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Tom: Hey everyone. It is Wednesday, January 28th. I am Tom Hanson and Channel One News starts right now.

 

First up, let's check out headlines.

President Obama cut short a trip to India, cancelling a visit to the Taj Mahal in order to travel to Saudi Arabia to meet the new king.

Air Force One touched down yesterday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where President Obama and the first lady met the country’s’ new king and paid respects to his predecessor.

79-year-old King Salman took over the thrown after his half-brother, King Abdullah, died last week.

The president is traveling with a 27-strong delegation to the oil rich country as he tries to cement ties with the new king of Saudi Arabia. The meeting comes as the U.S. and other countries grow more concerned over the instability in the neighboring country of Yemen.

The Saudis are also part of the international coalition fighting the terror group ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

The U.S. has concerns about Saudi human rights abuses and terrorist funding that comes from the kingdom. But President Obama is focused on keeping relationship ties strong with Saudi Arabia.

Next up, most roads and rails are open again after some parts of the Northeast were hit hard with heavy snow. But for others areas, it was not as bad as expected.

In New York City, the storm did not pack the punch many expected. The Big Apple is now back up to speed as subways are running, airports are getting flights back up and cars are on the road.

But school kids still got the day off yesterday. It was a snow day for thousands of students from Maine to New Jersey.

Massachusetts wasn't so lucky. They got hit hard. Cape Cod saw at least 18 inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. Some parts of the state are also dealing with flooding.

From his porch in Boston, one resident captured a time-lapse video of the rising snow. And this picture is what the blizzard looked like from space.

 

Alright, and last up, it was a day of remembrance as world leaders and Holocaust survivors gathered in Auschwitz, Poland yesterday to mark the moment of liberation.

 

Hundreds of survivors came back to Auschwitz 70 years after they were freed from the concentration camps run by the Nazis. Many former prisoners wore scarves with stripes to symbolize the uniforms they had to wear.

The remembrance ceremony began at the former concentration camp at the exact same time Soviet tanks entered Auschwitz to free the prisoners, most of them Jews.

Survivors called on world leaders to teach tolerance and create a more peaceful future.

The former prisoners laid wreaths and touched the Wall of Death, where Nazis executed at least one million people at Auschwitz. And with most survivors now in their 80's or 90's, it marks the last big anniversary they will be able to attend.

Johnny Pekats: I came here to get it out of my system. To show my kid, my second generation, that it was true. The crematoriums, the things that were done here. I got my family here. 

Tom: Alright coming up, fifteen years ago the measles was eliminated. So why is there outbreak now in several states? That's just ahead.

It starts with coughing, some sneezing, but it can turn life threatening. I am talking about the measles, a disease that is making a comeback in some parts of the country. 

Scott Evans explains why.

 

Scott: Students at Huntington Beach High School in California have been put on red alert. More than 20 were sent home last week.

It is all because of a highly contagious disease, measles. The disease starts with a fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and sore throat. Then the telltale rash shows up all over the body.

In a letter to parents, public health officials said a student with measles was at school January 6th- 8th, and that "simply being in the same room with someone who has measles is sufficient to become infected." And that has students like Holly Schow pretty worried.

Holly Schow: We almost wiped out this disease and then it comes back because people don't get vaccinated. And I think that, that’s the scary part to me, is that it can come back.  

Scott: Orange County's public health director says the infected student had not been vaccinated for the disease.

Dr. Eric Handler: This is a very contagious, serious disease. You can develop ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis and people can die from it. And here you have something that if you get your shots you can prevent the disease.

Scott: One person with measles will infect 9 out of ten people around them who have not been vaccinated.

This high school is not the only place measles is spreading. 

An outbreak began at Disneyland in Southern California the week before Christmas.

Of California's 68 cases so far, 48 are linked to the park. A health official even warned, "If you are not vaccinated, stay away from Disneyland.”

Measles had been largely wiped out in the U.S in the year 2000 because kids were getting the vaccine, which is required by law. But in 2012, measles infections in the U.S. skyrocketed with 610 cases reported.  

Measles has come back in part because a growing number of parents who are not vaccinating their kids, worried about side effects. Some states allow parents to opt out of the shots for religious or personal beliefs.

In Santa Monica and Malibu in Southern California, nearly 15 percent of kindergartners are not immunized. In the Orange County community, almost 10 percent of kindergartners are not vaccinated.   

The Centers for Disease Control says public health is at risk when more than 8 percent of students are not immunized. 

It is in part because of doctors like Bob Sears.

Dr. Sears: I tell parents that you don't necessarily have to live in fear of these diseases, you have to respect these diseases, you have to understand them, but they're fairly unlikely to happen to any individual child.

Scott: Sears is a pediatrician that is promoting the idea that vaccinations should be delayed or even skipped all together. He is in the minority. Most doctors and health experts say the risk of the disease far outweigh any side effects from the vaccines.

Dr. Deborah Lehman: These vaccines have been used for decades, and have been proven to be exceptionally safe.

Scott: Doctors say the Disneyland outbreak should be a wake-up call.

Dr. Lehman: They're putting their own children's lives at risk. One in a thousand children who contract measles will die.

Scott: Scott Evans, Channel One News.

Tom: A wake-up call indeed. Thanks Scott.

Alright coming up after the break, we have all heard of paying it forward, but with pizza?

We will explain.

 

Now Maggie, wouldn't it be cool if you could build a business that gives you money while also being able to give back?

Maggie: Well Tom, you actually kind of can. As more young people are finding out, you can do good for others while also getting your own slice of the pie. That’s today’s Generation Money.

Brianna Presume: If I can help a person in need with just a slice of pizza. 

Maggie: But that's exactly how it works at Rosa's in Philadelphia. Last year Mason Wartman left his finance job in New York City and moved back home to open the pizzeria he named after his mother.

Wartman: I saw the success of the dollar pizza stores in Manhattan.

Maggie: One day, a customer asked if he could buy a slice for someone in need.

Wartman: I ran out, got a post-it, wrote a smiley face on it and stuck it up

back there and started using the post-its to keep track of the system. 

Maggie: Ten months and more than 8,000 slices later, Mason now keeps track of the

charity on the register. Generous people still leave notes with kind thoughts like “you are beautiful” and “you can do it.” Other notes saying “thank you.”

Wartman: “God bless you. Because of you I ate off this plate. It is the only thing I ate all day.”

Maggie: Ralph Niglio says, if it weren't for Rosa's, he wouldn't have had anything to

eat this day.

Ralph: This means a lot because I’ve got something in my belly. 

Maggie: Whether by accident or design, Mason is part a new trend in business, social entrepreneurship- people starting businesses with the goal of giving back.

And there's big money behind it. Investors who want to make an impact invested nearly 11 billion dollars on almost 5,000 deals in 2013. That's up 250 percent from 2011.

And doing good can also be good for business. Some customers are more likely to choose companies that they know are giving back. 

For Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, a small gesture means a lot more than you might think.

Harold Brown: It helps people. They come in, they are hungry. They come in here and sit down and eat.

Maggie: And customers say it feels good to know exactly how they are helping.

John Rodriguez: Sometimes, some people, you give them stuff and you don't know what they’re going to do with it. But to know that you can come in here to buy a slice for yourself and buy a slice for them, it makes it feel like, you know you’re feeding somebody.

Maggie: Plus the pizza is still only a dollar.

Tom: Dollar pizza, can't argue with that!

Maggie: I knew you would like that one Tom. Alright, now we want to know what you guys think. Are you more likely to buy from a business that gives back? Head on over to and let us know.

Tom: And that’s all the time we have today. But Maggie, before we go, I just had to share this birthday shout out. Now remember to keep them coming at BeOnCh1@.

Students: This is Mrs. Ripslingers class from Walkott, Iowa, Tom Hanson’s home state, and we’d just like to say, happy birthday Channel One! Go hawks!

 

 

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