Im jose diazbalart, first on the rundown, the escalating number of measles cases on the growing debate over vaccination us. Its turneding into a political firearm storm. Chris christie made comments yesterday saying parents should have some choice on whether to vaccinate their kids. His office later clarified saying he believes children should be vaccinated. Now rand paul is weighing in and so is Hillary Clinton. Former secretary of state tweeting the science is clear, the earth is round, the sky is blue and vaccines work. Lets protect all our kids. A reminder were not talking about 102 confirmed measles across 14 states. Lets bring in casey hunt in london and benji is in washington. This erupted after you asked the governor about the measles vaccine. Whats the latest hes saying today . Reporter Chris Christie is just wrapping up a meeting of the chancellor. While this trip was supposed to be about Foreign Policy yesterday the focus on the measles in america. Touring a company that makes vaccines. But he ended up injecting himself into an american debate as measles spreads in the u. S. I understand that there are families that in some cases are concerned about the effect of vaccinations. The science is pretty indisputable. There arent are you telling parents to get your kids vaccinated . You should get your kids vaccinated. All i can say is we vaccinate ours. I also understand that parents need to have some measure of choice. Thats the balance that the government has to decide. Senator rand paul weighed in too. Did you just say that most vaccines in this country should be voluntary . I guess being for freedom would be really unusual. I guess i u dont understand the point. I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. Im not arguing they are a bad idea. I think they are a good thing, but i think the parents should have some input. Christies office was quick to walk back his statement saying with a disease like measle ls theres no question kids should be vaccinated. It pulled the focus away from the planned messages and photo ops, touring cambridge. Paying his respects at the American Cemetery and meeting with david cameron. These trips can help build Foreign Policy credentials, but so far christie hasnt talked much Foreign Policy. Whats the role of nato . Im not going to get into that now . Even as youre here in the uk . Even as im here in the uk. Christie didnt leave politics at the waters edge. Cameron wants to accelerate a trade. President obama supports it, but christie says thats not good enough. Reporter christie is heading home tonight, but not before he takes in a rehearsal of henry v where there are some students studying. Casey, thank you. Benji, i want to bring you into this it conversation. You write that christies runin with the issue may go back much longer. What did you find . I talked to an antivaccination activist in new jersey yesterday who says that during the 2009 campaign for governor Chris Christie met with her and fellow activists to discuss their concerns at the time they were arguing there should be fewer mandatory vaccinations. Christie sent them a letter, which she provided to me saying he stands with them and acknowledged that some of the Autism Community were concerned about the vaccine issue. He never said theres a link between vaccines and autism, just to be clear about this. But its clear hes been dealing with this issue for awhile in terms of the antivaccination movement. Its worth pointing out that in 2009 there was less attention on this issue and some other candidates including John Mccain Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were called out at points during their president ial campaign for even hinting that the science was not settled on this issue. Its very settled. Theres no danger there. Casey, Hillary Clinton sent out a tweet supporting vaccinations saying, grandmothers know best and rand paul also getting in the fight. Whats the political calculations here . Hillary clinton has been picking her political spots very carefully. She hasnt stepped into too many debates. When she does, shes been using twitter. That shows you how safe this issue is for her. Shes approach inging this basically from a general election perspective at this point. She has no real primary opponents. As for republicans on the other hand, youre seeing this pop up in a way as all of these potential candidates are thinking about waging a primary campaign where they are going to have to appeal to activists and those right wing libertarians that rand paul in particular is listening to. When you tweet, theres no followup questions involved. Benji, the Research Center says in 2009 that 71 of both democrats and republicans think vaccinations should be required. By last august that number increased to 76 for democrats but decreased to 65 for republicans. Why is this now becoming a political issue . Theres been Interesting Research on this topic. It turns out that antivaccination is something spread by this kind of hippy left and wealthy west coast enclaves theres no particular ideological colation. Theres people on the right and left that disagree with this. But i want to be very clear about something here on the science since just having this debate can make this issue worse in some ways. I talked to top research from cornell, columbia and the university of pennsylvania three of the top medical schools in the country, about pauls comments, all of kmem them were unanimous that the science is settled. Theres been Exhaustive Research and you should not be worried about vaccinating your kid. You should be more worried about your child getting a disease. Thats an important point. Its a good way of concluding it. The question is whether it should be mandatory or voluntary. Theres just proof that there is no side effect to these vaccines. Benji and casey, thank you. Were going to have more on the Measles Outbreak and vaccination debate throughout the rundown. Were going to talk to a doctor later this hour. And theres a hearing on effectiveness on capitol hill. And this vaccine debate is a vibrant one across social media. I want to hear what you think. Weigh in on our Facebook Page. And on twitter as well. And now to more winter weather, a large swath of the northeast is dealing with dangerously bitter cold temperatures this morning a day after an additional foot of snow in some parts. It was another tough trip to work for many with flash freezing turning roads into ice skating rinks. Some highways turned deadly. 15 deaths were reported linked to the latest storm. Residents struggling to dig out say they have had enough. I think its too much snow and it keeps coming and coming in a very short time. Lets go to boston for the very latest. Weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is. First it was the snow and now its the ridiculously cold temperatures. Reporter were 15 to 20 degrees below average. Its in the Single Digits. If im not facing the sun here its cold. My face is getting cold here. The big problem is the amount of snow we have had. In the last seven days in boston, we have had over 40 inches of snow. A yearly snowfall in boston on average is 43 inches. So in 7 days we have almost had a years worth of snow in boston. Theres no place to put this stuff. The other thing is its not melting with these cold temperatures. It also isnt melting. Behind me logan airport. Thats the tower there. Once and awhile youll see a flight take off. A big difference from where we have yesterday. We had 55 of all the outbound flights cancelled. Today were down to 20 . Really the issue is the aircraft. We have to get the aircraft in. Yesterday the mayor encouraging everybody to use mass transit. Now we are having big problems especially with the trains. A lot of the trains are not working this morning. We have seen some of the lines freeze up as well. We have some big problems here in boston with all this snowfall. Its not going anywhere. The pattern is not changing. Theres going to be another three to five inches on thursday. Another big snowstorm here on sunday and monday. So we are right into one heck of a winter here across the northeast and specifically new england. Worcester has had 77 inches of snow. Thats twice what they get here in boston. Jim cantore, thank you. Good to see you. Lets bring in bill karins. We were just talking about the possibility of more snow in the future with these bone chilling temperatures. Did you see the trash can . The only thing left was the little top. Incredible stuff. Mountains of snow. Look at that. Thats not even piled up. Thats just the way it is. Lets get into this. This storm is gone. The storm that just got done was historic in chicago, detroit and boston. Jim mentioned why it was historic. Another widespread 1 to 1. 5 feet. The windchills are cold. They are not alone. Much of the country is bitterly cold. The warm january that huh you had a distant memory. Kansas city down to 7 degrees windchill and even new orleans at 34. 44 windchill in orlando is not fun. The other story we have going on, a lot of kmoisture is going to stream into the west. We have a plentiful amount of rain. Whatever term you want to use, were finally getting a beneficial rain. Thats good. But eventually the storms are do go across the country. The next batch of snow were going to be tracking will be coming down in the northern plains. Thats throughout tuesday night and tomorrow. By the time we get to wednesday and wednesday afternoon, that comes to the east coast. Jim did mentioned the possible storm sunday and monday. That one could be one of the ones that goes through the midwest, redevelops ask gets stronger for new england. As we mentioned, its so cold that none of this is melting. So were in this pattern, were stuck in it doesnt look like were getting out of it any time soon. Were just Getting Started on this it tuesday edition of the the rundown. Lawmakers are getting ready for a budget battle. They take up the president s 4 trillion plan. Republican congressman Shawn Duffy Duffy joins me after the break. And shug knight set to appear in a courtroom after an alleged hitandrun. Details on this case coming up. [meow mix jingle slowly and quietly plucks] right on cue. [cat meows] meow, meow, meow, meow. Its more than just a meal its meow mix mealtime. With great taste and 100 complete nutrition, its the only one cats ask for by name. Alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are you . Aleve, proven better on pain. Toenail fungus . Dont hide it. Tackle it with new fdaapproved Jublia Jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. Use jublia as instructed by your doctor. Once applied jublia gets to the site of infection by going under, around and through the nail. Most common side effects include ingrown toenail, applicationsite redness itching, swelling, burning or stinging, blisters, and pain. Tackle it ask your doctor now if new jublia is right for you. President obamas budget arrived on capitol hill with a thud. Not just because it weighs a ton, but lawmakers will begin picking apart the 4 trillion plan. In less than an hour both the house and Senate Budget committees begin hearings on the proposal. Hardly anyone expects the plan to be enacted as it. Congress will pick out things like tax increases on the wealthy and defense spending. The name of the game will be compromise. Let me bring in shawn duffy, a member of the budget committee. Thanks for having me on. Thank you, the president calls this plan practical and nonpartisan. Is that what this is . The president knows we want a historic majority in the house and just won the senate. We didnt do that by selling the American People on the fact were going to raise taxes and have a slowgrowing economy. Were going to talk about the budget tr a couple days. Then the house and senate are going to put together a proposal that actually is going to work towards balancing our budget. As you know the budget though it raises trillions of new taxes, it never balances. Thats a real problem for us in the house. We think we should be on the course to balancing the budget and making sure we leave off the next generation with a set of opportunities that are just as great as we had. Im wondering if with this large budget are there things in there that you feel you can Work Together on to maybe get something that will be beneficial and something that the country can see as a bipartisan work that comes through from you guys . First off, hes proposed all these new taxes. We have historic revenues coming in who never brought in this much money. The economy is starting to grow. So to think were going to increase taxes, we believe thats going to tamp down growth and put families back to work. As more revenue comes in we can slow the growth of spending. And thats one of the key templates that can bring us to a balanced budget. With the president saying im going to raise taxes and never balance, its going to be hard for us to find a bipartisan solution. Thats why the president s proposal is a proposal we talked about. Were going to pass a budget for the American People. The president does talk about closing some loopholes. The inheritance tax, taxing inheritance that wouldnt be considered maybe necessarily a tax, but would benefit the middle class. Tax reform is that we should restructure the whole code. Take out the deductions that have been put in it there for generations that have been put there by people with powerful lobbyists in washington and start over. But taking some one offs the president and his proposals of increasing taxes are one of the reasons why so many corporations are doing these inversions finding foreign partners to buy them. We have one of the highest tax rates in the industrialized world. Lets be competitive and lower our taxes and make america competitive and put our people back to work. Thats the engine of opportunity. Coming out with new tax increases over and over again and never balancing the budget is not a way for bipartisan solutions. The president knows that this is going to be a big dud over here in the senate and house. This was not an olive branch to work with us. He knew he was going to get pushed back. I want to switch topics to something a lot of people are discussing. You and your wife have seven children. Do you agree with scott walker that our children should be vaccinated . For me, i want that to be my choice as a parent. I know my kids best. I know what morals and values are right for my children. I think we should not have an oppressive state telling us what to do. The community might say if you dont want to vaccinate your kids, you cant send them to school. That may be fair but we want to make sure we continue to let parents make the decisions for these kids. Its a slippery slope when we have the state getting so involved with our children. It may be. But heres a thought. I have two little girls. So im worried that what about someone in in my daughters class that decides not to give vaccines to their child. Then they get something and pass it along to my kid. In other words dont we as a community and a society have a responsibility to protect our children and your children as well. Which is my point. Your community might say if you dont vaccinate, we cant send them to public school. How many sicknesses i have gotten from my kids going to school and coming home with colds and flus. At some point we have to say, listen, lets give control to our parents. I can choose to vaccinate my kids but i hate to have more state control over what i do with my children. Not everybody is a great parent. Not everybody cares as much as you do. A lot of parent who is are smart, well read, they are some of the ones choosing not to vaccinate. Often times those who may not be as well read they are vaccinated. So to say you have a bunch of crack pots choosing not to do with their children thats not true. You have well read parents choosing not to make this decision. I vaccinate my kids on both things but sometimes i say this might not work for me and my values and my family. Lets not have the state come in and start being repressive and telling us how to raise our kids. Congressman, thank you for being withme, appreciate your time. Hearingings beginning in 40 minutings. Well have an eye on the action. After the break, well zoom through the top stories. Shug knight is not the only trouble with the law. Warren sapp arrested in phoenix. What hes accused of, next. You wouldnt do half of your daily routine. So why treat your mouth any differently. Brushing alone does less than half the job leaving behind millions of germs. Complete the job with listerine®. Kill up to 99 percent of germs. And prevent plaque, early gum disease and bad breath. Complete the job with listerine®. Power to your mouth™. Also try listerine® floss. Its advanced Technology Removes more plaque. announcer dont settle for 4g lte coverage thats smaller or less reliable when only one network is americas largest and most reliable 4g lte network verizon. With xlte, our 4g lte bandwidth has doubled in over 400 cities. And now, save without settling. Get 2 lines with 10gb of data for just 110. Or four lines for just 140. And get a 150 bill credit for each smartphone you switch. Hurry offers end february 4th. Only on verizon. Stouffers mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenient cup. New Stouffers Mac cups. Made for you to love. Theres nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. So why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . With cialis for daily use, you dont have to plan around either. Its the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be Ready Anytime the moment is right. Plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. Side effects may include headache, upset sto