. >>> controversial research showing a link between measles and mumps has been discredited. and now the researcher is accused of making up the data. lisa amin gulezian reports. >> reporter: they made the link between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and autism. he said after studying 12 children eight showed behavioral symptoms 6.3 days after being vaccinated for mmr. the report caused parents worldwide to stop vaccinating the children. the theory was de bunked in 2009. and now the prominent british medical journal calls it a fraud. >> i think what he did was a moral crime if not an actual crime. >> it claims wakefield falsified data saying some children got sick after the vaccination when they really didn't. >> this was a clinical examination of children on the merits of their clinical problems by the best people in the world, the best clinical experts in peed yoot tricks in the world -- pediatrics in the world. they came to that, not me. >> her son is autistic and he showed signs before vaccinations. but the mother admits the wakefield report did impact how she care

. >> not mump we -- not much we can do with mother nature's fury. >> dozens of tornadoes crashed the holiday in five states, spreading death and destruction. >> my whole house start shaking. the windows started busting out, and then it was gone. >> the freak storm took residents by surprise. in this video, ominous crowds bore witness, then sirens wailed a warning, this woman and her young son barely got out alive. >> some doors were laying on top of us and i managed to get them off me and screamed out for help from my neighbors. >> three people were killed in this small arkansas town of cincinnati. >> start looking for the other people that were missing, and we found everybody. unfortunately, it was not a good deal. >> reporter: the tornadoes, fueled by warm air, very up unusual this time of year, elsewhere, stormy weather continues. >> get out of the way! >> reporter: caused a 20-car pileup in colorado springs, which made for dangerous driving in iowa in california, they're digging out, too. mounds of mud instead of snow, and digging in for more rain on the way. >> john: just ahead,

and that led to a drop in the number of children getting back the scenes for things like measles and mumps. >> crews from the coast guard or salvaging a crab boat out washed ashore in half moon bay state park on tuesday. kron 4 craig was there to watch the work. >>. conceive a crab boat is locked in place in an upright positions of the crews of lot to do with this cable the attached heavy machinery. most of the disease of fuel has been removed only several hundred gallons remain. it's a really centurion there's a lot of concern what kind of the fact that diesel fuel would have on the area. >> and its appetite for small bird here so were concerned about that. the first were going to do is make a reassessment and see how we did make sure the entire boat is clean of any petroleum product or anything that's foul to the environment. after make that determination will figure out what to do next. a salvage crews have to watch and the bird it could either be towed or the of the cut it up here into pieces and that could take as long as five days. in half moon bay kron 4 news. >> a live look outside

although the 1998 research is now widely discredited, the suggestion that the measles, mumps and rubella shot was con necked to autism panicked many parents to and caused immunization rates to plummet. >>> turkish media says the hijacking of a flight was spoiled yesterday by some of the passengers on board. they reportedly struggled with a man claiming to have a bomb. no one was hurt and the plane landed safely. >>> on a recent united airlines flight, it was a much lesser use threat that triggered an emergency. a spilled cup of coffee. the pilot accidentally dropped his cup on the plane's radio equipment setting off a hijack alert. the flight was diverted, delays passengers, but fortunately nothing more serious came of it. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opened at 11,722, after adding 31 points yesterday. the s&p edged up 6 points and the nasdaq rose 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei surged 148 points while in hong kong, the hang seng climbed 28. >>> well, jobs and losses on gains on wall street yes

>> the measels, mumps and rue bella. and our children now get a battery of vaccinations which obviously have a very laudible aim to prevent childhood diseases but there were serious concerns and it was backed with data that immediately after getting the shot, some kids began to manifest symptoms of developmental disorder called autism. there is also a very provocative stud they came out of texas that coal burning plants which spew out mercury latent pollution, if you did an overlay of where the plants and were where the prevalence or a spike in autism occurred, it was in proximity to those plants. it's provocative. it's suggestive, not conclusive but it raises the bar that there may be or red flags, a number of triggers. and mercury at predisposition, a gene problem, unborn children may have some early indicators that they are going to be autistic. so we need to be looking earlier with the hopes of mitigating the early onset or the manifest station of this developmental disorder and earliest prevention, vigorous early pr

the 198 1998 study suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is linked to autism. the british surgeon general says that information was doctored. a british journalist compared the diagnosis in the 98 studies to the hospital records and found that the medical facts about the children were altered. several of the kids in the study showed signs of autism before they were even vaccinated. dr. andrew wakefield, who published the 1998 study, denies the allegations and says his study is not a lie. now, last year, the lancet took the unusual step and retracted dr. wakefield's study. also last year, dr. wakefield was stripped of his license to practice medicine in england. sydnie. >> and this one report led a wave of parents to not vaccinate their kids so what was the fallout? >> reporter: huge. here in california personal beliefs exemptions, when a parents opts out of getting their schoolchildren vaccinated, these exemptions doubled after the study. in some bay area schools 30 to 60% of students are not vaccinated. >> what's the impact of having so many kids unvaccinated?

>> the measels, mumps and rue bella. and our children now get a battery of vaccinations which obviously have a very laudible aim to prevent childhood diseases but there were serious concerns and it was backed with data that immediately after getting the shot, some kids began to manifest symptoms of developmental disorder called autism. there is also a very provocative stud they came out of texas that coal burning plants which spew out mercury latent pollution, if you did an overlay of where the plants and were where the prevalence or a spike in autism occurred, it was in proximity to those plants. it's provocative. it's suggestive, not conclusive but it raises the bar that there may be or red flags, a number of predisposition, a gene problem, unborn children may have some early indicators that they are going to be autistic. so we need to be looking earlier with the hopes of mitigating the early onset or the manifest station of this developmental disorder and earliest prevention, vigorous early prevention using best pract

andrew wakefield's 1998 paper which claimed to link autism with the measles and mumps made parents decide not to give the vaccine. >> he made the link between that and autism. he claimed after studying 12 children, eight showed behavioral systems days after being vaccinated. they were told worldwide to stop vaccinating their children. the prominent british medical journal calls wakefield's study an elaborate fraud. >> i think what dr. wakefield did was a moral crime if not an actual crime. >> the journal claims wakefield falsified data saying some children got sick after the vaccination when they really didn't. >> this was a clinical examination of children on the merits of their clinical problems by the best people in the world. best clinical experts in the world. and they came to the diagnosis, not me. >> lisa is the parent of an autistic child. her son dante showed signs of autism before he received any vaccinations. but this mother admits the wakefield report did impact how she cared for her child. >> i delayed vaccines. i took multiple vaccines for him and i wouldn't have done that i

the british medical journal "lancet" investigated the 1998 report linking autism to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. the journal found that medical facts about the children in that study were fabricated. five of the 12 children had previously documented developmental problems before they were vaccinated. >> the most damning evidence of all that perhaps these numbers, the dates were all fabricated, to sort of make a case, did you have some sort of preconceived notion of a link between the vaccine mmr and autism before you conducted this study? >> absolutely not. dr. gupta, please, i urge you, go and read my book. you will understand t many people don't. the parents understand it. they get it because they have lived it. okay? and the claims to whether the vaccine caused their children harm or not came from the parents, not me. i didn't have a preconceived notion about this at all. >> last year, dr. wakefield lost his license to practice medicine in britain. and the medical journal lancet which originally published the study has since retracted it. >>> new data showing the importan

the 1998 study suggests that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is connected to autism. new research reveals that information was doctored. police researchers compared the diagnoses to hospital records and found that facts about patients had been altered. >>> blue shield of california planning another round of rate hikes for its health insurance customers. if approved by state regulators, the march 1 increase would be the third in a five-month span. for almost 200,000 blue shield policyholders, it would mean an average cumulative increase of more than 30% since october. state insurance commissioner dave jones can only block such increases under a narrow set of criteria. >>> all right. folks, you just getting up, another chilly start to the day outside. we have some cold temperatures, in the freezer now in santa rosa, 31. 34 in the napa valley, 36 vallejo, 38 fairfield. watch out, we have dense fog being reported in some interior valleys. inside the bay not too bad, still colder temperatures there, 30s and 40s. but as we head toward the afternoon, a lot of sunshine coming

started displaying "behavioral symptoms" in an average "6.3 days" after being vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella. >> the work certainly raises a question mark over mmr vaccine. >> reporter: the doctor set off a global firestorm. for some parents of autistic children, it is now an article of faith, that vaccines are the reason their children cannot function normally in the world. but today, a prominent medical journal said the doctor's study was, in fact, an elaborate fraud. >> i think what dr. wakefield did was a moral crime, if not an actual crime. >> reporter: working for the british medical journal, investigative reporter brian deer compared the actual medical records of the 12 children to the symptoms reported by dr. wakefield, and he says he found that wakefield changed the data. according to the report, some of the children dr. wakefield claimed had autism were, in fact, perfectly healthy. and some of the children he claimed got sick after being vaccinated were, in fact, sick before the vaccine. all of which raises the question why this purported fraud. >> i think his motive wa

started displaying behavioral symptoms in an average of 6.3 days after being vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella. >> the work certainly raises a question mark over mmr vaccine. >> reporter: dr. wakefield set off a global firestorm. for some parents of autistic children it is now an article of faith that vaccines are the reason their children cannot function normally in the world. but a prominent medical journal said dr. wakefield's study was, in fact, an elaborate fraud. >> i think what dr. wakefield did was a moral crime. if not an actual crime. >> reporter: working for the british medical journal, investigative reporter brian deere compared the actual medical records of the 12 children to the symptoms reported by dr. wakefield. and he says he found that wakefield changed the data. according to the report, some of the children dr. wakefield claimed had autism were in fact perfectly healthy. and some of the children he claimed got sick after being vaccinated were in fact sick before the vaccine. all of which raises the question, why this purported fraud? >> i think his motive was mon

my research has been confined to measles, mumps or rubella vaccine. the safety studies of that vaccine are largely inadequate, not my words, the words of a international expert, largely inadequate. i have not said don't get vaccinated. >> what your recommendation today? >> my recommendation is for parents to go away and read, there's extensive information out there from went sites like the cdc's website, like the national vaccine information center. like "vaccine safety first" they should read this. believe me, there are two sides to this argument. read, get informed. talk to a sympathetic pediatrician, then based on a good solid science, make a decision. >> okay, dr. wakefield, thanks very much. we have all of this on abcnews.com. we want you to read the research, as well, it includes links to the british medical study and the journal who also details the deficiencies in dr. wakefield's works. we'll be right back. [ snorting ] [ gasps ] ♪ [ female announcer ] too many holiday treats? [ snorting ] ♪ take the special k challenge, with so many ways

>> the measels, mumps and rue bella. and our children now get a battery of vaccinations which obviously have a very laudible aim to prevent childhood diseases but there were serious concerns and it was backed with data that immediately after getting the shot, some kids began to manifest symptoms of developmental disorder called autism. there is also a very provocative stud they came out of texas that coal burning plants which spew out mercury latent pollution, if you did an overlay of where the plants and were where the prevalence or a spike in autism occurred, it was in proximity to those plants. it's provocative. it's suggestive, not conclusive but it raises the bar that there may be or red flags, a number of triggers. and mercury at predisposition, a gene problem, unborn children may have some early indicators that they are going to be autistic. so we need to be looking earlier with the hopes of mitigating the early onset or the manifest station of this developmental disorder and earliest prevention, vigorous early pr

andrew wakefield, a british surgeon and researcher, claimed a link between the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine and autism. >> the work certainly raises a question mark over mmr vaccine. >> reporter: but now, a prominent medical journal says dr. wakefield's study was an elaborate fraud. >> i think what dr. wakefield was a moral crime, if not an actual crime. >> reporter: investigative reporter, brian deer, debunked wakefield's study showing eight children developed autistic symptoms, within, on average, a week after receiving the measles, mumps, rubella shot. by cross-referencing the actual medical records of the children, deer says he found that dr. wakefield falsified the data in his study. some of the children had the symptoms before the vaccination. some of the children were deemed normal afterwards. and some never had the disease at all. wakefield appeared on cnn to vociferously defend himself. >> the book is not a lie. this is a systemic process. i'm not going to go away. >> reporter: all of this leaves parents in america with some wrenching decisions. dan and kelly lasek are angr

13 offers behind the study are looking at findings that linked autism to vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella. new investigation shows wakefield and colleagues fudged facts about the patients they observed. five of the children classified as normal had developmental problems before they had the shot. researchers discovered the discrepancy when they compared the medical records and the parents. measles has surged in the u.s. and europe because parents were afraid to vaccinate their children. >> a san francisco-based company is asking to start off the new year to save a life. they are hosting a be the match bone marrow drive. the company will donate $100 to the foundation. to participate, you have to be healthy between the ages of 18 and 60 and have a valid id. to donate, go to the first floor atrium in san francisco between 9:00 this morning and 1:00 this afternoon. >>> a certainly story for the company. >> hope you can find matches for all kinds of patients. they have a special patient in mind. there will be a match for him as well. john green has leukemia and needs a bone marrow

started displaying behavioral symptoms in an average of 6.3 days after being vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella. >> the work certainly raises a question mark over mmr vaccine. >> reporter: the doctor set off a global firestorm. for some parents of autistic children, it is now an article of faith, that vaccines are the reason their children cannot function normally in the world. but a prominent medical journal said the doctor's study was, in fact, an elaborate fraud. >> i think what dr. wakefield did was a moral crime, if not an actual crime. >> reporter: working for "the british medical journal," investigative reporter brian deer compared the actual medical records of the 12 children to the symptoms reported by dr. wakefield. and he says he found that wakefield changed the data. according to the report, some of the children dr. wakefield claimed had autism were, in fact, perfectly healthy. and some of the children he claimed got sick after being vaccinated were, in fact, sick before the vaccine. all of which raises the question, why this purported fraud? >> i think his motive was mo

a british investigation is calling a study that linked autism to measles, mumps and rubella a fraud. the doctor claimed in his 1998 report eight of the 12 children he study showed behavioral symptoms of autism a fraud. the investigative report in the british medical journal looked at the data used in wakefield's study and found the doctor's facts. >> i think what dr. wakefield did was a moral crime if not an actual crime. >> this was an examination of a children and their clinical problems with the best clinical experts in the world and they came to the diagnosis, not me. >> i delayed vaccines. i took multiple vaccines for him. and i wouldn't have done that, you know, if i knew it was falsified. >> the parents or actually this parent of an autistic child said her son showed signs of autism before she received any vaccination but said it did impact how she cares for him. >> the army did not thoroughly test the body armor issued to u.s. troops. the report says the army cut corners and at times lowered ballistic testing for the vests. they have no guarantee the vests will save their liv

the 1998 study is the first ever to link autism to vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella. they altered facts about the patients they observed. out of the 12 children studied who were normal before they had the mmr shot, five had previously documented developmental problems. researchers say the cases were misrepresented when they compared data from the medical records and dhrn's parents. measles surged because parents were afraid to vaccinate children. >> part the san francisco-based company is starting off the new year by saving a life. they are hosting a be the match bone marrow drive. for every person, the company will donate $100 to the foundation. you have to be healthy between the ages of 18 and 60 and have a valid id. to donate you can go to the first floor atrium at 1 market street in san francisco between 9:00 in the morning and 1:00 in the afternoon. >> it could really help someone out. that would be great. 5:16. a very personal story. >> sales force that is sponsoring the thing you are talking about and hope they can find matches for everyone. they have a special

the british medical journal investigated the 1998 report linking autism to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. the journal found that medical facts about the children in the study were fabricated. 5 of the 12 kids had previously documented developmental problems before they were vaccinated. >> the most damning evidence of all that perhaps these numbers the dates were all fabricated to sort of make a case, did you have some sort of preconceived notion of a link between the vaccine mmr and autism before you conducted this study? >> absolutely not. dr. gupta, please, i urge you, go and read my book. you will understand it. many people don't. the parents understand it. they get it. they lived it. the claims to whether the vaccine caused their children harm or not came from the parents, not me. i didn't have a preconceived notion about this at all. >> last year, dr. wakefield lost his license to practice in britain and the medical journal "lancet" which originally published his study has sense retracted it. >>> keeping a presidential tradition alive. who is putting president obama in the h

a british investigation is calling the study that linked autism to a childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella a fraud. the doctor claimed in his 1998 report that the children he study showed symptoms of autism six dales after being vaccinated. people worldwide stopped vaccinating their children as a result. his theory was debunked in 2009. a report in the british medical journal called it an elaborate fraud. >> i think what he did was a moral crime if not an actual crime. >> this was a clinical examination on the children on merits of their clinical problems by the best people in the world, best clinical experts in the world, and they came to the diagnosis, not me. >> i delayed vaccines. i took multiple vaccines for him. and i wouldn't have done that, you know, if i knew it was falsified. >> she says her son showed signs of autism before being vaccinated but she says the wakefield report influenced the way she cared for her son. >> oracle's larry ellison is denying a forbes.com report that he wants to buy the hornets and move the team to san jose. the hornets are up for grabs. the

. >> the original study triggered a downturn in vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rebull la and a results surge in measles. >> >>> one of the winners of the mega millions scheduled to step forward to claim the prize today in washington state. one winning ticket sold to retired man at a supermarket in washington. the other one sold in post falls, idaho. good for half the $380 million jackpot. a store clerk in washington who thinks he may have sold it is hoping for a cut of winnings. >> you know, meet me outside. hey. you know? i sold you the winning lottery ticket. don't forget. >> the washington winner's secret identity will be revealed. nothing is known of winner number two beyond the idaho location. >>> 15 minutes past the hour. we know we didn't win and many others didn't either. unfortunately. breaking news. >> i was doing novinas to get a portion. >> good morning. >> good morning to you and to you at home. >> thanks so much. much more on the national forecast later on in the show. chris and erica. >> thank you much. good morning. >> good morning to you, too. >> big ted will

it caused some parents to avoid the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. the medical journal "bmj" found that results were doctored in the original study. >>> there may be new hope for millions of americans, particularly young women who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. clinical trials funded by a drug company have found that a two-week treatment with certain antibiotics may ease symptoms for at least ten weeks and that is a finding that would support the theory that intestinal bacteria may play a role in ibf. >>> and you wouldn't have to panic if you leave something valuable in your pocket if you go to this san diego dry cleaner. the workers there recently returned a stack of $100 bills left in a jacket, totaling $2,000. by the way, this business has a reputation for good, clean honesty because several years ago, they found and returned $10,000 in cash to a very absent minded but grateful customer. there you go. it is now 6 minutes past the hour. now back to matt, amy and al. >> ann, look who else is here this morning? >> back. >> hi. >> talk more to

jake tapper has mump more. >> reporter: the sheriff in tucson immediately suggested that political royal. >> to dry to do that 24 hours a day, 7 days a like has impact on people. >> reporter: and there is no shortage of examples of heated rhetoric. >> if ballots don't work bullets will. >> reporter: but exhibit "a" is sarah palin targeted giffords' district and 19 others with this imagery. one slummist says she has blood on her hands. >> don't retreat, reload. and that is not a call for violence. >> reporter: giffords is not buying it. >> way she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. the more people do that you've got to realize there's consequences to that action. >> reporter: there's no evidence that the shooter even hurt of sarah palin, and rebecca mansour in a podcast interview -- >> we never expected it to be gun fajt. >> reporter: one acquaintance from 2007 described him as liberal. democrats say, regardless, the rhetoric has to be civil. >> you just never know what words are going to set off someone who is mentally disable. we have to be careful with

>> we need to be attentive to tetanus, measles, mumps, hepatitis b and influenza and pneumonia. >> next on the list is boost your omega 3s. >> omega 3s are little power houses, they can smooth your skin, they can aid in weight loss, they can boost your mood and more importantly they can prevent heart disease. so incorporate fish in your diet or if you're a vegetarian, you eat walnuts. >> you may not even know that you have these diseases because they often don't have symptoms until they cause blindness. so get your eyes checked to screen for these diseases. so certainly get your eyes checked and you start getting them -- >> you should get your eyes checked once in your 20s, twice in your 30s and in your 40s, every other year and when you're in your 60s, it's annual. >>> still to come this morning, the beautiful russian spy that captured headlines is now captivating the silver screen. we'll have much more on what's next for anna chapman. but first these messages. delicious news for dessert lovers. introducing activia dessert. rich yogurt with desserty flavors like strawberry cheesecake a