gaga, you are a firefighter you run into building burnings, you work for lady gaga you get her a towelu specific. millions are without jobs and they are come blaineing how she trited her other bringing a lawsuit about the job, i don't think there is any merit and i don't think it will survive. >>trace: if you are in the lawsuit, it sounds like this personal assistant went through misery saying lady gaga demanded services on her private jet, on her upper west side apartment, yachts, hotels, i mean, this is misery, right, come on, this is what you do. right? >>guest: especially when you have a celebrity like lady gaga, you have to expect you are get into some deep territory you may not be comfortable with but the question is not how were she was treated, so you can make an argument there, just because you are employed by someone doesn't mean you can be mistreated but the fact she is indicating that she had worked 7,168 overtime hours in the span of 13 months. now, no one can simply just blow that off and say, well, this is just a money hungry employee looking for a payday from lady gaga.

gaga began her fight after 14-year-old jamey rodemeyer gave up his. >> lady gaga. >> reporter: one ofs last messages offered thanks to lady gaga. >> she lets me know that i was born this way. >> reporter: when he later took his life, after being bullied for being gay, lady gaga tweeted, the past days i've spent reflecting, crying and yelling. now, she's giving voice to bullied children through her charity. >> it's an organization centered around anti-bullying. my mom and i are really passionate about that. this is our passion project. >> reporter: but beyond adults' efforts, bullied teens are now supporting one another online. why so many kids are really using the internet as their personal diary? >> you know, to pour your heart out on the internet is a way to sometimes ask for the support that you need, and as jonah found, to get the support they need. >> reporter: and now these children have a star on their side, bringing their stories all the way to the white house. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so good to see a celebrity of that magnitude and popularity doing -- addressing

this is a central issue for gaga throughout her whole career.n issue they know nothing about. an actoralking about iraq when they've never about to iraq. she talks about be who you want to be. she is constantly lecturing at gay pride rallies. gay rights val rally she showed there. her latest album is called "born this way." in the chorus she says, god makes no mistakes. you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, be who you want to be. that's quite all right. she comes from the old new york lower east side inspired by the drag community there, gay community there as well as elton john, grace jones, madonna. so these concerns are very close to her heart. >> want to play a clip of the president talking about his meeting with lady gaga at a human rights campaign din fler october. >> i also took a trip out to california last week where i held some productive bilateral talks with your leader, lady gaga. she was wearing 16-inch heels. she was 8 feet tall. it was a little intimidating. >> toure, what do you see as the politics of this? when you see la

gaga began her fight after 14-year-old jamey rodemeyer gave up his. >> lady gaga. >> reporter: one ofmessages offered thanks to lady gaga. >> she lets me know that i was born this way. >> reporter: when he later took his life, after being bullied for being gay, lady gaga tweeted, "the past days i've spent reflecting, crying and yelling." now, she's giving voice to bullied children through her charity. >> it's an organization centered around anti-bullying. my mom and i are very passionate about that. this is our passion project. >> reporter: but beyond adults efforts, bullied teens are now supporting one another online. why so many kids are really using the internet as their personal diary? >> you know, to pour your heart out on the internet is a way to sometimes ask for the support that you need and as jonah found, to get the support they need. >> reporter: and now these children have a star on their side, bringing their stories all the way to the white house. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead on "world news," the popular pill promoted as a dream come true for wome

a choir performance by old folks going gaga. a chinese television program covering gaga's bad romance. ♪ ♪ rah-rah, ah-ah-ah-ah roma, roma, mamaa ♪ ♪ gaga ooh-la-la want your bad romance ♪ ♪ >> something about guys with the golf shirts and the hiked up dockers singing lady gaga. >>> while you're awake, your spirits tweets and e-mails are next. "morning joe" just moments away. >>> we asked at the top of the show what you're doing at this hour. rob gifford has a couple of examples. >> taking a body bath after contracting dang fever. >> that's our first in the dang fever demographic. never had that before. thanks for watching. hope you're okay. >> raven writes, it's 3:40 a.m. here, going up to take photos of sunrise in new mexico from baylor canyon and the oregon mountains. >> 3:40, i think you're a little early for sunrise. lay off the sauce. >> craig writes watched coverage of kim jong-il's funeral procession. did you notice that it resembled aunt ed that's procession from "national ". >> i think you will see that in a second her

today, lady gaga took their cause to the top.c's linsey davis on gaga at the white house. >> reporter: at 13 years old and alone at 4:00 a.m., jonah mowry went public with his darkest thoughts. more than 5 million people have watched his video, using note cards to express the anguish of being bullied and thoughts of suicide. since he posted it, support has poured in from every day people and celebrities alike. pop star lady gaga tweeted, "thank you, jonah, for being brave enough to share your story." today, lady gaga took that message to the white house, meeting with top staff to the president to the press the importance of this crisis and seek help for the nation's kid. gaga began her fight after 14-year-old jamey rodemeyer gave up his. >> reporter: one of his last messages offered thanks to lady gaga. >> she makes me so happy. she lets me know that i was born this way. >> reporter: when he later took his life, after being bullied for being gay, lady gaga tweeted, "the past days i've spent reflecting, crying and yelling." now, s

guess what, lady gaga is going to be our neighbor. did you hear about this? what do you think of this. we'll tell you where she may be moving to. is that north baltimore? we'll find out. . >>> consumer alert time they are not just for boys anymore. lego will soon be rolling out a line for toys targeting girls but not everybody is happy about it. jennifer don lab has the story. >> reporter: legos with super hero sensation the building location used to be for boys only. move over here comes olivia stephanie emma five girlfriends from heart lake city. lego construction sets for the young ladies. >> that looks a lot like it's for girly girls. >> reporter: after interviewing thousands of moms an daughters lego declared it was ready to deliver toys to the other half of the world's children, girls. >> it's about time. that's awesome. >> now i can play with the girls things. >> to have toys that help them identify themselves. >> reporter: some paints are worried about the figurines identities one new york mother started a petition with pet shop beauty salon cafe' and

shocker, lady gaga is a diva.ething called a gaga, don't come whining when you get treated shabbily. what do you her to be a joy to work for? that's now how it works. cher, madonna, naomi campbell, ben bernanke, you have to be rotten. it's in the diva handbook, which i wrote. i mean, how else are you going to convince yourself that as an untalented schmuck you're better than the mere mortals around you. anyhow, this person hired as an assistant is suing because she had to do work as an assistant gets no sympathy from me. like i sell my assistant seth, you answered the ad on craigslist, so you're not praying thpayingthe price. it's not dislikes sleeping in the gauge. >> i met lady gaga one day. i asked her, what do you do for a living? she reminds me of a woman i picked up in a bar in a trailer park in ohio at 2:00 in the morning. what is it about this woman? she's actually talented. >> is that talent? this woman is -- first of all, it's true about these people who get very successful, very famous, and they get --

she says life with gaga wasn't pretty. >>> robert de niro is a father again.d his wife had a baby girl through a surrogate mother. >>> current girl with "dragon tattoo" star daniel craig says he looks for variety in other film roles but says he is not trying to escape august 007. he says, quote, i love playing bond. it's fantastic. >>> "people" magazine is reporting hugh hefner and exgirlfriend are over a custody battle over spaniel charlie. he thinks if she keeps the ring and bentley, he should at least get to keep charlie. i have to agree with him. come on, you get so attached to animals. >> that's a tough one. i want to be lady gaga's assistant, that's what i learned, because she says she is underpaid but owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. how much does an assistant make to the stars in. >> if you're lady gaga -- >> hundreds of thousands? you can call me in the middle of the night all the time for that much money. >>> this comes to us from portland, maine, where a couple made their brand new car to make a special delivery on christmas day. she were head

o'malley inviting pop star lady gaga to dinner. she is known for a strong stance against bullying. the governor thanked lady gaga and said he and his wife would like to have didn't tore discuss eliminating bullying in maryland. this fall, our fist lady, o'malley and the governor were raising awareness through a speak up to stop bullying pledge. >> lady gaga is also out there and an advocate against bullying. we will see if we get a response. >> the first lady made it a top initiative. lady ga tba has yet to respond to the in -- gaga has yet to respond to the invitation. >> if it was business casual, how would she dress? >> what does casual mean anyway? roast beef? >>> we've got milder stuff by the bay. this is one of those interesting mornings where we have a huge spread of temperatures. manchester, clear skies, light winds and warm air starts to rise up to the higher terrain. they are at 34 degrees. frederick, value valley, they are at 20. it maybe a half hour's drive, it's 24 in bel air, 23 degrees across the bay to chestertown. clear skies, abundant across maryland. let's pull t

lady gaga will play an important part in ringing in 20. 20-12.lady gaga nats nats not only will she performn times square on ew year's with pushing the button to ed - signal the famous ball drop at exactly 11:59 p-mmthe pop star is in oon as a special guest of mayor mmchael bloomberg.his office says that hile the mayor has never met lady gaga... he's found her to be a great entertainer. it's friday and that means it's your turn to sound off on oor facebook page about anything you want. want.let us know what's on your mind-- and your response could air in our "faceeook feedback" segment. segment.just go to facebook dot com slash foxbaltimore to become a fan and join the conversation. coming up on the early edition... 2011 was nn stranger to scandals... 3 " we await the opportunity to present our side." we take a look at the top scandalous headlines.. of the past year. &pyear. 3 ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) map fiber map 175 map 3 go shopping... on us! us! today we we will give away our álastáá1-hundred dollar wal-mart gift cards. so if you want to enter... go to ou

martin o'malley inviting lady gaga to dinner.he governor thanked lady gaga via twitter and said he and his wife would love to have dinner and discuss eliminating bullying. judge o'malley and the governor were raising awareness through the speak up stop bullying pledge. >> lady gaga is also out there advocate against bullying. we will wait to see if we get a response. >> the first lady made the campaign a top initiative. we will keep you posted. lady gaga has yet to respond to the tweet. >>> an 18-year-old student who killed himself, his parents are speaking out. he was in a sexual encounter with another man and it was videotaped and then he jumped from a bridge. >> for a long time i didn't think he had done that. i thought maybe he was kidnapped or he had runaway. all of those things. when they found his body, then i was forced to accept the fact. >> the roommate rejected a plea deal that would have kept him out of jail. his trial is in february. >>> the mass gender gap, this city says social factors are the republican for the ga

lady gaga goes viral. let's get the scoop from courtney hayes.ancic, she's back. >> really good news. she announced on the "today" show she was going to be undergoing a double mastectomy. that was just two weeks ago, she underwent that procedure. she was back at work at e! news tuesday night. she wasn't sure whether she was going to return to e! this week or wait until after the new year. she didn't want to rush her recovery. doctors gave her the green light over the weekend did was fine to go back to work. she was there. if you follow giuliana or any of her e! news colleagues on twitter, you saw them tweelting lots of warm wishes and welcome backs. >> it's great to see her. >> it's really great too, that she's speaking so frankly about this situation. because women who are in their 30s undergoing this. you don't think it's going to happen at all. she's speak out about it, so other people can take note of it, and take action if they need to as well. >> word came today that lady gaga is going to be dropping the ball here in the big apple. and word

over lady gaga. turns out that singer's visit was all about business. she met with members of the obama administration talking about an antibullying campaign she is supporting. lady gaga took up the cause after one of her fans committed suicide following years of bullying about his sexual orientation. >>> a measure designed to cut down on teenagers behaving badly is in limbo tonight. today the montgomery county council tabled discussions about the curfew and a proposed antiloitering bill. those measures were introduced after this group of teenagers robbed the convenience store back in july. right now, neither measure has enough votes to pass and tabling them will let the council discuss them again at some later date. >> still ahead, topper is back with a look at the chances for snow in our forecast. >>> i'm peggy fox in the loudoun county courthouse where we could see the return of the crucified skeleton santa along with displays from the church of the flying spaghetti monster. i'll tell you why comi

gaga began her fight after 14-year-old jamie gave up his. >> lady gaga. >> reporter: one of his last. >> reporter: when he later took his life after being bullied for being gay, lady gaga tweeted, "the past days i have spent reflecting, crying, and yelling." now she is giving voice to bullied children through her charity. >> it is an organization centered around anti-bullying. my mom and i are really passionate about that. this is our passion project. >> reporter: beyond adults' efforts, bullied teens are also supporting one another online. >> why so many kids are using the internet as their personal diary? >> kids are using it to pour their heart out on the internet in a way to sometimes ask for the support you need and as jonah found to get the support that you need. >> reporter: now these children have a star on their side bringing their stories all the way to the white house. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> this is such an important issue. it is an important issue for me. i have done a bullying special with cnn. i just, i think it is remarkable that so many kids are going th

. >>> coming up, spotted at the white house, what lady gaga was doing. >> it looks like a terrifying robbery, but this crime was not as it appeared. >> thousands of people eat for lunch every day. but these cups of noodles are also sending thousands to the hospital. >>> we're following developments in the scandal at penn state. prosecutors and defense lawyers get a chance to question the man at a hearing next tuesday. the state is during the right thing by showing the strength of the case. sandusky's lawyer says a client did nothing illegal. >> he is nothing more than an overgrown kid. he wrestles with the kids, he plays with the kids. >> the accusers identities are unlikely to be hidden because now they are legal adults. >>> the new owner of west virginia is up for a big branch line just reached a settlement with the families of 29 miners killed last year. it marked the largest american coal mining disaster and decades. today, and natural resources agreed to pay the victims' families $210 million. the firm bought the energy company back in june. >>> a cold blast has left residents s

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>> you know what's great with lady gaga?me artists, you know exactly what their plan is before they go on the air. with gaga, she always wants to keep you guessing. ♪ gonna marry the night >> reporter: you're the pope of new year's, basically. you're america's nonthreatening boyfriend, you're america's sweetheart on this moment. you could probably kiss anybody at the strike of midnight that you wanted to. >> yeah. >> reporter: if you would name that one person, who would it be? >> by name? well, my girlfriend. >> reporter: who is your girlfriend? >> her game is julianne. >> reporter: how is that going? >> it's going great. >> reporter: what is your resolution for new year's? genetically create a new kardashian? >> can eltell me how to do that? but really, i want to be present in the moment and enjoy without trying to plan the next one. >> reporter: right. does that count right now? are you present now with me or -- >> right now, i'm thinking about the e news show i have to host -- speaking of myself, should we use the same l

13 minutes long, and gaga says it's partially autobigraphical. there's no music or dancing until 8:00 into the video. gaga's latest monster anthem may silence critics who say she's lost her whacky edge. >>> what kind of cereal? that's what i want to know. that's not one of the questions of the day. it is friday. does liquor have a shelf life? why does harris teeter require identification when applying for a rewards card? and how can you get rid of kitchen drain odors? liz joins us now. >> we're not talking about cereal or lady gaga or any of that. >> first up, though, we are talking about an issue that's important to one viewer. he's worried he might have to toss out his liquor from the last holiday season. he wants to know if liquor has a shelf life. >> he only drinks once a year. we checked with the virginia department of alcoholic beverage control. it says distilled spirits do not spoil unless they're mixed with something else. a regular bottle of liquor such as rum or vodka is fine, even after it is opened. however, it's important to always c

the whole gaga family is on hand.ooks like it's going to be a lot of fun. >> this thursday, abc offers an intimate look at the life of lady gaga. see this award-winning artist like you've never seen her before. >> why did you just get so emotional? >> with a frozen turkey on her head. "a very gaga thanksgiving," only on abc. >> jimmy: you see, she's got a turkey on her head. because, if there's one thing she's known for -- [ applause ] this year, they say, 46 million turkeys will be killed for thanksgiving dinner. that's a lot. and another 2 million will lose their lives in snowboarding accidents this year. [ laughter ] thanks to a number of advancements in food science over the years, since 1930, turkeys, the turkeys we eat have more than doubled in size. and they're still growing. they say by the year 2030 the average turkey will be bigger than snooki. [ laughter ] and this is something new, too. there's a company called green ridge farms that has come up with this. this is a real item. this is a boneless turkey. it

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. >> it is the get read all over the state, the governor is reaching out to lady gaga.he incited her to maryland. she thinked her for standing up to bully. we would like to invite to you different to eliminate bullying in maryland. our first lady and the governor were raising awareness and trying to end the bullying with a special pledge. they know that something that pop stars are passionate about. >> we know that lady gaga is out there and answer bullying. we'll see if we get a response. >> he made a campaign. one we'll keep you posted on what we hear. >> we're all on the social networking sites. and reaching out to lady gaga. but we have to play is safe. you're not making yourself a target. we have several tools. is and if you tell everyone that you are away from home. that send as message that there is anybody at your home áfplt it especially a problem if you are going out of town and another. make sure that your security settings are where they should be. do not broadcast your information to everyone. but the places can be fund bun make sure you are not making it t

, oprah, lady gaga. >> the other was jerry lewis. >> what a come bo. >> lady gaga with that make up thatould make quite a hit. >> this. >>> let's take a look at the traditions. it's chilly. tomorrow 34 now. no wind at all, humidity up to 78%. the dew point 78 and that's probably -- 30s, the barometer way back up as higher pressure moves in. 40 in washington. 32 ocean city. once again we're at 34. but some areas north of the city are already down to the freezing mark and probably quickly getting in the upper 20s by tomorrow morning with light winds and clear skies. it's going to really drop by the water a lot warmer. annapolis 53. the current temperature is the low for today, 50. 32 normal. and the record back in 2006, 75. in 1967 12 degrees above zero. right now the only -- cumberland and oakland very light wind. they'll stay over night tonight. tomorrow looks like a light shift in the wind. there will be a weak tunnel passage you won't see it accept wind shift. tomorrow actually a little warmer than today because ahead of that week front winds of southwest for a while. it will be to the

justin bieber and lady gaga the headliners for the performers later on tonight. in meantime, after that lady gaga will join mayor michael bloomberg and flip the switch to 2012. back it you. >> dede, thanks so much. when nightly news continues on this saturday evening, why some people are saying go ahead, raise my taxes. >>> and the story behind the song that's synonymous to new year's eve. do you know the words? do you know what they mean? . detto see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the g

. >> if we get anything else we'll put it on abc 7 news.com for you and lady gaga brings her voice to the white house to campin kids who are often voiceless. >> how your credit card number can be stolen at the supermarket. hundreds of shoppers may have to close their accounts because of this. we'll be right back here. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> a north carolina 4th grader has been suspended for calling a substitute teacher "cute". the 9-year-old boy received a suspicion for telling a friend the fill in teacher looked cute saying he called the teacher quote, fine. school sedz he called some students the "n" word after being warned to stop comments. >> pop singer lady gaga ch

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she was doing that in 1904. >> are you a gaga fan?tuff i really like and i saw her do this thing when we were doing the viva glam campaign where she did like a george segal sculpture, where she looked like a george segal sculpture. i really love the bus driver. i really thought she looked like the bus driver. but she didn't. she had a motorcycle cap but it was painted. and that part of it i just love because i always view what we do as performance art. whether it's gaga or nicki minaj or katy perry or me or madonna or annie lennox or deborah harry, it's performance art. >> is part of it the ability to take risks and occasionally fail? i watch gaga and times i absolutely love what she does. other times i think this is completely crackers. but i like the fact that she's constantly trying new things. >> you got to try. what are you going to do, never grow? you know, the younger artists look to the older artists just like i do but you also look to the younger artist. there's new music happening all the time. there's old music to still dis

i loved lady gaga.i first met her on this record date, and she was -- she went to the whole staff after it was finished, the recording that we did, thanking them for believing in her. she was so sweet to everybody, to every stagehand and everybody, "thank you for being so nice to me" and all that and i was very impressed with that. >> the great thing with you, you've had this as i said extraordinary career where you are absolutely huge to the 50s and 60s, one of the great stars of the world and then you hit the wall a bit. >> what's fascinating about my life, my family became is benedetto and translated into english it's the blessed one. funny it's worked out because from 1950 until this very moment, 99% of the time i've been sold out all over the world. >> is that right? >> especially in your great country, britain. >> they love to you britain. >> i know, i love it. >> how long would you say the period of you know, the timing of your career when it wasn't firing on all cylinders, how long was that peri