the all-star line upset to take part. this is "way too early." good morning. it's tuesday, february 3rd. and this is "way too early." now, your vision this morning is not blurry. i'm will cane in for thomas roberts who is making hi ways back from phoenix. snow on the east coast is complicating travel. i've sat over there at that table on "morning joe" a few times. i look forward to spending the morning with you all. we begin this morning on the road to 2016. and an unexpected issue is emerging as a heated point of debate. vaccinations. while traveling in london new jersey republican governor chris christie created worldwide hels when casey hunt asked him about the measles outbreak in the u.s.

the possible 2016 candidate said there should be a balance on whether vaccinations should be mandatory for children. >> all i can say is we vaccinate ours. that is the best i can give you to express my opinion. it's much more important what you think as a parent than what you think as a public official. that's what we do. but i also understand that parents need to have some measure of choices, as well. so that is the baths that the government has to decide. we had our children vaccinated and we think it's an important part of making sure we protect their health and the public health. >> shortly thereafter christie's office clarified his remarks saying quote, to be clear, the governor believes vaccines are an important public health protection and with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated. at the same time different states require different degrees of vaccination, which is why he was calling for balance in which

others need to mandate. raund paul doubled down on previous comments that he made that most vaccines should be voluntary. >> i've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. i'm not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. i think they're a good thing. but i think the parent should have some input. the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children and it is an issue of freedom. >> thank you, newspaper. democratic front-runner hillary clinton seems to see things much differently. she tweeted, quote, the science is clear. the earth is round, the sky is blue and vaccines work. let's protect argue of outline kids. #grandmothersknowbest. that puts her on the same side as president obama who is urging parents to vaccinate their children. the debate isn't about the science, it's not about whether or not we should be vaccinating,

but whether or not it should be mandatory. on that note a new pugh study released last week suggested 68% of adults believe childhood vaccinations should be required. the same is true for 86% of scientists. 30% of adults believe parents should make that decision while only 13% of scientists believe that. now, if that wasn't enough problems for christie a new report in the "new york times" could post problems for how governor christie portrays himself if he chooses to run for president in 2016. the paper says he has a history of letting others foot the bill as he indulges in champagne at the four seasons. christie had his own private bedroom .more than a double people traveling with him. jordan's king abdulalla paid for a

family weekend at the end of the trip. the hotels cost about $30,000 in piece in total. christie signed an executive order in 2010 allowing travel and business travel expenses paid by foreign governments. he said, quote, i relish these experiences and exposures, especially for my kids. i try to squeeze all the juice out of the orange that i can. he would not be the first presidential candidate to face questions about health or lifestyle lifestyle. you remember mitt romney was criticized for having his four-car garage with its own elevator. now, president obama unveiled a sweeping $4 trillion budge on monday in order to reportedly help the middle class. the plan calls for overall tax hikes with republicans labelling

it a pipe dream, laughable and dead on arrival. despite the open is sigz the president called for replacing years of quote, mindless austerity with smart investment. >> will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well or where everybody works hard to get ahead? this country works better when everybody is doing their fair share and everybody plays by the same set of rules. the budget congress now has on its hand is built to those values. that is why i want to work with congress to smarten america and we can do this in a way that is fiscally responsible. >> meal while, the proposal does include items that might appeal to lawmakers and provide opportunity for compromise. among them tax breaks for the middle class, investment in

infrastructure, increase in defense spending. but there's another content contentious issue at hand the department of hillary rodham clinton which runs out of funding later this month due to the immigration action. the president took the opportunity to warn against playing politics with national security. >> they're now threaten to let homeland security funding expire because of their disagreement with my actions to make our immigration system smarter, fairer and safer. now, let's be clear. i think we can have a reasonable debate about immigration. i'm confident that what we're doimg is the right thing and the lawful thing. don't jeopardize our national security over this disagreement. >> republicans say they're hard at work on their own budget that they hope to pass in april. google and uber may soon be going head to head on the road.

google is getting ready to launch its own ride service. uber executives have seen google employees use what appears to be a ride sharing app. google adventures invested $48 million. google's chief legal office is on uber's board of directors and the board is considering asking him to resign. uber announced on twitter on monday that it's teaming up with carnegie mellon university to work on driverless cars. the founder of lululemon is stepping down from the company's board. chip wilson enraged many women in 2013 when faces with a massive recall of women's yoga parents after saying the fabric wasn't holding up and saying quote, some women's bodies don't work for their parents.

he later stepped down as chairman but we mind on the board. monday he said i believe now is the right time to step away. cuba has published the first photos of fidel kas castro in months. there's rumors that he may be dead. the images of castro are of him seated and said to be discussing current events with the head of the university of havanna's student union. the reports say the mouth took place on january 23rd at the former leader's home. these are the first new photos of castro seen since august. and a story that just keeps getting sadder the daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown is, quote, fighting for her life after being found face down in a bathtub this weekend. a cousin tells nbc news she is on a ventilator. a spokesman says there was no drugs found in the initial search of the 21-year-old's home. next week marks the three years

since whitney houston is found debt in a perfectly hills. coming up we'll tell you how many hours of sleep is optimal for your age range. plus johnny football heads to rehab. what the cleveland browns and friends of manziel are saying about the quarterback's decision. that story and a check of the weather when we come back. the pope received his most controversial reception, among those was mother teresa. with her as a guide, the pontiff saw first hand the agony of the disty taught and the dying.

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tied at a hundred inspect game with six seconds. >> mismatch with jordan. jack jumper. >> that's brooklyn's jack with the go ahead jumper with just over a second to play. the nets within it 102-100. cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel is seeking treatment. the rookie quarterback voluntarily entered a rehab facility reportedly telling those close to him, he wants to quote, figure out his value system. browns general manager released a statement saying in part we respect john neep's initiative in this decision and will fully support him in this process. a seahawks quarterback richard sherman will need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left elbow. sherman played with injury. you can say him missiling it through during the nfc championship game. and he played sunday's super

bowl loss to the new england patriots with the same injury. the expected recovery time is unclear. now, here is a continuous lesson we get in permanency and regret regarding tattoos. newly hired bills coach rex ryan can probably expect a lot of changes this year. but one that you might want have expected is that he he's changed his colors. that's right. rex hit the tattoo parlor on friday to recolor a tattoo depicting his wife nothing but number six march sanchez jets jersey. so many things to regret in one tattoo. the jersey color to match the bills' blue this time. still toting a number 6, though so hopefully he'll remain a fan of buffalo punter coltman schmidt. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> they need a new number 6. that's the first thing he has to do as coach is get a number 6 he likes. >> how many tattoos do you have karins. >> that i can show you?

>> show us right now. >> i could, but mika would probably not approve. you know how she gets. thanks for filling in for thomas because, you know, he has a tough life. the miss universe going to the super bowl. he had to come all the way back from phoenix. >> being stuck in phoenix, awful. >> in this weather pattern, thomas isn't a fool staying in phoenix. this storm system went through. boston, by the way, picked up almost 16 inches additional snow on top of the two feet they already had. that is why a lot of people don't have school today in eastern new england. 19.3 inches in chicago. a little less we mixed in around new york city and the south coast of connecticut. these windchills, i mean this is about as bad as it's been all winter long.

negative 20 in glenns falls. b d.c. we don't even have any snow on the ground. and we're not along. 16 in atlanta is your windchill. that freezing line is all the way down there to north florida. not exactly a fun day in new orleans. and all of the east is now in the gribs of winter. we've been in this pattern, storm, cold storm, cold. right now we're in the cold. here comes the next storm. this one will be a weak one, thankfully. na stripe you see there through iowa and chicago, that's monday night through thursday. only maine has a chance of getting enough to have to plow and be significant. poor maine they've been getting nailed storm after storm. but the next one looks even bigger. that's a sunday to monday event and it's very possible -- not likely -- areas from new york

city through boston all the way up into northern new england could deal with three big storms, three mondays in a row. we just got done with the last one. keep that in mind for your plans this upcoming weekend. pay attention to that forecast there in the northeast. so today as advertised brutally cold in the northeast. not exactly warm in the deep south, but at least that sun will be out today. you know, as we continue the broken record of winter that is starting to look early familiar we have our fingers crossed that maybe march will be better. remember last year march was brutal in the east. >> we just met each other, how many tattoos? you got one on your ankle? >> yeah. i did the smily face and thought that was cool. >> maybe effort later in the show. >> from you? >> no, no. >> we'll save the viewers. coming at the top of the hour on ""morning joe," casey hunt will be here live from london to discuss her news with

chris christie. plus the ratings are. where super bowl hm 49 ranks among the most watched shows in television history. in addition to being the winning super bowl the champion super bowl, with the mvp gets inspect a pickup truck. tom brady now has a brand new pickup truck. so i supposed we're going to have to sit through that whole thing, well are his tires properly inflated? what is this? i mean, honestly. >> tom brady was named super bowl mvp and was given a new chevy truck last night. brady says the truck handles great, especially after he let's some air out of the tires. and a flexiball.

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some of the morning's other headlines. check on the morning's other headlines, music mogul suge knight is set to make his first court appearance today after being charged with murder. he's accused of running over two men with his truck after an argument thursday afternoon, killing one. according to the "l.a. times," knight's attorneys claim their client was assaulted and tried to flee his attackers when he accidentally ran them over. bail, omly set at $2.2 million was revoked. officials reportedly citing his criminal past and potential flight risk. knight faces life in prison if convicted. the national sleep foundation has issued new recommendations that call for most young people to spend more time in bed. here is the new breaksdown by age. some changes to note of newborns newborns should get 14

had to 17 hours of sleep. infant sleep, though, was extended to 12 to 15 hours. toddlers preschoolers and teenagers age 14 to 17 have had their recommended sleep range widened one hour. for doults though the recommended sleep ranges did not change. they should receive about 7 to 9 hours each night. 70 million to 50 million americans currently suffering from sleep deprivation. snl is preparing for the anniversary anniversary. the alums will take part. top musicians on the guest list include paul mckay cartny khan

yeah west, justin timberlake. american sniper is now the highest grossing war movie of all times. the film has made almost $250 million after playing for just three weeks nationwide. surpassing steven spielberg's "saving private ryan." it has made a total of $300 million world would it. well we told but the show. sunday's game was the most watched television show in history, pulling in over 114 million viewers. the previous record was held by last year's big game which drew 112 million viewers. the only show though in the top seven that isn't the super bowl is the series finale of m.a.s.h. in 1983. missy elliott got a big

boost after her halftime performance. her music also experienced a 676% increase on spotify with plays of her song "lose control" up an impressive 36%. katy perry did not see the same increase. her music spiked 85% on the streaming music service. earlier in the show we told you the atlanta hawks winning streak came to an end. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends the hawks' 19 win necessary a row is the fifth longest streak in nba history. and of the other teams that have longer teams. a look ahead, "morning joe" is just moments away.

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good morning. a live look at times square. the snow here. i think this was bigger than the actual storm that was supposed to be the storm of the century. >> uglier with all the ice. >> there were parts of new england that did not need more snow. steve ratner is joining us