ROMANS: Good morning. Welcome back to STARTING POINT. Check out this video from the top of the Washington monument. A worker wearing a helmet cam capturing a bird's eye view of workers topping off the scaffoldings surrounding the landmark.</s>BERMAN: Oh my goodness.</s>ROMANS: I know. The monument has been closed since it was heavily damaged by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake back in August of 2011. A prom king and queen controversy brewing at a Virginia high school after a male student nominated for prom queen and a female student nominated for prom king were named finalists. Students at T.C. Williams high in Alexandria say the male student lobbied for queen and the female student ran for king to support him and some of the kids are OK with it. Others not so much.</s>KAYLA LEWIS, STUDENT: People think that if a guy is running he should be running for prom king and not queen.</s>CELENA GONZALEZ, STUDENT: I want her to be a queen but then again she gets replaced by a guy.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I personally know both people the girl running for king and the guy running for queen. They're great people.</s>BERMAN: CNN affiliate WJLA spoke to the male student vying for prom queen. He's reportedly now uncomfortable with all the attention. He's considering dropping out. The king and queen will be named during prom which is on June 1st.</s>ROMANS: All right. That's it for STARTING POINT. I'm Christine Romans for this Wednesday.</s>BERMAN: And I'm John Berman. "CNN NEWSROOM" with Carol Costello begins right now.</s>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning to you. Thank you so much for joining me. I'm Carol Costello. What did they know and when did they know it? 40 years later that simple, iconic question from the Watergate era once again hangs over the White House.
Prom King & Queen Controversy