cyndi, you first. what was your reaction to president obama's announcement today, and how big of a political moment is this in america? >> well, i couldn't have been prouder to be an american, because i believe in equality. i believe in separation of church and state. i'm glad to live in a country where i don't have to have somebody else's religion put upon me, and i feel that gay people pay taxes and they pay just as much taxes if not more than heterosexual married people. and they have just as much right to get right and be miserable just like everybody else. and i'm very happy that president obama came forth and said that. i'm so proud of our president. he's brave. and our vice president. i thought it was a step in the right direction, especially for the homeless lbgt youths that have been kicked out of their homes by their folks, by their families, and disenfranchised because it makes them less invisible. and i came here tonight to give them a voice. because they don't have one. so i've felt hopefu

i think he just saved a bunch of lives. >> cyndi lauper, you're in washington, d.c.shed the true colors fund. that is a group that advocates on behalf of lgbtu, how big of a step do you think it is for lgbt rights and as chely says saving thousands of lives in this country. >> well, you know, these kids at adolescent are at a very fragile moment in their life. i couldn't have been prouder of my president yesterday. i would want to continue to work to get him re-elected. i think what what he did was he made a population which is pretty substantial, because up to 40% of the kids on the street are lgbt homeless. they are gay or transgender. also in any given year, just to give awe number, kids on the street go from 500,000 to 1.6 million. that's a large, large population. up to 40% is quite a bit. i'm here to lobby and to bring, shine a light on senator kerry's belize putting forth which will reconnect the family, kind of preventive medicine, so to speak, to bring the family together before they get thrown out. being a parent myself, although my kid is still a kid and h

cyndi lauper was honored for her work in helping gay, lesbian, and transgendered teenagers.orney-general eric holder was there to show his support. >> and it was inside. it is one of those rare, rainy nights. we needed the rain. this is how it looked earlier today. sources have said it was raining outside tonight and it is still raining a little bit. the temperature had dipped into the 50's with the cold front coming through. this is only the third day since the beginning of march where we have had a quarter inch of rain or more. that has really been welcome. here is live doppler now. here we are in washington. you folks in montgomery county and fairfax you have seen a little touch. more to come as we go through the next hour or so. here is fairfax high school, about a half-inch of rain earlier. those were strong winds from the south. these are the areas out to the eastern shore that have been so dry. over 2 inches of rain even in arlington. in many spots, a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch of rain. here we are back into the 50's. a little bit of a chill in the atmosph

. >> thank you very much, cyndi. and thanks to christy and victor for getting us involved in this. the only place worse to be in washington is between people and alcohol than between people and the people they came to see. so i'm going to be very brief here. i will do a very brief plug for this topic of internet freedom. i spend my days doing this for google. we work on it around the world. and if anybody here is interested more on the topic, we're going to be having our own two-day conference about this in a couple of weeks, so please come and talk to me afterwards. my job here is to get off the stage and introduce robert siegel, our moderator for today. he is the recipient of the john chancellor award from columbia journalism school and with that the most distinguished dropout the school has ever had. he is, however, recipient of an undergrad degree from columbia in 19 -- '68. >> sorry to date you. i apologize. and i will let robert take it away with the panel. >> bob, thank you. thank you very much for getting my academic credentials out there front and center. to say that we li

cyndi lauper was honored for her work in helping the lgbt community there. >> i helped to moderate a panel discussion for holocaust survivors. this was a fantastic opportunity for 20 non-governmental agencies to come together in the holocaust remembrances program. there were three survivors who shared their stories. what an amazing opportunity to be able to sit there and listen to them talk about the events that change their lives 65 years ago. >> > have them, three of them in there together to share their stories. very well done, steve. it's 5:11 rainout. dated bill of our chipping contest. you have a chance to play in the egyptian contest against tiger woods. >> the winner will also get two weeklong vip tickets to the at&t national in june for. if all you have to do is watch "good morning washington if and then listen for our daily clue. today's call is "putt." go to our facebook page and enter that. that you can anenter once a day and you have to get the call of the day. >> its 53 degrees. coming up, learn which technology companies are getting top marks for customer satisfaction

today, cyndi lauper is in up to being honored and honoring young people who overcame trauma and people. she and her foundation true colors will be honored for their work with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teen community tonight. congratulations to her. >>> and meantime, here we are talking about the hot topics. john travolta proves it's not him and do you need a social madia will? >> oh, boy. >> and light start with john vatravolta. >> and -- john travolta. >> a source has come forward and have an attorney and this is the big story, though, with this, their attorney is saying there is more to come. there is a lot more, alleging these allegations of essentially sexual assault. >> uh-huh. >> and today, marty singer, john travolta's attorney, released these pictures and claim this timeline will show that he was in new york at the time. but, okay, we were doing the math downstairs. i don't know if it works. they time stamps, 11:30 p.m. at night and you still have time to be in l.a. that morning. and they're claiming the alleged attack happened in the morning. >> right. >> aro

cyndi lauper served as the parade's marshal. >> it's also sin ccinco demayo. >> love cyndi lauper.d the kentucky derby and sin co-demayo? i'm just confuse. >> tomorrow is the 5th, right? >> marciano is always on track. what's up? >>> talladega is this weekend. and the full moon tomorrow night is the biggest full moon of the year. >> that's why we're weird. >> perfect day to throw a party. >> absolutely. >> what's going on? good weather for the fabulous celebrations across the country? >> there is a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow at post time. here's forecast for the kentucky derby, 85 degrees, humid. we'll put it at 40%, maybe 50% chance of seeing a thunderstorm interrupt the race at that point. but it will go off. not sure if it will be good for mudders or fast track. showers and thunderstorms rolling across, mostly just showers, across the northeast right now. you will see warmer weather in the big apple. i know that onshore wind we've been playing kind of cat and mouse with it all week long. winds come off the ocean this time of year, it gets cool in a hurry. those winds

tonight cyndi lauper is at a fundraiser for young girls who have overtime trauma.nd her foundation true colors were honored for their work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens about. that she gave us her reaction to president -- teens. before that she gave us her reaction to president obama's stance on gay marriage. >> i started crying. everybody started crying, but i'm very proud of him as my president. i admire and respect him. i think he's very brave and he's -- i don't know, just excellent. i'm speechless. i think he's fabulous. >> tomorrow she's meet with lawmakers on capitol hill to push for funding to help homeless youth. >>> we're down in the web center. sarah fraser is all fired up after watching the top four perform tonight on american idol. it was a good night for pay lot of them. >> i'm so -- a lot of them. >> i'm so confused. who's going to win this, shawn? tonight was amazing down to the top four, two weeks left till the big american idol finale. each week, you know what's crazy about this is each week someone sort of changes it up, right

if you look who is singing with him in the cd, clay aiken, cyndi lauper, let's play a little clip. ♪a big hair band doing broadway. >> you know what? dee on broadway are three words i never thought i would hear in sequence actually. after i did a run on broadway in "rock of ages" a year or so ago, it reconnected me to broadway tunes played in my house growing up but i was brought to shows as i was a kid. i always heard rock in these things. i'm going to bring it out. >> it's a great book for people who just want inspiration like how to get through life. you have had this incredible lo longevity. the normal kids who don't appear on front page of ""national enquirer." how did you do that? >> that wife point is important. 36 years ago i realized that hanging onto this incredible woman was a smart thing to do. she kept me in line and been by my side through everything. i wrote every word myself in that book. >> you are sober enough to be able to write that. >> i never did drugs or drank. sorry kids. i remember everything. they said you don't have to be in twisted sister or dee snider to

cyndi lauper served as grand marshal. >>> the actual horse race at the kentucky derby is an afterthought. what they want to focus on is all the parties so we thought it would be nice to learn how to make the three famous drinks from the triple crown. we woke up our bar denner mixologist at the "w" hotel in atlanta, known for putting a modern twist on classic drinks and james conley will show us how to make the mint jewel en, the breakness's black-eyed susan and belmont breeze of the belmont. we're looking forward to your tips. carry on, will you do that and we'll continue telling you what's happening for the rest of the morning on "starting point." also dramatic surveillance video in a racially charged shooting an ailing elderly black whom and a white police officer. his son will join us in this cnn exclusive. >>> plus new video of little isabel celis the 6-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom in arizona. police are following leads to mexico. >>> an effort to annoy. listen. you might be asking yourself why all the blaring and the bleeping and the screeching? we'll tell you. check

responsibility for oversight and monitoring of the security-based swaps market, we asked for an additional 200 cyndi 2 positions. >> that is a lot? >> that is a lot. >> what are the vibes on the appropriations committee approved >> they do not show their cards. >> you were in the conference committee trying to do the same thing, but we failed. >> i think this is a good investment for the american public. cftc is funded at $205 million. imagine there were eight times the number of teams, but no more referees, and instead of having seven refs on the field, there was only one. there would be mayhem in the field. the fans lose confidence, in this case, market participants, and ultimately we need the corporate end users to have confidence that when they enter the market they can do it free of fraud and manipulation. they can enter the market with speculators, but they feel that the market is a fair and accurate reflection of the pricing of risk. we're way underfunded at the cftc. >> i agree with your, with reference to senator toomey, that even if you think capital requirements are the major protections

the grand marshall of the kickoff parade, cyndi lauper dropping the f bomb creating some of her own dramad left her scrambling as well as derby officials. they are apologizing saying it was an inappropriate thing to be doing at a family event and, of course, there will be a lot more celebrity scoops that we'll be bringing you all weekend long but somebody who is drama free. we have a louisville, kentucky, native and horse trainer. good morning to you. >> good morning, anna. >> thanks for being here at "fox & friends." who have you brought along? >> this is bob and you won't get any f bombs from me and you won't get any from bob, either. we like that. bob is a pony that travels with some of your horses. one will be racing today and two tomorrow. >> bob serves a very important -- he has a very important job. he keeps the racehorses calm during the post parade and he's a buddy for them and gets them to relax before they race. >> which is something that's really important for these horses especially those that are high strung. bode meister is the favorite and give me a little bit of backgroun