he hill, republicans get to work today, while the white house braces for a staff shuffle. who is in? and who is out? the autism fraud. new outrage toward the doctor who falsely linked autism to vaccine. did he do it for money? and the bait and switch. the vice president resorts to tricks when a 3-year-old steals his speech. good morning. and thanks for being with us. the new republican-controlled house gets down to business today. but not before a bit of political theater. >> literally. the u.s. constitution will be read from the house floor, something that's never been done before.

newly-elected speaker, john boehner, has told lawmakers that americans no longer want business as usual. emily schmidt joins us from washington with what is in store today. good morning to you, emily. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. this freshman class in the house of representatives is the largest in more than 60 years. and all those new members have to get to work pretty quickly. their first vote is scheduled for later today. a big power shift in the house of representatives, carried with it a big handover. >> i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here. but the gavel of choice of mr. speaker boehner. >> reporter: speaker john boehner, known for wearing emotion on his sleeve, calls on lawmakers to get past some emotions. past what he calls scar tissue, built up on both sides of the aisle. >> the people voted to end business as usual. and today, we begin to carry out their instructions. >> reporter: he has 85 freshmen republican house members behind him.

>> now, you have an opportunity to actually have a voice. >> reporter: one of the first house actions this morning, reading all of the constitution on the house floor. then, the first spending vote. >> we will start by cutting congress' own budget. >> reporter: this afternoon, there's a vote scheduled to cut congressional office budgets by $35 million. next up, taking on some of the democrats' accomplishments, touted by outgoing speaker, nancy pelosi. >> we have made the largest ever commitment to making college more affordable. enacted wall enacted wall street reform with the greatest consumer protections in history. and passed a strong patients bill of rights. >> reporter: a house vote to repeal health care reform is slated for next week. speaker boehner says bigger bills aren't always better. in fact, the bill that would repeal health care reform is just two pages long. he also vows that lawmakers and the public will have three days

to read any bill before it comes to a vote. rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. now, over in the senate, history was made, as maryland's barbara mikulski was sworn in for a fifth time. that makes her the longest-serving woman in history. the 74-year-old, famous for one-liners was first elected to the house in 1976. down the street from the capitol, there's a major staff shakeup at the white house. here's a look at who is in and who is out. press secretary robert gibbs will step down from the podium in february, after seven years at the president's side. but he's not going far. >> i will continue to provide advice and counsel to this building and to this president. >> so far, there are three candidates to replace gibbs. but no decision has been made. also on the way out, highly-respected former fed chair, paul volcker, who will end his term on the economic advisory panel next month. so, who is in? former commerce secretary

william daley will likely be the new chief of staff. he met with the president last night. and the architect of the 2008 election, david plouffe, starts his new senior adviser role come monday. amid all those changes, president obama also makes a high-level appointment today. he's asking holly petraeus to help the nation's military families. she is the wife of general david petraeus, who is the top u.s. general in afghanistan. holly petraeus will advocate for military families on consumer issues, like dealing with scam artists who prey on young service members. the first finding of a presidential panel's investigation on the bp oil spill is now out. it blames three companies. bp, halliburton and transocean, for making decisions designed to save both time and money. and the report says the combination of those decisions overwhelmed any safeguards being taken. it also claims that without significant industry and government reform, the very same thing could happen again. classes are canceled today at an omaha high school, after a deadly shooting. a student apparently upset at being suspended, opened fire,

killing the vice principal. the principal was also hurt but is expected to survive. students describe the chaos and panic in the moments after the shooting. >> this poor woman. she was screaming. it was a terrible scream, like i never heard in my life. and this man was just aching in agony, seemed like. >> no matter what you do, no matter how many times you go through this, nothing prepares you for it. >> the teenage shooter, identified as robert butler, later turned the gun on himself. a mall in suburban phoenix will be open today, after a parking lot shoot-out sent shoppers scurrying for cover yesterday. it started when police confronted a robbery suspect. a gun fight broke out, with the officers holed up in a fast food restaurant. the suspect finally surrendered without hurting anyone. a drive to legalize same-sex marriage gets a fresh start today in rhode island. a bill being reintroduced in the house of representatives today is showing some early support. but its future in the senate is a little uncertain. gay marriage is currently legal in only a handful of states.

in the chesapeake bay, experts say it was likely cold weather that killed millions of fish. water temperatures plunged to 36 degrees during a cold snap late last month. scientists say it's possible that poor water quality might also be responsible for the big die-off. and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. snow and avalanche warnings in the cascades. rain from seattle to portland. snowshowers around the great lakes, from detroit to cleveland and pittsburgh. flurries in charleston, west virginia. showers and thunderstorms in the southern half of florida. >> meanwhile, 79 in miami. 61 in new orleans. and 47 in atlanta. 36 here in the big apple. 32 in beantown. a biting 12 degrees in fargo. 13 in the twin cities. and 25 in chicago. phoenix gets up to 63. sacramento, 54. boise, 36. now, to a breach of protocol on capitol hill. and this one had nothing to do with partisan politics. >> vice president biden was swearing in senators when his script was unceremoniously

snagged by the 3-year-old son of oregon democrat, ron wyden. the vice president quickly put his negotiating skills to work. >> i need to borrow that back. no. you won't give that back to me? you got it. there you go. >> thank you. >> the boy seemed just as happy with that little mint. senator wyden described the exchange as two charmers in action. >> he's lucky that little boy has a sweet tooth. >> no kidding. when we come back, new changes you will soon notice at starbucks. and then, the story about the doctor now accused of lying about a link between vaccines and autism. and there's been more rain today, as australians pray for floodwaters to recede. m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

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average jumped 1.5% today. hong kong's hang seng finished slightly higher. in london the ftse opened slightly higher too. and on wall street the dow climbed 31 points yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq added 21 points. the government releases its monthly jobs report tomorrow. but there is reason to be optimistic ahead of that release. the new private report shows companies added nearly 300,000 jobs last month. it will take about that many new jobs each month to finally start bringing down the unemployment rate.

more good news for ford. it has tied toyota at the top of "consumer reports" brand survey. the magazine says ford has made improvements in safety quality and value, three, key areas of the survey. the big consumer electronics show opens today out in las vegas. microsoft's ceo took the stage for his annual keynote address last night. the company unveiled new features for its x-box kin neblgt motion controller. that lets users connect through netflix and hulu. chevy volt owners will be able to wirelessly charging their gadgets by placing them on the car's console. gm is announcing plans to install a cordless charging device called the power mat into its electric car and certain cadillac models beginning next year. the famous starbucks logo is getting its first-ever makeover to celebrate its 40th anniversary. the siren is now bigger. and the words starbucks coffee

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pittsburgh. wet on i-75 and 95, in south and central florida. and i-5, from seattle to portland. slippery on i-84 from portland to boise. >> and if you're flying today, you can expect some weather-related airport delays in just two cities seattle and miami. well there is a fair amount of outrage this morning as some portions of the medical community. the outrage stems from accusations about a well-known study linking vaccines and autism in children. >> basically, the new report claims that the study was all made up. dan harris has the story. >> reporter: in 1998 dr. andrew wakefield, a british surgeon and researcher, released a study of 12 children. eight of whom, according to their parents, 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 money. >> reporter: according to deer, wakefield was paid around $750,000 for his research by lawyers who were trying to sue the makers of the measles vaccine. >> what's happened is the children have suffered and have

been hospitalized and died because of the false notion that vaccines cause autism. >> reporter: dr. wakefield has denied any wrongdoing. and although he's been stripped of his medical license, he's still out pushing his theory. dan harris abc news, new york. what happens now? especially for parents who didn't vaccinate their children? our chief medical editor dr. richard besser will answer that and more later on "good morning america." the information will also be online abcnews.com. the plot thickens this morning in the mysterious death of a former pentagon official in delaware. surveillance cameras show john wheeler wandering around a parking lot wearing one shoe the day before his body was found at a nearby landfill. wheeler was then seen on video in an office video, apparently a little disoriented. police are looking into a dispute now between wheeler and the owner of a house being built across the street from his home. we are learning new details this morning about elizabeth edwards' final wishes in a will

signed just six days before her death. edwards left everything to her three children cate jack and emma claire. there's no mention of her estranged husband, john edwards. edwards died in december after a long battle with breast cancer. the u.s. airways plane involved in the miracle on the hudson is finally headed for its final destination. it's being brought to an aviation museum in charlotte. it will be shipped in pieces from new jersey. and then reassembled. now, our sports. some of basketball's best teams, both college and pro, were in action last night. we have highlights now, from espn news. >> good morning. i'm don bell with your espn news update. we start with a possible nba finals preview in boston. rajon rondo and the celtics, hosting the san antonio spurs. big night for rondo in the first half. passing to ray allen. allen had 31. but rondo had a triple-double with 22 assists. under a minute to play in the

game. spurs down by nine. manu ginobili from long distance. the lead cut to six. ensuing inbounds pass, a nice steal by tony parker. he drives the lane. under ten seconds to go. celts up by two. ray allen misses two free throws. spurs rebound. call a time-out. last chance for san antonio. it's manu. kickback looking. he is blocked on the play. celtics win, 105-103. san antonio, with back-to-back losses for the first time this season. how about the college game? duke hosting uab. first half, duke up 21-4. kyle zingler, stepback three. he eclipsed the 2,000-point mark. over a minute left in the first half. duke leading by 15. nolan smith, driving. difficult bucket. but he gets it to go. duke leads, 51-34.

second half, duke up by 17. mason bumly with the steal. the other way for the deal. duke leads 70-51. later in the second, smith driving again. the hole. he throws it down. he had 33 points. duke wins, 85-64. that is all for your espn news update. i'm don bell. now, back to you in new york. speaking of sports, there's a world series of just about everything these days, including, of all things, beer pong. >> one of my favorites. a team from the st. louis area beat out more than 500 teams to take ohm the $50,000 prize in the latest world series of beer pong. >> they say they are going to party with the winnings. and one claims he is going to buy his girlfriend an engagement ring. >> a romantic at heart. >> a romantic beer drinker. >> that's right. coming up next revealing the winners of the $350 million jackpot.

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finally this morning, from down and out to up and coming. the homeless man with the golden voice is touching hearts around the globe. >> after years on the streets,

ted williams is now a rising star, with more job offers than he ever could have imagined. more, now, from our affiliate in columbus ohio wsyx. >> i'll do anything for a meal. i'll do anything for a meal. >> reporter: you're hearing a voice that truly belongs in front of a microphone. >> certainly a pleasure talking to you too. >> reporter: we were there at a local radio show catching ted williams at his best. >> and there's nothing like mtv. >> reporter: until recently the man with his beautiful golden voice behind the mic, was without a home. >> the worst travesty is a wasted talent. >> reporter: ted williams was discovered on the corner of i-71 and hudson panhandling. >> storm morning is your chance to win a pair of tickets. >> reporter: he worked as a deejay for years until alcohol and drug addiction took over his life. >> doing some type of hope that god was going to pull me through at some time. >> dave and jimmy at 7:18 with our miracle man, ted.

>> reporter: he was brought on the morning zoo at wnci to be a guest deejay for a day. he found out that job offers around the world are coming in. >> i want to fly you out to l.a., to be our guest announcer. >> i certainly would, sir. >> reporter: and one of the biggest offers. the cleveland cavaliers want him full-time. even offered to buy him a house. he's not set on a job at the moment. >> good morning. >> reporter: but you can bet you'll hear this voice very soon. in west columbus walter allen, abc news 6 news. >> incredible story. another interesting offer williams has to choose from nfl films is looking to hire him, as well. >> wls is in new york today, after a limo ride to the airport last night. he'll visit his 90-year-old mother who lives in brooklyn. he calls her his best friend who stood by him during his long battle with addiction. it's a plot line you couldn't have written if you tried. >> some stories do get a happy ending. congratulations, ted. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more news l