Buzzing about his tiny costar, the real story behind this little scenestealer. Why everyone is talking about the fake baby blooper. And we do say good morning, america, and we have so much to get to this morning. George, hes still down there in washington for the president s big speech last night. Good morning, george. Good morning, robin. Of course, that was the president s sixth state of the union. We just saw a taste of the president s tone. Confident, even cocky. You would never know a couple months ago that the democrats took a beating. There were no olive branches and the president laid out what he wants to do and well have more on that ahead. Well get back to you in a moment, but well begin with that breaking news overnight. The socalled deflategate. Nfl sources revealing to espn that the patriots did use underinflated balls in their win over the colts this weekend, it is reported. Abcs ryan smith is here with the latest. Good morning, ryan. Good morning, robin. This is at the center of the controversy. This is a huge mess for the patriots and now were learning their championship game losing opponent tipped the refs off and with the super bowl less than two weeks away, some are questioning whether the air was let out of the patriots integrity. Overnight a major deflategate development, nfl sources telling espn 11 of the new England Patriots 12 game balls in sundays win over the colts were underinflated by two pounds per square inch. They probably dont know how they became underinflated but the fact that there were 11 out of the 12 balls was certainly a big disappointment. Reporter the colts reportedly grew suspicious after Dqwell Jackson intercepted tom brady late in the second quarter. According to newsday, jackson then gave the ball to a member of the colts equipment staff who immediately notified his head coach and general manager. Seconds after the opening kick of the third quarter, with the patriots leading 177, officials held up the game. The refs switched out the game ball and the pats went on to outscore the colts 280 in the second half for a 457 victory. Over two hours before kickoff, each of the teams 12 game balls were required to be inspected and approved by the referee. League rules state after that no alterations are allowed. Each team uses their own balls when on offense and theyre allowed to slightly doctor them to their preferences. Aaron rodgers admitted to overinflating his footballs. But underinflating footballs is illegal. Less air makes it easier for the teams to catch. This development coming just a day after pats Quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick denied accusations that they intentionally deflated the footballs making them easier to catch and grip but the findings setting off a firestorm. Indianapolis punter pat mcafee tweeting, if new england was to be dqd, wed be their replacements, right . Cheating allegations are nothing new for belichick. In 2007, the league fined him for during the game. Touchdown unstoppable. Reporter with super bowl xlix less than two weeks ago, could deflategate derail the pats road to the big game. One dumb thing that doesnt matter. It will mean more to the legacy of what the patriots are trying to do than the actual infraction. Well, this morning the league isnt commenting. The investigation is still under way but the patriots tell abc news theyve been in complete cooperation with the league and will continue to do so. Now, this is the regular football and this you can see the flattened one. And remember this game it was raining. So that makes it even harder to catch. So the conspiracy theorists will say this was a plan and thats how they won this game. Well, because 11 of the 12 thats a lot. Thats a lot. You heard steve young say, really . It may damage their reputation but thats not going to prevent them from going on to the super bowl nor should it. Thats true, but still people will say is there going to be an asterisk on them. I dont know. It does make the grip easier and thats an issue a lot of people are going to bring up. Thank you very much. Lets get back now to george in washington. Thank you, robin. Were going to turn now to the state of the union and an aggressive speech from the president saying the shadow of crisis has passed. He took credit for the economic recovery offered up an uncompromising liberal agenda for his last two years. Abcs jon karl is there. Jon, you were there. There was not a lot of love in that chamber last night. I didnt hear any concessions from the president , george. He seemed so confident you would have thought he had just won another election. The president who campaigned saying, yes, we can, has a new theme, yes, we did. Weve seen the fastest Economic Growth in over a decade. Our deficits cut by twothirds. A stock market that has doubled and Health Care Inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. [ applause ] thats good news, people. Reporter the president s was most obvious when he went off script during the most memorable line of the night. I have no more campaigns to run. [ applause ] my only agenda i know because i won both of them. [ laughter ] reporter almost immediately the iwonboth started trending on twitter, setting a defiant tone for the next two years. The president vowed to fight republican efforts to roll back any of his policies from immigration to obamacare. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things i will veto it. Reporter striking a populist tone the president called for higher taxes on the wealthy and new programs to help the middle class including Free Community college for all and he vowed to continue to fight for things he couldnt get done even before the republicans took over like raising the minimum wage. If you truly believe you can work full time and support a family on less than 15,000 a year, try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest working people in america a raise. [ cheers and applause ] reporter and closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. And i will not relent in my determination to shut it down. It is not who we are. Reporter republicans didnt applaud much at all and the president said nothing to acknowledge that republicans had just won a big victory in the midterm elections. But the entire chamber did cheer guests in the first ladys box. Especially alan gross, released just last month after being jailed for more than five years by the cuban government. It was up to joni ernst, the pig castrating new republican senator from iowa to give the republican response. Fresh off her dramatic election victory last november, she reminded everybody that the president s party was trounced in november and promised a big change in direction from the president s policies saying, quote, we heard the message you sent in november loud and clear. George, it was clearly a different message than the message the president heard. Yeah, it sounds like a recipe for stalemate. Absolutely. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. Were going to turn now to the Vice President. I spoke with him moments ago. Mr. Vice president , thanks for joining us this morning. You were sitting next to Speaker Boehner all last night. He didnt seem too impressed with the president s speech and he called them the wrong priorities for the country. Doesnt seem like much of anything the president will propose will go anywhere this year. I disagree. You know, the republicans are now even some taking credit for the recovery so they must think something we did went pretty well. Secondly, theyre talking about the middle class. Thats not been part of their political vocabulary up till now and so theres going to be some stark choices. You know, theyre going to have to decide whether or not theyll step up, help the middle class, the tax cuts with education and on those issues, and i believe there is a significant core of republicans who believe now is the time to make this recovery good for everyone and stronger for the middle class. A year from now which of the president s big proposals will be law . Well, i think i hope a year from now all the proposals relative to the middle class tax cuts as well as education. Look, there are heres whats happening. You know, the economy is growing. You know, like i said, everybody seems to be embracing whats happening now, particularly relative to the rest of the world, jobs are coming home. Were talking about insourcing. We have to focus on two thing to continue the momentum. One is to make sure we have the best infrastructure in the world so people keep coming back and people invest here and Companies Invest here in the United States and come home and, secondly, we have to have the most Skilled Workforce in the world and there are things that the republicans can agree on and i think now that they actually have to lead, i mean, they own the congress, they are the ones who are in the majority. And i think the public is going to insist that we work together. It hasnt been a historic consensus for tax increases, has there . Heres the deal, there are 300 billion in tax increases on things we dont need to do. Theres a thing called stepped up basis. Why should somebody whos been left 10 million in stock that, in fact, when they bought it now worth 50 million, why shouldnt they pay tax on it if they inherited it. If someone is in the stock market and they, in fact, make 10 on a stock, thats a capital gain. You know, thats 210 billion and its a real easy choice. You want to continue to help trust fund babies or do you want to go out good people thoses not a pejorative term, last thing they need is another 210 billion tax cut when you can put that money into making sure people get tax cut to help with child care, help with sick leave, help with be able to own their homes, et cetera. Mr. Vice president , as you know, the president ial campaigns are heating up on both sides, secretary clinton is lining up staff and support including many members of president obamas team. Our latest poll shows shes the overwhelming choice of democrats. Is there any chance you can challenge her . Yes, theres a chance, but i havent made up my mind about that. We have a lot of work to do between now and then. Theres plenty of time. Look, the person who is going to end secretary clinton is really competent, capable person and a friend. The person who is going to be the next president of the United States is the one thats going to be able to articulate the clearest vision to the American People of where theyre going to take the country. There is a chance youll challenge her. Eight years ago you put yourself into the race. When do you have to make up your mind . Well, i dont think i have to make up my mind until the summer. I think theres i think this is wide open on both sides. And but, look, right now my focus is getting implemented what the president talked about last night to nail down this recovery and get the middle class back in the game. Mr. Vice president , thanks very much for your time this morning. Thanks, george. So, robin, there you heard it, Vice President biden still hasnt given up on going for the white house. Says it wide open. You havent given up on trying to get him to answer that question. Okay, george, back to you in a moment. But now, we have the latest on the final moments of airasia flight 8501. The investigation now revealing the plane made a sudden steep climb before stalling and plunging into the java sea. Abcs david kerley is in washington with the latest on that. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. This is our First Official solid indication of what happened to that airasia flight. But this morning, there are still many questions. They have pulled up the tail, the black boxes and found the fuselage, but it is the radar data that indonesias transportation minister now says it was climbing too fast a rate, stalled, and then plunged into the java sea. The pilots encountered severe weather, including turbulence, and wanted to climb but approval was delayed. The indonesians say the jet started climbing at a rate of 6,000 feet a minute, that is at least three times faster than a normal ascent. For the passengers the gforces necessary to get that airplane into a precipitous climb would be very scary, very frightening. Reporter climbing that fast means forward air speed is lost, the wings lose their ability to lift the plane so it stalls and starts falling to earth. When an airplane stalls it can end up spinning and that spin may be unrecoverable. Reporter well, its been a week now since the indonesians recovered the black boxes and they have yet to release any specific data. But one official says that the cockpit recorder does show there were no other voices in the cockpit or threats ruling out terrorism and no indication of a bomb. The indonesians are required to file a 30day report. Thats next week, but this morning they are saying they will not make that public. Safety experts are growing very concerned about the secrecy and what they see as a conflict of interest in this investigation, robin. Many are concerned about that. David, thank you. Now to amy has the other top stories for the morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. And we begin with what authorities are calling a terror attack in israels second largest city this morning. Police in tel aviv say a palestinian man boarded a bus and went on a rampage stabbing at least nine passengers before he was chased down, shot and arrested. Four people were seriously injured. It is the latest in a string of attacks in which palestinians have used knives, acid and vehicles as weapons. Also, breaking overnight the government of france has announced it will hire nearly 3,000 new counterterrorism officers and supply police with better weapons in the wake of the paris attacks this month. Much of western europe remains on edge. Just today four men accused of helping the paris Grocery Store attacker were booked on terror charges. And the doctor shot inside a prestigious boston hospital has now died. Cardiac surgeon Michael Davidson was shot twice at brigham and Womens Hospital tuesday. The suspected shooter found dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. His mother was reportedly one of davidsons patients before she died. But authorities have not confirmed a motive for the deadly attack. And new details about the Measles Outbreak in california which has now spread to four other states. Health officials confirm five workers at disneyland have been diagnosed with the disease although most have been cleared to return to work. At least 51 people have been sick in the last month. The latest case is in oregon, dozens of unvaccinated students at a California School had to be sent home after a classmate came down with the disease. And turning now to the economy this morning, now may be the best time in months to refinance your mortgage. Rates have hit a new low and abcs Rebecca Jarvis is here with the details. Rebecca . Reporter amy, good morning, and this is very significant. This morning the average 30year fixed Rate Mortgage is close to its rock bottom lows. Right now, at 3. 6, and for many refinancing could mean huge savings. Take a look at this. If you have a 200,000 mortgage at 4. 6 right now, and you can refi it at 3. 6 , you will save 118 a month which is more than 40,000 over the life of your loan. But before you race to refi, you want to take a look at those fees and remember, if youre going to be moving in two years or less, refinancing, it doesnt usually make sense. Plus, it is time to shop around. There are some great websites to check out, zillow. Com and bank rate, this is a buyers market and means you, the homeowner, is in the drivers seat. All right. Rebecca, thanks so much for that. And more shaking in the dallas area. Four more earthquakes have hit in the last 24 hours, the most powerful was a magnitude 3. Some experts blame oil and gas drilling for the three dozen quakes since october. And new video this morning of a massive fire engulfing this natural gas plant in south texas. Fireballs shooting into the sky. The initial blast was felt for miles but no serious injuries reported. Also caught on video, a wild crash as a car goes careening into this florida taco stand. The driver said she passed out before hitting a truck and flipping. Her boyfriend in the passenger seat had grabbed the wheel to keep them from hitting anyone. And finally, a mystery surrounding tiger woods new look. We told you yesterday that tiger lost a tooth while visiting his girlfriend lindsey vonn on the slopes. His agent said a cameraman at the awards ceremony bumped into tiger and knocked out his tooth but now witnesses and organizers of the ski event are denying that that ever happened. They say tiger seen earlier in this mask wasnt even at the awards ceremony, so now the big question is, how did he really lose that tooth . I mean, no photographer has come forward. There are no videos or photographs of the alleged bump and there were people that said no bleeding, no swelling, no discomfort on his face so the mystery swirling. Toothgate. Toothgate. Whats the problem . Yall dont take tiger at his word . All right, t. J. You dont take tiger at his word . Whats wrong with that . I just yeah, were going to t. J. you dont trust tiger. Hes told you well leave it at that, t. J. How about that storm . Maybe he slipped and fell because thats what people could do this morning. Oh. Yes, see, outside chicago its happening. Theres a thin layer of ice and snow on top and thats why we see Winter Weather advisories. Right here, grand rapids to ft. Wayne. Its already snowing in eastern ohio, that will move into pennsylvania. Winter weather advisories. For d. C. To baltimore. Thats tonight through early thursday morning. That you have to watch out for those slick spots. But a whole nother storm were watching. Clovis, santa fe, taos could pick up inches of snow. Winter storm warning there. Re. I am the abc meteorologist with the forecast. A mild day, 62 for a fly San Francisco and 64 in napa and 65 in oakland and palo alto and 63 in san lenadro. The sevenday forecast shows morning fog to sunshine, partly cloudy tomorrow warmer on friday, and recordbreaking warmth is possible on sunday and our next chance of rain is on tuesday. Coming up, the latest on that mysterious mansion fire, while federal investigators are not ruling out foul play. Also,