. >> billy joel could not have been more respectful and more of a gentleman.ter than i do and i like his introduction better. >> reporter: you can bet other big names will be getting in touch as his repertoire and impact expands. ♪ let it be let it be ♪ >> i love that. >> some gifts are god given. that's the only way you can explain some things. >> that's right. that's right. a god-given talent. >> and how cool is it that billy joel himself reached out to the kid. well done. nice story all the way around. more from abc coming up next. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing >>> this morning on "world news now" -- al qaeda's expanding arsenal. all the work of the mastermind behind the terror group's latest plot. >> new concerns about weapons that can be hidden in plain sight or in a plane's cargo hold. it's thursday, may 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm sunny hostin. >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. it is nearly unbelievable to hear what u.s. authorities are now telling us about al qaed

. ♪ ♪ sing us a song you're the piano man ♪ >>> i'm a huge billy joel fan.his next story. a 6-year-old piano prodigy from connecticut has become a youtube sensation after garnering more than a million hits. >> that's crazy, too. "piano man" one of the greatest bar songs ever written. this kid's rendition was so good that even billy joel sent him a note as a compliment to the kid. what makes him so remarkable is that he is autistic. a really amazing story here. here's reporter ally reid. >> reporter: listen to ethan walmark play the piano and you can see he's no ordinary kindergartner. he has an extraordinary talent and an even more extraordinary story. ethan is autistic. >> when he plays, every disability disappears, and he's just a regular kid, and it just makes him so happy. he really feels it. >> reporter: his first piano performance was when he was just 1 year old. >> he started playing on a kids piano and he all of a sudden, we were in the kitchen and heard "mary had a little lamb" and "twinkle, twinkle." we thought, well, gee, that's odd. is that on "s

>> billy joel could not have been respectful and more of a gentlemen and sent us a note. than i do, i like his introduction better. >> ethan apparents -- parents are working with the group autism speaks to raise money for awareness. >>> [ singing ] >>> a cancer patient's story has gone viral. chris rumble is an aspiring filmmaker and is being treated for leukemia in seal. he decided to put a music video together using kellie clarkson's song calling it stronger and hope its this will lift the spirits of other cancer patients. it's cool. >>> thank you for joining us at 5. the news edge at 6 starts now. >>> the president's endorsement. was historic. the battle over same-sex marriage has a long way to g. the president said his opinion evolved on the issue. some states are not ready for change. fox 5s tom fit gerald is telling this -- is following. this. >> reporter: that's right, you don't have to look. look in our area, maryland and the district of columbia have laws allowing same-sex marriage. virginia doesn't. while the president's statement of support might be welcomed by

this is 6-year-old ethan wallmark and he can play anything from beethoven to billy joel on the piano,pick up songs. in fact, i understand he knows every single song written by the beatles. he loves music and started when he was very young. he's become a hit on youtube, and he wowed us in rehearsal earlier this morning. we're going to hear more from this amazing piano player. can you see him coming up this morning. >> very cute. >> quite the showman. >> welcome back, everybody. >> ann? >> we have kelly osbourne in the house. she was just with us in "today's professionals." well now the fashion police co-host is coming back and she will talk some fashion dos and don'ts. >> and we are going to make a real big loser. in fact, the biggest loser, a young man who dropped literally just shy of 200 pounds. >> wow. >> that's amazing. >> amazing. >> half his former self. that's for sure. >> and then coming up this morning, adventure bare. remember he helped matt out with where in the world. this morning barrett is going to teach us a thing or two about surviving in the wild because we all need t

meg ryan es bel air estate, billy joel's $14 million beach spread.n just a little bit. >> all right. before we do that. let's go back to cannes in the south of france where the film festival is kicking off. for the next two weeks we'll be seeing scenes like that obnoxious one right there, with ann sipping wine on a lounge chair. what do you got cooking? >> hey, guys, i wish you guys were here. it's so beautiful here in cannes. it's the opening day of the 65th cannes film festival. and this is the balcony here in -- that we're on at the carlton hotel and, and this hotel is where grace kelly actually met her prince of monaco. down below is the main street for the festival, the place where people want to see and be seen, and out beyond are the beautiful blue waters of the mediterranean. known here as the cote deazur. and as we know it the french riviera. i don't know why they let me near these things. these are actually the awards that are going to be handed out for 22 films. the palme d'or and also the mini palm. and they're right off the balcony. i am

alanis marisat's '90s classic was about a breakup with dave drchlt oulier from full house while billy joel's town video stars his then wife it was written for another model elle mcpherson. ♪ an uptown girl >> and it is believed the love triangle between eric clapton, george harrison, and patty boyd was the inspiration for "lela." ♪ and this song is to let you know ♪ >> many are saying taylor swift wrote her newest hit after a brief romance with none other than john mayer. ♪ dear john i see it all now that you're gone ♪ >> reporter: but inspiration doesn't always come from love. it is no secret that neil diamond's "sweet caroline" is actually caroline kennedy. what many don't know is that the song stemmed from a picture of her in "life" magazine. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: and sources say christopher cross was literally caught between the mood and new york city writing the lyric on a plane circling jfk airport looking at the moon in the window. ♪ when you get caught between the moon and new york city ♪ >> reporter: but sometimes mystery can make a song even more popular. the subject for "y

. >>> singer billy joel turns 63. all day long, you can stay on top of the latest developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, a look at what is coming up late this morning on the "today" show, a live report on the manhunt for suspected kidnapper on the run with two young girls. >>> a pageant mom known as the human barbie and her daughter will be live in studio to respond to attacks by critics. >>> now keep on it this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry, thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

thank you, bottle of red, bottle of white, for being lyrics to my favorite billy joel song, as well asie lee and hoda had for breakfast this morning. >> we adore you. we're so happy. >> it's ridiculous that you're not on the hot list. that is stupid. i'm boycotting the magazine. >> you know what's so amazing? we love it when somebody so talented is getting so much success and is actually a wonderful human being. we love you, doll baby. >> best show on tv. we just keep saying how much we love each other. >>> yeah. next up, sara takes a whack at a -- >> takes a what? >> takes a whack. >>> next, what is on your man's mind? our man panel is going to tell us. >> who cares? right after this. we love theme parks but with four kids, it can just be too expensive. yeah, so to save money we just made our own. oh no! what could be worse than ninety-foot swells?! typhoon! first prize! it's a cheese grater. wooooo... this isn't scary. are you kidding me? look at that picture of your mom's hair from the '80s. there's an easier way to save. wooohooo... geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen per

announcement that our voice winner will be announced in just a few minutes and we want to wish billy joel a very, very happy birthday. i'm not sure how old he is. >> 63. >> is he 63? >> 63. i'm right behind you, billy. god bless you. >> last night it was a nail biter and you probably stayed up late if you watched this and a lot of people did. it was the finale of "the voice." there was so much drama, and it came down to four, juliette luka, chris simms and jermaine paul. >> everybody had their favorites. >> and it was whittled down to juliette and jermaine at the end. >> okay. >> and can i say just one thing? >> i tweeted during the show. >> such a showoff. >> it appeared. my question is who got a picture of the tweet on tv? amanda. >> really? >> amanda is quick. click. she sits there with her iphone and waits for something. >> what did you tweet? >> get a life. get a life, amanda. >> i tweeted team jermaine. >> thought provoking. >> tweets aren't supposed to be thought provoking. it's supposed to be simple. >> both of us picked jermaine. >> yes, we did. >> and we were right. so we're not

they did this after the ipo and on the pretext of having a graduation party for his new wife and billy joelrmstrong there was and sang. all in all, when you look at someone with $20 billion, it was an extremely low-kia, fair in the backyard. >> yeah. >> and that is extremely low- key. >> yeah. >> and what is interesting? >> yeah, sure. >> and this is -- this is what is going. that mark zuckerburg, there are people saying he timed this. >> right. >> he got his 20 million then married her the next day. >> uh-huh. >> so she couldn't lay claim to the $20 million. he wouldn't be married at the time he got it. and that is not the case. he made facebook what it was to sell it for that before he got married. whatever he sold it for was going his going in. anything they accumulate new afterwards, because i don't think they had a pre-nup. he's not that kind of guy, anything going forward that facebook increases in value. >> right. >> she would be entitled to half of that and the 20 billion is his. >> all right, and in a movie goes horribly wrong. a woman is accusing him of sexual battery. what is thi

for phillip, he ended up picking a billy joel song. she did wonderful with the whitney. that, it went downhill. >> and he killed it on the last song. >> the last song would be the single they would release. it was a song you never heard before. it was for jessica and for fuel lip and he just killed it. and hers sort of -- >> the judges didn't like her song. >> i didn't like it either, did you? >> i didn't. his was great. it was so phillip phillips. you and i both agree -- >> overwelming, that he's the winner. >> everybody is saying phillip. so which i think will be good. what i like about him is he is truly -- he has that it factor and unlike -- they hadn't brought out scotty, would we have known who won last year? >> a lot of people from different generations can appreciate him. >> totally. i think he is great. >> quickly talk about glee. >> season finale of glee. we have been glee chatting all season long and we end tonight, everybody graduated. who will be back is the big question? lots of rumor that amber riley will not be returning. diana will be gone. we aren't goi

. >> and the latest on billy joel.e for the latest hollywood headlines with dax holt and tmz. >> good morning morn dax. >> good morning. >> man disturbing allegations against iconic actor john travolta he says he has the proof he was nowhere in los angeles when this whole thing happened. >> yeah, so keep in mind there is now two masseurs who have come forward saying they were sexually assaulted by him. but he is saying he has proof at least toward it is first one he wasn't even in l.a. at the time. the masseuse is claiming he sexually assaulted him and basically, there is now a photo that has come forward saying that john was in new york at the time, january 16th i believe, 2012, and also there is a receipt for mr. chow with john travolta having been at the restaurant but there are a couple things weird. no time stamp on the photo and no signature on the receipt but never the less we are told for sure, that john was in new york at that time. so, you know, kind of makes a hole in the story of the masseuse. >> let me ask

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. >>> you're listening to billy joel. morning on cnn.com/startingpoint. christine is with us talking a little bit about money, money, money. some ceos, biggest ceos in the country speaking out saying a particular tax hike in the president's budget for next year could hurt the economy and hurt taxpayers as well. they have written really specifically about taxes on dividends. >> they have written a letter to treasury secretary geithner saying don't raise taxes on dividends. these are 18 ceos of companies that give out big dividends and they are saying it would slow the economy and hurt investors and hurt senior citizens who invest. >> the argument is because companies that give big dividends will stop giving big dividends? >> that's what they say. we put a screen together with things they say. if we don't give these dividends, it could spark a new wave of volatility in our financial markets and give a competitive edge to overseas corporations at a time when we need capital formation to create jobs and expand our economy. a

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reclaim their material after 35 years have passed, meaning songwriters like bruce springsteen, billy joel, and other big names from the '70s will soon be eligible to reclaim ownership of their recordings. >> that's big money. big money for names like that. >>> let's go down to politico. j let's talk about what happened in the state of indiana last night. senator lugar losing his republican primary race by 22 points to richard murdock. and i want to read his statement afterward. i think it was fascinating. lugar said, talking of murdock here, his embrace of an unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable in my philosophy of governance and my experience of what brings >> that's dick lugar after 36 years after he lost the primary. what do you make of that, jim? >> again, dick lugar is not a moderate. he say pretty conservative guy. has been for the bulk of his career. and murdock is very, very conservative. if you are a gop senator, if you're running in the senate now, and you show any hibnts of moderation or cooperation, you're probably toast. i think that's the new reality of politics. a

that's how much billy joel wants for his miami mansion because the piano man is moving out.it for it. now, everybody -- >> ♪ moving out >> ♪ he's moving out >> ♪ i'm moving out >> ok. maybe you listen to that song when you're working out. trying to -- >> or moving out. >> trying to lose weight. well, weight loss and staying thin is a struggle for many americans but you would never think that would be the case for the c.e.o. of weight watchers. right? well, for the last 25 years, david kirkoff has been battling the ability to diet, lose weight and then keep it off. now, david is chronicling his fight in the new book "the weight loss boss. ">> joining us right now, the c.e.o. of weight watchers international, david kirkoff. >> thank you for sharing my before picture. >> was it that bad? >> it was awesome. >> we look at you now, it's fantastic. >> that's motivation, isn't it? auto ats. don't want to go back. >> how does the guy who runs weight watchers end up being overweight? >> he was overweight before he joined weight watchers. that's usually how that works, fortunately. so

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you basically move from billy graham on one hand to fill ostein who says billy graham calls it a day of reckoning. and joeltalk about the sort of reverend graham or martin luther king as a more aspirational or demanding form of christianity? >> sure. >> how did we get from that to where we are today? >> sex and money, i think, is a youthful way of thinking. you go back to the new testament, right, you go back to the figure of jesus, you have a strong new testament emphasis on chastity before marriage and mon monogamy after marriage that doesn't fit that neatly, and you have the great wealth that doesn't fit very well with a very material sticistic society the left doesn't want to think about the sexual side, the sort of personal responsibility side of the new testament message, and the right doesn't necessarily want to think about what jesus had to say about wealth and money. so people on both sides sort of fit a jesus to their own premises rather than confronting a jesus who challenges them, you might say. >> is this both a failure of the traditional institutions to hold fast or adapt, or is it a matter o