Another theme park in Southern California that began in late december and has spread to six other states, including utah washington oregon, and colorado. Measles has reached or teen states, according to the director of the Cdcs National Center for any nation and respiratory diseases. It has generated fierce criticism of people who choose not to have their children immunized. It has prompted 2 School Systems in california to ban unvaccinated students from school. That is our question for this opening segment. Should Childhood Vaccinations be mandatory . We have divided our lines more difficult. Parents, educators, and medical professionals 2027488000 four parents. 2027488001 four educators. Medical professionals 2027488002. All others can dial in at 2027488003. You can join the lately conversation lively conversation. Send us a tweet at cspanwj. Or you can send us an email. Back to the Washington Post. The cdc held a briefing thursday. In an attempt to prevent measles from getting a foothold in becoming pandemic again. Host the u. S. Declared measles a limited in 2000, but the disease has researched in recent years. Fueled by epidemics and other countries that were imported into the u. S. By travelers and spread mostly among unvaccinated people. Last year, when the measles cases in the philippines reached 50,000, the u. S. Counted 644 including a cluster of cases in ohio among unvaccinated people in the amish community. In the u. S. , median number of cases after 2000 was 60. Around the world, there are about 20 million cases of measles annually and in 2014, many people died of the disease. 79 of the measles infections among unvaccinated people were contracted by people who chose not to be immunized because of personal beliefs, not medical necessity. The number of states allowed the personal exemption. 202 is the area code for all of our numbers. 2027488000 for parents. 2027488001 four medical for teachers. We begin with buffalo, new york. I am calling because i know it is necessary. The older you are when you get measles, the more dangerous it can be. I would say, yes, it should be mandatory. Next up is mike in herndon virginia. Are you with us . We will get back to those phone calls in a minute. The measles vaccine became available in the u. S. In 1963. Some people who refuse to vaccinate their children believe that a mercury containing preservatives, once used in many vaccines, causes autism. It has not been part of child vaccines since 2001 and the cdc the American Academy of pediatrics have found no evidence to support a link between them or us all thimerosal and brain disorders. Nationally, the vaccine rate is still high, but they knowledge there are communities where the proportion of people who are not funded fully immunized is much larger. Lastly, about two dozen unvaccinated students were sent home from Huntington Beach high school in orange county, the same county or disneyland is located. Arizona, which has seven cases is tracking more than 1000 people including 195 children who may have been exposed. Up next, mike in herndon virginia. What do you think about vaccinations . Caller i think that vaccinations should be mandatory, especially if it is a kid in Public School. If the kid comes in and they are not vaccinated and they are carrying some sort of an infectious disease, if my kid is there, and the school with that kid, i want my child to not have to worry about it. If my kid is vaccinated, maybe it doesnt matter. In the Public School situation vaccinations should be mandatory. Host what do you teach . Caller biology. Host has this subject come up in your school . Caller the minister nation and teachers do not talk about it. We have not had an issue. I am on the east coast. Nobody really discusses it. Maybe we should. I do not know. Host philip is in texas on our parents line. Good morning. Caller i do not think it should be mandatory. You have rights. How are you going to force this on someone . We have rights to choose our own for our kids. Host do you have children and have you had been vaccinated . Caller i have, but it is not mandatory. We chose to do it on our own. Host if youre are you worried your children may be exposed to unvaccinated . Caller no. It had not been a major crisis. Host thank you very much. Cleveland, texas ethel. Caller i am a grandmother of a fiveyearold. She has had her shots. It is mandatory in texas. If you do not have them, they send you home from school. The people that do not have it they spread it a month the people. Host i apologize for cutting you off, but fire alarms are going off and we will be back as quickly as we can. We are having problems with washington journal, here is a look at eric holder and fbi director james komi. Speaking about efforts to combat Human Trafficking. My name is Kristina Rose and im the Deputy Director for the Department Office for victims of crime. I am honored to serve as your mc for this event. With attorney general eric holder acting Deputy Attorney general, fbi director james homey, carol mason, and acting assistant attorney general i need a group the. I would like to welcome the special guests we have from other agencies. We are incredibly fortunate to have 2 women who have lived through the horror of Human Trafficking. They not only survived, they showed remarkable resilience and strength in their Journey Towards freedom and independence. Today, you are going to hear about the many remarkable accomplishments of your doj colleagues and how their passions and commitment to justice has led to significant advances in our fight against Human Trafficking. From the prosecution and conviction of traffickers, to the development of successful Collaborative Partnerships between Law Enforcement and victim services, to Cutting Edge Research on the nature and extent of Human Trafficking, dojs contributions spanned across multiple disciplines, and are impacting lives all over this country and even the world. Human trafficking is a complex often misunderstood crime that knows no boundaries. No boundaries in terms of age, or race, or sex, religion or social status. Traffickers use violence threats, and deception. And other manipulative acts to leeward their victims. Human trafficking, whether sex trafficking or labor trafficking, is pure and simple, modern day slavery. I would now like to introduce a three minute video that was specially edited for this event. It is from a new training series on Human Trafficking that will be released by the office for victims of crimes in april. This video is created by video action, a dcbased Production Company under the direction of robin smith, and produced by and rea. We call it the faces of human tragedy. My trafficker was my husband. There was no way i could reach out to anybody for help. We were scared. Scared to run, scared to tell anybody what is going on. It was an incredibly violent situation. I felt there was no way i could get out. Human traffickers can be anyone from any walk of life. A lot of the trafficking involves domestic servitude restaurant owners, owners at massage followers, farm owners. It can be a trafficker who has held told women i want to be your boyfriend, i love you you are going to go out and have sex for money. It can be psychological like that or more overt. It can be hitting, abusing, keeping them away from any support system. Trafficking, it does not no boundaries. The victim can be male, female, transgendered, anyone. It happens all over america. I still see this attitude of, it it is just immigrants or people in other countries. It happens to u. S. Citizens much more than people are aware. Be natural stakeholders are Law Enforcement, legal advocates, social service providers. There are other players involved. It is important to engage as a community. Because, victims often do not self identify, they do not come forward to Law Enforcement. Citizens in the community are the eyes in the years. Medical workers educators personnel at homeless shelters. We cannot do this alone. No one has the capacity to provide every single thing that a victim or survivor needs. There has to be a support system within the community. Psychological counseling shelter, and locational education so they can reintegrate and become a healthy individual. There is an effort to get everyone together so we know how to share resources and Work Together to make sure that the victim becomes a survivor. I would like to thank video action and Lindsay Waldrep for their incredible work on this video. There is a lot more to come. I would like to welcome to the podium the assistant attorney general for the office of justice of programs, carol mason. She will introduce our first speaker. She is a true champion for the work we do on Human Trafficking. We are grateful for her leadership for her enthusiasm and for her strong support of all of the work that we do. Please welcome assistant attorney general, carol mason. [applause] thank you. I am pleased to be here and would like to say thank you. I want to recognize them and their wonderful staff spread out among you for the wonderful work you have done to organize todays program. Or the work you do every day to support these victims. It is my pleasure to introduce the first speaker. Jim komi was sworn in as the seventh director of the fbi in september of 2014 that is not right. Psr as an assistant u. S. Attorney and a Deputy Attorney general. He worked for justice on behalf of victims. As the head of the fbi, he is helping to lead the fight against Human Trafficking operations. The fbi participates in state local, and federal host we are back with the washington journal. Should Childhood Vaccinations be mandatory . New cases in the u. S. In january. A disease that was declared eradicated in 2000. 2027488000 for parents. 2027488001 for educators. Medical professionals dialin at 2027488002. From the Washington Times doctors shun antivaccine patients. With california gripped by a measles outbreak, a doctor posted a clear notice on his door, his practice will no longer see children whose parents will not get them vaccinated. Parents who chose not to give diesel shots, they are not just putting their kids at risk, they are putting other kids at risk especially kids in my waiting room. It is a summit at goat by a small number of doctors who in recent years have fired patients who continue to believe the bunt research linking vaccines to autism. Significant risk to reach out. Host it goes on to talk about the vaccination, measles mumps rubella act seen is 99 effective at preventing measles which break easily through the air and in close spaces. Symptoms include fever, a rash over the entire body. In rare cases, measles can be deadly. Infection can cause drag and women to miscarry or give birth prematurely. Bernadette is calling in from virginia on our educators line. Are you with us . You can see the numbers on the screen. You can also participate in our conversation on facebook. You can send a tweet cspanwj. The next call is donna in tennessee on our parents line. Caller hello. I had my kids vaccinated in 1976. All my grandkids have had theirs. I feel like it is only right that all kids that enter the United States its vaccinated. Just as if they should say a prayer and learn how to speak english. I think they should or the health of grandbabies and kids growing up. Host you think it should be mandatory . Caller yes, i do. Host from the cdc, all 50 states require certain vaccinations for children entering Public Schools. Next call is linda in knoxville, tennessee. Good morning. Caller i am going off the reservation. The real Public Health issue is not measles. It is the huge increase, last i heard, one out of 100 children being diagnosed with autism. This comes out to be on the order of tens of thousands of kids. Until bcdc or nih the cdc or nih comes up what then answer with an answer, there will continue to be friends series that lead to these pocket outbreaks. Answer why autism is increasing, and everything goes away. I do not think it should be required. Host next a call and washington d. C. What do you do in the medical profession . Caller i am a graduate student. Host should vaccinations be mandatory . Caller yes. I am from ethiopia. While i understand that we are protecting our people. We are protecting our people because we were able to vaccinate [indiscernible] i do not see any reason not to get vaccinated in the United States. The number of kids are increasing [indiscernible] host are vaccinations required in ethiopia . Caller yes, it is required. Every trial has to be vaccinated. We have documentation it is not electronic, but we have documentation. Host should all immigrants coming into the u. S. Be vaccinated . Caller obviously. If you are not vaccinated, not only you, but you can get other sick. For the sake of others it should be mandated. Host from the New York Times over 1000 in arizona are watched for me and. For measles. Tracking 195 children who may have been exposed to measles. Host amy is apparent in new hampshire. Caller i feel it should not be mandatory. I feel i believe in the rights of the individual. If you gave it to your children, you should not be worried about being exposed. If you do not want to put certain medicines or poisons in your body, you should have that right to do so. If you contract the disease, you have accepted that risk. Host have you had your kids vaccinated . Caller yes. It was a choice. My kids are protected. If they are exposed to other kids who have the measles, they should be fine. As long as the people who havent been vaccinated accept the responsibility and take care of their kids if they get the disease, that death is a possibility, then that is their choice. It is like choosing to go skiing or do any dangerous activity. Like choosing to ride a motorcycle. You do the best you can, where a helmet or a jacket. You are making those choices. Host do you worry about your kids being exposed . Caller no, they have had the vaccine. Host a parent in minnesota justin. Turn down the volume on your tv and listen through your telephone. What do you think should Childhood Vaccinations be mandatory . We will have to hang up and move on. This is from fox news measles may be an epidemic. Without vaccination, the number of measles cases reported in the u. S. In january has surpassed the total median number of cases in previous years for adults. More adults contracting the violence is another thing the cdc announced. Orlando, florida, good morning what about mandatory vaccinations. Caller happy belated new year to you. You know peter, i agree an awful lot with amy. This is a Public Health policy. If this was an Ebola Outbreak we would be running to our doctors or to walgreens. To get these shots. I am 54, i do not have kids. I remember, as a kid, mom walking us to Public Schools and we would get this little sugar cube that had something to prevent something. I remember getting shots at the Public Schools, but i do not remember what that stuff was for. We are talking about Public Health issues. I do not know if anywhere in your stack of newspaper, anybody is speculating on why there is an outbreak. It might not be politically correct, but could it have something to do with the wave of the Illegal Immigrants that came in a few months ago. If i can, i have a quick question for you. There are some topics, like the one we are talking about today that could be broadcast on saturday or on sunday. Then there are some stuff that cspan covers that washington journal covers and i have been watching you since the day of brian lamb. That happened overnight, you go live at 7 00. How much prep time do you get . Are you prepping at dinner last night, or do you come in at 2 30 in the morning and start . For us junkies maybe on a saturday, it would be great to see a behind the scenes of washington journal, what time you get there, who pulls the articles . I will take your answer off the air. Host thank you. Michelle is the executive producer and i am sure she is listening and probably heard your suggestion. Jim tweets in refresh my memory where where the vaccines host decatur georgia, a. A parent. Caller i am still a parent. I am raising some of my childrens babies. I think it should be mandatory because you cannot keep your children in a wall. We are public people. It is too bad measles mumps anything we can avoid our kids to go through, i would say it should be mandatory. Host thank you, maam. Next up is peter in chattanooga, tennessee. Peter, what is your role in the medical profession . Caller hello . Host what is a role in the medical profession . Caller i would rather not say that this point in time. I want to know who in the world ever thought about what is being put in the vaccines . We know that it goes to the brain. Host do you think Childhood Vaccination should be mandatory . Caller it would be great to be mandatory if there was not mercury in them. I happen to know to children that right after vaccinations went downhill. It is not fair to say for any of that. I want to know who first put mercury in the shot. Host from pbs, the news hour has a report saying that you could get the measles even if you