ending youth homelessness, a call to action event brought togetherç cyndi lauper and formerly homelessindividuals. the young people surveyed became homeless for the first time at age 15 and spent nearly two years living on the streets. more than 60% say they were raped, beaten up, robbed or otherwise assaulted. >> you can't have kids on the

we expect to hear from singer cyndi lauper. she will be joining department officials and former homeless youth. democratvering the top , henry waxman discussing global health care policies at georgetown university. that starts at 2:20 eastern today. we will hear from janice rogers brown about the u.s. constitution. she is on the federal appeals court district of columbia circuit. that starts at 5:30 eastern. [no audio] again come alive this afternoon at the national press club, awaiting the start of this event looking at a report on youth homelessness this afternoon. we are told that zynga cyndi lauper will be joining on this panel. she is running a little bit late and that could be the reason we are delayed. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us. we celebrate this 40th and hearry of the act about the important effort to end youth homelessness. of thee acting secretary administration for children and families in the department of health and human services. we are recognizing the

the one, the only cyndi lauper is here. grey's anatomy and private practice star kate walsh brings us up to date, apparently she's a bad judge. >> nasty. we have a big show and the day has arrived for kathie lee. it is a big day. >> oh, oh, oh. thank you. i thought because you meant because i went to the eye doctor. >> that's the second thing. >> this is the first. >> i told you on monday that we -- we were trying to work it out with the salvation army for you to be able to preorder my "shine a light" book. here it is. it is not available yet, but will be soon. all profits go to salvation army who do unbelievable work. i think we have a couple of pictures. >> you can order it, starting today, on goodgiftsbook.org. >> tons and tons of great recipes, memories. about thanksgiving, my mother's stuffing, and -- >> all those recipes. >> fish tacos. it is just -- it is jam filled with -- that's a crab feast in july. >> oh, wow. >> it is meant to celebrate all things faith and family. you won't be charged for the books until the bo

i'm honored to introduce to you now the one and only cyndi lauper. [applause] >> okay. i am so grateful that everybody came here today to celebrate the anniversary, the 40th anniversary of the runaway and homeless youth act. i know that i'm known as an entertainer or a small gal with a big voice or a big mouth and i decided a wild back to use my big voice to be the voice for the voiceless. and certainly these kids, while so many times they had made explained abbreviations. the bisexual and transgender youth which make up 40% or up to 40% of the homeless young people in this country. when the alarming -- what got me was that what did you say up to 7% of the general population of youth in this country identify as or transgender in layman's terms. that to me is alarming because that means kids are being thrown away because of who they are. i think we need these kids. i think you never know who is going to turn out to be what. there is a bill and i can repeat the same stuff that resa and laura just told you. upon thing that our fund or organization does is try to make a net

it brought together singer cyndi lauper and formerly homeless young people to discuss how they can end youth homelessness. according to a new study, the young people surveyed became homeless for the first time at age 15 and spent nearly two years living on the streets. more than 50% say they were raped, beaten up or otherwise assaulted. >> you can't have kids on the streets. done throw kids away for who they are. the lgbt kids are sometimes even turned away from the shelters. we're trying to change that. >> i came from a life where i thought that the world was possibly good and everything was perfect. before i took to the streets, i realized that there was not enough services. >> data from the project will be used to meet the needs of the homeless. here's some numbers for the national center of homeless education. in the 2012-2013 school year, 19,000 kids were enrolled in public schools in pennsylvania. 8600 in new jersey, 4,000 in delaware. >>> millions of americans who rely on social security benefits will see their checks increase just a little starting next year. social security be

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. >>> a new focus on homelessness this afternoon led by singer-actress cyndi lauper, and with peopleho once lived on the streets joined forces. the data comes from washington and 10 other cities. the study finds more than half of homeless youth are asked to leave by parents and caregivers. 30% lgbt, 60% victims of crime and more than half said they can't get into shelters because they were full. >> you can't have kids on the streets and throw them away because off who they are. the lbgt kids are sometimes turned away from the shelters. we're trying to change that. >> the number of homeless in the schools continue to grow. virginia has 18 thousand maryland, nearly 17,000. >> much has been written about jackie kennedy, the former first lady and fashion i ccon. a new book says she suffered from post traumatic stress disorder following the fateful day in dallas and at one point she even thought of taking her own life. >> reporter: jackie kennedy spent her life in the public eye, her face a favorite for fwra photographers, from the time as a young wife of a politician. to a life overseas

and cyndi lauper did the theme song? , so she's billed under a a pseudonym. but yeah, it's her. >> jimmy: and the christmas special is on here as well? >> the christmas special is on here. >> jimmy: it's my favorite special. you have to -- i watch it every year. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: it is the best thing. it is the greatest, oddest -- >> i do have great stars on my christmas special. >> jimmy: it's just insane. when you watch you go, i can't believe it existed. you're a genius. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you're a genius. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> jimmy: did you ever see the bit -- of course i'm a fan, i do impressions of pee-wee herman. and get paid for it. >> really? >> jimmy: yes. but we take famous trailers and i revoice the trailers with pee-wee herman's voice. >> you're kidding? no, i know all about this, every time you do it people contact me on twitter and facebook and go, "is that you or jimmy?" i sometimes go like, i don't know, is it me or jimmy? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, you don't know. >> bu

we will hear from singer cyndi lauper who cofounded the true colors fund. watch live coverage at noon eastern here on c-span. california.axman of we will have that live from the university of california law school. this hour, we will look ahead to the midterm elections. sheila krumholz examines money spent this campaign season, then daniel garza discusses the influence of latino voters. later, our spy little magazines features matthew cooper of "newsweek." you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter and by phone. "washington journal" is next.

in less than an hour, singer cyndi lauper will shine a light on homelessness affecting youth across the country. the family and youth services bureau is releasing a new study that looked into young adults and teens in 11 cities, including the district. researchers found on average youth became homeless for the first time at age 15 and they spent nearly two years on the streets. more than 60% were raped, beaten up or robbed. nearly 30% were gay, lesbian or bisexual. >>> remembering a giant in american journal system this morning. ben bradlee, the former executive editor of "the washington post," died at his home in cac. he was 93 years old. he became a household name in the '70s. he was at the helm when woodward and bernstein covered watergate and brought down nixon. he was portrayed by jason robards in the movie "all the president's men." he says bradlee was always thinking about the big story. >> he was always inspiring people to do something. he didn't care so much about the humdrum of the daily news. it was a spectacular time for thousands of journalist who had been through "the post

cyndi lauper will be joining the department officials and former homeless youth. live coverage of that at noon eastern. the top democrat in the house energy and commerce committee will be retiring at the end of the session. commerce men henry waxman will globalr -- discuss health care a georgetown university law school here in washington, d.c. at 5:30 today, we will be live as justice janice rogers brown will talk about the us constitution on the federal appeals court, speaking at the heritage foundation lie at 5:30 eastern. -- live at 5:30 eastern. our campaign debate coverage continues. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern -- >> that includes last night's debate, amanda chris and republican congressman steve daines. here's a look at a three minute portion of that debate. fathersour founding wrote our founding documents, they did not ever intend for corporations to be running the show here. they absolutely intended for teachers and electricians and plumbers to be making the decisions that affect us in our citizen legislature. and i have found in meeting montana, they are

ending youth homelessness, a call to action event brought togetherç cyndi lauper and formerly homelessividuals. the young people surveyed became homeless for the first time at age 15 and spent nearly two years living on the streets. more than 60% say they were raped, beaten up, robbed or otherwise assaulted. >> you can't have kids on the street. you can't throw kids away for who they are. the lgbt kids are sometimes even turned away from the shelters. we're trying to change that. >> i came from a life where i thought that the world was good and everything was perfect but upon coming to the streets, i realized there was not enough services. >> the intent is that data from the project will be used to help programs to better meet the needs of the homeless. >>> when it comes to the tri-state region, here are some numbers from the national center for homeless education. in the 2012-2013 school year more than 19,000 poemless kids were enrolled in public schools in pennsylvania. there were more than 8,500 in new jersey and 4,000 in delaware. all of those numbers were up since the school year

. ♪ i want to see you ♪ i want to see you be brave >> cyndi lauper and sara bareilles cab clollaboratedy brave." this morning sidcyndi lauper wi sit down with hoda kotb on the "today" show at 8:30. >>> the fight to reduce crime in wilmington could take a hit. it's all because of a police academy delay. >>> plus, new leader. this is the man who will take control of the secret service, and he's from our area. we'll introduce you to joseph clancy. >>> at 6:24, a live look at cape may, new jersey, there our camera. and yes, those are clouds there in the background along the beach. and bill henley will be along in a moment to explain. >>> new this morning, wilmington city council members are worried there won't be enough police officers on the streets to reduce crime. according to delaware online, that's due in part to a delay in the start of the police academy. it was expected to be in session already, but the department did not get enough applications. so it will start in december. council president says the academy needs to start soon because 30 current officers will leave the force or re

singer cyndi lauper speaks tomorrow at a health and human services briefing on youth homelessness. watch live coverage tomorrow at on c-span.tern on c-span2, a conversation on u.s. education focusing on common core standards as hosted by the american enterprise institute live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. theere are a few of comments we have received on the ebola virus coverage. >> why can't we all get behind the president and what he wants peopleor the good of the and that is the a bowl of thing -- ebola thing. ands overhyped by the media they give it 10 to 12 minutes every morning and they are still talking about it. there are other things that are important to talk about too, >> i would like to see c-span do a question about if this is ebola virus, the proof we need a national one payer health care system. this can see -- capitalistic health care system, as now it is going to cost us millions and millions to clean that mess up. >> regarding ebola and hospitals not being able -- not being ready. you have a guest on, earl bosch. eight or nine years ago. i forget the name, she wrote a book

cyndi lauper will be joined by department officials and former homeless youth at noon.e will have live coverage of that. the top democrat on the house energy and commerce committee is retiring at the end of this session. henry waxman is going to discuss global health challenges at georgetown university law school . live coverage of that starts at 2:20 eastern. -- she's on the court. appeals she will be speaking at the heritage foundation. >> with the 2014 election less than two weeks away, our campaign coverage continues. c-span campaign 2014, more than 100 debates for the control of congress. night it had sure u.s. senate debate took place between democratic incumbent senator jeanne shaheen and challenger former senator scott brown. she approves of the job president obama is doing. here's a look at that exchange. >> in some ways, i proven some things i don't approve. so, you

zoe dechannel and she and him perform a cyndi lauper classic live.nd him have told more than one millional bulls. they are about to release their classic. the she is zoe dechannel the him is ames ward. what is it with you and the standard and the classics, what is it about those songs that appeal to you guys? >> we have a lot of songs we used for references, we both loved. ory musical tastes intersects a lot. so it was something we wanted to do for a while but it, we were waiting for the right time. >> now you guys met on a movie set. start? >> he was doing the music for a movie that i was in and the director wanted us to do a duet for the sound trablg and i told matt i had a bunch of songs i had written and i sent them to him. >> matt, what did you think of her songs? they were amazing, amazing sois, songs, amazing delivery, everything. >> so you clicked right away the two of you? >> pretty much. >> you sold a million albums. that's terrific. >> how is the tv show? >> it's great. it's really great. it's fun. >> what will you play for us today? >> cl

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. >>> coming up tomorrow our friend cyndi lauper is going to stop by. >> you loved her in ""grey's anatomyrime spree that hit one community is now happening in another community. thieves are targeting asian-americans, snatching their gold chains right off their necks. bob redell is live in santa clara. bob, the question now is do police think the two sprees are related? >> reporter: absolutely they do. santa clara police does, so does sunnyvale. that's why both agencies are working jointly together to try to solve the 35 gold chain robberies that have taken place since may in locations along the borders between those cities, including here at monroe and los