scientists around the world had not been able to replicate wakefield's findings. and it turned out that some of the kids in his small study had been referred by a lawyer who was suing pharmaceutical manufacturers on the children's behalf. but in the wake of the retraction, organizations like generation rescue came out in strong support of wakefield, continuing to believe in his science. soon after, parents of autistic children who brought class- action lawsuits based on the mmr and thimerosal theories had their hopes dashed by the federal vaccine court. >> and good evening to you. we begin with a ruling that affects millions of parents with children who have autism. families who went to a federal court over these vaccines were told that their case was "without scientific or legal merit." >> narrator: the vaccine court that barbara loe fisher's organization had helped set up issued a strongly worded ruling on march 12, 2010, denying a link between autism and vaccines. >> scientifically, i think the matter's settled. but i don't think... i think there are a lot of p

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professor wakefield says there is no real spike in depression. just a spike in diagnosing it. >> what's happened is that the definition of depressive disorder has gotten to generalized, covers so many forms of sadness that these figures have exploded and encompassed many people who are having normal reactions to loss. >> when you realize that depression has left you nowhere to go, when you've lost interest in everything.... >> reporter: wakefield says just turn on the tv and you'll see commercials bent on convincing people that they are depressed. >> depression hurts in so many ways. sadness. loss of interest. anxiety. cymbalta can help. >> reporter: we have directed consumer advertising where the pharmaceutical manufacturers can tell the public, "if you experience sadness... ". >> you know when you feel the weight of sadness. >> you're unhappy with your child and your spouse. >> things just don't feel like they used to. these are some symptoms of depression. >> you should see a physician. you may have x-disorder. i'm not saying that these don't

on march 14th, wakefield voted to close the school to make room for an french-american charter school. this could be a violation of conflict of interest rules. tomorrow, the board's holding a meeting to discuss the issue. >>> all right. 7:25. sal says we've got an issue with flight delays in the bay area. what's going on? >> well, after 8:00 this morning, san francisco international airport is gonna start their flow cell program. that means flights are gonna come in slower. they are gonna go out slower. delays could reason more than three hours. check with your airline. now oakland and san jose are not affected. this is because the ray -- this is because of the way the runways are configured. it's been a long-standing issue. whenever the weather gets bad that's what happens. the visibility is good. it's not an issue of the visibility. it could be the winds when the planes are -- and also for your driving. it could be windy out there. so just be careful as you are driving across causeways and bridges. 's rain as we're seen but heavy track for sure from 37. this is a look at 880. stop-a

march 14th, tad voted to close the door to make way for a charter school but just before the vote wakefield admitted placing his children's names on the list of that school. this could be a conflict of interest -- a violation of conflict of interest rules. >>> the new ordinance will set nuisance standards for businesses and other bars that would serve alcohol. it would hold businesses responsible for repeated drunkenness. city planners will take up the measure thursday night. >>> sal is watching 880 and the whole commute, how is it looking? >> it is okay so far. i don't want to say it is great because you will see some wet weather out there and again you are expecting some air delays which are more than three hours reported by the duty manager. some sites reported as much as four hours but we spoke to the duty manager and he said it was just about three, so you know i would say give yourself extra time and check if you have somebody coming in. let's go to the live pictures. let's go to 880 southbound and the heavy winds do cause problems for cars and offly cause -- obviously causing problem

this 21-year-old lives in wakefield, england.er securing a degree in economics from cambridge university, he decides to take a well-deserved vacation. >> after graduating, we all thought it would be fun to go to thailand, see the islands, party, have some fun. >> in august 2009, he and his friends head east. after several days of sightseeing, he notices an advertisement for a bungee jumping adventure. >> i thought, wow, this looks cool. i'm here, you know, carpe diem and all that. let's go. let's do this. >> along with playing the guitar, speaking italian and salsa dancing, bungee jumping is among his 15 things to accomplish in life. >> i was always looking for the next adrenaline rush in some way or another. this seemed like the perfect way to do it. >> his friends had already departed thailand so he decides to go it alone. >> my friends flew home four days earlier. i considered changing my flight to go with them. my mom said, why don't you come home with your friends? and the amount it was going to cost me to change my ticket i

elizabeth in wakefield wrote, "big business should not control our elections. it is bad enough that they deeply influence our politicians through lobbyists." but because of a 5-4 decision by the conservative judges in citizens united, congress cannot prohibit super pacs from drowning out the voices of ordinary americans in our elections. that leaves us with one weapon left in the fight against the overwhelming tidalwave of money from special interests, and that weapon is disclosure, daylight, iinformation. today, along with 34 other senators, i am introducing legislation that will shine a bright light on these powerful, shadowy interests. with this legislation, every citizen will know who is spending these great sums of money to get their candidates elected. i'm delivering this speech at a time when senator bennet, the distinguished junior senator from colorado, is presiding, and i'm very conscious and aware, as i deliver it, of the immense amount of work that he has put into the process of preparing this legislation, working on a strategy for going forward, wo

wegertown, beth spartarchino of easton, david walton of taunton, massachusetts, elaine mccaul of wakefield, brian bergeroon of wal don, and troy burstton of medford, joseph scott of worcester and, mr. president, those are names that i just read, constituents of mine that have been killed by the husbands, wives, partners, girlfriends or boifdz in domestic violence incidents in 2011 and 2012 lien. it's only -- alone. it's only march of this year. it's unacceptable. those lives lost are tragic. in addition to the people that lost their lives, the lives of the victims' children and families and friends have been destroyed. i know because, mr. president, i was a victim of domestic violence and as a child i watched as my mother was beaten by abusive stepfathers. i did what i could to protect my mom and my sister, but as a young boy, there was only so much i could do. i remember vividly being a 6-year-old boy going to protect my mom and getting beaten on until the police came and something that still lives with me and i try to use that experience and knowledge to help in many different ways. when