Royal Baby on the Way; Pope Francis to Visit Brazil
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to NEW DAY, everybody. It is Monday, July 22nd and I'm Chris Cuomo.</s>KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone. I'm Kate Bolduan, of course with, joined by news anchor Michaela Pereira. What are we looking at, people?</s>CUOMO: A big ambulance.</s>BOLDUAN: A big ambulance and a very big day. These are live pictures outside of St. Mary's Hospital in London where Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is in labor right now as we know it, and we could meet the newest heir to the British throne any minute. CNN's Max Foster has been following the latest developments from St. Mary's Hospital and is joining us now. So what's the latest, Max?</s>MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kate, it's interesting, everyone's really preparing for that big moment. She's in labor, it's been almost eight hours at least now. So even Prince Charles suggested it could come in the next few hours. He was talking to well-wishers today when he was out and about on a public engagement. When the birth has happened, the first we'll hear from it is when this notice comes out on the doorstep. Someone will, a palace official will be bringing a note out, it will go to Buckingham Palace. An interesting little conversation I had with a person on Buckingham Palace who's going to place it on the easel. I mean what do you wear for such a moment in British history, well, she tells me she has chosen a pink and blue dress. She has all her options covered. She's also not indicating in any way whether she thinks this is a boy or a girl.</s>BODLUAN: Just working the odds. Pink or blue. Either way, you're going to be right. At least you've got one of those on hand. All right, Max, stand by with us. We're going to talk much more about this exciting moment in their lives, obviously. But to do that, let's bring in CNN royal commentator, Victoria Arbiter. So Victoria, we've been talking a lot about all this. The pomp and circumstance surrounding that easel that we're going to see, but we won't learn the name of the baby, likely, when we get that first moment of knowing the sex, the weight and the time of birth, right?</s>VICTORIA ARBITER, CNN ROYAL COMMENTATOR: That's right. It took seven days to announce William's name. Harry's name was announced the next day when he was leaving hospital. Took a month to name Prince Charles. It took William three weeks to announce the name of his dog. So anything is possible. I hope he's not going to leave us hanging that long.</s>BOLDUAN: We were also talking in the break, not to diminish how the queen loves all her great grandchildren that she has, but this will be very special, that moment she gets to hold this child.</s>ARBITER: I'm really looking forward to the picture when we see the queen with this great grandbaby. She does have two already. She loves them dearly. But this one is the future of the monarchy. This child is potentially the first monarch of the 22nd Century. And I think for the queen, she's riding this wave of immense popularity right now. It's a great time for the royal family. She sees Charles the III next, William VI, and then this baby. And so she sees that the monarchy is safe for all intents and purposes for generations to come.</s>CUOMO: Now just because we don't get the announcement of the name doesn't mean they don't name the baby right away like everybody else, right?</s>ARBITER: Well, you would think, like most parents, they've nine months to think about a name. Some people say it isn't until they look at the baby that a name even feels right. But I think it's more about keeping it private and to themselves just for a couple days because every little part of it is going to be analyzed and pulled apart. So I'm hoping that they allow us to have the name sooner rather than later because otherwise we've seen what happens with speculation.</s>MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: And it's been interesting to watch what parts of tradition they follow. Obviously they have to follow the protocol of the royal family, but they also are new parents in a new era, aren't they?</s>ARBITER: They really are. William and Kate really do do things their own way. Just last Christmas they spent Christmas Day with the Middletons. Royals don't do that. They don't go to the in-laws for Christmas. And so I think William is really keen to say, look, yes, we're members of the royal family. We're going to adhere to the formalities and the traditions, but at the same time, we're shaking things up. We're doing what's right for us and for our child.</s>BOLDUAN: And it's great because you've seen really all along the way -- how close and included the Middleton family has been in all of the special moments with this couple.</s>ARBITER: They really have. And Carol is going to be the only living grandmother. And so it's going to be interesting to see sort of how much of an influence they have. The Middletons are the most working class family, I suppose, that has been associated with the royal family since 1028. So, going to see a lot of --</s>CUOMO: I like that excuse for the holidays. Yeah, can't go to the in-laws, going royal this year.</s>BOLDUAN: Victoria, thanks so much.</s>CUOMO: All right, five things you want to know. You want to know what they are? Michaela.</s>PEREIRA: There you go, for your NEW DAY. Number one, dangerous flooding in the Arizona desert. Monsoon-like weather triggering raging flash floods in the Phoenix area, two inches of rain in an hour. Of course, rescue teams in choppers to airlift drivers to safety. And a witness says she heard victim Rosie Esparza complain that her lap bar was not secure moments before she fell to her death from a roller coaster at Six Flags over Texas. Investigators have ruled out foul play. Earnest Wallace will be in court this morning for a pretrial conference. He's a friend of former Patriot star Aaron Hernandez and he is charged with being accessory to murder after the fact. The cross-examination of Katherine Jackson resuming this morning. The matriarch of the family will be back on the witness stand at her son's wrongful death trial. It is now entering its 12th week. And at number five, Pope Francis making his first major overseas trip since becoming Pontiff. He's set to arrive in Rio de Janeiro at 4:00 Eastern this afternoon for a week-long visit to Brazil. You know, we're always updating the five things to know. So be sure to go to newdayCNN.com for the very latest.</s>CUOMO: That is huge, having the Pope in Brazil. First Pope from South America, he's back there. Big deal, big deal. All right, we're going to take a break. When we come back on NEW DAY rallies across the country this weekend as outrage grows over George Zimmerman's acquittal. Is it time for Stand Your Ground laws to change? One provocative question we'll ask.</s>BOLDUAN: Also coming up on NEW DAY, scandals can't seem to keep Eliot Spitzer or Anthony Weiner down. The latest on their political second wind. Straight ahead.