repeal it and yet the justice department is fighting to keep it. and the defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff both say they want it to go away but not yet. he said right now, all you've got among the ranks is sort of this mass confusion. >> all right. we'll definitely keep following the story. chris, thanks. you might have seen lady gaga and alec baldwin taking up gay rights as a cause. they're two celebrities lending the voice to national issues and voices that get louder the closer to the midterms 12 days away. here's cnn correspondent brooke anderson. >> did you hear obama will kill our grandmas? >> reporter: jack black takes on health care reform. >> i thought equality was nonnegotiab nonnegotiable. >> reporter: lady gaga is all over don't ask, don't tell. >> gay new yorkers don't have the right to marry. >> reporter: alec baldwin released a video backing gay