whether he knew it or not, jamie rodemeyer left friends and fans behind. this weekend the performer he called mother monster, lady gaga, paid tribute to him. >> so tonight, jamie, i know you're up there looking at us. and you're not a victim. you're a lesson tulle of o all . i know it's a bit of a downer but sometimes the right thing is more important than the music, isn't it? let's do this one for jamie. >> jamie was a high school freshman. he'd only been in high school for nine days. his sister alyssa is a high school junior. earlier tonight i talked to her about what she witnessed and what she heard at a homecoming dance the night of jamie's wake. what would people over the year, what were people calling him? >> they were making fun of him for having so many girl friends. and they were calling him a girl and just calling him names and saying harsh things about him and just ridiculous things. >> you actually found him? >> yeah. >> i mean, i can't imagine what that was like. >> it was -- it was rough, but like, i don't know. i didn't really have time to so

this is jamie rodemeyer in his own words. >> hello. this is jamie from buffalo, new york. i'm just here to tell you that it does get better. here is a little bit of my story. december 2010 i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways, and i made a forum which i shouldn't have done and people would send me hate tell meeg that gay people go to hell. >> he said he constantly got hate messages on formspring, which is a site that allows kids to send anonymous messages to each other. back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. here's more of what jamie had to say. >> and i just want to tell you that it does get better because when i came out for being bi, i got so much support from my friends. it made me feel so secure. and then if your friend ors family is even there for you, i look up to one of the most supporting people of the gay community that i think of that i know, lady ga

this is jamie rodemeyer in his own words. >> hello. this is jamie from buffalo, new york. i'm just here to tell you that it does get better. here is a little bit of my story. december 2010 i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways, and i made a formspring which i shouldn't have done and people would send me hate telling me that gay people go to hell. >> he said he constantly got hate messages on formspring, which is a site that allows kids to send anonymous messages to each other. back then, as you hear, he said he rose above the negativity. here's more of what jamie had to say. >> and i just want to tell you that it does get better because when i came out for being bi, i got so much support from my friends. it made me feel so secure. and then if your friends or family is even there for you, i look up to one of the most supporting people of the gay community that i think of that i know, l

family and friends carry jami rodemeyer's cascadeet in for his financial. rodemeyer's mother says her son was bullied both at school and online and in may he contributed to "the it gets better" project with this youtube video. he was found dead one week ago. police are investigating if any harassment or hate-crimes were commited. >> boeing finally delivered the new 787 dreamliner jet to its first customer, more than three years late. japannese airline all nippon airways or ana, received its first 787 jet today. the airline order of 55 planes was delayed due to design and manufacturing setbacks. the new ana dreamliner is scheduled to leave the boeing factory in everett, washington wednesday and arrive in tokyo tuesday morning. >> i a deal on health care costs averted a strike by more than 60,000 supermarket workers in southern california. the union rented employees at albert sons, ralph's and vons. the union agreed to the new contract last night. the union says the contract ensures that members and their families have access to health care. >>> a north carol

>> an emotional concert tribute from lady gaga to jamie rodemeyer from buffalo, new york, who took his life after being harassed online for more than a year. jamie was a huge fan of lady gaga. this weekend, the pop star took her krcrusade all the way to th top. she read a state to president obama about the issue and asked everyone in the room. >>> police in upstate new york say that three students may be charged with cyberbullying and hate crimes in jamie's death. the development comes a day after the teen was laid to rest in his hometown of buffalo. daytime talk show host, steve wilkos joins me to talk about this. nice to see you in person. this is certainly not a topic that i'm happy to talk about, more youth teen suicides going on. but we need to talk about what can be done to prevent more of these from happening. since the news of jamie's death, what's your reaction? >> this is a topic we do speak out a lot about on my show. we have a lot of teens come on. and it's such a tragedy that this young man -- there are so many things that go into the story that i have a problem with. the