the delivery to be last week. so norma more betting. it's really just a waiting game. >> seems it's been a waiting game ever since william and kate walked down the aisle together. right after their wedding you and i discussed, we

do you have a suggestion for the royal baby name? e-mail us. right now james and george are the two leaders. but we bet you've got a better suggestion. >> brian: who in your family interrupts a lot? write us. because right now our favorite interrupter is -- >> steve: out on the streets. >> gretchen: a fire off the coast of louisiana. coast guard has been out overnight trying to put out the flames. having trouble trying to contain this fire. comes hours after nearly 50 employees had to be evacuated because the well blew out. no injuries reported. >>> happening today, aaron hernandez back in court. even more trouble looming for him. prosecutors are reportedly presenting evidence to a grand jury for a 2012 double homicide as well, also in boston. police believe hernandez was with the victims the night of the murders at a club. an suv connected to the case was recently taken from the home of hernandez' uncle. the hearing is a probable cause hearing in the murder of odin lloyd. there is usually a probable cause ruling before the grand jury issues an

so i think they put it past the queen and got thinking and by the end of the day we got it in an e-mail. that's really the sort of conclusion to this whole royal baby story. >> as you say, today's announcement was relatively quick in royal standards. it took charles and diana a week to come up with the name william, right? >> it did. but also, they were very quick on harry, so there is a difference there. and also, i think this is linked in, wolf, to a statement i got a bit earlier, some words of guidance from the palace that this is now their private time. they want to spend time with their son and they have gone to bucklebury to the home. i think there is a message they think this is over. they gave that to the world media yesterday. we saw those extraordinary scenes but want to be on their own. they want the media to stay away and coming out with the name at this point, there is less to speculate from here. >> that's a good point. we learned prince harry and aunt pippa should we call her, also visited the new baby today. how did that go? >> we haven't got much information on that and

we're awaiting the announcement of that royal child. we'll keep you posted. it's 4:44. >>> new reports of a hack at apple. apple sent an e-mail to software developers telling them an intruder tried to steal some of their personal information including names and addresses on thursday. apple is reportedly overhauling its developer systems updating software, rebuilding its database to prevent future attacks. it's not clear if any information was accessed. there are nearly 300,000 developers registered with apple. >>> a new study finds toppling tvs send a child to the emergency room every 30 minutes. according to researchers at national children's hospital more than 17,000 children land in the er each year for a tv-related injury. this supp 125% in the past 20 years. experts say flat screens should always be mounted to the wall securely by a professional. all other tvs should be tethered with safety anchors. >>> we're getting new dels about apple's plans for a new iphone, plus a new survey this morning is giving us positive news on the jobs front. mary thompson i

. >> "the daily mail" "baby's first royal wave" when his hand reached up above the blan key. that is an extreme close-up for that poor child. we love the onion in the states but here in the uk private eye. "woman has baby." >> that's the best one. >> inside, "some other stuff" to keep people reading. >> there's a lot of people enthralled by the fairytale playing out. >> i love new babies. >> i promise you, everybody i meet here you've got all different opinions with the people i've come across, a lot of people said i got to go to work and others say this is a great moment, it's nice to celebrate something fun, we can go back to the bad news and whatever we're fighting about tomorrow so we have a little bit of that. we have lots more coming up here from london, we'll have much more on the royal baby's first day home and the visit from great grandmother, the queen. very brief visit, actually, chris. >> that's what happens, the baby starts crying, grandma's got to go. i've lived that. i've lived that. >>> back here on this side of the pond, anthony weiner caught up in yet anothe

a break from tradition, sending word of the birth in an e-mail. not so modern, they posted the announcement on that gilded easeas easel thing and then there was this guy. modern, no nanny. modern? an encrypted phone. not so modern, that call was to tell his grandma that he did his duty and produced an heir. modern, those 41 and 62 gun salutes but at least they weren't cross bows or slingshots. that's fairly modernish. modern, the duke of cambridge will take two weeks maternity leave. not so modern, i just called him the duke of cambridge. >> william and kate are expected to be more hands-on parents it and past royals. instead of a nanny, they've reportedly helped a housekeeper to help around the palace. so much for mary poppins. coming up in the money lead, there is no better way to celebrate a child's entry into this world than betting everything on everything surrounding his birth, from his name to when the whole thing will be announced. what's leading the pack of possibilities? we'll tell you that next. la's known definitely for its traffic, co

as modern day royals for the first time ever the palace will use modern technology sending an e-mail to announce the birth of kate and william's child. coming up at 6:30, i will have information on who could be the baby's god parents. exciting news continues. >> i don't think we are in the running. >> i don't think so. saw your name on the list but the way down on the list thank you very much. we mistakenly referred to kate as the duchess of york. she is obviously the duchess of cambridge. stay with abc 7 muss for the latest the royal baby watch. live updates for you throughout the day. you can get instant updates by following us on twitter. >> 5:33. it is still the fog we have out there this morning. >> indeed it is. let's find out where it is. >> anticipation, the birth of a thunderstorm or two. yeah. we get a little excited about that. i can tell you you are, too. thanks. let's take a look at the visibility wrought side. we have low clouds out there. they are down around 700 feet. maybe a little lower in some instances. around san francisco, top buildings hard to see. we will keep

and then secondly, an e-mail from matthew in royal oak: "students are not asking for a bailout like the one that wall street got." let me say that again. "students are not asking for a bailout like the one that wall street got, just an opportunity to obtain an affordable education so we can compete in the global economy." ms. stabenow: that's what this vote is about tomorrow. the keep student loans affordable act simply says we're going to tackle this very serious issue for families across the country in two steps. keep the interest rate low -- keep it where it is for a year -- and then make a commitment to work together to fix the larger issue of the costs of college going forward. i don't think there is a more important issue for the future, for maintaining or recreating a middle class in this country than making sure we can allow everyone to wants to go on to college and get the skills they need to be successful in tackling and meeting their dreams than to make sure that this is affordable, that college is affordable. and a big piece of that is what will be the interest rate on the l

. >>> the royal baby wait continues. no one knows exactly when, we do know what will happen when the duchess of came britain goes into labor. ke kensington palace will announce without warning via e-mail. >> hundreds of years ago it was the courtiers waiting outside the birthing chamber. you've got the media fulfilling that role, crowded outside st. mary's hospital. >> once the baby comes, the queen and other senior royals, duchess' family and prime minister must be informed before a public announcement is made. a signed medical bulletin announcing birth will be driven through streets of london under careful watch from the hospital to buckingham palace. the bulletin placed on the same easel used to announce prince william's birth 31 years ago. celebratory shots fired from the tower of london. >> you can be sure, we'll, covering it ul. >> that's not what happened when i was born. >> right, nor i. 4:51. coming up, late night with jimmy fall fallon takes on pros and cons of being a major league all-star. >> feels good to be

others were toasting the happy royal couple. and you have to look at the newspapers this morning to capture the mood here, to capture the mood of the nation. front page headlines, i may add. "the daily mail," has oh, boy. one's a grandpa. one of my favorites, "the sun," the newspaper has changed its name to s-o-n. and "the daily mirror" goes with "our little prince." this morning, a nation waits for its first glimpse of the future king. all eyes, again, watching the doors of st. mary's hospital, where the new family could emerge at any time. the arrival of the prince of cambridge heralded around the world. london landmarks proclaim the news. famous mountains turned blue, as did niagara falls. landers celebrating as only they can. >> and make a toast to the new prince. >> we've been celebrating all evening. so, we've been out having champagne. >> reporter: new dad, prince william, now on a two-week paternity leave. he released a statement saying, quote, we couldn't be happier. >> it is an important moment in the life of our natio

we do the royal announcement told me that everything was okay. i felt that the fact that they were planning how they would make the announcement definitely gave as you a sense that things were okay and they were ready to say something, and that it would come shortly. and then in very quick succession we got the news. it is exciting it is a boy and a surprise. everybody did think this baby was going to be a girl. as amy was saying or imogen was saying kate said she hoped for a boy, and she got her wish. now it remains to be seen what the name is. i don't think it will take a week to announce the name. they have had time, and there has been a wait, i think we may learn the name sooner rather than later. and the betting is on george. we will see if that's the case. there is tons of betting going on and that's the top name on the list. we'll see if they are right, trace. >> and you know more about this than i do, martha. i heard you talking with bill about if you look back at the history and of course we all recently learned a lot more about the roya

announcement that kate, the duchess of cambridge, had given birth to a healthy baby boy, came via e-mail. with all the pomp and formalities coming shortly thereafter. and abc's lama hasan was there. >> reporter: the waiting is over. it's a boy. a future king. eight pounds and six ounces. that's britain's 43rd sovereign. a nation rejoices. >> it's a boy. >> reporter: as soon as the announcement was made, people rushed here by the hundreds, and you can hear them cheering. and this is what we've been hearing earlier today. now, the easel has been placed on the forecourt of buckingham palace, and everywhere i turn it's either tears or people are singing "god save the queen." others are singing "happy birthday." everyone here is ecstatic, carrying either a glass of champagne or holding their cell phones high to capture this momentous occasion. famous london landmarks proclaim the news. fountains turn blue. the new father let it be known that "we could not be happier." and the prime minister spoke for the country. >> it's a wonderful moment for us. a warm and loving couple who've got a brand n

the papers, as you can imagine, are all over the story of the royal birth. i want to give you a flavor. this is the straightforward. it's a boy. the daily mirror, our little prince. the daily mail has a picture of prince charles and says oh, boy. one is a grandpa. i like this one. the son spelled stoday. it's a popular tabloid. there's a certificate framed at buckingham palace. inside there's a picture of harry that says please let him not have red hair. please let him not have red hair. the papers are having a good time with this. the whole country is very excited. there's so many plans to celebrate the birth of the royal baby boy. let me give you a flavor of what's expected today. >> the new father is expected, we hope, to make comments oufd the hospital. then there are going to be gun salutes at several locations across london, including the tower of london and the best at westminster abbey will toll in a few hours. if the doctors discharge kate from st. mary's hospital today, the newborn is expected to make his big introduction to all of us, the world, o