that paper in the "lancet" involved the measles mumps rubella vaccine, the mmr vaccine and their lead author was a british gastroenterologist named andrew wakefield. excuse me. he was one of 13 authors on the study, and by the british medical journal report, or three-part series that started coming out about a month ago, said that wakefield had committed outright fraud when he submitted this report. the stories that then resulted on tv and in the newspaper, newspapers, was a report, that linked autism and vaccines debunked, which is both completely inaccurate and i think completely irresponsible. this was a study that had been debunked years earlier. and are wakefield had lost his medical license as a result of the test that he performed on children in the study that did not hold up. we have known for years that he had taken out a patent for an alternate measles vaccines just before you publish this initial study in the "lancet." we also know that 12 children who appeared in that study had not been consecutively referred as was initially claimed, and we know that there have not been a

they're trying to act like it's business as usual, and trying to make the hotel guests as comfortable as mump as possible. diane? >> all right, thank you very much, george. in just about ten minutes, we'll go back live to george as he prepares to go to the disaster zone. he is also blogging about his experiences while he gathers and reports the latest events happening there. all you have to do is search george kiriyama on nbcbayarea.com to get the latest from him. again, we'll go back to george in just about 15 minutes. >>> first family, in the south bay is anxiously waiting to hear if their daughter is safe. she flew to japan the day before the earthquake hit and was visiting an area near the disaster. >> you're glued to the tv. you're glued to the computer. >> it's just amazing. >> reporter: the family of 25-year-old cannon purdy is desperate for any word she survived the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit japan three days ago. >> half the town is missing. people are unaccounted for. so there is hope that most of them got up into the hills. >> reporter: the san jose woman taught englis

that paper involved the measles and mumps vaccine, and the lead author was a british gastro introologist named andrew wakefield. excuse me. he was one of 13 authors on the study, and what the british medical journal reported, or a three part series that started coming out a month ago, said that wakefield committed outright fraud when he submitted this report. the stories that then resulted on tv and in the newspaper, these papers was report that the initial report that linked autism and vaccines debunced that is both completely inaccurate. this is a story that was debunked years ago. andrew wakefield lost his license as a result of the tests he performed on children in this study that did not hold up. we've known for years that he had taken out a patent for an alternate measles vaccine before he published this article. we also know that the 12 children who appeared in that study had not been consecutively referred as was initially claimed, and we know that there have not been any studies that have been able to replicate his findings, and, in fact, there's studies involving millions and m

so it's a mump-pronged test. host: a -- multii pronged test.ost: are we titled to take a tax deduction for our 19-year-old grandson who lives with us? he is not a student but does have a full-time job. we do not take any money from him for food or rent. guest: no because he is over 19 and not a full-time student. the second part is obviously he is earning money. they're not putting up anything for his own support. he is supplying more than half of his own support. so you lose on two counts there of the five dependency tests. host: maryland, john, good morning. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. guest: good morning. i have a question. i have an appointment with h and r block do do mine this year due to the fact i was put on social security disability. i filed in 2005 but it wasn't approved until 2009 and i got a lump sum. plus, i get a small pension every month now. is there a different type of way of computing like how much tax, how much of that will be taxable? guest: the answer is no, unfortunately. years ago, we used to have som